April 6, 2023 • 30 mins
It's episode six of NFL Draft Preview Presented by Verizon. Host Ethan Greenberg and The Athletic’s Dane Brugler begin by talking about the top quarterback prospect rankings (4:15) and some fits for the Jets (11:00). Then they break down the added draft capital with the trade of wide receiver Elijah Moore (15:30), if the Jets should consider trading back (17:40), some possible developmental quarterbacks to target late in the draft (20:15) and other position players to target in the late rounds (22:04). Lastly, Brugler gives his "All Name" Team for the 2023 Draft Prospects (24:00).
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Welcome to another episode of NFL Draft Preview Ethan Greenberg
Dane Brugler, April fourth. We're recording this, which means it
is officially the month of the two twenty three NFL Draft,
less than a month away, April twenty seven to twenty nine,
in Kansas City. Before this is what we're gonna do
on this episode. We're gonna use this as an opportunity
to kind of reset where we are. We're gonna talk
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about the quarterbacks who could be available at thirteen for
the Jets, and we'll see where the wind blows from there. Dane,
But I have a very important question for you that's
not draft related, not football draft related. The draft is
in Kansas City. Kansas City known for barbecue food. You
a fan of barbecue food. Have you been to Kansas
City barbecue or had it before? I have not. Okay,
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I was only in case once they didn't have chance
to try the local cuisine. But I will be going
to the draft this year. We'll be doing our live
show down there, so I'm excited to try it. I've
already a lot of a lot of recommendations from people
about where the best place to go is. So you know,
just it's always interesting the different regions of the country
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and how the barbecue differs just a little bit. And
so I know Casey's they're really well known for their
burnt ends, so I'm excited to try those. So what's
been the most consistent recommendation from all your sources, who
could be family friends or legitimate NFL sources. Well, honestly,
I've just I've got a running list of all of
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all these different places, and so I've got to do
some homework on my own to figure out, Okay, because
I'm not I'm not a big sauce guy. I don't,
in my opinion, true barbecue and you don't use sauce,
and that's just that's just my opinion. So I want
to do some research on some of these places when
I get the Beast done. The Beast, we're in the
final stages of that, so we're almost almost ready to
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put that to bed. Then I can shift my my
thinking elsewhere. But have you been the Casey if you
tried their barbecue. I have not been to Kansas City
and tried their barbecue. Have you ever heard of the
website gold Belly? No, So gold Belly is a website
where you can essentially purchase, for example, like Joe's Barbecue
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in Kansas City, which is one of the most popular places,
is available on gold Belly. So for the Super Bowl
a couple of years ago, my dad had a gold
Belly gift card. We ordered from gold Belly or from
Joe's via gold Belly, and got things shipped to us
that were like pre cooked. You warmed them up in
like a boiling pot of water, in vacuum sealed containers,
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and so you put like, for example, the burn ends,
which were fantastic, we did have those. You drop them in,
you heat it up for a couple of minutes, and
then it's hot, the whole thing's warm, and then you
just cut it open, put it on your plate, and
there you go. So I've not been to Kansas City.
I've had Joe's Barbecue, but I don't feel like it
really counts, Like I wouldn't check it off a list
if I had one. So I feel like I still
need to go. I still want to experience it. But
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I can tell you that as far as shipped barbecue
food goes, it's pretty darn good. But I've also now
I'm not experienced and shipped barbecue food. Shipped barbecue sounds
better than no barbecue, so uh yeah, that's the point.
The best barbecue food I've ever had in my life
comes from Terry Blacks in Austin, Texas. Yeah, that's that's
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my Uh my brother lives in Austin and for Christmas,
uh you know, he was in town and he got me.
It brought me two pounds of brisket back from from
Austin and best Christmas skift I got this year by far.
That was it. He drove so it was frozen the
whole time, made the trip and so it was, like
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I said, the best Christmas skift I got this year.
All right, Well that is a nice little warm up
before we dive into the meat and potatoes here. No
somewhat barbecue pun intended. I want to use this as
a reset to talk about the draft and where the
stand at thirteen. So I think it's just natural, even
though the Jets aren't in the market from one of
the rookie to be quarterbacks, I think it's important to
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talk about them because we talked about them last just
as prospects the combines happened, since pronays have happened So
where do you stand on your one to four and
do you think that these are all going to be
top ten picks. It'll be really interesting because you know,
we've never seen four quarterbacks go in the top seven
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picks of a drafty four, it's never happened. Now we've
had four go top ten. That happened just a couple
of years ago, which as an eighteen was the Baker Darnold,
Josh Allen, Josh Rosen draft. Could we see four in
the top seven. That's the kind of the intrigue with
this group. I think there's an overwhelming chance we see
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quarterbacks go one, two, and then where do quarterbacks three
and four? A goo? You know Indie sitting there at
four to someone trade up to three in Arizona. Seattle's
at five, the Lions that's six. Um, you've got the
Raiders at seven. They've been poked around on these quarterbacks.
So a lot of intrigue on picks three through seven
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about which quarterbacks you're going to go in that range? Um,
and you know we're organza see see some movement with
teams moving around. Um. For me, personally, my top quarterback,
he's been a top quarterback since season I mean it
hasn't changed his bright young um from Alabama. I had,
you know, talking to one GM in the NFL. He
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literally said, this is a quote genius level. Uh. In
terms of the board war, the only concern they have
is a size. That's it, and it's it's it's His
size is a glaring issue. There's no there's no way
around it. We've never seen a quarterback his size come
in and lead an NFL team to success. Uh. You know,
big five, ten and a half. No matter what he
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waited at the combine, he's gonna play around one nineties.
So uh, you know, it's a complete outlier. But in
terms of his the way he's he's the field, his
just natural instincts, his processing, his accuracy, it's just all
off the charts. The character, the intangibles is amazing. So
you know, there's so many things that point you in
the direction of Bray Shum if you can get by
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and accept the size, and I can understand why some
will and some won't. For me, Bryce Shung's the top
quarterback in his class. CJ. Strout right behind him. Uh,
you know what he put on tape in that Georgia game.
I'm still you know that that was answered a lot
of questions for me. It or at least gave me optimism.
It's one game, and you know it's it's body work,
body of work over you know, just one game, one tape.
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But it was the biggest stage of his career and
the best defense he's probably ever faced. And for him
to go out there and show a little bit of
that ability to create and be off schedule and negotiate
the pass rush gives me a lot of optimism. So
CJ strout number two. I really like his floor as
a player. He also has a high ceiling too. But
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three and four that's where it gets interesting with Will
Levis and Anthey Richardson. Personally, I have Levis than Richardson.
Anthony Richardson's such a We've never seen a talent like
this before, being as big as he is, as athletic
as he is, as fast as he is. The arm
strength is elite, and I'm not throwing that word around loosely.
It's truly an elite arm in terms of velocity and
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arm strength. But the accuracy is very up and down,
and I could I could cut up ten best plays
show it to you, and he looks like an accurate quarterback,
but it's all the other plays in between that make
that gives you pause. And he's a very inexperienced quarterback.
He has under four hundred past attempts in college. So
with more seasoning, more time to you know, get some
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of that that repetition, that muscle memory understanding where to
go with the football at how much better will he
get with that accuracy in balls placement? That's the question
Will loves to me. Is at number three, So it's
you know, you talked to people around the league, you
get different orders. How that one, two, three, four goes um?
Which it's is really going to set up for a
fun top ten of the draft this year when we
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don't even know who's gonna go number one. The Panthers
moved up to number one, they're gonna take a quarterback,
but which one we know they traded up with a
quarterback in mind? Did anything happen these last few a
few weeks when they've been wining and dining with these
guys that maybe change their opinion. Time will tell, well,
how much can change let's say, your opinion or evaluators
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opinions between where we are now, where the pro days
and the workouts are behind us, and the draft is
the only thing I had, Like how much how much
jostling is there on big boards on your top one
hundred between just in the month of April. In the
month of April, I mean the Hayes in the barn
at this point now the month of March. Definitely there's
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some because you're you're looking at all the pro day data.
You know, you're you have expectations for guys that didn't
work out the combine or weren't invited to the combine
and seeing how they test it. But also it's it's
a time to catch up on tape that you maybe
have a chance to get to you you during the season.
For me, there is you know, a little bit of
fluctuation here and there, not a ton, but a little bit,
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as you know, because I think it's you know, you
want to believe, you want to be, you know, very
steadfast in what you see on tape, but at the
same time, you don't want to be stubborn. You don't
want to make excuses. You want to keep an open
mind to new information, new evidence. You know, it's kind
of like a police detective who gets focused in on. Okay,
this is our culprit, this is the guy that we're
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going after him. And then maybe there's some new evidence. No,
I'm not gonna know. We have our guy. No, it's
the same thing when you look at a player where
you know you see something new, there's there's new piece
of evidence, and you have to be open to that.
You have to Okay, how does this puzzle piece fit?
Does this change our forecast for what he's going to
be at the next level? Does he you know, does
this maybe answer some of the questions that I had. So, yeah,
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the month of March, there's a lot of that information
coming in and it's a matter of taking all this
information flying at you, putting it together, focusing and understanding,
you know, what it truly means function on the field.
So with the four quarterbacks going, let's say, definitely in
the top ten in this scenario, just thinking about the
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Jets at thirteen, that's four guys that the Jets aren't
really in the market for. Then you think of guys
who are other top seven picks. Jalen Carter as of
now seems like he's legally legally checked out for now,
and he's still in that top ten range, Tyree Wilson,
will Anderson. That's another three right there. So now you're
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talking about seven guys and the Jets at thirteen, I
would mean six other players potentially could be a New
York Jet. When you look at mock drafts, different people
obviously think different things. Offensive tackles seems to be a
fit for the Jets in the mock draft circuit for sure.
Who were some players maybe that aren't offensive tackles that
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you think could be available at thirteen and might be
a legitimate option for the Jets. Yeah. And I just
as an aside, I was talking to a team this
week because they were doing a lot of a lot
of digging on Jalen Carter and just you know, making
sure they're comfortable with their EVL. And I was like, oh,
because this team is picking in the twenties, I said, oh,
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so you know, maybe a trade up situation that no,
I think it's possible, but then you can actually slide
to us. And I was like, oh, okay, So, I like,
you never know with a player like this, who's so
supremely gifted, but there are major question marks off the field.
You know, It's not every team's gonna be comfortable with that. Um,
you know, I think there's a good chance he still
goes top ten, but I think that we have to
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be ready for a slide if it happens on draft day. Um,
you know, I mean looking at the top of this draft,
I think there's a couple of corners that are you know,
really telling know you know obviously this the Jets just
went corner in the top five last year and you know,
I paid off really well and the corner is not
a need. Um. But it's one of those positions where
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maybe you're you know, you look at you're probably not
going to draft in the top fifteen, but you know,
maybe you hope to go before you draft, it's going
to push another good player down to you. Um, you know,
Devin Witherspoon, who's working out this week because he wasn't
able to work out the combine or the pro day.
Christigansals is one of my favorite players in this draft.
Very high on him. And then the other player I
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think you hope goes in front of you if you're
the Jets, is Bejean Robinson, who you know because it
obviously know with Breeze Hall in the mix, even coming
off the injury. You know, Bejean Robinson probably not gonna
be an option for this team, so you hope he
goes in front of you for that push another good
player down. And so at this point, you know we're
looking at you know, okay, who didn't we mentioned Lucas
van Ness from Iowa. You know he see in that mix,
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Nolan Smith from Georgia. You know, I think that, hey,
Brian branch is still one of my favorite players in
this draft. I don't think he's gonna go top fifteen,
top eighteen, but still one of my favorite players in
this draft. And then you know, this is where we
start talking about receivers too. Do we see any receivers
go in the top fifteen, whether it's Jackson's bit in
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Jigba or Jordan Addison, U any of these tight ends?
Do they go that high? Ton, Dalton Kincaide or Michael
Mayer get up that high. I'd be surprised, but you know,
I can understand why a team would come to that conclusion.
So it'll be really interesting with the Jets sitting where
they are. You know, again you're hoping that that running
back comes off the board. You hope four quarterbacks come
off the board. If one of those four quarterbacks does
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slip a little bit where it's almost like Justin Fields
a couple of years ago, where he fell out of
the top ten, it's like, okay, well, where where's he
gonna go? And it was the Bears that ended up
trading up for him. That's what could happen this year
with just say it's Will Levis, if he falls out
of the top ten, where where's he gonna end up?
You know, could the Bucks trade up? You know they're
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in the post Tom Brady era, is that their answer
to their quarterback question long term is to trade up
for a guy like that, or you know, the Vikings
possibly u you know, preparing for life after Kirk Cousins.
I'd be surprised if the Vikings did that, But it's
one of those teams that's you know, could be could
be at least examining that possibility. Or you know, look
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at the Seahawks. If they pass on a quarterback at five,
they've got that second first round pick at twenty that
they can maybe play around with and still maybe get
a quarterback. So if one of these quarterbacks were to fall,
there's no clear oh well, he's not gonna fall pas.
If you gets out of the top ten, he won't
fall pass this number. It becomes really interesting with where
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he could end up. You know, I just realized that
we have not actually broken down or analyzed the Jets
trading Elijah More for pick number forty two or Elijah
Moore in a third round pick for forty two. So
the Jets landscape has changed. We did the seven round
mock draft, we selected two second round picks with Keanu
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Benton and John Michael Schmidtz, but we've not actually talked
about it. From your perspective, now that the Jets have thirteen,
forty two and forty three, what kind of flexibility do
you think that they have, knowing that Joe Douglass has
shown ability to go in either direction. Obviously you want
options on draft night, like that's all from listening to
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Joe Douglass talk, I feel like all anyone wants his options,
So you want to go up. You got the ammunition
to do it. You can always trade back. So when
you heard about the trade, like, what was your initial
reaction about the way that the Jets draft capital has
solidified itself in the first three rounds Now, even though
they have three picks. They just come all in the
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top forty three, right, and obviously we'll have to wait
and see, you know, which of those three picks they
still have on draft night. You know, obviously that'll could
be some movement there um in terms of what what
picks they still hold on to. H So that that
that's obviously the first part of this um and you know,
if it does their thinking change at all with that,
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with that having Elijah Moore on this roster anymore in
terms of maybe addressing the wide receiver position, they still
have plenty of wide receivers on this ross and they
could go out and you know, there's plenty of veterans
out there veteran option, so it's not like wide receivers
all of a sudden, you know, a top two to
three need on this team. But if the right guy
were to be there, could they be tempted to go
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in that position or go in that direction, especially in
the second round. I they don't think they do it
at thirteen, but if you know, they've got a high
grade on a Josh down from North Carolina, could they
go in that direction in the second round At that
point where you're just adding an NFL ready slot weapon
to your team. It's going to make that offense even better.
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So I don't I don't know that it changes all
that much in terms of the way they're going to
attack this draft. But wide receiver becomes much more of
a possibility now that Elisha Moore is not on the roster. Yeah,
I think it's gonna be interesting to see the way
the draft shapes up. Because another thing that no one
really talks about is could the Jets straight down from thirteen?
Granted any team can trade out of any spot, and like,
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why would why would someone project a trade with the
Jets at thirteen unless, for example, a quarterback or available,
like like if to use your example, if Will Levis
is available at thirteen, I could see someone trying to
trade up, Like maybe a team like Seattle, to your point,
maybe wants to trade up seven spots. Make sure they
try they get their guy. Maybe the Jets trade back
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if they do in this scenario, hypothetically speaking, trade back
to mid teens, you know, early twenties. What do you
think the drop off is like in terms of available
options for the Jets apt at those two spots. Well,
you know, we don't know how many first round grades
the Jets have in this draft. Just generally speaking, you know,
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you have anywhere between fifteen and twenty first round grades
every year. So I think there's at least a chance
that you're trading away from your first round players. Now,
I think there's it's more likely at least one of
your first rounders, your first round and graded players will
be there. But that doesn't it's no guarantee that maybe
that's the position you want to address in the first round.
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So I think if you do move back, I think
that'd be a smart move, especially if you know if
you're moving up, if you're moving back seven spots, let's
say it is Seattle, you know you're picking up probably
two probably two extra Day two picks. Um, you know,
maybe it's a it's a two this year, at three
next year, whatever it ends up being. In that type
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of deal, you I think you do that every time
and you still feel good about who you're getting at twenty,
whether that could be a Brian Branch or could be
you know, which one of those offensive tackles are still there? Um,
you know Darnell right from Tennessee, is he more of
an option there? And at number twenty. Now, um, you know,
the defensive line could still be a factor with Kalijah
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can See from Pitt or Miles Murphy from Clemson. So yeah,
moving back definitely broadens the pool of potential prospects that
you would you would go with at that point. So
I think that would make sense. And if you're if
you're the Jets, I think you're hoping your phone ends
up ringing. On Draft night, we were talking about the
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top rated quarterbacks of this class, the first round picks,
the potential top ten picks, but something we haven't discussed
yet is potential developmental quarterbacks and the way the Jets
rosters stacked up right now. Zach Wilson said to be
the number two overall pick. Robert Tila talked about it
in Arizona at the NFL Annual League Meeting, as did
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Joe Douglas and CEO and chairman Woody Johnson about what
it's like when a guy like Aaron Rodgers says that
they want to play for your team and how far
this team has come. So you're looking at those two
guys as options for the Jets. And then the Jets
have Chris Streveler on the team as well, but in
training camp they've typically had four players, they've typically carried three.
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Mike White, a Miami Dolphin, Joe Flacco on the market
right now. Both of those guys were on the roster
last year. So if the Jets decided to add an
arm to develop into a backup down the road, I
mean not too dissimilar, ID say, to the trajectory of
let's say Mike White fibround pick of the Cowboys in
twenty eighteen. I believe it was and then lands up
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being a Jets backup for a couple of years. Who
are guys that you point to that could be in
that mold for the twenty twenty three draft. I'm a
big fan of Jake Haner from Fresno State. Um, you know,
the size isn't gonna vow you. He's under six foot
five to eleven and a half. He's two hundred and
ten pounds. The medicals have to check out. You know,
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he's been beat up over his career. So as long
as the medicals are signed off on, I'm gonna love
to add this guy to my quarterback room. Very efficient
with the way he reads the field, above average timing accuracy.
He's got a great feel for coverage, spacing, and just
trusting his receivers to be in the right place at
the right time. Buying time with his feet is very
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instinctive in the pocket. So he's a guy that doesn't
have the premium size. The arm strength is average, but
where he wins. It's kind of like the Brace Young conversation,
where you know, the physical traits are maybe maybe just average,
but it's the passing, anticipation, it's the accuracy, is the
competitive toughness. He's going to keep plays alive and he's
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a very resourceful player. So I want him in my
locker room. I want him in my quarterback room. I
want him to be my spot starter if I need it,
if my starter goes down, I feel comfortable with him
coming in and keeping my team competitive. So Jake Hanner
is again, as long as the medicals are good, he'd
be a guy in the mid rounds that I'd be
targeting to come in and have a have a career
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similar to, if not better than, like a Tyler Taylor
Heineke you know who has you know wasn't really thought
of much coming out of old dominion, and he's surpassed
expectations and Ben exactly that a spot starter. I think
Jay Kner could be that type of player, all right.
I love that. Who are other players that are day
three developmental prospects, regardless of position, that are on your
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shortlist of I really like this guy. I think he
can develop into something that he was like, he could
out play where he was drafted. Um, you know, I
think pass Rusher. We have a few of those guys
this year. Unny Lonnie Phelps from Kansas. He's he's explosive,
he can get after the quarterback. Um you know, I
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think he's a guy that won't go until day three,
but I would love to add him in my rotation
and just wind him up, set of loose. And I
think there's more to him than just what we've seen. Um.
You know, Kansas isn't a program known for producing these guys.
But he's actually transfer He's from the MAC played in
the Miami of Ohio, then went to Kansas. He's a
good player. Um, I would really like him. Eastern Michigan
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has a guard City saw Canadian who is still learning
and getting better. But what he is right now is
a really good run the run blocker. Um. And you
know you can throw on the Arizona State tape. You
can throw one, you know, any of his MAC tapes
and you're you're seeing a guy that really dominates the
guy in front of them. Strong hands, functional movements, you know.
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And he's a guy that in high school before he
was doing for football, he was weightlifting. You know, that
was that was a sport that he was doing in
high school, so and growing up So City. Sal, if
you're looking for that, you know, day three mid round
guard that you can bring in and develop, maybe be
a swing guard for you, Sal, would make a lot
of sense. All right, love it. This is how we're
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gonna end this episode, which has been like I guess
I'll call it our draft reset episode. It's kind of
a fun question I asked you in the beginning of
our first episode of the of the season. I guess
you would call it, which is really in the offseason,
but regardless, I asked you about your favorite names in
the NFL Draft. You said, you know, you know what,
get back to me. I'll have some answers for you.
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The Beast comes out next week, okay, So I would
imagine that your pool of names to pull from is
probably pretty deep at this point. Who are some of
the names that are just a part of your all
named team. So, I mean most people know about um,
you know Bumper Pool from Arkansas. Um, you know he's
a well known guy. Illegally changed his name too, Bumper
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when you're sixteen years old. I guess sixteen's the age
where you can do that. Um, the moment he turned sixteen. Okay,
I'm Bumper illegally James. I believe James James Pool turned
into Bumper Pool. Yeah. Uh so yeah, Hey, that's that's awesome. UM.
So I'm staying off like the normal radar of you know,
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names that people know of. Um, this is totally off
the radar guys that are in this draft. Who are
you know I've been scouted by NFL teams. Um. Two
guys really stand out first. Once a corner from Colorado Mesa.
His name in his a corner Scrappy Norman. Uh. It's
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kind of like like like a Sauce Gardner, great corner name,
Scrappy Norman, maybe even a better corner name. Um that
that's just uh it really fits him well. Uh. And
then this might be my favorite one. Uh. He's a
tackle from Jacksonville State. Uh. His first name is ye
majesty uh ye apostrophe, Majesty Sanders. So, ye Majesty Sanders. Uh,
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that might be the best name this year and this
year's draft class. So first of all, incredible homework. Round
of applause, Round of applause. Jacksonville State and Colorado Mason.
Is that what you say? Mesa? Yeah, Mesa Colorado Mesa?
Oh my god, yes, So your Majesty Sanders is that's
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got to be on the shortlist of best names that
you've come across in your profession. Right. Oh yeah, I
mean that's that's that's that's gotta be on the you know,
Mount Rushmore of of names that I've done. Um, you know, he's,
like I said, he's a legitimate prospect. He's uh six
four two eighty, um, you know, a big guy. Um,
and just better call him, you know, his name, your majesty.
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You imagine I'm just imagining in this scenario, somebody like
he's playing in a game and let's say there's a
really nice block. I was gonna say a penalty, but
there's no penalty here. He's checking in as an eligible receiver, right,
and somebody's on the call. Maybe because the final four
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just happened. It's on my mind. Maybe it's Jim Nance,
and we hear Jim Nance have to say your Majesty
Sanders on live television. That's if you're no matter you
know who you are calling. Let's say that. Let's say
the Jets bring him in as a as a priority
for as an undrafted free agent. Say, and you know
he's gonna get in the game during a preseason game.
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If you're announcing that game you're broadcasting, you're just crossing
your fingers that this guy can get in and you
have a chance to break that one out. Yeah, I
think that'd be awesome if that happens in the preseason. Okay,
we're taking this one step further because the color commentator
for the Jets preseason, the play by play guy is
I an eagle, and you know that I, an eagle,
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would be crossing his fingers hoping your Majesty Sanders made
his way onto the field, specifically for a touchdown reception.
Oh yeah, I mean it's there's so many different things
you could work in, like kids still as a king
block by your majesty, I mean, whatever whatever you want
to do, Like you could really have some fun with it. Yeah,
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there would definitely be like a crown him a moment
in there. Yeah, I'd be a good one. Or like
I don't know why, I could just imagine your majesty
spike in the ball and something along the lines of
like bow down in majesty, you know what I mean,
something like that. So you know, I think there are
a lot of options there. You had mentioned one last
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thing on the all name team. You'd mentioned like the
obvious names. Who are the obvious names? Because one that
stands out to me, which might not even be on
the shortlist is Osiris Torrence hard from Florida. That's that's
got to be a great name. It is a great name.
But there's got to be some other guys that are
also in that vein. Yeah, I'm trying. I'm looking at
my list now. I mean definitely, um o Cyrus is
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a good one, especially for rugs. Yeah, definitely definitely h
O Cyrus for like a guard, a big three hundred
and forty pound guard like Osiris really fits that makes sense. Yeah,
Juice Scrugs a center from Penn State. Uh, Juice, just
that that fits him? Well. I like that one a lot.
Um let's see here, Scrappy Norman is still a good one.
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Oh my god, I know we spent a lot of
time on your Majesty, but Scrappy Norman not to dis scrappy, yeah,
because he's that that that's a even though it's scrappy
is more it's it's like sauce where it's more of
a a nickname than a stuck where Your Majesty is
actually his first name, Scrappy is more of a nickname.
But it's you know, especially for a corner. You know,
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it feels like all l corners have been called scrappy
at one point or another in their careers because the
way they play. So uh, I mean yah yah Dyabi
from Louisville. That's definitely only all the name team uh.
And he's a good player. He might go in the
third round, so he's a good Yeah. Can we do
like a spell a spell check of that right real quick? Yeah? Yeah?
So ya ya uh? Last name d I a b
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y d Abi So yahya Dabi. That is incredible. Oh,
it's a great one. That that is a that's a
lot of fun. And like I said, he's a good
player and he's a great story too. He was after
high school he was working in the airport, is like,
I don't I don't know what I'm doing with the
next stage in my life. And got a call for
a workout, a try out at a juco, goes there
and the rest is history. So uh Dabi's see, he's
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he's a good player and has a chance to get
drafted on day two this year. Okay, well, I'm gonna
save a question for you next week. You kind of
led me into it after the Beast comes out as
a teaser to get people to go to the Beast,
because I will naturally be going there along with I
would say almost half of the United States population potentially
overseas as well. You need to tell us similar to
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the names, you need to tell us your favorite story
and ya Ya Dabi could be as a part of
the honorable mentions, but it cannot be ya Ya Dabi.
And I just said his name twice just to make
sure I got it right. Anyway, That's how we wrap
up this episode of the Reset episode of NFL Draft Preview. Dan,
thanks a lot. We'll talk to you next week. Thanks
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you
Welcome to another episode of NFL Draft Preview Ethan Greenberg
Dane Brugler, April fourth. We're recording this, which means it
is officially the month of the two twenty three NFL Draft,
less than a month away, April twenty seven to twenty nine,
in Kansas City. Before this is what we're gonna do
on this episode. We're gonna use this as an opportunity
to kind of reset where we are. We're gonna talk
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about the quarterbacks who could be available at thirteen for
the Jets, and we'll see where the wind blows from there. Dane,
But I have a very important question for you that's
not draft related, not football draft related. The draft is
in Kansas City. Kansas City known for barbecue food. You
a fan of barbecue food. Have you been to Kansas
City barbecue or had it before? I have not. Okay,
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I was only in case once they didn't have chance
to try the local cuisine. But I will be going
to the draft this year. We'll be doing our live
show down there, so I'm excited to try it. I've
already a lot of a lot of recommendations from people
about where the best place to go is. So you know,
just it's always interesting the different regions of the country
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and how the barbecue differs just a little bit. And
so I know Casey's they're really well known for their
burnt ends, so I'm excited to try those. So what's
been the most consistent recommendation from all your sources, who
could be family friends or legitimate NFL sources. Well, honestly,
I've just I've got a running list of all of
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all these different places, and so I've got to do
some homework on my own to figure out, Okay, because
I'm not I'm not a big sauce guy. I don't,
in my opinion, true barbecue and you don't use sauce,
and that's just that's just my opinion. So I want
to do some research on some of these places when
I get the Beast done. The Beast, we're in the
final stages of that, so we're almost almost ready to
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put that to bed. Then I can shift my my
thinking elsewhere. But have you been the Casey if you
tried their barbecue. I have not been to Kansas City
and tried their barbecue. Have you ever heard of the
website gold Belly? No, So gold Belly is a website
where you can essentially purchase, for example, like Joe's Barbecue
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in Kansas City, which is one of the most popular places,
is available on gold Belly. So for the Super Bowl
a couple of years ago, my dad had a gold
Belly gift card. We ordered from gold Belly or from
Joe's via gold Belly, and got things shipped to us
that were like pre cooked. You warmed them up in
like a boiling pot of water, in vacuum sealed containers,
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and so you put like, for example, the burn ends,
which were fantastic, we did have those. You drop them in,
you heat it up for a couple of minutes, and
then it's hot, the whole thing's warm, and then you
just cut it open, put it on your plate, and
there you go. So I've not been to Kansas City.
I've had Joe's Barbecue, but I don't feel like it
really counts, Like I wouldn't check it off a list
if I had one. So I feel like I still
need to go. I still want to experience it. But
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I can tell you that as far as shipped barbecue
food goes, it's pretty darn good. But I've also now
I'm not experienced and shipped barbecue food. Shipped barbecue sounds
better than no barbecue, so uh yeah, that's the point.
The best barbecue food I've ever had in my life
comes from Terry Blacks in Austin, Texas. Yeah, that's that's
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my Uh my brother lives in Austin and for Christmas,
uh you know, he was in town and he got me.
It brought me two pounds of brisket back from from
Austin and best Christmas skift I got this year by far.
That was it. He drove so it was frozen the
whole time, made the trip and so it was, like
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I said, the best Christmas skift I got this year.
All right, Well that is a nice little warm up
before we dive into the meat and potatoes here. No
somewhat barbecue pun intended. I want to use this as
a reset to talk about the draft and where the
stand at thirteen. So I think it's just natural, even
though the Jets aren't in the market from one of
the rookie to be quarterbacks, I think it's important to
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talk about them because we talked about them last just
as prospects the combines happened, since pronays have happened So
where do you stand on your one to four and
do you think that these are all going to be
top ten picks. It'll be really interesting because you know,
we've never seen four quarterbacks go in the top seven
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picks of a drafty four, it's never happened. Now we've
had four go top ten. That happened just a couple
of years ago, which as an eighteen was the Baker Darnold,
Josh Allen, Josh Rosen draft. Could we see four in
the top seven. That's the kind of the intrigue with
this group. I think there's an overwhelming chance we see
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quarterbacks go one, two, and then where do quarterbacks three
and four? A goo? You know Indie sitting there at
four to someone trade up to three in Arizona. Seattle's
at five, the Lions that's six. Um, you've got the
Raiders at seven. They've been poked around on these quarterbacks.
So a lot of intrigue on picks three through seven
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about which quarterbacks you're going to go in that range? Um,
and you know we're organza see see some movement with
teams moving around. Um. For me, personally, my top quarterback,
he's been a top quarterback since season I mean it
hasn't changed his bright young um from Alabama. I had,
you know, talking to one GM in the NFL. He
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literally said, this is a quote genius level. Uh. In
terms of the board war, the only concern they have
is a size. That's it, and it's it's it's His
size is a glaring issue. There's no there's no way
around it. We've never seen a quarterback his size come
in and lead an NFL team to success. Uh. You know,
big five, ten and a half. No matter what he
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waited at the combine, he's gonna play around one nineties.
So uh, you know, it's a complete outlier. But in
terms of his the way he's he's the field, his
just natural instincts, his processing, his accuracy, it's just all
off the charts. The character, the intangibles is amazing. So
you know, there's so many things that point you in
the direction of Bray Shum if you can get by
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and accept the size, and I can understand why some
will and some won't. For me, Bryce Shung's the top
quarterback in his class. CJ. Strout right behind him. Uh,
you know what he put on tape in that Georgia game.
I'm still you know that that was answered a lot
of questions for me. It or at least gave me optimism.
It's one game, and you know it's it's body work,
body of work over you know, just one game, one tape.
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But it was the biggest stage of his career and
the best defense he's probably ever faced. And for him
to go out there and show a little bit of
that ability to create and be off schedule and negotiate
the pass rush gives me a lot of optimism. So
CJ strout number two. I really like his floor as
a player. He also has a high ceiling too. But
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three and four that's where it gets interesting with Will
Levis and Anthey Richardson. Personally, I have Levis than Richardson.
Anthony Richardson's such a We've never seen a talent like
this before, being as big as he is, as athletic
as he is, as fast as he is. The arm
strength is elite, and I'm not throwing that word around loosely.
It's truly an elite arm in terms of velocity and
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arm strength. But the accuracy is very up and down,
and I could I could cut up ten best plays
show it to you, and he looks like an accurate quarterback,
but it's all the other plays in between that make
that gives you pause. And he's a very inexperienced quarterback.
He has under four hundred past attempts in college. So
with more seasoning, more time to you know, get some
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of that that repetition, that muscle memory understanding where to
go with the football at how much better will he
get with that accuracy in balls placement? That's the question
Will loves to me. Is at number three, So it's
you know, you talked to people around the league, you
get different orders. How that one, two, three, four goes um?
Which it's is really going to set up for a
fun top ten of the draft this year when we
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don't even know who's gonna go number one. The Panthers
moved up to number one, they're gonna take a quarterback,
but which one we know they traded up with a
quarterback in mind? Did anything happen these last few a
few weeks when they've been wining and dining with these
guys that maybe change their opinion. Time will tell, well,
how much can change let's say, your opinion or evaluators
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opinions between where we are now, where the pro days
and the workouts are behind us, and the draft is
the only thing I had, Like how much how much
jostling is there on big boards on your top one
hundred between just in the month of April. In the
month of April, I mean the Hayes in the barn
at this point now the month of March. Definitely there's
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some because you're you're looking at all the pro day data.
You know, you're you have expectations for guys that didn't
work out the combine or weren't invited to the combine
and seeing how they test it. But also it's it's
a time to catch up on tape that you maybe
have a chance to get to you you during the season.
For me, there is you know, a little bit of
fluctuation here and there, not a ton, but a little bit,
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as you know, because I think it's you know, you
want to believe, you want to be, you know, very
steadfast in what you see on tape, but at the
same time, you don't want to be stubborn. You don't
want to make excuses. You want to keep an open
mind to new information, new evidence. You know, it's kind
of like a police detective who gets focused in on. Okay,
this is our culprit, this is the guy that we're
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going after him. And then maybe there's some new evidence. No,
I'm not gonna know. We have our guy. No, it's
the same thing when you look at a player where
you know you see something new, there's there's new piece
of evidence, and you have to be open to that.
You have to Okay, how does this puzzle piece fit?
Does this change our forecast for what he's going to
be at the next level? Does he you know, does
this maybe answer some of the questions that I had. So, yeah,
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the month of March, there's a lot of that information
coming in and it's a matter of taking all this
information flying at you, putting it together, focusing and understanding,
you know, what it truly means function on the field.
So with the four quarterbacks going, let's say, definitely in
the top ten in this scenario, just thinking about the
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Jets at thirteen, that's four guys that the Jets aren't
really in the market for. Then you think of guys
who are other top seven picks. Jalen Carter as of
now seems like he's legally legally checked out for now,
and he's still in that top ten range, Tyree Wilson,
will Anderson. That's another three right there. So now you're
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talking about seven guys and the Jets at thirteen, I
would mean six other players potentially could be a New
York Jet. When you look at mock drafts, different people
obviously think different things. Offensive tackles seems to be a
fit for the Jets in the mock draft circuit for sure.
Who were some players maybe that aren't offensive tackles that
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you think could be available at thirteen and might be
a legitimate option for the Jets. Yeah. And I just
as an aside, I was talking to a team this
week because they were doing a lot of a lot
of digging on Jalen Carter and just you know, making
sure they're comfortable with their EVL. And I was like, oh,
because this team is picking in the twenties, I said, oh,
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so you know, maybe a trade up situation that no,
I think it's possible, but then you can actually slide
to us. And I was like, oh, okay, So, I like,
you never know with a player like this, who's so
supremely gifted, but there are major question marks off the field.
You know, It's not every team's gonna be comfortable with that. Um,
you know, I think there's a good chance he still
goes top ten, but I think that we have to
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be ready for a slide if it happens on draft day. Um,
you know, I mean looking at the top of this draft,
I think there's a couple of corners that are you know,
really telling know you know obviously this the Jets just
went corner in the top five last year and you know,
I paid off really well and the corner is not
a need. Um. But it's one of those positions where
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maybe you're you know, you look at you're probably not
going to draft in the top fifteen, but you know,
maybe you hope to go before you draft, it's going
to push another good player down to you. Um, you know,
Devin Witherspoon, who's working out this week because he wasn't
able to work out the combine or the pro day.
Christigansals is one of my favorite players in this draft.
Very high on him. And then the other player I
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think you hope goes in front of you if you're
the Jets, is Bejean Robinson, who you know because it
obviously know with Breeze Hall in the mix, even coming
off the injury. You know, Bejean Robinson probably not gonna
be an option for this team, so you hope he
goes in front of you for that push another good
player down. And so at this point, you know we're
looking at you know, okay, who didn't we mentioned Lucas
van Ness from Iowa. You know he see in that mix,
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Nolan Smith from Georgia. You know, I think that, hey,
Brian branch is still one of my favorite players in
this draft. I don't think he's gonna go top fifteen,
top eighteen, but still one of my favorite players in
this draft. And then you know, this is where we
start talking about receivers too. Do we see any receivers
go in the top fifteen, whether it's Jackson's bit in
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Jigba or Jordan Addison, U any of these tight ends?
Do they go that high? Ton, Dalton Kincaide or Michael
Mayer get up that high. I'd be surprised, but you know,
I can understand why a team would come to that conclusion.
So it'll be really interesting with the Jets sitting where
they are. You know, again you're hoping that that running
back comes off the board. You hope four quarterbacks come
off the board. If one of those four quarterbacks does
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slip a little bit where it's almost like Justin Fields
a couple of years ago, where he fell out of
the top ten, it's like, okay, well, where where's he
gonna go? And it was the Bears that ended up
trading up for him. That's what could happen this year
with just say it's Will Levis, if he falls out
of the top ten, where where's he gonna end up?
You know, could the Bucks trade up? You know they're
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in the post Tom Brady era, is that their answer
to their quarterback question long term is to trade up
for a guy like that, or you know, the Vikings
possibly u you know, preparing for life after Kirk Cousins.
I'd be surprised if the Vikings did that, But it's
one of those teams that's you know, could be could
be at least examining that possibility. Or you know, look
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at the Seahawks. If they pass on a quarterback at five,
they've got that second first round pick at twenty that
they can maybe play around with and still maybe get
a quarterback. So if one of these quarterbacks were to fall,
there's no clear oh well, he's not gonna fall pas.
If you gets out of the top ten, he won't
fall pass this number. It becomes really interesting with where
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he could end up. You know, I just realized that
we have not actually broken down or analyzed the Jets
trading Elijah More for pick number forty two or Elijah
Moore in a third round pick for forty two. So
the Jets landscape has changed. We did the seven round
mock draft, we selected two second round picks with Keanu
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Benton and John Michael Schmidtz, but we've not actually talked
about it. From your perspective, now that the Jets have thirteen,
forty two and forty three, what kind of flexibility do
you think that they have, knowing that Joe Douglass has
shown ability to go in either direction. Obviously you want
options on draft night, like that's all from listening to
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Joe Douglass talk, I feel like all anyone wants his options,
So you want to go up. You got the ammunition
to do it. You can always trade back. So when
you heard about the trade, like, what was your initial
reaction about the way that the Jets draft capital has
solidified itself in the first three rounds Now, even though
they have three picks. They just come all in the
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top forty three, right, and obviously we'll have to wait
and see, you know, which of those three picks they
still have on draft night. You know, obviously that'll could
be some movement there um in terms of what what
picks they still hold on to. H So that that
that's obviously the first part of this um and you know,
if it does their thinking change at all with that,
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with that having Elijah Moore on this roster anymore in
terms of maybe addressing the wide receiver position, they still
have plenty of wide receivers on this ross and they
could go out and you know, there's plenty of veterans
out there veteran option, so it's not like wide receivers
all of a sudden, you know, a top two to
three need on this team. But if the right guy
were to be there, could they be tempted to go
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in that position or go in that direction, especially in
the second round. I they don't think they do it
at thirteen, but if you know, they've got a high
grade on a Josh down from North Carolina, could they
go in that direction in the second round At that
point where you're just adding an NFL ready slot weapon
to your team. It's going to make that offense even better.
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So I don't I don't know that it changes all
that much in terms of the way they're going to
attack this draft. But wide receiver becomes much more of
a possibility now that Elisha Moore is not on the roster. Yeah,
I think it's gonna be interesting to see the way
the draft shapes up. Because another thing that no one
really talks about is could the Jets straight down from thirteen?
Granted any team can trade out of any spot, and like,
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why would why would someone project a trade with the
Jets at thirteen unless, for example, a quarterback or available,
like like if to use your example, if Will Levis
is available at thirteen, I could see someone trying to
trade up, Like maybe a team like Seattle, to your point,
maybe wants to trade up seven spots. Make sure they
try they get their guy. Maybe the Jets trade back
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if they do in this scenario, hypothetically speaking, trade back
to mid teens, you know, early twenties. What do you
think the drop off is like in terms of available
options for the Jets apt at those two spots. Well,
you know, we don't know how many first round grades
the Jets have in this draft. Just generally speaking, you know,
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you have anywhere between fifteen and twenty first round grades
every year. So I think there's at least a chance
that you're trading away from your first round players. Now,
I think there's it's more likely at least one of
your first rounders, your first round and graded players will
be there. But that doesn't it's no guarantee that maybe
that's the position you want to address in the first round.
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So I think if you do move back, I think
that'd be a smart move, especially if you know if
you're moving up, if you're moving back seven spots, let's
say it is Seattle, you know you're picking up probably
two probably two extra Day two picks. Um, you know,
maybe it's a it's a two this year, at three
next year, whatever it ends up being. In that type
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of deal, you I think you do that every time
and you still feel good about who you're getting at twenty,
whether that could be a Brian Branch or could be
you know, which one of those offensive tackles are still there? Um,
you know Darnell right from Tennessee, is he more of
an option there? And at number twenty. Now, um, you know,
the defensive line could still be a factor with Kalijah
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can See from Pitt or Miles Murphy from Clemson. So yeah,
moving back definitely broadens the pool of potential prospects that
you would you would go with at that point. So
I think that would make sense. And if you're if
you're the Jets, I think you're hoping your phone ends
up ringing. On Draft night, we were talking about the
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top rated quarterbacks of this class, the first round picks,
the potential top ten picks, but something we haven't discussed
yet is potential developmental quarterbacks and the way the Jets
rosters stacked up right now. Zach Wilson said to be
the number two overall pick. Robert Tila talked about it
in Arizona at the NFL Annual League Meeting, as did
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Joe Douglas and CEO and chairman Woody Johnson about what
it's like when a guy like Aaron Rodgers says that
they want to play for your team and how far
this team has come. So you're looking at those two
guys as options for the Jets. And then the Jets
have Chris Streveler on the team as well, but in
training camp they've typically had four players, they've typically carried three.
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Mike White, a Miami Dolphin, Joe Flacco on the market
right now. Both of those guys were on the roster
last year. So if the Jets decided to add an
arm to develop into a backup down the road, I
mean not too dissimilar, ID say, to the trajectory of
let's say Mike White fibround pick of the Cowboys in
twenty eighteen. I believe it was and then lands up
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being a Jets backup for a couple of years. Who
are guys that you point to that could be in
that mold for the twenty twenty three draft. I'm a
big fan of Jake Haner from Fresno State. Um, you know,
the size isn't gonna vow you. He's under six foot
five to eleven and a half. He's two hundred and
ten pounds. The medicals have to check out. You know,
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he's been beat up over his career. So as long
as the medicals are signed off on, I'm gonna love
to add this guy to my quarterback room. Very efficient
with the way he reads the field, above average timing accuracy.
He's got a great feel for coverage, spacing, and just
trusting his receivers to be in the right place at
the right time. Buying time with his feet is very
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instinctive in the pocket. So he's a guy that doesn't
have the premium size. The arm strength is average, but
where he wins. It's kind of like the Brace Young conversation,
where you know, the physical traits are maybe maybe just average,
but it's the passing, anticipation, it's the accuracy, is the
competitive toughness. He's going to keep plays alive and he's
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a very resourceful player. So I want him in my
locker room. I want him in my quarterback room. I
want him to be my spot starter if I need it,
if my starter goes down, I feel comfortable with him
coming in and keeping my team competitive. So Jake Hanner
is again, as long as the medicals are good, he'd
be a guy in the mid rounds that I'd be
targeting to come in and have a have a career
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similar to, if not better than, like a Tyler Taylor
Heineke you know who has you know wasn't really thought
of much coming out of old dominion, and he's surpassed
expectations and Ben exactly that a spot starter. I think
Jay Kner could be that type of player, all right.
I love that. Who are other players that are day
three developmental prospects, regardless of position, that are on your
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shortlist of I really like this guy. I think he
can develop into something that he was like, he could
out play where he was drafted. Um, you know, I
think pass Rusher. We have a few of those guys
this year. Unny Lonnie Phelps from Kansas. He's he's explosive,
he can get after the quarterback. Um you know, I
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think he's a guy that won't go until day three,
but I would love to add him in my rotation
and just wind him up, set of loose. And I
think there's more to him than just what we've seen. Um.
You know, Kansas isn't a program known for producing these guys.
But he's actually transfer He's from the MAC played in
the Miami of Ohio, then went to Kansas. He's a
good player. Um, I would really like him. Eastern Michigan
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has a guard City saw Canadian who is still learning
and getting better. But what he is right now is
a really good run the run blocker. Um. And you
know you can throw on the Arizona State tape. You
can throw one, you know, any of his MAC tapes
and you're you're seeing a guy that really dominates the
guy in front of them. Strong hands, functional movements, you know.
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And he's a guy that in high school before he
was doing for football, he was weightlifting. You know, that
was that was a sport that he was doing in
high school, so and growing up So City. Sal, if
you're looking for that, you know, day three mid round
guard that you can bring in and develop, maybe be
a swing guard for you, Sal, would make a lot
of sense. All right, love it. This is how we're
(23:26):
gonna end this episode, which has been like I guess
I'll call it our draft reset episode. It's kind of
a fun question I asked you in the beginning of
our first episode of the of the season. I guess
you would call it, which is really in the offseason,
but regardless, I asked you about your favorite names in
the NFL Draft. You said, you know, you know what,
get back to me. I'll have some answers for you.
(23:48):
The Beast comes out next week, okay, So I would
imagine that your pool of names to pull from is
probably pretty deep at this point. Who are some of
the names that are just a part of your all
named team. So, I mean most people know about um,
you know Bumper Pool from Arkansas. Um, you know he's
a well known guy. Illegally changed his name too, Bumper
(24:09):
when you're sixteen years old. I guess sixteen's the age
where you can do that. Um, the moment he turned sixteen. Okay,
I'm Bumper illegally James. I believe James James Pool turned
into Bumper Pool. Yeah. Uh so yeah, Hey, that's that's awesome. UM.
So I'm staying off like the normal radar of you know,
(24:31):
names that people know of. Um, this is totally off
the radar guys that are in this draft. Who are
you know I've been scouted by NFL teams. Um. Two
guys really stand out first. Once a corner from Colorado Mesa.
His name in his a corner Scrappy Norman. Uh. It's
(24:53):
kind of like like like a Sauce Gardner, great corner name,
Scrappy Norman, maybe even a better corner name. Um that
that's just uh it really fits him well. Uh. And
then this might be my favorite one. Uh. He's a
tackle from Jacksonville State. Uh. His first name is ye
majesty uh ye apostrophe, Majesty Sanders. So, ye Majesty Sanders. Uh,
(25:19):
that might be the best name this year and this
year's draft class. So first of all, incredible homework. Round
of applause, Round of applause. Jacksonville State and Colorado Mason.
Is that what you say? Mesa? Yeah, Mesa Colorado Mesa?
Oh my god, yes, So your Majesty Sanders is that's
(25:39):
got to be on the shortlist of best names that
you've come across in your profession. Right. Oh yeah, I
mean that's that's that's that's gotta be on the you know,
Mount Rushmore of of names that I've done. Um, you know, he's,
like I said, he's a legitimate prospect. He's uh six
four two eighty, um, you know, a big guy. Um,
and just better call him, you know, his name, your majesty.
(26:03):
You imagine I'm just imagining in this scenario, somebody like
he's playing in a game and let's say there's a
really nice block. I was gonna say a penalty, but
there's no penalty here. He's checking in as an eligible receiver, right,
and somebody's on the call. Maybe because the final four
(26:25):
just happened. It's on my mind. Maybe it's Jim Nance,
and we hear Jim Nance have to say your Majesty
Sanders on live television. That's if you're no matter you
know who you are calling. Let's say that. Let's say
the Jets bring him in as a as a priority
for as an undrafted free agent. Say, and you know
he's gonna get in the game during a preseason game.
(26:46):
If you're announcing that game you're broadcasting, you're just crossing
your fingers that this guy can get in and you
have a chance to break that one out. Yeah, I
think that'd be awesome if that happens in the preseason. Okay,
we're taking this one step further because the color commentator
for the Jets preseason, the play by play guy is
I an eagle, and you know that I, an eagle,
(27:08):
would be crossing his fingers hoping your Majesty Sanders made
his way onto the field, specifically for a touchdown reception.
Oh yeah, I mean it's there's so many different things
you could work in, like kids still as a king
block by your majesty, I mean, whatever whatever you want
to do, Like you could really have some fun with it. Yeah,
(27:28):
there would definitely be like a crown him a moment
in there. Yeah, I'd be a good one. Or like
I don't know why, I could just imagine your majesty
spike in the ball and something along the lines of
like bow down in majesty, you know what I mean,
something like that. So you know, I think there are
a lot of options there. You had mentioned one last
(27:50):
thing on the all name team. You'd mentioned like the
obvious names. Who are the obvious names? Because one that
stands out to me, which might not even be on
the shortlist is Osiris Torrence hard from Florida. That's that's
got to be a great name. It is a great name.
But there's got to be some other guys that are
also in that vein. Yeah, I'm trying. I'm looking at
my list now. I mean definitely, um o Cyrus is
(28:12):
a good one, especially for rugs. Yeah, definitely definitely h
O Cyrus for like a guard, a big three hundred
and forty pound guard like Osiris really fits that makes sense. Yeah,
Juice Scrugs a center from Penn State. Uh, Juice, just
that that fits him? Well. I like that one a lot.
Um let's see here, Scrappy Norman is still a good one.
(28:33):
Oh my god, I know we spent a lot of
time on your Majesty, but Scrappy Norman not to dis scrappy, yeah,
because he's that that that's a even though it's scrappy
is more it's it's like sauce where it's more of
a a nickname than a stuck where Your Majesty is
actually his first name, Scrappy is more of a nickname.
But it's you know, especially for a corner. You know,
(28:54):
it feels like all l corners have been called scrappy
at one point or another in their careers because the
way they play. So uh, I mean yah yah Dyabi
from Louisville. That's definitely only all the name team uh.
And he's a good player. He might go in the
third round, so he's a good Yeah. Can we do
like a spell a spell check of that right real quick? Yeah? Yeah?
So ya ya uh? Last name d I a b
(29:17):
y d Abi So yahya Dabi. That is incredible. Oh,
it's a great one. That that is a that's a
lot of fun. And like I said, he's a good
player and he's a great story too. He was after
high school he was working in the airport, is like,
I don't I don't know what I'm doing with the
next stage in my life. And got a call for
a workout, a try out at a juco, goes there
and the rest is history. So uh Dabi's see, he's
(29:41):
he's a good player and has a chance to get
drafted on day two this year. Okay, well, I'm gonna
save a question for you next week. You kind of
led me into it after the Beast comes out as
a teaser to get people to go to the Beast,
because I will naturally be going there along with I
would say almost half of the United States population potentially
overseas as well. You need to tell us similar to
(30:02):
the names, you need to tell us your favorite story
and ya Ya Dabi could be as a part of
the honorable mentions, but it cannot be ya Ya Dabi.
And I just said his name twice just to make
sure I got it right. Anyway, That's how we wrap
up this episode of the Reset episode of NFL Draft Preview. Dan,
thanks a lot. We'll talk to you next week. Thanks
(30:23):
you
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