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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome.

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Speaker 2: I'm good, pretty excited about the the players that we

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Speaker 2: were able to add to the team. You know, starting

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Speaker 2: last night and continuing on tonight obviously helped the offense out.

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Speaker 2: As we move forward here, certainly gonna look to address

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Speaker 2: the defense. Wanted to start out just by saying thank

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Speaker 2: you to the coaches, the scouts, the families, everybody that's

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Speaker 2: that's sacrificed to make this thing possible. Obviously, the the

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Speaker 2: college scouting season is all year long, and these families,

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Speaker 2: you know, really sacrifice a lot. Their husband's away on

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Speaker 2: the road a lot, and uh, you know, appreciate the

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Speaker 2: coaching staff coming in new staff, trying to install offense

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Speaker 2: and defense and really bending over backwards for us to uh,

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Speaker 2: you know, watch as many possible players as they can,

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Speaker 2: getting a week off going to pro days. It's just

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Speaker 2: been a really good process with coach Rabel and we're

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Speaker 2: excited about the guys we were able to add.

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Speaker 1: Any questions. He just start with big break it.

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Speaker 3: Down some of the players.

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Speaker 2: Sure, Travon Henderson had a great career in high school.

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Speaker 2: He's a five star running back coming out of Virginia.

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Speaker 2: Continued on Ohio State started as a true freshman, played

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Speaker 2: there for four years. Extremely productive player, extremely good uh speed,

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Speaker 2: pass protection, pass game. Although he's a little bit undersized,

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Speaker 2: we view him as a three down back and just

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Speaker 2: a really good compliment you know he is. He's a

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Speaker 2: threat with the ball in his hands, speed to take

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Speaker 2: at the distance anytime he touches it. Yeah, Kyle Williams

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Speaker 2: started his career at UNLV, ended up at Washington State,

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Speaker 2: had a really productive junior year when cam Ward was

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Speaker 2: a quarterback there, and then continue that on this year.

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Speaker 2: Fast can play outside and inside, really good with the

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Speaker 2: ball in his hands. For an undersized guy, he's really tough.

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Speaker 2: He doesn't shy away from anything he can block and

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Speaker 2: just to you know, had the opportunity to visit with

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Speaker 2: him on his thirty visit here, and he really has

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Speaker 2: a great personality and we're excited about what he's going

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Speaker 2: to add to the room from that perspective. And then

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Speaker 2: and then Jared Wilson just an young athletic offensive lineman,

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Speaker 2: has center guard flex you know, didn't give up the

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Speaker 2: sack all year this year, and you know, his athletic

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Speaker 2: ability is really what stands out about him.

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Speaker 4: Really, mean to say any at least the two challenge

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Speaker 4: for starting roles or how do you see him constitute

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we see, we see all of them with the

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Speaker 2: ability to come in compete. Obviously, with coach Rabel, it's

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Speaker 2: come in and have the same opportunity. You know, certainly

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Speaker 2: we have some established players at some of these positions,

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Speaker 2: but each player is going to come in and and

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Speaker 2: you know, we'll see what they can do.

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Speaker 3: The idea of addressing the defense maybe day three.

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Speaker 4: How do you feel like what you guys do for

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Speaker 4: a couple of days sets.

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Speaker 5: You up for D three.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we were able to add a couple

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Speaker 2: able to do that. And that's just kind of the

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Speaker 2: way the board was dictated to us, the way it

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Speaker 2: And then you know, the way the board is holding

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Speaker 2: up right now, there's still some players that we feel

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Speaker 2: can help us moving forward.

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Speaker 4: Elle, you talked about Wilson, you know, having center guard flexibility.

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Speaker 4: I mean, obviously you signed Bradburry. I mean if he's

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Speaker 4: the starter for this year, could you see Wilson getting

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I can see that being a possibility.

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Speaker 2: Most of his experience has been at center in this

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Speaker 2: past year, but he had played guard or you know,

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Speaker 2: he was like the basically the six man at Georgia

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Speaker 2: prior to this year, so he's got experience practicing and

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Speaker 2: playing at guard there. So I think center's ultimately going

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Speaker 2: to be his best position. But we'll get him in here,

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Speaker 2: see what he can handle mentally and see what he

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Speaker 3: Right now, you have a.

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Speaker 5: Ten receivers on the rust or you anticipating it, and

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Speaker 5: he moves there and on competitor or.

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Speaker 1: Two, and how you see that competition?

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Speaker 2: No, I just I see it as a as us

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Speaker 2: being able to depth and strengthen the group. You know,

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Speaker 2: obviously Stephan is going to be limited as we moved

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Speaker 3: Elliot, the broadcast showed you on the phone, it's a

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Speaker 3: eighth overall pick, can you take us through what was

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Speaker 1: Up on Travion.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so some teams were calling talking about moving up,

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Speaker 2: and ultimately we didn't feel that the value that was

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Speaker 2: So we just ended up sending the pick in and

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Speaker 2: you know, getting him on the phone with about fifty

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Speaker 6: Trades that's coming to the board and stacked his dad

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Speaker 6: players coming off the board, like before your pick and

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Speaker 6: signing trade down. We're having an idea that some of

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Speaker 1: Yeah, a little bit of both.

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Speaker 2: There were some guys that were drafted, maybe not right

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Speaker 2: and then you know, some teams. It was pretty active

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Speaker 2: So there were some funny, funny asks, but ultimately we

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Speaker 3: Will Campbell and said he had a meeting which you

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Speaker 3: bought this past fall. He said, just to they what.

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Speaker 4: Was your experience like the keep of that conversation the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I wouldn't. I wouldn't say it was a meeting.

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Speaker 2: I was at practice and practice ended and Sherman Wilson,

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Speaker 2: who's a works at LSU, brought bart Well over and

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Speaker 2: And I kind of just assumed at the time that

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Speaker 2: He really was locked in on us, and we were

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Speaker 1: Will Campbell away span would be a sort of outlier

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Speaker 2: Evaluation, I wouldn't say it gave pause. It's something that

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Speaker 2: ultimately it always comes back to the tape and just

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Speaker 2: some of his unique athletic ability and ability to bend

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Speaker 2: his ability to recover, and his ability to anticipate. For

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Speaker 2: a young guy, he's pretty polished for an offensive lineman.

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Speaker 2: So we just kept kept coming back to the tape

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Speaker 2: and seeing those things and didn't think they affected him

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Speaker 6: Are not the host on the level of that boyd

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Speaker 5: Extreme huge speed?

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Speaker 6: How important was that you should from Boston last years.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's definitely an emphasis. You know, all four of

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Speaker 2: But you know, the two skill players we drafted, even Kyle,

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Speaker 2: I think we both expected those guys to run faster,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, go ahead, John, first off, good to see man.

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Speaker 5: You know, a few weeks back you talked about taking

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Speaker 5: the best player on the board in certain parts of

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Speaker 5: the draft. Is that the case with Trayvon, because's going

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Speaker 5: in running back might not have necessarily been the need

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Speaker 5: going there exactly.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's what we did.

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Speaker 2: We just felt like his ability to you know, it's

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Speaker 2: a it's a deep draft for running backs. There's still

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Speaker 2: some guys up there that we feel like can help us.

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Speaker 2: But just his ability to to you know, be a

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Speaker 3: Elliot Kyle's ability to beat being coverage. How much to

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Speaker 2: His ability to you know, went off the line with

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Speaker 2: he could work on and clean up, which I'm sure

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Speaker 2: But that was something that stood out to us throughout

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Speaker 6: With Travion, how much does his leadership and his maturity

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we feel like all four of the

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Speaker 2: moving forward, getting the right type of people in the

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Speaker 2: in the fit the culture. And you know Travion, you know,

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Speaker 2: he's a senior, which is pretty rare in this draft

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Speaker 2: so far, but you know, we the time we spent

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Speaker 2: with him was was pretty good. Elliott along those lines,

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Speaker 2: Trayvon said he had kind of limited contact with you

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Speaker 7: What goes into that evaluation when he maybe haven't met

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel like Travion maybe forgot one of the

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Speaker 2: meetings because coach Downing met with him at Ohio State

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Speaker 2: and he didn't mention that. But we'll have to talk

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Speaker 2: to Todd. Maybe it wasn't wearing his Patriots shirt, but no,

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Speaker 2: we we spent we spent time with him. And obviously

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Speaker 2: we have ample connections with Ohio State, not only for

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Speaker 1: Both those guys are Ohio State alum.

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Speaker 2: And you know, we we we have a really good

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Speaker 2: a great year to have those connections with the them

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Speaker 2: winning the national championship and obviously the number of players

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Speaker 5: Wilson, does that allow cold strange you could go back

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we see, uh, we see versatilities the name of

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Speaker 1: When you look at your depth chart at this point,

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Speaker 3: Guys have to get in the building and everything like that.

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Speaker 7: But it looks like you've addressed just about every need

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Speaker 7: in this offseason that you guys have been successful and

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Speaker 1: Had to we do.

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Speaker 2: That was obviously an emphasis and that's something that we

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Speaker 2: still think there are a bunch of areas that we

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Speaker 1: Sious he lives and think we have like one year

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Speaker 6: When you're talking with your picks on what was it

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Speaker 5: Guys want to fill for him and take.

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Speaker 1: Him just like I'm having abate something out. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's still a young guy.

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Speaker 2: So I think your point about playing one year is

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Speaker 2: You know, we think that that the sky's the limit

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Speaker 2: for him, especially with his unique athletic ability.

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Speaker 1: And he's big. I mean, he's three hundred and ten pounds.

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Speaker 3: So Elliot, whether this was a trade or pick you

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Speaker 3: made for a trader pick that didn't happen, What was

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Speaker 3: the hardest decision tonight?

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Speaker 1: The hardest decision tonight was what to eat.

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Speaker 2: I wasn't really excited about some of the choices in there,

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Speaker 2: but eventually they they know I'm in all honesty, There

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Speaker 2: was there was some really good conversations before our first

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Speaker 2: one of the players we were talking about got drafted,

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Speaker 2: so it didn't end up mattering. But I think it

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Speaker 2: for us working together in our relationship as you know coworkers,

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Speaker 2: and because because we have to have productive disagreements for

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Speaker 2: we can't just acquiesce to each other on something. So

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Speaker 2: I think it was really productive from that standpoint.

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Speaker 6: To trade off in previous.

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Speaker 2: Was there there were actually I would say there were

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Speaker 2: more trade offers tonight than I would say was normal. No,

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Speaker 2: I mean there were some that were just kind of

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Speaker 2: check on that. I'll call You're right back, And there

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Speaker 2: are a couple that were just.

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Speaker 7: Like, nah, any thoughts of moving up the fourth to dag.

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Speaker 5: Someone that you had argued?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we had some of those conversations, and you know,

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Speaker 2: again some of that they were probably saying the same

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Speaker 2: But it ultimately just didn't didn't work out in that fashion.

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Speaker 4: Between Trivion and Jared, they had won national championships to

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Speaker 4: be on national championship rosters and bolts played at big games,

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Speaker 4: and there's something to be said about guys winning championships

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Speaker 4: and bringing that in here.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I think it's winning championships and also the pedigree of

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Speaker 2: I think I think when you have that pedigree, I

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Speaker 7: A few you gravitated towards the offensive side of the

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Speaker 6: Is it easier to fold the trigger on maybe an

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Speaker 1: The same spot.

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Speaker 2: I mean, again, sometimes it's just how the board works out. Again,

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Speaker 2: we're not we're not necessarily drafting for need, but we're

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Speaker 2: drafting with our current roster in mind. So you know,

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Speaker 2: obviously some of these guys, you know, like you said,

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Speaker 2: maybe the running back position wasn't like a top need,

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Speaker 2: but it was certainly somewhere.

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Speaker 1: You know, we wanted to add speed to the roster

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Speaker 1: to your point.

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Speaker 2: So here's a fast guy that plays running back that

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Speaker 2: can really help us. It's a really good player, that's

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Speaker 2: a good person.

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Speaker 1: So there you go.

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Speaker 5: The quarterback wasn't a big need.

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Speaker 1: But what's the reaction to seeing shoud or Sanders go

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Speaker 2: It's it's surprising, you know, we evaluated him. I had

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Speaker 2: the opportunity to watch them play against Oklahoma State this year,

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Speaker 2: and you know, they killed Oklahoma State, so it maybe

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Speaker 2: wasn't the best game to look at, but it was

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Speaker 2: interesting to see that that he's still available, and I'm

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Speaker 2: sure there's going to be a fit for him here tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: I'll win.

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Speaker 6: Trayvon. He said that despite him being a bit undersized,

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Speaker 6: you see, if they're going to have three down back,

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Speaker 6: what is it about.

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Speaker 1: Him that do you think you can do that well?

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Speaker 2: From as far as a third downstandpoint, He's a really

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Speaker 2: good pass protector. He can run routes, he can catch

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Speaker 2: the football, but he can also run inside. Like he's

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Speaker 2: not like a grinder between the tackles, power runner, but

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Speaker 2: So we just feel like he has that toughness of versatility.

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Speaker 3: You mentioned defense is a focus tomorrow and you have

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Speaker 3: a lot of picks. Do you feel like you're prepared

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Speaker 2: In the front. Yeah, certainly we have that option. I mean,

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Speaker 2: I think we're up fourth tomorrow, so I don't I

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Speaker 2: wouldn't imagine we'll go up from there, but with with

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Speaker 2: up if there if the board, you know, kind of

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Speaker 2: dictates that there's someone that we can't live without. Good

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Speaker 2: all right, thanks a lot of guys.

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Speaker 1: Thanks m