>>> WELCOME BACK.
THE NFL DRAFT STARTS IN JUST A 
FEW HOURS.
TWO WEEKS LATER THAN USUAL.
AND THE SUSPENSE CAN'T BE 
UNDERSTATED.
ONE FORMER NFL WIDE RECEIVER 
SAYS IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RATINGS.
PHIL McCONKEY, NAVY VETERAN, 
FORMER GIANTS WIDE RECEIVER AND 
CURRENT PRESIDENT OF ACADEMY 
SECURITIES JOINS US NOW.
PHIL, WELCOME BACK.
IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU, SCOTT.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
BIG NIGHT.
>> GIVE ME YOUR BEST GUESS HERE.
WHO'S NUMBER ONE?
>> IT'S GOT TO BE JADEVEON 
CLOWNEY.
I MEAN, THE GUY PHYSICALLY IS AN
ABSOLUTE FREAK.
TO RUN A 4.4 SECONDS IN THE 
40-YARD DASH, AS BIG AS HE IS, 
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT 
HIS WORK ETHIC, BUT TO ME HE'S 
THE BEST PLAYER IN THE DRAFT AND
HE SHOULD GO NUMBER ONE.
>> YEAH, I'M SHOCKED THAT 
THERE'S EVEN A CONVERSATION, 
REALLY.
I THINK WHOEVER PASSES ON THIS 
GUY IS GOING TO LOOK BACK TEN 
YEARS FROM NOW AND HAVE A BIG 
HEARTACHE.
>> YEAH, I THINK SO.
BUT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GUYS 
THAT I RESPECT THE MOST, SAM 
FARMER FROM "THE L.A. TIMES," 
HE'S GOT JOHNNY MANZIEL IN HIS 
MOCK DRAFT GOING NUMBER ONE TO 
HOUSTON.
SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF 
SPECULATION AND TALK ABOUT 
JOHNNY MANZIEL, AS POLARIZING AS
ANYBODY I'VE EVER SEEN IN THIS 
DRAFT.
AND THERE'S BEEN SO MANY MOCK 
DRAFTS -- EVEN IN THIS YEAR 
THINK JANET YELLEN HAD A MOCK 
DRAFT.
>> LOOK, PHIL, YOU UNDERSTAND 
SORT OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A 
LITTLE UNDERSIZED AND TO EXCEL 
IN THE NFL.
AND YOU MENTIONED JOHNNY 
FOOTBALL.
WHAT'S THE UPSIDE?
I MEAN, HOW MUCH UPSIDE IS THERE
FOR THIS KID?
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
IT.
THE KID IS UNDERSIZED, BUT HE IS
MUST-WATCH TV.
EVERY TIME HE'S GOT THE BALL IN 
HIS HANDS, SOMETHING EXCITING'S 
GOING TO HAPPEN.
YOU WATCH HIM IN THOSE BOWL 
GAMES AT THE END OF THE YEAR, 
AND I HEARD THAT HE'S SMALL AND 
HE GETS WORN DOWN.
HIS ARM STRENGTH FALLS OFF, BUT 
HE DIDN'T SHOW THAT IN THAT LAST
GAME AGAINST DUKE.
HE WAS MIRACULOUS IN BRINGING 
THAT TEAM BACK FROM A BIG 
DEFICIT.
AND HERE'S A GUY WHO WON THE 
HEISMAN TROPHY AS A FRESHMAN.
I THINK HIS UPSIDE IS 
PHENOMENAL.
I'M LISTENING TO GUYS LIKE 
BRANDT WHO I RESPECT 
TREMENDOUSLY, AND HE THINKS 
JOHNNY FOOTBALL'S GOING TO HAVE 
A GREAT CAREER IN THE NFL, AND I
AGREE.
>> PHIL, HOW ABOUT KELVIN 
BENJAMIN, THE BIG WIDE RECEIVER 
FROM FLORIDA STATE.
MY BROTHER THINKS THIS KID IS A 
DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH AND DIDN'T 
GET NEARLY ENOUGH PASSES THROWN 
HIS WAY BECAUSE OF SOME ISSUES 
HE HAD WITH THE QUARTERBACK.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS KID AT
6'5", 250?
>> WELL, HE CAUGHT THE WINNING 
PASS IN THE NATIONAL 
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE'S A HUGE TARGET.
ALL TEAMS ARE LOOKING FOR THAT 
BIG GUY THAT'S OPEN WHEN HE'S 
STILL COVERED.
THAT MEANS WHEN THE QUARTERBACK 
IS IN TROUBLE, HE CAN JUST THROW
THE BALL UP AND THOSE BIG GUYS 
WILL BAIL HIM OUT.
BENJAMIN'S GOT TO GO IN THE 
FIRST ROUND SOMETIME.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE A RUN OF WIDE
RECEIVERS AFTER SAMMY WATKINS 
AND MIKE EVANS.
THEN YOU'LL START TO SEE THE 
ODELL BECKHAMS AND BRANDIN COOKS
COME OFF THE BOARD.
BENJAMIN SHOULDN'T BE FAR BEHIND
THAT.
>> HOW DO YOU LIKE THE MARKET?
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE MARKET 
HERE?
WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
WHAT YELLEN SAYS, WHETHER 
THERE'S BUBBLES IN THE NASDAQ.
YOU TELL US.
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WHEN I 
WAS ON LAST TIME IN OCTOBER, IT 
WAS IN THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, 
AND I WAS ASKING ABOUT MY 
OPINION.
I SAID BUY HERE.
HISTORICALLY MARKETS DO WELL 
AFTER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, AND 
HERE WE ARE LO AND BEHOLD UP 
OVER 10% 37 THAT'S THE GOOD 
SIDE.
THE BAD SIDE, THE PATRIOTS WERE 
PLAYING THE BENGALS.
I WAS ASKED MY PREDICTION.
I SAID PATRIOTS.
I LOST THAT ONE.
I'D RATHER BE RIGHT ON THE 
FORMER THAN THE LATTER.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE 
MONTHS OF THIS RUSH, AND THEN I 
THINK SOME CAUTION.
YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK
AT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, INTEREST
RATES RISING, MAYBE GET A LITTLE
CAUTIOUS TOWARDS THE THIRD 
QUARTER.
BUT WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE MONTHS 
OF THIS RUN.
>> PHIL, WE'LL SEE YOU SOON, I 
HOPE.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> YOU BE WELL.
PHIL
