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Speaker 1: Welcome to another special edition of the opp I'm Amy Wells,

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Speaker 1: joined by the Titans Radio Draft duo coach Max Coach

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Speaker 1: Jave McGinnis is here, Hey, Coach Hills, and Brett Brian

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Speaker 1: is also here. Hello, raet Him, Hello Coat. It's good

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Speaker 1: to see all of you, guys. We are all still

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Speaker 1: at our homes, keeping a respectable distance from one another,

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Speaker 1: but it's good to see your shining virtual faces. Any

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Speaker 1: any social contact I can get right now, I will take,

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Speaker 1: but especially with you guys. This is good. All right. Now,

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Speaker 1: we are going to start today with a very important

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Speaker 1: topic in the two thousand twenty draft, and that is

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Speaker 1: the wide receivers. Now, this draft class is jam packed

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Speaker 1: full of wide receivers, and I kind of want to

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Speaker 1: talk in generalities a little bit, and this is a

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Speaker 1: question for the both of you. In two thousand and four,

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Speaker 1: there were seven wide receivers who were taken in the

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Speaker 1: first round of the NFL Draft. Rhett, do you think

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Speaker 1: that this twenty twenty draft could match that just in

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Speaker 1: terms of the number of receivers taken in the first round. Amy,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say no. While this draft is being touted

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Speaker 1: by a lot as maybe the greatest wide receiver draft

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Speaker 1: in the history of the draft. I see as many

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Speaker 1: as five going in the first round. Cede Lamb from Oklahoma,

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Speaker 1: Henry Ruggs from Alabama, Jerry Judy from Alabama, Justin Jefferson

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Speaker 1: from LSU, and possibly Laviska Channel from Colorado. Yeah, Amy,

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Speaker 1: I agree with what Rhet says, and I think there

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Speaker 1: are some that would warrant being in the first round.

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Speaker 1: But bear in mind, just as we've talked about on

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Speaker 1: earlier OTPs about the separation of the draft between the

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks and every other position. Once quarterbacks are taken, it

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Speaker 1: starts to push the other slots down. So I think

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Speaker 1: there are at least that many seven was the number

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Speaker 1: that you threw out there, that are capable of being

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Speaker 1: first round draft picks. I agree with Rit there probably

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Speaker 1: won't be that many just because of the number of quarterbacks. Now, Mac,

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Speaker 1: I want to talk to you about traits and evaluating

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Speaker 1: these guys beyond just the standard catching the football. What

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Speaker 1: are you looking to see out of a top wide receiver?

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Speaker 1: You know what, Amy, in this draft and it's been

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Speaker 1: in this way. I mean, the trend started, you know,

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Speaker 1: once all the rule changes started trending towards being more

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Speaker 1: biased towards the offense and mainly in the passing game,

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Speaker 1: because the National Football League, you know, has has trended

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Speaker 1: towards the passing game, just like it's it's filtered down

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Speaker 1: from the college game and the things that I look for.

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Speaker 1: Now you're able to evaluate these receivers in college now

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Speaker 1: because so many people are throwing the ball with multiple

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Speaker 1: receiver sets, and so once you start looking for a receiver,

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Speaker 1: now you start looking at the nuances to being a

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Speaker 1: good receiver. How well does he release off of the

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Speaker 1: line of scrimmiges. How good is he at being able

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Speaker 1: to separate from man coverage, How good is he at

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Speaker 1: the catch point? How quick can he recognize coverages and

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Speaker 1: Or is he a body catcher? How much is he

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Speaker 1: syncd up with his quarterback? And then how much is

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Speaker 1: he able to defend if he is indeed a premier receiver,

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Speaker 1: how much is he able to overcome and combat double teams?

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Speaker 1: All of those things you can start to look at

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Speaker 1: as nuances in a receiver's game. Now, the majority of

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Speaker 1: these mock drafts have CD Lamb out of Oklahoma as

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Speaker 1: the first wide receiver off the board, Rett, what do

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Speaker 1: you think sets him apart from some of the other

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Speaker 1: the best hands in this draft along to Cede Lamb,

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Speaker 1: when an errant throw is a catch. He averaged twenty

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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts at Oklahoma. Coach Mac maybe give me one

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Speaker 1: or two additional elite wide receivers in this group. I

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Speaker 1: a very high floor as we talk about in the

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Speaker 1: guy to me as a number one receiver as soon

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Speaker 1: as you put him on your roster. The other guy

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Speaker 1: talking about Henry Ruggs, his skill set starts with elite speed. Okay,

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Speaker 1: he's got good ball tracking ability. He's six foot, one

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Speaker 1: hundred and ninety pounds. He wore number eleven for him.

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Speaker 1: He's also a junior, but he's got really strong hands. Now.

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Speaker 1: His speed amy will dictate to most defenses that he

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Speaker 1: He's not as polished a route runner yet as Judy

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Speaker 1: he'll be somebody's slot receiver immediately when he gets on campus.

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Speaker 1: To piggyback off of what coach Mack is saying about

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Speaker 1: Henry Ruggs from Alabama possibly one of the most explosive

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Speaker 1: wide receivers in this draft, as I've mentioned before in

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Speaker 1: a previous OTP. To prove that point of his one

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Speaker 1: He is a scoring threat and explosive in this deal

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Speaker 1: and will be highly picked because of that. Now, Coach Mac,

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Speaker 1: really is. It's got several layers to it. And let

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Speaker 1: first thing that you want to do when you're watching

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Speaker 1: then it brings it a little bit more into focus

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Speaker 1: like Colorado's Leaviscus Chanolt. Now, is he still a top

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Speaker 1: some work because of his unique versatility. In fact, outside

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Speaker 1: contributions came when he was treated primarily as a wide receiver,

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Speaker 1: and that type of prior experience from multiple spots throughout

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Speaker 1: the offense will provide an offensive coordinator with a multifaceted

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Speaker 1: So yeah, he is definitely a top flight wide receiver.

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Speaker 1: Are there other guys who you think could sneak into

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Speaker 1: being Day one picks? Yeah? There are, And now I'll

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Speaker 1: here Jalen Ragor from TCU Frog Okay, five eleven, one

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Speaker 1: hundred ninety five pounds, Number one. He's a junior. Now,

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Speaker 1: what Jalen Ragor has He's got what we call easy speed.

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Speaker 1: In other words, he doesn't struggle to move, He doesn't

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Speaker 1: hands need a little work. But he's a Z receiver.

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Speaker 1: He's a vertical threat, and he has upside also to

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Speaker 1: work as a slot. So he's a creative guy. He's explosive.

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Speaker 1: He's a speed mismatch to most corners. He's raw, but

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Speaker 1: out is Justin Jefferson from LSU sixty three, one hundred

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