WEBVTT - Daniel Jeremiah's Thoughts on the Jets Draft & GM Joe Douglas Pre-Draft Interview (4/19) 0:00:04.440 --> 0:00:08.520 Hey, Jets fans, the time is finally upon us. It 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:12.039 is draft week throughout the National Football League and here 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:15.400 at One Jets Drive to preview what's ahead. We had 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:21.240 an opportunity to talk to NFL Networks draft guru Daniel Jeremiah. 0:00:21.360 --> 0:00:24.280 Nobody knows the draft as well as DJ. And then 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:28.560 also Joe Douglas, the Jets football architect who will make 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:32.600 the Jets selections next weekend talk to the media here 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:36.240 at One Jets Drive and Caroline Hunter shot talk to him. 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:39.600 So we're gonna right now on the pod this week 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:42.680 talk to DJ, get his thoughts on the top prospects, 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:46.520 and then Caroline is gonna go take a deep dive 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:51.720 with Joe Douglas on the Jets football architects pre draft 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:56.040 process in the final days the weight it's almost over, DJ, 0:00:56.760 --> 0:01:00.800 let's start your analysis right now with quarter back out 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:06.720 of Appellationian State, Daniel Jeremiah, give me the scoutary report 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:08.319 that dude coming out. 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:14.080 Yeah, we're gonna go with fin frame, durability concerns. There's 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:18.479 been some injury history there. Decent athlete, you can run 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:20.440 around a little bit. Although he's not gonna hold up 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:23.800 if he if he plays that recklessly. Arm strength well 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:30.080 below average. Uh, there's there's definitely Uh time, tends to 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:32.440 be a little aggressive, doesn't have the arm to back 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:34.840 that up, gets himself in some trouble that way. But 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:36.880 a good kid, you gonna work hard, give you everything 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:38.119 he's got. That's that's it. 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:40.600 I love it. So let's fast forward a couple of 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:44.440 years to Daniel Jeremiah working in Baltimore with a young 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:47.760 Joe Douglas. What was j D like during that time? 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:51.840 Yeah, I mean Joe's I don't know that he's changed much. 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:54.240 You know, he's he's always kind of been the same guy, 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:57.360 very comfortable in his own skin, well liked by everybody, 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:01.920 worked really really hard for h you know, I go 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.200 back to just the days where we play basketball together. 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:08.040 So he's uh, very you know, very competitive, but not 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:10.959 gonna say a lot. I'm gonna just play real physical 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.960 and tough. But yeah, no, I don't know that you'll 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.040 find anybody have a bad word to say about Joe. 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:17.440 It's it's easy. 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:19.480 He's an easy guy to like and an easy guy 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:19.960 to root for. 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:22.600 Do you guys keep him at the low blocks? I 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:25.080 mean he's only six foot four, but he's got that 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:25.840 wide body. 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:29.760 Yeah, he's an offensive rebounder and then he's not gonna 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:32.800 take a lot of shots. But you know, if you 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:34.400 you know, if you can get him the ball down low, 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:36.800 he's you know, he can back you up, thro thro 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:39.600 his backside at you, and flip one in every now 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:41.880 and then. But he's he's more of a he's he's 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:46.080 more of a defensive rebounding guy on the on the court. 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:49.520 Okay, okay, So speaking of rebounding, let's get to the 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:51.840 meat and potatoes of it for the Jets at number 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:54.160 ten overall, what do you think about the landscape he 0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:54.760 is facing. 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:57.959 I'm fascinated by it. I think there's a couple of 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.720 different avenues you could look at there. You know, I 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:04.720 did what I called my my chaos mock draft the 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:07.320 last time we did it out of semi boredom. 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:10.320 You cause a lot of headlines with that one I did. 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:11.960 I had some fun with that one, but I just thought, 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:13.920 you know, if the Chargers want to move out, the 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:15.880 Jets are all in, let's try and make a trade 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:17.880 here where they can get up and get Marvin Harrison Junior. 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:21.120 I don't think they'll be that bold in this draft. 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.359 With the with the limited picks that they have, I 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:25.760 think if you're thinking of, you know, is there a 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:27.400 chance that Jets move up at all? I think it 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:30.480 would be a maybe a little baby move just to 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:33.240 get ahead of the Chicago Bears. If if somehow at 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:36.120 Douneesay was there at that point in time, I think 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.960 he would make a lot of sense from that standpoint. 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:42.000 But outside of that, if they stay where they are, 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:44.960 I think you've got a decision coming down to you know, 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:48.480 Brock Bauers a tight end versus the you know, the 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:51.800 top available offensive tackles, So that to me would kind 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:53.880 of frame you know, what direction they want to go 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:55.600 and and what they feel their need? 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:55.920 Is there? 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:58.800 How unique of a draft is this at the top, 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:03.320 because I your top fifty overall prospects, you have three 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:07.000 receivers going two, three, four, and then they afore mentioned 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:07.880 Bauers seven. 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:13.400 Yeah, I mean I've got them, you know, rated so highly, 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:15.680 and I don't think there's a lot of separation between 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:18.840 those three wideouts. So we've got three of the top 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:21.039 four players in the draft are wide receivers. I don't 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:23.960 know that I've ever had that before, and they're all 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:26.640 deserving of being up there, and then it's a you know, 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:28.560 there's a drop off after those three guys, but then 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.440 another wave of wide receivers and it's a good class there. 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:35.680 I don't know that I remember as offensive heavy top 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:38.080 of the draft as we have. I mean literally, you 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:40.839 can go through the top ten and just use three 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:44.320 positions and go, Okay, we're just gonna shop for quarterbacks, tackles, 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:46.520 and receivers and we can fill out the entire top 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.159 ten of the draft and you wouldn't be really a 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:49.040 reach on anybody. 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:53.160 Most likely scenario for the Jets though, you think Marvin 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:56.880 Harrison and Malik Neighbors gone by the time we get 0:04:57.000 --> 0:05:01.520 to seven eight ish, because you've mentioned the possibility of 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:04.200 a if you are going to move up, maybe roma 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:06.800 Doonsday is still on the board and brock Bauers could 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:07.960 still be there a ton right. 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:13.160 Yeah, No, I would give Jets fans hope from this standpoint. 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:17.800 I remember, you know, the big Draft, the Sauce Gardner Draft, 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:21.279 and thinking, Okay, you've got Garrett Wilson and Sauce Gardner, 0:05:21.360 --> 0:05:23.200 like that's a tough That's a tough one for me. 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:25.400 I think that was like my third and fourth ranked 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:26.719 players or something like that. 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:28.080 And then I. 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:32.480 Thought, there's no way Garrett Wilson gets to them at 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:34.960 that point in time, after after Sauce, and I'm like, 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.280 holy crap, like that all just kind of it all 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:39.839 just worked out. It just all magically worked out. So 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:42.760 I'm sitting there going, there's no way Rome gets there. 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:44.840 He's the perfect fit. Like, if you ask me who 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:47.280 is the perfect player to fit in with this group 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:50.040 that they have, it would be him because Mike Williams 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.440 can Now you don't have to rush him back when 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:55.839 he gets back. You have Garrett and Rome can play 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:57.640 inside if you want him to. So you get some 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:01.200 interchangeable parts there, and now you've got some real depth 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:03.359 at that position, which you didn't have last year. So that, 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:05.520 to me is the home run pick. And I didn't 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:07.479 I don't see that that could happen. But I also 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:10.480 didn't envision, you know, that that draft went the way 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:12.440 that it did. I didn't envision Brice Hall was going 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:14.360 to be there in the second round. I didn't envision, 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.320 you know, that you'd get the best pass thresher in 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:19.920 the draft down there in the twenties. It just that 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:22.760 one fell for him. So I'm not going to rule 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.640 out the chance that maybe this is the second version 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:27.320 of that and somehow Dounsday's there at ten. 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:30.200 If Rome's the home run pick, I'm going to put 0:06:30.240 --> 0:06:32.719 you on the spot. These love baseball. We know the 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:37.000 Padres are your team. Give me the triple, the double, 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:40.880 and the single for the Jets, because one thing that's 0:06:40.960 --> 0:06:43.440 caught my year the way you've been talking about the 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:48.120 tackles is you said you wake up every day feeling 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:52.160 a little bit differently about each of the top five tackles. 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.840 Yeah, and not that I fall out of love with 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:59.440 any of them, just I appreciate the strengths of different 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:03.200 guys in what they do. Like a great example, if 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:06.360 you told me that they got you know, either Bowers 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:10.000 as the tight end, or you said they got Fatanu 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:14.160 from Washington or they got Fuaga from Oregon State, I 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:17.120 would be equally excited with any of those three picks. 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:20.960 And they all are distinctly different guys with different strengths 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:26.320 to me, like Fatanu with his ability to play basically 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:29.160 any of the five positions. We all know the injury 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:31.200 history the Jets have had on this offensive line. We 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:33.360 know that they've added two thirty three year old tackles. 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:36.640 Having a guy that can that can move around wherever 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.040 you need him to combined with vera Tucker who can 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:41.920 move around wherever you need him to play, that provides 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:45.840 you a tremendous, tremendous asset there. And then you talk 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:49.440 about Fuaga. You know you can play you know, right tackle, 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:52.960 can play guard. There's some there's some versatility there as well. 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:55.600 I don't think he's quite as versatile as Fatano, but again, 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:59.160 somebody who you know, he brings something specific to the table. 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:02.720 So I think the Jets are in a great spot 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.680 with what they need and the directions that they can go, 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:09.160 you know, whether it's receiver, tight end, offensive line. I 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:11.720 think they're in a great position to really help their 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:12.320 offense here. 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:16.760 You've spoken about eleven, twelve, thirteen, that each of those 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:21.880 teams could be interested in quarterbacks. Any possibility there not 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.440 for that slight move up, but a slight move back 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:25.240 for the Jets. 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:27.560 Yeah, I would be all for it. You know that, 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:31.440 you know, get some extra picks here, slide back a 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:33.560 few spots. It is a you know, you have to 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:36.160 be comfortable with several of these tackles, which I you 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:39.360 know I could talk myself into it, so yeah, I don't. 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:39.640 I don't. 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:43.040 I you're trying to convince the you know, the Raiders 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:47.600 or the Broncos to get ahead of the Minnesota Vikings. 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:49.520 You know, if you're the Jets and you're a Jets fan, 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:52.560 you're hoping that you don't see the trade up for 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:55.200 the you know, for the quarterback too early there, because 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.280 that could you could have some value to be able 0:08:57.320 --> 0:08:59.480 to move back on the other side of that coin. 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.880 If people moving up for quarterbacks, maybe that's pushing down 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:06.439 you know, the dunesday scenario that falls into your lap. 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:09.080 So you can look at this each each way. Here, 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:12.000 I just know whether they whether they stay where they are, 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:14.680 maybe slightly move up a little bit for one player, 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:18.800 or slightly move back. I think it's their position really 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:20.679 really well for what they need to get accomplished. 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:23.520 How much do you like the depth in this wide 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:26.120 receiver class? Because if the Jets don't go wide out 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:30.040 round one, Yeah, what options could be there on the 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.560 board in three that would make a lot of sense 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:33.400 for this team. 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:36.440 Yeah, I mean, everybody's gonna have these guys in different order. 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:40.559 For me, I'm a Malachi Corley fan. I like him 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:44.080 a lot from Western Kentucky's great after the catch, just 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:46.280 so physical and so tough. I think that's probably the 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:50.319 sweet spot of where he goes. Roman Wilson's another one 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:53.120 out of Michigan who's got some real juice, some real 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:56.160 speed and can kind of play in there in the slot. 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:58.439 So those would be a couple guys who would be 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:00.480 intriguing to me. I think at the beginning of process 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:02.920 you has said Ricky Piersall would be a great third 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:05.360 round pick. I think he's run his way out of that. 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:07.320 He's run his way into the second round, so I 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:09.040 think he'll be long gone at that point in time. 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:13.880 Developmental quarterback if the Jets go in that direction on 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:17.360 Day three or some names that you. 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:20.439 Like, Yeah, Rattler's the one I would say would be 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:23.600 the top one out of South Carolina. You know, there's 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:26.760 obviously a lot of ability. There is big time recruit 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:30.240 going into Oklahoma. You got better at South Carolina last 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:32.559 couple of years. All the stuff you hear there has 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:36.320 been positive in terms of the leadership, character, maturity. 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:36.240 All that. 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:38.040 So that would be the first one, and then I 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:40.800 would say Leary would be the next one out of Kentucky, 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:43.840 former NC state quarterback. I think there's something to work 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:47.000 with there. But those would be the two guys. Pratt 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.120 is the one that gets mentioned as, you know, as 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:51.319 kind of someone that's intriguing. So that would be the 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:52.679 order that I would have him. I would have it 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:54.680 Spencer Rattler, I would have it Leary, then I'd have 0:10:54.679 --> 0:10:55.839 it Pratt DJ. 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:59.200 Where's the best stup going to be found there on 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:00.800 day three? 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:04.800 In terms of value, Yeah, I think corners, you know, 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:08.760 I think there's you know, corners. Uh, look, if you 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:11.040 just go in the in the seventh round and you 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:13.160 haven't watched any of these players and just went up 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:15.640 to the board and grabbed every six foot corner that 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:18.240 ran low four four, just grab them and be like, okay, 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:19.800 well just pick we're gonna get one of these guys. 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:22.600 And just they're lottery tickets, you know, just just take 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:25.240 those lottery tickets and and and every now and then 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:27.400 you're gonna hit on one worst case scenario, you've got 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:29.679 a practice squad kid you can work with and develop. 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:32.720 But to me, at that point in the draft, you're 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:33.840 just gambling on traits. 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:37.160 Speaking of trades, how about the running back position. The 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:40.120 Jets drafted is Yobana Khana last year. They have one 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.040 of the best backs in the National Football League in 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:44.520 Preset Hall. But if they're going to add to the 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:47.000 stable there on day three, you got a pair of 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:51.520 fourth round selections obviously, Yeah, yeah. 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:51.679 I can give you a couple. 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:52.200 To me. 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:54.800 I think there's like, if you're looking for complimentary pieces, 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:56.920 there's there's a couple of different ways you can go here. 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:00.320 I really like Ray Davis is kind of a you know, 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.160 as a physical back. He's five a's two hundred and 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:06.160 eleven pounds, but he's run really really hard. Out of Kentucky. 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:09.079 He would be kind of in that vein, in that mode. 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:13.199 I like Isaac Garrindo from Louisville. He ran his butt off. 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.600 He ran the low four threes. I don't think he's 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:17.520 the most elusive guy in the world, but he's got 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:19.600 some size and some real speed, you know, to break 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.000 away and do things there. My late one that I 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:24.080 just watched the other day who I really liked was 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:29.679 Blake Watson from Memphis. I mean he's he's five nine 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:31.320 and a half, two hundred pounds. He ran four to 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:35.559 four flat. He was an old dominion transfer who has 0:12:35.600 --> 0:12:38.240 got tons of production at Memphis, running the ball, catching 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:41.040 the ball, he's got explosives, he worked out well, didn't 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:44.000 get invited to comb I have no idea why, but 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:46.640 to me, that's Memphis has been a running back factory 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:49.440 and this guy's got excellent production. So that, to me 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:51.760 is one that I had circled there on Day three. 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:54.800 And you mentioned at the beginning of your conference call 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:58.240 with the national media media that bottom line when you're 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:02.080 looking at headlines for this draft offense, offense, offense. So 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:05.199 you think that, hey, when we're done in Detroit April 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:08.560 twenty seventh, and you're an NFL network, you're talking about 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:12.600 that theme being the prevailing one coming out of the 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:13.199 Motor City. 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:17.679 I think so it is. It's a league with a 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:19.880 lot of young quarterbacks right now, and it's a league 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:23.040 that's going to welcome in a handful more in this draft, 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:25.280 and I think you're going to see this draft as 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:28.520 one to serve those young quarterbacks, and you know it's 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:30.920 something that's a priority for these teams, and it just 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.679 happens to be what the draft class has given us. 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:37.119 Let's end here. You've been calling the games of the Chargers, 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:40.200 Mike Williams, What do the Jets have in this new 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:43.920 receiver and how excited are you to see him get 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:46.599 paired up with the future Hall of Famer here in 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:47.400 Aaron Rodgers. 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:51.720 Yeah, he is. I'll full honesty, and six years of 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:54.920 doing the Chargers, there's not a player that I've been 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:58.240 around that I enjoyed more than Mike Williams. I could 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:00.000 put him right up there is my favorite. 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:00.560 He is. 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:04.720 He is the best dude who everybody in the building 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:07.640 is gonna know and love, who's never had a bad day. 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:10.800 So you start first of all with the person. He's 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:13.719 an energy giver. Everybody's gonna love being around him. As 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:16.840 a player, he found ways and the big games the 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.480 Chargers have been in the last six years and big wins. 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:21.800 He had a major part of it. He loves the 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:25.240 big stage, he loves big moments. He's as good as 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:28.320 fifty to fifty ball catch guy as I've ever ever 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:31.440 been around. He's outstanding there and has kind of a 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.680 he has a little flair for the dramatics. So I 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:36.000 think with the Jets with Aaron Rodgers, with a lot 0:14:36.000 --> 0:14:40.880 on the line, New York, the attention, big games primetime. 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:44.600 I think this is kind of made for Mike Williams. 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:49.080 Jill welcome into the studio. But first and foremost, there's 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.160 a lot going on this week. Aaron Rodgers and the 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:54.400 guys are back for the offseason program and draft is 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:57.640 next week. What's the most exciting time for you about 0:14:57.640 --> 0:14:58.360 this period of time? 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:00.440 Yeah, I think I think a rams up once the 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:03.200 players get back, you know, and you see the small faces, 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:05.600 you see the guys dapping each other up and having 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:07.960 fun on the field, and you know they're just the 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:11.560 energy changes, you know, and and everything ramps up, and 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:15.400 you know it's draft time shortly after that. So but 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:18.520 we've had some great meetings leading up to this week 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:23.120 and a lot of hard work by our coaches, our scouts, analytics, 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:27.240 football add and everybody operations. And it's really god iss 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:30.120 to this point where we're ready to ready to attack 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:31.200 this draft next week. 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:34.280 What is this pre draft process like for you and 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:35.840 your team? 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:38.760 It's it's it's hectic, it's busy. 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:39.000 You know. 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:42.760 We we wrapped up our we're allowed to bring thirty 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:46.720 pre draft visits in players to visit, and we want 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.480 to make that a comprehensive visit. So these players can 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:52.800 can touch every department in our building and for every 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:56.160 department to have an opinion on them, so that in 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:56.520 and of. 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:59.960 Itself, it's it's it's a cool problem. 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:01.800 And you get to know these guys, spend a little 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:04.880 time with them, and along with the meetings that you 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:06.680 have with the coaching staff, and then we get into 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:08.960 our strategy meetings and we start going over every single 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:12.160 scenario leading up to the draft. So it's busy, but 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:15.000 it's fun. A lot of good, good discussions and getting 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:15.760 to know the players and. 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:16.600 Connect with them. 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:19.520 Now, you started your career as a scout, So what 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:22.680 is this whole process like for the scouts and how 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:24.440 much work do they have to do going into this? 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:28.280 So the process like this is like this is their 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:29.960 super Bowl. You know this is this is a. 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:32.560 Scout super bowl because you've been you've been working for 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:38.560 this moment ever since May of twenty twenty three. You've 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:40.880 been You've flipped the page on last year's draft and 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:44.240 you start working on this year's draft, and it's just 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:49.000 it's such a it's all it's a consuming thing. You're 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:52.080 crisscrossing the country. You know, you're gone one hundred and 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:55.480 eighty days out of the year, and you are taught 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:58.160 so many different Every day is different. You're talking to 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:02.720 different coaches every day, You're seeing how different programs will 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:06.679 run every day, and you're getting such quality information. And 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:10.679 then you have to have conviction on the guys that 0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:13.199 you really love and the guys you feel are going 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:15.520 to come in here and stand for the right things 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:18.159 and help the Jets win a Super Bowl. And so 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:22.879 it is. It's a really special, special day, special weekend 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:23.639 for the scouts. 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:26.320 Now, I know the roster is never complete and you're 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:28.560 about to add to it with the draft, But what 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:31.560 do you think about your roster at this point in time. 0:17:32.920 --> 0:17:36.240 Well, I think there's a lot of depth, and I 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:39.520 think we have dynamic playmakers on both sides of the ball. 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:43.439 So and now it's just about coming together as a 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:48.240 team as a team and doing our thing. But I 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:50.640 feel like we're in a good position to have great 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:53.399 flexibility as we go through the weekend with the draft. 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:58.200 How did free agency impact how you're approaching the draft 0:17:58.240 --> 0:17:59.359 and your draft strategy. 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:03.600 Well, free agency definitely impact it because what you don't 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:06.560 want is you don't want a ton of glaring holes 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:10.280 on your roster leading into the draft, so teams can 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:14.280 lock in on you needing a specific position and training 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:16.040 in front of you to try to get someone that 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:18.040 they might like that they think you're going to draft. 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:20.480 So I feel like we're going into this draft without 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:23.919 any glaring holes or weaknesses on the roster that teams 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:25.680 might look to try to get in front of us. 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:28.520 For What do you like about the position of being 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:31.280 at number ten and then having seven total picks. 0:18:32.200 --> 0:18:35.280 Yeah, we're in a good position. 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:39.000 I feel like we're ready for anything. You know. 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:42.600 If a lot of quarterbacks go, you know, that's great. 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:45.040 If not a lot of quarterbacks grow, we're still going 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:48.840 to be just fine. And a lot of discussions that 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:52.000 we've had over the last couple of weeks where we 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:57.399 want to make Friday, Thursday, Friday Saturday just almost. 0:18:57.280 --> 0:18:59.680 Surgical, you know, just we know what we're doing. 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:03.400 We've had all these discussions, We've talked about every single scenario. 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:06.639 Now we're letting the board follow us and we're just executing. 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:09.840 How do you prepare for all of those different scenarios? 0:19:09.920 --> 0:19:12.199 What does that really look like for you and the team. 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:14.640 Yeah, we get in a room and we hash out 0:19:14.920 --> 0:19:18.280 every single scenario that can happen, and you know these 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:20.800 players are here, what are you doing? You got to 0:19:20.840 --> 0:19:23.520