WEBVTT - Jaguars Happy Hour: Thursday, April 28 0:00:05.840 --> 0:00:13.960 It's Thursday, April. This is Jaguars Happy Hour. And now 0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:17.119 a guy who believes the best way to navigate a 0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:21.920 draft is to wear a lovely cozy blue sweating j 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:27.440 P shack look him at a Jaguars happy hour on 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:32.520 this Thursday. It is Draft Nights in Duvau. My name's 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:35.440 jap Shadrick. Glad you're along with us. We're live at 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:38.040 Daily's place, getting ready for the first round of the 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:42.440 NFL Draft, and we have a busy program to night 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:45.280 here on Tintin x l a M, Jaguars dot com 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:48.960 and the Jack's social channels Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Jaguars 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:52.280 analyst Jeff Blagman is always with us. NFL Network analyst 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:55.040 Bucky Brooks is on site with us throughout the draft. 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:58.160 We stole him away. He's here. We're gonna pick his 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:01.320 brain all weekend long with this half preview, and we 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:04.000 will hear from general manager Trent Bulky. We had a 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:07.560 draft day conversation in the Jaguars draft room at the 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:11.479 Bank a little bit earlier. Gentlemen, welcome in an happy 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:14.520 Draft day live. Yeah, thank you, and it's great to 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:16.399 have Buckey alongside. We're gonna have a little bit of 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:18.840 conversation there about some draft picks. We're gonna get some 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:21.480 answers out of you guys, were about answers. We've been 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:24.360 picking Buckey Sprain for weeks on the Huddle Up podcast, 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:26.680 and now it comes down to the night. Now. I'm 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:28.760 really excited, man, It's really exciting. Time you have the 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:30.560 number one overall pick. You have a chance to kind 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:33.000 of change the forces of the franchise if you get 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:35.200 the pick right. It's a lot of fresh did you 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:37.480 you guys remember a draft like this where you're just 0:01:37.560 --> 0:01:39.800 you're going in and there's really not really a known 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:42.720 entity that's gonna be the first overall draft pick. I mean, 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:45.120 I say, going back to what the Baker Mayfield draft, 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:47.960 that's that's the last time you can think about that 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:50.760 where everyone was guessing on who was going to be 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:53.040 the number one, but no one real, no one really knows. 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.160 Normally by this time of the day, you gotta have 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:57.160 a sense it's kind of leaked out on Twitter. Who's 0:01:57.160 --> 0:01:59.400 gonna be the guy. We haven't heard that yet, No leaking. Yeah, 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:01.520 I mean we're we'll hear from Balky coming up. I 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:04.000 think with you a little bit. No, No, he said 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.640 they were down to one, so they got that. That's good. 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:08.400 You didn't say which one. He wrote it down on 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:10.320 a piece of paper and gave it to JP later. 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:12.480 I don't even want to know. I'll be quite honest 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:14.880 with you. But let's hear from General Manager Trim Balky. 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:17.200 We caught up a little earlier today in the Jaguars 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:19.560 draft room here at t I A. Bank Field, his 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:22.440 second draft with the Jacksonville Jaguars. They're ready to make 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:27.200 a picko. NFL Draft is here. J P. Shadrick with 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:29.880 General Manager Trent Balky in the draft room at t 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:33.359 I A A bank Field. Are you excited? What's the 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:38.320 GM feel on draft day? Hopefully relief? You know, we're excited. 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:41.359 Obviously a lot of works gone into this. Scouting staff, 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:44.040 personnel staff, put in a lot of time and here 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:45.600 we are, you know, on the eve of the pick, 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.920 and uh, I think we're I know we're prepared for it. 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:52.600 Take us through your checklist on draft day? What all 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:54.280 do you do? What's your routine? You've done this a 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:56.840 number of times obviously in San Francisco and now your 0:02:56.880 --> 0:03:00.600 second time here. What's your checklist? Well, we had our 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:03.359 final meeting yesterday, you know, with ownership, and that went 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:06.760 extremely well. You know, now it's just waiting for the 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:08.800 eight o'clock to come here. You know usually what I 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:11.400 do now is I'll get away from it. I'll take 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:13.919 my run. I'm gonna go on a nice long run here, 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:17.280 get get my mind right, and then come back. Try 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:19.120 to be in the building around five o'clock and get 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:21.600 ready for eight o'clock. Tell us what you can about 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:26.960 that final meeting with ownership, shot con in, Doug Peterson, yourself, 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:29.120 what happens and how do you guys narrow it down? 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:30.720 You said you were down to four last week. How 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:33.480 do you get the number one? Well, we've been working 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:35.720 that way for for a while now. And you know, 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:39.120 when Shod got this all together, you talked about a 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:42.240 couple of things, but you know, a collaborative effort and transparency, 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:45.000 and yesterday's meeting was just to make sure that that 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:48.080 was exactly what was taking place. And uh, this has 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:50.560 been a very collaborative effort. There's been a lot of 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:54.240 people involved, from the personnel side, from the coaching side, 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:56.119 and even ownership, and that's the way it should be. 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:58.680 And we're just looking forward to the draft and making 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:03.000 the picks. How does this number one top of a 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:05.440 draft compared to some others in the past. To you, 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:08.320 it feels like, I don't know if you read mocks 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:10.080 or not. There's a lot of mocks out there, have 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:13.800 different names everywhere. It seemed a little abnormal. Usually there's 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:16.000 a slam dunk guy at number one. How different is 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:19.520 this year? I don't like to compare drafts. You live 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:21.920 in the moment and the moment we're in now. This 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:24.840 is this is the draft. These are the available players, 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:26.680 and you do everything you can to find the right 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:30.040 players for this organization, for your own organization, and then 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:32.040 you go to work and and and you make them right. 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:36.720 At what point do you make final calls to prospects, 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.560 wellness checks? Do you do anything like that on draft day? 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:41.680 Is that all done? Have you put a bow in 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:44.480 this thing? Yeah? The draft, the skelet sets. What they've 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:46.800 been working on the early part of this week is 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:50.719 calling all the agents, calling all the prospects on the board, 0:04:51.040 --> 0:04:54.120 making sure we verified their phone numbers and and that 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:58.720 they're healthy and ready to go. Finally, um, you know, 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:01.720 twelve picks over three days. I don't know if a 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.080 GM likes that or not. That's a lot to handle 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:06.880 over the next three days. But what is a successful 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:09.240 day for the Jaguars today at the end of the 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:12.719 day and a successful weekend meet, Well, I think you 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:15.000 just go into it. You never know what's gonna happen. 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:17.479 Obviously we know what's gonna happen at one, and then 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:19.920 from that point on you really don't know what's gonna happen. 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:24.160 So you follow the board, You trust the board. You 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.440 put yourself in a position to move up if you 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:28.440 feel you need to move up, and you put yourself 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:31.160 in a position when it when the board dictates to 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:33.880 move back if you can. But you always have to 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:36.000 be ready, ready and willing to make the pick because 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:37.440 you don't know if you can move up, and you 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:39.880 don't know if you can move back, so you're you 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:44.479 just you always have to be prepared. That's trimp Lucky 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:48.520 Jaguars general manager a little bit earlier today, we think looks. 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:51.080 I think the comment that he made there at the 0:05:51.160 --> 0:05:53.240 very end is very tellent that you move back if 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:55.719 you can, and I think that they would love to 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:57.880 move back from number one. But the problem is that 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:01.200 there's no clear cut number one. If there was then 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:03.520 this team will be in a perfect position to maybe 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:06.720 trade that pick if there was a quarterback sitting there, 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:09.400 and then get a hall of picks in the future 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:11.159 and now and then maybe get one of those top 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:13.960 four guys that you like. Yeah, it's all about the quarterback. Normally, 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:16.400 when you're moving up at someone that is a transcendent talent, 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:19.960 someone that multiple teams would love to get, and right 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:22.400 now you just don't have that interest because the quarterbacks 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:24.760 aren't what they've been in previous classes. So even though 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:26.840 Trends is like to talk about previous classes, is one 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:28.000 of the reasons why they hadn't been a lot of 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:30.200 trade interests. I think it was also interesting that he 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:32.480 talked about it. You you were talking about talking to 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:36.680 the prospects and etcetera. I remember when I was a 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:40.640 draft eligible player, Man, I the phone didn't stop ringing 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:43.359 the day before the draft and the day of the draft. 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:46.039 Do you happen to know why j P just to 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:47.599 make sure you're not in trouble, to make sure you 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:50.520 didn't get hit by a mack truck. Seriously, to make 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:52.599 sure you were still alive and healthy and you know, 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:55.000 ready to go, because seriously, they would call you up 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:58.040 and say, hey, how you doing, how you feeling everything okay? 0:06:58.240 --> 0:06:59.719 And it was you were sitting there just you know, 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:01.720 thinking yourself out loud, going in there, just trying to 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:04.360 find out that I'm breathing. That's that's really it. As 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:06.800 a scout, your job, My job leading up to the 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:09.119 draft is to make sure I call everybody on the list, 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:12.680 make sure I get multiple numbers, their primary number, backup number, 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:14.600 see if they're healthier, stuff, because you want to make 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:17.000 sure when the pick goes in, you want to be 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:19.560 able to talk to him before you officially submit to pick. 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:22.840 About the thought of the meeting last night, Jaguar's owner 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:27.080 Shot con came in. I wanted to, as Trent Balky said, 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:31.760 see that collaborative and open effort together. And they've apparently 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:34.600 come down to one player they're gonna pick. Yeah, because 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:37.840 once the player is picked, he's a Jaguar and everybody 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:39.600 in the building has to support him and make sure 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:42.520 that he has given everything that he needs to be successful. 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:44.920 From a coaching standpoint, that's put him in the rights position. 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.120 Make sure the scheme is conducive to his talents. From 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:51.560 a personnel standpoint, he once we own whoever we decided 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:53.760 to pick, we got to make sure that everything that 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:56.440 comes out of the building is positive about this pick. 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.080 In the process. I think that this is is just 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:02.480 uh kind of a sign because you know, there's been 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:06.760 collaborative meetings with ownership all along through this process. You know, 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:08.400 I think Sean Conn has spent more time in the 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:11.240 building this year than he has in recent years from 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:14.560 from what I understand. And so, look, the reality is 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:17.000 this final meeting. If if Shan Khan goes, hey, look 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:20.960 we're drafting player X. Guess which player they're drafting. They're 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:23.400 drafting player X. I mean he's the owner. He's the 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:25.720 one that can has the ultimate decision. We'll say that's 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:27.920 really never been his style though he kind of lets 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:31.280 the football people do football things. He can have obviously 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:33.280 has input when he wants to have input, but he's 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:36.160 never really been that, you know, we're picking this guy, 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:38.120 come hell or high water. No, I know, I don't 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:40.280 think he ever has. But I mean, at the end 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:42.640 of the day, I mean, when you have next year name, 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:45.280 you know, job description, it says, oh that gives you that. 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:49.840 I guess, so do you need another title? No? Just 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:53.360 owner is good enough. Yeah, Yeah, it's Jaguars Happy x 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:56.600 L A. M. And Jaguars dot Com, JP Shaddick, Jeff Loghum, 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.839 and Bucky Brooks ahead of the NFL Draft. There is 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.760 mother football business going on today with the Jaguars. By 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:08.040 the way, Josh Allen received the fifth year option today. 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:11.760 The deadline was made second, So that's another year for 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:14.680 a former first round pick. And you know, it goes 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.360 to the what the organization has talked about you and 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:19.600 they haven't done a lot the last ten fifteen years, 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:22.440 is get your draft picks, keep them in the building 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:24.280 as long as you can, and then resigned them. The 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:26.839 resigning parts still to come for Allen, but the fifth 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:29.200 year option is big to kind of set the tone 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:31.680 I think on defense. It means from an internal standpoint 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:33.520 that they feel good enough about what he's put on 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:36.360 the first three years to say, Okay, we definitely want 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:38.439 to keep this marriage going into the fifth year and 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:42.120 possibly be beyond. We have seen in previous years sometimes 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.599 people are unable to get that fifth year option. So 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:47.440 that bowls well for Josh Allen getting a large term extension. 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:50.280 It also bowls well from the Jaguar standpoint that they 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:52.320 drafted a player at the top of the board who 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:55.720 has played up to the standard expectation that comes along 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:57.160 with being the first round pick. But the one the 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.160 one thing I will say with Josh from from a 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:02.040 negative stand point is that he has not been available 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.559 at times. That's right, Okay, So I think that kind 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:08.640 of maybe impacted the lateness of this decision because from 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.360 a talent standpoint, Josh Allen being you know, have that 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.079 fifth year picked up, that's a no brainer. But you 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:16.880 would like to see the consistency and production a little 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:18.840 bit more with Josh, and I think that that will come. 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:23.040 There's also been reports that Cam Robinson has agreed to 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.160 an extension three year deal fifty four million dollars. That's 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:28.840 the report, no official word from the team yet hasn't 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:32.079 signed the deal, but when he does, there you go, 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:34.400 does that change anything tonight for you? Well? I think 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:37.679 this is an interesting conversation here because Bucky, this not 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:42.440 only involves is the contract right for Cam Robinson? Okay, 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:45.120 you're happy with that number, but then it also kind 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.800 of ventures over to draft talk. Okay, now that Cam 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:52.719 Robinson has or reportedly has this three year extension, does 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:56.360 that prohibit the Jaguars from looking at the top two 0:10:56.520 --> 0:10:59.839 rated offensive lineman and and I don't know exactly what 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.000 bucky S thoughts are on this, but I love the 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:04.560 guy in North Carolina State, Oh. I absolutely love him. 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:06.720 And I love what Douck has said about the number 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:08.200 one pick. We gotta get the number one pick right, 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:09.640 No more pick has to start. He has to be 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:11.920 a starter with the one thing that we know about 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:15.880 Ikey Kuanu Ikey Kant is versatile enough to move inside 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:17.760 and play guard. So to me, I think it's a 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:19.679 no brain if he's available, if you really want to 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:21.719 fortify the offensive line, and if you look at the 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:23.719 moves that have been made throughout the off season, it 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:25.880 is about making sure that the quarterback has enough help. 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.200 Will you help him by being able to bring another 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.360 big body that really creates a fortress but also allows 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:33.800 the Jaguars to run the football? Always takes fresh sure 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:35.240 off Trevor larn You know, if you go back a 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:39.440 couple of years ago and you redrafted the Quenton Nelson draft, 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:43.079 if Quint Nelson were drafted number one overall, would you 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:46.520 even think twice about it? Now? Absolutely not? And I'm 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:50.360 not saying that quantu is is at that level. But 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:52.719 I think he's that kind of an athlete. He has 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:55.800 that kind of power and obviously he's a very intelligent guy. 0:11:56.480 --> 0:12:00.440 Uh didn't he like accepted to Harvard. He's super super Mark. Ye, 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:08.000 he's Asian. He's a guy who explain that to j P. So. 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:10.960 So when you so, when you think about what he offers, 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:13.040 I think it's a no braining because worst case, you 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:14.839 can put him in right techn from my guard. You 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:18.040 can move him around to make sure that it's right. Ultimately, 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:20.520 when you think about how Doug Peterson won a Super Bowl, 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:23.200 he wanted with the best offensive line in football doing 0:12:23.280 --> 0:12:25.000 what they do control in the church. I love the 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:28.720 way he's He's got a little nasty to him. He's 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:32.800 got power, he's got finished and he's a six ft 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:36.360 four guy. So if he were to play left tackle, okay, 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:39.120 he would compare to the guy in Houston. If he 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:41.640 were to play guard, okay, six four is considered a 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:44.520 good size for guard, I mean so, and he would 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:49.760 be an immediate starter without question. Wow, how about Evan Neil. 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:53.040 He's out of the conversation, but this is I'd love 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:54.920 to get Bucky's thoughts. On this. I know you guys 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:57.720 have talked about it. From from my standpoint under, he's 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:01.080 got all the measurables. Okay, he's been getting at times, 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:10.079 he's been overweight and but uh, anyway, he's on the 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:14.400 ground a lot, and I don't think he's a I 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:15.880 don't know if he's as much of a good of 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:19.120 an athlete as Cam Robinson. And the reason I say 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:22.000 that is that, look, how many years did Cam Robinson 0:13:22.080 --> 0:13:24.319 started at left tackle at University of Alabama? It was 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:28.160 multiple years, okay, and Neil was a one year guy. 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:32.000 And I'm not trying to I mean, look, would you 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:35.320 question Nick Saban and his ability to figure out who 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.040 the best left left tackles are. I mean, when he's 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:39.960 got a guy who's had to move around a little 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:42.920 bit um And I'm not saying that that's the number 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.040 one indicator, but just when you watch it on film, 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:48.360 I don't think he's as athletic at times, but he's 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:50.640 got great technique. I think there are two things in 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:55.439 the comparison a Quanto and Neil. The technique. Neil is 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:59.000 superior in technique, but in terms of physicality and nastiness, 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:02.199 a Quanta plays the game in a way that it 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:05.480 changes the way your entire offensive line does because Jeff, 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:07.599 we'll talk to when you're in those rooms and you 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:10.880 see people hitting and knocking people around, it makes other 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:12.960 people want to kind of jump in, and it changes 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.600 the tenor of your offense. And so a kwan who 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:19.240 comes in and brings that, with the athleticism, with the 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:21.680 other stuff that you can potentially be on the inside. 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:23.800 And that's not saying that Neil isn't worthy of being 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:26.960 in the conversation. But if you have a preference, the 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:29.520 NC state key gives you that nastiness that you have 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:31.640 to have, particularly in a rugged a f C. If 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:34.240 you if you look at the numbers, the measurables, you know, 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:37.880 the combine height, weight, speed, all that kind of stuff. Size, 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:41.160 don't forget hand size, I mean for quarterbacks, that's everything right. 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:43.280 Neil would be your your your pick, I mean, because 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:45.480 he's got that, you know, the height, weight and everything 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:49.080 looks perfect. Whereas Iky's a little bit smaller, not quite 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.840 as heavy. And in today's game, a lot of guys 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:55.360 and general managers are caught up about size. 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Gates open at five o'clock. Up next, more 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:37.520 draft talk Defensive prospects at number one. It's Jaguar's Happy 0:15:37.600 --> 0:15:47.680 Hour on the Jaguars Digital Network. Absolutely, you could, because 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.480 if you're investing in Trevor Lawrence, you better invested people 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:53.280 who are gonna keep them up, right. Absolutely, But you know, 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:55.680 I think you still got Jawan Taylor there, right, So 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:57.800 you just invested in him a couple of years ago 0:15:57.840 --> 0:15:59.480 as a second rounder who we all thought was going 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:02.840 to be a shrounder. So you think to yourself, what's 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:05.320 the next move. That's why it feels like pass rusher. 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:09.240 But they did go offensive lineman, doesn't that sounds like 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:11.880 where we started the whole process, And the whole process 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:14.840 started with but which offensive line with Jacksonville take and 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:17.360 then it morphed into the pass rusher. So that's why 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:19.720 this year is so exciting for all of us because 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:22.520 it may not be the five quarterbacks of last year, 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:27.600 but the uncertainty breads the excitement of this year. Charles 0:16:27.720 --> 0:16:31.360 Davis of NFL Network and CBS Sports in Las Vegas 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:34.600 with Brian Sexton and welcome back. It's Jaguar's Happy Hour 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:38.920 from Daily's Place, home of the dou vol Draft party. 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:42.560 Coming up six o'clock. The festivities begin, eight o'clock the 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:45.560 draft begins. Will be here all night long. Good to 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:48.360 hear from our good friend Charles Davis there talking offensive line. 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:51.000 But then that shifts us over. We've already talked about 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:54.440 the two big names. Let's shift back over to defense. 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:55.920 And can I real quick in a comment in there, 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:59.560 because because that Jowan Taylor thing, we talked about Taylor 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:02.040 there tackle last time I checked that there's gonna be 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.440 some competition. That's right at right tackle walker little as 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:07.960 there should be competition, said that, Bucky, it's gonna be 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:10.560 a competition, But you know, does the person who come 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:13.320 in join that competition. If it's an offensive linement, we 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:15.040 should be the goal should be to put the five 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:17.640 best offensive linement on the field and figure out the matchups. 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:20.120 That's what you go through mini camps and training camp 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:23.200 in audit. You start mixing up the combinations because it's 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:25.480 a chemistry thing with the offensive line. But do you 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:27.320 wanna tell you the walking a little wouldn't discourage me 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:29.720 for taking it off as deafens up the board. Let's 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.720 move along now to some of the potential options on 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:36.280 the defensive side of the football and begin with Aidan 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:40.159 Hutchinson out of the University of Michigan fourteen sacks a 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:43.080 year ago. Broke his leg early in the season but 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:45.480 came back. He was a Heisman runner up last year, 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:48.760 the defensive player of the Year in the Big Ten, well, 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:53.320 unanimous All American. The accolades go on and on and on. Bucky, 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:56.400 you're all about this guy, and it's not just height 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:58.840 and wait, it's everything that goes with him on the field. 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:00.840 So at the top of the or Typically what you're 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:03.200 looking for is a guy with blue chip talent and 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:05.200 a blue color mentality. And when you talk to the 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:08.720 people around the program in Michigan, they can't say enough 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:11.879 good things about how he goes about his business working. 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:15.200 Talking to his teammate David Dajabo, he said, everything that 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:17.480 I learned about playing at a high level came from 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:20.359 watching Aidan Hutchinson and being with him. And so when 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:22.360 you think about a culture change or someone that's more 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:25.200 to set the tone, this is what he does. Outside 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:29.280 of being a really good player, the football character is outstanding. 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:31.640 And at the top of the board, we're talking about 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.600 getting someone that you know exactly what you're getting. There's 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:37.200 some certainty with Aidan Hutchinson that I liken that I 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:41.520 believe it character, productivity. He's athletic, but he's got arms 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:48.560 that are short. That's what he got short like a man. 0:18:49.160 --> 0:18:51.520 He doesn't have that short arms. The time you watch 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:54.639 your play football, he's really good and uh and on 0:18:54.800 --> 0:18:57.399 top of that, what you talk about about how he 0:18:57.640 --> 0:19:00.320 has that that that kind of dry and that he 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:04.040 teaches teammates. When you watch him on film, he plays 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:07.240 every down. He's not a guy that turns it on 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:10.080 when he's a pass rusher. Okay, he's a guy that 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:13.240 plays the rundowns just as hard he and then he 0:19:13.400 --> 0:19:17.240 plays him just as good. He's stout. He can stuff 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:20.960 guys in the hole, he can get around guys. Is 0:19:21.040 --> 0:19:25.760 he a super freak athletic guy like a Miles Garrett. No, okay, 0:19:25.920 --> 0:19:30.280 he's not that. But the productivity, the measurables, and everything 0:19:30.359 --> 0:19:33.920 else to me, says number one pick overall. And I 0:19:33.960 --> 0:19:36.200 think you feel him like heaven't watched him up close 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:38.440 in person at the Big Ten Championship game. I felt 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:40.920 his presence like it was very clear and fair. In 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:42.760 the big game, he turned it up and nuts, he 0:19:42.920 --> 0:19:44.760