August 8, 2022 • 12 mins
NFL Network Reporter Cameron Wolfe sits down with Jeffrey Gorman and Casey Vallier at Colts Training Camp. Wolfe discusses his expectations for Matt Ryan and this offense in 2022, the defensive additions with Stephon Gilmore and Yannick Ngakoue and what the rest of the AFC South looks like to this point in Training Camp.
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Let's talk now with the NFL network. Cam Wolfe joins us.
We heard you earlier today, and I want to touch
on that about the presence of what Matt Ryan brings
to this camp. We got to start there with the
new quarterback in Obviously we've had some you know, rotating
doors the last two years here when it comes to
the quarterback position is so far? So what have you
seen out of Matt Ryan thattt he brings to this camp? Yeah,
(00:20):
rotating doors is one way to say. It probably have
more rounds than the carousel, right. I think the biggest
thing for Matt Ryan is he's been there, done that,
and so it seems like everything's business like here, whereas
previous years it may have been on a quarterback. Is
he going to be the guy? Last year with Carson,
there were some things early in the offseason about the
vaccine that was kind of holding on the storyline wise,
So it seems like here it's it's calm, it's kind
(00:42):
of boring, which is which is a good thing for
the Colts and for Matt When you look at him,
consistency is the word that always comes up. Ten straight
years of four thousand plus yards and twenty touchdowns, and
so players here know this guy has proven it. It's
not a guy where you're hoping he can prove it.
You know he's done it. You just hope that you
can elevate your game to match it. And so watching
(01:03):
Frank Reich's offense, he's gonna be a great fit here.
The timing based element. A lot of times last season
you watched them and they were going off script a
little bit more than I think Frank Reich wanted to do.
So I think it's gonna be a lot more timing
base and that's where Matt Ryan thrives. So I'm eager
to see all the pieces together. There are certainly questions
about the receiving group, but I think quarterback in particular
is one where they don't have to worry about Elsa.
(01:24):
In twenty twenty two, that's Cam Wolf from the NFL Network.
Follow him on Twitter at Cameron Wolf. He's got to
throw to somebody. Cam, He's got to throw to somebody.
A lot of people are talking about that, right That
big elephant in the room right now, led by Michael
Pittman in this receiver corps is a young one. Matt Ryan,
a veteran like that. Do you like the mix with
the young and the old. So I do. I am
worried about that number two receiver spot. You know, it's
(01:45):
tough because nobody's done it, done it yet right, And
when you look at the guys their options, none of
those three guys Alec Pierce, Paris Campbell, Ashton Dulan, none
of those guys even had two hundred receiving yards in
their career. And so you're hoping it's all hope and potential,
which every time you go to training camp, everybody has
hope until Week one hits and it's like, wow, it's
all gone. And so I'm eager to see the rookie.
(02:07):
I think he's probably your best shot for that true
number two receiver and Alec Pierson, So I know that
Matt Michael Pittman is going to be out there. I
think that he's a true number one receiver and I
think he could take even a bigger jump. But I'm
eager to see where is it pick up is in
Nahem Hines. I know they've been running him in the
slot a lot. Can he take that jump to where
he was early in his career getting sixty seventy balls
(02:27):
out of the game. Is it just a compilation of
all the other guys? How does it all pair up
when it's on the field. So Matt Ryan's gonna cover
a lot of things, but he's gonna need those guys
to step up, not drop passes, be where they need
to go, and really just be a fit for what
he wants in this offense. You bring up, you know,
Michael Pittman junior, and we've seen, you know, kind of
that elevation from year one to year two. So he's
(02:48):
entering in year three and there's you know, there's a
there's I mean, there's a lot of pressure on him.
He's clearly the number one. When you look at him
and you say you think he's a number one, where
do you think you can see his game elevate? Yeah,
So I think when he came out of college, a
lot of people thought he was just a contested catch guy.
I think there's been been more nuanced in this game.
You see his route running ability, you see the way
that he can take on number one corners and not
(03:08):
get discouraged. That's what you want to see from a
number one receiver. I think for him, the next step is,
you know, I want to see all assets. I want
to see him consistently. Um if you you need to
run him out of the slot every play in a
game because you're trying to get him away from the
number one corner. Kenn, he adjust this game week to
week on that. I want to see him, you know,
not to say he becomes a diva, but call for
the ball in specific situations. It's third down, Matt, right,
(03:30):
I'm your guy, give me the rock. And so that
comes through through trust and really your overall command and
your presence. And so he did it last year. Now
it's the second year where you're you're proving that it
wasn't a fluke. That's one of the things that you
know when people have asked me, that's kind of what
I say and doesn't necessarily have to be the statistical thing.
It's more of, you know, just being that accountable guy
(03:52):
as that number one. And speaking of accountability, one of
the guys we saw take a huge stride last year
was Jonathan Taylor right backfield. How much is that going
to help in Matt Ryan's addition to this offense. Well,
Jonathan Taylor's definitely him. Like I mean, I think you
have arguments everywhere, But to me, he's the best back
in football. And when you look at you know what
he did last season, I think if he got the
(04:13):
same thing last year, not a cent over, you would
take that one hundred times out of a hundred. But
I want to see them become more diversified as offense.
Like as good as Jonathan Taylor was last season, they
became predictable late in season and we all saw what
happened in Week eighteen. I think you get to a
point where you run a guy, you run a guy,
you run a guy. At some point you need your
quarterback and you're passing game to carry it. And so
he's the one guy on this team I'm not worried about,
(04:34):
you know. I think as long as he stays healthy,
your offense is always going to be centered on him.
Since Frank Wrek has been here, you guys have been
able to run the ball very effectively. But my worry
is the other guys around him. I think for Jonathan Taylor,
you know, I am interested to see if there's an
element in the passing game that he can do even
more because I'm intrigued at and I mentioned that hem
Hyans earlier. I'm intrigued at what they can do in
(04:57):
games with both of those guys on the field. And
maybe if those young receivers aren't able to step up,
maybe you're number two and number three receivers are Nahem
Highs and Jonathan Taylor. And so if you can establish
those guys and both elements the passing game in the
run game, that makes you a little bit more diverse.
I know JT's done done a good bit of it,
but can he even elevate more in that game? Maybe
less rushes, more passes. Maybe that could be an element
(05:19):
that we see in a new way for dam What
about the bulls eye though? On is back and let
me explain. Obviously no superstars at the wide receiver possess
a superstar and Matt Ryan and superstar and JT. They're saying,
am zero in this guy? What is it gonna take?
Is it a fifty fifty year as far as passing
and runner? Is it sixty forty with the run verse
of pass? What do you like with this offense? And
again these defensive coordinators saying, hey, we know we got
(05:40):
a little way to stop Jonathan Taylor. Yeah, every offense
is over fifty fifty at this point, like, I don't
think there's any offenses that are more run than pass,
but I do think that they're going to be more
balanced towards the pass this season than previous years. Like
I said, I think last year they were predictable at times,
and particularly in a fourth quarter when you really needed
to grind it out, you knew they were just gonna
hand the ball off to Jonathan's Taylor and let him
(06:00):
get out. I think what Matt Ryan adds is because
you can you can always from a defensive standpoint, you
always have to know that he's a factor. And so
a lot of times with Carson Wentz, you knew that,
whether it's lack of trust or lack of consistency, they
just were not gonna put the ball in hand his
hand in certain situations. That lack of predictability I think
will help Jonathan Taylor. And you mentioned the bulls eye.
(06:22):
The guy works. I've seen him work. I'm not really
worried about him. And you know, the hubbleness or if
he'd becoming too big, you know, I don't. I'm pretty
sure he didn't really care about him being the number
one fantasy football guy that everybody's picking up on But
I think I think the thing for him, like all backs,
is staying healthy. Running back year to year is only
based on health. We saw with Derrick Henry last year
(06:42):
he two thousand and two thousand, and then you get
hurt and then everybody's like, oh, well it's just the end. Well,
Jonathan Taylor, if you stay healthy, you're gonna be in
that same conversation year in year again. So the only
thing I'm worried about with JT is staying healthy. Cameron
Wolf on Twitter following their cam flip through the other
side of the ball real quick. How valuable the addition
to Gus Bradley this year to this superstar laden defense.
(07:03):
Now it's a huge factor because when you look at
the secondary, it's a completely different group. And so I've
watched down here one on one steff On Gilmore going
against some of these guys and you see some of
these new additions. Gus Bradley, his reputation throughout the league
is aggression, and he's he had that whether he's been
in Jacksonville, whether he's been in Seattle, and so you're
hoping that he brings that same mentality turnovers. Last year
(07:25):
they were number two but the thing you always say
about turnovers, it's hard to duplicate, Like, how do you
guarantee you're gonna have thirty three turnovers again? Well, if
you're aggressive again, the ball finds you. And so maybe
it's not thirty three. But I like his mentality and
how he goes about defenses. The pieces are there. You know,
we got DeForrest Buckner here, you trade for a Yannick
and gotway, You got stuff on Gilmour, so you know
(07:46):
you have that veteran talent. For me, I haven't seen
Shack Leonard out there. Ye. Yeah, that that you know,
And that's a question mark for me. I actually just
got done talking with Chris Baller a little bit. That
was one of my first questions. I'm like, what's going on? Man?
And and and I'm not sure how chief share, but
I think their view is he'll be back here eventually.
You know, we don't see it as a long term injury,
like he's gonna miss the whole season. But there doesn't
(08:07):
seem to be a set timetable like we expect him
back week one. So a little bit of worried there.
But I think you'll see Shack Leonard at some point
in twenty twenty two. We'll just see what it is.
Now you mentioned Stefan Gilmore, I'm gonna go to the
other guy in the corner of the room and Kenny Moore.
What's that national vibe of Kenny Moore. We know what
he means here in Indianapolis. I mean, he's one of
the fan favorites, but that national aspect, it does he
(08:28):
get enough do for what he does on the field. Yeah,
that's tough credit wise, right, because a lot of times
you just see the top ten corners, and those are
the guys who get the love. The consistent guys, the
guys who don't give up, the big players but don't
have ten interceptions don't always get that love. I think
that if you people will truly inside football of value,
Warriors coaches, they respect him. The fans. I don't know
if there's a lot of national fans who know who
(08:50):
Kenny Moore is outside of Indianapolis. But that comes through winning.
If you're winning, if you're a team that's gonna be
consistently in the playoffs and deep in the playoffs, you're
gonna get be on TV a lot. And when you're
on TV, a lot of people noticed players, So I
don't think he has to become a ten interception guy
for them for him to become one of the best
corners in the league. I think for him, the team
has to win, the defense has to rise, and through
(09:11):
that you'll notice who the guys are on the team.
Cam Wolf right there, can you bounce around the AFC
South with me real quickly? You get out of here?
What's going on in Jacksonville? Obviously year two for Trevor Lawrence.
We know what's going on in Tennessee with the King
up there, Houston. We're opening up week one with what
is the rest of the AFC South Like? So I
actually started my training camp tour in Jacksonville, and the
biggest thing I noticed there is that players were happy
(09:33):
not to take any shots there. But but guys were
really clear, like publicly about how different it is with
Urban Meyer gone and Doug Peterson there, and so it's
a new breath of fresh energy energy with Doug Peterson there. Look,
I don't think they're all of a sudden going to
become a from a three win team to a thirteen
win team, but I do think they'll be better. I
think Trevor Lawrence will be closer to the guy that
we saw at a Clemson Doug Peterson, as a guy
(09:53):
who's been a quarterback expert, and so I was already
seeing them in practice, having some of their side conversations,
working on different elements of the game, and so I
think that Trevor Lawrence is gonna be good there. The
other thing is Travis Eten is back for them, and
he was the most impressive guy for field when I
was there in training camp coming off that Liz Frank injury.
I don't know if they should have paid Christian Kirk
(10:13):
as much money if they should have, but I do
know that Travis Eten is gonna be one or number
two on Trevor Lawrence's top weapons. So I think that
Jacksonville is gonna be a lot better than last season.
To talk about the other teams, Tennessee is a very
intriguing spot there because they've won the AFC South for
two straight years. But there, you know, there's a little
shaky ground there. They traded A. J. Browne, and so
(10:34):
he was their guy outside of Derek Henry, but that
guy in the passing game, and they've replaced him with
Treylon Burks. Who's had mixed reviews this offseason. Earlier, there
was questions about his conditioning and work ethic. When I
was there a few days ago, they were talking about
since training camp, he's been in great shape and he's
looked good. So we'll see when the regular season's there.
But I know that he's not gonna be able to
replace A J. Brown by himself from week one. So
(10:56):
that's a lot of pressure once again on Derek Henry.
We talk about it with a here. You don't want
your running back to carry the whole of you don't
want everything on his shoulder. And so I am a
little worried that Tennessee is vulnerable and maybe that's an
opportunity for the culture side up a little bit of
pressure on Tannehill's exactly exactly the last year of his
guaranteed contract here, so they drafted Malik Willis there in
the third round. He's still got a ways to go.
(11:17):
He's not gonna be a threat in twenty twenty two,
but in twenty twenty three, and then maybe that's the
time where he could take over if Tannehill doesn't prove
to be the guy. And briefly about the Texans, I
think that obviously they're the team that's quote unquote bottom
of the division, but I like Lovey Smith as a coach,
and I think that although the talent isn't there, I
think they'll play hard and I think they'll be better
than they were last year. There's still two or three
(11:38):
years away from being able to compete in this division,
but I do think that they'll have the right culture
to be able to maybe be a five or six
one team sneak up on somebody who doesn't prepare the
right way on a given Sunday. That was great. If
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(12:00):
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Let's talk now with the NFL network. Cam Wolfe joins us.
We heard you earlier today, and I want to touch
on that about the presence of what Matt Ryan brings
to this camp. We got to start there with the
new quarterback in Obviously we've had some you know, rotating
doors the last two years here when it comes to
the quarterback position is so far? So what have you
seen out of Matt Ryan thattt he brings to this camp? Yeah,
(00:20):
rotating doors is one way to say. It probably have
more rounds than the carousel, right. I think the biggest
thing for Matt Ryan is he's been there, done that,
and so it seems like everything's business like here, whereas
previous years it may have been on a quarterback. Is
he going to be the guy? Last year with Carson,
there were some things early in the offseason about the
vaccine that was kind of holding on the storyline wise,
So it seems like here it's it's calm, it's kind
(00:42):
of boring, which is which is a good thing for
the Colts and for Matt When you look at him,
consistency is the word that always comes up. Ten straight
years of four thousand plus yards and twenty touchdowns, and
so players here know this guy has proven it. It's
not a guy where you're hoping he can prove it.
You know he's done it. You just hope that you
can elevate your game to match it. And so watching
(01:03):
Frank Reich's offense, he's gonna be a great fit here.
The timing based element. A lot of times last season
you watched them and they were going off script a
little bit more than I think Frank Reich wanted to do.
So I think it's gonna be a lot more timing
base and that's where Matt Ryan thrives. So I'm eager
to see all the pieces together. There are certainly questions
about the receiving group, but I think quarterback in particular
is one where they don't have to worry about Elsa.
(01:24):
In twenty twenty two, that's Cam Wolf from the NFL Network.
Follow him on Twitter at Cameron Wolf. He's got to
throw to somebody. Cam, He's got to throw to somebody.
A lot of people are talking about that, right That
big elephant in the room right now, led by Michael
Pittman in this receiver corps is a young one. Matt Ryan,
a veteran like that. Do you like the mix with
the young and the old. So I do. I am
worried about that number two receiver spot. You know, it's
(01:45):
tough because nobody's done it, done it yet right, And
when you look at the guys their options, none of
those three guys Alec Pierce, Paris Campbell, Ashton Dulan, none
of those guys even had two hundred receiving yards in
their career. And so you're hoping it's all hope and potential,
which every time you go to training camp, everybody has
hope until Week one hits and it's like, wow, it's
all gone. And so I'm eager to see the rookie.
(02:07):
I think he's probably your best shot for that true
number two receiver and Alec Pierson, So I know that
Matt Michael Pittman is going to be out there. I
think that he's a true number one receiver and I
think he could take even a bigger jump. But I'm
eager to see where is it pick up is in
Nahem Hines. I know they've been running him in the
slot a lot. Can he take that jump to where
he was early in his career getting sixty seventy balls
(02:27):
out of the game. Is it just a compilation of
all the other guys? How does it all pair up
when it's on the field. So Matt Ryan's gonna cover
a lot of things, but he's gonna need those guys
to step up, not drop passes, be where they need
to go, and really just be a fit for what
he wants in this offense. You bring up, you know,
Michael Pittman junior, and we've seen, you know, kind of
that elevation from year one to year two. So he's
(02:48):
entering in year three and there's you know, there's a
there's I mean, there's a lot of pressure on him.
He's clearly the number one. When you look at him
and you say you think he's a number one, where
do you think you can see his game elevate? Yeah,
So I think when he came out of college, a
lot of people thought he was just a contested catch guy.
I think there's been been more nuanced in this game.
You see his route running ability, you see the way
that he can take on number one corners and not
(03:08):
get discouraged. That's what you want to see from a
number one receiver. I think for him, the next step is,
you know, I want to see all assets. I want
to see him consistently. Um if you you need to
run him out of the slot every play in a
game because you're trying to get him away from the
number one corner. Kenn, he adjust this game week to
week on that. I want to see him, you know,
not to say he becomes a diva, but call for
the ball in specific situations. It's third down, Matt, right,
(03:30):
I'm your guy, give me the rock. And so that
comes through through trust and really your overall command and
your presence. And so he did it last year. Now
it's the second year where you're you're proving that it
wasn't a fluke. That's one of the things that you
know when people have asked me, that's kind of what
I say and doesn't necessarily have to be the statistical thing.
It's more of, you know, just being that accountable guy
(03:52):
as that number one. And speaking of accountability, one of
the guys we saw take a huge stride last year
was Jonathan Taylor right backfield. How much is that going
to help in Matt Ryan's addition to this offense. Well,
Jonathan Taylor's definitely him. Like I mean, I think you
have arguments everywhere, But to me, he's the best back
in football. And when you look at you know what
he did last season, I think if he got the
(04:13):
same thing last year, not a cent over, you would
take that one hundred times out of a hundred. But
I want to see them become more diversified as offense.
Like as good as Jonathan Taylor was last season, they
became predictable late in season and we all saw what
happened in Week eighteen. I think you get to a
point where you run a guy, you run a guy,
you run a guy. At some point you need your
quarterback and you're passing game to carry it. And so
he's the one guy on this team I'm not worried about,
(04:34):
you know. I think as long as he stays healthy,
your offense is always going to be centered on him.
Since Frank Wrek has been here, you guys have been
able to run the ball very effectively. But my worry
is the other guys around him. I think for Jonathan Taylor,
you know, I am interested to see if there's an
element in the passing game that he can do even
more because I'm intrigued at and I mentioned that hem
Hyans earlier. I'm intrigued at what they can do in
(04:57):
games with both of those guys on the field. And
maybe if those young receivers aren't able to step up,
maybe you're number two and number three receivers are Nahem
Highs and Jonathan Taylor. And so if you can establish
those guys and both elements the passing game in the
run game, that makes you a little bit more diverse.
I know JT's done done a good bit of it,
but can he even elevate more in that game? Maybe
less rushes, more passes. Maybe that could be an element
(05:19):
that we see in a new way for dam What
about the bulls eye though? On is back and let
me explain. Obviously no superstars at the wide receiver possess
a superstar and Matt Ryan and superstar and JT. They're saying,
am zero in this guy? What is it gonna take?
Is it a fifty fifty year as far as passing
and runner? Is it sixty forty with the run verse
of pass? What do you like with this offense? And
again these defensive coordinators saying, hey, we know we got
(05:40):
a little way to stop Jonathan Taylor. Yeah, every offense
is over fifty fifty at this point, like, I don't
think there's any offenses that are more run than pass,
but I do think that they're going to be more
balanced towards the pass this season than previous years. Like
I said, I think last year they were predictable at times,
and particularly in a fourth quarter when you really needed
to grind it out, you knew they were just gonna
hand the ball off to Jonathan's Taylor and let him
(06:00):
get out. I think what Matt Ryan adds is because
you can you can always from a defensive standpoint, you
always have to know that he's a factor. And so
a lot of times with Carson Wentz, you knew that,
whether it's lack of trust or lack of consistency, they
just were not gonna put the ball in hand his
hand in certain situations. That lack of predictability I think
will help Jonathan Taylor. And you mentioned the bulls eye.
(06:22):
The guy works. I've seen him work. I'm not really
worried about him. And you know, the hubbleness or if
he'd becoming too big, you know, I don't. I'm pretty
sure he didn't really care about him being the number
one fantasy football guy that everybody's picking up on But
I think I think the thing for him, like all backs,
is staying healthy. Running back year to year is only
based on health. We saw with Derrick Henry last year
(06:42):
he two thousand and two thousand, and then you get
hurt and then everybody's like, oh, well it's just the end. Well,
Jonathan Taylor, if you stay healthy, you're gonna be in
that same conversation year in year again. So the only
thing I'm worried about with JT is staying healthy. Cameron
Wolf on Twitter following their cam flip through the other
side of the ball real quick. How valuable the addition
to Gus Bradley this year to this superstar laden defense.
(07:03):
Now it's a huge factor because when you look at
the secondary, it's a completely different group. And so I've
watched down here one on one steff On Gilmore going
against some of these guys and you see some of
these new additions. Gus Bradley, his reputation throughout the league
is aggression, and he's he had that whether he's been
in Jacksonville, whether he's been in Seattle, and so you're
hoping that he brings that same mentality turnovers. Last year
(07:25):
they were number two but the thing you always say
about turnovers, it's hard to duplicate, Like, how do you
guarantee you're gonna have thirty three turnovers again? Well, if
you're aggressive again, the ball finds you. And so maybe
it's not thirty three. But I like his mentality and
how he goes about defenses. The pieces are there. You know,
we got DeForrest Buckner here, you trade for a Yannick
and gotway, You got stuff on Gilmour, so you know
(07:46):
you have that veteran talent. For me, I haven't seen
Shack Leonard out there. Ye. Yeah, that that you know,
And that's a question mark for me. I actually just
got done talking with Chris Baller a little bit. That
was one of my first questions. I'm like, what's going on? Man?
And and and I'm not sure how chief share, but
I think their view is he'll be back here eventually.
You know, we don't see it as a long term injury,
like he's gonna miss the whole season. But there doesn't
(08:07):
seem to be a set timetable like we expect him
back week one. So a little bit of worried there.
But I think you'll see Shack Leonard at some point
in twenty twenty two. We'll just see what it is.
Now you mentioned Stefan Gilmore, I'm gonna go to the
other guy in the corner of the room and Kenny Moore.
What's that national vibe of Kenny Moore. We know what
he means here in Indianapolis. I mean, he's one of
the fan favorites, but that national aspect, it does he
(08:28):
get enough do for what he does on the field. Yeah,
that's tough credit wise, right, because a lot of times
you just see the top ten corners, and those are
the guys who get the love. The consistent guys, the
guys who don't give up, the big players but don't
have ten interceptions don't always get that love. I think
that if you people will truly inside football of value,
Warriors coaches, they respect him. The fans. I don't know
if there's a lot of national fans who know who
(08:50):
Kenny Moore is outside of Indianapolis. But that comes through winning.
If you're winning, if you're a team that's gonna be
consistently in the playoffs and deep in the playoffs, you're
gonna get be on TV a lot. And when you're
on TV, a lot of people noticed players, So I
don't think he has to become a ten interception guy
for them for him to become one of the best
corners in the league. I think for him, the team
has to win, the defense has to rise, and through
(09:11):
that you'll notice who the guys are on the team.
Cam Wolf right there, can you bounce around the AFC
South with me real quickly? You get out of here?
What's going on in Jacksonville? Obviously year two for Trevor Lawrence.
We know what's going on in Tennessee with the King
up there, Houston. We're opening up week one with what
is the rest of the AFC South Like? So I
actually started my training camp tour in Jacksonville, and the
biggest thing I noticed there is that players were happy
(09:33):
not to take any shots there. But but guys were
really clear, like publicly about how different it is with
Urban Meyer gone and Doug Peterson there, and so it's
a new breath of fresh energy energy with Doug Peterson there. Look,
I don't think they're all of a sudden going to
become a from a three win team to a thirteen
win team, but I do think they'll be better. I
think Trevor Lawrence will be closer to the guy that
we saw at a Clemson Doug Peterson, as a guy
(09:53):
who's been a quarterback expert, and so I was already
seeing them in practice, having some of their side conversations,
working on different elements of the game, and so I
think that Trevor Lawrence is gonna be good there. The
other thing is Travis Eten is back for them, and
he was the most impressive guy for field when I
was there in training camp coming off that Liz Frank injury.
I don't know if they should have paid Christian Kirk
(10:13):
as much money if they should have, but I do
know that Travis Eten is gonna be one or number
two on Trevor Lawrence's top weapons. So I think that
Jacksonville is gonna be a lot better than last season.
To talk about the other teams, Tennessee is a very
intriguing spot there because they've won the AFC South for
two straight years. But there, you know, there's a little
shaky ground there. They traded A. J. Browne, and so
(10:34):
he was their guy outside of Derek Henry, but that
guy in the passing game, and they've replaced him with
Treylon Burks. Who's had mixed reviews this offseason. Earlier, there
was questions about his conditioning and work ethic. When I
was there a few days ago, they were talking about
since training camp, he's been in great shape and he's
looked good. So we'll see when the regular season's there.
But I know that he's not gonna be able to
replace A J. Brown by himself from week one. So
(10:56):
that's a lot of pressure once again on Derek Henry.
We talk about it with a here. You don't want
your running back to carry the whole of you don't
want everything on his shoulder. And so I am a
little worried that Tennessee is vulnerable and maybe that's an
opportunity for the culture side up a little bit of
pressure on Tannehill's exactly exactly the last year of his
guaranteed contract here, so they drafted Malik Willis there in
the third round. He's still got a ways to go.
(11:17):
He's not gonna be a threat in twenty twenty two,
but in twenty twenty three, and then maybe that's the
time where he could take over if Tannehill doesn't prove
to be the guy. And briefly about the Texans, I
think that obviously they're the team that's quote unquote bottom
of the division, but I like Lovey Smith as a coach,
and I think that although the talent isn't there, I
think they'll play hard and I think they'll be better
than they were last year. There's still two or three
(11:38):
years away from being able to compete in this division,
but I do think that they'll have the right culture
to be able to maybe be a five or six
one team sneak up on somebody who doesn't prepare the
right way on a given Sunday. That was great. If
you want more of that, follow him on Twitter at
Cameron Wolf. Can't appreciate your health. Best to luck out
here on all the training camp visits you have. We're
gonna follow you on the network and on Twitter as
(12:00):
well as your other social Appreciate it, You're great. Appreciate
you guys. Thank you
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