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Speaker 2: So thor Nystrom is our college football NFL Draft analyst

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Speaker 2: a team I've spent a lot of time talking about.

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Speaker 2: So I want to start with interesting because I have

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Speaker 2: called the Minnesota Vikings the furnished apartment of the draft

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Speaker 2: for a quarterback.

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Speaker 3: They have everything.

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Speaker 2: Just move in, get your diet Coke, put it in

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Speaker 2: the fridge. You're ready to go. Elite left tackle, two receivers,

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Speaker 2: but I think a great coach. The tall Sean McVay,

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Speaker 2: I have theorized that they wouldn't get one of the

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Speaker 3: But now that.

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Speaker 2: New England is taking calls today, I feel like, oh,

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Speaker 2: I think they want Drake May because there's a guy

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Speaker 1: Very well said very well. Put yes, and I would

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Speaker 1: think that they would be leaning that way. Josh mcconna

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Speaker 2: In the NFL, you don't get a step into it.

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Speaker 1: I'm higher on McCarthy than you. He's actually the number

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Speaker 1: It's why last year he completes seventy two percent and

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Speaker 1: Then he helped the coaching staff accrue the ridiculous recruiting

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Speaker 1: College Football Playoff there as well. I think there's exciting

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Speaker 2: To me, all right, that's a good argument in his favor.

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Speaker 2: So there Something came out today from a researcher at ESBN,

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Speaker 2: and I thought it was fascinating that he went twenty

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Speaker 2: to throw my theory out to you thor because I

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Speaker 3: This is how my brain works.

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Speaker 2: So I've always, like the Packers been very reluctant about

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Speaker 2: first round receivers. Now, Calvin Johnson's an exception, Randy Moss,

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Speaker 2: I think Harrison's an exception. But here's my take. It

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Speaker 2: is a spectacular position. Most touchdowns in football are not

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Speaker 2: tight end, receiver. Touchdowns are spectacular. They break the huddle first.

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Speaker 2: They're the NBA player in football not really reliant on

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Speaker 2: They don't rely on a left tackle for protection or

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Speaker 2: corners aren't six four sixty five. These are magnificent athletes.

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Speaker 2: They break the huddle first. We have a term diva receiver,

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Speaker 2: not diva guard, not diva strong safety. They come with personality.

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Speaker 2: If you add fire to that personality, high first round pick,

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Speaker 2: you're sort of validating their greatness. Whereas many of the

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Speaker 2: receivers who have armor on Satan round Houka Nakua, who

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Speaker 2: But that's in a li arming miss rate. Seventy three

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Speaker 2: miss rate was tight end at thirty three percent hit rates,

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Speaker 2: So you know, sixty seven percent. I would explain that

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Speaker 2: because a lot of college tight ends cannot block at

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Speaker 2: the next level. All Iowa tight ends block. That's why

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Speaker 2: Iowa's so great. When Dalton Kincaid came out, I had

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Speaker 2: two execs say, this kid blocks like in Iowa tight

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Speaker 2: end Dalton Kincaid's a great tight end. A lot of

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Speaker 2: a defensive end there. They're Mike Gseki. They're just pass

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Speaker 2: catchers and coaches want blockers. So, but I want your explanation.

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Speaker 2: I understand why a center often the smartest offensive line.

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Speaker 2: Not a lot of flamboyants. Either you can do it

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Speaker 2: or not. You don't have to be a super athlete, right,

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Speaker 2: you can test for that. But wide receiver seventy three

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Speaker 2: a living, Explain that.

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Speaker 1: First of all, I think I know who that eight

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Speaker 1: Billy Price. And as far as the as far as

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Speaker 4: What I think that is. Colin.

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Speaker 1: You set that up well talking about the athleticism and

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Speaker 2: Taj is wiry and strong again, fast enough, productive in

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Speaker 1: No, you might get my job calling. I love the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, zeber Worthy is an interesting case where he breaks

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Speaker 2: You can be small. Been a lot of successful small backs.

434
00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:30,440
Speaker 2: He got hurt, he came back, or I didn't think

435
00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:34,320
Speaker 2: he was the same running back. I just didn't see it.

436
00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,720
Speaker 2: I don't know if I could go in the third round.

437
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,280
Speaker 2: I thought he was a second round guy. Before the

438
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,240
Speaker 2: I thought he may be the best running back in

439
00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,440
Speaker 2: the country. It doesn't look the same to me. How

440
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,199
Speaker 2: is he being judged by you and others?

441
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, that injury that you're referring to at the end

442
00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,280
Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty two season when he was tremendous,

443
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:57,440
Speaker 1: coming awesome during that season he comes back from and

444
00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,480
Speaker 1: by the way, if that did not happen, he might

445
00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,920
Speaker 1: have been like after his first year at this point,

446
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,840
Speaker 1: might have been in last year's draft, right, like that

447
00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:06,800
Speaker 1: was the reason he had to go back to Michigan

448
00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:10,720
Speaker 1: coming off that injury, and then he acclimates himself slowly,

449
00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,679
Speaker 1: certainly the first half of the season. Totally agree with

450
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,800
Speaker 1: you on that look sluggish. The burst wasn't there. The

451
00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,600
Speaker 1: cuts we see with him were not as violent and

452
00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,639
Speaker 1: not as smooth. I absolutely agree with you, And you

453
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,520
Speaker 1: can see this in Blake Korum's numbers last year. Yards

454
00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,919
Speaker 1: before contact happens to be the exact same number as

455
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,320
Speaker 1: his yards after contact. It was two point four, I

456
00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:35,919
Speaker 1: believe on both accounts. So the offensive line was really

457
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,960
Speaker 1: helping him out, especially against the front part of that

458
00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,280
Speaker 1: schedule where they played some Cans in September, just getting

459
00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,720
Speaker 1: the push. But yeah, can you harken back to that

460
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,840
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two with him where he had a bit

461
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,320
Speaker 1: more juice, had a bit more speed or is this

462
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,120
Speaker 1: what we have athletically? I think that that's a big

463
00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,000
Speaker 1: thing to look at with him. A lot of the

464
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,440
Speaker 1: things that we like about Blake Koram are intangible things

465
00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 1: that cannot be tested for Anapolis. Running with tempo vision

466
00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,880
Speaker 1: that sendsing the cutback lanes and getting in there, forcing

467
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,480
Speaker 1: off angle tackle attempts of a guy who should be

468
00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,679
Speaker 1: able to hit you flush, Just that slight movement right

469
00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:13,840
Speaker 1: before that guy leaves his feet so that you can

470
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,760
Speaker 1: get the arm tackle attempt that. Then you can run

471
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,760
Speaker 1: through different stuff like that with Blake Korum. But the

472
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,600
Speaker 1: athletic stuff he does not have. He's a little bowling

473
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,639
Speaker 1: ball type that lacks high end speed.

474
00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,040
Speaker 4: For sure. His quarterback JJ McCarthy is faster than him.

475
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,280
Speaker 1: There is the one time when true freshman season for

476
00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:33,040
Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy in the Big Ten title game against Iowa.

477
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,159
Speaker 1: I love this play. People need to look it up

478
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,080
Speaker 1: if they haven't seen it. He hands it off to Korum.

479
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,520
Speaker 1: They're at their own forty yard line. Quorum gets out

480
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,760
Speaker 1: to the second level and then is starting to break

481
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,520
Speaker 1: away into the open field. JJ McCarthy zooms past Blake

482
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,119
Speaker 1: Korum in the open field, gets down the sideline and

483
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,680
Speaker 1: ends up slowing down for him so he can make

484
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,760
Speaker 1: a block around the ten eight yard line to spring

485
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,520
Speaker 1: Blake Korum into the end zone. But he had Quorum

486
00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:00,800
Speaker 1: has those intangible type things, the passing game utility. He

487
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:02,879
Speaker 1: wasn't used as much as a receiver at Michigan. That

488
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,640
Speaker 1: was Donovan Edwards. In the pre draft process. He has

489
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:09,280
Speaker 1: shown some hand stuff running the routes, didn't drop a

490
00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:11,560
Speaker 1: ton of balls. I'll give him the contextual benefit of

491
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,800
Speaker 1: the doubt on that, but I agree with you calling

492
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,400
Speaker 1: him a little bit lower on Blake Korum than some others.

493
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,440
Speaker 4: I think I have him as RB six in this class.

494
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:23,200
Speaker 2: So you know, I did a feature on FS one

495
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:28,879
Speaker 2: today today being Wednesday, eve of the draft, about you

496
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,320
Speaker 2: can get speed almost anywhere on the draft, but the

497
00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:35,120
Speaker 2: man upstairs, God does not give us six foot six,

498
00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:39,480
Speaker 2: three hundred pound, fifteen pound men with great feet. That

499
00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,200
Speaker 2: Almost all of the top fifteen offensive tackles ever, going

500
00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,199
Speaker 2: back to Jim Parker, are first rounders, all of them.

501
00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:50,479
Speaker 2: There's very few sleeper offensive tackles. Now you can still

502
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:51,479
Speaker 2: Mackai Becton.

503
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:52,320
Speaker 3: There are whiffs.

504
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:56,240
Speaker 2: There are often weight issues, just like NBA centers, big

505
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,679
Speaker 2: centers weight on the feet. You can have feet and

506
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,880
Speaker 2: back issues, but there are positions, and I think offensive

507
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 2: tackle is one is overwhelmingly you're Trent Williams, Jonathan Ogden,

508
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 2: Anthony Munoz, ron Yary, the really great ones. God does

509
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,760
Speaker 2: not create six six, three hundred and fifteen pound men

510
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:19,240
Speaker 2: that are nimble. He just doesn't. When you see one

511
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 2: draft him early, you're not finding him in the sixth

512
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,320
Speaker 2: Speed is different. I've talked to a GM, a Super

513
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,960
Speaker 2: Bowl winning GM, who has said he won't draft He

514
00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 2: by and large, will not draft a corner in the

515
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,639
Speaker 2: first two rounds. He believes third on you can find

516
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:42,359
Speaker 2: speed everywhere. There's tons of corners. Is there a sleeper?

517
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,000
Speaker 3: Probably not tackle. Of all these.

518
00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:50,600
Speaker 2: First round tackles, what's interesting to me is Joe Alt

519
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:55,440
Speaker 2: probably is the safest from Notre Dame. But I don't

520
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,000
Speaker 2: think he's a seven time Pro bowler. I think he's

521
00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,800
Speaker 2: a good twelve years arder Pro bowler.

522
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:02,120
Speaker 3: Two.

523
00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,439
Speaker 2: Is there another tackle in this first round that you

524
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 2: look at and he's not as complete as Alt, He's

525
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 2: not as finished as Alt, but you think he could

526
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:16,120
Speaker 2: be the tackle in ten years we go, there's your

527
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:20,399
Speaker 2: seven time Pro bowler. Because historically the one position in

528
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,639
Speaker 2: football with the stars come in the first it's left tackle.

529
00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 2: Who's going to be the guy we come back and

530
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,119
Speaker 2: maybe it's Ald or maybe it's not.

531
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, the other one I would toss out now, he's

532
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,920
Speaker 1: not going to be a left tackle, but it's JC Latham.

533
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 1: And that's the thing about this class is Alton Lez

534
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 1: can play left tackle. Outside of that, it's Olive Fishanu

535
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,119
Speaker 1: from Penn State. And then the discussion about Troy Fittanu

536
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 1: from Washington. Does the organization in question that is discussing

537
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,080
Speaker 1: him believe that he can hang a left tackle. But

538
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,119
Speaker 1: outside of that, the other guys in the first round,

539
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,280
Speaker 1: you're at the top there. You're talking about right tackle

540
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:59,240
Speaker 1: projection between Latham, Fuaga, Amirius Mims, Tyler Geiden certainly could

541
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,560
Speaker 1: play left tackle, but there is bigger risk there. There's

542
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,919
Speaker 1: bigger variance band it out comes with what he could become.

543
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,199
Speaker 1: I just like Latham so much because he is so

544
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:11,280
Speaker 1: dang strong. He is a bully coming forward, he moves people,

545
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,040
Speaker 1: and at right tackle he absolutely can handle his pass

546
00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,960
Speaker 1: pro responsibilities. I think that that guy is going to

547
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,399
Speaker 1: make a bunch of Pro Bowls when he reached the NFL.

548
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:20,800
Speaker 4: That's what he is.

549
00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,119
Speaker 1: What he is not is the left tackle, but just

550
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,080
Speaker 1: talking about a guy that is going to excel in

551
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:27,920
Speaker 1: the NFL and in the NFL game.

552
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,160
Speaker 4: You're talking about a guy coming out of Alabama six six.

553
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:35,400
Speaker 1: Three forty five with an eighty five inch wingspan, one

554
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,000
Speaker 1: of the biggest in this class, over thirty five inch

555
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 1: arm length and again has that two way utility and

556
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:43,320
Speaker 1: a game that projects to the NFL.

557
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,120
Speaker 4: So I would toss All Latham.

558
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 2: By the way, Lane Johnson Tristan Wurse. You know, sometimes

559
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,160
Speaker 2: we reduce the importance of a right tackle, and many

560
00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,320
Speaker 2: can play both, but in a sport or the quarterback,

561
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,480
Speaker 2: it's such a quarterback centric league. Two elite tackles really matters.

562
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 2: I mean, Patrick Mahomes has been blown out once in

563
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 2: a big game in his career. It was the Super Bowl,

564
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 2: missing his tackles. Like these right tackles, they are gold bars.

565
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,840
Speaker 2: There's a lot of lefties Michael PENNOCKX in this draft,

566
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 2: and frankly, tackles are tackles. They're the most athletic offensive lineman.

567
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,239
Speaker 2: If you get again, if you get six six, three

568
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 2: thirty and good feet, you just draft them. They're just

569
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:29,280
Speaker 2: not many of them. One of the reasons that brought pretty,

570
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:31,960
Speaker 2: and I think his ceiling is fairly low. But Brock

571
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 2: Purtty is sort of your classic. He reminds me a

572
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,480
Speaker 2: little bit. I think the kid at Tulane may be

573
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:42,200
Speaker 2: more talented. Pratt four years three to four years of

574
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 2: starting didn't carry great talent. I've always had this kind

575
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:50,560
Speaker 2: of belief that I don't want somebody from Alabama or Ohio.

576
00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:54,480
Speaker 2: Stated quarterback CJ. Stroud of course breaks through, but most

577
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 2: Ohio State quarterbacks, even the gifted ones, they all put

578
00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,520
Speaker 2: up great numbers, but they're throwing to five star receivers,

579
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,040
Speaker 2: five star or left tackle. They play with leads only

580
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 2: Michigan in the conference. Do they feel like they go

581
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 2: toe to toe with somebody that's got equal talent? Some

582
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 2: years Penn State. So I look at Pratt at Tulane

583
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 2: and I look at rock Purdy, and I see a

584
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:16,720
Speaker 2: lot of the Traps beat up a little no five

585
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 2: star players on their run. Pratt's got it. If you

586
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 2: look at his childhood and what he's overcome. I could

587
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 2: see a Denver saying we need players. I could see

588
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,280
Speaker 2: a New England saying thor we need players. We're trading

589
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 2: that we need guys. Nobody can withstand this roster. Tell

590
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 2: me your thoughts on him. My comp was Ken O'Brien,

591
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:45,080
Speaker 2: which is aging me terribly. That's a terrible comp for

592
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 2: a young guy like you. Thor talk about Tulane's quarterback

593
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 2: and what you see.

594
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 1: I love the blast from the past comes, you know,

595
00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:54,840
Speaker 1: I've jayde Daniels, t Randall, cunning of JJ McCarthy to Ridskin,

596
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 1: and so I love the blast for in the past there.

597
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 4: And I also like you evoking Michael Pratt.

598
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 1: I think that there's a lot to light there with

599
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 1: Michael Pratt when he goes to Tulane speaking of moribund programs.

600
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 4: And having to be the dude the impetus to turn

601
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 4: a program around.

602
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 1: That program stunk when he got there, and then you know,

603
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 1: Willie Fritz had identified him, and then they'll you know,

604
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 1: everyone remembers Tulane beat in usc and then last year

605
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 1: they remained good even though Taja Spears and Dorian Williams

606
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,080
Speaker 1: on the other side had gone to the NFL. Michael

607
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 1: Pratt didn't have a lot of supporting talent last year,

608
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:27,480
Speaker 1: but he kept doing it that.

609
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 4: He is very very steady.

610
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,680
Speaker 1: He gives you accuracy, He can move around He's an

611
00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:36,400
Speaker 1: athletic kid, very very sharp kid. People around him rave

612
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 1: about him. That's the stuff that you get with Michael

613
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 1: Pratt And yes, like he's that guy where if you're

614
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 1: starting quarterback gets injured, he's going to go in and

615
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 1: not embarrass himself because he doesn't make mistakes right. He

616
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 1: is going to run your offense exactly as you ask

617
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: him to. He's going to get the ball out expediently

618
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 1: and hit a guy on the hands, whether it's shorter intermediate.

619
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,920
Speaker 1: The one thing is when you're pushing that ball more

620
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,880
Speaker 1: than forty yards downfield, that's where it can start to

621
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 1: flutter on them a bit.

622
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:03,160
Speaker 4: It's the only thing that.

623
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 1: I have about his athletic you know, the traits that

624
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: you see on the field. The only other thing is

625
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: just to keep an eye on is the medicals. He

626
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,760
Speaker 1: had some concussions at Tulane, there was a shoulder thing,

627
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,959
Speaker 1: but outside of that, like you know, as long as

628
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 1: your team's medical staff is cool with Michael Prattz medicals,

629
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,040
Speaker 1: it's giving you the thumbs up. That kid absolutely behind

630
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,640
Speaker 1: all those quarterbacks we've talked about all process. This is

631
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:25,520
Speaker 1: a kid that people probably should be talking about a

632
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 1: little bit more so.

633
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 2: A lot of times we forget this that a college

634
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 2: quarterback and a pro quarterback, to a large degree, they

635
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 2: can be elevated significantly with their coach. So CAYLEB Williams

636
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:45,480
Speaker 2: has Lincoln Riley, a super high creative coach. Jaden Daniels

637
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 2: has Brian Kelly, Michael Pennix, Kaylin de Board. This is

638
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 2: these are really high end. I think Dan Lanning does

639
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 2: a terrific job at Oregon. They scheme up most of

640
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 2: their plays. Bo Nix is not asked to go off

641
00:32:56,680 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 2: script very often. And so, and this is not a

642
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 2: knock on Mac Brown, but he was never known at Texas.

643
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,120
Speaker 2: He was the southern gentleman, the great recruiter. He didn't

644
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 2: run terribly sophisticated offenses. I mean it was that was

645
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 2: kind of the reputation. So when I look at Drake May,

646
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 2: I think, and this was my criticism on Justin Herbert's

647
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 2: coach at Oregon again seem more as a recruiter as

648
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:28,000
Speaker 2: an offensive genius. The offensive line coach Mario Christobal. So

649
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 2: a lot of people banged on Herbert for being sort

650
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:34,120
Speaker 2: of kind of a remedial offense. They didn't ask much

651
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,200
Speaker 2: of him but the coach doesn't run that. He's a

652
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 2: former offensive line coach. He wanted power run the ball,

653
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 2: and Oregon didn't have a great backup, so they wouldn't

654
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,960
Speaker 2: let him run until the Rose Bowl. So I look

655
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 2: at Drake May and I think what if I had

656
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:49,160
Speaker 2: to put him with Lincoln Riley or Brian Kelly or

657
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:52,560
Speaker 2: Calin de Boorr. And some of the criticisms on him

658
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 2: are he's inconsistent, but we have a history thor in

659
00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 2: recent years Josh Allen Jordan love of Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson.

660
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 2: The unfinished product with good traits ends up being the

661
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,959
Speaker 2: best quarterback in the class, and that's Drake May. He's

662
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,400
Speaker 2: not refined. He needs to be sandpapered. Is it a

663
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 2: fair defense of him that he didn't run a sophisticated offense.

664
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 2: He wasn't put in a position as often to succeed

665
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,960
Speaker 2: his team. Wasn't his gift he'd you know, he didn't

666
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,360
Speaker 2: have some of the elements that you know, Michael Pennix

667
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,760
Speaker 2: basically had an all star team. Bo Nix has Franklin

668
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 2: another great receiver. How do you view Drake May contextualizing

669
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 2: his inconsistency, the kind of pedestrian offense, because boy, the

670
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 2: traits are really good. Size movement arm. He looks like

671
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:48,880
Speaker 2: Justin Herbert.

672
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:50,000
Speaker 4: He sure does.

673
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:52,840
Speaker 1: And you set that up very very well early on

674
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,760
Speaker 1: kitecture lead Early on in Drake May's career in twenty

675
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 1: twenty two, he was on fire. It was like, what's

676
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,800
Speaker 1: the our cake game? With the basketball boom shacka laga.

677
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,279
Speaker 1: He was absolutely on fire. The first ten games that

678
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,840
Speaker 1: he started in twenty twenty starting his college career, the

679
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,760
Speaker 1: first games that he had started in that Phil Longo offense,

680
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,839
Speaker 1: was absolutely lighting people up. And this was his first

681
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 1: exposure to college football and it was like, oh my gosh,

682
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 1: who is this kid?

683
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 4: You know?

684
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,719
Speaker 1: And the ripping the balls down the field? You saw

685
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 1: everything with the arm talent, and in that system they

686
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,680
Speaker 1: allow you to go down field a lot more. And

687
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,880
Speaker 1: he was destroying acc teams that did not keep the

688
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,839
Speaker 1: two high safeties up down the field. You've seen all

689
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:34,040
Speaker 1: those elements of his game, the stuff that you're talking about.

690
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 1: I totally agree with you. This year, you went see

691
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,360
Speaker 1: they had an offensive coordinator that maybe we don't respect

692
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:43,600
Speaker 1: his acumen quite as much that came in. We won't

693
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:47,440
Speaker 1: get into that, but that hurts obviously, Josh Downs leaving

694
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 1: because Phil Longo went to followed Luke Fickle to Wisconsin.

695
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,959
Speaker 1: Then Josh Allens had gone to the NFL, Antoine Green

696
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 1: had gone to the NFL, and then the NCAA strangely

697
00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,200
Speaker 1: decided right before the season that they were going to

698
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:02,759
Speaker 1: be punitive with has Walker in particular to Tulsa neuter

699
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,880
Speaker 1: Drake May's wide receiving corp, which was a bit odd.

700
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,880
Speaker 1: The point that you made that I really liked is

701
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,360
Speaker 1: you have seen a sort of pattern with that coaching

702
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,880
Speaker 1: staff guys on it. Mac Brown, guy's going back a

703
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,759
Speaker 1: little bit where maybe some of the finer points of

704
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,640
Speaker 1: the position weren't worked on as much. And when Drake

705
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,719
Speaker 1: May was ripping all those teams up in twenty twenty two,

706
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,239
Speaker 1: early on in the season, he didn't need to in.

707
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:26,719
Speaker 4: Order to rip those guys up.

708
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 1: You know, all the arntal was there, the looks were there,

709
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,879
Speaker 1: that the receivers were there. But this past season, when

710
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:36,080
Speaker 1: the offensive system wasn't as good, when the supporting cast

711
00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:39,479
Speaker 1: had cratered around him, that's where you started to see

712
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,120
Speaker 1: what I refer to as weeds in his game. They

713
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,799
Speaker 1: are not things that necessarily will be there forever. In fact,

714
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,359
Speaker 1: they could be plucked out theoretically pretty quick.

715
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:51,160
Speaker 4: Next year. You might need to exercise some patience for him,

716
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 4: but that's all they are. They're weeds.

717
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 1: Someone he needs a constant gardner, someone that will be

718
00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 1: with him. Late night film session, kid, I got a

719
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:00,400
Speaker 1: bowl of popcorn. We got your film up here from

720
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 1: last year at un see. Today we're going to focus

721
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 1: on this area of your game. Today, we're going to

722
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 1: focus on how you lost your mechanics a little bit

723
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 1: when you were under durest.

724
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:11,520
Speaker 4: Is one thing that I noticed.

725
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,239
Speaker 1: He'll start to speed up his decision making and then

726
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,799
Speaker 1: sort of eskew the lower half in particular to get

727
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 1: the ball out in some of these situations. Or there

728
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 1: will be sometimes where the decision making glitches a little

729
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:25,240
Speaker 1: bit that we saw crop up more this past season,

730
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 1: but some of it is easily fixable.

731
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 4: Colin.

732
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw this. A moment that

733
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,919
Speaker 1: went viral in my state of Minnesota. Last week. Kevin

734
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,880
Speaker 1: O'Connell had given a speech at a church and afterwards

735
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 1: there was a Q.

736
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 4: And a session, at which point someone went up and asked.

737
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 1: A question about the evls of JJ McCarthy to Kevin

738
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 1: O'Connell the evails of JJ McCarthy against Drake May and

739
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 1: talking about you know, JJ ran that pro style system

740
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 1: for Harbaugh and he had this success last year and

741
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 1: YadA YadA, Drake May, you look at him and you

742
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,399
Speaker 1: see all the natural armability that you would ever want.

743
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,440
Speaker 4: And you look back a little bit, you see it

744
00:37:58,600 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 4: justin Herbert.

745
00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:02,800
Speaker 1: You see it, Josh, except there's that sloppiness with the footwork,

746
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 1: and sometimes the mechanics get walky. And basically the guy

747
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 1: was asking him, how do you sort of weigh the

748
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 1: sort of the polish of the guy coming over to

749
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 1: the pro style yes, against the Drake May thing. And

750
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:17,160
Speaker 1: I thought O'Connell's response was so interesting because it talked

751
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:18,759
Speaker 1: about exactly what we're talking about right now.

752
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 4: But how there's as long.

753
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 1: As O'Connell sees all the box checks of what he

754
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,719
Speaker 1: needs to see, if the guy has the attributes to

755
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 1: be a difference maker at the NFL, there are.

756
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 4: A couple areas that he believes that he could.

757
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 1: Fix, and fans around here believed that he was referring

758
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 1: to Drake May's footworks.

759
00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:37,360
Speaker 4: Just something for people to keep in mind.

760
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:39,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think Drake May is one of those

761
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,880
Speaker 2: that would struggle if he got a defensive coach who

762
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,640
Speaker 2: didn't understand the nuances of the position. I think, well,

763
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,359
Speaker 2: first of all, I think anybody that I think Drake

764
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 2: May would be a much bigger success, in my opinion

765
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,280
Speaker 2: in Minnesota than JJ McCarthy.

766
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 3: That's just my opinion.

767
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:57,959
Speaker 2: I think Drake May needs He's Josh Allen, not quite

768
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:01,520
Speaker 2: as gifted, but he needed Brian. You know, Josh Allen

769
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 2: would have been successful. If he never gets stable, he'd

770
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 2: be successful. But Dable really cleaned him up. I watched

771
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 2: Josh Allen against Oregon and Iowa because somebody said, watch

772
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:11,479
Speaker 2: this kid.

773
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 3: He was a mess.

774
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 2: I mean it was huge, he looked. I mean, he's

775
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 2: the biggest player on the field right for Wyoming, but it.

776
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 4: Was it was raw.

777
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,760
Speaker 2: I mean he had a hose, but it was raw.

778
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 2: And I think there's some of that with Drake May.

779
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,759
Speaker 2: He just needs to be cleaned up and Kevin O'Connell

780
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:34,760
Speaker 2: will do it. Let me throw this out before we close.

781
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,320
Speaker 2: I'm not Sam Hartman and me is a little a

782
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 2: little ham inagger.

783
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:41,840
Speaker 3: I don't get it. I see.

784
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:45,319
Speaker 2: I think he's a less talented Sam Howe, tell me

785
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 2: I'm wrong.

786
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 3: What do you see?

787
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:49,480
Speaker 4: I'm not gonna tell you you're wrong on that one.

788
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 1: I think Sam Hartman though, after when his playing career

789
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 1: is over, I'm not bullish that it is gonna last

790
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:58,160
Speaker 1: very long. We can't cry for him though, because I

791
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 1: think there will be television contract for him immediately.

792
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:04,080
Speaker 4: He is one of the best looking people that you

793
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:05,320
Speaker 4: will ever see in person.

794
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,279
Speaker 1: We were down with him at the luncheon at the

795
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 1: Senior ball in mobile even like the inkstin you know

796
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:11,799
Speaker 1: guys or whatever.

797
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:13,480
Speaker 4: They were all like, oh, look at that guy. Who

798
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:14,319
Speaker 4: is that guy? You know?

799
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 1: It's like Sam Harmon, very good looking guy, very charismatic.

800
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 1: But yeah, he lacks arm strength. He is not a

801
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 1: good athlete, and he accrued stats in some rather gimmickey offenses,

802
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:25,640
Speaker 1: the Clo offense at Wake Forest, and then of course

803
00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:28,000
Speaker 1: last year he had a solid supporting cast around him

804
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:28,560
Speaker 1: at Notre Dame.

805
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:30,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, Jason mcintyreke. He was telling me, I like that

806
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,719
Speaker 2: Notre Dame quarterback and I'm like, Jason, that don't die

807
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 2: on that hill. That is not the guy. That is

808
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,279
Speaker 2: not the hill to die on. He's just not a

809
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:40,840
Speaker 2: starting quarterback in the NFL. For this has been great

810
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:44,760
Speaker 2: continued success. We will circle back to you for sure.

811
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:49,279
Speaker 2: By the way you do evaluations, you also do a

812
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:53,759
Speaker 2: mock draft. Give me your top five in your mock draft.

813
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:57,439
Speaker 1: Top five by Ed Caleb Williams one, Jaden Daniels two,

814
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,439
Speaker 1: JJ McCarty three. That's obviously crux point right there, whether

815
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 1: that would be JJ or Drake May. Number four is

816
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,720
Speaker 1: another free spot on the board in Marvin Harrison Junior,

817
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,200
Speaker 1: so long as Arizona stays there. And then in the

818
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:12,000
Speaker 1: five slot, that is where I had the Vikings consummating

819
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,600
Speaker 1: their trade up to go and get their guy, reunite

820
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,480
Speaker 1: him with this high school coach, Rocks McCown and selecting

821
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:18,800
Speaker 1: Drake May in the number five slot.

822
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I do believe Minnesota accumulated that second number one

823
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:23,759
Speaker 2: pick to move up. And by the way, because they

824
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,960
Speaker 2: are so gifted offensively, I think they could give up

825
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 2: both their ones and potentially a number one next year.

826
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,600
Speaker 2: They have their left tackle, they have their receiver, they'll

827
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 2: have their quarterback. They have I mean, they really have

828
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,879
Speaker 2: an edge rusher they like. Minnesota reminds me a little

829
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:40,839
Speaker 2: bit of Houston, although in a better spot the year

830
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:44,400
Speaker 2: before where they have slowly quietly gotten B B plus

831
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 2: free agents. They put some offensive people together. If they

832
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 2: hit on the quarterback, watch out for the Minnesota Vikings.

833
00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 2: The only thing I'd worry about is that the Bears offense,

834
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 2: the Lions, the Packers. That's going to become the best

835
00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 2: offens division of football. That division is you could do

836
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:05,239
Speaker 2: a Pro Bowl team, an offensive Pro Bowl team in

837
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,680
Speaker 2: the NFC North that could beat the rest of the league.

838
00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:10,279
Speaker 4: It's about to get It's about to get fun there.

839
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:11,480
Speaker 1: And the one other thing I was going to say

840
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:14,319
Speaker 1: about the Vikings next offseason, they're projected at the most

841
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,880
Speaker 1: salary cap room in the entire NFL because this offseason

842
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:18,399
Speaker 1: they are carrying the most dead cap hit.

843
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:22,520
Speaker 2: It's called the Thor five hundred. It was released last

844
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,880
Speaker 2: week on Fantasy Pros. Thor ranks his top five hundred

845
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 2: players and gives player comps for all five hundred. As

846
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:34,000
Speaker 2: you can tell, he's absolutely encyclopedic. The Fantasy Pros, in

847
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:38,440
Speaker 2: my opinion, is the best fantasy pod out there. This

848
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,080
Speaker 2: is great stuff. Thor, Thank you so.

849
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:42,359
Speaker 4: Much, Thank you, Calin appreciate you having me on.

850
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:46,280
Speaker 2: A lot is made of the NBA ratings, and I

851
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:49,399
Speaker 2: have touched on this. Baseball, hockey and the NBA are

852
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:52,239
Speaker 2: increasingly international, and I don't think that necessarily helps your

853
00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 2: domestic ratings, but I do think the NBA is really dynamic.

854
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,720
Speaker 2: I've said before the sports that I truly loved of NFL,

855
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:04,319
Speaker 2: college football, NBA, especially the playoffs, World Cup and a

856
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:08,920
Speaker 2: great UFC fight. That's my five and sports gambling. But

857
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 2: I thought one of the things that's been interesting about

858
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 2: the NBA that I really appreciate, and it doesn't benefit

859
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:18,640
Speaker 2: the young teams, but it benefits the tough teams is

860
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:20,840
Speaker 2: that the NBA has decided to do this. And this

861
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:23,680
Speaker 2: has always been an NFL strength, the ability on the

862
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 2: fly to change rules. Baseball really struggles with its traditionalists

863
00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:31,920
Speaker 2: and its lore and its history. But the NFL has always,

864
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:33,839
Speaker 2: even though it's the number one sport by a long

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Speaker 2: shot in America, always views itself as an underdog. And

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Speaker 2: it's not called America's past time baseball is, so the

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Speaker 2: NFL's always willing, views itself as a TV show, always

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Speaker 2: willing to evolve, a few years ago, in that Super

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00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,919
Speaker 2: Bowl Nick Foles Brady, the league literally changed its cash

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00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,799
Speaker 2: rule in the Super Bowl and a couple juggled catches that,

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00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:53,880
Speaker 2: in my opinion, were catches were granted its touchdowns and

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00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:56,520
Speaker 2: catches that weren't during the regular season or the playoffs

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00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:59,719
Speaker 2: before the Super Bowl. So I really do appreciate the NBA.

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00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:01,840
Speaker 2: There was a big story this year in the NBA

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Speaker 2: for diehards. I'm gonna die hard, but I watch a

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00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 2: lot of NBA after the deadline, trade deadline.

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Speaker 3: I'm into it.

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00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:10,839
Speaker 2: Almost every night or every other night, watching at least

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00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 2: a half of a game. And there's been this talk

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00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:17,839
Speaker 2: about that they started officiating the sport differently, and I

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00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,400
Speaker 2: really appreciated this, and I've noticed it in the playoffs.

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00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 2: One of the reasons regular seasons are struggling in all

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00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:29,080
Speaker 2: major sports outside of football is because other sports lack urgency.

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00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:32,320
Speaker 2: The iPhone is distracting all of us. But the NBA

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00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:36,520
Speaker 2: decided to call fewer fouls, and I think it's really

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00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 2: helped the game. I think these playoff games there's fewer whistles,

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00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:44,960
Speaker 2: there's fewer free throws. I really appreciate this. You know,

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00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:49,799
Speaker 2: during that Nicks Sixers scrum on the floor the other night,

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00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:52,160
Speaker 2: and I picked the Sixers to win this, so you know,

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Speaker 2: I'm looking for Philadelphia to come out of this malaise

891
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:57,400
Speaker 2: and beat the Knicks. I think they have more good players.

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00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:02,399
Speaker 2: But I appreciated the NBA letting the play go when

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00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:03,440
Speaker 2: the ball's on the floor.

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00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 3: Give me a break. That is just hustle.

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Speaker 2: A ball hits the floor, players hit the floor. I'm

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00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:11,840
Speaker 2: not calling fouls unless it's egregious. I loved the NBA

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00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:16,000
Speaker 2: not calling a foul. Effort wins. The Knicks had more effort.

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Speaker 2: What I didn't like is the NBA coming out where

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Speaker 2: the next day they come out and say that, well,

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00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:24,760
Speaker 2: there was two fouls that weren't called and they should

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00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:28,759
Speaker 2: have called a timeout. What value does that have? Embarrassing

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00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:34,000
Speaker 2: your officials the game is over. It extends the reddit

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Speaker 2: board crowd who thinks the league is rigged and there's

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00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:39,800
Speaker 2: a conspiracy. We know the league isn't rigged because major

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Speaker 2: markets like Detroit, Atlanta, DC, previously before the last couple

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00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:47,560
Speaker 2: of years, New York. But in the toilet forever, the

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00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:50,480
Speaker 2: league is not rooting for Wemby to go to San Antonio,

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00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:53,799
Speaker 2: Zion to New Orleans, John Morant to Memphis, and to

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00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:56,960
Speaker 2: have Oklahoma City in Minnesota and Denver running the West,

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00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:00,360
Speaker 2: Steph out and Lebron about to be out. That's not

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00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 2: what the NBA is hoping for. But I do appreciate

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00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:09,359
Speaker 2: when a league on the fly, even in season, has

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Speaker 2: an interpretation of this is hurting the quality of the

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Speaker 2: product for the fans. And what the NBA has done,

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00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:20,080
Speaker 2: they're speeding the game up, fewer whistles. College football has

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00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:23,319
Speaker 2: made multiple changes last several years. Speed the clock up.

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Speaker 2: It is my number one complaint. Baseball, by the way,

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00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:32,440
Speaker 2: pitch clock first year attendance up eight percent, ratings up eleven.

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Speaker 2: People are telling you, we love the games. We don't

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00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:40,320
Speaker 2: have all day. So a lot of people criticize the NBA.

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Speaker 2: I thought it was really smart by Adam Silver. People

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Speaker 2: were they made it sound like it happened in a

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00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:49,360
Speaker 2: smoke filled room. He just said, fewer whistles, let them play.

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00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:52,279
Speaker 2: And I think the NBA playoffs to this point have

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00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:57,440
Speaker 2: been really good, really intense, and really physical. Yukon won

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Speaker 2: a national championship. They were the most physical college basketball

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Speaker 2: team I saw, and Minnesota is pushing around the Suns.

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Speaker 2: It works, it matters, and it makes for a better product.

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Speaker 2: I love sports, but I have kids. You have kids,

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Speaker 2: you have work. I don't have all day. Keep them going,

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Speaker 2: speed them up. These are TV shows. It's entertainment. That's

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Speaker 2: why Hollywood doesn't have three hour movies, right, there's like

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00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:25,320
Speaker 2: two hours. Fifteen minutes is to cut off for most

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Speaker 2: movies unless they're going to be all time epics like

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Speaker 2: Oppenheimer the volume. Thanks so much for listening. If you've

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Speaker 2: enjoyed the podcast, take a moment rate and review