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got Lane Allo stepping up to the mic Lane Train.
How the heck are you, Buddy good Man. That's good
to be here, Great to have you. Great to talk
some ball with you today. Let's start off with some
bway you hoops his march madness. Who's getting closer and closer?
This BAYU men's basketball team has been, as we've deemed it,
a little bit of jeckle in. Hide the ups and downs,
the undulations. I know you went out to the call
you went to the Colorado game up to that point,
that was the worst showing. So some people felt going
into ot versus a team that you know you probably
should have beat handily. And then the Bou basketball team said, hey,
you know what, hold my root beer. I showed you
what what we're capable of versus Iowa State. Now I'm
gonna show you what we're really capable of. On the
low end, getting into the dregs of it versus UCF.
It was piss poor. Obviously, there's a number of things
you can criticize, but what team will show up on Saturday?
Do you think give me overall your overall I guess
opinions With this Bou basketball team.
Speaker 4: Going into the season, expectations were so high. I mean,
anytime you bring in the number one high school recruit,
you have very very high expectations.
Speaker 5: Yep.
Speaker 4: And so it's been a huge letdown to have some
of these games where it's like, you know, you pencil
that in on the calendar. It's like, Okay, there's a win,
there's a win.
Speaker 3: There's a win.
Speaker 4: I mean, after that Iowa State game, what there's four
games I guess now?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 4: Games left? Yeah, and you're like, oh, this is doable,
Like we could we could win out the rest of
the season. I think Texas Tech is our last game
at home or something like that. Yep, and without JT
Top and it's like, okay, maybe maybe we get four
more wins all of a sudden, Like our conference schedule looks.
Speaker 3: You were very optimistic about that back end.
Speaker 2: You're like, hey, we could win out, we get maybe
even better seeding than a six or five seed.
Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, but it's it's very difficult to diagnose what's
going on with this team right now. I mean this
last game against UCF, it literally looked like they were
completely disinterested. Like it looks like entirely there are two
different teams from Iowa State to this one, and you
never know, like there might be some stuff going on
in the background that just hasn't made it out or whatever.
I have no idea what the locker room is like
right now, and things like that. But yeah, it is
very apparent that we have no idea what version of
the team's gonna gonna show up.
Speaker 2: Once upon a time, it was a little bit of
a faux pas to a degree to to criticize vocally,
you know, at the at the game or on social media. Players, Right,
these are student athletes. These student athletes, they rep the
y and you know, they're just they're loyal, strong and true.
We need to be loyal, strong and to them. They're
part of the family. And but now with n I
l is it okay to boo a player?
Speaker 3: Is it okay?
Speaker 2: I mean we've always booed coaches for coaches decisions, whether
it's at you know, most more often not the football
fans will boo the coaches and the team at the
at lavel. It's a little less likely at.
Speaker 3: The marriage center. Maybe it's a little bit more intimate,
et cetera.
Speaker 2: But but coaches are more likely to get booed in
the in the uh, the former era, uh than they
are maybe even in the present era. I don't know,
but it seems like buy fans were out and about
ready to boo the team due to their lack of effort.
You noticed one guy in particular was maybe dogging at
all a little bit. Yeah, is it fair to boo
number one? And uh, what do you make of some
of the lack of effort versus you see a well.
Speaker 4: I mean, at some point we got to stop treating
these guys like they're that they're just student athletes. I
mean now in today's age, they're getting paid millions of dollars.
Speaker 3: So these are paid professionals.
Speaker 4: They are for all intents and purposes, they are paid professionals.
It sucks that they're also happened to be eighteen, nineteen,
twenty years old or whatever. Yeah, But at the same time,
like if if you are getting paid to do a
certain job and being paid very handsomely, when we don't
like the result is the result? Right, Like if if
they lose that game, but they play their heart out,
it's like we can still cheer for that. Yeah, but
it's when there is an obvious lack of effort and energy.
And I'm assuming you're referring to Rob as the individual
who was dogging it or whatever you want to say.
He looked different and before before the show, you and
I were talking there might be something else going on there.
We we have no idea. I mean, you hear about
this kind of stuff with athletes all the time, but
he did not look like himself played really well during
that Iowa State game. This game, it was not the
same the same Rob, right and and aj for that
is the same way. I mean, AJ looked like the
number one draft pick a generation versus Iowa State against
against UCF. I don't know if it was the game plan.
I mean, I know he was hunting for those those
fouls and stuff like that. Sure, and they weren't getting called,
which is frustrating. But like overall, the team did not
play well. You did see a couple of guys step
it up, which is which is nice to see the
but yeah, it was.
Speaker 5: It was.
Speaker 4: It was painful to watch and and we're expecting more.
Speaker 3: No doubt about it. Let's transition springball. Key storylines.
Speaker 2: You're a fan, you're a massive fan of this bway
you Cougar football team. What are the key storylines for you?
What's the key storyline for you? And if you go
down to practice with us, Hey, what are you looking at?
Speaker 3: First? Are you sizing up the newcomers? Are you looking
at the defense?
Speaker 2: You're looking at the offense, You're looking at QB two,
RB two, You're looking at the new tight ends, maybe
with Walker lines, Roger Salthleyapaga, because you love twelve personnel?
Speaker 3: What is it.
Speaker 4: A lot of those things that you mentioned. I think
I'm also really interested in what the offensive line is
going to look like. Yeah, you know, you got three
guys coming in three right, three.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Pockey Fee, now Junior Sia and Zak Yamauchi. So
you have Pockey from Washington, Zach from Stanford, and then
Junior from Utah State.
Speaker 4: Yeah. So, and those are guys who I think, as
of right now are probably projected in the two deep.
We saw that last year against Texas Tech. We had
we had a good offensive line, probably one of the
best offensive lines we've had maybe ever, probably top five. However,
we also know that it wasn't good enough, and so
they're bringing in three more guys to kind of reinforce
that that line, and that made the biggest difference against
specifically Texas Tech. We just didn't have the guys there
to compete with the likes of, you know, a very expensive,
albeit and fantastic defensive line of Texas Tech.
Speaker 6: Ye, so.
Speaker 3: And run four or five ones.
Speaker 4: Those guys were, yeah, just absolute animals.
Speaker 3: Right.
Speaker 4: So that's one thing that I'm really interested in just
seeing how quickly they can they can become a unit. Obviously,
wide receiver is another thing that I'm I'm very interested
in seeing what happens, and I'll lump the tight ends
with them as well. Do we start seeing some more
you know, uh sets with with two tight ends this season?
Which would be very very interesting because we feel like
we haven't had a lot of tight ends that could
be multiple down type tight ends since this last year
with Carson Ryan for a number of years since Isaac
Rex was healthy, and so seeing these two guys who
potentially could be that would be very interesting to see
those two guys on the field. Uh, And that'd be
a really fun offense to watch. But yeah, who's gonna
be that guy who steps up in the wide receiver
room to be that like definitive number one? Because we
don't got that well, that guy wasn't on the team
last year, right, And so who is that gonna be
this year? Is at Kyle Casper? Is it Jojo Phillips?
Is it one of these younger guys. So that's something
that I'm interested in. And then yeah, I'd love to
see Whereon is at with his recovery. Is he gonna
be the same sion A after this? Is it gonna
be one of these stud freshmen that comes in that
that can be RB two. Other than that, like, it'll
be exciting just to see all these these new players
and there's not really that many. But who's gonna be
that guy who takes that next step?
Speaker 2: Definitely some great intriguing storylines is Camp Kalani kicks off
twenty twenty six. My favorite storyline right now what the
defense is looking like under Kelly Papinga and Lewis Clark
and Tomorio Warren.
Speaker 3: Because the one I'm most concerned about is the secondary.
Speaker 2: Okay, how does this secondary transition with the new coaching
staff on the back end? Because you lose j you
lose Gennaro, you lose Gavin. A lot of people don't
talk about Gavin Fowler. He was essentially the assistant coach,
managing day to day operations at the safety room. So
is there going to be a drop off there or
does de Mario and Louis Clark and the crew they
if they take that baton and keep running with it,
let's transition over the NFL combine. Jack Kelly, Okay, had
himself a day.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 2: What's crazy is well, I knew Jack Kelly was a freak,
and I continue to talk about it over the last
week or so. I told you that he would improve
his draft stock from the combine and at his pro
day because he's a freak athlete, call him juggernaut for
a reath, Jack Kelly at the Juggernaut he can run.
Speaker 3: He ended up running a four five seven.
Speaker 2: I said, if he got into the four fives, he's
going to livate his draft draft stock draft stocks significantly,
and we saw that on display. At two hundred and
forty pounds, he came in a little bit lighter than
what his playing weight was maybe at BYU Lean mean
Friday machine six foot two two forty uh pretty good
arm length, decent sized hands, and UH had a good
ten yards played, good get off, thirty seven inch vertical,
ten to five broad jump, seven to one to two,
three cone, and then a four point one nine twenty
yards shuttle.
Speaker 3: Really good.
Speaker 2: That's tied for first amongst all linebacker and edge players
who tested out yesterday at that four point one nine,
great agility, great side to side, and the three cone
I would have led to see under seven, but still
really good. The fastest three cone was actually Jacob Rodriguez
and he got sub seven seven seconds, which is tremendous
at that height that weight.
Speaker 3: So his relative athletics score. We have had.
Speaker 2: Math Bomb Matt Laddie on the show many times, and
we'll get them on again just to recap the Combines
and the the NFL Pro Days. But his relative athletics
score versus all their linebackers they ever participate at the
combine nine point eighty three rascor out of ten. That,
my friends, between his heightweight and his athleticism, the vertical,
the broad, the forty, his ten yard split, twenty yard.
Speaker 3: Split, that's elite of the elite guys. That that's this
is some of the best.
Speaker 2: Uh this is one of the best ROS scores ever
by any BYU athlete. Other guys that have had really
good ROS scores or guys like Ziggyanza, I think Dandy
Sorenson actually had a really good a really good ROS
score and h And like I said, we'll get math
Bomb mister Platty on the show in the days and
weeks to come. But uh man, yeah, out of this
ranked per math Bombing himself. He tweeted this out yesterday.
This ranked fifty seven out of three and fifteen linebackers
that have participated in Pro Days or the NFL Combine
from nineteen eighty seven to twenty twenty six.
Speaker 3: That's an insane number. You're in the you're in the
top sixty all time athletically.
Speaker 2: And now granted, let me I'll give a little bit
of credence here to some of the objective data points
that have how tests have been done.
Speaker 3: Some of these are you know, maybe this is the
forty times maybe.
Speaker 2: More accurate in the modern era than the prior era.
Speaker 3: So going back to like nineteen eighty seven, a lot
of this is hand time.
Speaker 2: But you know, vertical pretty close, broad pretty close, even
the pro the pro agority or the the you know
three code inside of sight, so a lot of it
was handtime leading up to the modern era. Anyway, your
bench press is typically you know, also you know on
point he didn't bench because he had a shoulder surgery.
Speaker 3: Right anyway, Jack Kelly elevated his draft stock. How many
rounds is the question.
Speaker 2: And because he was productive and we were very productive
at BYU for the most part, stayed healthy and fought
through injuries. You know, even after he dislocates his shoulder,
he pops it back in, he sits out one game
and he's back. That shows a lot of fortitude, mental grit,
and that he can play through injury. You're never fully
healthy when you're playing football. I've never gone through a
season where I'm fully healthy. You'll never go through a
season where you're not. They have some nick Deans, bruises,
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you know, I think he he elevated his draft stock,
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he was kind of a late round maybe fifth, sixth, seventh.
I think he's propelled himself and maybe undrafted free agent.
I think he's propelled himself into a mid round, you know,
maybe even Day two guy, Jack Kelly, congratulations.
Speaker 3: We'll see how it plays out.
Speaker 2: Remember he's out of he's a little bit younger because
he didn't serve a mission. You're not not your traditional
guy coming out of Brigham. So I don't think they're
gonna knock They're not gonna knock him on the age.
Speaker 3: Your thoughts, Lane, I think.
Speaker 4: We all knew he was good. I think that this
is very enlightening, right, Yeah, he is. He is very
very good, and I see a huge future form in
the NFL. And linebackers are such an important piece in
the NFL, so it's awesome to see how well he did,
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Speaker 3: How you living, buddy?
Speaker 9: Is it football season?
Speaker 10: You have been?
Speaker 7: It is?
Speaker 3: Are you done with basketball season yet?
Speaker 9: You mean by you basketballs? Even know we're not done yet.
We got plenty games to cover and and a lot
of anks to go through with this team.
Speaker 3: Right now, all right, so we're still are we?
Speaker 7: Like?
Speaker 2: What's the ceiling and what's the floor for this BAU
men's basketball team right now?
Speaker 3: Per your your opinion, Well.
Speaker 9: Based on Tuesday's game, the ceiling would be a first
round to win in the NCAA tournament. The floor would
be not winning the first round. I don't see this
team in its current state the way it would play
it on Tuesday making any cut of running the Big
Twelve tourner or the NCAA Tournament. Now, the team that
played Iowa State on Saturday, they definitely have a chance
to win a game or two even in the NCAA tournament.
I don't necessarily know what the difference was between those
two teams, And according to Kevin Young after the game,
he wasn't sure either. He was gonna have to watch
the team and try to figure out what had happened,
because they were a no show against UCF at home
and that was puzzling.
Speaker 3: It was very disappointing.
Speaker 2: How would you diagnose the woes the lows of this
Bayu Bigs basketball?
Speaker 3: See why is it that they played so poorly?
Speaker 9: Yeah, it was interesting because BYU, as I said, coming
off its biggest win in the season that home against
Iawa State, they're playing at home again. They feel like
they've guts that figured out. And then UCF was in
the second game of a long road trip west. They
beaten Utah by two on Saturday, and the team that
was on that long road trip was more energized to
start the game. Uya's defense was horrible, closing out on shooters.
The offense was kind of stagnant as well as standing
around a little bit, and they just never showed any
ability or even desire to stop the bleeding until it
was a thirty six point lead for UCF three and
a half minutes into the second half. And then UCF
went coasted the rest of the way and that thirteen
point deficit. I'm sure there were people on the East
coast and will got it and saw that u c
F Yu May thirteen. But anybody who watched that game
though that could have been forty if kept up. The
pressure was that bad. And uh Again, Kevin Young didn't
have a lot of answers after the game. He said,
I'm a guy, that's about why. He didn't know why
his team came out to flay. But they certainly have,
you know, some opportunities the next couple of weeks, two
games on the road on this road trip east and
then a home game against the second finish to show
if they can learn anything in the process.
Speaker 2: Do you feel like this b YU basketball team can
you know, figure things out?
Speaker 3: A J says, We're.
Speaker 2: Gonna be fine in March. We're gonna be fine in March.
Do you feel like they're gonna figure things out? And uh,
you know, get back to maybe the expectation that some
BAYU fans had uh to start the season.
Speaker 9: I don't have that feeling with this team. And part
of it is because obviously they're gonna miss Richie Saunders
and not just his scoring, but and not even just
his leadership necessarily. But he's a BYU guy and.
Speaker 2: He is proud to wear that.
Speaker 9: Uniform and it means something to him. And I'm not
saying it doesn't mean anything to players, but it means
more Richie to be a BYU Cougar and to show
well and to play well, and to reach substantial and
to fight against adversity and all those things. I don't
know that there's anybody on the AJ talked about how
you know, it's kind of challenged him to take on
some of that leadership and maybe he could do some
of that. But I just don't feel like there's I
don't know how to describe it. Just there's just not
somebody who is going to be strong enough to not
let them happened to them, what happened on Tuesday.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and double d Darnell Digson, darn you've been covering
real quick, you've been covering Utah preps basketball. How would
you describe how would you grade out the product of
Utah preps basketball right now and the prospects that the
state of Utah are putting out.
Speaker 9: I would say it's pretty on poarer for what we've
seen in the last Peter Ruckert made a big jump
in the ranking just recently. That's the DYU commit. Will
Openshaw asks as if you as well, he's a six'
ten forward who's committed TO. Byu the most impressive player
at state tournament at least so far this year has
Been Bingham's Luke west at forty two in the quarter
finals and then thirty two last night as The Bingham
Peter Barrett fork to reach the six eight. Finals there's
some good talent. There AND, i you, KNOW i don't
know what d yu's ideas are or what they're plans
are in the state other than they've signed those two
guys of di. MENTION i feel like it's important to
have some representation From utah on.
Speaker 2: Them on the.
Speaker 9: Team but excuse, me, this this particular team right now
that you know that we're doing is just not anything
back being in the year's task for B.
Speaker 1: Yu and.
Speaker 9: You, know they still seem to have a lot of
representation of guys who grew up KNOWING byu allowing B
yu and you know that they UH byu made a
concerted effort when they brought in all the transfers and
tried to bring in the right, guys and it seems
like they've missed on. Some so that's an ongoing. Process
With Justin young and and With kevin G.
Speaker 2: Are you something that we've talked about And i'm not.
SURE i need to get. Confirmation is uh is keebricata
l E s do you?
Speaker 9: Know not to my?
Speaker 3: Knowledge, okay all, right so big.
Speaker 2: Deal are not a big deal that there is not
ONE lds guy that's that's playing basketball right now for
b Y.
Speaker 3: U i said That jared, McGregor.
Speaker 2: But he just can scout team time getting buckets at
the at the. Annex he's not playing right.
Speaker 9: Now, yeah it would be hard to put a tangible
number or or anything concrete about that because over the,
years even through The Dave rose, era there were some
plenty of guys that weren't members that were. PLAYING i don't.
KNOW i, MEAN I i feel like it it would
make a difference in in some, ways but on the,
COURT i don't know how much difference it would. Make
and it'd be easy to look, at you, know teams
that were more successful WITH lds kids on it and less.
Without BUT i would think that it would create different
kinds of relationships on the team and and and different
kinds of leadership through the. TEAM i don'live there's any
question that you, Know, richie who is a, member was
the leader of that team when you went. Down so,
yeah it might be something that we can kind of
track over the next few years because there seems to
be leaning towards bringing in more non members than. Four
but at this point it's really kind of hard to
say we'll come up with any tangible way to say
yes actually equals, WHY i don't.
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Speaker 9: Okay, yeah. Yeah so with with spring, football we know
what it means to be what you. Fanned it's an
opportunity to kind of get a glimpse of the people
that are going to be playing for The coonars AND
i always like to look at the new guys and
kind of see how they're fitting. In now for the,
coaches it's finding out you know what the new guys
know when they might have to teach. THEM i think
there's there's a good balance of returners with the new.
Players the storylines would probably, include you, know who is
the backup? Quarterback whose steps to the front the receiver.
Group now That Parker kingston is no longer the, program
they've got a couple of holes stilled defensively with some
good linebackers that have transferred. In so those are a
few of the things that you pay attention. To we
get a chance to see a little bit of practice
once in a, while and there are new new players to,
watch and you know the running back. Spots he's gonna
back Up.
Speaker 6: Lt.
Speaker 9: Martin those are some of the things that post this
will be trying to get a beat, on but for
the most, part we don't really find out a lot
of those things Until Baull, camper sometimes not even until
the first.
Speaker 2: Game, Yeah i'm definitely intrigued to see what THIS byu
football team will look like in springball under K? Pop
how much confidence do you have that K pop can
fill the big shoes OF J.
Speaker 9: HILL i don't know IF yu fans really understand how
good they have it replacing J hill with killing THE.
FGA i, mean you could have done outside the, program
but PROMOTING K pop was a, great great. Move he's
put in the, time he's put in the, hours he's
got the, experience AND i really am looking forward to
seeing this defense under kpop to take on his personality
a little. BIT i, mean he is a little a fiery,
guy and he's very intense and very gung ho with his.
Players i'd like to see how that translates onto the
field if they, playing maybe with a little bit more
Fire vim And vigger as. Possible BUT i think he's
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Media will see how he tests. Out but our Guy
jack The Juggernaut kelly turned some, heads improved his draft,
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that athletic performance being sized, up being, measured being.
Speaker 3: WEIGHED i think it could.
Speaker 2: Have, changed you, know maybe two maybe three, rounds at
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Speaker 2: COMPA i told YOU i pontificated and prognosticated Regarding Jack
kelly's potential at the. Combine he showed, up showed, out was.
Tremendous his height six to, two just a little bit
here under six. TWO i think he came in at
two hundred and forty pounds a little bit more, spelt
a little bit lighter weight than what he. Played that's,
okay thirty one and one eighth one eighth inch arm,
length that's solid nine to one eight one eighth inch.
Hands his prospect grade leading up to the combine was
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Speaker 3: And his evaluation Of Jack.
Speaker 2: Kelly, ultimately he was essentially the says an average backup
forr special. TEAMER i wonder if he's going to change
the grade leading up to the. Draft, okay because check
out these numbers forty times official.
Speaker 3: Four five seven at that, height at that, weight.
Speaker 2: Tremendous what's crazy is this group of linebackers and outside
edge guys is pretty. Elite so his elite Perform dormans
was a bit overshadowed by other guys that ran.
Speaker 3: Even faster than, him getting.
Speaker 2: Into the four to four range and low four to five.
Range And i'll give you those numbers here. Momentarily but
his ten yard split pretty fast he's get off is.
Fantastic remember he's an edge guy as. Well he can play,
linebacker he can play. Edge he's got some dip to,
him and he's got some power rushing him as, well
and can really generate a lot of. Fours and you're
gonna see that in these. Numbers one point sixty one
ten yard. Split that's. Explosive and then you see that
correlate to the vertical jump thirty seven. Inches fantastic work
from the FORMER bmx champion AND byu Linebacker Jack kelly
broad ten to. Five those are fantastic. Numbers seven or
the three cone was solid seven point one to, two
and then the twenty yard shuttle was elite for.
Speaker 3: His size and weight at four point one.
Speaker 2: Nine showing his side, decidability the multi directional stuff and
coverage stuff where you're having to flip hips and everything,
else he's, Okay he's solid, There he's, good definitely above
average to.
Speaker 3: Good seven point one two is. Solid the twenty yard shuttle.
Speaker 2: And all of the other numbers are, elite and HIS
ros score shows. That so for those that don't know
what THE ross score is the relative athletics, score we
Have Matt. Platty we have Mister platty Math baum on
the show all the time during the combine, season during
The Pro day, season and and he.
Speaker 3: Gave him his.
Speaker 2: Algorithm he gave him a top sixty all time. Performance
okay athletically for THAT ross. Score, NOW i think for
the most, part we expected a great performance From Jack.
KELLY i think he actually overachieved. HERE i, said, LOOK
i think he'll get into in that low four six
high four to five. Range he got the four five seven.
Fantastic that elevates his draft. Stock that most definitely combined
with the tape over the last two, years his ability
to get after the the the quarterbacks of the big
twelve uh and rally inside, out like his closing. Speed
call him the juggernaut for a.
Speaker 3: Reason.
Speaker 2: Man he just he gets upfield in a in a
fleet of, footway close his space in a an elite.
Manner and and you saw that on display in the.
Combine so shout out To Jack. KELLY i think he's
really he set himself up to find a great home
and to be highly prioritized in this YEAR'S nfl. Draft
they're gonna go back and they're gonna check tape, now ALL,
gms all, coaches after this, performance they're gonna, say, oh,
hey who's that B yu.
Speaker 3: Guy we gotta go check tape on this. Guy let's
see what his productivity is.
Speaker 7: Like and he.
Speaker 2: Was he was highly PRODUCTIVE i think At, weaver and
he was very productive At. Byu ronald the three Man.
Weaver let's welcome you into the to comment on. This
how would you evaluate how would you grate Out Jack
kelly's performance at THE Nfl.
Speaker 5: Combine, YEAH i definitely.
Speaker 11: Think you, know there's a reason, why you, know being
people are ranking, HIM i, think higher than what they.
Had you, know he's moving up into that you know
top you know seven linebackers that are available top.
Speaker 5: Five, look you have to read between the.
Speaker 11: Lines someone's gonna get Paid, Ben someone's gonna make a
lot of money because they're gonna take number. SEVENTEEN i
believe he can earn you a lot of. Money, obviously
it's about. Fit John beck has said that multiple, times
but their teams out there. BEEN i believe If Jack
kelly gets an, opportunity he'll make an impact with these
type of.
Speaker 5: Numbers.
Speaker 11: Been we saw this With, puka you, know, right and
it was different than wide receiver, classes a little bit
deeper than when he got. Drafted but that moves you.
Up you know your numbers and how you, test that's
how you do. It Jacob, robinson look at how he
Tested ben that speed and he's on an ACTIVE nfl.
Speaker 5: Roster we know he was, hurt you, know had surgery
for the.
Speaker 11: Year but that's how you get yourself on one of
these is you have to have that that, speed And
jack definitely has.
Speaker 4: That.
Speaker 11: UH i, mean he's a freak of. Nature so there
was no doubt that he was gonna test. Well you,
Know Chase roberts up there as. Well BUT i believe
both of these guys.
Speaker 5: Are gonna have their name. Called it just Depends ben
will it be day two or day.
Speaker 2: Three Chase, ROBERTS i don't know if he's gonna be
able to match.
Speaker 3: What our, Guy Jack kelly.
Speaker 2: DID i don't know if he's gonna create as much
buzz As Jack kelly did in this in THIS nfl,
combine BUT i think he's gonna test that. Well very
very excited to see What Chase roberts could, do he
addressed media earlier.
Speaker 3: Today let's get into a couple of those.
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Speaker 2: Eight all, right let's get into. This what type of
player are, You Jase, Roberts i'm AN nfl general.
Speaker 3: Manager and attend the draft pick on you type.
Speaker 2: A player in An.
Speaker 6: Aba you're gonna get someone who's consistent and everything that he,
does someone who comes out to practice or in these days,
later he knows the playbook really well and it's gonna
get the job.
Speaker 3: Done and he's a shorthanded's.
Speaker 1: Tall you, know he's READY nfl ready.
Speaker 10: Receiver they can they can field and, defense field his
oones and go make, plays help teams convert and go
win a Super.
Speaker 2: Bowl NOW i don't have this data in front of.
ME i can pull it up though FROM. Pff BUT
i felt like this last year you could make an
argu That chase wasn't as sure handed as he needed to.
Be is that fair, Criticism? Ronnie is that fair or
as sure handed as he's talking?
Speaker 5: About, yeah and then it definitely is fair.
Speaker 11: Criticism being we discussed during the, season there are too
many drops from the guy that HAS nfl. Aspiration SO
i still will be, drafted will be in THE nfl.
Team he was too many The colorado, game fourth and.
Two too many clutch, times even if it's a ball behind,
him you got to make up for the freshman throwing the. Football,
yeah there was a lot of times where there were
drops that you shouldn't have had.
Speaker 2: Been, yeah he needed to be a bit better for
him to elevate his draft. Stock it's just the nature
of the, beast you. Know you look at the, productivity it's.
There he's a productive, player there's no doubt about. It
consistent and it crescendo's a. BIT i, mean it becomes
his senior, year it was his best. Year you could
make an argument for, that but he was always. Consistent
twenty two, receptions forty, two fifty two and four fifty
four yards tallied received a three fifty, seven five seventy,
three eight fifty four and eight and two yards per
reception in totality fifteen point two and then eighteen touchdowns
and those those those peaked his senior, season, Right, so, threes,
five four and six in the four seasons at Byuh
so you see, That you're, okay he's, productive he's got
great length and he's got good size at six foot
four two. Ten now he's got to test out. Well
but when they go back and check. Tape they're gonna
look at. Drops how sure handed Is Chase. Roberts there's
been times that he has looked extremely sure handed on contested.
CATCHES i remember That Oklahoma state game at. Home remember what.
Happened Jake retz left somehow some way on fourth and like,
ten fourth and twelve Found.
Speaker 3: Chase he high points. It coming back to the.
Speaker 2: Football they pick up the first down and then have a, glorious,
monumental game, changing game, saving game winning, drive you, know
with a with a nice pass To Darius lasser and
he gallops into the end. Zone but it all started
that drive With Chase roberts coming back to the, football high.
Pony there's been times right where you see athleticism and
high pointing and physicality insure handedness With.
Speaker 3: Chase but there was a little bit of a.
Speaker 2: Consistency if you wanted to elevate his draft, stock then
he could have and should have made those.
Speaker 3: Plays now he could very well.
Speaker 2: ELEVATE i, mean he's gonna interview extremely Well, chase who's
in a league of his own as it pertains to
being polished in front of a. Camera he's well, prepared extremely,
intelligent comes.
Speaker 3: From an awesome.
Speaker 2: Family we knew all along those on this. Show during his,
RECRUITMENT i remember him doing footwork and you, know looking
at his, film just sizing him. Up i'm, like this
kid has tremendous potential to be an all time GRADED
byu and AN nfl wide, receiver and he he's still
on that. Trajectory, obviously very few wide receivers FROM byu
get invited to the. Combine, like on one, hand you
can list those guys, Off Todd, Watkins Austin, Collie Dax.
MILNE i think got an invite that was kind OF.
Covid that was kind of an interesting. ONE i have
to double check on all, that but you know WHAT i,
Mean like that's your modern era wide. Receivers Think Cody hoffman.
Did he was highly, productive, Right very rarely are they
drafted and very rarely are they invited to THE nfl.
Speaker 3: Combines SO i feel Like chase is on the right.
Speaker 2: Trajectory he's gonna AND i THINK i hope he tests
out well and improves his draft. Stock, Now, chase what
are your strengths as a wide? RECEIVER i think just.
Speaker 3: Find it those holes in the zone zone.
Speaker 10: COVERAGE i feel LIKE i have those instincts that EVERY
nfl offensive coordinator, covets especially the, size being able to run.
Speaker 3: Option rounds against linebackers slower.
Speaker 6: GUYS i have the, QUICKNESS i have the length to
really excel at the next level and finding those zones
and then also, winning you, know with with my length
and the.
Speaker 2: Athleticism SO i Think chase is gonna end up being
a slot. RECEIVER i don't know how Well chase gets
off of press coverage on the.
Speaker 3: OUTSIDE i think he's. SOLID i think he's.
Speaker 2: GOOD i think he may be playing a similar role
whoever he finds himself, with akin to maybe A. Pukakua
that's HOW i see him right. Now because he's got great.
FOOTWORK i think he's going to test out extremely well
in the three cone and pro agility for his. SIZE
i think the forty time will be. Solid he's a smooth,
runner uh and he's. FAST i wouldn't say he's. BLAZING
i THINK nfl draft, scout BECAUSE nfl draft scout will
try to time these guys, up see what their mphs,
are see how fast they. GET i think he had
he was kind of hovering around that twenty twenty one
miles per, hour which would put him in a low
maybe a low four. Five, uh that's where he could
end up being like a low four, five which is
which is. GOOD i, MEAN i think they project him
as a four five to Four in, fact that's what
they project his forty time at with the ability of
the ceiling if he really really really trains hard to.
Speaker 3: Be more of like a four four. Six So i'm
giving you these numbers. Here you know his, height you
know his. Weight these are the.
Speaker 2: Projections we know he can, run you, know between the
twenty and twenty one miles per. HOUR i don't know
if he's ever gotten up to twenty.
Speaker 3: Two that's. Blazing what what do you think is forty
time is gonna Be, Ronnie.
Speaker 11: YEAH i think he's gonna be uh between a four
five four. SIX i think you KNOW i would IF
i would a bank on.
Speaker 7: It.
Speaker 3: Ben is he faster Than Jack? Kelly? No so you
don't think you Think Jack kelly's faster Than.
Speaker 5: Check this is so, tough like, right Because jack obviously
has more.
Speaker 11: Weight BUT i mean, it it depends Where chase is
getting up to, speed because his top end speed when
he breaks away is after forty YARDS i believe is
he's faster Than, jack but that initial burst from ten
to forty is is.
Speaker 5: Tough.
Speaker 11: Ben it's not how you, start it's how you finish your.
Quota certain basketball, Players, dad AND i Think chase finishes,
better you, know longer when he's running when he gets
that stride going Than Jack. Kelly but to be, Honest,
ben if had to play it, safe they might be the.
Same they might run both run you know that four
or five eight or right at that four to. SIX
i believe Right chase starts to pick up in right
at that forty yard fifty yard mark where he starts
to get his top speed because we saw it in
The West virginia game when he comes across the middle
really wasn't. There but then once he hit that corner
bend he, turns then the speed. Came SO i think
he finished a. Strong uh so he's between that four
or five four SIX a, guy AND i want to
get your thoughts on, this a guy THAT i was thinking,
of not size, wise, right he's obviously a bigger. Possession
he has more weight and heighth than this. Guy but,
matchup they put him on the outside to put him
in a. SLOT i like The Cooper. Cup maybe. COMPARISON
i like How cooper he's not the, quickest but he
runs that four or five four six types speed runs,
route has great foot. Work Could chase be compared to
him in the role that he.
Speaker 2: Plays i'm gonna predict that That chase is faster just
slightly Than Jack. KELLY i think he's gonna be in.
THAT i think he's gonna be right there at that
four or five, four four or five five. Spot isn't
that What pooper if he get no pooka ran like
a four five, six you, know right sixty, yeah four five, Six,
LOOK i mean four five, six four five five four
or five four it's all, Fast LIKE i, mean it's
it's you're fast enough like most college football corners and
wide receivers. Are if you pull up all the, data on,
average you're probably in that mid four five.
Speaker 3: Range remember THE nfl is the one.
Speaker 2: Percent and even, then, like just because you're fast doesn't
mean you're football. Fast you can be tracked fast all.
Day SO i, mean, LOOK i THINK i think he's
gonna be slightly faster Than. Jack i'm gonna put him
at that four or five four four or five five.
SPOT i can't wait to see What chase can. Do
one last SoundBite or a couple of last sound bites
From Chase Roberts, chase what is your leadership?
Speaker 3: Style i'm a.
Speaker 10: Very one on one, guy LIKE i can connect to
a lot of different, people whether they're from The, south
whether they're From, utah whatever it.
Speaker 3: IS i feel LIKE i.
Speaker 10: CAN i can connect really well and be that friend
as they can they can lean. On and then also
just you, know my my light and HOW i try
to emulate my Savorite Jesus. Christ just attracts people and
people want to be around, me AND i just try
to be their best friend and know that they can
they can rely on me in every.
Speaker 3: Situation i'm a very one on. One there you.
Speaker 2: Go That's chase discussing his leadership style getting into the
spiritual as.
Speaker 3: WELL i love THAT i was wearing his faith on
his on his.
Speaker 2: Sleeve last, thing uh mission and, football you, know kind
of piggybacking off of wearing the faith on the.
Speaker 3: Sleeve this is What chase had to say about.
Speaker 1: It listening football for two, years understanding that something you've
got to.
Speaker 5: Do, yeah how does that balance? Out and and how
does it help you in.
Speaker 12: FOOTBALL i think IT'S i think every football player should do.
It it helps you become a better. Man and just
trusting The lord every step of the. WAY i was
able to go In, dave just, calm.
Speaker 10: Understanding that there's a there's a greater.
Speaker 12: Purpose and THEN i said a third in my life
THAT i can go forward and trust him every step
of the.
Speaker 3: Way AND i was able to just play with that
calm confidence every.
Speaker 5: Game And i'm going to carry that through to THE
nfl listening football for.
Speaker 3: Two all, right there you.
Speaker 2: Have That's Chase roberts at THE Nfl, combine getting prepped
for his, output his performance in all of the physical,
activities getting in front of the media today and we'll
see what those times are here in the next little.
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