against this team, did you ever think in a million years that
you would be a?
I didn't I didn't think that
but that's the past I'm here. Now
I'm looking for, right? I'm not looking backwards,
it's a great opportunity for me
on a bit of part of something special
in the buccaneer family.
Just looking forward to getting to work
Julio Jones his introductory A press conference. As a brand
new member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I noticed on
Twitter. He is wearing number 85, at least for now as things
shake out,
Blaine Gabbert 11, right?
May become available. But he wore to last year
and is that Kyle? Trask's number? I'm not sure. We're
right. It's Kyle trash to, he's got two quarterbacks wearing
his old numbers
so
we'll see how things should
not be some other back. Ain't gonna get digit. He's not going
to get bought out for his number. That'll be interesting.
One, mic stand. I didn't mean to interrupt you there.
That's all right. There may be some other single digit number
that comes available. I would suspect that pretty much any
number except 12 is attainable for
Julio Jones. That's what he wants to do. All right right
today's draft the best receiving Corps throughout
the National Football League. Now that Julio Jones is a member of
the Buccaneers and they are loaded.
Chris, I'll give you the first pick and
maybe it'll be the Buccaneers.
Now, you know what, I'm gonna go with another team of the be,
I'm gonna go with the Bangles. I'm, I prefer them and again,
I think Jamar Chase is the Receiver in football. I think T
Higgins is really, really damn good and like one of the best
big receivers and football and then
you add in the Tyler Boyd, you know, conversation there. And
to me that they have three legit thousand-yard receivers
type, A guys. And that offense, you know, so many teams have
good, two receivers, and all of that. They're, they're one of
the rare ones that you
look at the go. Wait, they have three proven commodity
receivers, just like the Bucks do a
And I think that's where you're probably gonna go next, but
I'll take the Bangles first.
Think about the stress that puts on a defense though. Yeah,
when you've got Jamar Chase, who's going to command double
coverage and then you've got two other guys, one of them is
going to be open and that's why Mike Brown the owner of the
team said the other day. Want to keep your burrow and
Chase. Higgins and Boyd. Long-term good luck with
keeping all three of those on the same team. I'll go
Buccaneers Mike Evans, future Hall of Famer. Only 1,000
yards, every season I think of his career.
Chris Godwin healthy now After the torn ACL Julio Jones,
Russell gauge and then all the other guys that are
are in a position where they have contributed or could
contribute Scotty Miller, Tyler, Johnson, jail and
Darden. Me, there's going to be one or two. Good players who
end up out prashad? Perryman,
who did a nice job of
replacing Antonio Brown after
his little incident last year, got him off the team. So they
may be able to trade somebody when when the cut down day
approaches to a team. Like we said earlier the pack,
Is that would love to maybe upgrade. With one of the guys
the Bucks are are ready to get rid of but that's how deep they
are. They actually have that issue that problem to deal
with. They got too many guys
who can play at a
an acceptable level. Yeah, no, you're right, you're right.
It's going to be interesting. And man I mean you know we said
yesterday you put Julio Godwin and Mike Evans on the field man
that's three big receivers. Who all run pretty well
you know and and maybe to your point too and I heard somebody
in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers say this yesterday, I can't
remember who it was, you know, he gives them
a little bit of another. Big body presence that they miss
with Gronk and I, you know, hey, oh, it's third and four.
Wait, everybody's covered, it doesn't matter. Julio can box
him out and still catch the ball. That's kind of book
Gronk. Used to do for
Brady to. So, you know, I could see that.
All right.
It's is this tough. I mean, it really is,
I'm going to go with the dolphins. I am. I'm going with
the Dolphins first off. I think the top two guys are like
really special. I mean, Tyree kill
is we know, Arguably the most explosive receiver in football,
Jalen Waddles that far behind it. And then you add in Cedric
Wilson to go along with that
trench. You're sure field, not bad, getting him from the 49ers
and then just a Mohamed Sanu to round out the group, you know,
that's pretty damn good. That really is, you know, you
a didn't, you know, that's what's interesting about this exercise
to you hadn't kiseki and no, we're not doing that tight end
still.
But I just, it shows you there is some Talent there and I like
that group down in Miami,
this really is difficult because there are a lot A lot
of teams that have really good receiving Corps. I'm going to
throw you a curveball here. We talked about him earlier, now
that he's healthy. Now, that Michael Thomas is back, mmm,
I'll put the Saints
in this spot. It all hinges on Thomas being the guy that he
was in 2019. But if he's even close to that yet, Chris olave,
they made a huge investment to get him in the draft. They got
Jarvis. Landry.
Don't forget, they got Jarvis Landry.
But you take those three alone
and then you still have trequan Smith and more. As Calloway.
Yeah. You, you gotta you gotta be pretty good. Five deep. It
receiver in New Orleans, you just hope your quarterback can
get the ball to the open man at the right time. Agreed
that it is, it's they quietly did a really good job of like
bolstering that that position there. And yeah, I'm Mike,
I was, I'm with you there, I was thinking about it. They might
have been my next pick their one of those teams that I do.
Think, you know, people are a little sleeping on, especially
with the healthy. Michael Thomas,
the Saints are a team that could be anywhere from Super
Bowl contender. To just complete washout. There's so
many variables as we go from Sean Payton to Dennis Allen and
Jameis Winston at quarterback.
It can work extreme credibly well or it can just completely
collapse. Let's take a break. We'll do round three of
the best receiving Corps in the NFL draft when PFT live continues
right after this.
All right so far there we are. Chris has the Bengals in
the Dolphins. I've got the Bucks in the Saints round three best
receiver core in the NFL Chris Europe. Yeah there's this is
tough. It really is. I don't even know exactly where I'm
going to
go here. I mean I think I know where I'm going to go out.
I will say as I go through this exercise and you know, I look
at the Chiefs, I think about them a little bit. I do because
they have four guys and do and it's a
it's a true core. It might not be one, got Superstar like type
of guy, the Eagles AJ Brown, and Devante Smith and quiz
Watkins is interesting to me. I'm ultimately I'm gonna go
with the Chargers. Here
I am. I'm gonna go with Mike Williams and Keenan Allen, what
they do. They've been one of the best Duo's in the game for
a long time and then the guys that kind of support them or
are, you know, The Supporting Cast and,
and gaytan and joshjpalmer.
They're damn good too.
I mean, they can make big plays and they got talent. So I'll go
with the the Chargers receiving core.
I know what you're going to do when I say this and you're
probably already getting ready to blow the whole
but
you take the Rams offense and Justin Jefferson told us this
at the Super Bowl. He's the Cooper cup of that. Offense are
going to move him all over the place.
He's talking about 2,000 yards this year. I don't really like
that chatter because I think you made Jinx yourself, but if
anybody can do it he can Adam thielen still got gas in
the tank KJ. I was born was very good at
the number player last year. Eh,
they really like BC Johnson, you
Head injury issues and I'm adding them
just on that. Little sliver of possibility.
That the Vikings are the team that swoops in to snag obj.
Put them together with an LSU guy in Justin Jefferson,
put him with Kevin O'Connell
and you add him to an offense where nobody's going to be
paying attention to him. With Justin Jefferson on the field
and Beckham could have a huge impact on that Vikings team. If
they wake up and decide this, the guy we need? Yeah. No,
you're right. It is I expect their offense to be better in
the passing game. That's for sure.
Those two guys that
receiver are really damn good. You're right. Osborne is good
as well.
I'm a obj is going to be one of those wild cards here for
the 2022 season where he ends up. Might just be enough to push
a team into a next level. Where we view them differently. Be
interesting to
see where he goes.