WEBVTT - Here Since DAY ONE of Senior Bowl Practice | Ticket to the Draft Podcast | Washington Commanders 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:02.880 Welcome to the Ticket to the Draft. I'm Logan Paulson. 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:04.560 We are down there at the Senior Bowl and we 0:00:04.640 --> 0:00:07.840 are gonna give you everything Draft and Senior Bowl related. 0:00:08.000 --> 0:00:11.479 We're talking Ted Walker, Lat two, lat to bow Nicks pendix. 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:19.439 We're giving you all the insight right out. Welcome into 0:00:19.520 --> 0:00:23.120 the special edition Command Center Podcast. I'm Logan Paulson here 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:25.040 with what are we calling you? 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:27.560 Jag Jason? Is ever calling you? Just? Yeahy Jason? 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:32.240 Normally producer Jason, but in the I'm offering no analysis here. 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:36.120 I'm not an expert at anything. I just produce this podcast. 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:38.879 But we want a sounding board for you, correct, So 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:40.600 that's gonna be me. So I'm here with you on 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:43.879 producing show. So I'm gonna ask you questions just so 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:46.240 I get a better understanding. And I feel like I'm 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:46.760 just a guy. 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:47.400 Yeah. 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.880 So the people that listen to this mostly just guys gals, 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:53.800 so I'm gonna be that kind of proxy for them. 0:00:53.880 --> 0:00:55.440 Yeah. I like that a lot. That's great. 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:58.920 And so this is the Ticket to the Draft, yeah right. 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:01.280 And the Ticket to the Draft. It's presented by seat Geek, 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:06.080 the official primary ticketing partner of your Washington Commanders and 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:08.000 So we are down in Mobile, Alabama. We're in a 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:10.080 hotel room right now doing this podcast. That's why there's 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:12.360 no Fred, no Santana, and we are going to give 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:14.520 you our insight into the Senior Bowl. And we watched 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.560 all practices today, both practice today, and it was a 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:19.840 gorgeous day down here Mobile. Start off a little bit chilly, 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:21.680 got a little hot as the day went on. I 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:23.600 got a little sunburn, you and I both did. But 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:24.840 it was a lot of fun. We got to watch 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:26.800 a lot of football, and I thought we'd start high 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:29.360 level and just kind of say, first practice the day 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:32.280 was the National roster, so that's the roster with Michael 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:33.680 Pennix bow Nix. 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:35.520 And that practice went. 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:38.840 I'd say, very very smoothly, right like, not only was 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:42.640 it smooth from a football standpoint, but just moving between drills, 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:45.839 the execution practice seemed very high. And when you compare 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:48.520 that to the American roster, which was the second practice afternoon, 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:50.240 there was like a lot of standing the round. I 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:52.200 talked to a couple of agents afterwards and they were like, 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:54.480 why was there that twenty five minute period in the 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:56.919 middle of practice where everyone was just standing around doing nothing? 0:01:57.200 --> 0:01:59.520 So very very different. And then another thing that we 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:02.400 noticed is that in the first practice, obviously you have 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:04.480 the big name quarterbacks. You got Michael Pennick junior, you 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:07.400 got Bonix, probably guys, I know, Jason going in the 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:10.320 first round. Potentially, we'll see what happens with Michael Pennick 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:12.840 juniors in terms of his in terms. 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:13.400 Of his medical stuff. 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:15.800 Obviously got a lot there to clear his back, his knee, 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:17.840 a lot of college football. But guys, you know, like 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:20.800 right now, if Bonnicks comes out of this process really well, 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:22.880 probably going to be a tough fifteen pick. 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:23.440 So we'll see. 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:25.760 Compare that to the second group, which is you know, 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:30.400 Spencer Rattler, Joe Milton, Michael Pratt, Carter Bradley, who again 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:33.200 is from South Alabama, the school where the Senior Bowl 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:36.079 is at, that's the American roster. I thought there was 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:39.440 a noticeable difference between the two practices in terms of 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:42.440 how the quarterbacks played, and I thought that affected the 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:46.320 quality of the receiver, tight end, running back play in 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:48.480 some of the drills that they did. And so I 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:49.680 don't know, do you have any thoughts on that. 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:50.960 Why do you think they did that? 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:54.280 Why do you think who put the roster together, put 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:59.359 guys that could be first round quarterback talent in one team, 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:00.760 and that split them. 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:02.839 Why not Bonicks on one side, Penix one the other. 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.600 Well, so what I was thought about that too, Like 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:09.160 if I was a scout, what's the perfect scenario for 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:11.720 me in terms of evaluating those two guys? 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:14.320 You want to just behind the same line, throwing to 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:16.440 the same guy, same defense. 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:18.520 Yeah, so if we're trying to go apples to apples, 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:19.600 there's no better way to do that. 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:19.840 Right. 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:21.959 We got the same o' line, got the same skill 0:03:22.000 --> 0:03:24.760 position guys. And again I don't I don't necessarily love 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:26.960 that because I'd like the second group because I want 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:29.280 to get an evaluation on the second group of receivers. 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:31.880 So like in the first group, for example, we got 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:38.360 you know, Roman Wilson, jab Jacob Cowing, Ricky Piersaw, Luke McCaffrey, Brendan, Rice, 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:43.480 Devontes Walker, Malachi Corley, Javon Baker. All those guys I 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:46.160 thought had pretty solid days, right, Javon Baker, the guy 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:49.560 from Central Florida, stands out to me. Devonte's Walker I 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:51.320 thought was a little up and down, but showed that 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:55.240 explosive feed, speedy at the fastest GPS time today. Ricky Piersaw, 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:57.520 I mean we knew. I mean I think we do 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:00.360 a shared Google document talking about draft stuff, like we 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:02.880 knew he was going to have a good day. Didn't disappoint. 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:05.960 Roman Wilson had a great day. Jacob Cowing had some 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:08.720 huge explosive plays in one on one, absolutely dicing people 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:11.560 from the slot, running deep posts. But one of the 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:13.800 things that stuck out to me is in that group, 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.719 you've got Bonix and Michael Pennix, and they were able 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:20.160 to throw really accurate deep balls and give their guys opportunities. 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:22.520 And you just compare that, junks, suppose that with the 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:24.760 second group, which is I think a solid group. 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:25.479 Of wide receivers guys. 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.200 I was really excited to watch, you know, Jamari Thrash, 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:32.920 Tikwan Jackson, Ryan Flora Florio, who is an interesting guy 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:34.360 because he was a late ad. I thought he had 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:35.960 a great day day. We'll talk about it more later, 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:39.279 Johnny Wilson. My favorite receiver in this group is xavierly 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:41.960 Get and then Lad mcconclie, who also had a great day. 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:45.400 You look at those guys and they did not they 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:47.560 in their one on one period they did not complete 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:50.640 a ball deeper than fifteen yards. And there's a great 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:53.960 rep today of Johnny Wilson absolutely dicing the corner, does 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:57.279 a great job being physical. Johnny Wilson's sixty six thirty 0:04:57.279 --> 0:04:58.880 five inch arms two hundred and forty pounds. 0:04:58.880 --> 0:04:59.400 He was physical. 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:02.600 Line of scrimmage, wins down. The field has multiple steps. 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:05.480 The ball is overthrown by about five or six yards, 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:08.280 and so you see yourself in the first group. Is 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:10.400 that an opportunity for Johnny Wilson to show, hey man, 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:12.760 I can be a true X receiver or is that 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:15.280 just an overthrow? Because Brendan Rice in the first group 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:18.760 caught an excellent ball from bow Knicks today. Excellent ball, 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:21.440 diving catch, great job, but he got an opportunity to 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:22.840 catch it. And I think when you look at the 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:25.160 groups of the receivers, you kind of say, that makes 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:29.000 the evaluation for the receivers very, very challenging in my opinion, 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:31.599 And I don't really know how to qualify because when 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:34.599 this podcast started we were fully ready to say Johnny 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:36.320 Wilson had a bad day to day, But then you 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:38.440 go back and watch his reps because we were able 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:40.839 to record some of it. And you say, actually, not 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:44.080 that bad, like in terms of separation, you know, being 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:45.880 physical at to catch point. He ran a great route 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:47.359 today that he fell down on. But in terms of 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:50.600 like the fundamentals, again, there's some stuff that I think 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:53.320 with Johnny Wilson that's interesting. And then how he handles 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:57.200 himself in between drills. He's always walking, He's not super 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:00.640 jazzed up. That bothers me as a former player, you know, 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:04.000 but I think those types of things are why you 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:06.080 come to seenable to see that other stuff. But back 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.520 to the receiver evaluation, I think it was really really 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:12.760 challenging to say receiver group A receiver group for the 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:16.080 national roster is better than receiver group B, just because 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.360 I think the quarterback play is so different. I mean, 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:19.680 there was a there was a there was a time 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:23.760 period in team in the team period where they just 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:27.240 could not complete a pass. Like there the pressure was 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:28.840 there from the defensive line, they just can they just 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:31.640 couldn't get it done. So that's something again we're not 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:33.840 overreacting to the first day, but after the first day 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:37.480 to day, definitely quarterback play is gonna be a big 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:40.320 story in terms of evaluating these guys moving forward. And 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:42.440 I think that also affects the tight end groups. You know, 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:44.039 like the tight end group for the first group for 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:46.520 the national roster is guys you've probably never heard of. 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:51.200 It's Theo Johnson, Brevin span Ford, AJ Barnar from Michigan, 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.559 and Theo Johnson comes out of this and he looks 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:56.440 like a really good football player. And at Penn State 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:58.760 where he's from, he looked more like a blocking Why 0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:01.000 here's look he's got. Looks like he's got some pass 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:03.039 game upside. And then a guy that I really like, 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.280 and Jared Wiley had a really good day, very productive 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:07.520 and seven on seven in the second group, but they 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:10.800 just didn't have the same opportunity. So a big part 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:12.640 of that is the offensive lines too, which we'll talk 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:14.560 about in a second. But I think that, to me 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:16.680 is something that I'm definitely gonna be keeping an eye on. 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:20.240 Can these quarterbacks find a rhythm, find a chemistry. There 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:22.760 was a rep today in the it was the last 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:26.480 rep of the team period for the national practice. Spencer 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:29.240 Ratler wats the line of scrimmage. He looks at Johnny 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:32.160 Wilson gives him the thumbs up. Johnny Wilson runs a 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:35.360 go beats the dB and for whatever reason, Spencer Raller 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.120 does not throw the football, and I'm just like, why, 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:40.920 let's get an evaluation on these guys. 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:41.120 You know. 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:44.280 So that was something that was really really frustrating. But again, 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:46.960 I think if there's one group of skill players at 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:50.840 a group of players, you're like, this group is set, 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:52.760 is the is the receivers? 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:53.000 Man? 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:56.760 Like they're just everybody's good, Like like Jawan Jackson looks 0:07:56.800 --> 0:07:59.200 like he's gonna be an excellent slot player. Lad McConkie 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.440 look like he's gonna be an excellent slot player. Like 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:03.320 all of these guys, Like you literally go down the 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:05.360 list and it's like, no one had a really bad day. 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:07.640 I'm trying to think of any go ahead, So if 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:08.000 we're going to. 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.480 Go down the list, yeah, let's do that. I mean, 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:12.720 if I'm just tuning in, yes, and I haven't done 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:13.480 any researcher on. 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:16.760 This, Yes, who are these guys? Like, so you're mentioning 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.600 Johnny Wilson, let's just start there, Yeah, okay, very quickly, 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:21.800 how would you describe Johnny Wilson? What's his skill set, 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:24.240 what's his positives, what's his negatives? That's a great point 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.280 because you're saying like, oh, he burned. This guy is 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:28.960 a burner, but he's huge, Like, so tell us at. 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:29.600 Let's talk about it. 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:31.920 So basically, Johnny Wilson's in this very unique scenario and 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.320 I think he's it's very relevant to the commanders because 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:36.480 he's a guy. He's six ' six. I think you wait, 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:38.960 I think you waited at two thirty seven. He's got 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:41.839 thirty five inch arms, which are longer than most offensive lineman. 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:45.280 He he's just a massive human being and everyone's like, 0:08:45.320 --> 0:08:48.120 should he move to tight end? So with him, a 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.040 reason I was watching him with the second group is like, 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:53.440 is he athletic enough and fast enough to win consistently 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:56.120 versus press coverage at the NFL level? And I feel 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:59.480 like he showed an ability to do that at a 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.160 relatively high level to day, but it wasn't actualized today 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:05.040 because the receivers kind of had a tough time. And 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:06.559 I think a guy that we need to talk about 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:10.040 is Xavier Loget in the same group. Really fast had 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:12.840 the highest miles prower of any player in college FOOTBA 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:14.520 last year. I think it was like twenty three miles 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:16.920 per hour, which is faster than like Tyreek Hill He 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:20.320 had a couple reps today where he is definitively beating 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:22.200 the receiver just with pure speed down the field. He's 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:24.160 a big guy, six to one, about two hundred and 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:27.360 twenty seven pounds, big, thick, aj brown looking guy. Not 0:09:27.480 --> 0:09:29.760 the most nuanced route rush runner of all time, but 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:32.360 a big, physical dude beating guys down the field and 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:34.559 we just couldn't get him the football. And so do 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:39.240 I upgrade Lad mcconkney, who's like this five to eleven, 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.120 one hundred and eighty one hundred and ninety five pound 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:43.679 guy from Georgia who's excellent I kind of as a 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:45.839 slot receiver because he's able to get open in the 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:47.959 short to intermediate level and the quarterback is able to 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:49.080 hit him because it's easier. 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:51.839 Throws or or how do I evaluate that? 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:52.960 And so that's the thing I'm going to keep an 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:54.400 eye on, because you saw the quality you wanted to 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:57.880 see from Xavier l Get, but it just wasn't maximized. 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:01.880 So I love comps, You know this, because I always. 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:04.000 Ask you, comps, who does this guy look like? 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:04.800 What does he look like? 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:09.520 And the reason I do that is because as somebody 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:12.480 who isn't in football all the time, right, watching film 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:14.680 and grinding the way at it, like you are my guy. 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:18.720 I want to say to myself, all right, who is 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:21.640 this guy remind me of? So I can visualize somebody 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:26.800 that I know? Right, So for Legett, you just said 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:30.480 aj Brown, right, And then we were just talking about 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:31.280 Johnny Wilson. 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:34.040 Right, you're, like I said, yeah, like a like a 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:37.760 less coordinated Keenan Allen. He's kind of like not super fast, 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:40.440 but he's pretty sudden. He understands what he's good at. 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:43.240 He uses his long arms like the goat that he 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:45.040 got open to day. He grabbed the receiver by the 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:47.600 shoulder pads, threw him forward. He was trying to press 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:50.560 him up, gets him stacked. Great job, just needs an 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:52.920 opportunity on the football. And I think you saw that 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:55.280 he ran a dig today, really nice dig, really good 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.439 suddenness coming out of the break. The ball is way 0:10:57.480 --> 0:10:59.480 behind him and he throws those thirty five inch arms 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:02.560 back to catch football. So you know, I'm not saying 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:04.920 Johnny Wilson had a perfect practice again. I was frustrated 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:07.200 by some of the stuff in between drills, some of 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:09.000 his effort in blocking things like that, and that's why 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:11.199 you're here to watch it, because then again I got you. 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:11.800 Look at that. 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.240 I was like blown away by from that standpoint, is 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:17.800 Ryan Flora. I can't even say as let's same flower, 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.959 Oh flower oe? How you say it? Look at it 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:24.040 Ryan Floyd, That's I'm gonna say it. He but he's 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:27.800 from a small school Late Ads, Southeast Missouri, and caught 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:30.640 every ball that was thrown him, ran an excellent comeback today, 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:33.760 created excellent separation. And the thing this is like nerdy 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:37.200 scout stuff, but when you are with a receiver, someone 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:39.719 that's not required to block, you get to see how 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:44.000 much they love football. And this dude was absolutely throwing 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:46.040 his stuff in there, trying to get after safety's trying 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:46.840 to get after debes. 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:48.960 And I just respect the hell of that. 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:51.400 Cause because I if I'm betting, if I'm betting on 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:53.920 Johnny Wilson, a guy that is very, very talented but 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:58.080 doesn't show that effort compared to Ryan from Southeast Missouri, 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:02.000 I say to myself, I would bet on Ryan because 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:05.160 he can he can develop into a three with special 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:07.880 teams upside, and he's a good football player. And so 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:10.320 again that's why that's why you're here is to see 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:12.800 how they not only do the big things, which is 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:15.319 catching the football release on the route, but how they block, 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:16.760 how they do some of that other stuff. 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:19.200 So so let's do that real quick, all right. So 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:21.600 what I want you to do? Okay, and we didn't 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:23.480 talk about this in our production meetings, so I'm going 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:24.360 to drop this. 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:25.160 On putch on the spot. 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:27.040 What I'm going to do is you're going to go 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:29.480 down the roster of wide receivers. Yes, right, you know, 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:32.079 to say a name you wanna say. All right, here's 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.360 what this guy did well. Here's why Dan do well. 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:36.000 Here's how he could fit with the commanders. 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:38.800 Okay, I like it right, so real quick, like. 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:42.400 One one sentence on each one of those or two sentences, like. 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:44.120 I'm just gonna pick guys that I think we need 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:46.480 to talk about because some guys, let's do it. Yeah, okay, 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:51.960 So for me, uh, Jacob Cowing from Arizona, small, undersized guy. 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:54.760 I think you saw a guy that fits that slot 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:55.800 receiver role. 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:58.640 Kind of kind of like am and Ross Saint Brown, 0:12:58.679 --> 0:12:59.960 but a little bit smaller, a little bit fat. 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:02.120 It's a little bit more sudden, kind of like DeShawn 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:05.280 Jackson ish in terms of skill set. Saw the deep ball, 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:07.240 so you saw his trait, you saw his superpower. And 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:10.080 I think that's another thing when you're looking at receivers specifically, 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:12.400 is you want to see their trait, their superpower. So 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:16.920 cowing speed, quickness, you saw it. Ricky piersall right, a 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:19.640 guy that I absolutely loved. 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:20.760 I loved everything he did. 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:25.080 He's you know, we watched his film and I my 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.240 first note was like, he will crush the Senior Bowl 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:30.360 because he's super sudden, he's super refined in his routes. 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:32.679 He's about six foot, he's a. 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.520 Little under two hundred pounds, but he is He's just 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:37.160 like this great you can play in the slot. I 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:40.240 think he's good enough to play outside as a contested catchability, 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:42.600 just a really solid receiver. 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:44.160 How would he fit one of the commanders? 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.080 Yeah, that's a great question. So to me, it's like 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:49.000 he gives you that kind of slot role. So maybe 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:51.240 like that Curtis Samuel role if he isn't resigned here. 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:52.840 And I think he gives you enough that he could 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:56.040 potentially play outside and you can move Jahan and Teary 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:58.079 around the formation, so it gives you a little flexibility. 0:13:58.120 --> 0:13:59.480 Is he too much like those two. 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:02.320 I think he's a that's a I think that's a Really. 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:03.760 Is he just so talented that's like just put him 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:04.040 in there. 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:05.560 I really like him. I really like him. 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:07.280 Well, he's a guy that like you just like and 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:09.040 I think he's but I do think he is similar 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:11.240 to the other guys and so like that's why a 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:15.040 guy like uh, Devontes Walker is a guy that's getting 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.480 a lot of buzz from from scouts for the team 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:20.560 because he's got a lot of speed. But again, I 0:14:20.560 --> 0:14:22.560 think he kind of feels like Diamie Brown the thing 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:24.800 when he came in here. He's good at vertical routree. 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:27.560 He's excellent at it. He did vertical routrey today. I 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:28.920 needed to know if he can run an in cut. 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:30.280 I need to know if he can run a stop. 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:33.160 He ran a stop today on cam Hart and cam 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:35.080 Hart is a corner for a Notre Dame. He's six 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:38.080 to two and ten pounds, big guy. And cam hert 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:39.880 ran the rat form and picked the ball off. So 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:43.080 you're one opportunity to run something that wasn't a deep 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:46.840 vertical post vertical comeback, whatever it is, it didn't go 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:48.600 well for you. Again, it's the first day. We're not 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:50.760 going to kill these guys. But that's something that that 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:52.040 stuck out to me about him. 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:54.080 And I'm just a guy, just a guy, all right, right, 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:54.680 I'm just a guy. 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:54.880 Here. 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:57.920 They put up on the board out there a Miles 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:00.960 Prower that these guys were running on the field and 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.560 Walker had the fastest time there, right, so he has 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:06.920 that to beat. It was twenty one point eighteen miles. 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:08.280 Which is out cooking really good. 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:10.120 Now that being said, and again, I'm just a guy. 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:13.680 This is not an analysis. He didn't stand out me 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:17.520 like I never went ooh ever that whole day. And 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:19.560 again that could be just I don't know what I'm 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:22.120 looking at, but he was the fastest guy there. When 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:23.840 I saw that up there, I was like, oh really, 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:25.680 I didn't like, he didn't do anything. 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:27.600 And so there was a couple of times like they 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:28.960 did that one on one at the end. So that 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:30.560 was another thing I liked about the first practice of 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:32.400 the national team, the national roster. 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:32.880 Excuse me. 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:35.360 They got everyone together and they had callouts. So they 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:37.800 had devontees Walker call out. I think it was the 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:41.080 cornerback from Penn State, King King. Yeah, and he beat 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:42.760 him on a go. The ball wasn't there, but he 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:44.640 beat him on to go. So again I liked that 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.240 he showed me that. But he he's a guy that 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:49.400 I need to see, you know, some of that other 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:51.600 stuff like So, for example, Brendan Rice today is a 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:53.680 guy that I think we absolutely need to talk about. 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:57.000 He's six to two, he's a little under six to two, 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:01.720 He's about two hundred, two hundred and fifteen pounds, big 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:05.000 guy physical, made some great contested catch today, fought through 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:07.520 contact at a high level. He's a guy that feels 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:10.440 like he could be that true too for you, right, 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:12.000 really complete guy. 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:12.800 Didn't love that. 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:14.520 He didn't get a lot of separation, but really high 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:16.720 level stuff. And then with the second group, I mean, 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.840 we got to talk about Jawan Jackson, excellent thought receiver, 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:24.040 did a great job there in the same way that 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:27.200 like Ricky Pearsow's excellent running routes. This guys like that 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.400 on steroids like Ricky Pearsaw, gives you some inside outside flexibility. 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:33.840 I think Jakwan Jock Jackson excuse me as an inside 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:37.680 player only, but it's excellent at that. We already talked 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:40.720 about Ryan from Southeast Missouri did a great job today, 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:44.920 Johnny Wilson, we talked about Xavier, Yet we talked about 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:48.080 Lad mcconchney was maybe the best receiver in the second 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:51.280 group today, Like just super efficient, won every one on 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:54.960 one open all the time, super polished guy from Georgia. 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:56.160 Again that slot role. 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:58.000