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We have 18 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: Round four or five, six, seven and undrafted free agency left. 19 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: But we have basically the top hundred players based on 20 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: how the team's view, and now some teams probably still 21 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: have top hundred players still involved that are out there. 22 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: But it's been a pretty pretty eventful draft for an 23 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: uneventful group of players, I would say in terms of 24 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: the star power and stuff. I thought tonight was solid. 25 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,479 Speaker 1: Hard to trump last night with the A. J. Brown 26 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: trade in Hollywood Brown trade. But have some thoughts today. 27 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 1: Of course Middlecoff mail back at John Middlecoff at John Middlecoff, 28 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: slide up into those direct messages. Maybe I'll throw some 29 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: of that on Sunday's pod obviously, put that on Monday's 30 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: pot again and we'll just we'll just keep it rocking 31 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: and rolling, uh as we do moving forward. But I 32 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: wanted to start. I was just watching a little bit 33 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: of Kyle Shanahan's press conference and I thought he had 34 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: a good point. He said he thought it was a 35 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: little unfair that guys just get asked like, well, why 36 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: do you draft this guy in the third people had 37 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: him in the second? Or you took this guy in 38 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: the second people had him in the fourth. And I 39 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: think the perception this is such a unique event, right, 40 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: there are so much noise on the outside that we 41 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: have no clue about. I can't tell you. I mean, 42 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: I do this for a living, I know countless people 43 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: on the inside, and I have to constantly during this draft, like, 44 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: why is this guy quote unquote falling? And sometimes I 45 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 1: get a response, well, he's actually injured. He's all beat up. 46 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: We have a bad medical on him, so he's not 47 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 1: actually falling. But because and listen, I love Milk Kuiper. 48 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: Mil Kiper's a legend. Milk Kuiper, Todd McShay. I'd say 49 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: DJ is pretty good because he talks to so many 50 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: people in the league. But when they put a guy 51 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: in a mock draft where they put a guy in 52 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: a certain area, he is viewed to go in that area. Well, 53 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: in eternally with teams. I mean, Jerry Jones, the kid 54 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 1: that they drafted in the first round, had to defend 55 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: why they took him, because you're like, well, why did 56 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: you take this guy over these other players? And Jerry 57 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: literally grabbed the piece of paper as Steven's hitting his 58 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: hand to knock it down, like, Jerry, do not show him? 59 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,519 Speaker 1: And Jerry's like, we had him graded above them. Why 60 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: do I care what you think? Because the media does 61 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: have a lot of pull in this because they shape 62 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: the fans perception of the value. Even though the only 63 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: place where the value actually matters, like literally matters, is 64 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: in the NFL, the thirty two teams, how they value players. 65 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: I said it over and over and over again. This 66 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: quarterback class was atrocious. It was bad. It was a 67 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: bunch of five thousand dollar homes. We know quarterbacks now 68 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: are basically three, four or five million dollar pieces of 69 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: real estate as rookies, and no one's touched any of 70 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: these guys. You know, the first couple of round ouns, right, 71 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: Malick Willis and Ridder All these guys got drafted way 72 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 1: later in the third round. Milike Willison get drafted too 73 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: late into them by the Titans. He's a major, major projection. 74 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: People were talking about him going six overall to Carolina. 75 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: He has no clue how to play the position. None 76 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: good kid, good skill set. He's what about Josh Allen? 77 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 1: He was raw. Josh Allen was six ft five, could 78 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 1: run like a fucking deer. Milike Wallis is six ft tall. 79 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: He can't see over the guard. You have to teach 80 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 1: him how to play football. Now, there's a lot to like, 81 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: but he get draft like that guy in the third round. 82 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: He was properly drafted. Ritterer like if his comp is 83 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott or Marcus Mariota. Like, one thing we learned 84 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: quickly about Marcus Mariota he had no business looking back 85 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: like he was a second overall pick. He plays like 86 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: he's a fourth rounder. Dak Prescott was a fourth round pick. 87 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: So it's like, and I think sometimes we're really I 88 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: hope this guy go in the second round. What's wrong 89 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: with going in the second round. Not everyone can be 90 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: the fift pick in the draft. If we drive by 91 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: a skyscraper, there's and let's say it's thirty stories high, 92 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: and the corner office on the thirty floor, only one 93 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: person could have or I guess there's four of them. 94 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 1: Can four people can have the corner offices? A lot 95 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: of people in the cubicles in the middle. Do you 96 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: know what someone has to do? Clean the bathrooms, throw 97 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: away the trash, Like everyone has a role. Not everyone 98 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: can be the CEO. Not everyone can be a first 99 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: round pick. If you get draft in the fourth round. 100 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: And here's the great part about the NFL. Just because 101 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: you get drafted in the third round the fifth round, 102 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 1: things change so quickly. If you prove you can play, 103 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 1: you'll start in the NFL immediately. In a couple of years. 104 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: If you're good, you'll get extended. It doesn't matter where 105 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: you start now. It helps to get drafted higher, you 106 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 1: get maybe more chances. But over and over and over again, 107 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: pro bowlers, all pros, Hall of Fame AMers, just starting 108 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: players literally come from every round because training camp, injuries, 109 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: so many reps, so much time, there's preseason games. You 110 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: get so many opportunities like this notion just because you 111 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: go in the third round you got screwed or you 112 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: fell b s a lot of guys and I'll be 113 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: texting like, how did this guy lasts? At the end 114 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: of the second round. They're like bad character, questionable person. 115 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: That is definitely stuff on the outside of We don't know, 116 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: because when I was a scout, the majority of my 117 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 1: time was actually not We spent a lot of time 118 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: watching film, but so much of it was finding out 119 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: about the person. Was finding out about character. When you 120 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,359 Speaker 1: take character, I think often people think like, is he 121 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: in trouble? Is he a criminal? No, character just means like, 122 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: you know, that could be he's immature, he doesn't focus 123 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: in the sense that he's late to meetings. He you know, 124 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: isn't a great communicator. He It could mean a lot 125 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: of things. It could just mean he's a twenty one 126 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 1: year old kid. He has a lot of room to grow. 127 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: I saw Eric Armstead tonight um gave you know, announced 128 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: the forty nine or second round pick when he was 129 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: drafted out of Oregon. People like, you know, this guy 130 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: a little mature. He's got a long way to go. 131 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: Now he's like team captain, community leader. You know why, 132 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,559 Speaker 1: because he was twenty one and now he's twenty eight. 133 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: People change. But the reason he got drafted seventeenth and 134 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: not in the second round because he was six eight, 135 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: three hundred pounds. You know, some of these guys like 136 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: Nakobe Dean really good pick, a no brainer for how 137 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: he rose him. But the reason he was there is 138 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: because he's small. I think a lot of people have 139 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: questionable medical information on the guy in terms of his 140 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: shoulders are beat up, his body's beat up. He's taken 141 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: a pounding at the SEC was he was he arguably 142 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: the best player at Georgia. But why did Jordan Davis 143 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: and tray Von Walker go above him? Well they're about 144 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: six ft five. One guy's three pounds, the other guys 145 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: two h pounds. I mean both guys. One guy looks 146 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: like Fletcher Cox and the other guy looks like you know, 147 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: Vita Vea, but six ft five that that that's why 148 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: you know the other guys five ten middle linebacker And 149 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: there's nothing. And listen, I think na Kobe Dean, like 150 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: anyone that watched him, thinks he's a stud. But everyone's 151 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: freaking out. Why is he dropping well because a lot 152 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: of people had him red flag medically. I did some 153 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: teams had to don't touch medically now whether that's right 154 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: or wrong. The other thing is the information at the 155 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: point of purchase, the information at the point of drafting, 156 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: the information. When you buy a home and you get 157 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: the you know, the inspection stuff, it tells you one 158 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: thing and then you live in it might be wrong. 159 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: Like a lot of people fail people in physicals and 160 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: that guy goes on to play ten years. A lot 161 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: of doctors tells you that guy is perfectly healthy, and 162 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: then you draft him and he can't stay healthy. You 163 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: never know this is these are all educated guesses. No 164 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: one truly knows anything about this. That this is all 165 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: just trying to project the future and balance medical information 166 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 1: when none of us are doctors. Beside the doctors, and 167 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: I talked to someone in the NFL. I'm like, who'd 168 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: been a part of war rooms for over a decade, 169 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: And I'm like, how many different players have the doctor 170 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: has been wrong on He's like, it happens all the time. 171 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: You know, they kind of pound the table. I would 172 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: not touch this guy, and that guy goes on to 173 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: be a really good player, and sometimes they tell you 174 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: I think he's okay, and then the guy that issue 175 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: crops up. Because let's face a doctor doesn't truly know. 176 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: He's just taking the information and he's basing it on 177 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 1: the information that he has, his experience and you know, 178 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: his education on the subject matter. So these are complicated situations, 179 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 1: but the freak outs that happen are now to me, 180 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: the better. The more telling situations are, like when Seattle 181 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: think about what Russell Wilson and Pete Carroll fundamentally and philosophically, 182 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: they did not align. Russell Wilson is the greatest deep 183 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: ball thrower I think I've ever seen. It is an 184 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: absolute gorgeous depo. Pete Carroll. I was gonna say, as 185 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: wet dreams, which is inappropriate. If you're a kid listening, 186 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: don't repeat that to your parents. H But Pete Carroll 187 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: gets very, very excited about running the football. Pete Carroll 188 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago drafted Rashade Penny in the 189 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: first round, who actually came on at the end of 190 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: his you know, this year's fourth year and they resigned him. 191 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: And then in the second round he drafted a running back. 192 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: If Pete Carroll could draft running backs in the top 193 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: three rounds every single year, he would, You know why, 194 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: because deep down, Pete Carroll's core is two thousand twenty one. 195 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll's philosophy is like nine. He wants to run 196 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 1: the ball down your throat. And do you know what 197 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll would tell you? Do you know how if 198 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,560 Speaker 1: I was Pete Carroll, how I became a legend. When 199 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: we went to USC I had the two best running 200 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: combination in Reggie Bush and Lendell White in the country. 201 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: And then I came and I won national championships, and 202 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: then I came to Seattle and arguably the best move 203 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: that I don't think we even get enough credit for 204 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,199 Speaker 1: was when I traded a fourth round for this guy 205 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: named Marshawn Lynch. And when we won the Super Bowl 206 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: and we got back to another. I ran it down 207 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: people's throats with that guy. So when I've had success 208 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: at USC and then when i won a Super Bowl 209 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: in the NFL, I ran the ball and Russell, she's 210 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: all this contemporary. He's throwing the ball, and then he 211 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: throws the ball, bombs away and has success, but his 212 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 1: coach always wants to run the ball. This is Pete Carroll. 213 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: Is he drafts Kenneth Kenneth Walker from Michigan State, who's 214 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: a really good player, who's awesome, who doesn't like Kenneth Walker, 215 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 1: but like that's Pete Carroll. Pete Carroll can't even hide 216 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:21,719 Speaker 1: from his true colors because ultimately Seattle. I think it's 217 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: cool with Gino Smith and Drew Lock because they're gonna 218 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: think we're gonna be the best running team, or you know, 219 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: I mean attempt to be. That's gonna be their philosophy. 220 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: We're gonna play defense and run the ball down your throat. Now, 221 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 1: we'll see if it works. But with Rashad Penny and 222 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: Kenneth Walker and Drew Lock can be our quarterback. Now, 223 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: I don't think it'll work, but I think that's what 224 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: they're gonna try to do, and only time will tell 225 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: uh the Green Bay Packers. I didn't realize this guy 226 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: was this good of a prospect now in my kind 227 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: of sphere and world because Trey Lance North Dakota State, 228 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 1: A lot of people have been talking about Christian Watson, 229 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: the wide receiver from North Dakota State, because he's six four, 230 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 1: he can really run, and I just, I don't know. 231 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: I thought he was like a third or fourth round guy. 232 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: Not that I studied him, but I just didn't assume 233 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: that North Dakota State had a top forty prospect and 234 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers draft them at thirty four, and 235 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: I started texting around like this guy was valued this 236 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: high and they're basically just like, you get a guy 237 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,439 Speaker 1: that size and speed, you know, you take a big swing, 238 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,079 Speaker 1: and part of it is having Aaron Rodgers and trying 239 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: to mold him. Now you get a guy from a 240 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: small school going to the Green Bay Packers with Aaron Rodgers, 241 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: that is a tough transition. Davante Adams, who is currently 242 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 1: the best wide receiver in the NFL, came from Fresno State, 243 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: where he was definitely an NFL prospect. Playing with an 244 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: NFL prospect wide receiver or quarterback in Derek Carr really 245 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 1: struggled for a couple of years. It is a hard transition. 246 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 1: And I've been saying this over and over. The pressure 247 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: that is gonna be on whoever is drafted, whether they 248 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: had drafted someone at twenty, whatever other pick was, or 249 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: this pick I guess this was probably one of the 250 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: first they traded back, was gonna be very, very difficult 251 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: on the player because I would say, so far, of 252 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: all the young wide receivers, the most pressure is gonna 253 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: be probably squarely on this guy. And it's not his fault, 254 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 1: but it's because they don't have any wide receivers. And 255 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: then again, not this player's fault, but the guy John 256 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: Robinson drafted to replace A. J. Brown. So you know, 257 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: the Packers drafted a wide receiver. Hope everyone's happy, and 258 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: now let's see if this guy can play, because he's 259 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,679 Speaker 1: gonna have all the pressure on him to do that. Immediately, 260 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: I had some time to marinate and think about what 261 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: John Robinson and Mike Vrabel did. I really think it 262 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,439 Speaker 1: was very Belichick in you draw a line in the sand, 263 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 1: you pick a number. What I think the value is 264 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,719 Speaker 1: whether that player thinks it's right or wrong, thinks it's 265 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: fair or not. You value the player at X number, 266 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: and the reports were that it was sixteen million dollars 267 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: that's what they offered him per year, when it's clear 268 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: guys are getting twenty seven twenty eight million dollars, which 269 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: A J. Brown is not million dollar player. But I 270 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: can see from his point of view, and I think 271 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: even he said if they had offered me twenty two million, 272 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: I would stay. But I said this over and over. 273 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: The Belichick coaches all suck. We'll see Josh McDaniels might 274 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: be able to turn it around, but the rest of 275 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: the guys were an embarrassment beside Billy O'Brien, And even 276 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 1: Billy O'Brien wasn't just a Belichick guy. He had been 277 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: a lot of other places. But the Patricia's, the Judges, 278 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: the Romeo, you know, the crew they tried to copy Bill. Well, 279 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: here's the thing I respect about their gms. They all 280 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: have their own philosophies and they've proven John Robinson, Jason Lte. 281 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: I think Ziegler is doing a good job with the Raiders, 282 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: even though he's only been there six months. They're they're 283 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: pretty good. For whatever reason, it feels like Bill is 284 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: more comfortable telling them information about how to do things 285 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: than the coaches. So John Robinson, who has a long 286 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: track record now of winning, I'm gonna lean he knows 287 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: what he's doing. Now. I like the move as well 288 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 1: for the Eagles, but he knows this guy. Well. They 289 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: had a price point and this is a Belichickian move. 290 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: We have a number. We are not emotional about it. 291 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: The hardest thing to do. It's easy to me, and 292 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: like finance and venture capitalism and just business in general, 293 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: to not be emotional, to not be emotional. It's all 294 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: just spreadsheets and you know, Excel and just numbers, and 295 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: if you just look at it that way, it's easier 296 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: just to let's get rid of this, you know, segment 297 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: of the business. Get rid of this, even if people 298 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: are involved. It is harder in sports because literally your 299 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: business A J. Brown is a hundred million dollar business. 300 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: So it's it's not just it's just that individual, that 301 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: human being that they've dealt with. And you have to 302 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: balance because you get to know these guys personally. I mean, 303 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: John Robinson drafted them, but balance being emotional about the 304 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: guy that let's just assume they like the person and 305 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: I could tell Mike Vrabel last night the press conference 306 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 1: really valued the guy, and he was. It was just 307 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: an uncomfortable situation. Why because these decisions that Bill Walsh, 308 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, decisions like this to trade away star young 309 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: players are never easy. But I respect it, you know, 310 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: if you have the conviction to do it, because that's 311 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: how you operate. A lot of times decisions that are 312 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: poor are because you get too emotionally connected. So I 313 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: I understand where they were coming from on that. The Ravens, 314 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: who just consistently get good football players. Set in the 315 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: first round, they got Kyle Hamilton's who was still piste 316 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: off in his press conference. They got Linden Bomb or 317 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: Lignon Bomb, I'm screwing up his name, best center in 318 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: the draft. Then they get the guy from Michigan who 319 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: was gonna be a first round pick but tore As 320 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: Achilles in the pro day. Like, to me, that's just 321 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: we have so many defensive lineman. We know how to 322 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: you know, create and develop these guys. This is too 323 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: good a value to pass up. And it would not 324 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 1: shock me if in like three years a Jabu, the 325 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: dude from Michigan is just a nass kicker for him, 326 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: and you're like, how they end up with this guy 327 00:16:57,880 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: or they got him the second round because he tores 328 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: Achilles because he had in towards Achili's. He's going in 329 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: the twenties and the Ravens don't get them. Maybe they 330 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:05,719 Speaker 1: take him, but they don't get the center like they 331 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: would have had to pick uh whenever the Eagles or 332 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 1: excuse me, the Chiefs take a wide receiver who can run. 333 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 1: He was like, this guy's gonna be good. It's just 334 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,360 Speaker 1: one of those forever the Spurs had it, like when 335 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 1: they just drafted somebody like that guy's gonna be good. 336 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:25,479 Speaker 1: That's gonna work. It happened like when the A's claims 337 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 1: someone with Billy being like, yeah, this this guy's gonna work. 338 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: And now because all Billy Bean's minions, like one dudes 339 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: in Tampa Bay, one dude with the Dodgers, one dudes 340 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: with the Giants. They're all at different places, like theo 341 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: is with the Cups. They just met Sandy Alderson. They 342 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: just regurgitate the same players. They just go from spot 343 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 1: to spot and they're all just good. What feels like 344 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: Andy Reid College college wide receivers, like one of these 345 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: guys will take and then that guy's gonna be sweet. Now, 346 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 1: I'm not saying sky More is gonna be Tyreek Hill. Hell, 347 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: they were comping him on television to Antonio Brown. But 348 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna work. I think the Chiefs have 349 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: had a really good draft. I mean, McDuffie is a 350 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: really good player. Sky Moore is gonna be They just 351 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,199 Speaker 1: plug and play wide receivers and he's been doing it 352 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: now for decades with speed guys. This is just this 353 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: is gonna work. I thought that was a a really 354 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: impressive pick. Another pick that I loved is the Bills 355 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: last year. One thing the Bills really lacked. They drafted 356 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: the corner in the first round. They're clearly a powerhouse, right, 357 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: they are a true Super Bowl contender, but they had 358 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: a major flaw. Their quarterback was their best running back. 359 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 1: And listen, Josh Allen is like Secretariat. He is a beast. Right, 360 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,640 Speaker 1: he's six five, he's two thirty five, and he can run. 361 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: But the moment I invest forty five million dollars and 362 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 1: I'm paying you that a year, I'm paying you that 363 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: because of your arm and you're playing quarterback. If you 364 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: go down, my season is over. It does not matter. 365 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,159 Speaker 1: I think Bill Polan used to tell people this, like 366 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,479 Speaker 1: are we worried about the backup quarterback? And he'd be like, 367 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: if Peyton Manning goes down, we're all fucked. It's so true. 368 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: If Mahomes I'm talking major injury, right, if you miss 369 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,679 Speaker 1: a game or two, you got a service will backup. 370 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: You can win. But if you lose your starting quarterback 371 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:20,959 Speaker 1: with a broken clavical or torn a c l your 372 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: season is over. Cash money, period, point blank. Go home. 373 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. And Josh Allen is a fantastic runner 374 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: of the football, but I can't risk moving forward my 375 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: franchise running around like he's doing. And they're running back 376 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: situation has not been great. A couple Zack Moss to 377 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: keep from Utah. I love that guy in college. For 378 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 1: whatever reason, it didn't work. They took Dalvin Cook's brother 379 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 1: James from the University of Georgia, who is just a big, 380 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:54,479 Speaker 1: physical back. I like that. I think that works. And 381 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: they are desperate for a running back that they can 382 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 1: just lean on that short yard and situation when they're 383 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: up a couple of touchdowns, just run out the clock 384 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 1: because too often and it happened in big games. Listen, 385 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 1: I have no problem. When Josh Allen needs a scramble, 386 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: he's gotta scramble. When Mahomes gotta scramble, he's gotta scramble. 387 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:12,959 Speaker 1: It's part of the deal. Part of the modern day 388 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,919 Speaker 1: NFL is to have athletic quarterbacks who can move around. 389 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 1: But I can't depend on him in big games where 390 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: it's like screw it. Run quarterback sweeps, run quarterback power. 391 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: Now I want to hand it to a running back 392 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 1: so my quarterback can watch him and see the back 393 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 1: of his jersey and read his name as he's running 394 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: the ball. And I think the Bills did the right 395 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: thing because there's always a balance, right of balancing best 396 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 1: player available and need, and you want to take the 397 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: best player available and the need. When they match up perfectly, 398 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: you're in lockstep. A lot of times they don't. It's 399 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: like the Eagles, they took a center in the second round. 400 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 1: They don't technically need a center. Last year they got 401 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: Landed Dickerson, who can play garden center. They still got 402 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,359 Speaker 1: Jason Kelsey. But big picture at the center is the 403 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 1: best player on your board. You know, Kelly, he's probably 404 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: gonna retire after this year. It's like smart, big picture 405 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: team building. But the Bills needed a corner. They drafted 406 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: a corner. They needed a running back. They got a 407 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: running back. And I think both these two guys can play. 408 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:16,399 Speaker 1: So I I really really liked that pick. Anything else, 409 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: I think the Jets. One thing the Jets have done, 410 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,439 Speaker 1: there's gonna be pressure on them to win seven eight 411 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 1: games because it's gonna be on the quarterback. They drafted 412 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: a sweet wide receiver high. They drafted a running back 413 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,239 Speaker 1: really high. They already had The North Carolina running back 414 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: that they drafted last year is pretty good. I think 415 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 1: they drafted the tight end from Ohio State. I didn't 416 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: drop this down, but off memory, I'm pretty sure they did. 417 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 1: They obviously drafted Elijah More last year from Mole miss 418 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: who I remember talking to one of the guys on 419 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 1: the staff. They loved him in like O T A. S. 420 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 1: So it's like, Zach w. Wilson, we gotta learn something 421 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: and we gotta learn something fast. Can this guy play? 422 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 1: You got Elijah More, you got Garrett Wilson, You now 423 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 1: got multiple running backs. You signed the tight end from 424 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: Cincinnati to go along with the tight end. You drafted 425 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: like they drafted a bunch of linemen last year. They've 426 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: done a lot for Zack Wilson. It's not like they've 427 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 1: only built the defense this offseason. They have spent they draft, 428 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: they signed lake In Thomlinson. Like to me, there is 429 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 1: tangible pressure on the Jets to be competitive under Joe 430 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 1: Joe Douglas and Robert Salo. Here's the problem. Like, Okay, 431 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: the Bills, like I said, Powerhouse easily one of the 432 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: best one or two teams in the a f C, 433 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,919 Speaker 1: and the a f C we know is loaded. Uh, 434 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: the Patriots, like Zach Wilson, gonna be Bill Belichick, even 435 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,200 Speaker 1: if the Patriots are kind of a flowd roster time 436 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:41,239 Speaker 1: will tell, we'll see, doubt it. And then Miami a 437 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 1: lot going on with Mike McDaniel. I saw you was 438 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,640 Speaker 1: in the draft room with Dan Marino having a big chew. 439 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: Not Mike McDaniel wasn't now a big chew. Marino always 440 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: has a massive chew in. Marino just looks like I 441 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,199 Speaker 1: just want to be around football. I just I just 442 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: want to be around football, even though I don't quite 443 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: want the role John Elway had because remember he tried 444 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,439 Speaker 1: it and he didn't last long, but he still like 445 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,640 Speaker 1: gets his juices flown by sitting in the draft room. 446 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 1: I don't blame him. If I could just show up 447 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 1: to like a team, if I could just like the Niners, like, yeah, 448 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: come down to the draft room, I would do that. 449 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: It has to be pretty fun because you have no 450 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 1: pressure on making the pick. You just get to watch 451 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: them make the pick and then get excited. It's got 452 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: to be pretty cool. But it's gonna be tough for 453 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: the Jets. The a f C s loaded. Their division 454 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: is not easy, but there's gonna be tent like people 455 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 1: are gonna you can't win five games anymore? Can Can 456 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: you have just a season where you have seven wins 457 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 1: going into a week eight teen and have a chance 458 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 1: to get to like eight and nine and just be competitive. 459 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 1: To me, that's that's kind of where they're at, because 460 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: I'd say if they have another four or five win team, 461 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 1: it's like, what are we doing here? Were we making 462 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: any progress? Other than that? Highlight of the night was 463 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 1: Wayne Newton, who eight years old, a lot of botox 464 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:58,439 Speaker 1: hair still dark, um wasted or on pills or something, 465 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 1: but you know he didn't barely and read the card 466 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: said Mississippi when it was actually Memphis. That was classic. 467 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: I'm a sucker for just the draft rooms. Everyone clapping 468 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: when everyone makes a pick, just a lot of claps 469 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: in the background. That's that's always uh always makes me smile. 470 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 1: Just the excitement. I say it all the time. Half 471 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: these guys, more than half of them, are are gonna 472 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: be average players, many below average players. Many are gonna 473 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 1: get cut. But the excitement on draft night obviously from 474 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: the kids, you know, reaching their dream and gonna sign 475 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 1: an NFL contract. But the draft room, all these guys 476 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 1: spent all this time evaluating the film, evaluating the person, 477 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 1: stacking them up against the other players in the draft, 478 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 1: stacking them up, who they wanted on their team, the 479 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 1: scheme fit, and I've been a part of it. The 480 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: just the amount of work, and you know, basically the 481 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 1: light at the end of the tunnel, like this is 482 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 1: what you all. You work all year long, if you're 483 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 1: a college scout, if you're a general manager, if you're 484 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 1: an executive, to get for these three days of the 485 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,120 Speaker 1: draft and then it ends. It's it's crazy how long 486 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,120 Speaker 1: it takes to get there, and then once you're here, 487 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: it goes by so fast, and then once you draft, 488 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: you feel really good about all the players, but you 489 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 1: don't truly know until you get them at O, T, 490 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: A S. And then you have a positive or negative feeling, 491 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: you're like, oh, if it's negative, you're like, oh, wait 492 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 1: till the pads come on. If it's positive, and I 493 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: can't wait for this guy to kick ass. Then the 494 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: pads come on, and some guys fall back and some 495 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:22,439 Speaker 1: guys keep shining. It's just an awesome little stepping stone 496 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 1: leading up to the season. But the draft is a 497 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: is a pretty special moment. It's fun to watch. And 498 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: the NFL, the Vegas, it feels like it. Uh, it 499 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense. It feels like it fits. 500 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: You could argue just put the Draft in Vegas every year. 501 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: I mean I don't. I don't think anyone would complain. 502 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,439 Speaker 1: Have a good weekend, Fire me some d ms at 503 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,640 Speaker 1: John middlecoff is my Instagram, and we'll do this again 504 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 1: on Sunday. Have a little pod, little recap pod, little 505 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 1: draft recap pod, and uh yeah, I have a good weekend. 506 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 1: If you're listening to this, maybe on Sunday, hopefully you 507 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: had a good weekend. I'll see on Monday and UH 508 00:25:55,560 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: Talk soon the volume. 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