00:00If you're telling me with the 48th overall pick,
00:02you're going to get a depth piece at swing tackle,
00:06who in a year or so, two, could be your starting tackle,
00:12then I am way more okay with it then, if he can do both.
00:17Because the reasoning behind it is,
00:19so you're telling me that a spot where you almost were missing
00:22both of your starting tackles at one point in the season
00:24because Jake had a high ankle sprain and Caleb tore his knee,
00:27they're both over 30, that I would go at a depth piece
00:31and a guy that could start and play at either position if needed
00:34and possibly be the future at one of them?
00:37Totally okay with that.
00:39Totally okay with that.
00:40I agree.
00:41That's why I ask it in that way.
00:45Because you need a swing tackle,
00:47and I think last year proves that you needed a swing tackle
00:50and you can't.
00:51Mr. Reply All is out in Arizona,
00:56and you don't know what the future of Storm Norton is,
00:59who is supposed to be your swing tackle.
01:01Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see what they,
01:03regardless of whether or not they draft one in the second round,
01:05it's going to be interesting to see what they do with swing tackle.
01:08And I've told this story before.
01:11Guys, when Jake Matthews was drafted
01:13and when he came to Atlanta,
01:15he played right tackle.
01:17He played right tackle.
01:18Tell the story.
01:19They knew that he was probably,
01:20they knew he was probably the future at left,
01:22and Sam Baker with some of his injuries
01:24they would probably have to move on from.
01:26And I think we were in Houston at the time
01:29playing a preseason game against the Texans.
01:31I'm standing next to Jake.
01:33Sam gets injured.
01:34He's grabbing his knee out on the field.
01:36Didn't know how bad it was in the moment,
01:37but Mike Tice on the headset,
01:39who was our offensive line coach,
01:40gets news of how bad it is,
01:42and he walks down the sideline toward me and Jake,
01:45and he looks at Jake and he goes,
01:46hey, you play left tackle now.
01:48Surprise, you're our left tackle.
01:50And sure enough, that's how it's been
01:52for how many years now?
01:54Like since that moment?
01:55This will be the 13th season, I think.
01:58It's crazy.
01:59It's crazy.
02:00And that's just how quick it can happen.
02:02So you can have all the plans in the world
02:04for who's going to play right
02:05and who's going to develop
02:06and who's going to play left and swing.
02:07It just, sometimes it hits the fan
02:10and you have to make adjustments.
02:12And you have to have a guy in that swing tackle role
02:14that is at least formidable
02:16if he has to play this year.
02:17So before people scream,
02:18it's not a need,
02:20it kind of is a need.
02:22It really kind of is.
02:24It's not until it is.
02:25Yeah.
02:25Well, you can't,
02:29and I always say,
02:31you can't cry that we don't have depth
02:33and that we've done nothing to address depth
02:37and then turn around on the other side of your face
02:40and say, oh, I can't believe it.
02:41See, that guy's not going to play.
02:43The waste of pick.
02:44I mean, what are we doing?
02:44Well, you do build depth through different ways
02:50and they have built depth to me
02:51in some positions on the front seven
02:54or rebuilt it from departures
02:56with these one-year deals we've seen.
02:58And so this would be a future starter
03:01or a position you'd look at
03:03to become a future starter
03:04that you're also building depth for 2026
03:07and possibly 2027,
03:09depending on what happens.
03:10Ali, when you ask the question,
03:12I've been trying to rack my brain
03:14during this segment of a position
03:16that I feel like I would be shocked
03:18if they selected.
03:19That's what I was going to ask.
03:20They've got nothing.
03:21It might be easier to ask it that way
03:24because it feels like things could swing either way,
03:26offense, defense.
03:28Is there a position you're confident
03:30they will not select?
03:33I would say right now
03:34you're not going to pick a safety
03:36in the second round.
03:41I'm going to go with kicker.
03:47Yeah, that's pretty quality.
03:50Running back, running back.
03:51Quarterback?
03:52Is this where I'm supposed to say great analysis?
03:55Yeah, yeah.
03:57Exactly.
03:58I can let the door open for you.
04:01I'm going to say,
04:02no, I think if,
04:04I'm going to get run out of town for this.
04:06If Ty Simpson is sitting there at 48,
04:09he won't be.
04:10If he's sitting there at 48,
04:11I would draft him all day long.
04:13I'm telling you I would.
04:14I would draft that.
04:16I think the Falcons would too.
04:17I think that kid
04:18is going to be the best quarterback
04:20in this draft class.
04:22I said it.
04:23Orlowski is catching it all over the place.
04:26But here's the thing.
04:27Orlowski criticized him
04:30and then criticized Mendoza
04:33and praised him during the season.
04:36I told you after,
04:39it was either right before
04:40or after the Georgia game,
04:41I said I think Ty Simpson's
04:42the best college football quarterback
04:44right now.
04:45And then he got knocked
04:46because he hurt his shoulder
04:48and I think his,
04:50it was a lower body injury.
04:52He had a back injury.
04:54That's what it was.
04:54Yeah, he got a back injury
04:55and then I think he cracked his ribs
04:57in the final game.
04:59I thought all along
05:00that he was the best
05:01college football quarterback.
05:02He looks pro ready.
05:04He makes all the pro throws.
05:05And I'm not talking about
05:07deep ball crap.
05:08But he can make every throw
05:10in the field
05:11and he is something
05:13we have not had
05:14in a very long time.
05:15He can move out of the pocket.
05:17He's so hard to stomach.
05:19I mean, look,
05:21I like the guy.
05:22But can you imagine
05:24for this city
05:25if you went and selected
05:26a quarterback
05:27in the second round
05:28named Ty Simpson
05:30and you're essentially saying
05:31that he's the future
05:32of the position.
05:32I'm not advocating for it.
05:34I'm just saying
05:35if he's there
05:36it's hard to say
05:38he's not the best player
05:39available at 48.
05:40Yeah, I'm with you.
05:41I don't think he's there.
05:42He's projected to be
05:43a late first round pick
05:44between like 16 and 34.
05:46The Jets are going to
05:48draft him.
05:48That's what's going to
05:49end up happening.
05:50And God bless him
05:52because, you know,
05:53he's living the dream
05:54but it's kind of like
05:55the nightmare dream scenario,
05:57you know?
05:58We had this conversation
06:01three or four months ago
06:02and the clip
06:02kind of went viral
06:03of us talking about it
06:04because who were we
06:05talking about?
06:05Dante Moore.
06:06Remember when Dante Moore
06:07was like,
06:07I'm going back to school?
06:10And it started to come
06:12in full circle
06:13of how bad
06:14the quarterback class
06:15in this draft
06:16could be in that moment.
06:17That was a guy
06:18who could have gone
06:18number two overall
06:19and he returned to school
06:21because he's obviously
06:22making a ton of money
06:23and so you start
06:24going down the list
06:25of like,
06:25okay, well then who's next?
06:26And Ty Simpson
06:27has become that guy.
06:28Heard some great things
06:29about Carson Beck's
06:30pro day this week.
06:32Heard, you know,
06:32he's got some upside
06:35to him,
06:35but it just really
06:36is a very thin,
06:37we said in that clip,
06:39said Malik Willis
06:40would make $50 million.
06:41He ended up making $60.
06:44And it's just because
06:45there are not quarterbacks
06:47out there that you feel
06:48like are NFL ready.
06:48Do you remember Jeff George?
06:51Yeah.
06:52Does Carson Beck,
06:54I'm not saying he's
06:56as big of a jerk
06:57as Jeff George
06:57turned out to be,
06:58especially in this city,
06:59but does Carson Beck
07:00kind of remind you
07:01of Jeff George?
07:04Big,
07:04strong,
07:05huge arm,
07:07can do everything
07:08you need.
07:08Like,
07:09Carson Beck's pretty good
07:10with his legs,
07:11but
07:12he,
07:14he
07:16does things
07:17and you're just like,
07:20what was that?
07:22Why was that a good idea?
07:23I mean,
07:23to throw the end
07:24of the national title game
07:25was a bad decision.
07:27He makes some bad decisions
07:29and then when he,
07:30when he goes up
07:31to the press conference
07:31and they're like,
07:32what happened?
07:32You know,
07:33he doesn't give the quarterback,
07:35I just gotta do better.
07:36I mean,
07:37I don't know all I can do
07:37is throw the football
07:38and if they're not there,
07:39I don't know what to tell you.
07:40They gotta make the,
07:40you know,
07:41and it's like,
07:42dude,
07:43it's just as,
07:46say it.
07:46That's just how he looks.
07:48I think it's just how he looks.
07:50The words that come out
07:50of his mouth.
07:51I think it's the look
07:51on his face most of the time
07:53where you're like,
07:53dude.
07:53Are you saying Carson Beck
07:54has an RBF?
07:56Hold on.
07:57Yes.
07:57Yes,
07:57but the words that come
08:00out of his mouth
08:01back up
08:02that it's more than
08:02just RBF
08:04is what I'm saying.
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