12th Man Draft Coverage: Day 3, Hour 6: First 7th Round Pick

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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draft coverage that I do every year, and I love
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to cover normally. This is more of a recap situation

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that I got going on. But we have a lot
of picks still to make here today and day number
three of the NFL Draft. The way that John Schneider
has worked the draft board, he still has three selections
to go. We are still about twenty picks away from
the next one though. We're at two four and the
Seahawks do not draft again until two twenty three, and

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Anders Hurst and Christopher Kidd. They'll take you all the
way home, including the post recap we're assuming from John

(02:19):
Schneider and Mike McDonald as well. Once all the picks
are in. And then of course there's the undrafted free
agent portion as well that Anders and Chris have to
wait out. But yes, it's been a rather active day
for the Hawks. They have made three trades today, they
have made four picks today, and as I mentioned, they

(02:39):
have three to go. Just recapping it from the beginning,
Gray's abel first round, eighteenth overall offensive lineman out of
North Dakota State, looks like he's going to be a
starting guard for the Seahawks. Then Nick Emon Worri looks
like a combination of Cam Chancellor and Earl Thomas. The
speed of Earl the size of Can. John just couldn't resist.

(03:02):
He moved up in the second round to thirty fifth
overall and grabbed the South Carolina safety to add to
that defensive back stable that he has. Also in the
second round, Elijah Arroyo out of Miami a tight end.
The tight ends were flying off the board at that point.
Terrence Ferguson went to the Rams, and then Mason Taylor

(03:24):
went to the Jets, and so John went ahead and
took a tight end that he apparently lusted after out
of Miami. Elijah Arroyo with the fiftieth overall pick in
the draft. Then on Day two, third round, ninety second overall,
the fascinating Jaln Milroe out of Alabama. Remarkable athlete, accuracy

(03:45):
issues at Alabama, but nonetheless man. He said nothing but
glowing things said about him as the person, as the
human being, and obviously a phenomenal athlete. He was taking
ninety second overall, third round. Then we get to today,
where I just moments ago recapped all the trades, so
I won't do that again. Just quickly flying through the

(04:06):
selections that have been made today. Riley Mills out of
Notre Dame defensive tackle slash defensive end. Tory Horton out
of Colorado State, wide receiver, more on him in a moment,
Robbie oots fall Back out of Alabama, and then in
the sixth round, Bryce cable Do out of Kansas, an
offensive lineman, play tackle at college at Kansas. He's going

(04:27):
to move to guard for the Seahawks, at least that
is the projection. But let's spend a little more time
talking about Tory Horton, the wide receiver out of Colorado State,
and for that we need more than one Millon, Like
if we're going to break down Tory Horton. We need
multiple millions here on the radio program in order to

(04:48):
do it. How are you?

Speaker 4 (04:48):
I'm doing great. How you doing good? Yeah, good to
be with you, Good to see you.

Speaker 3 (04:52):
Fun day.

Speaker 4 (04:53):
I think they got some really great picks. It's been
an interesting draft to say the least. Yeah, but Tory
Horton is a guy that, uh, I think it will
intrigue Seahawk fans in many ways. And and we've got
a we got a guy that can talk about it,
an insider. We got an insider. We go Yeah, we
got a deep throat insider. Yes, that's a that's a

(05:16):
reference to Watergate. I think I'm looking at some youngsters
and over what are you taught deep throat? Where are
we going with this?

Speaker 3 (05:23):
You know? Yeah?

Speaker 4 (05:24):
Yeah, yeah, well because you studied it, you're much too
young to know it that No.

Speaker 3 (05:30):
I studied. Yeah, I'm smart. But for the second year
in a row, this has worked out crazy way as
Kale was teammate with Christian Haynes, your roommates. Yeah, and
then this year we get a Colorado State player and
then Clay when it was at Colorado State was teammates. Yeah.
Horton is he is do we have him yet. Yes,

(05:50):
he he was.

Speaker 4 (05:52):
Yeah, he was the quarterback in twenty twenty two. And
how many andrews? How many yards did Tory Harton have?
I know it's over a thousand. It was in the
eleven he was eleven thirty one. And the guy that
was delivering him the football is our next guest. Uh,
my youngest son who's now on the Florida football team
and down there studying for a final. But we we

(06:13):
we we twisted his arm and and he's gonna give
us a few minutes.

Speaker 3 (06:16):
Clay, how you doing, buddy.

Speaker 5 (06:18):
I'm doing great. Thanks for having me on.

Speaker 3 (06:20):
Well, thanks for being with us. We appreciate it.

Speaker 4 (06:23):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (06:23):
What were you doing on a routine Saturday afternoon in
Florida that you can tell us about and Dad won't
be judging you.

Speaker 4 (06:34):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (06:34):
Well, actually I got finals coming up, so I've actually
been studying the week. Slave nothing crazy this week.

Speaker 3 (06:40):
Yeah you like the lie. That's good, Clay, keep lying
ye yep for a second.

Speaker 6 (06:45):
Really.

Speaker 3 (06:46):
Uh, well, hopefully you've had your eye a little bit
on the draft. Seahawks took one of your old teammates,
So tell us about Tory Horton.

Speaker 5 (06:54):
Kay, yeah, I mean First off, I think he's a
he's a very competitive guy, you know. I mean, he
he cares a lot about winning and losing. You know,
when the games on the line. You know, he's the
type of guy that wants the ball. I mean, he
wants to go contribute, make make the game winning play.
I mean, you know, he really loves football. Outside of that,
you know, he's always had a professional approach when it

(07:15):
comes to his preparation on and off the field. I mean,
whether that be in the weight room at practice, and
you know, something that he kind of did as he
got older. You know, a lot of the young guys
in the wide receiver room, you know, they really looked
up to him, and so he was able to kind
of take those guys in and kind of teach him
the offense. And that kind of goes into you know,
his IQ. I mean I think that him and Chim

(07:38):
DK at Florida, I mean, those two have by far
the highest IQ have been around. I Mean, Tory really
understands the game, you know, kind of more of a
from a quarterbacks perspective, I would say, I mean, I
think he understands defenses, he understands zone coverage, when to
sit down in the zone, you know, and just that
helps him to get open and findsoft bots in the defense.

(08:00):
And he's uh, you know, in in the in the facility.
Is he's a super respected guy. I mean, you know,
not just from his teammates, I mean the coaching staff,
the strength staff as well. You know, everyone always looks
up to him, cares about his opinion just you know,
not just because the person he is, but you know
how he prepares and his approach for everything. You know,

(08:21):
and as a receiver, you know, I think he's a
very polished route runner. Uh he's fast, twitchy, lengthy. You know,
I think you're in a four to four you know,
just coming off a back injury last year, so he
was he was out for most of the season and
he was able to come back, get healthy and still
run that four forward. But I think that shows a
lot about you know, how how he prepares, and you

(08:44):
know a lot about him as a player. I think,
you know, he's a he's a vertical threat to I mean,
he's very fast, He's able to track the ball very well.
He's got great hands, and I think I think he
can use his body really well. He's got great body control.
Remember I remember there was at the end of the season.
I think, you know, we called him out and up

(09:06):
and I think he had dB beat by about a
yard or two and he was able to I think
I undergrew it by about a yard or two, and
he was kind of able to slow down to eighty
percent and almost use the defender. He's able to kind
of like box him out and slow it down and
just catch it over his shoulder. So I think they
attracked the ball really well. He's able to use his

(09:27):
body extremely well. And I think, you know, it was
transferring from Colorado State to Florida. I mean, obviously the SEC,
it's you know, through lot higher competition. But I think that,
you know, if he would have left and gone anywhere
in the country, I think that he would have been,
you know, a major contributor anywhere he went. I think
that a lot of the colleges, you know, they saw him,

(09:50):
and I think he stayed loyal to CESU, stayed there.
But just because he played the Mountain West, I think
he you know, I think he could have dominated any
conference that he went to. You know, I think that
when we look at him, maybe his only concerns I've
really been his injury history, especially lately. You know, his
last year he got banged up, and you know he's

(10:11):
had a couple of small injuries over the years and
he's got to sit out at some times. But outside
of that, I mean, he's he's kind of skinny, you know,
he's he's a lengthy guy. He's skinny, but you know,
when he goes in the weight room, he's he's very
strong for his size. I mean, he can deadlift a lot.
So I think that he's you know, it's framed with white,
but he's he's got a lot of strength on him.

(10:33):
So I think that you know, for me, I personally
think that you know, him falling the fifth round, I
think that's more of his injury. You know how prone
he's been to injury lately. But I think that uh
got a pretty good steal in the fifth round, and
if he's able to stay healthy, that he's going to
be a pretty big impact for saw Well.

Speaker 3 (10:53):
I know one thing that you got from your dad,
any just call it thorough, Clay, just call it thorough.
That was that was thorough.

Speaker 4 (11:05):
You had said that it had had had Tory been
at Florida, he'd have been the best receiver kind of
kind of puts your your your scouting hat from the
Seahawks perspective, all right, like like this is the NFL, now, right,
and and and everybody's got to have great traits. What
are the what are the traits? If you had to
just say, this is the one or two traits where
you say, this is the best part of his game,

(11:27):
this is what If he's gonna make the team or
make an impact with the Seahawks, it's gonna because of
what elite trade or traits.

Speaker 5 (11:36):
Yeah, I think. I mean, first off, in speed, I mean,
like we talked about great.

Speaker 4 (11:41):
Oh you said, waitit, Clay, I'm gonna interrupt you. Clay,
I'm gonna interrupt you because you said he ran a
four four one and your first thought you said, you said, whoa,
I think he could have done much better if he
was healthy and given more time to like you thought
he played there a sub four four Wow guy, right,
So kind of expand on Yeah.

Speaker 5 (12:01):
So I think that you know his game speed. I
mean obviously when you know when you run a forty,
I mean I know some guys you know, it's it's
a lot about technique and things like that when it
comes down to forty time. But I don't think that
always shows you a true doesn't totally, it's not. It's
not a great depiction of what their actual game speed is.

(12:24):
So I think that I think Corey plays in a
much higher game speed. I mean, you got to think
about he's a guy that just came off the entire
season and you know, he was out, and so I
think that him battling that injury and then him being
able to run that too just shows you know that
his in game speed pretty much as much as much

(12:45):
higher in my opinion of what that time says. So
I think that I think that he's gonna be a
very uh He's gonna be a vertical threat the Seahawks.
And I think that, you know, I think that a
lot of DV is gonna have a tough time staying
with him beat because you know, he's he's the type
of guy that you know, when he runs, he really
opens up more down the field. You know, twenty thirty

(13:06):
forty yards down the field is when he's hitting his
top speed. H you know, he's pretty he's pretty twitchy.
But I wouldn't say that you know, it speed comes
off right away at you know, the at the ten
yard mark, it's more downfield. So I have that combined
with the ability to track the ball. I mean, I
remember there'll be times in practice where you know, he
would almost just show off, and you know, if you

(13:28):
throw a pretty good ball, he'd almost try and come
to as much of a stop as he could and
just extend his arms out really far and just catch
the ball. So he's got great hands, and I think
that I think that'll be the biggest thing for him
is being a deep threat at the next level.

Speaker 3 (13:45):
Florida quarterback Clay Millan is with us. He's studying for finals,
not at all at the Pool Ladies in Gainesville, Florida.
He's studying for sure, and yet joining us to talk
about his old team at Colorado State, Tory Horton, who
was taken by the Seahawks fifth round, one hundred and
sixty sixth overall by the Hawks. Tory said in his interview, Clay,

(14:09):
he was asked what game stands out to you from
your collegiate career, and he brought up the Colorado game.
And so in that Colorado game, he said, the reason
it stood out to him because he's an under the
radar type player. I can't imagine that there were any
guys that were creating hype on the Colorado side, but

(14:32):
maybe you could explain what he means by that, talk
about maybe his humility and his down to earthedness, if
that's a if I can put it that way as
a human being, not just as a football player.

Speaker 5 (14:46):
Yeah, I mean I think that, you know, I think
out of high school he might have only had one
offer to the data, So I think that kind of
tells everything that you need to know. I mean, he's
always had kind of a ship on his shoulder. He's
never been really entitled to anything because he grew you know,
out of high school, wasn't getting recruited. He was overlooked.

(15:06):
So I think that for him, it's always kind of been,
you know, about himself and just kind of prove everyone
wrong almost that you know, he got overlooked his entire life.
He went to a smaller school, you know, a group
of five school. He wasn't getting recruited to SEC schools
and big ten schools or anything like that. So I
think that he's always just known, you know, how how

(15:28):
good of the player he is himself, and it's like
he just wants to go prove that because you know,
he knows his own skill set. And I think that
that Colorado game was a perfect example. I mean, I
know that Colorado had a bunch of hype at that time.
You know, I think they came off a couple of
big wins their ranks, and you know, everyone was talking
about Colorado, and you know, I think College Game Day

(15:50):
was there and nobody was talking about CSU and I
remember just him all week. He was just kind of
like he's gonna go prove everybody wrong. And you know,
he didn't care about all the hype with Colorado. I mean,
he believed in himself and you know, you go put
on the tape. I mean, he just put on a
clinic and that was kind of the game. But you know,
on a national perspective, everyone finally saw what he was

(16:12):
capable of doing. So I think that that just kind
of shows, you know, he's always believed in himself. He's
never been a guy with a lot of attention on him,
and he's just you know, comes in up the Silda
every day. You know, he'll come in and just focus
on himself and I mean he just wants to get
better as a player. He's not worried about anything else, right, Clay.

Speaker 3 (16:34):
So, Clay Millen with us.

Speaker 4 (16:36):
He was a quarterback for Colorado State, throwing to new
Seahawks wide receiver Tory Horton. Just a minute more, Hey, Clay,
I'm gonna give you a two for here. First of all,
we've been talking a lot about about how Seattle's kind
of loaded it with slot guys Jackson Smith and Jigba.
They they acquired Cooper Cup. But there's a new for

(17:00):
outside guys. Maybe have you comment as a guy who's
thrown to him, you had toy in the slot sometimes.
But but you know, if I remember right, mainly to
the outside, and then you can remember this one. If
if it was the game was on the line, let's
say two minutes, whether it's a fourth down, whatever, the
game is on the line, and you had to call

(17:21):
a play with Tory to get a completion and and
the and and the and or else you lose the game.
What would be So there's a two for question there.
Can you handle that?

Speaker 6 (17:33):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (17:33):
Well?

Speaker 3 (17:33):
Uh so? So yeah, give it a shot at that, Clay.

Speaker 7 (17:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (17:37):
So, I mean I think you know when we're at CSU,
I mean, Tory, did we had some things designated where
he would go travel around. He comes the slot a
little bit, but his primary primary position was on the outside.
I mean, so I think he understands that really well.
He's he's very comfortable that, you know, outside. He's very
polished as a route runner. So I think that only

(18:00):
just fades and posts and deep routes, you know, I
think he can run comebacks, corals, digs and breaking routes.
I mean, I think he can just run the entire
route tree. And like you mentioned, Seattle has a couple
of slot guys right now, but I think that he
probably feels most comfortable on the outside. And that's kind

(18:20):
of been some of the things even though we talked
about when when Tory was moved to the slot, there'd
be some conversations like, hey, Tory, you know, he's a
little bit less comfortable here because he hasn't played, you know,
as much in the slot. But definitely him on the outside,
he's played out his entire life, and I think that,
you know, he'll be a great addition on.

Speaker 3 (18:39):
The Yeah, what about the what about the what the
what about the one route? The money route?

Speaker 5 (18:45):
Yeah? I think I mean for me, you know, teams
were so scared of Tory that, you know, especially the
Mount West level. I mean, it's still good competition, but
you know, I think teams were so scared they didn't
want to play press coverage and they don't want to
go up and press them with you know, one safety
and no help over the top. So teams would often

(19:07):
just play with would either cloud him with a corner,
you know, double ame with a corner in a safety,
or just playing ten yards off the corner. So for me,
a few times that they were playing press man, like
my my eyes would line up like I would. I'd
be like, oh yeah, and uh. Every single time that
we'd play, they'd play a press man. We're calling a fade.

(19:28):
And I felt like as soon as I saw that
before the play, I was like, this is a touchdown.
So I know that a people is a lower percentage throw,
but I mean I felt like I knew exact he's
a very He's a guy that's easy to track when
he when he goes down the field, I mean when
he runs route, he's easy to throw to. He's got
a wide, wide catch radius. Well, I felt like anytime

(19:50):
we got pressed man, it was like it was over
a touchdown, so I would take I would take a
fade route to him any day.

Speaker 3 (19:56):
Great stuff, man, Thank you very much. We appreciate your
time on this draft Saturday. Now get back to studying.

Speaker 4 (20:04):
Yeah yeah, not by the pool, the library, library, Yeah yeah.

Speaker 3 (20:09):
Yeah, I'll send you a map so you can find it.
Thank you. That's great stuff, everybody. Thanks. Okay, there he
is Clay Mellen, Florida quarterback down there studying the finals.
And sure, yeah yeah.

Speaker 4 (20:24):
Now I'll bark a bit because when you talk, you
can look at um on PFF, anders go on PFF.
And in twenty twenty two, on passes over twenty yards,
he had the highest completion percentage and uh and and
PFF's grade he was great at number two. This is
over one hundred FBS quarterbacks. He was number two and

(20:44):
the only guy who had a higher grade was Drake May.
And then they had an accuracy percentage and he had
the highest accuracy percentage over twenty So he hit a
lot of deep he hit uh. He hit Tory Horton
in the Big House against Michigan in the back of
the end zone. And and I'll just say Clay touched
on it is ball tracking me having watched all those games,

(21:06):
Tory Horton.

Speaker 3 (21:09):
Like, clearly the best player.

Speaker 4 (21:10):
Now I get it's Mountain West, but clearly the best
player on that team from from a.

Speaker 3 (21:17):
Wide receiver twice as good as the next guy.

Speaker 4 (21:19):
Yeah, but Tory had in your mind's eye, if you
can think of of Tyler Lockett, how he how he
can finish, you know, with draped all over him. Tory
has an amazing ability to finish the play on on
deep routes. He can he just tracks the ball late hands,
you know, guys draped on him.

Speaker 3 (21:39):
He has a he has.

Speaker 4 (21:40):
A Tyler Lockett esque way of coming down with deep balls.

Speaker 3 (21:46):
Nice, nice, well, Clay Millen with the gift of analysis.
I must have got that from his mom. I'm blaming
my long winded answers on him. I picked it up
from him, not the other way. Yeah, I got it
from him. I used to be like just in and
out quick, and then I listened to Clay. Then you're
at the dinner table. No, he's great. I love him

(22:07):
like a son. Oh he's the sun. Great stuff. The
melons here breaking down Tory Horton for us. So we'll
get back to the draft coming up on the other side.
Looks like we're about eleven picks away from the next
Sea Hawks selection. To keep it here. Our coverage continues
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Speaker 1 (22:24):
Welcome to the NFL Draft.

Speaker 2 (22:26):
Now back to the Virginia Mason Athletics Center and the
twenty twenty five NFL Draft and brought to you by Corslight,
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Speaker 3 (22:49):
Our draft coverage continues here live from the Virginia Mason
Athletics Center, where the Seahawks have been very active today.
They've added four guys in the draft today, they have
made three tray and they still have three picks to go.
We are at pick number two hundred and fourteen. The
Chargers on the clock think maybe they just came off
of the clock, but the Seahawks are scheduled to pick,

(23:11):
and you do have to emphasize that at pick number
two twenty three doesn't mean they will also scheduled to
pick at two thirty four and two thirty eight, And
so we are just three picks away from the seventh
round seventh and final round of the NFL Draft, and
then of course there's always in there, always very active,
every team is very active in the undrafted free agent

(23:32):
process that will take place as well, So there's still
some players to be added to this equation before our
day comes to a close. I'm gonna take you my
name is Chuck Palloup to three o'clock and then hand
things off to Christopher Kidd and Anders Hurst. They will
do the last few picks and then the recap plus
John and Mike talking about the entire draft process here

(23:53):
in twenty twenty five, which I think, I mean, I'm
not hearing many people that are dissatisfied. At very minimum
fascinating draft to this point for John and his staff,
and I think that also one that satisfies a lot
of the holes. It did feel to me like, I mean,

(24:14):
there were a lot of holes to satisfy. There wasn't
a position this year, maybe running back where you would
have said why, I think that you could probably justified
just about any position taken early in the draft or
throughout the draft. And so from that standpoint, I don't
think that there's some I that hasn't been dotted or
t that hasn't been crossed. Maybe we will get a cornerback,

(24:38):
which would be my expectation before the end of the draft,
but they always take a cornerback before a draft comes
to a close. Wouldn't surprise me if they added a
running back here in the seventh round. So, and I've
already gotten the fall back, which is something that I
thought for sure they were going to take in the
seventh round, but they grabbed that in a fifth for
goodness sake. And so here we set three picks to go,
and we will certainly keep you up to speed. There

(24:59):
will be a footnote in history because this was probably
the year of the most talked about prospect. I mean, gosh,
maybe an NFL draft history.

Speaker 7 (25:10):
Well, yeah, I mean the just the tumultuous downfall, the
slide was unbelievable. You know, what was it Aaron Rodgers
before that?

Speaker 3 (25:17):
Yeah, yeah, I mean, considering the famous name and then
the famously or famously that how many experts were on
the opposite sides of the fence on evaluating him. The
fact that we went into this draft where there were
still people saying Chador Sanders might go in the top three,

(25:39):
that the Giants might take them. I mean in draft
coverage on two networks. I was watching them both. They
were still holding out the chance that Shador Sanders might
go at number three to the New York Giants. He
doesn't end up going until the fifth round, one and
forty fourth overall. And the Seahawks are involved in this

(26:01):
history because it was their pick that they traded out
of Cleveland. Had finally said, all right, he's fallen enough,
and even though we've already taken a quarterback today, and
even though we already have thirteen of them in our
quarterback room, we're gonna go up and get Shadhor Sanders.
And so they did that with the one hundred and
forty fourth selection. So his misery, I suppose ends to

(26:23):
his defense. I guess a little bit. He went and
ran and jumped into the swimming pool, So he didn't
he wasn't sitting there. You know, the reaction, the immediate
reaction wasn't one of anger or you know, throwing things
or pouting or crying mini loans stay inn in my room.
It wasn't anything like that. I mean, he got his

(26:44):
name called, and he sort of celebrated it in his
own way. Just two days after the fact and without
you know, a room full of people, you know, popping
champagne and sitting on his legendary pillows.

Speaker 7 (26:57):
Yeah, I mean I was looking at that when you
mentioned that the Seahawks were apart to this historical trade.
You know, you look at the way that that ended
up coming about Seattle had uh had traded with. I
believe it was Minnesota to move. Well, they moved up
to then they got their guy in Riley Mills at

(27:18):
that position. So they were sitting at one forty four
just two picks later, and that's where the Browns traded
up to. So they had traded into that pick and
then traded out of it too, and that actually helped
them out quite a bit because they moved up quite
a bit. In the next round, steut Or, they actually
got a six round pick.

Speaker 3 (27:35):
I should say it finally came to an end. I mean,
I don't know, I don't think i've I mean, I'm
I'm a little bit of a draft nerd, and I
don't know if you've picked up on that. I had
an inkling, Yeah, a little bit of a draft nerd.
I don't remember a story like this. I don't remember
somebody that was projected to go that high, that had
to wait that long. I don't think it's ever happened.

(27:55):
I think this is unprecedented territory, and it's going to
be discussed for weeks to come, years to come as
to why that occurred. I mean, there were many people,
and I don't think Hugh minds me saying this that
on one side, we're given plenty of analysis as to
why he's overvalued as a quarterback and and he's he

(28:15):
should fall beyond the first round, maybe not to the fifth,
but beyond the first round. But there were a lot
of guys on the other side that loved him. I
mean analysts that I trust, maybe not as much as
I trust Hugh, but Trent Klatt's of the world and
the dan Orlovski's of the world. I mean, mel Kiper
is going to be in the Hall of Fame someday
for goodness sake, for his contribution to the National Football League.

(28:37):
And he still had him as his number one quarterback
and railed about it all week in long about how
disgusting it is that he has fallen as far as
as he did. Even our own Rob Rang had him
possibly going to the Giants on draft Night at number
three overall, So there were plenty of people that analyzed

(28:58):
football for a living. I thought he was still a
first round pick all the way up to the first round,
and to see him go all the way to the fifth,
I mean, I think there are I think it's a
There are a lot of things that go into why
that that did occur, But I think the one thing
that's clearest is that, man, he was over evaluated as

(29:20):
a football player from jump well.

Speaker 7 (29:22):
Yeah, one hundred percent. And I wanted to ask you
what percentage of the fall do you think could be
due to the Dion Show, because you'd have to that
that would scare some people off here and there.

Speaker 3 (29:32):
It was certainly a factor, and I think it was
probably the biggest factor. And then once it got to
the point where this guy's only going to be a backup,
maybe people didn't want a backup who brought that sort
of dynamic into their building and into their quarterback room,
and so maybe that led to the further slide that
he experienced here. I mean, I'm not look my role

(29:58):
in creating draftness. I'm not an expert. I'm not diving
down breaking down film. I'm not trying to come off
of an expert. I am a herder of information, and
so that's what I do throughout the draftings. Probable there
are a lot of people that I pull from and
I try to gather the information and then try to
spit out something of the of the average of what

(30:18):
people are saying about a guy. And so from my perspective,
I had to take into account those that were saying
the positive things about him and how high he was
going to go into the draft, But it was becoming
quite clear that he was falling, and I think some misevaluation.
There's obviously some parts of the game, this sport of
the National Football League. They're not going to let gold

(30:40):
chains and logos and you know, monogram pillows get in
the way of them taking a quarterback that they think
can make them a champion. So there had to have
been at the heart of it some misevaluation of what
kind of player he was. But once he started to slide,
I think those other things became more pronounced. And when

(31:03):
I say those other things, maybe sabotaging some of his interviews,
maybe that didn't set well, coming across certainly as cocky,
But I mean, how many professional athletes come into the
come in cocky. I mean they're all cocky to some degree.
Did he take it to a whole new cocky realm?

(31:26):
I mean, in some ways he did. But again, I
that's not gonna throw me off. If I'm an NFL evaluator,
I'm not gonna get that carried away. Maybe the dismissiveness
cost him, maybe the maybe some of the gestures that
we saw during the football season, maybe some of the
postgame press conferences. Does he really have his teammates back,

(31:48):
because that's going to be important at the next level.
So it was just a poopstorm, is what it was,
of a lot of different things that led to it.
And then once he started falling, it was just, ahm,
like where is this going to end? How is this
going to end? Because it doesn't look like many teams
that need need quarterbacks anymore? Who's going to put this

(32:09):
young man out of his misery here at this point?
And finally was the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round.
I don't have the answers for you. I know it's
more than one thing. I know it's more than the
one thing, Jessman. But obviously it led to one of
the most dramatic storylines in the history of the NFL.

Speaker 7 (32:26):
G yeah, one hundred percent. And I mean I know that,
you know, it doesn't necessarily relate exactly to Seattle, but
it is an extremely interesting NFL story. And I mean,
I think people are kidding themselves if they're saying, oh,
it's no, we're talking about it. Absolutely is. This is history.
And you know, I was talking to Kyle Williams, the
Washington state wide receiver who went to the Patriots in
the third round. I talked to him a couple of
weeks ago. Obviously I covered him there, but I was

(32:49):
checking in with him and I asked him, because you know,
he went to the combine. I said, you know how
to go? Or you are you ready for you know?
Or like, how do you feel the interviews went? And
he's that I've had a job. This is a job interview.
And I thought that was an extra It is, yeah,
this is a professional, you know experience. You are interviewing
for a job here against hundreds of people across the country.

(33:13):
So and he impressed me so much. I wasn't interviewing him,
you know, I was just checking in seeing how he is.
I was going to try to get him on around
prior to the draft, and I thought that that was
the perfect answer. You know, I've had a job, I work,
I work, I know exactly. You know, it's a job interview,
and I don't know. I thought that was it was
a very professional way to handle it. And it seems

(33:34):
like should ordered the exact oops well.

Speaker 3 (33:36):
And I don't think he did it in every case.
I think he did it in specific cases, but then
the word gets out, really that's what he did, and
that's not going to set well with even the ones
that he interviewed well with. So I think I think
there's a little egg on Dion's face right now. I
think there was a look in his eye like did
I screw this up for my son? I think there

(33:57):
was a little bit of an element of that. I
certainly didn't expect it to go to the extreme that
it went to. I certainly didn't think we would be
talking about him on day number three, much less the
fifth round. But I don't know if an example was
made out of him for others to follow in the future.
I we'll see if that occurs. But I mean, it

(34:21):
was crazy. It was crazy, and it's not done yet.
I mean We're not even to Monday. I mean, all
the talk shows are gearing up for what they're going
to say about this on Monday in every city NFL
city in America and on the television networks and the
talking edge shows, they're gearing up for what they're going
to say about this. So you know, this is a
bonfire right now and it's probably not going to be

(34:43):
doused anytime soon. So very interesting element. Probably the most
memorable thing that happened in the twenty twenty five NFL Draft.
Not probably certainly the most interesting thing that happened in
the twenty twenty five NFL Draft. All Right, we're going
to continue with our coverage on the other side here
at KJA. We are again, we're closing in on the
next pick. Here. How far are we away? Jackson? I

(35:06):
got too busy tell about sure.

Speaker 8 (35:08):
Five six weeks away. So yeah, let's get a break.

Speaker 3 (35:10):
All right, Let's take a quick break, and then we'll
be back in plenty of time to talk about what
the Seahawks are gonna do next. Sports Radio ninety three
point three KJRFM.

Speaker 1 (35:18):
Welcome to the NFL Draft.

Speaker 2 (35:19):
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Speaker 3 (35:43):
Alright, here we go, my final push of the draft
and this holiday season. It comes to an end here
at the top for me anyway, But the draft will
roll on with Christopher Kidd andrews Hurst, They're going to
take you to the end of the draft. Any leftover
picks we're gonna get at least one more in before
three o'clock during my stint. Appreciate Jessman McIntyre being with

(36:05):
me all three hours and us leaning into all of
our experts that are lining around here, Rob Rang, Corbyn Smith,
Greg Bell, and of course Hugh and Clay Millen. Let's
add him to the staff. When what kind of a
value we had to Jeweling Mills? Yeah, yeah, you know,
if you ever need.

Speaker 7 (36:22):
A day, just throw them on together.

Speaker 3 (36:26):
You always got to find young talent out there. Yeah good.

Speaker 7 (36:29):
That was a deep dive when it comes to the talent.
I mean, seriously, that was analysis that you really can't
get from anyone who hasn't played.

Speaker 3 (36:37):
I don't think we have anybody on staff they can
give us that kind of awesome. Yeah. Yeah, So we
appreciate him joining us here today. So here we sit.
I think we're three picks away from the seahawks next selection.
The seventh round is underway. The two and twenty third
pick as of now belongs to John Schneider and his staff.

(36:58):
So we'll get you set for that. Gets an instant
reaction as well, maybe even call upon Rob Ring before
the seventh round comes to a close. But uh so,
three picks here at two twenty three, two thirty four,
and two thirty eight. So my mass says, that's three
and sixteen picks. So we're going to get a little more,
few more logs on the fire here before the draft

(37:20):
comes to a close.

Speaker 6 (37:22):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (37:22):
If you are just joining us again, I feel obligated
to recap what's happened today. Three trades made by the Seahawks,
including moving Sam Howell to the Minnesota Vikings in order
to get up thirty spots in the fifth round to
take Riley Mills out of Notre Dame. He's a defensive
tackle slash defensive end, ir rotational piece. Uh So that

(37:44):
was the fifth round selection. Then with the one hundred
and sixty sixth pick in the fifth round, Tory Horton,
who we spent a good deal of time with at
the top of the hour wide receiver out of Colorado State,
sixty three one hundred and ninety six pounds, ran a
four to three five forty according to him at one
point when he had healthy legs, then he had some injuries,

(38:07):
said that he ran a four to three seven recently,
but since his injury that kind of cost him his
last season there at Colorado State, he's still working back
to his top end speed. Still ran a four to
four to one for the last time that he was clocked,
which at six three one ninety six is pritty darn
good plus a thirty six inch vertical leap. So we

(38:27):
got an athlete and as we learned from Clay, go
to guy at Colorado State as well. So a need
for speed certainly existed at wide receiver when you let
go a guy like DK Metcalf and he's even though
he's not going to replace number fourteen, certainly he is
somebody that might be able to replace Marquez Valdez Scantling

(38:48):
sooner than later. In Seahawk history. Yeah.

Speaker 7 (38:51):
Absolutely. And what I liked too, what Clay said is
that his game speed is faster than his forty reflects
and he's got a good forty time. Yeah, you know,
especially considering injury history. But yeah, the fact that his
game speed and that makes a lot of sense to
me too. Running in a straight line in front of
a bunch of people is very, very different than being
in the heat of the moment on the field. And
you know, I saw it, you know, with some players,

(39:14):
you know in Washington Stadium, right, they're up close and
personal with these guys, and when someone, especially out of
a turn, can turn on the jets a certain way.
They see one opening, one step and then they are gone, Oh,
it's a thing of beauty. And I just don't think
you're gonna get that starting from nothing, you know, from
a dead step. I mean, I just I think forties count.

(39:35):
Forties count for something, right, But I just think that
people can, just like Cale said, can play faster than
their forty time reflects.

Speaker 3 (39:42):
Game speed is a real thing. I mean, the most
famous example is Jerry Rice, who did not have the
great forty coming out of college, and yet no one
can remember a time where he got caught from behind.
As a matter of fact, that's what Jerry Rice says
to everybody who has ever asked, do you remember me
getting caught from behind? And I mean they just you
don't remember it. Maybe he did late in his career.

(40:02):
Maybe Seahawk fans remember, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's off
from behind. But in his prime, no, nobody caught Jerry
Rice one hundred and seventy fifth pick. It seems a
little early. I mean I realized the fullback's coming back
in vogue. I'm not sure Robbie Ootz is somebody that
was planning on being drafted as early as the fifth round.

(40:23):
But I tell you, I'll say this because this is
what you do in the draft. This is part of it.
You are the jam. If you want that guy, you
make sure you'll get that guy. So it kind of
felt to me that was one of those picks where
this isn't great value here, but if you think that's
the right guy for what you're going to try with
your offense and you're adding a new wrinkle to it

(40:43):
with a full back this year, then let's go ahead
and get him. That's what they decided to do. One
of the great mustaches in sports history. Robbie Oots six
foot four inch two and seventy five pound tied end
who they're going to make a full back with his team.
And then in the sixth round Rice Cable Doo out
of Kansas a tackle there. He's going to be a

(41:06):
guard here. So that gets you caught up to date.

Speaker 7 (41:08):
Yeah, Actually, Gray's abels in the building here. He is
with I assume are his parents. He's got some family
members with him. Uh, he's got a he's got a
pretty solid stash too, Yes, yes, yes, I mean it's
not as uh as I don't know, big, as luminous,
maybe as ootss is, but he's got a he's got
a good stash. When did when did that make a comeback?

(41:30):
By the way, Uh, it was it wasn't too recently,
but I just remember all of a sudden, Yeah, I
thought it was like a Gardner Minshew thing, because you know,
he what was that he was there in twenty eighteen
was and he he was and it was funny. Then
now it's trendy. Yeah, now it's trendy. So a lot

(41:50):
of people a lot of respect for guys who can
grow good facial hair. Not everybody can, but.

Speaker 3 (41:58):
Yes, so we may have dueling mustes on the team
before too long. So we're getting ready for pick number
two twenty three. We are now just two picks away
as Jonah Mannheim out of USC Center goes to the
Jacksonville Jaguars. And at this stage, I mean, who knows.
I mean, you're not really drafting for need anymore. Maybe

(42:19):
it's for some special teams guy, I would say, unless
I've missed it because we've been doing a lot of things.
I don't think Carson Brunners come off the board yet.
And you're always needing linebacker depth and special teams considerations
at this point in the draft. So maybe that's somebody
with three picks in the next sixteen that maybe we
get the local kid in a Seahawk uniform this year,

(42:42):
So maybe that's something that they have an eyeball on.
Has Willy Lampkin come off the board yet?

Speaker 7 (42:47):
I do not recall writing that down.

Speaker 3 (42:50):
Willie Lampkin is the five foot eleven inch center, Yeah,
you heard me right, five foot eleven inch center out
of North Carolina who a lot of people were are
very high on. They're like saying, he's like the most
skilled offensive lineman in this draft. He just obviously is
going to get overlooked because he's five to eleven inches

(43:11):
tall and plays on the offensive line. Yeah, he's still
available out there, So that's an interesting name to watch,
if not for the Seahawks, for somebody out there, I'd
like to see him get drafted. I think that's a
cool story. Josh Gray out of Oregon State is somebody
that we discussed quite a bit in the draft miss Catalog,
and so he's a guy that play a guard or tackle.

(43:32):
He played tackle at Oregon State, but could play guard
at the next level. So that's somebody. Quinn Ewers still
has not been drafted. I mean, it wasn't too long
ago where quinn Ewers was being called like a future
possible number one overall pick. And here we are in
the seventh round and the Texas quarterback still has not

(43:52):
come off the board at this point. Damian Martinez, who
played at Oregon State, played this past year at Miami.
He's will not come off the board yet either. And
so we have just learned that the Seahawks pick is
in and they could do the Kobe Bryant thing. I mean,
if they wanted to be cute about it and wanted
to set a Kobe Bryant record. Not even the Lakers

(44:12):
can claim that they had two Kobe Bryant's on their roster.

Speaker 7 (44:15):
We do have the pick.

Speaker 3 (44:16):
The pick is in Do we know the name?

Speaker 7 (44:18):
Yes, Damian Martinez, running back out of Miami.

Speaker 3 (44:22):
They did get Damian Martinez. I just mentioned him. So
Damian Martinez is the selection. I mean, we all watched
Damian Martinez play a game or two him being in
the Pac twelve Conference there he was, you know, not fast,
not a fast running back, but an effective one at
Oregon State. Very effective, highly effective, and he is one

(44:44):
of those that you can give the ball to a
lot and he will run people over. He's six feet tall,
two hundred and seventeen pounds, but went to Miami his
final year there of college. But the Seahawks go ahead
and take somebody with some Pacific Northwest ties. I think
all Koop fans, all Husky fans, remember watching Damian Martinez

(45:05):
play for goodness sake, and so that is the selection
here for the Seattle Seahawks running back Damien Martinz. They
always grab a running back, don't they. Yeah, I always
gonna get one, just add to that room, I'll say this,
I mean Kenneth Walker, we're hoping finally breaks through this
year and be as good as we all think that
he's going to be. Zach Charbona is obviously a nice

(45:25):
change of pace. I ever heard that this organization and
this new the new coaches that they've brought in really
love Kenny McIntosh, really kenny him. So now you add
to that, Damian Martinez out of Miami still just twenty
one years old, felt like he was at Oregon State forever.

(45:46):
But the seventh round selection two twenty three. Overall, it
is running back Damian Martinez out of Miami. Again. Not
a speedster, more of a between the tackles type runner,
but more sharp urbina than Walker. Uh certainly and uh
and pretty good at the goal line. If I remember,
you know when Christopher Kidna I used to you know,

(46:07):
we do fantasy every year in the conference. That was all.
Damien Martinez was always on a roster. He was productive
when he was at Oregon State because he had a
nose for the end zone. So Damian Martinez is the selection.
Two more picks to go at two thirty four and
two thirty eight, and we will certainly hear from him.

(46:28):
Whenever we see the Horde scramble up front, then we'll
know that Damian Martinez is on the line and we
can get to know him.

Speaker 7 (46:35):
We hear the tailtale uh phone ring, which we will
keep off for the sake of the years of listeners
until they actually came on the phone. That was my
bad time.

Speaker 3 (46:47):
Greg Bell has a nose for this. E can since
when that alarm is going to go off before it
actually happens, he watched like his ears get a little redder.

Speaker 7 (46:54):
That's his sixth sense. Yeah, yeah, he knows when the
draft picks.

Speaker 3 (46:57):
Crabtree's got that talent too, crab Tree, Oh yeah, yeah, he's.

Speaker 7 (47:01):
Just done the long tenured veterans here.

Speaker 3 (47:03):
Two guys, they've done a lot of press conferences. They
can just tell. They can feel it in their bone,
you know what I mean.

Speaker 7 (47:09):
You know what's fun is the Seahawks are scheduled to
pick again and not too long from now. Yeah, about
ten picks. So that's awesome. Oh yeah, we might it
might be a Chris Kid and anders her situation because
we really have about six or seven more minutes with
you here, Chuck. Yeah, you get to enjoy the rest

(47:30):
of your weekend.

Speaker 3 (47:31):
Yeah, oh man. And and don't think that I'm not
going to shed a tear or two every time that
the Draftmas season comes through.

Speaker 7 (47:37):
A clothes You guys are such a good job Draft Miss.
It's so much fun to listen to.

Speaker 3 (47:41):
I like to think so.

Speaker 7 (47:42):
Anybody who hasn't listened to it. It's just a whole
new spin. It is some it's different than anything you'll hear,
and in a different way of presenting basically great analysis
but also your opinion on what you want for the draft.
And you know it's huge. Bucky and Ashley all have
different varying views of it, but it's presented in such

(48:03):
an entertaining way. And I actually caught every single segment
this time around. Last year, I didn't get to hear
every single one, but I haven't listened all the way
through when I heard every single one this year, and
you guys deserve a lot of credits. Well, really fun,
that's the idea.

Speaker 3 (48:17):
I mean for football fans, it's a little bit of
Christmas because you know you're getting packages under the tree
and you don't know what they are until Draft Miss,
until Draft Day and the two days that follow and
so that's what we try to create with that. So
I appreciate that. That means a lot to me. A
lot of hard work goes into that. All right, I
think the hoarde has gathered. Is it underway?

Speaker 7 (48:37):
Just it is not quite yet.

Speaker 3 (48:39):
All right, we're gonna hear from Damian Martinez running back
out of Miami and previously at Oregon State, and so
they you know, some of the members, some of the
most prestigious members have gathered. Corbin wore a tie for
this occasion. Jen did not. Corbin has been Jens a
little wittered and booted, frankly a little underdressed. Jen. I

(49:00):
expected more out of you. You. I consider you one
of the greater professionals in this market.

Speaker 7 (49:05):
And yet I actually really enjoyed seeing people a little
less dressed up today. It made me feel very comfortable.

Speaker 3 (49:12):
Speaking of being less dressed up, how about like how
more lax Roger Goodell gets every day. He was like
in dockers and a hat today. He didn't even shower today.
If there's a fourth day, he's going to show up
like in a banana hammock and house slippers is what
he's going to show.

Speaker 7 (49:30):
Farm with the COVID Draft when he had to do
every he was like dead at the end of it.
I swear he was a weekend at Bernie situation. He
just got more. I was like, where's the whiskey?

Speaker 3 (49:42):
Like he is hid drinking.

Speaker 7 (49:43):
He is hiding this somewhere behind there, and I just
was like, well, someone prop him up.

Speaker 3 (49:49):
Yeah, but I get it.

Speaker 7 (49:50):
Nobody could be around, and I'm like, don't you have
someone else in a chair by a fireplace you could
film for a little while.

Speaker 3 (49:56):
I think he was like, if Rob Manford can get
drunk during the World Series, I can get drunk on
Draft night. I think that's what. All Right, are they
ready to go or yet? Not yet?

Speaker 7 (50:05):
Still, they're just they're just gathered, they're poised and ready.
All right, Yeah, Damian Martinez coming up here in just
a minute.

Speaker 3 (50:12):
Okay, Well, I don't want to miss it.

Speaker 7 (50:14):
That's for sure, we won't miss it.

Speaker 3 (50:15):
I will just tell you for the final time before
I sign off, because I'm probably gonna sign off here
in about four minutes. Our coverage brought to you by
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the hoard up there as well.

Speaker 7 (50:33):
So I'll get up there with the hoard and I'll
give you a hand signal.

Speaker 3 (50:36):
Okay, that's fine. Yeah, And I'll just sit here and
I'll talk about all the media members.

Speaker 8 (50:41):
Oh gossip, Chuck, I love it.

Speaker 3 (50:44):
Crabtree's got a hoodie on. He's probably gonna he's probably like,
I just want to go.

Speaker 8 (50:48):
Who's had the most peanut butter and jelly sandwiches today?

Speaker 3 (50:50):
That's well. I did put the over under for Hugh
this weekend at five and a half. He told me
he had two on opening night and I don't know
if he had any more after that or not over
he said over, So apparently got hungrier on Friday and
then slipped one more in today I think. But yeah,
he went over that, So cash your ticket.

Speaker 8 (51:11):
Yeah, that's that I feel. I feel like the line there.

Speaker 9 (51:14):
I think we need to go to the sports whoever
sets those lines and understand for next year we probably
need to more look look at seven and a half,
eight and a half.

Speaker 3 (51:22):
Yeah, yeah, maybe for next year. But some people had
inside information.

Speaker 8 (51:28):
I see, yeah, Mark, that's that's where the money's at.

Speaker 3 (51:31):
She had insect or trading information. She knew he was
going nine or ten this year. Yeah, and today's not
even over with. So but yes, I have not had one, though,
But they do do nice. They certainly do. It's outstanding.
As a matter of fact. When I got here, like
breakfast was being broken down and I said, oh, I

(51:53):
looked like I just missed the breakfast, and so somebody
she was very kind. She goes, let me go make
you a plate, and then she comes back out. There
wasn't any eggs, but I got this for you and
it was a pile of meat three feet tall. It
was like bacon and sauceage.

Speaker 8 (52:09):
A Brazilian steakhouse for breakfast.

Speaker 3 (52:11):
Yeah, and I'm like, man, you really do think I
just want to get fat here? So I had the
meat sweats to start the show today because that's what
she assumed. That's how much meat she thought I was
going to consume or wanted to consume. But anyway, Yeah,
so we had the breakfast and then they come out

(52:33):
with the lunch that they have as well. Uh and
just delicious stuff. So thank you, thank you very much
the Hawks for making us feel at home.

Speaker 9 (52:41):
Virginia Mason Athletic center man and Chuck in her at
me if if we got to get to the draft.
But I do remember when when Damian Martinez was running
it at Oregon State and facing the Huskies a couple
of years ago, it was such. It was such the
discussion of of oh my gosh, can you please transfer
to Washington? Can we please have you in purple and
gold on the Huskies? And I remember sending posts out
of just like my god, this guy, and you know

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when it goes to Miami. But now, I mean, such
a bruising running back to have him on the Seahawks.
We were talking to a couple hours ago, seventh round
pick right, Chris Carson, and look out, well, Chris Carson
worked out for a couple of years, so I mean,
who knows how Kenneth Walker Sharbonney worked out. But to
be able it to get oh, Carson Brunner just came
off the board. Oh he came off the board, Steelers.

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How about that in the seventh round two twenty six.
But man, Damian Martinez. Awesome, awesome pick all right?

Speaker 3 (53:31):
Yes, Martinez rushed for twenty one hundred and sixty seven
yards and sixteen touchdowns while averaging six yards per carry
in two seasons at Oregon State. Before transferring to Miami
and then rush for one thousand more. Martinez is an
efficient north south runner between the tackles. He's a powerful
backerho runs through and over defenders, pushing the pile. When
he doesn't get a seam, he moves well enough latterly

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to make defenders miss and bounce outside. Martinez also averaged
twelve yards per catch in twenty twenty four. And then
we just Carson Brunner as well, go to the Pittsburgh
Steelers just now two hundred and twenty sixth overall. I
was kind of hoping we'd get him, but I'm glad
that he was drafted. That's the most important thing. And

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he's going to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and you know that's
he feels like a Pittsburgh Steeler type man. Was He
instinctive and felt like even when he wasn't starting at Washington,
it felt like he was in the picture of every
tackle that was made there for a couple of years,
and so instinctive, short tackler, but undersized and not overly athletic,

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and so not surprised that this ends up being a
seventh round selection. But the Huskies do get a guy
come off the board here and the seventh round, Carson
Brunner is a Pittsburgh Steeler, So congratulations to our great
Husky family, the Brunner family. As Carson gets taken by
the Pittsburgh Steelers two hundred and twenty.

Speaker 9 (54:55):
Yas and he joins a group with Jack Sawyer to Chuck,
I mean, like your classic steel deelers, you know, linebackers,
you know, good tackling players. It feels like, you know,
once again, they're loading up this whole draft, and with
the Ravens with Starks, and then later on with Green
and Eagles as well with Campbell. It just feels like
rich getting richer on the defensive end with those guys.

Speaker 3 (55:16):
And it also, I mean, it feels like a Steeler draft.
You're right. They took the defensive tackle in the first
round rather than go quarterback, Like we don't need a
quarterback this year. We just need forty four tackles. So
they went defense early and they've not stopped. You're right,
Jack Sawyer feels like such a Steeler, and so does
kind of Carson Brunner feels like a Steeler type player.

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And the Ravens like, okay, we're known for safety, so
let's just get another star to add to Kyle Hamilton.
And then I even think the Seahawks draft is I mean,
going all the way back to the draft miss Catalog,
when we first talked about Gray's abel, I think my
comment was, he feels like a Seahawk. All right, here's
another new Seahawk. This is Damian Martin has just taken

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running back out of Miami. Ready to fire off a
few questions.

Speaker 10 (56:01):
Man, look Seattle, thank you, Hey, Damien is a former
Pac twelve guy. What does it mean to be drafted
by the Seahawks.

Speaker 6 (56:10):
Yeah, sure, it just means a lot really to be
drafted in general by the Seahawks. Just grateful to have
this opportunity.

Speaker 3 (56:16):
How would you describe your game?

Speaker 9 (56:20):
Physical?

Speaker 6 (56:20):
Physical? Yeah, physical, runner. I mean, got another be Smoke
two er coming up there, so you're ready to see it?

Speaker 10 (56:27):
So is that the Is that the guy you watched
the most highlights of?

Speaker 4 (56:31):
Uh?

Speaker 6 (56:32):
Yeah, No, I was definitely a big fan of be
Smoke growing up. Just always being a big, bigger back
and just yeah, ready, Damien.

Speaker 11 (56:40):
What are your memories like playing in the state of
Washington against you dub and w s U.

Speaker 6 (56:47):
Uh, there are some good games I know I definitely
did them a bad a couple of times. Two times
we played them. I think I went for one one
on them and two touchdowns last my sophomore year and
then my freshman year. I don't remember what I did,
but I know I had some good games against well,
they did end up beating another girl.

Speaker 10 (57:07):
What do you know about the offensive system that the
Seahawks want to.

Speaker 5 (57:12):
Run this year.

Speaker 6 (57:14):
I know it was a lot of similar to kind
of what I ran when I was back in Pacific
northwest of Oregon State, so it definitely be good for me.
A lot of the zone dam and.

Speaker 9 (57:22):
How much how much correspondence did you have with the
Seahawks in the pre draft process.

Speaker 8 (57:26):
Do you have any visits with them or.

Speaker 6 (57:29):
I didn't have any visits like in person, but I
did do zoom calls with them, talking to the running
back coos and stuff like that. How do you look
back on.

Speaker 5 (57:37):
Kind of the move from Oregon State to Miami and
how that worked out last year?

Speaker 6 (57:42):
I feel like, I mean, it was just a business
is at the end of the day, and kind of
what everything played out as I wanted it to happen.
So I mean just grateful to be in a position
and just ready to go.

Speaker 10 (57:52):
Was there ever a position that you played outside of
running back? Like, did any coach try to change your
position based on your side?

Speaker 6 (58:01):
No? Never.

Speaker 5 (58:05):
What's it going to be like teaming back up with
Elijah Royal?

Speaker 6 (58:09):
It's gonna be great. I mean everybody kind of see
what happened this year in Miami, know what we Boo
can do. So just ready to get back up there
with my dogs.

Speaker 7 (58:16):
How would you describe him as a player watching him
this year playing alongside him?

Speaker 6 (58:21):
I mean he's just a mismatch in the run game
and pass and he's blocking his butt off in the
run game, and then just a mismatch for the linebackers
if he's too slow, and then the dB is just
too big with him. So it's gonna be good.

Speaker 5 (58:33):
Damn.

Speaker 11 (58:34):
What was the chip on your shoulder? Like not getting
too many offers out of high school? Going to work
and save and putting up big numbers. Just how much
did that motivate you to do everything you did?

Speaker 6 (58:44):
I mean, just taking everything one day at a time.
It's kind of my mentality, taking everything one like, one
step at the time. You know you can go up
to sixty on one run. And then the next round
could be negative too. So just kind of has my
mentality just taking one thing at a time and he's
working hard. Keep my head down.

Speaker 7 (58:59):
Right.

Speaker 3 (59:03):
Thanks, thank you, Damie. All right here, you know Damien
Martinez got to know him a little bit. We already
know him a little bit from his time at Oregon State.
But the latest pick for the Seahawks running back out
of Miami slash Oregon State, and he goes to the
Hawks with the seventh round selection two twenty three overall.

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Just had Dante Kent come off the board to the
Pittsburgh Stealers. Again. They had two picks and four here
this round out of Central Michigan. So the Allions are
on the clock at two thirty. The Seahawks will once
again be on the clock at two hundred and thirty
fourth overall. So what we should do now is have
me say goodbye. So thank you very much to everybody

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for making this happen. Great stuff. Thank you Jesseman, thank
you Jackson. We appreciate it. Again. Shout out to all
of my co workers, those that carry a lot more
weight than I do during this process. Awesome job. Proud
to align with you on our draft coverage and every
day for the most part, and so we're just about

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ready to close it out, but we're not done. I'm
gonna hand things off to the future of sports talk
radio in Seattle, Washington. Andershurst and Christopher Kidd are coming
up next. They'll take you through the last few picks
of the draft, two more for the Seahawks minimum, and
then they'll also have the post recap as well. So

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