WEBVTT - Patriots Draft Countdown: Breaking Down Wide Receivers, Running Backs and Tight Ends 0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:05.240 This is Patriots Draft Countdown presented by bud Like. 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:07.240 Welcome to an NFL draft. 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:09.920 Hosted by the writers of Patriots dot Com. 0:00:09.960 --> 0:00:13.840 From now until you here, New England Patriots, the countdown 0:00:14.280 --> 0:00:14.520 is on. 0:00:15.040 --> 0:00:18.920 Welcome to the Patriots Draft Countdown presented by bud Light. 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:21.320 Welcome everybody. 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:24.280 This is Patriots Draft Countdown presented by bud Light, Easy 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:26.960 to Drink, Easy to enjoy, Budlight, the official beer sponsor 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:29.319 of the New England Patriots, and guys. Just over a 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:31.960 week until the NFL Draft, We're kind of in silly season. 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:33.800 I feel like this is when the rumors start to 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:36.640 come out. This is happening, this isn't happening. But for 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:39.720 the Patriots, Paul, it's all about shouldhar Sanders. Is he 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:41.960 going to go in the top three and push either 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:44.400 Abdul Carter or Travis Hunter down. We've been back and 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:46.880 forth all spring with this and it sounds like Shoulder 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:49.920 Sanders taking some meetings with the Giants, perhaps some interest 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:52.120 out there in him that maybe should be intriguing to 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:52.760 the Patriots. 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:54.880 So you're saying there's a chance, you know, that's all 0:00:54.920 --> 0:00:57.520 anybody wanted, and you know, coinciding with that, you know, 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:01.320 there's reports that Abdul Carter came to borrow and visit 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:04.000 with the Patriots as well, so I think they're doing 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:06.440 the due diligence. Obviously, it makes a lot of sense 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:09.200 to know as much about those guys that you are 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:11.959 going to have a possibility of selecting it for. You 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:16.760 can't just assume that prospect X is not going to 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:19.199 be available. You have to make sure you figure out 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:22.640 who you know that you are interested in, and you 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:25.680 know as much about those guys. Abdul Carter is sort 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:27.880 of an interesting guy. I think it'd be a no 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:30.600 brainer pick if he somehow slipped to four, much like 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:32.679 I think the rest of the panel does. But you 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:34.840 still want to know, you know, some of this off 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:37.440 field stuff that you mentioned Silly season that's starting to 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:38.760 pop up about all these guys. 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:40.800 You want to learn as much as you can have. 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:42.319 How do you feel about the roller coaster with with 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:43.440 Carter this whole spring? 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:45.720 Stilly season is right? I mean, we're at the point 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:48.080 now where every team in the top three or four 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:50.640 has picked everybody that they could possibly pick. You know, 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:53.320 the Patriots have picked six different guys at this point. 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:55.720 So I'll find out here soon enough. I think you know, 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:59.480 with the Giants and Shador specifically, it's one of two things. 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:01.600 Either this was their plan all along, that they were 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:03.920 going to do some last minute homework on the top 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:06.840 of the quarterback class, or as we like to say, 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:09.280 this is when the owners tend to get involved in 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:12.200 this process, and maybe you know, there's some push from 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:16.040 upstairs to get involved at the quarterback spot. And the 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:18.040 one thing I would just say with the Giants is 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:21.000 you look at last year. Don't you think that there's 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:22.880 a little bit of a remorse there that they didn't 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:26.320 draft Pennix or bow Nicks or even JJ McCarthy even 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:29.120 though he didn't play. I think all three of those guys, 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:31.680 McCarthy maybe less so than the other two, showed some 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:36.160 signs of starting quarterback potential and maybe even franchise quarterback potential. 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:38.520 So if you're the Giants, you have to be one 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:42.000 hundred percent sure that Shador Sanders is not going to 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:44.400 be that To pass on him for the second year 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:46.600 in a row, to pass on the quarterback, I think 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:49.480 it's going to be tough for that regime if that's 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:53.359 what they do now. At Abdil Carter just quickly it's 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:55.760 a no brainer. If he's there at four for the Patriots. 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:57.680 I think he's one of the best players in the draft, 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:00.440 if not the best player in the draft. Certainly be 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:02.480 at the cherry on top to your defense their deuce, 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:04.840 and I think you'd look at a defense that's pretty 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:07.600 complete at that point. I agree with Paul, though. There 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:10.560 are some things with his football character that have come 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:13.480 out with this foot injury as well that have come 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:15.560 out that make a lot of sense to have him 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:17.800 here and host him on a thirty visit, just to 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.800 make sure that you get all those informations behind the scene. 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:24.040 Yea, and that visits sports supposedly Carter visiting the Patriots 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:27.000 earlier this week on Monday Batists break it down for me, though, 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:29.000 Is this real? Like, I'm sick of going back and 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:31.639 forth on Abdul Carter. I ruled him out early in 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:33.280 the draft process. I'm like, I'm not gonna get my 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:36.200 hopes up. But here we are and we're still being 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.200 toyed with Is this real or is it? 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:40.160 I mean, we've been going in waves of if it's 0:03:40.160 --> 0:03:42.280 gonna happen. I always said it was gonna be blessing 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:44.960 if we get Travis Hunter or Carter. I've made my 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:47.960 peace with Will Campbell, but I think there's a chance 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.040 they're really like, it's real that there's a chance that 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:51.560 the Patriots could end up with Apple Carter. 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:53.280 What do you guys think though, as we sit here 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:55.320 right now one week to go, what do you. 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:57.120 Think is gonna happen here for the Patriots? 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:59.400 I mean, I did my final mock draft spoiler alert 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:01.160 check it out, Will Campbell. I just tried to hit 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:03.320 it down the middle. I think it makes sense. Wasn't 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:05.720 trying not to get crazy like Ashtrian Genty last. 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:07.720 Time, Paul. But to me, at the end of the day, 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:09.560 it seems like a pick that makes the most sense. 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:11.120 So you let Evan beat you down, is what you 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:15.760 So you're saying, what do I think the Patriots are 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:17.800 going to ultimately do? Because I do not think that 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.280 Hunter and Carter. I don't think there's much of a possibility. 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:23.039 I think the Giants are sort of putting a sign 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.159 up saying we're open for business if someone wants to 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:27.280 come up. You know that the situation with the Saints 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:29.600 and Derek Carr, maybe they think that they have them 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:32.960 in a desperate situation now, I just don't see it happening. 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:35.680 I don't see Sheda Sanders going in the top three. 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:38.560 I think Carter and Hunter will be two three in 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:41.560 some order. I would like to see one of the 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:44.880 Georgia defensive guys, you know, Jalen Walker would be the 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:48.520 guy that I would pick. But as I said earlier 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:51.320 in the week, they do not consult me, and nor 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:53.279 do I make the big bucks to make these decisions, 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:55.360 so I can sit here and be wrong and not 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:57.240 have any consequences about it. 0:04:57.360 --> 0:05:00.000 Good track history though with Georgia defensive players. I'm just saying, Paul, 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.520 I think, do you think what's gonna happen? 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:02.920 Yeah? 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:04.479 I think you look at the top three as it 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:07.560 stands right now, I would say it probably goes Cam Wore, 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:11.800 Travis Hunter, Abdul Carter in that order. And the Browns 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:14.960 feels like they've been gravitating maybe a little bit more 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:19.000 towards Travis Hunter versus Abdul Carter in recent weeks and 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.440 now leaves the Patriots in a spot where I feel 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:23.839 like we all have known they will be in basically 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:25.880 for months and have been trying to convince ourselves that 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:29.440 maybe it's a possibility that Travis Hunter or Abdul Carter 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.599 could be there for them. I look at the leveling 0:05:32.640 --> 0:05:35.120 off of the draft and just feel like all these 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:38.960 players that you're talking about, Jalen Walker, Will Campbell, even 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:43.480 Armand Membu or Mason Graham, they're all similar prospects in 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:46.080 terms of talent level, and they have similar grades on them. 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.520 So I feel like the need at left tackle is 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:51.440 going to push Membu and Campbell to the top of 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:55.279 the list, and if it whoever, whichever tackle they like better, 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:57.720 and Mike Rabel and Elliott Wolf like better, is going 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:00.640 to be the guy that they ultimately pick. And I 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.160 understand a lot of people want to say best player available, 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:05.760 best player available, but I can make a case for 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:08.280 all of these guys being the best player available. So 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:11.040 when that case, when that is the case, I would 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:14.080 think positional value in need is going to end up 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:16.800 being what trumps everything else. So I would say it's 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:20.280 probably gonna be Will Campbell sneaky dark horse arm On Membu. 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:21.560 But one of those two. 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:24.039 Tackles, you got a sneaky dark horse teas, I think 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:26.680 it's I've made my bed with Will Campbell, which isn't 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:28.800 a bad thing. It's a pick and a player that 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:30.919 you can play day one, and that's a win for 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:31.559 me in the draft. 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:33.680 All right, well, we got a jam packed episode here. 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:35.640 We're talking about the wide receivers, the running backs and 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:38.440 tight ends. Long positional preview, the first check out, Evans 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:39.000 film review. 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:44.440 What's up, everybody, It's Evan Lazard's the Patriots Countdown film Room, 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:46.960 and today a really exciting position for you all. I 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:49.039 hope you guys are looking forward to this one. The 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:51.880 wide receivers in this year's NFL draft. We look at 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:54.480 the top five. Yep, Travis Hunter. I have them as 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:56.800 the number one corner and the number one receiver in 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:58.920 this year's draft. But I also want to show you 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:03.120 some film on to Tour Millan from Arizona teed really athletic, 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:06.520 great body control, great size for the position. I love 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:09.680 Luther Burden, I think everybody knows that, and Mecha Buka 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:12.960 and Matthew Golden two really solid receivers as well in 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:15.760 that twenty to forty range of this year's draft. But 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:18.840 let's start with those top two guys. We'll break down 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:20.640 the film on those guys a little bit here in 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:23.560 a second, and this right here is just Travis Hunter 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:25.760 at his absolute best and why I think he's the 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:29.000 best receiver in this class for two reasons. Play speed 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:32.160 ball skills. So we're gonna run the same concept on 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:34.920 both of these examples, but we're gonna run it against 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:36.800 man and we're gonna run it against zone. So up 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:38.000 here at the top of the screen, if we can 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:40.320 posit here for a second, we're gonna run these double 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:43.280 posts here. We're gonna just clear out this side for 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:45.680 Travis Hunter to come across on the crossing route and 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:47.960 he's gonna get man to man coverage right there and 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:49.440 then well you can see is he can run away 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:51.320 from it and then he can go up and get it. 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:53.400 So we're gonna show this play from the end zone angle. 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:55.160 I want to show you how he high points the 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:58.680 football and just his explosiveness from a vertical standpoint to 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:00.600 go up and jump up and catch his football. So 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:02.600 we're gonna run away from the man to man, get 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:04.920 him in trail then positive right there, you can see 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:08.200 those fantastic ball skills right here at the top. Just 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:11.200 watch him go elevate for this football right over the 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:13.840 head of the defender and bring it in with those 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.600 strong hands. And then on this next play here, it's 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:18.880 the same exact concept. So just positive right here for 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:21.560 a second. We're gonna have the double posts here at 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:24.480 the top, and then we're gonna have the crossing route 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:27.920 from Hunter from the isolated side. This time, though, we're 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:30.160 gonna get zone coverage. And I think an underrated part 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:32.520 about his game, if we posit it right here, is 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:34.680 that he has a really great feel of making himself 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:37.679 quarterback friendly in zone coverages. So he knows that he's 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:40.160 gonna get this clear out from the double post, and 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:42.280 he's just gonna settle in this void and you can 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:44.720 see Sadors running for his life and he just finds 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:46.760 that soft spot and then look at the yak watch 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:49.400 this move at the end, see you right, that's what 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:51.320 he brings to the table with the ball in his 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:53.960 hands as well. You have that ability to get open 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:56.480 against zone and then run with the football. And the 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:59.560 next one here with Ted McMillan, a different type of receiver, 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:02.840 not explosive, not as dynamic. But what I think what's 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:06.240 fun about Tet McMillan is his start stopability. He's got 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:08.840 a great ability here to run these nine stop routes 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:10.920 with just nine steps and then stop at the top 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.000 of the route and watch how he can break down 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:16.440 efficiency efficiently at the top. Make them respect that vertical 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:19.240 stop down, create that separation, and watch this just turn 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:21.880 right up the field. Make the defender miss for some 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:25.080 easy yak. Now, what's fun about McMillan is that you 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:28.199 can also move him inside. So he's a big slot 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:30.680 or an ex receiver. So we're gonna move him inside 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:33.080 on this possession and we're just gonna run the seam 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:35.280 right up the middle of the field and just watch 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:37.319 the catch radius and watch the size that he can 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:40.920 play with right there, back shoulder seamball, just go up 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:42.440 and get it. So we can move him inside. We 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:45.040 can move him outside and then down on the goal line. 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:46.960 Here he is against Hunter at the bottom of the 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:49.760 screen from twenty twenty three. We're just gonna play him 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:52.000 in isolation and we're gonna throw him the back shoulder 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:54.240 fade on the goal line and watch this one handed 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:57.000 catch by Tet McMillan. So you have size, you have 0:09:57.040 --> 0:10:00.439 body control, you have hands. He doesn't have that didynamic 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:03.040 down the field speed like Travis Hunter does, but he's 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:06.120 got a lot of really good qualities about him that 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:08.280 are gonna make him a top ten pick. A couple 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:11.360 of other thoughts on the rest of these guys. Luther Burden, 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:13.880 I just love his game. Had a really good twenty 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:16.440 twenty three season. Kind of took a step back last year. 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:18.640 That's caused him to fall a little bit. But he 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.679 is a three level separator right He can run at 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:23.640 the first level, he can run deep, he can run 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:25.720 with the football in his hands. He's just a burner. 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:28.400 He gets open everywhere. Has a good frame about him 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.880 as well. If you want that yards after the catch, 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:34.120 that Deebo Samuel type of player. Luther Burden reminds me 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:36.720 a lot of him coming out of college. Matthew Golden, 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.040 we all know about the forty yard dash ran in 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:42.480 the four two's plays to it as well. Great route runner, 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:45.839 great speed, really separates at the top of routes. One 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:48.160 of the best route runners in this class and probably 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:51.440 the best all around wide receiver. A Mecca Abuka from 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:53.719 Ohio State. A little bit older than some of these 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:56.800 other guys, but he blocks well, He's tough, he goes 0:10:56.840 --> 0:10:58.760 over the middle of the field. He can run routes 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:01.280 from multiple alignments. He just doesn't have a whole lot 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:03.440 of flaws to his game. I wouldn't say that he's 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:06.600 as explosive or as high end talent as some of 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:08.920 these other guys above him, but Abuka is just a 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.800 safe bet there early day, you know, late Day one, 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.400 early Day two, somewhere in there. So those are your 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.760 top of the wide receiver class. It's a decent class, 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:20.080 not like last year, not as good at the top 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:23.680 when he had those three big receivers and Harrison junior 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:26.240 neighbors and a donsay, but I still think there's a 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:28.840 lot of talent there for the Patriots at wide receiver. 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:31.240 On days one and two, I expect him to take 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:33.680 a player at that position at some point in the 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:34.439 top one hundred. 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:37.720 At long last, it's finally time to talk about the 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:41.040 wide receivers, the running backs, and the tight ends. Guys, 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:42.920 these are three positions we spend a lot of time 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:44.360 talking about every single year. 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:46.560 Each year the position seemed to change. 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:48.200 A little bit though, and this year I'd say the 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:51.240 running back class very strong. Wide receiver not as quite 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:53.320 as top heavy as we saw last year, but probably 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:55.520 some gems in there. And then the tight end class 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:57.640 not as great as we certainly saw last year. I 0:11:57.720 --> 0:11:59.560 want to start off with a wide receiver, and I'm 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:01.400 just going to throw Travis Hunter out there to start. 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:04.560 He plays both ways, but if he was drafted by 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:06.840 the Patriots fourth over Paul, He's probably. 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:07.640 Going to come here and probably going to be a 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:08.400 wide receiver out. 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:08.600 Of the gate. 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:11.959 Obviously, you love the athleticism, you love all the intrigue 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:14.760 around him. I can't think of a guy like him, 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:17.720 you know, in recent not even recent memory, any memory, 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:20.800 a guy strictly coming into the league with this kind 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:25.080 of versatility. I'm intrigued, like everybody else, with the idea 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:27.440 of him committing to wide receiver and what he might 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:29.280 be able to do. I know Evan talks about this 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:30.800 a lot. He talked about it during the week on 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:35.199 PU just how little time he gets to practice that craft. 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:37.800 And people say, well, he's not a great route runner. Well, 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:40.200 no kidding, you know, he doesn't spend a whole lot 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:44.360 of time sort of you know, honing that skill set. 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:46.520 So I am intrigued by what he could be in 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:49.199 the NFL if he were to vote devote his time 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:50.240 to being a wide receiver. 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:52.400 What does it look like Evan, if he's drafted here 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:55.000 going to be a wide receiver, what's that process look like. 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:58.240 I think at first you need to have him dive 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:02.600 two feet in with wide receiver and not put corner 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:05.400 totally on the back burner, but at least focus one 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:08.360 hundred percent on wide receiver to start, which I think 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:12.040 is what the plan that Mike Rabel hypothetically laid out 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:15.360 during the league meetings was, let's get let him master 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:17.440 one side of the ball, and then once he gets 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:20.520 to mastery level, then maybe we can start introducing the 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:23.120 other side of the football. So the Patriots do draft 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:26.000 Travis Hunter, I would not expect him to come out 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.960 in Week one be playing seventy you know, snaps on 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:30.679 both sides of the football. I think it's going to 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:34.079 be heavily tilted towards one versus the other. But when 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:36.160 I watch him play wide receiver, I just see a 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:40.800 lot of the natural movement skills that tend to really 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:45.400 translate to the NFL. Obviously, play speed, acceleration after the catch, 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:49.000 ball skills, ability to change gears within the route to 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:51.800 set up defensive backs, like all those different types of 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:54.480 things that he does at an extremely high level is 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:57.560 what all the top receivers in the league do at 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:00.439 an extremely high level. So if you have it picks 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:04.120 about nuance like that'll come, I think over time. But 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:06.480 there's a he's built different, Like there's only so many 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:08.640 people that move like that on a football field. 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:10.920 Yea, Tsu, you're always on these wide receivers. I remember 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:11.240 a probable. 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:13.240 I always bring up t Higgins, but you always really 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:14.040 watched the wide receivers. 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:15.120 What do you think of Yeah? 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:16.240 I love Hunter. It's crazy. 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:18.920 You remember when he flipped from Florida State to Jackson State. 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:20.760 It's kind of crazy to see a progression go all 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:22.560 the way through his college career and then maybe he 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:25.480 ends up being a Patriot. But I think so much 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:28.360 emphasis is put on the defense during the free agency 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:30.560 period that like, let's put him at receiver and then 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:32.000 we can figure out what happens with the defense. 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:32.920 I agree with having with that. 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:35.240 So all right, I'm gonna throw a few more names 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:37.080 out here just at once, and you guys can jump in. 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:40.400 I see these as kind of the first second round guys. 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:42.400 But the four guys Ted McMillan. 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:45.880 Plenty about him, big tall receiver, contested catch guy, Matthew 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:47.320 Golden really had a strong year. 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.040 Fast ran a four two nine. 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.680 A mechag Buka from Ohio State, probably the most pro 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:55.040 ready polished wide receiver. Maybe not a standout in anything, 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:56.920 but knows how to play, knows how to get open. 0:14:56.960 --> 0:15:00.160 And lastly, Luther Burden ran a four to four to one. 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:02.200 He's another guy that you know, all these guys have. 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:04.480 What's your flavor? You know, and Paul, I don't know 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:06.800 who stands out to you of this group if any of. 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:10.160 Those two, Golden and Burden would be my preferences. I 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:12.040 like the idea of Burden. Now, he didn't have a 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:14.840 great year at Missouri. Evan talks about, you know, the 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:17.840 quarterback situation. He's a thousand percent right, so Missouri play 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:20.440 a couple of times. They didn't have the same kind 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:23.200 of production that he had the previous season. But I 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:27.000 like the idea of his ability not just like not 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:29.000 a pure slot but a guy who can play in 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:31.000 the slot, a guy who can sort of play. 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:32.920 Which the one Z, there. 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:35.360 You go the ball, noa blanker. 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:39.600 Yeah, you know that kind of versatility athleticism. I like 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:41.760 Luther Burden a little bit, and I know that he's 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:43.600 sort of falling a little. And that's why I've been 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:47.760 watching him. There's some you know, some character concerns off 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:49.520 you know, how much he loves football, how much he 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:52.160 wants to compete and all. So that sort of drops 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:56.520 into that second round category. I'm interested in that. Obviously, 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:59.360 Golden ran the unbelievable forty time with the combine. I 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:01.760 don't think he'll still be there in the second round, 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:02.880 but Burden is a guy that might. 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:05.520 Be Maybe Burden falls, but the other guys maybe in 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:06.680 that as well. 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.120 Yeah. 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:13.280 Yeah, I've always loved Luther Burden. I think Luther Burden 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.880 to me is the third best receiver in the class. 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:17.760 You know, I have a first round grade on Luther Burden. 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:20.840 I think his year in twenty twenty three. You really 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:22.800 have to go back and watch the year in twenty 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:25.760 twenty three when he was more consistent and then the 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:28.720 play around him was more consistent. And I just look 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:31.320 at the way that he can really challenge the defense 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:33.840 at all three levels. You can throw catch and run 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.160 targets at him, you know, quick hitters over the middle 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:38.640 and have him run with the football. You can also 0:16:38.720 --> 0:16:40.840 have him, you know, separate over the top. He's really 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:44.200 good at double moves, deep crossers, things like that. So 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:48.160 he's a complete receiver for that type of receiver, that archetype, 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:51.080 that slot receiver. Mold I see a little debo in there. 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:53.280 I know he gets a lot of Deebo Samuel comparisons, 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:56.000 but I think he's a better downfield rut runner coming 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:58.840 into the league than Deebo was. So I've compared him 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:01.640 a lot to Zay Flowers throughout this entire process, and 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:04.520 I just think that those two guys kind of in 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:06.960 a similar mole would win differently at the same time, 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:10.119 and I could see him in that category just quickly. 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:13.119