1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: We're on Radio Row once more with Casey Valley. I'm 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Matt Taylor. Thanks for staying along here on the Colts 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,639 Speaker 1: Audio Network. Please right now to be visiting with Mark Ross, 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,479 Speaker 1: NFL analyst on NFL Network. He appears on all kinds 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: of programs, NFL Total Access, NFL Now. Mark. We spoke 6 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: to you last year at the Combine. Welcome back. How 7 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 1: are you you great to be back. I'm great to 8 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: hang with you, guys. I've been asking everybody I know. 9 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: I know you just flew in last night. We're speaking 10 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 1: to you on Thursday, by the way, but give me 11 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: some of your favorite Combine traditions or rituals that you 12 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: have in the Circle City. Staying away from the JW. 13 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: Marriott Lobby, the steakhouse over there, that is really Oh yeah, man, 14 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 1: I don't go around the madness that away from it 15 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: sucked in. I get out of the way, get some 16 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: good rests. Man. I had enough at my younger day. 17 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: Yeah old man. Now with a sixteen year old doctor, 18 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: enough drama. Come on, it's cheaper, all right. Well, you 19 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: mentioned your former scouting days. I mean, how much do 20 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: you enjoy this being on this side of the fence. 21 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: Compared to that, Well, it's still you know, I like 22 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: the network stuff, but it's still whenever I watched talent 23 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: leading up to the draft, that's still my favorite part. 24 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:14,759 Speaker 1: I still feel great doing it, and I love doing 25 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 1: that part of it. Being an executive. I've done all that, 26 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: been a part of it, all on this side of it, 27 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: but still that essential just turning the film on and 28 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: watching players and evaluating. That's still my favorite part about 29 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: this whole job. All right, so good segue there? Where 30 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: are you on the film? Study? On the quarterbacks, I've 31 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: I've hit them all. Yeah, I've hit them all volumes 32 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: a good spot pretty much. You know the top couple 33 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: rounds and know all those guys really well, let Daniel 34 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: Jeremiah crush all the six and seventh round picks. But yeah, 35 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: for me, the way they jumped me on the network, 36 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: just know the top guys. So yeah, pretty pretty thick 37 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: in on the quarterback. So which one for you is 38 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: most eye popping, at least on film so far? Well, Bryce, 39 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: I think Bryce Young's tremendous. I mean I think it's 40 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 1: far and away he's the best guy. And then there's 41 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: a huge uta from there, and then a lot of 42 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: question marks. But Bryce, i mean, will gets so overlooked 43 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: what a quarterback is their mind and how they feel 44 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 1: and control the game. And he does that just as 45 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: good as anybody else that's come out in the past 46 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,799 Speaker 1: X amount of years. So that's what really separates him 47 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 1: from me. Now, one of the big questions about Bryce's 48 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 1: of course, you know the size, you know, being from 49 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: from you know the football side of everything. Just let's 50 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: say you're let's say you're whoever's at number one, you're 51 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: part of that team. You take Bryce Young, What changes 52 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: do you have to make for Bryce Young? Or can 53 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: you essentially look at him and say, hey, look look 54 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: at what this guy did Alabamas he played against Yes, 55 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: that's one of the things I keep looking at. I mean, 56 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: he did all this stuff in the best conference in 57 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: college football, no question. And of course the tradition is 58 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: the side. Everyone talks about that and it's always the size, 59 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: but there's been guys in the years Pass and Kyler Murrain. 60 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: There's always got to be a first of these smaller guys. 61 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: And the way he plays, again, he doesn't take a 62 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: lot of hits, and then he's smart, he gets out 63 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: of the way, his feel for for pressure and traffic 64 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: is just phenomenal. So he's not gonna take a lot 65 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: of hits in the league. Now, of course there's fluke injuries. 66 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: Everyone gets hit and goes down, but he got injured. 67 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: It wasn't as if he got hurt because he's little. 68 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: So I think the way he'll get a little bit bigger, 69 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: he'll become a man. He's still a young guy that 70 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: I think he'll be okay because of the way he 71 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: can control the game and not get hit. And also 72 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: he's going to get bigger and stronger. Now one of 73 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: those that you mentioned, I mean, he's got that mental 74 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: makeup where he's smart with the football and he's not 75 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: like you know, the game it's always changing and you 76 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: see these mobile quarterbacks. You're justin fields who not necessarily 77 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: looking to run first, but definitely has that in him. 78 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: Is that one of the things is gonna help Bryce 79 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: because he's that small stature, but he is a quarterback 80 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: he's looking to make. Is that going to help him 81 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: as far as that injury goes. And the way he played, 82 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: he only got out of trouble when he needed to. 83 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: He ran when he needed to right and not because 84 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: he had to and that's what's going to save him. 85 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: And mentioned in justin the crazy thing about justin fields, 86 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: he didn't play like that in college. So he just 87 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: runs all the time now, he didn't. He threw all 88 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: the time in college. But we've gotten lost with the 89 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: way that we see them now about thinking that's what 90 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: they were and that's not what they were. But Bryce 91 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: is completely different. Where he controls things. He moves, he 92 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: gets out of the trouble when he needs so, he 93 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 1: runs when he needs to, He avloways hits, So I 94 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: think he'll be okay in that aspect. Which boxes along 95 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: the way that you check off are most important when 96 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 1: you talk about present day NFL football franchise quarterbacks. Again, 97 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: I'm going to go back to the mind and the 98 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: way they control the game. When you watch Patrick Mahomes play, right, 99 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: he controls everything. When you watch Joe Burrow play, he 100 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: controls everything. When you watch those great players play, don't 101 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: matter what's going on around them, they control what's going on. 102 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: That you saw that years with Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers 103 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: there at his peak, and you're not making excuses for 104 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: why they're failing because they control everything. Yeah, that's to 105 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: me the most important aspect, and that's so rare to have. 106 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 1: Anybody can throw fifty yards. There's a lot of athletic guys, 107 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: but when the mind controls everything, those are the truly, 108 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 1: truly special quarterbacks. What do you make of the Shane 109 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: Steiken fit in Indianapolis and pairing him up with a 110 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: young quarterback? What does that look like? And who from 111 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: a trade standpoint, best fits Shane Stiken's offense knowing he's 112 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 1: been able to make it work with a lot of 113 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: different style of qbs. Yeah, well that's when you hire 114 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: an offensive guy, you hoping he's the savior no matter 115 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: what the quarterback. And I think, yeah, you may have 116 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: been trying with Reich too at Also, you've seen a 117 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: lot of people come in and out of here. So 118 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: I don't I think if you're a great coach like him, 119 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: I don't think there should be one style of quarterback 120 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: you need to get. If you're a great coach. This 121 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: guy's got a ton of talent, whoever it may be, 122 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: and you feel like he does. Let's maximize the strengths 123 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: that this guy has, minimize whatever the weaknesses are, and 124 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: let them grow. Much like we saw with Jalen Hurts 125 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: and his development. Now everyone can't make that jump, So 126 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: everyone expects this draft time, these guys are going to 127 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: be great and whatever flaws they have are going to 128 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 1: be overcome. That's not reality. When you look at the 129 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: NFL and the quarterbacks, you got a group of great 130 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 1: superstars up top, they got a couple of middle things, 131 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: and you've got a whole lot of bad ones. So 132 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: that's year after year. We want there to be thirty 133 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: two awesome quarterbacks, but the percentages for the past thirty 134 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: years is a great group, a middle class, and then 135 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: a bunch of a lot a lot of not good ones. 136 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: Is Bryce Young worthy of moving up to grab and 137 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: giving up potentially a first round pick for for even 138 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: next year even, Yeah, I definitely think he is. You know, 139 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: I just think he's everything you want is as far 140 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: as a player and a playmaker, but also representing everything 141 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: you want in your organization. And that's that seems to 142 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: be what the culture prioritizing the most. Yeah, that's a 143 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: huge part of it as well. You know, I've been 144 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: around Donald McNabb but Philly for so many years, Eli 145 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: Manning with the Giants and just not just the plays 146 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 1: that they make, but everything else they bring as far 147 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: as being leaders of the whole entire organization. That's one 148 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: of the things that I've heard about these four quarterbacks 149 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: have been mentioned. Seems like all of them are the 150 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: right character kind of guys. With Will Levis, Anthony Richards 151 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,359 Speaker 1: and c J. Stroud and Bryce Young. You mentioned Bryce 152 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: is in a tier above him, above everybody else. How 153 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: far is that gap between you know, maybe him and 154 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: whoever is second and then second, three and four. It 155 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: seems like you talk to somebody and they have Will 156 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: Levis is number two and CJ. Stroud at number two? 157 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: Where are you and how far is that gap? I 158 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: think it's a It's a pretty big gap. And then 159 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: I would put CJ second there, and then Hooker. Actually 160 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: I love hook Okay, Tennessee, I think he's getting overlooked. 161 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: You talk about a guy that I'm going back to 162 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: the mind again when you watch him play, the guy 163 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: knows how to play football, and he's got unbelievable feel 164 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: and vision and poise. So I just love Hooker and 165 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 1: I think come draft night that he'll get taken a 166 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: little higher than where he is. Kind of sitting in 167 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: the weeds right now. Now with Hendon Hooker. I mean, 168 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: we all saw the great season he was putting on, 169 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: looked like to be the Heisman favorite. Then he has 170 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: that crushing injury so late in the year, got the injury, 171 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: and you also have he's a little older compared to 172 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: the other guys. How much pause do you think that 173 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: is going to give? If that was you and your shoes, 174 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: you know you're evaluating him for your team. When you 175 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: look at it, some of these quarterbacks are playing until 176 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: their forties. So if he's twenty five, now, that's still 177 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: fifteen years. Yeah, it's not like a receiver, right, take 178 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: it and I know that you wait, you have four 179 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: years with this guy. You could essentially still have ten 180 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: years with Hooker if he's your guy, ten plus because 181 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: of guys playing and the way he plays. Again, he's 182 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: so cerebral with it that his game isn't just his 183 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: pure athleticism or arm or something like that that it's 184 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: it's more about, you know, the mind aspects of it. 185 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: So yeah, that you dig into and you talk about it, 186 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: it's going to be a talking point. But I think 187 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: that's kind of not a big of an issue anymore. 188 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: The injury, that's where you have all these medical staffs 189 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 1: and going through all this this week, one of the 190 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: most important aspects is the medical So all the teams 191 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: are going to dig into that and see what his 192 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 1: recovery time is and maybe a blessing in this guy's 193 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: that all right, he doesn't have to get thrown in 194 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: the fire right away, whoever takes him. We were to 195 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 1: let this guy develop and sit around see how to 196 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: be a pro while he gets healthy. Find a couple 197 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: of things with you, Mark, Like you said, former scout, 198 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: former executive. Maybe this is a dumb question, but how 199 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: do you prevent yourself from freaking out and over analyzing 200 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: everything here at the combine because there's a million things 201 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 1: being said and there's all this speculation. If you're the Colts, 202 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: can you afford a team to jump up in front 203 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: of you or can we play it safe and stay 204 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 1: it four and still get the guy that we like 205 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 1: or everybody, Sam, we got to go from four to one? Like, 206 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: how do you compartmentalize all this chaos? Yeah, well that's 207 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: where you have to have really conviction in your process, 208 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: whatever your scouting process is, coaching process with teams, and 209 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 1: have the real intel, not the chatter, and what teams, 210 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 1: But how do you know what's real and right now? 211 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: That's why you got to have guys that are dialed 212 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: in and plugged in. You know, that's that's your personnel 213 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: that you have on your team that are dialed in 214 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: and plugged in. This this everything is overblown here anyway 215 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: at the combine as y'all know whether it's a guy 216 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: running the forty or benching or jump in or what's 217 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 1: talked about. So you really just have to have this 218 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: as part of your process to know, all, right, guys, 219 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: what's what's real? Once you know the draft comes and 220 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: you have tons and tons of meetings between now and 221 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: then to figure it all out. Now, being on the 222 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: inside and on the outside, take us inside and you 223 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: hear all this outside chatter, how much does that kind 224 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,319 Speaker 1: of infiltrate that you know the building inside? Well? Being 225 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: a part of teams, we always kind of blocked out, 226 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: but blocked out the noise. We make fun of the 227 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: we we what we did. But now being on this 228 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: side of it, and I can see teams shouldn't have 229 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: pay attention to what we're doing because we're creating. As 230 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: we do. We create, right, we create, We create stories 231 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: and that's what our job is to do with the 232 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 1: NFL network side. So teams are sitting there listening to 233 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, what I'm doing, like I had some 234 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,719 Speaker 1: incredibility because I was I did right, you were in there. Yeah, 235 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 1: if I like a player, you probably should listen. But no, 236 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: this as far as the whole scenario that gets created, 237 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: we create a lot of fake Yeah, but it's got 238 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: to be hard as a general manager. I mean, this 239 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: is your job, this is your livelihood. And then question. 240 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: You know, your kids go to school and they hear 241 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 1: them all right, and they bring it home to you. Right, 242 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: you just think about last year. This time we're talking 243 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: about quarterbacks again. All those duds are getting taken into 244 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: top fifteen last year, right, all those guys. I go 245 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,839 Speaker 1: outside to get my mail. My neighbors all over me, like, dude, 246 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:17,959 Speaker 1: shut up, I have no idea. I'm the radio guy, 247 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: like I'm just in schlep right, right, all those guys 248 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 1: last year or first round, but didn't they didn't get taked. Right, 249 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: But if you listen to all the chatter, what they 250 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: created exactly, that's what we gotta do. That's what happens, man. 251 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: It is conjecture season. As they say Mark Ross, NFL 252 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: analysts on NFL Network, thank you so much for your 253 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 1: time and stop a by. Appreciate the conversation as always, 254 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: and enjoy the rest of your stage thing. Appreciate it.