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Speaker 1: Welcome Bird Gang. On today's show, who will be number

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Speaker 1: one on Mike Jarecki's list the top fifty draft prospects

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. Now, it's not a surprise, but

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Speaker 1: you may be surprised who lands at number two and three?

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Speaker 1: As he unveils his final ten player grouping. Speaking of

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Speaker 1: the draft, GM Steve Kim and head good Cliff King

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Speaker 1: very held their annual pre draft pressor what they say

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Speaker 1: and maybe more importantly, did they say anything of substance?

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Speaker 1: Teams tend to be very vague during this time of year,

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Speaker 1: and for good reason. It's Cardinals Cover two, Episode four sixteen,

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Speaker 1: and it starts now. Welcome to Cardinals Cover two with

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Speaker 1: Craig Griga Lew and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals Cover two is

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Speaker 1: presented by Hyundai, proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals and

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Speaker 1: by Arizona Cardinals Podcasts. Visit asy Cardinals dot Com Slash podcasts.

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Speaker 1: Murray rolls to the right, throws to your site of

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Speaker 1: Here's Craig Grielou and Mike Jarecki one week out. MJ.

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Speaker 1: The countdown is on, though we're being honest. I think

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Speaker 1: the countdown has been on for quite some time. Every year.

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Speaker 1: I'm amazed at how the draft just seems to take

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Speaker 1: everything here in twenty twenty one. I just think when

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Speaker 1: you have the Internet and so many different sites, and

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Speaker 1: list all thirty two players. So I mean it's a

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Speaker 1: big business and good for those people that are able

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Speaker 1: and you know scouts can leak information, you know, around

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Speaker 1: the league that usually have to drown the Combined Senior Bowl,

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Speaker 1: maybe some Pro days. But at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: get those stories after the fact that you know, they

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Speaker 1: even in your own building. So it's a fun time

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Speaker 1: of year and it is almost over. And with that

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Speaker 1: in mind, as they do each and every year, GM,

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Speaker 1: Steve come and head coach Cliff Kingsbury spoke to the

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Speaker 1: media this week and how about MJ We translate exactly

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Speaker 1: it mean, if any at all burd Gang though there

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Speaker 1: quote unquote, Hey, this is something that you need to

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Speaker 1: they discuss golf investments and Phoenix Suns basketball when he

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Speaker 1: and fits speak. In other words, they're allowing him to

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Speaker 1: take as much time as he needs if and when

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Speaker 1: going to retire. I didn't respond, Craig, and nor should

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Speaker 1: But you know, this year we're talking about different prospects,

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Speaker 1: kind of what the Cardinals are doing, Hey, we're trying

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Speaker 1: to win. Now, we'll kick the can down the road

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Speaker 1: when it comes as a salary cap and you know,

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Speaker 1: dead money. So that's that's the way now. I mean,

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Speaker 1: listen what Steve Kind did moving on from Josh Rosen

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Speaker 1: and Steve Wilkes in one season. I mean teams aren't

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Speaker 1: I mean Carson Wentz gets traded, Sam Darnald gets traded.

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Speaker 1: I mean teams are not as patient as they were.

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Speaker 1: And if you don't have that guy, you have to

436
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Speaker 1: move on. And it's all about winning now and very

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Speaker 1: little building towards the future. Yes, you want sustained success,

438
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,919
Speaker 1: but very little patient these days. And that's just not

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Speaker 1: the National Football League. That's across the board in all

440
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Speaker 1: professional sports. It's what happened yesterday. I need it yesterday,

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Speaker 1: not hey, let's wait a year or two out. We

442
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Speaker 1: need to win now. Well, I think the NFL does

443
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Speaker 1: a good job because of the salary cap and teams

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Speaker 1: can spend, you know, to a certain portion cash and

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Speaker 1: then try to push some money down the road. But

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Speaker 1: it's the NFL is about parody. The Cardinals finish eight

447
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Speaker 1: and eight and they're picking sixteenth overall, and we know

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Speaker 1: teams can make the playoffs that missed the playoffs the

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Speaker 1: previous season, so there's a lot of parody. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we can look at, you know, the NFC, and on paper,

451
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Speaker 1: who you know who's going to be the better teams

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Speaker 1: just based on the quarterback or maybe holing. They've been

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Speaker 1: in that system in the AFC. I think it's more

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Speaker 1: top heavy, but that's a beaut of the NFL. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's it's parody across the board, and the league loves that.

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Covered two presented by proud partner of the Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: Just ahead Mike Jarecki's final ten player grouping. As we

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Speaker 1: counted down the top fifty draft prospects in twenty twenty one,

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Speaker 1: we are now at numbers one to ten. But first

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Speaker 1: a reminder, Bird Gang. Season four of the Emmy Award

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Speaker 1: you behind the scenes the offseason free agency draft prep.

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Speaker 1: any of the action. Season four underway on Thursday April

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Speaker 1: twenty seconds. All right, MJ, we have finally reached the

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Speaker 1: finish line, if you will, as far as counting it

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Speaker 1: down from number fifty. Elijah Molden, the cornerback out of Washington,

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Speaker 1: was your fiftieth draft prospect. You've done a lot of

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Speaker 1: work on this over the last several shows. Just go

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Speaker 1: to the archives asy Cardinals dot com slash podcast if

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Speaker 1: you missed any of the groupings, because we've gotten done

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Speaker 1: ten at a time, if you will, and now we're

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Speaker 1: at our last ten. All right, before we jump in,

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Speaker 1: you don't know this is coming, but I'm gonna ask

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Speaker 1: you of all the names kind mentioned today, do you

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Speaker 1: think one of those guys would be a cardinal? Very

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Speaker 1: interesting question in Jay, so we've got well, he also

481
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,240
Speaker 1: taught Kyle Pitts that's just not happening. He talked about

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Speaker 1: three corners, the top three corners on the board, the

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Speaker 1: top three wide receivers, and then added Rashad Bateman. Did

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Speaker 1: he did he mentioned Verry Tucker or was he asked

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Speaker 1: about it? Was that no offensive line discussion. I'm gonna go.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna play the field, because that's that's eight names

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Speaker 1: were mentioned by my account during the Kime Kingsbury media

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Speaker 1: availability this week. So I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go. No,

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Speaker 1: he did not mention a name a draft prospect that

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Speaker 1: will be drafted by the Cardinals with the sixteenth overall pick,

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Speaker 1: or even if they draft or if they trade down,

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Speaker 1: that player will not be mentioned, had not will not

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Speaker 1: have been mentioned by come. I tend to agree with you.

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Speaker 1: Didn't mean to put you on the spot. But you know,

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Speaker 1: because the first thing people will do is go back,

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Speaker 1: and this is how we gave the scout in a report.

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Speaker 1: I like where you're headed. I like where you're going

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Speaker 1: with that. It's'll be interrited to see. The other question

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Speaker 1: that has to be asked now is we've got these

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Speaker 1: fifty draft prospects in front of us. The Cardinals have

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Speaker 1: two picks and the top fifty, sixteen and forty nine,

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Speaker 1: and we'll have to go back and after the draft

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Speaker 1: kind of look at your list compared to what the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals might have gotten, and maybe some of the other

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Speaker 1: names that were drafted either ahead of the Cardinals or

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Speaker 1: right after the Cardinals fair enough, and we'll find out

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Speaker 1: how many guys were drafted in the first two rounds.

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Speaker 1: So that's what's sixty four picks We did fifty, and

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Speaker 1: you know there's gonna be some surprises you know, when

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Speaker 1: I look back, there's a couple of guys I probably

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Speaker 1: should have put it in there. I do have some

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Speaker 1: guys that I think could be options if they do

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Speaker 1: trade down. So we'll just have to wait and see.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get into it, counting down from number ten,

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Speaker 1: and at number ten, a linebacker out of Penn State

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Speaker 1: Micah Parsons consensus All American and first team All Big

517
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Speaker 1: Ten selection in twenty nineteen, did not play in twenty twenty.

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Speaker 1: But here as someone as an inside linebacker might be

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Speaker 1: in the mix for the Cardinals at number sixteen, But

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Speaker 1: you have him as the top ten, number ten, And

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Speaker 1: that's drafting or that's ranking all players, much like you

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Speaker 1: referenced earlier what Daniel Jeremiah does. Yeah, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if what Detroit's gonna do. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you'd think they try to get some weapons. Do they

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Speaker 1: need to protect golf? Do they take a quarterback and

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Speaker 1: move up? But you know, he looks like to me,

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Speaker 1: typical Matt Patricia Bill Belichick type player. And Patricia's back

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Speaker 1: in New England right now. He's the defensive coordinator. He

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Speaker 1: knows Stephen Belichick's kind of run the Show and Bill,

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Speaker 1: But there is some red flags with him. It happened

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Speaker 1: during college, and I'm sure he's had to answer those questions,

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Speaker 1: and so you know, you look at it. You mentioned

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Speaker 1: sixty three two, forty six, thirty one and a half

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Speaker 1: in arms hands eleven coin to Lanton Zerline. You know,

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Speaker 1: he compares in to Miles Jack and Miles Jack. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: his performance great inside and outside linebacker prospect, possessing NFL

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Speaker 1: ready frame and explosion speed that could make him a

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Speaker 1: highly productive talent at the next level. Jarring production jumped

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Speaker 1: from freshman a soft nurse season, praised inside program for

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Speaker 1: highly competitive nature, can overcome mental mistakes with explosive athleticism,

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Speaker 1: gains instant drop, depth, drop and coverage. Now needs to

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Speaker 1: work on his flexibility to find solo t Packle's lacks

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Speaker 1: experience and patients to show on early diagnosis rushes himself

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Speaker 1: out of position on a necessary early charge changes. So

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Speaker 1: I do think he's going to be a top twenty pick.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think the Cardinals probably look still looking

547
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Speaker 1: at wide receiver corner, but I think if they moved

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Speaker 1: down they may consider an inside linebacker. But he's not

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Speaker 1: on my radar now. According to an area scout for

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Speaker 1: the AFC, I would play him at four three week

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Speaker 1: side linebacker early downs and send him to the edge

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Speaker 1: or exotic looks on rushdowns. I just want to see

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Speaker 1: a little bit more aggression from him. Though that was

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Speaker 1: came from an AFC scout to Lanser Line. I'll give

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Speaker 1: Parson credit because I watched his interview after his pro

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Speaker 1: day at Penn State, and yeah, he addressed everything that

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Speaker 1: has come up with him as far as off the

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Speaker 1: field and burgang. If you want to look it up,

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Speaker 1: just google. It's not worth getting into here. He knows

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Speaker 1: and at that time he was expecting to answer questions

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Speaker 1: and we'll have to address it. Then he had its

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Speaker 1: interesting It's like, you know, we've all been kids, and

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Speaker 1: he's still a kid, but he believes he's matured. And

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Speaker 1: then he added, and I'm paraphrasing, that if it was

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Speaker 1: a concern for a team, and still a concern at

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Speaker 1: this point of his life, then he didn't want to

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Speaker 1: be a part of that organization because they obviously didn't

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Speaker 1: believe in him. So he knows the eyes are on him,

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Speaker 1: and I think he's got a great attitude going into

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Speaker 1: the next level. And he's got some work to do

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Speaker 1: because that's always going to be hanging over his head,

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Speaker 1: all right, checking in at number nine, and we've got

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Speaker 1: a run of Alabama players here at number nine. Wide

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Speaker 1: receiver Davante Smith, the Heisman Trophy and Bolitnikoff winner last season.

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Speaker 1: We talked about him earlier in the show one hundred

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Speaker 1: and sixty six pounds, but as Kim said, he reminds

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Speaker 1: Kime of Marvin Harrison. It's not a bad comparison. No.

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Speaker 1: Thirty one point one two five arms, nine point two

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Speaker 1: five hands. I mean, you look at him, you know,

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Speaker 1: the fact that he won the Heisman, the bullet and

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Speaker 1: a cough and the Walter Camp Player of the Year awards.

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Speaker 1: He was the first team Associated Press All American, a

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Speaker 1: SCC Offensive Player of the Year. So he fills up

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Speaker 1: the stat sheet. Now, I do think he's going to

585
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 1: be one of the top wide receivers off the board,

586
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Speaker 1: depending on what you like. Again Jamar Chase, and then

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00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 1: he's throwing him in waddle. You know, you start looking

588
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 1: at the comparison and the comparisons Calvin Ridley. Calvin Ridley's

589
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,400
Speaker 1: off to a nice career. Obviously, having a guy like

590
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 1: Julio on the same time, but he accepted an invitation

591
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl but did not participate in practices

592
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 1: or the game to an injury. Buttery smooth route runner

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00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:46,440
Speaker 1: with long, loose strides, equally effective on the outside or

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Speaker 1: in the slot, uses sudden feet forward leaning, show them

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Speaker 1: to turn, avoid the handsy press urgent takeoffs, so he

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00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: looks the part now. The weaknesses are bone thin, playing

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00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 1: weight one hundred and sixty pounds. Teams will have concerns

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00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 1: about his frame, endurability, feisty, but lack of average play

599
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 1: strength can be forced against the sideliner outside release because

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Speaker 1: of his size. If he doesn't get off practice covers,

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00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,800
Speaker 1: big NFL cornerbacks will come close to high point with

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00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 1: windows on him. According to a scout in the NFC,

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Speaker 1: he may be a bean pole. He won't fail. He

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00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 1: won't fail off the field or feel on the field.

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00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 1: These coaches rave about how wired he is and how

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00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,640
Speaker 1: much football means to him. Unte Yeah, he was phenomenal

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Speaker 1: this past season, and arguably if you talk to those

608
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:34,120
Speaker 1: and the no not even the best wide receiver last

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00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:37,040
Speaker 1: season on his own team. And yet he was the

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Speaker 1: number one wide receiver and all the college football. More

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Speaker 1: on that in a moment. As we continue counting down

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Speaker 1: from number ten Mike Direki's top fifty draft prospects. The

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Speaker 1: final ten player grouping in at number eight, Smith's teammate

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Speaker 1: and Alabama on the defensive side, cornerback Patrick Surtan unanimous

615
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Speaker 1: All American, the SEC Defensive Player of the Year, six

616
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Speaker 1: two hundred pounds. He's got the size, he's got the bloodlines.

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00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 1: His father played in the league. He has basically everything

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00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:12,919
Speaker 1: that you're looking for in an NFL cornerback. Six two

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Speaker 1: two thirty two point five arms, ten chant hands. Alabama

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Speaker 1: associate defensive coordinator Charlie's Charles Kelly compared Certan to NFL

621
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Speaker 1: cornerbacks Jalen Ramsey who Kelly kosh at Florida State. So

622
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,839
Speaker 1: there's he could be the first cornerback off the board.

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Speaker 1: Again fairly, he's going to be medical and then U

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00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,080
Speaker 1: and JC. Horne's a guy that you know, depending on

625
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: what you're looking for. But there are some lean long

626
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Speaker 1: corners here. Um, they gave a seven point two great

627
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,319
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl talent, I mean just I mean a guy

628
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,480
Speaker 1: he does more than just cover. I mean he's good

629
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Speaker 1: in the run defense. And covering force and fumbles. He's

630
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,920
Speaker 1: just a very active player, so it wouldn't surprise me

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Speaker 1: if he's one of the first corners off the back

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Speaker 1: off the board, you know Dallas where they do it,

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Speaker 1: number ten unless they trade up. The comparison was, and

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Speaker 1: I hope I don't butcher his name, Nambi Asimoa. Very good,

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Speaker 1: m j okay, thank you. His father was a Pro

636
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Speaker 1: Bowl quarterback and is now a coach. Finished thirty eight

637
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,359
Speaker 1: consecutive starts at Alabama. We like to see that he's

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00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 1: got elite trade, so I think the genes from his

639
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Speaker 1: family's going to really help him at the next level. Yeah,

640
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,279
Speaker 1: it's always good when you can have a father who

641
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:28,279
Speaker 1: played the game and it's not nearly as big of

642
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:31,640
Speaker 1: a transition, if you will, from college to the National

643
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 1: Football League. All right, our third Alabama players would continue

644
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:39,760
Speaker 1: counting down and at number seven, Jaalen Waddle, the wide

645
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 1: receiver second team All Conference selection. This past season, he

646
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,120
Speaker 1: was limited because of a broken ankle, but did come

647
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:50,759
Speaker 1: back to play in the National Championship Game. Everyone goes

648
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:52,840
Speaker 1: back to what he did the year prior. In twenty

649
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:57,920
Speaker 1: nineteen All SEC plus Special Teams Player of the air,

650
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:00,480
Speaker 1: and you've been on this for a while now. The

651
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 1: fact that he could return kicks, return punts, that special

652
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,440
Speaker 1: team's aspect that the Cardinals have been missing over the

653
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,759
Speaker 1: last couple of years. Yeah, I mean again, the more

654
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:11,919
Speaker 1: you can do. But I was sitting on the table

655
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,080
Speaker 1: for this guy. If he was there at sixteen five,

656
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 1: nine and a half, one eighty thirty point three hands

657
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 1: nine point one and you know, you just look at it,

658
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 1: you know, talk about SCC Special Teams Player of the

659
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 1: Year honors. By leading the FBS and punt return he

660
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:30,240
Speaker 1: had twenty returns average twenty four point four each, return

661
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,080
Speaker 1: one touchdown and scoring once on a kickoff return. He

662
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,319
Speaker 1: had five returns for one hundred and seventy five yards,

663
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 1: averaging thirty five So more of a punt returner than

664
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 1: a kick returner. But he's really wide around the field

665
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 1: and you start looking at some of the comps there

666
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,880
Speaker 1: compass Tyreek Hill. I think we'd all sign up for that.

667
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 1: I don't know Tyreek Hill. They moved him around. You

668
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,640
Speaker 1: got Travis Kelsey there, you have. You know, Sammy Watkins

669
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 1: is no longer there, but Patrick Mahomes has a tendency

670
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,879
Speaker 1: to find these guys, so thrilling game breaking talent who

671
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:00,720
Speaker 1: will come into the league. Is one of the fastest

672
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:03,760
Speaker 1: players to ever play the game. His whereabouts presnap postnap

673
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,000
Speaker 1: must be accounting for at all times. Despite the size,

674
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: He's a legitimate outside option thanks to his ability not

675
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:11,080
Speaker 1: to take the top off the defense, but will also

676
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 1: go up and win the fifty fifty throwers cheat code

677
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 1: speed to terrify a defense. Eleven of his twenty career

678
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:23,480
Speaker 1: touchdowns win for fifty plus yards. A lot of Tyreek

679
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:27,560
Speaker 1: Hill and that description as you referenced his cop and yeah,

680
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,880
Speaker 1: there's not a team in the National Football League that

681
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 1: would not take a Tyreek Hill on their team right now,

682
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 1: Weakness coming off an ankle injury as you mentioned, never

683
00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 1: really testing coverage in twenty twenty, will default to body

684
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:42,239
Speaker 1: catches on occasion, had drops when the ball was on

685
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:44,480
Speaker 1: top of him quickly out of breaks. He hasn't faced

686
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 1: too much press. According to personnel director in the AFC,

687
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:51,719
Speaker 1: that kind of speed changes everything when it comes to

688
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,840
Speaker 1: game planning for other guys. They have to account for

689
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 1: him when he's on the field, and that's going to

690
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: help the entire offense. When you think about that that

691
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 1: came from a personnel director with an AFC team number

692
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,840
Speaker 1: one wide receiver on your big board. As we continue

693
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,319
Speaker 1: to count it down, a run of Alabama players ends

694
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: as we check in at number six. The number one

695
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 1: tackle on the board, Pinney Sewell out of Oregon, did

696
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 1: not play this past season. He opted out, but in

697
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:23,840
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen unanimous All American First Team All Pac twelve performer.

698
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 1: He's basically been the number one offensive lineman for two

699
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 1: years now because there are a lot of people believed

700
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 1: that he had come out after twenty nineteen, he would

701
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 1: have been a high first round selection. This guy's a

702
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 1: man six five three thirty one. He's got like fire

703
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 1: hydrant lakes hands thirty three point two. Again he want

704
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,360
Speaker 1: thirty four. That's half of inch that's his arms in

705
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 1: his hands are ten point three. According to Lance Zerline,

706
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,279
Speaker 1: his comp is Trent Williams. You know how effective Trent

707
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,399
Speaker 1: Williams has been in the with Washington, and of course

708
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,760
Speaker 1: he resigned with the forty nine ers in the opposite

709
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 1: rare breed tackle with good size and elite foot quickness

710
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 1: to make most challenging more move blocks the game. As

711
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 1: an offer, he's an explosive athlete who is better at

712
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:13,960
Speaker 1: moving forward than backwhere at this point his tape show's

713
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 1: ability to singlely handily spring touchdown runs both long and

714
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:22,919
Speaker 1: short with a wild block. He is someone to be

715
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 1: impressed with. And when you're talking about protecting the blind

716
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 1: side Pinay Soul, it's going to be hard. And that's

717
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,360
Speaker 1: why I think there's a lot of people believe that

718
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 1: if you are the Cincinnati Bengals at number five, you

719
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:37,799
Speaker 1: want to protect Joe Burrow. You protect as opposed to

720
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 1: giving him another weapon, but protect him with Pinay seul

721
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:45,919
Speaker 1: so an impressive player considering his size at six six

722
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 1: and over three hundred and thirty pounds, twenty years old,

723
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:52,400
Speaker 1: with potential for growth, considerative vocal game day leader in

724
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. Now they say his weakness average body type

725
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 1: and play strength, pad level outside hands, diminishing drive power,

726
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,279
Speaker 1: tendency to pop and fall off rather than clinch up

727
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: and control the hands. Now. According to a national scout

728
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,040
Speaker 1: for an NFC team, he's a good kid, but he's

729
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:11,520
Speaker 1: immature as a worker. He might need a veteran to

730
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:13,319
Speaker 1: take him under his wing and help him learn to

731
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,200
Speaker 1: be a very few men who walk the Earth have

732
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 1: his size and athleticism, so he's worth any type of

733
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 1: rescue thing you are talking about. Limited tape, though certainly

734
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 1: impressive and something to pay attention to if he does

735
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,680
Speaker 1: get to number five or slip past the Bengals at

736
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: number five. Let's recap here draft prospects ten through six

737
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:41,360
Speaker 1: Micah Parsons, Davanta Smith, Patrick Curtan, Jalen Waddle, and Piney Sewell.

738
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:45,600
Speaker 1: That leaves us with the top five draft prospects and

739
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 1: Mike Direcki's top fifty and at number five, the first

740
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,600
Speaker 1: of it will be three quarterbacks. We talk about Trey

741
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:57,360
Speaker 1: Lance North Dakota States one start this past season, eighteen

742
00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 1: career starts, but at what he did in twenty nineteen

743
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: MG twenty eight touchdown passes, zero, not a single interception. Yeah,

744
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,040
Speaker 1: and you know the fact that you know with COVID,

745
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 1: he only played one game and they were scouts there

746
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 1: obviously you know, from a distance, or they were watching

747
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 1: on television, and then he had his pro day and

748
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,359
Speaker 1: they had another pro day. So again there's a lot

749
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 1: of pressure just playing one game. But you look at him,

750
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:28,160
Speaker 1: I mean six four two twenty four hands or nine

751
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 1: point one, you know, you start looking at it when

752
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 1: you know when he went to school there, Well, the

753
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 1: first comes to mind is Carson Wentz. So he's shown

754
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 1: the ability again six four two, twenty four now land

755
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:46,319
Speaker 1: ser Lines projected him clearly go in the first round,

756
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,920
Speaker 1: could be in the top fifteen. Josh Allen, one year

757
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,520
Speaker 1: starter who dazzled in twenty nineteen. As you said, Lance

758
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:54,960
Speaker 1: is mature for his age, well, just twenty years old

759
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:57,160
Speaker 1: the time when the NFL draft. He's a rare dual

760
00:41:57,239 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 1: threat quarterback that he's tasked with setting, setting his own protections,

761
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 1: and reading the full field's film junkie with a high

762
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,600
Speaker 1: football IQ in an NFL frame, makes calls to set

763
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:11,120
Speaker 1: up his own protections, bouncy feet for accelerated pocket setups,

764
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:15,959
Speaker 1: the ability to mentally recalibrate his attack when the play

765
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,680
Speaker 1: comes off schedule. So a lot to like about him.

766
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:22,279
Speaker 1: Highly experienced with three hundred and eighteen pass attempts under

767
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 1: his belt. Will be twenty years old again and when

768
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,880
Speaker 1: he gets the draft gets little lacks of daisical on

769
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 1: his feet when the quick game comes. According to a

770
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 1: personnel executive in the AFC, he hasn't played much football,

771
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 1: but he's not where Carson Wentz was when he was

772
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 1: coming out. He's talented and very smart. He needs an

773
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,359
Speaker 1: offensive tailor to what he does best, and you really

774
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:42,759
Speaker 1: have to be patient with him. And that may be

775
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:45,600
Speaker 1: the case for the Niners, whether they take mac Jones

776
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:48,359
Speaker 1: or Justin Fields, but sit for a while and kind

777
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:51,399
Speaker 1: of learning the position, much like what the Kansas City

778
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:55,279
Speaker 1: Chiefs did with Patrick Mahomes. You had Alex Smith mentor him.

779
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:58,280
Speaker 1: But Trey Land, certainly a lot of people have talked

780
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,840
Speaker 1: about him. A lot of people have discussed Justin Fields.

781
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:05,839
Speaker 1: Who comes in at number four Ohio State quarterback, two

782
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:09,440
Speaker 1: time first Team All Big Ten, two time Big Ten Champion,

783
00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:13,720
Speaker 1: Heisman Trophy finalists this past year, twenty two career starts,

784
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 1: and he and Trevor Lawrence have been one two for

785
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:18,879
Speaker 1: the last year and a half. But the more time

786
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,800
Speaker 1: that goes by, the more people have kind of picked

787
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:25,040
Speaker 1: apart Justin Fields, and you know, that's kind of what

788
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:27,239
Speaker 1: happens around this time. But there are a lot of

789
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:30,799
Speaker 1: people believe that Fields, if not on the level of

790
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:35,080
Speaker 1: a Trevor Lawrence, he is certainly right underneath a Trevor Lawrence.

791
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 1: When you're ranking quarterbacks. Yeah, sixty three two twenty seven.

792
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,799
Speaker 1: Hands are nine to one, arms are thirty two five.

793
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:45,319
Speaker 1: You know, listen, this guy took a beating in one

794
00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:47,319
Speaker 1: of their games towards the end of the season, and

795
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:49,520
Speaker 1: I thought he wasn't going to get up. And next thing,

796
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:51,880
Speaker 1: you know, all week they're wondering was he going to

797
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 1: play against Clemson? And you know is are they going

798
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: to push the game back? And then he threw i

799
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,680
Speaker 1: want to say, for three hundred and fifty yards against Clemson.

800
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 1: So you know, the reports are that you know, he

801
00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:06,280
Speaker 1: doesn't go through his checkdown or go through his reads. Listen,

802
00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:08,839
Speaker 1: every young quarterback looks for his first read and then

803
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:10,960
Speaker 1: he improvised. Now if you get you know, you got

804
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:12,920
Speaker 1: a check down play it goes into flat or you

805
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:15,080
Speaker 1: got a safety net and the tight end or the

806
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:18,879
Speaker 1: slot guy. So it happens. I would not begrudge him

807
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 1: for that. It's unfortunately people won't put their name behind it,

808
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 1: and sometimes they're doing it to lower his um. You know,

809
00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:27,520
Speaker 1: his profiles, so maybe they hope and he drops to them.

810
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:31,319
Speaker 1: But he played well in big games. He went to

811
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:33,480
Speaker 1: a school where you know, every week they're trying to

812
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:35,920
Speaker 1: knock you off big Ten Player of the Year for

813
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:40,719
Speaker 1: the second straight season. The draft comparison is Dak Prescott. Now,

814
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,080
Speaker 1: like Dak Prescott before Field enters the league with the

815
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:45,440
Speaker 1: dual threat cap bos is more of a pocket passer

816
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:48,680
Speaker 1: and the ability to extend plays with his legs when needed. Toughness,

817
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:51,359
Speaker 1: willingness to do what it takes on display. Never lost

818
00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:55,400
Speaker 1: a Big ten game as a starter, and vast improvement

819
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,200
Speaker 1: in twenty when fumbles in pre snap, but I was

820
00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:00,440
Speaker 1: thoroughly impressed the way he came back back in those

821
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:04,560
Speaker 1: games and he was throwing darts. According to an NFL executive,

822
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,960
Speaker 1: he was inconsistent in twenty twenty, but I'm not going

823
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 1: to hold it against him. We teach quarterbacks to recoverage

824
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:13,320
Speaker 1: and concepts. That's what they have to do, initiate leadership

825
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 1: and poise, and we'll have to determine if he has

826
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:20,320
Speaker 1: those qualities. The stage is not too big for justin Fields.

827
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:23,600
Speaker 1: He's played in big game after big game at Ohio State,

828
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:26,360
Speaker 1: and he'll come into the National Football League and be

829
00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:29,840
Speaker 1: a part of big games every Sunday. All right, down

830
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:34,080
Speaker 1: to three players as we continue our countdown here on

831
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:36,960
Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two presented by Honday, proud partner of the

832
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:41,640
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals number three Jamar Chase Lsu wide receiver. We

833
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:44,000
Speaker 1: did not see him on the field in twenty twenty.

834
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 1: He opted out in twenty nineteen. However, six times he

835
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:53,360
Speaker 1: had one hundred yard receiving games, three times two hundred

836
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:57,760
Speaker 1: yard receiving games. Yes, he was the Blitnikoff Award winner

837
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen and the number one on a wide

838
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:04,840
Speaker 1: receiver on many people's boards. Yeah, it's says he's a

839
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 1: special player. And we heard Cimes comp earlier and land

840
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 1: Zerline used Tory Holt. You can't go wrong with Tory

841
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:17,720
Speaker 1: Holt and well built, lower body, good weight, room worker,

842
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 1: smooth subtitle explosive, eight touchdown catches, fifty plush yards in

843
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:30,359
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. They say, big play speed to the house

844
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:32,440
Speaker 1: on slants and over routes, and that's something that Cardinal's

845
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:35,640
Speaker 1: offense has been missing. A lowe Kyler Murray sit in

846
00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:38,560
Speaker 1: the pocket and make these throws. He hasn't played football

847
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:40,839
Speaker 1: since early twenty twenty. He still hasn't worked a lot

848
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:42,439
Speaker 1: of work to do, but he should be an early

849
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 1: starter and a future Pro Bowl player. According to an executive,

850
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 1: the way he accelerates a totally different level. He knows

851
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:50,759
Speaker 1: he can win one on one, but once the coach

852
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:54,280
Speaker 1: puts more polish on him, he could be special. Could

853
00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:58,000
Speaker 1: see certainly the Lions at excuse me, the Dolphins at

854
00:46:58,120 --> 00:47:01,600
Speaker 1: number six taking Jamar Chase if he hasn't already been

855
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:04,760
Speaker 1: selected me. But but the Falcons at number four, if

856
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:08,880
Speaker 1: that is, you know, still an option. It's certainly impressive

857
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:12,480
Speaker 1: when you talk about pass catchers, because Jamar Chase the

858
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:15,720
Speaker 1: best wide receiver pass catcher, and then at number two

859
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:19,600
Speaker 1: on your list, the best non quarterback on the board,

860
00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:21,360
Speaker 1: and then I don't think there's any debate about it.

861
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:24,640
Speaker 1: Florida tight end Kyle Pitts. He's been described as a

862
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:28,640
Speaker 1: unicorn six six, two hundred and forty pounds this past

863
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:33,600
Speaker 1: season twelve touchdowns in eight games. Steve Kime talked glowingly

864
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:37,120
Speaker 1: about Pitts and his skill sets. No bird Gang. He

865
00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:39,640
Speaker 1: is not going to be an Arizona Cardinal. The Cardinals

866
00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:42,720
Speaker 1: will not move up in the draft to acquire Pits,

867
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:45,920
Speaker 1: but he is someone to pay attention to and hopefully

868
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:48,719
Speaker 1: he does not wind up in the NFC West. Yeah.

869
00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:51,440
Speaker 1: I can't tell you how many Florida games I watched

870
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 1: this year, and maybe he was more about Kyle Trask

871
00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:57,759
Speaker 1: and you know, but this is a difference maker. I mean,

872
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:03,080
Speaker 1: you're Atlanta. This fits right to what Arthur Smith wants

873
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:05,920
Speaker 1: to do. And I think they'll draft a running back

874
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:08,319
Speaker 1: in the second round to go with Mike Davis. And

875
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:12,040
Speaker 1: you got Julio there and you got Calvin Ridley. I

876
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:14,359
Speaker 1: think this is a perfect fit for Atlanta. But you know,

877
00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:17,759
Speaker 1: we'll see what you know Cincinnati does with the next pick.

878
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:21,279
Speaker 1: Did they try to protect, you know, Joe Burrow. They

879
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 1: try to get some more weapons for him on the outside,

880
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,319
Speaker 1: but six six two five thirty three and a half,

881
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:29,439
Speaker 1: his hands are ten point six. I mean, he grew

882
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:32,120
Speaker 1: up in Philadelphia and then he ended up transferring, but

883
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:35,640
Speaker 1: he ended up at Florida, as you mentioned now he

884
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:39,080
Speaker 1: missed the final three games due concussion and facial injury,

885
00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:43,120
Speaker 1: decided not to play in Florida's Bowl game. But just

886
00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:46,160
Speaker 1: a big target. I don't think the Niners would have interests.

887
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:48,319
Speaker 1: I know, you don't give about those draft picks to

888
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:50,359
Speaker 1: go after when you're paying George Kittle and just ree

889
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:52,680
Speaker 1: up to Kyle Huschat. That's part of their offense. But

890
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:55,200
Speaker 1: according to Lanzerline, a guy that's had a great story

891
00:48:55,239 --> 00:48:57,320
Speaker 1: and he's really one of the better titans in football.

892
00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:03,120
Speaker 1: Darren Waller, Okay, it's a good name. Yeah. Challenging according

893
00:49:03,160 --> 00:49:06,799
Speaker 1: to Zeroline when it comes to Pitts, challenging matchup who

894
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:11,839
Speaker 1: might require specialty defenders who rare a combination of speed, size, athleticism,

895
00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:14,040
Speaker 1: and elite ball skills. Puts on the work on all

896
00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:17,160
Speaker 1: three levels of the passing game, allows offense to align

897
00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:21,759
Speaker 1: him into mismatches against static covered schemes, keeps defender on

898
00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:24,000
Speaker 1: his back foot when he accelerates on a route. So

899
00:49:24,600 --> 00:49:26,759
Speaker 1: whoever gets this guy hopefully doesn't get hurt. He's gonna

900
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:29,360
Speaker 1: have a next long career. Some of the negatives are

901
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:35,120
Speaker 1: injury history, requorded examination again for suffering three concussion or

902
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:38,080
Speaker 1: mystery games with a concussion. Below average instincts as a

903
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:41,640
Speaker 1: lead blocker. And I've listened to Wolf and Wolf likes

904
00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:43,640
Speaker 1: him as a pass catcher, but he doesn't think he

905
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:46,200
Speaker 1: has the anchor. But when you look at his size,

906
00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:48,799
Speaker 1: you know he's definitely more of a pass catcher. But

907
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:50,480
Speaker 1: he's two forty five. I don't like to see what

908
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:53,040
Speaker 1: George could have listen to ninety eight seven. Wolf Cut

909
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:55,319
Speaker 1: does a good job. He likes him as a but

910
00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:57,200
Speaker 1: he doesn't know if he has the anchor to be

911
00:49:57,239 --> 00:49:59,520
Speaker 1: out there seventy snaps a game, and I mentioned you

912
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:02,320
Speaker 1: hope that he doesn't wind up in the NFC West.

913
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:06,439
Speaker 1: I did read a Pitts interview earlier and he thought

914
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:09,400
Speaker 1: that when the forty nine ers moved up to number three,

915
00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:13,120
Speaker 1: he might have been headed to San Francisco. So there

916
00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:16,560
Speaker 1: was that perhaps you know, connecting the dots there. But

917
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:19,440
Speaker 1: I think it's safe to say that Pitts will not

918
00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:24,280
Speaker 1: be in the NFC West here for the foreseeable future.

919
00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:27,400
Speaker 1: All right. That leads us to number one, and no

920
00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:31,080
Speaker 1: surprise here. Trevor Lawrence, the quarterback out of Clemson. He's

921
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:34,640
Speaker 1: basically been the presumptive number one pick since his freshman

922
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:39,680
Speaker 1: year in twenty eighteen. Milk kiper Junior ranks Lawrence amongst

923
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:45,520
Speaker 1: the top quarterbacks he has ever scouted. John Elway, Peyton Manning,

924
00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:50,360
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck Trevor Lawrence. Those four for mil kiper Junior

925
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:53,279
Speaker 1: have been the best coming out of college. We know

926
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:57,359
Speaker 1: they all were very good, some better than others, but

927
00:50:57,520 --> 00:51:01,279
Speaker 1: that is he's got lofty expectation on his shoulders and

928
00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:05,040
Speaker 1: we all into spate. He'll be headed to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Yeah,

929
00:51:05,080 --> 00:51:08,360
Speaker 1: he recently got married and according to reports, he already

930
00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:10,840
Speaker 1: has a playbook, and so that's getting a fresh start,

931
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:13,680
Speaker 1: you know. Now it's just a matter of them calling

932
00:51:13,719 --> 00:51:16,400
Speaker 1: his name and making sure he's available on drafted. I

933
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:19,160
Speaker 1: think he may be at Clemson. He's not going to

934
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:22,440
Speaker 1: He's not going to Cleveland. Six six two thirteen thirty

935
00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:26,279
Speaker 1: one and a half arms, ten inch Lawrence broke to

936
00:51:26,360 --> 00:51:30,360
Speaker 1: Shaun Watson's Georgia high school record career passing are almost

937
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:33,239
Speaker 1: fourteen thousand and one hundred and sixty one touchdowns, won

938
00:51:33,280 --> 00:51:36,360
Speaker 1: two state titles as a starter, and was the USA

939
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:39,160
Speaker 1: Today National Player of the Year as a senior. Lawrence

940
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:42,759
Speaker 1: and fellow quarterback prospect Justin Fields grew up twenty miles

941
00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:46,040
Speaker 1: apart when they were the top two prospects in two

942
00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:50,759
Speaker 1: and eighteen recruiting class. These numbers are just I mean,

943
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:53,480
Speaker 1: kind of like hinds me of Kyler Murray. Player with

944
00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:56,640
Speaker 1: rare volume and high leverage games as a three year starter,

945
00:51:56,800 --> 00:52:00,520
Speaker 1: eighty six and four record as a starter dating back

946
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:05,480
Speaker 1: to high school. Yeah, it's it's very impressive. He's got

947
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:08,279
Speaker 1: He's not the title, so yeah, right, he's probably the

948
00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:11,560
Speaker 1: closest thing to I would say Andrew Luck when he

949
00:52:11,600 --> 00:52:15,000
Speaker 1: came out. You know, sometimes they put prodigy on these guys,

950
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:21,760
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning, John Elway, so it says Fiak stay com

951
00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:24,399
Speaker 1: while work in the pocket. You know. Again, they got

952
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:26,719
Speaker 1: to give him some protection in some weapons out there.

953
00:52:26,760 --> 00:52:28,520
Speaker 1: But they had a really good running back last year.

954
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:30,480
Speaker 1: So I'm curious to see how Erbert Meyer is going

955
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:33,080
Speaker 1: to do. You know what kind of staff he's gonna

956
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:35,520
Speaker 1: have because he runs his two four or sixth thing

957
00:52:35,560 --> 00:52:37,759
Speaker 1: where he every player you better get two four or

958
00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:40,239
Speaker 1: six starts, and it's not college football. They don't have

959
00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:43,000
Speaker 1: the hash mark. So I'm curious to see. And we'll

960
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:45,399
Speaker 1: see the Jacksonville Jaguars at some point during the year.

961
00:52:45,640 --> 00:52:48,520
Speaker 1: That is true. Speaking of which, and that kind of

962
00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:51,320
Speaker 1: leads us to our last topic here on this show.

963
00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:55,000
Speaker 1: But take a deep breath, then, Jake your top fifty

964
00:52:55,239 --> 00:52:58,880
Speaker 1: draft prospects. How do you feel going through the tape

965
00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:01,319
Speaker 1: and putting these guys down and now putting your name

966
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:05,240
Speaker 1: attached to it. We'll see how successful things are next

967
00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:07,480
Speaker 1: week or should say in a couple of weeks when

968
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:09,120
Speaker 1: we kind of do a little bit of a recap.

969
00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:11,080
Speaker 1: But a lot of work went into it, and I

970
00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:13,279
Speaker 1: tip my cap to you, thank you very much. I

971
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:16,880
Speaker 1: enjoy doing it. And hopefully, you know, not when we

972
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:19,640
Speaker 1: got down to the thirty names, maybe you learn something

973
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:23,239
Speaker 1: from thirty one to fifty, and you know, hopefully the

974
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:25,319
Speaker 1: Cardinals will have two of those picks, and we'll see

975
00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:27,239
Speaker 1: how many other teams have multiple picks in the first

976
00:53:27,239 --> 00:53:29,440
Speaker 1: couple round to kind of match it up. Last year,

977
00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:33,080
Speaker 1: I had AZAA. Simmons third overall and I had just

978
00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:35,719
Speaker 1: Josh Jones. Thirty Cardinals got two of those players. The

979
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:38,680
Speaker 1: Cowboys actually got two players. So it's I like it.

980
00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:40,799
Speaker 1: It's not a mock draft. It's just what you're here

981
00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:43,319
Speaker 1: and kind of ranked the players and go from there.

982
00:53:43,360 --> 00:53:47,200
Speaker 1: But I'm looking forward to seeing how it unfolds. Job

983
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:50,839
Speaker 1: well done, and we'll leave you with this bird game.

984
00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:54,520
Speaker 1: We talked about Trevor Lawrence and the Cardinals seeing Lawrence

985
00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:59,160
Speaker 1: at some point this coming season. We will know for certainty,

986
00:53:59,239 --> 00:54:03,880
Speaker 1: with one hundred sent certainty, the win. Because the twenty

987
00:54:03,920 --> 00:54:07,440
Speaker 1: twenty one schedule will be released on Wednesday, May twelfth,

988
00:54:07,960 --> 00:54:10,920
Speaker 1: five pm, Arizona time. And I love the press release

989
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:14,680
Speaker 1: that the NFL sent out MJ the biggest season in

990
00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:18,719
Speaker 1: the history of the National Football League only because it's

991
00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:23,239
Speaker 1: a seventeen game regular season plus three preseason games. But yes,

992
00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:27,680
Speaker 1: we will know the schedule come Wednesday, May twelfth at

993
00:54:27,680 --> 00:54:31,360
Speaker 1: five pm, so plan accordingly. It's a couple of weeks

994
00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:34,480
Speaker 1: post draft, second straight year that the schedule will come

995
00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:37,319
Speaker 1: out and May it's always a big deal. And of

996
00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:40,239
Speaker 1: course we'll talk about it right here on Cardinals cover two.

997
00:54:40,560 --> 00:54:43,640
Speaker 1: And we know the Cardinals and Browns will face each

998
00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:47,120
Speaker 1: other in Cleveland. So you got Kyler Murray and Baker

999
00:54:47,160 --> 00:54:50,600
Speaker 1: Mayfield wrong two sort of speak in the NFL. You know,

1000
00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:52,960
Speaker 1: I'm always looking forward to, you know, the home opener.

1001
00:54:53,080 --> 00:54:55,799
Speaker 1: How do you finish the season? So I'm sure we'll

1002
00:54:55,840 --> 00:54:58,879
Speaker 1: have a lot to say once the schedule comes out,

1003
00:54:58,960 --> 00:55:02,120
Speaker 1: and we'll get your feedback because hopefully Cardinal fans can

1004
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:03,960
Speaker 1: make some trips this year. I know the Bird gang

1005
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:06,840
Speaker 1: has done a good job traveling a little bit different

1006
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:09,560
Speaker 1: and hopefully we'll have a full house when it comes

1007
00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:13,200
Speaker 1: to the regular season and possibly the preseason. Knock on wood,

1008
00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:16,880
Speaker 1: that is exactly what happens in twenty twenty one. And

1009
00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:19,360
Speaker 1: on that note, let's put a lid on this edition

1010
00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:22,719
Speaker 1: of Cardinals Cover two, presented by Hunday, proud partner of

1011
00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:26,560
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. As always, special thanks to our executive

1012
00:55:26,560 --> 00:55:29,520
Speaker 1: producer Jim I'm a hundred for Mike Jarecki. I'm Craig

1013
00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:31,640
Speaker 1: Rayel Lou. We'll talk to you next time here on

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Speaker 1: Cardinals Cover two