WEBVTT - Which Teams Can Challenge 2024’s Division Winners? 0:00:00.840 --> 0:00:05.680 And now Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky 0:00:05.800 --> 0:00:07.760 Brooks was everybody. 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:10.399 I'm Bucky Brooks and I am with Lance Zeeln and 0:00:10.440 --> 0:00:12.200 we are going take to Move. 0:00:12.119 --> 0:00:14.240 The six podcasts today and today. 0:00:13.960 --> 0:00:17.120 We're gonna go through each division and we're gonna talk 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:21.280 about which teams are best position threatned the division winner 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:23.200 based on the move that they made via the draft, 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:24.960 free ac and all the things that they've done. 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:27.040 Over the course of the off season. But before we 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:29.440 get to d Lance, how you doing, my man. 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:30.760 I'm good, I'm good. 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:35.080 I'm I'm catching up a little bit. The wife is 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:37.800 out of town. She ran the London Marathon and you, 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:39.720 as you know, we talked about it. And so now 0:00:40.320 --> 0:00:42.159 me and my two boys, we went to the playoff 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:46.640 game yesterday and saw the Rockets beat the Warriors. Got 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:48.479 to talk to Keem Olajuan for a little bit. 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:50.360 So life is good. We just have to clean up 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:51.720 this house before the wife gets home. 0:00:52.200 --> 0:00:55.640 Oh yeah, yeah, get to it. Hurry up and get 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:58.480 to it because no one wants to deal with the rest. 0:00:58.600 --> 0:00:59.280 We can do. 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:02.040 Everything, we can make it perfect and she's gonna find 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:03.520 flaws with and so I already know. 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:05.520 You already know. 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:08.000 But a good thing is you're sitting on a dub 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:11.320 fresh off the rocket is getting that impressive win against 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:13.960 the Warriors. And there are a couple of teams in 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.120 the draft that got does based on what they did 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:17.600 over the course of the off season. 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:19.200 So let's kind of talk about that. 0:01:19.760 --> 0:01:22.320 Last year the AFC East, the Buffalo Bills have been 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:25.640 the team that really reigned supreme over that division. When 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:29.880 you look at the Jets, the Dolphins, the Patriots. Of 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:33.200 those three teams, who is the biggest threat to knock 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:34.440 off the Buffalo Bills? 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:37.160 You know the easy pick is going to be to 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:41.240 say the Dolphins. But when I look at what they like, 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:43.959 I don't know that the Dolphins did a lot to 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:47.480 make themselves better right now, So let me. 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:48.280 Say the Jets. 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:50.360 I'm going to make a surprise pick, and I'm going 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:52.320 to say if Justin if they get the best out 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.320 of Justin Fields, I think the Jets probably know who 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:56.520 Justin Fields is. 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:58.400 Better than the Bears did. 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:01.600 I think they're going to be more in line with 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.360 running a type of offense that's best for Justin Fields, 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:08.480 probably more run heavy, honestly, And they got guys like 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:15.080 Mason Taylor Azeri Thomas the press corner out of Florida State. 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:17.600 They got Malaki Moore, who I know they think he's 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:19.440 got a chance to start right away. And of course 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:21.840 Arman Membu, who I think steps in at right tackle. 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.680 So I actually think, you know, they already had talent. 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:27.880 To me, Bucky, they had talent on the defensive side. Anyway, 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:33.720 they had some pieces in place. Maybe the Justin Fields 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:37.560 moves along with this draft which has some help now players. 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:39.359 Maybe it's the Jets over the Dolphins. 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:42.080 You know, it's funny you talk about the Jets and 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:45.440 what they've done, and you're right. I believe ag Aaron 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:48.680 Glenn knows exactly how to utilize Justin Fields because Fields 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:50.600 was a thorn in his side when he was a 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:54.240 defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions. I am hoping that 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:57.640 he finds a way to unlock the former first round because. 0:02:57.360 --> 0:02:59.399 He's a supreme, supremely talented. 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:01.560 We just haven't seen him kind of play at his 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:03.840 best because I'll be honest, I don't know if anyone 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:07.399 is fully believed and really built an offense around who 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:09.360 he is and what he brings to the table. So 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:11.840 I like the Jets as a pick for that, but 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:13.799 I'm gonna go with the Patriots. And the reason I'm 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:16.160 going with the Patriots is because the Mike Rabel factor. 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.120 I just know the years that I've been in that 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:23.200 division watching make Rabel take these underdog teams, these underman 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:26.600 teams with the Tennessee Titans and completely muck up the 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:30.440 game and find ways to win games. He to me, 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:33.040 now has a I would say, like a more talented 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:36.280 team that he's taken over. You talk about having a 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:39.720 quarterback in place in Drake May and immediately surrounding him 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:44.560 with Will Campbell, bringing in Trevon Henderson, Kyle Williams. Look, 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:47.720 they have upgraded the personnel around him, and then you 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:50.880 add a Stefan Diggs, all the moves that they made 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:53.240 over the course of the offseason to bring veterans in 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:57.640 to help that offense and defense. To me, man the Giants, 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:01.240 I mean not the Giants, the Patriots keeping giant in 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:05.160 that division because we've seen Mike Rable do this. I 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.360 think he has enough fire prower to kind of find 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:09.560 a way to bring the Buffalo Bills back to them, 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:12.480 closer to them, and that gives them a chance to 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:14.600 kind of win the division just based on what they've done. 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:17.040 Yeah, I would agree that they you know, I guess 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.360 for me it was a matter of have they done enough? 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:21.880 Like do they have enough? There's Drake may ready. In 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:25.599 terms of improvement, I would one hundred percent agree with you. 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:29.039 I mean, they're much improved. They had a good draft. 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:32.160 I like what they did at head coach, and there's 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.760 no doubt that I think they're ready to take a step. 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:37.120 The question is can you take a big enough step? 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:39.200 I think realistically it's going to be hard to catch 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:42.680 the Bills. If we're being realistic from the standpoint of 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:46.080 one through ten, I think it's a three. We can 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:48.520 assess that with some of the other teams, like you 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:51.599 know in the AFC North, for example, Bucky, you have 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:55.080 the Bengals who had Shamar Stewart early, Demetrius Knight, who 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:57.640 can help them right away at linebacker. 0:04:57.680 --> 0:05:00.120 You had the Browns. We know what the Browns. 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:02.320 Did, they had a very productive draft, but there's questions 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:05.640 about their quarterback position and how that's going to pan out. 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:07.880 How did you see the Ravens are the team to 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:11.920 catch the Bengals, the Browns, and the Steelers. How do 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:15.080 you see it, who's got the best shot of catching them? 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:17.440 You know it's funny, man, because when I look at 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:20.520 the Bengals and all the things that they've done, Like 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:23.520 I mean, people have been unimpressed with their moves. But 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:26.280 in my mind, I'm saying that the Bengals are going 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.560 to use their offense to be their best defense, and 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:31.440 so the moves that they've made to help themselves on defense, 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:33.880 like bringing Shamar Stewart over. 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:37.120 Look, it's a huge boom or bus pick in my estimation. 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:40.800 But if he pops and really explodes and becomes the 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:42.960 pass rusher that many of us think that he could 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:45.200 become based on his tools, man, he could be a 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:48.159 dominant player for them. You think about petting him opposite 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:49.120 of Trey Henderson. 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:49.839 You gotta like that. 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:54.080 But then I'll say this team doubling down at linebacker 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:57.720 Demetrius Knight from South Carolina and Barrick Carter from Clemson. 0:05:57.760 --> 0:05:59.520 Barry Carter has got that people talked about being a 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:02.560 second round pick at one point. You now have two 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:05.440 young linebackers that can kind of find ways to get 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:08.000 on the field, and then you kind of back that 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:09.920 up with the running back that no one is talking 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:12.599 about in Todds Brooks watching him at the East West 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:16.640 Rine all week. I mean, this dude has stop start quickness, first, compact, 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:20.599 thick frame. The Bengals to me are the team that 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:24.480 can close ground, not necessarily because of what these guys 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:27.200 are going to give them immediately, but because their offense 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:29.400 is so good that these young guys playing under l 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:32.080 Golden should be able to kind of make enough plays 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:33.760 to help this defense get back on track. 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:35.080 I'm with you. 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:36.720 I think that you know, you have to look at 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:39.760 this in totality. The question is who can catch, you know, 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:41.800 as the best chance of catching him after the draft. 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:42.720 And I think the. 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:46.360 Steelers really help himself with Derek Harmon, Jack Sawyer, Caleb Johnson, 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:48.480 I think they all fit. Yeah, y'all Black, I think 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:49.960 it's a good fit in the fifth round for what 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:52.880 they're trying to do. They really upgraded their defensive line 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:56.320 or certainly refreshed it. But you know, I don't know 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:58.000 what they're doing a quarterback over there. 0:06:57.839 --> 0:06:58.920 And until Aaron Rodgers. 0:06:59.000 --> 0:06:59.680 Yeah, that's hard. 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:02.760 I have to say the Bengals because as you mentioned, 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:04.719 I love Demetrius and I I love what they did, 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:06.919 but what they already have in place, I think is 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:07.760 dangerous enough. 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:09.840 So I'm with you. I'm gonna go Bengals on that one. 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:12.320 Okay, So I know you're in age town. You're putting 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:14.560 it down. The Texans are the reigning champs. C. J. 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.760 Stroud and Company looked really, really good, but they did 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:19.560 a really good job with their drafts. So this team 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:22.960 is well positioned to win another division title. But when 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.640 you look around the rest of the division, who's closed ground. 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:28.200 Well, I'm going to say the Colts. It's tough because 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:31.040 I think the Titans are still pretty far away. You know, 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:33.760 I like some things Jaguars did, and you may end 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:35.600 up talking about that. I don't know, But I look 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:37.240 at the Colts and the Colts have a lot of 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:39.760 pieces on offense and on defense. The problem the Colts 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:41.440 have is we don't know what's going to happen with 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:45.200 their quarterback. Well, to that end, you gave Anthony Richardson 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:51.960 or or Jones Jones, you gave him Tyler Warren, and 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:53.920 you know you've got if you take a look at 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:59.360 that team, you know you've got You've got Pittman and Pierce, 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:01.440 and you got Josh Downs, you got Jonathan Taylor. 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:03.720 You got a lot over there a d Mitchell. We'll 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:04.760 see what he does in year two. 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:07.560 Now you added a ready made tight end who can 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:10.760 play right now, help your run blocking, help your pass catching, 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.160 so you know, and then you add J T T. 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:19.760 Tomlua Mulua. Okay, I need Mike to pronounce that point. 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:21.640 I like that. You need Mike gam to come up 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:22.920 in come. 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:28.200 I need JT j T T J T T. I 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:30.440 think those two guys and we can talk about the 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:32.640 rest of it. Justin Wallly, I think helps for sure 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.080 in the secondary. They need to help DJ Giddings. I 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:37.439 think steps right into a backup running back role. But 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:39.199 I think the Colts already had a lot of pieces. 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:42.520 It's just that quarterback spot. It's just a really huge 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:44.640 question mark. But I'm not sure that the Jags and 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:48.920 Titans can make up enough ground on the Texans. Even 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.400 after the draft. It may be two years before we're 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:52.960 answering that question with those two teams. 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:55.320 Yeah, you know, it's funny because I am going to 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:57.640 talk about the Jags because they're so excited about the 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:00.280 guys that they brought on board. Uh, they talk about 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:03.000 the great intangibles that Travis Hunter brings on top of 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.720 the playmaking and all that stuff. People can talk about 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:07.559 him in Nausham in terms of how he is a 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:09.760 thermostat guy, changes the temperature of the room when he 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:10.280 walks in. 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:11.320 They love that. 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:15.360 But it's Caleb Ranshaw that they've talked about in the 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:19.360 secondary that helps them. Plays opposite Tyson Campbell potentially could 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:21.559 be a really good fit, but hey, I'm gonna give 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:23.360 you a guy to watch in terms of being maybe 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:28.760 a surprise starter, Wyatt Millim from West Virginia. They think 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:30.480 that he has a chance to come in there and 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:32.880 jump right into the starting lineup if he takes care 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:36.319 of business in camp They love his scrappiness, his toughness, 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:39.280 and for an offensive line that they're trying to change 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:42.000 the way that they go about doing business. They think 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:44.400 Molam is like the dirt back that they need to 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:47.600 kind of get them to another level. And then finally, 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:51.400 you fantasy guys keep an eye on butshall to There 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:53.080 are a lot of people that are excited about what 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:56.559 he could be in this offense. People will initially pegging 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:59.199 him as a number three running back, but he might 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:01.800 be the workhorse guy by the time it's all said 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:04.000 and done. Coming from Virginia Tech where you saw the 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:07.560 explosive plays. They got some stuff going and so he 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:11.079 certainly helps that. And we've seen the Rams for years 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:14.800 win with these lower ranked these lower round picks find 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:17.440 ways to get those guys on the field. That's why 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:22.600 I'm saying, Jayla McLeod right lane, six round picks, don't 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.040 be surprised when you hear the name called early and 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:26.160 often for the Jacks. 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:28.480 Yeah, I like it. I like it. I think the 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:30.560 Jags really helped themselves with drafts. I thought that had 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:32.400 a good draft that they may I mean. 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:35.600 They took a big swing with Travis Huntery And what 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:38.240 did you think of What did you think of Gladstone's 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:41.600 comments after the draft where he said this draft he 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.959 basically said what we did there is what is how 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:47.719 we're going to operate. No fear is basically what he 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.760 said when he talked about trading from five to two, 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.440 that they're going to swing their sword and they're not 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:53.319 going to play scared. 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:54.120 What did you think of that? 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:57.320 Because that was a that's an expensive move up for 0:10:57.400 --> 0:10:59.560 a guy who's less than one hundred and ninety pounds 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.320 play corner and wide receiver. There's some people that looked 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:04.360 at that kind of sideways, but I thought he had 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:05.640 an interesting answer. 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:08.480 Though, Yeah, very interesting, but you know what he is 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:10.920 like said it the knee of less need for all 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:13.720 those years in the Rams. Remember Lefskni is the one 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.720 that coined the phrase ft and picks, and there is 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:18.559 some truth to that because when they said f and 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:20.880 picks and they made the trade, it helped their team 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:23.360 win a Super Bowl. And so Gladstone is certainly trying 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:26.440 to follow suit, not only in being bold but the moves, 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.760 but bringing in guys who did everything in the process. 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:32.320 Land something that was big with him was guys that 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:34.840 participated in the Bowl Game and played in the Bowl Game, 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:38.680 meaning the all Games. Everyone has an opportunity to opt out, 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:41.680 but they want guys that opt in. We will see 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:44.600 if those kind of worker bee players can kind of 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:46.760 change the culture in the locker room. Let's go to 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:50.280 the AFC West. Everyone talks about the Kan City Chiefs. 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:52.600 We thought they were about to win another title. They 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.200 get knocked off, but the kan City Chiefs still at 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:56.600 the top of the division. What do you think about 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:57.000 the rest. 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:57.480 Of the ribbles? 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:00.640 Well, I think the Cans that he Chiefs. 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:04.840 I mean to me, the Chiefs are gonna they're the 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:08.240 team to beat, obviously, but when you look at when 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:10.240 you look at the teams in terms of who are 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:13.000 going to chase them down, I think the Broncos added 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:15.760 a good pick in Jday Baron. He fits the third 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:18.679 corner mold of what they needed. But I'm looking at 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:20.720 the Chargers and I don't know how you can answer 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:24.360 anybody but the Chargers. You added a workhorse, power thread 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:27.800 and Omarion Hampton. You grab Trey Harris, who I think 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:30.960 can step in to get an immediately challenge Quinton Johnson 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:36.240 and challenge of Mike Williams for snaps. Jamari Caldwell is 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:39.199 a very active third round defensive lineman who I think 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:41.800 is gonna, you know, is going to be able to 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:45.400 create some disruption as a rotational defensive lineman. You know, 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:47.360 the rest of their draft I think is just okay. 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:51.440 But those top three, those those top eighty six picks, they. 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:52.079 Help right away. 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:53.719 And it's not like, I know, the last game of 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:56.000 the year against Texans was a bad one, but it's 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:57.960 not like the Chargers are very far away and this 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.800 is only year two. You know, of the hardball way. 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:04.079 So I think that they've got Bucky. I really think 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:06.400 of all the divisions we'll talk about, the Chargers have 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:09.440 the best chance to catch a division champ, the leader 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:12.800 the Chiefs have to prove to me. And I like 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:15.360 what the Chiefs did in the draft, but I still think, 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:19.200 you know, I'm not sure that Chiefs are are not 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:22.840 maybe vulnerable finally for you know, to be overtaken. I'm 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:25.360 seeing it with my Houston Astros and baseball. You can 0:13:25.400 --> 0:13:29.680 have a long run, but eventually guys get older, Guys leave, 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:33.520 You start leaving, losing, losing pieces, you start getting older, 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:36.040 and a young upstart will come up. And I think 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:37.760 that's the Chargers this year. I think they got a 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:39.480 great chance to knock out the Chiefs. 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:41.760 Yeah, I'm with you right there, and I'm gonna tell you, Man, 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:45.720 seeing the visual of Amario Hampton shaking hands with the coaches, 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:48.800 including Jim Harbaugh, I knew he was big because when 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:50.960 guys are listed at six two twenty one, man, he 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:54.360 looks like a superhero when he's there shaking hands with 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:57.520 all of the coaches in front office people. So I'm 0:13:57.559 --> 0:13:59.319 really impressed with what he can do, and I think 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:01.559 he and Najia Hair gonna be a nice tandem. I 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:04.800 would expect Campton to be the lead dog now J 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:07.320 Harris to kind of be the compliment. But two big 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:09.840 backs shit certainly helped him and they found a way 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:11.080 initially to keep JK. 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:11.560 Dollins. 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:14.160 Will see if he stays in the pole. Trey Harris 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:17.280 the vertical threat that they've needed. Lab McConkey is everything, 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:20.040 but more horizontal plays than vertical plays. And then you 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:22.040 get someone that can truly stress the top out the 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:26.800 defense man that makes so it's such a big difference 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:29.360 for how they want to play with Herbert. And then 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:32.040 the last guy that I'll say that I'm really in 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:35.320 two guys in the treat Bony Calcinard from South Carolina. 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:37.240 When you watch his tape, man, he is all over 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.960 the place, just a relentless sucker. And then the guy 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:42.040 that you said that you didn't understand why people are 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:46.200 sleeping on him. R. J. Mickens from Clemson, son of 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:49.720 Ray Mickens, goes there in the sixth round. We just 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:52.160 know how he's gonna come in. 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:52.440 Man. 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:54.560 He is a guy who is rock solid and everything 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:56.640 that he does, he just does it right all the time. 0:14:56.680 --> 0:14:59.400 It's not flashy, no fanfare, but he makes a lot 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:02.080 of plays. I think he has a chance. I think 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:05.120 he has a perfect opportunity to kind of make his 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.840 name known in the charge the secondary. 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:10.720 This could really end up being a memorable draft for 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:13.000 the Chargers when people look back at this, because I 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:15.200 think Mickens is way better than a six round pick. 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:18.120 I think Branson Taylor, if he stays healthy, you tackle 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:21.280 the guard transition in the sixth round they got from Pitt. 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:23.720 You know, he's got some injury issues, he's got some 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:27.400 durability issues, but he is a body mover and so 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:29.720 if you can keep him healthy, I think he fits 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:30.920 what Jim Harbaugh wants to do. 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:34.480 For sure, we swing it to the NFC. 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:37.840 Before we go, Yeah, to the NFC. 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:40.040 Let's take a break, and when we come back, we'll 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:41.760 talk about all of the things going on on the 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:47.720 NFC on the other side. 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:50.960 All right, that's what we're back. And you're excited. 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:52.880 Man. You want to get to the NFC. You must 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:54.800 have some stuff that you want to brew on. Which 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:56.280 division do you want to go first? You want to 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.560 go east to west? What you say, let's go Let's 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:01.680 go east. So because you're sitting there with the Eagles. 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:03.960 How are we going to knock off the Eagles? Who's 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:05.160 going to knock off the Eagles? 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:05.440 Is? 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:06.040 You know? 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:09.080 The Giants are a long way. You got the Cowboys, 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:12.400 You got the Commanders. When I look at this, I 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:15.440 don't see a lot of immediate help for the Commanders. 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:17.200 I think they've got some guys that may need a 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:20.440 little bit of time. You look at the Cowboys, they 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:23.320 had nine picks. They picked up a pass rusher and 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:28.520 easy Iraku from Boston College. They got a powerful guard 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:32.640 with an attitude to step in for Zach Martin. They 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:35.840 got Savon Ravel, who is going to be and I 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:39.760 think an immediate cornerback. Three Over there in Dallas, you 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:41.560 got Jayden Blue, who can come out of the backfield. 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:43.640 I think it's got to be the Cowboys. And I 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:46.560 understand the issues the Cowboys have, but let's not act 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:49.360 like the Cowboys don't have some pieces. The Cowboys have pieces, 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:51.680 and I think when you look at the draft, they 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:54.440 had a pretty they had a fairly impactful draft. They've 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:57.120 got some guys they added that I think either fit 0:16:57.200 --> 0:17:00.880 holes or have some impact potential, including Jade and Blue 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:01.640 from Texas. 0:17:01.400 --> 0:17:03.240 Who they got in the fifth round. 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:05.679 Look, man, the Cowboys has kind of done it in 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:07.880 a different way in terms of like kind of old 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:11.160 school principles, right Like we've kind of grown a customed 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:13.640 to seeing this team kind of do it with flash 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:15.520 and phezazz, and they kind of took a meat and 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:17.680 potatoes approach to the guys that they got. 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:19.239 I love what they were able to do. 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:22.040 First pick, like Booker, gives them an identity, gives them 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:24.160 an attitude, gives them the physicality that they need. 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:26.160 And then look man. 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:28.639 Desiroku coming off the edge, and I just had these 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:31.840 visions of him playing two man games with Michael. 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:35.359 Parson's really good picks for this team and where they are. 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:37.200 But I'm going to the New York Giants. And the 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:38.160 reason I'm going with the Giants. 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:39.920 Everyone's gonna talk about the quarterback, and we can get 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:42.400 to the quarterback, but when I look at what they're 0:17:42.440 --> 0:17:46.680 doing on defense first bringing in Abdul Carter, another pass 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:48.600 rusher that can come off the edge but can play 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:51.960