1 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: Hi, gain everybody. I'm Dan Horne. Thanks for downloading the 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: Bengals Booth podcast, the That's All Line Need to Know 3 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: audition as we go inside the Bengals draft room to 4 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: review this year's class with Director of Scouting Mike Potts. 5 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: Plus five fun questions with first round draft pick a 6 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: Marius Mims and Dax Hill reacts to moving from safety 7 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: to Corner. 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Well, last 20 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: year the Foxes finished in the bottom three of the 21 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: Premier League standings, meaning they got relegated to the second 22 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: tier of English soccer. The bottom three finishers go down 23 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: a level and the top three from the so called 24 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: English Football League Championship move up. Well, I'm happy to 25 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: report that Leicester City is going back up. They clinched 26 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: the top two finish and a return to the Premier 27 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 1: League last week. So to my fellow members of the 28 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: Greater Cincinnati Leicester City Supporters Club, I look forward to 29 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: being reunited next season watching matches together at Rhinehouse. Now 30 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: let's get to football, more specifically American football. After being 31 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: selected in the first round by the Bengals on Thursday, 32 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: A Marius Mams came to Cincinnati for an introductory news 33 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: conference the next day. As I stood there talking to 34 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: him with fellow reporters, I had this thought, how could 35 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: a pass rusher possibly get by this guy? You've seen 36 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: his height and weight six' eight three forty, but somehow 37 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: that doesn't do his enormity justice. Consider this, His wingspan 38 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: is eighty six and three quarter inches, So when a 39 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: Marius stretches out his arms, it's the equivalent of Kareem 40 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:40,959 Speaker 1: Abdul Jabbar seven feet two inches. He's a genetic freak 41 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: in every way. Mims did a series of one on 42 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 1: one TV interviews on Friday, so when I sat down 43 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: with him, I thought we would have a little fun time. 44 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: For five questions with the eighteenth pick in the twenty 45 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: twenty four NFL Draft, Marius Mims. I'll actually make it 46 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 1: six questions because the first question, how did that sound? 47 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: The eighteenth pick of the twenty twenty four NFL Draft? 48 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 2: This sounds great, honestly, like I said, especially going through 49 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: the same as Cincinnati Bengals. Man, you know, I'm just 50 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: blessed and I'm very thankful for them picking me at eighteen. Man, 51 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 2: that's how much to be thankful for? All? 52 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: Right? Question number one? I talked to a draft guru 53 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: at the NFL Scouting Combine who said the following, Marius 54 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: Mims was built in a lab to be an offensive tackle. 55 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: Were you always a giant in comparison to the other kids? 56 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: And do you remember the first time somebody said, ah, 57 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: you're going to be an offensive lineman someday? 58 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 2: Yes, I remember, you know, being tallering there like all 59 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 2: my class basic stuff, playing regressional league. But the first 60 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 2: time somebody told me that you're going to be an 61 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 2: office tackle. Was going into my sophomore high school when 62 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 2: I switched my position from defensive land to office tackle. 63 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: So and you embraced it, you, sir, it was. 64 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 3: It took me a little while at this, but I 65 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 3: was like, Okay, they can do it all right. 66 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: Question number two, According to everything I read, you did 67 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: not allow a sack at Georgia. Is that the case? 68 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: And do you remember the last sack you gave up? 69 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: At any level? Have you given one up? 70 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 2: I want to say in high school, I gave one 71 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 2: up Washington County. I want to say. I remember my 72 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 2: junior year. It was like, I'm blocking the guy for 73 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 2: a long time. I thought the ball was going. I'm 74 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 2: turning around. I'm blocking to do it again. My quarterbacks 75 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 2: still right here, can't He's out of my vengs. I 76 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 2: think he's running. So I started blocking. Do I'm going 77 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 2: to run on the field and he's still there and 78 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 2: I'll see him on the ground. I'm like, oh my god. 79 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 2: And my coach was like, mel Compin, It's gonna be okay. 80 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 2: I'm like, naug have the sack, Like I need to 81 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 2: go regroup. 82 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 1: So three years at Georgia, going back to your junior 83 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: year of high school, it's been five years since you've 84 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: surrendered a sack. 85 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 2: I guess so, yes, sir. 86 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: Okay, we'll give you one every five years. That sounds 87 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: good at Cincinnati. Question number three, we have all seen 88 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: the movie The blind Side where the Michael Orr character 89 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: completely blocks a player right off the field. What's your 90 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: best story along those lines of, you know, blocking a 91 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,559 Speaker 1: guy twenty yards downfield, pancaking a cup bull of guys 92 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: with your. 93 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 2: Best I'll definitely say Tennessee game. Me and Tate we 94 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 2: had a twist pick up against Tennessee and we like, 95 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 2: I like Ali the guy in the ear. He came 96 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 2: in like chokes lamb almost and it was like, you 97 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 2: definitely gotta watch that. It was definitely, it was definitely 98 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:15,679 Speaker 2: a good play. It was great. 99 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: This year's Tennessee. 100 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 2: Gaines, sir, Is there this year's Tennessee game? 101 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: You Ali opa guy? 102 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 2: Yes, sir, yes there. It was great. First I feel 103 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 2: bad for him, but it was great all right. 104 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: First time I've ever heard the alley oop is a 105 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: football term. I look forward to checking it out. Question four. 106 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 1: You were part of two national championship teams at Georgia. 107 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: Describe what it's like when the confetti is falling and 108 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: then you know that you've captured a national championship ring 109 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: just a lot. 110 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 2: You know, you're thinking about a lot, honestly, think about 111 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 2: like all the hard work, guys, you've done, you know 112 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 2: what I'm saying, All the times you got cussed out 113 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 2: by coach, all the hard practices. 114 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 3: You've been throom. 115 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 2: You literally it's just it's just all history and it's 116 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 2: like it was all worth it. And like I said, 117 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 2: those both the years, you know, just just very blessed 118 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 2: going to a great university like Georgia. You know, went 119 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 2: in two years in a row, and it's just I said, 120 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 2: it's awesome feeling cause everything come back and get your 121 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 2: full circle. You're like, I did all this, but it's 122 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 2: it was for a great cause. 123 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: Had the rings on display somewhere? Do you actually break 124 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: them out? 125 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:11,919 Speaker 3: I had them last night at my draft party. 126 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 2: But my mom has to say and my dad has 127 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:14,799 Speaker 2: I said, I let them keep them. 128 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: Nice, alright. Fifth and final question for Marius Mems. Tell 129 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 1: us something about you that very few people know. 130 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 3: I love to hunt. 131 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 2: I love hunt hogs, deer hunt and I duck hunt 132 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 2: and then I fish a lot too, so I fish 133 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 2: for bass, I go, I go DC fishing sometimes. But 134 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,039 Speaker 2: like I said, I'm very outdoors. So if anybody wants 135 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 2: to go fishing, you know, or hunt, please let me know. 136 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 2: I've been Cincinnati in two weeks. 137 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: You are going to hear from somebody hogs duck and 138 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: what deer hogs? Duck and deer hogs was the first 139 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 1: thing I love. I love hogger and especially with the 140 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 1: thermal scope ars. So, like I said, I'm being Cincinnati 141 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 1: in two weeks, y'all feel free to hear me up 142 00:06:56,080 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 1: if y'all know any spots I want to go. I 143 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: suspect you're going to be hearing from plenty of Bengals 144 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: fans along those lines. All right, you're off the hot seat. 145 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 1: Appreciate your time, look forward to SEENI in action. 146 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 3: So I appreciate you. Thank you. 147 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: So you heard the man. If you are an avid 148 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: hunter or fisher and live in the Cincinnati area, al 149 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: Marius is looking for a good guide. Before I get 150 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: to my conversation with the Bengals scouting director, here's a 151 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: reminder that the Bengals Booth podcast is brought to you 152 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: by pay Corps, Proud to be the Bengals Official HR 153 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: software provider. 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Another highly regarded offensive lineman, Troy fot 162 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: Utana was still their wide receiver Brian Thomas out of 163 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: LSU is still there. What tipped the scales in favor 164 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: of a Marius Mims? 165 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 4: A Marius is a guy that we've been scouting for 166 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 4: a few years now and have really high regard for. 167 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 3: I think at the premium position that he plays. 168 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 4: Of offensive tackle and just his size, length, talent level, 169 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 4: we felt that it was too good to pass up. 170 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 4: We end up ranking our whole board between positions one 171 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 4: through eighteen, and he was the highest guy up there 172 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 4: on our board, and we feel really good about it. 173 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 4: We feel like with the players that we have on 174 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 4: offense and defense, if we can protect our quarterback, which 175 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 4: Amrius will help to do, we think we're going to 176 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 4: be right there playing in the important games that really 177 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 4: matter late in the season. 178 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 3: And I think that's part of what it really came 179 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 3: down to at the end of the day. 180 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: He has tremendous upside as much as any of the 181 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: tackles taken in this draft, including Joe Alto is the 182 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: first one taken did the current roster in the fact 183 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: that he doesn't have to start right away allow you 184 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: to take a chance on an inexperienced player only eight 185 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: college starts with the thought that you might be getting 186 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl talent. 187 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 4: Yes, Signing Trent Brown in free agency was huge for 188 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,319 Speaker 4: us because he's a quality starting tackle in the league 189 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 4: who's played both right and left tackles. So we can 190 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 4: bring Amrius along at whatever pace is appropriate for us. 191 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 4: Whether he's ready to start year one or whether he's 192 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 4: ready to start year two, that's that's up to a 193 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 4: Marius and our coaches and their development plan there. But 194 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 4: we are very fortunate to put him into the position 195 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 4: that he's in. He did he did play a good 196 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 4: amount in college outside of those those eight starts, he 197 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 4: was in a rotation there, So there's there's tape to 198 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:47,839 Speaker 4: look at, and it's the good news is it's high 199 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 4: quality tape, uh for for the most part, outside of 200 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 4: some of the games when he was a little bit 201 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 4: less than one hundred percent with the ankle this year. 202 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 4: So we feel really good about the evaluation that we 203 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 4: have from him in the limit at SAM size, and 204 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 4: we feel really good about the situation that we're putting 205 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 4: him into with two veteran starting caliber tackles that he 206 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,199 Speaker 4: can learn from and come along at the pace that's appropriate. 207 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: It's been classified that instead of going for the double, 208 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: the Bengals wet for a home run. In other words, 209 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: there might have been a slightly safer pick available on 210 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: the board. This is the guy that has the most upside. 211 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: Is that a fair characterization of what you did. 212 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 4: I'd say yes and no. We don't necessarily feel like 213 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 4: he's a risky pick. Every player that is up there 214 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 4: in the draft, no matter how highly rated or low 215 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 4: that they're rated, they all have risks. There's deficiencies and 216 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 4: negatives and holes that you can pick in in every 217 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 4: single prospect that was on every team's draft board. 218 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 3: So his is a lack of play experience, but we. 219 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 4: Don't necessarily see him as a risky swing for the 220 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 4: fence's type of pick or a possible strikeout, because again, 221 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 4: when you watch his tate, he's a highly talented player. 222 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 4: It's not like he's a guy just with rare traits 223 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:07,079 Speaker 4: but super inconsistent on his tape and you're just saying, Oh, 224 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 4: if he could put it all together, then maybe we 225 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 4: would have something. His tape is really good. It just 226 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 4: happens to be in a limited sample size, So maybe 227 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,079 Speaker 4: he has a little bit higher floor than what has 228 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 4: some of the reports out there have been. 229 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: We're visiting with director of scouting Mike Potts. I'm sure 230 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: some people listening to this are familiar with a guy 231 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: named Kent Lee Platt who invented our as relative athletic score. 232 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 1: He's been critical of the Bengals in the past for 233 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: not drafting athletic or elite athletic offensive lineman. The two 234 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: offensive linemen you drafted this year, Mims and your seventh 235 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: rounder Matt Lee, both had elite athletic grades. Were you 236 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: looking to target more athletic offensive lineman. 237 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 3: We're always looking for the best of everything. 238 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 4: We want really good athletes who are also strong, instinctive, physical, 239 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,319 Speaker 4: have really good power in their lower body and through 240 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 4: their hips to move people off of their spot in 241 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 4: the run game, Guys with length. So there's a lot 242 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 4: that goes into it, and we're looking for the best 243 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 4: in all areas. Athleticism is certainly one of them that 244 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 4: we look to upgrade for sure, and those two guys, 245 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 4: like you mentioned that, we took our very good athletes, 246 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 4: but they also are good in a number of other 247 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 4: areas as well, like I mentioned, with the physicality, the 248 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 4: instincts that they have, the technique that they play with. 249 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 4: So it's you know, not one area that you can 250 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 4: just hone in on and say, hey, we want the 251 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 4: guy with the high testing numbers in terms of athleticism, 252 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 4: because the tape has to match up and they have 253 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 4: to be a good player in other areas. 254 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 3: They can't just be a good athlete. 255 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: An obvious area of need on the roster. With defensive tackle, 256 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: you use two top one hundred picks on the interior 257 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 1: defensive line Chris Jenkins in the second round, McKinley Jackson 258 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: in the third. Both team captains, both very productive college players. 259 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: What did you like most at Jenkins and Jackson. 260 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, we really like both of those guys. 261 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 4: That's a position that we wanted to address. They're a 262 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 4: defensive tackle. We got two guys maybe a little bit 263 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 4: different styles. Chris Jenkins is more of that true defensive tackle, 264 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 4: can get upfield and rush as a three technique, but 265 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 4: also in the way they utilized him at Michigan. He 266 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 4: can play stout, he can two gap, he can play 267 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 4: the run. He's got really long arms, and again, like 268 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 4: I mentioned, an explosive athlete with more upside, maybe even 269 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 4: than he's already shown to this point as a pass rusher. 270 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 4: So we're really happy about Chris. We're really happy that 271 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 4: we got him there in the second round. And then McKinley, 272 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 4: like you mentioned, is maybe more of a true nose tackle, 273 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 4: you know, three hundred and thirty pound range nose tackle 274 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 4: with also really long arms, and he's a physical, violent 275 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 4: player who can stop the run. He's instinctive. He also 276 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 4: has upside as a pass rusher as well. So two 277 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 4: different body types, two different skill sets, but we think 278 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 4: both of those guys are really going to help us 279 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 4: in both the run game and pass game, and upgrade 280 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 4: our interior defensive line. 281 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 1: The pick in between those two guys was wide receiver 282 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: Jermaine Burton, who started his college career at Georgia and 283 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: finished it at Alabama. An unbelievably explosive athlete broad jump 284 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,079 Speaker 1: of more than eleven feet thirty eight and a half 285 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: inch vertical. Strictly in terms of talent, How good is 286 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: Jermaine Burton? 287 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, Jermaine's a phenomenal talent. We had strong conviction amongst 288 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 4: our scouting staff, our ownership, and coaching staff on this player, 289 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 4: and I've been tracking him for a number of years now. 290 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 4: Back in twenty twenty, I remember during the COVID year 291 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 4: when we as scouts could only go and sit in 292 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 4: the stands at games. I remember seeing him at Georgia 293 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 4: against Mississippi State and he went for eight catches I 294 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 4: think one hundred and ninety seven yards and two touchdowns 295 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 4: in that game. So that was kind of my first 296 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 4: impression of Jermaine and then have been tracking him ever 297 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 4: since over the past four years of his college career, 298 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 4: both at Georgia and Alabama. He's a guy that we 299 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 4: brought in and interviewed at the Combine, I got a 300 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 4: chance to look him in the eye and you really 301 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 4: get a feel for what makes him tick and his 302 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 4: personal character. And then we also brought him in later 303 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 4: in the process on one of our thirty visits, so 304 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 4: got to spend a full day with him and again 305 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 4: gain that confidence and who he is and what he's 306 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 4: all about. And at the end of the day, we 307 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 4: think he's a guy that can really help us as 308 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 4: an explosive. 309 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 3: Weapon in the past game. 310 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 4: And like the competitive nature that he plays with and 311 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 4: the ability to play potentially outside and inside for us 312 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 4: and add another explosive element to our offense. 313 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: So you kind of addressed my next question already about 314 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: getting to the bottom of some of the maturity questions 315 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: involving Jermaine Burton. I take it from your visit at 316 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: the Combine and his visit to Cincinnati for one of 317 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: those Top thirty visits that you essentially determined this is 318 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: not a bad guy. It's a guy who has occasionally 319 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: had trouble controlling his emotions. 320 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, I would not say a bad guy at all. 321 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, with the emotional stuff that we also view some 322 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 4: of that as a positive terms of his competitiveness and 323 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 4: the fire that he plays with on the field. 324 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 3: But yeah, you're right. 325 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 4: We went through the whole process on him and did 326 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 4: all of our homework, talked to as many people as 327 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 4: we could, and then at the end of the day, 328 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 4: the best thing we have going for us is, like 329 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 4: I mentioned, our whole staff, you know, from multiple different 330 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 4: departments and everybody that evaluated him and was part of 331 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 4: the process of doing work on Jermaine. We're all on 332 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 4: board with adding the player, and we're rooting for him 333 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 4: and we're going to do our best to put the 334 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 4: support in place here in Cincinnati for him to be 335 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 4: as successful as possible as a Bengal. 336 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: I'm guessing a lot of the people listening saw the 337 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: video that was posted of Zach Taylor in the draft 338 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: room after the selection of Jermaine Burton pounding the table 339 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: with excitement. Was he especially high on Jermaine? Was that 340 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: somewhat unusual to see Zach do that? 341 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, Jermaine, I'm sorry, Zach was really excited after that pick. 342 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 4: I think Zach is excited after a lot of our picks. 343 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 4: Maybe that one just got caught on TV and was 344 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 4: more widely publicized, But I think Zach is great in 345 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 4: our process in general. I wouldn't just point to one 346 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 4: specific player. I mean, you could ask him his personal opinion. 347 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 4: I wouldn't want to speak for him, but he's great 348 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 4: in our overall scouting process, just in terms of really 349 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 4: watching the film, really taking the time to meet with 350 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 4: all of these guys on the visits on zoom, in 351 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 4: our interviews, and he's great to work with. So when 352 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 4: he has that level of excitement for a player, it 353 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 4: really means something. 354 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: We're visiting the director of scouting, Mike Potts. Let's move 355 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: to Day three, Round four. Your first pick was tight 356 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: end Eric All. He's a local kid from Cincinnati, went 357 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: to Fairfield High School, started his college career at Michigan. 358 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:41,360 Speaker 1: He was a captain there, then finished up at Iowa. 359 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: I was speaking to Dj Turner, his former Michigan teammate, 360 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: who said that Eric All would have been a first 361 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,640 Speaker 1: round pick if not for the back and knee injuries 362 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: that he had in his college career. Is Dj Turner 363 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: accurate or is that a former college teammate saying nice 364 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 1: things about his guy. 365 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 4: He's very talented. I don't know if he would have 366 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 4: been a first round picker or not. We had very 367 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,360 Speaker 4: high grades on him. We think he's got starting caliber 368 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 4: ability in his body in terms of his physical talent. 369 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 4: Everybody knows he's coming off the injury right now, so 370 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 4: we'll do our best to get that rehab and bring 371 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 4: him along at the appropriate pace in terms of when 372 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 4: he may be ready and you know, make sure he's 373 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 4: full strength once he can get out there and make 374 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,199 Speaker 4: an impact for us. So whether that is, you know, 375 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 4: coming right out of the gate as a rookie, or 376 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 4: that's into the future, we'll have to determine that at 377 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 4: a later date. But yes, he's a very talented guy 378 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 4: that we were again very high on from a scouting 379 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 4: perspective throughout the evaluation process and with the medical concern 380 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 4: that some teams maybe have, it's a little bit difficult 381 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 4: to put that exact evaluation or pinpoint where on the 382 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 4: board you actually pull him off in terms of draft 383 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 4: round and at the end of the day, we felt 384 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 4: fortunate that he was still there for us the fourth 385 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 4: round and think he can be a real impact player 386 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 4: for us into the future. 387 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 1: He took another tight end two rounds later, Tanner McLaughlin 388 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 1: out of Arizona. Why did you double down on the 389 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: tight end position in rounds four and six. 390 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 4: Tenner's a guy we would have considered even earlier than that. 391 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 4: So I think the short answer to your question is 392 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 4: he was the best player available. We think he's a 393 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,439 Speaker 4: real dynamic guy in the past game, still has some 394 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 4: more upside in his body as a as a blocker. 395 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 4: He is physical, he is willing, but he's he's really 396 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 4: explosive in the past game, really good hands. Don't think 397 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 4: he had any drops on the year this year, and 398 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 4: you know, run after catch, stuff, separation in the past 399 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 4: game as a route runner are all are all very 400 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:47,639 Speaker 4: very good traits that he has in his game. So 401 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 4: at the end of the day, I think we ended 402 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,400 Speaker 4: up adding a lot of depth to our tight end position. 403 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,719 Speaker 4: You know, it's a spot that we didn't have a 404 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 4: ton of numbers at in that room going into the draft. 405 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 4: But to add both of these guys, both Eric and Tanner, 406 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 4: to that tight end room, I think that's a strength 407 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 4: on our roster right now. 408 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: Tanner was on college rosters for six years. He's twenty 409 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: five years old. How heavily do you consider age in 410 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: the draft? 411 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 4: Age is definitely a factor the you know, sometimes it 412 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,360 Speaker 4: can be a good thing in terms of the age, 413 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 4: the guy may be more ready to come in and. 414 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 3: Play right away, maybe more mature. 415 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,680 Speaker 4: He may be further along in his personal life off 416 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 4: the field and have everything squared away that way. 417 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 3: So it's not. 418 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 4: Always a negative the age, you know, maybe in terms 419 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 4: of if everything's even on the maturity level of the 420 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 4: character all that stuff, sometimes you could lean to a 421 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 4: younger guy. 422 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 3: So I don't know. I can't speak for the other teams. 423 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 4: Maybe the age is part of a reason that he 424 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 4: fell a little bit lower, But we feel fortunate to 425 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 4: get Tanner there in the sixth round because we think 426 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 4: his talent was higher than that. 427 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,439 Speaker 1: In the fifth round, he took a corner back, Josh 428 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: Newton out of TCU. After the draft, Zach Taylor told 429 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: reporters that Dax Hill is going to be moving to 430 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,880 Speaker 1: corner back. Did that impact how you dealt with drafting 431 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: a cornerback this year? 432 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,120 Speaker 3: We wanted to address corner either way. 433 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 4: We've had discussions about Dak's you know, going over the 434 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,439 Speaker 4: past couple of months, and we want to get our 435 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 4: best players out there. With dj Ivy coming off of 436 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 4: the injury that that he's coming off of, we felt 437 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 4: like corner was a position that we could address and 438 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 4: had a young guy in that room. We obviously really 439 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,640 Speaker 4: liked Dax Hill, We really liked dj Ivy, We really 440 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 4: really like all of the corners that we have in 441 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 4: that room. We just felt like it was a spot 442 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,679 Speaker 4: where we could add one more guy that had a 443 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 4: clear path to make the team. And Josh Newton is 444 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 4: a guy that we also had high grades on amongst 445 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 4: our scouting staff, our coaching staff, and. 446 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 3: Really had a high regard for. 447 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 4: Again, another guy that that we felt could have went 448 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 4: higher than than he actually did on draft Day and 449 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 4: feel fortunate to get him there in the fifth round. 450 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:01,679 Speaker 4: We like his his versatility, physicality, instincts. You know, he's 451 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 4: a really really productive player there at TCU who had 452 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 4: a high profile in the scouting community, and you know, 453 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 4: we're excited to get him out here and see what 454 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:14,119 Speaker 4: he can do forty pass breakup seven interceptions in his 455 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 4: college career. 456 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: His defensive coordinator called him the ultimate competitor. I'm really 457 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: intrigued by Josh Newton the more I see and read 458 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:22,880 Speaker 1: about him. 459 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, we are too, We're very intrigued. He's a name 460 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,159 Speaker 4: that just kept coming up as we were discussing and 461 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 4: going through the corner position just in terms, like you said, 462 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 4: his production, his intangibles, his instincts. 463 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 3: He tested well as well. 464 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 4: You know, ran a four to four seven. He's a 465 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 4: very high character guy, clean medically. So there's not a 466 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 4: lot to not like about Josh Newton in his game, 467 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 4: and you know, we're really excited about adding that competition 468 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 4: to our corner room. Whether that was perceived as a 469 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 4: high need or a low need publicly, I'm not sure, 470 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 4: but that's a position that we wanted to address and 471 00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 4: I'm glad that it shook out there where we were 472 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:00,880 Speaker 4: able to fire him where we did. 473 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: I think I saw four or five to one at 474 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: the combine, so he ran a four to four to seven. 475 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,479 Speaker 4: In later testing, I believe we had two times on him. 476 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,199 Speaker 4: You know that they run two times at the combine. 477 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 4: I think it was a four four seven and a 478 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 4: four to five to one were the two times that 479 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,399 Speaker 4: we had in our system. The way we usually do 480 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 4: it is we have our scouts doing handheld times down 481 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 4: there on the field. We also get handheld times from 482 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 4: the combine, and then there's electronic. 483 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 3: Times on that. 484 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 4: So we have a formula that we use in terms 485 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 4: of throwing out the outliers and then averaging the rest 486 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 4: of the numbers. So it's never a huge discrepancy from 487 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 4: the numbers that may be reported, but it may be 488 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 4: off a couple hundreds here and there. 489 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,640 Speaker 1: All right, final three picks and edge rusher Cedric Johnson 490 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: out of All Miss, safety Dejon Anthony, his teammate at 491 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: All Miss, and center Matt Lee out of Miami after 492 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 1: starting his college career at UCF. Tell us a little 493 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: bit about each of those guys, Cedric Johnson, Dejon Anthony, 494 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: and Matt Lee. 495 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, the two Ole Miss teammates, Cedric Johnson and Dejon Anthony. 496 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,640 Speaker 4: We were really glad to get all three of those 497 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 4: guys that we got. But starting with the Old Miss guy, 498 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,120 Speaker 4: Cedric Johnson is a guy that we've been looking at. 499 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 3: For a few years. 500 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 4: Really explosive, fast, powerful pass rusher who can play the 501 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:17,160 Speaker 4: run as well. 502 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 3: He was another guy, you know, I don't. 503 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 4: Mean to be repetitive, but he was the top guy 504 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 4: on our board there when we got him in the 505 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 4: sixth round. We really like our defensive end room in 506 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 4: our edge spot that we have on the roster. It's 507 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 4: probably one of the deeper spots that we have. But again, 508 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:37,919 Speaker 4: you take a guy, you build out that depth, and 509 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,159 Speaker 4: you never know how the competition will play out in 510 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 4: training camp. You never know into the season how injuries 511 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 4: could play out. So I think you can't go wrong 512 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 4: with taking a high caliber guy who's the best player 513 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 4: on the board. And he's another guy who's who's a 514 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 4: great character, very smart, you know, loves football, great work, habits, 515 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 4: clean medically, all of those things that you like in 516 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 4: terms of taking a clean prospect. He checks a lot 517 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 4: of boxes, did a good job down there at the 518 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 4: Senior Bowl when we scouted him down there as well, 519 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 4: So we feel glad that we were able to get Cedric. 520 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,439 Speaker 4: And then his teammate, Dejon was a guy that we 521 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 4: brought in on a thirty visit. Very energetic, passionate player, 522 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 4: very competitive, He's got versatility. He's played some safety this 523 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 4: year and also corner throughout his career. You know, he 524 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,719 Speaker 4: had a winding path to get there at all, miss 525 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 4: starting his career out at two other schools. But we 526 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 4: really like his makeup, his competitiveness, his passion for the 527 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 4: game of football. After we spent a full day with 528 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 4: him on that visit, We interviewed him down at the 529 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 4: East West Shrine game as well during the All Star 530 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:48,120 Speaker 4: scouting process. So he's a valuable guy with versatility and 531 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 4: the demeanor and personality to potentially contribute for us on 532 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 4: special teams units as well to help Daron out. So 533 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 4: again for a seventh round pick, we think we think 534 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 4: he checks a lot of boxes and is to be 535 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 4: a guy who competes to to really make this roster 536 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 4: and have a have an impact for us on game 537 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 4: day potentially. 538 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 3: And then Matt Lee it was our last pick. 539 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 4: He's another guy that we had a lot of love 540 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,440 Speaker 4: for throughout the scouting process. We also interviewed him down 541 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 4: there at the East West Shrine game as well. Like 542 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 4: I said with Dejon Anthony, he's a very athletic center, 543 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 4: very instinctive physical player. Really like his character, makeup and 544 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 4: the passion that he plays with. Sources there at Miami 545 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:34,159 Speaker 4: rave about this guy's character and makeup, and you know, 546 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,680 Speaker 4: we think he has he has really hot potential at 547 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 4: that center position. He's kind of about all the right 548 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 4: stuff and a really good player there on tape at Miami. 549 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 4: So we're excited to get him him into into the 550 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 4: system and you know, get working with our coaches and 551 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 4: see where he can be. 552 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 1: It seems to me like most of these guys came 553 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 1: in for top thirty visits, and maybe in the past 554 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,919 Speaker 1: that could be wrong about this, but it kind of 555 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 1: felt like more of those visits would go to guys 556 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 1: that you didn't know much about. They weren't combine invites, 557 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: maybe more quote unquote long shots. Have you changed your 558 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: approach so that those top thirty visits are largely for 559 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,959 Speaker 1: guys that you are you know, have high on your 560 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: board and are strongly considering drafting. 561 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 4: Have necessarily changed our approach wholesale, so to say, we 562 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 4: evaluated on a year to year basis, and this year, 563 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 4: just the way the board fell, we felt very strongly 564 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 4: about some of the some of the top guys at 565 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 4: a number of different positions and really wanted to do 566 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 4: our homework on them. We always bring in non combined 567 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,160 Speaker 4: guys to make sure we get the medical on them, 568 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:42,439 Speaker 4: and you know, in terms of if they're not at 569 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:44,479 Speaker 4: the combine, we don't have that full medical work up. 570 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 4: You want to have that confidence in that piece of 571 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 4: the evaluation to draft them. 572 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:48,479 Speaker 3: We did. 573 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,640 Speaker 4: We still did bring in a good number of non 574 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 4: combined guys, a good number of potential later round targets. 575 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:55,119 Speaker 3: Dejon Anthony. 576 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 4: We didn't know if he would be there in the 577 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 4: later rounds or not, but we knew going into the 578 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 4: process that he's a guy that could fit in a 579 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:03,959 Speaker 4: lot of different areas for us and a guy that 580 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:05,680 Speaker 4: we had targeted. 581 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 3: And wanted to do the full work up on them. 582 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 4: Now, a lot of times we bring guys in and 583 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 4: they have the opposite impression. Potentially they could be a 584 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 4: guy that you end up crossing off of your list 585 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 4: due to your exposure on the visit because you don't 586 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,439 Speaker 4: like their football intelligence, their character, their medical assessment, at 587 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:26,639 Speaker 4: whatever the case is. So I wouldn't say there's an 588 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 4: exact rhyme or reason to looking at exactly who we 589 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 4: bring in and oh, these are the top guys that 590 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:36,679 Speaker 4: were really targeting. The guys don't actually become a target 591 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,719 Speaker 4: until we've worked through our whole meetings in April, and 592 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 4: then you're leading up to the week before the draft. 593 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 4: That's when they actually become a target. Earlier in the 594 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 4: process with the visits, there are just potential targets that 595 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 4: could work themselves up the board or down the board. 596 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 3: According to how that visit goes. 597 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: How close were you to trading out at any point? 598 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 3: We were very close. A number of times. 599 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,600 Speaker 4: It felt like there was probably one hundred or so calls. 600 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 4: I don't know how many exactly there were, but we're 601 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 4: constantly working the phone lines, you know, text calls, and 602 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 4: there's constant conversation. We had plenty of plenty of conversations 603 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 4: about moving up and moving back. But at the end 604 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 4: of the day, we felt fortunate that there was enough 605 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 4: players there that we felt good about, and we were 606 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 4: able to stay patient in each of our ten picks 607 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 4: and get a guy that we felt really good about 608 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 4: without having to fall down a level of player. 609 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: It's been publicly reported that the Falcons reached out with 610 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 1: the possible idea of moving up to number eighteen, and 611 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: we're considering giving you their first round pick in next 612 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 1: year's draft. However, had that deal come to fruition, you 613 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 1: would have had to drop back into the middle of 614 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 1: the second round before taking a pick. This year. That 615 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 1: it didn't come to pass because the guy they were 616 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 1: interested in got drafted a few picks before the Bengals, 617 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: But in any case, would that have been hard to 618 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: do to have gone all the way back into the 619 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: middle of the second round, even though would have meant 620 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: getting a first round or next year. 621 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, I saw that that was publicly reported. I mean, obviously, 622 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,440 Speaker 4: all those trade discussions are confidential. We wouldn't want to 623 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 4: put any any team's you know, private discussions out there publicly. 624 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 4: I did see that that specific one was reported that 625 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 4: Atlanta was looking to come up to target some specific players. 626 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 4: It's there's always a conversation on how far you're willing 627 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 4: to move back. Do you have enough players that you 628 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 4: feel comfortable with the trade compensation being worth maybe moving 629 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 4: back and moving off of players that you have targeted 630 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 4: in that given round. You know, there's a number of 631 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 4: times that we had opportunities to move back, but we 632 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 4: didn't want to move off of the players that we 633 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 4: had targeted in those rounds, so we chose not to. 634 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,479 Speaker 4: Like I said, there's tons of calls constantly going on. 635 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 4: I'm actually surprised with how many discussions we had that 636 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 4: we didn't end up moving or trading at all. I 637 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 4: feel like every year we at least have a couple 638 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 4: you know, one, one, two, three trades or so, and 639 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 4: this year it just didn't work. Out that, But it 640 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 4: wasn't for lack of effort or trying, both on our 641 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 4: part and other team's parts reaching out to us. 642 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 3: That's just the way it shook out this year. 643 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: Why do you start working on the class at twenty five? 644 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 4: Probably h take most of the rest of this week 645 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 4: to exhale, you know, rehash this. This draft class always 646 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 4: great talking with guys like you and and you know, 647 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,720 Speaker 4: going going back through it, it's there. There's a little bit 648 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 4: more information that you can go through now as a 649 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 4: posted before the draft when there's there's a less that 650 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 4: you can put out there publicly. But yeah, I would 651 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 4: say probably in the next week or two, we'll get 652 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 4: the page flip, so to speak, onto next year's draft, 653 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 4: and you know, towards the end of the month. 654 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 3: For sure will be full force working on twenty twenty five. 655 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: Appreciate your time, Mike, thank you. 656 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 3: Thanks a lot, Dan, I appreciate you. 657 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: Before we wrap things up, let's check in with a 658 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: former first round draft pick, Dax Hill. On Saturday, Zach 659 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: Taylor made it official when he told reporters that Dax 660 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: is moving from safety to cornerback. He'll be giving the 661 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 1: chance to compete for a starting spot on the outside. 662 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 1: In Hill's final year at Michigan, roughly seventy two percent 663 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:16,080 Speaker 1: of his snaps came at cornerback, so this isn't totally new. 664 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: Dax answered some questions about the switch on Monday. 665 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,400 Speaker 5: I love covering. That's something I always done pretty well 666 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 5: in college, So I'm kind of just glad that I'm 667 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 5: back in that same, similar role and I'm really just 668 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:32,240 Speaker 5: looking forward to competing. 669 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 3: How that initial conversation would go. 670 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 5: With Coally really, I mean he kind of just told 671 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 5: me straightforward he's going to be moving me and really 672 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 5: just having a good chance to compete with, you know, 673 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 5: some guys on the squad, So I'm excited for it. 674 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:50,000 Speaker 1: What's the biggest challenge that's from moving from safety to. 675 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 5: Course really just the technique. But for the most part, 676 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 5: it's kind of similar. I mean, you're covering I mean's 677 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 5: I mean, you're covering different type of bodies, but at 678 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 5: the same time, I mean it's covering you know, quality people, 679 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 5: football players, so uh, you know, it's it's different, but 680 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 5: I mean it's gonna be some learning there, but I 681 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 5: feel like that's something, you know, my skill set I'm 682 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 5: able to do. 683 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 3: Are you okay with the movie. 684 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I mean I'm gonna have to, you know, 685 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 5: so I have no choice. But that's something I've done before. 686 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 5: So I'm pretty comfortable and confident in myself to. 687 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:25,600 Speaker 3: Keep it positive at it. 688 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 1: It seems like you're you know, you've got to smile, 689 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:33,120 Speaker 1: you're happy, good attitude to our house. Important to keep. 690 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 3: It good attitude. 691 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,959 Speaker 5: Making this change, I mean, it's just gonna make it 692 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 5: easier for myself. I mean I could take it one 693 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 5: or two ways, and I'm gonna just you know, take 694 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 5: the you know, the best way to look at it. 695 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 3: And I just sees it. 696 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 5: As an opportunity for me and my you know, my family, 697 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 5: and you know, there's I feel like I have a 698 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 5: high ceiling, you know, for myself whether whatever position it is, 699 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 5: I'm confident in myself. So, uh, I really don't have 700 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 5: a bad at Who's wards it. 701 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 1: Dax has good size, tremendous speed, and he's tough. There's 702 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:10,239 Speaker 1: little doubt he can be an excellent NFL player. 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