Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets Podcast. Very
Speaker 1: special guest at Moved to Sticks Daniel Jeremiah. Of course,
Speaker 1: he has his own podcast, to Move the Sticks Podcast,
Speaker 1: along with Bucky Brooks and DJ. Let's dive right into
Speaker 1: it here. We know you're a fan of the Jets draft,
Speaker 1: especially in the early part of the round. But I
Speaker 1: want to do a cross sport analogy here because Zack Wilson,
Speaker 1: I've heard the comparison that he's almost like a short
Speaker 1: stop under center. So what do you think about that
Speaker 1: comparison and why is it a good one? If you
Speaker 1: think it is, yeah, I like it. I actually had
Speaker 1: a conversation with David Cutcliff about this at Duke, who
Speaker 1: is one of the best quarterback teachers there is having
Speaker 1: you know, talk to Manning's coming up and and also
Speaker 1: had Daniel Jones under his tutelage. But guys have gone
Speaker 1: to him forever with quarterback stuff. And we talked about
Speaker 1: kind of where the game was going and what maybe
Speaker 1: is more important now than it ever was before. And
Speaker 1: he talked about hand quickness, like if you think about
Speaker 1: all the r P O stuff we have uh in
Speaker 1: the NFL right now, we're just right back and then
Speaker 1: boom ball comes out. And he said, it's it's like
Speaker 1: a shortstop. You want shortstops, they all just have. There's
Speaker 1: just super quick hands. If you think of like an
Speaker 1: Omarvis scale. You know some of those great defensive players
Speaker 1: at that position, Ozzy Smith going back dating myself a
Speaker 1: little bit, but those guys all just had dynamic, quick
Speaker 1: hands for those middle infielders. And I think when you
Speaker 1: watch Zack Wilson, you see some of those those same things.
Speaker 1: I tell people keep an eye with Zach once his
Speaker 1: left hand comes off the football and then how quickly
Speaker 1: the ball is out of his hand. I mean that
Speaker 1: to me is what shows you how dynamic he is. Uh.
Speaker 1: Speaking of a dynamic what about that arm, because it
Speaker 1: seems to not only is he have the quick hands,
Speaker 1: but it explodes off his hands, doesn't it. Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: got a strong arm. I mean it's it's uh, it's
Speaker 1: definitely a plus arm. And I don't think I would
Speaker 1: put it quite in that you know, Aaron Rodgers, Pat Mahomes,
Speaker 1: Josh Allen type type arm. But it is definitely in
Speaker 1: the in the upper echelon. And there's not a throw
Speaker 1: out there that he can't make. And the crazy thing
Speaker 1: to me is he can make those throw was with
Speaker 1: so much velocity without even having his feet really in
Speaker 1: the ground. I mean you'll see him on the move
Speaker 1: both feet up in the air, even in the pocket,
Speaker 1: similar to Rogers, where you'll see both feet come up.
Speaker 1: And then he's able to generate so much torque from
Speaker 1: his upper half and and and to be able to
Speaker 1: get juice on the ball. As a weenie arm quarterback,
Speaker 1: I know very well how you have to have your
Speaker 1: feet grounded in order to be able to get as
Speaker 1: much on it as you can. So I always made
Speaker 1: sure that I hit my back foot. It was like
Speaker 1: a crow hop. I mean I was. I was planted
Speaker 1: in the in the uh in the ground to be
Speaker 1: able to get all my cleats in there to drive
Speaker 1: and throw. He didn't need to do that. Do you
Speaker 1: like that pairying with Mike Lafleur in the system He's
Speaker 1: going to run the Shanahan system here in New York. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think it's the it's look, it's the most quarterback
Speaker 1: friendly system we have and that's why you're seeing it
Speaker 1: all over the league right now. And with some of
Speaker 1: the movement stuff, some of the boots Um under center
Speaker 1: play action back to the defense. We've seen Zack do
Speaker 1: that at b y U. I think he's very comfortable
Speaker 1: doing that. And I think what it's gonna do. It's
Speaker 1: gonna kind of define the field form and uh, and
Speaker 1: it's going to simplify some things for him. So that's
Speaker 1: what's so great about that offense. And and and I
Speaker 1: think people focus so much on the passing aspect of
Speaker 1: this offense, but you go back to Mike Shanahan and
Speaker 1: those Broncos teams. This this offense has always produced good,
Speaker 1: good run game. So when you have a good run game, obviously,
Speaker 1: you know that's gonna that's gonna increase the numbers you're
Speaker 1: gonna see down in the box. It's gonna simplify your
Speaker 1: your vision and field of view down the field. So
Speaker 1: that to me is gonna be key. I think they
Speaker 1: built up the offensive line nicely. Um over the last
Speaker 1: couple off season has done some nice work there. I
Speaker 1: think this is gonna a team that can really really
Speaker 1: run the football. You just munched the run game real quick.
Speaker 1: He's very good with the deception as well, isn't he?
Speaker 1: Because you know this that the Jets are gonna try
Speaker 1: to dial some things up down the field after they
Speaker 1: get that run game going with the play action. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I think that's one of the things. Well there
Speaker 1: was trust me that you guys know there's a lot
Speaker 1: of things missing for that offense the last couple of years,
Speaker 1: but explosives. You know, being able to run the ball
Speaker 1: is what's gonna that up your explosive plays down the field.
Speaker 1: And you want to be able to pay that off.
Speaker 1: You know, you gotta run the ball successfully. You don't
Speaker 1: want to pay that off with a fifteen yard game.
Speaker 1: You want to be able to pay that off over
Speaker 1: the top for some big chunk plays. And I think
Speaker 1: that's one of the beautiful things about Zach. He's a
Speaker 1: he's a really good deep ball thrower. Now you've got
Speaker 1: two guys on the outside who can go up and
Speaker 1: get it in in Corey Davis and Denzel Mims. And
Speaker 1: now you've got somebody else who can just run away
Speaker 1: from everybody on the field and lie to you more. So,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be fun. It's gonna be watching the fun
Speaker 1: to watch this whole thing come together. Well, you kind
Speaker 1: of answered my next question, So let's let me pivot now,
Speaker 1: you look at Day three of the Jets draft, heavy
Speaker 1: on defense, and the three corners that they selected Michael
Speaker 1: Carter the second, Jason Pennock, and Brandon Ecles all very
Speaker 1: good athletes. What do you think about that approach where
Speaker 1: it seems like, you know what, like we're just gonna
Speaker 1: take a flyer on the athlete and we'll see what
Speaker 1: happens come training camp. Yeah. I mean, I just remember
Speaker 1: being in college and you maybe go to the gas station,
Speaker 1: you get like three scratchers, right, you know, he's hoping
Speaker 1: that maybe you get five bucks out of that thing, Um,
Speaker 1: that you could you could afford to go get some
Speaker 1: dinner the next night. That's what these are their glorified
Speaker 1: lottery tickets with these defensive players they took on Day three, heightweight, speed,
Speaker 1: you know, explosive players. Um, they don't have it all
Speaker 1: figured out just yet, but they can all really really run.
Speaker 1: So to me, if if if I'm the Jets and
Speaker 1: one of those dudes ends up hitting, that's that's gravy. Um.
Speaker 1: I thought they did a nice job of just taking
Speaker 1: some shots on some kids with not only with traits,
Speaker 1: but real competitive kids too. Um. And I like to
Speaker 1: you know, Michael Carter number two. Have you figured out
Speaker 1: how you guys are calling these guys? By the way,
Speaker 1: Michael Carter one, Michael Carter too, what's the what's the plan?
Speaker 1: I think the corner will go Carter too, and the
Speaker 1: running back would just go Carter. Biggest surprise for you
Speaker 1: in the two thousand twenty one draft you mentioned Elijah
Speaker 1: more before. How shocked were you that he was sitting
Speaker 1: there at the top of the second and um, how
Speaker 1: much do you love his versatility? Yeah, he's easy player
Speaker 1: to love. The more I watched him, the more I
Speaker 1: liked him, and I just did not think there was
Speaker 1: any chance we get out of the first round. And
Speaker 1: talking to folks kind of in the last couple weeks, Um,
Speaker 1: everybody seemed to be on him, and uh, and hey,
Speaker 1: that's what happens in the draft things. You know, a
Speaker 1: move here there, a trade here there, and everything kind
Speaker 1: of falls out of sequence. And I thought, man, the
Speaker 1: Jets were the benefactors there. Um, you know, to me,
Speaker 1: it was him and Kadarius Tony were close. I ended
Speaker 1: up putting him over Kadarius Tony, and then the Giants
Speaker 1: felt otherwise, so they like Hidarius Tony and they pull
Speaker 1: a trigger on him. Um, But to me, Elijah More,
Speaker 1: I thought it was a little bit more natural hands
Speaker 1: and a little bit more reliable. They're both guys are
Speaker 1: you know, excellent in terms of the ball in their hands.
Speaker 1: But uh, I thought he was just a little bit better,
Speaker 1: a little more precise as a route runner, and just
Speaker 1: had a little more confidence in his hands there. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I was I was a little bit shocked, to say
Speaker 1: the least, that he was still there in the second round.
Speaker 1: You know, DJ, you mentioned before one of the three corners,
Speaker 1: if if the Jets were to hit on one of
Speaker 1: those guys to be selected in round four or five
Speaker 1: and six. Excuse me, what is hitting on those players
Speaker 1: mean through a scouts I, Oh, my gosh, it's huge.
Speaker 1: It's huge because you're gonna get a cheap starter for
Speaker 1: for you know, four years here, which is enormous, and
Speaker 1: that's what helps you be able to round out the
Speaker 1: rest of your roster. And I think that's the other
Speaker 1: thing that does is once you start to prove you
Speaker 1: can hit on these players, and Joe knows this from
Speaker 1: from all of his years in Baltimore, where you know
Speaker 1: you're not gonna be able to resign all these guys.
Speaker 1: Then when you when you take a you know, fifth round,
Speaker 1: sixth round guy, he develops into a player and maybe
Speaker 1: you don't even sign him to a second contract, but
Speaker 1: he goes and gets big money elsewhere. Then you get
Speaker 1: the comp picks, and then you get more picks in
Speaker 1: this range of the draft. And it's just this wheel,
Speaker 1: the cycle that just keeps going and you can really, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, add that volume and and that's that's the
Speaker 1: key to me. On day three. You know, if you
Speaker 1: if you have one team that comes into Day three
Speaker 1: and they've got six picks, another team comes into Day
Speaker 1: three and they've got two picks, dodds are in the
Speaker 1: favor that the team that's gets six shot shots at
Speaker 1: it's gonna come away with a couple of gems. So, um,
Speaker 1: I think having those numbers is huge and and showing
Speaker 1: that you can scout and produce players with those picks
Speaker 1: is huge. You know, Joe very well, how much did
Speaker 1: you like his move going up from twenty three to
Speaker 1: fourteen and getting Elijah vera Tucker. With that being said,
Speaker 1: after your answer to that one, what do you think
Speaker 1: about the potential of that left side of the line
Speaker 1: with McKay Beckton and possibly Vera Tucker to the right
Speaker 1: of them. Yeah, I know he was. He was. He
Speaker 1: was really excited about that and have been thinking about
Speaker 1: that for a long time. So I was happy for him.
Speaker 1: I thought Elijah Vera Tucker was one of the cleanest
Speaker 1: players in the whole draft. You know exactly what you're getting.
Speaker 1: And in such a weird year with not having a
Speaker 1: combine and not having as much interaction with these players,
Speaker 1: not having scouts on keep us, when you can find
Speaker 1: safe players in this draft, I think you do get
Speaker 1: aggressive and and you go get him. Now. He could
Speaker 1: have sat and and maybe tried to, you know, get
Speaker 1: something done it maybe it was pick sixteen and at
Speaker 1: the Cardinals. But I I admire the fact, Hey, we
Speaker 1: want him, let's just where do we need to go
Speaker 1: to make sure we get him. Let's not take any chances,
Speaker 1: uh and lock him in. And now, when you look
Speaker 1: at the left side of that line, and a lot
Speaker 1: of people say, man, you can just run left, run left,
Speaker 1: the other thing is and uh, when you have that
Speaker 1: type of power, if you want to run right, you
Speaker 1: have that left side of the line, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: like an avalanche. Just collapsing down the line of scrimmage
Speaker 1: and you're gonna have cutbacks for days. So uh yeah,
Speaker 1: they're they're gonna be able to really really do some
Speaker 1: things in the run game with those two guys. DJ
Speaker 1: last question before we let you go here. Last off season,
Speaker 1: we spoke to you before the draft and you use
Speaker 1: the analogy for the Jets to jumping in a pool.
Speaker 1: Joe Douglas was jumping in the pool. You go down
Speaker 1: to the bottom, you launch yourself up, and you were
Speaker 1: focused on this offseason. Now that this offseason is essentially
Speaker 1: behind us and you look ahead to two thousand twenty
Speaker 1: two as well, what do you think about what Joe
Speaker 1: Douglas has done and what he's gonna be able to
Speaker 1: do moving forward, not only this year but next year. Well,
Speaker 1: I think they've got some foundation pieces which they didn't
Speaker 1: really have, and I think these foundation pieces are on
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage when you look at what they've
Speaker 1: done with these two guys on the offensive line we
Speaker 1: just mentioned, you know, you know, one of the one
Speaker 1: of the jewels that he had on this roster. There
Speaker 1: weren't a lot, but Quentin Williams has got chance and
Speaker 1: you talk to people around the league, he's got a
Speaker 1: chance to be the second best defensive tackle on football
Speaker 1: this year. You know, Aaron Donald, he gets that play,
Speaker 1: he gets that room all to himself. We're not gonna
Speaker 1: mess with him. But I think Quinnin really has a
Speaker 1: chance to be that second guy. So you've got some
Speaker 1: some foundational pieces. Then you go out in free agency
Speaker 1: and accomplish what they did. Um, you go out and
Speaker 1: get a big time pass rusher to put on the
Speaker 1: outside of Quentin Williams and Carl Lawson. Now you know,
Speaker 1: you look on the offense, they've got some weapons, there's
Speaker 1: still work to be done. And you look on that defense.
Speaker 1: I think when you look in the secondary, that corner position,
Speaker 1: hopefully some of those guys hit, but they're still work
Speaker 1: to be done there. And if there's some other another
Speaker 1: piece or two along that offensive line, maybe a premier
Speaker 1: tight end. But I feel like the foundation has been
Speaker 1: laid now and you're gonna start to see the progress
Speaker 1: here with this football team. DJ hull of a job
Speaker 1: throughout this draft process. Hopefully you get some rest coming up,
Speaker 1: and good luck to your padres. Appreciate it. Man. We
Speaker 1: gotta beat up in the San Francisco Giants for a
Speaker 1: couple of days here. Great stuff. Always nice having Daniel Jeremiah.
Speaker 1: Usually we have him on the podcast before the AFT.
Speaker 1: This time we got a draft recap, which is different
Speaker 1: insight from DJ but also another fan of the Jets draft.
Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought that up with him your last question.
Speaker 1: I know that resonated with you last year, that the
Speaker 1: Jets were at the bottom of the pool. Maybe now
Speaker 1: they're coming up and we're seeing that, and he just
Speaker 1: said it. I think the foundation is being a lady.
Speaker 1: The Jets are certainly have more pieces that have more
Speaker 1: talent on this roster, and Joe Douglas has done a
Speaker 1: fantastic job I think navigating throughout this offseason, free agency
Speaker 1: and the draft. I think we've talked about this before,
Speaker 1: but wide receiver might be the most improved position. I
Speaker 1: know Pro Football Focus recently put something out that said
Speaker 1: the Jets have the most revamped receiving corps out of
Speaker 1: all thirty two NFL teams, and I think there's definitely
Speaker 1: an argument to be made when you look at who
Speaker 1: was on the roster this time last year compared to now.
Speaker 1: Corey Dave. I mean, there's like considerable depth there, Corey Davis,
Speaker 1: Denzel Mims, Elijah Moore, Jamison Crowder, Keelan Cole. That right,
Speaker 1: there are six receivers and then we get two guys
Speaker 1: like Braxton Barrios, Vincent and Jeff Smith. And there's a
Speaker 1: couple other guys as well who are on this rock
Speaker 1: a lot of speed the wide receiver position. To uh,
Speaker 1: you look at Elijah Moore, he's a sub four four guy.
Speaker 1: He joins the crew that it's sub four that includes
Speaker 1: sub for four, that includes Denzel Mims, both the Smiths
Speaker 1: that you just mentioned before. It's gonna be interesting to
Speaker 1: see how all that shakes out throughout training camp as
Speaker 1: far as the reps are concerned. And also the personnel
Speaker 1: package is employed by Michael la Fleur. But that was
Speaker 1: the biggest surprise of the entire two thousand and twenty
Speaker 1: one draft class. Daniel Jeremiah said that Elijah Moore sitting
Speaker 1: there for the Jets at the top of the second round.
Speaker 1: That's huge for young quarterback in Zach Wilson. Yeah, And
Speaker 1: and what I liked most about the Jets draft, you
Speaker 1: addressed all three supporting casts that you could up for
Speaker 1: out wide in the backfield, Michael Carter in the back,
Speaker 1: Elijah Moore out wide, Elijah Vera Tucker up front, and
Speaker 1: it's a good situation. I think that Zack Wilson walks
Speaker 1: into and we're gonna have a couple more episodes on
Speaker 1: the draft class and then we're gonna put a bow
Speaker 1: on it and then we'll we'll look ahead. But kind
Speaker 1: of I want to focus on what you said talk
Speaker 1: about personnel packages. Let's flip to the defensive side of
Speaker 1: the ball for a minute here. Do you think about
Speaker 1: Jamie and Sherwood and Hams and Nosrel Dean playing box
Speaker 1: safety in college? The Jets turn in the card as
Speaker 1: a linebacker, so they're gonna be linebackers with the Jets.
Speaker 1: They're transitioning. And the and the analogy or the comparison
Speaker 1: that coach Sala used, How about Fred Warner at b
Speaker 1: y U. He said he didn't he didn't say that
Speaker 1: either one of those guys would play or become the
Speaker 1: same player. Fred Warner is now in the NFL. But
Speaker 1: Fred Warner was mostly an in space coverage linebacker for
Speaker 1: b y U. And now he's one of the best
Speaker 1: linebackers in the NFL. And he was the third round pick. Interesting,
Speaker 1: uh anecdote or story I should say from Albert Breer
Speaker 1: there recently when he said the Jets coaching staff, Robert
Speaker 1: Sale of course there at the B y U pro day,
Speaker 1: asked him to go up and hug Zach Wilson to
Speaker 1: see how they compared as far as the heights were concerned.
Speaker 1: But yeah, Warner did a lot of good things under
Speaker 1: Robert Salo. But we got great insight on the Jets
Speaker 1: philosophy the linebacker position. Because it's funny. I was thinking
Speaker 1: about the positional previews that we did prior to the draft,
Speaker 1: and we talked about nes uh Hams as UH safety,
Speaker 1: but the Jets viewed him all along as a outside
Speaker 1: linebacker much like uh Jamian Sherwood. And you know Sherwood,
Speaker 1: I would imagine is gonna play a lot for the Jets.
Speaker 1: Um Hobbsa thinks that the Jets got first round value
Speaker 1: there and then you look at that position group, how
Speaker 1: that's improved in the offseason. Jets got a former first
Speaker 1: round pick in Jared Davis, and also C. J. Mosley
Speaker 1: is on this roster and Blake Cashman as well, and
Speaker 1: I think the linebackers room is the most interesting unit
Speaker 1: because I don't think we really know what to expect
Speaker 1: Jared Davis. Do you look at his track record in Detroit.
Speaker 1: He's got all the measurables, He's got the speed. Then
Speaker 1: he gets the reduced role in two thousand and twenty
Speaker 1: but has a better year. Many people would say. Then
Speaker 1: you think about c. J. Moseley question mark there because
Speaker 1: he's essentially played two quarters two and a half quarters
Speaker 1: in two years. And then Blake Cashman has been hurt,
Speaker 1: but when he's healthy, he's one of the fastest players
Speaker 1: on at the linebacker spot. And then you add these
Speaker 1: two guys as well. I just think that it's gonna
Speaker 1: be I'm very fascinated to see what happens in training
Speaker 1: camp when those guys actually touched the field. Listen, run
Speaker 1: and hit right. He wants solo, wants these guys to
Speaker 1: move very well laterally and and playing space. And those
Speaker 1: guys fit that mold. And it all starts for the
Speaker 1: Jets up front when you run in a four three
Speaker 1: And like DJ said, Quinn and Williams, you know, as
Speaker 1: we go ahead with this year, many people might think
Speaker 1: that he is the second best defense attacker in football
Speaker 1: and that's great as a start. You had Sheldon Rankins
Speaker 1: and free agency, a former first round pick who can
Speaker 1: push that pocket as well. Carl Lawson's your headliner on
Speaker 1: the outside. We talked about him numerous times. Vinny Curry
Speaker 1: gonna provide some depth there at the edge position. So
Speaker 1: it all starts up front and then we got insight
Speaker 1: and as far as the philosophy is concerned at the
Speaker 1: linebacker position, I'd flip it to the offensive side of
Speaker 1: the ball. We didn't talk to DJ about him, but
Speaker 1: Michael Carter there at the fourth at the beginning of
Speaker 1: the fourth round great value as well. I really wanted
Speaker 1: to ask DJ if he had more time yet to go. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: everyone talks about Michael Carter not being a burner but
Speaker 1: being a good fit for the system. I wonder what
Speaker 1: he would have thought about le Michael p Ryan in
Speaker 1: this system, because I think DJ was a fan of
Speaker 1: Michael p Ryan and I think they got similar speed.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying they have similar skill sets, but everyone
Speaker 1: is so gung hol on Michael Carter being such a
Speaker 1: great fit, and a lot of that, A lot of
Speaker 1: that has to do with his vision, his patience, his start, stoppability,
Speaker 1: and I'm just curious what he thinks about p Ryan's
Speaker 1: fit in this system because I feel like Michael p
Speaker 1: Ryan is almost the forgotten running back on the roster.
Speaker 1: I think it's fair, But if the Jets do do
Speaker 1: this by committee, they have a lot of options. Now,
Speaker 1: Michael Carter, Tevin Coleman, who's done some good things throughout
Speaker 1: his career. You mentioned uh La, Michael p Ryan, you
Speaker 1: got Ty Johnson still on this roster, Josh Adams, so
Speaker 1: you have a lot of options in an offensive backfield.
Speaker 1: What I like about Carter that's different than a lot
Speaker 1: of college players coming out is he's so adept coming
Speaker 1: out of the backfield catching it. And you talk about
Speaker 1: maybe he doesn't have this great time speed, Well, nobody
Speaker 1: was is explosive as he was in college football last
Speaker 1: year in terms of explosive runs. And he also is
Speaker 1: a sturdy blocker, So you like that entire package. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think Michael Carter outside of the first two rounds,
Speaker 1: I think Michael Carter might have been one of the
Speaker 1: most popular picks in the draft in terms of where
Speaker 1: he was selected fit and I think that he checks
Speaker 1: a lot of boss for what the Jets needs. I
Speaker 1: will say one last thing before we wrap up. The
Speaker 1: one position or in terms of the draft that we
Speaker 1: haven't really talked about is the reported undrafted free agents.
Speaker 1: And I don't know if if there's a couple of
Speaker 1: guys that stand out to you that you want to
Speaker 1: talk about, but there are some intriguing prospects that are
Speaker 1: going to be involved in rookie minicamp. And then obviously
Speaker 1: you know every year there are a couple of guys
Speaker 1: who make the fifty three or they joined the practice
Speaker 1: squad and then they get activated later in the years. Well,
Speaker 1: i'll just look at position groups. You can talk about names,
Speaker 1: but you just mentioned it. Every year there's a couple
Speaker 1: of guys, and most recently was jeff Lyn Gidrey, Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson started a little bit for you. Giddrey really
Speaker 1: came on down the stretch when Brian Pool was banged up.
Speaker 1: Pool remains a free agent. Giddrey will be in the
Speaker 1: mix to be your nickel this year. So I mean,
Speaker 1: that's what you're talking about. So for me and we talked,
Speaker 1: we touched upon this with DJ was the cornerback position.
Speaker 1: Who's going to step up at the cornerback position could
Speaker 1: be some of these young veterans, could be some rookies
Speaker 1: getting their chance. Here you can talk about the undrafted
Speaker 1: free agent. I'm looking more at position groups um as
Speaker 1: far as where is their opportunity maybe and the other guys.
Speaker 1: Last year, I think one guy made the fifty three
Speaker 1: undraft as an undrafted free agent, that was Bryce Huff
Speaker 1: out of Memphis, and then the guys that you mentioned,
Speaker 1: Lar Jackson Javelyn Gidrey, both were practice squad players who
Speaker 1: got called up. Same thing with Lawrence Cager, who was
Speaker 1: a popular undrafted free agent at the time that he signed.
Speaker 1: A couple of guys stand out. I spoke to Dame
Speaker 1: Bruegler of the Athletic and he gave me three names.
Speaker 1: He said, Kenny you Boa, a tight end out of
Speaker 1: All Miss who went to Temple. Originally he was going
Speaker 1: to commit to Baylor, and then Matt Rule ends up
Speaker 1: taking the Panther's job opens back up and he goes
Speaker 1: to All Miss with Lane Kiffin there, he averaged nineteen
Speaker 1: point four yards per reception down in Oxford, Mississippi, which
Speaker 1: is fourth among tight ends in FBS. And Elijah Moore
Speaker 1: is probably giving him some field right for sure. I
Speaker 1: think Kenny Eboa. I mean, when you think about the
Speaker 1: tight ends, there's a lot of guys on the roster,
Speaker 1: but Kenny Eboa, the way Brugler was saying his night,
Speaker 1: if you got a roll for him, he might he
Speaker 1: might carve a path on a roster that way. Another
Speaker 1: guy extremely intriguing is hamilcar Rashid Jr. Oregon state pass
Speaker 1: rusher leads the nation in two thousand nineteen and tackles
Speaker 1: for loss, has fourteen sacks, and Dane said, had he
Speaker 1: declared for the draft, I don't even know if he
Speaker 1: was eligible at the time, but had he gone to
Speaker 1: the NFL last year, you're probably looking at a mid
Speaker 1: round selection. And then he becomes an undrafted guy because
Speaker 1: he only has two tackles for lost in zero sacks
Speaker 1: this past season, which is just a wacky year. So
Speaker 1: those are two guys that definitely you should keep your
Speaker 1: eye on. The Other one is Tristan had the b
Speaker 1: y U right guard. No, I'm just saying, Zack Wilson
Speaker 1: has a college teammate out here. Uh this weekend, Uh listen.
Speaker 1: But bottom line, these guys are just gonna get defeat wet.
Speaker 1: It's not a traditional rookie mini camp. At least we
Speaker 1: have a rookie mini camp this year. Didn't have a
Speaker 1: rookie Mini camp last year due to the pandemic. But
Speaker 1: these guys are gonna be out there on the field,
Speaker 1: but it's separated as far as biggs have a session
Speaker 1: on the field and then the skill position players will
Speaker 1: have a session on the field. It's just a start.
Speaker 1: They're getting their playbooks. We have our technical director Matt Sickoff,
Speaker 1: pacing and looking inside the studio. I think we have
Speaker 1: to exit on all right, Fine, that then we will
Speaker 1: leg it. That is how we will elect it on
Speaker 1: the Official Jet Podcast. We'll be back with some more
Speaker 1: draft next episode.