WEBVTT - Happy Half Hour Episode 116: Big Business 0:00:04.440 --> 0:00:09.200 All right, everybody, welcome to a busier than normal middle 0:00:09.240 --> 0:00:10.880 of March version. 0:00:10.640 --> 0:00:12.799 Of The Happy Half Hour. I'm Darren Yanhn. 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:15.800 She's Casidy Hill and we and we had a week 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:16.560 last week. 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:17.040 We did. 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:19.720 I think that week is still going on or you 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:21.759 know that thirty rock beam where it's like, oh, what 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:23.759 a week and he goes lemon, it's Wednesday. 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:29.800 Yeah, that was last week. I mean they you know, obviously, 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:32.200 going into an off season after a two and fifteen 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:36.040 year you expect a lot of movement and I did. 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:38.400 I don't know that I expected it to the degree 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:42.360 and intensity of last week, because not only did they 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:44.440 do a lot of stuff, they did a lot of 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:48.360 big business. And the three right off the bat on 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:53.479 you know, Monday, effectively during the negotiation period, bringing in 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:57.520 Robert Hunt Damian Lewis to fortify that offensive line and 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:01.240 trading for Deontay Johnson. It's like, pooh, okay, all right, 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:04.160 three big swings, and you just took care of a 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:06.800 couple of the very biggest problems Bryce Young and that 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:07.960 offense had last year. 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:10.440 Two of them literally big swings. 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:10.800 Yeah. 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:13.920 Robert Hunt and Damian Lewis are some big guys, as 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:16.720 we saw when they entered the building this week. And 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.600 you know, I think that was proof, at least for fans, 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:23.720 definitely for me, that Dave Canalis and Dan Morgan haven't 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:26.160 just been offering lip service. They laid out at the 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:30.440 combine pretty clearly what their priorities were set, and you know, 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:32.880 spoke the words. It wasn't just coach speak. They didn't 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:36.200 tabbets around it. They said, we need guards, we need 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:39.399 interior guards for Bryce. And then they went out and 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:42.160 did it well, two of the really, really really good 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:43.800 guards on the free market, right. 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.800 And you know what I mean, All the numbers this 0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:50.280 time of year are always subject to a little closer 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:52.840 scrutiny once you see what the actual contract. But in 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:56.000 terms of the reported value, you're talking about one hundred 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.360 and fifty million dollars worth of contract for a couple 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:01.280 of guards. That should show you how serious they were 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:04.640 about solving this problem. And you know, you go through 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:07.520 last year where you play seven left guards eight right guards, 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:10.320 Bryce takes sixty two sacks six most all time in 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:13.960 NFL history, tying the franchise record set by poor Steve 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:17.600 Berlin back in the day. But they had to get 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:20.960 that fixed and they went out with intent and did it. Yeah, 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:24.520 I think, I mean if you just depending on whose 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:27.840 metrics you believe, whether it's PFF or anybody else. Robert 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:30.119 Hunt was one of the top guards in the game 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:34.959 last year. He excels as a past protector. Also, he's mammoth. 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:38.880 Robert Hunt is that special kind of big that even 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:44.079 big people are, you know, dwarfed by or eclipsed by. 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:46.840 I mean when you saw him roll up on Taylor Moten, 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:50.200 who is a fairly gigantic human being the other day, 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:53.639 and it's like, oh, that new one's much bigger than. 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:58.880 He was, And that's that's so so important, especially for 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:00.600 what they want to do with Bryce this year. You know, 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:03.560 get the ball out quicker, give him a clean pocket 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:07.519 to kind of see through, which sounds of course, yeah, 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:09.880 of course you want that, but when you see it 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.200 didn't necessarily happen last year with the rotating door at guard. 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:16.600 The rotating door at guard is also interesting when you 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:18.720 think about the fact that Damian Lewis has hardly ever 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:22.120 missed a game in his career, like high school, college, 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:26.120 NFL has hardly ever missed a game, and so something 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:28.799 like that's important, and you know Darren as cliche as 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:30.800 it sounds to say, Okay, well, you've got to have 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:33.680 a good line for your young quarterback. You especially have 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:36.440 to have a good line in today's NFL at every position. 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.720 It used to be once upon a time, the most 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.520 premium position on the offensive line was what left tackle. 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:41.800 Left tackle. 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:46.120 Now you've got guys coming from every angle. They can 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:48.080 blitz off the left, they can blitz off the right. 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:50.200 I mean, you've got guys like Derek Brown coming straight 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:52.280 up the middle for one hundred and three tackles. So 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:57.480 you've got to have just absolute like studs and horses 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:00.480 at every position, especially those interior positions. 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:03.240 Well, and that's the thing is I think cass about 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:07.600 this reconfigured offensive line. And you know, with Bradley Boseman 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:10.760 being released, Austin Korbet kicks inside. He's your center now, 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:14.119 ladies and gentlemen. And Austin was kind of a He's 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:18.119 an interesting piece in this whole calculus because Austin's played 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:21.120 all five in his life. He's been at every spot 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.400 on the line. He was drafted as a tackle, played 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:26.120 some center, settled in at guard, won a Super Bowl 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:27.599 ring with the Rams at guard, and. 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:29.039 Played really well here. 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:32.040 But Austin in a lot of ways fits what they're 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:35.360 trying to do because a he's the communicator of the 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:38.440 bunch and is always, you know, kind of that. He 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:42.039 was almost the veteran of that line the last couple 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:45.599 of years, and you know, directing a lot of traffic. 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:48.720 But he's also stout and Austin's a smart guy, has 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:52.000 experienced and has done this before. So we'll see how 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:54.640 it goes. I mean, they still haven't ruled out. You know, 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:56.760 as you go through this thing, when you go through 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:59.240 a busy free agency and you fill all the lines 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:01.479 in the depth chart, you know, then you get to 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:03.840 a spot where if you get to the draft and 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.920 at thirty three or thirty nine the right center is 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:09.880 sitting there, nothing precludes you from taking that guy. But 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.120 they wanted they had to make moves to stabilize this 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:15.599 thing in the short term before they can worry about 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:19.520 the long And I think when you look at Ikiakwanu, 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:24.479 Damian Lewis, Austin Corbett, Robert Hunt, Taylor Moten, not only 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:27.400 is that a pretty good offensive line, that's a massive 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:31.280 offensive line. I mean Austin's littling out of the bunch, 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:34.160 and Austin is not small and he plays bigger than 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:37.719 he actually is. So I think it's it's the step 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:41.560 they absolutely had to take after last season. And you 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:44.920 could say you overreacted and you overspent on guards or whatever, 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:47.919 but that was an acute problem last year, right, and 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:50.720 if you've invested what you've invested in Bryce, you have 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:53.719 to do that. And you know they feel like these 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:57.000 two guys, you know, both the personality and the player 0:05:57.360 --> 0:05:58.320 are fits here. 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:01.279 Damian Lewis, And this will be in a story this 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.640 week on Panthers dot com. But he told me last 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:06.600 weekend or last week Darren that he wants he, Austin 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:08.280 and Robert Hunt to be known as mean, tough and 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:11.560 nasty soul, and he broke down which one was mean, 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:13.320 which one was tough, which one was nasty? Off to 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:17.440 check out the stories, to check out the story this week. 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:20.320 But I thought that was fun too, especially because they 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:24.080 are kind of the typical offensive linem where they're a 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:26.080 little bit more docile off the field and you know 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:28.160 they're going to turn it on on. But I mean, 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:30.120 I thought also to your point, I mean, if you're 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:33.160 sitting there now that you've got that extra pick in 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:36.240 the second round and for some reason a guy like 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:39.200 Jackson Powers Johnson falls to you or something. I think 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:42.839 that's a good problem to have, is to have someone 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:46.720 like that come in and work with Austin Corbett for 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:51.039 a little while. I mean, ideally you've got what eight 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:54.359 nine deep across the line. 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:55.760 Well, and that's the thing. 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:59.599 Now, Brady Christiansen becomes your sixth man basically, and you know, 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:03.039 I think because they're built at this moment, Brady's probably 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.320 your swing tackle and your top back up at guard 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:09.360 across the board. Now, you know, I could see them 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:13.120 going out and finding another veteran tackle. You know, somebody 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.560 like David Sharp was here last year, but Sharp got 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:17.680 signed up early I think in Houston. 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:19.440 Or like Gabe Jackson. 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.760 Yeah, as a guard, I mean, somebody of that ill Okay, 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:26.080 I think it tackles. Probably, it's reasonable to think they're 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:28.960 looking for something like that at the moment because they 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:31.520 want to make sure this thing is is buttoned up 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:35.440 and to protect Bryce, because it's the priority of what's 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:38.160 going on around here this offseason. 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.680 So no matter what a quarterback does, if he's on his. 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:42.440 Back, no doubt, no doubt. 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:46.720 But it wasn't just offensive lineman, although it felt like 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:48.239 it was just offensive lineman. 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:51.160 Well, they take up a lot of space, and it feels. 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:55.400 Like with the sheer mass of transactions that happened last 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:58.560 week and almost got lost, but it's like, oh, by 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:03.000 the way, they trade for Deyontay Johnson, they have what 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:05.680 could be a number one receiver. Now for Bryce Shawn 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:08.880 to go out there with Adam Feeling and create some 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:10.400 stuff that they didn't have before. 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:14.600 I think that it depends on your definition of a 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:17.120 number one receiver. But yes, I'm agreeing with you, just 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:20.240 expelling on it. I think in terms of sheer touches, 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:23.600 Adam Thielen's still gonna get the most touches of this group. 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.600 But what Deontay Johnson can do for you is create 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:32.760 those big plays you know he has. He's ESPN calculates 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:35.839 a number of things, and one of the things they 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:38.520 calculated this past year was that from twenty twenty through 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:42.280 the season's twenty twenty three, so four seasons, Deontay Johnson 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:45.200 creates more space than any other receiver in the National 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:47.600 Football League. And the other players that rounded out the 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:51.839 top five were guys like Davontae Adams, Stefan Diggs, guys 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:52.640 that just that. 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:55.000 Jefferson, Yes, guys that are good. 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:58.320 Cool and they are known for creating space like that's 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:01.560 their thing. And to Johnson creates more space than any 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:05.640 of them. You know, he spent his first year with 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:08.520 and now that I think about it too, I think 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:10.200 one of those years he wasn't even in the league. 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:12.320 So it's like he has he's doing it with less 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:15.840 time he's been his first year with Ben Roethlisberger and 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:17.920 then he went to He kind of went through a 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:23.960 carousel mister Bisky Can Pickett, and so he's kind of 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:27.760 seen both sides of that coin, you know, a Hall 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:32.080 of Fame veteran quarterback and then a young first round quarterback. 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.920 He's kind of seen it from both angles. It's it's 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:39.640 gonna be interesting to see what approach he takes with 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:44.160 this receiver room, you know, is it sort of like 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:48.680 defer to Theling. I think that he will, just based 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:51.839 on talking to him last week, and so that's why 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:54.200 I think we still see Theling maybe get the most touches. 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:58.040 But what Deontay brings you is something that can not 0:09:58.080 --> 0:09:59.880 only take the top off of defense, but just le 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:03.079 a defense in their dust and that's that's going to 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:07.640 be exciting for Bryce. That depends a lot a lot 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:12.640 on chemistry. So it's gonna be really paramount that the 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:14.839 two of them spend a whole lot of time together 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:17.760 this offseason to kind of get that timing down together, 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:19.880 because if you have a receiver like that, that, like 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:22.040 I said, more than anything else, depends on chemistry. 0:10:23.360 --> 0:10:24.120 Yeah, no doubt. 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:26.960 And the other thing that it's important to remember about 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:32.400 that receiver room is I don't think it's completely yet 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:37.040 as as has been widely reported. Michael Gallup from Dallas 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:40.240 is in here today. Mike Williams is scheduled to show 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:41.600 up here later on this week. 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:44.800 Those are both too like like, oh wow, those are guys. 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:46.040 Yeah, those are guys. 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:48.840 And the thing that's interesting about both of them is 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.520 they are that if you want me to be football 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:55.199 nerd guy and describe things by their positions, those are 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:57.800 those exes that get outside and can win one on 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:01.760 one and get downfield. And both those guys are plus 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:06.080 fourteen I think fourteen and fifteen respectively in career yards 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.120 per reception. I mean, these are the guys who make 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:11.199 downfield plays. Both of them got some injury stuff on 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:13.560 the back of their football card that you'll have to 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:15.760 check out. Medicals are a part of every one of 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:20.040 these visits. That's going to be a thing. But I 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:24.120 think when you consider the possibility of adding somebody like that, 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:26.959 it's almost like we're in off Chinese menu. You get 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:28.920 your starts, you get your protein, you get your vegetable. 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:32.440 You know, they've dealt with this part over here, this category. 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:33.880 Now they're on to this one. 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:35.080 And if you. 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:38.280 Can add somebody like that, somebody that can stretch the field, 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:42.760 get vertical to create, to create that space underneath for 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:46.480 two cats and Feeling and Deontay Johnson, who've shown they 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:49.880 know how to work in that space. That's where you 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:53.200 create opportunities for the offense as a whole. So, you know, 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:56.240 Dave Canal has had that last year obviously in Mike Evans, 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:58.599 he's had that guy when he was in Seattle and 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:03.080 a DK Metcalf and working with different kinds of receivers. 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.320 But you know, we'll see how the following week goes. 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:09.920 You know, it's as we're sitting here taping this podcast 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:14.199 at ten twenty six am time, stamp it for Posterity. 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:16.839 Eleven twenty six. We changed time last week. 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:17.520 Did it? 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:19.040 Yeah? 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:22.840 Come on, mad updateure clocks in the studio. What are 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:25.840 you're killing me? You're making me look bad out here. 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:29.160 Mister trivia man. Who won your trivia this weekend? 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:30.199 Yeah, we are the champion. 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:33.160 You know who first suggested daylight savingstone? 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:40.280 I do not Benjamin Franklin. Yes, of course, it's win 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:44.400 in doubt. Who invented thing in America? Guess Benjamin Franklin? 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:45.560 The Almanac? 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:45.880 Sure? 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:46.400 Or why not? 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:49.640 He did? I think he did start the Almanac? 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:54.040 Yeah, I know he did so anyway, it's yes in 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:58.880 matters that are not trivial. On the other hand, as 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:02.720 busy as they were, or rebuilding an offense which needed 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.160 to happen, all of a sudden, you look across the 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:07.160 ball on the other side and there's a lot of 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:09.880 holes to fill between Brian Burns being traded to the 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:10.880 Giants for picks. 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:13.400 You got into that a little bit. 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:16.560 I don't think we talked about on the podcast last time, 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:20.160 but that one had kind of reached its inevitable conclusion. 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.280 It was gonna be hard to do a deal Dan, 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:27.040 you know, Morgan and those guys talked at the combine 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:30.160 a little bit, but it was just becoming obvious there 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:32.720 wasn't a deal long term. So you get to a 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:34.720 point where you just have to get what you can. 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:39.439 And in a situation where a guy doesn't have contract, 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:41.960 you know, every so much gets made out of that 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:44.880 old Rams offer of the two and two ones. And 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:46.760 I kind of got into this in the mail bag 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:50.280 the other day, but that is probably that's a little 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:52.800 bit of a roar shark test. That's gonna be what 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:56.120 you carried into it. You're gonna believe because you can 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:57.960 say you can scream and Highland and say, oh my 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:00.360 got two first round picks in a second at the 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.480 time of that offer. It's a twin you know, which 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.400 happened in October of twenty two. You're talking about a 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:09.440 twenty four and twenty five first rounder. And when NFL 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:13.440 teams start negotiating trades, you know there's a discount applied 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:17.000 to future draft picks. You know, a year outs one 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:20.320 is a two and two years out one is kind 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:22.440 of a three. So there is a little bit of 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:23.400 a discount, like. 0:14:23.400 --> 0:14:26.560 As soon as you drive it off the lot, the value. 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:27.800 The depreciation on a Brian Burns. 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.240 But you know they kind of just got to that 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:33.600 point where they felt like they needed to move on, 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:36.400 make the decision, get what they could. They make the 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:39.120 trade for a two and a couple of fives effectively, 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:41.680 and now they've got two picks in the top forty. 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:44.120 They're on thirty third and the thirty ninth coming from 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:46.280 the Giants. But now all of a sudden, you look 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:49.960 across the ball and there's no Brian and there's no Frankie, 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:53.360 because Frankie Luvu signs with Washington pretty quickly, and they 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:55.920 signed all the linebackers in Washington. 0:14:56.200 --> 0:14:58.000 They go. Not only do they. 0:14:58.040 --> 0:14:59.960 Dan Quinn's going to be running like a two. 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:04.960 Yeah, get after it. But you got guys who fill 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:06.760 a lot of different roles up there. I mean, just 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:09.920 to think that Bobby Wagner and Frankie Luvu roll in 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:13.880 the door, your defense changed pretty considerably pretty quickly up 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:17.600 there in Washington. But Frankie creates a hole. They cut 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:21.880 von Bell creates a hole. Dante Jackson goes to Pittsburgh 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:24.800 in the trade for Deontay Johnson. This place is rich 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:28.240 in Djas, by the way, and so all of a sudden, 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.000 you've got a lot of blanks to fill in on 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:32.920 defense much the same way. They kind of went at 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:36.240 it systematically. They bring in Ashawn Robinson to be the 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:39.920 big run defender up front, pair him with Shy Tuttel 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:42.880 and Derek Brown, and you're a lot more solid upfront 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:45.280 than you were a year ago. Ayshawn's kind of that 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:48.040 old head who's been around the league, good at what 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:50.840 he does and has filled in a lot of places. 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:55.720 And Bonus knows the gero Evera played for him previously 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:59.320 with the Rams, knows about what's going to be expected 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:04.640 of him. Same thing with Josie Jewel, played linebacker for 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:09.200 Eja out in Denver. Same with Fuller, the new safety 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:12.400 who's coming in town, Jordan Fuller from the Rams. These 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:17.040 guys bring familiarity. Dan Jackson was signed away from Buffalo 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:19.320 and he's a guy Dan Morgan was around for the 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.840 drafting of in the seventh round a couple of years ago. 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:25.600 As he's developed into a much more consistent player for 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:29.600 those guys, So they've filled in all those gaps and 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:32.120 as you look at this thing right now, you can 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:34.480 put a lineup on the field. And that's been the 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:37.920 biggest thing about the last week is you went from 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:40.800 wondering what it was going to look like to saying, okay, 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:44.040 I see twenty two. I see twenty two guys on 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.560 either side of the ball, something resembling a depth chart. 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:50.720 So it is it complete by no stretch of the imagination. 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:55.240 Because as much as they're looking at those receivers, you know, 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:57.960 they've also had Chase Young and Davian Clowney in here 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:00.960 for visits. And as you're trying to replace Brian Burns, 0:17:01.240 --> 0:17:04.000 you can't do it with just a DJ want. 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:05.600 I'm a cleavon Chasin. 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:08.600 I mean that's a flyer on a former first round 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:10.280 or see if you can get anything out of him. 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:13.080 Wanham's been a pretty productive guy. I mean he's South 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:16.080 Carolina product. A lot of people know him from his 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:17.919 days with the Game Cocks, A lot of people know 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:22.360 him from that touchdown he scored in this building last October. 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:26.240 So he's going to be He's going to get a 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:28.560 lot of opportunities to be that guy in terms of 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:31.080 the pass rusher at that position because other than last 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:33.520 year's third round pick DJ Johnson, not a lot of 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:37.000 there there and so they're continuing to monitor that market. 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:40.200 Stay tuned for all the latest on clowny Young, et cetera. 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:44.399 But still very much under construction at that position. But 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:46.840 otherwise this thing's starting to come together. 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:49.480 And I also think too, it's important to point out daring. 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:52.200 You know, it's easy when some of these pieces start 0:17:52.240 --> 0:17:55.120 getting traded and different things like that, to go, well, wait, 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:58.280 the defense wasn't the problem. What are we doing? But 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:03.400 the defense wasn't really a problem. You kept your two corners. 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:06.119 You're probably gonna supplement some more there in the draft 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:10.840 as well. The run defense was an issue, and then 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:13.240 you so you bring in someone else like Ashan Robinson 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:15.280 to kind of fill in the middle of that line. 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:19.320 And then Josie Jewel is just a tackling machine man 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:24.720 like he is everywhere, and and he's just a roaming 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:29.000 linebacker there in the middle of the field. That's gonna 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:31.520 be a And this is probably getting ahead of ourselves, 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:35.480 but that's that seems like a purposeful signing for the 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:39.040 run defense. And Josie Jewel and you mentioned he played 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:41.840 for ever Ro had his best year. Yeah, and he's 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:44.320 had some pretty good years. His best year came under 0:18:44.359 --> 0:18:44.760 ever Row. 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:47.359 I think one of the one of the subtle things 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:50.040 about Josie jewel also is he he can wear that 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:53.360 green dot, he can call signals. And last year when 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:55.960 Shaq Thompson goes down in Week two with a broken leg, 0:18:56.480 --> 0:18:58.840 there was a minute where that defense was sort of 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:02.640 looking around like, okay, what are we Who's calling this thing? 0:19:02.720 --> 0:19:05.960 And they tried, they tried Von Bell at points, Frankie 0:19:05.960 --> 0:19:08.200 did it and then didn't, and then did again. They 0:19:08.200 --> 0:19:11.199 were running Camu and Dion Jones in and out, and 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:15.200 there was just never that consistent Okay, this is who's 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:19.760 calling this thing? Because and again Frankie Luvu's great linebacker 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:22.400 here made a ton of plays. But Frankie is more 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:25.160 of a seek and destroy guy than it get everybody 0:19:25.160 --> 0:19:27.280 in the right place guy. I mean, that's just not 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:30.440 a role he had ever been called to do, and 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:34.520 it wasn't instinctive for him. So I think having that 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:38.639 other guy, having that old head at linebacker other than Shaq, 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:41.960 who can call a defense, who can get everybody in 0:19:41.960 --> 0:19:45.120 the right place, you know, it's just a lot more 0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:48.280 stable up the middle than it was a year ago. 0:19:48.440 --> 0:19:51.760 Because you know, we talked about Ashean Robinson and nothing 0:19:51.800 --> 0:19:55.160 against these guys, you know, Nick Thurman, Lebrian Ray came 0:19:55.200 --> 0:19:59.359 in and played dutiful snaps last year for a decent 0:19:59.400 --> 0:20:01.560 Carolina Pan. There's defense, but they are guys who were 0:20:01.560 --> 0:20:03.919 signed out of an August tryout. They were on the 0:20:03.920 --> 0:20:06.840 street when training camps opened, so it almost felt like 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:09.160 anything you got out of those guys was a bonus. 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:13.840 Now you've got three legit defensive linemen in a three 0:20:14.000 --> 0:20:16.600 four taking up a lot of space, you know, and 0:20:16.640 --> 0:20:18.480 that's gonna help a lot of things. So I just 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:21.960 think they're a lot more stable up the middle. Obviously 0:20:22.000 --> 0:20:24.320