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Speaker 1: guided one of the best defenses in football the last

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Speaker 1: couple of years and I don't expect that to change

433
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Speaker 1: with him uh now stepping into the head coaching role

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Speaker 1: vacated by Sean Payton. So the interesting thing is they're

435
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Speaker 1: still trying to figure out what they're doing at quarterback here,

436
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Speaker 1: So how they do that, how they mend um and

437
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Speaker 1: patch things up with Michael Thomas who are in Rappaport

438
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Speaker 1: had mentioned kind of during Super Bowl Week things were

439
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Speaker 1: trending in the right direction there with the team and

440
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Speaker 1: with Michael Thomas. So there are some non defensive issues

441
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Speaker 1: that Dennis Allen needs to deal with now as the

442
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Speaker 1: head coach, and certainly hoping that here in the second

443
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Speaker 1: opportunity has a better shot to do that second opportunity

444
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Speaker 1: being a head coach after it didn't work out with

445
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Speaker 1: the Raiders, so Dennis Allen in New Orleans continuity on

446
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Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball. Still some things to

447
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Speaker 1: figure out their franchise. Wye. I'll be honest, if you

448
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Speaker 1: guys saw my report cards in high school and college

449
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Speaker 1: and math, you would say I'm not qualified to talk

450
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Speaker 1: about the salary cap issues that the New Orleans Saints

451
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Speaker 1: are presented with. They've got some complex issues to work

452
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Speaker 1: around there. It's gonna be a fascinating offseason for them.

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Speaker 1: All right. I'm gonna go to the Raiders and what

454
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Speaker 1: they did and bring in Josh McDaniels. By the way,

455
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Speaker 1: bold move on my part to go McDaniel and McDaniels

456
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Speaker 1: and to successfully not screw it up. It was I'm

457
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Speaker 1: proud of myself. But Josh McDaniels, guys, one of the

458
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Speaker 1: things I'm fascinated there is him with Derek Carr. It's

459
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Speaker 1: always fun when you get the quarterback in the play caller.

460
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Speaker 1: I think that's a pretty good match. When you look

461
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Speaker 1: at cards skill set, you want to make quick decisions,

462
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Speaker 1: get the ball out of your hand, be accurate with

463
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Speaker 1: the football. Those are things that that Patriot offense that

464
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Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels has been running for ever really highlighting features,

465
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Speaker 1: so I think that's a good fit. And let's be honest,

466
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Speaker 1: if there was a dating service between a player and

467
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Speaker 1: a coach, Hunter Renfro and Josh McDaniels would have been

468
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Speaker 1: a one match like they were put on this earth

469
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Speaker 1: to be together. I cannot wait to see what that

470
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Speaker 1: looks like, little man this one. Are you talking about

471
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Speaker 1: match made in heaven? You're talking about dating apps and

472
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Speaker 1: and what we can do to put people together. I

473
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Speaker 1: think part of the reason why the Denver Broncos wanted

474
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Speaker 1: Nathaniel Hackett to be the head coaches because they want

475
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Speaker 1: him to work a miracle like he worked in Jacksonville

476
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Speaker 1: with Blake Bortles. We don't know who the quarterback for

477
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Speaker 1: the Broncos is going to be, but maybe there's an

478
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Speaker 1: inkling that maybe Nathaniel Hackett can get the best out

479
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Speaker 1: of Drew Locker whoever is the quarterback when you with

480
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Speaker 1: Blake Mortals back in seventeen. But I'm just saying, like

481
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Speaker 1: what they did in twenty seventeen with Blake Bortles, they

482
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Speaker 1: made one out of water. That guy on the screen

483
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Speaker 1: is not that that's Aaron Rodgers. That's not that's not

484
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Speaker 1: that's Aaron Rodgers. What do you what are you saying? Look,

485
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Speaker 1: new news flash, pop culture update. I don't think that's

486
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Speaker 1: in the mix anymore. Because Aaron Rodgers and his fiance

487
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,119
Speaker 1: had a breakup, he may not be wanting to go

488
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Speaker 1: to the West Coast and live in Denver anymore. So

489
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Speaker 1: now we're go talk about Drew Lock and others, and

490
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Speaker 1: Roger stays in Green Bay and kind of licks his

491
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Speaker 1: wound and fine and plast his next move. So that's

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Speaker 1: why I'm saying that Drew Lock and whoever is going

493
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Speaker 1: to be the quarterback as opposed to Aaron Rodgers, because

494
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Speaker 1: he's smarting from a very difficult breakup did he experienced

495
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Speaker 1: over the weekend? Okay, I mean I think that's fair.

496
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Speaker 1: There's some geographic issues there that will have to deal with,

497
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Speaker 1: But I think look, the Broncos, whether it's true Lock

498
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Speaker 1: or Aaron rod I mean, look at nine, they could

499
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Speaker 1: very well get the first quarterback off the board right

500
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,000
Speaker 1: there this in this year's draft. So maybe that's something,

501
00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,159
Speaker 1: of course, something that we'll be talking about here in

502
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Speaker 1: the next few weeks. That was one of our favorite

503
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Speaker 1: segments all season along our rookie report cards. We gave

504
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Speaker 1: him out to each of the rookies who were star

505
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Speaker 1: games throughout the course of the regular season, which I

506
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Speaker 1: think ended up being a lot more rookie quarterbacks getting

507
00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,560
Speaker 1: significant action than we had really anticipated. But uh, this

508
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Speaker 1: was fun and so now it's kind of the culmination

509
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Speaker 1: of all of those grades here guys, so Bucky as

510
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Speaker 1: you had all year long Trevor Lawrence, you're following him

511
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Speaker 1: this past year's number one overall pick. Certainly some ups

512
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Speaker 1: and downs there where do we land with Trevor Lawrence's

513
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Speaker 1: final grade? So we got Trevor Lawrence's C minus for

514
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Speaker 1: his efforts, and some of it is not his own fault,

515
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Speaker 1: like he was dealing with a mess down in Jacksonville

516
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Speaker 1: with the head coach and all the turmoil that he

517
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Speaker 1: had to deal with. But I would say the best

518
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Speaker 1: thing that came out of this is watching Trevor Lawrence

519
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Speaker 1: mature as the leader of the franchise. And if you're

520
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Speaker 1: a Jaguars fan, if you're a Jaguars of Fisher, what

521
00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,080
Speaker 1: you're hopeful of is that he matches out with Doug Peterson.

522
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Speaker 1: They find a way to kind of meet in the

523
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Speaker 1: middle when it comes to what he knows and what

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Speaker 1: he likes to do offensively, and that enables the number

525
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Speaker 1: one overall pick to really go and have a major

526
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Speaker 1: jumping year two as he settles in at the position.

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Speaker 1: All Right, I'm gonna keep things moving here, guys. I'm

528
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Speaker 1: gonna get to Zack Wilson with the Jets and his

529
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Speaker 1: report card, and I'm gonna give him a grade of

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Speaker 1: a C. I don't think he started off as a CE.

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Speaker 1: Probably a lot of that, but he did see some

532
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Speaker 1: improvement from him throughout the year, specifically with decision making.

533
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Speaker 1: Now the accuracy does need to improve. You see a

534
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Speaker 1: little sticker there on the report card a little time

535
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Speaker 1: for summer school. He just got to get his feet

536
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Speaker 1: back dialed in. If he can get his feet dialed

537
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Speaker 1: in and his work in the off season, I don't

538
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Speaker 1: know if he's gonna go back and work with John

539
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Speaker 1: Beck again or not, but just cleaning some of that

540
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Speaker 1: up that will impact his accuracy going forward, and hopefully

541
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Speaker 1: they keep some of those skill position guys healthy. A

542
00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:42,400
Speaker 1: lot of those guys are hurt down the stretch, guys.

543
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:47,520
Speaker 1: Time for Mac Jones and for Mac we had some

544
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Speaker 1: fun uh, you know, throwing out these grades all season long,

545
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Speaker 1: and yeah, Mac and a minus I think kind of

546
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Speaker 1: surprised everybody with how fluidly and how smooth he was

547
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Speaker 1: in taking control all of this Patriots offense and doing

548
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,480
Speaker 1: exactly what Josh McDaniels and Bill Belichick asked him to

549
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 1: do each and every week. That's why you see the

550
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,840
Speaker 1: franchise fit note there on the left hand side, the

551
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,240
Speaker 1: summer school. Part of this thing for Mac Jones, guys

552
00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,440
Speaker 1: is elevate. Elevate your game, elevate your potential to make

553
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,359
Speaker 1: big plays within the framework of this offense. Elevate the

554
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Speaker 1: guys around you to continue to help your offense make

555
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Speaker 1: those big plays. And then I think down the stretch.

556
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Speaker 1: While he was good most of the season with limiting turnovers,

557
00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,720
Speaker 1: down the stretch, ball kind of got away a little

558
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,600
Speaker 1: bit and got into the hands of the opposing defenses.

559
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Speaker 1: So let's take care of the football a bit more,

560
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 1: but still finding ways to create more of those big plays.

561
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Speaker 1: He's got that capability, just time now to just kind

562
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:44,640
Speaker 1: of elevate a couple of the other aspects of the game. Hey, Buck,

563
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,280
Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw it, but Rhett, you

564
00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,040
Speaker 1: know it was down in Cabo, just getting a little

565
00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 1: r and argument, a little vacation time, and I thought,

566
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Speaker 1: you know what, most guys go on the beach and

567
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,560
Speaker 1: they just have their bathing suit on. He was wearing

568
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,080
Speaker 1: his Mac Jones Pro Bowl jersey. Was a little extra,

569
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Speaker 1: but that's just that's how he was. Who's very very much.

570
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,840
Speaker 1: So it look I I have it here, I have

571
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 1: it here, and I just know if I was back

572
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,560
Speaker 1: in school, I want rit to be my teacher. So

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna take over, and I'm Trey Lance what a

574
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,160
Speaker 1: real teacher would do. So I'm looking at Trey Lance

575
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,440
Speaker 1: and I'm trying to figure out what great to give.

576
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 1: And right now I'm gonna give him an incomplete because

577
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,879
Speaker 1: he doesn't he didn't log enough snaps for us to

578
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,840
Speaker 1: really do a true assessment on what he is and

579
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,200
Speaker 1: what he could be at the next level. So Trey

580
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 1: Lance needs more reps. He needs more work. He also

581
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,880
Speaker 1: needs a little summer school so we can figure out

582
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Speaker 1: what his final grade will be and see if he's

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Speaker 1: eligible to participate next year in class. If he was

584
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,200
Speaker 1: in rest class, he would have an age just because

585
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 1: Rid gives the all age. It's the only grade that

586
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 1: I think he has in his letter grade you just wait. No,

587
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 1: I think that's accurate. By the way, no group projects

588
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,520
Speaker 1: next year for Trey Lance, Jimmy Granflo, You're gonna be there,

589
00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: so it's gonna be all his. Uh, let's keep it

590
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 1: rolling with Justin Fields. I give Justin Fields a C plus. Um.

591
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,639
Speaker 1: You know some of the things that jump out when

592
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,679
Speaker 1: you watched him. I mean, look, the arm strength is

593
00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 1: absolutely real. I would like to see him uses that

594
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,440
Speaker 1: this doesn't him a little bit more than he did,

595
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,119
Speaker 1: be a little more aggressive with his legs because we

596
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,240
Speaker 1: know what he can do there. Um. I just want

597
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,000
Speaker 1: to see a little uptick in the urgency and I

598
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,200
Speaker 1: think that's gonna come with a little more confidence, getting

599
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,359
Speaker 1: a little more comfortable at the NFL level. I think

600
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,160
Speaker 1: you'll see him play a little bit faster. Um. But man,

601
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,000
Speaker 1: it's it's exciting times there for the Bears because you

602
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:21,840
Speaker 1: saw glimpses, those flashes of what Justin Fields can do. Guys,

603
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,560
Speaker 1: I don't know that we expected to see a ton

604
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,879
Speaker 1: of Davis Mills this season for the Houston Texans, but

605
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:30,679
Speaker 1: he certainly took this offense and took the opportunity by

606
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,399
Speaker 1: the Horns down in Houston. I guess that's something we

607
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:37,320
Speaker 1: could say. I'll give them a D and minus here, guys.

608
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 1: I think there's one thing we can all agree on

609
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,800
Speaker 1: is that Davis Mills was the most improved rookie quarterback

610
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,120
Speaker 1: out of this entire bunch. But it wasn't pretty when

611
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:47,800
Speaker 1: he started. But again, he wasn't getting a lot of

612
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,600
Speaker 1: those first team reps. That was all Torn Taylor during

613
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Speaker 1: training camp. And then Tyrod goes down Week two. He's

614
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,840
Speaker 1: forced into the action and you know, went oh and

615
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:58,280
Speaker 1: six more interceptions than touchdowns. But then when they gave

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Speaker 1: him the opportunity to settle things back down, get a

617
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 1: little bit more comfortable within the framework of the offense,

618
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,760
Speaker 1: then send him back out for the final five games.

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Speaker 1: His final five starts got a nine touchdown to two

620
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,120
Speaker 1: interception t d d I and T ratio is passer

621
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 1: rating went up by more than twenty points from the

622
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,680
Speaker 1: first stretch as a starter, and I think really benefited

623
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Speaker 1: from both the early experience and that time in the

624
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 1: middle where he got to watch and see how things

625
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 1: really developed and really put all that to good use.

626
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of hope for Davis Mills

627
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 1: in Houston, something that franchise certainly desperately needs. Okay, here's

628
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 1: how it looks are rookie report card finale. We've got

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Speaker 1: a couple of seas, guys, three seas and then why

630
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:44,840
Speaker 1: am I the only one with the a's and b's.

631
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Speaker 1: What's this? I feel I feel like you guys, uh

632
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,000
Speaker 1: might have been just a little bit rough, a little

633
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 1: bit harsh with some of those grades. Look at the numbers.

634
00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 1: I mean the numbers. Hey wait, wait, look, we didn't

635
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 1: take the test. We just grade the tests. That's a scantron.

636
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,280
Speaker 1: Come on, Well, what I didn't give you on the

637
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 1: numbers was that you know, in case you didn't know before,

638
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,200
Speaker 1: Mac Jones was better than a certain guy named Tom

639
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 1: Brady in their first season starting um and a lot

640
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,040
Speaker 1: of those categories that we really want to go by numbers.

641
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:18,440
Speaker 1: I felt like the A minus was pretty justified. Yes,

642
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 1: I agree, is the right words. And now time to

643
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,800
Speaker 1: send the Steelers into the body shop. Yes, we're back

644
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 1: with the body shop. Here, I'll move the sticks. Looking

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Speaker 1: at the rest of the A. F C. North and

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Speaker 1: Bucky gonna start here with the Pittsburgh Steelers. We talked

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Speaker 1: about how they're overhauling the defensive coaching staff a bit,

648
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Speaker 1: Brian Flores, Tarrell Austin, assuming new roles now within that franchise,

649
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Speaker 1: they've got six picks outside of the compensatory pick formula

650
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Speaker 1: and the tenth most cap space in the league right now, Bucky,

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Speaker 1: what's priority number one for this franchise? Um? You know,

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Speaker 1: obviously with Ben Roethlisberger now gone as their starting quarterback, well,

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Speaker 1: I mean, like quote, quarterback is obviously going to be

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Speaker 1: the number one thing that Pittsburgh Steelers hathors, whether they

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Speaker 1: be Evins in the building with Mason Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins,

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Speaker 1: whether it's out of the building and they have to

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Speaker 1: use draft capital or freeatives, they have to fix the

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Speaker 1: quarterback situation. That said, I still think they need to

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Speaker 1: continue to work on finding a playmaker on the outside.

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Speaker 1: I know Deonte Johnson went to the Pro Bowl. He

661
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Speaker 1: was their number one receiver by a wide margin. But

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Speaker 1: they need better on the perimeter. That's either getting Chase

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Speaker 1: Claypool to play better or finding a difference maker in

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Speaker 1: the draft that can give them that steady atti production

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Speaker 1: on the outside and over the middle of the field.

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Speaker 1: This is a team that is routinely found receivers outside

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Speaker 1: of the first round and had a ton of success

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Speaker 1: developing them. It has to be a playmaker somewhere in

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Speaker 1: the draft that becomes a big time contributor in the

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Speaker 1: offense this season. Well, guys, to kind of use the

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Speaker 1: college football term here, I think they're gonna have to

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Speaker 1: go to the transfer portal to get their quarterback. I

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Speaker 1: don't think their quarterback is currently on campus. And to me,

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Speaker 1: I look at the options that they have. You can

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Speaker 1: pull out some interesting free agents, but everything I heard

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Speaker 1: down the Senior Bowl, everybody in their mother expects Malik

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Speaker 1: Willis if he's there, to be the pick of the

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers. There's very rare at this time of year

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Speaker 1: you can connect the prospect with a team with much accuracy.

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Speaker 1: But man, everybody in the league sees this coming, and

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Speaker 1: to me, it looks like them almost kind of mirroring

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Speaker 1: their franchise and their team off of a team in

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Speaker 1: their division with the Baltimore Ravens. You have you load up,

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Speaker 1: you have a really good defense, You've got an athletic

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Speaker 1: quarterback who can create make some things happen. He's got

686
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Speaker 1: upside as a pastor, you think there's more room for

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Speaker 1: him to grow there. Um, but would bring some excitement.

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Speaker 1: And when you've got so many defensive minded folks in

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Speaker 1: that building, man, a quarterback that can run, shrink the game,

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Speaker 1: just don't turn the ball over. They sign up for that.

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Speaker 1: I've seen this before in Pittsburgh because years ago a

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Speaker 1: little playmaking quarterback Cordell Stewart slash has some success with

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Speaker 1: Bill Cower, they were able to go to an a

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Speaker 1: f C championship game kind of reliant on a formula

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Speaker 1: that is similar to the one that you're alluding to. DJ.

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Speaker 1: So maybe, just maybe they turned back the clock and

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Speaker 1: find a way to get a with an athletic quarterback

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Speaker 1: in the in the fall Steelers GM Kevin Colbert saying,

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Speaker 1: as a matter of fact today that look, if we

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Speaker 1: had to start today, if we had to roll out

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Speaker 1: of team today, Mason Rudolph would be their starter five

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Speaker 1: four and one in his nine starts in his previous career.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, maybe gives them the luxury then of having

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Speaker 1: that young quarterback, uh to not pressure him into a

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Speaker 1: starting situation if need be. Okay, guys, let's keep the

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Speaker 1: body shop rolling here and let's welcome in the Baltimore

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Speaker 1: Ravens into the body shop here and d J again,

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Speaker 1: this is a team where like if they get if

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Speaker 1: they at least get healthy, I feel like it's a

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Speaker 1: it's a playoff team again, right. Yeah, no, absolutely, they

711
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Speaker 1: have got to get healthy. They missed so many key

712
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Speaker 1: pieces and really running Stanley being healthy is going to

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Speaker 1: be huge for them running. They still need to address

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Speaker 1: that offensive line. They're gonna lose some guys in free agency.

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Speaker 1: Believe Boseman's a free agent as well. Uh So, the

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Speaker 1: ability to get healthy as you see this list of

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Speaker 1: key players that miss games, address that offensive line, um

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Speaker 1: and maybe getting a little bit younger along that offensive front.

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Speaker 1: Those would be some of the priorities for this team

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Speaker 1: in the off season. Yeah, DJ, They certainly have to

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Speaker 1: get healthy. They have to re examine everything when it

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Speaker 1: comes to dealing with their players, strength and conditioning, schedule,

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Speaker 1: practice schedule, all those things. But a number more priority

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Speaker 1: for the Ravens has to be getting Lamar Jackson back

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Speaker 1: on track. He needs to play at the m v

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Speaker 1: P level for this offense to really flourish. He didn't

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Speaker 1: do that a season ago. Yes, he made some improvements

728
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Speaker 1: at time as a passer, but we didn't see these

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Speaker 1: special Lamar Jackson. The Ravens have to find a way

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Speaker 1: to make that Jackson come back. I think that has

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Speaker 1: to be the number one off season project, getting Lamar

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Speaker 1: Jackson to play at the m v P level again.

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Speaker 1: I think it's the most complex contract negotiation that we

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Speaker 1: have right now in this offseason. Team is looking to,

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Speaker 1: you know, shell out big deals. Lamar Jackson serving as

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Speaker 1: his own agent. That can get a little bit uncomfortable, uh,

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Speaker 1: dealing there with Eric the Costa, general manager of the

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Speaker 1: Ravens and then trying to assess the value of him

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Speaker 1: and how he plays the game and how long do

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Speaker 1: you want to commit into the future. I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: a tricky one that's gonna a very delicate situation for

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Speaker 1: them in the off season. Yeah, and but DJ, you

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Speaker 1: had Trevor Penning the Northern Iowa offensive tackle as the

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Speaker 1: Ravens selection in your first mock draft. It certainly makes

745
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Speaker 1: sense seeing some of the injuries that they've had to

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Speaker 1: deal with as they may have to shuffle some pieces

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Speaker 1: along that front to keep those guys dominant, to keep

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Speaker 1: that a big part of what they do on offensive

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Speaker 1: moving forward. Great day down in New Orleans Saturday at

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Speaker 1: the HBCU Legacy Bowl. Patrick mahomes on hand as an

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Speaker 1: honorary captain in the game featuring the top and draft

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Speaker 1: eligible players from historically black colleges and universities, and pitted

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Speaker 1: Team Gaither named after Florida and M University coaching great

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Speaker 1: Jake Gaither against Team Robinson, which of course is named

755
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Speaker 1: after Grambling State coaching legend Eddie Robinson, and Team Gaither

756
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Speaker 1: with the win twenty two to six down at Yeoman

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Speaker 1: Stadium in New Orleans. Bucky Brooks part of all of

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Speaker 1: it there, uh and a part of the broadcast team

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Speaker 1: for our production of it here on NFL Network. Bucky

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Speaker 1: your your thoughts on which you saw down from the

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Speaker 1: week in New Orleans. Think it was a great opportunity

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Speaker 1: for a lot of HBCU players and coaches to kind

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Speaker 1: of network and showcase their talents in front of NFL personnel.

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Speaker 1: And there are a couple of guys that stood out

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Speaker 1: while you're watching the practices, a Quill Glass and quarterback

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Speaker 1: from Alabama and m came down there with a lot

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Speaker 1: of hype and he certainly delivered during the practice week.

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Speaker 1: Had the best arm of anyone in attendance. He has

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Speaker 1: the ability to really put up big time throws and

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Speaker 1: you've seen it throughout this time in the Alabama and

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Speaker 1: then with twelve thousand passing yards a hundred nine touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: he's a big time gamer. And then the other guy

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Speaker 1: that stood out was Deshaun Dixon, edge rusher from Norfolk State,

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Speaker 1: long six five sixty pounds. You see the first step,

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Speaker 1: quickness and burst. He's one of those guys who has

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Speaker 1: the rare ability to turn speed into power. With fourteen

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Speaker 1: and a half sacks a half tackles for loss, he

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Speaker 1: is someone that is squarely on the radar of NFL scouts.

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Speaker 1: Everybody's trying to find pass rushers and this is such

780
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Speaker 1: a deep group, but when you can match up the

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Speaker 1: production with the athleticism, it gets a lot of teams excited. Uh,

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Speaker 1: d J. I know when when we chat about the

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Speaker 1: prospects that you've been watching, you know, every now and then,

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Speaker 1: you know, flip on a tape and you know something

785
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 1: might not generally pop out, uh, you know with every player,

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Speaker 1: but then every now and then you get one where

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Speaker 1: you're like whoa, and it's it's like a little espresso

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Speaker 1: shot right. And so for this new segment, we're calling

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Speaker 1: in the sticks right, So essentially you're trying I don't

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Speaker 1: know if it's the opposite of seeing the forest through

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Speaker 1: the trees, but you've found a prospect you love here. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And then let's start with today's edition down to Western Michigan. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: just a little off the path right and out there

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Speaker 1: in the stick. So I'm gonna go sky More two. Wise,

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Speaker 1: by the way, I love that sky More is he's

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Speaker 1: got he's from the mac. He gave me a little

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00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 1: bit of an Antonio Brown vibe. In terms of on

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Speaker 1: the field, I'm talking about fully fully clothed in his uniform. Um,

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Speaker 1: he's got outstanding stop start quickness, he tracks the ball well,

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Speaker 1: he's tough. He's already made slot receiver. So to me, Um,

801
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:55,040
Speaker 1: he's one of the more interesting wide receivers. I think

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00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: he's probably gonna go late day two, maybe even sneaks

803
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,920
Speaker 1: into day three, but gonna be an standing pro who

804
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 1: has a great fit there as a slot. And one

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Speaker 1: of the reasons why he's been so productive is because

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Speaker 1: he's a worker. He's a grinder, much like Bucky and myself.

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Speaker 1: Rhet on the other hand, in the in the middle

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Speaker 1: of our crunch season where Bucky and I are just

809
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Speaker 1: trying to make things work. I mean, we are out

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Speaker 1: here and we are in Cabo. We're probably enjoying some beverages.

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Speaker 1: Um a little bit sunburned. I mean hashtag Margarita's hashtag,

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Speaker 1: Mexico travel. I'm you know, I'm hashtag moved tight end,

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Speaker 1: I'm hashtag combo. You know, interior offensive lineman. It's just

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Speaker 1: a different life we lead, that's all. Maybe it's maybe

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Speaker 1: it's because I just I was grinding a little bit

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Speaker 1: more and needed just a couple of days to then

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Speaker 1: settle everything back down, so I can I can't tell

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Speaker 1: if you whitened your teeth or got that much sun.

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Speaker 1: It's one of the two. Yeah, a little little bit

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Speaker 1: of both. Stay away from the organic sunscreen. Let me

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Speaker 1: just h it's a scam. Alright, that's it for us.

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Speaker 1: Here on, move the steaks. We'll see you next week.

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Speaker 1: Guys went to moment