Speaker 1: We're in round seven of the twenty fifteen NFL Draft.
Speaker 1: Eagles will be on the clock shortly with their sixth
Speaker 1: and final selection of this three day bonanza. Welcome everybody
Speaker 1: at the Eagles Draft Central, presented by Deepson Watson. I'm
Speaker 1: Eagles insider Dave Spiderow, and we await the seventh pick,
Speaker 1: seventh round pick for the Philadelphia Eagles, a draft that
Speaker 1: has been absolutely dominated by defense. After the Eagles making
Speaker 1: Nelson Aguilar USC wide receiver their first pick twentieth overall,
Speaker 1: they've gone defense the rest of the way with four players,
Speaker 1: three cornerbacks, and they've thrown a trade in there as well,
Speaker 1: taking a fourth round pick this year, turning that into
Speaker 1: a third round selection in twenty sixteen, a deal done
Speaker 1: with the Detroit Lions earlier. So we kind of wonder
Speaker 1: what's going on. Let's get some names, some possibilities maybees
Speaker 1: for you. As the Eagles about to get on the
Speaker 1: clock here, you go to the Fancve with Bo Wolf
Speaker 1: and Greg Go. So, guys, do you have a couple
Speaker 1: of names for us? Do we? Ever? Dave, We've got
Speaker 1: a big list of names. My number one name here
Speaker 1: is going to be a Lonni Fua, the BYU outside
Speaker 1: linebacker six five two thirty four worked out for the Eagles.
Speaker 1: Tested very well at the combine. Had the best three
Speaker 1: cone in shuttles for any of the outside linebackers, third
Speaker 1: best among all linebackers. Jordan Hicks was second. By the way,
Speaker 1: I think he could be the guy here. You also
Speaker 1: think another same position going defense again, Tony Washington from Oregon.
Speaker 1: Do it not just because he's from Oregon. I was
Speaker 1: really intrigued by this player six three two forty seven,
Speaker 1: very athletic, straight line fast at Oregon. Obviously Chip knows him.
Speaker 1: I'm sure he recruited him. Played that sort of outside
Speaker 1: linebacker position where he did a lot of things, which
Speaker 1: is what they asked there outside linebackers to do. Played
Speaker 1: in space splits, really looked the part. So Tony Washington
Speaker 1: is a player I'm surprised actually has not gone off
Speaker 1: the board at this point in the draft. A couple
Speaker 1: other names dave at different positions. At tight end, a
Speaker 1: position we've talked about. Casey Pierce from Kent State has
Speaker 1: worked out for the Eagles. Wide receiver R. J. Harris
Speaker 1: from New Hampshire is a possibility, and then You've got
Speaker 1: the usual cast of crew of offensive lineman and safeties
Speaker 1: that we've been talking about, but nobody those positions specifically
Speaker 1: linked to the Eagles in the pre draft process. And
Speaker 1: what you're looking for here is we've talked about measurables,
Speaker 1: something that you really jumps out at you and the Eagles.
Speaker 1: That's why fo Yeah, and the Eagles all along the
Speaker 1: way to pick is Brian Mehellick, a defensive end from
Speaker 1: Boston College. So that's interesting because I really thought the
Speaker 1: Eagles at this point with with the depth that Dick nine,
Speaker 1: interesting that they would go d line. I think they're
Speaker 1: very deep, very strong, young talented. What can you tell
Speaker 1: us about Mehleck, Well, all I can tell you is
Speaker 1: that it says that he's six nine. Let us seem
Speaker 1: like some measurables. Otherwise, I got nothing for you on
Speaker 1: Brian May. Yeah, he's one guy I can't say I've seen. Sorry,
Speaker 1: I can't. I can't make it up. It's that well,
Speaker 1: we know he's tall, we know he's slender, and we
Speaker 1: know he played for Boston College and started there. And
Speaker 1: other than that, Chip Kelly will be along to meet
Speaker 1: the media, and we also know this the Eagles made
Speaker 1: six draft picks, five of them on defense, and that
Speaker 1: tells you a whole lot. We went into the offseason,
Speaker 1: you're talking about how the defense had to get a
Speaker 1: lot better. And Chip Kelly, offensive coach in this twenty
Speaker 1: fifteen draft, goes five square at defense. You're five five
Speaker 1: picks at defense. To end things out, he is not
Speaker 1: a one side of the ball coach, that much is clear. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's certainly aware of the fact that the defense let
Speaker 1: this team down at certain points last season. The secondary,
Speaker 1: of course, as we've bemoaned, all the players over twenty
Speaker 1: yards led the league. That's why we have three corners
Speaker 1: on this team now from draft day, and I guess
Speaker 1: Brian Mahalak will help that. That defensive line, what for
Speaker 1: my money, is the best, our second best three man
Speaker 1: defensive line in the league along with the New York Jets.
Speaker 1: You know, he's got length, he's got he seems like
Speaker 1: a guy who could possibly you know, have the skills
Speaker 1: to long lever strong levers two gap in this defensive line.
Speaker 1: You know, I think Dave made an interesting point about
Speaker 1: what Chip Kelly did in this draft, because other than Aglare,
Speaker 1: it was all defense. So I think when let's look
Speaker 1: ahead a little bit bow to how we think that
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly wants to play. First of all, I think
Speaker 1: he'd like to be in a situation which hasn't quite
Speaker 1: happened yet, where he runs eighty plus plays a game
Speaker 1: on offense. And I think the reason that he would
Speaker 1: really like to have the two backs Murray and Matthews,
Speaker 1: which they have, is because I think he wants to
Speaker 1: run the ball fifty percent of the time, which in
Speaker 1: the NFL is a very high percentage run game. But
Speaker 1: I think that's what Chip wants to do, which is
Speaker 1: why the two backs are really important. And I think
Speaker 1: he believes he can scheme the run game just like
Speaker 1: he can scheme the pass game. So what he needs
Speaker 1: to address is his defense, and I think he again
Speaker 1: I'm just speculating, but clearly by what he did in
Speaker 1: this draft with five defensive players and Agalar, the focus
Speaker 1: has been one hundred percent almost on defense. So I
Speaker 1: think he feels that his offense can be effective efficient,
Speaker 1: which it has been over two years in putting up
Speaker 1: yards and points relatively speaking to the rest of the NFL.
Speaker 1: So now we need to firm up the defense because
Speaker 1: if we're going to score twenty seven thirty points a game.
Speaker 1: The thing we don't want to have happened is to
Speaker 1: lose games thirty five thirties. Well, that's that's well said.
Speaker 1: And Dave, I guess Brian Muhalak at six nine a
Speaker 1: rich Man's Alejandra Villa. Indeed, and I'd say I'm writing
Speaker 1: my column for Philadelphi Eagles dot Com here and I
Speaker 1: trying to find ways to kind of describe chips philosophy.
Speaker 1: Is the first year that he's running the show. And
Speaker 1: we learn a bit about Chip Kelly here. A coach
Speaker 1: who obviously we talked about here thinking defense, a coach
Speaker 1: also was thinking about the future, right He's he added
Speaker 1: a draft pick for next year, gave up a fourth
Speaker 1: round pick this year looking to next year. A coach
Speaker 1: who we all think of Chip Kelly as this riverboat gambler,
Speaker 1: this gun slinger. Well, other than that trade to Detroit
Speaker 1: and then moving up for Eric Rowe, the Eagles stayed
Speaker 1: put in their other with their other picks, letting the
Speaker 1: draft come to them. So it's not a Chip Kelly
Speaker 1: is a I think we labeled. We put him in
Speaker 1: a box too often. He's really extraordinary and to me,
Speaker 1: has shown that he is able to approach this game
Speaker 1: and approach his first personnel weekend in the draft in
Speaker 1: a lot of ways, in a variety of ways to
Speaker 1: get the players that he wanted. And one of the
Speaker 1: interesting points to me there is the fact that he
Speaker 1: was willing to trade out of the fourth round get
Speaker 1: that future third round pick, as you said, having that
Speaker 1: eye on the future, He's not just trying to just
Speaker 1: win now heading into the twenty fifteen season, Now that
Speaker 1: he does have that personnel control, it's clear that he's
Speaker 1: taking the long term view for this Eagles team. You know,
Speaker 1: And I think back historically, and I'm certainly not saying
Speaker 1: that the Eagles are going to be the San Francisco
Speaker 1: forty nine ers of the eighties, but I remember when
Speaker 1: Bill Walsh was there early in his tenure, they took
Speaker 1: three defensive backs in one draft. They already had Ronnie
Speaker 1: a lot and they took three defensive backs or they
Speaker 1: already had white hits. Excuse me, Ronnie Lott was part
Speaker 1: of the draft, but they took two others in later
Speaker 1: rounds and that became one of the best secondaries in
Speaker 1: football for a number of years. Through the eighties that
Speaker 1: helped them win super Bowls. And I think it's interesting
Speaker 1: how some teams take the approach that when they have
Speaker 1: a perceived weakness, they really go heavy in a draft,
Speaker 1: and it seems that it's always easy to say it
Speaker 1: was the best player on their board. But I don't
Speaker 1: think it's a coincidence that there were three defensive backs chosen. No.
Speaker 1: But I also don't think that the Eagles were hoping
Speaker 1: to come out of this draft with no offensive lineman.
Speaker 1: I think it's clear that they held true to their
Speaker 1: board because they didn't at some point reach just to
Speaker 1: take the next offensive lineman right the board. But they
Speaker 1: stay true that they wanted those corners. I mean, they
Speaker 1: wanted corners with length, and those guys were there. But
Speaker 1: the time came, no question, And you will never know
Speaker 1: the answer to that specifically, because I think in any draft,
Speaker 1: clearly they traded up to get Eric Rowe. And my
Speaker 1: guess is they had Eric Rowe, as I know some
Speaker 1: teams did as a late first early second round plan.
Speaker 1: Chips said that he said it was a trade back
Speaker 1: target in the first round for them, right, So Eric
Speaker 1: Rowe was someone they wanted to go get he did
Speaker 1: make the point about Jordan Hicks being here and everybody
Speaker 1: else was here, and there's no reason not to take
Speaker 1: him at face value. But I think if you really
Speaker 1: wanted to address your whole you also could have looked
Speaker 1: to trade to do that if there was someone you
Speaker 1: really wanted. So I don't think they went into this
Speaker 1: draft like you said, saying we're not going to address
Speaker 1: the old line. But I don't think it's purely random
Speaker 1: that they came away with three defensive backs that clearly
Speaker 1: fit their profile. Yeah. Absolutely, As you said, Dave, defense
Speaker 1: the focus for the Eagles after the first round, back
Speaker 1: to you in the Expinity studio, all right, With that
Speaker 1: seventh picked Eagle seeking Brian Mallick from Boston College, and
Speaker 1: we had a little special announcement one of a guy
Speaker 1: who named Tim Lopez, who is near and dear to
Speaker 1: everyone who comes into a Novicare complex. We see him
Speaker 1: every day, we rely upon him. He made the pick
Speaker 1: with a little help from Bill Bubba Bergie. Hi, I'm
Speaker 1: Bill Bergie of the Philadelphia Eagles, and I'm here to
Speaker 1: introduce Tim Lopez, who is the grille chef of the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles, for to announce our next pick, with the
Speaker 1: twentieth pick of the seventh round, number two thirty seven overall,
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles select Brian mccallock, defensive end from Boston College.
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Speaker 1: Is something that Tim Lopez uses with absolute perfection. Thank
Speaker 1: you very much, Bill, and thank you very much. Tim.
Speaker 1: We'll learn more about mister mahollock when head coach Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly meets to media. Now, let's bring it, bring it real.
Speaker 1: To our draft expert, Tony Poline Draft Insiders dot Net.
Speaker 1: He's in New York City. He's been watching this draft
Speaker 1: for many months. Tony Poline, what do you think about
Speaker 1: this defense? Defense, and more defense. I think we knew
Speaker 1: it all along. I mean really, we figured that the
Speaker 1: Eagles were gonna go with the speed receiver, guy who
Speaker 1: can stretch the field. They got that in round one.
Speaker 1: And you knew they wanted bigger cornerbacks. They wanted to
Speaker 1: fortify the middle of the field. I think they've done
Speaker 1: a good job of that. Well. I don't think we
Speaker 1: knew that the Eagles would go wide receiver and then
Speaker 1: five straight defensive players. We have not been able to
Speaker 1: find a whole lot of information about Mahowick. Can you
Speaker 1: tell us a little bit about him? Yeah? Absolutely. He
Speaker 1: actually looks like an NBA center onto the field. I
Speaker 1: mean he's massive. He sticks out to you on film.
Speaker 1: Sort of an underrated, under the forgotten about guy in
Speaker 1: the scouting community, which is said, he's a high motive player,
Speaker 1: hustles to make plays. Could be used at defensive tackle.
Speaker 1: You could use him as a two gap band when
Speaker 1: you line up three when you use three man lines.
Speaker 1: Not the greatest athlete, but not the greatest playmaker, but
Speaker 1: someone who's gonna occupy the blockers and allow teammates to
Speaker 1: make teammates to make plays on the ball. I'd be
Speaker 1: very surprised if Mahollock's not on the active roster come September. Well,
Speaker 1: it's interesting when you look at the Eagles roster, and
Speaker 1: we're very familiar with the roster. You know, Taylor Heart,
Speaker 1: a fifth round draft pick, has added a bunch of
Speaker 1: weight and strength to his body. He's pushing for a
Speaker 1: playing time. Brandon Baar had a very nice season last
Speaker 1: year in his role of Eagles deep, young and talented upfront.
Speaker 1: So I mean, if Mallock makes the roster, he's gonna
Speaker 1: have to beat out some very talented players. Hey, but
Speaker 1: you can never have enough good defensive lineman. I mean
Speaker 1: teams you know are struggling to have one or two.
Speaker 1: The more depth you can end up there, the more
Speaker 1: sub packages that you can use. That's a good thing.
Speaker 1: All right, So let's talk about the sixth round with
Speaker 1: Shepherd and Evans. Added your thoughts on those two players,
Speaker 1: which give the Eagles three defensive backs drafted. Yeah, Decary
Speaker 1: Shepherd is a solid cornerback. He's been struggling with a
Speaker 1: severe hamstring injury since January, but if you watch the film,
Speaker 1: he's got excellent ball skills, can effective facing the action
Speaker 1: as well as in man coverage. Not the biggest guy,
Speaker 1: but I think a potential dimeback at the next level.
Speaker 1: Randall Levans, He's an intriguing prospectives play both cornerback and safety.
Speaker 1: Had a great pro day, has shown flashes at Kansas State,
Speaker 1: but never really pulled it together. He's the sort of
Speaker 1: guy that if he makes the team, it's ays a dimeback,
Speaker 1: but he must earn his wage primarily on special teams,
Speaker 1: has the athleticism to develop for the future. Tony, Let's
Speaker 1: talk about the draft. As you look at the six
Speaker 1: picks the Eagles have made, do you like what the
Speaker 1: Eagles have done? Well, you know, you knew they're gonna
Speaker 1: want to fortify their defensive secondary. They did that in
Speaker 1: free agency. I think they've done it. In the draft.
Speaker 1: They added another piece on offense, they added a good
Speaker 1: defensive linement. So overall, and I don't think any of
Speaker 1: these players were reaches. You know, you're not saying that
Speaker 1: any of these guys that they took in the first
Speaker 1: round in the second rounds could have been had later
Speaker 1: on in the draft. So I think overall they got
Speaker 1: good value. They've got players that could help them well
Speaker 1: now as well as moving forward in the future. Tony.
Speaker 1: By our account, and this is unofficial, the Eagles have
Speaker 1: seventy three players on the active roster. Obviously, every team
Speaker 1: gets up to ninety players, and so the Eagles in
Speaker 1: theory that would be very active in the post draft period.
Speaker 1: In general, good group of players. Are there a couple
Speaker 1: of names out there might get to the post draft
Speaker 1: period who are really heads and shoulders above others. Well,
Speaker 1: there's always some guy, one or two players that slips down.
Speaker 1: I think they should be able to get some receivers
Speaker 1: is undrafted free agents. Still a decent amount of running
Speaker 1: backs out there if they're looking for a situational player,
Speaker 1: and some linebackers as well. How about the offensive line, Tony,
Speaker 1: We all have been wondering why the Eagles have not
Speaker 1: addressed the offensive line, and Chip Kelly comes back and says, well,
Speaker 1: we've only lost one and that's Todd Harriman's. But we
Speaker 1: kind of look at the offensive line and see that
Speaker 1: there's some age with Jason Peters, some age with Evan Mathis,
Speaker 1: and your feelings on the offensive line, the crop post
Speaker 1: drafty post draft, most of those guys. If you watch
Speaker 1: the fourth round, there was a big run on the
Speaker 1: offensive line, but but the tackle in the guard position
Speaker 1: and it really thinned out. So they may bring a
Speaker 1: few undrafted free agents in once the seventh round is over,
Speaker 1: but I don't see any big names out there all right, Tony,
Speaker 1: could you give us system an immediate reaction grade to
Speaker 1: what the Eagles have done. I'm gonna I'm gonna be conservative,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say because it's all on paper, right now,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say it's anywhere between a B to a
Speaker 1: B plus. I leaned towards a B. I like Agalar,
Speaker 1: but I think he's more of a second a second receiver.
Speaker 1: I like Eric Row a lot, but you know he's
Speaker 1: not the He's not a polished prospect yet, there'll be
Speaker 1: some bumps in the road. I think a lot of
Speaker 1: the other guys that they they selected are more situational
Speaker 1: role type players who can also play special teams. You
Speaker 1: need those types of guys. It wasn't an art shattering draft,
Speaker 1: but it's one of those selection players that will help
Speaker 1: here and there. You know, may not, may make plays
Speaker 1: that don't show up on the statuet. A more conservative,
Speaker 1: conservative approach than perhaps you're expected from Chip Kelly, not
Speaker 1: moving around as much as a lot of people out
Speaker 1: there thought. You know, that makes for good headlines. But
Speaker 1: you know, you've got to let the draft come to you.
Speaker 1: And I like the fact that you know he traded
Speaker 1: picks now for future selections. That's always that's you know,
Speaker 1: that's what the New England Patriots and Bill Belichick haven
Speaker 1: instantly done if they want a lot of Super Bowl
Speaker 1: So you know, you just don't trade for the stake
Speaker 1: of trading. You only trade if you're targeting a player
Speaker 1: like they did with Eric Rowe, and it's good value there,
Speaker 1: it's a good deal. Tony Pauline, Draft Insiders dot Net
Speaker 1: has always stellar work for our Draft Central show here.
Speaker 1: We thank you so much for joining us throughout the weekend.
Speaker 1: Thanks for having me, Dad, Tony Pauline, thanks so much.
Speaker 1: And we'll take a break right now. When we return,
Speaker 1: Tip Kelly we'll have his end of draft press conference.
Speaker 1: We'll wait for that as we continue on Eagles Draft
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Speaker 1: you now going to the fan cave and bringing in
Speaker 1: bow Wolf and Greg Cosell as we wait for Chip Kelly.
Speaker 1: Some thoughts here prior to that guy's Greg, I hate
Speaker 1: to even ask you this question because I just asked Tony,
Speaker 1: but do you have an instant grade? We live in
Speaker 1: this instant analysis world any general folks, Well, I can
Speaker 1: only tell you. I'm gonna have to watch the table now.
Speaker 1: I can only tell you how I evaluate the players.
Speaker 1: And for instance, I'm a little higher on Jacorey Shepherd
Speaker 1: than Tony Pauline is. I think Jacorey Shepherd in time,
Speaker 1: because he's so inexperienced, has a chance to be in
Speaker 1: a quality starting outside corner in the NFL. I don't
Speaker 1: think he's limited to sub packages. He may be early
Speaker 1: in his career, but I don't think that that will
Speaker 1: be the way his career plays out. So I think
Speaker 1: he's a very solid pick based on my evaluation of
Speaker 1: the player, and I think that's what you have to do.
Speaker 1: You have to evaluate the player. Uh. My guess is
Speaker 1: that the Eagles had him rated higher than a sixth
Speaker 1: round pick, as I would have too if I actually
Speaker 1: put grades on every single player. So I think the
Speaker 1: Eagles actually drafted pretty well based on my evaluations, and
Speaker 1: that's the only way I can do it. Are there
Speaker 1: players greg that you didn't think maybe as highly of
Speaker 1: as the Eagles did some players who you know, Look,
Speaker 1: the Eagles are trying to fit players into their system.
Speaker 1: Other players that the Eagles drafted, you just didn't nob
Speaker 1: should go there, no, because they really they only drafted
Speaker 1: six players, so you know, didn't You don't know anything
Speaker 1: about Mahalok so he than you thought, right, right, right.
Speaker 1: I don't know anything about Mahalic and I'll be the
Speaker 1: first to admit it. But you know, Aglar is a
Speaker 1: player that I would not have rated quite as highly.
Speaker 1: But I understand Chip's point of view on Aglar because
Speaker 1: Chip was looking for a certain kind of receiver. You know,
Speaker 1: someone like Rashad Perriman, who is available at twenty does
Speaker 1: not fit exactly what Chip wants because I think he
Speaker 1: sees him purely as an outside the numbers big receiver,
Speaker 1: and Chip wants a multidimensional receiver who can line up
Speaker 1: in different places in your formation. So I understand the
Speaker 1: thinking behind Nelson Aguilar, and I think therefore it becomes
Speaker 1: a very good pick in the minds of Chip Kelly.
Speaker 1: Eric Rowe was a corner I really liked. I watched
Speaker 1: him early in the process and really liked Eric Rowe,
Speaker 1: who was your favorites. Here comes Chip Kelly up to
Speaker 1: the podium. Guys, I'm sorry, we're gonna going to the
Speaker 1: auditorium right now. That's good issue. This first time you've
Speaker 1: had this, uh this set up with you and that
Speaker 1: kind of had to go there. As far as decisions,
Speaker 1: I just thought it was very orderly. You know. I
Speaker 1: think we spent a lot of time in the last
Speaker 1: whatever a couple of months so that you know, I
Speaker 1: really it's the thing that says you're really not making
Speaker 1: decisions when you get to the draft. The decisions have
Speaker 1: been made before. So I went through a lot of
Speaker 1: scenarios and last a couple of weeks. If this is
Speaker 1: there and this is there and that's not there, which
Speaker 1: direction do we had? And then um, you know, kind
Speaker 1: of fell the way we thought it was gonna fall.
Speaker 1: There was a couple of guys, you know you I
Speaker 1: hope he makes it a couple more picks, But realistically
Speaker 1: when they got picked, it was kind of we we did.
Speaker 1: I think our scouting staff did a great job of
Speaker 1: slotting where we thought they were going to get picked. Um.
Speaker 1: But I thought it was really orderly, very very organized.
Speaker 1: That I thought Ed and his group did not sending
Speaker 1: Yet did you do you feel different than the last
Speaker 1: two years as far as I think, you know, I
Speaker 1: did the same things in terms of my evaluation of
Speaker 1: the film, being able to go to pro days, going
Speaker 1: to private workouts and all that, But I just didn't
Speaker 1: have final say. So that was my question. How's role different?
Speaker 1: How is in there advising us? Was that the whole time?
Speaker 1: You know, we had our same group in there and
Speaker 1: a lot of bouncing ideas off of a lot of
Speaker 1: trade talks. We go here, go here, what you'd asked for?
Speaker 1: So did you have to lean on him a little bit?
Speaker 1: Or did you feel like two years of being attracting
Speaker 1: pretty much knew a lot of show. I think we
Speaker 1: understand it. But again I didn't run the show. I
Speaker 1: just had the final decision. So my role has never
Speaker 1: really changed. Just if it comes between player A and
Speaker 1: player B, then you gotta break the tie. So now
Speaker 1: I don't I don't look at it. I wouldn't say
Speaker 1: it was either of those. I just think it's you know,
Speaker 1: you're trying to make logical decisions in terms of what
Speaker 1: you've done, and you've got to really rely on the
Speaker 1: work you've done up until it. I don't think it's
Speaker 1: a it can't be a reactive type thing. I think
Speaker 1: you need to just say, can't get kind of get
Speaker 1: caught up in it. And you know, I think we
Speaker 1: made a really good decision. Um, there are people we
Speaker 1: wanted to take and forth, but when you have an
Speaker 1: opportunity to get a third round draft pick in the
Speaker 1: following year, I think it's a it's a smart decision.
Speaker 1: You know, if you're not ready for it, not playing
Speaker 1: for it, didn't go through those scenarios. Maybe you say
Speaker 1: I really like this guy, and I think you can
Speaker 1: kind of get married to that, but then you show
Speaker 1: change yourself. So today, do we wish we had a
Speaker 1: fourth pick? Yeah, next year we go into the draft
Speaker 1: and we know we have an extra three. Then we're
Speaker 1: really excited about the decision we made the year before.
Speaker 1: So now you know, and it's good that we can
Speaker 1: talk about him. I think, um, Brian is he's got
Speaker 1: a skill set that it's it's kind of when you
Speaker 1: look at it, you know, one of those guys when
Speaker 1: you spit things through and just say height, weight, speed
Speaker 1: kind of off the charts. He's six eight seven, he
Speaker 1: weighs three hundred pounds. He's a thirty four inch vertical jump.
Speaker 1: He ran four eight eight and he's a productive player.
Speaker 1: He just played you know, wide defensive end in a
Speaker 1: four three defense. He hasn't been a two gap player,
Speaker 1: but we feel with the physical skill set he has
Speaker 1: that we can convert him to a four technique. You know,
Speaker 1: and we also have some prior knowledge. Billy McGovern was
Speaker 1: on staff with him before Ryan Day was on staff.
Speaker 1: Mike Dawson was there, so guys that have coached him
Speaker 1: can kind of talk about his work ethic and what
Speaker 1: he's willing to do. But he's a you know, if
Speaker 1: you want the prototype for big people beat up little people.
Speaker 1: I think he's obviously the biggest person that we've we've
Speaker 1: we've drafted a brought in since since we've been here.
Speaker 1: So was that a value pick or was that a
Speaker 1: spot you want to now it's it was again the
Speaker 1: highest guy on the board at that point in time,
Speaker 1: you know, for how we fit in terms of and
Speaker 1: I think Ed said the best We're always gonna take
Speaker 1: the best players that fit our system. He doesn't fit.
Speaker 1: He's not a four three, you know, a four three
Speaker 1: defensive linement. He's a three four defensive linement. So you know,
Speaker 1: there's a certain amount of teams that he fit and
Speaker 1: he's that you know, ideal, you know, if you could
Speaker 1: put one together, that's what it is. Now it's he
Speaker 1: hasn't played it, so there's a there's a projection there.
Speaker 1: That's why he got drafted where he got drafted on defense.
Speaker 1: How do you feel about the defense? We've got more
Speaker 1: players on the defensive side of the ball. But then
Speaker 1: the next thing is and it's it's like anything, we
Speaker 1: gotta get out in the field and we got to
Speaker 1: get working and you know, try to try to see
Speaker 1: what those guys bring, uh and get rolling from that standpoint.
Speaker 1: So now we got certain positions, but we're moving on
Speaker 1: that already as I was walking out of the room.
Speaker 1: We we've moved towards free agency and just you know,
Speaker 1: do they not get picked in the in the the
Speaker 1: following picks with the rest of the draft, and then
Speaker 1: when that you know, in that final draft picked is made,
Speaker 1: when mister irrelevant is picked, then after that it in.
Speaker 1: But we've got that very organized, very detailed in terms
Speaker 1: of what direction we're going. Then it but what it
Speaker 1: turns into is that that person is now available to
Speaker 1: all the other thirty one teams in a league, so
Speaker 1: you know, really who presents the best opportunity. So, um,
Speaker 1: there's a little bit of recruiting that goes on. There's
Speaker 1: the same salary pool that's available to every team in
Speaker 1: a league, so you know how we allocate it and
Speaker 1: how we do that. But I think Ed and his
Speaker 1: group upstairs are doing a really good job. I got
Speaker 1: that organized and we're ready to roll after that last
Speaker 1: picks understand challenges a guy that might as t was. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there is a little bit, but I think you know,
Speaker 1: with as and knowing how to teach it, and we do.
Speaker 1: We do have some taller, longer guys in that position.
Speaker 1: That's what we're looking for. Um, and he's really you know,
Speaker 1: if you could a six eight seven, three hundred pounder,
Speaker 1: you know that that's got that explosion in him a
Speaker 1: little bit. It's it'll be an interesting transition as he
Speaker 1: goes from a four three defense to a three four.
Speaker 1: But I you know, we think there's a big upside there.
Speaker 1: And you know, we know his work ethic because there's
Speaker 1: guys in our staff that have actually were on his
Speaker 1: staff and college. So we're excited about the opportunity to
Speaker 1: get a chance to work with him. Yeah, I went
Speaker 1: up to his pro day and then we had him
Speaker 1: in for a Top thirty visit. So, now, what do
Speaker 1: you like most about what you put together? I like
Speaker 1: our you know, just from the two weeks of the
Speaker 1: exposure to the guys we have there. As their attitudes,
Speaker 1: you know, I think they've been outstanding when we've had
Speaker 1: them in the classroom and had a chance to meet
Speaker 1: with them, and then getting the feedback from what our
Speaker 1: guys in the weight room have said, you know, and
Speaker 1: really as a staff, I think we're all really excited
Speaker 1: to get out on the field and actually start to
Speaker 1: work with them again. But I think we got some
Speaker 1: guys that you know, and you just look at how
Speaker 1: they did it. We traded for Sam the following Sunday.
Speaker 1: He was here and has been here every day since,
Speaker 1: you know, we traded. We signed to Marco. He's been
Speaker 1: or every day since. You know. Guys that that came in,
Speaker 1: they're working, they're they're really putting all their time in
Speaker 1: and uh excited to kind of get our hands on them.
Speaker 1: We finally get to work with them on Monday. Three
Speaker 1: of your offensive linemen thirty four. I mean, does that
Speaker 1: factory into how you look at that that position as
Speaker 1: a whole, Yeah, it does, you know. And again there
Speaker 1: were guys that we really wanted in this draft, but
Speaker 1: you know, in each round they were taken before we
Speaker 1: had an opportunity to pick. So you know, we we're
Speaker 1: gonna stick to our board and I've talked about that
Speaker 1: when it crosses you know. But again, I think you
Speaker 1: look at our line, you know, in terms of being
Speaker 1: able to go play this season. I think we're excited
Speaker 1: about the group we have to go play this season.
Speaker 1: We do have to address it as we move forward
Speaker 1: in the future. And then maybe there's one or two
Speaker 1: or three four guys that we sign here that are
Speaker 1: undrafted guys that will have an opportunity like Matt Toven
Speaker 1: that's come in here and made our team as an
Speaker 1: undrafted guy. Now that's kind of where what the direction
Speaker 1: we're gonna go when it with at least this year
Speaker 1: or so. I think that I don't I mean, I
Speaker 1: don't put a number on it, but I know he's
Speaker 1: a unique individual in terms of what he can do
Speaker 1: and what his body is like. And uh um, I
Speaker 1: don't know, I know it's definitely one because the way
Speaker 1: he's working right now, there's absolutely no question that he'll
Speaker 1: he'll be the top tackle in the in the game
Speaker 1: this year, you know, and we'll just see continue. But
Speaker 1: you just can't predict the future. You don't know what
Speaker 1: happens from an injury standpoint if he were to uh
Speaker 1: to have one. But um, you know, I feel solid
Speaker 1: in terms of what we have this year, but we
Speaker 1: really have to address moving forward what we got to
Speaker 1: do with that position to have an idea of how
Speaker 1: this offense is going to function? Or do you have
Speaker 1: an idea now of how Sam's going to project? I
Speaker 1: mean it's a combination of both. I mean, we wouldn't
Speaker 1: have traded for him if we didn't think he fit
Speaker 1: in terms of what our vision is for what we're
Speaker 1: trying to do. But we still need to see him
Speaker 1: out in the field, and we've got plenty of time.
Speaker 1: You know, it's the beginning of May here, so um,
Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of time before we open up
Speaker 1: with Atlanta, So I don't feel comfortable in that. How
Speaker 1: many players did you have on your draft board and
Speaker 1: how much did that draft board change from whenever it
Speaker 1: was first put together until this week. I don't know
Speaker 1: the exact number. I couldn't tell you that. Um, and
Speaker 1: it always changes. I think as as as you gain
Speaker 1: more information. It's probably not really finalized till probably a
Speaker 1: couple of days ago, you know, when there's a lot
Speaker 1: of things a lot of times. You know, you had
Speaker 1: some guys that went to the medical recheck at Indianapolis
Speaker 1: just last week, so you know, hey, this guy was
Speaker 1: now we take him off the board just because medically
Speaker 1: he didn't get cleared by our doctors and our trainers. So, um,
Speaker 1: it really was you know, wasn't really finalized till probably
Speaker 1: last weekend. Was that a decision that was made this weekend?
Speaker 1: Previously it was a hard decision. It wasn't a hard decision, no,
Speaker 1: you know, and we just I mean it's a very
Speaker 1: you know, really, I don't think we should be talking
Speaker 1: about draft picks. I think two people have lost their
Speaker 1: lives and I think that's a little bit more important
Speaker 1: than that. So, uh, we weren't really thinking about the
Speaker 1: draft at that point in time. With him at them,
Speaker 1: you know, who wants to come play. I think when
Speaker 1: you visit with most prospects, I think you get the
Speaker 1: feeling that they want to come play for you because
Speaker 1: I don't. You don't get too many guys that go
Speaker 1: to a visit or you get an exposure to them
Speaker 1: that try to turn you off because there's only thirty
Speaker 1: two employees out there in in this game, so you know,
Speaker 1: usually you're going to get the best for him. But
Speaker 1: we also understand what we're looking for and get a
Speaker 1: good feel, you know, And it's I think it's like anything.
Speaker 1: Maybe when a kid has an opportunity to pick a college,
Speaker 1: you get a feel when you're on the campus for
Speaker 1: the first time that I think I fit in here
Speaker 1: really well, and you know, you get to kind of
Speaker 1: get the same vibe. So um, you know there's there's
Speaker 1: there's something too that that that there's an attraction because
Speaker 1: we always talk about it. There's tangibles and intangibles, you know,
Speaker 1: and some of the tangibles are non negotiable in terms
Speaker 1: of how we're looking at height, weight, speed. You know,
Speaker 1: if a guy runs four right and the forty, we
Speaker 1: just can't draft him. If he's a wide receiver or
Speaker 1: defensive back, that just doesn't fit. Um. But there's also
Speaker 1: in tangibles to go along with you can also run
Speaker 1: four two, but we just you know, there's it's kind
Speaker 1: of give and take, and that's kind of how you
Speaker 1: you come down to your final decisions and then you
Speaker 1: hope you're right and they hope you're right. You know,
Speaker 1: Marcus Smids team web site, it's bigger, shows better. H
Speaker 1: I haven't seen him in the weight room. We're not
Speaker 1: allowing the weight room, so I haven't. You know, that's
Speaker 1: a question for Josh Hanks and Sean Halls for excuse
Speaker 1: me to just as I've said since it begin, just
Speaker 1: more consistent play. There's been times when he's flashing, he
Speaker 1: really excited what he does, or we just needed from
Speaker 1: a more consistent basis from him. Right now, you got
Speaker 1: through the major decision making phases of the off season.
Speaker 1: You're now do you think you're more talented team as
Speaker 1: you're staying in Honestly, I don't know, nor does I
Speaker 1: think it matters. I think what matters is when we
Speaker 1: put that team on the field and in August, that's
Speaker 1: what I mean, in actually September now when we open
Speaker 1: up against Atlanta, because there's a lot of things that
Speaker 1: can happen between now and then. So our goal, though
Speaker 1: was work you know, we finished with ten wins the
Speaker 1: last two seasons and that's not good enough. So we're
Speaker 1: always going to be striving to make this a better
Speaker 1: a better team, and a better organization. And that's what
Speaker 1: that's what we've been charged to do, and that's what
Speaker 1: we're going to try to do. How close did you
Speaker 1: get to us? Didn't at all? There was We weren't
Speaker 1: close at all. Yeah, no, I mean it was we weren't.
Speaker 1: We weren't close at all. You know, I know what
Speaker 1: was reported, but we weren't close at all to any
Speaker 1: deal or trade or player talk or anything in terms
Speaker 1: of dealing with dealon talk at all. Now, we we
Speaker 1: weren't close to any trade talk. It's I mean we've
Speaker 1: if you guys know how much organizations talk about trading players.
Speaker 1: I mean it's every day. Hey, are you interested in
Speaker 1: such and such? Yeah, well, we're not interested in trading
Speaker 1: or are you interesting this guy? Yeah we are. You know,
Speaker 1: we're looking for this. Okay, we're out of that, you know,
Speaker 1: I mean, it goes on a lot, so we're there discussions, Yeah, there's,
Speaker 1: but there's probably discussions with everybody on Miami's roster, everybody
Speaker 1: on our roster. That's why when I'm being honest when
Speaker 1: I say is everybody available, Yeah, everybody's available at a price,
Speaker 1: But most of the time the price will never ever
Speaker 1: match what we want, you know, so it's never going
Speaker 1: to happen. You mean, he's got two suspensions. We didn't
Speaker 1: have any discussions. We had but a brief discussion in
Speaker 1: February and then that was it. So the discussions didn't
Speaker 1: end the other day because we weren't even having a discussion.
Speaker 1: The last time there was ever a conversation I think
Speaker 1: sometime at the combine, and we weren't. It wasn't moving
Speaker 1: anywhere then, so it was over. We've met the three
Speaker 1: of the guys here. You obviously behind importance and one
Speaker 1: character um, and do you feel like talking to people
Speaker 1: on the league that is something that maybe you place
Speaker 1: more emphasis on than other teams now. I mean, I
Speaker 1: think everybody has their own little model in terms of
Speaker 1: what they're looking for, but I don't think we're unique
Speaker 1: in that aspect in terms of how we approach it.
Speaker 1: So I'm sorry, I'll go back here. We've talked about
Speaker 1: that before. I think it's to us, it's not a
Speaker 1: I mean, it's something that you look at to me
Speaker 1: because it's a sign a commitment. Have they set out
Speaker 1: and done something that they've invested in and then said, hey,
Speaker 1: you know, I follow through with it and I did it.
Speaker 1: So I always look at it as a positive. But
Speaker 1: it's not a deal breaker, you know. Obviously a Nelson situation.
Speaker 1: Nelson graduated early, um, you know, but the most I
Speaker 1: think the rest of them do. I think Jakory did um,
Speaker 1: I think Randall graduated in December. I know Eric has
Speaker 1: I think Jordan Hicks graduating three and a half year
Speaker 1: and is working on a master's degree. So I mean
Speaker 1: that's just another you know, kind of a way to
Speaker 1: evaluate players in terms of commitment, uh, you know, the
Speaker 1: ability to stick to stick two things, to set out
Speaker 1: and make goals and kind of stay stay with those goals. Um.
Speaker 1: So in signing in signing Miles awesome and then and
Speaker 1: then we're sending defender for Chris Bowls for two decisions
Speaker 1: we haven't asked you about went into both of those.
Speaker 1: We we you know, we thought Miles obviously a talented
Speaker 1: player in the production he had with the Cowboys, but
Speaker 1: then you really look at the season he had last
Speaker 1: year with his forty seven catches in Cleveland, and you know,
Speaker 1: go and watch all forty seven catches on tape. There's
Speaker 1: contested balls. Uh, just a widely veteran knows how to
Speaker 1: run routes. It's got outstanding hands, catches the ball away
Speaker 1: from his body. Is a physical player, has both played
Speaker 1: inside receiver and outside receiver. Um, you know that we
Speaker 1: just thought the value for getting him, you know, on
Speaker 1: a one year contract. It was just a win win.
Speaker 1: I think he wanted to be here. We wanted to
Speaker 1: have him here. Um. I think we got a guy
Speaker 1: in you know, an older presence because we are young
Speaker 1: at the wide receiver spot that that's been in this
Speaker 1: league for a long time, has been around for a while,
Speaker 1: you know, and you put him and Cooper as the
Speaker 1: veterans in that room, and then you had guys like, um,
Speaker 1: you know, Jordan Hoff now Nelson, all those guys throw
Speaker 1: him into it that we feel pretty confident, you know,
Speaker 1: in terms of what we have. We think we got
Speaker 1: a nice mix in there. So I thought he fit
Speaker 1: really well. So and in Chris's situation, we talked to
Speaker 1: him about, you know, extensively where we were and what
Speaker 1: a role was, and we did have a role for him,
Speaker 1: but I also think he felt like he wanted to,
Speaker 1: um see if he could fit in somewhere else, because
Speaker 1: we do we are a little bit tough, heavy at
Speaker 1: that position and I understand that, so UM, but did
Speaker 1: we want him back? I would have take Chris back
Speaker 1: in a second. Chris would have made this football team
Speaker 1: and we would have carried four running backs in three
Speaker 1: tight ends if Chris was still here as well as
Speaker 1: how important is that? It's not an end all beal,
Speaker 1: but it certainly is a We look at it as
Speaker 1: a positive. You know, anytime when we're looking at linebackers now,
Speaker 1: we want three down linebackers. We don't exclusively say first
Speaker 1: and second down linebackers can't play for us. But in
Speaker 1: an ideal world, you want a guy that you don't
Speaker 1: have to take off the field and third down. UM.
Speaker 1: Ideally a guy that can play inside and outside. You know,
Speaker 1: the ability to play inside and coverage in the secondary
Speaker 1: and play outside and coverage in the secondary. UM is
Speaker 1: a positive. Is it is it the end of it?
Speaker 1: If he can't do that, we're not going to take them. No,
Speaker 1: But I think the versatility, we just look at it
Speaker 1: as a positive. The same thing we do with wide receivers,
Speaker 1: are the inside outside receivers are exclusively an outside receiver.
Speaker 1: If you're exclusively an outside receiver and you're the best
Speaker 1: in the game, then you know we're gonna make that
Speaker 1: work too. So but I think the versatility, we look
Speaker 1: at it as a positive one extension. Um, I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna I mean, I don't think it's fair to anybody
Speaker 1: to discuss contracts in terms of where we're gonna go
Speaker 1: or what our thought processes. But I really like a
Speaker 1: lot of our guys here, and I hope most of
Speaker 1: them stake here so throughout this process. And this weekend, well,
Speaker 1: I missed the first part I heard Edge job with
Speaker 1: the job you know, his first time last three months
Speaker 1: and this weekend. Yeah, I think the thing that struck
Speaker 1: me about ed right from the beginning, you know, when
Speaker 1: I was kind of charged with you you need to
Speaker 1: go find somebody that to put this thing together, is
Speaker 1: just how detailed oriented he was. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: my first meeting with him, and he brought me up
Speaker 1: to speed exactly what had gone on in the fall
Speaker 1: in terms of the scouting process and where everybody was
Speaker 1: and kind of where we are and what we're looking
Speaker 1: at and how things are being done. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's really just kind of taken aback at how detailed
Speaker 1: oriented Ed was and how organized he was. And that's
Speaker 1: really what we needed, you know, because I'm not I'm
Speaker 1: not available in the fall. I watch a lot of
Speaker 1: tape on Saturdays, but that's just me watching tape. I
Speaker 1: don't know much about, you know, the backgrounds or any
Speaker 1: of those things. But that struck me. And then when
Speaker 1: I had an opportunity to go around a country and
Speaker 1: interview a lot of guys, I always felt like I
Speaker 1: would interview Ed last because I'd seen everything and then
Speaker 1: be able to compare him to it. And again he
Speaker 1: blew me away in terms of his organization, how detailed
Speaker 1: oriented he is, how intelligent he is, and then kind
Speaker 1: of his vision of how we can move this thing
Speaker 1: forward and how we can make it better. So, you know,
Speaker 1: he hit the ground running, you know, as we got
Speaker 1: together that first day after he got hired and you know,
Speaker 1: organized the scouts and it really integrated our scouts and
Speaker 1: our coaches. I thought the group of them did an
Speaker 1: outstanding job. And if you watch how well our scouts
Speaker 1: and coaches work together, um, it's it's unique, I think
Speaker 1: in terms of how we do it. But as we
Speaker 1: look at it is we're trying to make the Eagles
Speaker 1: the best team out there, you know, and it can't
Speaker 1: be personnel department against coaches, coach against personnel. You guys, coach,
Speaker 1: we pick. We're on the same side and all we
Speaker 1: want at the end of the day is the same
Speaker 1: goal is we want to win a championship. This city
Speaker 1: deserves it, and that's what we're gonna do. And we're
Speaker 1: gonna leave no stone on turn until we get that done.
Speaker 1: And that's what this operation is all about. We're not
Speaker 1: satisfied with ten wins. I don't think anybody satisfied with
Speaker 1: ten zwins, and will continue to do what we have
Speaker 1: to do to make sure that we don't win just
Speaker 1: ten games. We won eleven, we win twelve, we win
Speaker 1: thirteen and hopefully bring this city what it deserves, that's
Speaker 1: a championship. We mentioned that thinks me a little different
Speaker 1: in terms of I guess everyone has a voice at
Speaker 1: the table. Can you walk through the process when you
Speaker 1: do win? Coaches and scouts meet talked about players. I'd
Speaker 1: like to, but I really don't want to share that,
Speaker 1: but I think everybody's voice is hurt, and I think
Speaker 1: everybody's allowed to have their own opinion, and we want
Speaker 1: people to not be on the same page as us,
Speaker 1: because you know, that's that's not what we're looking for.
Speaker 1: We're looking for everybody to see it from a different view.
Speaker 1: Everybody has a different set of lenses. Everybody has a
Speaker 1: different set of perspectives based upon their experiences in terms
Speaker 1: of what they bring. You know, we've got guys that
Speaker 1: have done in different ways and that's what we want
Speaker 1: to do. You know. The only answer I don't accept
Speaker 1: is when someone says, why do you do it that way?
Speaker 1: Because we've always done it that way. Give me a reason,
Speaker 1: and you know what, there's a lot of things we've
Speaker 1: changed since it's taken over. It's like, you know what,
Speaker 1: that's a really good idea. Let's see if we can
Speaker 1: move in that direction, because we all believe that's going
Speaker 1: to make us better. So I think we got a
Speaker 1: bunch of um I touched on it earlier. I think
Speaker 1: we got a bunch of coaches and scouts that are
Speaker 1: that are really growth minded and not fixed minded, and
Speaker 1: we're going to continue to do whatever we can to
Speaker 1: see if we can make this thing work. We'll go
Speaker 1: three one two three, So everybody, let's not let's we're
Speaker 1: all come by all we're having a great time. Okay,
Speaker 1: this is a conscious decision coming in, like we need
Speaker 1: to get back. We Yeah, And when your needs match
Speaker 1: the board, then that's when you're in good shape. When
Speaker 1: you your need crosses that talent line where you're pushing
Speaker 1: a guy. And I think for us, fortunately for us
Speaker 1: in terms of what we really needed to fix, um,
Speaker 1: you know, I look at running back there there this
Speaker 1: was an outstanding draft for running backs, but we didn't
Speaker 1: have to go take a running back because of what
Speaker 1: we did in free agency. Um, as we looked at it,
Speaker 1: it fit, but there was no one here that we
Speaker 1: felt like we just kind of went, you know, we
Speaker 1: really have them here, but let's push them up into
Speaker 1: this round and let's select them because it's at a
Speaker 1: need position. So I think it just worked for us
Speaker 1: in terms of how we selected them, and we'll see
Speaker 1: when we get them on the field. Actually, or are
Speaker 1: there spots you feel you still need either vetterman guys
Speaker 1: who were war each ray to supplement are at we'd
Speaker 1: like to get a couple of alignment in here, you know,
Speaker 1: specifically to talk about that position. Just we need four
Speaker 1: at least just because we're down, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: We got twelve. We usually like bring sixteen in our
Speaker 1: in our ninety. But that's that's a prob I already
Speaker 1: forced here as we look at the undrafted guys and
Speaker 1: see where we can put together from that, and then
Speaker 1: if then we'll look at some other avenues. We're always
Speaker 1: going to look at other avenues. You know. Now once
Speaker 1: you set the ninety, you're gonna have to replace those guys.
Speaker 1: You have to let some people go. But you know,
Speaker 1: I think really the one priority position there. The other
Speaker 1: thing is tight end. I would say we didn't we
Speaker 1: didn't get another tight end. We lost James Casey here
Speaker 1: in the offseason. You know, we're really excited about where
Speaker 1: Trey Burton is, um, but we'd still like to get
Speaker 1: a couple of tight ends here to be able to
Speaker 1: compete with Brenton and Zach. So how would you say
Speaker 1: this draft? What? UM? I don't know. I wasn't here
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago. So oh, I was gonna
Speaker 1: get out of the question by saying twenty twelve. I
Speaker 1: have no idea. It was an hair list and I
Speaker 1: could have walked off, right. I think every class is
Speaker 1: different just because of what's in that class, you know,
Speaker 1: And I think that's the unique thing about the draft.
Speaker 1: You know, what a first round pick. You know, if
Speaker 1: you look at the draft when we were in the
Speaker 1: draft my first year here, you know, the three of
Speaker 1: the first four picks off the board were offensive tackles.
Speaker 1: I don't think an offensive tackle went to twelve this year.
Speaker 1: There were really no quarterbacks in that draft. I think
Speaker 1: as you as you look at how it played itself out.
Speaker 1: So I think every draft class is a little bit
Speaker 1: unique based upon what's available, and I think that's what
Speaker 1: separates it. It's sometimes it's not by that's what that
Speaker 1: organization wants and that's what they need, is it? You know,
Speaker 1: you you can't force the issue. And I think that's
Speaker 1: the one thing we tried not to do in this draft,
Speaker 1: is to not force the issue. But I think every
Speaker 1: draft is kind of unique, you know. And that's the
Speaker 1: one thing. Everybody's always looking for, that elusive quarterback, and
Speaker 1: there's that's why there's so many quarterbacks drafted in the
Speaker 1: first round that don't end up making it because everybody
Speaker 1: wants that position. But you know, in this draft, I
Speaker 1: think it was clear cut and everybody looked at the
Speaker 1: same way. They were two, you know, and what the
Speaker 1: next one's like or the other one's like, I don't know.
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