00:00I like Burks.
00:02I think Burks has an absolutely massive opportunity in front of him.
00:06He's big.
00:07He's fast.
00:07He's strong.
00:08Contested catches.
00:09He has never stayed healthy, and he's been on terrible offenses.
00:13He has to start doing that now.
00:17Training camp is massive for him.
00:19He hasn't had a healthy training camp in a couple years.
00:23Honestly.
00:24I talked to him at minicamp, and he's like, man, I feel refreshed.
00:27I feel like this is a new start for me.
00:29And that's how he should feel.
00:31Like, that's good.
00:32Feel that way.
00:35He has the support from them.
00:36I guarantee you that.
00:40And so I'm excited by it all, right?
00:43But you have to prove it.
00:46Like, it's his time to prove why he was a first-round pick,
00:50why the Titans thought he could replace A.J. Brown.
00:53Antonio Williams, we haven't seen anything.
00:56Nothing at all.
00:58He's got a huge opportunity, though.
01:01A huge run of receivers went off the board in the third round,
01:05and Washington let it off and took Antonio Williams.
01:07Yes.
01:08It's time for AP to be proven correct in a receiver assessment.
01:14You could argue, through two years of Adam Peters' leadership,
01:18he hasn't been proven correct in a receiver assessment yet.
01:21This is an opportunity.
01:23If Williams is the guy, if Williams can give you 650 yards and four touchdowns,
01:29that's a success.
01:31Big time.
01:32Especially for a rookie.
01:34We'll see.
01:36Go further down the list.
01:37Next, I think you get to the Luke and Lane discussion.
01:41Mm-hmm.
01:43Which one of those two are you more excited about?
01:45And I think both of them, it's important to note,
01:47which we did yesterday in our special teams conversation,
01:50I think both of them...
01:52Very vital in that.
01:53I think Luke is a plus kick returner.
01:55I think Lane is a very good punt returner.
01:59So there is real value to those.
02:01But with Luke and Lane, who are you more excited about this fall as a receiver?
02:07I'm more excited about Luke because I saw Luke more involved
02:11and he started to come around.
02:12I think Lane to you, Lane is the guy that they know can help them
02:17in the return game.
02:18And I think they may push him more in that first
02:21before he starts doing stuff in the other side.
02:24And Lane, to me, was learning more of the receiving thing.
02:28You get what I'm saying?
02:28Yeah.
02:29And at Virginia Tech, he was the gadget guy.
02:31And he was a guy that you knew can break a game open on the return game.
02:35And I think the more he is around, he'll catch on to that.
02:40Just like when I look at the other side of the ball, looking at Revo.
02:44Revo was always great at special teams.
02:47And all of a sudden, now he's getting a chance at safety.
02:51You know what I'm saying?
02:52And how many years has he been around?
02:54Seven, eight years?
02:55Nine, maybe?
02:56You know?
02:57So you look at that.
02:58I think Lane is that type of guy where he is so valuable
03:01to you as a special team.
03:03You're going to keep him around.
03:04But the more he learns, the more he gets an opportunity to play offense.
03:10I'm with you.
03:11I think Luke was starting to show something.
03:15I think Lane has shown a lot with the punt return.
03:21Lane has legit elite speed.
03:24Yeah.
03:24Luke has, for all the talk of a big receiver, Luke's it.
03:27He has the size.
03:30But see, that's the thing about it, Lowe J.
03:31I hear people, just being 6'1", 6'2", don't make you a big receiver.
03:36There are some receivers that are 5'11", that plays bigger than a guy at 6'2", 6'4".
03:41It's about, when do you make those catches?
03:44How do you make them when you're being contested?
03:47That's why people always talk about the bigger receiver,
03:49because they assume the bigger receiver is going to go up and grab the ball.
03:54I watched Tanner play.
03:56I watched when Leslie Shepard was playing.
03:58Hell, they went up and got balls on people all the time.
04:00So, big receiver is a misnomer.
04:05Just because you're 6'3", don't mean you're going to be like that.
04:08We've seen a lot of guys in this league that are over 6'3",
04:11that play small as hell.
04:15It's going to be really interesting to see.
04:18Now, we go down a line here,
04:20and I think this is the biggest dramatic difference
04:23in the commander's roster from 25 to 26.
04:27All right.
04:29Now, there could be a different order of these.
04:32I'm just counting six receivers, right?
04:34I guess I'm counting seven, actually.
04:36So, we did Terry, Williams, McCaffrey, Burks.
04:41Yeah, and Lane is five.
04:44The bottom of this room last year was Chris Moore and Robbie Chosen.
04:50That was 230-plus.
04:53I don't love the term journeyman,
04:55but guys that had bounced around through a lot of their careers.
04:57Guys that had been kind of all over the place,
05:01which isn't always a bad thing,
05:03but they were thrust into a situation
05:09where they had to play a lot,
05:11and it wasn't good for the team.
05:13And I do think there has been a real attempt
05:19to improve the bottom of the receiver room.
05:23And I think if you're telling me
05:25you could have De'Ami Brown and Van Jefferson,
05:27two real NFL wide receivers.
05:29True.
05:29Both.
05:31What is Van?
05:3228?
05:33Van was a second-round pick.
05:35De'Ami was a third-round pick.
05:37Van Jefferson's had seven 800-yard seasons in the NFL.
05:40De'Ami Brown had a ridiculous playoff stretch in 2025.
05:45De'Ami Brown was able to convince Jacksonville
05:47to give him 10 mil a year last year,
05:49largely based on that playoff run.
05:52Like, I think the depth at the receiver position
05:55is significantly improved from what it was last year.
05:58And that's where I feel better about the receiver room.
06:02Yeah.
06:02I think when you look at De'Ami,
06:05you look at Van,
06:07Van has that experience and still growing.
06:10De'Ami is a guy who was very, very good in the playoffs,
06:14but I still think he has growth to go as well.
06:16But sometimes it's who you're with.
06:19He left here and went down there.
06:22He and the coach didn't, I guess, see eye-to-eye.
06:26He realized, I had a good run with Jaden.
06:30I might want to get back on that staff.
06:32Just like when you talk about Tyreek the other day,
06:34and you say, hell, the best place for him to go,
06:36no, well, not Tyreek, Diggs.
06:38Probably Kansas City.
06:40Because you got Pat.
06:42If I'm a receiver,
06:43I want to be around a quarterback
06:44who's going to make me better.
06:45Who's going to find ways to get the ball into my hands.
06:48And I think De'Ami has that with Jaden.
06:52Totally.
06:53And whether he...
06:56I don't know, man.
06:57I don't know what is a reasonable expectation
07:00for De'Ami Brown.
07:03But it's intriguing.
07:05Like, I don't look at this roster
07:08at the receiver room and like,
07:11oh, man, they're in trouble.
07:12I know there are people that do
07:14because they don't think there's an obvious number two receiver.
07:17That's fair.
07:18Like, there is no obvious answer.
07:21I think they want it to be Burks.
07:24I think there's real questions
07:25if Burks will stay healthy.
07:27If he does,
07:29then it's interesting.
07:30Yeah.
07:31But as we look at this thing,
07:32we start breaking down the receivers.
07:34I think in this day and age in the NFL,
07:37we have to some kind of way
07:38find a way to blend
07:42pass receivers.
07:43Because so many offenses
07:45don't just throw it to two receivers.
07:47They throw it to a tight end
07:48probably as much as they do the other receiver.
07:50A lot of them throw it to the running back
07:52as much as they do the third receiver.
07:54So when you have those guys in other positions,
07:57that is an extension of what we're talking about today,
08:00the receiving core.
08:01You got running back in white
08:04and Chig.
08:05And I think all those guys right there
08:07may, by the end of the season,
08:10make us say,
08:10see,
08:11we were talking about this
08:12second receiver thing
08:13and we had him out the whole time.
08:17In 24,
08:18when this team won 12 games
08:19and went to the NFC title game,
08:20Terry McLaurin was the only receiver
08:21over 1,000 yards.
08:23He went for about 1,100
08:24with 13 touchdowns.
08:25The second leading pass catcher
08:27was Zach Ertz,
08:2966 catches for 654 yards,
08:327 touchdowns.
08:32The third leading pass catcher
08:35was a receiver,
08:37Olamide Zaccheaus,
08:3845 catches for 500 yards,
08:403 touchdowns.
08:41Then you had Noah Brown,
08:4235 catches for 453 yards
08:44and a touchdown
08:45that everyone will always remember.
08:47Hell yeah.
08:47Then you had Eckler,
08:4935 catches for 366 yards.
08:52Then you had Deami,
08:5330 catches for 308.
08:54That's the regular season.
08:56They basically matched that
08:57in three games in the offseason,
08:59on the postseason.
09:02You do lose Debo Samuel
09:04from last year,
09:05but how do you feel
09:05about this receiver room?
09:07Do you think they have to add
09:08Steph Diggs?
09:09Do you think they have to add
09:10Keenan Allen?
09:11Do you think one of these young guys
09:13that we haven't seen much from,
09:15Jalen Lane,
09:15Luke McCaffrey,
09:16can emerge as a receiving threat?
09:18Those guys have been good
09:19in the return game.
09:20Can they emerge
09:21as a receiving threat?
09:22Do you think Deami Brown
09:23could pick up where he left off
09:25in that Detroit game?
