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Speaker 1: What's up everybody, DJ, Bucky here with Move the Sticks.

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Speaker 1: It is a crazy, crazy, frenzied time right now obviously

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't shock me. I think it gives them options,

431
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Speaker 1: It gives them options at the quarterback position to do

432
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,520
Speaker 1: what they want to do and to do it how

433
00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,000
Speaker 1: they want to do it, whether it's to or Justin

434
00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,480
Speaker 1: Herbert Um. I think we need to understand that Ryan

435
00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,800
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick played well enough for them to be very, very competitive.

436
00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:27,600
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick also has a relationship with Chan Gailey, and

437
00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:31,399
Speaker 1: depended upon how Chan Gaily views Ryan Fitzpatrick as he

438
00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,000
Speaker 1: ages gracefully at the position, maybe it does give them

439
00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:38,199
Speaker 1: a year or two to groom a quarterback to be

440
00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:42,080
Speaker 1: the starter. But I absolutely like what the Miami Dolphins

441
00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:43,880
Speaker 1: are doing. And actually I was gonna pitch this out

442
00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,600
Speaker 1: to you because we've talked about the old model of

443
00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,680
Speaker 1: team building and how everything is about the passing game,

444
00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:54,240
Speaker 1: and so we were ranking prioritize the positions as a quarterback,

445
00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:59,320
Speaker 1: pass rusher, left tackle, cornerback. The Miami Dolphins went out

446
00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:02,560
Speaker 1: and got Byron Jones, made him the highest paid cornerback

447
00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,399
Speaker 1: in football a year ago. Either a year or two

448
00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,480
Speaker 1: years ago, they signed Xavian Howard to a big time extension.

449
00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:14,399
Speaker 1: They have two high priced corners on the edges. Doesn't

450
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,960
Speaker 1: appear that they have like a marquee pass rusher. But

451
00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,520
Speaker 1: when we've seen the New England Patriots in the past.

452
00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:23,600
Speaker 1: The Patriots put their energies and efforts in coverage, not

453
00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,680
Speaker 1: pass rush. They believe they can cover you up there

454
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,359
Speaker 1: rushed for and they will win that way. I just

455
00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:33,119
Speaker 1: think Brian Floores is following the model that he learned

456
00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:36,320
Speaker 1: in New England and putting his resources on the perimeter

457
00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,520
Speaker 1: so they can play man to man, cover everybody up

458
00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,720
Speaker 1: and make like very very difficult for the quarterback to

459
00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,000
Speaker 1: find open windows to hit wide receivers. Yeah, and I

460
00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,160
Speaker 1: think it also again points to the draft. You talk

461
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,120
Speaker 1: about the New England belief system and how you do that, Well,

462
00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,920
Speaker 1: what about the Detroit Lions, who where they're going to

463
00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:55,520
Speaker 1: be picking, even if they were to trade back a

464
00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,080
Speaker 1: little bit from the third pick, um, you know they're

465
00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,840
Speaker 1: gonna be looking at the defensive tackle like a Derek

466
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,040
Speaker 1: browner Kin Law or is it a linebacker like Isaiah

467
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,040
Speaker 1: Simmons or do you just go get the top corner

468
00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,639
Speaker 1: and Geoffrey Acuda. And to me, that is another reason

469
00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:13,240
Speaker 1: to kind of to marry up Akuda with a Lions. Yes,

470
00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:17,840
Speaker 1: absolutely absolutely, I mean it's it's really a smart play.

471
00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,640
Speaker 1: The Lions typically traditionally haven't operated like that. But when

472
00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:26,600
Speaker 1: you think about uh, Matt Patricia and Brian Floores and

473
00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:28,679
Speaker 1: the New England model, and then you go and you

474
00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,800
Speaker 1: look at the next Gen stats and the PFF stats,

475
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,800
Speaker 1: and those teams play man demand more than any other

476
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,400
Speaker 1: team in the National Football League. Well, if you're going

477
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,680
Speaker 1: to play that style, you have to have a stable

478
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,719
Speaker 1: of cornerbacks that are young, athletic and capable of just

479
00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,760
Speaker 1: running all over the field. Jeoffrey A. Couta certainly can

480
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,760
Speaker 1: do that. I'm the Detroit Lions. I'm definitely thinking that

481
00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:55,040
Speaker 1: way unless Isaiah Simmons is standing right in the face

482
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,119
Speaker 1: and I can come up with a creative plan to

483
00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,320
Speaker 1: unleash him on the second level of the defense. Yeah,

484
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,439
Speaker 1: I mean there's I mean, Buck, there's so many different

485
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,640
Speaker 1: things we can go through. I can't go through each

486
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,240
Speaker 1: and every move. But how about one more here. Robert

487
00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,800
Speaker 1: Quinn signed with the Bears to team up with Khalil Mack.

488
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,520
Speaker 1: Robert Quint like very well last year, and we started

489
00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,000
Speaker 1: to see him in a good fit for how he

490
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,399
Speaker 1: likes to play with the Dallas Cowboys. You start to

491
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,240
Speaker 1: see that ability that made him such a high pick

492
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:23,080
Speaker 1: really come out yeah. I mean, look, we saw Robert

493
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,560
Speaker 1: Quinn definitely get his game on and we saw him

494
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:28,879
Speaker 1: begin to kind of flourish. And this is kind of

495
00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:32,600
Speaker 1: a rebirth, a renaissance because he showed people that he

496
00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:36,240
Speaker 1: definitely could still play. And I think sometimes with injuries

497
00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:37,960
Speaker 1: and the like, we we kind of lose sight of

498
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:39,920
Speaker 1: this was a guy that played at a high level.

499
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,879
Speaker 1: With the Rams, he and Chris Long were able to

500
00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:46,000
Speaker 1: dominate and disrupt and create. Havoc kind of lost his

501
00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:49,720
Speaker 1: way a little bit. Uh in Miami brought it back

502
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,720
Speaker 1: a little bit. In Dallas, we saw him pop and

503
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,280
Speaker 1: have a double digit sack season, um, and so that

504
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,359
Speaker 1: was terrific. I think the bigger thing is what is

505
00:24:57,359 --> 00:24:59,840
Speaker 1: the lesson to be learned? Because the next move was

506
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:06,000
Speaker 1: to see the Chicago Bears release Leonard Floyd. And what

507
00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,920
Speaker 1: I think was interesting with Leonard Floyd when he was

508
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,919
Speaker 1: coming out, it was kind of a deal where we

509
00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:16,199
Speaker 1: have a tendency to fall in love with the athletic traits. Right,

510
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 1: we see the size, we see the speed, and we

511
00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 1: I won't say ignore the production, but we don't necessarily

512
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:26,200
Speaker 1: give the production in terms of the sack production what

513
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:30,440
Speaker 1: it should be factored into the equation when we're speculating

514
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,840
Speaker 1: about a guy being a double digit sack artist. His

515
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,720
Speaker 1: last year at Georgia he only had four and a

516
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:41,119
Speaker 1: half sacks. He has six stacks the years before and

517
00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,560
Speaker 1: in six and a half the previous years. So what

518
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,280
Speaker 1: you're talking about is about seventeen sacks in his career.

519
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,640
Speaker 1: And sometimes we think guys just pop at the next

520
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,840
Speaker 1: level because they're big, fast and athletic, And I don't

521
00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,280
Speaker 1: know if he was necessarily skilled, and so I think

522
00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:01,200
Speaker 1: when we're evaluating the past rusher the edge rusher position,

523
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 1: we need to make sure that the guys are skilled

524
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:09,400
Speaker 1: and they have some semblance of a resume that says, hey,

525
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,680
Speaker 1: these guys are gonna be able to consistently sack the quarterback,

526
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,360
Speaker 1: especially when we're picking them in the top ten, no doubt. Um.

527
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:20,160
Speaker 1: Last thing here with the Raiders signing Corey Littleton, Um

528
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,960
Speaker 1: they've they've signed a couple of linebackers here, which again

529
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 1: I want to bring this back to the draft. Um,

530
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,720
Speaker 1: they still have a glaring need with receiver, and I

531
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 1: think it's a good job there with with Mayok and

532
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,160
Speaker 1: Gruden of realizing the strength of this draft. You're picking

533
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:37,360
Speaker 1: twelve and nineteen, shore up the linebacker position, free yourself

534
00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,920
Speaker 1: up a little bit, where um you can go ahead

535
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,640
Speaker 1: and take a phenomenal wide receiver with one of those

536
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,760
Speaker 1: two picks. I mean, I think that's terrific. And I

537
00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:50,439
Speaker 1: think also couple that with the Marcus Mariota hinting, because

538
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,560
Speaker 1: in my mind, I would say, if I'm the Oakland Raiders,

539
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,120
Speaker 1: I'm gonna treat Marcus Mariota as if it's a draft pick,

540
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 1: because you're talking about a guy that was taken second. Overall,

541
00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,040
Speaker 1: we already know that Mike mayock them. We like we

542
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 1: know that John Gluten liked him when he was coming out.

543
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:08,119
Speaker 1: And if they believe that they can fix Marcus Mariota

544
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,960
Speaker 1: and get him unleashed, it then takes them out of

545
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,160
Speaker 1: that quarterback market that has been lightly speculated that maybe

546
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,719
Speaker 1: Jordan Love would be a player, And now it's just

547
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:21,920
Speaker 1: about acquiring playmakers lu ship players that can enhance and

548
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,560
Speaker 1: upgrade the team on both sides of the ball. Whether

549
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,440
Speaker 1: that's a wide receiver, whether that's a corner, whether that's

550
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: the second level defender. It just enables them to take

551
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 1: the best player available and put him wherever they need

552
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,679
Speaker 1: to put him to upgrade the team. Yeah, it has

553
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,000
Speaker 1: been a wild wild ride. A couple of the things

554
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 1: here and I talked about it a long time ago

555
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 1: about the Browns. We're gonna sign Jack Conklin that ended

556
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,280
Speaker 1: up getting done. I still think they're a really good

557
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,400
Speaker 1: chance they end up taking a tackle with their first

558
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,679
Speaker 1: round pick at number ten. Overall, that would not surprise

559
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,360
Speaker 1: me to see them double up there. The Jets uh

560
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 1: signed George Fan who's not a sexy name, but the

561
00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,719
Speaker 1: real athletic and is gonna, you know, be a tackle

562
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,399
Speaker 1: for them and their zone scheme. They're gonna run a

563
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,600
Speaker 1: lot more zone scheme stuff this year, so athleticism will

564
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,280
Speaker 1: be featured with him. I still think they're in the

565
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,399
Speaker 1: tackle business going forward, so we'll see what else they

566
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,639
Speaker 1: do building up their team. But man, it has been

567
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:17,880
Speaker 1: a wild wild ride. Buck. Yeah, it's it's been It's

568
00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,080
Speaker 1: been crazy um to watch. And I'm gonna say this,

569
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:23,000
Speaker 1: in the midst of doing this, you and I still

570
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,800
Speaker 1: have our eyes um cast on the draft and how

571
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:31,480
Speaker 1: it impacted. I am releasing an updated version of my

572
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 1: top five. No major changes at the top. Everything kind

573
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,919
Speaker 1: of stayed the same as it relates to the combine.

574
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 1: But I kind of brought up the point about Leonard

575
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 1: Floyd because one guy that I'm struggling with and I

576
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,160
Speaker 1: know you you feel strongly about him, Calevan Chasing, I've

577
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 1: had a tough time with in terms of trying to

578
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 1: figure out where he fits. I have no questions about

579
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:56,440
Speaker 1: the athleticism, the speed, the burst, and the playmaking ability

580
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,479
Speaker 1: in terms of being able to run and Chase, I

581
00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 1: do have questions about, uh, is he going to be

582
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 1: kind of that dominant edge rusher. And I know we

583
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 1: talked about not scouting the helmet, but I have the

584
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 1: horrors of Barcavis Mingo and Art and Key kind of

585
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,760
Speaker 1: hanging in the background. So I've been very, very slow

586
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 1: and reluctant to give him a big grade just because

587
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 1: I'm just wondering will he be different than the guys

588
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 1: that I saw previously at L s U. No. I

589
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,440
Speaker 1: think that's fair. Um, you know, you know, and we've

590
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,040
Speaker 1: talked about this before on the podcast, Like I I think, uh,

591
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 1: you know, I think he's a different player than those

592
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 1: guys like Art and Key. Has been a health issue

593
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,680
Speaker 1: a good bit with him. Um, you know, Chason has

594
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 1: had some injuries too, so there is a similarity there.

595
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 1: I have him as my twenty five overall player. Um,

596
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 1: I think initially you're gonna be more excited with using

597
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: him on games and stunts and looping him and doing

598
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 1: all kinds of stuff like that. It's a little bit

599
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,040
Speaker 1: more of an athlete than a polished rusher right now.

600
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,560
Speaker 1: But I thought, as you see him recovering, you know,

601
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,680
Speaker 1: having some time away from his injury towards the end

602
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,320
Speaker 1: of the year, I thought, you really saw him put

603
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,440
Speaker 1: things together. He's you know, Barkiebius Mingo. Couldn't you know?

604
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,400
Speaker 1: He just had no strength, no place strength. I think

605
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 1: this kid actually holds up at the point of attack

606
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 1: and he's got some strength. So that's why I'd say

607
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 1: he's different than those guys. But yeah, I mean, I'm buck.

608
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,760
Speaker 1: I don't I don't think, you know, I don't think

609
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 1: he's a top ten, top fifteen player. But I think

610
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 1: there's a chance he goes in the top fifteen just

611
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,600
Speaker 1: because of the Russer class and what it is. Oh,

612
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,400
Speaker 1: I absolutely do that. Now, I will say the thing

613
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,600
Speaker 1: that maybe kind of slow it down a little bit,

614
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,880
Speaker 1: because I think he definitely would have skyrocket up the

615
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,440
Speaker 1: charts if he had his pro day at l s

616
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 1: U and he put ridiculous numbers up. I think now,

617
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 1: because it's a little more based on the tape, it

618
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:47,479
Speaker 1: may not be the top ten, top fifteen UM status

619
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:49,760
Speaker 1: that we were thinking about potentially he could rise to.

620
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:54,120
Speaker 1: But yeah, look, he's talented. There's no doubt about the talent.

621
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 1: I just think it is just very very hard sometimes

622
00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 1: to like get these what I call pure speed rushers right.

623
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: And I think I'm also scared by, like the way

624
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 1: that I kind of fell in love with Vic Beasley

625
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:10,560
Speaker 1: in the process. He had a great year, but for

626
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 1: the majority of his career he didn't pop. And so

627
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,760
Speaker 1: you just like to make sure that guys have a

628
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 1: little more than just that fastball, that they can hit

629
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 1: you with something else. No, I hear you, But we're

630
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,920
Speaker 1: gonna have time. This is definitely a free agent heavy

631
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:25,720
Speaker 1: UM podcast today, but we're gonna start unpacking all this

632
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 1: stuff as it pertains to the draft. We've got a team,

633
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,840
Speaker 1: a bunch of teams with new picks now buck with

634
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 1: all the trades we've seen take place. So uh, if

635
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,240
Speaker 1: you're a Minnesota Viking fan, all of a sudden, now

636
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 1: you're a little more juiced about this draft. Same if

637
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 1: you're a San Francisco forty Niner fan, you're a little

638
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 1: bit more pumped up as well. So it's gonna be

639
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 1: fun as we marched towards the draft. It's definitely an

640
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 1: unusual time in the world right now. Um but man,

641
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:49,960
Speaker 1: it's always good to get together with you Buck and

642
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,720
Speaker 1: just talk some ball. No, man, this is fun. This

643
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,120
Speaker 1: is fun. Like um like, we had a lot of action.

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Speaker 1: about all right, Well that's gonna do it for us today.

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