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Speaker 1: Welcome to Inside the Draft, a weekly preview of the

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Speaker 1: upcoming NFL Draft with insiders from around the country. Hey,

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Speaker 1: welcome back to Inside the Draft, our weekly look at

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Speaker 1: the upcoming NFL drafter in the Colts Audio Network, cults

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Speaker 1: dot Com, and the Colts Mobile app. I'm Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 1: We're just days away from the first pick going off

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Speaker 1: the board. It's finally here. The Carolina Panthers will set

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Speaker 1: the draft in motion coming up on Thursday night with

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Speaker 1: the first pick. The Colts currently have the fourth overall pick.

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Speaker 1: They also possess pick number thirty five in the second round,

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Speaker 1: a pick in rounds three and four, three picks in

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Speaker 1: round five, and two picks in round number seven. And

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Speaker 1: joining us today to preview the draft. Emery Hunt, NFL

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Speaker 1: draft insider from CBS and CBS Sports HQ, and a

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Speaker 1: former running back himself at Lafayette with the Rage in Cajuns. Emory,

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Speaker 1: thanks for the time today. How are you.

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Speaker 2: I'm doing fine, man, I appreciate you guys bringing me

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Speaker 2: on a show.

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Speaker 1: So let's start with you being a former running back.

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Speaker 1: Mry Let's begin there, because one of the best running

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Speaker 1: backs in this draft based on the projections is b

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Speaker 1: Jehan Robinson out of Texas. But there's this debate and

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Speaker 1: muffled hype about his value because of the position that

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Speaker 1: he plays at running back. The myth is you don't

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Speaker 1: draft running backs in the first round because you can

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Speaker 1: get good value on those guys later in the draft,

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Speaker 1: and first round running backs don't get second contracts. Anyways,

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Speaker 1: where are you on Robinson in this draft and where

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Speaker 1: would you feel comfortable drafting him based on his versatility?

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Speaker 2: I feel like a lot of people just talk just

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Speaker 2: to talk when they speak about that particular position and

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Speaker 2: taking guys in the first round. We know the elite

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Speaker 2: talent goes in the first round. I'm not gonna not

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Speaker 2: take Barry Sanders in round one because I can get

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Speaker 2: Darrynton Evans in round six. No, that's just dumb. I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna take the best player early and there's no shade

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Speaker 2: to Darrnton Evans. And I said all that to say,

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Speaker 2: when you think about b Jon Robinson and his elite talent,

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Speaker 2: and you think about those two things in the same

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Speaker 2: breath that people say, well, you don't get these guys

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Speaker 2: a second contract well, wouldn't it make more sense to

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Speaker 2: take the elite talents then in the first round so

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Speaker 2: you can get that fifty year And if you decide

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Speaker 2: after that, okay, let's go back into the first round,

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Speaker 2: get another one and not resign this guy, or we

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Speaker 2: should extend them. It makes sense to get them while

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Speaker 2: they're younger in round one as opposed to on the

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Speaker 2: back end. And the thing about it is we do

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Speaker 2: this with every other position except running back. And when

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Speaker 2: it's week six or week nine out there on the field,

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Speaker 2: no one cares that Jonathan Taylor went round too. They

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Speaker 2: just want him to continue to rushing four touchdowns and

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Speaker 2: a lot of yards in big game. So I totally

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Speaker 2: just missed the nonsense that people spell out there. There's

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Speaker 2: a lot of people talking loud on Twitter. And then

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Speaker 2: it also me to become a self fulfilling prophecy, you know,

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Speaker 2: because when you have a Jonathan Taylor going in round two,

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Speaker 2: well see look at you get Jonathan Tiller round two.

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Speaker 2: Well he should have win in round one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt about it, no doubt about it. And

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Speaker 1: with Robinson specifically, a man you've seen him line up

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Speaker 1: just overall football player wise. Where does he rank with

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Speaker 1: other playmakers in this draft in terms of value and

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Speaker 2: The first round talent, but he's not by number one

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Speaker 2: And when I excapulated my grades over the course of

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Speaker 2: I was a big DeAndre Swift fan coming out of Georgia.

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Speaker 2: I just feel like you touched on it. When you

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Speaker 1: All right, let's hone in on quarterbacks, now, Emery, how

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Speaker 1: close is your evaluation? Give me your evaluation of CJ.

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Speaker 1: Stroud and Bryce Young, because these are the two guys

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Speaker 2: I view this quarterback class like I viewed the twenty

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Speaker 2: seventeen class, and so back then, my grades were watching

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Speaker 2: Mahomes and Deshaun Kaises one, two, and three with the

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Speaker 2: that is I would swing defences for because I like

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Speaker 2: that's twenty years old and one of his biggest knocks

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Speaker 1: You know, Emory looking at the they're a fascinating part

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Speaker 1: You know Demiko Ryans now they're head coach in Houston.

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Speaker 1: Comes from San Francisco where they had a great roster.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't all about the quarterback, you know. That's why

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Speaker 2: I would be very surprised if they didn't take a

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Speaker 2: There's a lot of talent in Houston. They just didn't

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to say all three, but two of

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Speaker 1: That's Emory hunt with us. And you mentioned Anthony Richardson

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Speaker 1: most gms, Emory, they're big believers in accuracy and winning

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Speaker 1: from inside the pocket. Ultimately, that's what the game comes

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Speaker 2: Extremely confident because a lot of the things that you

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Speaker 2: in levels and play consistently against better competition? Well, guess

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Speaker 2: what he played the SEC that's the best of the best, right.

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Speaker 2: So you look at his completion percentage and a lot

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Speaker 2: of times it's just funny numbers with completion percentages, and

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Speaker 2: if you look at his receiver corps, they weren't that good.

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Speaker 2: So what if I say I'm gonna surround him with

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Speaker 2: an Alex Pears, with the Isaiah Michael Pittman, with a

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Speaker 2: the way, you got to be able to win in

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Speaker 2: situational football, and I think he did a great job situationally.

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Speaker 2: That's converting on third downs, that's inside the red zone.

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Speaker 2: Why because of his athleticism, not just to get out

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Speaker 2: I think all of his issues are completely team related.

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Speaker 2: That's why ideally I would love to see him go

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Speaker 2: because of the added benefit of the mobile quarterback in

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Speaker 2: not like he has fatal flaws. This was his first

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Speaker 2: Emrie Jones, and the one game I always point people

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Speaker 2: and played a great game, a great game that shows

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Speaker 2: he can overcome adversity, can win from the pocket, can

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Speaker 2: win when you need him to, and did a great

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Speaker 2: to get them back in the ball game to have

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Speaker 1: So you've got Richardson as your top quarterback, you have

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Speaker 1: him as as in terms of being in consideration there

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Speaker 1: at number one overall. If you're the Carolina Panthers, you

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Speaker 2: I would highly entertain it. I always always ask coaches,

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Speaker 2: especially coaches defensive minded, which quarterback would you not want

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Speaker 2: to face? Ten times out of ten LC, I don't

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Speaker 2: want the guys that I have to account for with

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Speaker 2: my eleventh guy, because defenses are usually playing from that

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Speaker 2: account for an Anthony Richardson to you know, not only

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Speaker 2: just take off and scramble and get down, but this

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Speaker 2: joker can go eighty yards like this is insane. That's

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Speaker 2: the worst type of quarterback to face. And I'm not

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Speaker 2: saying that other guys aren't mobile, but I'd rather face

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Speaker 2: the mobile guys than the dynamically mobile guys. Though Richardson

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Speaker 1: All Right, fascinating stuff, great stuff, Emery Hunt is with us.

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Speaker 1: And going one one step further, I guess one pick below,

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Speaker 1: Great stuff. Emery Hunt, NFL Draft Insider for CBS Sports,

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Speaker 1: CBS Sports HQ Emory. Lastly, where are we going to

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Speaker 2: you would find a Dallas Flowers scouting report, a Rodney

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 1: You got to stay right there because you just open

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Speaker 2: Not overly surprised, and you know, here's my thing, and

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Speaker 1: Well, the Colts have a ton of Day three picks, Emory,

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Speaker 1: And so keep your phone on if you don't mind,

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Speaker 2: So here's things I will keep my phone on. Promise

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we're gonna be dropping some knowledge.

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 1: That's outstanding stuff, Emory. This is our first chance to

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Speaker 1: talk with you. Great stuff. Really appreciated, excited about it

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Speaker 1: and continued success with you Football Gameplan dot Com and

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Speaker 1: see Yes Sports HQ. That's Emory Hunt. Emory, appreciate it

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Speaker 1: very much and we'll do it again soon.

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Speaker 2: Looking forward to it. Man. Appreciate you as always for

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Speaker 2: bringing me off