00:00Here's what I don't think is fair, right?
00:02You throw these kids in front of the camera at the combine, right?
00:06Because it's the interview of his that went viral.
00:08Right.
00:09And you then make a determination, which is unfair, about who the kid is as a human being.
00:16Right.
00:17Knowing nothing about the kid outside of I've seen him play football.
00:21I don't know his background.
00:22I don't know if his mom and dad are together.
00:23They are together and they were there at the draft with him.
00:26Which is awesome, right?
00:27Mm-hmm.
00:27But you put a kid in front of a camera at the combine and the kid has a little bit
00:34of a little attitude.
00:35He's got a little spunk to him, right?
00:37He doesn't answer the questions.
00:38Maybe you want him to answer the questions.
00:41And then you decide, oh, he might be a problem, so I'm not going to draft him.
00:47Mm-hmm.
00:47Why?
00:48Because he had a tough interview at the combine.
00:52Right.
00:52Or he's got a little juice in him.
00:54Right.
00:54Right.
00:54He's got a little, like, attitude, which I would think you'd want from a guy on a football field.
00:59Most teams, the smart teams do.
01:01But that's like, so I didn't, I'll be honest, I had no idea where he was expected to go.
01:05So I'm not claiming that I know anything about where he was slotted.
01:08Yeah, it was supposed to be 20.
01:09He was not supposed to make it to 20.
01:11But if the reason that you chose not to draft him, and look, not, like, 10 wide receivers didn't go
01:16ahead of him.
01:17No, only one.
01:17All right, one did.
01:18One did.
01:18He was the second wide receiver taken, and I think only three got taken, maybe four, in the entire first
01:24round.
01:24Right.
01:24Jets came in late to get Cooper.
01:26Late to get, yep.
01:26He's the last wide receiver taken.
01:27And there was one more.
01:27There was one more, a few picks after the NFL.
01:29So, only four wide receivers got taken, and he was the second one overall, so that's good, obviously, right?
01:35There was not a premium on wide receivers last night.
01:38He was the third wide receiver taken.
01:40All good.
01:40But the point is that it was like 10 guys got taken, and he fell behind other wide receivers.
01:46He came third in wide receivers.
01:49But I always think it's unfair that you're going to make a decision on whether or not a kid is
01:55good for your team, will be a good guy, because of one interview.
01:59Yeah.
02:00That's a good point.
02:00I don't, like, to me, that's, like, and the other thing is, to be fair, I'm also not drafting nuclear
02:08physicists.
02:09Right.
02:09I'm not drafting someone that I hope one day wins a Nobel Peace Prize.
02:15And I don't want to diminish the fact that, you know, he's a 19-year-old, 20-year-old kid,
02:19however old he is, who's just a football player.
02:21I'm sure he's a lot more than that.
02:23But, like, oh, no, he's got some attitude.
02:26Oh, no, he was doing the Stevie Wonder.
02:29Oh, no, he'll tell you how great he is in an interview.
02:34So what?
02:36But I just want to know, A, can the kid play football, and B, has he ever been in any
02:42trouble off the field?
02:44Right.
02:44And he hasn't.
02:45And he hasn't.
02:46And what's funny is, you talk about Puka Nakua right now, who's in rehab as we speak, who was set
02:52to get maybe $150, $160 million guaranteed.
02:55He's going to get the JSN contract.
02:56He's going to get the crazy contract, right?
02:58He's great in interviews.
03:00Yeah.
03:01But a knucklehead off the field.
03:02He does get in trouble off the field.
03:04Right.
03:05And sometimes, and that's the part.
03:07And also, you talk about how young these guys are.
03:08You talk about people that are 21 to, at the oldest, they'll be 25.
03:13That's it.
03:13That's on the draft, the first round.
03:1521 to 25 at the oldest.
03:17And that's a rarity.
03:18How many people are fully polished, finished people at that age?
03:23Almost none.
03:23And as long as you're staying out of trouble, you have the ability to grow.
03:27Now, if you're in trouble, it's different.
03:28By the way, give me a great football player who's never been in trouble.
03:31Right.
03:32That's it.
03:32That's it.
03:33Yeah.
03:33I don't care what your grades were.
03:35I don't care who you're sleeping with.
03:37Don't get in trouble.
03:38Don't get in trouble.
03:39Don't get in fights.
03:40Don't do drugs.
03:41Right.
03:41Don't get involved with gamblers.
03:43Don't beat women.
03:44We've seen that.
03:44We've seen all kinds.
03:45Yeah.
03:46By the way, and you could be a dingbat.
03:47I don't care.
03:48Are you a great football player?
03:50Mm-hmm.
03:50Are you a leader?
03:51Are you a man?
03:53I'm good with it.
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