1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Appreciated relays help cooperation here today, Starry for the wait. 2 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 1: Just trying to put the finishing touches on a few 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: things here today, But just go back and kind of 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: review the picks that were made. Winning the day with 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: seven picks, I believe, ended up picking five players. So 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: starting fourth round there with a Yelda froll hole that's 7 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: close to him, a Danish. I'll probably get on that one. 8 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: But interesting story. You know, I'm not sure who had 9 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: more enjoyment on that pick was Brett or the kid. 10 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 1: But Brett was pretty involved on the phone after the 11 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: picks so they could talk about their recruiting days when 12 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: he brought him into the program. But interesting player started 13 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: his career as a defensive lineman and he transitions the 14 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: offensive line. They ended up playing basically three years a startered, 15 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 1: never missed a game played against a number of good players, 16 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:52,639 Speaker 1: number of good people. Smart, got good size, pretty good 17 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: playing strength, has played kind of multiple positions inside there, 18 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: so um, you know, a good football player against good 19 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: people kind of fits the mold of some of the 20 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: other players that we talked about here a little bit 21 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: over the last few days. And then second picked there 22 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: in the fourth round. So we picked at one thirty 23 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: three and then traded out on one thirty four, picked 24 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: Jared stead In, the quarterback from Auburn. Another player that's 25 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: transferred Baylor background. A lot of people probably know his 26 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: background leaving Baylor and then going to Auburn, but pretty 27 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: productive player. System is probably a little bit different relative 28 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: to what he's gonna play in offensively here, but really 29 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: smart kid. We had another a number of interactions with 30 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 1: him along the way. Smart player, takes care of the football, 31 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: pretty good arm strength, fairly athletic for not a running quarterback, 32 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: but he has decent movement skills, so certainly be competitive 33 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: with the rest of the players that we have at 34 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: the position. So that we moved one thirty four out 35 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,919 Speaker 1: with the two fifths that was the the Rams trade, 36 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: one of the Ram trades I think, and then picked 37 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: with that first fifth round pick, we picked the Coward, 38 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: the defensive lineman from Maryland, so started his career at Auburn. 39 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: A lot of good football players on that team at Auburn, 40 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: some of whom were drafted, some of whom are gonna 41 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: get drafted next year. Transferred to Maryland. Played defensive end. 42 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: It was a five technique and they're kind of three 43 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: man front. They were really a three four defense. Um, 44 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: so he played a little bit more five technique, but 45 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: probably a little bit more of a of a run player. 46 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: I mean, this guy's really thick. When you see him, 47 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: this guy's I mean, he's well built, really strong, plays 48 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: powerful at the point of attack. So does some did 49 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: some decent things at Auburn, did some decent things at 50 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: Maryland as well, and then with the second pick there, 51 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: drafted the punter him, Stanford Bailey. UM. Pretty athletic kid, 52 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: A great kid, I mean, great traits, smart, mature. So 53 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: it's really nothing more than competition. I mean, it's we'll 54 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,359 Speaker 1: see how it goes. Our whole thing is we don't 55 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: make really commitments to anybody how it's going to go. 56 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: The competition sorts itself out, and you know, we'll let 57 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: it play out and then kind of move those seventh 58 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: round picks around, kind of got rid of them, ended 59 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: up with the one put there at the end, and 60 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 1: took Webster the corner from all miss really really good player. 61 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: Twoy sixteen had some injuries that he's sustained in seventeen 62 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: or whatever year that was, and then he kind of 63 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: worked his way back. I'd say similar to Crossing just 64 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: from a standpoint of outstanding testing numbers, I mean really explosive. 65 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: I mean in terms of his speed, his explosiveness, I 66 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: mean like eye popping numbers. Now, you know, there's an 67 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: element that has to translate over to the field. But 68 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: from a physical athletic trade standpoint, there's a lot of 69 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: good qualities, and he played against some pretty good people, 70 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: you know, on a weekly basis. So we added those 71 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: five players to the players that we picked up here 72 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: over the last few days. There'll be some work here 73 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: to be done post draft free agency, so it'll be 74 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: some moving parts, and then we'll just kind of transition 75 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: to the next phase of the offseason program. Or players 76 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: will be here on Monday for phase two where we 77 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: actually start to get involved more on the field with 78 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: the coaches and with the players, and then we'll continue 79 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: the team building process here throughout the spring. So I'm 80 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: sure there'll be some moving parts between now and September 81 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: when we play our first game. So I mean, nothing's 82 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: really set in stone, so we'll take it one day 83 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: at a time and just try to continue to improve 84 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: the team as best we can. So take some questions 85 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: from there, Sued said that he meant do for quite 86 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: a while as pro day. How much did he impress 87 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:25,679 Speaker 1: you in that meeting and how much does that probably 88 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: into taking him at this point? Yeah, I mean everything 89 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: goes into it. I mean, everything goes into it. So 90 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: it's just part of our process that we go through. 91 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: But he's a smart kid, pretty mature, picks things up well, 92 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: So you know, we'll see how it goes. Like I said, 93 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: he's going to transition into a system that's a little 94 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: bit different in terms of play calling and some of 95 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 1: the other things that you know he's going to be 96 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: asked to do here. So you know, he's an impressive kid. 97 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: You know, he's very mature, So you know, we'll see 98 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: how it goes. Hens. The system at Auburn kind of 99 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: hold him back a little bit. Seems like he was 100 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: talking about it didn't necessarily fine their identity and they 101 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: be in recross back he said, I think you should 102 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 1: open up there. Yeah, Mike, I think kind of we'll 103 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: be talking a little about yesterday. I mean, the system 104 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: is the system, so kind of we're moving forward and 105 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: whatever actually happened in the past doesn't really have any 106 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: bearing on what we're going to do. So the things 107 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: that we're going to have to do maybe similar, maybe different. 108 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: So how he handles our information and our volume, our system, 109 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: how that goes, Because I think you have to kind 110 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: of evaluate the player from a skill standpoint. The system 111 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: component factors into some degree, but in the end you 112 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: kind of have to be able to sort of look 113 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: past that and look forward kind of them to transition 114 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: them forward kind of into our system and they's just 115 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: try to see how they assimilate to the things that 116 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: we're going to do. Yeah, how different is the information 117 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: you're trying to glean when you're going to visit the 118 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 1: kid for the first time, when you then later host 119 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: him on a visit having already met with it. It's 120 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: say along the way, it's really what you're trying to 121 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: do is look for confirmation or if there's any sort 122 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: of discrepancies, like well, the school said one thing, while 123 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: we found something different. So if there's a gap, then 124 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: you try to fill that gap or has there been 125 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: a consistent pattern all the way throughout. So I wouldn't 126 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: say it's necessarily anything different that you're trying to do. 127 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 1: You're trying to confirm what you have Okay, is this 128 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: the information? Is it seem accurate? Is this matchup? Okay, 129 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: well we have a little bit of a gap here. Okay, 130 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 1: let's delve a little bit further into that. So along 131 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: the way, we're trying to arrive really the same point 132 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: to create one profile of the player and say, Okay, 133 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: here's what we think it in. Here's what we think 134 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: it is based on all the information that we've accumulated 135 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: to this point. So I wouldn't say wherever the interaction is, 136 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: it's not necessarily different. The further along you get into 137 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 1: the process, maybe there's something specific that you really want 138 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: to drill down on. So well, knowing it's only a 139 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: few days of work at the Senior Bowl, how valuable 140 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: was it to see Jarrett in that environment, knowing that 141 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: the offense that he was going to be running there 142 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: was different from what he ran in college and it 143 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,679 Speaker 1: might be a little bit more similar to sure, Yeah, Yeah. 144 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: The great thing about the Senior Bowl you're seeing some 145 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: of the best players have actually been some underclassmen have 146 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 1: been incorporated into that mix, so you're seeing them against 147 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: good competition and it's a different dynamic or different situation 148 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 1: that they've been placed, and you're kind of taking them 149 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: out of their environment that they've been in and kind 150 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: of giving them something new and see how they handle it. 151 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: So against good people, you know, because a lot of 152 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: those players out where there. I'm sure we'll go back 153 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: and look at the see who was at the Senior Bowl, 154 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: how many players were drafted, how many players are on rosters, 155 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: and there's probably going to be a decent correlation. So 156 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: it's just you get to an opportunity of evaluating them 157 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: in a different environment and kind of see how they 158 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: handle that transition or something different. So I remember Jimmy 159 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: went to the Senior Bowl in fourteen. It was probably 160 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: pretty different from what he was running at Eastern and 161 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: maybe a lot of people to see something's different. I 162 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: don't know. Yeah, So I think the Senior Bowl everything 163 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: is so watered down because even the teams that are there, 164 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: they're really not putting their system in place. They're basically 165 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: giving the players, Okay, here's what we're gonna do. I mean, look, 166 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: they can run two coverages right in defense, and the 167 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: volume of plays is you'd actually run is Carola going 168 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: to be limited? So it's pretty it's a little narrow 169 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: in scope. Relative to what they're actually going to get. 170 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: So it's just something new or something different, and you 171 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: can see how they handle that because the other thing too, 172 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: you're throwing a guy like you've never worked with before, 173 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: right timing, body language, execution, So there's just a lot 174 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: of different elements. So honestly, you're just going to see 175 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: how they handle the environment relative to the other players 176 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: that they're going against. Like when you're at at one 177 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: sixty seven in the fifth round and you got the 178 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: punter on your radar, you go up to one sixty 179 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: three to go get them, give them out the late 180 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: seventy Do you have intelligence there that at one sixty four, 181 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: one sixty five, one sixty six someone's coming up to 182 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: get them? You want to leap someone. That's that why 183 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: that move is made. Not necessarily, it might be more 184 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: of like we have a lot of picks, we're probably 185 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: not going to be able to use them. So I mean, 186 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: if we're not gonna if we're gonna pick players that 187 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:43,719 Speaker 1: I mean, there's only so many players that we can pick, 188 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: or you start you know, running the players at some 189 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: point that you're actually gonna pick. So it's supplying demand 190 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: and it's pick about like how many players and if 191 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: you look at our team, like you only have so 192 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: many spots. So I mean, we have a pretty competitive roster, 193 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: but you only go up to ninety. So we just 194 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: start adding players. Well, it's gonna I'm at the expense 195 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: of somebody else. So I think it's more of a 196 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: situation where just you kind of have some picks and 197 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: you might be able to use them, so you know, 198 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: maybe just move up a few spots and it could 199 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: save you somewhere else along the way. You guys have 200 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 1: a lot of success after the first round, second, third, fourth, 201 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: and fifth round finding starters. Was this a good draft 202 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: to do? That? Was that one of the strengths of 203 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: this draft the death Yeah. I mean I think it 204 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 1: all depends on what you're looking for and what you're 205 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: trying to do. I mean, our system and our process 206 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: it is pretty similar just wherever we are. So we 207 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: just try to find players that A we like, B 208 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: we think fit and I mean, look, the draft, it's 209 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:39,440 Speaker 1: it's in an exact science. I mean for me to 210 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 1: sit here up in and tell you anything different. I mean, look, 211 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: everybody puts a lot of time in a lot of 212 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,959 Speaker 1: the resources, and even with that sometimes it's a fifty 213 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,679 Speaker 1: fifty proposition. So we just try to work through our 214 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: process and try to stay consistent. And then one thing 215 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 1: that we try to do is just work through. You know, 216 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: we talked about this last night, work across and work 217 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: up and down, and even when we're picking players, whatever 218 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 1: round that is, sometimes we our conversations will look, you know, 219 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: who's been the most consistently highest graded player, then pick 220 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: that player as opposed to well there's another guy over there. 221 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: Yeah we like them, but then to take a guy 222 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: maybe a little bit lower, just to take him at 223 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: another position. So we those conversations are are really organic 224 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: because it's all predicated on what's in front of you. 225 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 1: So that's the one thing we just try to do. 226 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 1: And look, we just try to do the best child 227 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: we can with the opportunities that present themselves. Focus now 228 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: for college scouts at this point in the calendar, because 229 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: it is a simple as just hit the reset button 230 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,079 Speaker 1: and the kind of move back to zero. It's a 231 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: great questing crip. So basically there are road scouts, So 232 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 1: throughout March, a little bit of April, you kind of 233 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 1: have the pro day circuit right and then as a 234 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: part of that, you're actually starting to work on some 235 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 1: of the spring scouting, you know, because you have the 236 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: junior days, junior prospects, lightweight speed, get some of that information. 237 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: You can start toccumulate some back and information while you're 238 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 1: at the school the actual pro day for next year. 239 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: And then once that, once the pro days are done, 240 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: then the road scouts are area scouts are focused on 241 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty drafts. So our guys were here through 242 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: the past three or four days, and while the drafts 243 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: going on, they're watching a draft and they're watching prospects 244 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 1: in their area for next year, so we can put 245 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: together our spring perspectives. So it's a continuous moving target. 246 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:15,559 Speaker 1: And I mean, our guys do a great job. It 247 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: take a lot of pride in what they do and 248 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: it shows and there is important to the process and 249 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 1: anybody because a lot of the players that we pick 250 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: is based on a lot of the work and information 251 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 1: that they've accumulated that we have in our database that 252 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: we resort to i'd say on a pretty regular basis, 253 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: and then even once they transition from college to pro 254 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: they kind of flip in the system and then we 255 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: still have all the information. So it's a player on 256 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: another team that's not here. Okay, well it's somewhere along 257 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: the line. If he comes into our program, Well let's 258 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: go back into the information. What do we have on him? Okay? 259 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,839 Speaker 1: So and that you know, sometimes it matches up or 260 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: sometimes it helps you make a decision on a player 261 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: that otherwise you wouldn't you wouldn't have that information. Let's 262 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: stop team put in you know, tape that wasn't from 263 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen for some of these guys like twenty sixteen 264 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: or Jared last year in twenty seventeen. It's a great question. 265 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:09,439 Speaker 1: It's a great question. Everything's important. So obviously when there's 266 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: a little bit of a gap in time like that, 267 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: you know, you kind of maybe be able to look 268 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: at a player to say, like peak performance, like what 269 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: did that look like, and then see, okay, maybe it's 270 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 1: taking a little bit of time to get to that 271 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: same level of performance. So but these players they mature 272 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: over the course of hopefully you know, two to three years, 273 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: So what they were as a sophomore maybe different than 274 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: what they are as a senior. You kind of see that, 275 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: see that progression. I mean, I think, I mean not 276 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: that it's really germane to this discussion. But like Josh 277 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: Allen Okay from Kentucky. So here was a player who 278 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: probably he could have come out as a junior, didn't 279 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: come out, and so he went back to school and 280 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 1: he basically made himself a top ten pick based on 281 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: his performance, his production, his play, and it's a credit 282 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: to him. So there's a good example of a player 283 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 1: who went from sixteen seventeen seventeen, like he's a good player, 284 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: you know, went from seventeen eighteen and made himself into 285 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 1: one of the best players in a draft. So it 286 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: depending on the circumstance and situation. You might be able 287 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 1: to use some of the information, but what they're doing 288 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: currently is relevant, and then you have to be able 289 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: to say, Okay, here's what we think it's going to be, 290 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,839 Speaker 1: like this is what it was here. He can get 291 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: back to the level or not. So we'll have to 292 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: test that when they get here. But in certain situations 293 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 1: and maybe a little bit more applicable than others. You're 294 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: all these drafts must be so different to manipulate the 295 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,959 Speaker 1: need to different the players are different board maps. Out 296 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: was this draft was that you felt comfortable in all 297 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: the way through it and felt feel sped up. You 298 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: felt as if you know the guys who were there, 299 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: the machinations and strategy you wanted to use were there. 300 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: Relative to other drafts, was this an easy draft? Do 301 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: you walk away from the saying I like the way 302 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: we operated? That's a good question, Tom. I think it's 303 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: pretty consistent year to year, and we just try to 304 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,959 Speaker 1: stay true to our process throughout the way. And I 305 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: wouldn't say that we've deviated much from that. I mean 306 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 1: we go through, set the board, create the players, look 307 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: at the board and take the information, and just as 308 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 1: the players come off, there's an reactionary element, like you 309 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: can try to project as much as you want, like, Okay, 310 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: this guy's gonna go here, this guy's gonna go there. 311 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: What if we do this? Okay, you can spend some 312 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: time on that, but it's really more as it's happening, Okay, 313 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: then what's the application and then make your decision okay. 314 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: And if you lose a player, okay, you go to 315 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: the next guy. So I mean you can't look back, 316 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: you just have to move forward. So I mean the 317 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: group that we have does a phenomenal job, and we 318 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: work together on a pretty consistent basis over the last 319 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: however many years. So I mean, they make it easier 320 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: on all of us because of how well and efficient 321 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: they do their jobs. So we're in those ten minute periods, 322 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: five minute periods, where is there ever a period where 323 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: it felt frantic or it's just let's make this call. 324 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: See if oh, you've already made the calls to trance, 325 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: set up trades, if it's coming, combination of both, combination both, 326 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: because trades are very player specific and very player driven 327 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: based on the needs or interests of the other team. 328 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: So we'll reach out, you know, they'll reach out, Hey, 329 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: what do you think? And then we'll look at it 330 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: and we'll make a decision. Okay, we'll we do this, 331 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: and we'll here's what would happen. So there's a reactionary element. 332 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: You just have to make a decision. You just can't vacillate. 333 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: You just have to make a decision, okay, and move 334 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: forward and whatever the circumstances are. I mean, it's kind 335 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: of in a game like, okay, what happens on second down? 336 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: All right, boom, you got a transition to third down 337 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: and go to the next play. So to a certain extent, 338 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: it's similar to a gamelike element. So, like I said, 339 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: we're blessed to have a lot of great people that 340 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: are part of the process that make it very efficient, 341 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: very clean. So I mean, it's that portion of it 342 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: I'd say has been pretty consistent here for the last 343 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: however many years, So it's really more a credit to them. 344 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: What do you do to factor in just the number 345 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 1: of bodies that you want to add? It's a good question. 346 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: You have to look at where you are from a 347 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: team standpoint. So I think we started the day we 348 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: were probably roughly seventy players on the rosters. Okay, we 349 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: had twelve picks. Okay, we end up picking with ten, 350 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: so there's eighty Okay, signs some players after the draft. 351 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: So and every player that you add, okay, if you 352 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: go over X, okay, you're gonna have to make a 353 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: decision on somebody else. So that's where like, Okay, you 354 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: could have all these draft picks, Okay, well, how many 355 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 1: roster spots do you have? So some of that plays 356 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: into it. So there'll be some movement probably here in 357 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: the next however many weeks. I mean, guys will come 358 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: on undrafted, players will come on, players will come off 359 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: and that's part of like we're evaluating our team along 360 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: the way, and we're just trying to put together as 361 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: competitive group as possible. Really kind of looking ahead to 362 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: training camp. I mean, the spring is important, training is important, 363 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 1: OTAs are important, but the most important thing is, Okay, 364 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: where are we going to be in training camp? And 365 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: then just trying to set our team up so that 366 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: we can have a competitive situation, you know, come August, 367 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: like adding twelve would have been okay, you could the 368 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: roster could have handled that, or did you enter the 369 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: draft sort of feeling like and it might be good 370 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: to package a couple of these here and there and 371 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: have a smaller number. I think it's really depending like 372 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: who we talk, who are we picking, you know, the 373 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: type of player, the quality of player that you're actually picking, 374 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: and is it realistic, like Okay, are they really going 375 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 1: to have an opportunity to make the team, or maybe 376 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: they fit into a different category classification, so you know, 377 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 1: ten twelve, nine eight. I mean we've drafted as little 378 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: as about four or five players one year, and then 379 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: we've drafted ten, eleven, twelve, So it's constantly a little 380 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: bit of moving targets. So it doesn't really there's not 381 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: one specific form of like, okay, we need this many 382 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: players in this draft, but you do have to manage 383 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 1: your numbers because you can only have so many that 384 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 1: you take the training camp and you are training into 385 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: a spot. Is there a transparency about who wants which player? 386 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 1: So if you're giving up, no, well they're not telling 387 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 1: you who they're picking, you know. I mean you might 388 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,120 Speaker 1: do that to consummate the trade and then just ask 389 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 1: them we'll pick in and they say okay, got it, 390 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: and then just move on. So because you like, once 391 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: you agree to the trade, oh you're picking Oh wait, no, 392 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 1: hold on, I got no. You can't do that because 393 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: you actually have to both teams have to communicate with 394 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,360 Speaker 1: the league. Right, Okay, So let's say you call me, Hey, 395 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: want to do a trade. Okay, what's a compensation? Okay, 396 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: we'd agree to that. Okay, great, call the league. Both 397 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: teams have to call the league and then they tell you, 398 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: all right, you're confirmed, we have a trade, we have 399 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 1: an agreement. You're on the clock, like, it's not well 400 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: who you picking? Okay? Well hold on? Can we go 401 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 1: like ken like the trades? I mean, you can't do that. 402 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 1: So it'd be great, but you can't do that. Yea, 403 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 1: Obviously you can lean on threat a little bit on 404 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: that pick. Is that a similar process to when maybe 405 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: you're signing a player that Josh worked with the rams 406 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,880 Speaker 1: of the Rondos. Where's it different because they're still projecting 407 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 1: a player to the pros from college. That's a good question, 408 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: That's a really good question. I think wherever you can 409 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,719 Speaker 1: accumulate information that you think can help you earn your 410 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: evaluation and your assessment is important, whether it's a former coach, 411 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 1: whether it's a former teammate and a former player. I mean, look, 412 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 1: and you want them to be honest, you know, just 413 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: just want an honest answer, like Okay, what did you 414 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 1: think of this player? Okay, what would you like on 415 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 1: a daily basis? Okay, So wherever you can gather information 416 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: and it's important. And I would say there's varying levels 417 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: of sources at different places. So there's the ones that 418 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 1: you can rely on. There's others that Okay, they'll give 419 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: us some information, but okays, they're real information. So you 420 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 1: have to work through that. But you try to use 421 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 1: whatever resources and tools that you can before a player 422 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: comes into your program. Just to make see whether or 423 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: not like this is a player that actually fit. And 424 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: here's why you may or may not that you might 425 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: go back to previous years that players have played to 426 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 1: help contribute to the evaluation. I'm wondering how far back 427 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: you guys are willing to go at times, because somebody 428 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: like Byron sounded like he was maybe the number one 429 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: recruit in the country coming out of high school. Would 430 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: that be something that would get somebody on your radar 431 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: just in terms of, hey, this guy might be a 432 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 1: pretty special athlete compared against this really wide range of people, 433 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: even though it's years ago. It's a good question, Phil, 434 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 1: I mean, you build a file. But as we know, 435 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: some of those recruiting ranking and services sometimes there are 436 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,680 Speaker 1: a bunch of hot air. So if a player was 437 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 1: highly thought of coming out of high school and he's 438 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 1: highly recruited, it's it's in the background, it's in the note, 439 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 1: it's been an ultimately Okay, it's like a player. Okay, 440 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,640 Speaker 1: he could think a players highly thought of in college. Okay, 441 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: then when he gets the NFL, like, respectfully, none of 442 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: that really matters because what's going to be matter is 443 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: your performance when you're actually here. So it's some respects, 444 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,040 Speaker 1: it's similar to the high school situation. But you know, 445 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: there's a lot of players that were pretty highly recruited. 446 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 1: They were you know, whenever they were coming out. So 447 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 1: you're you're gonna go back, not necessarily and use that, 448 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 1: but okay, obviously he was a well thought of the player. Okay, 449 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 1: then once he gets here, Okay, well then what does 450 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,640 Speaker 1: he do when he's actually there? So I too sort 451 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: of a five technique maybe and does it Maryland scheme, 452 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 1: robber and scheme one of those? Um, do you view 453 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 1: him sort of similarly in terms of his transition to 454 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: the NFL. Is he you know, like Lawrence guy type 455 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,360 Speaker 1: reek and use in them variety of different spots. Yeah. 456 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: I mean we're obviously a multiple front, so we play 457 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: a lot of different fronts, and there's a lot of 458 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,439 Speaker 1: different areas that they can play. I mean, you know, 459 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: Trey Flowers played defensive end. Sometimes he was a zero 460 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 1: technique over the those of some of the subfronts. So 461 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 1: I mean, try to figure out, like where he's going 462 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,160 Speaker 1: to best utilize his skills and his physical attribute. So, 463 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: I mean, he's a sixty three, three hundred pounds, so 464 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: he's kind of a bigger type of player, you know, 465 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 1: versus Derek Rivers and some of those edge guys who 466 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 1: were following the two fifty five like win of Bich 467 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: you know, two fifty five two sixty, so a little 468 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,959 Speaker 1: bit different. So you know whether or not he can 469 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 1: move along the front here a little bit. We'll find 470 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 1: out when he gets here. Sneaking kind of a two 471 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: for one. The first, yeah, if I can sneak it 472 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 1: in the first part would be you guys didn't draft 473 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 1: at tight end. Was that just the way the board 474 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: fell in front of you or was it reflective of 475 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: how you guys felt about that position in this draft? 476 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: And then the second question is just Bailey right footed 477 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: hunter were used to left footed hunters and how much 478 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: did that play into infected the right footed hunter? Not much. 479 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 1: I mean, you're just evaluating the players. I know that's 480 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: been a topic of discussion that we've had fifty six 481 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 1: left footed punters since you know, Bill has been here. 482 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 1: But I mean punting, there's a lot of different things 483 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: that can win to punting, So I mean it's just 484 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: the spin of the ball is going to be a 485 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: little bit different in those types of things, So they 486 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 1: could just look at the player on its own. To 487 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: your first question on the whole tight end position. I mean, look, 488 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: we just like we work across the board and we 489 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: try to rank the players accordingly. I mean, where their 490 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 1: opportunities for us there I mean possibly, So it's always 491 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 1: relative to what are your other options? What else are 492 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 1: you are you looking at? So if Jared talked about 493 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: how we talked to you guys about hating to improve 494 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: this feel in the pocket, might not being so spat up? 495 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,199 Speaker 1: Is that something that that's easily coachable and how do 496 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:41,880 Speaker 1: you kind of evaluate them and you want to fix 497 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: something like that? Yeah? I think the big thing with 498 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 1: any players just try to give them a foundation. You 499 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:50,439 Speaker 1: know that they're gonna learn the system element, okay, come in, 500 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 1: give them foundation, learn our terminology, learn our techniques okay. 501 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 1: And then the on field coaching that takes place, that's 502 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 1: going to be up to guys like Josh and work 503 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,920 Speaker 1: with the quarterback. So there'll be a building block progression 504 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: that goes into it, and we'll try to identify like, Okay, 505 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: here's something that you can't give a player like Okay, 506 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: here are twelve things you need to work on. Okay, 507 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 1: here are the things that are probably like, let's focus 508 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: on these initially. Okay, once you get that, then move 509 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 1: the next thing. So, you know, whatever a player's skill 510 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 1: is or whatever, some things that we feel are going 511 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: to improve and make him a better player, we try 512 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 1: to identify. I try to give them information and here's 513 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: here's how you can improve it. So, I mean it's 514 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,439 Speaker 1: a step by step process. I mean the biggest thing 515 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: for them we talked about this last night, will be 516 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: for them to get here and just assimilate our program, 517 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: get on our program, and kind of start to establish 518 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 1: a little bit of routine for themself because everything that 519 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 1: they do do is going to be brand news. What 520 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 1: were the games or moments that most stood out in 521 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: terms of leadership and maintention with contentables. Yeah, there's never 522 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: a moment. It's a really a culmination of everything. I mean, 523 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: it's I was a two year starter on a good program, 524 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,199 Speaker 1: you know, playing against good people on a on a 525 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: weekly basis. So it's really never one thing. It's always 526 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: a combination of of everything put together that can into 527 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,479 Speaker 1: the play ye evaluation. You have a final watch from 528 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 1: close to like six or seven guys coming off of 529 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: injured reserve or not being used much from last year's 530 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: draft as well. How much did that factor into some 531 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,399 Speaker 1: of the decision making in this draft in terms of 532 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 1: how you attack positions. It's a good question. It necessarily 533 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,959 Speaker 1: isn't going into decision making. I mean, those players are 534 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 1: at different stage in terms of their overall development, so 535 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 1: this will be an important offseason. Really, a lot of 536 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 1: them have been training, call it since January February, because 537 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: even if they were limited during the season, there are 538 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: things that they can do. So they're further ahead of 539 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,640 Speaker 1: where they were relative to last year. Now let's see 540 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: how much further ahead they can get. I mean, they're 541 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: gonna have some opportunities in front of them here and 542 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: this spring will be These are the players that the 543 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 1: spring is really advantageous for. Go through a full off 544 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 1: season of training, get on the field coaching sessions. Okay, 545 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 1: ota phase three, So then you can see over the 546 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:56,199 Speaker 1: course of three four months. Okay, how much progress have 547 00:24:56,280 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 1: they made relative through their first season? You know, the 548 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 1: back James White, Trey Flowers. I mean, those guys basically 549 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 1: didn't play as rookies. Shane Vereen hardly played. So then 550 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 1: they transitioned into their second year and you're just kind 551 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: of looking for a progression and see if they can 552 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 1: take any steps really to give themselves an opportunity to 553 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,120 Speaker 1: be competitive when we get to training camp. So when 554 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 1: you look at and say, like linebacker this year, you've 555 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: got a couple of guys coming off of that last 556 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: year that you know may have shown you something you 557 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: didn't feel like that decided we don't need this kid 558 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: or anything like that. Yeah, it's the same thing. It's 559 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,120 Speaker 1: not necessarily need base as much as it is like 560 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 1: player relative to what other options you have when you 561 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: bring them. You know, when you pick the player, to 562 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: draft the player, all right, one final three for one 563 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: or is this now that these picks are over gone used? 564 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: How does that crystallize for you guys moving forward? If 565 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: you want to make a trade for a players already 566 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 1: in the NFL, a veteran player player on another roster, Yeah, 567 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: we'll take it one day at a time. I mean, 568 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 1: nothing's gonna happen overnight. So I mean, obviously a lot 569 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 1: of players have been added to thirty two teams in 570 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: the league, including ours, so you know, we'll assess where 571 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 1: teams are kind of look back on the roster building 572 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 1: phase of it, and we kind of transition into there'll 573 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 1: be another phase here that we'll go into, call it 574 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: from now until it's called the middle of June, middle 575 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 1: of July. So I'm sure there's some players that will 576 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:19,159 Speaker 1: factor in here at some point. So all right, have 577 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,160 Speaker 1: a good weekend, Thanks for your time, appreciate it.