I checked in on Daniel on is Journey in football the tight end position and fitness endeavors 

Respect: What is Fitness football Fantasy’? 

D.Wilcox:; My Publicist Eddie Rhodman, Isaiah Stanback who won a Superbowl with the Seattle Seahawks and myself put our heads together for a great workout for ordinary people to train like an NFL player. We probably had over 100 people on Superbowl weekend out and over 350 sign up. It was a great atmosphere in little Haiti in Miami

Respect: What did you think that experience gave to the people who attended ?

D.Wilcox: I life everything is about respect. I think we gain a lot of respect from the people who participated. In order to play football you have really hone in on your technique. When people got tired we made sure to slow things down and fix their technique. When people get tired their technique falters so so by correcting their technique we put them in position to go hard and that’s when you gain the respect 

RESPECT.:  You essentially floated from position to position when you first got into the league: Do you think Daniel Wilcox then would be an asset to the NFL now?

D.Wilcox : When I came in i literally floated around from position top position. John Gruden in Tampa didn’t know what to do with me. They moved me from running back to fullback to wide receiver and every time they move you you’re learning a totally new position. When I got to Baltimore, when I got my title as H back so Brian Bullock was the first one to say your an H back so he literally created a position for me/  Fast Forward 10 years later everybody is playing with H backs.

Respect:  Where do you see the  Ravens getting better as a team? 

D.WIlcox: This is the first time in team history where people are afraid to play the Ravens offense with the edition of Lamar Jackson.. When I played Ray Lewis told us all y’all have to do is score 21 because we are going to make sure the other team doesn’t score 21 points. They are not going to have a running back over 100 yards” so if we scored 3 touchdown we were going to win every game. Now you have to to stop the raven offense from scoring 40 points and that is scary

Respect: Do you see Lamar Jackson taking another Step this year?

D.Wilcox; Well I’ll put it like this when you were a freshman in high school  you were the low guy on the totem pole by the time you were a senior you were almost invincible. Same thing happens when you get to college. This is Lamar year 3 so basically he like a Junior is High school or college so this is when he is going to start to feel himself build a sense of confidence by being in the same offense. He might start making his own check at the line of scrimmage. And Next year when he is in his fourth year he is going to be on top of his game!

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Emory Hunt, a pro football analyst and creator of the website The football game plan website disagrees with the assessment of most scouts not only to the point of if Hurts can play the position but where he should be positioned in the draft. I interviewed Hunt on the HouseOfBoom Podcast  and here is what he had to say about Hurts.

Respect: There are a few good QB coming out this year who do you think is going to be the first Qb taken this year?

Hunt: Probably Burrow but if I had to grade these guys it would be  Joe Burrow, Jalen Hurts, and then Tua Tagovailoa that would be my top 3

Respect: What do you see as a good situation for somebody like Jalen Hurts?

Hunt:: I think anybody who wants to win.. New England is one Pittsburgh would be a great spot. I think Cincinnati if they really wanted to smart with the picks. They have the number one pick they can take Chase Young and they know people will not take Jalen hurts in the first round and they can come back in the second round with that first pick and take him there for they come away with Chase young and Jalen Hurts. Those types of situations I think would be great for him.

Respect: If they get Jalen Hurts who do you see them (Cincinnati) signing? Would a journeyman quarterback or someone with experience (be it) if that scenario played out?

Hunt: I wouldn’t even worry about getting a veteran just starting Jalen Hurts. He has played a lot of football at two major programs. I think he is battle tested and ready to hit the ground running.

Respect: what do you think the real knock on his is, I think the Oklahoma movie was smart I think he showed he could be a better passer. When he was at Alabama the coach did what smart coaches do and built around his strengths so he wasn’t called to grow per se but what do you think?

Hunt: You hit the nail on the head man it just about having a guy who can play and allowing him to get better and he got humbled at Alabama but when they needed him to step back in and win with his arm he was able to do that then he transferred over to Oklahoma and became a Heisman finalist. This is a program that had back to back Heisman winners and he put up equal if not better numbers then the other two guys so he is ready to go in my opinion so there shouldn’t be a knock on Jalen Hurts.

Beyond the subject, Jalen Hurts we also talked about how COVID-19 is affecting the NFL draft and the crazy Free agency signing of the new league year and a way too early look at the 2020 NFL season.

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Eric Salvary was on the ground at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas to catch day 1 of the big event: check out some of his best photos above/below. – JP

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Jhajuan Seales #81 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys celebrates a 21-yard touchdown in the third quarter against the Missouri Tigers during the AT&T Cotton Bowl on January 3, 2014 in Arlington, Texas.
(Jan. 2, 2014 – Source: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images North America)

Port Arthur, Texas is a big breeding ground for entertainment and sports. Rappers Pimp C and Bun B easily ring a bell like Sunday’s at 12 O’clock on the entertainment side. The sports side? Add NBA champion Stephen Jackson, Kansas City Chiefs speed demon Jamaal Charles and newly minted New England Patriot linebacker Elandon Roberts to that list. 

We’ve also got another guy: Jhajuan Seales.

Straight out of Oklahoma State, Seales made his presence known at OSU in 2013 after a redshirt year in 2012. The wide receiver started every game in 2013, finishing the season third in receiving yards and receptions in the Cowboys’ Cotton Bowl season.

“You know we breed a lot of athletes out of that area,” Seales said. “To be doing something special for your community and then going back and everyone showing you love its a great thing.” 

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Coincidentally, Seales was a high school teammate of  Elandon Roberts. Before last year’s NFL Draft, Roberts told me that he could see himself becoming the next Ray Lewis on the field. In fact he said he thinks he could be better. “One day in this NFL when I retire, I’m hoping to be on top of Ray Lewis,” he said.

“I actually watch them before every game,” he said. “It’s crazy because some of my teammates like William Jackson will say ‘man, who hit us with those Ray Lewis speeches, you be having me ready.’ Everything I say is really coming from me. They didn’t look at me like ‘he’s trying to be like Ray Lewis.’ They looked at me and said ‘this kid is really like this…this kid is crazy.”

Watching Roberts win a Super Bowl in his rookie year is impressive to Seales. “It inspires me a lot,” said Seales. “He went out in his first year and won a ring starting in games and got to start right away; it inspires me a lot to go and try and do the same thing.”

Seales caught 37 passes for 615 yards and four touchdowns in his senior season. Today’s NFL Draft is the big day and he’s ready. So what exactly will the team that selects him be getting?

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Middle Tennessee running back I’Tavius Mathers carries the ball on a 71-yard touchdown run during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Missouri, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)

I’Tavius Mathers  has a pretty cool story! He played at Ole Miss for three years where he ran for 1,061 yards, had 7 total touchdowns and 18 receptions. Then, BOOM: he sat out a year and trasnferried to Middle Tennesse State University. It was the best decision that he made! He became like a human pin ball machine at a local pizza shop. Mathers channelled his inner Russell Westbrook this season. He broke a ton of records! Mathers became the first player in NCAA history with over 1,500 yards rushing, 15 rushing TD’s, 60 receptions, all while averaging over 6.5 yards per carry.

I’Tavius Broke Down His Breakout Season On Scoop B Radio Overtime With Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson 

In between getting ready for tomorrow’s NFL Draft in Philadelphia, Mathers caught up with a myriad of topics including: his taste in music, his three touchdown game against Louisiana Tech and the movie Forrest Gump.

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