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Bryce Young at Alabama Pro Day, The Panthers Plans for Pro Day, & an Interview from Nick Saban · NFL Now

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  Speaker 1: Coming up, Tom Pellicero will tell you what that Elijah
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  Speaker 1: Moore trade could mean for the Jets availability and getting
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  Speaker 1: coming up in a couple of minutes. We start, however,
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  Speaker 1: with Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It is Pro day season at this
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  Speaker 1: very minute, we are about to get Bryce Young, the
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  Speaker 1: Alabama quarterback. There. He is on the field throwing with
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  Speaker 1: ten coaches and twelve general managers there, basically Brian Baldinger
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  Speaker 1: and Mark Ross. The NFL contingency that was in Columbus
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  Speaker 1: yesterday has moved to Tuscaloosa to see a quarterback that
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  Speaker 1: did not throw at the combine. We know he could throw,
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  Speaker 1: we know he's a magician at times. Baldy in the pocket.
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  Speaker 1: Does today's throwing session really move the needle? If you
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  Speaker 1: like Bryce Young? Doesn't it really come down to, am
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  Speaker 1: I comfortable with his height and stature? Well, there's more
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  Speaker 1: coaches and there's more general managers today at Bryce Young's
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  Speaker 1: workout than there was at c. J. Strout's workout, so
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  Speaker 1: he must be more. No, Look, I don't know what
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  Speaker 1: you can actually gleam today. You know the one quality
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  Speaker 1: that you constantly used to describe Bryce Young's poise, So
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  Speaker 1: you're expect him to be poisonous atmosphere today, even though
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  Speaker 1: the field is completely lined with reporters and personnel people
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  Speaker 1: and coaches and all that. I don't think any of
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  Speaker 1: that will face him, and didn't playing in the bright
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  Speaker 1: lights of Tuscaloosa and throughout the SEC. So I think
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  Speaker 1: today is just like I said earlier, to confirmation of
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  Speaker 1: what we have seen. But I do think there is
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  Speaker 1: When I talk about magic in the pocket, I do
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  Speaker 1: think you will be able to see that today. But
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  Speaker 1: I do think there's benefits to just watching a quarterback
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  Speaker 1: throw a football in any setting, just to see how
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  Speaker 1: it comes out, how fast it spends, how easy to
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  Speaker 1: release his and especially mark like his deep ball is.
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  Speaker 1: It's just one great throw after another throughout his college career. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Bryce Young is my favorite player in his draft.
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  Speaker 1: I think this guy is a phenomenal player. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: just a magician is a perfect word for him. And
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  Speaker 1: he's able to do that because he just has such
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  Speaker 1: an innate feel command who always nothing phases him in
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  Speaker 1: the game. He is just he controls everything around him.
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  Speaker 1: And when you see great quarterbacks in the NFL, Patrick Mahomes,
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  Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, they've never seen flustered, they've never seen phase.
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  Speaker 1: They always seem like they're in control and can make
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  Speaker 1: big time plays whenever they want. And Bryce Young, when
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  Speaker 1: I evaluate him, has those same qualities. Yes, you're going
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  Speaker 1: air to this pro day to talk about his height
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  Speaker 1: and talk about his weight, but if you're not comfortable
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  Speaker 1: with that at this point, you're never going to be.
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  Speaker 1: I mean that's something you're just going to have to accept.
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  Speaker 1: If you're picking him up there. I think he's going
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  Speaker 1: to look great at throwing. The guy has a live arm,
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  Speaker 1: he's got a quick release. Those are the things you'll see.
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  Speaker 1: We've talked about the leadership and the command that he'll
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  Speaker 1: show in this pro day setting, So those are the
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  Speaker 1: things that look for. But most importantly, Andrew asked why
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  Speaker 1: how those people are there they're on that mini combine
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  Speaker 1: gravy train and going all these pro days and getting
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  Speaker 1: free dinners and whatnot on the company expense report. Bryce
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  Speaker 1: Young did have dinner last night with the Carolina Panthers.
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  Speaker 1: Mike Carafola reports that he met this morning with the Raiders.
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  Speaker 1: Is going to meet after this workout today with the Seahawks.
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  Speaker 1: Pete Carroll is there, John Schneider is there, and Young
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  Speaker 1: did not weigh in, so he's going to stand on
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  Speaker 1: if you will, his weight of two oh four and
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  Speaker 1: his height of five ten and an eighth from the
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  Speaker 1: combined by not standing on the scale today. Thank you, Mark,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you all. The NFL Plus is where you can
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  Speaker 1: see Bryce Young throw right now. Yesterday, NFL plus is
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  Speaker 1: where you watched CJ. Stroud throw the football. Daniel Jeremiah
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  Speaker 1: had CJ. Stroud as his number one pick in his
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  Speaker 1: latest mock draft. Charles Davis has his new mock draft
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  Speaker 1: out today. Charles Davis has CJ. Stroud going number one
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  Speaker 1: over Ragi. Let me correct that DJ and Bryce Young
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  Speaker 1: going number one. Charles has CJ. Stroud going number one,
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  Speaker 1: with Bryce Young going two to the Texans. They both
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  Speaker 1: have Anthony Richardson going fourth overall, and they both have
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  Speaker 1: will Levis falling. Charles has him getting to the Minnesota Vikings.
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  Speaker 1: Will Levis is gonna throw tomorrow one pm Eastern. Again,
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  Speaker 1: it's on NFL Plus Anthony Richardson coming up next week.
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  Speaker 1: It is NFL plus Pro Day season. Go get it.
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  Speaker 1: It's also trade a wide receiver season as well. You're
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  Speaker 1: a go today. Tyreek Hill was dealt yesterday as NFL
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  Speaker 1: that work insider Tom Placeo joins us. We had Elijah
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  Speaker 1: Moore traded from the Jets to the Browns, and there
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  Speaker 1: are a lot of things going on here with this
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  Speaker 1: trade and potentially what it could mean here for the Jets.
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  Speaker 1: Tom Andrew, Let's start with Elijah Moore, who had made
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  Speaker 1: clear last season at one point that he wanted to
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  Speaker 1: be moving on from the Jets. They were not willing
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  Speaker 1: to simply give up on a guy who was a
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  Speaker 1: second round pick and the shown flashes of being a
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  Speaker 1: real NFL playmaker. But it made sense for New York
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  Speaker 1: once they were able to sign e Cole Hardman the
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  Speaker 1: Speedster from Kansas City, to a one year deal based
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  Speaker 1: Valley's about four million with up to six million dollars
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  Speaker 1: including incentives, so you add some speed on offense here.
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  Speaker 1: Elijah Moore gets the fresh start he wanted in Cleveland,
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  Speaker 1: and the Jets is part of that trade. Also move
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  Speaker 1: up thirty two spots from a third round pick all
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  Speaker 1: the way up into number forty two in the second round.
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  Speaker 1: So now the Jets have two consecutive second round picks
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  Speaker 1: at forty two and forty three. That means that they
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  Speaker 1: do have at minimum a little bit more flexibility, a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more options as they continue to try to
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  Speaker 1: work out something in terms of betrayed Briaron Rodgers standers. Okay, sorry,
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers now still very much a packer. But the
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  Speaker 1: Jets maybe have some flexibility. They're picking thirteenth overall, you
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  Speaker 1: would have to think they would hold on to that
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  Speaker 1: thirteenth overall pick, but they now have forty two and
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  Speaker 1: they have forty three, those back to back second round picks.
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  Speaker 1: As we wait here for some kind of news, let's
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  Speaker 1: get back to the Pro Day circuit here. It's BC
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  Speaker 1: Pro Day tom You're old stopping grounds coming up tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: Za Flowers seen by most as maybe the number one
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver, but certainly a first round pick. He is
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  Speaker 1: double booking dinners tonight tom the Giants and the Saints
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  Speaker 1: both taking Zay Flowers to dinner tonight prior to that
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  Speaker 1: pro day tomorrow. I understanding as Flowers does, intend to
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  Speaker 1: do position drills, so there'll be a show to be
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  Speaker 1: put on up there in Chestnut Hill. You know, Zay's
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  Speaker 1: a guy who everybody looks at the dynamic playmaking ability,
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  Speaker 1: what he can do in space. The question on him,
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  Speaker 1: naturally is going to be the size. Well, he put
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  Speaker 1: on thirteen pounds of muscle prior to the Combine. You
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  Speaker 1: can find them before and aftershot on Twitter. It's fairly striking.
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  Speaker 1: And if this keeps up, Andrew, maybe he puts on
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  Speaker 1: a couple of pounds of something other than muscle at
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  Speaker 1: some point that he can easily lose before he's on
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  Speaker 1: an NFL. As you pointed it out, we've all done
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  Speaker 1: it at the Combine and a week in Indianapolis, a
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  Speaker 1: double book and dinners, and you certainly see a difference
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  Speaker 1: when you get pounds sometimes yeah, and you get on
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  Speaker 1: the scale. All right, let's get to Denver here. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: there had been some trade talk of Jerry Judy. He's
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  Speaker 1: still very much a Bronco but tell us about kJ
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  Speaker 1: Hamdler and Tom the story you had an hour ago.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew kJ Hamdler recently suffered a partially torn pack that
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  Speaker 1: did require surgery, So that is a four to six
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  Speaker 1: months recovery for Hamdler. By four months, he should be
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  Speaker 1: able to run and do everything at full speed, but
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  Speaker 1: there's still that kind of lag period in terms of
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  Speaker 1: what you want to fully clear him for contact and
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  Speaker 1: everything else. So potentially he could be ready right around
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  Speaker 1: the start of training camp. There would be hope and
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  Speaker 1: optimism that he could be ready for the start of
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  Speaker 1: the regular season. But you also mentioned too the trade
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  Speaker 1: talks that Denver is potentially been engaging in regard to
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  Speaker 1: Jerry Judy as well as Coreland Sutton. Well, all of
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  Speaker 1: a sudden kJ Hamdler, who also might have been a
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  Speaker 1: trade target. You wouldn't think you're training somebody who's coming
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  Speaker 1: off of an injury here. Will that impact Denver's thinking
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  Speaker 1: in terms of trading one of the other guys. All
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  Speaker 1: I know is of now is the price is not
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  Speaker 1: insignificant if Denver is going to move on from either
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  Speaker 1: of those guys. Interesting Tom Placeo doing the NFL Network
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  Speaker 1: Insider thing from his hotel room today in New York
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  Speaker 1: after playing the guitar this morning with a cowboy hat.
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  Speaker 1: Well done, Tom on Good Morning Football. Interestingly enough, speaking
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  Speaker 1: of wide receivers, a wide receiver is the number one
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  Speaker 1: guy remaining on Greg Rosenthal's big board here going back
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  Speaker 1: to the start of free agency. He is number nine.
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  Speaker 1: D J. Chark's an interesting name there as well at
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine. And I'm a big Bobby Wagner fan. Let's
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  Speaker 1: get Mark and Bolty back in here. Mark, start with you,
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  Speaker 1: and start with Odell Beckham Junior. We've heard his name
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  Speaker 1: tied to the Jets, right. Aaron Rodgers was banging the
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  Speaker 1: table for Odell Beckham Junior on the McAfee show last week.
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  Speaker 1: Does that work? And if not, where? Yeah? I don't know, O,
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  Speaker 1: b J. You Aaron Rodgers was saying it. But I'd
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  Speaker 1: like to get him somewhere where he won't have to
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  Speaker 1: be sort of the focal point, especially getting him back
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  Speaker 1: here in New York. He needs to go to an
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  Speaker 1: environment where he just has to be a piece of
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  Speaker 1: the puzzle. And there's no better place than that than
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  Speaker 1: Kansas City. And we've see what Andy Reid has done
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  Speaker 1: with the You know, getting the best out of players
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  Speaker 1: who made can Darius Tony last year, getting the best
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  Speaker 1: out of him. He's got young sky More. We know
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  Speaker 1: Kelsey's always there, but you get Odell Beckham in that
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  Speaker 1: offense with everybody else they always have. He doesn't have
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  Speaker 1: to be the focal point. He get healthy if need be.
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  Speaker 1: He's essentially sort of a spot player at this point.
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  Speaker 1: Gives him that deep threat and I just like that
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  Speaker 1: fit there where. Just doesn't have to be the guy Baldi.
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  Speaker 1: You know, let's face it, Mark Odell Beckham wants a big,
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  Speaker 1: big contract, and I don't know that that's out there
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  Speaker 1: for him. But I do think the Jets make a
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  Speaker 1: lot of sense. I mean, if they're trying to still.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, obviously if the Aaron Rodgers deal has to
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  Speaker 1: get worked out, and we're they're in the process. But
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  Speaker 1: the more you can throw at Aaron Rodgers right now
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  Speaker 1: with experienced receivers in addition, you know, to the rookie,
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  Speaker 1: the offensive rookie of the year and Garrett Wilson, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: the more I think Aaron Rodgers is going this is
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  Speaker 1: absolutely the place I want to spend time here this offseason.
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  Speaker 1: I want to throw to Odell Beckham in May and
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  Speaker 1: June as much as I can, along with you know,
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  Speaker 1: Lizard and everybody else that's there, I think there's there's
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  Speaker 1: more than just smoke in Flora Park, New Jersey right
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  Speaker 1: now with the Jets and Odell Beckham June in trist Stain.
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  Speaker 1: What about Bobby Wagner, I said, big fan here. I
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  Speaker 1: mean the Rams loved him Mark, he played well. He's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be thirty three though coming up in June. Made
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  Speaker 1: his eight figures last year in LA. He can help
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  Speaker 1: your team, but he's still looking for work. Yeah, which
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  Speaker 1: is surprising because he did show that he still can
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  Speaker 1: play at a high level last year. Some guys are
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  Speaker 1: just aged us like that, you know. But let's get
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  Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner back to Seattle. We talked about some of
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  Speaker 1: the offseason editions and Draymond Jones there and talked about
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  Speaker 1: the young talent they got there, Tariq Willing at corner. Well,
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  Speaker 1: let's get Bobby Wagner back the cornerstone and leading to
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  Speaker 1: boom there that whole defense and get him to mix
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  Speaker 1: the young with the new and bring that all back
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  Speaker 1: together with Bobby who can provide the leadership but still
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  Speaker 1: can provide some playmaking and production there, Baldi. You know, Mark,
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  Speaker 1: I was, I was kind of overlooking your notes and
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  Speaker 1: I saw you put Bobby Wagoner back in Seattle, and
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  Speaker 1: I actually you cheating out myself, now, I was, I
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  Speaker 1: did just guy, I just see March cheat sheet there, Okay.
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  Speaker 1: And so I was thinking, what if Bobby Wagner went
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  Speaker 1: to Buffalo where they lost Tremaine Edmunds. I know they sounded,
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  Speaker 1: you know, they signed Matt Mulano back. But if you
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  Speaker 1: put Bobby Wagner Matt Mulano together in Buffalo, no Leslie
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  Speaker 1: Frasier this year, like there might be a little void
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  Speaker 1: in leadership you bring back Jordan Poyer, Like I could
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  Speaker 1: see Bobby Wagner fitting it in that culture the way
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  Speaker 1: Von Miller, you know, just raved about it coming from
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  Speaker 1: the Rams to Buffalo last year. And I can see
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  Speaker 1: Von picking up the phone and saying, Bro, listen, you're
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  Speaker 1: gonna love this place. Bill's mafia. They're gonna go nuts
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  Speaker 1: for you. Like I could see that deal possibly getting done.
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  Speaker 1: Von Miller one year with the Rams ends up in Buffalo,
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  Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner one year at the Rams. I can see
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  Speaker 1: where it makes sense. Mark, Ezekiel Elliott within the last
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  Speaker 1: hour tweeted something like I want my fifteen back, meaning
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  Speaker 1: like his fifteen jersey when he played at Ohio States.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not going to go through rosters to figure out
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  Speaker 1: who is a fifteen available, but find a good fit
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  Speaker 1: for him. Yeah, let's get him to the offseason winner.
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  Speaker 1: So far that Chicago Bay helping out the young justin field.
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  Speaker 1: They signed out their foreman, got Khalil Herbert there. But
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  Speaker 1: let's get Zeke back in Big ten country there and provide.
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  Speaker 1: But he's not the Zeke elliotable, but he still has
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  Speaker 1: value as a rotational back with Foreman and Herbert there
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  Speaker 1: as particularly short yardage goal line. We saw him crushing
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  Speaker 1: on the goal line in short yard and situations last year.
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  Speaker 1: Provides a playmaker for jessin fields to continue his development.
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  Speaker 1: With all the other offseason moves there for Chicago, see
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  Speaker 1: if it makes sense as Zeke to provide some better
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  Speaker 1: straight and say better in leadership there. Now he's been
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  Speaker 1: around with wild Baldi. You know, Mark, As I get older,
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  Speaker 1: I kind of enjoy the sunshine a lot more than
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  Speaker 1: the long gray winter days of Chicago and Philadelphia. And
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  Speaker 1: so I think that Zeke is a good businessman, like
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  Speaker 1: the no tax state of Florida and the city of
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  Speaker 1: Tampa looks like with no letter for net there that
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  Speaker 1: that could be a good fit. I don't know who
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  Speaker 1: is gonna play quarterback, but any quarterback that does play
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  Speaker 1: there would certainly benefit by Zeke's ability to protect a
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  Speaker 1: quarterback in pass protection. You got a young Rashad White there, like,
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  Speaker 1: maybe he could help him come along. Third round pick
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  Speaker 1: a year ago. I can see a fit for Ezekiel
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  Speaker 1: Elliott and the veterans on that team. Lavante David, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just go through a list of all the guys that
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  Speaker 1: would really embrace Zeke coming to Tampa. Well, I'll say this,
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  Speaker 1: I just looked it up quick googling here while you
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  Speaker 1: guys were talking. Both the Bears and the Buccaneers do
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  Speaker 1: have number fifteen available. Surprising for the Bears that any
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  Speaker 1: number is available, as they have fourteen jerseys retired, but
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  Speaker 1: fifteen still available at both Hallis Hall and One Buck
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  Speaker 1: Place if Zeke truly wants his fifteen back. Thank you, Baldy.
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  Speaker 1: That's amazing work by you in real time the Google
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  Speaker 1: machine here. Well, you guys are talking, I don't even
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  Speaker 1: ever think that I'm not paying attention. I am no, right,
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  Speaker 1: but I couldn't do that well tasking most of the time.
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  Speaker 1: Strout on the move, flips at the class. Strout fires
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  Speaker 1: deep down to the end zone and it is crabbed
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  Speaker 1: in the ends up CJ. Stroud. CJ. Strout still running,
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  Speaker 1: He's trapped. M he loves to do. It's a beautiful
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  Speaker 1: downfield bro wow with a crow. CJ. Strout look good yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: You're supposed to look good in the Pro day. CJ.
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  Speaker 1: Strout checked that box. He looked good in the Pro Day.
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  Speaker 1: And he probably likes the fact that if he went
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  Speaker 1: to NFL dot com this morning on his phone, he
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  Speaker 1: would see the Charles Davis as c J. Stroud going
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  Speaker 1: number one overall in his latest mock draft. Now Charles
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  Speaker 1: points out there are no trade so far in his
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  Speaker 1: mock draft. The Panthers already made the trade. They went
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  Speaker 1: from nine up to one. Let's talk about some CJ.
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  Speaker 1: Strouds here as it is Pro day season. Bridget Condon
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  Speaker 1: with us hi there, Bridget Mark rossback with me as well.
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  Speaker 1: We saw Frank Ryk and Josh McCown and David Tepper
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  Speaker 1: and everyone there to see c J. Strout yesterday. What
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  Speaker 1: they think they saw, well, Andrew, it felt like the
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  Speaker 1: entire state of North Carolina was at CJ. Strout's pro
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  Speaker 1: day yesterday. Fourteen people from the Panthers organization were there
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  Speaker 1: watching him, and they were very impressed based on conversations
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  Speaker 1: that I've been having around the organization. They went out
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  Speaker 1: to dinner with him on Tuesday, smart guy, really impressed
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  Speaker 1: with him as a person. Then on Wednesday at his
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  Speaker 1: pro day, just as impressed. Really liked that arm strength,
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  Speaker 1: the way he got rid of the ball. Super super impressed.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, we can't make We don't nobody knows
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  Speaker 1: who the Panthers are going to take with number one,
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  Speaker 1: but we can't read into it right, That's what we
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  Speaker 1: love to do as reporters. There's a video from Nick Carboni,
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  Speaker 1: a local affiliate out of Charlotte. He took this video
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  Speaker 1: of Josh McCown, the quarterback coach for the Panthers, talking
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  Speaker 1: with CJ. Strout after about horse check this out second letter.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe when he lives in Charlotte they will find a court.
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  Speaker 1: But of course today they are at Bryce Young's pro
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  Speaker 1: day as well. Another guy that they met with last night,
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  Speaker 1: had dinner with smart, solid guy. They really like him.
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  Speaker 1: There's been a lot of conversation about the height difference, right,
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: that's been the biggest thing. Bryce Young coming in at
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: five ten CJ. Stroud six three. Our research team is
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: the best in the nation for this. Shout out to
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: John Todd for helping get these facts. I just want to,
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: you know, put it, put something out there. Why not.
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: We got a lot of time to play with Frank Reich.
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: Of his twelve seasons where he's had a direct impact
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: with the quarterbacks or either as a quarterbacks coach, offensive
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: coordinator or head coach, nine starting quarterbacks, the two that
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: played the least for the two shortest. So just I
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: don't know, fun fact to keep that in mind. Do
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: with what that you want to do with him? Mark,
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: what would you do with it? Well, I've been going
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: Bryce Young. I just think Bryce Young, and I've been
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: saying it's the best player in college football. He's the
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: most dominant. When you have the first pick in the draft,
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: you gotta go with a guy that dominated in school. See. J.
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: Stroud had his ups now had productive. But just when
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: I watched Bryce Young, he plays like the great quarterbacks
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: in this league right now, the Patrick Mahomes, the Joe Burrows,
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: who control everything around them, highly productive, big time playmakers, leaders, winners.
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: He shows those same qualities on and off the field
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: that you love in those the quarterbacks, the MVP quarterbacks
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: in the league right now. But the biggest thing I
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: think either the Panthers go with this pick, I think
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: they've got a really good infrastructure for either one of
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: these guys wherever they decide to go. Frank Wright is
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: the head coach, but most importantly, the players they have
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: around on their offensive line is really good, led by
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: the young Ike Iguando, last year's first round draft pick.
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: They signed Miles Sanders. The backfield, they've got Adam feeling
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: there with that receiving Corps signed Hayden Hurts as well,
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: So they have a lot of players there and a
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: lot of the infrastructure of talent so that a young
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: quarterback could step in. And also the Andy Dalton factor.
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: We know he's not the answer, but he can bridge
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: the gap and get them through games until either one
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: of these young guys is ready to go. So I
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: just really like the way that the Panthers have built
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: this up for these young either one of these young
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: guys who succeed and they don't have to get thrown
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: into the mix where they have to be the savior,
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: have to jump in right away and play and don't
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: have talent around them quick for coaching. They've got the
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: players around them, and they've got a quarterback they can
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: get them through Andrew My fault there, Mark quicker View,
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: I was going to say of what Bryce Young just
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: did today, Steve Smith, I'm told over an NFL Plus,
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: said that watching Bryce Young throw today was like listening
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: to Coltrane, which is a compliment kids for those who
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: don't know. That's right. Panthers are there today. Next up
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: for the Panthers is We'll Love Us tomorrow Kentucky and
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: then they're also going to go to Florida to see
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson at the end of the month. But here's
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: the thing they are they want to do their due
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: diligence and make sure they get this right. The reason
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: why they felt so confident trading from number nine up
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: to is because they like this entire group of quarterbacks
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: coming out of college this year. And it's not just
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: about who's the best on the field. They're looking for
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback, somebody who's going to be the face
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: of the Panthers, someone they haven't had really since Cam
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: Newton left the first time in twenty nineteen. So for them,
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: it's really about who's going to mesh well with us.
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: We want to get this right because it's interesting when
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: you look at the first pick in the NFL draft.
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: A lot of times we're talking about teams who have
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: a couple of years before they're contenders. But the Panthers,
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: what they've done. Give credit to David Tepper and Scott Fitter,
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: or what they've done the past couple of years with
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: sharing up that defense, Brian Burns, Derek Brown last year,
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: the offensive line. Now they really just have a puzzle.
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: The last piece is that quarterback to just drop in
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: and really get over the hump. Another thing to keep
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: your eye on, though, as we get closer over the
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: next couple of months, is the wide receiver. Of course,
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: they lost Dj Moore with that trade. I wouldn't be
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: surprised if they pick up a receiver here in the
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: next couple of weeks or even months. Adam Feeling a
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: nice piece they added over the weekend as well. Panthers
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: sitting here with the number one overall pick. DJ Moore
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: is in Chicago. Thank you for je Condon, Thank you
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: Mark Ross. Javon Hargrave, meantime, is in Santa Clara after
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: signing a massive contract four years and eighty four million dollars.
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: He was, in a lot of people's eyes the number
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: one defensive piece on the big board when we started
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: free agency. As he goes to the number one defense
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: in football, Jeff Chittia, and maybe he feels a void
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: that they have kind of felt despite the numbers and
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: despite the results since they sent the Forrest Buckner to
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: the Colts. Yeah, they have felt that Andrew they drafted
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: Javon kin Law has not worked out very well. He's
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: been a solid player, but not a top ten draft,
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: which is where he was drafted. And John Winn said
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: at this earlier this offseason that they've got a really
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: good defensive line. They want to be a great, impactful
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: defensive line again, and that's where they went out and
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: got jay Von Hargrave. This is a defensive line that
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: had forty four shacks last year, but see and a
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: half of those sacks came from one player. The defensive
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: player of the year Nick Bosa and Hardgrave had eleven
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: sacks on his own with Philadelphia lash year with a
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: great pass Russian. So putting that piece back in place
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: with Bosa there with Eric Armstead, John Lynch feels like
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: his defense is going to get back to being not
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: just the top defense in the league, but being just
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: a kind of defense that's just dominant weekend and week out.
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: All right, what about the Seahawks defense, because that defense
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: last year was not dominant. They also made a movie
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: defensive tackle. They brought in Draymont Jones, the former Bronco
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: five years younger than a Hardgrave. That is sending player here,
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: former Ohio State Buckeye Jeff Chittia. What is heated to
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: that defense? And what about that makeover overall? So far? Well,
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: they really went off script going to get Jones the
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: way they did, because usually they sit back in free
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: agency and wait to figure out they can find some
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: bargains there. They were very aggressive going after him, and
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: that showed you how much Pete Carroll was to get
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: that defense back to being good and reliable. As you mentioned,
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: the stature pretty rough last year, twenty fifth and scoring
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: defense thirtieth in rush defense, not just Joe is coming in,
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: but but bringing back jarn Reeve who had his best
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: years in Seattle and has kind of struggled in other places.
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: Devin Bush, a linebacker from the Steelers, and then Julian
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: Love are pretty good safety from the Giant. So they're
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: trying to get better on that end of it. Big
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: question marks year, of course Jamal Adams and Jordan Brooks.
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: When would they be available? But again, Pete Carroll, if
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: he gets that defense going in the right direction, this
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: team should be back in the postseason again. And as
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: many people have circle defense at five here for the Seahawks,
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: it is fascinating. John Schneider and Pete Carroll are their
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: front end center for these last two quarterbacks working out CJ.
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: Stroud and Bryce Hunk. Granted there are other players there
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: that are very good at football, but they got a
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: front row seat. Speaking of Bryce, Thank you, Jeff Jindiya
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: there he is. He has done for the day. Bryce
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: Young throwing the football. Many people were there, NFL Plus
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: was there, Nick Saban was there. What Saban has to
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: say about Bryce Young? Next Bryce taking a shot, He's
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: able to kill it away Young French needle one strike
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: youngs down the middle. Touchy, Bryce Young guy is good.
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: I'll tell you he's got a nice arm on. It's
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: got a very nice yarn. Steve Smith said that watching
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: Bryce Young throat today was like listening to Coltrane. Alabama
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: Pro Day is done. Bryce Young did not weigh in.
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: He's going to stand on what he did at the
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: cow by what he did, which is five ten and
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: one eighth two hundred and four pounds. Nick Saban does
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: not seem bothered by any of it because he saw
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: the guy play well. First of all, I don't have
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: any issues with his measurables. And you know, some people
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: think it's a durability issue, which he's never been hurt
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: here other than when he hurt himself basically fallen down
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: the put his arm out, and his five ten frame
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: has never really had an impact on his productivity in
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: a league where most of the players you're playing against
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: are the same guys you're going to be playing against
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: at the next level, so it's not like he's playing
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: against lesser talented players. There's going to be so many
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: players in the SEC that get drafted, so I don't
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: have an issue with it. There's never been a more
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: instinctive guy. He plays the quarterback position like a point guard.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: He's got, you know, great instincts, great feel, contains arm angles,
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: very accurate with the ball, really quick processor and decision maker,
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: which I think are those two things. Accuracy, quick decision
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: maker and process or probably the most important qualities in
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: playing quarterback. Ar Daniel Jeremiah talked about Bryce told the
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: story that he heard from people down here that he
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: would get the game plan on Sunday and by Monday,
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: you guys would come in and he'd have a list
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: of questions suggestions. Was that a weekly occurrence? And when
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: you talk to teams about his preparation and his love
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: for the game, what do you tell him besides that? Well,
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: I think it is true. Bryce always watched the previous
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: game before the coaches watched it, and he was always
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: in on Sunday to try to figure out what are
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: we gonna do against the next team, and what's the thoughts,
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: what's the ideas? And you know, Bryce was as smart
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: and as well prepared as our entire coaching staff. I
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: think our coaches did a great job of helping develop
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: that in him. But this past year or he was
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: as good as having a coach on the field. That
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: is a huge endorsement. Also love the fact that five
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: foot nine Steve Smith says he has no problem with
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: Bryce Young's measurables for the record five ft seven yours
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: truly doesn't either. Dalton king Kade is six four for
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: the record and he is number eleven on Daniel Jeremiah's
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: big Board. It is Utah Pro Day today. Kinkaide is
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: not working out, but he is talking to Omar Ruiz.
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: Thank you very much, Dalton Kincaide here at Utah pro Da. Dalton,
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: big question, how's the back? It's good. Um got fully
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: cleared on Monday, So six weeks for Monday, fully cleared
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: for contact. It's very grateful and excited to move forward
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: that six weeks for contact will be right after the draft,
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: in time for rookie Mini Candy. One of the questions
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: that the teams have with you in terms of you
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: can help, uh, just in terms off I'm gonna test
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: or you know, getting getting football shaped. So for me,
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: I'm just very grateful to be healthy. Um. You know,
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: you learn a lot throughout that process and definitely something
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: I'm never gonna take for granted. Again, the fact that
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: you played through that injury late in the season last year.
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: What do you think that showed teams? Um, I mean,
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: that's that's the reason I came back was another pac
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: twelfth championship and we were able to do that. So, um,
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: you know, I wasn't gonna miss that game for anything.
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: Any How do you prove to them that you are
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: healthy now going into the draft. I'm gonna some routes
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: and kind of do some drill work and either you know,
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: invites some people out to watch that or just record it,
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: send out some teams. And you had one of your teammates,
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: Brank Keithy, injured during the season. The sole focus seems
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: of the offense went through you, and you were still
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: able to produce given that circumstance. What do you think
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: that says about your game? Um? I mean, it's just
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: a lot of trust with my my offensive coordinator, head coach,
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: having a great relationship with my quarterback. I think he's
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: the best in the business. So I mean, it's just
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: a lot of guys and trusting me, and you know,
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: just just doing my best to prove them right. And
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: you had a nose for the end zone every year
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: you had at least eight touchdowns. Eleven of your twenty
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: four catches in your freshman year were touchdowns. How did
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: you develop that nose for the end zone? I mean
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: when you when you get down there, you know you
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: should score touch on every time. That's kind of my
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: thought process. Again, I think a lot of it just
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: has to do with, you know, being put in a
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: great position, from your your quarterback, to your head coach,
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: to your offensive coordinator. You grew up playing multiple sports, heady,
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: think that shape who you are as a prospect. Now.
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: I think it all kind of translates in some way,
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: shape or form. Um. You know, I played catcher growing up,
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: so tracking a ball, also playing in the outfield, you're
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: tracking it, Basketball, going up and get a rebound, soccer
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: you know your footwork. So it all really kind of
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: translates into assisting you in some way, shape or form
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: in the game. And the rest of this pre draft
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: process as you make your visits. What left besides the
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: health do you want to prove to these teams? Um,
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: just that I'm ready to go. I mean that's really it. Um,
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: you know, I'm just eager and really excited. First thing
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: I want to do is just really get that playbook
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: and just kind of get that down. And the fact
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: that you're out here supporting your guys. What do you
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: think that says about you as a teammate in terms
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: of your character. I mean, I think that that's expected.
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: You know. Uh, these are guys that I cried work through.
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: You know. It's it's guys you you grind in the
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: off season with and you just got a really good relationship.
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: And I think here you tak You know, we we
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: talk a lot about having a family culture. You know
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: that you hear that kind of everywhere, but here I
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: think it kind of means something different. All right, don't
• 30:10
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• 30:12
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