1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on Home of the Black and 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: Goal Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back to the Drive. I'm 3 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: Dale Lally here with Matt Williamson and Matt the NFL 4 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: owners proved a couple of different things today. I had 5 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,639 Speaker 1: some meetings that happened. Things happen and doesn't. Yeah, So 6 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: the first thing is that the owners approved a nine 7 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: d man roster to start training camp this year. That's 8 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: not a surprise. With cuts to eighty five on August 9 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: eighty on August in fifty three by August thirty one, 10 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: it's a little odd. I'm not sure if I like that, 11 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: hate that whatever. I mean, it's just an odd situation. 12 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure it's really easy to cut those 13 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: first five. You know you're gone, and frankly, I think 14 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: that that's you. Sometimes cutting is not the problem. Stopping, 15 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: as Chuck no one said, is the problem. I like 16 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: the early cuts because if I'm a position coach, I 17 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,199 Speaker 1: don't want these four two dudes in my linebacker room 18 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: that I know aren't making the team, and I need to, 19 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: you know, spend any time on you know, so let's 20 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: concentrate on the guys who got a shot. But I 21 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: probably wanted even more so, you know, more than ten 22 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:41,119 Speaker 1: being gone that quick, maybe twenty being gone that quick. Yeah, 23 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: I mean, I get it. You know you're still playing 24 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: some games. I guess that that. I haven't looked at 25 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: the schedules yet, but I'm sure that lines up with 26 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: the preseason the preseason games. So after that first preseason game, 27 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: you cut five guys, after that second, you cut five more, 28 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: and then you get down the fifty three after your 29 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: third one. So you don't have to play your guys, 30 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: uh that you you know in that third preseason game 31 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: or fourth one for the Steelers, You're not You're not 32 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: gonna want to be playing guys that are have no chance. 33 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: You know, quite frankly, you can't afford to get hurt. 34 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: Remember that, And there's I guess there's two ways looking 35 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: at it is And why am I playing this guy 36 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: who I know I'm gonna cut? But I don't want 37 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: to play the guys I know that aren't getting cut either. Yeah, 38 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: and you know you'll play guys players forty through fifty three, 39 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: who you think as well as they are right now, 40 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: and sometimes you know they'll be even higher ladder. There'll 41 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: be five guys that you want to look at me 42 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: for maybe that fifty second or fifty third spot, and 43 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: they can make the team based on what happens in 44 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: that last preseason game. But overall there's typically not a 45 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: lot of turn over there. No, No, you're right, and 46 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: they have a pretty good idea. Offensive lines are always 47 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: interesting to be and how you handle that because you 48 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: can't just put out a slappy for one thing, because 49 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: this quarterbacks killed. You get your quarterback killed, even if 50 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: it's tasket and you can't even operate. You can't look 51 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: at the guys, right, You can't you to put a 52 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: good enough line out there to evaluate the others on 53 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 1: the field, but you don't want to be too good 54 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: that you're losing your starters. Well, here's the problem for 55 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: he's really hard. You know. Here's the problem for the 56 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: Steelers this year is it's so many of the offensive 57 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: aligneman that they want to look like or have our 58 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: young guys, oh absolutely, and haven't played with the dude 59 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: next to them, right, So do you you know, if 60 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: you're Mike Tomlin this year, do you play that line? 61 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 1: You know? Just Kevin Dotson get the perfect example, next 62 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: to Kendrick Green, next to the choos the core for 63 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: left tackle, those kind of things. It's gonna stuff right 64 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: without question. Um, maybe don't play the castro much, but 65 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: he's gonna be the one that's telling everyone to do. 66 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: That's the other They all look around each other and 67 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: I'm not sure what the heck is going on. So 68 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: I think that'd be really interesting how they handle their 69 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: own line groups. Plus they may have some positions they're 70 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: kind of fighting for. And they drafted two guys. How 71 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: long do they how do they bring them along? And 72 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: you also want to get good looks at your back 73 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: up young quarterbacks, but they can't be behind garbage offense. 74 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: You can't be he can't be you know, snap the 75 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: ball and duck, or you can't have your you know, 76 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: you're not getting a good look at your running game, 77 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: where your schemes that you're trying to work on. If 78 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: you're running backs, you're getting tackled in five yards in 79 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: the backfield every time because nobody can block anybody. Yeah, 80 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm thinking about Green specifically because I think 81 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: he's the only rookie that it was a chance to start. 82 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: But if he plays five preseason games or four sorry, yeah, 83 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: one more than everybody else seventeen regular season games and 84 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: hopefully playoff games like he's never played two games. And 85 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: that's that's what happened. That's what happened to t J 86 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: Want his rookie year. He essentially played almost every snap 87 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: of every preseason game. Then in the regular season he 88 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: was he was getting a lot of snaps at linebacker 89 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 1: and also playing all the special teams. That adds up, 90 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: as you know. So, yeah, you have to be cognizant that. 91 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: We heard Kim Hayward in the previous segment talking about 92 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 1: how teams need to be smart with guys with a 93 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: seventeen games sketu. Maybe maybe do need to ease up 94 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: a little bit. Oh, I think you do. I mean 95 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: you brought up the point a couple of times of 96 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 1: you'd like to keep an extra running back because that's 97 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: such a brutal position and the turnover is rough anyway, 98 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: you know, maybe a you know, they love Harris and 99 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: he wants he's gonna get the high highest percentage of touches, 100 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 1: but maybe it's five less than we think and that's smart, 101 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Yeah, yeah, you have to 102 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 1: be careful with that. According to Tom Pellisoro, uh, the 103 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: NFL Network, The NFL and NFL p A have agreed 104 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 1: to a salary cap ceiling for two of two eight 105 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: point two million dollars. You told me that off the air, 106 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: and I originally thought why would they even put a 107 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:44,679 Speaker 1: ceiling on anything? But it's a high ceilings for people. 108 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: Don't realize that. That's that's really good news, I think. Yeah, 109 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: the cap this year is at eighty two point five 110 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: million dollars. It's never gone up, so we're talking about 111 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: a twenty six million dollar increase in that's that's a 112 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: significant jump. It doesn't mean it's good to get there, 113 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: but it sounds like they think it can. Well, we 114 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: got the news yesterday that the league has given approval 115 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: to thirty of thirty two teams to play in full 116 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: stadiums next year. And I would think that all thirty 117 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: two are going to be full when the season starts, 118 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: because one of the two of the ones that are 119 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: hold us right now are Indianapolis and den Denver. Well, 120 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: I'm going to a concert in Indianapolis in July. Yeah, 121 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 1: that's it's at Lucas Oil Stadium and it's going to 122 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: be a full stadium. So what are you waiting for? Here. 123 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,359 Speaker 1: Maybe I'm not sure what the news is or what 124 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 1: the hang up is. I'm sure something political that I 125 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 1: have no idea what I'm talking about. But I can't 126 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 1: believe that those we only have two stadiums that don't 127 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 1: have a full they'll they'll all be full. They so 128 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: great news that that makes you much closer to that 129 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: eight point two million dollar salary cap. The reason they deal, 130 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 1: all right, the reason they kept that at that number 131 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: is that if the revenues come in higher than that, 132 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: they can use it to payback some of the benefits 133 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: to the players that they had to suspend last year 134 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: because of the pandemic. So yeah, the players would like, yeah, 135 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: that's a wait and win for the players. You're gonna 136 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: spend more on our contracts when they come up. Um, 137 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: and we may even get some back bay, you know, 138 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: which is great. Some thing's back, uh, which means the 139 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: owners are pretty comfortable. So the two hundred the two 140 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: d eight point two million dollar salary cap is that one? 141 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: It was two a eight point to I guess what 142 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: you said, Yeah, yeah, yeah, two point two. So when 143 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: we looked at this last week, when we looked at 144 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: spot track, where the Steelers stood in terms of their 145 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: salary cap. Spot Track at that time was estimating a 146 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: hundred ninety two point five million dollars salary cap. They 147 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: estimated going up ten million dollars is typically what it does. 148 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: In this case, it would be going up twenty six millions. 149 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: So the extra you can add an extra sixteen million 150 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: dollars onto if they get to this, which they if 151 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: if that's what they put the cap at, they feel 152 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: pretty good about getting at least close to them there. Yeah, 153 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,119 Speaker 1: I mean, and some less something strange in the world 154 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: comes up between now and then. Maybe that's what Maybe 155 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: that's really what they're saying, is it's gonna be to 156 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: a eight point two unless some crazing happens between now 157 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: and that. Again, that was negotiated between the NFL and 158 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: nfl p A. The NFL p A once so his 159 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: benefits paid back, Yeah right, right right, So they said 160 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: it at a spot that's high enough that the cap 161 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: was going to go up, but low enough that they 162 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: can reach it and get those benefits back. Yeah right, 163 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: right right. So we may have some surplus, of course, 164 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: and it's been so hard to last year or two. 165 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: How do I negotiate Patty Mahomes contract, Dak Prescott's and 166 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 1: now we've got Mayfield and Lamar and Alan. I'm sure 167 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: front offices have said, we need to know this number 168 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: sooner than you know. The the off season we're gonna 169 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: encounter it. Give us some you know, highway that we're 170 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: gonna give me a fairway that I can at least 171 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 1: sit down the middle of and have some clue. So 172 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: it makes me think that it probably will get the 173 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: two oh eight, which is a massive jump. It just 174 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: wonderful for the whole business. It's great for the world 175 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: that you know things are moving in the right direction 176 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: and fan the games are game days gonna be a 177 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: lot more fun and loud, and they'll be actual home 178 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 1: field advantages again. And hopefully that's just one blip on 179 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 1: the radar and there's not some crazy new strand of 180 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,079 Speaker 1: COVID that screws it all up or whatever. But that 181 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: would be amazing for the Steelers. That means that they 182 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: would now have seventy seven million dollars in available cap 183 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 1: space next year, which is crazy million. They were already 184 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: in great cap shape. Now you get even better. Now 185 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: everybody everybody right, so everybody else in the same boat. 186 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: But you know, we talked about this, what if they 187 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: had seven million to spend the teams that were at 188 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: the bottom of that next year, including the Browns for 189 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: minus a point nine million dollars, Well, now they don't 190 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 1: do business. They could do some business. There's probably still 191 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: going to have to release players who are making more 192 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: than although some tough dectations, but at least they can 193 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: their heads above water. As it stands right now, the 194 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: Packers are and it's there were forty million dollars over 195 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: five so this gets them at least within shouting distance. 196 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: The Cowboys were also way over thirty four million over 197 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: the Giants million over. Why don't the Giants that's a 198 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 1: good question. Um, the Rams are feeling a little bit 199 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: better about that now. Now you maybe only have to 200 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: cut one or two guys to get down or get 201 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: some cap. But they started, I mean, the Steelers were 202 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: in this boat. I mean, the Eagles and especially the 203 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: Saints were eighty million. Yeah, you know when the last 204 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: cap number came out, because all these teams thought it 205 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: would go up ten and it went back twenty or whatever. Right, So, 206 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: uh no, this works out really well for the Steelers, 207 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: for the league. I mean, I'm always in favor of 208 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 1: teams being able to keep their players if they want. 209 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: I wonder if it affects the Julio trades at all 210 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: or any of that kind of stuff. I mean, I 211 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: know Atlanta's bad shape this year and he probably needs 212 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: to go, but at least they won't be totally swimming 213 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: a year from now. Yeah, you can make some moves 214 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,959 Speaker 1: that help you out long term. Um, you know, maybe 215 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 1: you do then extend guys. Maybe we're some extensions coming. Yeah, 216 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: maybe we're holding off to you saw what that was 217 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: going to be. That's why we haven't seen a Lamar 218 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 1: Jackson deal or you know, uh Alan or some of 219 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: these other quarterbacks gets signed because they weren't sure what 220 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: the cap is gonna be next year. Well now they know, Okay, 221 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: this is probably what it's gonna be, so now we 222 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: can act accordingly. I wonder if there'll be some extensions too, 223 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: and the agents are going to a real abby, right. 224 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 1: It would been nice if we knew this before this 225 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: free agency period. You know, you could give guys, you know, 226 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: we could build those contracts here. Yeah, you know that 227 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: that would have been nice to know. But hey, I mean, 228 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 1: this is I'm not looking at gift towards from the 229 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 1: mouth the mouth or whatever. But I mean Atlanta is 230 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 1: a bad example because I think they're in really bad shape. 231 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: But some of these teams might be able to make 232 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 1: another move this year that they hadn't planned on by 233 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,679 Speaker 1: because you could build up. Yeah, you can build up. 234 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: You signed guys, not a two year deal because you 235 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: know what the cap. The cap is gonna go way 236 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: up next year, so we can you know, we talked 237 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: about the Steelers potentially, you know they should look at 238 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: Morgan Moses. Yeah, I've really thought about that a lot, 239 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: and it's really worm sign him and say, Morgan, we're 240 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: gonna give you two years fourteen million dollars. Uh, we'll 241 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: give you a minimum salary this year, will give you 242 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: a seven million and signing bonus. So you're gonna get 243 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: half of this this year and then next year you're 244 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: gonna make a nice salary. Yeah. And if my chance 245 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: he doesn't work out, that doesn't kill you to cut him. 246 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: And he has a nice chunk in his pocket. You 247 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: get a right tackle for two years and you let 248 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:25,319 Speaker 1: the other guys fight it out on the left side. 249 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: I love it from a football perspective, I like it 250 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,559 Speaker 1: more and more now from a financial perspective, especially the 251 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: way you laid it out. Eliminates that must say, eliminates 252 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: a need. But you just sign a starter and it 253 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: takes it off. It takes it off the table for 254 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: you next year. Right that, Hey, Steelers going to sign 255 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: an offensive tackle this year because you know his Dan 256 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,319 Speaker 1: is uh, Dan More ready to play next year? I 257 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 1: don't know. He's a fourth round draft pick. Who's to say? 258 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: And just gives you a buffer, you know, I mean, 259 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: it just lets you know if Banner or Chooks doesn't 260 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: work out, you really need one of the two to 261 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: work out. Um, you know, it moves head down the 262 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: list a little bit too. Uh. You'd hope More doesn't 263 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: have to play at all and you can totally red 264 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: shirt him and coach him up. Yeah. I like that 265 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 1: move a lot. And I was on train on the 266 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: train of adding a veteran outside linebacker, and I still 267 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: would look at that in a corner. But this right 268 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: tackle move, they're just hard to find. You know. If 269 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: you could find that like that, that would make no 270 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: big corners cut loose at the end of training camp 271 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: that you know, or even after June one. That that 272 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: you look and going like I could help us. Yeah, 273 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 1: maybe he could play snaps force offensive tackles a little different. 274 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 1: You know, teams aren't necessarily teams aren't cutting loose, you know, 275 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 1: starting offensive tackles. And we did. We talked about the 276 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: article from Bill Barmeoll wrote and had the Steelers signing 277 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: uh Russell and Kong. He's played thirteen games in the 278 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,599 Speaker 1: last two years. Hard to count on, right, And I 279 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: might say anything bad about the guy, but I understand 280 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 1: that he negotiates his own contracts too, and he's not 281 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: the guy to deal with them. And some teams probably 282 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 1: don't even want to go down that road. Um. We've 283 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 1: seen some tackle movement lately, including Moses and Washington post draft, 284 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:06,439 Speaker 1: you know, getting Leno Villanueva go into Baltimore. But they 285 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: all had something weird going on in their situation, you 286 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,199 Speaker 1: know what I mean, Fisher, you know, some of those moves, 287 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: but they're done. They're not gonna be a bunch of 288 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: tackles all of a sudden available. There's one right now. 289 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: I'd be on the market, Yeah, for sure. Uh. Mike 290 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: Clay wrote a piece on ESPN. I sent this to 291 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: you last night. Yeah, predicting the top NFL rookie leaders 292 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: in ten key stat categories top five and passing, rushing, receiving, sex, 293 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: and more and more and more. And Mike does good work. 294 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: He's a Philly guy or from that Necho Wood's the 295 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 1: wrong end of the state, you know, And he does 296 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: a good work. Always like to read his stuff. Here's 297 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: projections on the quarterbacks in this year's draft class. Trevor 298 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: Lawrence four thousand two D sixty nine passing yards, twenty 299 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 1: three touchdown passes. Okay, I think that's crazy. Okay, I 300 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: mean I think he's starting Week one. I'm muchure about 301 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: the others. I've never done projections, and it's more of 302 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: a math thing than I'm scouting type thing. I don't 303 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: know how you do that for some of these guys, 304 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: Like when do you think field stars, especially the coaching 305 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: staff in Jackson? Yea, how don't you know their tendencies? 306 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: You would imagine you're, you know, doing this for seventeen 307 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: games for Lawrence, But the other guys Matt Jones and 308 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: I mean, Zach Wilson's gonna start. Zach Wilson's gonna start, 309 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: But the other three, to me, how do you do 310 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 1: how many games are gonna play? You don't know what 311 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: were Lawrence's numbers? Again? Uh, four thousand, two hundred sixty 312 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: nine yards and twenty three passing touchdowns. You're going over 313 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: under on over on the touchdowns. Really, Yeah, twenty three 314 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: is not that many. I mean seventeen games, I guess, yeah, 315 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: you know. Zack Wilson three thousand, nine three yards, twenty 316 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 1: touchdown passes. I don't think he'll be as successful as Lawrence. 317 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: But they also think people are kind of sleeping on 318 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: him a little bit. Like in these dynasty drafts I've 319 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: been in, he falls really late and he wasn't my 320 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: favorite quarterback in the draft, But they're not a bad 321 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: group around him all of a sudden. I mean, it 322 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: was an abysmal offense last year, but it's gonna be 323 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: a lot better this year. But it's not going to 324 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: be horrendous. Justin fields. Three thousand, one eighty seven passing 325 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: yards with eighteen touchdown pass sounds like they think that's 326 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: a sounds like you think maybe that's how you do 327 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: it for all of them. Is it sounds like maybe 328 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: they're thinking maybe he plays at least fifteen Yeah. I 329 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: tend to think that will be the case too. Yeah, 330 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: I mean the Dalton should not be as tough to 331 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: get past as Jimmy would not think so, you wouldn't 332 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: think so. Especially the teams are in different places too. 333 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: I mean, Jimmy took that team to a Super Bowl 334 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: two years ago and Chicago's I know they're a playoff 335 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: team last year, but they're kind of rebuilding. Trey Lance 336 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: two thousand, four hundred sixty four yards and sixteen touchdown passes, Okay, 337 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: I mean these ones are hard to comment on because 338 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: how many games, and you think he plays and Jimmy 339 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: could get hurt in Week two. But the final ones 340 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: Matt Jones and this one actually is for seventeen games. 341 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: It's fourteen hundred yards and seven passing touch So that's 342 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: about the Patriots show without any of the cam played 343 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: all those games last year, they had six touchdown passes 344 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: as a team. Interesting. I don't know how that one 345 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: plays out either. I mean they're so different. Rushing yards, Yeah, 346 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 1: this is here's when he's got Naja Harris for nine 347 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 1: eighty seven rushing yards. I'm going over that over I'm yeah, yeah, 348 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: somewhere in that range. Javonte Williams. It's seven receiving yards 349 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: there added down later you mentioned that earlier seven nine 350 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 1: rushing yards for Javante Williams. You're going over under that over. 351 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 1: I'm not sure Gordon is going to be a Bronco 352 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: on an opening day. I could see him getting traded 353 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 1: in Miami or something like that and just handing it 354 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 1: to Williams. The fact they traded up very early second 355 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 1: round for this guy makes me think he's the he's 356 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: the one to own in fantasy and he's gonna take 357 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: that thing over. Number three on the list is Michael 358 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: Carter with six in twenty three rushing yards. Did you 359 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: know his role at least? Yeah? I think he has 360 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 1: a direct path to starting. He's gonna play. I like 361 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 1: his chance of playing more snaps than a t N 362 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: or sermon, Yeah, Travis a t N six hundred sixteen 363 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: rushing yards. I mean, I assume he's a little worried 364 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 1: about the whole receiver yeah stuff, but it's really I 365 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: wouldn't get too worried about that. But Robinson is not 366 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: going away the number five rookie rusher justin fields with 367 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 1: four hundred and sixty three rushing yards. It's a good one. 368 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: That's smart. Yeah, I hadn't thought about that, but that's smart. 369 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,440 Speaker 1: He's gonna run a lot. Yeah. So if he has 370 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: four and sixty three rushing yards and almost passing yards 371 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: with eighteen touchdowns, which is what the projections here are 372 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: probably five or six rushing touchdowns, he's like, he's like 373 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:51,680 Speaker 1: a top ten fantasy quarterback, right right. I mean that's 374 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts type numbers and he's going to top ten. 375 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: Uh quarterback rushing yards. He also has a staff for that. 376 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 1: He has fields one at four six three, Trey Lance 377 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: second at four thirty seven. That's again, must be a 378 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: thinking he's playing the whole year. Uh. Trevor Lawrence third. 379 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: They run him and Wilson run plenty. Lawrence is really 380 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: good at it. Uh. Wilson he has with two hundred 381 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: sixty four rushing yards, and Mac Jones I might even 382 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: take the under run even if he played seventeen games 383 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: receiving yards Jamar Chase with one thousand and three, No 384 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 1: biggie if you don't know, but do you remember where 385 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: Jefferson was? I think he was liked because he didn't 386 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: play much the first two games and the average almost 387 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 1: a hundred yards of game, so thousand and three receiving 388 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 1: yards for Jamaar Chase. I think I'm going under Yeah. 389 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,199 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're sharing just three really good receivers there, 390 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 1: and you got Joe mixing, right, I mean, I'm not 391 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: sure that he's I'd rather have him than Boyd or Higgins, 392 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: but I don't know that he's better than them, right 393 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 1: right right? Uh. Davonte Smith with the Eagles think it's 394 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 1: the most targets in Cincinnati this year. I think you 395 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: go with Boyd. I'd still go with Boyd, but I 396 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: bet he gets you know, all the third downs, hundred 397 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: thirty targets. Yeah, Davante Smith, I think he may have 398 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: more target I think he's gonna be targeted heavily, Like 399 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 1: I could see him being the Eagles leading target guy 400 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle seventy five. He better hit a couple of 401 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: long ones, which she's certainly possible. I don't know that 402 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 1: he's gonna hit eighty targets, so yeah, I don't know. 403 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: I mean, what's he gonna have. What's his ceiling fifty catches? Yeah? 404 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: And I really like him, but Gasecki, Parker and especially 405 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: Fuller aren't going away. Fuller is going to take some 406 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: of his long touches too. Um, yeah, I don't know. 407 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: The waddles would be really productive. Kyle Pitts, I'll take it. 408 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: I'll go over gone. Yeah, And I think that's kind 409 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 1: of a foregone conclusion. I think he'll line up and be, 410 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,880 Speaker 1: you know, a starting white out basically at some point 411 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: the fifth one is Rashad Bateman at six fifth seven. 412 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: I'm going under that. I'm going under that. Yeah, they 413 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: don't throw the ball en Off. I bet they throw 414 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: a little bit more. I mean, if they were I 415 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 1: don't know what they were last year, but say they 416 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: were fifty five run. I bet it's down to fifty 417 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 1: two or three, but it's still going to lead the 418 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: league running back receiving year. I'm not sure Bateman win 419 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: the starting job. I mean, I'd like to play a lot, 420 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: but that's not even a slam dog running back receiving yards. 421 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: Interesting Travis a t N four sixty three, Okay, I 422 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 1: think out of Harris over at n though nausea Harris 423 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: three nine. Yeah, I think he'll be every bit of that. 424 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 1: Michael Carter, Yes, maybe over on that over And I 425 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,400 Speaker 1: don't love Carter but I bet he plays a lot. 426 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: Javonte Williams six, I might go over and might go 427 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: over that receiver. I mean, Gordon's not bad, and Gordon's 428 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: not bad in protection either, but if Gordon, for probably 429 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 1: chance isn't there, he'll go way over it. The last 430 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 1: one is Tray Sermon at one fifty three. I'd go 431 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: under that. I'd probably go under that too. It's not 432 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,400 Speaker 1: a big deal, but they're running back. Wilson got hurt 433 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: in mini campus. I go with what's the kid the 434 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 1: Eagles drafted from Memphis? Game? Well? Game? Well? I really 435 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: think he'll be there in heam Hines. Yeah, I bet 436 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,479 Speaker 1: he goes over two hundred this year, about right. He's 437 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 1: gould be on the field, he'll be'll be a returner, 438 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 1: will be active every game day. Yeah, I bet he's 439 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 1: touchdowns from scrimmage. Okay. Naja Harris with eight, I'm going 440 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 1: over on that. Go over that. Jamaar Chase with seven. 441 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 1: I think that sounds about right. He excels in that 442 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: neck of the woods too. Uh. Kyle Pitts was six. 443 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 1: I'll go over Travis a t M with five. I'll 444 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 1: go under DeVante Smith with five. I'll go under kind 445 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 1: of strange. Javonte Williams doesn't make an appearance on their 446 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: right right he falls in the end zone more than 447 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 1: two or three times. Yeah, I mean five is the 448 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: is the basic number. I mean it might take a while, 449 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 1: but even if Williams is a harder in Denver, the 450 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: last six eight games do score two or three touchdowns 451 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: in the second half of the year. Uh, interceptions, we 452 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: don't need to get the two. Yeah. JC horm at 453 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: two point one, Richie Grant with one point eight, Caleb 454 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 1: Farley with one point seven, Patrick's her Tame with one 455 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 1: point six, and Assante Samuel Jr. With one point five. 456 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: You know, I mean the rookie corners last year had 457 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: a tough go of it. They will see lots of targets. 458 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 1: They'll see lots of targets. I don't know if Farley 459 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: will see the field. I mean, he's the one name 460 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 1: that kind of stood out there is is he gonna 461 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: be playing? I assume he will, but who knows? Uh sacks. 462 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: This one's interesting. It's not a great crop. Jalen Phillips 463 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: with the Dolphins with five and a half. He would 464 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 1: definitely be my highest pick. Don't take over on that. Okay, 465 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:55,119 Speaker 1: Quitty Pay with the Colts at five, I don't expect much, 466 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: that's coge. I don't expect a lot from this crop. 467 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 1: To go under. I think i'd go under across the board. 468 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:05,199 Speaker 1: Probably a dape. I don't even know how to pronounce 469 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: his always the first name. Now, what's Jason. I don't 470 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: know if a dope gets or gets the quarterback any 471 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: better than Jason did. But Jason did not get to 472 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: the quarterback last year. Penn States and Mike Clay thinks 473 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: he gets four and a half sacks issue, I'm going under. Yeah, 474 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,160 Speaker 1: I think he's a part time player. Yeah. Year one, 475 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 1: Peyton Turner with the set with the Saints four and 476 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 1: a half under, I mean Davenport and Jordan are the starter. Yeah, 477 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,679 Speaker 1: same thing with Joe try On in Tampa Bay. Right, 478 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 1: he's the third guy moore and a half. Yeah, I'll 479 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 1: go under. Okay, I'm trying to think how many Chase 480 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 1: Young have last year or who were the leader? He 481 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: has seven and a half and he missed time. He's 482 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: way better than all these guys. Um tackles Okay, Zaven 483 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: Collins with the Cardinals are I'm going under. Tackles a lot. 484 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: That's a lot. Although I would have to look at 485 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,679 Speaker 1: this and see how some of these teams who are 486 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: the team credit tackles because it's different. That's that's why tackles. 487 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: It's a horrible stap, horrible stat because it's different for 488 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 1: every team, and sometimes four guys get a credit for 489 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: a tackle on one player or you know, and which 490 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: not always it's not always one on one situations. I 491 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: don't know the Collins and I really liked him before 492 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: the draft, and I still do. I don't know that 493 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 1: he immediately steps in and terribly tackling machine, right right. 494 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: I think he's inn have some adjustment. Micah Parson with 495 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: the Cowboys one third team. I'll go under that too. Um. 496 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: I really like the prospect as well. But vander esh 497 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 1: And and Smith are still there. They're still there. Yeah, 498 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 1: and I think that immediately. I'm not sure if this 499 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 1: is how they said it or not, but I think 500 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 1: one thing they really liked about Parsons is they might 501 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 1: just rush him off the edge on third downs too, 502 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 1: so you don't get any tackles that way, right, He 503 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 1: may not be in every down. Second level player. Jamon 504 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: Davis with Washington a hunter eight. I think he plays 505 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: a lot. Yeah, that one I think is pretty solid. 506 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: Pete Werner with the Saints with eight five, it's gonna 507 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 1: be a starter, though I don't know, I mean tomorrow, 508 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: Davis is never gonna leave the field. I like Warner. 509 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:16,360 Speaker 1: I think he is kind of a plug and play guy. 510 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: That's probably about right. How about this one. J C. 511 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 1: Horne with the Panthers with seventy, He's he's a willing tackler, 512 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 1: He's Philly, he's physical, and I wonder he did it 513 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 1: in college. It's a lot to ask from a rookie. 514 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: But when they play Atlanta without Julio as he following Ridley, 515 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: you know, as he followed Michael Thomas, I assume that's 516 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: the plan with them in time. If so, he'll get 517 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,960 Speaker 1: it every bit of those tackles. If you're going after 518 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: the number one receiver, it's gonna be a long year, 519 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: a busy year. And that's very busy. Yeah, yeah, for sure. 520 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 1: But those are the rookies. Lots of good stuff happening 521 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 1: here around the league. And uh, it's not a great 522 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 1: rookie class. It's not to say it, it just isn't, 523 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: you know. Well, with the where the depth of that 524 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 1: that's not a big name rookie class. It's bad for fantasy, 525 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: it's bad for but there are lots of offensive linemen 526 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,640 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff that you know, make you better 527 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 1: football team, but not necessarily get Garner. A lot of 528 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 1: headlines and five obvious quarterbacks who knows when they play. 529 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: And I think this year will be remembered as the 530 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: Lawrence year, of course, but the five quarterback year will 531 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: be the calling card. But really only three running backs 532 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 1: of notes, you know, some of the even the receivers 533 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 1: I don't like quite as much as the last two years, 534 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 1: you know, I mean there's a lot of small guys. Yeah, 535 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: but that's gonna do it for this segment. So former 536 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,120 Speaker 1: partner Matt Williamson for Jacob brec here on site keeping 537 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,680 Speaker 1: us on the air. I'm Dale Lolly. 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