Welcome to the official five. We were presented by Win Batt. Betting is a team sport, but together Win Batt Eric Allen here againside the studio with Anthony Bett, Eric Coleman, Trader Joe up to his tricks again here to get night to the two thousand two draft under way. Making a trade with the New York Giants. A Crosstown Giants goes up to spots, gives the Giants a fifth round pick, and he takes Breece Hall out of Iowa State. Anthony, were he surprised by the selection and also what kind
of player in the Jets game? No, not surprised at all. I think they're playing with house money at that point in the second rounds um, they're getting an elite offensive talent that basically carried this entire program on his back for the last you know, two and a half seasons. Super productive, a ton of touches, over eight hundred touches
in his career. He's still only twenty years old. Uh excellent patients as an outside zone runner, inside zone runner, downhill, power gap scheme type style runner, and when he gets to the second and third level, he's got great awareness and great ability to make people miss and an extraordinary burst with his fourth three eight speed and the most important thing, guys, he can get it in the end zone.
Fifty touchdowns I think straight games he scored a touchdown. Um, he is an elite back and he can catch the football as well. So eight plus catches doing that. Elijah Vera Tucker in two thousand one, Jeremaine Johnson and round one here in two Breece Hall in round two in two Joe Douglas not afraid to use that capital goal. I love it. I love it. You see a guy out there that you know can help your team, that can that can come out in here and and be a first day starter on this team. Go get him.
Go forget the forget about the rest of the pigs, Go get your guy. And I love what they got in Breece Hall. You know, he's a guy who was a three down back who can run between the tackles, He runs behind his pads, and he's deceptively fast. I think earlier we were talking and you said that he reminds you of like a Matt Forte, and I see that. I see how smooth of a runner he is. He has great vision, he has great patience, he sets up his blocks. Well. I think he's gonna be a great
addition to this New York Jets offense. So much speed being drafted in these first two rounds. All right, we gotta be honest. Though, we did a mock draft here inside the studio a couple of days ago. You were virtual and Anthony Beck takes Breeze Hall out of i With State. Look, I felt like it's a luxury pick for the team. Um, you know, do they need a running back? No? But can you get through a season
with one young back? I think we've looked at the Jets over the last couple of years and that doesn't really happen. Right, You need more bodies, and now you're talking about an elite body. So this is the top running back in the draft, folks. Vertical Okay, he grated very high across the board and testing, so he's a superior athlete. And literally, you know, everybody week the week when he was at Iowa State, everybody on defense knew he was the catalyst that made the engine run. And
they still couldn't stop him. They loaded the box up. I watched him play games where eight almost nine guys in the box. Those guys blocked them up and stuff, but he's still finds a way to get through and make people miss man. Uh. He's fun to watch and he is a big time pickup for this football team. He is gonna be good. You're gonna want more carries from it. I'd be shocked if he doesn't come in during the season and really like wow, Like this kid
is pretty good. I know immediately when he gets the training camp, he's gonna have that effect. Do you worry about the workload, the touches that he had third college? I don't. I don't. He's young, Anthony said, he's twenty years old. This is a young man. Uh, and and he's not going to get anything close to that here with the Jets because you don't see a lot of running backs getting thirty carries like they did, you know back in the day. He's gonna get fourteen fifteen carries
a game. Uh, Michael Carter is gonna get the other the rest and so you still have Tevin Coleman, Todd Johnson. There's a lot of work to go around. And what I like about Breeze Hall is that he can catch the ball out of the backfield. You know, you can run your screens, you can run swing passes. Your check down pass can get turned into an eight yard play. So a guy who can make people missing open field. He has the speed to go the distance. You know, look at him. He's an All American. This guy knows
how to play ball. Carries stay last year two three carries nearly fifteen hundred yards on the ground every five point five yards to carry. For those watching on YouTube or New York Just dot com, that's fifty touchdowns on the ground. And another thing that he just talked about is could be Zake Wilson's front on the backfield thirty six receptions last year, eighty two for his career. Um, he's really a depth. He looks very comfortable like getting
out and running some patterns, very smooth, understand space. You know, can match up out of the backfielders the back or beat him one on one and get into the open area catch the football. Um. You know, I think when we watch Zack Wilson last year, some of the struggles he had was kind of getting those easy throws to those backs or whoever tight ends. Well, now he's gonna have dudes that are capable of making big plays in those situations with Briefe and of course continuing with Michael
Carter and of course the two tight ends. So uh, this takes a lot of pressure off your quarterback. You know, we we get enamored by all these throws that Zack Wilson made in his pro day and at b y U,
he's not gonna have to do that. Those plays are now gonna come open for him a little more naturally within the play development and progressions because now you've got multiple weapons, you know, coming out of the backfield, going across in motion, Elijah Moore, all these different things now two tight ends, one tight end, tight end, split out two backs, maybe Briefe and and and uh and my
car on the field at the same time. I mean, wow, Like, you know, Michael Flore, like you know, he's he's kind of be like, you know, the ultimate man signs is gonna be cooking. All the smoke's gonna be coming out of his office Instagram right looking over the jet set. But I thought that was great. He's looking at him like, wow, Now I got you. Silence taking a look at La Flour said, yeah, man, And I think all that starts with the offensive line and what they've done, you know,
establishing this line. You look at it across the board. You bring in Lake and Thomlinson, you already have Vera Tucker McKay beck and he comes back healthy. I mean, you have the key components for a great run game. You know they're gonna be able to protect the quarterback. Give Zach Wilson some time and all the pressure won't be on your quarterback now that you can run the football briefe Hall to another specialty that he brings to
the table. What's your offensive lineman are gonna love? Is a back that understands how to set up his lineman. Yes to block, So he's waiting, waiting, gets a guy to go, and then baby comes here and now it's an easier block for the lineman instead of a guy that just like catches the ball, takes it from the quarterback and just tries to hit into this hole with no one. Yeah, that's not that's not briests man, That's not how he's round the ball. That's that's been his
whole career and he's made guys. Look, really, I'm kind of interested in how we're gonna handle this. Michael Carter on both sides of the ball. Got Breese Hall, You got Bryce Hall. Man, it's gonna be It's gonna be yeah, Zach Wilson, what about Jonathan Taylor. That's a name that some people have thrown out there when they were trying to look for a pro comp. Four day four mench of Briest Hall because eighteen pounds and he's a four three nine guy. I think it's a good comp. But
it's just a piece of his game, right. He also gives you and and I don't want to bring this name, but that patience of a of the pinnacle of Levian Bell, that kind of style running is what you know, we kind of all thought that we're gonna get here several years ago. We didn't get those Steeler days. But those are the runs that he can make as well. So it's a combination of those kind of guys, and you know,
it's it's gonna be fun. Man's kid's gonna come in, he's gonna work hard, he's super smart, he's a great kid, a great person. Community is gonna love him, and it really builds the culture of this organization. Another to your talent guy that has great background and Carrot Windbet is now live in New Jersey and they're bringing the excitement
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of conditions at winbet dot com. Must be twenty one the older at president of New Jersey. If you're someone you know has a gambling problem called one seven zero seven one one seven. Just think about where the Jets have come in the last calendar year. Maybe in a couple of months, draft Elijah More or last year signed Corey Davison, free agency, draft Garrett Wilson, this year, draft Breest Hall. You're starting to see it all come together
at Braxton Burials. Toget and he was here, but he resigns. But Elijah More, Corey Davis, he didn't get time coming out, but for a big guy, he really can move. And then Garrett Wilson sub for four as well. So the speed dynamic is gonna be a lot different on this football field compared to even just a year ago. Absolutely. I mean you talk about we talked about offense and defense with the speed, but look at the special teams units. You know, look how they're going to improve with with
all this depth that they've created. This team gott strides better. They got a lot better on offense. Defense, you have a lockdown corner and Sauce Gardner. You already brought in one of DJ Reid. Uh you know you you add in all these talented players, Garrett Wilson on offense, a guy who's gonna help spread that field open along with Elijah Moore. I mean, look at the youth, Look at the speed, Look at the intensity that is brought into here.
There they're the all these guys have Robert Salas persona that all gas, no breaks. It's gonna be a lot of fun competition and practice, right, I mean, think about corners safety. All these guys are gonna be competing for valuable time. And now we're gonna get a tremendous amount of great players on the field at once that are determined to be the best at their position. It's it's
it's a good time right now. And I think we all kind of predicted that, Like, look with the free agent moves last year, this year, the draft capital last year, this year, that there can be some significant changes. And the one thing that Joe Douglas trust the process, right, it's not happening last year. It's part of the process. Now.
You look what you're adding into the fold with all the new pieces coming in, and they still got more picks, and there's some heavy hitters dropping still that are still available in this draft and make them even more home run hits. Like you talk about even if it's a special team player, you might get a really good, high end special team player and a guy that can ultimately start. But we look at all these picks, these guys are gonna be, uh you know, at least in my eyes,
pushing to be on the field immediately for the Jets. Yeah, start with Gardner, Garrett Wilson, like my mentioned, um, Jermaine Johnson going to be part of that pass rush. You have so many different options. I just I just find it fascinating the speed difference on this roster over the course of eighteen months or so. It's just gonna be so noticeable in a league that favors guys who can
do damage with the ball in their hands. Take a dump pass five yards and turn it into fifty, or take a screen, take a slant and go to the house like Garrett Wilson. Can you have more guys who are gonna help you get those big plays in a hurry and then also get to the quarterback defensive way? Yeah? I mean, and you talk about Jamaine Johnson and Anthony You've been saying it since we picked him, a guy who has seventy tackles at d N. What that means
is he's getting to the ball every place. He's not just making the splash plays that a normal defensive end does. He's pursuing. He's flying over the field, and when he gets there, he has terrible intentions. He's trying to hurt people. This guy is physical. He's gonna bring a different a different level of physicality to the defense. And I just I love it. I love these young guys that really loved the game of football. They play with their hair on fire. And it's gonna be great. It's gonna be
chip on his shoulder. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's he's here at six, but he thought, you know, people like top ten for this dude. And he's been through a journey now and that maybe why. I mean, he was at
uh Juco, you know, trying to find his way. Yeah, last chance you I mean, you know those guys are that's a tough deal now they it's not like, you know, having fun and and get all the accolades and some of these big school worked his way up and uh you know, finally found his home at Florida State for his final year and he made the most of it. So yeah, extreme amount of production out of all these guys.
You're looking at their numbers, it's sick numbers across the board for these four players, leaders of each of each position in their category. Yeah. And the other thing is a character. I mean, these guys definitely dynamic talents. But they're gonna fit very good into a culture that you see Robert Sala and Joe Douglas building here what they want. These guys love football. They're gonna be good teammates. There were good teammates on the college level. You guys mentioned Johnson.
He's a guy who stayed in touch with everybody in Georgia. I was happy, was celebrated when they won a national championship. He said he just had to go to Florida State to further his development, and he took that next step. But I've been so impressed talking to Sauce Gardner thinking about his story, how he was so lightly recruited coming to Cincinnati, undersized talk even I don't know what it was like five pounds in the high school, and that he just took off lanky kid and then steps along
the way. And Garrett Wilson think about what competition did for him at Ohio, stayed playing with Crystal Jameson Williams. By the way, those guys go ton of eleven and twelve in the draft. That was really kind of ironic if we look back at it. But these guys, when Sala says we're looking for players who love football, these guys all fit the bill. Yeah, And sometimes when you mentioned those kind of guys that they don't really have maybe the matching numbers, they're like, oh, yeah, we just
love the way you play. But these guys do you get both like very rare, you know, And it's very rare where you can actually talk about four guys like literally are all interchangeable as being arguably the best player in this in this draft lineup for them. Again, I can't get over. Uh, how happy is Zach Wilson that you're able to get these guys. I mean, it's impressive. He's got I mean, listen, he's look. I've said it yesterday, I'll say it again. Go to work, exact, just go
do your thing, get better every day, make football. And I know he is. Make it important to you every little detail. It's not it's more than throwing. It's more than getting on the film. It's more than asking coach more questions. It's it's it's got to be every detailed aspect of what you do in your life has to be uh has to be all about the quarterback position, improving yourself. If he does that, he has an opportunity to be one of the best ever put a uniform
on here. Because of the pieces around him, it's on him. You know, nobody's gonna be able to just make that happen. He's got to make that happen. And again, that goes across to the guys, we just drafted. If they just do what they've been doing, it's gonna be good. Michael Flair, Michael Flair has so many options, so we keep on talking about that. But you just added Breese all to
the equation. That means. So we're saying that yesterday when you pick up Garrett Wilson, but now you come back with Breece Hall was the most productive back in college football. Dynamic talent, So you just keep on adding to the mix. You really addressed the tightime position. You mentioned Lank and Tomlinson, You mentioned all the pieces up front where they're building, Zach Wilson, the number two overall selection last year, More
and Davis and Garrett Wilson. Um. You know, it's gonna be interesting to watch how quickly this all can come together now because there are a lot of new pieces, but there are a lot of talented pieces, absolutely, I mean, and you're adding that competition, you adding that that intensity, that want to get better. You know, Sauce talks about coming in here trying to get better, trying to learn
from your teammates. Garrett Wilson comes in with Corey Davis in the locker room, you know, with with Braxton Barrios, you know he had. There's there's guys, there's veterans in each position that these guys can all come in and learn from and good enough players that they can push them to be the best that they can be. Karl Lawson is coming off injury. Imagine when him him healthy, Jermaine Johnson on the other side, and that defense behind him flying to the ball. It's gonna it's gonna be
really nice to see. And honestly, you know, just a message to the current players. You know, and I don't know who they are. They all maybe if you're not in the building or you're gonna be getting in the buildings soon, get here, man, because having all these guys together right now, going through O T A S. Working out, running, grinding, sweating with your guys, and you bring in this rookie batch, man, it's it could be special, but you gotta put that
it's gotta be team, man. It's gotta be about the team. And if all these players are here doing that every single day like we did back when we played, good things can happen. We were here when those years happened, that good things can happen real fast. For this football team if they're here completely every single day heading in the train. I just want on with this. What were
your thoughts overall on we talked about Tyreek Hill. I'm putting that to bed, but there was a report here today that the Jets offered the ten tent selection, a second round pick for In, a second round pick for Deebo Samuel, and a fifth round which I know you a fifth rounder. Just just your thoughts quickly how it turned out, just from back from the beginning. I wasn't a big fan of it. Yes, Deebo is great, Tyreek
is great. But when you talk about what you have to give up, look what we would have been given up. You given up talented players at each position that are going to be able to help your team. Well, it turns out, it turns out with Garrett, Well you're not getting Garret cost and you gotta pay him twenty plus a million dollars. You got you got four young players who are going to contribute from day one and they
are gonna be here for a long time. All right, So you can make the argument that Jets got the top player in four position groups and a mad sauce gardener Garrett Wilson, Jermaine Johnson, and then finally Briest Saw. Speaking of Brieste Hall, let's get to Ethan Greenberg, who talked to him after his second round selection, now joined by the newest Jet running back, Breese Hall out of Iowa State. Breese, just, what was your reaction when you
found out that the Jets were on the clock. Did you have an inkling that maybe they traded up to get you? Yeah, you know, I just for a while it felt like it was taken forever. But then once I got the call and I saw New Jersey, I just knew. I was like, all right, this is this is the moment. So it's just it's just been a blessing. Did you have any feeling throughout the process that the Jets liked what you brought to the table, Like are
you surprised that the Jets called you? Or are you thinking, like, know what this is? This is where I was supposed to go. Yeah, it didn't really surprise me though I had i'm a formal meeting with him at the Combine and some Zoom meetings, so um, I had already kind of built a relationship with the coaches, so um, once I got the call. It didn't really surprised. So what do you bring to the table for Jets fans at haven't watched you play before? How would you consider or
what would you consider the strength of your game? UM? A three dome back who can you know, block, catch and run. UM, a natural playmaker. UM, somebody who could hit the home run, and you know, just somebody who can do it all. What was what was the key for you to be so consistent the past two years? We're talking first team All American Big twelve Offensive Player of the Year, stats off the charts. So what was the key for you for that success over the past
two seasons? Religious focusing in on those small things. My coach has always preached me that if I had focus on the small things and my natural ability would take over. So you know, for me, it was just staying on my ps and ques and focusing on on the small things. So with this Jets running backs room right now, Michael Carter yourself. What do you know about Michael Carter and what do you think that you add that maybe he doesn't have it? What kind of combination do you bring
and put on the plate here? I watched him in North Carolina so I kind of kind of feel how he was him and Javonte Williams, and you know, just knowing that he's a bruiser, but he can also make you miss um and I really I really like his game. I feel like I can compliment him a lot. So I'm just excited to get in there and learn from him. What about your game suits what the Jets do well
here on the pro level? I mean, I feel like being at three down backsuits every offense, so you know, for me, just being able to do everything at a consistent level. All right, last question for you, Briest, what's your message to Jets fans right now? Like, what type of player? What type of person are they getting in you? They got the best running back in his draft, and they got Um, a person who's gonna be great on
the field and great off the field. So you know, just somebody who's gonna give their all on the field, but somebody who's gonna be able to impact the community off the field. Awesome, Briest, congratulations, appreciate the time. Thank you, I appreciate it. Windbet is now live in New Jersey and they're bringing the excitement of wind Las Vegas to online sports betting. Get in on all your favorite teams, players and sports from boosted partlays to live in game
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of New Jersey. If you're someone you know has a gambling problem called one seven zero seven one one seven all right with the magic at Ethan Greenberg is suddenly here or not with freestall anymore? It is Friday morning? What do you think about the draft? Three minutes Friday before I ask you about that interview and your interaction with Brees Saw, what do you think so far of
the Jets draft? How could you not be I mean, how could you not be excited and all being realistic or you know, I think that when you look at the Jets draft, I think the ending on which analysts you talk to, you could say the Jets drafted the best cornerback available, the best wide receiver available, the best
running back available. And I'm sure there's some people that believe that Jermaine Johnson was the top pass rusher, but I feel like consensus is that he was a very good pass rusher and a very good class So I feel like, so far, how could you not be excited because the Jets got better at a lot of positions. And really, like what stands out to me more than anything is if we just talked about the cornerbacks room.
That room ended last year with Bryce Hall and Brandon Echols, the ad Sauce Gardner and Dj read Now that room has really good depth, and I think that kind of motto you could implement at other positions like tight end. With the addition of Jeremy Ruckert and c j Uzama and Tyler Conklin, and with running back at Bruce Hall in there and Garrett Wilson as well, I just feel like there's a lot of depth now starting to build
up at key positions. How cool a story is that Jeremy Rucker grew up a Jets fan a Long Island. I'm sure that's something that I feel like I empathized with I mean, not the not the Long Island Park. Yeah, empathized with this, Yeah, empathized. You know, well, I don't
know what the word is twelve twelve. You know, you know, empathy for Jeremy Rocker, but you're gonna relate, Yeah, you ever late growing up a Jet fan and not working for maybe maybe empathy tough years, guys, kid, You know, I want to know who his favorite jet was growing up, because you know, I had favorite Jets growing up, and you know, I'm he's around the same age as me, a little younger, but you know, I'm sure we have some overlap. I'm sure he was a big Lee on Washington. Guy.
I just talked to Rucker and we're gonna hear from him at the end of this podcast. But yeah, we were thinking tight end all along for the Jets this offseason. They had to address it right but after Freeancy, you didn't know what was gonna happen because they got zj Usama in here and they got Tyler Conklin in here, and they kind of changed the dynamic of the position. And we're kind of working our way, I guess from back to front now because this is their latest pick.
But uh, interesting where they go to Ruckert here, because I don't necessarily think tight end was a big need at this point, especially in around three to your point. But he sticks to the board here, Joe Douglas, and that's what he's been doing all along. Yeah. I also think that it's important to note that c j Uzama and Tyler Conklin, we're both later round picks. They weren't
like first or second round picks. And that was something that actually I noticed when the Jets signed both those guys, where it's like maybe you have a guy, you develop him for a couple of years, and then uh then he comes on the scene. And you know, the Jets love to run the ball, and Jeremy Ruckert's prowess is definitely in run block. And you know, I have a
question for you. It's similar the running Backs room, Like when you hear Bruce Hall is selected in the second round, knowing what the Jets think about Michael Carter, Like are you surprised at all? Are you like you know what, like this is gonna be a one to punch him? Like, let's roll. I think you want playmakers, So I guess it makes sense that the Jets are following the script that Joe Douglas said, one of the big things of emphasis is to consider continue to accelerate the development of
his young quarterback. And he takes Garrett Wilson with the number ten overall selection. He brings in, brings in Lake and Tomlinson in free agency. He gets the two tight ends, and then he comes back with another tight end. But Bruce Hall. This is a crowded running backs room. And but that speaks to the changing nature of the National Football League to I think that what we've seen in years past is listen, this offense is predicated on a
lot of guys touching the football. And Hall is a guy who was so productive and Iowa State, and he's fast and he's big, and you've got really good run out of Michael Carter last year. Tevin Coleman is back in the mix. Um he Robert Salom was talking about Austin Walters. Austin Walter today, you Michael Pete, Ryan Stell on the roster. Ty Johnson is another guy on this
offense who's a sub four four guy. I mean, if we go up and down the roster, and I was talking to back to Coleman about this a couple of minutes before you got on, was this roster has really changed in terms of speed dynamic. Yeah, I definitely agree with that, and with the running backs in particular. I just feel like if that room is fully healthy, but at the end of training camp, a good player is not gonna make the team. And that just speaks to the depth at the position. What stands out to me
about Breece Hall. You look at you know, you look at his resume. You know, he's a consensus First team All American Backs back years, Big twelve Offensive Player of the Year. Stands out to me. FBS record rushing touchdown in twenty more consecutive games. The guy finds the end zone had fifty rush touchdowns. That was and and he had eleven school records. And you know, and I know Beck's not sitting right here like he was a couple of minutes ago, and he loves the briest Hall pick,
but he picked him in our mock drafts. Yeah, you know, he's got a big I was a part of that. He was the one that put him on the table, but you know I allowed him to do it. Yeah, I'm about Anthony Coach Beck. We should call him the head coach in the XFL. Great news for him. I feel like, you know, I feel like every time I think about who the Jets drafted, and as you know, it starts like replaying in my mind because you know,
we're so busy. Right after the pick, I'm thinking in my mind like, wow, like this Steve really got instantly better. And you know, I especially after free agency and when they were pumped about what they got done in free agency especially, you know, to me, I even go one step further. You think about the guys who finished the season hurt, like Corey Davis, specifically Carl Lawson, like fully healthy players that the Jets added last year in free agency,
like Davis and Lawson. Those are two, like two new starters in two I know Corey Davis played almost a full season or a big chunk of it, but he
was on pace for a thousand yards. I just feel like the blueprint is are and I know you don't win the draft in April, right these players have to develop in whatever, but I feel like this draft has the blueprint to have an early return similar to the two thousand and we're not even in Day three yet we're not even day three, and the Jets right now just scheduled to have two picks, so it could be an early afternoon for you for you to Saturday afternoon,
no doubt about it. Okay, let me flip the script on you, because this is something that over the years you would do if I was in that seat and you were in this seat once your most favorite pick after two days. Yeah, that's a great question for the Jets. And that's not saying he disliked, because you're you're telling us, well, I feel like I'm slightly biased to Jermaine Johnson because we were in Mobile and I remember walking by. He
was not on the Jets team. He was on the other team, the Lions team, the American team, and I remember walking by not knowing really who he was, and I'm like, oh wow, like who's this dude because he towered over me, And yeah, I think he's just very impressive. And then fast forward to the combine. Well, first of all, he had a fantastic week that added to it. Then you go to the combine. I remember listening to his
press conference and I'm like, who's this guy? You know, like he just has a really calm, captivating way about him, like very comfortable in his own skin, very confident, I mean, but he was on the other side of the studio. I love the the outfit choice, and he had an outfit change midday. Yeah, in the press conference. Well when when you did the one on one, he was wearing the black and white or the black and yellow like
the bumblebee colored floral print. Then he had the Florida States seminal like red gold white print suit for the press conference. You know, Hey, to me, it's Jermaine Johnson. Also when you factor in just what this defensive front wants to do, and you know that opposite Carl Lawson could be a guy like Jermaine Johnson, with John Franklin Myers and Jacob Martin also and everyone else on the roster,
you add Vinny Curry. To me, I think that's like a it's a I don't want to say game changing piece, but it definitely changes the dynamics of what you want to do upfront because we saw a lot of times last year where four guys in, four guys out, and so this just adds to that and it allows you to have two fresh units where the drop off of talent isn't maybe what it was last year. You have a favorite though, well, I just want to say this first is that could be a hillacious pass rushing unit
in sub packages. Because Carl Lawson knock on class here he comes back. He was so outstanding during training camp. We were so excited to see what he was going to do on the field, just from a curiosity standpoint, because this was the perfect system for him. I am curious to see what happened in the middle though. John Yea, John Franklin Wiers we love the Jets love his versatility. M guy lineup outside early and then in the subpack
and just can move inside. Quinn and Williams one of the most talented defensive tackles, young defensive tackles and football Sheldon Rankings still here. Remember the one guy that I forgot about earlier with Solomon Thomas. This is a former top five pick who can give you some rush on the interior as well, who's familiar with the solid system
rankings um Nathan Sheppard back in the mix. I wouldn't be surprised actually not to get two out of myself on Day three of the draft of the Jets at either a big defensive tackle, if you weren't surprised if they do or if they don't. If if they don't, and then if they don't do it in the draft, then priority free agents and drafted free agents. But as far as well, there's also one more guy to Jonathan Marshall, and you talked about a guy with like freaky traits.
That's a good point, and we'll have to see what he looks like in the second year. But um favorite pick. I like sauce just because he just says the New York field. You grew up in New York. I've been working here for a long time. He's just he's a kid who's gonna get after you, get in your face. That's like a New York mentality. But he also is somebody's gonna really acclimate himself well inside the locker we're on, he's talking about being a sponge. He also was a
person who was doubted, he wasn't heavily recruited. He grew he was part of that Cincinnati program. Who would have ever thought three years ago that saw a mod saw his gardener gona be the number four overall pick in the draft. And then you think about the Jets they had one of the greatest cornerbacks in the history of the league. Guys gonna be Pro Football Hall of Famer next year into Roll Reeves. So there's some cool connections there. So I guess that one stands out to me. How
about more surprising pick for you? I think my most surprising pick would come from day two. Really yeah, with with Hall or Rucker being the two options, and to me, to me, it's kind of a push um only because you know, am I surprised, No, I'm not surprised. But with to me, like cornerback, totally understand wide receiver at tennon Garrett Wilson. You knew the Jets were in in the veteran market when they tried to get Tyreek Hill. Didn't surprise me that they were going after him, meaning
Wilson at ten. Then you talk about Johnson edge rusher not surprising at a quarterback right check check check, right, So that that leads me with the running backs in the tight ends, and to me, I'd almost lean tight ends because of the two additions in free agency and use Zama and Conklin. It doesn't surprise like if you told me the Jets draft at a tight end I would not have been surprised if you told me it was round six, I would have been like, yeah, okay,
or around five. Because the Jets don't have a six round pick. They had to five until they traded them away. It was fourth round. I'm like, Okay, I get it. I'm not saying that I'm surprised in the third round. It's just like, oh, okay, maybe that's a bit of a luxury pick, not that it's a bad pick. And with Breece Hall, I know, I feel like the vibe that we get from Robert Sala and Joe Douglas as they love Michael Carter. Now that doesn't mean that you don't want to add to that room. I always felt
like there was gonna be another guy. But when you look at San Francisco and that's really what we have to go on compared to last year, Like Elijah Mitchell's a sixth round pick, so I'm thinking, oh, maybe there's like a Day three guy that can plug and play kind of like Michael Carter. Instead it's Day two, it's Breest Hall, and you know not I'm a fan of the pick. I just I wouldn't say like I wouldn't have put my money on that if I had the
opportunity to, and it ended up being Breest Hall. Yeah, I think it's fair, and I think you'd go either way as far as that second day. But it just speaks to what Douglas is doing here is just sticking to the board, especially with that Rutgerd pick, because all you can say, hey, listen, there's another playmaker, another play And while Ruckert didn't have the opportunity to catch as many balls as he would have if he wants somewhere
or else. Shoot, I mean you almost feel bad for Jeremy Ruckert, not because he's not a talented player, not because he's an NFL player now, but just on a college level, it's like that speaks to being a team oriented guy. Because we talked about all these guys going in the transfer portal. If if Rucker was all about himself, he'd be like, Okay, so I got Garrett Wilson here, I got Crystal lave Hair, Jamison Williams here. No, I'm never gonna get the balls, so I'm just gonna go
somewhere else. But he stuck it out and now he's a third round pick because he's a complete tight end in terms of yes, known first blocking progress more, but also and had the opportunity to really catch a lot of balls on the collegient level. And that's one thing that really helped him and Mobile when we were down there is that he was able to run those routes
in showcase pretty good hand. It's also a great I feel like it's a great situation for him when like the expectations not like to come in and catch fifty balls, like yeah, I feel like the expectation for him is like you come in, you knock people off the line of scrimmage, and you learn from the two guys in front of you, or whoever's in front of whoever else
is in the room. The two new additions to be in particular like Usama Conklin both Day three picks who have groomed themselves into stars earning second contracts, and then maybe you know down the road, you know in three even wouldn't surprise me if you know, let's say, injury led to opportunity for Jeremy Ruckert if he stepped in and he was a productive pro Dame Bruegler actually wrote when we wrote I wrote an article about five players to watch in Mobile, and Dane Bruegler wrote in it,
I have the article pulled up. I think Jeremy Ruckert will be a better pro than he was in college. It all comes down opportunity and says it all. So that says it all right there. Um, by the way, Perry and Winfrey was he selected, he was not, he is, he is available, he is the Senior bowllet for those who don't know, Senior Bowl m v P played in Oklahoma defensive tackle, which is you know, I would say
right now a quote unquote need for the Jets. Yeah, absolutely, me too, especially when you consider last year Sherwood, Jamie Sherwin and Homas and nozzwal Dean both selected on Day three as well. So I think that's definitely something to watch. And don't just watch the linebacker position. With that being said, because those guys were quote unquote college safetyes have played down and there in the box. So don't be surprised if the Jets find somebody of similar ilk here our
bruiser saying Darren Beaver's also available. I'm pretty sure he was a mobile guy as well. Um, Daniel fala Lele offensive tackle, Minnesota. I'm getting a lot of a lot of books. We're going to the mobile guys like the Minnesota kids like four pounds, yeah, it's like seven ft seven, Yeah he is. How about the one guy that that I do think is available, Brian Asamoa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma linebacker, also senior ball guy. No, I think he got selected.
I'm good. Let's put this up right now. Well, a lot of balls in the air right now, Oh, Minnesota Vikings. There you go. But that that is a good that's a good signal that it's time for us to sign off. It's nice too, but it's really morning three here, but we'll be back to close it up with another podcast tomorrow, Day three. But the New York Jets so far quite a hall early in two thousand two draft Sauce Gardner, Garrett Wilson, Jermaine Johnson, Briest Hall, and then finally Jeremy Rucker.
Two picks to go unless Trader Joe is on the move again. Right, hey, Green, thanks for stopping by. We're gonna close upon right now with some words from Jeremy Rucker. Jeremy, it seems like you're in a lively atmosphere right now. Paint the picture. What's going on you just got drafted by the New York Jets. I can't even explain it to you. I got, like everybody here grew but just man, I grew up, but just found I'm so excited. I can't wait to just get there and be a part
of it, to worry right the way. I'm excited. So can you tell me that moment when you were selected? What was the atmosphere like as far as the people around you. I was dead silent um kind of everybody's nervous. I was getting a little nervous um kind of where I was expected to go and everything like that. But I mean, I just like to it. It's like close and once that phone right, everybody, you can hear a pinshop and then once I know it's my brother to
grabbed his hat, it erupted. Uh Jets chance going off right? Um. I mean everybody here's ecstatic. I don't know who's more excited me now, but it's a dream come true. I want. I grew up going to games, I grew up going to training camp, I do the ball being a Jets fan. So I'm just just like, how valuable was that experience in January when you got coached up by the Jets,
Dott and Mobile Alabama's Senior Bowl. I mean, I thought it was about the great relationship and all those guys coach me and I are like I thought, I really tried going in and soaking up as much as I know. And he's got um coach in a way where it's very easy to understand, and it's and I think that that the whole staff I got. I gotta fund I got a chance to be a part of that room for a week and and soak it all in and
be there. I move that gene. But I had as a Kadon's for just that week, and now that I'm living it down, it's just it's hard to put in words. Outside, Hey, are you gonna be able to sleep tonight? It's a pretty loud crowd and a lot to celebrate. I had to tell him to be quiet. This is nothing compared to a couple of minutes ago. I'm well, I'm gonna celebrate it. I'm gonna I'm gonna enjoy the moment. I'm gonna have to lock my imn have to lock myself
in the room, in an inside room. Everybody's gonna be screaming bargaining. But I mean, like I said before, this just this just close to how I closed my support system. It's how close my family's and how we grew up being being just living. Hey, thanks, appreciate your time. Congratulations Yeah,