Locked On Colts - Daily Podcast On The Indianapolis Colts - Indianapolis Colts: 7 Players the Coaches are High On

Episode Date: May 19, 2023

Alec Pierce, Josh Downs, and Nick Cross are just three of many players the Indianapolis Colts coaching staff has highlighted recently. What do these coaches have to say about these young players and are we buying the hype?Find and follow Locked On Colts on your favorite podcast platforms:🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/LOColts?sid=YouTube📺YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLdpxJspi1hMh5HL7ExpWOQLocked On NFL League-Wide: Every Team, Fantasy, Draft & More🎧 https://linktr.ee/LockedOnNFLFollow Jake and Zach's written work on HorseshoeHuddle.com, and give them a follow on Twitter @JakeArthurNFL, @ZachHicks2, @LockedOnColts, and @ColtsOnFN!Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order.FanDuelMake Every Moment More. Don’t miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everyone's got their favorite Colts player ahead of the season, but who are the team's coaches actually talking about? Let's get to it. You are Locked On Colts, your daily Indianapolis Colts podcast. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. We are reunited and it feels so good, Zach. Oh, sorry. Are you guys there? My bad.

My bad. Thank you for tuning in and making this your first listen of the day. This is your daily podcast covering your Indianapolis Colts, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. I am Jake Arthur. He is Zach Hicks. And you know us from HorseshoeHuddle.com. I'm your boots on the ground there at the Colts facility, bringing you the latest from

the players and the coaches. OTAs are going right now. The vets and the rookies have now started mingling this week. So just kind of bringing you some content from there. Zach has been hitting it hard with his film studies. He's been bringing you a great series over at horseshoehuddle.com about the empty theory and certain guys that can stand out in that, how it's going to help Anthony Richardson specifically early on. So definitely be sure to check all that content out. But on today's show, we're going to look back into recent comments made by the Colts coaches on offense and defense and kind of go over which players they're talking about most. Because of course, we all can say, you know, this guy and

this guy are set for big seasons it makes a lot of sense the coaches are the guys that actually determine the playing time so uh we'll we'll go over again on both sides of the ball who they're talking about and for zach and i who we actually think will pan out from those uh so first up zach on the offensive side of the ball, this guy is hype. I almost feel bad for him because this guy's hype right now couldn't be higher. So it almost feels like he's due for a letdown. But Josh Downs, from us in the media, what we've seen there, from people analyzing the draft, from the coaches and everyone, there's not a bad thing to say about Josh Downs right now.

Yeah, and it seems like wide receiver coach Reggie Wayne can't get enough of him. I think the other day you posted the video on our YouTube channel here where he was saying he thought he was the best wide receiver at the Combine, right? Yep. Yeah, so we did talk to Reggie on Wednesday, and of course the first five minutes of it were all about Josh Downs and you know he he said something we've kind of been thinking and we've alluded to it is he's the guy in the receiver room that they've been missing that winner that third down winner the guy who is real shifty can get separation and he just beats his, his one-on-one matchups routinely. And, you know, Reggie said, that's a skillset the room didn't have. Uh, so Reggie couldn't have been higher on him. Uh, he said he was the best receiver at the combine and he was, he was asked, you know,

best receiver in his group at the combine or best receiver at the combine. He said the best receiver at the combine. And there was what four guys taken in the first round. So Reggie is really high on him. The team was obviously really high on him. So stock up on Josh downs for sure. Yeah, for sure. And, and, you know, we hope that this is not another Paris Campbell situation when it comes to off season hype, not saying that Paris Campbell is a bad wide receiver whatsoever. And last year when he stayed healthy, he had a really strong year for the Colts. But, you know, it's something to monitor. You know, is this going to be another Frank Reich and Paris Campbell type of love affair where, you know, every single offseason is, you

know what, Paris Campbell, guys, the best player on our team. And then obviously when the season came along, it just didn't pan out. We'll talk about that more here in segment three. But I do love the Josh Downs hype. He is the player that this wide receiver room was desperately missing. And it's great to hear Reggie Wayne every single time he gets a chance to talk, says, you know what?

This was my guy. This was my guy. I'm putting my name next to this guy. I wanted him and now he's here in Indy. Yeah, he said that when he was studying the receivers leading up to the draft, he put an asterisk next to Downs to go back and do more work. And he was asked if Downs was his number one receiver.

And he said, I'm not going to say so. He very well might have been. But the next guy in the same conversation with Reggie, actually, I asked him about Alec Pierce, you know, from last year, him getting there kind of raw to now, you know, what's the biggest area of growth that you've seen from him? And Reggie said he really expects to see Pierce take another step forward and like, really acclimate himself. He just said he seemed really kind of rigid and not loose and comfortable yet at last year but now you know he's he's ingratiated himself into the locker room and the environment there and he's just a lot more confident and loose he even he even mentioned like his haircut like it was all like tight and

and prim and proper like when he got there to india now he's just one of the guys letting his hair just flow and be shaggy a little bit. So that's something I actually talked about with Pierce a lot last year is I didn't think we were going to start seeing a lot of those highlights and still until he started looking confident and playing confident, because that's kind of a lizard brain thing that these playmakers have. Like you making spectacular plays is not something you plan on doing. Your mind and body

just come together to do it. And a lot of that is confidence. And it sounds like that's something Pierce is getting a lot closer to. Yeah. I remember there was a quote late last season with Reggie Wayne, where Reggie kind of talked about Alec Pierce hitting that rookie wall and just got to get to that point where you're climbing over that wall and moving forward. And I think that's absolutely true. I mean, Alec Pierce had a really strong rookie season. Yes, it wasn't perfect. It wasn't the most complete wide receiver profile that we saw, but there were great

flashes. There were some really good moments. It's just he, like the entire Colts offense, stalled out towards the end of the season. And you'd like to see him kind of bounce back to what he was doing earlier in the year when he was making those 40-yard catches, those 30-yard catches down the field in traffic. So yeah, Alec Pierce is a guy to watch this offseason. I'm glad that he's someone who's kind of playing a little more loose and looking a little more free. And again, if Reggie Wayne is hyping him up, again, we're not saying Reggie Wayne is perfect here and Reggie Wayne never does anything wrong, but it's good

to hear that position coach talking about him and really getting the name out there a little bit more because that's the guy who determines playing time. Yeah. I take what Wayne says very seriously because in his playing days, he was all about the details and the mechanics of the position. And so if he thinks someone's going to succeed, it's not because there's someber athlete. It's because they put the work in and they understand how to win matchups and things like that. Another guy that's getting a little bit of buzz, Jim Bob Cooter talked about him last week. Offensive coordinator, of course, Bernard Ryman. He said, you know, of course, rookies are going to have those struggles. That's to be expected and everything.

But everything about Ryman is trending in the right direction. He's absolutely putting the work in. Just talking to that guy, you know he's someone who takes getting better very seriously. This is his craft. It's what he is fully focusing on is getting better. We saw that in his game. Through each start, it seemed like he got is getting better. And we saw that in his game through, you know, through each start, it seemed like he got better and better. There were gaffes, of course, he gave up some late game sacks, he had some penalties. But overall, he's getting a lot better. His

colleagues on the offensive line have been pretty positive about him, Ryan Kelly, Quentin Nelson, and Jim Bob Cooter as well. So it looks like arrows up on him also. Yeah. It's shocking to me that a guy is so disciplined when he served in the military at 18 years old. Like we know this guy definitely has some, some maturity in his background and we love to see it. But I think I saw something from, I think it was Jim Bob Cooter's press conference. You can correct me if I'm wrong, where he was talking about Ryman being up to what, 320 or something, or being up 15 more pounds of muscle. Was that what, or did Ryman say that? I think it was Ryman said that. And without looking it up, I want to say he said like 318 or something. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Muscle on the guy.

Again, it's all season stuff. And we'll talk about the end if we're buying it or not, but it's good to see him. You know, one of the bigger issues in his game last year was that core strength was that ability to anchor. It was the overall power in his game, getting the muscle up to three 18 and hopefully still keeping that athleticism that he had is what you wanted to see from him. So again, you want to see it all translate onto the field, but so far, so, you know, so far, so good, so far, so good. That's all we can really say as of this point in the off season,

but I'm liking what I'm hearing about Bernard Ryman. And again, this can translate onto the field. We're feeling pretty good at left tackle. It just needs to translate onto the field, obviously. Yeah, absolutely. And as a former receiver, that guy does not look that part. He looks every bit of an NFL offensive tackle now, finally. But next we're going to discuss some of the defensive players that we think everyone ought to be paying attention to. But first, a word from our pals over at Built.

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especially for a month that doesn't really have that much going on. You guys are tuning in. You guys are loving it here on Locked on Colts. And if you guys missed it yesterday, I had an exclusive interview with linebacker Zyre Franklin. We had that on the first part of yesterday's episode. So make sure you're going back and listening to that episode if you missed it. All right, Colts fans. So we're diving into the defensive players that these

coaches here on the Indianapolis Colts have been shouting out. You know, Gus Bradley talked the other day. Jake has put up a video on Ron Milas, defensive back coach, talking. So Jake, who are some guys that have been shouted out by these coaches this past week? Yeah, so recently Gus Bradley, I think I asked him about EJ Speed because you alluded to this on the interview you just did with Zyre Franklin on that show. Someone who could have a similar just out of nowhere jump like that is EJ Speed and the result of that being playing

time. You know, Shaquille Leonard, we just don't know what that future looks like. And until he's out there playing, it looks like EJ Speed and Zaire Franklin being that one-two punch. And the guy who we saw as Franklin's running mate last year, Bobby Okereke, had a huge year, earned him over $10 million per year in a new contract with the Giants. And Speed is an uber athlete, you know, blew the doors off his workout before the 2019 draft out of Tarleton State. He's been an awesome special teams player, a big play guy, one of the best big play guys they've had on special teams. Really made himself a force as a run defender last year in that auto role but man you give this guy what 600 700 plus snaps whatever it's going to be this year

if he's a full-time linebacker and i'm low balling on snap numbers there he's super athletic i mean he has a lot of growth to do in the past defense department, but he's explosive. He's tough and he has a nose for the ball. So I think that's one guy who could have a big impact. And Gus Bradley kind of echoed that when we asked him about it. He said, you know, they're expecting big things from him. He's going to have more put on on his plate especially if Leonard isn't out there so yeah and you know it's funny it's it's a very similar situation just mirroring what happened with Zyra Franklin last year where Zyra Franklin hit free agency a guy who almost exclusively played free or played uh special teams for the Colts you know played a little bit on on the

defense his first season but transitioned more for that's role, just like EJ Speed did. And then they got similar contracts, even when they hit the market. I think it was around three years, 9 million, three years, 10 million in each guy's case. And then coming in the next season with a potential starting role right in front of them. So I do see a lot of similarities between EJ Speed and Zyra Franklin situation last year. And you know what, if he can even be half the player that Zyra Franklin was for the Colts last season, the Colts are looking at a really good one-two punch along with Shaquille Leonard coming back eventually at some point. Yeah, that's the hope. I mean, you don't want to see EJ Speed have some big breakout because Leonard's not out there. But I think regardless,

Speed is going to have a bigger role. Moving along to a couple cornerbacks, the main one is Dallas Flowers because he's the one that's definitely lower on the totem pole. I'll throw Isaiah Rogers in the mix as well because he's kind of a starter by proxy now. And going into last year, we were at the point where we were saying, man, I hope he has a big role. And then through the first few games of the season, we were begging for him to get any snaps on defense uh so now rogers is is pretty much all all but secured a starting role to start things out as long as nothing happens in training camp um but no dallas flowers the colts just invested in these three big lengthy athletic corners in juju brandt's darius rush and uh and j Jalen Jones. But Dallas Flowers was a UDFA they got with those traits last year. And he finally got on the field in the last couple of games.

You know, Ron Miles has talked about him. Gus Bradley has talked about him. There's an opportunity ahead for both Flowers and Rogers. Because before they drafted these guys, these two were, you know, penciled in as the starters on the outside. And so they're the incumbents, you know, the, the rookies have to come and beat these guys for snaps. Yeah. And the big thing to watch with Dallas flowers is, you know, Julius Brent's obviously he's going to get his chances, you know, second round pick pretty early second round pick. He's going to get his chances. But the other guys that are coming in, Darius Rush, fifth round pick,

nothing's guaranteed for him. And then you've got Jalen Jones, a seventh round pick. None of those guys are guaranteed a spot over Dallas Flowers just because he was an undrafted free agent, and they're not. Just like what Zyra Franklin said when I talked to him yesterday on the interview is, you know, once you get in that building, it doesn't matter where you were drafted. It just matters, you know, how you perform on the field and how you play.

So, you know, Dallas Flowers, obviously, it probably didn't feel great on draft day, seeing three corners at his position getting taken when he's someone who's trying to fight for this roster spot. But if you can have a strong camp like you did last year and really prove that he belongs, then, yeah, he could still get some time here on defense this next season. Yeah, so this secondary is just like a whole ball of yarn that kind of needs figured out and so then we'll talk about a couple of safeties coming up now Nick Cross and Daniel Scott now kind of different vibes coming from these two so with Nick Cross he's someone who I get good answers and positive feedback when I ask about him. When I've,

you know, we've asked Gus and Gus and Ron Miles about him. Yeah, they, you know, they've said he both the both, they both said that he looks better this year compared to last year. You know, he was that super young 20 year old kid, you know, had a of you know football maturing to do and they've they've said you know he's he's done the work he looks a lot better and especially mentally things are coming along better for him uh so the door is still wide open for him to earn a starting strong safety spot um they're still working through what they want to do in that whole pecking order because they love that room and they have a lot of guys who can do a lot of things,

but someone who seems to come up unprompted a lot is Daniel Scott out of California. That rookie, I know you like him a lot. I think you and I both just kind of see him as a special teams demon right away and probably one of Brian Mason's money guys initially, but they're not shying away from a role on defense for him. Get some snaps out there. He's got traits that can make him decent in the box, but especially in the back half,

just covering a lot of ground. That's truly a guy who comes up unprompted a lot. And I think for anyone who's not paying any attention to him in the secondary as far as making death charts and stuff goes i think he's gonna i think he's gonna be a pleasant surprise yeah you know i think daniel scott is a is a really talented prospect one thing i will throw in when we were comparing these two guys though daniel scott and nick cross daniel scott is i think over four years older than Nick Cross oh he's much older yeah Daniel Scott's like about to turn 25 I believe and Nick Cross has just turned 21 so there is some difference in experience and in life maturity and stuff like that despite Nick Cross being the the

one year more experience here in the NFL but yeah no with Daniel Scott this is a guy where I think he can play some slot play some deep safety maybe play some strong safety at times. The biggest thing with him is just improving that tackling, you know, getting back to where he was in 2020 or 2021 with Cal where he had a much better season this past year and getting those missed tackles down. But if he can clean that up, I think he can be a Ronnie Thomas, the second type of player, which, you know, it's going to segue us into our last segment here talking about what we think is legit when it comes to this height. But I'm happy to hear about both those coaches are talking about Daniel Scott. Have they kind of mentioned where they want to play him or anything?

Or has it just been like, oh, we like Daniel Scott? No, in terms of asking about free and strong and all those things like they're still very much figuring that out because they have they have so many guys they want to get on the field. They have to figure out who's going to do what. And I think this could be the most diverse Gus has been with a safety group in a long time. So I don't even think they know yet. Yeah, you know, that's good. That's good. But coming up, guys, we're going to talk about which of these players that the Colts coaches have talked about that we're actually buying. And I don't want to say selling, but kind of selling just a little bit there.

We're going to talk about that here in just a second. All right, guys. So getting into the who's legit, we, you know, we kind of mentioned at the top of the show when we were talking wide receivers, you know, it's, it's nice to get excited in training camp and in OTAs about players who could have big seasons. You know, we, we get into,

we read a little too much sometimes into those coaches quotes. I remember last year, Frank Reich talked about Naeem Hines and was really going all in on Naeem Hines last year and said, hey, if you guys have fantasy football, make sure you're drafting Naeem Hines. And I did.

And it was a bummer. Yeah, the result was obviously like the whole Colts offense last year, but the result for Naeem Hines was far from anything you would want in fantasy football. And then obviously we saw for years and years with Frank Reich, you know, oh, Paris Campbell this, Paris Campbell that. And yes, he had a strong season last year, but it was never really living up to that

offseason hype. You know, injuries happen and stuff like that. But we don't want to get too much into these coaches quotes and think that everyone's going to be an all pro this next season. But the one guy that I'm, I'm, I feel good about buying despite again, falling into that wide receiver,

that playmaker curse, but Josh downs, man, I just, everything I've seen and read and heard about this guy since he's been drafted, everything I've heard from the coaches and from the scouts and, and how much they love him.

Yes, it could be another Paris Campbell situation. I'm fully prepared for that, potentially going that way. But I'd be shocked if Josh Downs didn't have a massive impact in year one. Just again, it might not be a 1,000-yard season or even a 500-yard season. But just having an impact from day one and being a player is going to get a lot of playing time. I'm fully buying that at this point in the off season. I think Josh Downs is going to be a big part of this offense year one and going forward. Yeah, I totally agree. It's seen with this much hype and it's not unfounded hype because again, a lot of it's coming from the team with this much hype around him. I would be very surprised if he didn't have a significant role.

And like you said, it may not mean the stats are gaudy, but this is a team that's going to go for it in aggressive situations a lot. They'll go for a lot of fourth downs and stuff. You need those money players, and I think they're counting on him to be one. But I'm really going to say Alec Pierce

is going to take that next leap too, because regardless of who the quarterback is, I think he'll mesh well with both. Anthony Richardson, I think certainly when he goes downfield, I think he's going to look for a big, fast, athletic guy like Pierce, of course. Gardner Minshew, the same, because I'm just picturing what I watched of Gardner Minshew last year. He loved targeting Devontae Smith you know downfield chunk plays even and Smith isn't a huge guy by any means and you know as far as being slender goes him and Pierce kind of have the same issue but he would toss up

50-50 balls to him so I think both of these quarterbacks are going to give Pierce an opportunity to excel in some of the areas he does best. Yeah. You know, with, with Alec Pierce, it really is just finding that consistency. He doesn't have to be a wide receiver. That's going to beat you with every single route in the route tree. You know, there are plenty of wide receivers that are niche wide receiver two type guys who don't really run certain routes don't run these you know these complex routes or anything uh they can just be those guys who can win on those quick slants and those bang eights and and win on drags and curls and then also win vertically and that's what Alec Pierce can be you know he could be a high-end wide receiver too that can win vertically can win over the middle

uh and that's just what he needs to hone in on he needs to hone in on being consistent in those areas and then if he gets there then he can can build up the other parts of his game. But I like Alec Pierce a lot. I do think he's going to be in for a good year. And hopefully again, he can find that consistency where he kind of left off last year. The other guy, again, I'm going to keep it on offense, I think here, but Bernard Ryman, man, this is a player where he got a lot better as the year went along last year. Every single week we saw the year went along last year. Every single

week we saw the just incremental improvement. And this is a guy where we've seen him overcome adversity in the past. He's a player who was a tight end going into college, coming from a different country, barely even played football up until his senior year of high school, transitions to left tackle, works his way up to being an NFL prospect at left tackle. And then we saw the immediate struggles here in the NFL, but he still got better and better. He overcame that adversity slowly. And now we're seeing the reports of him coming into camp in better shape. Not that he was in bad shape last year, but just more playing like NFL football shape at left tackle,

put on some muscle, and his teammates and his coaches are taking notice of it. I think the profile fits really well for Bernard Ryman to succeed this year. Yes, you're concerned about the age and the experience and where he was early on last year, but with his athleticism, with his ability to improve and his ability to overcome adversity, it wouldn't shock me whatsoever if he can step in at left tackle and really lock it down this year. So again, outside of Josh Downs, I think Bernard Ryman is the biggest one I'm buying out of all this because I could see it. I could see the improvement last year.

Alec Pierce, it kind of started hot and went down a little bit towards the end of the year. But with Bernard Ryman, it was a constant improvement until the end of the season. It's just about continually building on that and stacking good days is like what we like to say in football. I think Bernard Ryman can keep doing that and really put together a really strong year too. Yeah, I feel confident in all of these offensive players we've mentioned as well. And for Ryman, we've already seen it. And it would be really a big surprise if he took a step back because that's just not the trajectory of how his career has gone going all the way back to the vienna vikings like the guy's just gotten better at

whatever he's done like his his old football career um so the defense i think a guy i'm definitely buying is ej speed for for all the you know reasons we mentioned the opportunity is probably going to be there. I can't buy the Shaquille Leonard status until we see it. He even got back for a few games last year, but couldn't really put it together. So I think the opportunity is there for EJ Speed. We kind of get to cheat on this one a little bit because we've already seen him for four years and we know what that looks like a little bit. But he's one i'm i'm definitely buying and being a veteran and being with the same defensive system for two years in a row now i feel comfortable saying that gus bradley is gonna give him that long leash to go out and

and earn a significant role yeah i'm feeling good about ej speed it's just the other three guys here i don't want to say I'm selling, but like Dallas Flowers and Daniel Scott, I feel good about them being big time special teamers this next season. Dallas Flowers, obviously in the return game, Daniel Scott as a gunner potentially, or just being that up man in a lot of things. Nick Cross is tough, man. It's tough. I don't want to say this is a make or break season for him because he is so young and there were some good flashes last year. I mean, on special teams teams he was the pro football focus had him as the highest rated special team around the Colts last year as the best overall special team or on the Indianapolis

Colts was Nick Cross it's just will he take that step forward we didn't really see too much of him going like taking steps forward last year we didn't hear a lot of great things from coaches throughout the year about him and I'm not trying to bury him. He's still what, 21 years old. It's just, again, it's hard to say make or break, but like he needs to take a positive step forward this year. It can't just be stagnant or taking that step back because despite being the higher pick and getting those chances, eventually the chances run out. A guy like Rodney Thomas last year passed him on the depth chart, and he surpassed all expectations. And it's very feasible to see Rodney Thomas being more, I guess, more sought after and more liked in these coaches' eyes going into year two than Nick Cross. The opportunity is going to be there for Nick Cross. He needs to have a really

strong camp, and he needs to prove to these coaches what he can be on the football field. But it just needs to be positive steps forward. If he takes any steps back this offseason, his future with the Colts is probably not looking great. So of all the players in this entire team, even this offseason is the most important for Nick Cross. Nick Cross needs to show that he's worthy of not only where he got selected, but just having a role on this defense going into year two. So I want to buy it. I want to buy the upside. I want to buy the athleticism. I want to buy the player, but I just want to see it first. And we got a whole camp coming with that to see what's going to happen with him. But I really hope he can put it together here in year two because we didn't really see too much in year one. And it was a little concerning late in the

year when they were obviously not a good team and you want to get young players on the field. He still wasn't getting on the field. Yeah. I've, I feel the same way. I want to buy that with him. And the thing is like in the preseason, he actually did look pretty good. He kind of developed a specialty for breaking up passes in the, in the end zone. Um, so it's. And I think the Colts want him to earn it, but we've seen that they're not just going to give it. And, you know, for that reason, and with Daniel Scott as well, I just think they've been really rigid with their safety depth chart, you know, that, that we've seen.

So until I know that they're going to feed all these mouths at safety and give them defensive snaps, I've got to believe we're going to see a ton of Rodney Thomas and Julian Blackman. And if Cross and Scott can come in and earn some snaps in relief or because of injuries or whatever, sure. But the last guy I'll pick, I'll buy Dallas Flowers a little bit. I can see him in the Brandon Faison role this year.

I don't think he's going to get near 1,000 snaps or anything, but I think he's going to play a lot this year, as I guess your fourth corner, if you're looking at Rodgers and Brents on the outside with Kenny on the inside, and then Flowers is your fourth corner, is probably going to see a decent amount of snaps. There's always injuries in the NFL. So I definitely see him earning a role. I mean, as an undrafted free agent rookie last year, they let him get out

there late in the season. So yeah, yeah, for sure. You guys can let us know in the comments, which guys you're buying stock on? Who are you buying the jersey for getting super excited for obviously anthony richardson we didn't talk about in this in this episode but i'm sure that's one but of all these players we listed and other players we've heard coaches talk about who are you buying the most so far this offseason let us know in the comments and everydayers check back in tomorrow morning as we have a special saturday episode where eddie m McGilvra, defensive line trainer who's worked with Samson Abukam, Quiddy Paye, and Dio Dangbo is going to be joining me for an exclusive interview. We're going to talk about those three players, talk about what

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