WEBVTT - Chargers Weekly: Jesse Minter Talks Bolts’ Draft & More 0:00:01.040 --> 0:00:03.600 Late fifteen to ten touched up. 0:00:11.280 --> 0:00:13.920 All right, Welcome to Chargers Weekly. Here at the boat 0:00:13.920 --> 0:00:17.920 with jaliel Adaie post draft, the post press conference, getting 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:21.840 ready for the first bit of offseason activities, rookie camp, 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:23.360 all that stuff has come up in the next couple 0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:26.360 of weeks. We got our list of eighteen undrafted free 0:00:26.400 --> 0:00:28.520 agents that have been brought in. But Jalil, since it 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:32.880 was pretty much Chris and me doing the post round 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:35.120 draft wrap up, figure, it's important to get you and 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:37.760 on this thing and kind of talk about your thoughts 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:40.920 on the hall that Joe Ortiz and Chad Alexander and 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:43.960 all those guys came up with and what they're walking 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:46.479 into the season with in terms of rookies. Just maybe 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:49.600 your overall perspective on all the guys that they. 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:51.519 Got, all right, when you just just look at the 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:53.720 guys that they picked, right, they failed avoid in every 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:56.360 position that we even talked about, you know, previously weeks 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:59.520 on the pod right right, starting off with Marion Hampton. 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:01.200 You just see who he is. We talked about him 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:05.319 several times, big physical running backs, quick fast, he checks 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:07.640 all the boxes, right, He's a guy that you know, 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:10.120 Jim Harball and those guys want to build this offensive 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:12.479 around they want a big, physical running back, and they 0:01:12.480 --> 0:01:14.120 got him in with the first round pick. We talked 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:17.360 about it before. We talked about the d tackle Mari right. 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:20.760 So he's big, stout, keeps his shoulder square to the 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:24.080 line of scrimmage right. He plays very square. He has he. 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:26.640 For people that are listening to they may not know 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:27.280 what that means when you. 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:30.200 So when you play square right as a defensive lineman, 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:32.400 you never want your shoulders turned to the sideline right, 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:34.160 because then you just get washed by and you create 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:36.280 lanes for running backs to run. He's a guy that 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:39.360 plays with physical solocent and gravity. His hands are on 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:41.080 he's square to the line of scrimmage, so he can 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:43.400 shock and shed at any direction that he wants to, 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:45.520 and he does that really good. I watched a lot 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:47.280 of his film when they drafted him. I was like, okay, 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:49.280 let me look at him. And he's double teamed a lot, 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:51.480 and he's holding his anchor that coach call it the 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:53.600 anchor point, right, So he's eating up to and then 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:55.360 he's able to get skinny when he needs to to 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:57.760 defeat the block and make a lot of plays in 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:03.600 the backfield. Yeah, and I think just just looking at 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:05.080 their top three, we talked about they like hit it 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:06.720 out the park and you look at receiver, right, you 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:08.600 look at Trey and what they did with Trey Harris, 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:10.960 big physical guy, and he's in the SEC. So he's 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:13.359 seeing the best of the best defensive backs weekend and 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:15.320 week out. So when you're watching that film to be 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:17.160 able to evaluate him, it's not a hit or miss. 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:20.519 It's like, listen, he's going against top competition weekend, week out, 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:23.840 very very fast. Gets for being as tall he is 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:25.640 and lank as he is, he gets in and out 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:28.200 of his breaks really really well. And then you move 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.240 over to Kyle Right, we talked about him and I 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:34.160 was like, hey, uh, SEC defensive player of the year 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:37.240 in the conference and in the nation. To fall that far, 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:39.560 I just I don't know how he felt that far, 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:41.840 but I'm happy that he did. Right. We talked about 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:43.880 him being in the package, the NASCAR package, and you 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:45.880 have just your your guys that are just going on 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:47.960 third downs. We're not worried about to run, We're just 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:51.160 coming after the quarterback. And I think they did a 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:54.760 really really good job just addressing those positions that we 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:58.959 talked about a lot of times throughout prior to the 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:01.560 draft and going to get those guys. And then you 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:04.000 look at the tight end position, right, we talked about 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:06.440 that a lot and we were, hey, it was gonna 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:08.160 be first round, its gonna be second round. But they 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:10.040 did their work, they did a due diligence and they 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:13.120 found a guy who they feel like, you know, we 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:14.960 said it was a deep tight end draft, right, and 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.040 they and it was, and they were able to get 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:19.200 their first four picks that they wanted, well they think 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:21.680 that that they needed. And then he was still he 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:24.959 was there, he was available floor to guy. I know 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.320 the high school. He went to a very prestigious high school, 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:31.680 big body type guy, big rated catching radius for for 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:34.040 for Herbert. So I think they knocked it out the 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:36.480 park man, I really do. I can go on and 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:39.640 on if you want me to money. 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:42.200 I wanted to put it out there for yalation. 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:44.280 Yeah, I'll start, you know what, then. 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:46.120 Then I'll kind of sort of dig in. Now we'll 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:49.160 go player by player, because certainly the one thing that 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:51.880 that you notice, especially you know, the position that you 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:56.560 played at safety, specifically boxed safety kind of like when 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:58.760 you look at Amar and Hampton. The first thing that 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:01.320 jumps out is when he gets an south man, it's 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:04.720 all gas. It's it is a freight truck. I mean, 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:08.520 it's it's a tractor trailer coming at you. Challenges of being, 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:11.880 you know, a defensive back when you see that come 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:14.920 through the line with the explosion he has the burst 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:17.200 that he has and why that is challenging for you. 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:19.960 Yeah, and it's crazy. He's a he's a North Carolina guy. 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:21.799 And the first thing I did I text Trey Boston, 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.080 who is a very north He is a strong North 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:26.640 North Carolina guy, played in North Carolina. He's still heavily 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:28.599 involved with that program. And I said, give me your 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:30.719 two cents. He said, jeltl He's one of those running 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:32.240 backs that we would watch on film and we did 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:35.240 not want to tackle on Sunday. That was his exact words, right, 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:37.800 And it's just that physical presence when you come down 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:39.760 into the box as a box safety, which what I 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:42.159 did majority of my career. You it's almost like a 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:44.440 derreck Henry. You want to get them before the will 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:46.480 start turning, right, If you can meet him at the 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:48.479 line of scrimmage, if you can meet him before you 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:50.760 know he gets his pad square and he's coming downhill. 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:53.040 That's idea when you have a back like a Martin 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:55.560 Hampton who can get in and out of holes quickly. 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:57.960 He reads, he reads the line, he reads the linebackers, 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:02.760 he's shooting downhill. It's tough for a five ten two 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:06.320 hundred type two hundred pound type safety six foot one 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:08.720 ninety five safety to really want to go in there 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:10.880 and stick your nose in there from four quarters and 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:13.839 when and when that physical battle, it's just it's challenging, 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:16.440 and it truly is so like he is what the 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:20.200 Chargers build. They're franchise on what Harbor bills. His franchise 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:22.400 on is being tough, physical and tough as nails, and 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:23.479 that's what he brings to the table. 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:26.159 Yeah, I mean, that's just so much there. I think 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:29.520 the oh drafted running back in the first round value 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:35.039 and look, values are starting to get so I wouldn't 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:37.119 say out of whack, but you know they got nase 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:39.800 for an incentive laden deal that could push it to 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:42.800 like nine million. But you see the Trey McBride contract, 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:44.760 and I just kind of think about that conversation around 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:46.760 Quinton a couple of years ago, and it's like ah, 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.440 you know, tight end. There's just not enough value there. 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:52.440 And it's like, well, Trey McBride just got nineteen million 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:55.520 bucks a year, George Kittle just got twenty million dollars 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:59.719 a year. Like the the economics of football to me 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:04.080 are so far beyond just not taking the right guy 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.839 like it just does, especially at twenty two, like, there's 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:11.039 no there to me, there's you're already getting a financial 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:14.320 If Omari and Hampton is what we think he can become, 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.159 you know you're going to get the bump right away. 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:19.520 If we believe that he can be a top ten 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:21.880 back in this league, a top eight, a top five 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:24.560 back in this league, then yeah, I mean it's it's 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:25.760 worth it. If you take him in the top ten, 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:28.760 you're going to get financial value out of that. And 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:31.600 I think the other thing too that we brought up 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:35.080 Julil and just kind of from your experience being in 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:38.240 the locker room when you hear a coach and a 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:42.719 coaching staff and just kind of the overall foundation of 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:46.479 a team is physical brutality. That's what we want to 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:49.200 do week in and week out. This to me, when 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:51.880 he walks through that door and you're a teammate and 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:54.680 you see what he looks like. It's not it's not 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:59.279 five ten one ninety five, it's six foot twenty five. 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:01.720 Like I would assume that goes a long way, like, oh, yeah, 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:03.400 this is what coach said, we're gonna be mm hm 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:05.920 clearly with our first round pick. This is what we're 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:06.279 gonna be. 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.240 Yeah, It's like, okay, well it's not. He's just not 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:12.080 blowing hot air. He's he means what he's saying. And 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:14.480 I think the guys know that already with Coach Harball 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.200 and what he says he means. He goes about it 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:20.000 every each and every day, I mean coaching here last 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:22.320 year with the coaching internship. I seen him behind closed doors. 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:24.320 I've seen him in meetings and what he's preaching to 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:26.280 the choir in the public. He's preaching to the choir 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:28.440 behind closed doors. And like you said, when you see 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:29.960 a guy come in. I keep talking about it, the 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:33.200 physical as the physical aspect of Martin Hampton. How big 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:35.200 he is, how physical he is, I'm telling you now. 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:37.640 And I was a hitting safety. I prided my game 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:40.880 on being physical, right, being able to come into the 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:43.600 box play after play after play, and the only thing 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.920 that's more demoralizing than having to chase around Lamar Jackson 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:50.640 is having to tackle of running back for four quarters, 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:53.280 who you know, wants all the smoke, who he wants contact, 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:55.360 He's seeking out contact, and you got to make a 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:57.200 business decision. It's like, hey, do I want to do 0:07:57.240 --> 0:07:59.640 I want my uh lay him to stay in tact 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:02.280 I want to make this tackle right. And it's a 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:04.880 true thing. Like it's guys, look at these players like 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:06.720 the superheroes, but they're all human at the end of 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:08.600 the day. And when you walk into the stadium with 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:11.320 a team that coach is building right now that's very physical. 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:13.240 You can have all the fancy buzz and whistles, you 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:15.720 can have the speed outside, you can have the jet sweeps. 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:17.280 But when you got a team that's coming in with 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:19.920 the offensive line like the Chargers do right, and of 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:22.520 running back not just one, but two that are very 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:25.400 physical runners like when Mario, when Marion comes out of 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:27.200 the game, here comes Na. It's like you're not getting 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:29.720 a break, right. So when you have that that wears 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:32.440 and tears, not only like the four quarters, but over 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:33.400 the season on teams. 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:36.040 Yeah, and you know that that actually is if you 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:39.720 were going through strengths and weaknesses. Like that's one of 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:43.400 the concerns with with a Marian is he sought out contact. 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:49.360 He wants hits, and it's like love it, appreciate it. 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:52.000 It's maybe just let's go fifty Percent's dial it back 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:55.480 a little bit because obviously, but the crazy thing is, guy, 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:58.240 not only do not miss a game? Really snap right, 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:00.800 dude was just he just would bounce right back up 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:02.079 and I think I'm right back at it. 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:04.600 And I think that's why Najir hair is being here 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:06.360 is so big for him because he's coming in with 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:08.120 a veteran. He's coming in with a guy who's built 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:11.000 similar to him, similar running style right in a way 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:13.800 coming out of Alabama, and then you see his career 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:16.960 he's been healthy. Yeah, right, So he's a guy that 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:18.360 he can he's a vet that he can lean on 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:19.600 and say, so, what is it? What are you doing 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:22.080 to take care of your body? Who works on you? 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:24.640 What's your regimen? How do you see this? Like, Okay, 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:26.840 if you're running on the sideline and there's two defensive 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:29.440 backs coming at you, this isn't college. Maybe gain an 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:31.240 extra yard and step out to save your body from 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:33.040 that contact. Right now, if you're at the goal line, 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:35.280 that's a different situation. You're low on your shoulder, You're 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:37.120 gonna do whatever it takes to get that extra end 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:39.640 to get get into the end zone. But he's coming 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:42.040 into a situation where a veteran that he can learn 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:44.240 from and I think will benefit a lot in the 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:44.800 long run. 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:46.880 Yeah, and I think you know, three down back, I'm 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.400 talking about a guy that had twenty five or more 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.439 touches in eight of his twelve games, and he's eighty 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:55.640 career targets, two drops, and I know the Chargers posted 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:57.319 it on their social media feed. Go ahead and watch 0:09:57.360 --> 0:10:00.360 his past, bro, Like that's so for all the people 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:03.480 that are like, well, should take the receiver and take 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:05.760 the back. It was a deep running back draft. It's like, 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:09.280 not like this. There's not the guys that can do 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:11.400 it all that can catch the ball, that can pass 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:14.600 pro they can be a hammer that have explosiveness. I 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:17.439 wish thought I had it, but I know we had 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:21.439 a ton of explosive runs, which you know, explosives consider 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:23.400 ten or more yards, and I think he was second 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:28.520 or third in explosive runs. So it's it's everything you know, 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:31.240 And I think that's But for me, we've already kind 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:32.920 of talked a lot about Marinehampton, so we don't need 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:34.560 to get too deep into it. But to me, it 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:36.800 just kind of set the tone of this is what 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:38.520 we're all about, this is who we're gonna get. And 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.840 then you mentioned Trey Harris, like, if he doesn't get hurt, 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:44.280 he's probably a first rounder. If not, he's in that 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:47.640 that same window of where you know, Higgins got drafted 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:49.360 right there at the start of Day two as a 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:51.520 guy that was one hundred and fifty yards ahead of 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:54.079 everybody else in the NCAA when he went down. I 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:57.079 mean he was so he was on pace for sixteen 0:10:57.120 --> 0:11:00.920 eighteen hundred yard season, just mind boggling numbers in the 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:04.360 SEC playing for All miss And you know, again just 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:08.400 speaking to what you did out there, Juliel, build the room, 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:10.839 you know, build the wide receiver room. We always talk 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:13.080 about it in terms of a basketball team. Right to me, 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.840 you get you now have your power forward. Trey Hair 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:19.240 is a power forward man. He likes to be physical, 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:22.000 he likes to mix it up. When you're bumping and 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:24.920 moving downfield, he's the guy that's going up and getting 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.320 the ball. He enjoys that, and I think people look 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:29.520 at the time the four to five and it's like 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:32.280 you're perfect, this perfect thing for you to share. Like 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:34.559 when you're six three and you're a four or five guy, 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:35.600 what's that look like to it? 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:37.440 And it looks like it looks like low four four. 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:40.040 All you see is knees and elbows right like literally 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.440 that's all you see. Like he's eating up your ground. 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:45.160 It doesn't matter about his speed, because let's not get 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:47.280 it twisted. Like a lot of people like to look 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:48.600 at the forty and be like, oh, he didn't run 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:50.000 a four three. He didn't run a four four. If 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:51.760 you're six three and you're running four five, four to 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:54.120 five is moving, yeah, okay, Like at the end of 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:57.280 the day, it's moving. Like I've played ten years in 0:11:57.320 --> 0:11:58.880 the league and I've played against four to three guys. 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:00.800 I've played against four four guys that played against four 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:02.600 five guys. At the end of the day, like if 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:04.720 they can get in and out of their breaks, it's 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:06.800 it all looks the same, right, And that's what he 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:08.960 does really, really well. He's a big, physical receiver, but 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:11.520 he can run double moves, he can run posts, he 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:13.640 can run post digs, he can run. He can give 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:16.800 you a dig I seen on one highlight. They motioned 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:19.360 the motion one in he was at two, and then 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:22.839 they ran one on an over right. And technically, when 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:24.800 you watch film one on the over you're clearing the 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.280 zone for a dig. It's called a dag right. So 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.800 one ran the over right. So everybody at every corner 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:32.920 and every safety is thinking, this guy is running the dig. 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:35.600 He hit him with a dig, dropped his hips, and 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:38.320 came back out for like a deep out completion. Like 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:40.720 that's not an easy route. You don't run that with everybody. 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:43.320 Everybody's not able to do that, right. So when you 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.600 look at his frame, you look at his size, and 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:47.920 you put a four or five speed behind it. Look, 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.000 that's that's a that's a good packet that you have. 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:51.439 And I know everyone wants to four to three and 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:54.160 the four to four, but I've played and I didn't 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:56.320 run a four to five, and I've covered wide receivers 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:58.839 that were four fours and some guys have football speed. 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:00.000 And that's why you got to watch the film. 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:02.720 Yeah, that's something that George said in the press or too, 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:05.040 And it's so important because people now have access to 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:08.320 so much advanced analytics and data that they're like, well, 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:11.480 it was all hitches and it was a limited route tree. 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.560 It was three routes and it's like and Hortie, you know, 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.920 Joe put it perfectly. He said, yeah, but watch the watch, 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:21.760 just watch the routes that aren't hitches and goes and 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:24.400 curls and you see it and it's exactly what you 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:26.520 just described. Can he dip and can he get in 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.360 and out of his breaks? How smooth is it? Changing speeds? 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:32.040 Building speeds back up? And he's he's got all of 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:36.800 that one hundred yards or more ten times out of 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:40.120 his twenty games. And again to me, lad as a 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:42.920 two guard, he can do it all. Man, He's gonna score. 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:45.000 He can play D. He can handle the ball if 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:48.000 you want him to. Now you've got your power forward Q. 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:49.880 I think we're trying it. Can he be that three 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:51.679 and D guy? You know? Is that kind of and 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:53.920 then you get KeAndre Lambert Smith in the fifth round 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.440 and that's kind of your point guard, right, Smaller kind 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:58.400 of gets pushed around a little bit, but if he 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:01.439 gets free, lookout, man, that's where that that four to 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:05.400 three time shows up. You mentioned Gadsden and you know 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:07.520 I think in terms of tight end, you look at 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:10.599 what they have. You got Tucker Fisk and block his 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:12.360 tail off. You got Will Disley, one of the three 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:15.240 best blocking tight ends in the league. You needed the athlete, 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:18.000 I mean, because I felt like oftentimes we talked a 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:19.720 lot about man, it'd be great to get Stone Smart 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:20.920 out there a little bit more and get a little 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:23.320 more reps for the athlete at the tight end position. 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:25.840 This is a joker, you know, this is this is 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:29.120 a guy that was a wide receiver converted tight end 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:31.680 fifty eight percent of his snaps and the slot thirty 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:35.560 two percent in line, nine percent out wide. Like he's 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.840 he's your athlete. Don't talk about his blocking. They say 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:41.480 he's capable blocker, that he's fine, You're not turning it down. 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:43.120 But that's that's what he is. 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:45.200 And then it's crazy because you have two catching tight 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:46.920 ends or you have tighter conkling in the game and 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:49.960 you have Okay, we're looking at twelve personnel, right, so 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:52.520 who who is the safety going to come down to? Now? 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:54.160 Teams have to play you in nickel, which means you 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:55.760 have to take a lineback out of the game, but 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:58.440 in twelve personnel, you create extra running lanes, so you 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.800 still have a strong running game. Now, if you come 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:03.080 in and you stay with Bass, then we spread you 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:04.880 out and now we're attacking you in the past. If 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:06.800 you coming with Nickel trying to defend the past because 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:08.960 we have two pass catching tight ends, now you can 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:11.400 run the game. So it's it's chess, man, it's not checkers, 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:13.560 and the Chargers are really really good at doing that. 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:17.800 Yeah, So those are the offensive players. Branson Taylor, you know, 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:19.680 I wish I could share. I don't know if you 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:21.120 want to share anything. On the big tackle, A lot 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:24.080 of Pittsburgh looks like he's just trades. Giant dude, two 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:26.760 year starter, two knee injuries probably one of the reasons 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:29.920 why he slipped. But you know, former basketball players six 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:31.160 six three, twenty thirty three and. 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.320 Charms, that's what do you have for you. So there 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:33.560 we go. 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:37.080 Those are your offensive players. Get to the defense, and 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:40.320 obviously on a bigger picture, the defense as a whole. 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:44.360 With Jesse Minner, well what a treat Julia coach Minner 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:46.320 joining us right now. And I'm going to start with 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:49.200 this coach because I bite your style. Man, I don't 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:51.560 know if I don't know if coaches get to choose 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:55.000 their own gear, but he was wearing a quarter zip 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:56.960 last year and I had my eyes on it, like 0:15:57.000 --> 0:15:58.480 I got a figure off how to find that. They 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:01.120 took me a while. I finally tracked it down, got one, 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:02.800 And now you're coming with the best looking hoodie that 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:03.200 we've seen? 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:05.000 Is that all you? Is that what they get? No? 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:07.440 This is uh, you know, shout out to the equipment room. 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:10.520 You know, they give us the good stuff and like 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:13.000 to wear what's comfortable and what sort of fits fits 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.400 my style. So it's a good give us great options, 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:16.760 and so shout out to them. 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:17.720 Yeah, it's a good style. 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:20.400 I mean it's the powder of blue, I think. I mean, 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:22.760 you're a good looking dude, but the power blue and 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:24.240 the yellow, that's a combination. 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:24.120 That I have. 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:26.880 It looks good on anybody, no doubt, no doubt. 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:29.000 We saw just I'll start with some of the free 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:32.320 agents that signed, and it was interesting listening to Benjamin 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:34.600 Saint Chu's kind of talk about how we got here 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:37.520 and obviously starting at Michigan. And but the one thing 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:39.080 that really stood out is something you hear a lot, 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:41.080 and he's like, I just you know, I know how important. 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.280 This moment in my career is a pivot point, and 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:45.600 coach Minner just seems to always have guys in the 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:48.040 right spot and doing what what are their strengths? Kind 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.120 of take us through how you do that. There's so 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:51.960 many different guys. How can you get all of them 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:53.600 to be in the right place and doing the right 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:55.440 things that play to their strengths. 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:59.080 I mean, it's a player driven game, and I think 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:01.760 I think when you realize that, you understand that. I 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:03.800