1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: General manager Dave Caldwell with us as we lead up 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: to the twenty nine NFL Draft, the first round just 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:09,239 Speaker 1: hours away. How are you feeling overall after all the 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: work that's been done. I feel great. I'm ready for 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: this draft first round. I'm ready for tomorrow and the 6 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: next day and uh the months after it where we 7 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: can take a little deep breath. There's a lot of 8 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: work obviously that goes into this, by your scouting staff 9 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: and everybody involved here, that starts a long time ago. 10 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: This is a long process to get to Draft night, 11 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 1: first round. Not not just a you know, a year. 12 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: I mean, it's longer than a year, is it is? 13 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: It's uh, it's and in some cases it's three years. 14 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: We start tracking these guys, uh, you know, once they 15 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 1: get into school and um, we have a full full 16 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,639 Speaker 1: biography and all these players from high school on up. 17 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: So we get a lot of research, a lot of information, 18 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: and and that's what I think the general public, I 19 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: think the easy parts just say, okay, I want to 20 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: take the best player available. But there's a lot that 21 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:01,639 Speaker 1: goes into it. Psychological information, medical information, background history, and 22 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: you know, intelligence tests. I mean, you can go on 23 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: and on and on and um, sometimes you just gotta 24 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: be careful not to have paralysis by analysis. They've called 25 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: well with a Jaguars general manager. Um, in your tenure here, 26 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 1: you have not traded back in the first round. Take 27 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 1: us through the history of that. Have there been opportunities 28 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: in the past, How did those opportunities come up? And 29 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: why did you turn some of them down? Yeah? I 30 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:31,320 Speaker 1: think really the the pribabe the best opportunity we had 31 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: was Jalen gear and uh, we just didn't feel like 32 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: that the value was there for to pass on a 33 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 1: player of his ability. And then uh, Blake's year, we 34 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,559 Speaker 1: had some conversations. Um, nobody was assertive enough at the time, 35 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: and then when we took Blake, I think they became 36 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: more assertive. But um, we needed a quarterback at the time, 37 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: and again weren't weren't really willing to to pass that up. Either. 38 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: Is their activity so far this year? And when do 39 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: you know when it's real or not? Yeah, we've had 40 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: We've had a couple of teams calls, some with uh 41 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: what they consider real offers and us saying politely declining 42 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: that we didn't think it was a real offer. But um, 43 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: but I think there's been some teams that have made 44 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: some initial inquiries, UM that at seven would like to 45 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: come up, and so we'll we'll take a look at it. 46 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: It's got to be a good value for us, and 47 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: we have to realize a what we're giving up and 48 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: be what we can get with those picks. It's nice 49 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: to have to pick, but you got to make make 50 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: sure you make the most of them, too, right, and 51 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: you want to go too far down and get out 52 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: of the realm of first round talent in this draft 53 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: as well. Um, you said the other week at the 54 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: draft luncheon, before the draft lunch and that you're going 55 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: to take the best available player's broad Is that still accurate? 56 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: Is that true today? I think that's still true. And um, 57 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: you know, we have our players and the order that 58 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: we like, and I think we'll go off that order 59 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: of the players that we like. Seven in mind, at 60 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: least at least for the seventh pick. Right, we at 61 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,119 Speaker 1: least have seven. We can probably go all the way 62 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: down to about if we needed to, But uh, I 63 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: think we were in a good spot there. Final GM 64 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: checklist Undraft Day. What goes through your list? What do 65 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: you have to get done on draft Day before you 66 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: go on the clock. Well, um, the big thing was 67 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: this morning, getting a little bit of fresh air and 68 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: work out right in my bike on the beach. Uh check. 69 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: Two would be coffee and three is glasses and then 70 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 1: I think I'm ready to go. No changing of the board, 71 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: no final look at the board. No no, no, no no, 72 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: that's that's a bad omen. Changing the board and the draft. 73 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: So unless you uh, one or two things happened. One 74 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: is you've you've gotten some last minute bad information of 75 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: somebody getting themselves in trouble or something tragically. Um and 76 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: or two you just over the thought something and or 77 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: you have bad information. They've always appreciate your time. Good 78 00:03:58,800 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: luck to you tonight. Thanks Shabby.