Adam Schefter BREAKING: Chargers pick WR Brenden Rice with No. 225 overall selection in NFL draft

to address it, yes, 10, 10 needed to make it look good, I didn't want to eat part of it. I can't say I blame him either, there's no way that guy had to wait that long to get cast in something. his life, so Travis Clayton, welcome to what the rest of us have faced throughout much of our lives, but it's a great landing place for him. Buffalo Bills I'm sure you look at Lou there, hey man, you know, hey, look, you just see the evolution of athletes now in the NFL I remember being on the field at the Super Bowl two years ago when the Chiefs were playing the Eagles and I was there with Charles Woodson and we were looking at the guys and how much different they look now compared to 15 years ago.

There's a reason they changed a lot of the rules. Guys couldn't hit the same way you were allowed to hit 15. 20 years ago. These guys have no body fat. I mean you. I can see his muscles shooting through his legs through his pants through his socks. I mean, guys are so big and thick and dense and explosive now and when you look at pictures of guys like that, I just sit there, look, I've had them. a NE neck surgery, I'm sitting there thinking, you know, there's no way in hell. I would have wanted to go against that guy, are you kidding me?

I mean, it's a different world with these athletes, now you're 12 pounds. outside linebacker and he throws, no, I would have, you know, I would have thrown it in there and seen what happened, but it probably would have come out wrong, no, death and Mel Mel, I put it on him now, you would be fine there. You go, I liked you, I know it was just that 40th time, bro, it was that 40th time, it was a red flag with the fifth round, yeah, I know it was horrible, man, I still love you, it worked out well though, it did, I want say.

I'm here with you, I'm fine, I'm ready to go, you're going to blame me for his career, no, what grade do you have on him, what round, second round, grade. Hey, if he had gotten out of my junior year. year would have been good exactly that's what it was that was when Mel loved me after my junior year you had three moving stars hey man you know but hey I like it I tell kids all the time no matter where you start where you end up, I had my time in the NFL coached by the greatest of all time, it doesn't get any better than that, you just had the great Travis Quate and keep an eye on him, he's rooting for him to make the team, he should be a part of the team. just because he's bigger than everyone imagines being the person, hey, you're getting cut, I wouldn't want to be that guy with the first

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Caleb Williams with the ninth pick, Chicago Bears pick Rome adun. that hasn't happened in the history of the common

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quarterback and gets a wide receiver in that same first round the man who is the architect of every event is the general manager of the Chicago Bears Ryan poles who is with us now, so Ryan, you guys didn't have many picks in this draft.

I think I started the draft before picking up an extra, but I was able to get those two guys, Caleb Williams and Romad Dun, established as young cornerstones of the offense, how does that affect the direction of this franchise? Yes, it impacts her a lot. Both of those guys can really push us to a position where we want to go, which is winning championships around here. And it was great to see their connection throughout the trip from the flight from Los Angeles to Detroit, as well as coming here on their visit and then returning home and we were watching that and it was a great video of Caleb's reaction when they were able to get a dunesday As you watched the draft unfold Thursday night, how confident were you that you'd get that chance to get Dun there?

I wasn't so sure it was a 50-50 chance. I didn't think he was going to be there and our you know, scenario number one played out exactly the way we expected and he came to us. I think everything that those two guys have done we've seen a lot from Caleb's time throughout his college career and certainly the great season, really, the two great seasons that Washington has had. What is it about dunesday that you think will translate well and translate early to being effective in the NFL? Yes, just one, the person is outstanding, everything he represents, but as a player, he is simply winning. contested situations, uh, ability to separate and get open and then run after catches is special and I think in this situation, being in the same room with DJ and um and Kenan Allen, what two great mentors to have.

Your career started there, directed at Andre Swift. You drafted an offensive lineman, a HomeTown guy, not only were you going to run down the draft board, but I thought it was cool that you took Tan Amaji out of Yale, who is a Chicago guy, what are your expectations for him? They arrived and continued in Vel. He has a lot of tools that we think can step up as an entry-level offensive lineman. He still has a long way to go, but we believe in our coaching staff and his ability. develop offensive lineman, so we're excited for him to put himself in a dangerous position, Ryan, if you start predicting success, but I make guarantees, but I think this number one

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I bet this time it goes much better, congratulations on everything you have achieved and I wish you the best in the next season, thank you. led Po GM's third season, GM there, won seven games last year, show improvement and can now inject even more energy into Chicago pro javante Jean Baptist of Notre Dame began his career at Ohio State . 7th round for the commanders is a flash from Ohio State, no consistency was seen, it was really just a mediocre career, showed no ability in the NFL only for four years, not in a four year period, not much production goes into it to Notre Dame. and he really came out well this year, he did more this year, 49 total tackles, he made the lateral runs.

The chase stops against the running winger. The chase he gets, he puts it all together, he is 6 4 and 2 240 lbs with long arms, he ran 466 had good athletic tests. can take advantage of this season at Notre Dame when at Ohio State he showed no future NFL ability, maybe Washington's commanders are on to something here, make a big impression on his teammates in his only season at Notre Dame, he was voted captain and then the Raiders. he took Trey Taylor from the Air Force, so he's a playmaker, he's a natural playmaker, because he's instinctive and he's smart, this is a kid you're talking about.

Ed Reed's cousin, Ed Reed, was a playmaker. Trey Taylor, same type of player. 74 total tackles, five tackles lost three interceptions. ran in high school, his biggest presence felt ATT, tacking at the line of scrimmage and lateral pursuit, speaks to his skill and coverage because he is so instinctive, spit games speak to a guy who did things throughout the year and all the facets of the safety game, intercepting passes and getting in behind. In the Wyoming game he had 10 tackles in the state game. He's all over the field and guess what blocked the kick on special teams?

He can have some impact. That will be the case for Trey Taylor from the beginning on how he does on special teams. will determine him making the Las Vegas Raider football team, the Chargers' newest pick really won't have to move if he doesn't want USC wide receiver Bryan Rice, son of the legendary Jerry Rice. I talked to Jerry, he's a Senior Bowl I. He said what about Brendan? Brendan said he's bigger and faster than me so he'll probably be pretty good in the NFL now at USC we didn't get to see that transfer level production from Colorado but this guy was a touchdown king every time he hit him. they threw the ball he felt like he was finding his way to the end zone he is physical to catch points wins over balls 50/50 knows how to position himself knows he doesn't have breakaway speed, but his consistency on the route really, really good, plays a little tall, a little stiff in the hips at times, but I think the rat hands run consistently there and guess what the Chargers needed to get a couple of wide receivers in this trap?

L MTI before, now they get Bron Rice, two guys with very, very consistent hands and routes for Justin Herbert. Brendan has big shoes to fill before the end of his college career at USC and now he will stay in Los Angeles and play for Jim Harbaugh and the charges during our coverage of the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night we performed tribute to our great friend Chris Mortensson who passed away at a celebration of Mort's life that will be held in just over a week and our condolences continue. and our sympathies remain with Borton, his friends and his family, but we also lost four other members of our NFL draft team in recent months.

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