1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: He actually texted me, Um, maybe midway through the second 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 1: round and just said, David Bell, So, you know a 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: lot of people here, you know, really really like the player. 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: I think he fits the kind of team we want 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: to be, the kind of offense we want to want 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: to be. He's tough, he's physical, he's got great hands. Um, 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: I think he'll he'll complement our wide receiver room. Really well. 8 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: It's kind of amazing. You go through his game logs 9 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:26,479 Speaker 1: and you click on there and you say, okay, well, 10 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: what did this guy do against you know, good competition. 11 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: You think about Michigan State, you think about the Ohio 12 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: State buck Eyes, and he put up monster numbers in 13 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: those games. So you may be doing some scouting of 14 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: those guys. And Iowa eleven for two forty when they 15 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: were number two in the country, Michigan State eleven to 16 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: seventeen when they were three in the country, and eleven 17 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: for one oh three against the buck Eyes. Does that 18 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: do those games count a little more in an evaluative 19 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: process when you're looking against teams that are producing NFL 20 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: caliber players. Sure, I mean absolutely. We we do our best, uh, 21 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: trying to understand what the competition is not just on 22 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: a global basis like, oh, he plays in the Big ten, 23 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: but on a play by play basis, you know who 24 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: who is he actually lining up against? Uh, you know 25 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: every week? And uh, he certainly had some of the 26 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,680 Speaker 1: harder competition out there. So he said he was asked 27 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: who the toughest cornerback that he faced was, and he said, 28 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,479 Speaker 1: our own Greg Newsom. In a situation like this, when 29 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: you guys are in the weeds and coach the fancy's 30 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: very into this guy, did you talk to Greg to 31 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: say what did you think of him? Because I know 32 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: Gregor said that he was a great challenge as well. Well, 33 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: that's that's good to hear. I didn't talk to Greg 34 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: about there may have been, you know, someone here in 35 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: the building who did. We've certainly asked our our guys 36 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: at different times about different players, um that either they've 37 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 1: gone against, even teammates they've had, you know, in the past. Um, 38 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: but we also try not to put him in an 39 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: awkward spot. Absolutely. Yeah, but uh yeah, I don't. I 40 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: don't think Greg had much problem with any guys, you know, 41 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: in college. But it's nice to hear that Dave David 42 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: was at least competitive against Chief strategy officer Paul Dbanesta 43 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: joining us on the show, Martin Emerson take us through it. Yeah, 44 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: I mean a long press corner you know who really 45 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: likes to play press too. Um. We you know, I 46 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: think he really fits what we want to do on defense, 47 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,799 Speaker 1: especially in the uh, you know, the defensive backfield. Um, 48 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: it's a little something. We don't have him. He's six 49 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: ft two, you know, and he's and he's very very long, 50 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: and um, so I think he again just sort of 51 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 1: a great fit for the rest of that room, I 52 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: mean outside corner, you know, for us primarily, but um, 53 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: we were excited to get him again. He was a 54 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: guy last couple of weeks and we just thought the 55 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:30,399 Speaker 1: more and more we looked at our draft boards, said, 56 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: you know what this guy needs to be. This guy 57 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: needs to be a Brown you know, one way or another. Um, 58 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,239 Speaker 1: and it ultimately worked out for us. When you have 59 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: a lot of guys coming in here from Minnesua, spent 60 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: time in Minnesota, spend time around Mike zimm Or, how 61 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: many corners do you need? One more is the answer? 62 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: Coach said that in his presser. I know Jeff Howard 63 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: has said that before, and you get him do you 64 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: guys kind of envisioned him when you mentioned what we 65 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: do and you remember talking to you last year, great 66 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,679 Speaker 1: news some scheme agnostic. This guy seems to really fit 67 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 1: though our scheme and what we like to do. When 68 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: you're looking on a cover three cover before you want 69 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: those big guys on the outside, like a Brandon Browner, 70 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: Is that kind of what you guys see him? Like? Yeah, 71 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: I mean and if you look at the way we 72 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: played really the second half of last year, we ended 73 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,239 Speaker 1: up playing more and more man you know as the 74 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: year went on, especially in the high leverage you know situations, 75 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: and we feel like we have guys that that can 76 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: do it. Uh, certainly Denzel and Greg. Um. You know, 77 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:21,519 Speaker 1: Greedy played well and had a chance to get in there. 78 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,959 Speaker 1: So um, you know, we think there's just another guy 79 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: that adds to mix. And like you said, you can 80 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: never have enough of them, you know. And um, I 81 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: think we saw that last year. We were really helped 82 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: by the fact that we had Greedy, we had Troy Hill, 83 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: we had a j. Green. All those guys stepped up 84 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: and played well. Um, So no, I think he was 85 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: you know that this wasn't we were sitting at six eight. 86 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: This wasn't what's our biggest need, It was who's the 87 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: best player on the board, and for us at that 88 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: point it was it was Martin Emerson Alex Right, the 89 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: tallest man from Alba Elba, Alabama, which we discussed with him. 90 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: That a wonderful personality. It did not I had never 91 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: spoken to the man, never heard him speak, and we 92 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: were really taken aback by him on to that that decision. There, 93 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: you know, another guy who's sort of a consensus pick internally, 94 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: a guy really since February meetings that we have been 95 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: kind of locked in on. UM. That was sort of 96 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: a nice, you know, blend of both need and you know, 97 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: best player. UM. So we thought he was a guy 98 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: again going into today that we wanted to leave here 99 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: tonight with Alex Wright, you know, one way or another. UM. 100 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: You know, we think he's a has the potential be 101 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 1: a three down defensive end. He can rush the passer. 102 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: He's another guy who's very long, I mean six ft five, 103 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: two seventy pounds. He's also been effective rushing inside, so 104 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: he's got some versatility to him. UM. And that defense 105 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: has been on U A B is a very very 106 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: good defense. Uh. They they've been impressive for a number 107 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: of years now, so coming from a really good program, 108 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: and yeah, we think he'll we think he'll fit right in. 109 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: There are a lot of six five to seventy five 110 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: defensive ends that you draft who played wide receiver and basketball. 111 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 1: Maybe basketball, sure, but they played wide receiver in high school. Yeah, 112 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: he's very athletic, and he's obvious, so he bulked up 113 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 1: to you know, to get there at seventy five. But um, yeah, 114 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: he's a he's a big, long guy and uh and 115 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 1: again very athletic. We think he's you know, certainly a 116 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: pass rusher, but we all also think he can really 117 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: set the edge. So it sounds like Emerson. We wanted 118 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: to make him a brown check, right, We wanted to 119 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: make him a brown check coach the fans again, I'm 120 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: sure there were rathers that wanted David Bell to be 121 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: out of brown check. And you did that despite trading 122 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: back out of pick forty four, out of you were 123 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: in the first round. We have Shaun Watson, you know, 124 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: pick in the second round. How does how do you 125 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: kind of navigate those moments because there are a lot 126 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: of picks that go by from forty four to ultimate 127 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: where you get David Bell at ninety nine. Sure, Uh, 128 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: no doubt. I mean they look, there were other players 129 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: that we certainly like to that we wish we could 130 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: be going home with tonight. Also, you know, doesn't you know, 131 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,239 Speaker 1: you you never end up getting every player you want, um, 132 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: But you know, the way it was falling for us, 133 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: we felt like these were the right moves. Again, these 134 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: were players that we had sort of circled in these 135 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 1: areas of the draft that hey, if we're in position 136 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: to get them, we want to go get them. Um. 137 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: At the same time, we also added two picks early tomorrow, 138 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: you know, one O eight, so um, like you said, 139 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: got three players we really liked, and I think we 140 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: got a chance to get you know, six more tomorrow, 141 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: but certainly three right off the bat tomorrow. And uh 142 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: so I think overall, again, you love for the draft 143 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: to fall exactly the way you the way you wanted to, 144 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: and you get a whole bunch of your top ten picks, 145 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: you know, throughout the draft. Yeah, that's not reality. But 146 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: I think we're thrilled with the way it win tonight. 147 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: We got our target players and we got some extra 148 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: picks on top. I think fans look at drafts and 149 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: they say, who can we get that can help you 150 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: right now? Unfortunately, we're the place with our roster where 151 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 1: you could roll a team out there today and feel 152 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: pretty good. Maybe we want to get another defensive ended 153 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: to get your Devan back, if that's possible. But for 154 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: the most part, we have a pretty complete roster and 155 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: pretty complete backups in a lot of places. But you know, 156 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: I go back a couple of years ago, you move 157 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: back a few spots in the second round, you pick 158 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: up a fifth, you get into cares. We'll look who's 159 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: the starter now for your team? Even though you had 160 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 1: JC Unerney wasn't gonna help you immediately, you know, do 161 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: you guys? And I know the answer to this is yes, 162 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 1: But just kind of explain the thought process on Okay, 163 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 1: let's look at our roster. Oh, Greedy happens to be 164 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: in the last year of his contract. Troy Hill is 165 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: an older player that's now in the second year of 166 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: the deal that we signed with him. The succession planning 167 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: that you're thinking about in addition to immediate impact, but 168 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: saying oh, it's nice we have we're loaded at corner, 169 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: can get guy to develop and then he's ready to 170 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: play when we need him, because we've signed a lot 171 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: of pillar players, the big contracts whose numbers are gonna 172 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: go up as the years goes on, and we're gonna 173 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: need to find guys that are cost effective. No doubt, 174 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: I think you hit on, you know, sort of two 175 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: of the two of the key points. One is that 176 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: we have to manage the roster both today and tomorrow. Right. 177 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: We need we constantly need to be thinking ahead of 178 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: where we're gonna be, what other needs we're gonna have. Um. 179 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: So that's why it's our draft or the draft for 180 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: us is never a need today basis, you know, hopefully 181 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: it's a need in a year or two, you know, 182 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: once once we get once we get to that point. 183 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: The other thing is, you know, for years here, we 184 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: wanted to get to the point where our roster was 185 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: good enough that first year players had to fight their 186 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,239 Speaker 1: way to get playing time. You know, that jobs weren't 187 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: going to be just gifted to them because we didn't. 188 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: We just didn't have anybody else right time, undrafted free agents, 189 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: right and we're there, you know, and and that's where 190 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: we want to be. And uh, you know we've been. 191 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: It took a long time to get there, but we're 192 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: there now, and these guys are gonna have to fight 193 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: for playing time as rookies, which is fine. You know 194 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: that again that we want to have that competition. Um, 195 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,199 Speaker 1: I think it will be not only good for our veterans, 196 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: but good for the young guys and uh and hopefully 197 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: they really grow as uh you know, as a result 198 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: of that, and who knows, you know, in the next 199 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: you know, year or two. Maybe it's this year, but 200 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: if not this year, then maybe it's next year where 201 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: you know, they take on even more more prominent roles. 202 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: And that's that's great for us. That's the way it 203 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: should be. I think it's a fans and maybe even 204 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: even internally, perhaps there's the okay, we're early here in 205 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,599 Speaker 1: the second round and then you move out of the 206 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: second round altogether. Is the gap in terms of talent 207 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: between there in the third round as significant as I 208 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: think maybe from a media standpoint, we make it out 209 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: to be. And I imagine if you're moving back, he 210 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: felt comfortable you're getting a talented player, and you've obviously 211 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: feel that way with Martin and the guys that we 212 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: added in the room. But how do you kind of 213 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 1: weigh that out and knowing who's on the board. Guy 214 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 1: like Jobs on the board would have been a top 215 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: fifteen guy if he doesn't hurt as Achilles, but he 216 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: did hurt as Achilles and it's a red shirt year. 217 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: How do you kind of weigh all of those things? 218 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: And is that gap as big as maybe people thinking 219 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: as it one guy's forty four might be another team 220 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: sixty eight might be another team's. Well, that's definitely true. 221 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: So as the draft goes on, um, I think it 222 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: starts going in in a lot of different directions because 223 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: teams really have very different views of the players. You know, everybody, 224 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: everybody sees the top five players, and there's largely consensus 225 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: view around those guys. Not perfectly, but at least largely. Um, 226 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: the views become much more disparate as you get you know, 227 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: past that. So, uh, look that there were some players 228 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: that we thought, you know, going into the draft, maybe 229 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: had a chance to get to forty four. We thought 230 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: it was an outside chance they may get to forty four. 231 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: But if they didn't, you know, then we were prepared 232 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: to move out of there because we thought these are 233 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 1: the guys we wanted, you know, And it was Martin Emerson, 234 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: it was Alex right, and it was David Bell, those 235 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: kind of guys, and we thought we could get them 236 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: in the spots that we ended up getting them, you 237 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:27,959 Speaker 1: know at the end of the day. So I think 238 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 1: that was certainly part of the calculus was you know, 239 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: were there some players between forty four We didn't go 240 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: into tonight thinking we're going to trade back to you know, 241 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,680 Speaker 1: but um, you know, you don't have your choice of 242 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: where you trade back necessarily, and there were other opportunities 243 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: to move around the draft that we didn't necessarily accept 244 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: because again, it may have taken us out of position 245 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: to get one of these guys. Uh. And ultimately we 246 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: felt like these picks put us in position of these 247 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 1: to get these guys, and again we would have loved 248 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 1: you know, last year, we had a guy that we 249 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: thought was a slam dunk first round pick that ended 250 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: up in the middle of second round. We went and 251 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: got him in j Okay, right, Uh, that didn't happen 252 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 1: this year, you know for us, So we went the 253 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: other way and uh, and I think we ended up 254 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: in a really good spot. Um, even though it was 255 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 1: a totally different approach, what changes for you guys, because 256 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: all the fans looking in to go right lights Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 257 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: fans tend to let their guard down. Obviously you can't 258 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: do it. What changes between the first two nights and 259 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: that third day, well, quick turn around, you know, and 260 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: and then three rounds tomorrow, so everything goes a little quicker. Um, 261 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: and especially for us, we're gonna be right on the 262 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: clock early with one oh eight. I think that what 263 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,319 Speaker 1: first pick tomorrow is one of six, so we're one 264 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: one eighteen. Um. Then we have a long wait between 265 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: one and two oh two, assuming we don't pick something up, 266 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: you know, in between there. But um, so we'll have 267 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: a target list of players, you know, before we go 268 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: to bed tonight. Uh. In fact, we are you know, 269 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 1: we largely already have it now, but certainly before we 270 00:11:57,559 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: go to bed tonight in terms of what we're looking 271 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,719 Speaker 1: at for those three picks and um, and then we'll 272 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: see what presents itself, you know, tomorrow is as we're 273 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: on the clock, we also have target lists for two 274 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: oh two and to and to six. So um, we 275 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: have a you know, we've got a pretty good idea 276 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: of how it's at least likely to unfold tomorrow. Um, 277 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,559 Speaker 1: not that we know exactly which player is going to 278 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: go where, but at least have a feel for around 279 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: where certain players are going to go. So we have 280 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: to build, you know, lists of target players that are 281 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's gonna be bigger than one, you know, 282 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: but but we have that, we have quite a few 283 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,439 Speaker 1: players that were we'd be excited to add tomorrow. Paul, 284 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: we thank you very much for the time and enjoy tomorrow. 285 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: Thank you well.