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Speaker 1: Welcome into the Official Jets Podcast. I Eat, Breathe, and

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Speaker 1: Sleep the New York Jets. My team that is a

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Speaker 4: Darren, thanks for joining us your first NFL League meetings

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Speaker 4: down here in West Palm Beach. What's it been like

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Speaker 4: since you were hired as GM and the Jets January

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Speaker 4: twenty fifth to now March thirtieth, as we tape.

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Speaker 1: It's been awesome.

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Speaker 2: It's been really good, you know, And I feel like

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Speaker 2: it's been pretty seamless, and I've acclimated really well. And

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Speaker 2: I oh that, I mean, I got to credit that

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Speaker 2: to a lot of the people that are around me

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Speaker 2: in the building, you know, starting with Dan z Rick Spielman,

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Speaker 2: Robbie Payton, the whole pro department, you know, like Ray

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Speaker 2: Evan Murph.

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Speaker 1: The whole crew, Witty dumb, those guys.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I actually want to give credit to all

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Speaker 2: these guys while we're here on the line, because they

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Speaker 2: really have helped me acclimate kind of seamlessly.

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Speaker 1: Mary Joe, Ashley.

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Speaker 2: Shields in the analytics department, I'm throwing them things all

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Speaker 2: the time. They've been responsive him, Mastrodi. The whole crew

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Speaker 2: has really made it seamless for me and allowed me

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Speaker 2: to acclimate pretty pretty well and feel really comfortabout the

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Speaker 2: whole process.

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Speaker 5: Have you been running on adrenaline.

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Speaker 1: A bit, A bit?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been it's been a whirlwind. You hit the

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Speaker 2: ground running, but it's been a lot of fun. And

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Speaker 2: like I said, I've enjoyed doing it with the people

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Speaker 2: around me. One other one, Nick Sabella, who's been awesome

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Speaker 2: through the free agency process, working with him closely on

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Speaker 1: So it's been awesome.

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Speaker 5: You just mentioned free agency.

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Speaker 4: When we look at the class, what was the overall

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Speaker 4: philosophy heading in to the market.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, heading and you know, we wanted to address the

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Speaker 2: the ball. Obviously we did that with just on the

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Speaker 2: offensive side, and we're able to keep Jamie wouldin the

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Speaker 2: building on the defensive side, you know, as the as

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Speaker 2: the green Dot dot Green Dot player and Mike Becker.

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Speaker 2: So that was one of our priorities going into it,

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Speaker 2: and then address some holes in the secondary, but also

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Speaker 2: do it, you know, with an emphasis on keeping the

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Speaker 2: team young with youth second contract players kind of stay

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Speaker 2: out of the aging maybe top of the market players,

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Speaker 2: and then supplement and just fill in the spots with

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Speaker 2: some good value signings.

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Speaker 1: We'll get the process.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, we'll get to the youth there at the second.

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Speaker 4: At what point when you guys were going through your

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Speaker 4: internal meanings, did it be clear that, hey, listen, we

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Speaker 4: can't let Sure would hit the market, He's going to

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Speaker 4: be a priority.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, Mean before I even took the job, just watching

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Speaker 2: from the outside, watching Sure would play, seeing this player

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Speaker 2: made the most of it. Right, was still a young player,

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Speaker 2: but made a ton of plays. He's long, he's athletic,

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Speaker 2: and had a lot of conversations internally with different staff, coaches, players,

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Speaker 2: I mean, it was rave reviews about the person and

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Speaker 1: I tried early to get.

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Speaker 2: On Drew and get something done and was always in there,

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Speaker 2: in there, But at that point he was going to

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Speaker 2: hit a free agency and he deserved that. But we're glad,

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Speaker 1: On the team.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, but how did you guys make it happen?

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Speaker 4: Because a lot of young dudes might be like, Hey,

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Speaker 4: I like you guys, and I think I like the

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Speaker 4: going to test the market.

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Speaker 2: No, And that's fair and he deserved at that point

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Speaker 2: getting there. But we had a lot of good conversations

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Speaker 2: with Jamie and throughout the process. You know, he's passionate

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Speaker 2: I think it was a win win for both.

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Speaker 4: How about the being advantageous that here's a guy that

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Speaker 4: you had an opportunity to actually talk to before free

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Speaker 2: A It's a big advantage when you have your own

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Speaker 2: that you kind of prioritize and want to sign it.

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Speaker 2: And that's what we want to do right. You want

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Speaker 2: to draft, develop, and sign your own. That's ideal because

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Speaker 2: when you get into this free agency market, you never

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Speaker 2: really know what you're getting. We do a lot of research,

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Speaker 1: But when you have these guys in your building.

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Speaker 2: And you know them intimately, you have people that know

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Speaker 2: medical information, you feel a lot better about that. And

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Speaker 2: that was the case with Jamie, no doubt.

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Speaker 4: All right, so you get sure with Dove and then

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Speaker 4: can you talk about Justin Fields? Can you talk about, Okay,

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Speaker 4: the preparation heading into free agency and why you thought

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Speaker 4: Fields was going to be a good fit.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so obviously we'll evaluate the whole quarterback market, free

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Speaker 2: agency draft, you're looking at the whole big picture. And

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Speaker 2: Justin was a guy that kind of stuck out, young,

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Speaker 2: talented player, has a unique athletic skill set that's hard

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Speaker 2: to defend again doing research down people. Was someone that

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Speaker 2: is a professional, good person, has some leadership qualities, still young,

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Speaker 2: and we were excited about Justin. Glad we got them,

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Speaker 2: believe in justin believe we can win with Justin playing quarterback.

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Speaker 5: How has he changed as a signal.

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Speaker 4: Caller since the guy that you were scouting twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: I mean just experience in the league. Now.

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Speaker 2: I can't speak to his unique situations in Chicago and

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Speaker 2: get him in the building here and have him lead

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Speaker 4: So I'll have the opportunity to be QB one here.

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Speaker 4: When you look at the league, do you look at

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Speaker 4: some other guys who've had better outcomes there's second times

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Speaker 4: and say, okay, he's been with two teams, but he's

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Speaker 4: still in the same player.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: You've seen that, you know, more recently around the league

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Speaker 2: with the Baker Mayfields, the sam Donolds. You see different

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Speaker 2: stories of guys just maybe they just need to change

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Speaker 2: the scenery, some different piece around, some consistency, and we

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Speaker 5: Well, how unique is his skill set?

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Speaker 4: You're talking about a guy who rushed for more than

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Speaker 4: a thousand yards a couple of years ago with the Bears,

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Speaker 4: he's averaged more than fifty yards per game on the ground,

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Speaker 4: but when you look at fields, he's really become more

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Speaker 4: of an accomplished pass or throughout his tenure in the league,

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Speaker 4: including last year putting off career high numbers with Steelers.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, you said as of late too, and just

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Speaker 2: and two last year as a starter at Pittsburgh and

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Speaker 2: you've just seen those passing numbers increase. So it's I mean, really,

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Speaker 2: with any position, the more reps you get, the better

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Speaker 1: Right. So we've seen that and that's a positive thing

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Speaker 4: Oh what did Tanner say in terms of the process,

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Speaker 4: that hey, we're going to be getting a guy he's

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Speaker 4: a little bit different than Jerry Goff.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but that's no different with any position.

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Speaker 2: Right, With all the players we get and bring in

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Speaker 2: the building, we want to know what their strengths and weaknesses,

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Speaker 2: maybe just put them in positions to have success, put

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Speaker 2: all players strengths. It's no different with Justin so.

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Speaker 4: Now, overall thoughts on the quarterback group as we sit

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Speaker 1: Know, we're excited with the guys we have the room.

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Speaker 2: Another guy we didn't really talk about is Tyrod Taylor,

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Speaker 2: but the room with Justin is huge. We all know

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Speaker 2: he's a pros pro. He knows what it takes to

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Speaker 2: think that's going to be a great help to Justin

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Speaker 2: will evaluate every player in the draft, you know, from

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Speaker 2: the centers to the long snappers to the quarterbacks. We

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Speaker 2: put these all these guys under a microscope. We taught,

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Speaker 2: we have at length discussions about them and place them appropriately.

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Speaker 2: And that's no different from the quarterback position.

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Speaker 4: I'm glad you've mentioned Tyrod. Do you like the match

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Speaker 4: there because Tyrod throughout his career he's been a dual

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, I love I love the match really

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Speaker 2: because Tyrod's such a professional and he's been around the league,

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Speaker 2: He's seen a lot. He's a smart football player, He's

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Speaker 2: a smart quarterback. He knows what it takes and to

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Speaker 2: have that person in the room with Justin is good

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Speaker 2: believe they've had a pre existing relationship to that where

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Speaker 2: they've trained in the offseason together down in Atlanta.

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Speaker 4: You mentioned the secondary before Brandon Stevens, he's signed all

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Speaker 4: so he ed Andre Cisco. Can you speak to those

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Speaker 4: guys and not only them as players, but also what

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Speaker 4: you have here on the coaching staff and guys like

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Speaker 4: Chris Harris and Dre Blithe. Steve Wilkes, the defensive coordinator,

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Speaker 4: has worked a lot throughout his career with the defensive backs,

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Speaker 4: and then your head coach was a great cornerback.

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Speaker 2: Talking about those defensive backs, those two players in particularly,

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Speaker 2: we felt like they they fit the profile of what

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Speaker 2: we're looking for, both athletic profile and skill set. You know,

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Speaker 2: talking with Brandon Stevens, he's long, he's athletic, he can

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Speaker 2: play physical press man, he can run with speed, something

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Speaker 2: we really were looking for, and he kind of attracted

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Speaker 2: us to him.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 2: You you mentioned that AG's played the position. He's going

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Speaker 2: to help Brandon. You get back to the secondary, the

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Speaker 2: safeties in AG's systems have played well. Cisco was another

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Speaker 2: guy athletic profile fit what we're looking for and really

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Speaker 2: getting Isaiah Oliver back and Tony Adams as well. Isaiah

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Speaker 2: Oliver's played for Wilkes. He's a long guy, versatility. We're

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Speaker 2: excited to get him back. Tony Adams, you guys know

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Speaker 2: the player well, so we're excited to get the whole

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Speaker 2: group back.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: What do you look at Cisco?

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Speaker 4: Why is he a good match for the Jets because

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Speaker 4: throughout his career you go back to Syracuse, guy always

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Speaker 4: was a ballhawk. Yeah, and a couple of years ago

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Speaker 4: with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Oliver plays in defensive second exactly.

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Speaker 1: I mean high weight, speed, he's got, He's got all

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Speaker 2: He's got ball skills. He's been productive in the league

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Speaker 4: How about Stevens you just mentioned before you like the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, exactly. Do you speak to that when you

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Speaker 2: Some things we might try and do, so he's a

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Speaker 4: How about the defensive tackle position. Let's start with Derek

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Speaker 4: Noddy and a guy in here who's self at thirty

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Speaker 4: but he's got three Super Bowl ricks.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, exactly, he's he's been a part of a

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Speaker 4: Yeah, do you like what you did there in terms

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Speaker 4: You can go jump at defensive tackle in the draft

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Speaker 4: if you want to. We have the flexibility as well.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, you got some numbers. We'll be open in

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Speaker 1: You said it it's a it's it's a really good.

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Speaker 4: How about let's flip into the offense set of the

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Speaker 5: Of starting experience.

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Speaker 4: And also can you talk about Chokes or four four

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you said it with Josh Myers.

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Speaker 2: Starting with Josh, he's the guys play a lot of football,

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Speaker 2: played played good football in this league, a lot of experience,

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Speaker 1: He's going to come in, he's going to compete, He's

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Speaker 2: Good reliable depth. A former teammate, a justin fields. It's

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Speaker 2: And then you said Chukes there, Chukes played a lot

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Speaker 1: So excited to add both those guys.

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Speaker 4: And that's something you're going to continue to hammer home

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Speaker 4: here right as far as you want to fortify that

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Speaker 4: that means maybe somebody's going to move, but that's not

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Speaker 2: Necessarily you know, you just like we just want to

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Speaker 2: just the emphasis was adding competition to the room and

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Speaker 4: Speaking of the competition wide receiver position, you got a

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Speaker 5: What about a couple of pieces that you added.

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Speaker 4: Obviously Tyler Johnson who played with the Rams last year,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, Josh Reynolds, is there a system familiar with you?

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Speaker 2: You said it, Garrett Wilson, I mean he's a stud.

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Speaker 2: So we feel good about that group, and like all

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Speaker 5: What about the tight end position?

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Speaker 4: Stone smartd Tyler Johnson as well. Hey, they followed you

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Speaker 2: No, but we're excited about Stone Smart his athletic upside.

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Speaker 2: this you know, this next step really the draft, those

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Speaker 5: How about overall philosophy.

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Speaker 4: When you look at the roster, listen, you only have

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Speaker 4: those are specialists in Thomas Tannessee, Greg Zerline and your

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Speaker 2: No, we talked about it in the offseason, made an

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Speaker 4: Can you speak to way these contracts were formed that

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's always case by case when.

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Speaker 2: You go into free agency, you know, whether you're doing

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Speaker 1: But we're excited about all the players we added.

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Speaker 2: We feel good about the contracts and the value, and

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Speaker 5: How about draft preparation.

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Speaker 4: You just mentioned a great transition right there. What's it

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Speaker 1: It's been good.

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Speaker 2: I've been kind of going back and forth through free agency.

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Speaker 2: I haven't got out much, but we got a lot

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Speaker 5: You and a G want to build a sustained winner here.

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Speaker 4: That's so important. How critical is the draft? It's it's

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Speaker 4: very important.

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Speaker 2: It's critical, like you said, and we we feel good

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Speaker 1: And we got eight picks this year and we'll start

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Speaker 1: doing that.

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Speaker 5: Are you golf and all?

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Speaker 1: Not much?

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Speaker 5: No, are you gonna have a time?

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Speaker 1: No time, No time, especially right now. No time. Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Really appreciate you stopping by.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Thanks, It was awesome.