Geno Atkins

And I think that's very exciting.

Everyone's hype about this guy, right? The Navy guy looks like a mini Geno Atkins.

And I want to see Algo and just give him some opportunities.

I really do.

Yeah, I mean, it's, you know, Know- Shawn and Thomas Brown and J- I mean you could just keep going on and on and on and on and on where we got some guys doing some really, really incredible things in the world.

Geno Atkins and Clint Boling.

Um, it is just a ton- ton of really incredible people that, that it's been an honor to, to, to be around.

You had big moments at Georgia, including some huge games your senior year.

If not, well, let's punt it.

And, uh, Geno Atkins and Ray Maluga and Leon Hall and those guys, uh, Carlos Dunlap will get the ball back for us.

So I think most of us believe that David Blough's offensive system will include an emphasis on trying to run the football, uh, and trying to run the football to set up play action and bootleg, et cetera, et cetera.

I, I think, Jay, when fans talk about running the football, we understand that a good offensive line and a good back are, you know, helpful to that.

Like I said, we talked about it a little bit yesterday.

I compared this defensive line to the defensive line of Geno Atkins, Michael Johnson, Carlos Dunlap, and them boys, you know...

So, Devin Steele and everybody back then when we just had that deep rotation.

Right.

The guys off the edge, I think...

Right now, we have our better than what we had in 88.

And that's where I'm like, this defense line reminds me, like you said yesterday, Geno Atkins, Carlos Dunlap, Michael Johnson.

It reminds me of those teams where we have wave after wave after wave of guys.

Matt, I mean, this is a high school that has produced many, many great NFL players.

Michael Irvin, Joey Bosa, Nick Bosa, Geno Atkins.

Crazy.

I mean, you're right.

The addition of Riley Mills, who had a big sack in the Super Bowl and the continued evolution of Derek Hall and what's going on there.

I'm curious, you know, how when you watch Byron Murphy play, First of all, is there someone that he reminds you of? I will always say Geno Atkins is the comp in my mind.

But is there someone he reminds you of? And what do you think he can become?

Well, I would point to a guy like Russell Maryland.

And they haven't had anybody like him.

I don't think they've really had anybody like him since they had Geno Atkins.

And I skip over DJ Reader just because I think Dexter Lawrence is a superior player to DJ Reader.

I think his presence in the middle and just the sheer fact that they should be better at not missing tackles would lead me to believe this defense has a chance to be not just better, but significantly better.