1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Let's all start to what you want to presents. Off 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:08,759 the bench with Jacob Hester and T Bob Abert. Off 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,880 the bench with Jacob Hester and C Bob aber. 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 2: I got to come off the bitch. 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: Now here's Jacob Hester and T Bob aber. 6 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 2: Yo and walkme in O TV one, O four five, ESPN, 7 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:38,399 Ben Rouge, Happy Monday morning, Jake, Alandra and Tata, No Bob. 8 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,479 You know when something happens over and over and over again, 9 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:50,079 sometimes you wonder is it real? And T Bob text 10 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,159 us yesterday so we were Look, we've been out. We've 11 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,719 both been out for a full week spring break with 12 00:00:56,799 --> 00:01:00,560 the kiddos, and so went on a family get away 13 00:01:01,079 --> 00:01:04,200 to the beach tea Bop, I believe went to see 14 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:07,920 The Grateful Dead again like his yearly Guys trip in 15 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,760 Las Vegas. He writes us, yesterday, I'm on the beach, 16 00:01:11,879 --> 00:01:14,120 like actually on the beach. Was going to do the 17 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:19,239 show remotely today, he says, You're not gonna believe it, 18 00:01:19,439 --> 00:01:22,680 but I have messed the flights up again. So I 19 00:01:22,719 --> 00:01:24,840 don't know when he's getting back to Baton Rouge. It 20 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,439 is apparently not last night. Maybe he'll be back today, 21 00:01:28,719 --> 00:01:32,239 but we do have laundry and tte here with us. Guys? 22 00:01:32,239 --> 00:01:33,640 How was last week. 23 00:01:34,359 --> 00:01:36,519 Speaker 3: All at that one? Because I was out two of 24 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,359 those days, so I'll. 25 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,079 Speaker 4: Speak when fine, it was a it was a. 26 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 2: Well hey babe, head look fine. 27 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,239 Speaker 4: Well it was just like different people every day. But 28 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:48,120 we rolled with it. 29 00:01:48,159 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 3: We made it happen for Hodgepodge, I don't know. 30 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 2: What. 31 00:01:54,159 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 3: I don't know. 32 00:01:54,799 --> 00:01:55,599 Speaker 4: We made it happen. 33 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:58,959 Speaker 5: No, But when tea Bob's like, you're not gonna believe this, 34 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,719 I'm like, no, I absolutely believe this. I actually kind 35 00:02:01,719 --> 00:02:03,719 of prepare myself ahead of time that you're going to 36 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:04,040 do this. 37 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 2: So yeah, And he'd probably get mad if if I 38 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,280 asked him this if he was here. But how many 39 00:02:10,319 --> 00:02:12,439 times has this been where he's been out for an 40 00:02:12,439 --> 00:02:15,400 extended period of time and the day he's supposed to 41 00:02:15,439 --> 00:02:19,840 come back, he's not back at least five every trip, 42 00:02:20,599 --> 00:02:21,400 but it's at. 43 00:02:21,199 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 4: At least five, I know free It was about this 44 00:02:24,719 --> 00:02:27,000 time last year, let me a Victoria or at a 45 00:02:27,159 --> 00:02:30,520 Sunday LSU baseball game. I am sitting there to Bob 46 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,439 text this, hey guys, actually coming back Monday and not today. 47 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,719 It was like Florida sundding it's Sunday afternoon to Bob, 48 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:44,560 like you can't, I rather thou better. Last week, like 49 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,400 when I was closing out the Thursday show, I was like, 50 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:49,840 I don't know what Jake's schedule looks like, because like 51 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,080 at the end of the week, you're going to be 52 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:52,240 at the draft, right. 53 00:02:52,199 --> 00:02:55,319 Speaker 2: I mean I actually leave tomorrow afternoon. 54 00:02:56,199 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 4: I know. I was like, I said, I don't know 55 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,000 Jake's schedule. I was like, for sure Bob is back there. 56 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:04,800 That was that was that's on you. 57 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 2: That is a. 58 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,759 Speaker 3: I have to say. I still I feel like he knows. 59 00:03:13,199 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 2: But then it's like, oh yeah, then it weighs on 60 00:03:15,439 --> 00:03:17,800 him a little bit. Yeah. 61 00:03:17,879 --> 00:03:19,439 Speaker 3: I think he just wants to stay an extra day 62 00:03:19,439 --> 00:03:20,560 and he just tells me, which. 63 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,479 Speaker 2: Is fine, Yeah, give us, just tell us the extra day. 64 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,080 So let us know the extra day because it changes 65 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:26,719 our plans. 66 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 5: Uh. 67 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 2: So we drove back late last night, got back from 68 00:03:30,599 --> 00:03:34,039 Panama City Beach, and we are here today, taite. I 69 00:03:34,039 --> 00:03:36,479 appreciate you holding it down last week. I mean on it. 70 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,439 I'm not even joking about this part. I mean that 71 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,680 it was a lot a lot going on last week. 72 00:03:42,759 --> 00:03:46,680 I mean tried to separate myself because I wasn't working 73 00:03:46,759 --> 00:03:49,120 from like all the news cycle a little bit, but 74 00:03:49,159 --> 00:03:51,639 it was so news heavy it was hard to escape. 75 00:03:52,039 --> 00:03:54,719 Speaker 4: I got to do some things that, you know, like 76 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:59,080 some unfortunate with the some like I live reacted to 77 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,840 the leak course so new us, which hit me because 78 00:04:01,879 --> 00:04:03,919 like that was one of my idols in the sports world, 79 00:04:04,039 --> 00:04:06,879 Like for him calling to quit. Uh, you know, some 80 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,000 things I did not expect to go on last week, 81 00:04:09,039 --> 00:04:11,319 but we we managed it. I thought, I thought we 82 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:11,800 handled it. 83 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 2: One of the coolest moments that I've ever had on 84 00:04:15,319 --> 00:04:18,240 a football field was me not playing. It was LSU 85 00:04:18,319 --> 00:04:23,279 Texas at Texas Sorry Landra at twenty nineteen, and I 86 00:04:23,319 --> 00:04:25,959 was there somehow, some way, I don't even remember how 87 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,920 it happened, but I had two sideline passes for the game, 88 00:04:30,199 --> 00:04:31,879 like I had mine, and then somehow we got an 89 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,480 extra and Katie was traveling to the game, which she 90 00:04:34,519 --> 00:04:37,879 always picksed like one game a year away game typically 91 00:04:37,959 --> 00:04:39,279 and look as hard we got, you know, we got 92 00:04:39,319 --> 00:04:41,399 five kids, even at the time we had four, but 93 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,959 she got away on that trip and we sat on 94 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,759 the sidelines together for the entire game, and it was 95 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:52,120 like me, Katie and Lee Corso like randomly sitting there 96 00:04:52,199 --> 00:04:55,120 watching the game together. Uh, and it was just yeah, 97 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,959 core memory, cool memory. You're right, just an absolute legend. 98 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,879 I mean, everybody's got a story of Lee Corso putting 99 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:08,439 on like Mike the Tigers. Yeah head, you know somewhere 100 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,959 they they've seen it, either home or away games, shout 101 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:12,319 out Lee. 102 00:05:12,399 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 5: But I think we can all agree it was. Yeah, 103 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,000 it was getting sad like. 104 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 4: It was time a few years ago. I mean I remember, 105 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,720 I think I think I told this to uh maybe 106 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:24,439 me and moves that we're talking about it after the show, 107 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,920 and it was like, you know, last year there was 108 00:05:26,959 --> 00:05:28,519 a game, like, of course I couldn't make it for 109 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,120 whatever reason. You know, it's like a hell thing. I 110 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,399 didn't realize he wasn't there, And it's like, you know, 111 00:05:33,439 --> 00:05:35,480 it's one of those things where it's like I forgot 112 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:37,800 he wasn't on the set because he's only been there, 113 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,920 you know, ten to fifteen minutes at a time. But 114 00:05:39,959 --> 00:05:42,519 if you're espn like, you got to let him go 115 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,519 when he wants to go, right, I mean, he's a legend. 116 00:05:44,519 --> 00:05:46,480 You can't just you can't force him out. But at 117 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,279 the same time, like I appreciate that he's gonna be 118 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:50,800 ninety August seventh. Yeah, like it's time. 119 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:56,319 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, ninety Yeah, that's a shout out that's up there. 120 00:05:56,399 --> 00:05:59,759 Speaker 2: Yees. Again, we all have memories of him, and you know, 121 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,480 most going to be home games here. As he picks LSU, 122 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,920 the crowd goes wild, puts on Mike Tiger's head, and so, yeah, 123 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,480 hell of a career for Lee Corso there's a lot 124 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,639 of players that are looking to start their career this week. 125 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:17,279 As I mentioned, I'm going to Green Bay tomorrow, I 126 00:06:17,319 --> 00:06:21,199 think afternoon, like tbub now, I think I think we're 127 00:06:21,199 --> 00:06:24,399 going tomorrow afternoon, get a chance to catch up with 128 00:06:25,639 --> 00:06:30,000 every player that's going to be in attendance on Wednesday. 129 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,240 So we're going to start that pretty early. So that's 130 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:34,839 gonna be cool. Certainly going to send some of that 131 00:06:34,959 --> 00:06:41,720 soundback Will Campbell, you know, any potential Saints draft d 132 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,560 gonna send that soundback. So looking forward to that. I'll 133 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,279 be there with EJ. And then Thursday Friday gonna be 134 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,879 doing live shows from Green Bay reacting to the first 135 00:06:50,879 --> 00:06:53,279 and second round. And then for the first time ever 136 00:06:55,319 --> 00:06:58,639 for the Draft, I'll be on NFL Radio and we're 137 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:02,839 doing the Grind we're doing third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and 138 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,199 seventh round. Oh oh yeah, all the way through. There's 139 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,959 no time on it. It's just you're going to go 140 00:07:09,079 --> 00:07:13,680 until the final pick until mister irrelevant. I'm excited, slash 141 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:17,560 a little bit nervous because as y'all know that the 142 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:22,279 draft can drag on. Yeah, and when that left tackle 143 00:07:22,319 --> 00:07:25,160 from South Dakota State gets picked, we got to be 144 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,720 ready to go with some kind of a little nugget 145 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,240 about that tackle from South Dakota State. 146 00:07:30,399 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 4: It's harder, obviously, but like it's probably a little bit 147 00:07:32,959 --> 00:07:35,240 more exciting. It's like the first round. Like you may 148 00:07:35,279 --> 00:07:36,800 not know if a guy is gonna go like eight 149 00:07:36,879 --> 00:07:38,920 or twelve, but you kind of got an idea of 150 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:40,920 like who's going to go in the first round. Like 151 00:07:41,079 --> 00:07:43,560 I imagine four through seven is just a crap shoot. 152 00:07:46,759 --> 00:07:48,839 Speaker 2: I mean, there's gonna be a lot of day so 153 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:50,920 and a lot of people give me a hard time, 154 00:07:50,959 --> 00:07:54,279 But I have a draft binder. So I put together 155 00:07:54,319 --> 00:07:57,519 a binder and it's typically got like one hundred and 156 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,920 fifty names in it. Because again, like I've never had 157 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,439 really go this deep into the bag. I've done rounds 158 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:08,000 one through three, never done the full draft, so it's 159 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,720 gonna have to expand we're talking probably like three hundred players. 160 00:08:11,759 --> 00:08:16,000 So Gordy, I apologize. I'm using the Company Inc. Whenever 161 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,199 I print said bind her out. But I gotta be 162 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:18,800 ready to go. 163 00:08:19,519 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 3: You gotta do. 164 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, Like I don't want to be there because I 165 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,079 think it's Jason Horowitz who's the voice of the Raiders, 166 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:29,839 me New Heisel, and then somebody else another NFL radio 167 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,559 typical host, and so I'm the college guy, like I 168 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:35,159 don't want them to throw to me in be like 169 00:08:35,879 --> 00:08:39,200 uh guard from n C State. I got nothing and 170 00:08:39,279 --> 00:08:43,039 gotta have something for everybody. Yeah, so I apologize in 171 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,720 advance for the ink that I'm going to use from 172 00:08:46,799 --> 00:08:50,960 the Company Printer. There another thing, like we talked about 173 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,639 having a ton of news to get to last week 174 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,840 Taylor and having plenty to talk about LSU baseball getting 175 00:08:56,919 --> 00:09:00,559 swept last week. How was the vibe? I can imagine 176 00:09:00,759 --> 00:09:04,240 the vibes were high on Monday coming in the studio. 177 00:09:04,039 --> 00:09:06,759 Speaker 4: So it wasn't But also, like you know as well 178 00:09:06,759 --> 00:09:09,600 as I do, T Bomb can't do a normal live read, right, 179 00:09:09,639 --> 00:09:12,879 So the funniest part a Landra's playing the recorded live read. 180 00:09:13,279 --> 00:09:16,559 I just broke down about LSU baseball getting swept. She 181 00:09:16,639 --> 00:09:18,480 plays the live read and T Bob go I think 182 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,720 it was dozekis T Bob Goes speaking of great baseball, 183 00:09:22,639 --> 00:09:24,639 and it was just it was just the cherry on 184 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,159 top of a of a weekend. I mean, Jake, like 185 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,360 our first hour on Monday, we reacted to the Carr 186 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,679 and Lacy news. We reacted LSU baseball getting swept, and 187 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,120 we reacted to LSU softball getting swept. That was the 188 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,120 first that one on Monday. It was it was rough. 189 00:09:40,519 --> 00:09:44,240 They both got swept on the same weekend. But the 190 00:09:44,279 --> 00:09:46,559 mood improved as the week went on, for sure, But 191 00:09:46,759 --> 00:09:47,720 it was a rough Monday. 192 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,559 Speaker 2: I know, I really did. Like I thought about you, 193 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:51,879 I was like, man, what what? What a bad time 194 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,120 to just leave Tate out there on an island. I 195 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,000 mean a lot of news, none of it was good 196 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,919 when it comes to LSU, and just a tough, tough 197 00:10:01,919 --> 00:10:06,679 way to start last week. But but we'll step away 198 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,519 and when we get this thing started, when we come 199 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:14,480 back a little bit better news not you know, softball 200 00:10:14,519 --> 00:10:17,879 had some ups and downs. They had some opportunities, for sure, 201 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,320 but they did get a victory on the road in 202 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:23,639 the SEC. Baseball does bounce back. We'll get to the 203 00:10:23,759 --> 00:10:26,600 NFL Draft. 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You get the Dubs on Thursday 246 00:12:37,799 --> 00:12:40,919 it was eleven to six, on Friday four to three, 247 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,000 and then you lose the last game of the series 248 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:48,399 on Saturday seven to four. But go around the room, 249 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:52,759 how do we feel now? All right? So depending on 250 00:12:52,799 --> 00:12:55,120 how you look at it, okay, because so you get swept, 251 00:12:55,399 --> 00:12:57,840 you win two of three. You could also say you're 252 00:12:57,879 --> 00:13:00,279 two and four in your last six SEC games. That 253 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:04,240 doesn't feel great, although you know, winning a series against 254 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,559 a ranked opponent still not going to be a bad thing. 255 00:13:07,759 --> 00:13:09,559 Speaker 4: A lot of people were saying, oh, well, you had 256 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:11,720 to sweep this series. I disagree with that. I don't 257 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:13,440 think you had to sweep. You had to win the series. 258 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:18,240 Thing for me comes down to Saturday. I appreciated the 259 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,360 move of Jay not starting Chase Shores. He went with 260 00:13:21,399 --> 00:13:24,720 connor Ware on that third game instead. Is that who 261 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,559 I would have went with? I don't know, but it 262 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:29,519 was time to make a change at Sunday. The problem is, 263 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:31,720 though we talked about it coming into the season, Oh 264 00:13:31,919 --> 00:13:35,039 Lsu might have three legitimate starters, you no longer have 265 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,399 his starter on Sunday. I mean, you don't. Connor Ware 266 00:13:37,519 --> 00:13:41,279 went two innings, he gave up an earned run. That's fine, 267 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,879 but you pull him after two put in Chase Shores 268 00:13:43,919 --> 00:13:47,399 two and two thirds, four runs, three earned runs, five strikeouts, 269 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,120 two walks. Like, Chase Shores has a big problem right now. 270 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,320 Whether it's starting, he comes out of the pen. We'll 271 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:54,440 see if that was better. It wasn't. As a matter 272 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,279 of fact, it was probably a little bit worse. Now, 273 00:13:56,399 --> 00:13:58,559 everybody outside of Shores was great. I mean, you went 274 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,720 six pitchers after Chase only give up two runs combined. 275 00:14:01,759 --> 00:14:05,159 So like again, your bullpen was pretty good on the weekend. 276 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,759 Like even on the Thursday game, what's his name, Kate 277 00:14:08,799 --> 00:14:11,679 Anderson gave up five runs and six innings. It was 278 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,840 your bullpen that kept you in that game. So the 279 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,600 last two weekends at SEC play, your bullpen's really been 280 00:14:16,639 --> 00:14:19,399 really good. It's it's been the starting pitching on the weekend. 281 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,919 And I don't really think you have a Sunday starter 282 00:14:22,039 --> 00:14:24,519 at this point. I know a lot of people have said, Okay, 283 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,000 what's that Cowen, and the opposite has been okay, well, 284 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:28,679 he's so valuable to you out of the pen, do 285 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,039 you want to start him on Sunday? But I mean 286 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:32,320 Sunday looks iffy right now. 287 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 2: No, it certainly does, and we've talked about it. You know, 288 00:14:35,759 --> 00:14:37,759 what do you do there? Because you've got a couple 289 00:14:37,759 --> 00:14:40,720 of arms that have been dominant. But I think Jay 290 00:14:40,799 --> 00:14:43,039 shows us with this move that he is not going 291 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,919 to move Evans r. Cowen into the starting rotation, at 292 00:14:47,039 --> 00:14:50,000 least not anytime soon. That's why he rolls somebody else 293 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,679 out there on Sunday. And you saw, like Cason Evans 294 00:14:53,759 --> 00:14:55,840 comes in. You talked about the Thursday game and he 295 00:14:55,919 --> 00:14:59,240 comes in and gives you, you know, two innings. He 296 00:14:59,279 --> 00:15:02,360 only gives up one hit, only walks one, strikes out too, 297 00:15:02,519 --> 00:15:04,919 but he doesn't give up any runs, right, He gave 298 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:08,039 you that opportunity. Remember he came into the game when 299 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,840 you were down. And Jay goes to Hims not playing 300 00:15:10,879 --> 00:15:14,159 any games. He holds the four down until you come in. Look, 301 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,360 Zach Cowen had to come in and get one batter out, 302 00:15:16,399 --> 00:15:19,080 but he was able to pitch again in this series, Landra, 303 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:23,039 I know you've been pretty vocal about not putting Cowen 304 00:15:23,159 --> 00:15:26,320 or Evans into the starting rotation as well. It looks 305 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,200 like Jay is again going to leave them right where 306 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,080 they're at because they've been so valuable, and we could 307 00:15:32,159 --> 00:15:35,840 have a situation where on Sundays it turns into Johnny Houlstaff. 308 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,919 Speaker 5: Yeah, and I think that's a good decision to keep 309 00:15:39,039 --> 00:15:42,360 your best arm out of the bullpen, and also with 310 00:15:42,519 --> 00:15:45,440 Cason Evans as well. But you're right, it might be 311 00:15:45,559 --> 00:15:50,960 Schmidt whenever he started versus McNeice. McNeese is a good team, 312 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,440 by the way, it's not like a flipant whatever, but 313 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,279 he had four strikeouts, held them to two runs. But 314 00:15:56,559 --> 00:15:59,960 I mean, it is like you really would have to 315 00:16:00,039 --> 00:16:04,960 do Johnny Holstaff sometimes probably, But again, your bullpen hasn't 316 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,320 really been too much of the issue. Your issue has 317 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:10,879 been leaving runners on base whenever your offense is what 318 00:16:11,039 --> 00:16:14,879 keeps you in the game. Sometimes, like when we lost Saturday, 319 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,720 we left fourteen runners on base, and last weekend versus 320 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,440 Auburn that was also the issue, and we talked about it. 321 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,879 It started with Nichols, Like when you played Nichols, you 322 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,399 left twelve runners on base that game. But I didn't 323 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,600 really get to watch the games this weekend, so I 324 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,279 don't have too much of a take on it. But 325 00:16:31,639 --> 00:16:35,440 whenever we played Auburn, like it was kind of deflating. 326 00:16:35,919 --> 00:16:38,720 But it wasn't like I was worried about the team. 327 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,679 It was just an off weekend. Everybody has them. I 328 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:43,919 mean Tennessee got run rolled by Texas A and M 329 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,879 a couple of weeks ago, seventeen to zero. So I 330 00:16:46,879 --> 00:16:50,080 mean we're still third in the SEC, tied with Tennessee 331 00:16:50,159 --> 00:16:54,200 at twelve and six. With the records, I'm never like, 332 00:16:54,559 --> 00:16:56,080 I'm not that worried about this team. 333 00:16:57,679 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 3: That was. 334 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,639 Speaker 2: But yeah, I didn't get to watch watch LU up 335 00:17:00,639 --> 00:17:01,240 in Rhode Island. 336 00:17:01,519 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 3: Well I just didn't. 337 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 5: I didn't want to have my phone out at dinner, 338 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,559 Like it felt a little disrespectful. 339 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 2: But really, if there was ever a place where you 340 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,599 couldn't watch LSU baseball, Rhode Island feels like the one 341 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:12,079 you could not. 342 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 5: No, and I went on this campus, so this is 343 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:18,839 super off topic, but there was. We went to the Breakers, 344 00:17:18,839 --> 00:17:21,839 which is like one of those mansions that the Vanderbilts built, 345 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:22,680 like way back. 346 00:17:22,519 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 3: In the day. 347 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 5: And by the mansion there's a university. It's called Salve Regina. 348 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,720 It's like a Catholic university, and they had a baseball 349 00:17:30,759 --> 00:17:32,720 game going on, okay, and I was like. 350 00:17:32,759 --> 00:17:34,759 Speaker 3: Kind of peeking at it. But yeah, I don't know, 351 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,640 off topic, but yeah. 352 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,640 Speaker 2: No, I mean college baseball. You're just trying to I 353 00:17:38,759 --> 00:17:41,240 hustle a little college baseball probably wasn't the same vibe. 354 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:43,279 Lsu Bam in the boxes. 355 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,279 Speaker 3: No, I know, and I'm so upset I got I 356 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:47,839 missed it. But even Saturday I missed because I was 357 00:17:47,839 --> 00:17:48,400 flying back. 358 00:17:48,519 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 2: I know. So I feel the same way because I'm 359 00:17:50,279 --> 00:17:52,920 going to miss the big series coming up this weekend. 360 00:17:53,039 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, because I'm going to be in Green. 361 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,839 Speaker 2: Bay, Wisconsin. Yeah, I was definitely wanting to go check 362 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:01,599 some of those games out. Uh oh. Friday, though, Anthony 363 00:18:01,839 --> 00:18:04,880 Sen continues to dominate. I know, he walks five guys, 364 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,519 got into some hairy situations, but he strikes out twelve, 365 00:18:08,599 --> 00:18:11,200 only gives up one earned run. And then Zach Cowen 366 00:18:11,279 --> 00:18:14,559 comes in. He pitches three innings, He gives up four hits, 367 00:18:14,799 --> 00:18:18,119 two earned runs. But still what he gives you what 368 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:21,480 Case and Evans gives you. I look, trust me when 369 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,240 I say, like, I know there's a temptation to want 370 00:18:24,279 --> 00:18:27,680 to start, certainly Zach Cowen because he's a veteran player. 371 00:18:28,039 --> 00:18:31,160 Case Nevin's still freshman, which is just remarkable that he's 372 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,279 doing what he's doing in the spots that he's doing it. 373 00:18:33,519 --> 00:18:37,319 But Zach Cowen does have starting experience. You've seen him. Hey, 374 00:18:37,319 --> 00:18:39,720 you know last year in the regional that Elsie was in, 375 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,559 he was out there, so everybody knows he can do it. 376 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:44,920 But I just think he's so valuable right now. And 377 00:18:45,319 --> 00:18:47,359 I was kind of the opposite a couple of weeks ago. 378 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:49,799 But I think when you talk with Jay Johnson, when 379 00:18:49,839 --> 00:18:51,839 you see the ways formatting everything is like, we are 380 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,279 going to have to go get game one, game two, 381 00:18:54,319 --> 00:18:57,319 and I know it is very thin margins, but that's 382 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,200 the way that they are attacking you right now, and 383 00:18:59,279 --> 00:19:03,480 their hope wanting somebody to step up and take over 384 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,799 Game three Sundays whatever ends up being. You know, you 385 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,359 had like a slight hope maybe William Schmidt could be 386 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,960 that guy. Again. I know he's a freshman, but he's 387 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:18,160 so talented and he'll, like eventually he will be that guy, 388 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,400 just not ready for that right now. He only goes 389 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,559 two thirds of an inning on Game three, gives up 390 00:19:24,559 --> 00:19:29,640 two runs, both earned, walk three, two wild pitches. Again, 391 00:19:29,799 --> 00:19:33,480 incredibly talented player, going to be somebody that is on 392 00:19:33,519 --> 00:19:36,519 the mount on the weekends. Without a doubt starting next year, 393 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:39,880 like he's gonna be there next year, but just doesn't 394 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,319 have the feel of being ready in those big spots 395 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:44,279 right now, which is okay, he's a true freshman. 396 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,079 Speaker 4: The fact that he didn't get the start told me 397 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,279 that he wasn't ready because this was the weekend to 398 00:19:49,319 --> 00:19:51,599 start him, right Like if Tennessee and Texas A and 399 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,200 M back to back, you're not starting a freshman in 400 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,559 game three against Tennessee or A and M for their 401 00:19:56,559 --> 00:19:59,039 first extended SEC action. That's not happening. So when he 402 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:01,279 rolled Connor where out there you know, I was, I 403 00:20:01,319 --> 00:20:02,799 was one of the ones that was like, okay, you 404 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:06,119 extended Schmidt. He threw three and a third in the 405 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,519 midweek against McNeice. That's a good lineup, Like they hit 406 00:20:08,559 --> 00:20:10,519 over three hundred as a team. He did a good 407 00:20:10,559 --> 00:20:12,799 job there, Like maybe this is where you ease it man. 408 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,119 The fact that he didn't tells me that it's not 409 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,400 gonna be William Schmidt at least the next two weeks, 410 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:19,839 starting on that Sunday, because after that you got South Carolina. 411 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,680 It lightens up a little bit, like you're not starting 412 00:20:21,759 --> 00:20:23,599 him against Tennessee Area. Now that's not happening. 413 00:20:23,839 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 5: No, we kind of talked about this last week too, 414 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,599 where like for someone like Schmidt you kind of have 415 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:32,079 to start preparing him because once we get to the postseason, 416 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,319 you're gonna have to go deep in that, yeah, into 417 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,720 like and somebody like him's gonna have to start. 418 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,039 Speaker 2: I mean, Will Helms last year gave you the game 419 00:20:40,079 --> 00:20:43,519 of his life, right, gave you hope there in Chapel Hill. 420 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 4: Everybody says you need three, but like me and how 421 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:47,200 we're talking about it, like Paul Skeins did not pitch 422 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,720 in your Championshimpi Ships against Florida. You had to have 423 00:20:49,799 --> 00:20:52,880 a fourth starter technically for that, Like Schmid's gonna have 424 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:54,640 to be ready. But it's just I don't know if 425 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:55,200 it now. 426 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, And we got a lot of baseball to 427 00:20:58,279 --> 00:21:00,759 get to. Chris Blair, the voice of the LSU Tigers, 428 00:21:00,799 --> 00:21:04,119 will join us at eight point thirty to recap last 429 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:08,119 weekend against Alabama, look forward to Tennessee, to Texas, A 430 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,200 and M and kind of get into the nitty gritty 431 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:13,039 shout out though, and you're gonna hear about Ashton Larson, 432 00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:17,119 like that's so tough that like, and we're gonna talk 433 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,279 about him. He's gonna weekend winners. I'm sure he might 434 00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:21,200 come back up. He'll come up back up in our 435 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,440 conversation with Chris Blair, but shout out to him. I mean, 436 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,359 he was somebody last year that gave you a big spark. 437 00:21:28,839 --> 00:21:31,480 He came in, he was batting right around three hundred. 438 00:21:31,559 --> 00:21:34,680 Nobody had any expectation for him coming from the state 439 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,200 of Kansas, you know, as far as playing right away, 440 00:21:37,799 --> 00:21:40,680 and he held it together for you for a long time. 441 00:21:40,839 --> 00:21:43,920 This year hasn't gone his way. You've had other players 442 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:48,119 certainly get at bats when he hasn't. He hits one of, 443 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,079 you know, the biggest home runs that you've had this season. 444 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,079 It was great moment for him. I was hoping he 445 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:55,880 could do it again when he had the bases loaded. 446 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:57,640 I think it was in Game two that he had 447 00:21:57,839 --> 00:22:01,160 the bases loaded, ends up striking out. But pretty cool 448 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,319 moment for him because again, he was somebody that I'm 449 00:22:04,759 --> 00:22:07,079 going to assume coming into the season, thought he was 450 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,599 going to be a starter, going to be somebody that 451 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,799 you counted on and just hasn't been, that hasn't gotten 452 00:22:12,839 --> 00:22:14,240 the at bats, and then he comes up with a 453 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,880 big home run and that is not easy to do 454 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,920 cold off the bench and Lshu's pinchaters all series long 455 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,640 were really I mean you had Jake Brown coming to 456 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:28,599 do it on the game. Gosh, I keep thinking Sunday 457 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:33,039 on Saturday, so big pinchators for LSU Larson was cool 458 00:22:33,039 --> 00:22:34,680 to see him kind of have that moment. We'll see 459 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:36,519 if it can kind of jump start him here in 460 00:22:36,559 --> 00:22:40,680 his sophomore year. All right, we will step away. When 461 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,200 we come back, it is NFL Draft week, and we'll 462 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,720 dive into all the latest there, what's going on with 463 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,400 Derek Carr, with our guy Ross Jackson, and we'll do 464 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:53,839 it right here on OTV. Off the Bench, right, good, 465 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,079 All Star Toyota Vatanaruge dot Com. All Star Toyota of 466 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:02,359 Baton Rouge dot Com. All right, so spring breaks probably over, 467 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:04,279 maybe it's not. 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They've got the mini van, they've got 479 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,880 the full sized suv, the mid sized SUVs. They've got 480 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:42,680 both trucks to tundra the Tacoma available for rent and 481 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:46,759 it's per day rental prices and everything that's new. Everything's available. 482 00:23:46,799 --> 00:23:48,640 Leasing is going to be available in that rental department. 483 00:23:48,759 --> 00:23:51,200 Not gonna find that anywhere else. All Star Toyota Venderers 484 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:51,680 dot Com. 485 00:23:51,759 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: Welcome back to more sports talk. What's some other stuff 486 00:23:54,759 --> 00:23:56,880 mixed in off the bench with Hester and. 487 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 2: T Bomb All right, Welcome back in OTV one four 488 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,319 five ESPN Ben Roush here on this Monday morning. It 489 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,799 is NFL Draft Week. Nobody covers the Saints better than 490 00:24:06,839 --> 00:24:09,720 our guy, Ross Jackson, who joins us now host of 491 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,960 Locked on. Saints of course, are right over on Louisiana 492 00:24:13,039 --> 00:24:16,039 Sports dot Net. Go to the website and Chance has 493 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,400 always got like seven new stories up because he is 494 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,319 always working. Ross. What's going on, man, Always a pleasure. 495 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:22,839 Speaker 6: How are you doing great man? Thanks so much for 496 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:23,359 having me on. 497 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 2: All right, So it is Draft week, one of my 498 00:24:25,759 --> 00:24:28,559 favorite weeks of the year. Does it feel a little 499 00:24:28,599 --> 00:24:31,599 bit different though for the New Orleans Saints because there's 500 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,400 so much talk of them selecting a quarterback? Because we 501 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,279 all know this stat in nineteen seventy one, the last 502 00:24:38,279 --> 00:24:41,799 time the Saints actually drafted a quarterback in the first round. 503 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,839 I don't know. It does feel a little bit different 504 00:24:43,839 --> 00:24:45,480 for me, does it for you? Ross? 505 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 6: Yeah, a little bit. It feels different to me for 506 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,480 a different reason though, because I remember back in twenty 507 00:24:50,519 --> 00:24:53,400 twenty two, everybody was like, the States can't leave without 508 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,240 a quarterback in the first round? Can you pick it? 509 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,000 Malik Willis, Desmond Riders pro ready, blah blah blah blah, 510 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,880 all of us everything. Sorry, I remember that conversations. Oh yeah, 511 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,759 but I think that this year. The reason why it 512 00:25:03,759 --> 00:25:05,599 feels so different is that no one really knows what 513 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,079 this team is going to do, and it always feels 514 00:25:08,079 --> 00:25:09,359 like we got a little bit of a beat on 515 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,640 what's going to happen. You know, Tali sa Booma was 516 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:16,039 so obvious, right, Brian Brizzy was so obvious, chrys Olavi, 517 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:18,480 Trevor Pinning so obvious, and now all of a sudden, 518 00:25:18,839 --> 00:25:21,359 you get this new coaching staff in there, and there's 519 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,000 so many opportunities. As you know, well, when you get 520 00:25:24,039 --> 00:25:26,079 a new coaching staff in for cracks in the foundation 521 00:25:26,519 --> 00:25:28,680 and it feels like there's been no crack in the foundation. 522 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,440 It feels like there's so many different directions the team 523 00:25:31,519 --> 00:25:33,480 is expected to go. That means that no one knows 524 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,200 where this team is going to go, and that's a 525 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,039 pretty good sign for the long term when it comes 526 00:25:37,079 --> 00:25:38,599 to future drafts for this organization. 527 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,839 Speaker 2: I mean, Ross at this point, would you be surprised 528 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:43,799 if Sanders wasn't the pick at. 529 00:25:43,759 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 6: Nine, No, not at all. I would be surprised if 530 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,680 he was. If I'm being on, i'd be We're more 531 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,759 surprised if he was a slush at nine. I don't. 532 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,319 I haven't really bought the idea that they were in 533 00:25:56,559 --> 00:25:59,119 on him, And maybe that's them, maybe that's the team 534 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,759 selling it really well well. But everything from Dion Sanders 535 00:26:02,799 --> 00:26:06,440 being what I would say is too vocal about the 536 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,640 connection between his son and the New Orleans Saints to 537 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,119 you know, Kellen Moore and Doug Nassmeyer not even making 538 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,279 a trip to go to the Colorado prode and instead 539 00:26:15,319 --> 00:26:18,359 sending quarterback coach Scott Tolzen as well as wide receivers 540 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,799 coach Keith Williams. I feel, coming out of all those 541 00:26:21,839 --> 00:26:24,519 things that will shepherd the wide receiver at Mandiville, Native 542 00:26:24,599 --> 00:26:26,279 is more likely to become a New Orleans Saint that 543 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:27,119 you're a standard there. 544 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,400 Speaker 2: And also, I mean over the last couple of days, 545 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,759 I think we've all kind of seen that the Saints 546 00:26:32,799 --> 00:26:36,200 are big fans of Jackson Dart as well. Now, if 547 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,839 the Saints were to select Jackson Dart, if that ended 548 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,079 up being the quarterback that they got in this draft, 549 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,079 when do you think that would happen? 550 00:26:44,079 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 6: I like the idea of a late trade up for 551 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,799 the New Orlean Saints into the back half of the 552 00:26:50,839 --> 00:26:54,559 first round. You know, I think about the twenty eighteen 553 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,880 Baltimore Ravens trade where they moved up from number fifty 554 00:27:00,039 --> 00:27:02,000 they were in the fifties in the second round, they 555 00:27:02,039 --> 00:27:04,799 moved up to number thirty two overall with the Philadelphia 556 00:27:04,799 --> 00:27:06,920 Eagles who were picking number thirty two again this year, 557 00:27:07,599 --> 00:27:09,799 to be able to get up there and get Lamar Jackson, 558 00:27:09,839 --> 00:27:13,079 who Baltimore had originally passed on twice because they had 559 00:27:13,079 --> 00:27:16,519 an original selection. They traded back from that selection, then 560 00:27:16,559 --> 00:27:18,920 they took Hunter Henry, then they moved up to go 561 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,480 and get Lamar Jackson. I could see the Saints doing 562 00:27:21,519 --> 00:27:24,759 something similar, trying to get up ahead of the Cleveland 563 00:27:24,759 --> 00:27:27,799 Browns who have that number thirty three overall selection, that 564 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,319 second round selection, and so the Saints don't have to 565 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:31,880 do too much to be able to get up from 566 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,599 pick forty to pick thirty two if they want to 567 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,559 go up and get a guy like Jackson, guard after 568 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:40,319 Louisville quarterback Tyler Schuck in there as well, those guys 569 00:27:40,319 --> 00:27:43,160 aren't super likely to make it to forty, and so 570 00:27:43,319 --> 00:27:45,839 the idea of jumping up and making a quarterback selection 571 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,160 in the first round as a second first round selection 572 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:49,720 makes a lot more sense to me, and you get 573 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:51,359 the fifty year outshore of the player that one. 574 00:27:51,799 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I saw you, retweeted Schefter and talked 575 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,680 about the Saints already kind of exploring those options in 576 00:27:57,799 --> 00:28:00,839 the second round. So if you go from four and 577 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,839 you go up to thirty two, what does that look 578 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:05,839 like as far as the draft capital that you would 579 00:28:05,839 --> 00:28:06,880 probably have to give up. 580 00:28:07,599 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 6: Yeah, if we use the Baltimore Ravens model from twenty eighteen, 581 00:28:11,519 --> 00:28:14,400 you're looking at the number forty year overall selection, next 582 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:18,839 year's second round selection, and potentially some fourth round one 583 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,000 of the two fourth round picks one twelve or one 584 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,400 thirty one to help you move up, and you might 585 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,519 be able to get a pick an extra pickback in return. 586 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:30,200 For instance, win the Baltimore Ravens did this, they moved 587 00:28:30,279 --> 00:28:32,559 up and not only got pick number thirty two overall, 588 00:28:32,599 --> 00:28:34,839 but they got picked number one thirty two overall in 589 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,319 the fourth round as well. So it was the late 590 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,279 round pick swot from one twenty five to one thirty 591 00:28:39,279 --> 00:28:41,920 two to get the Philadelphia Egals to move back twenty 592 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,839 spots in their first round pick to back to the 593 00:28:44,839 --> 00:28:46,920 second round. And so I could see the Saints not 594 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,480 necessarily having to give up as much to be able 595 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,519 to make that make that lead, but being able to 596 00:28:51,519 --> 00:28:53,519 fall back a little bit in the fourth round, maybe 597 00:28:53,559 --> 00:28:56,160 going back from the fourth to the fifth round. In exchange, 598 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,440 you do a late round pick swap next year's second 599 00:28:58,519 --> 00:29:00,880 round pick to exchange second round pick to get up 600 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:01,759 into that first round. 601 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,079 Speaker 2: Talking New Orleans, Saints with our guy Ross Jackson here 602 00:29:05,119 --> 00:29:09,119 on OTB Ross. So I was out all of last week, 603 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:10,960 and you know, there's a lot of things that were 604 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,839 going on in the sports world, certainly here locally, and 605 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,039 so I kind of missed all of the Derek Carr drama, 606 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,960 Like what is the latest there with Derek Carr, his shoulder, 607 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,920 the injury, you know, just everything that was surrounding him 608 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,200 and his future with the Saints. Last week. 609 00:29:28,839 --> 00:29:31,559 Speaker 6: Yeah, so there was an initial report around Derek Carr 610 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:35,400 having a shoulder injury that potentially threatened his potentially threatens 611 00:29:35,599 --> 00:29:39,279 Phil does his twenty twenty five season availability. That shoulder 612 00:29:39,319 --> 00:29:42,559 injury is expected to be a throwing shoulder injury, which 613 00:29:42,599 --> 00:29:44,920 would then be connected to the same shoulder that he 614 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,200 injured back in twenty twenty three in that Green pay 615 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,319 Packers team where he had that ac joint. Never missed 616 00:29:49,319 --> 00:29:51,279 any games during that, but missed sort of the second 617 00:29:51,279 --> 00:29:53,680 half of games, and it had some games that Atlanta 618 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:55,880 Falcons game in particular, where you know, even he said 619 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:57,480 that he just couldn't get the ball where he needs 620 00:29:57,519 --> 00:30:00,440 to go, things like that, and that injury was something 621 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,720 that had also kind of been sort of pre existing 622 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,599 shoulder stuff as well, and so the thinks have known 623 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,119 about this injury for some time, but with the league 624 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,720 is starting to question. And when I say the league, 625 00:30:10,759 --> 00:30:13,160 I mean you know people within the NFL. What they're 626 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,160 starting to question is is this actually just more of 627 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,799 a leverage play for Derek Carr to get out of 628 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,640 New Orleans? Is all of this all these kind of 629 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:24,319 rumors and speculation and look a lot of evidence that 630 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,440 points to it too that Derek car is frustrated here 631 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,960 in New Orleans and once out and so if that's 632 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,960 the case, he could be using this as a sort 633 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,039 of leverage to say, hey, go ahead and plan for 634 00:30:34,079 --> 00:30:37,400 your future at quarterback without me having to ask for 635 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,599 a trade. Then once you planned your future at quarterback, 636 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,559 you can move on for me. And so then that 637 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,920 ends up creating sort of this opportunity for New Orleans 638 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:46,400 use his debts made him at the post you in 639 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:48,720 one cut at any point after they kind of figure 640 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,960 out what their quarterback situation is going to be, or 641 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:54,559 they end up looking after June first to trade him somewhere, 642 00:30:54,759 --> 00:30:56,119 which I think is going to be a little tough 643 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,920 with the twenty twenty six cap number, and it's tough 644 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:00,599 to say, hey, we want to trade the guy who 645 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:02,680 might not play in twenty twenty five, right, Like that's 646 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,000 a challenging thing to be able to pull off. But 647 00:31:05,119 --> 00:31:06,680 if they were to end up moving on from him 648 00:31:06,759 --> 00:31:08,559 post shooting one cut, certainly a way to do it. 649 00:31:09,359 --> 00:31:11,759 Or you know, the shoulder injury is something that he 650 00:31:11,839 --> 00:31:13,680 works on and then he's back in twenty twenty five. 651 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,000 Like literally anything can happen at this point, but there 652 00:31:16,079 --> 00:31:18,359 is sort of an expectation that the Saint and car 653 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:20,200 will be headed towards a split at some point. We 654 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:21,759 just don't know if it's this saw season or next 655 00:31:21,839 --> 00:31:22,319 off season. 656 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:24,799 Speaker 2: And Rossett, if you do, if you move on from 657 00:31:24,839 --> 00:31:27,839 Derek Carr, and gosh it, it does feel like right 658 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,799 now that is going to be the move. But if 659 00:31:30,839 --> 00:31:33,400 you do, and you select a quarterback in this draft, 660 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,279 and you select him in the first round or the 661 00:31:35,359 --> 00:31:37,480 second round, and you're gonna have a quarterback room that 662 00:31:37,559 --> 00:31:41,599 has a rookie, second year player in a third year player, Like, 663 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,279 if that's the case, would the Saints go into the 664 00:31:44,319 --> 00:31:46,160 season with that being their quarterback room? 665 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,039 Speaker 6: Yeah, I would expect some adjustment there. I mean, they 666 00:31:49,079 --> 00:31:51,119 also have Ben de Nugi on the roster, who's a 667 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,839 veteran and who's got experience with Kellen Moore from twenty 668 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:56,279 twenty and twenty twenty one back to the Dallas Cowboys. 669 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,119 But I wouldn't be surprised to see them go back 670 00:31:58,119 --> 00:32:00,680 to the market for another veteran as well. Popular name, 671 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:04,279 and understandably so is Teddy Bridgewater. The Saints have shown, 672 00:32:04,519 --> 00:32:08,799 you know, proclivity for their proclivity for reunions and guys 673 00:32:08,799 --> 00:32:11,519 that they're familiar with has not waned at all, and 674 00:32:11,599 --> 00:32:13,720 so they could potentially go that route. That would be 675 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,359 a good kind of you know, a good move for 676 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,000 the fans to who would get some excitement at having 677 00:32:19,079 --> 00:32:21,680 you know, Teddy Bridgewater back and all that. And then 678 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,240 you know, they could go another kind of wily veteran 679 00:32:24,359 --> 00:32:26,839 route of Carson Wentz. There was some of the early 680 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,400 connections with Aaron Rodgers too, but it seems that Aaron 681 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,960 Rodgers isn't close to the decision, so I don't think 682 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,720 that you can fully lean in on that. And then 683 00:32:34,799 --> 00:32:36,400 the other route that you go too is wait and 684 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,880 see who becomes available, right, I mean, you know, teams 685 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:42,279 go through this draft, they draft quarterbacks, the quarterbacks they 686 00:32:42,279 --> 00:32:44,599 have been their room all of a sudden become expendable 687 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,319 or potentially movable. And then so there's other conversations you 688 00:32:47,319 --> 00:32:49,319 can get in on there, but I would certainly expect 689 00:32:49,319 --> 00:32:51,359 you to Ben Denuci or another veteran to be on 690 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,519 that roster. And then the Saint's got to figure out 691 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:55,799 with that first year guy, second year, third year guy, 692 00:32:56,319 --> 00:32:58,960 which ones they're keeping and which one they potentially look 693 00:32:59,039 --> 00:33:01,519 to potentially move at some point if they decide to 694 00:33:01,519 --> 00:33:02,559 want to go that route as well. 695 00:33:03,279 --> 00:33:05,279 Speaker 2: And Ross, I know we're talking, you know a lot 696 00:33:05,319 --> 00:33:08,680 of quarterback that's exciting again, and the Saints right now 697 00:33:08,799 --> 00:33:11,839 looking for an upgrade at the position. But going into 698 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:15,839 this draft, what would you say is their biggest need? 699 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,799 Because you kind of look around and I know they've 700 00:33:18,799 --> 00:33:21,319 got needs in a lot of different places. They've tried 701 00:33:21,359 --> 00:33:24,799 to shore up the defensive front through free agency. The 702 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:27,839 offensive front certainly has a ton of assets thrown into 703 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:32,440 it with first round picks. You know your receivers, they're talented, 704 00:33:32,519 --> 00:33:35,200 but health concerns, Like, what would you say is the 705 00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:37,559 biggest they have to hit in this draft? Need? 706 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,279 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's interesting because there's a lot of it, like 707 00:33:41,279 --> 00:33:42,720 you said, there's a lot of different directions that they 708 00:33:42,759 --> 00:33:46,319 can go. I think defensive line is always worth investing in. 709 00:33:46,559 --> 00:33:48,920 It's just the when you have kind of a changing scheme, 710 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,359 everything kind of starts at that front, So how do 711 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,480 you bolster that front? So they could always go that route, 712 00:33:54,519 --> 00:33:56,720 whether it be on the interior or over on the edge. 713 00:33:56,839 --> 00:33:58,599 But if you're going to go to a young quarterback, 714 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:00,680 I think it's that raise is sort of the importance 715 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:04,440 of pass catcher, offensive line, and running back. You know, 716 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,640 the Thinks gave up thirty seven sacks last season. That's 717 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,599 not a lot of sacks, and Derek Carr was only 718 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:10,960 sacked eight times over the course of the ten games 719 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,159 that he appeared in. The issue is that Spencer Ratler 720 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:15,760 was stacked twenty two times in his six starts, and 721 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:20,039 then Jake Hayter was sacked six times, especially having one start, 722 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,960 And so this is and that's no you know, shade 723 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,159 at those guys. That's just part of being a young 724 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,760 quarterback in the NFL. Things don't process the same way 725 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,360 as an eleven year veteran, right, So that's obvious that 726 00:34:30,599 --> 00:34:32,679 that's going to be a thing, and so you want 727 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,639 to give those guys outlets. You want to make sure 728 00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:37,719 that your offensive line has depth and has good starters 729 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:39,280 right at the top. You want to make sure that 730 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:42,280 your your quarterbacks got big body pass catchers that they 731 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,000 can rely on. You can do that early with a 732 00:34:44,079 --> 00:34:46,760 wide receiver like Cetero and McMillan, or at tight end 733 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,880 out of Penn State like Tyler Warren. You can go late. 734 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:51,960 I think I said Mandeville native. I meant to say 735 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:56,119 Madisonville native. You know Will Shefferd coming out Yeah, yeah, 736 00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:58,960 coming out of Colorado a little bit later. Like you 737 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,159 don't have to necessarily princes of the podium at nine 738 00:35:01,199 --> 00:35:03,199 to address these but there are ways you can do that. 739 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,039 And then of course, any young quarterback benefits from having 740 00:35:06,079 --> 00:35:08,119 a run game that they can rely on and guys 741 00:35:08,159 --> 00:35:10,400 who can catch out of the backfield and check down situation. 742 00:35:10,519 --> 00:35:12,159 So how do you add to that running back room 743 00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:15,400 greater consistency next to Alvin Kamara, That's something they can 744 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,920 do in this draft too. So I highlight all those things. 745 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,400 It's tough to pick one. I think you always start 746 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:22,800 in the trenches right through offensive line or defensive line, 747 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,000 clearly kind of being the maybe the big step at nine. 748 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,360 But outside of that, there's still so much that they 749 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,679 can address. And because they have six selections right now 750 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:33,599 in the top one hundred and thirty one selections of 751 00:35:33,599 --> 00:35:35,599 this draft, they're in a good position to be able 752 00:35:35,639 --> 00:35:37,400 to kind of hit multiple spots there. 753 00:35:37,639 --> 00:35:39,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, and as we all know, they love to move 754 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,679 up in a draft, in the likelihood of that with 755 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:47,719 those picks is highly likely. All right, last one, Ross, 756 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:50,679 You've heard a bunch of different names attached to the Saints, 757 00:35:50,679 --> 00:35:52,760 be it at nine or or somewhere else in the 758 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,800 first round wherever they end up. Picking of the names 759 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,960 that you've kind of heard attached to the Saints, which 760 00:35:59,039 --> 00:36:02,599 one would lead Are you scratching your head questioning everything 761 00:36:02,679 --> 00:36:03,599 the most? 762 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:08,159 Speaker 6: Oh? I think I would have to probably go with Well, 763 00:36:08,159 --> 00:36:10,199 I think that was Schamar Stewart out of Texas A 764 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,280 and m you know, I could almost I can under 765 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,239 I think MIKEL Williams, he's kind of lump in his 766 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,519 conversation as well, the edresser of Georgia, but a little 767 00:36:17,519 --> 00:36:19,920 bit more production, a little bit less opportunity, all those 768 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,519 other things. And so I think that one wouldn't leave 769 00:36:22,519 --> 00:36:24,559 me stretch my head as much. But a guy like 770 00:36:24,559 --> 00:36:28,119 Technicatem's Shamar Stewart. He's got all the physical traits, all 771 00:36:28,159 --> 00:36:30,599 the physical tools, but one and a half stacks in 772 00:36:30,639 --> 00:36:32,639 each of the last three years, not a ton of production. 773 00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,199 You know, has a lot of kind of raw trades 774 00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:38,000 that need development. I just don't think that the Saints 775 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,519 are in position right now to go the developmental raw 776 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:45,280 you know, defensive player or really either side of the football. 777 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:46,920 But I just don't think they're in a position right 778 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,519 now to take that kind of selection. They were in 779 00:36:48,599 --> 00:36:52,400 twenty eighteen. They're not in this needed they're in a 780 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:54,000 situation now to where unique way it's going to be 781 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,239 an immediate impact player. And so I think that as 782 00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:59,280 Shamar Stewart ending up with like the Philadelphia Eagles is 783 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,599 a very different Shamar Stewart than a Shamar Stewart that 784 00:37:01,639 --> 00:37:03,599 ends up with the New Orleans Saints. I think that's 785 00:37:03,599 --> 00:37:05,559 a very different player, and I don't think the Saints 786 00:37:05,559 --> 00:37:07,480 have the ability to bridge the gap right now while 787 00:37:07,519 --> 00:37:10,239 him putting brand new systems, brand new coaching, and potentially 788 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,199 starting over with an entirely different quarterback. 789 00:37:12,679 --> 00:37:14,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's actually very well put. I agree with you 790 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,840 wholeheartedly on that last fact. As well. There is our guy, 791 00:37:18,119 --> 00:37:20,920 Ross Jackson at Ross Jackson at NOLA is the handle 792 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,599 on social media Gama follow their host of Lockdown Saints 793 00:37:23,639 --> 00:37:26,800 of course, Louisiansports dot Net, which Ross, I'm going to 794 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,000 assume you're going to have a couple of things going 795 00:37:29,079 --> 00:37:31,320 up this week on the website covering this draft for 796 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:32,000 the Saints. 797 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,440 Speaker 6: Oh yeah, I'll have more than a few things, for sure, 798 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,719 I'm gonna do. Maybe I might do a mock draft 799 00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:38,679 every day up to the NFL Draft. I'll certainly have 800 00:37:38,679 --> 00:37:41,039 one coming out today. But with this team being so 801 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,679 kind of enigmatic in terms of what it is they're 802 00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:45,880 going to do, we might need to take multiple stabs 803 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:46,800 at this thing and see what we. 804 00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:49,639 Speaker 2: Get right at the end of it, Ross, we appreciate 805 00:37:49,639 --> 00:37:52,280 your time, brother. We'll catch up again soon of course. 806 00:37:52,119 --> 00:37:53,519 Speaker 6: Tommy, thanks much for having me on. Man, take care 807 00:37:53,519 --> 00:37:54,480 say say we'll talk to you too. 808 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,280 Speaker 2: All right, there is our guy Ross Jackson again. Man, 809 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,239 he's doing great work over on louisiansports dot Net and 810 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,159 he's not lying. He will have multiple stories up he 811 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,000 said there he'll have a mock draft up on the website. 812 00:38:06,039 --> 00:38:09,280 So again, Louisiansports dot net and check it out there. 813 00:38:09,639 --> 00:38:11,159 All right, before we go to break, one reminds you 814 00:38:11,159 --> 00:38:15,199 about our friends over at Goodwood Men's sexual Wellness. Your 815 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:19,199 Goodwood dot com is the website empowering men's health here 816 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:23,000 in Baton Rouge, and you should not live life with embarrassment. 817 00:38:23,199 --> 00:38:25,920 Go ahead, if you've got an issue, they're gonna be 818 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:27,599 able to help you with it. 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Are they going to move up in the 831 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,280 first round? Are they going to move up in the 832 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,199 second round? More likely they're going to move up in 833 00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:08,360 that second round? But what do they have to give up? 834 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,760 How far up do they have to go. We'll answer 835 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,440 all those questions when we come back here on OTV. 836 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:18,400 Speaker 1: Off the Bench. Welcome to the seventh ranked morning sports 837 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,960 show in America, Off the Bench with Hester and t. 838 00:39:21,079 --> 00:39:24,960 Speaker 2: Bob all Right, Welcome back in to Off the Bench 839 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:29,800 here on a Monday morning, NFL Draft Week, and Adam 840 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:34,039 Schefter had an article that came out early this morning, 841 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:38,639 five am Central Time, So latest and the greatest when 842 00:39:38,639 --> 00:39:41,920 it comes to what potentially could happen with your New 843 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:45,039 Orleans Saints, And here's what he is hearing. He said, 844 00:39:45,039 --> 00:39:47,400 there is a belief around the league that the Saints 845 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,039 are more interested in using a high pick on an 846 00:39:50,079 --> 00:39:54,280 offense or defensive lineman because there are questions about multiple 847 00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:58,559 starters along the offensive line. The belief is they want 848 00:39:58,599 --> 00:40:01,800 to use one of the their draft choices on a quarterback, 849 00:40:02,039 --> 00:40:05,559 just maybe not at number nine and maybe not Shadear Sanders. 850 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,000 As another personnel executive said, I don't think New Orleans 851 00:40:09,079 --> 00:40:12,320 is taking Shoulder. I think they're hot and heavy on 852 00:40:12,559 --> 00:40:16,280 Jackson Dart. It goes on to say, speaking of Jackson Dart, 853 00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:19,800 there is a belief about whether the Saints would take 854 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:23,119 the old miss quarterback at number nine. Or if that 855 00:40:23,199 --> 00:40:27,360 felt too high around the league. They have an equally 856 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:31,599 strong need on defense, and as we know, the Saints 857 00:40:31,679 --> 00:40:35,159 love taking a defensive linemen there early in the draft. 858 00:40:35,199 --> 00:40:40,000 And it goes on to say that Dart would fit 859 00:40:40,039 --> 00:40:43,800 into their plans, but probably not at nine. And that's 860 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:48,440 where what we talked about with Ross second round number forty. 861 00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:51,920 They're already kind of making those calls. They said, they've 862 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,960 already made some calls asked around about trading up in 863 00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:58,760 round number two because they do have two thirds and 864 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:02,039 two fourth round pick. So it does sound like the 865 00:41:02,079 --> 00:41:05,679 interest in Jackson Dart is real. It's not at nine. 866 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:08,880 That's not a surprise. How far would you have to 867 00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:13,199 move up? At number twenty one? The Steelers are sitting there. 868 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,039 They also have a quarterback need. Jackson Dart has been 869 00:41:17,119 --> 00:41:20,920 mocked to them almost everywhere that I've seen at one 870 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,599 point or another. So that's got to be the question, 871 00:41:25,639 --> 00:41:27,639 where would you have to go. You're not going to 872 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:29,719 move back up that far into the first round. I 873 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:32,119 think it would cost too much. And I know, I 874 00:41:32,119 --> 00:41:34,119 know we're dealing with Mickey Loomis, so who knows. We 875 00:41:34,199 --> 00:41:37,719 know he loves to move up. But if the Steelers 876 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:41,280 don't take him, or if they go Tyler Shuck maybe 877 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,320 in the first round at twenty one. How far do 878 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:46,280 you have to move up? You probably do have to 879 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:49,760 get ahead of Cleveland, like Ross was just talking about. 880 00:41:50,599 --> 00:41:52,920 But I don't know. I think Saints fans, if you 881 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:57,000 were able to get a Marquee offensive defensive lineman and 882 00:41:57,119 --> 00:42:00,760 Jackson Dart, would that be a cescful draft? 883 00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:03,880 Speaker 4: I mean to me, it would you fill multiple positions. Indeed, 884 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,400 there and Rosse broke it down, like second round pick 885 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,679 this year and next year one of your fourth round picks, 886 00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:11,599 because you have two of them, Like, that's a small 887 00:42:11,639 --> 00:42:14,880 price to pay. In my opinion, you're essentially giving up 888 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:17,000 a second rounder. I mean, it's kind of all you're 889 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,119 giving up. You already have another fourth round pick, and 890 00:42:19,199 --> 00:42:21,360 you traded your second this year for a first. You're 891 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,480 essentially just giving up a second round pick next year. 892 00:42:23,519 --> 00:42:25,960 I mean, I'm I'm okay with that. To your point, 893 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,480 I think you have to move to twenty to get 894 00:42:27,559 --> 00:42:30,239 Jackson Dart. Denver Broncos are at twenty. 895 00:42:30,519 --> 00:42:30,679 Speaker 2: Yeah. 896 00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:33,920 Speaker 4: Sean Baden and Mickey Loomis, whatever the relationship is there, 897 00:42:34,039 --> 00:42:37,000 they have one. They know each other, would they be 898 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,639 willing to work something out. They're obviously not taking a quarterback. 899 00:42:39,679 --> 00:42:42,679 They have their franchise quarterback. I think that's where you 900 00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:45,280 need to go, because again, if the Saints don't take 901 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:47,199 Shador at nine, and I don't think they are, where's 902 00:42:47,199 --> 00:42:49,480 he going to go. There's a chance that Shador Sanders 903 00:42:49,519 --> 00:42:51,559 is still there at twenty, So I mean you might 904 00:42:51,639 --> 00:42:53,440 still have your pick of the litter as far as 905 00:42:53,519 --> 00:42:56,280 QBS go. Maybe that's the spot you go. 906 00:42:57,559 --> 00:43:00,519 Speaker 2: I'm just gonna pretend, and I'm going to allow myself 907 00:43:00,519 --> 00:43:05,400 to live in a fantasy world where Will Campbell goes 908 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,599 to the Saints at nine, even though he's going probably 909 00:43:07,679 --> 00:43:10,000 number four overall to the Patriots. But let us just 910 00:43:10,159 --> 00:43:12,880 believe here for a second. What if you got Will 911 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,400 Campbell at nine? And again, I'm not gonna be there, 912 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,079 but this is our show. We can do what we want. 913 00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:20,119 He's at nine, and then you get Jackson Dart at 914 00:43:20,159 --> 00:43:22,559 thirty two. I feel like a pretty good win for 915 00:43:22,599 --> 00:43:23,000 the Saints. 916 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,360 Speaker 4: I don't like you could say, oh, we needed a 917 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:28,559 receiver on the outside. There's not gonna be many people 918 00:43:28,599 --> 00:43:29,920 that are gonna be upset with that though. 919 00:43:30,199 --> 00:43:31,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, and then what would you have to give up 920 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:35,000 to get Jackson Dart because those choices that you would 921 00:43:35,079 --> 00:43:37,920 give up would be where I would like some receivers. Yeah, 922 00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:40,679 here in this draft, but yeah, a Meccha Buka might 923 00:43:40,679 --> 00:43:43,760 be available there. He's a first round talent. Still surprised 924 00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:47,079 he's not getting mocked more in the first round. All right, 925 00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:50,360 we will step away more. Ot be little weekend winners 926 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,519 when we come back here. One of four five ESPN 927 00:43:52,559 --> 00:43:54,639 batter Rouge off the bench,