0:00And here's what Davis Maddock is uh is
0:02referencing here.
0:04Honestly, there's some similar
0:06mannerisms to Travis Kelce in terms of
0:09his feet are always close to the ground.
0:12He's kind of just able to skate. He's
0:15got good natural ability to work edges
0:17on people. One of the things that I
0:19liked the most about him that really
0:21wasn't on display last year, he
0:23obviously did a great job tracking some
0:25big balls down the field, but his run
0:27after the catch. He was catching a lot
0:29of check-downs or chip flats or whatever
0:31in Oregon, and you could see the run
0:33after catch was one of the elite traits
0:35that we liked. That's always an
0:37important factor for any of our our
0:39skill players, and he's no different.
0:41Which we we we talked about this before,
0:44Pat, that they they did not tap into
0:46that yard after the catch stuff.
0:48>> The part of the Ferguson thing that
0:50continues to kind of
0:52I struggle with is like he goes
0:55he was so instrumental to our success
0:58last year.
1:01No, he wasn't.
1:03He wasn't instrumental to their success
1:05in a in a way that like you telling me
1:07that he was is pretty bearish
1:10for what you're saying his role is this
1:13year. Like he he had 36% route
1:16participation last year. That sucks.
1:19Like if he was so instrumental and
1:21you're excited about that,
1:25how much is he playing this year? How is
1:27he so instrumental at 46%, 55%? Like I
1:31want this guy running 75% of the routes
1:34ideally. Right? Like 65% would be okay.
1:3855% I'm kind of nervous, but maybe he
1:41gets there. Like But he's got a lot he's
1:43got a long way to go in terms of playing
1:46time.
1:47And then he's saying guys like Terrance
1:49Ferguson are going to be a big part of
1:50what we do.
1:51Uh
1:52that's cool, but like couldn't you have
1:54just said Terrance Ferguson is going to
1:56be a big part of what we do. Guys like
1:58him sounds again like he's in a sort of
2:02a tight end committee. So, that's
2:04Is he in a tight end committee or is he
2:06going to be their starting tight end?
2:07Cuz if he's going to be their starting
2:08tight end, I get it. He's an exciting
2:11player. He's too cheap for sure if he's
2:14going to be their starting tight end.
2:15But, is he? Or is he on track to be a
2:18part of a tight end committee like they
2:19ran out last year and seem to be pretty
2:21happy with. They bring back Tyler
2:22Higbee, they have Colby Parkinson still,
2:24they draft Max Clark which is, you know,
2:26I think at least a sign is a second
2:28round pick. Like it's a sign that they,
2:30you know, are going to be playing
2:31multiple guys at the position. I do
2:33expect that he'll run more routes than
2:35last year for sure, but like is there a
2:37path to him being the the starting tight
2:39end for the Rams?
