WEBVTT - Bengals Booth Podcast: Crushin' It 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:04.480 Hi, get everybody. 0:00:04.480 --> 0:00:07.520 I'm Dan Hoard and thanks for downloading the Bengals Booth 0:00:07.640 --> 0:00:12.560 Podcast the and I'll be crushing it. Addition, as we 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:15.720 take an in depth look at the three players selected 0:00:15.720 --> 0:00:19.599 by the Bengals on day two of the draft, Chris Jenkins, 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:24.160 Jermaine Burton and McKinley Jackson. Coming up, you'll hear from 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:28.400 that trio as well as Bengals coaches. Then I'll discuss 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:31.760 the picks with my broadcast partner Dave Lappom and look 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:35.800 ahead to day three. 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It's a snack that comes in a small 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:22.440 plastic container with two compartments. One has Chobanni brand yogurt 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:25.360 in it and the other has goodies that you mix 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:30.119 in by flipping that compartment upside down, thus the name 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:34.160 cho Banni Flip. Well, on Friday night, before Day two 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:36.800 of the draft got underway, several members of the local 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:41.000 media took advantage of the Key Lime Crumble flavor that 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:44.479 was available in the Bengals dining room. It features key 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:48.200 Lime yogurt and then you mix in Graham cracker crumbles 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:51.440 and chunks of white chocolate. In the words of a 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:56.200 draft expert, it's a can't miss snack with tremendous upside. 0:01:56.920 --> 0:02:01.160 So if you're putting together, you're snacking big. The Key 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:07.279 Lime crumpled Chobanni Flip is a surefire first round draft pick. Now, 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:11.080 let's get to Day two of the draft. After addressing 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:13.640 offensive tackle in the first round with a selection of 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:17.800 Amarus Mims, the Bengals chose a defensive tackle in round 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:22.280 two in Michigan's Chris Jenkins. He's not a DJ Reeder 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:25.960 noseguard type who will clog the middle. He's a penetrator 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:29.240 who served as a team captain for the national champion 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:32.720 wolfver Reines. It's no secret that the Bengals need to 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:35.079 beef up their depth in the middle of the d line. 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:39.600 In Cincinnati got Dane Brugler's third rated defensive tackle with 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:43.280 a forty ninth overall pick. Here's Zach Taylor. 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:46.239 He was a priory position, but again, we weren't just 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.960 gonna take anybody, and we were very fortunate the way 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:51.800 it fell. We had high marks on Chris and so 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.360 thank goodness he was there. But he was a priory 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:56.160 position for us, but at the same time, we weren't 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:58.919 just gonna take anybody, and he was one that we 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:02.160 specifically targeted, and so we were we were happy he 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:03.080 was at forty nine. 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.760 Jenkins lacks ideal size, He's six to two hundred and 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:10.400 ninety nine pounds, but he's an excellent athlete who earned 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:14.760 the nickname the Mutant from his strength coach at Michigan. 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:17.639 Our same coach, Coach Hurd, gave it to me because 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:19.959 I just went above and beyond in the weight room 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:22.280 and I did some things that you know, people looking 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:24.480 at me wouldn't expect me to do, and he said, 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:26.640 my mentality, you know, how I carry myself, how I 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:31.120 pushed through adversity, injury, anything, is a mutant mentality. And 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:32.880 that's where he gave the name to me my sophomore 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:34.040 year and it stuck ever since. 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:37.080 The Mutant is the son of a four time Pro Bowler. 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:40.160 His dad, Chris Senior, spent ten years in the NFL 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.800 with the Panthers in Jets. In the next round, the 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:47.560 Bengals picks were announced by former Pro Bowl receiver TJ. 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:51.640 Hushman Zada, and it seemed like fate when TJ announced 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:54.080 the Bengals first third round pick. 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:57.200 So this pick means this pick means something to me 0:03:57.280 --> 0:03:59.920 as I've been training this kid for a long time 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:03.480 and now he's gonna be drafted by the Bingles. So 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:07.520 with the eightieth pig in a twenty twenty four NFL draft, 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:12.040 the Cincinnati Bingals select Jermaine Burdon wide receiver Alabama. 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:16.120 Burton spent his first two college seasons at Georgia before 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:19.520 finishing with two years at Alabama. He's six feet tall, 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:22.680 a solid one hundred ninety six pounds, and ran a 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:26.960 four four five forty at the combine in his college career, 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:31.640 he averaged eighteen yards to catch. Here's offensive coordinator Dan 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:35.479 Pitcher on how Burton will fit with Jamar Chase and 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:36.320 t Higgins. 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.600 He'll fig great. I mean, he's explosive, and so that's 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:42.080 really our job now as to how do we mix 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:46.279 and match those skill sets. But what he brings to 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:50.039 the table with regard to the threat he's gonna post 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:52.480 to the defense, how they're gonna have to respect all 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:55.279 three of those players in the explosiveness they bring. We'll 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:58.080 figure that part out, but he'll take care of the 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:01.000 hard part, which is separating from defense and catching the football. 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:03.800 As for that Hushman's out of connection. Burton says that 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:07.720 it's crazy that DJ announced his pick and that he's 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:09.400 going to his former team. 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.440 You know, it's honestly amazing, you know, having TJ train me, 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:15.800 you know throughout these past few years of you know, 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:19.479 even going into college. You know, working with him is 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:22.719 you know, is honestly great. It's just just to know 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:24.919 his history and his background with the game of football, 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.440 that his knowledge on it, and you know, to see 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:29.479 the way he thinks and you know the way he 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.960 put puts it into the drills and you know, the 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:35.159 way he talks to you and his terminology. You know, 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:38.000 it's just it's a It really helps me. And you 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:41.240 know we also developed a relationship, you know, to the point, 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:43.320 you know we talk about other things and you know, 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:45.159 just life things and you know, just a lot of 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:46.000 maturity growth. 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:48.400 With their second pick in the third round, number ninety 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:52.359 seven overall, the Bengals doubled down on defensive tackle and 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:55.320 chose McKinley Jackson out of Texas A and M who 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:58.920 addresses the void left by the departure of DJ Reader. 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:00.839 He's a guy we've talked a lot about, you know. 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:04.400 He he fits a good spot for us. You know, 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:08.400 three hundred and thirty pound nose guard. There's not a 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:10.240 lot of those in the draft. He's a guy that 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:12.680 we had rated highly and he was sitting right there 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:14.480 for us in the third rounds was the right spot 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:16.560 to take him. I don't think you ever go wrong 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.239 adding to your defensive line. You know, as a head coach, 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:23.360 as an offensive play caller that faces faces these guys 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:26.279 every every week and you have to prepare for him. 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:31.080 Depth at defensive tackle defensive end is critical and if 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:32.240 you don't have it, if all of a sudden, you 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:34.720 come up short, it doesn't matter what's going on behind it, 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.120 you know. So I think that's the number one thing 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:39.480 to take the pressure off the back seven is to 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:41.200 continue to add to your defensive line. And we had 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:44.400 the opportunity to do that today and makes me sleep 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:45.560 a lot better at night. 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:47.880 Jackson was a two time captain at A and M 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.200 and says he'll be a fit on the Bengals defense. 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:53.120 You know, I played football. I no matter what the 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.320 system it is. You know our cent I get the 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:57.919 better word. I want to get to play book and 0:06:58.200 --> 0:06:59.919 you know brings the championship. 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:02.760 The Bengals Booth podcast is brought to you by pay Corps, 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:06.480 proud to be the Bengals official HR software provider, by 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:10.640 Alta Fiber future proof Fiber Internet designed to elevate your home, 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:14.040 business and community to a new level, and by Kettering 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:17.679 Health the best care for the best fans. Kettering Health 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:22.240 is the official healthcare provider of the Bengals. Now time 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:25.120 for analysis of Day two and I'll look ahead to 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:27.920 the final four rounds of the draft with my broadcast 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:32.040 partner Dave Lapham. All Right, lap Let's start with the 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:35.840 Bengals second round draft pick defensive tackle Chris Jenkins out 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:39.720 of Michigan, a captain on a national championship team, the 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:43.160 son of a four time pro bowler, and obviously somebody 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:45.760 the Bengals are going to be counting on this year 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:48.600 to be an important part of their defensive tackle rotation, 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:50.520 no question. 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:54.800 You know, this kid is six two and a half, 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:59.120 about three hundred pounds, runs five forty He's got good 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:02.200 arm length to thirty four inches, wingspans almost eighty inches. 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:04.880 You know, it's and the thing, the. 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:09.240 Thing that's been impressive to me, and with the liberalization 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:13.040 of the rules and earthing and athletics, starts with the 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:13.720 feed ends. 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:16.400 With your hands. All of these guys. 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:18.600 The the the Bengals are drafted in the interior of 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.560 the defensive line, of the offensive line. 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:25.600 Big strong, massive hands, and that that hand strength is 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:26.120 a big deal. 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.520 I mean, if he gets you in the position, now 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:30.640 you're allowed to get your hands within the framework of 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:33.560 the body clamp on them. Those big strong muckers that 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:37.440 these guys have and control people. And uh, he he 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:40.280 really does does a nice job with his with his hands. 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:43.760 There's no question he's got excellent functional football strength. In 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:47.960 my estimation, powerful athletic. You know, he's more of a 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:52.120 three technique. He slided out to a five technique occasionally. Uh, 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:54.760 you know, very physical at the point of attack. He 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:58.760 keeps his pad level down. He's uh, you know, he's 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:02.400 a he's a damn good football player. He's got lateral 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:04.560 movement skills that that are solid. 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:06.679 You know, he's not knocked off his feet. 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:10.480 He can stack and ship people pretty darn well good 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:14.000 pursued angles to the football. Uh, he's a he's an 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:15.080 excellent football player. 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:15.280 You know. 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:16.440 He, like you say, grew up. 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:19.480 Around the game with his dad playing at the at 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:22.640 the at the high level that that his dad played at. 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:25.400 And uh, you know, he's he's definitely. 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:30.520 Uh, he's he's got you know, quickness, can get around 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:33.240 the blockers need be so he can change that up. 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:34.200 He can bull rush you. 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:36.600 I mean, he's got a mirriad of ways to pressure 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:39.600 the quarterback too. He is more of a three technique 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:42.040 kind of guy, though he's not the nose tackle kind 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:44.200 of guy. And the Bengals did address that, you know, 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:46.640 later on in the in the draft, but he was 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.880 on the board at that spot. He was obviously the 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:52.839 best guy on their board, and they stayed true to 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:55.840 their board, and they go and they get you know, 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:59.640 a guy that is very, very consistent in his effort. 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:04.800 There's no doubt about that. He's a solid NFL prospect. 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:08.120 But I do think he plays the run better than 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:10.400 the past at this point in time. But that's what's 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:13.080 asked of him at Michigan, you know, that's. 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:16.599 Basically the way they have their defensive lineman play in 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:17.840 their front seven play. 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:21.640 So I think he can be you know, developed, I 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:26.480 think pretty quickly and effectively. Is a little bit better 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:28.240 pass rusher than he show up to college. 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:33.040 He's not a gigantic man like Amarius Mims that we 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:37.559 met earlier today. Chris Jenkins is about six three, weighed 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:39.800 in at two hundred and ninety nine pounds, But the 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:43.360 old Michigan strength coach who followed Jim Harbaugh out to 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:46.640 the Chargers nicknamed him the Mutant when he was a 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:49.480 sophomore in college for his performances in the weight room 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:53.080 and his attitude, you know, when times were tough. So 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:57.360 sometimes you don't have to be three hundred and twenty 0:10:57.440 --> 0:11:00.800 pounds to impose your will on the defensive line. 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:01.480 Yeah. 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:04.840 Absolutely, And he's you know you can probably you didn't 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:06.920 get a little bit bigger as he matures, you know, 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:11.280 I mean he's uh, he's got that like Randy White 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:15.160 was the manster part man park monster. That's what I 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:16.880 think Jenkins aspires. 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:17.000 To be, you know. 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:22.440 And and honestly, the Bengals the way they are, you know, 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:26.000 addressing things with the offensive line is the land of 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:29.040 the Giants, and they're trying to compete with that title 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:32.119 with with what they're trying to do on the interior. 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:37.800 And uh, it's Are all these guys gonna be starters? 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.760 No, not necessarily. Will they be in a rotation? 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:43.480 Hell yeah, I'll be in a rotation in some way, 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:47.240 shape or form. Eight guys all made all eight Brookies 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:49.760 last year. They all made the football team. They all 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:53.480 had a role initially expanded upon those roles. And the 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:55.840 three guys that they have drafted in uh in the 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:59.200 first two rounds, uh in this in this draft, in 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:00.360 the national and first. 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.480 Three rounds, I should say that for the first four. 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:06.480 Guys they drafted, I think we'll all make the football 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:10.080 team and have a significant role. So that's their last 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:13.280 eleven draft picks. You know, it's they've they've done a 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:16.520 damn good job. And honestly, the way the National Football 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:19.760 League is today, when you're paying your quarterback pick dollars 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:22.920 and you're gonna pay multiple receivers potentially big dollars. 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:25.360 You have to put the bat on the ball. 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:28.200 You have to have rookies that can contribute, because you 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:30.600 know they're under rookie contracts, and that's. 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:33.640 The way you can control that that salary cap. So 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:36.920 the draft becomes more and more important. And you know, 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:38.400 I think it's very easy. 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:40.520 To have a great draft like they did in twenty 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:42.319 twenty when they had the first pick in every round. 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:44.439 There's no doubt about that. 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:48.960 And honestly, I think the closer you get to the 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:51.360 end of the round, like when they went to the 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:54.000 Super Bowl, I think that is a good spot to 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:56.600 be too, because you can always pick up the guys 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:59.640 that slid. Oh man, this guy's still here. Oh my god, 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.400 we didn't expect he'd be here before he slides. 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:05.040 The second round. Let's clean this up. You do that 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:05.760 every round. 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:08.120 I think you can set yourself off for a decent draft. 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:10.600 I mean, Kansas City's made a living on it. But 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:14.000 if you're in the middle of the round, now it's like, oh, 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:16.800 do we contribute to the slide of this player or 0:13:16.880 --> 0:13:19.320 should we end the slide or do we have somebody 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:21.880 you know a little bit better on our draft board. 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:24.760 It does. It's so not a need. We don't want 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:27.280 to go there. I mean, I think the middle of 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:28.280 the round can be. 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:30.840 Almost one of the more difficult spots to pick, and 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:32.240 I think they're doing a hell of a job of 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:35.080 kicking quality flares. 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:35.319 At that point. 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:38.480 Let's jump to the third round and actually go to 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:41.040 their second third round pick, since they doubled down at 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:45.240 the defensive tackle position and selected McKinley Jackson number ninety 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:49.720 seven overall. According to Dame Brugler of The Athletic, he 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:53.360 had a sixth or seventh round grade, so maybe the 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:55.360 Bengals took him a little bit higher than some of 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:58.600 the experts expected. But this is more of a DJ 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.520 Reader type replacement. This is a large man three d 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:04.920 and twenty five pounds, two time captain at Texas A 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:08.760 and m Lunarumo told reporters after the selection that he 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:13.240 is close to the ball nose tackle shade type guy. 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:17.199 Yeah, I mean he is. He's a zero technique of 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:21.840 one technique compilation of of the mock drafts. 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:22.160 That I saw. 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.840 I had him as the third rounder. You know it 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:28.880 was I don't know. I mean, everybody has has has 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:32.080 differences of opinion. That's what makes the draft so beautiful 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:36.000 because it's totally non scientific. But the Bengals obviously had 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:41.280 him rated decently on their board into the third round 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:44.440 because I thought, wow, it might go exactly as I 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:47.560 had hoped. You know, you start out with an offensive 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:53.440 tackle and then you a receiver is pick, a defensive 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:56.200 tackles picked, and a receiver's pick. Then they doubled down 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.600 on defensive tackle because more cornerbacks were off the board. 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:01.520 They had defensive tackle. 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:04.480 In this In this case, I mean, Kenley Jackson rated 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:07.640 higher than the remaining quarterback and our cornerbacks on their 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:11.040 big board, and uh, you know it's like he's a 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:14.640 he's basically a zero technique in the yard front. I mean, 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:18.440 he's the he's the nose tackle they're looking for. And 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.920 for a guy you know that's gonna play that. 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:23.960 He's six one and a half. You know, he's he's 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:27.920 got decent, decent height, He's got long arms. Though, man, 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.480 he's a he's a burly dude. Man, he's put together. 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:32.120 But at three hundred and. 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:34.160 Twenty six pounds, he's almost got. 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:36.400 A thirty four inch you know length to his arms. 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:39.040 He's got a ten inch and in a wingspan of 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:43.320 over eighty inches. So they're doing a tremendous job of 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:45.960 of You know, a guy with with that type of 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:48.160 that type of body is one of those dudes that 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:51.240 entire shoes without bending over. You know, he's he's he's 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:53.960 gonna be able to control you with those long arms 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:57.640 and those strong hands. He's an impressive athlete for his size. 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:01.040 You know, there's no question. I mean, he has quick feeding. 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:04.480 He plays low. When he doesn't, he's gonna have issues, 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:07.000 There's no question about that. I mean, I know I've 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:09.840 seen him get moved pretty well on some double teams. 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:12.400 But he's he's got a lot of masks and if 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:15.480 he handles it right, he's a damn good uh two 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:16.240 gap defender. 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:17.720 There's no question about that. 0:16:17.800 --> 0:16:21.760 He's got strength, he's got athleticism. You know, he'll he 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:24.520 does have like he'll he'll he'll snatch you and swim 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:28.120 a little bit. You know, he's he's a he's a 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:31.840 brute strength kind of guy. You know, he's a and 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:36.000 it's not like he can't play a defense where it's 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:39.840 a penetration into gaps. He's got the versatility to do that, 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:41.920 I will, playing both in a one gap and the 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:44.520 two gap kind of scenario. So he gives Lure in 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:49.000 a amos some versatility in that regard. And again talking 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:52.520 about the hands, he's got violent hands, I mean strong 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:58.440 lower body, uh, strong moodor second effort guy. Sometimes you 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:02.000 know he is he's got his nose over his skis 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:03.640 and he ends up on the ground a little bit 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:05.720 against single blocks, which. 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:07.400 You know that can be corrected very easily. 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:13.040 So he's I think, I think he's you know, he 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:14.960 looks maybe he's a little bit tight in his hips. 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:18.480 That might be the only you know, knock that you 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:21.359 can you can throw out there with him. But again, 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:26.440 I think they gave up eighty two plays of twenty 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:27.160 yards or more. 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.399 And if you have trouble stopping. 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:32.920 The run and give up big plays in the running game, 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:35.160 you're going to get crushed in the passing game. 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:38.840 And some of it was getting beaten physically. 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.280 A lot of it was you know, metal mistakes hit 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:43.760 and raw gaps and breaking down and coverages and that 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:46.040 sort of thing. But what you want to do is 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:49.840 rectify any of the problems that you have from a 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:53.320 physical standpoint. And you lose DJ reader, you got to 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:55.000 do something, man. You've got to get some people that 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:57.600 you can rotate in there to plug up that running game, 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:00.399 particularly in this division. And it was amazing to me 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:04.440 to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers almost duplicate every position Bengals took. 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:06.120 They took one. It was unbelievable. 0:18:06.440 --> 0:18:08.800 Bengals take an offensive lineman, they take one. Bengals take 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:11.840 an interior defensive limon, they take one. You know, Bengals 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:15.200 take a wide receiver. They seemed to me it was amazing. 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:19.520 So Baltimore, I think did their solid job. Cleveland didn't 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:22.000 have a whole lot of a lot of hooks in the. 0:18:21.960 --> 0:18:25.679 Initial stages, but in this division you'd have to be 0:18:25.760 --> 0:18:29.480 able to be pig physical and run the ball with 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:32.960 some a modicum of consistency and stop the run with 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:36.280 a bigger mod consistency. 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:39.159 So in between the two defensive tackles selected, there was 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:42.879 a wide receiver. Jermaine Burton started his college career Georgia, 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:45.960 spent two years there, finished it at Alabama, spent two 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:50.480 years there and averaged eighteen yards per catch, playing four 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:54.880 seasons in the SEC. The word explosive jumps out when 0:18:54.920 --> 0:18:56.439 you watch the tape of Jermaine Burton. 0:18:57.760 --> 0:18:59.520 Jermaine Burton is a dog. 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:03.119 I mean there's no other, no better way, and I 0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:05.200 mean that in a good way of four years starter. 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:07.560 He said in Georgia for a couple then he goes 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:10.200 to Alabama. I mean, this. 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:14.040 Guy is you know, he he averaged a career high 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:16.760 twenty and a half catch yards per catch last year, 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:17.880 number one in the SEC. 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:19.320 We're talking SEC. 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:23.919 We're talking Georgia, We're talking Alabama. He plays with definitely 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:27.520 a swagger. He plays with a toughness who worked the 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:30.840 middle of the field and and and be physical in 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:32.160 that area of it. 0:19:32.400 --> 0:19:35.719 He can get vertical in a hurry. He's got speed 0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:38.240 and he's a quality route runner. You can you know, 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:41.080 with that speed, he can sink his hips and get 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:42.200 in and out of cuts. 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:47.160 He's got an extremely low drop rate, it's the most 0:19:47.240 --> 0:19:50.679 the lowest in this class of wide receivers. And you 0:19:50.720 --> 0:19:53.840 know he had some off the field issues. I think 0:19:53.880 --> 0:19:58.000 part of that was due to his competitive nature. Uh 0:19:58.760 --> 0:20:02.080 to be I guess about it. But that's a matter 0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:04.280 of maturity, a matter of growing up a little bit. 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:09.240 And I think that it's not like they feel like 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:11.440 he's you know, he robbed a bank or he's got an. 0:20:11.280 --> 0:20:14.440 Alcoholic drug problem or whatever. And this locker room is 0:20:14.880 --> 0:20:17.280 is solid. I mean, it's it's got a lot of uh, 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:19.840 a lot of high quality guys in it. 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:22.359 And I'm sure they feel like the wide receiver room 0:20:22.880 --> 0:20:25.000 and the coach of the wide receiver room is a 0:20:25.040 --> 0:20:28.520 former player himself, and they feel like they can probably 0:20:28.520 --> 0:20:31.240