Speaker 1: All right, the questionnaire is obvious. Did Jason Batakia, who
Speaker 1: was a young did he go with simple plan? Or
Speaker 1: is this something you chose yourself?
Speaker 2: This was this was just a callback to our uh,
Speaker 2: our conversation earlier. Simple plan. I think I think you
Speaker 2: can win tickets on the show on the station this
Speaker 2: week somehow.
Speaker 3: All right, yeah, I guess you got to listen to
Speaker 3: Sean show for.
Speaker 2: That, right, Yes, okay, Jason, Jason's just a kid, so
Speaker 2: I guess it plays to.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, that works.
Speaker 1: We had Jason's Boston studio Aaron Folk earlier, and Jason
Speaker 1: Batakio makes his tround for return to the program on
Speaker 1: a Friday, Jason, Happy Friday, man, How are you good?
Speaker 2: Man?
Speaker 4: How are you guys doing?
Speaker 3: We're good?
Speaker 1: I gotta know as a young what's on the uh
Speaker 1: what's on the Apple Music Spotify playlist for Jason Batakio
Speaker 1: these days?
Speaker 5: That's a good question. I I honestly have a mix
Speaker 5: of a lot of things.
Speaker 4: I'm a I'm a bit of an boldie at heart.
Speaker 4: I've been listening to a lot of outcasts lately, some
Speaker 4: mini Ripperton. I know that sounds crazy coming from a
Speaker 4: twenty three year old Drake's been in heavy rotation obviously,
Speaker 4: Kendrick Lamar, I know that's a pretty hot topic. Yeah, honestly,
Speaker 4: a little bit of everything. Yeah, I like some country
Speaker 4: here and there, you know my Oklahoma roofs. So yeah,
Speaker 4: I don't know, just anything that comes on the playlist. Honestly,
Speaker 4: I play, but those are the things that come to
Speaker 4: mind for me. I'm sure you're pretty shocked about the
Speaker 4: mini Ripperton. I was too when I started listening to it.
Speaker 1: Not gonna lie so only Jason, only respect for many Ripperton.
Speaker 3: You lost me at Drake. I am anti. I'm not
Speaker 3: a Drake guy.
Speaker 4: Okay, Kendrick.
Speaker 5: Kendrick at least.
Speaker 3: Loves love me some Kendrick just not a Drake I
Speaker 3: never have been.
Speaker 5: Okay, okay, what's your favorite Kendrick album?
Speaker 1: I have to ask, Oh, you gotta go all the
Speaker 1: way back. I'm gonna have to look it up because
Speaker 1: mostly his old stuff. Uh, because my my son. I
Speaker 1: raised my son on hip hop. But I am a
Speaker 1: I'm like a nineties hip hop you know tribe call
Speaker 1: quest Day lost soul type, and so I don't listen
Speaker 1: to a lot of new stuff. But when Kendrick dropped
Speaker 1: my son was like, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta
Speaker 1: listen to Kendrick. So I listened to a lot of
Speaker 1: Kendrick's early stuff, but not so much as of late.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm a big tramp called quest in, a Dela Soul.
Speaker 5: Fan as well.
Speaker 4: My my friend put me on because I was a
Speaker 4: big J Dilla guy, and I got no clue that yeah,
Speaker 4: so yeah, yeah, those are those are some of my
Speaker 4: favorite artists.
Speaker 5: But enough of the artists.
Speaker 4: I'm sure you guys are here to have me on
Speaker 4: for other things.
Speaker 3: So well, not at all, Jason.
Speaker 1: You have to understand, and I remind people this, we
Speaker 1: have four hours of airtime to fill, so we can
Speaker 1: talk about hip hop like all day because we were
Speaker 1: we were We were debating a question earlier and I
Speaker 1: got Falk's take on this. Do you think there is
Speaker 1: such a thing as just good music? Is there like
Speaker 1: a definition of good music or is it left to
Speaker 1: the Is it left to the discretion of the individual.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a good question. I think there's bad music.
Speaker 4: Like I feel like, if you play bad music, they're
Speaker 4: the majority of people will tell you it's bad music.
Speaker 4: But I think good music is up to the discretion
Speaker 4: of the individual honestly, because you know.
Speaker 5: Everybody has their own little genre that they like.
Speaker 4: You know, some people are our country lovers, some people
Speaker 4: are hip hop lovers, some people love R and B
Speaker 4: and so yeah, I don't know, but I feel like
Speaker 4: a really bad song, you can tell, Like that's just
Speaker 4: my opinion, and maybe maybe there's the one person that
Speaker 4: really likes a horrible song.
Speaker 5: But I don't know. I feel like people are usually.
Speaker 4: In agree andce of like that's a horrible song, but
Speaker 4: good songs, you know, I don't know.
Speaker 5: It kind of has some variance to it. So I
Speaker 5: don't know.
Speaker 4: That's a good question. Yeah, really philosophical question.
Speaker 5: I like it though, love it.
Speaker 3: I love it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, your your boss and friend Aaron Falk kind of
Speaker 1: had a similar response. So all right, now we'll move
Speaker 1: over into the scope of Utah football. Jason and were
Speaker 1: three weeks away tomorrow from opening day. Let me just
Speaker 1: get your feel just your your your your overall field
Speaker 1: general feel. As you've been up there witnessing as much
Speaker 1: practice as they allow and interviewing as many people as
Speaker 1: they allow you to, it feels like and maybe this
Speaker 1: is just this time of year, there's a tremendous amount
Speaker 1: of optimism and positive energy is a term I hear
Speaker 1: a lot from players and coaches. What's your feel just
Speaker 1: as far as where Utah football is at three weeks
Speaker 1: away from the opener, Yeah.
Speaker 4: I would I would agree with you on that it
Speaker 4: feels like things are more positive than they have been
Speaker 4: in a while. And that's not to say you know,
Speaker 4: past iterations of the team, so it's not been positive,
Speaker 4: but there's just kind of a feeling of unknown, but
Speaker 4: also a feeling of like hope. I would say, you know,
Speaker 4: I think I think Devin's brought a lot of renewed
Speaker 4: energy and leadership of this team. You know, it seems
Speaker 4: like he's he's like the guy and I've not heard
Speaker 4: Kyle rave about somebody more than him all fall camp.
Speaker 5: You know, obviously the defense is going to be the defense, you.
Speaker 4: Know way Sean Parker's obviously been hyped up the past
Speaker 4: few days. I know Utah fans saw the highlight clip
Speaker 4: of him running over like three defenders into the end zone,
Speaker 4: and so yeah, I would say the same thing. It's
Speaker 4: it's kind of like a renewed energy, you know. I
Speaker 4: think Kyle feels that way. You know, and so yeah,
Speaker 4: I would agree with you on that.
Speaker 3: When it comes to Devin, Devin Dampier.
Speaker 1: You know, I was I was surprised at Big twelve
Speaker 1: media days that the optimism for what he could be
Speaker 1: seem to be a consensus positive. Like, ultimately he's jumping
Speaker 1: up a level in competition. Ultimately it was twelve TD's
Speaker 1: twelve picks through the air, and ultimately he's my size.
Speaker 3: He's like five ten, five eleven, you know. Like, but but.
Speaker 1: Jason, from my standpoint, everybody is expecting and believes that
Speaker 1: great things are going to happen with him.
Speaker 3: Do you share that sentiment? Do you share that optimism?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I would say I'm I'm relatively high on Devin.
Speaker 4: You know, I think the turnovers are an issue, and
Speaker 4: they were an issue last year. Obviously that has to
Speaker 4: be cleaned up, especially in the twelve. But you know,
Speaker 4: he he has the capability and and the numbers, I
Speaker 4: mean are there. There's only been I think four or
Speaker 4: five other quarterbacks that have done what he's done. You know,
Speaker 4: two from my alma Moterate Oklahoma, Jalen Hurts and Kyler Murray.
Speaker 4: And you know, when you're on the echelon statistically. Obviously
Speaker 4: it was in the Mountain West, and you know, we
Speaker 4: know what the Mountain West is is a conference. But
Speaker 4: you know, I would say that, yeah, there is a
Speaker 4: lot of optimism. I think now it's just you know,
Speaker 4: the river's got to meet the road somewhere and Utah
Speaker 4: fans will really see if the hype is what it's
Speaker 4: supposed to be with him. But you know, when you
Speaker 4: have a quarterback that can run for a thousand yards
Speaker 4: and pass for twenty five hundred yards and do it
Speaker 4: at a high level, obviously there's there's a lot of
Speaker 4: room for optimism. But you know, I think the other
Speaker 4: thing that coaches and the players and just kind of
Speaker 4: the that I've gotten from people I've talked to is like,
Speaker 4: he's he's a tremendous leader.
Speaker 5: You know, he's somebody that is just not a me guy.
Speaker 4: He's you know, he's he's taken everybody to dinner. He
Speaker 4: you know, he knows he's one of those guys that
Speaker 4: knows everybody's name on the team, you know, And I
Speaker 4: think that's encouraging just from the perspective of being a quarterback.
Speaker 4: You know, you want somebody that can rally the troops
Speaker 4: you want somebody that you know can can build that trust,
Speaker 4: not only on the field but off the field. And
Speaker 4: so that's kind of been you know, obviously, we we
Speaker 4: can talk all about you know, his passing, you know,
Speaker 4: turnovers naed to be cleaned up, or you know, he
Speaker 4: ran for a thousand yards, but when we're talking about
Speaker 4: pure intangibles, I think his leadership and just his ability
Speaker 4: to you know, form relationships.
Speaker 5: With the players.
Speaker 4: This year has been something that everybody's talked about and
Speaker 4: you know, so yeah, I would say the feeling is high.
Speaker 4: You know, well, we'll see what happens this year. I
Speaker 4: think UCLA will be a really good first test for him,
Speaker 4: especially going against Nico and you know, a former five
Speaker 4: star quarterback in him. So yeah, I would say the
Speaker 4: vibes are high right now, but we'll see where it
Speaker 4: goes for sure.
Speaker 1: So ultimately, I mean, I don't know if it's the
Speaker 1: Northeast in me, I'm just skeptical about everything and anything.
Speaker 1: So you know, it's just kind of like a like
Speaker 1: the Missouri motto, the show me state. So so the
Speaker 1: reason I bring it up in that context, Jason, like
Speaker 1: who's he throwing the ball to? Like who is kind
Speaker 1: of stepped forward out of this wide receiver group because
Speaker 1: even if Zach Williams didn't transfer, there was still questions
Speaker 1: about h the depth of what that room was.
Speaker 3: Going to look like. But Zach is in Southern cal
Speaker 3: for USC.
Speaker 1: So tell me what your understanding is as far as
Speaker 1: the way this wide receiver group is evolving and whether
Speaker 1: or not you have confidence that he's gonna have the
Speaker 1: weapons he needs to do what he needs to do
Speaker 1: in the Big twelve.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a good question. You know, I think there's
Speaker 4: a lot of skepticism in the wide receiver room and
Speaker 4: and Kyle's even noted that just even in the first
Speaker 4: two weeks of camp, is like, you know, that's the
Speaker 4: biggest question mark that Utah has added into the season,
Speaker 4: even even with or without Zach Williams. But a few
Speaker 4: names have kind of been floating around.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 4: Tobias Maryweather obviously is somebody who hopes six', four can you,
Speaker 4: know run a four fourth. Split you, know he had
Speaker 4: decent success At Notre, dame and you, Know I'm i'm
Speaker 4: blanket on the other. School he went To, gosh but you,
Speaker 4: know obviously been to two. Schools he, said you, know
Speaker 4: this week that he came To utah for you, know
Speaker 4: a star, role and it seems like he's he's rising
Speaker 4: to the. Top outside of, him you, know we've heard
Speaker 4: a lot about The Adrian, zipper you, know a guy
Speaker 4: that's a. Returner you, know it seems like he's a
Speaker 4: making headway a lot of good. CATCHES i, know a
Speaker 4: lot of fans saw That Pastor Isaac wilson to him
Speaker 4: where he you, know pulled out some of the toe
Speaker 4: drag SWAGS i would call. It in my young gears
Speaker 4: caught a ball diving on the on the. Sideline so
Speaker 4: those seem like the two guys right now that that
Speaker 4: could be you, know risers for number one and number.
Speaker 4: Two but outside of, that it's really you, know up
Speaker 4: for grabs Me creed little. More he's you know somebody
Speaker 4: that has, size came from THE, sec was a four star.
Speaker 4: Recruit we talked to him a little bit this. Week you,
Speaker 4: Know Ryan davis is A. Vet you, know he had
Speaker 4: seven hundred plus at receiving yards last. Year you, know
Speaker 4: he's somebody That devin's familiar. With so there's a chemistry
Speaker 4: already established. There you, know you could throw him in
Speaker 4: the slot and so, YEAH i would Say tobias And
Speaker 4: zipper are kind of the two guys that seem like
Speaker 4: they're rising right. Now but it's it's still it's still
Speaker 4: a question And i'm sure we'll learn more next, week
Speaker 4: just with with The saturday scrimmage that you know is going,
Speaker 4: on And kyle will open up a bit. More but,
Speaker 4: yeah it's it is a question mark for, sure but you,
Speaker 4: know it kind of.
Speaker 5: Just depends on who wants to.
Speaker 4: Rise and you, KNOW i Think utah is in an interesting.
Speaker 4: POSITION i, mean if they don't have receivers they can go.
Speaker 4: TO i, Mean Dallan bentley is a good tight. End
Speaker 4: i'm obviously limited action last year Because Bran keithy was
Speaker 4: there And Carson ryan who's now A. Byu you, Know
Speaker 4: Hunter andrews is a guy THAT i feel like they can.
Speaker 4: Trust you, know we've heard a lot About Jackson danny.
Speaker 4: Already he's a you, know a walk. On so it
Speaker 4: sounds like they're they're going through all their options And
Speaker 4: kyle's not going to allow them to have no, options you.
Speaker 4: KNOW i mean When, Lander barton and smith snow and
Speaker 4: are going to be receiving options next, YEAR i don't,
Speaker 4: know if that's a bad thing or a good. Thing
Speaker 4: but it seems like they're definitely trying to figure it.
Speaker 4: Out so that's probably the positive For utah fans for.
Speaker 1: Sure well, Said and you, know this isn't a trade
Speaker 1: that's exclusive the coach with most great coaches want to
Speaker 1: control the, trenches and they want great offensive lines and
Speaker 1: great defensive. Lines And kyle's had some great offensive, lines,
Speaker 1: man and great offensive linemen have gone to the, pros you,
Speaker 1: know and we could go down the list Of Garrett
Speaker 1: bulls and et, cetera et, cetera et. Cetera BUT i
Speaker 1: don't know THAT i can remember as much hype surrounding
Speaker 1: A utah offensive line as we're seeing this. Year Dane
Speaker 1: brugler From The athletic released his summer offensive tackle rankings
Speaker 1: as far as THE Nfl draft, goes and coming in
Speaker 1: at two As spencerfano and at five Is Caleb. LOMU i,
Speaker 1: mean two of the top five tackles In america according
Speaker 1: to a draft, analyst WHO i think does a really
Speaker 1: good job played for This university Of utah football, team
Speaker 1: and surrounding them are really talented veteran players as. Well
Speaker 1: so what sort of buzz are you hearing about this offensive?
Speaker 1: Line and how beneficial is it For devin to have
Speaker 1: these big dogs up.
Speaker 4: Front this goes all the way back to the winter transfer.
Speaker 4: Portal you, know you, know you hear these guys are getting,
Speaker 4: offers you, know one, million two million FROM sc.
Speaker 5: Schools you, know big ten schools here or.
Speaker 4: There and that's where when my my radar started painting as, like,
Speaker 4: oh these guys are legit because you, know WHEN sec
Speaker 4: And big ten schools are thrown around, money obviously they
Speaker 4: have a lot of, money but you know when they're
Speaker 4: thrown around money like, THAT i, mean you know it's
Speaker 4: it's for you, know not for no.
Speaker 5: Reason and SO i think the hype is. Legit you, know.
Speaker 4: They're both extremely athletic, tackles and you, know in THE
Speaker 4: nfl systems we have A Kyle shanahan Or sean McVay
Speaker 4: who loved using the zone read and getting guys in,
Speaker 4: space And Jason beck has said multiple times in fall
Speaker 4: camp and even in the spring that he plans.
Speaker 5: On using both those guys in.
Speaker 4: Space you, KNOW i think that's just a plus and
Speaker 4: just shows the level of upside that both of those
Speaker 4: guys have and For devin and even Way Sean.
Speaker 5: PARKER i think it's just a. Benefit you, know.
Speaker 4: If if the passing game doesn't work or it's you,
Speaker 4: know not to the level That kyle wants it to,
Speaker 4: be then you run the. Ball and we saw big
Speaker 4: twelve offenses Like Arizona state last year who Had Camp
Speaker 4: scata boat and they ran the. Ball they the ball
Speaker 4: over and over again and it almost led them to
Speaker 4: win Over texas in The College Football. Playoffs so you,
Speaker 4: know it's it's obviously a. Plus and don't forget about
Speaker 4: the interior offensive lineman. EITHER i, Mean jerck comps to
Speaker 4: a proven. Veteran you, know the two guards that they
Speaker 4: have are also proven, veterans and they're also showing up
Speaker 4: on mock draft. Boards so you, Know i've heard some
Speaker 4: people tell me that this is maybe the best offensive
Speaker 4: Line utah have. Had you, Know i'm not not going
Speaker 4: to make any lofty predictions that will bite me, back
Speaker 4: BUT i would say it's definitely up, there AND i
Speaker 4: would Say spencer And caleb definitely have a chance to
Speaker 4: be two of some of the best offensive linemen In utah,
Speaker 4: history just based off of you, know what people are
Speaker 4: saying about. Them and in the intangibles that they're currently.
Speaker 4: Displaying so, yeah and LIKE i, SAID i think it
Speaker 4: just BENEFITS. Debi you, know who doesn't want to All american.
Speaker 4: TACKLES i think any quarterback would ask for that at
Speaker 4: any level of college.
Speaker 5: Football so, yeah.
Speaker 1: You Referenced Washan Wasshan parker who had a really nice
Speaker 1: freshman season For wazoo over five yards per. Carry wasn't
Speaker 1: their primary but still nearly went for eight hundred. Yards
Speaker 1: came out and you wrote about this, recently said he
Speaker 1: wants to wants to touch that fifteen hundred yard. Mark
Speaker 1: UTAs had seventeen running backs over one thousand yards.
Speaker 3: During their story football.
Speaker 1: Career so tell me about what you've seen From wasshan
Speaker 1: and then expand the conversation into the room. Entirely some
Speaker 1: other names maybe to watch out for that. Position, yeah
Speaker 1: that's a good.
Speaker 4: Point you know Was shan is just an extremely physical,
Speaker 4: runner but he's also, shifty and that those are two
Speaker 4: traits when you.
Speaker 5: Can combine them together in a running. Back you know
Speaker 5: boats very.
Speaker 4: Well you Know utah has had really good running, backs
Speaker 4: BUT i don't know if they've had somebody that's also
Speaker 4: shifty and extremely physical AND i mean we saw the
Speaker 4: clip that was, posted you, know a day or two
Speaker 4: ago of him just running over. DEFENDERS i, mean you,
Speaker 4: know if he can stay healthy and him And devin
Speaker 4: are what people say they, ARE i, MEAN i THINK
Speaker 4: i think the sky's the. Limit you, KNOW i DON'T
Speaker 4: i don't know if fifteen hundred yards will be, uh you.
Speaker 5: Know if he'll be able to get. THAT i, mean
Speaker 5: there's only been Three utah players.
Speaker 4: That have ever done that in history if my stats are,
Speaker 4: correct and please correct me If i'm, Wrong but you,
Speaker 4: KNOW i THINK i think the sky's the limit for.
Speaker 4: Him you, know he seems like a, great great. KID
Speaker 4: i say, kid And i'm twenty. Three it's kind of
Speaker 4: funny to say, that but you, know, yeah he seems
Speaker 4: like just as.
Speaker 5: As people have talked about With. DEVIN i, mean the potentials.
Speaker 4: There you, know he ran seven hundred and thirty five
Speaker 4: yards and as a as a freshman At Washington, state
Speaker 4: Alongside Jah, mattier was also a dual threat.
Speaker 5: Quarterback and so you, know we'll we'll see what. Happens you.
Speaker 4: Know Nacari rodgers is somebody that has been kind of floating,
Speaker 4: around you, know BUT i think behind. HIM i mean
Speaker 4: there's there's a breadth of running backs to can kind
Speaker 4: of step. Up you, Know utah's has Very, singlory who you,
Speaker 4: know is a four. Star, OBVIOUSLY i don't think he'll
Speaker 4: get playing, time but you, know somebody with talent behind.
Speaker 5: Him Devin green is coming.
Speaker 4: In he was a he knows Way, sean and so
Speaker 4: there's a lot of guys that can kind of step
Speaker 4: up and you, know take on a you, know a feature.
Speaker 4: ROLE i think Way shawn will be the feature, back
Speaker 4: but if you need a third down or you, know
Speaker 4: back to play different, roles and you know.
Speaker 5: You can do that in this. Offense so, YEAH i
Speaker 5: think we.
Speaker 1: Were all operating off the assumption That isaac would be
Speaker 1: the backup after getting some time as a, freshman and you,
Speaker 1: know certainly it didn't look great and it's hard to
Speaker 1: put a lot of that on, him but because you,
Speaker 1: know true freshmen don't often play very, well certainly at that.
Speaker 1: Position he was thrust into duty Because cameron couldn't stay.
Speaker 1: Healthy but he had opportunities to go, elsewhere elected to come,
Speaker 1: back AND i figured that was because he would at
Speaker 1: least be the. Backup but it seems like there's a
Speaker 1: lot of buzz around The Bird ficklin, kid who Like
Speaker 1: devin can make plays with his feet in a, way
Speaker 1: And isaac's not awful at.
Speaker 3: That it's just not he. Can he can.
Speaker 1: Really Those wilson boys can just really throw a. Football,
Speaker 1: so how real is this battle for the backup? Quarterback
Speaker 1: and where do you think we are at right now
Speaker 1: in that?
Speaker 4: Race, YEAH i Think kyle said it. Best it's a dead,
Speaker 4: heat you, Know AND i think at this point last
Speaker 4: year we knew That isaac was going to be the,
Speaker 4: backup and it was over veterans Like Brandon, Rose Luke
Speaker 4: patari and then Even Sam hubert who now was AT. Usc,
Speaker 4: yeah but it seems, like Like kyle, said it's a dead.
Speaker 4: Heat you, know obviously two different style of. Quarterbacks you,
Speaker 4: know if if you're going to look at beck, SYSTEM i,
Speaker 4: Mean bird is a dual threat. Quarterback you, KNOW i
Speaker 4: would have hesitation personally about throwing a true freshman out.
Speaker 4: There you, Know isaac has more, experience but you, know
Speaker 4: it's this is What trainney camp's. For it's to see
Speaker 4: who who rises at the. Top and SO i think
Speaker 4: it's a real competition AND i think we'll know more
Speaker 4: next week based off of you know what What kyle
Speaker 4: and the coaching staff see in The saturday. Scrimmage but
Speaker 4: it's up for, grabs AND I i could see it
Speaker 4: going either. Way you, KNOW i wouldn't be surprised if
Speaker 4: it Was. ISAAC i also wouldn't be surprised if his
Speaker 4: bird because just you know the level of play that
Speaker 4: he's he's had as a freshman.
Speaker 5: As A i, mean he's.
Speaker 4: Talented you, Know kyle is and said he had a live,
Speaker 4: arm so you, know it's A it'll be interesting to
Speaker 4: see for.
Speaker 1: Sure Nate Johnson, jason once upon a time was here
Speaker 1: and received reps as a starting quarterback as a result of,
Speaker 1: injuries because there for a couple of, years everybody was
Speaker 1: getting reps at starting quarterback because nobody can stay. Healthy
Speaker 1: he leaves and he comes, back and one thing we
Speaker 1: know is that he can. BURN i, mean he's a dynamot.
Speaker 1: ATHLETE i don't know that he's a. Quarterback i'm not
Speaker 1: sure that he'll be used that. Way but what have
Speaker 1: you seen so far in your limited opportunities as far
Speaker 1: as how you think they're gonna Use Nate johnson this.
Speaker 5: Year he's A Swiss.
Speaker 4: ARMY i, mean they can use them in any way.
Speaker 4: Possible you, know they've lined him up at, receiver you,
Speaker 4: know they shoot. It maybe he could play some running.
Speaker 4: BACK i, mean if push comes a shove and you
Speaker 4: need a, quarterback you, KNOW i, Hope i'm sure you
Speaker 4: taught fans hope it doesn't come to. That but you,
Speaker 4: know he's a guy who's played snaps the. Quarterbacks you,
Speaker 4: KNOW i think you can put him everywhere except for offensive, line,
Speaker 4: honestly and so you, KNOW i think it's up to
Speaker 4: the coaching staff to kind of figure out what they
Speaker 4: think is best for. Him but he is an, athlete you,
Speaker 4: Know he's somebody who is a, burner and you, know
Speaker 4: if you get him in, space you can make plays
Speaker 4: with the. Ball AND i think that's what you brought
Speaker 4: him in. For and SO i think it'll be an
Speaker 4: opportune based approach or opportunity based approach would probably.
Speaker 5: Be the best way to say. That but, YEAH i don't.
Speaker 5: KNOW i honestly don't.
Speaker 4: KNOW i can't answer that BECAUSE i THINK i think
Speaker 4: he is just going to be A Swiss army knife
Speaker 4: and whatever they feel in the, moment you, Know nate
Speaker 4: go line up at wide, receiver go line up in,
Speaker 4: time and go line up a. Quarterback you, KNOW i
Speaker 4: think it'd be interesting to see A Nate Johnson Devin
Speaker 4: dan Pier reid. OPTION i would be fascinated.
Speaker 5: To see how that.
Speaker 4: Goes you, know can you imagine those two athletes beyond
Speaker 4: this offensive? Line so you, KNOW i THINK i think
Speaker 4: it's A it's an open play look for him for.
Speaker 1: Sure all, Right, jason BEFORE i said you, lose you,
Speaker 1: know around here we always say you don't really worry
Speaker 1: about A utah defense with Coach Waitt morgan scally as a.
Speaker 1: Decordinator but they did lose two key pieces As Keanu
Speaker 1: tonavas is A cougar And Cameron calhoun is A Crimson.
Speaker 1: Tide how are they replacing those? Two BEFORE i say you, Lose.
Speaker 4: Yeah obviously a Leaky vimha And dallas you know are
Speaker 4: rising in the defensive tackle. ROOM i probably just butchered those,
Speaker 4: names SO i, apologize you, Know and in the quarterback,
Speaker 4: Room Smith, Snowden Scooby. Davis you, know those have been
Speaker 4: the two names that have flowed. Around and you, Know
Speaker 4: Blake cotton is obviously a guy THAT i Think utah
Speaker 4: has high on on you, know And shreef Saw as
Speaker 4: mentioned that his depth this year at cornerback is is
Speaker 4: much better than it was at any. Point so, YEAH
Speaker 4: i would say when you Have smith and we Have
Speaker 4: scooby at the cornerback, position you, know you're not really
Speaker 4: worried about the quarterback, spot especially When sharif is saying,
Speaker 4: that you, know his depths is as good as it.
Speaker 4: IS i think the defensive tackle spot is is an interesting.
Speaker 4: Question you, know they brought in two guys from the
Speaker 4: transfer portal for, depths BUT i Think navaso is gonna
Speaker 4: be hard to. Replace AND i know that's hard For
Speaker 4: utah fans to, hear But keanu was really good whenever
Speaker 4: he was playing last. Year obviously he was injured for
Speaker 4: a large portion of the. Season But Junior tifuna is
Speaker 4: going to be hard to replace as. Well BUT i think,
Speaker 4: Defensively utah has sean years and years you, know over
Speaker 4: and over again that you, know they've been able to
Speaker 4: replace guys with you, know guys that have been you,
Speaker 4: know marinating on the depth chart for multiple, seasons and
Speaker 4: so you, KNOW i think people will have questions about,
Speaker 4: it but you know they'll they'll probably rise to the
Speaker 4: top again just in terms of you, know guys that
Speaker 4: they've developed over and over again and so, yeah BUT.
Speaker 5: I do think the portal does make it.
Speaker 4: Interesting you know when you do lose guys Like keanu
Speaker 4: and And Cam calhoun and you know you expected those
Speaker 4: two guys to be starters for you and now they're.
Speaker 4: GONE i, mean it's always going to raise question. Marks
Speaker 4: but you, Know utah is known for its. Defense last
Speaker 4: year they struggled against the. RUN i think that's the
Speaker 4: biggest question For utah this season is just you, know
Speaker 4: how are they going to manage to run defensively at
Speaker 4: The big twelve for a second.
Speaker 5: Season so, yeah.
Speaker 3: Where can everybody go and find your? Word?
Speaker 4: Jay?
Speaker 5: Uh, yeah go look?
Speaker 4: Up look Up Jason. Batakio it's J. A S O
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Speaker 4: can find me there or you can follow me On.
Speaker 4: Twitter even Though i'm not a Big twitter guy right,
Speaker 4: NOW i have been TOLD i need to tweet, more
Speaker 4: SO i just don't like that up. Sometimes but you
Speaker 4: can follow me On, Twitter jay underscore B a T
Speaker 4: a C. Ao i'm definitely trying to post, more so
Speaker 4: you'll probably catch me on there a little bit more
Speaker 4: during the.
Speaker 5: Season so, yeah that's where you can find.
Speaker 3: Me thanks for the, time. Buddy you have a good, Weekend.
Speaker 5: Okay, yeah you. Too appreciate you.
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