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00:00make it right call call right hotline draft just over a month away brian baldinger joins us former
00:05nfl or and uh odyssey nfl insider currently nfl network baldy breakdowns on social media compass
00:11media networks he's all over when it comes to the great game of football it is brian baldinger brian
00:16thanks for joining us yeah good morning guys good to be with you thank you it's wonderful to have
00:21you i i feel like i'm i'm setting this thing up to go the way i want it to go
00:25but i'm gonna ask
00:25a former offensive lineman bronze are at six right now the big question i think this is the first
00:30real question browns fans have to answer this entire off season should they go with an offensive
00:35lineman or should they maybe go with carnell tate wide receiver out of ohio state what would you do
00:41well they need both they need an offensive lineman i don't know i mean dewan jones has had a hard
00:46time
00:47staying healthy and staying on the field and he's kind of probably your left tackle right now but i
00:53think they need an offensive tackle and they need a wide receiver badly i don't think you go wrong
00:57with either one at number six right now they've got a 20 they got the 24th pick from jacksville last
01:02year uh there'll be a both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver that will be a good player at
01:0724
01:07so you could possibly use your first round picks to take both a wide receiver and a tackle have you
01:13been able to do much study on a guy like monroe freeling out of georgia because he just shot up
01:19the
01:19board like it was it seemed to be first late first round like maybe he'd be there at 24 for
01:24the bronze but since he is a pure left tackle you know there's a lot of people going man they
01:29may
01:29reach for him and take him at number six would you be comfortable with him at number six
01:36i like monroe for your feeling i mean i actually uh watched him quite a bit this week um you
01:42know he's
01:42got the size he's almost six eight um and he ran really really well he's on his feet at georgia
01:48he's just not very strong and you're gonna have to just be i i think he's only 21 years old
01:54i mean
01:55he's gonna get a lot stronger if you're willing to be patient with him i think he has a you
01:59know
01:59the chance to be really good but if you're saying okay we're gonna take we're gonna take him number
02:03six and play him right away i i you know i think miles garrett you know in practice might destroy
02:10his confidence um you know but i mean i i do like him it seems awfully rich though at six
02:16and i don't
02:17you know i don't really pay much attention to mock drafts or where people are taking him but
02:20he's gonna get taken in the first round i just think that his core strength has to get a lot
02:24better you constantly see it like he just has to get you know he's just a young kid that's athletic
02:31i mean i think you just have to be patient with him but i think he could be a real
02:34good player
02:35boy that patience thing is so interesting we're talking to baldy right now on the hotline because
02:40if you're trying to be responsible if you're trying to do this over the long haul then that's
02:45why you know you also at times want to see where guys project right it's not all about whether they
02:53can play the game week one but at the same time you know you're trying to win games they've had
02:57two
02:57straight really bad years and you never know when jobs are going to be on the line even with a
03:02new
03:02head coach uh so how much of that is fair to factor in like how good someone will be day
03:07one
03:08especially on the offensive line compared to where they project well it's not fair to offense
03:13it's not fair to any position today you know i mean last year look i mean mason graham you know
03:17schwashinger i mean they were grown men right away and they stepped in they played at a really high
03:22level but that doesn't always happen i mean this kid you know that you're talking about monroe monroe
03:27i think he could be a good player i don't know if he's going to be a great player because
03:31i know he i know
03:32what he lacks right now but you know if he's got to work i don't i've never met him but
03:36if he's got
03:37a work ethic and wants to be good i mean the weight room there's a ton of things to do
03:41um just to get
03:42ready for the season that he could get better at and i think you know a year from now maybe
03:47we're
03:47talking about a starting left tackle and a good starting left tackle um but you know you're gonna
03:52have to i just think there's a place to be patient especially you know in a place like cleveland
03:57where they had a really good class last year and they all you know most of the guys pop pretty
04:02good
04:02uh you know this is a different position now this kid could be really good you just have to
04:07you know you're just gonna have to you know send him to the strength coach and conditioning coach and
04:12let him go to work and you know put him at the in the right training room table and the
04:16whole thing and
04:17you might have yourself a really good player but you know if he doesn't develop in that area i think
04:22he's going to struggle at times how much do you think about fit brian when it comes to a pick
04:27anywhere in the nfl because you know i i hear about monroe freeling and there sounds like there's
04:32great potential there and it doesn't have to be him it could be anybody but when we're talking about
04:36potential and then we're talking about you know the patience we're allowed to have uh we have not
04:41been a very patient organization in in years past well i mean you're just talking about one particular
04:49player there's other tackles you know i mean caden broctor can start for you right now you know he'd be
04:54your best offensive lineman but you know if you're willing to take that would take that pick at six
04:59you know but you know there's there's guys that can step in and play that i don't think you have
05:02to be very patient with um you know so there's there's different there's different uh body types
05:08you know i mean i think you know monroe versus caden i mean caden is a grown man i know
05:13him pretty well
05:14um you know physically i think he can handle the job really well monroe freeling might be have a higher
05:20ceiling though so uh just because of you know how light he is on his feet and how well he
05:24runs and
05:25how he holds his weight and the whole thing so you have to kind of project a little bit with
05:30all these
05:31guys you know and what they're what they can become and then if they can become something really really
05:36good that's a question of you know coming back to the patience part i'm always curious what someone
05:42like you thinks of wide receivers because there's so many every year that are talented always seems like
05:49you can get really good wide receivers later in the first round but the browns are sitting at six
05:54and carnell tate would be a fan favorite instantly because the fans here in the region they certainly
05:59know him at ohio state and he's probably the best on the board but he also wasn't the best wide
06:04receiver at ohio state so how do you factor that in well not everybody has jeremiah smith you know
06:10you know that they're playing with so he looked like the best wide receiver in the country as a
06:15freshman uh you know they just but you know there's there's there's plenty of receivers i mean
06:20if you like mckay lemon i think he yeah he's a great great uh massive production i don't know how
06:27good he is against the jam and his releases seem to need some work i mean oh you could pick
06:31apart all
06:31these guys in some way but um you know carnell probably is going to be the first receiver off
06:37off the board just because of where he comes from how clean a prospect he is and how productive he's
06:42been
06:42you know i mean and now people want to pick apart how fast he is well i don't know you
06:48know when you
06:48look at a guy like uh you know if you look at a guy that plays for the rams right
06:56now and you look at
06:57what he ran coming out of college both uh you know both receivers that came out of college neither
07:03one of them ran a good time but they're both great receivers and so um you know i just think
07:08the
07:08question of uh can he can he produce and really speed i think is secondary at that position can
07:15you catch the ball do you have great hands you catch everything that's thrown can you play inside
07:19can you play outside i think that's the most important thing and carnell really you know has
07:23does both those things well you mentioned the speed thing i thought it was comical to hear the
07:28debates that rang out after his 40 time and how maybe others had different 40 times because
07:35of them doing it by hand and then it invited the question why is any of this done by hand
07:41have you ever cared about the 40 time uh at times yeah at times it can be important i mean
07:49the fastest
07:50wide receiver is never ever the best wide receiver i mean you just go through history you know i mean
07:56carnell is you know he's 190 pounds he ran a four five three like that's not slow now he ran
08:03a good five
08:04you know he ran a good 10 yard split that's more important you know he didn't run the shuttle i
08:08like
08:08the shuttle time i think is more important than the 40 time can you change directions can you can you
08:14change direction without losing speed i mean that's the art of being a great uh a great route runner you
08:20know is can you change directions without ever slowing down like i think you know you look at the history
08:25of wide receivers at ohio state you know certainly when you look at uh you know garrett wilson he could
08:32do
08:32that you know there's been a bunch of guys that could do that and i think carnell tate's capable
08:36of that that's what emika buka did really well he's a great great route runner jackson smith and
08:41jigba great route runner change speeds without ever losing any speed or change direction without
08:46losing speed have a change of speeds like they've been well taught well coached there for a long time
08:52brian baldinger joining us on the make it right call call right hotline i saw your breakdown
08:56of kenyan sadiq uh back on monday we brought him up about a month ago and we got a lot
09:02of groans
09:02from a lot of fans because he has tight end next to his name and a lot of fans love
09:07the current uh
09:08tight end going into his second year and harold fan and junior tell people why they shouldn't be
09:12groaning about kenyan sadiq just because he's got tight end listed to his name well i thought they were
09:20groaning because he does have some drops and i thought that's what they might be groaning by i mean you
09:25go
09:25back and watch the whole season of every time he was targeted he probably has four or five drops
09:29where is that concentration is that bad hands is that what is that um but regardless i mean he runs
09:36he's really really smooth um he is to me he's a move tight end a lot like harold is i
09:44don't know that
09:44he's a true why although he does block down the field very well he is very strong and he's not
09:50afraid
09:51to block they don't ask they didn't ask him to do that at oregon very much but when he is
09:56um you
09:57know in a move tight end and they're running sweeps and outside zones and he's got to block
10:01the force or the safety he's very good at doing that stuff and so i wouldn't groan like that guy
10:07is
10:07is a talented talented player and you know everybody's looking to add more speed to both their offense and
10:14their defense i mean speed makes up for a lot of deficiencies in other areas and so his speed is
10:20noticeable he does have a good burst but he's very very smooth it looks like he just glides
10:25like when i ran when i saw him run his 40 yard dash at the combine i knew it was
10:31in the four fours i
10:32didn't know it was four three nine the second one but you could just tell that he was covering a
10:36lot
10:36of ground very very fast without straining at all it looked very natural and very easy for him and
10:42that's kind of what you want in the open field somebody that's just like just um you know easy fast
10:47he just hits the turbo charge and you know without really straining at all i have to simplify this
10:53question just because it it is what it is to a lot of fans is ty simpson going to be
10:57good
11:00i don't know he did wasn't very i mean he looks like he's basically a third down receiver coming
11:06out of the backfield right now i feel like that's his you know strongest suit i think he caught over
11:1130
11:11passes last year um so he's a runner i'm sorry uh the quarterback out of alabama oh oh yeah sorry
11:21i asked it quickly and yeah i'm sorry we're on the phone i apologize is i i just love that
11:27baldy had
11:27something on samson i know it's amazing he does the ball i'm sorry there is the because we're we're
11:34still looking for quarterbacks here you're talking about ty simpson yeah look i you know i just have
11:39a problem like i the kid has some good games and he has a lot of good plays on tape
11:45um the guy started
11:4815 or 16 games he just hasn't played much for we played four games um in 2024 and they played
11:56the
11:56season last year he just hadn't played a lot of football and i always am hesitant
12:02because there's just not many guys outside of you know you could say there isn't many many guys
12:08that played that few games and were great players at that position in the nfl you just need i mean
12:14that's the big thing about if you just look at you watch arch manning first game against ohio state
12:20wasn't very good wasn't very good against florida you watch him at the end of the year against texas
12:24a&m and the other teams like he was awesome all he did was improve he just hasn't i just
12:30felt like
12:30ty simpson needed a whole nother year like arch manning in the other year before they came out
12:34just give him another 13 14 games some playoff games some championship games and let him just
12:40see everything bad weather bad fields uh you know visiting crowds like all that stuff undermanned
12:47against certain teams um and and see how he competes i just think he needs more seasoning
12:53before i kind of evaluate him but if you're saying okay you're you're taking a project with that
12:58many starts right now you know all year all i heard when it came to caleb downs was could be
13:05a
13:05generational safety and now that everybody has a microphone and people are pouring over the tape
13:11they're saying all right really good but not at six overall especially when you need all the help
13:17on offense where are you on caleb downs i love caleb downs he's very very good player uh generational i
13:24don't know nick imanwari is he a generational he's a really good player got him in the second round
13:29last year he has unusual traits and how long is how fast he is caleb doesn't have those traits
13:34but he's a really good player you know the one one thing about watching this ohio state defense i've
13:40seen so many games like all like all of you is that when you have that many great players
13:46at every position at every step of your defense the line the linebackers the safeties like how many
13:54great plays do they even get a chance to make somebody else is already making it arvel's already
13:58made or sonny's made or lorenzo's made you know somebody's already made the play so you don't get
14:03a chance to make as many plays like if you watch sweschinger last year in college he made every play
14:08but he was the best player on defense and they didn't have a lot of other complementary players that
14:13were in his level and then he just came in he did the same thing this year uh you know
14:18so but i i'm
14:20i'm saying a lot here about caleb somebody's going to be really happy with him um but generational like
14:27is that derwin james what what is that uh you know to become a generational player it's there's just not
14:32a lot of them you know and so i don't know if he's if he's if that's being generational i
14:37mean one
14:38every 10 years you get a player like that i don't know that he's that player
14:43odyssey nfl insider brian baldinger find him on twitter at baldy nfl on the make it right call
14:49call right hotline brian thank you so much for the time hope to talk to you again soon
14:54my pleasure guys anytime yes sir thank you brian baldinger on the make it right call call right
14:59hotline he he went over one of the biggest questions that everybody has and every team has
15:04when it comes to drafting we're always looking at right versus wrong binary decisions he's talking
15:10about projection versus where the players are at right now and that is the biggest question
15:15everybody struggles with and is that what the browns should be looking at who should play
15:19and who's able to play on that offensive line tomorrow or who could be really good for the
15:25next five to ten years
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