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EP 50: Building A 2026 NFL Draft Top 50 Big Board Vs. The ESPN Top 50 - Part 2 (Players 7-12) · 3 Guys, 6 Balls NFL Podcast

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3 lifelong friends, 6 trusty balls and endless NFL ticks.
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Welcome to three guys 6 Balls NFL Podcast.
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Welcome to episode 50 of Three guys 6 Balls NFL podcast.
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I'm your host Joel, and I'm here with my two Co hosts Will and
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Avery. There's pretty much nothing
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going on in the NFL right now, so we're not free to see it.
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The draft is still a couple months away.
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There's pretty much nothing to talk about.
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Really the only thing that's happening is the Miami Dolphins
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are releasing their players, their whole team basically.
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So that's pretty much it. So unless you guys have
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something that you want to talk about, I got nothing.
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So we can just get straight to the scouting reports if you guys
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don't have anything. I would say college basketball,
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but I know you guys would turn off the podcast before we did
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that, so we'll just do scouting reports.
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We already talked about that last week and it was too much,
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so we can't talk about it anymore.
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All right, so let's just jump right into some more scouting
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reports for you guys. So just to recap what we're
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doing with these scouting reports, We're going through ESP
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NS top 50 Big board for the 2026 NFL Draft.
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We're going down the list one through 50, scouting 6 players
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each week and then creating our own top 50 big board as we go
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along. So last week we scouted players
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one through 6 on the ESPN Big board and this week we're
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scouting players 7 through 12. Before we get to the scouting
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reports for today, I'll give a quick recap of where we're at
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with our top 50 big board. So because we've only discussed
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six players on ESP NS Big Board, we currently only have six
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players on our big board. And here's how we have those six
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players ranked as of right now. Number one is Ohio State safety
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Caleb downs #2 is Ohio State linebacker Arville Reese #3 is
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Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza #4 Notre Dame running
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back Jeremiah Love, 5 is Miami edge Ruben Bayne junior, and
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number six is Texas Tech edge David Bailey.
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So at the end of today's episode, we are going to fill
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out our top 12 spots on our big board.
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So we'll come back to this at the end, and then we'll see how
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we have these players ranked. So as I mentioned today, we're
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covering players 7 through 12 on ESPN's top 50.
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And just so you guys know who those players are #7 is Utah
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offensive tackle Spencer fano #8 is Miami tackle Francis Maui
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Noah #9 is Arizona Statewide receiver Jordan Tyson, 10 is
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Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles, 11 is Ohio Statewide
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receiver Carnell Tate, and 12 is Auburn edge Keldrick Faulk.
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So we'll just go ahead and start with the number seven player on
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the ESPN Top 50 big Board, which is Utah offensive tackle Spencer
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Fano. Well, you're the offensive
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lineman of the show, so I'm going to have you start this one
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off here. Give us your scouting report for
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Utah offensive tackle Spencer Fano.
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Spencer Fondo was a three-year starter at both tackle slots.
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Played both left and right. He's got quick feet with good
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lateral agility. Honestly whoever drafts Fano
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should look at switching him to guard.
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I mean just right off the right, off the RIP here.
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I'm moving in positions. He is not big enough to play
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offensive tackle. That's like his main downside.
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He's only 305 lbs ish now. Is that really a big deal in the
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NFL? No, because he's these
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organizations will let him gain 40 to 50 lbs with their food
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program and their weightlifting program.
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He will gain that seriously in one year through muscle and just
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pure build up. He will get bigger, that is no
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question. But I think I think his biggest
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strengths are downfield run blocking.
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He is being touted as a good blocker, which is just frankly
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not true. I don't even know how to say
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that. He's being said that he's good
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and he's really not. When he comes off the line of
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scrimmage and he he passed blocks as a tackle, As a tackle,
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you're setting the edge, you're creating the pockets.
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And so he's kick sliding back and he's very fast.
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He has very fast, quick lateral movement with his feet.
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The problem is he commits very hard to the outside edge and he
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gets beat inside a lot. And if you know anything about
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the fastest spot from pointing to point B, it is a diagonal
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line. And so if he instead of the in
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the NFL, these guys are very good and we talked last week
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about David Bailey, his biggest move is going to be the spin
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move inside. He over relies on it.
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Well, that would get Spencer final every single time.
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Every time he's going to get beat by a spin move.
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Every time he's going to get beat by an inside swim, he's
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going to get beat by by leveraging ends regularly.
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And so if they move him to guard, what he's very good at is
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when he makes contact at the line of scrimmage or is
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downfield blocking the linebackers and second level,
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he's very good at making that contact and not letting go.
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And so as a guard, I feel like you are making the immediate
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contact with the the three techniques on the nose guard,
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defensive tackle, whoever. And guards are typically
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smaller. And because he's so good on the
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run, guards are constantly pulling, That also plays to his
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strength. I think that he's OK about
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watching film on on Spencer Fano and Francis Malenoa.
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It has me a bit worried for this entire entire draft class of
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tackles if these two are the best guys.
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I agree with Will. I think he basically spelled it
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out pretty quickly right before we hopped on live.
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Will pointed out that he thinks there is a big disparity between
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two lineman. And I also agreed with that, but
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I was just making sure that we were not on opposite ends of
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that and we are not. We are in agreement.
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I agree with everything you said.
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I think I having said that though, there's been other
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offensive lineman that I've seen that weren't particularly great
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in college that ended up improving in the NFLI.
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Think just like there's college players that don't translate to
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the NFLI think there's a lot of times there's players that
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didn't necessarily perform super well in college but then figured
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it out later. I think it's a little less
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common. I would still put this guy in
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the first round. I think that, but I, I wouldn't
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say that. I would say if I was a team that
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really needed a lineman, I would go for him.
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But if it was just best over best available player, I don't
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think I'd go for him in the first round if you didn't need
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absolutely need help at at. I don't think he's a day one
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starter. He's not he's not coming in to
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to fix your offensive line. We have a full on the left hand
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or right side who let's get this guy to fix that.
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He's not going to do that. He may eventually my big, my
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honest and my truly my biggest concern for him is, as I
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mentioned, he's a three-year starter, but yet he still makes
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really sloppy moves. When when pass pro, when in pass
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protection and and when trying to run block at the line just
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like get up and and run block, he makes really sloppy moves
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that I would expect to not see from somebody who's been
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starting for three years. I think also he does have, I
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think he's got better mobility than a lot of other guys and I
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think if he can wrap his head around some of these different
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defensive schemes, I think he has the tools to be able to
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handle it. So maybe it's a bit of coaching,
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maybe it's just acclimating better.
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I'm not really sure, but yeah. Yeah, so since you guys just
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took a big dump on this guy, I'll say some good things about
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him. So Spencer Fondo wins with his
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ability to move well, he's not a guy who wins with power or
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strength. He wins because of his ability
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to move. He I think he's explosive out of
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his stance. He's got good footwork to
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recover when he makes mistakes. He's really good at getting to
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the second level to take on multiple blocks in the same
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play. And because he has the quickness
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and the agility, I think that gives him the ability to win.
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He does not win with power. One of the knocks on him is his
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frame like you mentioned, he's not the biggest guy, he's not
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typically what people look for in offensive lineman, but that
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allows him to win. That's how he wins is with his
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lighter frame allows him to move better than some of these other
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guys who win with power, the stronger guys and the bigger
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guys. So even though he's not the most
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powerful guy, I do like what he gives you with as far as
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intensity on every snap. I think he finishes his blocks,
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he blocks till the whistle. Really, that's just how he wins
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is just with his ability to move and he continues to play until
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the end of each play. The only things that I negative
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I have to say about him are things that you guys already
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mentioned. But I think that how he wins is
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his ability to move, not with power.
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And I think that the right team could be a good fit for him in
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the right offensive scheme. One of his biggest problems, one
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of Spencer Farney's biggest problems was their right guard.
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Their right guard, that dude was bad.
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Red shirt senior started so many games in college.
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He left Spencer final hanging out there as tackle combo
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blocks, things like that. They were they were supposed to
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pass pass it off the the defensive lineman one or the
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other to the second level. That right guard was not good
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and did did final no favors. So I, I think in an NFL system
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where that's just not going to be an excuse, look like you're
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just not going to be able to not do your job.
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I do think he will be able to play better because again, like
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I said, he plays well on the run.
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And when you want to get the second level, your tackle, the
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other ones usually getting the second level, the outside guy on
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the combo block, whether it's guard center guard, your guard
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is going second level, guard tackle, your tackle is going
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second level. So I do think part of my
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negativity did come from the system he was in, but still I
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would like to see a bit better from him.
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So will do you think that his weaknesses that you mentioned
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like the things that you don't like, you think they're directly
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related to the right guard or are they things that are him
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specifically? I think some of them are.
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But when you're on an island and pass pro and as tackles, you're
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on that island and pass protection and he's just getting
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beat inside because he's oh, he he over commits his he over
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commits to his speed. Like we all say, he's got really
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fast lateral movement. He's very fast.
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He actually has been attributed to tight end level speed
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regularly just too big for a tight end, too small for a
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tackle kind of thing. And so, yes, except for when
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he's out there alone, his past protection is that's a
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one-on-one thing. And I just don't think he's good
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at it unless he's able to stay at the line and it's a quick
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pass play where you had to get hands down.
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When he has to set the pocket and he gives rushers time to get
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into him, I don't think his hands are very good.
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His initial hand attack is not good.
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But if he does get his hands on you, he's very good.
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OK. All right.
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Well, if you guys don't have anything else on Spencer Fonto,
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we might as well just transition that right into the number 8
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player on the top 50 big board, which is Miami offensive tackle
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Francis Maui. Noah And well, I'm going to have
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you go first again because you're the offensive line
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expert. So tell us about Francis Maui
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Noah. I actually had to go back and
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check ESPN's big board because I did.
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I did film study on on Spencer Final and then Francis Maui Noah
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back-to-back. And I had to go back and check
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that billboard and say, wait, which one was wearing tire?
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Francis Maui Noah, I think, is a true product of the system.
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He was in in every good way possible.
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His head coach Mario Cristobal offensive lineman at Alabama,
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offensive line coach at. Alabama.
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He's good though. He very well, excuse me,
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offensive lineman at Miami, offensive line coach at Alabama
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and then now he's head coach at Miami.
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And so he cares deeply and I saw it literally in person at Oregon
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was there on I mean, my family shows up an hour early is
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already 2 hours too late to a game to to a football game.
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Like like you, we are showing up before warmups were there gates
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open? We're in the building and so
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when the when the the big sexy's come out to warm up, Crystal was
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right there in the middle of it. He was getting his hands on him.
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He was telling him how he was coaching him up.
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I witnessed it in person and I can't imagine it was any worse
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or any different down in Miami. Some notable things here.
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Maui Noah started 42 games over his three seasons.
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This man is 20 years old, started 42 games at Miami.
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He's 20 years old. That is an unbelievable amount
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of experience for his age. His technical ability has grown
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significantly over the last three years.
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Between last year and this year, he cut his sack down from 5 to 1
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while also cutting his right. This says to my bad, cutting a
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sack down to two, but still. And he also cut his penalties
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nearly in half. He's able to send some.
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So he he's very powerful, wonderful blocker in both pass
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and run game on long sustained drives.
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When fatigue sets in, he she starts to play a little sloppy
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and a little bit lazy. But in the NFLI actually think
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the game is slower than college because on long sustained Dr.
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chances are they're going to take ATV time out somewhere in
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there. So he will have a bit time and
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any ability. I hope not, but also stamina is
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something that can be worked on. I also think that he needs to
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have his head in a swivel more because he late blitz
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recognition is is also one of his weak weak points.
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But his powerful hands and his ability to keep the game in
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front of him both in run and pass makes him to me way better.
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Way better than Spencer Fano. I was shocked when Fano was
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ranked above him. Yeah, I also have Maui Noah
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ranked above Fano. One of the things that I noticed
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Will that he needs to work on and you can tell me if I'm wrong
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or if this is correct in your opinion.
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But I thought his hand placement gets out of defenders frames too
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much. Like if they make a counter move
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on him, his hands will be outside of the frame and like
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it'll get up into their shoulder pad.
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And like I saw his hand on their back a lot of the time.
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Like am I correct there or is that just am I way off?
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No, you're correct. And I think that will come more
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with coaching that comes. And those kind of those kind of
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things happen when you're uncomfortable with the scenario,
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you're in the past, the rush is coming at you, you get set early
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and then somebody makes an adjustment, they counter your
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set and you have to recounter. And so his body is going the
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wrong way. And so he's late to the to the
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attack. And that's when those kind of
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things happen with an athletic quarterback, somebody who can
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move. Well, that's not as big a deal
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because they can they can roll out of the pocket.
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If you got Matt Stafford back there or I don't even know who
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the pure pocket passers are anymore in the league and Aaron
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Rodgers or Matt Stafford back there, that is detrimental.
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Well, I mean, that is that is a huge deal.
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Even Sam Donald, these guys back there who don't move as well.
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If you have to watch him into the pocket rather than watching
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him out of the pocket, then that that upsets the the entire play.
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So you had that. That just comes from not being
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as comfortable reacting in the moments.
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I agree with all you guys. I think this this is a big boy.
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Everything I've seen from this guy is just imposing his will on
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defenders. I would say that, yeah, As far
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as areas of improvement, I would say, yeah, sometimes he gets a
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little sloppy. I think as and then Will did
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point out, you know, there's a little bit more breaks in the
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game in the NFLIII can see this guy getting a little too tired
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just because of his sheer force. I mean, this guy, I mean, I know
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he's going against college guys, but like Will said, he's only
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20. Like he is big.
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And every time I saw him block anybody, I mean, he is he is in
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control of that block. I see a lot of lineman that are
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basically just doing what they can to just kind of keep him
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out. I mean, I was looking at Will
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Campbell during the Super Bowl, just trying, just putting some
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hands up, but just getting manhandled.
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And every time this guy's blocking, it looks like he is in
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control. I think he's a stud also a bit
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more mobile than I thought he would have been because of his
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size and just just sheer strength, but I like him a lot.
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Yeah, I like him a lot, too. I think my favorite thing about
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Francis Mauenoa is the anchor that he has, and it's the same
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thing that I loved about Arville Reese.
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I love Francis Mauenoa's anchor against other players who try to
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win with power. Francis Melly, no, it doesn't
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get moved back against players who try to bull rush him.
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It's like defenders are trying to push back a brick wall and
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it's just not moving. I think the way that he finishes
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his blocks is another thing that's really impressive to me.
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I saw him finish his blocks with force and when I watch his tape,
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just seeing how he blocks and finishes blocks is very
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impressive. Like time after time I would see
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him just overpowering defenders to the ground.
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The other thing that I think it he needs to work on though a
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little bit is when he's blocking like specifically downfield, he
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does try to overextend himself and lean too much so that his
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feet are like behind him. So I think that could get him
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into a little bit of trouble in the NFL because it just gives
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the defenders a little bit easier of a time to get off of
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his block because he doesn't have his full stability on the
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ground because he's leaning so far forward.
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So that's one thing that he does need to work on.
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But overall, this guy's got power.
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He can move really well. I think he does really well in
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the zone run blocking game. He just finishes with force and
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I just think he's going to do very well in the NFL.
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Like we mentioned already, he's only 20, so he's only going to
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get better from here. One thing to note about most of
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these offensive lineman, especially Noah, we've all kind
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of mentioned his his fatigue that sets in.
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Look for that a lot in like the late part of the season.
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I understand they just played 1820 games or whatever it was to
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get to the national to get all the way and play national
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championship. But the difference between a
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college season and NFL season, they are quite vast when it
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comes to stamina and how much you're actually playing.
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So so look for that quite a bit late season.
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I he's going to get in my opinion, he should be drafted
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top five, honestly. So Cardinals, jets somewhere
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right in there. And the problem is those those
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are teams that can't give up sacks late in the game or late
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in the season. And so so that is the only main
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concerns I would have right now all.
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Right, well, let's get into some skill positions.
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You got a couple wide receivers. Coming up, pause.
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Lyman are I knew you were some of the most skilled athletes on
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the. Field I I said that on purpose
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because I knew it would get a reaction out of you.
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All right. Well, you did it.
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OK, you win. You hurt me.
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Are you happy? All right, well, the next
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player, which is the #9 player on ESP NS Top 50 Big board, is 6
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to 200 LB Arizona Statewide receiver Jordan Tyson.
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Avery, why don't you start us off on this one?
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Give us your scouting report for Jordan Tyson.
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I think this guy is a playmaker, but he is a, I don't know how I
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feel about him necessarily. I, I, I think that Leavitt throw
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into him was definitely a benefit.
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I think this guy has a lot of talent.
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The size and basically injuries are what worry me the most.
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There's another thing too. Yards after catch.
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I don't know if this is something that he that his
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coaches are cool with him doing. I remember I got yelled at when
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we were kids playing football for always jumping when catching
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the ball. And this man does it more than
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anyone I've ever seen. It's and I'm, I'm thinking that
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might even be part of his body control is like, yeah, it is a
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literally, it's actually actually marginally easier to
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catch a ball when you've jumped up in the air.
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You don't have to worry about where your feet are.
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You're not on the ground. You're not, you know,
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preemptively making a cut the amount of times he jumps for
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balls that he does not have to. He's running around and he
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jumps. I, I, I feel like he has this
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play making ability to, you know, kind of like a little scat
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back to get out of it. The problem is, is that when you
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jump, I mean, you've already telegraphed the catch.
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You come down, you have to reset and then get going again.
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I do think he has great body control.
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I do think he's a winner. I think he's I think he's great.
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It's just injuries and then always jumping for the ball kind
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of makes me question his ceiling a little bit.
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I mean, those are all things. I mean, injuries aren't, but
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jumping to catch the ball are things you can coach out of
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them. But I mean, this guy is very,
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very good. I mean, I mean, of course, as
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I'm saying all this, I am comparing him to other, you
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know, elite wide receivers here, not just saying, you know, he
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shouldn't be drafted or anything.
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I think he should definitely be drafted in the NFL lottery.
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Those are just some question marks I've got about him.
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I agree with everything he ever said.
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He was very fundamentally sound. He sits in the holes of the
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defense. He's a patient route runner,
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which is just a nice way to say he isn't fast, but he runs
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really good routes to make up for it.
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Whenever anybody listens to any scouting report by anybody, if
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they say they're a patient route runner, that's what they mean.
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They're slow, but they know where they're going, so they're
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going to get there. So far, I feel like you guys
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hate all three of these players. No, I actually don't hate Maui
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Noah at all. Thank you for saying it I he
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wins the 5050 balls 6 foot 2. He's got great height smaller
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frame like Avery mentioned. It says here are areas
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improvement the too much contact the line of scrimmage.
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That's going to be even more so with his like 200 lbs is not as
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not very big, but we've seen it work in the NFL time and time
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again. I mean how big is Abuka right?
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He's not that big either. Has Johnson Tiny human in
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comparison to other NFL he's. Like 100 lbs.
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Right and guess what he makes it work.
21:01
There's so many so many examples of of the wide receiver NFL just
21:06
getting smaller and more agile. I don't have to beat you with
21:09
speed. I don't have to beat you that
21:12
way. I will just find the hole in
21:13
your defense and then I'll just make the play after that.
21:15
And then and it's the right runner.
21:17
NCE yards actually catchability. And like Avery said, he doesn't
21:21
exactly have that. And then again, as Avery said,
21:24
and as we have here in our areas of improvement, the injuries,
21:27
the torn ACL, the collarbone and the hamstring, 3 really not good
21:32
places to have injuries as wide receiver, especially if you're a
21:36
catch in the air wide receiver and you're going to get hit and
21:39
they can't hit you high and say they're going to hit you in the,
21:42
in the, in the waist and you're going to come down on those
21:45
shoulders and that's where your collarbones.
21:47
Yeah, he was the most hurt. And so I actually, and it says
21:51
here that we have here on our, our strengths.
21:53
He was the go to guy every time he needed to play every, every
21:57
3rd down, every, every time they needed something.
22:00
It was Jordan Tyson. He was well, when he was in, he
22:03
was doing making the play. And so I, I think he's, he's
22:06
ready to go at the next level because of that, because he's
22:09
already been the, the trusted relied on receiver.
22:12
I think that will translate very well into the NFL.
22:15
But he has to pass the the medical examinations first.
22:17
Yeah, there there's really three things that stand out to me
22:20
about Jordan Tyson. One of them is what you just
22:22
mentioned Will is that he was the go to guy for Arizona State
22:25
when it was time for them to need a play.
22:28
He was the guy that they went to and he often delivered.
22:32
The second thing that stands out to me about Jordan Tyson is his
22:34
ability to get open and create separation using a number of
22:37
different moves. When I watch his tape I saw him
22:40
use slight body movements to sell routes and throw off
22:43
defensive backs. He's really good at using like a
22:45
rocker step and head fakes to create misdirection on his
22:48
routes to get himself away from the defenders.
22:51
But the thing I think I like the most about Jordan Tyson is a
22:54
skill that I think is very underrated.
22:55
And I think a lot of people may not notice this when they watch
22:58
him play. Jordan Tyson has a very
23:00
underrated ability to flash late hands when the ball is being
23:04
thrown his way. And what I mean by that is a lot
23:06
of times you'll see defenders who don't turn their heads
23:08
around until they see the wide receiver getting their hands up.
23:10
Well, Jordan Tyson gets his hands up right at the perfect
23:13
time so that defensive backs don't have the opportunity to
23:15
make a play on the ball. So I think it's a very
23:18
underrated and unnoticed skill that Jordan Tyson has.
23:21
Overall, Jordan Tyson is very good receiver.
23:24
He has the size he want. He's got the ability to get
23:26
himself open. He wins contested catches.
23:28
He can track the ball well. But his biggest issue is he just
23:31
can't stay on the field. He had the injuries like you
23:34
guys mentioned. He had injuries in every single
23:36
college season that he played. He had a knee injury in 2022
23:39
which caused him to miss 2023. He had the collarbone injury in
23:42
2024, causing him to miss the College Football Playoff, and
23:45
then he had multiple hamstring injuries in 2025.
23:48
He just cannot stay on the field.
23:50
When Jordan Tyson is on the field, his talent is undeniable.
23:53
He's very good, but he just can't stay on the field.
23:56
Overall, I feel like the injuries that he's had, his
23:59
medical history, if those don't check out or if there's any
24:02
question about them at all for NFL teams, I think that's going
24:05
to make him fall in the draft. But I think all it takes is one
24:08
team to like the guys to take a chance on the guy.
24:11
So I think he's probably going in the top 15 of the draft,
24:14
maybe top 10, but I think his injuries could push him down a
24:17
little bit. All right, so with that, let's
24:20
move on to the number 10 player on the ESPN top 50 big board,
24:23
which is Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles.
24:26
Sonny Styles is a former safety who converted to linebacker in
24:29
2024. So in 2022 and 2023, he played
24:32
safety. And then at Ohio State, the
24:35
coaching staff said, you know what, you're 6, five, 243 lbs.
24:38
Let's move you to linebacker. And all he did in his first
24:41
season at linebacker was get 100 tackles and six sacks.
24:44
Now because of his safety background, where he excels is
24:47
in coverage. He's got the movement skills to
24:49
cover tight ends, running backs, sometimes even wide receivers.
24:53
He's very long and he uses his length to his advantage in
24:56
coverage and as a tackler. He uses his length to wrap up
24:59
ball carriers and he doesn't let them get away from him.
25:02
This season he only missed 2 tackles all season long.
25:05
Unfortunately, both of those tackles were in the College
25:08
Football Playoffs against Miami. But outside of that, he did not
25:11
miss a tackle all season. But I think my favorite thing
25:14
about Sonny Styles is his ability to slip blocks at the
25:17
second level. And I'm going to describe this
25:19
in a way that probably only Avery will truly understand.
25:22
And I'm going to toot my own horn here for a second.
25:25
So when Avery and I were at BYU Idaho, we played basketball
25:28
together all the time. And there was one time when I
25:31
was on a fast break and there were two defenders standing side
25:33
by side right in front of me to stop me from getting inside to
25:36
the hoop. Instead of stopping or going
25:39
around them, I just went straight through the middle of
25:41
the two guys and I scored. And the guys went over to Avery
25:45
after I scored and said, how did he just do that?
25:49
That's what Sonny Styles can do at the second level.
25:51
When blockers are trying to get to him, he'll just slip right
25:54
through multiple guys. And when I was watching him, I
25:56
was like, how did he just do that?
25:58
Like I was really impressed with his ability to just slip away
26:01
from blockers at the second level.
26:02
So that's probably the most impressive thing that I watched
26:06
with Sonny Styles on his tape was just his ability to slip
26:09
those blocks a second level. Overall, I think he's very
26:11
impressive. He's got great size, he's got
26:13
great speed, he's got good closing speed.
26:15
He just makes plays. He's only been playing
26:17
linebacker for two years, so I think he still has a lot of room
26:20
to grow in that position. But I think his safety
26:22
background does help him in that position as well.
26:25
I mean, I agree with this as well.
26:26
I, I, I think this guy is AI mean to this guy's a football
26:31
player. I think.
26:33
I mean, he got moved down to linebacker because Caleb Downs
26:36
came over. And The thing is, I mean, he
26:40
obviously took at it like a fish to water.
26:43
The way I see this is this guy's very versatile.
26:45
If he could do that in college, you know, you come down here,
26:48
you've got incredible size for a safety.
26:51
You know, you may you might not be the best run stopper, but at
26:54
the same time, I mean, this guy makes it look like the inside
26:57
linebacker position has come and back.
27:00
I know it's still here, but it's it's been kind of fading for a
27:04
little while. I think he's great.
27:05
It's just it's insane seeing all these guys on the same team on
27:09
Ohio State, just an incredible defense.
27:13
It really makes, I mean, I'm kind of shouting out to Indiana
27:16
here for beating them just insane.
27:19
And then also Miami, you know, shout out to Maui Noah.
27:23
But no, I, I think this guy's I think this guy's great.
27:25
I think he's got incredible athleticism.
27:26
This guy looks like he could play small forward in the NBA as
27:30
well. He just, he's incredibly
27:31
athletic. I think regardless of the
27:33
position they put him at, I think he'll thrive.
27:36
The first thing I wrote down, Avery, is that he's a freak
27:38
athlete playing football 20 years too late.
27:41
I mean, you crushed it with that, Avery.
27:43
He plays middle linebacker the way Clay Matthews, the way AJ
27:48
Hawk, the way Brian Orlacker, the way the guys have a hard
27:52
trap in there. Well, yeah, Fred Warner plays it
27:54
now. Bobby Wagner, Fred Warner can't
27:56
stand the field. Oh yeah, yeah.
27:58
Bobby Wagner. Bobby Wagner Yeah, Yeah, Bobby,
28:01
great, great example. The way those guys play middle
28:04
linebacker. And you're right that Avery, you
28:06
were right again. That has faded out.
28:09
But because that faded out, the NFL went passing.
28:13
So the middle linebacker faded out.
28:15
And since that faded out, we saw it last year, run percentages of
28:18
teams were higher because they didn't have the stout middle
28:21
linebacker. And so I think he is 20 years
28:24
too late and I think he is one year early in the next
28:29
resurgence of great middle linebackers.
28:32
And so I think we're going to be looking at Sonny Styles as the
28:36
tip of this spear. We saw Fred Warner was the tail
28:41
end of the last one and we've got Sunny Styles is the
28:43
beginning of this one and there's AI don't know how long
28:46
Fred Warner's been the lady. That's my fault for not having
28:48
that ready. But there is a gap between the
28:50
two of them of hey, we haven't had somebody this level since
28:53
Fred Warner and now it's all look at all these guys that
28:56
we've had since Sunny Styles. Yeah, that was the first thing I
28:59
wrote down. I think that was that's quite.
29:00
You said that the problem I have for him and we kind of have it
29:04
here is right now when they send him on blitzes, they're using as
29:08
a decoy. He doesn't have the his blitzing
29:12
is lackluster. He just runs downhill and
29:15
whatever happens, happens. If he makes the play, great.
29:17
If not, he's being a disruptor. But he's not.
29:21
Him blitzing is not the main focal point.
29:22
It's it's he's blitzing sort of open up the hole for the stunts
29:25
in the defensive line. This is our third Ohio State
29:29
player. We talked about the top 10.
29:31
Yes. Yeah, and we're about to talk
29:32
about another Ohio State player in the top 11.
29:35
When you've got 3 defensive players in the top ten, you
29:38
don't always have to be the focal point.
29:40
And because he played safety, he's he can match up with the
29:44
tight ends. He gets out in space and matches
29:46
up with the receivers or excuse me, the running backs and the
29:48
swing routes and his greens, his closing speed.
29:51
He lets the lets the running back catch the swing pass.
29:54
And before you can even take a step, he's getting drilled.
29:57
And so he he's making the plays, doing the right thing.
30:01
And I think similar to Caleb Downs, I think he gets caught up
30:04
in the make the big hit moments and I think that can leave him
30:08
in the dust occasionally. But besides that overall freak
30:12
athlete, wonderful player. Absolute freak.
30:16
There is one thing that I think he needs to improve on, which is
30:18
something that I noticed when I was watching his tape.
30:20
So when I was watching his tape, I think Sonny Styles needs to
30:23
improve with his recognition and reaction time a little bit.
30:26
I don't think he has great reaction time.
30:27
I think he gets a little bit late of a start off the ball,
30:30
like when the ball is snapped. When I watch his tape, I don't
30:32
see him just fly to the ball like I did when I watched Carson
30:35
Swessinger last year. Instead, I see him take a little
30:37
bit of a hesitation step before he flies to the ball.
30:40
Once he figures out where the play is going, he's really,
30:43
really good and he flies to the ball.
30:45
But when I watched Carson Swessinger last season, that
30:48
dude was instantly flying to the ball every single time.
30:52
Sonny Styles does not do that. Like I said, he takes a little
30:54
bit of that hesitation step before he flies to the ball.
30:57
So I think he does get faked out a little bit on play action,
31:00
misdirection plays a little bit too much because I don't think
31:03
his reaction time is the best. It's not bad.
31:06
It's just it's not on the same level as Carson Schwessinger.
31:10
And the reason I keep comparing him to Carson Schwessinger is
31:12
because that's like the best linebacker that I've scouted in
31:15
the one year prior to this this scouting that we've done.
31:19
So like, that's why I keep comparing him to Carson
31:21
Schwenzinger, because when I watched him, that dude was so
31:24
impressive with his reaction time.
31:26
Like he was already moving to the ball before the ball was
31:29
even where it was supposed to be going.
31:31
Sonny Styles doesn't do that. But once he figures it out, he's
31:35
there. It just takes him a little bit
31:37
of time to figure out where it needs to go.
31:39
So outside of that though, he's very impressive.
31:42
I think that will come with more linebacker experience.
31:45
This is the second year playing linebacker and so he's, he's
31:48
used to being safety where he has a few extra seconds to read
31:51
and react. Exactly.
31:53
Safety, you're waiting for people to come to you, the
31:55
receivers, the the play you're at the main level on, on making
31:58
the run play as you're waiting for it to come to you.
32:00
And at linebacker, you have to get there now.
32:03
And so I think that'll just come with more reps and more
32:04
experience. I agree.
32:06
All right, so let's move on to the number 11 player on the top
32:09
50 big board for ESPN, which is Ohio State wide receiver Carnell
32:13
Tate. Avery.
32:14
Once you start us off on this one, tell us about Carnell Tate.
32:17
I the. The big thing is, regardless of
32:20
my feelings, he's the Ohio State wide receiver this year.
32:25
And I. Think you would just be?
32:28
You would be a fool to to go to bet against him.
32:31
I mean, I would love him to pack on a bit more muscle and to get
32:36
a little bit more physical. But that is what I mean.
32:39
He's 21. That is what the NFL is for
32:41
basically. I mean, I kind of see him a
32:44
little bit like George Pickens a little bit.
32:47
I I can see this guy doing extremely well in the NFL.
32:51
It's too bad that Jeremiah Smith got most of the recognition the
32:56
past basically couple years and that we won't even be talking
33:00
about him till next season, which will be fun.
33:03
Number one no this say what? Number one pick.
33:07
Bet you think so. I mean, it's going to be pretty
33:09
hard for somebody to pass on him.
33:11
I know there's going to be Arch Manning.
33:13
He's so cool because his last name.
33:14
He'll be the number one player, but he won't be the number one
33:16
pick. He should be.
33:19
No, but but for the most part I think also it's the same thing
33:22
with Tyson. It's yards after catch that
33:25
concern me. I don't think he that will make
33:29
or break him. I think he could easily fix
33:30
that. But that's just one of the
33:32
things just he he gets wrapped up too easily.
33:35
Feels like as soon as defender makes contact, that's usually
33:39
him going down. I mean, that being said, he is
33:42
still catching the ball. He's not dropping it, he's not
33:44
fumbling it. So I mean, there's worse things
33:47
that could happen, but I think I think he's going to be great.
33:50
I think he's just another in a long line of Ohio Statewide
33:54
receivers. Yeah, what I really like about
33:55
Carnell Tate is he just wins contested catches because like
33:58
you mentioned, he's 63. He's very long.
34:01
He uses every bit of his length to win those contested catches.
34:05
He also has elite high point timing to win the contested
34:08
catch battles. I also think that what helps him
34:10
win the contested catches is he doesn't wait for the football to
34:13
come to him, he goes and attacks the football.
34:16
So he doesn't give defenders opportunities to catch those
34:18
under thrown balls because he is attacking the football.
34:22
I think he's really good against zone coverage.
34:24
I think he's better against zone than he is against man.
34:26
And the reason for that is because he just doesn't have the
34:29
long speed to get open on vertical routes.
34:32
It's mostly vertical routes. He doesn't have the long speed
34:34
to separate consistently from defenders.
34:36
So in zone, I think he has a really good feel for what space
34:40
he's going to have and he does a really good job of selling the
34:42
vertical routes. So like, even though he's not
34:45
really good at separating on vertical routes because he
34:47
doesn't have that long speed, he does a really good job of
34:50
fooling defenders and making him think that he's going to run
34:52
vertical because he has a really good start to his route.
34:56
So defenders think he's going deep, but then he ends up doing
34:58
something else and that's what helps him create that
35:00
separation. So I do think he needs to get
35:03
better, like bigger and stronger.
35:05
Like we mentioned, like he's only 195 lbs it, but he's 63.
35:09
Think similar to Jordan Tyson gets knocked off the his release
35:12
at the line. He needs to get bigger because
35:14
against those more physical corners, he does have a little
35:17
bit of trouble. Like he's not out there like
35:19
he's DK Metcalf or A.J. Brown.
35:21
Like he doesn't have that type of a build.
35:23
He's tall, but he's a little bit skinnier of a guy.
35:26
So I think he does need to put on some weight so that he can
35:29
take on those more physical defenders.
35:31
Yeah, and just to pay like everything you guys already
35:33
said, I mean he is everything you'd expect from from the Ohio
35:36
State wide receiver from this year's draft class.
35:38
He is going to be a some teams number one option at some point
35:42
this year and he would just produce just like Olave, just
35:46
like Luca, just like how many of you go down the West.
35:49
Marvin Harrison junior, although we'd like to see him produce
35:51
more, I think he's that's a product of the team, not just a
35:54
player. Every single one of them that
35:56
comes out and next year it's going to be Marvin or not Marvin
35:58
Harrison junior. Next year it'll be Jeremiah
36:00
Smith and we just continuously pumping out just top level
36:05
talent at the wide receiver position.
36:07
He had three drops all year at a 5.4% drop rate and that is
36:11
incredibly good. If you're not aware, 3 drops all
36:14
season it is this is incredible. As mentioned, at 195 lbs, he
36:18
needs to take his aggressiveness that he has when catching the
36:20
football and turn that into aggressiveness getting off the
36:23
football and I think he's going to be everything or a team
36:26
wants. All right, so let's move on to
36:28
the final player that we're scouting tonight on this
36:31
episode, which is the number 12 player on the ESPN Top 50 big
36:34
board, and that is Auburn EDGE Keldrick Falk.
36:38
Now, Keltrick Falk is the player that no matter what team drafts
36:40
him in the first round, the fan base will absolutely hate it.
36:44
And that's because he's not an elite pass rusher.
36:46
He's got the size you want in a pass rusher.
36:48
He's a massive human being at 66285, but what he doesn't have
36:52
is explosiveness off this line of scrimmage.
36:54
He doesn't have elite bend to get around the corner, He
36:57
doesn't have a wide variety of pass rush moves, and he also
37:00
doesn't have the overall production that you want from a
37:02
pass rusher. Falk is a guy who teams will
37:04
draft for his potential as a pass rusher, but until fans see
37:07
it fulfilled, they're not going to be excited about it.
37:10
He's only 20 years old and he's got the frame, he's got the
37:12
motor and the effort, but he lacks a lot when it comes to
37:15
rushing the passer. So I just think that no matter
37:18
what team this guy goes to, I think the fans are going to be
37:22
kind of disappointed, to be honest.
37:23
Contrary to that, I think I agree with everything you said.
37:27
His past rushing ability is very lackluster.
37:29
He doesn't react well to it, he's slurring off the ball, but
37:33
he's incredibly strong. He's got a £700 squat, a 415 LB
37:37
bench, making him physically capable of doing anything.
37:41
He can set the edge, he has his own anchor because of his just
37:46
pure strength. And so when he lacks in the pass
37:49
game, he makes up for in the run game.
37:51
He doesn't have the size to move him inside the defensive tackle,
37:54
but for setting the edge and keeping everything inside, I
37:57
think he's going to be good on 1st and 2nd down, keeping your
38:01
outside run inside. And so I think he's I think they
38:05
will take him. I think he'll be a top 15, top
38:09
well 32 teams. I think he'll be a top half of
38:11
the first Round Top 16 picks because of his run stopping
38:14
ability and then they will develop him into a pass rusher.
38:17
I think this guy's going to be really good.
38:20
I think it'll take a few years, but I think Fox going to be
38:22
really good. I, I, I kind of like what Will
38:25
was saying. I like his strength and this guy
38:27
wraps up really well. I like his instincts on getting
38:29
to the the ball carrier. Yeah, I think he could do a
38:33
little bit better in the past rush game, but I again, I'm
38:38
going out vibes here from everything I've seen from him.
38:41
I've talked to some buddies who are Bama fans and Auburn fans
38:44
because I've got both and I I think this guy will be special
38:49
again. I don't think he's going to be a
38:50
day one game changer, but clip it in a few years and I think, I
38:56
think this guy's going to be, I think this guy's going to be
38:59
something special. So I want to give my player con
39:01
for him and you guys can tell me if I'm off here or if you think
39:04
it's good, but I think Julius. Peppers.
39:08
No, actually, that's not what I was going to say.
39:10
No, not no. I would compare Keldrick Falk to
39:16
a bigger DeMarcus Lawrence right now.
39:18
He's not going to be a consistent pass rusher who gets
39:20
10 plus sacks every year, but what he will always be is a very
39:24
good run defender. So although he's not going to be
39:27
an exciting player, at least not right away, I think he will have
39:30
a significant role from day one because what he is right now is
39:33
an NFL ready run defender and he gives you full effort on every
39:37
play. He's creates separation on his
39:41
blocks, He doesn't get fooled by misdirection plays, he maintains
39:44
his gap and he puts himself in position to make the play
39:47
against the run. I just think, like we already
39:49
mentioned, he just needs to work on his pass rushing ability.
39:53
But overall, he's going to be a contributor from day one in the
39:56
NFL. It's just going to be as a run
39:58
defender, not as a pass rusher. See, and and last season we
40:02
talked a lot about a guy and taking him for potential.
40:04
And I was Shamar Stewart, right? This guy, he, he's OK, but he's
40:09
got the potential and he said he's got all the tangibles
40:12
intangible, excuse me, that you want with the size and the, the
40:15
physicality. I think the difference is, is
40:18
that Kendrick folk has that he's the willingness to learn.
40:23
He he's willing to, to adapt and grow.
40:26
And, and I just don't, I, I never saw that in, in his first
40:30
year. Holding out for your rookie
40:32
contract, I think is wild behavior.
40:34
And, and I, I just don't, I just don't see that here.
40:37
I, I see a guy who who wants to just play and who wants to just
40:42
be on the field as much as he can.
40:44
And so he's just going to do whatever it takes to be on the
40:46
field. Also, he didn't have three
40:48
straight seasons of 1 1/2 sex. True.
40:51
So there's that. All right.
40:54
Well, do you guys have anything that you want to add before we
40:56
get into our player rankings? Now this is where we start
40:59
fighting now. OK.
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All right, so OK, so now that we've gone through players 7
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through 12 on ESPN's top 50 big board, it's time for us to add
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those players into our top 50 rankings.
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So just to review, right now we have our top six in this order,
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which I have a feeling is going to change.
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But right now the order is Caleb Downs at one, Arville Reset 2,
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Fernando Mendoza at 3, Jeremiah Lives at 4, Ruben Bain Junior at
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5 and David Bailey at six. So from the players that are
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ranked seven through 12 on ESPN's big Board, are there any
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players that you guys feel should be in the top 6 rankings?
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Yes. Yes.
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OK, who are those players? I mean, now we know it should be
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#3 I'll, I'll just say that right now.
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He should be. He is.
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Over Mendoza. Over Mendoza.
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Now this. Now pause.
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Before we make these kind of things here, what are we ranking
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them on? Is it physicality?
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Is it potential? What are we ranking them on
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specifically? I think we should rank them on
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how good we think they're going to be.
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OK, let me ask. Let me ask you, let me ask you
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guys this. Do you think any of these
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players should be above Arvel Reese or Caleb Downs?
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No, yeah, no. I don't think so either.
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So I think we have the top two set.
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I think I like, I still think I like Mendoza at 3:00 as well.
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I didn't have Maui no that high. I had Mendoza at three also.
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I would. I would be willing, like I think
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there's a case that Will could make for putting Maui Noah at 3,
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but I think I would like him at 4:00.
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I'm good with four. Just because I feel like minda
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one. Cool, cool.
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All right, so we're putting Maui Noah at 4:00.
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Yes, yeah. OK.
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OK. So then that means that Jeremiah
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Love is getting moved down at least one spot because we had
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him at 4 before. So are we putting Jeremiah Love
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at five or do you guys have somebody else you want to put at
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5:00? Personally, who was 6 was wait,
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who else? We had Bain.
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Who was in between there? The Bailey.
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So Bain. Bain was at 5 and David Bailey
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was at six. I personally would like Sonny
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Styles above love. That's who I have as well.
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That's who I have as well. Oh, really?
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OK, I mean, yeah, dude, I I don't disagree with that.
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Cool. And that's how.
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Sonny Styles is going to be 5. And I understand that last week
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I was bat checked. Yeah, bat checked.
43:17
Beating my chest. There it is for Jeremiah Love
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about how good he is and how we should rank him that low.
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But with presented with new information, I'm allowed to
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change my opinion here. And Sunny Styles is an absolute
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freak athlete who's going to make an immediate impact on the
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defensive side of the ball for any team.
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So yeah. I will say that Bane is dropping
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quite a bit. Oh yeah, and David Bailey.
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These guys are just not as good. I would still, I wouldn't put, I
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would put Bailey somewhere at the top half of seven through
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12, but I I think I might put Bane at the like close to the
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bottom right next to Fano. I don't think any of us are huge
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fans of Ruben Bane. That's why I was surprised when
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you guys had him over David Bailey last time because I'm not
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a big fan of him at all. I didn't, did I?
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You said? Yeah, you said you did.
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We rank them at. Like Bailey more than Bane,
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that's not. What you said, that's not what
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you said last night 6. I'll have to.
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I'll have to watch the episode for the first time ever.
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I don't. Now we're I'm actually.
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Genuinely curious because I don't, I don't believe I said
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that, but I mean it was recorded so I mean.
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I can literally just do it about five times and you said.
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That Dang I thought I was like totally trashing Bane.
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We did. Maybe it was.
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We also totally trashed David Bailey.
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That was mostly just you. Just me.
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I'm the hater. Oh man, again I.
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Was I was. Saying he was, I thought he was
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pretty good. He was just making some dumb
44:51
mistakes. Anyway all.
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Right anyway, so now we've got Jeremiah Love sitting at six.
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Do you guys want to move him down or you keep him at six I.
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Kind of like Tate above him, but I think at that point I'm
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probably just, I'm pulling at straws here.
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Right, I think, I think Jeremiah loves a better athlete than
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Carnell Tate's. I think we should get Jeremiah
45:12
Love at six. That's just me personally
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though, but I don't want it to be just my.
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Decision I I could, I could concede that.
45:18
I I think I think Carnell Tate goes right below Jeremiah Love
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in a seven slot. OK, so you guys think Carnell
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Tate is a better receiver than Jordan?
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Tyson, yes, I do, I do. And I think he comes down to his
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health concerns. That is the biggest factor.
45:31
For me, that's fair, that's. Fair.
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And the fact that Tyson did not go to Ohio State University.
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That's. Like the biggest downside on
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Tyson. OK.
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But outside of that, outside of the injuries and outside of the
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Ohio State thing, why would you guys put Carnell Tate over
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Jordan Tyson? Injuries mainly, like Will, said
45:50
Tyson to me between the two of them, and again, it's marginal
45:54
difference here. I'm not saying 1 is like
45:56
exceedingly better. To me, Tyson seems more like a a
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little bit like a chador where it's a little bit more freestyle
46:08
going on something that you might not be able to get away
46:11
all the time with in the NFL. He reminds me a little bit of
46:15
Bryce Johnson. Also might be watching this our
46:18
buddy where he's just doing these weird scramble things,
46:21
just making dump it just it looks like he's not being
46:24
coached as well. Looks like he's just taking what
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he got from high school and bringing it in again.
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It's to a degree, but I would still put I just believe that
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Tate's going to have a better career overall.
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I think this is a product of where they're from.
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I think that Carnell Tate comes from a program that gets wide
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receivers more NFL ready than any other program in the NCAA.
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And so that, to me, makes them a better prospect than Jordan
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Tyson, OK. That's fair.
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I had Jordan Tyson above Carnell Tate just from like when they're
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on the field, but the injuries, I'm OK with moving Jordan Tyson
47:03
down just simply because of the injuries.
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So I'm good with Carnell Tate at 7:00 if you guys are.
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Yeah, I'm down with that. OK, so who do you guys want to
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put at 8 right now? It would be Ruben Bayne or David
47:16
Bailey. Oh, it's are those the only two
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guys left? Or let's, let's make it, let's
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make it a little bit, let's make it a little bit easier.
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Who do you guys think is the worst player out of these 12?
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Fano. It's got to be Fano.
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And then I put Bayne right above him.
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And then Bailey. And then Faulk.
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OK, Will, are you cool with putting David Bailey above Bane?
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Because last time we didn't. That's fine.
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Bailey on Purefilis is on Purefilis is David Bailey right?
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David Bailey is is ranked higher on Purefilis.
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OK. So we're going final at 12, Bain
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at 11 and then David Bailey at 10.
47:54
Yeah, yes, OK. So that leaves us with Tyson and
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Faulk. I'd put dude, Tyson and then
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Faulk. Tyson, agree.
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Faulk at 9. I agree.
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Well. That's I would I?
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If it was up to me, I'd put Faulk above Tyson, but knowing
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how you guys feel, I would be cool with swapping that.
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I actually am. I actually am cool with Faulk
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above Tyson. Faulk at 8, Tyson at 9:00.
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I'm good with that, too. Again, because of the injuries
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to Jordan Tyson, Yeah, he can't stay on the field.
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He can't stay on the field. Then the ability that you have
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on the field doesn't really matter.
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Cool, yeah. So I'll read you the full list.
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So Downs is 1, Reese is 2, Mendoza's three, Maui Noah's
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four, Styles is five, Love is at 6, Tate is at 7, Falk is at 8,
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Tyson is at 9, Bailey at 10, Bain at 11, and Fano at 12.
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You guys like it? I like it.
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For this week, for. This week, next week, we're
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going to be doing players 13 through 18 on the ESPN Top 50
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Big Board, so we'll have some more shake UPS.
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I'm not going to give anything away, but I'll just say this
48:54
about next week. Makai Lemon.
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That's all you need to know. That's all you need to know
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right there, Makai Lemon. Is Kenyon in this one?
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Yes, he is the number 13 player. Kenya Sadiq is the number 13
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player. I like that.
49:09
Geek and Lemon in the same week. No.
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It's going to be a good one. They're moving up.
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All right. Do you guys have anything else
49:18
you want to add before we end the show?
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Well, that wraps it up. So there you guys have our top
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12 on our top 50 big board versus ESP NS top 50 big board
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for the 2026 NFL draft. So next week, again, we're going
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to be doing the number 13 through 18 players on the ESPN
49:34
top 50 big board and then we'll move those players around and
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fit them into our personal top 18.
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So that's all we have time for on the episode today, guys.
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But as always, don't forget to keep your balls played with.
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We'll see you next time back are y'all.
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Also Mark Davis and Sarah guys still.