1 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Joining us again here on Radio Row. I say again, 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: it's really for the first time, but we're back again 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 1: on Radio Row with Casey Valley Guy Matt Taylor. Matt 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: Miller is with us ESPN NFL draft analyst, one of 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: the best in the biz. He's now working for ESPN 6 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: after several years on his own doing his own things. 7 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: He has risen up the charts, if you will. When 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: it comes to draft analysts. You can find them on 9 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: Twitter at NFL Draft Scout. Matt. Welcome back to Indianapolis, sir. 10 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 1: How's it going. It's going well. I've had my sane 11 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: elmos you know, got sinas is cleared out. I'm good. Yeah. 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: So I've gone to high velocity, yes, check, been at 13 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: Prime test this morning at you know this morning exactly. 14 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: You must love steak, right, So I've you know, my 15 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: combined bingo card is getting pretty full. Yeah, I will 16 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: say that out of all of them, where's your go to? Like, 17 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: what's your favorite? Man, I don't want to piss anyone off. 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: I think Prime is my favorite. Okay, but it's also 19 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: you know, it's become kind of crowded. I think everyone 20 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: figured out how good it was, so it's like the 21 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: Yogi barram and nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded, right, 22 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,199 Speaker 1: but you know there's there's something too saint almost Harry 23 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: and is he's a solid too. Yeah, this is my 24 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: twelve combines, So we could just sit and talk about 25 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: food the whole time, Coach. I'd lived twelve minutes from Harry, right, 26 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: all right, yeah, so I don't need the combine to 27 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: go to Harry and is He's right? So yeah? Or 28 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: you know the beer scene, here's a fantastic as well. 29 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,199 Speaker 1: Son King, soun King's great and really good. Yeah. Again, 30 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: I could just talk to you guys about food and beer, 31 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: but I don't think that's why people are you Sony 32 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: on the show. So twelve years ago, when you went 33 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: to your first combine, did you ever think that you'd 34 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: see this and did you ever think that there'd be 35 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: a real push, a real threat for it to de 36 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: vacate these premises? No, Oh my gosh. My first combine 37 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: was one of the first years in Lucas Oil, and 38 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: we were all in like a whole day with like 39 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: the long work tables, and it was dark and you 40 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: couldn't work because there'd be people like screaming behind you, 41 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: and the food line would be formed for people long. 42 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: So going now to like this radio rail or going 43 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: to the media workroom, it's like the media workroom now 44 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: is bigger than the Combine used to be twelve years ago. 45 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: So it's fantastic to see um to talk about moving it. 46 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: I would never would have thought that, honestly, because you know, 47 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: as long as I've been aware of the combine, what 48 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: you've always heard is nowhere else in America can you 49 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: do thredering thirty five MRIs in four days, you know, 50 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: And so that ability to straight it's not about like, oh, 51 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: essentrally located, It's not about that anymore. It's about the medicals, 52 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: you know. So I will be sad if if it 53 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: leaves Indie. I also think, you know, from a from 54 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: a journalistic standpoint, even the ability to know we were 55 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: joking about all the restaurants and stuff, but to be 56 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 1: able to walk from you know, Elmo's to Prime, to 57 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: kill Roy's to Harry and as He's even to the 58 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: JW's a half mile right. If it's raining, you can 59 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: be inside, if it's nice, you can be outside. So 60 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: I will miss that if we go to Dallas, we're 61 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:43,959 Speaker 1: gonna spread out. You're not gonna see anyone. We go 62 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: to La, you're gonna spend all the time of traffic. Yeah, 63 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: definitely not gonna see anyone. So I will definitely miss 64 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: that part of it. We find a good radio station 65 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: right right, or a good pocket. You know, there's probably 66 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: podcast so you know, do that. So I do think 67 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: that that there there will be a sadness, you know, 68 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: if if Slash Wind the Combine leaves Indie, because I 69 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: don't think people realize how much networking happens, not just 70 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: from the media, but from the teams as well, and 71 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: that's something that we'll definitely get lost in a bigger city. Yeah, 72 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: that's one thing that I think we're missing a little 73 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: bit is it is about always It's going to be 74 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: about the players. It's always going to be about that. 75 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: But I think that all the extraneous stuff you just 76 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: talked about is so key when you look at it 77 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: from from your perspective. Logistically, you said you're from Missouri, 78 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: so you know, let's say it does go to La. 79 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: Do you do you envision that limiting the amount of 80 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: people that will go to the combine, which makes it 81 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: this big event that it is because it is centrally 82 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: located here in Indy. Unfortunately, I don't think it's going 83 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: to get any smaller, like we were just talking about, right, 84 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: we all remember our first combine that was tiny, and 85 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: now it's it's this huge event. It's you know, it's 86 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: the perfect time of year. The March Madness is in 87 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. Baseball may never happen again. You know. 88 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: There's just not a lot going on right now. So 89 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: it's a perfect storm of I think if it's an LA, 90 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: it'll it'll still be the same, right, I mean, most 91 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: of us aren't paying to get here on our own anyway, right, 92 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: so like we're just gonna have Disney cover our our 93 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: flight and we're gonna we're gonna go to LA. So 94 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: but it will be again, it just won't be the same, 95 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: you know. And I think they're they're positives to that obviously. 96 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: You know, as this event grows, you know, getting it 97 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: in LA, I think that's something the NFL ultimately wants. 98 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: I mean, if are there odds, I know we can 99 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: bet in Indiana on some things, not the combine. I 100 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: learned that this morning. Um, but you know it would 101 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: be if we could bet on it, I would say 102 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: we're probably in La and two years doing this, or 103 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: Las Vegas or somewhere else. Did you imagine my disappointment 104 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: when I made that draft King's deposit and then realized 105 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: I couldn't no prop bets today? What were you thinking? Like? 106 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: Forty yard dash? Yeah, that's going all in on forty 107 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: yard dashes. You got them down, you knew what to go? 108 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I mean I was like, okay, I'm good 109 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: to go. All right, well, let's let's pick up there. 110 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: As far as those workouts are concerning with the prospects, 111 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: we can actually talk draft, right Yeah? Um, who needs 112 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: to uh to have a really? I mean the short 113 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: answer is everybody. Everybody needs to perform well, but a 114 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: guy that really needs to our guy or two that 115 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: really needs to perform well these four days in Indianapolis 116 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: in order to kind of help themselves break away from 117 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 1: the pack depending on what position play. So I don't 118 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 1: think Malik Willis needs to, but I think he will, 119 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 1: and I think he has that opportunity to break away. 120 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: He started to do that at the Senior But I 121 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: don't know if you guys got a chance to go. 122 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 1: But you know, the first day it was like, oh 123 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 1: my gosh, this is he's such a strong arm and 124 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: he's such a good athlete. He's not that accurate. But 125 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: then day two it was like, oh, man, no, he's 126 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: figuring it out, like he's honing it in. He's getting 127 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: his timy down with these receivers he's never thrown too before. 128 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: By day three, he's the best quarterback there. And so 129 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,359 Speaker 1: I think that writing that momentum wave here is going 130 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: to be huge for him and that he can pull 131 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: away from Kenney Pickett and his tiny hands and you 132 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: submit himself probably is the first quarterback drafted because of 133 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: the traits, the tools, you know, and that's where the 134 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: league is going right now. Everyone wants I heard this once. 135 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: I wish I could give credit to whoever said it, 136 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: but the league wants, you know, scorers at the quarterback position, 137 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: not shooters. You know, it's it's not Larry Bird anymore. 138 00:05:58,040 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: You want somebody that can create on their own. And 139 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: so I think that's where Malik willis really is something 140 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 1: the NFL wants because of that. With that being said, 141 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: I know we talk about who needs to perform here 142 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: in these you know, these four days, but Is there 143 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: a little bit more of There's so much tape, there's 144 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 1: so much stuff out there that it doesn't quite matter 145 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: as much, you know, with these guys that maybe they 146 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: don't run the best forty or you know, maybe they're 147 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: short shuttle, is it what it could be? Is there 148 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 1: more of that now? Yeah, there definitely is. I think 149 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: I kind of go back to the you can't have 150 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: a great combine, but you can't have a bad one, 151 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: because if you have a good one, it's like, Okay, 152 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: we knew you were at That's what you were supposed 153 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: you know, Like if if Jamis and Williams were healthy 154 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 1: and Randa four three, we'd be like, yeah, okay, that's 155 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,479 Speaker 1: kind of what he does. But if he were healthy 156 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: and Rana four to six, you'd be like, what have 157 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: you been doing for three months? So it's more it's 158 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: more of that. I mean, I can remember being here 159 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 1: watching a tease taber from Florida corner Hunt of yours, 160 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: and he ran like a four seven. It's like, buddy, 161 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: what have you been doing for three months? Like you 162 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: knew you were going to have to do this. So 163 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 1: I think it's it's one of those things you just 164 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: want to see guys put in that effort and be 165 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 1: ready to go. So that's part of it. Then too, 166 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 1: it's almost like showing you that you're putting in the 167 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: work for the next stay. It's like you guys are 168 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 1: sitting by the bench press. No one cares how many 169 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 1: times the tight end can bench They just want to 170 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: see that he knows how to do it right, you know, 171 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: Like that's what I look at. It's like, Okay, if 172 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: you do five, that's probably a problem. We need to 173 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: look like, talk to your strength coach and things like that. 174 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: So but if you come out here and do twenty four, 175 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: it's like, okay, this this young man likes to work out. 176 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: You know, he's strong, he's physical, he's competitive. So it's 177 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: more about like the context around these events than it 178 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: is the number. Sometimes, all right, Matt, let's go truth 179 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: or trash. All right, truthless or trash. This here we 180 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: go the Colts. They don't have a first round pick, 181 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: but no big deal because the draft is deep truth 182 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: or trash. I would say trash. Okay, do you want 183 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: me to elaborate please? Okay? I might not make very 184 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: many friends. So when does this come out? Uh, this 185 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: will probably come out next week. So the way I'm good, 186 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: then I want to be an Indianapolis a week after 187 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: we're taping. That's why I asked, okay, uh yeah, I 188 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: would say trash then, because you need a quarterback and 189 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: you don't have a first round pick. That's that's the 190 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: problem right now, you know, is what happens with that situation. 191 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: All signs seem to be pointing to you know, Carsone's 192 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: playing somewhere else next year, and even you know, some 193 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: of his people that I would call his defenders and 194 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: the media are starting to back away from him. And 195 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: I think that, you know, there's a there's a reason. 196 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: You know, when there's a lot of smoke, there's usually 197 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: some fire too. Yeah. Well, with that being said, truth 198 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: or trash, all we keep hearing is that this is 199 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: a you know, a poor quarterback class. With the Colt 200 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: not having a first round pick. You still think that's 201 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: going to affect them? Yeah, well you would like to 202 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: have that, right it is. It is a poor quarterback class. 203 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: But you know, we just talked about Malik Willis. Would 204 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: you rather have a twenty one year old Malik Willis 205 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: that you can mold in shape and and hopefully get 206 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: more out of So that's the beauty and the risk 207 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:42,839 Speaker 1: of the draft, right as it's an unknown, So you 208 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 1: would you would rather be the Rams and trade from 209 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: Matt Stafford, right and not have a first round pick 210 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 1: in a perfect world. But I still think that the 211 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: upside of Malik Willis or Kenny Pickett, maybe Desmond Ritter, 212 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: you know that, Matt Correll. I think the upside is 213 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: still like a beautiful thing. Not the old Aaron Rodgers 214 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: on you, but like that mystery of it is still 215 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: so intriguing, especially you know when I love Sam Ellinger, 216 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:07,079 Speaker 1: I hope he proves me wrong, but you know, when 217 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: you don't have that other guy in the roster that 218 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: is pushing, you know, and fighting to be a starter. Certainly, 219 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:17,439 Speaker 1: the Colts have needs outside of quarterback, outside of that 220 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 1: one position, which is a monster position for every NFL team. 221 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: How do you look at the Colts? How do you 222 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: prioritize what they may be looking at this draft? Yeah? 223 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: So I think Chris Ballard is one of the best 224 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: evaluators in football. I'll say that first. But if quarterbacks 225 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: the most important position of football, left tackles broyab the 226 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: second most important, and that's an area of need as well. 227 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: So that's where I think again that first round pick 228 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 1: would be great to have, so thankfully for the Colts. 229 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: Though this draft is very deep at tackle, it's very 230 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: deep at wide receiver, it's very deep at the edge 231 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: rusher position. So I think the Colt's biggest needs outside 232 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: of quarterback are met really well by where this draft 233 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: is deep. And we've seen Ballard before like they're gonna 234 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: move around, they're gonna they're gonna have a ton of 235 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: Day three picks and and he's a great evaluator, and 236 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 1: I think he'll find guys that could be contributors there, 237 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: one of the things you mention. And with the depth 238 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: at defensive end and edge rusher, that's always seems to 239 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: be a you know, a pick year in year out 240 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: that it's like you can only get those top tier 241 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:11,719 Speaker 1: guys within those first fifteen picks. Yeah, is this going 242 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: to be an outlier year because it is so deep 243 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 1: that you might find some of these guys that you 244 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: look back, I know, like Max Crosby is making a 245 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: name for himself and he wasn't in that, But are 246 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: there guys that you think that you can get in 247 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: the second round that can be an impact eight to 248 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 1: ten sack guy. Oh yeah, I definitely think so, you know, 249 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: they might be raw like a boy Mafi from Minnesota, 250 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: fantastic athlete, had a great senior role. He's going to 251 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: test exceptionally. Well here has tapes not that great, but 252 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: you know we saw that last year away from Penn State. 253 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 1: I didn't have a sack in college. Yeah, but he 254 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: was a great athlete. Look where the Baltimore Ravens turned 255 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: him into. He was one of the best young pass 256 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: rushers in the league. So I do think that for 257 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: the for the Colts, yes, you could look at round 258 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: two and try to find that guy that you know, 259 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 1: and Ballard has thrown a lot of Day two picks 260 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: at that position, but now finding someone that can be 261 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: a constant, I do think there's a possibility this year. 262 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: All right, Jacksonville for the second straight year, they have 263 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 1: the first round pick, first overall pick. Last year obviously 264 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 1: they went quarterback. Now what I think they got to 265 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: protect that quarterback. You know, you have to learn, you know, 266 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: lessons from you know, look what Kansas City did. They 267 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: lose the Super Bowl because their tackles are bad and 268 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: they go all out right to fix their offensive line. 269 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,199 Speaker 1: I think we'll see Cincinnati do that to some degree 270 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: this year. The Buffalo Bills. People forget they bought an 271 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: entire offensive line on one offseason and it fixed it, right. 272 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:24,719 Speaker 1: So I think that that's that's something that Jackson wile 273 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: us to look at, whether it's Evan Neil, whether it's 274 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 1: you know, Eca mquanu, like, they have to address that 275 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: left tackle position. With Cam Robinson being an average player 276 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: and a free agent. I think that that it just 277 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: makes too much sense with the way this draft is stacked. 278 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 1: All right, here's a silly exercise before we cut you 279 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: loose again. I know you're incredibly busy, but I'm gonna 280 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: give you one dollar. I don't know where my wallet is, 281 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna give you one dollar, man, and then 282 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: you take that to you mentioned Draft Kings or fan 283 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: duel earlier. Ever, take that one dollar and then you 284 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: can bet on one player who you think in the 285 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: first round will go on to be a future Hall 286 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: of Famer. Who's that guy in this draft? Kyle Hamilton's 287 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: safety from notre game. Okay, and that that was an 288 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 1: easier answer than I expected. When you were asking, I 289 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: was like, oh god, none what's this clown right now? 290 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: But I think Kylin Hamiltons, you know, six four, two twenty. 291 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: I've tried telling people because they're like, you can't draft 292 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 1: to safety in the top five, So number one, you 293 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: can because this draft is not that good, so you 294 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: can just he's a good player. But also, you know, 295 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:22,719 Speaker 1: you weren't supposed to draft to tight end in the 296 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: top five, and Kyle Pitts went four last year. So 297 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: sometimes you just have to take the great, great athlete 298 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: and say, yeah, we're gonna let you just go play 299 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,319 Speaker 1: football and just be a matchup player. I mean, the 300 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:33,839 Speaker 1: Colts to that with a guard. You can't take a 301 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: guard at six. Now. He's quitting really good. You know, yes, 302 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,199 Speaker 1: he's pretty good. There's your future Hall of Famer. I mean, 303 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: y'all have a beautiful stadium and there's a huge picture 304 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: of a guard on him, right. That's how good he is. 305 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 1: That like, you know, it's like it's not a quarterback, 306 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: it's not a wide receiver, it's a guard. And people 307 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: are like, that's my teamh yeah. Matt Miller, ESPN Draft 308 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: Analysts online on Twitter at NFL Draft Scout. Where can 309 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 1: we read you? Where can we see you between now 310 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: and the draft on ESPN Yeah, I mean, I'll be 311 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: on Get Up some mornings, SportsCenter, NFL Live. I did 312 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,719 Speaker 1: my first this just in with Max Kellerman today. That 313 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: was cool, and obviously you know, ESPN Plus is a 314 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: great platform for it as well with written articles, podcast. 315 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: I know we'll be doing some digital specials, so I 316 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: definitely encourage people who want more of this witty humor 317 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:21,559 Speaker 1: and draft analysis to hop over there. Outstanding man, continued 318 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 1: success and thanks for stopping. Thank you, guys, appreciate you.