WEBVTT - LISTEN | Draft Pick Profile - Mekhi Becton (5/5) 0:00:03.160 --> 0:00:06.400 Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets Podcast powered 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:09.320 by Amazon Web Services. We have a new series starting 0:00:09.640 --> 0:00:14.080 called the Draft Pick Profile Series presented by Verizon, where 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:16.720 e A and myself were breaking down each draft pick 0:00:17.040 --> 0:00:19.040 talking about how they can fit in with the Jets. 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:21.840 You're gonna hear from Joe Douglas and his staff, You're 0:00:21.840 --> 0:00:25.640 gonna hear from players or different people that have coached 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:28.040 the draft pick, or you're gonna hear from the draft 0:00:28.040 --> 0:00:30.480 pick himself and e A. Let's start at the top 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:34.600 with McKay Beckton, the jets first round selection, Joe Douglas's 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:37.600 first selection as GM of the New York Jets, and 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:40.559 they take him at the eleventh overall spot. And when 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:43.760 you look at where and how the board fell out, 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:47.000 they had their option at tackle if they decided to 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:50.320 go that way, and they had every receiver available, but 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:52.520 they end up going with the big man. Well Green 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:54.960 is really quick. Do we have to give ourselves a 0:00:55.000 --> 0:00:59.000 little bit of credit here on Official Jets Podcast? Remember 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:02.400 leading up to the draft, we had a mock draft, 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:08.479 and yourself, Anthony Becked and yours truly we all selected 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:12.000 Louisville tackle McKay Beckton. Yeah, I think we do. I 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:14.160 think we do need to give ourselves a little credit here. 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:17.720 That's a good point. So, yeah, getting to your question 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:21.959 for Joe Douglas in company, like you mentioned Greens, every 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:24.600 receiver still on the board if you want to go, 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:27.320 if you wanted it to go in that direction. But 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:32.720 at the tackle position, Tristan Worse from Iowa was still there, 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:38.280 and of course Mackay Beckton, Joe Douglas, his personnel staff, 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:43.280 and most of Jets Nation very pumped up with how 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:45.880 the board worked out on draft night and on the 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:49.919 Jets filed suit with taking McKay Beckton. Yeah, the Jets 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:52.440 really had their options, and I think if you were 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:54.680 a Jets fan, this is exactly how you wanted the 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:57.800 board to play out, because it felt like if Joe 0:01:57.840 --> 0:02:00.760 Douglas and company wanted to take attack that they deemed 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:03.560 worthy of the eleventh pick, and they did, then you 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:06.080 have your option there and if not, maybe you go 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.040 towards the receiver. And of course, when the Jets selected 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:12.680 at eleven, no receivers were taken. Into your point, Rugs, 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.679 Judy and Lamb came off the board in that twelve 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:19.680 to seventeen range, and you know I think that if 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:21.600 you're a Jets fan, you have to be excited about 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:24.040 this move. And we're gonna dive into McKay Beckton the 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:27.760 player and a bit here. But this board fell out 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:30.680 in a favorable way for the Jets. And you know, 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:34.240 before you and I dive into McKay Beckton in his 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:37.919 past at Louisville and grown up in Highland Springs, Virginia, 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:41.440 which is a suburb of Richmond. Let's here from Joe Douglas, 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:44.880 Chad Alexander, and Phil Savage, who are of course all 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:47.680 parts of this Jets scouting staff, and hear what they 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:51.080 had to say about the six seven, three hundred sixty 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:55.000 four pound monster. You know, the thing that jumps out 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:59.440 when you first watch McKay on tape is it's like 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:02.280 a giant among boys out there on the field. I mean, 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:05.320 his sheer size just jumps out. And then you see 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:07.840 him move and you see how easy he can slide, 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:12.639 how he can mirror uh defenders, and then his heavy 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:14.800 hands as ability to lift people off their feet and 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:18.280 just move people with these that's there's there's a lot 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:22.560 of unusual traits to this young man's game. There's times 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.280 it doesn't even look like he's hitting someone hard and guys, 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:28.079 guys are flying off their feet. I mean, so you're 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:31.760 getting just a very naturally powerful young man who can, 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:34.600 we hope, clear a lot of past at the point 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:36.440 of attack and the run game. And I think he's 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:38.760 gonna come in, he's gonna compete, and at the end 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:40.400 of the day, we're gonna have our our best five 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:42.280 out there. I think once we get him here and 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:44.360 get him in the program, you know, and see where 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:47.000 he fits fits best along with the unit that we 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:50.040 have and with coach Frank and dall and and at him, 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:53.120 you know, I think that's gonna be a decision that 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:55.320 I'll leave to them. I think we feel good about 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:58.160 where we are up front. I've always said from the beginning, 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:01.320 this game is won and lost of the trenches. You 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.080 have to have a good offensive defensive line, and you 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:05.680 have to have a good quarterback, and you have to 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:09.560 keep that quarterback upright on his feet. We're very we're 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:13.760 very excited about this edition. It looked like, uh, he's 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:15.600 a guy that that's really gotten better every year he 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:17.880 came in, and he's a freshman All American. But I mean, 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.279 it's just a massive kid. You know, he's just really 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:23.360 such a smooth athlete. He's got clean feet, There's really 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:26.080 not much that he's lacking. He's got outstanding league. His 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:29.200 punch and pass pros outstanding. And he's just a powerful guy. 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:31.640 And I think the term freak of nature gets thrown 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.479 out there a lot, you know, when referencing Mac, but 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:37.039 it's just uncommon for someone that size to move that well. 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:39.320 On the other side of it, he's a hard worker. 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:42.080 You know, he's a finisher. He plays with nasty. It's 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:44.520 an attitude, you know, to play with that demeanor, uh 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:46.839 really goes a long way for for helping the offense 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:48.599 and helping the team as a whole. I love the 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.200 fact that he's got a lot of upside and potential 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:53.479 to be, you know, really something special. Other part of 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:56.039 it is is he's a great kid, and we're just 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.799 really excited to be able to work with a player 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.360 like that. We were excited to to draft him at 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.840 e Levin and like Joe D said, he's gonna be 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:07.080 really good player for us for a long time, barely 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:10.000 scratching the surface, you know. I had the good fortune 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.720 of being with the Ravens is a long time ago, 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:16.440 and we drafted Jonathan Ogden in in nine. And then 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:18.520 of course I was at the Browns when we took 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:22.240 Joe Thomas in two thousand and seven, and we talked 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:25.960 about those kind of comparisons, and you know, Jonathan Ogden 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:29.800 was an Olympic level shot putter when he came out 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:32.359 of u c l A. And he had trialed. He 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:35.720 had come from Washington, Washington, d C. And gone all 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:37.680 the way to u c l A. So, you know, 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:41.360 he there was a level of advancement with him that 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:46.239 was really unique. But McKay becked and is a bigger man. 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:49.800 McKay becked in six seven, three and sixty pounds, and 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:52.960 he's got the same kind of foot agility. He's not 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:56.840 quite the same fluid athlete. But in terms of making 0:05:56.839 --> 0:06:00.200 the comparison with j O and then Joe tom Us, 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:02.479 I mean, Joe Thomas would dream to be as big 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:05.800 as McKay Beckton. However, Joe was a technician and he 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:09.360 was another person that was very advanced in terms of 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:12.400 the techniques and the fundamentals, and he devoted himself to 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:15.040 the game. So if we can get the same kind 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:18.760 of dedication to his craft that Jo and Joe Thomas 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:23.600 had McKay Beckton we think has an unbelievable future with 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:27.120 the New York Jets. E A. What really stands out 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:30.320 to me about McKay Beckton after hearing those three guys 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:33.120 talk about him. It's something that Phil Savage set that 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:37.919 they had discussed a similarity or how you could basically 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:41.159 anchor your old line with Beckton, similar to the way 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:45.520 that Jonathan Ogden was for the Ravens and Joe Thomas 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:48.320 was for the Browns. I mean, you heard Phil Savage. 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:52.040 He said Joe Thomas could dream of being as big 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:55.080 as McKay Beckton. And Joe Thomas, of course is a 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:58.240 future Hall of Famer, and they're different players, no doubt, 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:00.520 But I think it all comes down to the side 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:04.040 with McKay Beckton and just how nimble he is at 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:08.440 the size he is just really rare. No comparisons and 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:12.200 no projections coming from us because this is a young 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.720 guy who's got plenty to learn on the National Football 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:18.920 League level. But yeah, the Jets fall in love with him. 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:23.400 Six seven sixty four pound screens seven foot wingspan. You 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:27.160 mentioned his feet, Uh, he had a basketball background. This 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.400 guy was an accomplished basketball player in high school growing 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:35.440 up in Virginia. And then that combine time five point 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:39.880 one zero seconds in the forty yard dash, Greens. You know, 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:41.720 when I was in my twenties, I thought I was 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:44.520 in decent shape. There was nowhere I was not running 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:49.760 anywhere close to a five point one zero time Like 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:54.400 this is very rare. His athleticism. Um, that was unofficially 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.280 the fastest forty yard time buy an athlete weighing in 0:07:57.360 --> 0:08:00.160 at three fifty plus points of pounds at the I'm 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:06.040 buying since nineteen eight seven. His hand sizes ten and 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:09.240 three fours and his arms measured what thirty five and 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:13.680 five eights. His wing span is eighty three and a quarter. 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:20.560 The numbers are dazzling. Uh, it is somewhat staggerant. But 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:24.800 what they loved too was obviously Number one was what 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.000 they saw on tape, and they saw a guy who 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:32.320 brought edge and nastiness. That's what Adham Gates wants up 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:37.360 front from his offensive line, and then he becomes Greens. 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:41.200 Historically the first tackle taken by the Jets in the 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:43.400 first round since two thousand and six. And I'll tell 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:47.920 you what, this organization had a good run with that 0:08:47.960 --> 0:08:50.760 player that was the britishaw Ferguson. And when you take 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.959 care of a tackle position, whether you play left or right. 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:55.920 And I know the last what twenty one starts at 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:59.320 louis Bell, McKay Beckton played on the left side. That's 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:02.840 a big time move for your offensive line. He is 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:06.360 going to play immediately. We'll get into it down the 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:08.360 line here on the pod and we'll talk about how 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:12.040 he fits in. But um, you know he's got experience 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:17.520 on both sides, and yeah, his athleticisms, his athleticism, his edge, 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:22.160 his natural physical tools, and then the way he can 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:26.640 move for a big man. It's just uncommon. To your point, 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:29.920 he started twenty one games on the left side at Louisville, 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:32.480 started twelve on the right side. And something that you 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:36.120 had talked about with Joe Douglas is that McKay Beckton 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:40.480 earlier in his career was switching sides of the offensive 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:43.920 line any given play. That's what Joe Douglas said. And 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:47.480 then this past season he's anchored on the left side. 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:49.960 He's a second team All American. He's the twenty nine 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:53.480 team Jacob's Blocking Trophy Award winner of the a s 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:56.040 C which goes to the top old lineman in the conference. 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:59.080 He's first team All a SEC and Joe Douglas said, 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:01.960 he you is the word blossom, and that's how he 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:05.600 described McKay Beckton on the left side in two thousand 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:08.080 nineteen because he didn't have to go from the left 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:11.400 side to the right side. And I think where we 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:15.280 talked about McKay Beckton having untapped potential and the fact 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:18.640 that he's really only played one full season at left 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:21.560 tackle and had the season that he had is staggering. 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:25.240 Not to mention at the pro level, he might not 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:28.560 be the most technically sound player from the get but 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:32.000 I would imagine that being the size that he is 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.720 is going to help him at least mask some of 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.000 those problems. I know Adam Gates said more so in 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:39.520 the run game than in the past game. But I 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:41.360 think if you're Jets fan, you really have to be 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:45.000 excited about what McKay Breckton brings to the table. The 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:49.079 thirty three starts in thirty five games at Louisville. Uh. 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:52.360 He did the fell A drug test at the Combine Greens, 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:55.200 but Joe Douglas was open about that he had a 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:58.920 one on one with Beckton Wednesday night. So imagine getting 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:02.600 that call if you're that aspect on the eve of 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.720 the draft and the GM of the New York Jets 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.800 is talking to you heart to heart, so that Joe 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:13.640 and his staff very thorough examination throughout the pre draft 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:18.559 uh process, But the hours leading up to the draft. 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:21.319 That tells you where Joe was at is, Hey, I'm 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:23.880 gonna call this guy one more time? What is in 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:28.360 his heart? What is in his mind right now? And 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:31.280 obviously he got the answer that he wanted and he 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:34.320 made him in New York Jet and UH, I love 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:39.160 the way McCoy backed In answered questions on Thursday night. 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:44.240 Big guy a lot of love, but he was focused Greens. 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:46.760 He said, I just want to get to work. Let's 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.520 get to work. You know. I think the thing that 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.880 stands out most from what Joe Douglas said was he 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:55.320 told you this in your one on one and after 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.480 Thursday night of the draft, he said, sometimes with Kai 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:02.160 backed In hits people and he doesn't even look like 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:05.280 he's hitting them hard and they go flying like that 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:08.400 just speaks to the strength that McKay Beckton has. And 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:11.760 just one quick note between McKay Beckton and Joe Douglas. 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:15.000 They're both Virginia guys, are both Richmond guys, so they 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:19.160 obviously had that connection there. And before we hear from 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:21.080 the big man himself, I just want to bring this 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:26.600 back to his basketball prowess, being McKay's basketball prowess. I 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:29.920 mean the head coach, former head coach of Louisville, Bobby Petrino, 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:32.520 said that they knew they wanted to offer him a 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:36.680 scholarship when he was doing a reverse dunk in high school. 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:39.560 I mean, I can't even imagine standing next to a 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:42.440 guy this size because we've never met him face to face, 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.680 but imagine being a high school kid and seeing this guy, 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:49.400 a man of that size, throwing down reverse dunks. I 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:52.000 mean that must have been sickening to see. Would you 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:56.840 want to take a charge from that guy? No, honestly, honestly, 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:58.439 I think he jumped over me. If I took a 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:00.319 charge and he was going up to dunk, think he 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:03.640 cleared me. I'd love to play with him. We could 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:07.240 take him down to Madison Greens and we'll play three No. 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:12.520 And seriously, the heavy hands, got heavy hands, and he 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:18.080 dwarfs over people. He finishes. He loves the game. He 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:22.040 saw the passion in his play, and the film says, 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:25.640 this guy was a much better player in two thousand 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:29.600 nineteen than he was two thousand and eighteen. And how 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:33.960 about assistant GM rex Hogan. He moves people like furniture 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:38.080 and yeah, just to think about him playing basketball would 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:41.880 have been something else. Yeah, what's crazy is that he 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:44.360 was a three star recruit head of high schools, the 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:49.079 forty three offensive tackle rated in and you know he 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:53.320 rose to where he became the eleventh overall selection, which 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:56.720 you know goes to how much he dedicated to himself. 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:59.000 And you know it was reported that he was like 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:02.800 three Now he's like some ridiculous percentage of body fat 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:07.080 because he's so strong and was monsicator right Greens, Yeah, yeah, 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:10.000 McKay Beckton, You know, I would imagine likes to eat food. 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:13.600 And as he said, I mean, let me just read 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:17.320 you some of his choices to go to school Louisville, Michigan, Oregon, 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:21.560 Virginia where of course to Brickatshaw Ferguson went Virginia Tech. 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.080 And he he ends up going to Louisville because he 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:27.160 was friends with Jeron Christian, who was the third round 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:30.000 pick of the car of the Redskins, excuse me, in 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.960 two thousand and eighteen, and that's what led him to 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:37.680 the Louisville Spartinals. Dude, Korean Census. It's a great point, 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:41.040 is that you just mentioned Michigan. Here's something for you. 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:46.200 Every one of Michigan's starting line. I remember their starting 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:49.560 line in two thousand nineteen, they just got drafted. Can 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:54.040 you imagine McKay backed in at Michigan? No, No, I 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.000 would imagine that McKay Beckton in a snow game would 0:14:57.040 --> 0:15:00.160 absolutely destroy people because I would be right up his alley. 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.800 So maybe coming soon too, MetLife a little snow game 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:04.840 with BacT In paving the way for Levy on Bell. 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:08.120 But you know what, without further ado, I think it's 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:11.080 time that we hear from the big man himself. Here's 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:15.120 McKay packed in one on one with the A McKay 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:17.640 backed in. What would your reaction when he got the 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:21.120 call from the Jets? Man? It was. It was crazy 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:23.240 when I got the call because we were waiting and 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:25.680 were just waiting and waiting, and then I finally heard 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:27.600 my phone ring. I'm talking about the whole room was 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:29.960 just yellow. I'm just like, you gotta gotta be quiet. 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:32.120 I gotta, I gotta hear what they gotta say. And 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.720 then I finally got quiet, and then I finally heard 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:36.600 what they had to say, and then we all just 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:40.760 burst into tears. How intense was that moment when you 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:44.520 were talking to Jets personnel shortly after you were drafted? 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.280 It was it was really tense. It was really tense. 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:50.680 It was I kept tell him I'm ready, honestly, That's 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:52.600 all I kept tell him. I can't wait, I'm ready. 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:55.400 So take me through the emotions of the night, mackay, 0:15:55.640 --> 0:15:59.040 Because were you upset early because a lot of people 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:02.000 thought you might be at times picks? And then did 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:05.440 that change as soon as you heard your name called? 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.960 I was I'm not gonna. I was upset. I was. 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:11.880 I was really upset, I mean I was. I was pissed, honestly. 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:14.360 And then once I finally heard my name called, I 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:16.760 just all that one out the window. I don't even 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:18.840 care him. I just I just can't wait to get back. 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:21.000 I just can't wait to get to the Jets. Honestly, 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:24.240 what can you tell me about the bond do you 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:29.160 have already established with Jets? GM Joe Douglas now that's 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:32.320 that's my guy. Honestly, you know because of me and 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:34.520 him up from Richmond, so we too Richmond boys, so 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:37.560 we know we know we're gonna have that connection automatically. 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:40.360 So he was like the other thing when we were talking, 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:43.160 he was naming streets that I know, So I'm just like, yo, 0:16:43.360 --> 0:16:45.920 like I know that street. So it was just great 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:49.560 talking to him. You know, he was an offensive tackle 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:55.640 himself at rich Man. Yeah, so did you guys talk shop? Yeah, 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:57.720 we talked that. We talked about that too, because I 0:16:57.800 --> 0:16:59.280 told him about the story what happened to me my 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:01.640 freshman year. He said the same thing happened to him 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:07.080 in his first year. So you know, we we cannot honestly, hey, 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:09.840 what happened last year as far as where did you 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:12.919 make your most significant strides? Because you were a different 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:15.320 player in two thousand nineteen and two thousand eighteen, don't 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:17.160 you think? Yeah? I was? I was. I would say 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.080 I would say the coaching change, honestly, because they left word. 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:22.600 He came in and told me, like the things I 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:24.720 was doing and I saw Maia would not correct at all, 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:29.080 and he just clean the holy erased the whole board 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:30.359 and just said this is what we're gonna do. And 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:32.919 then then from that day when I just took his 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.880 word and ran with it, do you think you got 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:40.400 better as a technician last year? Definitely? Definitely I think 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:43.600 I did. So let me ask you. You played both 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:48.320 right tackle and left tackle a Louisville, most recently left tackle. 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:51.720 Do you prefer side? It doesn't really matter what'side wherever 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:55.160 they want to be. Honestly, I'm ready. How would you 0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:58.800 say you are as a player if you're watching your 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:04.200 cut ups? Um clearly the most dominant gauden field. And 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:07.640 what kind of edge do you bring to the game 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:11.600 as well? I bring a strong as I'm I always 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:13.840 played with the two of my shoulder. I promise you, 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:15.800 I'm I'm a chip on the stand on my shoulder. 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:18.159 It's not going anywhere and we keep playing like I 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:21.760 never got it. Are there guys when you were growing 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:25.440 up that you tried to model your game after. Yeah, 0:18:25.760 --> 0:18:29.720 Tarren Smith was one of those guys, Joe Thomas, Jonathan Odd, 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:35.960 then Orlando Pace, just all those legends. Honestly, as you 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:39.920 and bark on your onfl career, is that something you 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:44.120 want to be yourself? You want to follow those footsteps 0:18:44.560 --> 0:18:48.639 and become a legendary player in your own right. Definitely, 0:18:48.640 --> 0:18:50.919 I would. I would love to have my name in 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:54.520 that same sentence as those greats. What do you think 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:57.840 about joining a Jets offense that has a young quarterback 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:00.679 in Sam Donald who's just twenty two years old and 0:19:00.800 --> 0:19:05.840 one of the most productive facts over the last twenty 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:09.960 years in the National Football League and Levan pal I'm ready. 0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:14.240 We're gonna pick some things up the world. We talked 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:20.960 about your edge, your nastiness. Uh, what about your athleticism 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:25.000 and what happened at the Indianapolis combine? Because I believe 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:30.199 your time and the forty was what five point one second. 0:19:31.160 --> 0:19:35.159 I've always been an athlete. I've always been athletic for 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:37.360 my size. People don't expect me to move as well 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:39.800 as I do or just do the things I can do. 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:43.280 So I've always been like, this is growing up. And 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:46.800 after you ran the five point one in Indianapolis, you 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:49.520 said you had a conversation with Chet's offensive line coach 0:19:49.680 --> 0:19:54.600 Frank Pollard. What was shared during that time? He was 0:19:54.640 --> 0:19:57.040 just he pretty much asked me, how was my hamstring going? 0:19:57.440 --> 0:19:59.040 You've just been much telling me like, just make sure 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:01.000 I get ready and stay ready to make sure I 0:20:01.040 --> 0:20:04.160 get it. Help you. You had a failed test at 0:20:04.200 --> 0:20:08.879 the Combine. What did you talk to Joe Douglas about, 0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:14.880 maybe in the lead up to the draft, to say, Hey, listen, UM, 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:18.240 I'm gonna be good. I'm coming in here, I'm gonna 0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:20.280 be focused. I'm gonna be the player you need me 0:20:20.320 --> 0:20:23.320 to be. Um to talk that Actually, the talk that 0:20:23.359 --> 0:20:24.959 we had the other day, it was it was about that. 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:26.720 He was just calling me and trying to figure out 0:20:26.920 --> 0:20:28.560 what had happened. He said he wanted to see my 0:20:28.600 --> 0:20:31.200 face when I told him, and I guess that call went. 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:36.360 Will six seven four pounds you just said before, you're 0:20:36.359 --> 0:20:39.879 about three sixty three right now? What wait? Would you 0:20:39.920 --> 0:20:48.720 like to play at that range? Threefive? Blessed with great footwork? 0:20:48.920 --> 0:20:53.000 How about your basketball background? How has that helped you 0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:55.840 in your football career? It helped me a lot on 0:20:55.920 --> 0:20:59.600 my footwork and pass pro I can. I can recover 0:20:59.680 --> 0:21:02.360 quickly because of my feet, So I feel like basketball 0:21:02.440 --> 0:21:07.679 helped me a lot. McCay's just a memorable night for you, 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:11.120 no doubt about that. Lastly, I just wanted to ask you, 0:21:11.640 --> 0:21:15.080 do you have a message for your new fans. That 0:21:15.240 --> 0:21:18.240 is Jets Nation. You guys were ready going to work. 0:21:18.320 --> 0:21:20.399 Just know that I'm ready. Just know I'm ready, young, 0:21:20.400 --> 0:21:22.560 I have to worry about nothing. I'm ready, just norm ready. 0:21:22.960 --> 0:21:25.679 And there's a guy who's never been to New York before. 0:21:25.800 --> 0:21:29.320 How excited are you to get up here? Because I 0:21:29.400 --> 0:21:32.159 remember watching you at the combine and you said, I 0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:35.359 like New York's toughness and I like the grim nous. 0:21:36.440 --> 0:21:38.400 I'm excited. I can't wait to get to New York. 0:21:39.040 --> 0:21:44.320 I can't wait. M guy. We appreciate your time, congratulations 0:21:44.560 --> 0:21:48.400 and we'll see you out here soon. Thank you. Let's 0:21:48.440 --> 0:21:51.919 not take a look at how and where McKay Beckton 0:21:52.040 --> 0:21:55.439 fits in on this Jets offensive line. We talked about 0:21:55.480 --> 0:21:58.080 that he's played both the left side and the right side. 0:21:58.440 --> 0:22:02.360 This offense of line is going to look much different 0:22:02.600 --> 0:22:05.720 than it did in two thousand nineteen. And when you 0:22:05.760 --> 0:22:08.600 think about who the Jets brought in that tackle, there's 0:22:08.640 --> 0:22:12.000 only one other guy in free agency. That's George Fan 0:22:12.160 --> 0:22:14.520 who also has experience on both sides of the line. 0:22:14.520 --> 0:22:17.360