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Are Saints Eyeing Top 5 QB Prospect? | New Orleans Ready To Part With Jake Haener, Spencer Rattler? · AFR Saints

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  Speaker 1: Orleans Saints are steamrolling toward the draft, and it's really
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  Speaker 1: not been any secret that they're spending a good amount
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  Speaker 1: of time and due diligence on quarterbacks in this draft class. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I don't doubt at all that they would take a quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: We've seen them take a quarterback each of the last
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  Speaker 1: two years. Of course, Jkneer two years ago, and it
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  Speaker 1: was Spencer Ratler last year. My feeling has not changed.
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking at these midlate round quarterbacks like the nickel slots.
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  Speaker 1: You just keep feeding them because if they bust, you're not.
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  Speaker 1: It's not a giant loss. But if you hit awesome,
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  Speaker 1: you hit a backpot. But you got to keep feeding
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  Speaker 1: the slot to be able to hit the jackpot. You
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  Speaker 1: know you're not going all in. You're not playing the
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  Speaker 1: high limit tables over here like you'd be doing if
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  Speaker 1: you're playing around in the first round. It's why I'm
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  Speaker 1: not necessarily excited about the prospect of Jackson Dart at
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  Speaker 1: nine overall, like melk Hiper had in his most recent
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  Speaker 1: mock draft. For what it's worth, the Saints did meet
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  Speaker 1: with Jackson Dart this week as well, that's one of
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  Speaker 1: the reports that's out there. But I think more likely
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  Speaker 1: if Dart's hanging around at number forty, that's appealing. Jackson
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  Speaker 1: Dart at number nine, not so much. I'd say the
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  Speaker 1: same about yours. Yours Matt Miller has him mocked to
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  Speaker 1: the Saints at forty, that I'd be okay with, but
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  Speaker 1: you better be strongly convicted that that's a guy you
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  Speaker 1: feel like can be your starting, your franchise quarterback if
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  Speaker 1: you're going to take him at that spot. Nonetheless, I
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  Speaker 1: think the more likely scenario is that the New Orleans Saints,
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  Speaker 1: with nine picks in this year's draft, find a quarterback
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  Speaker 1: where they have a strong evaluation on that player. Somewhere
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  Speaker 1: in the middle or late rounds and they pull the
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  Speaker 1: trigger there if they went that route again. So they're
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  Speaker 1: doing their due diligence because leave no stone unturned. If
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  Speaker 1: this is in fact going to be your last season
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  Speaker 1: with Derek Carr, then what you're playing after that, it
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  Speaker 1: could potentially be someone in this draft well. Mike Garafulla
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  Speaker 1: of NFL Media gave the update that the Saints set
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  Speaker 1: a private workout with Syracuse quarterback Colly McCord.
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  Speaker 2: The Saints held a private workout today with Kyle McCord
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  Speaker 2: up there in Syracuse's got a really strong arm and
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  Speaker 2: has impressed some folks throughout the draft processes. Meetings have
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  Speaker 2: been really good as well. So you got the Saints
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  Speaker 2: up there with Scott Tolzien taking a look a deep
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  Speaker 2: look at Kyle McCord, who could be, you know, at
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  Speaker 2: day two in the day three type of guy, depending
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  Speaker 2: on how this draft process goes. He's got some other
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  Speaker 2: visits with teams coming up, so there is significant interest
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  Speaker 2: in Kyle McCord. These private workouts are so important though,
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  Speaker 2: because you get a chance to really kind to dictate
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  Speaker 2: what you want to see a guy do, and you
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  Speaker 2: get to see it up close and personal.
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  Speaker 1: So the Saints.
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  Speaker 2: Taking a close look at Kyle McCord. Led the nation
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  Speaker 2: in passing last year for Syracuse.
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  Speaker 1: Four thousand, seven hundred and seventy nine yards and thirty
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  Speaker 1: four touchdowns. Kyle McCord threw for forty seven hundred yards.
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  Speaker 1: That was an ACC single season record. So you got
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  Speaker 1: a guy that's played a ton of football. Like when
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  Speaker 1: you start thinking about Kyle McCord, the bio here, there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot to like. He was a five star recruit
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  Speaker 1: coming out of high school, signed with Ohio State. He
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  Speaker 1: played for three years at Ohio State. Over those three seasons,
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  Speaker 1: started twenty four games in his junior year, became the
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  Speaker 1: full time starter. Hits the portal. Ohio State, of course,
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  Speaker 1: brings in Will Howard, Kyle McCord's out lands at Syracuse
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  Speaker 1: and in that offense went kaboom. Those were forty seven
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  Speaker 1: nearly forty eight hundred yards and thirty four touchdowns, led
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  Speaker 1: the country in passing. He's also got really good size.
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  Speaker 1: He's six' three two. Eighteen didn't have the highest relative athletics,
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  Speaker 1: score big, blemish but use he did play For Ohio.
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  Speaker 1: State does limber now before he's got the history, there
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  Speaker 1: it's on the side file it, away fuck. EY i
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  Speaker 1: have the same feeling About kyle McCord AS i do
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  Speaker 1: About Spencer rattler And Jay. Cayner shoot your, shot but
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  Speaker 1: where you shoot that shot in the draft. Matters so for,
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  Speaker 1: example we mentioned The saints have nine. Selections THE nfl
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  Speaker 1: media rates McCord as a Late day two or Early
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  Speaker 1: day three. Prospect he's pretty much a consensus top five
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  Speaker 1: quarterback in this. Draft so it's it's the first three
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  Speaker 1: that everyone's talking about with War, Sanders, dart then it's
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  Speaker 1: Uh tyler Show Shuck Shuck. SCHOFF i never know how
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  Speaker 1: to say his. NAME i always mispronounced it From louisville
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  Speaker 1: And kyle, McCord those are those are your top? Five
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  Speaker 1: so where where are we? Talking The saints have nine
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  Speaker 1: picks in the. Draft they have the ninth overall, pick
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  Speaker 1: as we.
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  Speaker 2: KNOW i.
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  Speaker 1: GOT i pray they don't use the ninth pick on
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  Speaker 1: a quarterback unless If sanders follows him at. Nine If
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  Speaker 1: Sudur sanders is there at, Nine i'd be good with.
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  Speaker 1: It but after, that you got the fortieth overall. Pick
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  Speaker 1: that's round. Two you've got a couple of picks in
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  Speaker 1: round three and a couple of picks in round. Four
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  Speaker 1: remember you Get washington's three and four this year from
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  Speaker 1: The latimore. Trade she got two third round, picks two
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  Speaker 1: fourth round, PICKS a six and a. Seven so if
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  Speaker 1: you were talking about using one of your third round,
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  Speaker 1: picks like let's say the pick he got From, washington
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  Speaker 1: which is ninety three, overall it's the end of round,
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  Speaker 1: three and you make your pick at. One maybe you get.
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  Speaker 1: It maybe you get a, cornerback maybe get an ed.
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  Speaker 1: Rusher maybe It's Tyler warren the tight. End like let's
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  Speaker 1: say you get one of the top players in the
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  Speaker 1: draft at nine, awesome and then you use your second
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  Speaker 1: round pick and you're able to fill with a guy
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  Speaker 1: who maybe you had a first round great on that
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  Speaker 1: dropped in a round two and then you use the
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  Speaker 1: seventy first pick as. Well and then you're sitting there
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  Speaker 1: in round three and one of these quarterbacks is on the.
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  Speaker 1: Board maybe you got like Comic coord's on the board
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  Speaker 1: and you like him a lot and you want to
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  Speaker 1: pull the. Trigger I'm i'm good with. That the other
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  Speaker 1: Thing i'll remind you is we mark the tape on On.
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  Speaker 1: THURSDAY i will hold true to. This the New Orleans
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  Speaker 1: saints are not gonna use all nine selections in this.
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  Speaker 1: Draft they're, like they're not gonna pay nine draft, picks
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  Speaker 1: and they don't have no nine roster spots available for
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  Speaker 1: nine draft picks to make it in addition to your.
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  Speaker 1: Udfas so it's always been The saints approach Under Mickey
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  Speaker 1: loomis that they're going to package picks and move up
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  Speaker 1: to get players they. Like instead of being patient waiting
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  Speaker 1: for the draft to come to them and acquire more,
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  Speaker 1: assets they're aggressive and move. Up SO i don't think
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  Speaker 1: they're going to use nine. PICKS i think it's. Plausible
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  Speaker 1: you could see a situation where maybe they make those
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  Speaker 1: first three picks and then one of the quarterbacks they
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  Speaker 1: like is still floating around there early in round, three
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  Speaker 1: and they take their second third round pick and maybe
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  Speaker 1: their fourth round, pick package, it move up a few,
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  Speaker 1: spots whatever it might, be to get your the quarterback
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  Speaker 1: that you. Want that wouldn't surprise me at, All And
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  Speaker 1: i'd be okay with that approach BECAUSE i know you're
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  Speaker 1: not going to use nine. Picks nine guys aren't going
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  Speaker 1: to make this. Team so if you're strategic about where
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  Speaker 1: you get aggressive and move up in the draft to
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  Speaker 1: find a player that you like that can make your
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  Speaker 1: team and be an impact. Guy i'd be good with.
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  Speaker 1: THAT i think WHEN i SAID i had the same
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  Speaker 1: feeling about McCord as they do With rattler And. Hayin
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  Speaker 1: it's the whole shoot your. Shot it's the nickel, slot.
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  Speaker 1: Right but the higher you go in the, draft the
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  Speaker 1: more you're, risking BECAUSE i, mean think about what you've
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  Speaker 1: been able to do in round. Three Alvin kamara was around.
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  Speaker 1: Three Trey hendrickson was a round three. Pick you found
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  Speaker 1: value In day, two a lot of value In day.
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  Speaker 1: TWO i mean, you've, yeah seemingly found more. SUCCESS i
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  Speaker 1: Mean Michael thomas was A day two. Pick Marcus williams
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  Speaker 1: was a second round. PICK i, mean you found great
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  Speaker 1: value in round, two maybe even more so than some
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  Speaker 1: of the first round busts that you've had From Peyton
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  Speaker 1: turner And Trevor pennig And Marcus. Davenport and we could
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  Speaker 1: run down the list Of. Anthony so all that to,
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  Speaker 1: say if you if you address needs at the top
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  Speaker 1: of the, draft then you want to package picks to
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  Speaker 1: move up In day two to get a. Quarterback i'd
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  Speaker 1: be good with. It THE nfl profile on McCord, though
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  Speaker 1: is that he is good back up with potential to
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  Speaker 1: develop into a, starter and that's probably what's keeping, him you,
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  Speaker 1: know maybe late day, two early day, three as opposed
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  Speaker 1: to a guy that would be in the first round
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  Speaker 1: of the. Draft BUT i think it's very we're having
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  Speaker 1: a very different the higher you go in the, draft
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  Speaker 1: that we're having a very different, Conversation like when we
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  Speaker 1: talk About Quinn yours, again AND i like quin, yours
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  Speaker 1: BUT i Like Quinn yours an awful. Lot when we're
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  Speaker 1: talking about him as an early day three, pick which
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  Speaker 1: is where we've seen some of the Slots Matt miller
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  Speaker 1: put on his mock draft and Ed Quinn youwers is
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  Speaker 1: the second round pick at forty. OVERALL i don't love
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  Speaker 1: that as. Much if we're talking About kyle McCord late day,
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  Speaker 1: two early day, three you, know back of the third,
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  Speaker 1: round top of the fourth. Round I'M i Like kyle
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  Speaker 1: McCord in that, spot not so much at forty. Overall but,
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  Speaker 1: really the other question you have to ask if you're
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  Speaker 1: The New Orleans saints and you're considering one of these,
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  Speaker 1: players it's are you ready to cut bait with Either
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  Speaker 1: Jake hayne Or Spencer, ratler because you are going into
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  Speaker 1: this year With Derek carr on your roster and you're
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  Speaker 1: not going to carry, four so you're not going to
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  Speaker 1: carry Car, Rattler hayner and your draft. Pick and The
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  Speaker 1: saints tried a few years ago With Ian book if you,
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  Speaker 1: remember after they used a fourth round pick On book
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  Speaker 1: in his second, year they waived him with the intention
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  Speaker 1: of signing the practice. Squad, well The Philadelphia eagles signed
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  Speaker 1: him to the active, Roster so you used a fourth
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  Speaker 1: round pick on a guy that was on your roster
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  Speaker 1: for one year and then was, Gone so you got
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  Speaker 1: to be mindful of, that like would you value someone
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  Speaker 1: like col McCord more Than rattler Or? Hayn and if
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  Speaker 1: we're being, honest It's, hayter, RIGHT i, Mean rattler's the
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  Speaker 1: guy that got the opportunity to start last. Year you're
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  Speaker 1: going to Keep. Rattler hayn would be the guy that
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  Speaker 1: you'd probably let go to bring in another young. Guy
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  Speaker 1: if that's the path that you, went kind of be
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  Speaker 1: weighing that as. Well are you okay cutting bait With
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  Speaker 1: Jake hayner at this point in his career after a
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  Speaker 1: couple of, seasons to give another young guy a shot
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  Speaker 1: to come up through the system, perhaps and if that's
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  Speaker 1: where they fall after these workouts and, Interviews i'd be
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  Speaker 1: good with, it, because As i'm gonna continue to, say
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  Speaker 1: it's a nickel, slot, y'all you gotta keep. Feeding you're gonna.
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  Speaker 1: Bust you're gonna. Bust you're gonna, Bust you're gonna. Bust
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  Speaker 1: but you're you're waiting on the. Jackpot you're waiting on the,
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  Speaker 1: Deck you're waiting on the Kirk, cousins you're waiting on
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  Speaker 1: the On Jalen hurst's round, two you're waiting on Russ
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  Speaker 1: in round, three like you're waiting on that on that.
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  Speaker 1: Jackpot and you can't at the jackpot if you don't
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  Speaker 1: keep feeding the. Slot so low, risk keep feeding the,
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  Speaker 1: Slot keep drafting quarterbacks until you hit on, one unless
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna go to the top of the draft and
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  Speaker 1: decide someone's gonna be your. Franchise