During this process, what stood out about Jermaine Burton? We saw your reaction after you got the pick in, and clearly you were excited …
Taylor: “Yeah, we think he’s a great receiver. Both these guys we’re about to talk about, we used every exposure we could to get to know them better. Top-60 at the Combine, 30 visit here in our facility — we wanted to get a chance to talk to them face to face, learn more about them, and felt really comfortable with these guys. Specifically about Jermaine, the tape jumps out at you. We love the tape, we got to know the person and we feel really good about the pick.”
There’s a background with Jermaine and the incident that happened with the Tennessee field storming. What was your discussion like on that, and how did that get talked down in the room?
Taylor: “Yeah, it went straight. It was something that we talked about with him just to hear what he had to say about it. Again, we did our research on all these guys that we’ve talked to and made sure we’re aware of every incident they’ve been a part of. There’s certainly maturity things that come with some of these guys coming out of these colleges, and that’s one of the things he’ll continue to grow with.”
What about the answers he gave you throughout the process made you comfortable with the pick?
Taylor: “We felt good. We picked him today. We felt good about our interactions with these guys.”
What about McKinnley Jackson stood out and why’d you like him here at this spot?
Taylor: “He’s a guy we’ve talked a lot about. He fits a good spot for us. Three hundred thirty-pound nose guard — there’s not a lot of those in the draft. He’s a guy that we had rated highly, and he was sitting right there for us in the third round, so it was the right spot to take him. That was a guy we felt really good about getting in here.”
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