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LeSean McCoy: Jeremiah Smith Is Better Than EVERY NFL WR Except Ja'Marr Chase · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: This is the greatest receiver I've ever laid eyes on.
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  Speaker 2: Right now, Jeremiah Smith.
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  Speaker 3: Man.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's 20 years old.
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  Speaker 3: He is the greatest wide receiver I've ever seen. Argue
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  Speaker 3: with your mama.
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  Speaker 1: Speed, size, hands. Now, you're not just talking college.
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  Speaker 2: You think he's the greatest receiver you've ever seen.
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  Speaker 1: I've ever seen.
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  Speaker 3: And I've seen a lot of them. My favorite growing
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  Speaker 3: up was Peter Ward. I thought he was just not great.
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  Speaker 3: I used to love, who else?
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  Speaker 2: Larry Fitzgerald.
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  Speaker 1: Come on, Pitt. Stand up. Calvin.
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  Speaker 2: Julio.
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  Speaker 1: Julio was nice.
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  Speaker 3: A.J.
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  Speaker 1: Green was really, really good, too. A.J.
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  Speaker 2: Green was fantastic.
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  Speaker 3: The difference is I can see Julio's body frame on Jeremiah,
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  Speaker 3: but he's way more developed.
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  Speaker 1: He's way more advanced.
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  Speaker 4: I agree. As far as a prospect, I think he's
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  Speaker 4: the best. But you're like, just give him the gold jacket.
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  Speaker 4: Now he's the best.
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  Speaker 3: I've ever seen.
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  Speaker 1: And listen to his interviews.
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  Speaker 3: He's such a mature kid. And I keep telling you
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  Speaker 3: this about always being great. He's always always always been great.
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  Speaker 3: And now you go to a school like Ohio State
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  Speaker 3: where they develop players.
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  Speaker 2: Well, he blocks.
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  Speaker 1: He's tough. He's smart.
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  Speaker 3: I watch him on double teams. I hate when you
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  Speaker 3: know players. Oh man, I'm always getting double. And because
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  Speaker 3: I watch Jeremiah Smith get double all the time and
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  Speaker 3: it's no problem.
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  Speaker 1: Bring the challenge on. He's making so many crazy catches.
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  Speaker 1: And he's fast. Everything you want in a receiver.
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  Speaker 2: He has.
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  Speaker 1: And he blocks.
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  Speaker 2: And he blocks. He does everything.
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  Speaker 4: You already think he's the greatest wide receiver ever, which.
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  Speaker 2: I love that. So far.
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  Speaker 1: In college.
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  Speaker 3: He's the greatest player I've seen so far in college.
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  Speaker 3: Because the NFL is way different.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see. It's a new league.
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  Speaker 4: I think we're going to have a lot of fun
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  Speaker 4: with this next one. I'm going to name some NFL
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  Speaker 4: wide receivers. Because I think we both agree, Jeremiah, I
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  Speaker 4: could be playing in the NFL right now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to name some NFL receivers.
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  Speaker 4: And I want you to tell me right now, would
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  Speaker 4: you rather have that NFL receiver or Jeremiah Smith right now?
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  Speaker 2: All right. Ready for this? Jeremiah Smith or JSN?
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  Speaker 1: That's a good one. That's a great one. I want
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith.
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  Speaker 2: Over JSN?
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  Speaker 3: JSN's crazy nice, right? You talk about he's elusive, he's agile,
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  Speaker 3: he gets crazy separation. But eventually one day, right, the
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  Speaker 3: size makes a difference.
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  Speaker 4: You're investing the– you're just saying– Eventually, but you'd still
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  Speaker 4: take the risk. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: So are you asking like today, like right now?
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  Speaker 2: JSN is still so young.
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  Speaker 1: He's amazing. And Smith is younger. Smith the real deal.
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  Speaker 4: JSN has 481 receiving yards and six touchdowns in the first.
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  Speaker 2: He's averaging 120 yards per game. I think he's the best.
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  Speaker 1: Today, he is my favorite wide receiver in the NFL. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Because, I mean, he gets busy. And I love Sam Darnold, right?
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  Speaker 3: But he makes Sam look so great.
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  Speaker 2: He makes Drew Lockwood great.
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  Speaker 1: And you can't guard the young man. You can't guard him.
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  Speaker 1: And guess what? He's always been great.
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  Speaker 2: And where did he develop at?
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  Speaker 1: From Texas. He's always been great. Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: Developed at Ohio State. Jeremiah Smith or Justin Jefferson?
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  Speaker 3: Ooh!
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  Speaker 2: Getting off the Ohio State for a little bit. We're
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  Speaker 2: going to go to some LSU receivers.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, man.
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  Speaker 1: Because they got dogs, too.
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  Speaker 3: You know what?
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  Speaker 1: JJ's like that. Justin Jefferson, for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 4: That's the first one that you said that you would
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  Speaker 4: rather have.
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  Speaker 1: Just because, I mean, the routes he runs, the size,
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  Speaker 1: after the catch. I mean, he's the real deal.
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  Speaker 2: Not crazy numbers this year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, not crazy numbers.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he got Kyler Murray as his quarterback, and
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  Speaker 3: he had Carson Wentz. Actually, Carson Wentz did pretty good
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  Speaker 3: for him.
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  Speaker 1: He did.
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  Speaker 3: He did.
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  Speaker 2: So, Justin Jefferson, we are taking over.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, how about somebody who looked really good last night
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  Speaker 4: on Monday Night Football?
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  Speaker 1: You know what? No, stop.
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  Speaker 2: You can't go back.
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  Speaker 1: I thought about it.
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  Speaker 3: The football guys are talking to me. I got the
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  Speaker 3: producer in my right ear. And the football guys on
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  Speaker 3: my left ear. And they said, Shady McCoy, be honest.
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  Speaker 1: Be real.
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  Speaker 2: You want Jeremiah Smith.
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  Speaker 1: I want Jeremiah Smith. All right, man.
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  Speaker 2: I love Justin Jefferson.
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  Speaker 1: Well, boy, oh, boy. That boy in Ohio State, he's
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  Speaker 1: something different, man. He is.
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  Speaker 2: He is. But I can't pass on Jettis.
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  Speaker 1: I had to.
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  Speaker 4: Somebody looked awesome in Monday Night Football last night. Drake
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  Speaker 4: London or Jeremiah Smith. You're just, like, looking at me like,
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  Speaker 4: why are we still doing this?
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  Speaker 1: To be honest, I not like Drake London.
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  Speaker 2: Man, he's awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith. As a sophomore, I'm taking him over him
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  Speaker 1: right now.
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah Smith, last year, you're still taking him.
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  Speaker 1: Cut the malarkey. Stop playing.
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  Speaker 3: You put Jeremiah Smith over there with John Robinson and
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  Speaker 3: Michael Pennington.
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  Speaker 1: You see what happens.
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  Speaker 2: Right now, today. Falcons fans are dreamcasting that right now.
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  Speaker 2: They're looking good. Back to Ohio State. How about Garrett
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  Speaker 2: Wilson or Jeremiah Smith?
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  Speaker 1: I like him, though. Garrett Wilson, he's the real deal. Super... Twitchy, right?
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  Speaker 2: Sure.
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  Speaker 1: Loose sleeves, though.
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  Speaker 2: Loose sleeves.
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  Speaker 1: Stop playing around! Jeremiah Smith! Are you kidding me?
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  Speaker 4: Jeremiah Smith or the highest paid wide receiver in the NFL,
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  Speaker 4: Zay Flowers.
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  Speaker 1: Why don't you knock it off?
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  Speaker 3: Look, slide to the left. It's got to be Jeremiah Smith.
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  Speaker 3: And I love Zay Flowers. But I do think, like,
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  Speaker 3: the size matters. There's no defense that can guard Jeremiah Smith.
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  Speaker 3: Unless you got three guys on it.
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  Speaker 2: Even in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: Man, okay. All right.
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  Speaker 3: Now, one of the easiest positions to the transition from
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  Speaker 3: college to pros is wide receiver. Look how many guys
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  Speaker 3: is coming in right away and get busy. Jamar Chase,
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  Speaker 3: Justin Jefferson, guys get busy right away. Yeah. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: I'm in Ross St. Brown. or Jeremiah Smith?
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  Speaker 1: Slide to the left. Jeremiah Smith.
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  Speaker 2: Click, click, click.
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  Speaker 3: Now, I just think that St. Brown's really, really good, right?
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  Speaker 3: But he's a certain type of receiver, right?
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  Speaker 1: He's dependable. He's more of that possession catch type of receiver.
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  Speaker 2: He is, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Jeremiah Smith is everything, right? I remember we had a
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  Speaker 3: time back in the day, maybe like two years ago,
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  Speaker 3: we interviewed Joe Burrow, and we saw him on different receivers.
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  Speaker 3: And I asked him about Jamar Chase.
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  Speaker 1: He's all man.
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  Speaker 3: He's strong after the catch. He's just not there. And
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  Speaker 3: then I asked him about Justin Jefferson. They say he
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  Speaker 3: does everything.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: When I look at Jeremiah Smith.
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  Speaker 2: Take every good quality of all those guys.
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  Speaker 1: He does everything. He does everything. That's what I want.
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  Speaker 1: He does everything.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So, yes, I'm taking him over St.
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  Speaker 2: Brown.
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  Speaker 4: All right, here's one that I have been a huge
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  Speaker 4: fan of this year, and I'm going to push back
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  Speaker 4: because I think this guy is just getting going finally.
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  Speaker 2: Chris Olave or Jeremiah Smith?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, man, come on.
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  Speaker 3: Left.
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  Speaker 1: How many times can I push left?
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  Speaker 4: This is why I think Olave and Jeremiah Smith just
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  Speaker 4: broke Olave's touchdown record at Ohio State. But, man, Olave with, like,
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  Speaker 4: a competent quarterback play, and Shuck was not great last night,
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  Speaker 4: but he's been good to start this year.
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  Speaker 2: Chris Olave, I think, is a.
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  Speaker 1: Top five receiver.
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  Speaker 3: Chris Olave is a doll. The reason why he has
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  Speaker 3: that record over there. But let me ask you this question, though,
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  Speaker 3: all right?
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  Speaker 1: Because one thing about this thing that we both can see, right?
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  Speaker 3: When you watch Chris Lavi play and you watch Jeremiah Smith,
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  Speaker 3: what does Chris do better than Jeremiah? Or better question,
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  Speaker 3: what can Chris do that Jeremiah can't do?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he can do everything. I just have seen
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  Speaker 2: more of a Lavi.
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  Speaker 1: And guess what? He's bigger.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he is bigger.
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  Speaker 1: And he plays more physical.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Two more here. This is the one where
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  Speaker 2: if you.
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  Speaker 1: JSN could be the only one I might have switched.
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  Speaker 4: I think– so for me, JSN, JSN, Olave, Jefferson, and
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  Speaker 4: then this guy, Jamar Chase.
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  Speaker 1: Jamar Chase.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Jamar Chase.
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  Speaker 4: So that's the most confident you've been with this, that
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  Speaker 4: you're still taking Jamar Chase.
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  Speaker 1: He's probably the best receiver in football, him or JSN.
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  Speaker 1: I think he's strong. He's physical. He plays aggressive. And
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  Speaker 1: he's smart. You know, one thing about, like, receivers, some
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  Speaker 1: guys that catch the ball, they might go down. No,
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  Speaker 1: he's catching the ball. He's looking like a running back.
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  Speaker 1: I'm breaking tackles. I'm physical. He can run every route,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and he's strong.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: One thing about corners, they don't lift weights. They don't
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  Speaker 1: lift weights.
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  Speaker 2: They're running.
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  Speaker 4: He does.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So, tackling him is going to be a handful. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Last one, George Pickens or Jeremiah Smith.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, Jeremiah Smith. I like George Pickens. George Pickens is really,
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  Speaker 1: really good.
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  Speaker 3: He ain't.
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  Speaker 1: He ain't. See, Smitty.
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  Speaker 4: On your first run through this, you are taking one
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  Speaker 4: NFL receiver right now over Jeremiah Smith if he walked
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  Speaker 4: into the NFL right now.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Jamar Chase. That's the only one.
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  Speaker 1: Jamar Chase.
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  Speaker 4: You're having a conversation about JSN. You're having a conversation about.
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  Speaker 1: JJ.
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  Speaker 2: About Justin Jefferson.
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  Speaker 1: That's it.
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  Speaker 2: But that's it.
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  Speaker 4: So you are pretty confident that Jeremiah Smith... right now
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  Speaker 4: would walk in and be a top five receiver in
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  Speaker 4: the NFL?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so like if I had a Bentley outside parked, right,
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  Speaker 3: and only one guy could drive my car and it's
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  Speaker 3: all these guys lining up, I'm going to have my
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  Speaker 3: key and I'm going to say, no, I ain't going
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  Speaker 3: to flip it up.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to say, Smitty, come over here, right? Jeremiah,
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  Speaker 1: come over here.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm going to say, Chase, come over here. Okay,
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  Speaker 3: now you guys do heads and tails for this. I'm
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  Speaker 3: going to flip a quarter up.
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  Speaker 1: It's out of them two. Everybody else is a no. Wow. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith is something we haven't seen.
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  Speaker 2: On the track to be the greatest wide receiver ever.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he has a good start. He was great
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  Speaker 3: in high school. He was great in college. There's only
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  Speaker 3: one more level to be great at.
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  Speaker 1: The NFL.
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  Speaker 2: The NFL. And he's waiting.