2026 NFL Draft - Day 3 Hour 2 Coverage

Ian Furness and Rob Rang discuss the draft and replay the interview with Jadarian Price from Friday.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now back to the twenty twenty six NFL Draft, presented
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brought to you by Dino's Peulbin. Written on Sports Radio
ninety three point three kjr FN.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
All right, welcome back to the Virginia Mason Athletic Center.
You get fast Rob Rang Chorus Smith with us. We'll
probably grab Greg Bell at some point as well, but
you know we want to do coming up as we
are into round four, Day three. The first of three
rounds today on day three is Round four. Most significant
news so far locally Jonah Coleman, running back out of
Washington selected eighth overall, one hundred and eighth overall, but eighth.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
In the fourth round going to the Denver Broncos.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
We'll get you caught up anything else that jumps out
of us as the afternoon in the morning goes along.
Chuck Powell coming up at noon today as well, Anderson
Hurst Christopher Kid will wrap things up later on with
the post draft wrap up show. So a lot coming
up as well. We'll lean on Rob a little bit
later on. The Seahawks don't pick until round six, and
if you're just popping on our friend. John Shinner just
walked by and said hi and greeted the media, joked

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around with everybody, which leads you to believe that indeed
they will not draft until the sixth round and there's
no fourth or fifth round trades coming in the near future.
With John Schneider looking very relaxed as he rolled through.
But speaking of John Schneider, Mike McDonald after last night
when the Seahawks made a couple more picks with Budd Clark,
Julian Neil, a couple of defensive backs, Mike McDonald and

(01:21):
John Schneider sat down to talk about those two picks
on day two.

Speaker 4 (01:25):
Yeah, great day, added to Seahawks like through and through
guys like competitors, athletes, tough.

Speaker 5 (01:36):
Uh, just great job up Josh and Ryan.

Speaker 6 (01:39):
Like really getting to know the the the people, the
competitors and and.

Speaker 7 (01:46):
Yeah, it was it was a it was a it was.

Speaker 5 (01:48):
A fun day and we were able to make a trade.

Speaker 6 (01:51):
So give Pittsburgh a lot of credit for doing a
great job and working with us.

Speaker 7 (01:56):
We had a number of I can't wait to get
these guy's crowd.

Speaker 6 (02:00):
We had another teams like you know, kind of go
away on us, but uh, anyway.

Speaker 5 (02:04):
Yeah, I know, it was, it was, it was. It
was a great day.

Speaker 8 (02:07):
H You've heard you.

Speaker 9 (02:07):
Talk about wanting to get draft picks, that we're gonna
come in and tell me with.

Speaker 10 (02:11):
The mindset of wanting to compet with guys and just
raise that level up.

Speaker 5 (02:14):
Absolutely. Yeah.

Speaker 11 (02:15):
From talking to these guys for five minutes on a
conference calls, they sound like they're gonna.

Speaker 6 (02:19):
Break some of the Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's interesting. Uh
Dave told us that, uh, Julian was like that with
you guys too. In in reputation wise, he's just been
a fairly quiet guy. But uh like he's a really
confident athlete, and you know he's been through a lot.
Uh the the young hip or scouts, you know, they

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have a saying for uh leveling up, and this guy's done.
You know, we chang went to Fresno and rolled it
Stanford for a minute and then you know, wanna challenge
himself in the SEC and he did it, performed at
a high level, and uh yeah, now they're they're both
really confident guys. Bud, Bud's gonna be you guys are
gonna Bud's gonna be fun too. He's he's uh, he's

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a blast. We were talking Mike and I were talking
about like the personalities like throughout the process, like man
if we put Bud and Spooning in the same room,
Like what's gonna happen Nick in the second year.

Speaker 7 (03:14):
You know, so you probably were size how much how
much more?

Speaker 6 (03:20):
Didn't do that?

Speaker 12 (03:20):
To do it?

Speaker 13 (03:21):
Finds that's quality.

Speaker 5 (03:23):
Can you guys your job a year A deep dive
if you yeah, deep dive? Yes, yeah, go back and
do a deep dive.

Speaker 10 (03:31):
No.

Speaker 5 (03:31):
Uh.

Speaker 6 (03:33):
Our guys just do a great job of getting to
know the people. And we have a great cohesion in
our in our room. You know, all the guys that
go you know over the top to the schools too,
you know Aaron and uh JB and Jason Barnes and
you know Matt Berry and Trent and all the cross
checking that goes on. And and then all the interviews

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we have with the guys, you know, at the All
Star Games, throughout the spring ring with the scouts, and
then when the coaches come in, all those zoom meetings
are just so important, and and then having the guys
in here as well.

Speaker 7 (04:08):
Bud came in on a thirty and everybody had a
blast one you.

Speaker 5 (04:12):
Julian told us that if the columne.

Speaker 13 (04:14):
Leslie hold, he's gonna be like, at what did the
kalm mine?

Speaker 11 (04:17):
And that any of you stood out that lovely?

Speaker 5 (04:20):
We was wold than that.

Speaker 10 (04:21):
Well, I I think.

Speaker 8 (04:25):
I think there's a com there's a clearly like a
competitor and a confidence in there. Takes a lot of
pride in how physical he is at you know, it's
at the corner position. He's played safety as well. But yeah,
it looks like a pretty smart guy.

Speaker 5 (04:38):
It's pretty cool.

Speaker 10 (04:40):
But turns out Leslie's pretty knows what he's doing.

Speaker 11 (04:44):
Regarding But how important was it to to replace Kobe
a at and say, oh, like let's have similar attributes
in now regard or did that hot scare you're you're
thinking with him at all?

Speaker 5 (04:57):
Yeah?

Speaker 7 (04:58):
Uh, I I don't.

Speaker 5 (04:58):
I don't.

Speaker 8 (05:00):
I don't think we think through like in those terms
that were like, we're not trying to replace anybody, We're
just trying to find like the best people for us.

Speaker 10 (05:08):
And uh and Bud has like a really.

Speaker 8 (05:10):
Great cool, like exciting skill set and personality, competitive spirit
to him. I mean, but like the thing you know,
we're gonna we're not just gonna play at safety.

Speaker 10 (05:20):
You can play Nickel could probably play.

Speaker 5 (05:22):
Corner for us.

Speaker 8 (05:24):
We'll figure that out kind of as we go and
how how the how the team kind of you know,
shapes out. But we got we got some some really
great players at safety two that are gonna compete. An
Tai Kota won a lot of games, helped win us
a lot of games last year. Rodney Thomas is a
guy that we're really high on a lot of guys.

Speaker 10 (05:42):
So you know, it's a lot of going to be
a lot of great competition.

Speaker 8 (05:45):
But Bud has the skill sets that we're looking for
and in our secondary play with the competitiveness, the ball skills, uh,
the mand a mandability that that's that type of stuff.

Speaker 5 (05:54):
You go and.

Speaker 14 (05:55):
Obviously didn't know at the end of day one who
you're gonna be.

Speaker 3 (05:59):
Able to get on.

Speaker 14 (06:00):
Now that you have that behind you, Like, how did
you drop ball relative to.

Speaker 5 (06:04):
How you were hoping the fall?

Speaker 6 (06:07):
Yeah, Matt Perry sent me a text on Friday morning
with these three guys names. It's like, okay, so and
we did we did like kind of like you know,
like just kind of scrimmage us out a lot, like
you know, through Okay, is it runner or corner?

Speaker 5 (06:25):
Corner and runner? You know what I mean, all.

Speaker 6 (06:27):
The way through it like that, and no, we're just
we're really excited. Yeah, just to be able to you know,
that balance of you know, best player team need really
really helped.

Speaker 5 (06:41):
True. So yeah, it was exciting.

Speaker 6 (06:46):
He text you that or was that sorry Thursday morning?
Yesterday morning? Yeah, we always id another one too, but
we uh we decided to stay in and and and
pick so.

Speaker 5 (07:04):
Oh which pick was odd? Sorry? Which?

Speaker 6 (07:06):
Which?

Speaker 3 (07:07):
Which that was?

Speaker 11 (07:08):
Just said the third third pick.

Speaker 7 (07:09):
Of ground you almost Oh, no, well, I'm not gonna
tell you. Yeah, I mean it's a great tribe.

Speaker 12 (07:18):
Why did it have to your culture?

Speaker 7 (07:20):
Did have a twenty or twenty two I'll tell you.

Speaker 12 (07:23):
Later from a different program across the country how they
were doing.

Speaker 11 (07:27):
What do you consider try to molding you get culture?

Speaker 15 (07:30):
Think?

Speaker 5 (07:32):
Uh?

Speaker 8 (07:34):
I mean, I I know, I don't actually I don't
know how much it's changed, you know. I mean, like
I think, I think, uh, I think the way that
we've been able to like bring our coaching staff like
kind of in concert with the way that we've done
it here for a long time and our personal people.

Speaker 10 (07:53):
And it's not like we came in and said this
is what we want.

Speaker 8 (07:57):
It was like we came together and we both sides said,
like this is kind of how we want to build it.

Speaker 5 (08:01):
And that's grown.

Speaker 8 (08:02):
I think it's evolved since we since we got here,
and uh, it's just like that makes it a really
fun process, and so it's easy to trust when when
guys like Ryan Florence is saying that, you know, being
believes in a certain guy or our scouts and stuff.

Speaker 10 (08:17):
So like that, it's a really fun process.

Speaker 8 (08:19):
You know that we can get aligned and have have
buy in kind of across all levels, which is really cool.

Speaker 5 (08:25):
So you guys culture how well.

Speaker 8 (08:30):
I think this is a great example of that. It's
like he asked yesterday about about JD, Like his personality
is way different than Julian's, which is way different than Buds.
But they're all like we all believe that they're I
mean spoons, different personality than Leah. I mean, it's just
but they have those core like competitive fundment, they got swagged,

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they got confidence, they but they have humility. Uh, I
mean they play an exciting brand of football, you know,
which we feel like we're excited to work with. So
I think that's the kind I'm a nominator.

Speaker 5 (09:02):
And they understand it's the ultimate team sport.

Speaker 6 (09:05):
They have that like self awareness, self sacrifice, Like like
all the lessons ever every's whoever in the room has
played football is learned from the game.

Speaker 7 (09:14):
Yeah, like we.

Speaker 12 (09:16):
Haven't been playing corner that well until they didn't work
over there, say yeah, where do you see him at
com the NFL terms and where they're prom.

Speaker 10 (09:23):
Going that, Yeah, we we see him playing corner.

Speaker 8 (09:25):
And I think that's one of the exciting parts about
where he is is like there's so much room for growth.
I mean, he's already playing a really good brand of football.
He has great traits, got a great work ethic, super competitive,
he smart. I mean, those are all the ingredients that
we believe can add up to, you know, playing even.

Speaker 5 (09:42):
Better football as his as his career growth.

Speaker 10 (09:43):
So it's it's pretty cool when you.

Speaker 15 (09:45):
Guys talked about the attributes.

Speaker 11 (09:46):
What's the see off YouTube won a Super Bowl together?

Speaker 12 (09:50):
Is that I in any way leave you more convicted
about this, like double down on this because it it
works as it Where is there some stamp of certainty
that that winning is what gives you with regards to
your your.

Speaker 8 (10:09):
Not to like go all like wax pudd it, but
like whether or not we won, how the game, like
what the super happened in the Super Bowl last year.

Speaker 10 (10:18):
I think we all felt.

Speaker 8 (10:19):
That our process was like worth chasing and like and
like and preserving honestly, you know, and and uh, I'm
really proud of the team that we were able to
build last year and how we did it and the
people on the team. And I say team, I'm saying
like everybody in the building, all seventy guys, coaches, staff.

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So I think it's more of a product of just
kind of tacking the like what we want to like
the vision of who we want to become over the
course of two years.

Speaker 5 (10:51):
I think we're more camp.

Speaker 8 (10:52):
You know.

Speaker 10 (10:52):
I think it's having their results for it definitely helps.

Speaker 5 (10:54):
But I don't think.

Speaker 10 (10:56):
I don't think if we won the game or lost
the game, we would have we would have changed anything.

Speaker 6 (11:00):
It stops, it stops, and it all starts again. You know,
it's like this, Okay, well that's the last game, no
matter if you made the playoffs, they made the playoffs, whatever,
and now okay, here you go, like, here's our next
round of the process.

Speaker 14 (11:16):
Mike you talk about how having the same guys in
the field that can get into different structures is an
important like evolution, and these two guys you've got today
have experienced a different position. How much did that versatility
play into how you explay?

Speaker 15 (11:29):
You think.

Speaker 10 (11:32):
It's really important. It's really important when you gotta be
careful when you.

Speaker 8 (11:35):
Say versatility, because to be like a jack all trades,
master and none is not really our brand of ball. Like,
so we got to be intentional on how we play
our players. But as we've seen like last year, like
you need guys to be able to do different things,
whether it's like attrition you know, over the course of

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the season or you know, as you build out your
systems on like the things you need to be able
to do. Obviously being able to do more is better,
you know, but it's a responsibility as coaches to make
sure it's you know, refined and focused enough that it's
still in like our guys wheelhouse, so they can go,
you know, they can go play their best their best.

Speaker 10 (12:13):
Ball and let their talents shine.

Speaker 8 (12:16):
So that but that's why you go through the process,
you know, that's why you do your tech phase one
like crazy, and you know you just respect those all
those the importance of each day, because that'll that'll kind
of bring everything to focus.

Speaker 10 (12:27):
Clark. Clark had fifteen receptions at TC.

Speaker 6 (12:30):
He just kind of his playmaking a villain.

Speaker 5 (12:31):
Is that good? It's pretty good.

Speaker 6 (12:35):
We'll give him crowd winnings here, but he probably should
have had thirty.

Speaker 7 (12:40):
He like, you know, he dropped, he dropped, He's got
gets his hands in a lot of balls.

Speaker 5 (12:44):
Let's put it that way.

Speaker 14 (12:45):
Telling you played really well the Senior Bowl too, just
kind of his pay there to kind of set out
to you.

Speaker 8 (12:52):
Yeah, I thought the coolest part about the Senior Bowl
was like you just took a ton of one on
one set or a ton of one on one reps.
You know, I don't know how they do it, but
it seems like he was a guy and every other
every other rep and he's you know, he's covering people
and so that that was for me.

Speaker 5 (13:08):
That was that was really cool. That was that was awesome.
The opportunities to get his names for football.

Speaker 11 (13:13):
He's really aggresses, jumping routes.

Speaker 8 (13:16):
Is there just how much of a balancing act is
there when you're being an NFL quarterbacks in the offense?

Speaker 11 (13:21):
Is with he wanted to play aggressive, but you.

Speaker 10 (13:23):
Also yeah, yeah, it's a good point.

Speaker 8 (13:26):
It's it's a balance, right, It's I mean, we we
want to train him the way we we train our
our people and play within the system. But you can't
can't coach the player out of the player. So I
think that's gonna come again. You gotta go through the process.
You gotta get a good feeling for the things that
he's seeing and and uh, you know, and then like
that's why he practiced, you know, just you know, go

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make those decisive decisions in practice and and then kind
of go through the process that way and and coach
him up and go you know, there's one play.

Speaker 5 (13:54):
At a time, you know.

Speaker 8 (13:55):
But the thing you can't coach is his ability to
go get it, you know, so that you don't you
don't want to, uh take that away from him.

Speaker 11 (14:01):
The tempts earlier around here try and move down and
work out.

Speaker 12 (14:04):
But saying where you working the most smart and still
getting these guys who bullian say we're gonna go back
to back like you ain't those.

Speaker 11 (14:11):
Kind of guys.

Speaker 8 (14:16):
Wow, We'll we'll talk to him about that.

Speaker 5 (14:20):
Maybe it was the wrong scout girl for it. He's
a confident sucker.

Speaker 10 (14:28):
Was there a question, you know, moved do work out?

Speaker 12 (14:32):
We have a story there were getting these guys are
see that confident the kind of.

Speaker 5 (14:35):
Play with special Yeah, that's great. I mean it's like, uh,
Brian Florey would say, it's very enjoyable, enjoyable, enjoyable tape
to watch.

Speaker 6 (14:45):
He has a funny thing. He's like, yeah, I really
enjoyed watching this guy's tape. It's very enjoyable.

Speaker 5 (14:50):
That's not we're getting to learn, Brian, it's fun.

Speaker 8 (14:52):
I think it's I think it just speaks to the
prod like trust the process, you know, like I don't
I think and now cause it's in there, but like
just to see how John operates the old draft and
with all with the rest of our our staff and
just how well they work together, and it's a it's
really really cool to see it happen in real time.

Speaker 14 (15:11):
John maybe might just what how do you balance that
self confidence and bands or awareness of the team.

Speaker 10 (15:19):
What is it in your valuation and homeportant.

Speaker 7 (15:22):
That how has that changed over the years? Can lead
your players?

Speaker 6 (15:25):
You have to be confident, right but yeah, yeah, instead
of yeah your self awareness.

Speaker 5 (15:29):
It Yeah, I get it.

Speaker 6 (15:30):
Yeah, I know, we've learned a lot over the years,
you know, and that's our that's our our character process.

Speaker 5 (15:37):
Our are evaluating.

Speaker 6 (15:39):
The the person and uh the connections that everybody has
to let our scouts work their tails off to reach
out to you know, have their connections and spend the
extra time to figure out true who that person truly is,
you know, the competitor, the swag, but yet having like

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gay ay uh.

Speaker 5 (16:03):
Unawares of not you know, putting yourself in front of
the team.

Speaker 11 (16:07):
John, how you get a Candil's four more role.

Speaker 6 (16:10):
Yeah, we said we had plenty of time to get
ready for rookie free agency.

Speaker 5 (16:14):
We could have had our meetings tomorrow. You know.

Speaker 6 (16:17):
I think that are estimated are estimated time to pick
at one eighty eight is like twelve o three or
something like that. So it's gonna freaking blast. Sit there
and watch all these names come off.

Speaker 11 (16:28):
It's really FUNDI And then you uh on Julian's physical
he called himself the most physical corner in his draft and.

Speaker 10 (16:34):
You just talk about that part of the game.

Speaker 5 (16:36):
Yeah, that's actually that's cool that he said that.

Speaker 6 (16:37):
It's actually the number one thing that stood out to
me when uh, when I first like when when when
the guys were presenting we s first started studying, it
was like this guy like he brings it, it's important
to him, and he.

Speaker 7 (16:50):
Wants yeah, he wants he wants to be physical.

Speaker 6 (16:52):
Uh, if you're into you know, six two corners that
have length and last want to tackle?

Speaker 15 (17:00):
Is there any adjustment in any way that you make
going through a drop with Mike as opposed.

Speaker 7 (17:05):
To with Feats, any adjustments it, We'll just kind.

Speaker 12 (17:09):
Of approach, like you know, obviously there must be some
different in their personality.

Speaker 7 (17:12):
I'm not trying to No, No, it's not.

Speaker 6 (17:18):
No, it's it's it's getting to know the it's getting
to know obviously the head coach, but getting to know
the the guys are gonna be spending time. You know
that the position coach is I guess we be spending
time and you know what kind of buying are they
gonna have? And and they wanna coach the player and
and yeah, I mean I know the mistakes that I've
made personally in the past and what that looks like.

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And so we've we've learned from those things, and you know,
we don't wanna repeat it. I mean, so, but no,
it's a it's it's it's not I I. It's it's
different with all the assistant coaches. I would say more
than because you're always gonna have those private conversations like Okay,
you're good, you're good.

Speaker 5 (18:00):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (18:00):
So that is John Schneider and Mike McDonald from last night.
He interroness Rob rang with you at the Virginia Mason
Athletics Center ten nineteen on Saturday morning, in the midst
of round four, day three in the NFL Draft, And
as you heard John Schneider say, they are not estimated
to pick until just after noon today about twelve oh three,

(18:20):
give or take. Chuck Powell will be hitting the airwaves
right at twelve noon for us, So they're kind of waiting.
And by the way, if there's any thought about them
moving around or moving up or using them pick from
next year and to get into this year's draft, judging
by John Schneider cruising through here about forty minutes ago,
saying hi to us, Hey, are you guys alive on
the area yet?

Speaker 7 (18:40):
We are?

Speaker 15 (18:40):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (18:40):
Hey, sorry, don't need to apologize, John, this is your place.
We're a guest walking through saying hi to a couple
other there was only a few media people here by then,
Rob saying hi to folks and like probably going stir crazy,
probably needing to get the hell out of the draft room,
because he just said it like there's name flying off
the board and this is a day that he loves,
like like absolute cherishes day three of the draft, kind

(19:03):
of like you. And and he has no picks until
the sixth rounds. So I don't think I would say
it's safe to say they're probably not doing anything.

Speaker 9 (19:10):
No, that's certainly the impression I got, you know when
I came in this morning, you know, about half hour
before the picks started coming off the table, and I
sat down and got themselves some you know, some breakfast
by the you know, the chefs that work here, and
thank you so much for the Seahawksford Hospitality. The chefs
do an incredible job every year. And but I just
saw some of the scouts and coaches kind of filtering

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through the cafeteria. I thought, this feels different than some
of the past years where yeah, you know, they saw
me and they would kind of go in the other
room because they were working the phones trying to make
an aggressive trade up. I remember a year ago on
Day two and seeing some scouts out there, and it
was right before Seah of course pulled off the big
trade for Nicky that to get the put themselves in
position to select nick Em and worry. It feels more

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like easy Sunday morning kind of a vibe here, and
so I I don't think necessarily that seatle is going
to be trading up, and that to me is it's
kind of interesting, but it's also again a reflection of
just the fact that that seatle knows that they're the Tampas,
and they also use their fourth and fifth round selections
a year ago, of course to get Rashid Shaheed. It

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is frustrating, there's no doubt about it. I mean, you
see good players that are still available here. While this
twenty twenty sixth draft, I would argue is not as
strong as some of the past years, there are some
starting caliber players that are available. So so, like John,
I'm getting a little antsy. You know, I watched some
of these players. I think, oh my goodness, I can
imagine that player in the Seattle uniform. They could help.

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And it's one of the reasons why I have my
back to Lake Washing instead of looking out at the
boats that are fishing right now, because it's like I,
you know, otherwise I will get myself in trouble by
going out to the car, getting myself, you know, a
spinner and throwing it out there for a little while.

Speaker 5 (20:54):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (20:54):
Well, I mean, and you know you're if you've already
got your mock draft for next year almost done, that
tells you where we are in the process. Here's a
I do want to touch it on something he did
say last night, so we didn't get a chance to
discuss it. He says, you know, we've learned in a
kind of a serious tone, he goes, we've learned from
our mistakes. You know, he asked him about the I
just kind of being on the same page with Mike McDonald,
and you know, I thought it was an interesting answer
that Schneider said. You know, it's also about being with

(21:15):
the coaching staff and the assistant coaches, because you know,
these guys all have to deal you know, if if
it's the quarterback, it's the quarterback coach, or it doesn't
matter your position, coaches or who you're spending most time
with as even though as opposed to the head coach.
But then he says, we've learned from our mistakes. And
I saw someone wrote it this morning. I don't know
who it was, but some my apologies there, but about

(21:37):
you know, learn from our mistakes, mistakes being like a
Malik McDowell or maybe a Christian Michael along the way,
what do you think those mistakes were? Getting a little
too cute, little maybe too risky? What do you think
those when he was referring to we'd learned from our mistakes,
what do you think it was?

Speaker 9 (21:50):
I think that it refers to gambling on athletic traits
and what you see on the field that's a player
rather than the human being off the field, and just
kind of being willing to roll the dice on the
athlete and overlooking the human being.

Speaker 3 (22:08):
And I think those.

Speaker 9 (22:09):
Are our mistakes that you have to learn to, you know,
if you are going to have the success that that
John Schneider and the Seahawks have had. And I thought
that Hugh articulated very well last night in one of
the analogies that he uses. Not loves Hughes analogies, but
he had he had one analogy that really struck home

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for me, and that was the one that you wake
up the most with the coldest water and so kind
of you know, the idea that a second round selection
of a Malik McDowell or Kristan Michael. You know if
those if they have been seventh round picks, then you
don't necessarily learn the same lesson because you're not as invested.
You know, it's a seventh round pick compared but if
you're investing in top fifty, top fifty or top sixty

(22:52):
four overall selection in a player and they never become
the player you think they're going to be because of
some character flaws that lots of people had kind of
I already identified, and I think that you learned from
those mistakes. I think that's why it is so important.
I think that the teacher in me Ian is fascinating
by the fact that we're talking about a couple of

(23:14):
these players at seatle selected are. You know, we're we're
all academic on the All Academic teams, not just on them,
you know, the the All American teams. As far as
what they are as a football player, but who they
are as human beings in the classroom, how they treat people. Uh,
you know, I think that that is very very important
and one of the biggest lessons that they've learned.

Speaker 2 (23:35):
You mentioned this last night and we didn't get a
chance to touching on it, but I thought it was
an interesting dynamic for all the bravado of a Julian Neil,
the cornerback they took in the third round the Seahawks
ninety nineth overall, and he went on this rampage, not
only with what we heard earlier with when Hugh asked
him about you know, want what he wants to play?
I gave you a hard time and said, you knew

(23:56):
he was going to say man, and you knew he
was going to say press man. You knew he's going
to say model, model, but the which I loved, and
you set him up perfectly. We got great sound out
of it. But Julian Neal started at Fresno State, played
for Camlin to Borer as a wide receiver, was going
to transfer and you told us last night was he
going to go to Stanford?

Speaker 5 (24:16):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (24:16):
Like that tells you something about the like Stanford doesn't
take transfers all that often. You got to be exceptional
in two ways, athletically but more importantly academically, like Stafford's
not taking because he said out Fresno State to Arkansas.
You're probably not thinking this. Academics are a huge priority
for him. All due respect to those two institutions. I
can say that having gone to the Harvard of the

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Northwest Washington State. But like, if you're going to go
to if you're even considering or they're considering you at Stanford,
that tells you a lot about julian Neal.

Speaker 9 (24:47):
It really does, you know. And and kind of going
back even further, julian Neal, I mean he went to
Mission High School in San Francisco. That's the oldest public
school of public high school in the San Francisco area.
And again he academic to get into college in the
first place, as well as Stanford.

Speaker 3 (25:03):
As we just talked about.

Speaker 9 (25:05):
You know, that kind of speaks again to the idea
that you know, even in today's era where there's so
many people who are either going to private schools, they're
going online schools, they're getting tutoring or whatever. I mean,
this is a public school kid who you know, again
has kind of fought through some of the rigors of
life and has come out of the winner because of it.

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And I think that's one of the reasons why they
were so you know, just kind of enamored with who
he could be. He is kind of a late bloomer
on the football field, but he has been an early riser,
so to speak, on the academic side and just the
humanity side.

Speaker 3 (25:38):
Let's take a break, we'll come back.

Speaker 2 (25:40):
The Seahawks on Thursday, way back on Thursday, way way
back years ago, back on Thursday night, took Jadarian Price,
the running back out of Notre Dame. He was their
first pick, the thirty second pick over all, the last
pick of the first round of this year's NFL Draft,
and yesterday afternoon we had a chance. He called into
the radio station to Kjar and hughmel and I caught

(26:02):
up with him. You'll get to know him. Fascinating young man.
And Robin was just talking about Julia Neil. Also this
guy Jidari and Price, they call him JD high character,
his why about doing everything for his mom and his
inspiration that he gets from his mom.

Speaker 3 (26:19):
You don't want to miss this. It's coming up next.

Speaker 2 (26:26):
All right, We're back in the Virginia Mason Athletics Center.
He Infra nas rob ryang with you as we are
in the midst of day three of the twenty twenty
six NFL drafts. Seahawk's scheduled to pick in the sixth
round twice and that'll be it, assuming they don't do
anything to get into the seventh round. As of right now,
it's we can just tell you our sources having told

(26:50):
us anything specifically, but our sources being John Schneider walking
through the media room a short time ago, looking very relaxed,
sing got nothing else to do, do anything.

Speaker 3 (27:00):
Until the sixth round.

Speaker 2 (27:03):
We just before we get to Jadarian Price, who Hugh
and I caught up with yesterday. Great interview. You guys
will enjoy this a second ago. Get and know the
new c X running back. You mentioned something to break from.
We're just talking about the mistakes they made over the years.
It's not just draft picks that sometimes draft trades or
trades around the draft. Jimmy Graham might fall in to
that category.

Speaker 5 (27:21):
Right, Yeah.

Speaker 9 (27:22):
I think everybody talks about, you know, obviously Jamal Adams
and there's been others, you know, but but Jimmy Graham
is to me, is one of those that, uh, you know,
you see the physical talent on the field, but then
you know, I think that's it's not that to suggest
that Jimmy Graham is is a human being. But at
the same time that I think that you have to
know the character of the players and how they fit

(27:43):
into your organization. And so as I am seeing some
of these players come off the board in the draft
and we made the comment about how Seattle is really
kind of I think sharpened their focus. I use the
word filter on the before to kind of filter and
who are exactly these guys as Seahawks. Yeah, we all
focus on the physical traits that you see on the field,

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but who who are the guys that are Seahawks off
the field as well? That when you've done all this
process and you've had the checks from the scouts and
the cross checks from the other scouts and everybody else
in the organization, I think that they know better who
these prospects are now rather than maybe trading for veteran players. Again,
you see what they bring onto the field, but you

(28:25):
don't know who they are, And maybe that is part
of the process that John Shander talked about as far
as they've learned from some of their mistakes in the past.

Speaker 3 (28:32):
Jadarian Price is certainly not a mistake.

Speaker 2 (28:34):
He's a guy that they targeted they went after the
second best running back in the class. As Rob mentioned yesterday,
and even going into the draft, you said this numerous times,
the drop off from the two running backs from Notre
Dame to the next and who was the next running back?

Speaker 9 (28:48):
Take Calen Black, which is a player that I really liked.
But at the same time, the fact that he is
going to go to the San Fransco forty nine ers team.
You know, you may have heard of their starting and
running back, Christian mccaff heard of them. Yeah, yeah, So
I mean, clearly there was a significant drop off in
terms of what NFL teams thought as well as those
are best in the media.

Speaker 3 (29:05):
Yeah, and so it was.

Speaker 2 (29:06):
I mean, it went from Price to Black, and that's
a from day one to what late day two as
far as that was concerned. So Price was picked by
Seattle thirty second. Overall, his story is a terrific one.
He was a career backup at Notre Dame, but he
never transferred. He wanted to get his degree from Notre Dame.
Loyalty is a big thing to him and we talked
about that yesterday when Jadari and Price joined the radio

(29:28):
show with myself and Hugh Milling.

Speaker 14 (29:31):
With the thirty second big in the twenty twenty six
NFL Draft, the Seattle Seahawks select Jadarian Price, Notre Dame running.

Speaker 2 (29:40):
Back and obviously very exciting day for Jadarian Price, for
his family and for Seahawks fans as well. And he
joined us right now on the Beacon Plumbing hot line.
Jadari and this is ian Fanacic KJR. Along with former
NFL quarterback Hugh Millen, who's with me as well. How
are you doing today on the day after you become

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a first round draft pick by the Super Bowl champion
Seattle Seahawks.

Speaker 3 (30:06):
Okay, yes, sir, how you how you feeling wild?

Speaker 13 (30:12):
I'm feeling good.

Speaker 3 (30:15):
What walk us through yesterday? A little bit?

Speaker 2 (30:18):
The phone call from John Schneider, the emotions you went through,
and uh, everything that took place yesterday.

Speaker 13 (30:25):
Yeah, So just just moments before the call, I was
still walking around, like, you know, anxious about what was
going to happen next, whether they going to keep the
pick or whatever was going to happen. I brought it
to myself to just you know, sit down and relax.
And as I was going to the couch, my phone
started ringing and I'm just like, oh, it's that time

(30:46):
and when snare you know answer the phone. It was
just I was just rushed with emotions immediately.

Speaker 2 (30:53):
Your your why was well talked about last night. We
were here with listening to your conference call and and
when you called into all of us here in the
media in Seattle. And before I turn it over to
my ex NFL quarterback here, Hugh Milan, who's going to
throw some x's and o's at you in some football
stuff that's way over my acumen, sir. A couple of
things jumped out. One is they talked about loyalty to

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John Schneider and Mike McDonald yesterday. We live in a
world now, as you well know that the world of nil,
and young men can get paid and compensated for playing
football at the highest level. Oftentimes they go and get
more money or they look for more playing time. You're
at a school like Notre Dame, incredible academic institution. You
don't get in there just because you're a good football player.

(31:36):
We know that we heard from your high school coach today,
but you also stuck around and maybe as a backup.
We're sharing some time with a guy that was a
number three pick in the NFL draft. That doesn't happen,
That just flat out doesn't happen anymore in today's football.
Why did you stick around Notre Dame? What was it
that kept you there as opposed to going somewhere else

(31:56):
where you could have been the lead back and there
would have been no question about going in the first.

Speaker 13 (32:00):
From Yeah, there was many factors, one being I committed
to the University of Notre Dame and it's the best
place I could be, and it made me a better player,
a better person, and and then and and grateful for
you know what Notre Dame has has given me. I
wanted to finish my degree. I graduate Notre Dame, and

(32:24):
I wanted to come back with those guys in the
Pete Ford National Championship like we did the year before.
But also I made it, you know, jogs to myself
to do just as good and produce just as much
as the best player in college football. And I trusted
my was saying even though I had a lot of
people in my ears, They're saying I should do one
thing or another, But I trusted my gut and I'm
here today.

Speaker 15 (32:44):
Judarian Price with us, Jadari and take us into whether
it's your meeting room or on the sideline during the
games or what have you. There must have been some
component where you and Jeremiah were challenging each other, whether
it's competing for reps or or some like maybe it's
a friendly you know, like like hey, I can get

(33:06):
more out of this stretch than you can get, you know,
like like just kind of tell us the nature of
that very unique competition you two had.

Speaker 13 (33:17):
When you mentioned that, it brings me back to uh.
I think it was the third game of the season.
I had four touchdowns against Purdue and we were challenging ourselves.
I think we had we had six total touchdowns out
of the running back room, like, all right, when we
go against Arkansas the next week, it's got to be
more and going to and we had another running back,

(33:42):
so we had seven and then we were just like,
all right, we gotta keep this going.

Speaker 5 (33:46):
You don't.

Speaker 13 (33:47):
It's not very often you score seven touchdowns from from
one position group every other game. But you know, just
we made that challenge ourselves to be the best running
back duo in the country and ultimately the you know,
the great is running backs to come through there, Dame,
and that came with our work. I think the time
we spent in the training room or the meeting room

(34:08):
and the weight room with recovery stuff like that. But
also when one one person's going on the field at
the time, the other guys just watching him closely and
you know, figuring out ways to give the other guy
tips and stuff. You know, we were never hiding away
like you know, ways to get better during the game.

Speaker 15 (34:26):
So yeah, Jedarian price with us again and and uh yeah,
I saw that swing route. You took the swing screen
against Arkansas. You cut back, took it to the house
from about midfield. But and that in fact, uh that
that was one of the plays after we drafted you.
Jedari and I went back and watched the game. The
coaches tape all one hundred and thirteen of your carries

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and all seven times that they threw to you. And
so I've got a good mental image of what you
put on tape. And first of all, it's a fun
tape to watch. You're a beautiful football player and half
of the twelves were delighted that you're a Seahawk. Okay,
so it's a fun tape. I want to ask you
an x is and no question, because you said last night.
Your bread and butter is the outside zone, which, as

(35:11):
you know as the Seahawks bread and butter. Right at
the beginning of the season, you were running at some
of that from pistol, you know, never from under center
with a quarterback shotgun, so.

Speaker 3 (35:22):
You had some pistol.

Speaker 15 (35:23):
But then most of the season you were off set,
so if you're going stretch right, you were aligned to
the quarterback's left kind of in the b gap off
a left guard, you know, the outside leg of the guard.
Tell us how that changes in your mind, the difference
between being in the dot right behind the quarterback versus

(35:44):
you have so many reps where you were off set,
you're going stretch right, but you line up to the left.
Tell us how that changes your reads and how you
expect that may change when you go to the Seahawks
and you're behind the center.

Speaker 13 (35:58):
Yeah, we realized, you know, whether or in gun or
in a pistol, you know, just based off of the
stats still out the season. Sometimes it was better to
be and the coaches mindset it was, you know, pistol
short yards, But in my mind, honestly, I'd rather be
in gun for the short yards situations.

Speaker 5 (36:20):
But in my mind.

Speaker 13 (36:21):
Also from gun, it's a little bit more of a
stretch and you're kind of forced to hit the outside
or see gap. But when you're for pistol, you can
kind of see the whole picture, and you can easily
see the backside as well. So you know, when those
double teams happen, they double team all the way up
to the linebackers, you can easily have a cutback or
no cut at all, which my old runs back coach
used to say is the best cut. But yeah, I

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love both of them. You know, whether it was Gun
or pistol. And you know what we did from pistol,
it's definitely going to translate to the NFL what they
do under center, and then you got things off of
that with like the you know, the a po stuff
that we did in college and stuff like that, and
the play action stuff. It definitely would translate.

Speaker 2 (37:07):
C Darian Price joining a Seahawk, first round pick, thirty
second overall out of Notre Dame.

Speaker 3 (37:12):
I want to go back to growing up.

Speaker 2 (37:14):
We heard from the show before me today, Greg Bell,
he's a Seahawk beat writer for one of the local
papers and news tributing he was talking to your high
school coach from I think it was from your last year.

Speaker 3 (37:24):
He only coached the one year.

Speaker 2 (37:25):
He said he got handed an escalade for his first
year coaching there in Dennison.

Speaker 3 (37:29):
But he talked.

Speaker 2 (37:30):
About what you listen for people that know the story
of your mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in twenty
sixteen and went through chemotherapy of two younger sisters and
and you kind of became the head of the household.
You took control of everything at a very young age.
And he said, you never complained about it. You never
asked for anything special. You just you went about your business.
I'll ask you this, your mom and your sisters, and

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what does your mom mean to you? Because she obviously
instilled something in you that's this different, different level, and
taking care of her is one thing, but just the
fact that you took it upon yourself to do that.

Speaker 3 (38:02):
So what does she mean to you? And what did
last night mean to her? From you as well?

Speaker 13 (38:09):
Yeah, she means everything to me, And I think the
ultimate thing is watching her go through breast cancer and
overcome that. It really made me feel like nothing that
came at me, adversity wise, was gonna defeat me. And
she can go through something like that life threatening. Then
I can go through anything, you know, whether it's an

(38:29):
injury or a little setback or a miss simon, if
almost anything, there's always a way to get over it
and just think it back to my mom and using
that as motivation, like it could always be worse, and
just the fact that I'm in this position that I
am now to you know, change other people's lives. I'm
going to do everything in my ability to be the

(38:50):
best I can out there on the field.

Speaker 2 (38:53):
You can also change her life automatically as a first
round draft pick in the NFL, I know, you know that.
What about your sister? What about your because I assume
that the four of you are pretty night close knit family.

Speaker 13 (39:06):
Yeah, my two younger sisters, you know, we're all pretty
close in age, so we'll fussing.

Speaker 7 (39:12):
The fight growing up.

Speaker 13 (39:13):
But uh, you know, as we matured on and and
you know, thankfully, you know, hopefully, I was a role
model to them and they tell me every day how
proud they are of me. And I like to give
them some messages that I get from my coaches, and
that's just the type of person I am. I like
to use those those football and T meeting messages just
to relay them onto them and you know, just life

(39:33):
is hard. But if you just keep finding your wives
and the reason for living and keep your purpose in
God and everything and be all right. And they remind
me all the time.

Speaker 3 (39:43):
So yeah, that's wonderful.

Speaker 15 (39:46):
Jadari and Price with this and Jadari and those experiences,
you know that they prepare you for the challenges. One
of the challenges you're going to have. In the eyes
of the Seahawk fans here the twelves is they're looking
at you say, Okay, he was the backup to Jeremiah
in college. But now as you know, Kenneth Walker as
a chief the Super Bowl MVP, and you've got Zach

(40:09):
Sharbonnet he's hurt for half the year. You go from
running back number two in college to running back number
one for the Super Bowl champions. Is that a thought
that's kind of hit you. I know you're ready for
the challenge, but just kind of tell us what your
mindset is to be able to graduate that step in

(40:31):
that challenge.

Speaker 13 (40:33):
Well, my mindset personally is just a one be ready
for anything and go into the locker room and compete
like I'm an undrafted free agent. You know, that's my mindset.
I always have a chip on my shoulder. I didn't
even see myself going first round, and I did it.
And that just goes to showed all the hard work
I put in and the production that I showed on

(40:55):
the field the past three years. And it's only going
to get even better. I can feel myself getting better.

Speaker 5 (41:00):
My bodies. I'm healthy.

Speaker 13 (41:02):
I understand my body more now and and my habits
are getting better. So I'm prepared to be you know,
bag if I need to, and returning specialist if I
need to. But I just want to be out there
on the field and play football again.

Speaker 2 (41:16):
We you talked about adversity a second ago, and and
you have a former teammate that had to go through
that last year. He was drafted Riley Mills by Seattle.
He's a Day three pick, and I remember Seattle talking
about him and McDonald and Schneider came in here, remember you,
and they talked about, hey, he's coming off knee injury.
We're willing to wake because we think this guy is special.
Uh lo, and behold he I don't know. I've got
a sack in the Super Bowl that worked. Uh yeah, Yeah,

(41:39):
that was worth the wait, what if I have you
talked to Riley much at all? And what has he
told you about coming out here?

Speaker 13 (41:46):
I haven't much, but I was definitely tuned in on
seeing a former teammate, former teammate, former captain do what
he did.

Speaker 5 (41:55):
You know, it was it was unbelievable.

Speaker 13 (41:57):
It was, you know, emotion in a moment, but proud
of him and I can't wait to be teammates with
him again.

Speaker 2 (42:03):
I got a bit, I got a piggyback on this.
This he's a well spoken MANA let's let's ask you
as an analyst. We only saw a glimpse of Riley Mills.
What what are we going to see next year from
him when he's healthy?

Speaker 5 (42:13):
Oh? Man, that.

Speaker 13 (42:16):
One of the strongest and fermous guys I've ever I mean,
the amount of times that dude caught me with one
arm going through a gap and practice in fall camp,
it's it's it gives me nightmares. But uh no, he's
a he's a great player, and I can't wait to
see him back healthy.

Speaker 15 (42:34):
Yeah, that's great. Well, we're gonna continuing your role as
an analyst, Okay, I want you to analyze yourself, Jedari
and so so the question would be this, you got
to answer. It's in two parts. You got to say,
we're gonna give you a permission to go third person
Jedarian per Price is a first rounder because his best

(42:57):
skill is blank and then comma. But Jadarion Price most
in the needs to work in his game on this aspect.

Speaker 3 (43:07):
So you get you get two shots out that.

Speaker 15 (43:08):
I know you're Notre Dame and educated and smart, so
you can handle a two parter, but go ahead and
be an analyst and fill in those questions.

Speaker 13 (43:17):
Yeah, Jadaron Price is a first round running back because
of his ability to make plays on the field and
whether it's offense or special teams, and he's a home
run hit or he's got home run speed. He knows
how to get to the second level and make guys miss.
Almost every time he gets the ball, he makes someone missed.
And his teammateger My Love is a phenomenal player, but

(43:40):
Price being able to do what he did on that
level with with that caliber of a players is uh
as special and and Jadaron Price is going to do
special things in the NFL when he gets his opportunity.

Speaker 3 (43:54):
What do you need to work? Yeah, well that's half
you're halfway home. That was great. You just bought that
stretch up the sideline for like forty yards. That was awesome.
But now you got to cut back into the middle
of the field.

Speaker 15 (44:07):
So what's what's the what's the Jared Aarion Price has
to work on go ahead and finish it up.

Speaker 13 (44:14):
Yeah, one thing that he needs to work on is
just continue to be consistent in the past game past protection,
protecting the quarterback. That's a huge thing. And he's done.
He's showed great skill in doing that. He has plenty
of film out there where he show a good fighting,
good technique and he does it pretty well. But just
consistently being able to protect the quarterback and being a

(44:35):
reliable source out of the backfield.

Speaker 5 (44:38):
I love it.

Speaker 2 (44:38):
Hey, listen, this is a great conversation Seahawk fans texting
right now on our radio station, our sports station here,
just loving you and excited to see you in a
Seahawk uniform. We can't wait to see you out here
at mini campany out here very soon in the next
few days. And congratulations to you and mostly your family
and specifically your mom on everything she's been through and
the long road and she's got a first round draft picks,

(45:00):
a sun now and a lot to be proud of,
because you're a lot more than that, as we can email.
So thank you so much for coming on today.

Speaker 13 (45:06):
Yes, sir, I can't wait.

Speaker 10 (45:08):
I appreciate Joe.

Speaker 2 (45:09):
That's Jadarian Price, the Seahawks first round pick on Thursday,
and what a just a great young man to talk to.
Man high character and I think Robin, you're talking to scouts.
I'm sure character is one of the words they use
with him.

Speaker 9 (45:22):
Absolutely, I mean that's the thing we talked about this
so much, you know, I mean the idea that in
today's era, the nil I mean, he could have left
for greener pastures and this is not you know, it's
not that I know everything about his backstory, but you know,
small town Texas, opportunities to get paid, you know, and

(45:45):
instead just kind of, you know, wanted to stay committed
to the program that had shown him a great deal
of love. I just think that that is something that
the Seahawks are prioritizing.

Speaker 3 (45:55):
Here.

Speaker 2 (45:56):
We'll take a quick break, come back reset before we
get to eleven o'clock. At eleven clock and the eleve
o'clock ever, Greg Bell is going to join us our
new ten to noon.

Speaker 3 (46:04):
Host here on ninety three point three KJRFM. To come
the news tribunecyac beat writer.

Speaker 2 (46:08):
You'll join Rob Rang and myself More to come from
the Virginia Mason Athletics Center, Day three the NFL Draft,
nine three point three KJFM back at the Virginia Mason
Athletics Center in for nas. Rob Rang with you as
we continue on. Greg Bell will join us here coming
up in about three minutes time tend of noon right
here on ninety three point three KJFM. What's like, Get

(46:28):
everybody caught up here as we're wrapping up round for
Rob local note of.

Speaker 3 (46:34):
Interest, right yeah.

Speaker 9 (46:35):
Carver Willis, the left tackle for the University of Washington
this past season, was selected by the San Francisco forty
nine Ers oh seven eight picks a go number one
twenty seven overall. I think it's a really nice fit
for Willis with the forty nine ers, just because they
use a similar wide zone kind of blocking scheme is
what the Seahawks use, and Carver Willis does have athleticism.

Speaker 3 (46:57):
Obviously, they have a superstar left tackle.

Speaker 9 (46:59):
And Trent Williams, but he's an aging one at that
and you know, so this is a little bit of
a succession plan for the forty nine ers. I think
that Willis needs to add strength, you know, at the
point of attack, but he still has the traits that
you're looking to develop. So he's an interesting one. And
then we talked so much ian about the drop off
and running back talent. There's now been five running backs

(47:21):
that have come off the board. The fourth one was
another University of Washington product. We talked about this before,
Jonah Coleman to the Denver Broncos the fifth running back
off the board, number one, twenty two overall. The Las
Vegas Raiders, of course, head coach, now by Clint Kuback,
selected Mike Washington Junior from Arkansas. So Ashton Genty of

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course is their superstar running back, but Mike Washington Junior
is going to be able to provide some of that
big play ability. We had talked about his possible fit
for the Seahawks. Clearly Mike with Clint Kubiak previously here,
the Seahawks likely thought that Mike Washington Junior would have
been a fit in their system. But the fact that
Seattle I'll address that area of concern at number thirty

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two overall, and the running back that Mini thought was
their kind of consolation idea that he came in, you know,
roughly ninety picks later, just shows the gap that we
had talked about.

Speaker 2 (48:14):
Well, and I think what it does, too, Mike Washington
provides a little bit of I guess insurance, shall we say,
an insurance policy with the fact that Ashton genty if
he gets banged up, and he did get banged up
in a couple times last season, that gives them a little
bit of insurance there at the running back position. All right,
we'll take a quick break, come back, very quick break
a minute or two here, reset things top of the

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our Greg Bell tend to new right here at nine
three point three KTERFM to come on News Tribute.

Speaker 3 (48:39):
He'll join us coming up next