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Speaker 1: The plays get broken down and science gets denied.

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Speaker 3: To come off the bitch.

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Speaker 1: Hour two of Off the Bench Live from the Raising

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Speaker 4: Welcome in our number, our number two here Monday edition

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of Off the Bench. Taylor Sharp, Alondra Villarrial Brex and

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Rizzuto hanging out with you here on this Monday morning.

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We talked a lot of l Shue Baseball and our

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number one and rightfully so, I mean there were dominant

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moments over the weekend, the three game series against Milwaukee.

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They will take one the Kent State Golden Flashes tonight.

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We'll recap all of that tomorrow and I speaking of

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what's coming up here in the next two hours. At

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eight thirty four, Relship pitcher Patrick Coogan is going to

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hop on the show. We'll get his thoughts, a former

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player what he saw from the Tigers in the opening weekend,

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and of course of Devin Snow in our normal nine

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to fifteen spot. We'll have weekend winners at nine am.

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We'll get to all of it right now, though. Zach

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and Naggy, who covers LSU for SI This is actually

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something he put out a week ago was a graphic

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of offseason workouts for your LSU Tigers and it was

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broken down by position groups of their top speed and

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Jabari Mack true freshman twenty two point two miles an

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hour he was topped out at He was second on

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the team behind Philip rad who was twenty two point seven.

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I really hope Jabari Matt can be a difference player.

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Like when you look at what he did, he was

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a he was a big time player at Destrahan and

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that's been an LSU factory for years. I mean, think

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about some of the guys that came out of Destrahant.

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All three of the Jefferson brothers, so Jordan, Ricky and

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Justin John Emery came out of there. Glenn Logan's from there.

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I mean, there's so many guys out there that you

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could name that came out of desh Ran High School

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that were big for this Yellowship football team. He's six one,

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he hovers around two hundred pounds. He was a four

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star coming out of high school. This is a guy

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that if he could have a really good offseason, who knows,

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I mean he can, he could potentially make an impact

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right away. And I know people laughed at oh, Wayne

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play seven on seven on offense. But you have thirteen

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receivers between the portal, you have one returner in Philip Wright,

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and you have three high school guys. Wayne Kiffin last

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year played about six or seven guys that had I

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think he had six hundred six guys that had four

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hundred yards more receiving and no player with a thousand,

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Speaker 2: So we think about it.

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Speaker 4: If you have five, five, ver six every day receivers,

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you're really only too deep that point. With thirteen guys

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and maybe a couple to spare, why can't Jabori Mac

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be in that number. Like we know about the transfer

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portal guys that are coming in, Everyone's excited about Jase Brown,

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Jackson Harris was super productive at Hawaii. Winston Watkins comes

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over joins Lane Kiffin after showing flashes as a freshman

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last year at Old Miss. You bring in Trey Wilson

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from Florida, and I get it, Like you go look

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up the stats for Eugene Wilson. Nothing's going to jump

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off the board at you. But he played with Graham

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Mertz and DJ Lagway where his two quarterbacks.

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Speaker 2: So I'm gonna give Trey.

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Speaker 4: Wilson a little bit of a pass as far as

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uh not having the eye poppy numbers. He's a guy

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that was a high recruit. When he got there. People

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in Gainesville loved him. I mean like Chris Dorrian's raved

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about him, Tebow's raved about him. I mean, anybody connected

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to that Florida program has had good things to say

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about Trey will I think he's gonna fit in here.

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So we know Wilson, Harris, Jason Brown. I mean those

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guys are going to play. We got that. But what

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about the younger guys. Why can't Jabari Mac be one?

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of these freshman wide receivers you brought in have a

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chance to be really good.

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Speaker 2: You look at Braylen Allen.

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Speaker 4: I mean Braiden Allen was a three star from LCA,

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just down the road in Lafayette. He was the he

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was actually committed to Lane Kiffen, him and Corey Barber,

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who will get to in a minute. He was committed

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to Ole Miss with Kiffen. When Kivin got the job,

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Kivin immediately flipped him lshoo. So this is a guy

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that Lane's had his eyes on for quite some time.

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three catches, seven hundred forty one yards, eleven touchdowns, but

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on defense thirty four tackles, two interceptions, also had a

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defensive score and returned to punt for a touchdown in

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twenty twenty five. The athleticism is there with Braidon Allen.

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He's a little bit longer of a receiver. He needs

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to put on a little bit away, but I mean

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the potential is there. And again that's a guy that

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Lane Kiffin targeted early on and liked him so much

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that he's like, I have to bring him with me.

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Speaker 2: Tell a shoot.

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Speaker 4: Kiffen has a certain mode of guys he likes to

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put into his offense and clearly thinks Brad now and

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fits that well. Which brings me to the last freshman

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wide receiver. Then we have, for lshoot Corey Barber, four

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star wide receiver from Trussville, Alabama, and he was actually

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a five in some services. Nan Corey Barber had a

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heck of a finish to his high school career. As

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a junior, seventy four catches fourteen hundred yards eighteen touchdowns.

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Last season, sixty eight catches eleven hundred yards, fourteen touchdowns.

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Corey Barber is a stud. He's got the size, he's

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got the production. You go watch the guy's tape. He

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can do a little bit of everything. He could run routes,

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he's got good hands, he's got the size. When Ulosu

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flipped Corey Barber to me, that was one of the

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biggest Like Lane Kiffin's really coming in and making an

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impact right away out of the high school guys. I mean,

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we knew, you know, Lane Kiffin, the portal king. We

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knew he was going to bring in big time players.

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May hell, he brought in Sam Levitt, Prince Will Luman, Miellen,

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and Jordan Seeden. That's the number one quarterback, the number

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one ed rusher, and the number one left tackle. We

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knew what he was going to do in the transfer portal.

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followed Lane Kiff and Lsu, that's when it clicked, at

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least for me, because I think Corey Barber out of

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the three freshman wide receiver we're talking about, I think

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Corey Barber has the potential to be the best of

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those three. He's got size. I mean, he's over two

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hundred pounds right now, he's over six feet tall. And

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you saw his production that I just laid out. I mean,

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twenty six hundred yards over thirty touchdowns. That guy can

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play and that's just the last two seasons of his

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high school career. Corey Barber is a really, really good

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football player, and I think Ellish's lucky to have all

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three of these guys. So, I know there's been a

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lot of talk about the big name transfers, and I

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get it, the transfer portal era. You know what these

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guys can do. You've seen him do it, like I've

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seen Jace Brown play at Kansas State. I know he's

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an athletic guy. You look at what Jackson Harris did

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and you're like, oh, nine hundred yards at ten touchdowns

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in only twelve games. It's really good production from a

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guy on the college level. Trey Wilson has SEC experience,

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Winston Watkins has SEC experience. You're so concerned with those guys,

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and rightfully so they've done it here at this level

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that you kind of forget about the high school guys

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a lot of times. But look, Jabari Mack obviously one

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of the fastest guys on the team already, and for

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what it's worth, Corey Barber seventeen point five miles per hour,

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so not the speed of a Jabari Mac, but I

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mean he's going to make an impact for you, no

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question about it. Jace Brown third on that list, Jackson

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lot of these guys have big, big time talent. Before

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we take a time out, speaking of guys with major speed,

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harlem Berry this offseason. Look, you saw him last year

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four hundred and ninety one yards on one hundred and

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four carries, so little over four yards per carry. That's

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something that Jake talks about here a lot, because you know,

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even though the running game wasn't good, Cayden Durham over

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four yards per carry, Harlan Berry over four yards per carrey.

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Harlem Berry has been one of the fastest guys on

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the team across offseason workouts. Twenty one point nine miles

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per hour. That's impressive. I mean, you look at Cayden Durham.

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Durham twenty one point five. Both of these backs for LSU,

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whether it's Durham, whether it's Harlem Berry, I think you

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brought in some good backs. Dylan Jones from Wisconsin comes in.

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are obviously going to be the featured guys. They're going

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to headline that room. But whether it's a receiver, whether

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it's a running back, this offense has a ton of weapons.

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Speaker 2: And you can see what Lane Kiffin's doing.

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Speaker 4: He's prioritized speed, he's prioritized athleticism. It was something that

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I brought up, like anytime Jake er Matt were like, hey, Tylor,

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what's this receiver we just signed. At one point, like

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all of these guys had averaged double digit yards per

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catch outside of Trey Wilson, which again Florida quarterbacks couldn't

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throw the ball down the field, so that's not on him,

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but I mean Jase Brown, Jackson, Harris guys like that,

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Like they were averaging sixteen seventeen yards per catch, all

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of them across the board. Lane Kiffin definitely had a

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vision of what he wanted to do, what he wanted

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to accomplish and he's done that. I mean, he's put

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together playmakers on the outside, Guys with speed, guys with versatility.

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Braylen Allen. It's been committed to Kiffin for quite some time.

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then Jabari mac Louisiana native from Destrahn. And I just

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broke down earlier all the guys that had come out

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of that school, the number of athletes you have at receiver,

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at running back, around a guy like Sam Levitt, You've

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do coming up here in twenty twenty six. All Right,

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Speaker 4: Welcome back in Monday edition of Off the Bench, Taylor SHARPIY,

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whether you're sitting in for jcap Heser at Matt Flann.

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They are all for the Mardi Girl Holiday, hanging out

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with the kiddos that are out of school. So Rosse Jackson,

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who rights for us at Louisianasports dot Net, put out

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on an article on Friday talking about the NFL free

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agencies coming up. But the Saints have a few deals

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currently on their roster that are set to avoid the

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day before the new league year. So the Saints will

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have four veteran players that they have until March tenth

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to get new deals. And I just want to go

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through and see who they could resign. Who they wouldn't

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first name up Taysom Hill for me. Unfortunately this this

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is going to be a note and it's hard for

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me to say because Taysom Hill has been my favorite

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Saint for a number of years, but I think it's

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best for you to move on from Taysom Hill and

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look compared to last season, he was relatively healthy here

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like in twenty twenty four, Taysom Hill played eight games.

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He had two hundred and thirty nine yards rushing.

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Speaker 5: He had.

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Speaker 2: One hundred and eighty seven received six total touchdowns.

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Speaker 4: This year, he played in thirteen games, but his season

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still ended early due to an injury. Now Mickey Loomis

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has said it's not a particularly substantial injury, but it's

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another injury. Nonetheless, coming off a season where his production

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did not live up to the usual expectations, I'm etionured

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he played in all thirteen games, but it wasn't great.

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So when you look at what Taysom Hill did on

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the season, fifty two carries, one hundred and fourteen yards,

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one rushing touchdown. That's two point two yards per carry.

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That is by far a career low for him. Taysom

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Hill's career yards per carry is five point two. For

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the New Orleans Saints did point out just how effective

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he's been here in the Black and Gold. You just

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didn't see it this year. He's thirty five years old again,

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coming off of injuries back to back seasons. I just

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I just think it's time to move on from Taysom

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Mill and again, that's tough for me to say. The

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next two names on this list are absolutely yes, his

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for me, the first being Cam Jordan. Yes, you bring

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back Cam Jordan. I understand that he's an aging veteran

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and there's people out there that want to say that

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Cam Jordan's lost a step. Kim Jordan turned back the clock.

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Speaker 2: This past year.

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Speaker 4: He had ten and a half sacks. That's the most

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he's had since twenty twenty one. He's a veteran presence

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in that locker room. He is a great leader on

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this football team. And if you can get a veteran friendly,

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our team friendly veteran deal for Cam Jordan, then you

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bring him back.

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Speaker 2: I mean he played.

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Speaker 4: Cam Jordan hasn't missed the game since twenty twenty two.

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He's played in seventeen games in twenty thirty, twenty four,

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and twenty five. They gonna mentioned ten and a half

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sacks this year forty seven total tackles, fifteen tackles for

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a loss for Cam Jordan. Again, best season he's had

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since twenty twenty one. I just think you have to

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bring back Cam Jordan. And then that kind of leads

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straight into the next player, which is de Mario Davis. Absolutely,

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you bring back de Mario Davis. He was healthy this

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past season. And he's still super productive.

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Speaker 2: I get it.

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Speaker 4: You have a thirty six year old middle linebacker in

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the NFL. Normally that doesn't sound ideal, but I don't care.

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He's played all seventeen games this year, and in the

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seventeen games he played, he missed a total of nineteen

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snaps on the year. That's basically one defensive snap per game.

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Not only is he healthy, not only is he productive,

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he does not come off the field for you. Also

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get this, the last two years he's been in New Orleans.

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This season one hundred and forty three tackles. That's a

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career high for de Mario Davis, and his career high

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before that was one thirty six, which yeah, that happened

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in twenty twenty four. So the past two seasons in

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New Orleans, he said career totals in total tackles his

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career highs. He had half a sack this year, two

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sacks a year before. He's never gonna be a big

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time sack guy. I mean, he's played the league fourteen years,

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he has forty five sacks total. He's your middle linebacker.

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He's not a guy you asked to rush the passer

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a lot. So I mean again, it's a lot like

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Kim Jordan. I hear a lot of people say, oh, well,

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you know you have an aging guy in the middle

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of your defense and it hasn't been up to up

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the par He's what they say, he's lost step. Cam

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Jordan's lost the step to Mario Davis has lost his step?

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Speaker 3: Have they?

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Speaker 2: Because the Mario.

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Speaker 4: Davis in twenty twenty four and twenty twenty five at

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the two best years of his career, and he did

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so at age thirty five and age thirty six, So

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I don't think he's lost a step. And everyone wanted

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to talk about Chase Young in the offseason, Oh, you

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signed Chase Young. Oh what kind of production are you

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gonna get from him? Cam Jordan on the.

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Speaker 2: Other side with ten and a half sacks.

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Speaker 4: I'm not saying long term deals here, but if both

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of these guys want to come back and the money

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makes sense, you absolutely bring them back because they mean

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a lot to your football team, not just on the field,

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and the on the field was really good for both

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of them, but in the locker room you need leaders.

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Tyler Shock, everyone wants to joke that he's twenty six

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years old, He's still a rookie. He was still at

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his first year in the NFL. Kella Moore was a

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first time head coach. It's veteran voices in the locker room,

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like Cam Jordan, like de Mario Davis, like Taysom Hill.

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If you will, to a little bit lesser extent, there

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can be leaders on this team that are the voices

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in this locker room that will help out a rookie quarterback,

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a first year head coach, and I get it. Keller

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Moore and Tyler Shark they're going into year two together,

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but they're both still new to this whole starting quarterback

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head coach Kamba.

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Speaker 2: Why not let Demrio?

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Speaker 4: Why not let Cam Jordan come in and continue to

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be those leaders, provided that they do want to come back,

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and I have no reason to believe that they don't.

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They should want to come back. They are both perfect

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fits in New Orleans. City of New Orleans has loved

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both of these guys. I mean, both these guys are

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fan favorites. I bet if you go into the Superdome

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next year for a football game, if Cam Jordan comes back,

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the ninety four jersey is gonna be very popular in

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the stands. That's gonna be one of the biggest ones

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as far as a number of people wearing it. People

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love Cam Jordan, Mario Davis, He's been a stalwart on

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this defense for a number of years. The last name

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that Ross mentions is Foster Mora. Now, Foster Morow hasn't

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done a ton you know that'll show up on the

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stat sheet. He's not one of those stats stuffer guys.

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But look, he's been a nice veteran voice, a vocal presence.

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He's from the city of New Orleans. I mean he

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played at Jesuit High School. Again, Ross mentioned right here.

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While the stats wearing eye popping in twenty twenty five,

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his contributions in protection, the run game, and as a

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leader could be worth the reinvestment for a manageable deal.

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Foster Mora had seven catch ups for fifty nine yards

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no touchdowns this past season, but that's he's not going

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to be receiving tight end. That's what you have Juwan

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Johnson for Tyler Schuck and Juwan Johnson had a good

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connection later in the year. You bring back Foster Morow

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for a lot of the things I just mentioned. With

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the Mario Davis and Cam Jordan, their veteran presence, their leadership,

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they're good locker room guys, and look, I'm all about

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bringing back these guys. I'm not saying throw money at

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any of them. It needs to be a manageable, team

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friendly deal. But if Davis wants to come back and

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Cam want to come back, you give them a contract

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as fast as you can, because they're studs and they're

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still really good players on this team. As well as

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Foster Moro goes, yeah, I'd welcome him back. He's been

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nothing by all accounts, but a great teammate and a

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great locker room guy. And you need somebody to block

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in the running game. Your running game hasn't been good.

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You run blocky hasn't been good. Can Foster Morrow help

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in that area? I think all three of those guys

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are yes. It's the Mario Davis and Cam Jordan absolutely.

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Taysom Hill, on the other hand, like I love Taysum,

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He's done a lot for this franchise, I just I

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don't know what his role is on this team going

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forward at his age, with his injuries, and how much

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you'd potentially have to pay him now. Again, as far

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as the team friendly deals, if Tayson wants to come

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back on a minimum deal. I'm good with it, but

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you can't extend to give him a big top deal

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just due to all the injuries that he's had. Speaking

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of to Mario Davis, another article on Luisiana sports dot

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Net that Ross Jackson puts out does mention that he

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believes that the Chicago Bears are actually the biggest threat

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to sign to Mario Davis and pull him away from

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New Orleans if a team actually did. Obviously, former Saint

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said coach of Dennis Allen, the defensive coordinator there and

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their defense, you know, it was shaky. You know, a

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lot of Saints fans poked fun at the hiring of

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Dennis Allen. And I mean, yeah, they were in twenty

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third in scoring defense twenty nine and total yards allowed,

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but they were number one in the NFL with thirty

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three turnouts. If you can have a stud veteran linebacker

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in the middle of that defense at twenty three is

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going to go up, that twenty nine is gonna go up.

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You're gonna start to move up to the higher spots

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of total defense because I think Tomrio Davis makes that

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big of an impact. That was a defense that had

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a lot of young players on it. They could use

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a veteran presence like that. Again, they were really consistent

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when it comes to taking the ball away, inconsistent everywhere else,

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but they knew how to get a good turn of

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You plug in the veteran like the Mario Davis, that

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would be worthwhile, I would think for the Chicago Bears.

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Speaker 2: And as far.

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Speaker 4: As their cap situation goes, they sit at five point

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three million overage, you know, right right around where the

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New Orleans Saints are. But with a few restructures, they

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could be right in the game to spend some money.

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This is the time for them to build on the

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eleven and six sies and they had last year. If

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you think you got the coach and the quarterback in place,

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and your quarterback's under a rookie deal, you do whatever

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you can and bring in whatevery veteran, whatever veteran you

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have to to put around them to make a run

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at this thing. I know that the city of Chicago

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is starving for a championship. They haven't had one in

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such a long time. They haven't even been relevant in

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such a long time outside of this season. Can you

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build on the eleven and six, the Mario Davis could

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be a big opportunity to do that, and for what

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it's worth. Greg Allman on Fox Sports, he is he's

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already predicted that he believes the Chicago Bears will steal

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the Mario Davis away. So I mean he thinks that

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whether the Saints want to keep him or not, the

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Mario Davis would ultimately sign with the Chicago Bears. I

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have a little hard time believing that if Davis wants

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to come back, New Orleans can't find a way to

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make it work. I think that if he went to

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the Bears, it would be because he's just he wants

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to get out of New Orleans, wants to go try

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and chase the title and try to win it. Now,

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are there better places to try to win a title

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than Chicago traditionally? Yeah, but again, you saw what Caleb

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Williams did year one under Ben Johnson. I can only

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assume that that's going to get even better. So we'll

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see what happens there. But a couple of veterans to

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keep an eye on as the March tenth deadline looms closer. Right,

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will take a quick I'm out on the other side

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of this break former Lshue pitcher Patrick Coogan joins us

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on the other side, kind of get his thoughts on

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what he saw on the opening weekend as LSU took

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on Milwaukee won all three games.

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back in here on off the bench. Halfway through today's show.

513
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Speaker 4: Here on this Monday, we're gonna work on a hooking

514
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up with a former LSU pitcher, Patrick Coogan here in

515
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just a second. LSU did take down the Milwaukee Panthers here,

516
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,960
which first off, if you've seen the Milwaukee Panthers logo,

517
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,319
my god, it looks like a rat that is not

518
00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,000
a panther whatsoever. If you have not seen that, please

519
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go look it up. If you watch the game, I'm

520
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sure you did. It was it was all over the TV.

521
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But they'll take on the Kids State Golden Flashes tonight.

522
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We are actually three and oh on the season and

523
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,640
I'll break that down. But right now, let's go out

524
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,240
to the phone line. Bring on former l SU pitcher

525
00:27:06,319 --> 00:27:08,279
Patrick Coogan. Patrick, how are you this morning?

526
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,759
Speaker 6: I'm doing well, Taylor, Thanks for having me.

527
00:27:10,839 --> 00:27:14,559
Speaker 4: Man absolutely wanted to have you on because you know,

528
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,200
all the talk going in was, okay, how's Case and

529
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,680
Evans going to look as this ace on the staff

530
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,000
potentially you got Cooper Moore, got the Saturday Star William

531
00:27:23,039 --> 00:27:25,599
Schmid on Sunday. We'll start with Case and Evans first,

532
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,240
what'd you see from him on Friday.

533
00:27:28,519 --> 00:27:30,440
Speaker 6: Well, I saw a little bit of kind of what

534
00:27:30,599 --> 00:27:35,240
everyone expected, you know, come out there, very dominant, you know,

535
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:39,200
struck out a bunch of guys coming in. And then

536
00:27:39,279 --> 00:27:43,599
the the issue potentially was, you know, how would he

537
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,359
adjust to be become a starter, you know, and how

538
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,839
would that look? And so I think he's still gonna

539
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,160
have to navigate through that a little bit because it's

540
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,000
different with a starter's mentality than than coming out of

541
00:27:56,039 --> 00:27:59,359
the bullpen and just emptying the tank one time through

542
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,960
the order. He gonna have to to understand how to

543
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,559
how to hold back some pitches to get guys out,

544
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,920
you know, the second and third time through the order,

545
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,279
and that takes a bit of an adjustment. Anytime ago

546
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,319
a guy goes from a you know, empty the tank

547
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,759
reliever to to the starting uh, the starting staff. It's

548
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,480
it's it's a mentality shift. And you know, I think

549
00:28:19,599 --> 00:28:22,240
that that one that that he's got the ability to make.

550
00:28:23,559 --> 00:28:27,599
But if he can't, he just slides back into the bullpen.

551
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,680
And is that you know all American type believer that

552
00:28:30,799 --> 00:28:32,720
they have and L s U just cycles up through

553
00:28:32,799 --> 00:28:35,680
their their rotation because they've got all the depth in

554
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,000
the world to fill that spot.

555
00:28:39,319 --> 00:28:42,160
Speaker 4: As far as the Saturday and Sunday go Cooper Moore,

556
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:43,839
we kind of knew he was going to be a

557
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,720
starter in this rotation at least to begin the year

558
00:28:45,759 --> 00:28:50,480
in some capacity. And then William Schmidt on uh on Sunday.

559
00:28:50,599 --> 00:28:52,240
What did you see from both of those guys that

560
00:28:52,359 --> 00:28:54,240
you liked well?

561
00:28:54,279 --> 00:28:57,160
Speaker 6: Cooper more was you know, kind of ads advertised. You know,

562
00:28:57,279 --> 00:28:58,920
not a lot of people knew a lot about him

563
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,359
coming in. They just yeah, I think we all heard

564
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,559
whispers of how well he was doing and uh man

565
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,240
that he'd delivered. It's it's fun to watch him pitch.

566
00:29:07,279 --> 00:29:11,519
He attacks his own goes right after right after guys,

567
00:29:11,599 --> 00:29:14,079
he had you know, a number of strikeouts and a

568
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,920
limited number of pitches, which is you know, as a

569
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,039
former pitcher, that's impressive for me to watch, right and

570
00:29:20,279 --> 00:29:23,160
you know, you think of a high strikeout number that's

571
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,759
going to really tally up the pitch count and you know,

572
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:29,839
jeopardize your ability to lengthen out a start. But he's

573
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,759
able to do it really efficiently, throws throws a lot

574
00:29:32,839 --> 00:29:36,799
of strikes, and you know, it was it was fun

575
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,119
to watch. And then uh, you know William Schmidt was

576
00:29:40,279 --> 00:29:44,039
William Schmidt yesterday, and you know, I think that's that's

577
00:29:44,359 --> 00:29:48,759
a compliment, and it's it's also you know that that

578
00:29:49,039 --> 00:29:52,480
that next gear I think everyone's waiting for him to

579
00:29:52,559 --> 00:29:57,880
kick into. You know, he he's got just electric stuff,

580
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,039
you know, the type of stuff that scouts dream about, right,

581
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,759
and that's why I was so highly heralded coming out

582
00:30:05,759 --> 00:30:08,480
of high school and happy to have him on the

583
00:30:08,519 --> 00:30:12,240
staff here. But it's that next gear that we're really

584
00:30:12,319 --> 00:30:15,759
waiting for, and it's the ability to land a first

585
00:30:15,799 --> 00:30:19,400
pitch breaking ball right and to get them off the heater,

586
00:30:19,559 --> 00:30:24,279
because you know, if his only ability is to throw

587
00:30:24,359 --> 00:30:27,079
a heater for a strike early in the account or

588
00:30:27,359 --> 00:30:31,079
a swing and miss type breaking ball, then those guys

589
00:30:31,119 --> 00:30:33,720
are just going to sit on fastball until they don't

590
00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:36,559
have to write. And that's why you saw the early

591
00:30:36,839 --> 00:30:40,160
solo home run, as that guy was just sitting all fastball.

592
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,960
He's probably never seen ninety eight ninety nine in his life,

593
00:30:44,039 --> 00:30:46,799
but he's swinging as hard as he can because he

594
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,119
knows the heater's coming down the middle at some point,

595
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:53,119
and so he ambushed him. And so William Schmidt's next

596
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:54,839
step that he has to be able to take is

597
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,839
locate a breaking pitch early in the count. That keeps

598
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:02,400
those guys on, so they just don't jump ship and

599
00:31:02,799 --> 00:31:04,759
you know, try to try to launch one into the

600
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:06,880
you know, onto the railroad tracks on him.

601
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,559
Speaker 2: Patrick Kruegan our guest right now, former LSU pitcher Patrick.

602
00:31:10,599 --> 00:31:13,880
Speaker 4: As far as the bullpen goes, I mean, it almost

603
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,640
seemed like everyone outside of Zach Cowen performed really well.

604
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:19,240
But I said a little bit earlier in this show,

605
00:31:19,359 --> 00:31:21,880
I'm not concerned about Zach cow when he was excellent

606
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:22,680
for you a year ago.

607
00:31:22,759 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 2: I expect him to bounce back.

608
00:31:24,039 --> 00:31:26,359
Speaker 4: But as far as the bullpen guys, like, let's start

609
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,000
with with Devin Sheeron and Gavin Gidrey just because we

610
00:31:29,079 --> 00:31:31,119
haven't seen him in over a year due to injury.

611
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,200
Would you what you make of those guys in there

612
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:34,279
first outing back in a while?

613
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:36,799
Speaker 6: Well, I'll tell you, I feel like we need like

614
00:31:37,079 --> 00:31:40,680
maybe two more segments just falling the bullpen alone, right,

615
00:31:41,519 --> 00:31:43,880
I mean, it's an embarrassment of riches, it really is,

616
00:31:44,319 --> 00:31:47,640
how how good and talented these guys are. And look,

617
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:49,960
there's another game today and there's still a couple of

618
00:31:50,039 --> 00:31:53,680
names that we haven't seen yet, right, I would guess

619
00:31:53,759 --> 00:31:56,160
that Jadan Nuke gets to start today and you'll see

620
00:31:56,319 --> 00:32:00,160
see you know, Danny lock and Meyer. DJ Primo has

621
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,480
been around forever. He's as you know, good as a

622
00:32:02,599 --> 00:32:07,359
left handed arm as as there is out there, you know,

623
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,359
And then I guess we'll see, you know, repeat of guys.

624
00:32:10,799 --> 00:32:13,559
Maybe we see Gavin Gidry again, just to kind of

625
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:18,559
test his durability. But Devin Shearing, Oh my goodness, that

626
00:32:18,799 --> 00:32:21,799
that's that is electric stuff. It's just nasty, right, and

627
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:25,640
it's it's an easy and and this this makes me

628
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,960
embarrassed to say that that's an easy ninety nine, right,

629
00:32:29,079 --> 00:32:32,319
Like it doesn't even look like he's exerting any effort

630
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:36,440
and it just explodes out of his hand. You know

631
00:32:36,519 --> 00:32:40,400
that that people people aren't just born like you know,

632
00:32:40,559 --> 00:32:43,599
like those people just don't show up on campuses. So

633
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,559
the fact that that he's able to be here and

634
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,519
playing for the Tigers, and guy, we feel like we

635
00:32:49,599 --> 00:32:51,480
were robbed last year of him with the with the

636
00:32:51,599 --> 00:32:53,960
knee injury. But he's going to be He's gonna be

637
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:59,279
something to watch because his stuff is just unworldly. And

638
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,680
and look, there's three or four other guys we could

639
00:33:01,799 --> 00:33:04,079
name that better exactly like them. These guys are just

640
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,519
aliens that landed on LSU's playing it right.

641
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,000
Speaker 4: Uh, Patrick Coogan joining us right now? Patrick, I do

642
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,200
you want to get into the lineup a little bit

643
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,000
as far as the position players go in just a second,

644
00:33:15,039 --> 00:33:17,839
but before we move on from pitching, you mentioned a

645
00:33:17,839 --> 00:33:20,079
little bit earlier like, hey, if case It Evans can't

646
00:33:20,079 --> 00:33:22,200
work out as a starter, you could just move him

647
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,720
into that bullpen roll where he was so excellent for

648
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:27,640
most of the year. Cooper Williams is a guy that

649
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,960
a lot of people were thinking, Okay, you'll have case

650
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:32,039
and Evans, you'll have Cooper Moore.

651
00:33:32,079 --> 00:33:33,839
Speaker 2: Who will be that third guy? Will it be Schmidt?

652
00:33:33,839 --> 00:33:34,799
Will it be Williams?

653
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,480
Speaker 4: If they do have to move case and Evans into

654
00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:39,920
the bullpen, could you see maybe Cooper Williams sliding into

655
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:40,759
one of those starting roles.

656
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:43,839
Speaker 6: Yeah? I think he was, you know, kind of that

657
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,160
fourth candidate to be a starter, and and it was

658
00:33:47,279 --> 00:33:48,960
kind of up in the air. And so like the

659
00:33:49,079 --> 00:33:55,119
last probably the last weekend of of Innsquads where Schmid

660
00:33:55,319 --> 00:33:59,559
kind of won that race. If you will, I do

661
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:03,720
feel like there there's a sense of comfortability with having

662
00:34:04,039 --> 00:34:08,440
uh Cooper Williams in the bullpen. I think the staff

663
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,960
you know, really likes his his ability to come in

664
00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:14,840
and shut the door kind of in those middle innings

665
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,400
if if need be, and he can extend out in

666
00:34:18,519 --> 00:34:21,159
that reliever's role, right, so you don't have to you know,

667
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:25,400
cash in your bullpen too early. But uh, you know,

668
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,400
I do think he translates really well to the start

669
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:32,360
of rotation. So that's to be seen. Like, don't get

670
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,159
don't get me wrong, I am not advocating one bit

671
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:38,159
for a change with case and Case and Evans. My

672
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,679
point is just that we know how elite he can

673
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,320
be out of the bullpen, and if if the conversion

674
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,159
to the starting role doesn't work out for him, it's

675
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,400
gonna be just signed for l SU because they can

676
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:54,159
they can take that blow because of the depth they

677
00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:58,239
have not only in the ability to sub in a

678
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,159
new starter, but to absorb of him into the bullpen

679
00:35:02,119 --> 00:35:03,840
and had that work on the back end.

680
00:35:04,639 --> 00:35:08,679
Speaker 4: Patrick want to switch from pitching to to offense here

681
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,039
right now. I mean, you know, when you look at

682
00:35:11,039 --> 00:35:13,920
the lineup, you knew who Zach York was. He had

683
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:15,880
hit a bunch of dingers over there at Grand Canyon,

684
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:18,079
and it's funny, you know, his first swing off the

685
00:35:18,119 --> 00:35:21,119
bat of the season ends up halfway into the right

686
00:35:21,159 --> 00:35:22,599
field bleachers for a home run.

687
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,079
Speaker 6: But how perfect was that? By the way it was?

688
00:35:25,159 --> 00:35:26,039
Speaker 2: It was it was awesome.

689
00:35:26,079 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 4: I was talking about it earlier, you know, I had

690
00:35:28,199 --> 00:35:30,519
I was leaving work because it was the early first pitch.

691
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:32,360
As soon as I'm getting on the interstate, I hear

692
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:34,719
it on the radio and like I audibly laughed just

693
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,320
because I'm like, how perfect is this that happen?

694
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 6: Like I heard somebody yell, oh, yeah, I'm in the

695
00:35:40,039 --> 00:35:41,639
middle of nowhere. I heard somebody, and I was like,

696
00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:45,079
that's Jacob Hester. He's cheering so loud. I just heard

697
00:35:45,159 --> 00:35:46,960
him cheering for the big body guy.

698
00:35:48,039 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely.

699
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,199
Speaker 4: You know we were talking Jay's first National championship run

700
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:54,800
back in twenty three. You know, you had a Riley Cooper,

701
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,760
you had a Kate Beloso, like you had these big

702
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,119
buddy guys, and I guy Jake, He's been he's been

703
00:35:59,159 --> 00:36:01,000
asking for more of them for quite some time, so

704
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,159
I'm sure he was happy about Zach Yorke.

705
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:04,519
Speaker 2: But another guy I want to talk about.

706
00:36:04,599 --> 00:36:07,360
Speaker 4: They went yard this weekend, except dard Ar you know,

707
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:10,320
he was in a battle with Braden Simpson and Tanner Reeves.

708
00:36:10,519 --> 00:36:13,400
It's kind of a three headed rotation all throughout the

709
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,000
fall scrimmages at second base.

710
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 2: I thought he was awesome this weekend. What'd you make, Supt. Dardar?

711
00:36:19,159 --> 00:36:23,039
Speaker 6: Your assessment is spot on? He was awesome, you know,

712
00:36:23,119 --> 00:36:25,960
And how cool is it? You know you can I

713
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,119
don't know if you've heard any of his interviews, but

714
00:36:28,599 --> 00:36:33,039
I've caught a few of them, and the just the

715
00:36:33,519 --> 00:36:37,079
genuineness and how proud he is to play at LSU,

716
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,800
Like you can't help but cheer for a guy like that,

717
00:36:40,119 --> 00:36:43,960
Like he always wanted to be here, you know, didn't

718
00:36:44,039 --> 00:36:46,159
quite get there coming out of high school. So he

719
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:51,480
goes and plays at Kansas State, I believe, and has

720
00:36:51,599 --> 00:36:55,960
the opportunity to come back and play for the team

721
00:36:56,039 --> 00:36:58,519
he's always wanted to play for. And to see him

722
00:36:58,559 --> 00:37:00,880
have so much success right of the gate man, it's

723
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,400
just it's just a guy that you you you cheer for,

724
00:37:03,639 --> 00:37:06,559
right But I mean, don't get don't get me wrong.

725
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,320
He has every ability to play. Like you see that

726
00:37:09,519 --> 00:37:13,400
swing and it is violent and when he gets a

727
00:37:13,599 --> 00:37:17,320
bats of ball, you know, it goes right and and

728
00:37:18,039 --> 00:37:20,920
you know, I think I think what the issue potentially

729
00:37:21,079 --> 00:37:23,840
was him And while he wasn't named the definitive starter,

730
00:37:24,639 --> 00:37:27,000
is he struggled with the glove a little bit, right,

731
00:37:27,119 --> 00:37:30,360
and so I think the offense is going to be

732
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,599
there for him. It's it's his ability to you know,

733
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,920
maybe play a position that he's uncomfortable with, whether it's

734
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,920
second base or third b And I don't mean uncomfortable,

735
00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:43,840
just not used to playing, because that's that's his opportunity

736
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:47,079
to play for l s U. But man, I tell you,

737
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:50,519
just hear his his voice and how excited he is

738
00:37:50,639 --> 00:37:52,639
to be here and then to see him with the

739
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:55,159
success he had, it's just a feel good story. And

740
00:37:55,679 --> 00:37:57,679
I love it for local kids that can, you know,

741
00:37:58,119 --> 00:38:00,639
come to l s U and have success that it's

742
00:38:00,679 --> 00:38:02,880
fun for me as a former player getting to watch him.

743
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,840
Speaker 2: What'd you think of Jake Brown over the weekend.

744
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:07,079
Speaker 4: I mean, he's a guy, you know, he's been in

745
00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:09,119
the program for a long time, hasn't really been that

746
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,079
every day starter, but it looks like he solidified.

747
00:38:12,119 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 2: That's bun right field.

748
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,159
Speaker 6: He's the guy you know I remember playing and we

749
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:21,760
go play against Mississippi State or the old miss or stuff,

750
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:26,119
and you're like, gosh, dang, this guy's still here, you know,

751
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,360
like it just seems like he's been there forever. And

752
00:38:30,079 --> 00:38:32,039
I mean that in the best way possible. And for

753
00:38:32,159 --> 00:38:36,760
Jake Brown, that just means for him that he's comfortable.

754
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:38,559
You know, there's not a whole lot that can happen

755
00:38:38,639 --> 00:38:40,320
in the game of baseball or a game of college

756
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,599
baseball that Jake Brown hasn't seen at this point, you know.

757
00:38:43,639 --> 00:38:46,760
I mean, he looks and feels like an old soul

758
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,519
out there, just you know, kind of that coach on

759
00:38:49,639 --> 00:38:53,199
the field. He's just got you know, the low heartbeat,

760
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:57,199
the low pulse, ice water run through it, you know,

761
00:38:57,239 --> 00:39:00,679
whatever cliche you want to use it. But oh, by

762
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:04,239
the way, he's really good too. It hits the Grand

763
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:08,280
Slam yesterday, I think he had two home runs yesterday.

764
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,360
And it's just always a good swing to the ball

765
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:15,760
he takes, you know, very mature professional at Bassie. He

766
00:39:16,039 --> 00:39:20,360
rarely swings at balls out of the zone, you know,

767
00:39:20,559 --> 00:39:22,920
and I know for a coach, you know, it gives

768
00:39:23,079 --> 00:39:25,079
it gives Jay a whole lot of confidence to have

769
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:28,880
that calming presence, that older presence, the you know, the

770
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,480
mature approach in that line up, not only when he's

771
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,599
at bat, but to help with the with the newer guys,

772
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:37,800
to say, hey, look here, here's what to expect in

773
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,599
the SEC. And so it's almost like you get an

774
00:39:41,599 --> 00:39:44,079
extra coach on the staff with with a guy like

775
00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:47,039
Jake Brown and oh, by the way, he puts up

776
00:39:47,159 --> 00:39:49,360
kind of like all American numbers and is a really

777
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:49,880
good player.

778
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:51,159
Speaker 2: Patrick.

779
00:39:51,199 --> 00:39:53,519
Speaker 4: Before we get you out of here, one more, you

780
00:39:53,599 --> 00:39:55,800
mentioned you think Jade Noodle'll probably get the start tonight

781
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:58,320
against ken State, whether it's a pitcher or position player

782
00:39:58,400 --> 00:39:59,599
or somebody we haven't seen yet.

783
00:39:59,599 --> 00:40:00,840
Speaker 2: Who are you excited to see tonight?

784
00:40:02,679 --> 00:40:02,840
Speaker 3: Oh?

785
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:06,840
Speaker 6: You put me on the spot. God, let me go

786
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:10,840
with the chalk answer. I want to see news. You

787
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:14,239
know he's got really good stuff. You know we've seen him,

788
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:16,840
but like, what does it look like a year later

789
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:22,599
with another year under his belt? God, I feel bad

790
00:40:22,639 --> 00:40:25,039
for giving you such a chalk look.

791
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:27,639
Speaker 4: Sometimes chalk answer is correct, right that that's why they

792
00:40:27,679 --> 00:40:28,639
call it the chalk answer.

793
00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:31,199
Speaker 6: Like, let me let me give you I'll go wild

794
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:35,960
card for you. And this is a complete guest. Let's

795
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,960
go with Jack Rutgers to start and get two knocks tonight.

796
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,760
Speaker 2: I love it. I love it. Uh, I like it.

797
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:45,559
Speaker 4: We like a bold prediction here on OTB. Patrick, thank

798
00:40:45,639 --> 00:40:47,440
you so much for hopping on with me. Man, you

799
00:40:47,559 --> 00:40:49,199
were awesome. I appreciate the time.

800
00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:50,119
Speaker 2: You got it.

801
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:50,599
Speaker 5: Thanks too.

802
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,639
Speaker 4: That was former l s U. Pitcher Patrick Coogan. All right,

803
00:40:53,679 --> 00:40:55,440
we'll take a time out. We get back. We're closing

804
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,800
out hour number two next here on, off the bench,

805
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Off the bench, all right.

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Speaker 1: Two thousand and seven Champs Purple and Gold to the core.

828
00:42:17,559 --> 00:42:21,000
This is Off the Bench with Hester and Flynn, Baton

829
00:42:21,079 --> 00:42:23,920
Rouge's go to for all things Louisiana sports.

830
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:29,760
Speaker 4: Welcome in final segment at were number two here on

831
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:33,119
a Monday edition of Off the Bench, Taylor show up

832
00:42:33,159 --> 00:42:35,360
here with you. I was not a two thousand and

833
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,880
seven national champion. I was in the building, though, is

834
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,519
maybe we can count that. I was told Jaco and Matt.

835
00:42:40,639 --> 00:42:43,800
Out of the three New Orleans national championships, I've seen lsuplay,

836
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:45,840
and the only one I went to was the only

837
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:51,559
one that they were actually playing in on the field. Alandra,

838
00:42:51,679 --> 00:42:53,440
I almost watched Traders yesterday.

839
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:57,920
Speaker 2: I just need somebody. I've found like a couple of

840
00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,679
people that I can talk to you about. Like I

841
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:02,119
may my sister start watching, so now I can talk

842
00:43:02,159 --> 00:43:06,119
about it with my sister. But like, I just wish

843
00:43:06,159 --> 00:43:08,760
I had people to like discuss this show with because

844
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:09,679
it's just so good.

845
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:12,360
Speaker 4: I made the effort. So I had kind of a

846
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:15,760
busiest Sunday morning. Yesterday, we get home, I put it on.

847
00:43:16,079 --> 00:43:18,599
The baseball game had just ended, so it's I don't know,

848
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:19,840
four o'clock in the afternoon.

849
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:22,280
Speaker 2: I put it on. I get the first like ten

850
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:22,719
minutes in.

851
00:43:23,199 --> 00:43:26,480
Speaker 4: Guys, I fell asleep, and like I am notorious for like,

852
00:43:26,599 --> 00:43:28,199
so don't think I didn't like it just because I

853
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:30,639
fell asleep. Like, I'm notorious for putting something on and

854
00:43:30,679 --> 00:43:31,800
falling asleep ten minutes in.

855
00:43:32,039 --> 00:43:33,079
Speaker 2: Uh, I did that.

856
00:43:33,119 --> 00:43:36,360
Speaker 4: I made the effort. Uh old but old boy that

857
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:39,760
hosted he's got some energy. Allan, Yeah, Alan, I remember

858
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:43,039
him from Spy Kids? He uh yeah, he ran the

859
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:48,920
was it the Thumpkins on Spy Kids? But guys, new season,

860
00:43:49,039 --> 00:43:53,920
Love Is Blonde dropped your boy watched the first two episodes.

861
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:56,320
Speaker 2: It was awful. It was terrible.

862
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,599
Speaker 4: So Braxon, Love Is Blind is like my that's that's

863
00:43:59,639 --> 00:44:02,360
my thing, right. I'm not gonna watch any of the

864
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:05,199
other reality dating shows with my wife, but Love is

865
00:44:05,199 --> 00:44:07,320
Blind I will just because I think it's so ridiculous.

866
00:44:07,679 --> 00:44:10,480
I like to ultimately watch these couples be like, how

867
00:44:10,559 --> 00:44:12,480
come this didn't work out? We've known each other for

868
00:44:12,559 --> 00:44:15,440
six days and got engaged. I can't believe that the

869
00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:18,960
logistics weren't right. But I got a bone to pig

870
00:44:19,079 --> 00:44:23,079
because at the end of the first episode, like a

871
00:44:23,159 --> 00:44:25,000
Landra loves Drama, she would have been all over this.

872
00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:28,840
At the end of the first episode, they tease what's

873
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:31,400
gonna happen coming up? And it's this girl like screaming

874
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:33,719
at this dude through a pod. Okay, like she's screaming,

875
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:37,159
she's crying. They had to remove her, like they removed

876
00:44:37,159 --> 00:44:39,239
her I don't know, from the show or whatever. So

877
00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:42,440
I'm like, Okay, well, I'm gonna watch another episode now.

878
00:44:43,559 --> 00:44:46,719
Didn't play it, so they teased it for the next episode.

879
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,599
Speaker 2: Wasn't in there. So what am I gonna do tonight?

880
00:44:50,159 --> 00:44:53,599
Speaker 4: Well, probably watch another episode to see I just want

881
00:44:53,639 --> 00:44:54,480
to see that one part.

882
00:44:55,079 --> 00:44:56,440
Speaker 2: If you don't know Love is Blind.

883
00:44:56,519 --> 00:44:58,960
Speaker 4: So like they're in two pods, they date each other

884
00:44:59,039 --> 00:45:01,639
through a wall, and they get engaged without ever actually

885
00:45:01,679 --> 00:45:04,960
seeing each other. Then they ultimately meet, Then they move

886
00:45:05,039 --> 00:45:08,360
in together, meet each other's families, then decide if they

887
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:10,079
want to get married or not. I know what you're thinking.

888
00:45:10,519 --> 00:45:12,639
You shouldn't propose unless you know you want to get married.

889
00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:15,800
It's about the point Brixton not relevant in this particular show.

890
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:19,079
But yeah, it's I watch it for the for the outrage,

891
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:21,440
like it's it's it's my shameless one that I that

892
00:45:21,519 --> 00:45:23,960
I watch. Everybody's got there one thing, you know, this

893
00:45:24,079 --> 00:45:26,440
is this is my one thing. It's not good until

894
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:28,880
after they get out of the pods and they start arguing,

895
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,239
and then the one guy's like, oh that girl's way

896
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:32,840
better looking than the one I picked. Let me go

897
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:34,840
over there to her, you know, and then the the

898
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:39,480
one he's engaged to actually gets mad. But uh yeah, disappointed, disappointed.

899
00:45:39,519 --> 00:45:42,119
First two episodes of Love is Blind. Uh not what

900
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:45,559
I had in mind, but we'll see. Also, guys, I

901
00:45:45,639 --> 00:45:48,000
made the purchase. We're doing Scream on scene tonight instead

902
00:45:48,039 --> 00:45:50,360
of Mystery Movie Monday. Tickets have been purchased, so uh,

903
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:52,400
I'll give you an update on that tomorrow. Do I

904
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:54,880
think the movie is going to be terrible. Yes, yes,

905
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:56,760
I do think it's going to be terrible. Am I

906
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:58,840
still gonna enjoy it? Yep, that's me.

907
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 2: I'm I'm easily pleased.

908
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,280
Speaker 4: Okay, look that's going to do it. For hour two

909
00:46:04,199 --> 00:46:06,280
of Off the Bench, we talked a lot of baseball.

910
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:09,239
Hour number one, we just had Patrick Coogan, former LSU

911
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,719
pitcher on. We took the little LSU football in Saints

912
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,360
our number three. We are gonna have our weekend winners

913
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:18,360
at nine am. No, Devin snow Dev is a bit

914
00:46:18,519 --> 00:46:20,000
under the weather, if you know what I mean. We're

915
00:46:20,039 --> 00:46:23,079
gonna move him to tomorrow and then we'll talk LSU

916
00:46:23,119 --> 00:46:25,320
women's basketball since we didn't get to that in hour

917
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:28,519
number one. So all that coming up and more, stay tuned.

918
00:46:28,519 --> 00:46:30,800
We got one more hour left here on a Monday

919
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:32,360
edition of Off the Bench.

920
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Speaker 1: Off the Bench