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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on Home of the Black and

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Speaker 1: Goal Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back. I am Dale Lolly.

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Speaker 1: He is Matt Williamson. This is the Drive on Steelers

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Speaker 1: Nation Radio. And Matt, We've got a couple of coat

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Speaker 1: quarterback changes. There's a lot going on, all kinds of

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Speaker 1: stuff going on in the quarterback It's not pretty. No,

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Speaker 1: it's not like, oh boy, this first round picks finally

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Speaker 1: getting a chance DeShawn Watson return or you know, it's

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Speaker 1: not exciting stuff. No, Zack Wilson out in uh in

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Speaker 1: New York had to happen. Yeah, I mean, he was

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Speaker 1: that bad in this past game. And and they're gonna

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Speaker 1: play White not Flacco, right yeah, yeah, I mean I

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Speaker 1: don't know what I prefer, but you have to make

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Speaker 1: a move. And it looks like Kyle Allen is going

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Speaker 1: to move into the starting lineup for the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: I think that will make no difference at all, not

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Speaker 1: a bit. Probably will be worse. Yeah. Um, maybe they're

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Speaker 1: just trying to figure out what they need to do.

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Speaker 1: Which one do they need? Is their backup next year?

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Speaker 1: I guess. I mean I still kind of believe in Mills,

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Speaker 1: not like is a top twenty receiver or a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: But if they really fell out of favor with him,

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Speaker 1: he could be my backup anytime, you know what I mean. Um,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I think he don't think he's very good.

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Speaker 1: I mean I would be a number I think he's

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Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford's out. Matthew Stafford's out. Yeah. It looks like

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Speaker 1: report says that Justin Fields has a separated shoulder with

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Speaker 1: partially torn ligaments to his non throwing shoulder. Does that

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Speaker 1: mean he's gonna misstime? For sure? They could put him

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Speaker 1: in a harness, But he's a running quarterback. Yeah, you're not.

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Speaker 1: If you're not going to have him run, I don't

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Speaker 1: know why you'd play him for a week or two. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, if it's that bad, I mean, I mean

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Speaker 1: it sounds like he needs time off. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: especially if it's partially torn ligaments. You know, let that

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Speaker 1: thing kind of heal a little bit. I mean, he's

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Speaker 1: your future, he's your star quarterback. Yeah. By doing that

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Speaker 1: good news for Steelers. I assume though, for that second

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Speaker 1: round pick, and you would think lessons their chance it wins.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of that, Tom got Donald. Yes, we're back to say,

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Speaker 1: I'm Donald, this is the road that you don't want

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Speaker 1: to go down from. Say none of these are exciting moves. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: door number two is not exciting in any of those situations.

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Speaker 1: Maybe Donald looks good. I kind of chuckled himself. Uh,

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Speaker 1: Speaking of that draft stuff, Tom McShay has updated his

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Speaker 1: top thirty two rankings here as we the college football

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Speaker 1: season winds down. He still has Willie Anderson, the outside

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Speaker 1: linebacker from Alabama number one. Uh, he's Bright Young from

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Speaker 1: Alabama number two. It's interesting this year Alabama's got two

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Speaker 1: losses but could have the top two players picked. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure they'll have as good as draft classes

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Speaker 1: as ever. Whatever. Um, I don't know a ton about

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Speaker 1: these prospects yet, but we were just talking to Houston.

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty certain Houston's gonna get the first pick in

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Speaker 1: the draft. I mean, if you threw young in down

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Speaker 1: that Texans team at quarterback, I'm just saying about his

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Speaker 1: size and the beating he's gonna take right now, that

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Speaker 1: might not be a smart move. Yeah, I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: don't take him if he's not the best quarterback. But man,

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Speaker 1: it could be a rocky road if he's the first

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Speaker 1: pick overall to Houston. At three, he has c J.

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Speaker 1: Stroud from Ohio State. Okay, Now he is a little

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Speaker 1: more size and escapability than Young. Yeahs. Young's a little

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Speaker 1: twitchy guy. Listed at six pounds. Yeah, I think he'll

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Speaker 1: be under both those. Yeah, that's why I said listed right,

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Speaker 1: all right, he's probably you know, I'm combine a week.

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Speaker 1: We'll probably be like he probably hopes to Ben Yeah,

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Speaker 1: with rocks and his and he won't run. He'll put

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Speaker 1: on all kinds of weight and not run and then

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Speaker 1: yeah try. Now Stroud is six to eighteen. That's like

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Speaker 1: the same size as Kenny Pickett. Yeah right, he's a

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Speaker 1: normal size quarterback. I haven't heard a lot of debate

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Speaker 1: between those two though, but I have heard more of

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Speaker 1: a sentiment that as a whole, the top of this

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Speaker 1: Jalen Carter, the defensive tackle on to Georgia number four.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there's nothing not to like about him. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Miles Murphy, the defensive end out of Clemson, listed, but

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Speaker 1: he's having a great year. Yeah. Uh. Six Brian Barrie Bercie, uh,

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Speaker 1: fans need to know because Jalen Carter is probably a

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Speaker 1: pipe dree Yeah, you're not getting he's gonna go in

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Speaker 1: building too. I mean he's no longer guy five. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Uh for Shanu the offensive tackle from Penn State, number seven,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure we're gonna be talking about him a lot

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Speaker 1: because he would make some sense to uh. By John Robinson,

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Speaker 1: the running back at a Texas number eight. Running back

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Speaker 1: mean people talk about Bjon like he's Kuan. I mean

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Speaker 1: that he's that transcendent and even in the Sa Kuan era,

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Speaker 1: people are hesitant to put it back at the top

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Speaker 1: of the draft, but not as much as they are now.

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Speaker 1: Like now, just putting in the first round is a

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Speaker 1: big move. He's a special, special play there. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if I was like Miami, can you imagine it?

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Speaker 1: They gave up there for the first on draft pick value, right.

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Speaker 1: They're not gonna get in, right unless they trade up

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Speaker 1: to get him. Uh Kaylee, Ringo, somebody just walked across

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Speaker 1: your grave and cornerback out of Georgia number nine. It

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Speaker 1: sounds like a pretty good match to me. Yeah, six

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Speaker 1: to ten. I wrote an article to play play the ball,

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Speaker 1: you know, just all the struggles and Steelers have had

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Speaker 1: guys and not coincidentally, I think when they did their

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Speaker 1: feel like they should have won if they could catch

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Speaker 1: the opposing receivers they want, you know, more often than not.

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Speaker 1: I think corner in eight to twelve is a real possibility. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think so too. And Ringo is willa be a

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Speaker 1: name to know? Ringo number ten, Tyree Wilson defensive end

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Speaker 1: six to seventy five. Yeah, yeah, you could play him

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Speaker 1: at defensive end in that Steeler package as well. But

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Speaker 1: I think you'd have some Leale flexibility, you know, you

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Speaker 1: can bump inside a little bit. Speaking which he's a

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Speaker 1: Texas A and M transfer. Might we see Leal soon?

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Speaker 1: By the way, Ah, there's a chance, Yeah, there's a chance.

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Speaker 1: Number eleven Paris Johnson Jr. The offensive tack what of

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, these guys are creeping up and creeping up.

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Speaker 1: And the Penn State dude, the Ohio State dude, the

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Speaker 1: both of those cases, the Penn State kid in Johnson

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Speaker 1: he hadn't played Johnson because he was playing guard. Now

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Speaker 1: he's kicked out the tackle and they're like, oh, this

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Speaker 1: guy can't play tackle. We just knew they were really

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Speaker 1: good athletes and recruits. Now they're turning into really good

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Speaker 1: football players. Number twelve for for Todd McShay is Peter Skernsky,

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Speaker 1: the offensive tackle that Northwestern exactly three offensive tackles in

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Speaker 1: Ohio State. I don't know if he's on Todd's list

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Speaker 1: or not, but he's also a first round prospect. Scornsky

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Speaker 1: is different though, because those two guys are super recruits.

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Speaker 1: They looked at part you know, well, those type of

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Speaker 1: guys don't go to Northwestern. They go to This guy's

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Speaker 1: six four with short arms. But he's the best player

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Speaker 1: never get beat. Thirteen. He has Will Levis from Kentucky

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Speaker 1: the quarterback. Yeah, a lot of tools, yeah, uh Fourteen.

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Speaker 1: He's the type of guy that Steeler fans want him

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Speaker 1: to his stock to keep going. You want him to

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Speaker 1: go out, have a good comment and go yeah. Michael

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Speaker 1: tremendous career. Fifteen Jordan Addison, of course, the wide receiver

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Speaker 1: the first receiver off the board. Be smaller the TCU kids,

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Speaker 1: very different TCU kid is next Quentin Johnston wide receiver TCU.

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Speaker 1: He is six two fifteen, whereas Addison is six ft

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Speaker 1: one seventy five. But he's even six ft probably not yeah,

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Speaker 1: but he's a leaner route runner type. Yeah, he's more

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Speaker 1: Deante Johnson, while Quinton Johnston is more issue whatever. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and maybe even more physical. Uh seventeen Christian Gonzalez cornerback

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Speaker 1: his name came up over and over because of course

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Speaker 1: he's Joey's son and he's a Penn Steak guy. So

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Speaker 1: people around here has been on their radar a long time,

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Speaker 1: big physical corner like his dad played. You know, Um,

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Speaker 1: is he gonna be worth the Steelers pick? We'll see,

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Speaker 1: you know. But there are corner options. There's corner and

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Speaker 1: the offensive tackle options. Yeah. Night team. Brian Branch safety

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Speaker 1: you know, kinda mankish. Yeah, you can do it, lines

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Speaker 1: up all over to play single high, play that with him.

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Speaker 1: Uh yeah. Number twenty Lucas van Ness, defensive end out

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Speaker 1: five to sixty nine, bigger, powerful type, he's he had

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Speaker 1: seven sacks last year, he's got six more this year

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Speaker 1: And uh yeah, uh twenty one Jamir Gibbs, the running

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Speaker 1: back out of Alabama. Two running backs. It's a really

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Speaker 1: good running back class and there it's not crazy to

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Speaker 1: think two could go in the first round. This guy's

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Speaker 1: a little smaller than Again, if you're a Steeler fan,

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Speaker 1: you want that. That's fantastic because not only do you

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Speaker 1: get that first pick. If a running back goes ahead

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Speaker 1: in the first round, great because you got the right Now,

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Speaker 1: what's the second pick in the second round. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: Gibbs is completely different from basically every other Alabama running

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Speaker 1: does not. But he was tremendous, so he transferred and

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Speaker 1: but it's fast and yeah, you know, right, two tight

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Speaker 1: which is good for the dealer. Twenty two is Cam Smith,

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Speaker 1: the cornerback from South Carolina. He's been like consistently five

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Speaker 1: I am Dale, Lolly. You're listening to the Drive here

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Speaker 1: on Steelers Nation Radio. We'll be back to finish up

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Speaker 1: the show right after this