WEBVTT - Breaking Down Devante Parker, Preston Williams, 2020 WR Class with Trevor Sikkema 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:06.920 Factors were alps Trafford, drawing Parker textole what a win 0:00:07.080 --> 0:00:12.160 for this Miami Dolphin team? Wow? What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:15.920 And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:20.759 Dolphins official podcast network covering your Miami Dolphins. I am 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:23.319 your host Travis Wingfield, and I am here to bring 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:26.520 you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:29.680 today's show, we are joined by the Draft Networks Trevor 0:00:29.760 --> 0:00:34.000 Sikuma to break down Davante Parker's breakout season, Preston Williams 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:37.479 immediate impact, and this year's wide receiver class. All of 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:40.800 that and more on this Wednesday, April the eighth edition 0:00:41.120 --> 0:00:47.960 of the Drivetime Podcasts. I'm last year, we saw a 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:52.040 host of Dolphins wide receivers contribute to an effective passing 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:55.200 game and did so in a variety of ways. Furthermore, 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:58.640 this draft class has been dubbed by NFL Networks Daniel 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:02.440 Jeremiah as the US receiver class since he started doing 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:05.640 scouting in two thousand three, and my guest today knows 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:08.679 a thing or two about big time receivers up close 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:12.040 and in person. He covered the Buccaneers computer report dot 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:14.800 com and he's one of the most revered draft analysts 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:17.120 in the game today. So let's go ahead and get 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:20.800 to my interview with Tampa Bay Trey Trevor Sikima and 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:23.480 joining me on the podcast. Now you've heard me reference 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:26.200 their work all the time here on the Drivetime podcast, 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:29.160 the Draft Networks very own. He's also the host of 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:32.320 Locked on NFL Draft. He is Trevor Sikima. Trevor, what's 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:34.640 going on, man, h. It's good to be with you, 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:36.760 man always. We met down at the combine. Now we're 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:39.160 getting a first chance to do a podcast together, and 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:42.720 we're gonna get into this ridiculous versatile receiver class here 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:44.600 in just a moment. But I want to start by 0:01:44.600 --> 0:01:47.600 going off the Dolphins current wide receiver group. We had 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:50.720 a twelve hundred yard, nine touchdown receiver last year in 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:53.720 Devonte Parker, and a rookie who was really coming into 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:56.360 his own before an injury, and a variety of guys 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:58.880 that made plays in a variety of ways. Let's go 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:01.480 ahead and start with the four her first round draft pick, 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:04.320 DeVante Parker. Easy for me to say, what did you 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:06.520 see in his game last year that led to the 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:10.360 breakout season for him in twenty nine. I honestly just 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:12.359 thought it was all coming together, like you know, And 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:14.560 and the longer I do this, the more I realized 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:17.720 that there's a lot more that goes into succeeding on 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:20.120 an offensive end than just one in one talent. You know, 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:23.000 you gotta have chemistry with the quarterback. It's it's it's 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:25.080 got to be something that's prevalent on almost a play 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:27.800 to play basis, and along with that as well, play 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:30.640 caller and whoever's calling the shots on offense. All that 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:32.560 stuff has to be there, like, it's got to have 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:35.920 chemistry with it. You've gotta feel comfortable, and we get that. 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:39.200 I just feel like you have the best chance to 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:41.200 get the most out of your abilities as you will 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:43.520 because the scouts, that's what we that's what we try 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:45.360 to write down, right, We try to figure out what 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:49.040 a guy can do for you. And DeVante Parker, I 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:50.720 was a big fan of pist when he was coming 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:54.960 out many years ago now, and so for him to man, 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:57.600 it's been this long since he broke out, I kept thinking, 0:02:57.680 --> 0:02:59.519 maybe this is it for DeVante Parker. I had a 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:01.440 lot of high hopes for him. I did think that 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:03.000 he would need a little bit of work coming out 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:05.680 of college. But here we are, and honestly, last year, 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:07.680 I thought that he just put it all together. He 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:09.880 was able to give them everything that they wanted. I mean, 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:14.040 the yards is seventy two catches, almost double diggy touchdowns. 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:16.720 That was so great to see for from somebody like 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:20.200 me who watched flashes of him when he was playing 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:22.840 in college and thought, this guy can be a difference 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:24.440 maker in the NFL if you get him with the 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:27.000 right system, and he's getting pretty comfortable, and I just 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:29.800 think it's taken that amount of time for him to 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:31.080 really be able to get the most out of what 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.239 he does. And obviously he did have that type of, 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:37.080 you know, high pedigree talent, being a first round draft pick. 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:38.960 And one of the things I loved about watching his 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:41.800 game last year was the ability to really shield guys 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:43.720 off of the football when he went to high point 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:47.560 those quote unquote balls and they really weren't fifty fifty 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:49.880 balls when he was attacking them, because he pulled down 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:52.000 more than half of them last year, and FITS was 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:54.560 certainly willing to give him a chance. Now. Another guy 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:56.800 that was really off to a strong start before an 0:03:56.800 --> 0:04:00.280 injury cut his season short was a free agent, undrafted 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:02.840 rookie Preston Williams who climbs all the way up to 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:05.240 the starting position by the time the season started, and 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:07.600 at his size, he was really creating a lot of 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:10.680 separation with his ability to sink his hips, drop that 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:13.200 pad level at the top of routes. What was your 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:16.599 report coming out of Colorado State on Preston Williams and 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:19.680 how did he translate that into immediate production as a professional? 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:22.880 I mean, I thought the tape was great. The athleticism 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:24.479 was there for him, you know, you talked about it 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:28.479 right there, being flexible enough and explosive enough, precise enough 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:30.919 in his movements to where he can sink his hips, 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:34.000 he can fool people with some of his his his routes, 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:35.960 he can have good feet, and he can have separation 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:37.640 in his long speed. I think that that all just 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:40.960 showed up. I thought that all of his routes kind 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:43.800 of really came together, and I just think that it 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:45.640 was a great year for him. You know, you talked 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:48.880 about the Monte Parker putting it all together. I thought 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:51.240 that Preston Williams certainly put it all together. And we 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:53.000 learned that early on. I mean that was early on 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:54.800 in the season. In the preseason, we got him on 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:57.640 our radar and so and I thought the athleticism was 0:04:57.680 --> 0:04:59.839 there for him. He just couldn't put it all together 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:02.960 in college. And that's why you know that, among other things, 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:04.800 is why he didn't go as high as he wanted to, 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:07.720 didn't get drafted, and and found a good spot in Miami. 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:09.000 Though you know, he was able to make the most 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:10.920 of it. And you mentioned making the big plays right 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:12.600 in front of your own eyes. Trevor did cover the 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:15.800 Buccaneers up until last year, so he saw that preseason 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:18.640 game when prest and he just went nuts in that game. 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:20.920 He looks like an all pro right away off the top, 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:22.840 and it's like, Okay, we got something here. And the 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.080 nice thing about that was he was doing that in camp. 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.720 He translated into season six into in season success as well. 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.000 And by the time he and DeVante got cooking, man, 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.880 these guys were tough to cover. But we have a 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:36.200 draft class coming down the pipe this year that I 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:39.360 mentioned it off the top, Daniel Jeremiah says he's been 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:42.120 doing this since two thousand three. Is the best deepest 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:44.599 class he's seen in that time. And let's go ahead 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:46.480 and get into the nuts and bolts here about this 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:49.480 receiver class. I think most believe there are three guys 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.920 that stand out above the rest. I'm curious to hear 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:56.360 how you Trevor separate, Judy, Rugs and Lamb. Yeah, man, 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:59.039 they're good. Uh, these are these three guys are going 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:01.360 to make team is very happy. And I think that 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:04.000 that's always a conversation that I have with people, is 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:06.880 you know, when when people do mock drafts and everything, 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:08.920 they go, oh, you know, we don't have to take 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:11.279 a wide receiver here, because there's just so many in 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:12.960 this class. We could take one later in the draft. 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:17.760 That's true. It is rich with talent. These guys at 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:20.080 the top are very worth it to be at the top. 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:22.679 I mean, Henry Ruggs with the world class speed, Jerry 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:24.479 Judy is one of the best route runners I've ever 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:27.480 seen in my life. And then Ceedee Lamb. Just the determination, 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:31.280 the hands, the run after the catchability. These guys can 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:34.680 separate and the difference makers makers on the team for 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.320 a variety of different reasons. And it's not just those either. 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.080 I think that that's really important to remember. Henry Ruggs 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.240 isn't just speed, right, I mean, he's not a guy 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:44.400 who's who's just gonna be able to run the vertical 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:47.200 routes and nothing else. This kid is tough. He goes 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.160 after catches, he can one hand pluck him, and he 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:51.760 can run through contact as well. So you have to 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:53.640 you have to note that just as much as the 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:56.320 speed on the scouting report, Jerry Judy's got the long 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:59.200 speed to go along with that short area quickness. He's 0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:02.560 got great hands as well. And then Ceedee Lamb. He's 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:04.240 a lot of an all around wide receiver. He's a 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:06.000 true number one. He's gonna be able to play in 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.360 next He's gonna be able to play off the line 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:10.480 of scrimmage as well, whether it's in the slaughter to 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:12.880 the outside. And I think that that's really important. I 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.000 think that right now, if you ask me to rank them, 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:17.480 I would have Henry Ruggs at number one, and then 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:19.640 Ceedee Lamb and Jerry Judy. I think would be different 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:22.040 for each team. There are certain teams that would love 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:25.160 those more than the other. But it's almost like splitting 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:27.360 hairs in that regard. It's not like one guy over 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:29.280 the other would go Okay, that's a bad fit for 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.280 this team. I just think that the peaks of what 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:34.080 they do well could work for some coaching staffs better 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:36.120 than others. But no doubt about it, you're getting a 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:38.480 difference maker with those guys as my two or three 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:40.880 wide receivers. Trevor set him up from the Draft Network 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.600 here joining me on the Drivetime podcast part of the 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:47.640 Miami Dolphins official podcast network and Trevor. We had Brett 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:50.960 Coleman on the podcast yesterday talking about running backs and 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.600 there was an interesting discussion we had about how some 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:57.080 of the depth can impact where that initial run starts 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:59.240 for the running back position. And I have to imagine 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:02.960 that's eve and more tenfold at the receiver spot. Where 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:05.240 does that grouping of guys start to come off the 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:07.320 board and what does it do as far as like 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:09.800 pushing guys that maybe would have been first round picks 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:12.280 or second round picks in a normal year, what does 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:14.720 that do for them going down? Maybe even in today two? 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:18.080 You wonder where that runs gonna start, right, because there 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:20.640 are teams that need a wide receiver. But just like 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.080 we discussed there, where did they end up taking him. 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:25.640 Jacksonville needs a wide receiver they pick at nine. The 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:28.840 Jets need a wide receiver at eleven. Las Vegas Raiders 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:32.079 need one at twelve. But are are those teams going 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:34.800 to take one? I'm not sure you know, Jackson will 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:36.640 sitting there at the at the nine spot. I think 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:38.439 they'll probably have their eyes a little bit more on 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:41.720 the trenches or maybe even a cornerback position than anything else. 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:45.400 But I really think that early right after that top 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:49.400 ten at eleven, twelve, thirteen New York Jets, Las Vegas Raiders, 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:52.360 San Francisco forty niners, that's where I would tell you 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:55.000 we would start to get that run on wide receivers, 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:58.400 and shoot, it could be three in a row right there, right. 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:00.520 I mean we could go boom, boom boo, whom ceedee, 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:03.960 Lamb goes eleven, Jerry Judy goes twelve, Henry Ruggies goes thirteen, 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:06.360 or however you want to place it up. I think 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:08.079 all three of those teams need a wide receiver. And 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:10.800 then if that happens, that's going to determine the rest 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:13.040 of the draft. That's gonna determine when the other guys 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:16.360 start coming off the board, that Jalen reagors, the Justin Jefferson's, 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:19.120 the kJ Handler's, Denzel Mims, Brandon, I you all of 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:21.600 those guys that I just named right there, and even 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:25.880 more could potentially be first rounders. It just all depends 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:28.360 where that run starts. And so I don't think it's 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:30.760 gonna start in the top ten unless you get a 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:34.280 team who's really aggressive, say like one of those bunches there, 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:37.480 perhaps even the Denver Broncos as well, that maybe moves 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:39.640 up to a team looking to move back at number 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:42.760 seven with Caroline or number eight with Arizona, something like that, 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:44.959 to go up and get a Henry Ruggs or a 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:48.600 Ceedee Lamb. But if no movement happens, which we know 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:50.520 is not normally the case with the draft, but just 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:53.319 so we could project things here, if no movement were 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:56.400 to happen in the top ten, I tell you that eleven, twelve, 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:58.959 thirteen spots the sweet spot for wide receivers to really 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:01.640 start going. That's of the Dolphins pick eighteen after their 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:04.160 pick number five in the draft, an interesting spot there 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:06.559 at the receiver position for them. And we've been doing 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:09.040 these draft podcast all week and really getting into the 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:11.400 draft here on Drive Time, and one of the things 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:14.079 I keep noticing is that a lot of these positions 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:16.960 do have depth, and obviously I think the receiver group 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:19.400 does probably stand out above the rest with that depth 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:21.360 and going off your guys is a big board at 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.840 the Draft Network and doing those mock drafts on the 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:26.840 Draft network dot com, I always find myself picking from 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:29.559 a variety of players in rounds four and five that 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:31.839 I still think this guy could contribute right away. You're 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.240 number one, But at the receiver spot, you guys, you 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:37.400 guys have got Lamb seven, Judy ten, Rugs twelve on 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:41.240 your big board. Then Justin Jefferson, Jalen Reagor, Lavisco, Chanal 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:45.400 kJ Hamler, Denzel Mims, Brandon ayuk, Te Higgins and Donovan 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:48.320 People's jones. They all check in in that twenty eight 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:51.360 to fifty three range. If you could, Trev tell us 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:54.760 what those guys do best. Yeah, man, I mean just 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.760 it's it's a pick your preference. And I think that's 0:10:57.760 --> 0:11:01.000 the most alluring part of this wide receiver draft is 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:05.600 that for whatever offense you run, whatever kind of wide 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:08.120 receiver you need, do you need an outside acts, Do 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:10.160 you need a guy who can go up against press coverage? 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:12.280 You need a bigger body player, do you need more 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:13.880 of a flanker. Do you want a guy who's off 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:15.880 the line of scrammage, guy that you can move in motion? 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:17.760 Do you want to slop player, a slot guy who 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:19.840 can make the most out of space, is great in 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:22.920 short area quickness, can win with separation quickly for your 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:27.560 quarterback to find an easy option. You can find that receiver, 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:30.840 whatever receiver it is that you need at any spot 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:34.000 over the first really three rounds of the draft. Now, 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:36.440 obviously the ones that you're going to pick higher got 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:39.000 a better chance of hitting and their highs their ceilings 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:40.760 of what they're able to do, or a little bit higher. 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:45.319 But man, it's just it, it's so vast the kind 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:47.360 of guys that you could get there. You named so 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:50.680 many names there, and there are so many others that 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:52.640 you still did not name that I've got in my 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:54.679 head that could still really help out a team. And 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:58.560 so with those players, I really think that we're gonna 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:01.280 see a ton of Day two guys go off. You know, 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:03.840 melt Kuiper talked about thirty wide receivers going to the 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:06.280 top what was it, three four rounds something like that, 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:09.079 And you know DJ has said before that's the deepest 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:11.480 one of those talented wide deeper class he has ever seen. 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:15.520 I definitely agree that it's it's it's deep, and it's talented. 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:19.520 But that second and third round, that day two, that's 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:21.400 the sweet spot. That's where you're gonna see a lot 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:26.320 of teams, especially with the situation the way that it is, 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:29.520 where these visits for some of these players are are 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:32.360 more remote. They're not happening as easily, it's not as 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:35.000 much of a connection as it was before. That might 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:38.160 cause more teams to go into the wells of positions 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:41.800 that they know are good rather than taking risk on 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.960 some others. And wide receivers absolutely, along with running back 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:47.520 one of the positions that that I think teams are 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:49.240 going to really go for it. So if you let 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:50.800 me ask you this, then trump because if you can 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:53.240 get if you get that big run on receivers, let's 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:55.560 say ten or fifteen guys go off in the second 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:57.760 and third round, and then you come back in the 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:00.079 fourth round and these teams are sitting there with the 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:03.880 receiver covered, restocked, so to speak. Does that then create 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:06.400 another slide at the back end of the draft where 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:08.560 we're going into rounds five and six and you have 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:12.040 guys that you have good grades on still available. I 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:15.559 think it's certainly possible. Um, I don't think the slide 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:18.839 from round three to four would be as drastic as 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:22.200 maybe when you see that first group of three wide receivers, 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:24.240 the RUGS, J D C, the LAMB group between the 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:26.760 next group going off. But I think it's gonna be 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:28.440 a little bit more spaced out than that. I don't 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:31.600 think there's necessarily going to be this giant gap of like, oh, 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:34.000 it's been you know, say, thirty picks since the wide 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:35.880 receiver has been taken. I just think there's so many 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:37.880 good ones that teams are going to be plucking them 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:40.160 all over the draft. But I also don't want to 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:42.960 totally discredit the second half of your question there, because 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:46.280 there are still going to be receivers that get drafted 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:49.400 in the fourth, fifth, perhaps even sixth round that you 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.120 could go into training camp with. It's fighting for a 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:54.640 roster spot, and that just doesn't happen. You know, that 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:57.280 does not happen every single year, and that's why it's 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.120 a rare class. And if I had to put your 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:00.920 feet to the fire and say give me a name 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.439 of a guy on day three, if you're just building 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:05.600 a roster from scratch, and you've got nobody on that 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:08.680 you don't you know, there's no outside perspective. A guy 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:10.440 that you think can plug in day one and have 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:13.160 a chance to be a competitor and a contributor rather 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:15.840 on the roster opening day. Okay, I will give you 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:19.440 three as a matter of fact. Isaiah Hodgens, wide receiver 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:22.560 out of Oregon State. This guy's got so such great 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:24.560 body control. He's one of the best hands catchers I've 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:27.360 also ever scene. I think he had one drop this season, 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:30.000 which is crazy. He's super reliable. He's not the most 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.800 explosive guy, but man, he gets done. He's so reliable 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:34.440 in what he does. I think he could have a 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:37.200 big impact as an early Day three guy. Quintet Cepis, 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:41.160 the wide receiver from Wisconsin. Okay, I know his combine 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:43.640 was a little bit confusing. I was confused as anybody 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:47.280 else was. But put on the tape, this guy can play. 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:50.480 And the Ohio State corners while they were at the combine, 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:53.760 talked about Quintees Cepis is the toughest wide receiver they 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.760 went up against, and that means more than some forty 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.960 numbers if you ask me. And then Lynn Bowden from Kentucky. 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.560 He's just such a Swiss army knife, if you will. 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:04.520 He played slot wide receiver for him. He was the 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:07.360 leading UH leading pass catcher for him, I believe two 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:09.240 years ago. He's played some running back for him, He's 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:12.040 played some quarterback. I'm not sure exactly where a team 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:13.560 is gonna line him up, but all I know is 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:15.840 that this kid is a great athlete. He's gonna give 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:19.280 you a hundred one of the time, and he's just 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:21.360 a gadget player. You could plug and play him into 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:22.880 a variety of different roles and he can give you 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.200 a lot of versatility. So those are three players that 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:27.280 I'm really looking forward to seeing where their fit is 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:30.040 come Day three. So those are great player breakdowns, Trevi 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:32.000 and So I think I would be doing my listeners 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:34.440 a disservice if I didn't ask you to go back 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:35.920 to the top of the draft and give me the 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:38.000 same thing, Like, who's the guy in the first round 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:39.560 that you would go to bat for there and a 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:41.280 guy in the second round? In the third round, give 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:42.920 me a couple more names at the top of the 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:44.520 draft that you're saying are going to come into the 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:47.800 league and just blow things up all right. Also, so 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:50.200 at the back end of the first round, and this 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:52.600 isn't really a surprise. I means that he's a common 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:54.280 name at the at the bottom of the first round, 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:56.960 I'll say Justin Jefferson. I mean, I love Henry Ruggs, 0:15:57.000 --> 0:15:59.040 but I think everybody knows about HENR. Ruggs at this point. 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:01.360 I touched on that little bit how he's more than speed. 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:04.360 I think Justin Jefferson's gonna have a fantastic impact in 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:08.920 the NFL because his contested catch numbers were so high 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:12.040 last year. Joe Burrow, one of those accurate quarterbacks that 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:15.960 I've ever seen, last season, still had to put passes 0:16:15.960 --> 0:16:19.120 in really tight windows. Often that was to Justin Jefferson. Certainly, 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:22.680 Jamaar Chase had a wonderful year as well, but Jefferson's 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:26.680 contested catch trade was above nine, like insane. This guy 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:28.840 just does not drop the football. And you know he 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:31.480 had a couple of concentration jobs that brought his numbers down. 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:34.360 But that gives me so much hope towards If you 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:36.640 put Justin Jefferson in the slot and given these two 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:39.040 way goes, he could go left or right, he could 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:42.280 go out or in. You know, he's not the fastest. 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:43.840 I think he proved that the combine that he has 0:16:43.840 --> 0:16:46.640 plenty of speed to be good. But he's still not 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:48.400 going to separate as good as some of these other 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:51.360 players are. You know, he's still gonna come down with it. 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:53.360 He's gonna be reliable in a lot of different ways. 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:55.360 I think his route tree is extremely diverse for a 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:58.280 variety of different reasons, and so I love Justin Jefferson 0:16:58.320 --> 0:16:59.600 in that regard. And then a guy at the top 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:01.360 of the sec and round that I think I think 0:17:01.400 --> 0:17:04.479 that he's probably gonna go in the second round. kJ Handler. 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:08.440 I like kJ Man. I really really like kJ Handler. 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:12.200 It was unfortunate that he did not get to run 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:14.040 at the combine. This is why receiver at of Penn State, 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:18.600 by the way, because he would have rivaled some of 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:21.960 the fastest players at the combine and people's eyes would 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:24.639 have been open. Now you're gonna have to have a 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:27.320 quarterback that knows how to be accurate with kJ Hamdler, 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:29.600 because this guy is a blur, right, I mean, when 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:31.040 he puts his foot in the ground and goes zero 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:33.720 to one hundred, It's not every quarterback is gonna be 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:35.119 able to hit him in stride the way that they 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:38.040 need to. But when you do, you see him do 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:41.800 things to say. Ohio States cornerback Shawn Wade, who was 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:44.400 viewed as the top fifty prospect if he came out, 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:47.760 will probably be a first rounder next year. He cooked 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:51.040 Sean Wade on a slant route for ninete yards in 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:52.920 that game where Penn State played Ohio State. And that's 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:54.600 just you know what you can do if you pair 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:56.399 a guy with his kind of speed, his kind of 0:17:56.400 --> 0:17:59.520 explosiveness with an accurate quarterback. And so those are just 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:01.440 two guys. Is one at the end of the first round. 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:03.640 One I think is probably going early Day two or 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:06.280