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- 0:04Speaker 1: You tuned to the Sean O'Connell Show for the Murdoch
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- 0:17Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Sean O'Connell Show.
- 0:18Speaker 3: Time to talk to a little NFL draft, which, of
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- 0:25Speaker 3: home of the NFL Draft, on your home of the utes.
- 0:29Speaker 3: Devin Jackson kind enough to join us NFL Draft insider
- 0:32Speaker 3: over at the Philadelphia Inquirer.
- 0:34Speaker 2: Devin, Welcome to the show again. How are you, sir?
- 0:37Speaker 1: Doing great? Thanks for having me on again, Sean, And yeah,
- 0:40Speaker 1: this is a draft week and one of the most
- 0:42Speaker 1: exciting weeks of the year, so I'm looking forward to.
- 0:45Speaker 2: The Dexter Lawrence trade.
- 0:49Speaker 3: How much does that alter the the top of this
- 0:52Speaker 3: draft now that you know Cincinnati and the Giants came
- 0:57Speaker 3: to that agreement.
- 0:59Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it changes the way that the Giants
- 1:02Speaker 1: approach it a little bit, and not more so with
- 1:05Speaker 1: like necessarily the first pick, but I think with the
- 1:07Speaker 1: second pick because now it opens them up. You know,
- 1:10Speaker 1: it felt like you know, they were going to you know,
- 1:12Speaker 1: probably go you know, best available at number five, whether
- 1:15Speaker 1: it's going to be Killed Downs or jere My Love
- 1:18Speaker 1: or Sunning Styles and then maybe on on the day
- 1:21Speaker 1: two of the draft go after a receiver. But now
- 1:24Speaker 1: they have a chance with two top ten picks to
- 1:27Speaker 1: you know, pair a defensive player up with a weapon
- 1:30Speaker 1: for Jackson Dart. So I think for the Giants, you're
- 1:32Speaker 1: looking at probably Caleb Downs and Sunny Styles at number
- 1:36Speaker 1: five overall scenes where a lot of the smoke is
- 1:38Speaker 1: starting to lean toward. And at number ten, if there's
- 1:41Speaker 1: a receiver there, like a Jordan Tyson, I think that
- 1:44Speaker 1: would make a lot of sense for the Giants. But
- 1:46Speaker 1: you know, they also could use them interior line help
- 1:49Speaker 1: and you know Vega Yuanna from Penn State, I think
- 1:52Speaker 1: will make a lot of sense. And I think it
- 1:54Speaker 1: gives them some flexibility in that first round and changes
- 1:56Speaker 1: a little bit the way that maybe that you know,
- 1:58Speaker 1: those picks eleven through fifteen, eleven through sixteen shapeout and
- 2:02Speaker 1: maybe there's a tackle that slides down the board a
- 2:05Speaker 1: little bit because obviously the Giants are off the tackle
- 2:09Speaker 1: right now.
- 2:11Speaker 2: Was this a win for Cincinnati?
- 2:13Speaker 3: We've talked about how they just don't have the defense
- 2:16Speaker 3: to match what they've got offensively. But also, you know,
- 2:19Speaker 3: if you're Joe Burrow and you're looking at like, cool,
- 2:21Speaker 3: we've got a defensive lineman.
- 2:23Speaker 2: Can I get an offensive lineman?
- 2:24Speaker 1: Maybe?
- 2:25Speaker 2: Is this the right move for Cincinnati in your opinion?
- 2:29Speaker 1: You know, I think for them it, you know, I
- 2:32Speaker 1: think right now, yeah, probably so, because you know, I
- 2:35Speaker 1: think they just haven't been really hitting on their first
- 2:38Speaker 1: round picks. So the late you know, I think they
- 2:41Speaker 1: you know, our a team that you know, goes for
- 2:43Speaker 1: the high upside trades for the developmental player, typically round one,
- 2:48Speaker 1: and they just haven't been hitting on those guys lately.
- 2:51Speaker 1: And obviously the Jerry's still out on Shamar Stewart. But
- 2:54Speaker 1: you know, I think for the Cincinnati Bengals, you know,
- 2:57Speaker 1: you need, you know, a guy that's going to be product,
- 3:00Speaker 1: that can give you stuff right away and right now.
- 3:03Speaker 1: And so I think it's a good first start. You know,
- 3:04Speaker 1: I think Dexa Lawrence certainly helps that defense, but they're
- 3:08Speaker 1: still going to need some more secondary help and obviously,
- 3:11Speaker 1: as you mentioned, offensive line help, and they still have
- 3:14Speaker 1: to nail of draft. So I think right now is
- 3:16Speaker 1: a good first step for Cincinnati, but they still have
- 3:19Speaker 1: some work to do, for sure.
- 3:21Speaker 3: I was listening to Rich Eyesen this morning and he
- 3:24Speaker 3: had Fernanda Mendoza on, and obviously Fernando still projected to
- 3:28Speaker 3: be the number one pick through the Raiders when you
- 3:31Speaker 3: watch his film and you listen to his interviews, and
- 3:35Speaker 3: you know, fit is an important thing. And we've had
- 3:39Speaker 3: former players on and we've had people talking about how, look,
- 3:41Speaker 3: Fernana Mendoza was undeniably a great college football player. I
- 3:46Speaker 3: know that we've kind of touched on this before the
- 3:49Speaker 3: aw shocks boy scout thing. Is it going to work
- 3:52Speaker 3: in Las Vegas of all places?
- 3:55Speaker 1: You know, I think it's going to work if they're
- 3:57Speaker 1: having success. You know, I think it does don't really matter,
- 4:01Speaker 1: you know, the way that you know people are, you know,
- 4:04Speaker 1: maybe perceived, or the leadership that they bring, or the
- 4:06Speaker 1: type of stuff that they bring. You know, I think
- 4:08Speaker 1: every player is a little bit different, you know, uh,
- 4:10Speaker 1: the way that they approach the game, all those things.
- 4:12Speaker 1: But I think success, you know, trump's everything, you know,
- 4:15Speaker 1: whether you know it's the way you know, whether you
- 4:18Speaker 1: have like quiet leadership like a Justin Herbert, or you
- 4:22Speaker 1: you have kind of more you know, those Rara speeches
- 4:25Speaker 1: that you've seen in the past. I think it all
- 4:27Speaker 1: comes down to how successful he is early in his
- 4:31Speaker 1: career in Las Vegas, and if he can really elevate
- 4:33Speaker 1: the offense and make it, you know, it doesn't have
- 4:36Speaker 1: to be like a top ten offense, but but something
- 4:38Speaker 1: that's enjoyable to watch. That's something that you know they're
- 4:41Speaker 1: moving the ball consistently and being you know, somewhat of
- 4:44Speaker 1: an explosive offense. So I don't really look at it
- 4:48Speaker 1: as a fact like is it going to fit in
- 4:50Speaker 1: the locker room. I think more so, you know, whatever
- 4:53Speaker 1: he brings to the table, you know, can he win?
- 4:55Speaker 1: And I think that's what teammates, uh and players mostly
- 4:58Speaker 1: care about more than anything, you know, and and obviously
- 5:00Speaker 1: the coaches and the owners. Can you win and can
- 5:04Speaker 1: you you know, go up against some of the best
- 5:07Speaker 1: within your division because you're going to be playing against
- 5:09Speaker 1: Herbert and Patrick Mahones, and can you really elevate the offense?
- 5:14Speaker 1: So I think that's what's going to matter most about
- 5:16Speaker 1: Mendoza's fit is not necessarily his personality or the way
- 5:20Speaker 1: that he approaches his leadership, but I think if he
- 5:23Speaker 1: can elevate the offense and truly win some games for them,
- 5:26Speaker 1: because that's what they desperately need right now.
- 5:30Speaker 3: If you're not already following Devin Jackson, do so on
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- 5:41Speaker 3: Fano and one of the best available collab mock drafts.
- 5:44Speaker 3: And obviously he's the first name we expect to hear
- 5:47Speaker 3: called with Utah ties and you know, what's the latest
- 5:51Speaker 3: on Spencer Fano everything you're hearing?
- 5:54Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he goes in you know, the kind
- 5:57Speaker 1: of that I think you're looking at a range of
- 5:59Speaker 1: probably like eleven to nineteen is where I feel like
- 6:03Speaker 1: he comfortably fits in. You know, I think he's going
- 6:06Speaker 1: to be a guy that you know, probably doesn't go
- 6:08Speaker 1: you know, inside the top ten. You know, it's certainly possible,
- 6:11Speaker 1: but you know, I think there's not a ton of
- 6:14Speaker 1: like tackle needy teams in that range, So I think
- 6:17Speaker 1: that was what's going to make his landing spot interesting.
- 6:20Speaker 1: But you know, in the teams in the late late teens,
- 6:24Speaker 1: I think that makes a lot of sense for his range.
- 6:26Speaker 1: And I don't think he's a guy that that's going
- 6:28Speaker 1: to get too down too far down the board, and
- 6:31Speaker 1: then if he does start to slip, I think you're
- 6:33Speaker 1: going to see teams get a little bit aggressive and
- 6:36Speaker 1: going up and grab them. But yeah, I expect him
- 6:38Speaker 1: to go within that eleven and nineteen range and you know, comfortably,
- 6:43Speaker 1: you know, and kind of that first half of the
- 6:46Speaker 1: first round, and if not, he won't last that much longer.
- 6:52Speaker 3: Is Ohio State going to be the most decorated, the
- 6:56Speaker 3: most talked about college program after this draft? I mean,
- 6:59Speaker 3: we hear a bunch of big names up top. You've
- 7:02Speaker 3: already mentioned a couple of them, and that's one thing
- 7:05Speaker 3: that helps in recruiting. It helps in the reputation of
- 7:08Speaker 3: a college program moving forward. Obviously, Utah's expecting to get
- 7:12Speaker 3: a little bump, especially on the offensive line recruiting when
- 7:15Speaker 3: they can say, yeah, we had two tackles, maybe both
- 7:18Speaker 3: of them in the first round or a first round guy,
- 7:20Speaker 3: a second round guy. Which team is going to come
- 7:23Speaker 3: out looking the best after this draft? From a college standpoint, Yeah, I.
- 7:27Speaker 1: Think you have to go Ohio State. You know, there's
- 7:29Speaker 1: a potential that you know, three picks inside the top
- 7:32Speaker 1: ten are from Ohio State and from the defensive side
- 7:35Speaker 1: of the ball, you know. I think that speaks volumes
- 7:37Speaker 1: to you know, what they're they've been able to do
- 7:40Speaker 1: recruiting wise, what they've been able to do development wise.
- 7:43Speaker 1: Obviously playing under Matt Patricia last year certainly helped a
- 7:47Speaker 1: lot of those prospects to getting NFL coaching and guy
- 7:50Speaker 1: with NFL head coaching experience and defensive coordinator experience at
- 7:54Speaker 1: the next level. So I think for Ohio State you
- 7:57Speaker 1: have to save them, But I also say Indiana is
- 8:00Speaker 1: probably not too far behind. I think obviously in those
- 8:03Speaker 1: of being the first overall pick, then you're going to
- 8:05Speaker 1: have guys that go on Day two like D'Angelo Ponds
- 8:08Speaker 1: and Elijah Surratt, and obviously Omark Cooper Junior could also
- 8:12Speaker 1: be a first round guy too. So I think Ohiose
- 8:14Speaker 1: and Indiana are the two teams that come out looking
- 8:18Speaker 1: you know, some of the best, you know, because I
- 8:20Speaker 1: think it goes to show, especially on Indiana's perspective and
- 8:24Speaker 1: not really having that top upper echelon type prospects in
- 8:29Speaker 1: the draft class usually they're a little bit of later
- 8:31Speaker 1: round or UDF eight guys. They're going to have, you know,
- 8:35Speaker 1: maybe five to six even seven guys drafted, but Ohio
- 8:38Speaker 1: State is kind of the standard and they have been
- 8:40Speaker 1: for a little bit, and they're they're once again, you know,
- 8:44Speaker 1: having top guys come out and be top picks in
- 8:47Speaker 1: the NFL draft.
- 8:49Speaker 3: Trent Williams in the forty nine ers have reached an
- 8:52Speaker 3: agreement and he's extended. Now he's with the team through
- 8:54Speaker 3: the end of twenty twenty seven. And Caleb Lomu has
- 8:58Speaker 3: been talked about as you know, potential fit with the
- 9:01Speaker 3: San Francisco forty nine ers. I think a short term
- 9:04Speaker 3: deal like that probably doesn't change anything for him if
- 9:08Speaker 3: the Niners are interested in him. But I wanted to
- 9:09Speaker 3: get your thoughts on it. Does Trent Williams being extended
- 9:13Speaker 3: change what the Niners do with their pick at the
- 9:16Speaker 3: end of the first round.
- 9:18Speaker 1: I don't think so. You know, I think for for
- 9:20Speaker 1: San Francisco, they're kind of in a weird spot, right,
- 9:23Speaker 1: you know, They're they're twenty seven overall, They're they're trying
- 9:26Speaker 1: to can continue to extend a Super Bowl window, So
- 9:29Speaker 1: I think maybe it makes off the tackle a little
- 9:32Speaker 1: less likely. But you know, if Cale Lomu is the
- 9:35Speaker 1: best player available on their board, I can certainly see
- 9:37Speaker 1: them taking them because Lomo's not Lomo is not going
- 9:41Speaker 1: to be a guy that you know is going to
- 9:43Speaker 1: be an immediate starter at the NFL level. Think he's
- 9:45Speaker 1: going to take some time to develop and you know,
- 9:47Speaker 1: get acclimated to the game and get a little bit stronger.
- 9:50Speaker 1: But I think for San Francisco, you're you're looking at
- 9:53Speaker 1: really a situation where, you know, even if Trent Williams
- 9:56Speaker 1: plays really well this year, you know, he's missed games
- 9:59Speaker 1: and he's been banged up over the last couple of years,
- 10:02Speaker 1: and he just hasn't been on the field, maybe as
- 10:04Speaker 1: much as San Francisco likes. So you also got to
- 10:07Speaker 1: think about the long term aspect of it. Yes, he's
- 10:09Speaker 1: still playing well well into his thirties, but you've got
- 10:12Speaker 1: to have that contingency plan ready in case he does
- 10:15Speaker 1: walk away from the game, in case, you know, they
- 10:16Speaker 1: do decide to trade him or something like that next offseason.
- 10:19Speaker 1: So I think with Lomu, you know, being a potential
- 10:22Speaker 1: fit there, I think it still makes sense. You know,
- 10:25Speaker 1: I think, you know, for San Francisco it's it's Lowmu.
- 10:28Speaker 1: Maybe they could go safety and take it like a guy,
- 10:30Speaker 1: like a man, and McNeil Warren from Toledo. Maybe they
- 10:32Speaker 1: could go receiver and add more to the receiver room,
- 10:35Speaker 1: you know, after losing a couple of guys this offseason.
- 10:38Speaker 1: So I think for the forty nine ers it opens
- 10:41Speaker 1: up a little bit for what they could do at
- 10:43Speaker 1: twenty seven. But obviously it just depends on what the
- 10:45Speaker 1: board dictates and who's there at twenty seven.
- 10:49Speaker 3: What is Jeremiah Love going to be in the NFL?
- 10:52Speaker 3: You hear some pundits talk and say this, he's the
- 10:54Speaker 3: best player overall, but he's a running back and some
- 10:58Speaker 3: teams devalue that position, and recently, I think because of
- 11:02Speaker 3: guys like Christian McCaffrey, teams have once again embraced how
- 11:07Speaker 3: valuable a great running back can be. What does Jeremiah
- 11:11Speaker 3: Love in this draft and in the first five ten
- 11:15Speaker 3: years of his career.
- 11:17Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he's one of the best players in
- 11:19Speaker 1: this draft class. And I think is now even just
- 11:21Speaker 1: the running ability and the elusiveness in the open field
- 11:24Speaker 1: as the value brings as a pass catcher. You know,
- 11:27Speaker 1: Nordame really split him out a little bit more this
- 11:29Speaker 1: year and allowed him to run routes and win you know,
- 11:34Speaker 1: vertically and win one on one against safeties and linebackers.
- 11:37Speaker 1: That specific skill set is so valuable for NFL teams
- 11:42Speaker 1: because he's not a guy that you're just going to
- 11:44Speaker 1: hand the ball off to thirty times in the backfield.
- 11:47Speaker 1: He's a guy you can throw it to in the flat,
- 11:49Speaker 1: you can throw it to one on one situations with linebackers.
- 11:51Speaker 1: So you know, I think skill set wise, he's coming
- 11:54Speaker 1: in and you know, you can make an argument maybe
- 11:57Speaker 1: top seven, top eight on skill alone, you know, because
- 12:00Speaker 1: there's not many guys that can bring that two way
- 12:02Speaker 1: and that two way dynamy, dynamic ability, and I think
- 12:06Speaker 1: that's I would love. You're you're getting a guy that
- 12:09Speaker 1: has a chance to quickly ascend into that top ten,
- 12:12Speaker 1: top twelve range of running backs just because of a
- 12:15Speaker 1: skill set alone. And the production I think is going
- 12:18Speaker 1: to be key to what he does. But yeah, I
- 12:20Speaker 1: think you're you're getting out prospect that's more in the
- 12:23Speaker 1: elk of like a Christian McCaffrey, where he was so
- 12:26Speaker 1: good with the ball in his hands no matter where
- 12:28Speaker 1: he was. You can can put him out as a
- 12:31Speaker 1: slot receiver and he can can make things happen. So
- 12:34Speaker 1: I think that that gives him, you know, some strong ability.
- 12:37Speaker 1: I think Jon Robinson too is probably in that elk
- 12:40Speaker 1: as well. With the last you know, uh, you know,
- 12:42Speaker 1: I guess eight ers are nine drafts. You know, Sae
- 12:45Speaker 1: Kwon Barkley up there. You know, if you bring value
- 12:47Speaker 1: as a receiver out of the backfield, you know, and
- 12:50Speaker 1: in addition to being a home run hitter as a runner,
- 12:53Speaker 1: you're going to find you know, early success in the NFL.
- 12:56Speaker 1: And I think Love is on that trajectory.
- 13:00Speaker 2: You're out there in Philadelphia. How is the A. J.
- 13:02Speaker 2: Brown saga going to end?
- 13:06Speaker 1: Well, all reports seem like it's going to end in
- 13:09Speaker 1: the trade. You know. It seems like it's trending that way.
- 13:11Speaker 1: And you know, post room first, when when the money
- 13:15Speaker 1: will be spread out over two years instead of taking
- 13:18Speaker 1: a big deck dead cap hit this year. It seems
- 13:22Speaker 1: like it is probably coming to end this summer. So yeah,
- 13:25Speaker 1: I think it's certainly not you know, a great time
- 13:29Speaker 1: right now, obviously with the draft coming up, and you know,
- 13:32Speaker 1: hearing that Brown is probably going to be traded. It's
- 13:35Speaker 1: been trending that way for a while. You know. I
- 13:37Speaker 1: think there's still a little bit of a denial for
- 13:39Speaker 1: Eagles fans because It's hard to see a guy that
- 13:42Speaker 1: was so you know, vital and critical for the Eagles
- 13:45Speaker 1: super Bowl success, you know, the super Bowl runs that
- 13:48Speaker 1: they've had over the last couple of years to want
- 13:51Speaker 1: to still be out and and you know, go go
- 13:53Speaker 1: about his business and go somewhere else. But I think
- 13:56Speaker 1: he's at a point of his career where, you know, productive,
- 13:59Speaker 1: he wants more production, you know, he wants to be
- 14:01Speaker 1: more involved in the offense, and the Eagles just aren't
- 14:04Speaker 1: at that juncture right now with still Leaving, leaning a
- 14:07Speaker 1: lot of heavy run, heavy offense and uh, kind of
- 14:10Speaker 1: relying on Brown to kind of bail out the passing offense,
- 14:13Speaker 1: you know, on vertical shots. So I think, you know,
- 14:17Speaker 1: a J. Brown, you know, it seems like he's gonna
- 14:19Speaker 1: probably end up as a New England Patriot, and uh,
- 14:22Speaker 1: you know, I think for for the Eagles, it seems
- 14:25Speaker 1: like the bestla is inevitable at this point.
- 14:28Speaker 2: What are the Eagles going to do in the first round.
- 14:31Speaker 1: Yeah, I think They're going to go offensive tackle. I
- 14:34Speaker 1: think they're they're going to want to try and get
- 14:37Speaker 1: you know, better at that spot and want to have
- 14:40Speaker 1: a contingency plan for Lane Johnson. You know he's entering
- 14:43Speaker 1: that's wildlife of his career. You know, he's still playing
- 14:45Speaker 1: at a high level, but he's been banged up over
- 14:47Speaker 1: the last couple of years. You know, he missed games
- 14:49Speaker 1: last year. You know, he missed games the year before.
- 14:52Speaker 1: So I think for the Eagles, they want to try
- 14:55Speaker 1: and get you know, kind of a successor to him,
- 14:58Speaker 1: uh and and guys that can can fit in, you know,
- 15:01Speaker 1: maybe a guard, maybe a tackle. Looking at Caden Proctor
- 15:04Speaker 1: from Alabama, I think he's been a name connected to
- 15:07Speaker 1: the egos throughout this process. Massive offensive lineman, power, athleticism,
- 15:12Speaker 1: everything you look for, and kind of that bigger offensive
- 15:15Speaker 1: lineman type. Monroe Freeling from Georgia. You know, he could
- 15:19Speaker 1: go as highs in the top ten. You know, it
- 15:21Speaker 1: could be a guy that lasts a little bit into
- 15:23Speaker 1: the teams in early twenties. So I think those two
- 15:26Speaker 1: guys are at the top of the list, and you
- 15:28Speaker 1: know they can go Maxie Honis for from Arizona State.
- 15:31Speaker 1: You know, they could go low move from Utah as
- 15:33Speaker 1: options as well. So I think tackle is at the
- 15:37Speaker 1: top of the list. And then you know next you know,
- 15:40Speaker 1: is Kenyan Cidy gonna make it down to twenty three.
- 15:42Speaker 1: Probably not so I probably crossed him off the board,
- 15:45Speaker 1: but maybe he's available via trade up. And then after that,
- 15:49Speaker 1: I think receiver he has to come in mind. You know,
- 15:52Speaker 1: Jordan Tyson seemed like a guy that was potentially falling
- 15:55Speaker 1: down a board, but it seems like he's probably going
- 15:57Speaker 1: to go you know, top ten, top fifteen, so probably
- 16:00Speaker 1: out of the Eagles range. But Casey Concepcioned from Texas,
- 16:03Speaker 1: A and M is certainly an option for the Eagles.
- 16:05Speaker 1: Dinzel Boston from Washington, Omar Cooper Junior from Indiana. So
- 16:10Speaker 1: I think all those things combined, I would go, you know,
- 16:14Speaker 1: probably tackle the maybe receiver and then maybe edge rusher
- 16:19Speaker 1: as a third position that they could target. But I
- 16:21Speaker 1: think off of the tackle is the group they've done
- 16:24Speaker 1: the most work on during this pre draft process and
- 16:27Speaker 1: the most likely pick I think at twenty three for
- 16:29Speaker 1: the Eagles.
- 16:30Speaker 3: I know it's not going to be a first round pick,
- 16:32Speaker 3: but you did have a chance to catch up with
- 16:34Speaker 3: Utah zone Dallon Bentley at the Shrine Bowl, and you
- 16:38Speaker 3: know that's a name that's been floating around in the
- 16:40Speaker 3: Eagles circles as far as I know, so is there
- 16:43Speaker 3: a possibility that Dallon Bentley ends up wearing Eagles grain.
- 16:47Speaker 1: Yeah, certainly. I mean the Eagles were down at the
- 16:49Speaker 1: Shrine Bowl. They had like a heavy scouting staff, you know, present.
- 16:54Speaker 1: So I think with getting a guy like Bentley in,
- 16:58Speaker 1: you know, get him on Day three. Guy that can
- 17:00Speaker 1: come in has some blocking ability. The receiving ability, I
- 17:04Speaker 1: think is what's really going to interest teams and interest
- 17:07Speaker 1: the Eagles specifically. And the guy that still has a
- 17:09Speaker 1: runway to develop. You know, he's still relatively new to
- 17:13Speaker 1: the position. You know, he played in high school, you know,
- 17:17Speaker 1: and only had one snap before his season ended. You know,
- 17:20Speaker 1: he went on a mission of Latter Day Saints and
- 17:25Speaker 1: then he came back, went to Jugo Route, played a
- 17:27Speaker 1: couple of years tight end there and then a couple
- 17:29Speaker 1: of years at Utah. So he's been on quite the journey,
- 17:33Speaker 1: you know, from you know, playing one snap in high
- 17:35Speaker 1: school to potentially be an NFL draft pick. And I
- 17:38Speaker 1: think he will fit a long term need for the
- 17:40Speaker 1: Eagles because the Eagles only have you know, I think
- 17:44Speaker 1: like five or six tight ends on the roster, but
- 17:46Speaker 1: about three of them or three or four of them
- 17:48Speaker 1: only have one year deals left, so they need more
- 17:51Speaker 1: tight ends in that room and need some young, younger
- 17:53Speaker 1: presents in there, and I think Dallan Bentley checks a
- 17:56Speaker 1: lot of those boxes and they've been interested in him
- 17:59Speaker 1: throughout the process.
- 18:02Speaker 3: Enjoy the draft. Always appreciate your insight and your time, Devin.
- 18:06Speaker 3: Thank you so much.
- 18:08Speaker 1: Yeah, thanks for having me on Sean. Look forward to
- 18:10Speaker 1: maybe talking again somedown the line. Sometime down the line
- 18:13Speaker 3: We absolutely will be checking in again, probably recapping where
- 18:17Speaker 3: the Utes get drafted.