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Speaker 2: I start off, just what do you kind of feel

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'd say this draft class was probably one of

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Speaker 3: our most collaborative just with the coaches and the scouts

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Speaker 3: was great, This year got even better, and and there

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Speaker 3: was so much just talk within the draft room and

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Speaker 3: think it felt about as collaborative as it can be

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Speaker 3: and we're really happy about that, you guys, And there.

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Speaker 4: Are a lot of cornerbacks, you know, on the on

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Speaker 4: the board. What was it about Looterer that that made

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Speaker 4: him the pick?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Looter He came on a thirty visit Matt and

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Speaker 3: actually Tark and I talked to him out on the

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Speaker 3: deck and I remember it because we've been stuck in

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Speaker 3: so it's like, instead of meeting in an office, let's

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Speaker 3: And he was probably the most mature guy we met

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Speaker 3: probably in the whole process. He's married, he's just he's

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Speaker 3: a man. Already, and he impressed the heck out of me,

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Speaker 3: and I know he impressed you too, And that was

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Speaker 3: probably the thing that stood out with Looting the most.

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Speaker 3: Obviously the stuff on the field. We love his physicality,

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Speaker 3: his strength is upside. Junior college guy's got a lot

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and then part of that evaluation processed at the

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Speaker 5: Senior Bowl. He really stood out to us. We thought

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Speaker 5: he separated himself from a lot of different prospects there.

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Speaker 3: And it made a big impact. Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Strong, he's very strong, he's very sticky. At the Senior Bowl,

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Speaker 5: he fitting very well down there to get some of

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Speaker 6: Yeah, he's a man already. Is that something that you

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Speaker 6: look for? I mean, in terms of maturity, How important

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Speaker 3: At it is a lot. It's a hard game. It's hard.

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Speaker 3: the mature guys do really really well. You know, the

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Speaker 3: really well. And he fit that bill.

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Speaker 1: What goes into scouting a kicker. I mean for us,

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Speaker 1: What goes into that and what led you ultimately to Jamie?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought the kicker questions were done yesterday. But yeah, Jake,

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Speaker 3: Brian Schneider loved him. I absolutely loved him. Was sold

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Speaker 3: of who the best kickers are and understanding that Robbie

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Speaker 3: But he stood out, and so that does you a

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Speaker 5: Can you expand on the GTFO and just the two

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Speaker 7: Thanks, we're covering Robbie the last you know, six seasons

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Speaker 3: I think that's one of the things that coach Knight

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Speaker 5: And then part of the evaluation process with the people

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Speaker 2: Yeahs a roster that you know, it looks like there's

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Speaker 5: It doesn't change the process. Right, So we're evaluating everyone

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Speaker 2: Process, basically in the essence scouting your own guys too,

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Speaker 5: Out exactly So everyone has a specialty that they focus

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Speaker 1: When you're kind of stacking those guys, say you've got

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I would say our job is to communicate exactly

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Speaker 5: what you just said, Communicate those differences, also understand who

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Speaker 3: Thanks very including me. Yeah, it's really communicating that to

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Speaker 6: Seemed like two themes that were through a lot of

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Speaker 6: I mean, I know that doesn't mean that they're going

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Speaker 5: Those are two things that are very important to us.

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Speaker 5: during winter meetings, we emphasize it prior to our April meetings.

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Speaker 5: And those are two things that are extremely important to us.

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Speaker 5: So it is communicated. It's something that they try to

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Speaker 7: The collaborative process. I noticed there was a lot of

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but Steve, it was real seamless, and I think

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Speaker 3: He was like he was part of us right away,

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Speaker 3: I've heard that about thirty times, but it's the real

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Speaker 8: Yeah, well, he obviously has break it off in length

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Speaker 8: but you know, you look at his packages. How company

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think bial really looking more at him for

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Speaker 3: how he fits us and with what they did at Georgia,

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Speaker 3: they had him dropping a lot, they had him doing

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Speaker 3: us really really well. All Right, thank you guys.

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Speaker 5: You want to be guy work