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Speaker 1: You're talking about a guy and Zach Gentry over the

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Speaker 1: also the case. But Trey Norwood released makes sense. Bradon

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Speaker 2: Released The nose tackle room was getting a little a

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Speaker 1: Cornerback Luke Barku, Well, yeah, I'm sure he was running

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Speaker 1: back Greg Bell, wide receiver wide receivers Jordan Byrd and

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Speaker 2: Fitzpatrick might have an outside chance. He's playing a lot

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Speaker 2: He just wasn't a numbers game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he comes down to you know, I think Gunder

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Speaker 1: Linebacker Nick kwai Kowski defensive lineman Jonathan Marshall, offensive line McCollum,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, game flashed. I wouldn't getting him on the.

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Speaker 1: Practice squad along with Quincy Rochet.

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Speaker 2: Flashed, he flashed. Yeah, there's a lot of these names.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. When I heard the Gentry news, I thought Williams

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Speaker 2: it's the same thing. But who got cut as opposed

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Speaker 1: Here's this No, not all of them. Because you had

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Speaker 2: Which Anderson wasn't surprising, but he.

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Speaker 2: talked about him a lot yesterday Tackle Project, but really

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Speaker 1: The other six guys who were on the on that

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Speaker 2: I'm really impressed Gentry. I know a lot of people

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Speaker 1: I'm just a little bit surprised in that he at

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Speaker 2: Did everything ask of him.

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Speaker 2: As they should be. I mean, what you're getting, you're

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Speaker 1: Went out and signed Hassenawer got signed in free agency,

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Speaker 1: There aren't I saw Zach Banner at a tryout for somebody.

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Speaker 1: Like there are Nobody has offensive lineman.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's just I think sometimes with the

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Speaker 2: And they all made the team.

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Speaker 2: This year and they had and they're not that much

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Speaker 2: So I think they were happy with how last year's

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Speaker 2: You mean for practice squad or on the fifty three.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, trade a punter.

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Speaker 2: then fifth set. You're right, it was gonna make your

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Speaker 2: They probably do have a player on speed dial, not

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Speaker 1: Uh No, they had guys have to clear waivers, okay, okay,

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Speaker 2: Tomorrow tomorrow, Okay. So if somebody gets.

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Speaker 2: That kind of stuff didn't because yeah, yeah, que yea,

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Speaker 1: Like some of these guys that got released.

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Speaker 2: And they don't have to return, they yeah.

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Speaker 1: That conversation took place though that you know, hey, we'd

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Speaker 2: Or you're a priority to come. Yeah, you know, that's

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Speaker 2: what we really want is for you to be part of,

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Speaker 1: Because you get sixteen guys on that practice squad, I

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Speaker 2: Then you're right. I mean, somebody will take man spot,

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Speaker 1: There's always that, Yeah, and that changes the I mean

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Speaker 2: The third guys that always say.

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Speaker 2: I've been talking about that last couple days on many outlets.

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Speaker 1: And you're not safe yet you're so.

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Speaker 2: Happy, you know, like you probably didn't sleep all last night,

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Speaker 2: you know, the turks knocking.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's good with a knife and man, and then

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Speaker 2: who I survived And then you get to call like

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Speaker 2: Joe Hayden or whatever. You know. So those things happen

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Interesting, But there's a lot more to happen, probably these

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you're gonna see you're gonna see stuff

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Speaker 1: reverse order of last year's standing. So basically it's the

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Speaker 2: Way You're right, traded back. They're number one. They're number one, yeah,

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Speaker 1: look at this and say, okay, who do we have?

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Speaker 1: Where do we have these guys ranked? It's like the

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Speaker 1: biggest free agent pool ever ever.

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Speaker 2: I mean it's a flood.

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Speaker 1: There's like a thousand players on the market right now

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Speaker 2: Hundred of them you knew were getting cut, you know

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's the one name that I thought could

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Speaker 2: or not. But if a Card gets cut, or anyone

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Speaker 2: have to inherit his contract though, right, you know.

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Speaker 1: If he's a veteran. If he's veteran, yes, and those

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Speaker 2: Like if somebody wants to pick up Gentry, he's been

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Speaker 2: they would pick up the contract the Steelers signed him

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Speaker 1: Or for Hoko, no, I don't know, they can sign

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Speaker 2: I mean if they pick him up in the next

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Speaker 1: Hours, they don't have to clear waivers.

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Speaker 2: Though Gentry and Forojoko don't.

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Speaker 1: Fojoko may because he's not a he spent a lot

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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, okay, that's where he GE's where I'm confusing

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Speaker 1: You do not. He's a free agent.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I was thinking he cleared waivers, then they gave him.

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Speaker 1: Now, you don't have to clear waivers if you're if.

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Speaker 2: You're for, that's better for players. You would see why

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Speaker 2: what else is going on here. I mean, the gunner

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Speaker 2: I didn't know the gunner would. Riley must have made it.

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Speaker 1: Elijah Ally's on you, okay, and they kept both Nickel

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Speaker 2: So other than that, I don't know that there's a

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well that and I'm keeping two punters.

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Speaker 2: And pullback curtain when we were camp Max Sarks, who

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Speaker 1: Well, you know, young offensive tackle tackle. He was Okay,

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Speaker 1: Thank you for the quarterback in college too. Really really

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Speaker 1: kind of like this the gentry thing, except he moved

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Speaker 1: offensive tackle.

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Speaker 2: H Yeah, that's crazy. Filling a waiver one of these guys. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: right right, just keeps growing and growing. Yeah. Cool.

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Speaker 1: So anyway, we're going to take a break. He is

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Speaker 1: Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lallie. You're listening to the

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Speaker 1: drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. Uh, we'll be back

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Speaker 1: with more right after this on your.

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Speaker 3: Twenty four to seven home of the Black and Gold

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Speaker 3: Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. I'm Dale Lalli. Uh. He is Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully we don't have guns or crazy or crazy. Actually,

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Speaker 1: you know, we probably shinned it better with actual rose

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Speaker 1: in the Apparently.

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Speaker 2: It was a little hard to hear it's the first segment,

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Speaker 2: but I guess there was some ausie going on and

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Speaker 2: all our friends at TV were invading us.

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Speaker 1: So we enjoyed DV.

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Speaker 2: I love DV. Hard to do both at once.

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Speaker 4: Oh well, so let's repeat everything we just said on

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Speaker 4: the last so much good stuff to say.

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Speaker 1: We were we just killed it was we broke news.

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Speaker 2: We you know right, it all happened right at once.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, so obviously it's cut down day and a

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Speaker 1: lot of stuff going on here, a lot of coming,

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Speaker 1: a lot of going. Yeah uh, there'll be some guys

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Speaker 1: coming back here to the Steelers within the next twenty

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Speaker 1: four hours from now, though they can announce their or

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Speaker 1: begin to announce their practice squad. I can't tell you

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Speaker 1: they are practicing tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Okay, you mentioned this last segment in case people did

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Speaker 2: hear it, So they won't have the practice squad tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: They will not yet because they're practicing. They're practicing tomorrow morning,

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Speaker 1: so I think they're done at like twelve or twelve thirty,

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Speaker 1: so they won't have a practice squad. And then they're

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Speaker 1: taking the weekend off. They're off Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Thursday, Friday,

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Speaker 1: Saturday Sunday, they get they get a four day weekend

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Speaker 1: before they then come back in niner week. Yeah, then

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Speaker 1: it's officially Niner week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'm sure they're practicing Niner stuff now of course.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, interesting, Okay, But.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they'll practice tomorrow as I mentioned in the previous segment,

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Speaker 1: and maybe you heard it, maybe it did, But they'll

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Speaker 1: have just the fifty three guys that are on the

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Speaker 1: roster to practice.

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Speaker 2: With, so including two punters apparently, or at the at

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Speaker 2: least for the moment.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's part is really interesting, there really is.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that doesn't happen and they have to have

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Speaker 1: a deal that's close to being done.

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Speaker 2: They have to. There's no other way around that for me. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's not like Harvin's got a hamstring and he's going

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Speaker 2: to miss one week, so we're going to keep two

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Speaker 2: punters for one week. I don't think there's any of

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Speaker 2: those things that I know of.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so I would think, you know, you want to

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Speaker 1: bring a guy like Braden Foko, you'd want to bring

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Speaker 1: back some.

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Speaker 2: Of these you know, maybe gentry.

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Speaker 1: Maybe Gentry comes back onto the fifty three man. Maybe

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Speaker 1: when a guy like for Hoko is on your practice squad,

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Speaker 1: and yeah, games there may be games where you want

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Speaker 1: him like maybe when you're playing the Browns with Nick Chobb. Okay,

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Speaker 1: we need to we need a more stout run stopping

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Speaker 1: no step although I'll be honest U Benton runs right.

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Speaker 2: They just have won too many at that position.

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Speaker 1: He was like the highest graded Night's Pro Football Focus.

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Speaker 2: I get it.

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Speaker 1: He was like the highest graded interior defensive lineman against

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Speaker 1: a run. The whole preseason. He was like throwing guys

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Speaker 1: out of it. He was like a bouncer in the

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Speaker 1: bar destroying midnight, you know, and then there a fight

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Speaker 1: breaks out and he's just throwing guys left and right.

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Speaker 1: So he could be really good.

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Speaker 2: Really good, really good. I was about to say, I

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Speaker 2: think for Hoko is the best football player they let go.

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Speaker 2: So if you could throw them on the practice squad

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Speaker 2: just because he's valuable, great, But stuff being a nose,

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Speaker 2: you know, right, and Benton absolutely can do it. It's

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Speaker 2: only a matter of time before he takes that job

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Speaker 2: and or a rotational spot. I'm not certain he can't

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Speaker 2: push Ogan Jobie now for Nickel duty stuff like that.

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Speaker 2: I mean, the way he looks, you gotta get him

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Speaker 2: on a field.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so. The only that was one of

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Speaker 1: the the only things that didn't happen in the preseason

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Speaker 1: was getting to see Keanu Benton against first team.

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Speaker 2: Guys because he didn't play the Bills game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he missed the Bills game and so that was

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Speaker 1: the one thing.

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Speaker 2: But he doesn't played against like Cody Mock though he dominated.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there were guys out there that are gonna that

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Speaker 1: are on NFL rosters as we speak. But he beat

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Speaker 1: up all.

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Speaker 2: He destroyed, He destroyed him. He was an absolute wrecking ball.

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Speaker 2: His brightest spot as there was from this whole preseason

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Speaker 2: in my opinion. Yeah, so great player, both killing it,

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Speaker 2: killing it.

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Speaker 1: I don't pat myself in the back with that one,

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Speaker 1: but I love both of those guys. In the draft process,

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Speaker 1: I had.

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Speaker 2: Some doubts about her big, I did not have any

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Speaker 2: about Betton. I have very little doubts about either at

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Speaker 2: the moments. Yeah, you were very high on both. So

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Speaker 2: interesting stuff. Cook making the team.

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Speaker 1: Cook making the team to me is the biggest surprise,

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Speaker 1: you know. Again, not that he didn't deserve it or

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Speaker 1: anything like that.

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Speaker 2: But no, they have very high hopes for him. I mean,

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Speaker 2: I'm not saying it'd be the future All Pro tackle

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Speaker 2: or something, but if he they must think he has

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Speaker 2: starter traits or the potential to be a swing guy

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Speaker 2: sooner than later.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm sure he.

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Speaker 2: Won't be active on game day. That's fine, you know,

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Speaker 2: but he played so many snaps in the preseason. You

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Speaker 2: expose a potentially important tackle, someone's gonna grab them.

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Speaker 1: So let's go over. Well, we have I have it

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Speaker 1: here in front of me. Okay. At wide receiver, the

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Speaker 1: Steelers have Deontay Johnson, Miles Boyken, Alan Robinson, Calvin Austin, Gunner,

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Speaker 1: Ol Sewsky, and George Pickens.

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Speaker 2: Okay, that's six, right, yep. I would think again, I'm

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Speaker 2: not wishing anything bad on Gunner, but we did mention

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Speaker 2: last segment, if you've heard it or not, that sometimes

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Speaker 2: you celebrate you made the team and then you're in trouble.

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Speaker 2: I don't think that'll be the case. I don't think

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Speaker 2: that's because they have two punters.

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Speaker 1: See here's here's one of the reasons why I think

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Speaker 1: you keep Gunner. Al Chefsky Calvin Austin is penciled in

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Speaker 1: as the punt returner. What if he starts fumbling? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and I don't want to wish that on him. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he was dynamic in the preseason. I think he has

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to be potentially a Pro Bowl slash all

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Speaker 1: Pro return guy because he has that kind of burst

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Speaker 1: and but he's never done at the NFL level.

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Speaker 2: No, but I also think you could find one in

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Speaker 2: Week five somewhere.

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Speaker 1: But if you got one on your roster, that makes

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Speaker 1: it much easier that you know.

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Speaker 2: I don't know how much teams Gunners plays though he's

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Speaker 2: a tough guy. He's definitely a tough guy. I mean

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Speaker 2: I could say, I know they like his make up

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Speaker 2: a lot.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, and I think I also think that

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Speaker 1: the quarterbacks trust him.

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Speaker 2: There's something to be said for that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think there's something, you know. I mean, yeah,

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Speaker 1: he is he a dynamic playmaker. No, but he does

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Speaker 1: everything that he's supposed to do. Like he's done nothing

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Speaker 1: that you look at and go, well, you know, okay,

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Speaker 1: he's done everything that they wanted them to do.

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Speaker 2: He blocks, and he's not a big guy. He throws

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Speaker 2: his body around a lot. I don't know if he

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Speaker 2: runs down on kickoffs and puns.

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Speaker 1: I think he could.

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Speaker 2: I think he could. I'm not sure if that's in

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Speaker 2: a mix or not, So I'd be curious about that.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he was a former defensive back. It's not

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Speaker 1: like he's never tackled anybody.

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Speaker 2: I think the makeup is absolutely there.

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Speaker 1: He's a converted wide receiver.

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Speaker 2: Like he did go to a Pro Bowl as a returner.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he was All Pro. They get they got two

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Speaker 1: all Pro return guys on the roster and neither one

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Speaker 1: of whom is going to be returning. Uh. On that

602
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Speaker 1: offensive line, we mentioned Dan Moore, Junior, Isaac Samalo, Mason Cole,

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Speaker 1: James Daniels, Chooks, a corps for Broderick Jones, Nate her Big,

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Speaker 1: Dylan Cook, Spencer Anderson.

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Speaker 2: I like it again, totally different. A lot of new bodies,

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Speaker 2: as you mentioned last segment, which is crazy, the twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty one group, it's only more and.

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Speaker 1: Shoots from two years ago, from two years.

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Speaker 2: Ago, two years ago the nine So seven new bodies

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Speaker 2: to make the roster from the last two years and

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Speaker 2: what four from last year?

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Speaker 1: Four from this year. I mean yeah from you know,

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Speaker 1: Sam Wallow, Herbig Cook and and Anderson. We're not on

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Speaker 1: anybody's radar a year ago here.

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Speaker 2: Wow, Okay, So I like where they're at there.

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Speaker 1: That's it. That's a big makeover at tight end. It's

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Speaker 1: now friar Mouth. Connor Hayward, Darnel Washington.

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Speaker 2: All very very different. I think they're all very good player.

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Speaker 1: In the Friar Moose a three year veteran. Hayward is

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Speaker 1: a second year guy. Washington is a one. Yeah. The

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Speaker 1: rookie a rookie ye again Turtle makeover, Yes.

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Speaker 2: Right, okay, And I think that's a really strong room

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Speaker 2: in the future.

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Speaker 1: Running back is Najie Harris, Jalen Moren and Anthony McFarland.

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Speaker 2: And it's noteworthy that Hayward could get you out of

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Speaker 2: a game there too, Yeah, easily.

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Speaker 1: And he's also listed at full back there quarterback does

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Speaker 1: nothing changed at quarterback and still pick it Trubisky Rudolph.

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Speaker 2: Do you think they'll pick up a fourth one for

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Speaker 2: the practice squad? I don't know why you would.

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Speaker 1: Uh yeah, there's no real need to.

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Speaker 2: Rather have an extra center or something or or anything,

633
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Speaker 2: you know, receiver.

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Speaker 1: On the defensive side of things, Cameron Hayward, Montrevius Adams,

635
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Speaker 1: Larry Ogan, Jobi, Isaiah Loudermilk to Marvin leel Our Mom

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Speaker 1: wats kean U Benton.

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Speaker 2: So they used to always keep six. We thought seven

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Speaker 2: was almost.

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Speaker 1: With that with that group. Yeah, and that's a good group.

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Speaker 2: That's a really good group. It's also a nice blend

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Speaker 2: of youth, like when when experience.

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Speaker 1: Watts might be your number seven.

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Speaker 2: Guy, yeah, or louder Milk maybe or yeah.

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Speaker 1: It depends on those guys.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, who's active week one?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, who's who's gonna be the inactive guy. They're gonna

647
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Speaker 1: be fighting that out all season long.

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Speaker 2: No, that that's a real good group. Yeah, and the

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Speaker 2: Edge group's even better.

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Speaker 1: Apparently they just fixed the court. According to Mark Primavera,

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Speaker 1: who I we appreciate you getting getting in contact with it.

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Speaker 1: We're no longer playing music over top of the show

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Speaker 1: here had we for the last time. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: We can't hear it here.

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Speaker 2: I have no idea. We're just sitting here in our

656
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Speaker 2: little booth. Uh.

657
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Speaker 1: Outside linebacker, No surprise there, t J. Watt, Marcus Golden,

658
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 1: Alex Heismith, Nick Krbig.

659
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Speaker 2: Great group, easy one. Yeah, there's outside chance a fifth

660
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,440
Speaker 2: guy snuck on there, Perilous or Rochet. Yeah. They seem

661
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 2: like practice squad.

662
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 1: The same thing. At inside linebacker. This was Hulcombe, A Landon, Roberts,

663
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:24,240
Speaker 1: Kwant Alexander, Mark.

664
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Speaker 2: Robinson mus got let go the other day. Yeah, Kwakowski

665
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Speaker 2: just today.

666
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 1: So completely. I mean Robinson's the only guy. He's going

667
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:32,720
Speaker 1: to carry over, the only carryover. But we knew that

668
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Speaker 1: was going to happen. This was not a surprise.

669
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Speaker 2: People listen know me. I don't call TJ. Watt a linebacker.

670
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Speaker 2: But if you call all those guys linebackers, there's only Robinson,

671
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Speaker 2: Watt and high Smith from last year. Yeah. I mean

672
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,840
Speaker 2: there's two new ones down the edge, right, good point

673
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:53,760
Speaker 2: by you. Once in a while happens here there.

674
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Speaker 1: At cornerback Levi Wallace, James Pierre, Patrick Peterson, Joey Porter Jr.

675
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 1: Chandon Sullivan, and they're calling Elijah Riley and Nickel. He's

676
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 1: really safety.

677
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 2: Okay, so there's six of them. If we call Riley

678
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Speaker 2: a corner, I.

679
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 1: Mean he did play cornerbacking at ARM I mean he's

680
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 1: a nickel.

681
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 2: I think he's gonna line up in the slot, which

682
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 2: is more of a corner. I don't care what we

683
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Speaker 2: call him. You get six.

684
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Speaker 1: I still think that that might be one spot where

685
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,800
Speaker 1: they looked at somebody, but there's a lot of teams that.

686
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 2: Are everyone wants a corner, Yeah, they're looking for corner

687
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 2: that might cost you a fifth round pick or something.

688
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 2: If you're gonna go get another edge, I mean, not

689
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 2: a slot. I think you'd want an outside, an outside guy. Yeah,

690
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 2: and then I think Pierre might be in trouble. Right,

691
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 2: he's a he is calling court special teams. But maybe

692
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 2: we should even go over that at some point in

693
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Speaker 2: the next hour or so the core special teamers, Well, we.

694
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Speaker 1: Can do that maybe in the next thing.

695
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Speaker 2: Yeah.

696
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, So it's safety. It's making Fitzpatrick, demonte Kyz, Kean

697
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,080
Speaker 1: O'Neil and Miles Killerbrew.

698
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,640
Speaker 2: Who is exactly that core special teamer who can get

699
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,960
Speaker 2: get you out of a game. He's better on the block.

700
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Speaker 2: If a safety was available, would you consider it.

701
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Speaker 1: Well, Riley can play safety for you, and he's actually

702
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 1: lined up and played some safety and Peterson Yeah, and

703
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 1: Peterson can do that for you. So I think they

704
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 1: got some guys there. Yeah, it's the outside cornerbacksit. I mean,

705
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,880
Speaker 1: you've got a bunch of guys like Wante Demonte Kyz

706
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,480
Speaker 1: can play the slot for your tragedy strike right right.

707
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,760
Speaker 2: You know, the outside corner is an injury away.

708
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 1: That's where yeah, that's where you know Corey Trice getting

709
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,240
Speaker 1: hurt really hurt this team with a nice of him

710
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:30,320
Speaker 1: because he would have made this roster.

711
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 2: And we brought this up to I think even yesterday,

712
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Speaker 2: what if Porter's not quite ready for prime time or

713
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 2: Peterson no longer is ready for prime time? And then

714
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Speaker 2: you got problems.

715
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Speaker 1: Porters said they're not gonna have a choice. Porter's going

716
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 1: to play, Peterson is going to play.

717
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,960
Speaker 2: That could potentially be your weakest part of the.

718
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 1: But that's where your past rush comes into play. You better, yeah,

719
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Speaker 1: you better be able to get there.

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Speaker 2: And they hide those guys well, and yeah, they're not

721
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Speaker 2: gonna leave one.

722
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Speaker 1: I'm not convinced a guy like Channon Sullivan can't play

723
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: some outside.

724
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 2: I'm sure to get you out of a game type

725
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:01,560
Speaker 2: of thing.

726
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's not a tiny guy. He's five to

727
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 1: eleven's and ninety pounds. Yeah, so obviously the special team situation,

728
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 1: Presley Harving, Chris Boswell, Christian Koontz, and as we mentioned,

729
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:17,160
Speaker 1: Braden Man also still on this fifty three man roster.

730
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Speaker 1: Something is in the works.

731
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 2: Something's in the works. Again. I'm not sure if everyone's

732
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,320
Speaker 2: able to hear us clear enough, but it has to

733
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 2: be a trade.

734
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,720
Speaker 1: There has to be a trade coming up here.

735
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,400
Speaker 2: Any chance Harvin gets traded, I don't think so.

736
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,720
Speaker 1: But I mean he's the better player, right. You know

737
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,360
Speaker 1: if somebody said, hey, we'll give you a three for

738
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 1: for Presley Harven and you thought it was close. I

739
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: don't think it was in training camp. But if you

740
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 1: thought it was close, then you said, okay, well, okay,

741
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 1: they've done that in the past.

742
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Speaker 2: I mean hypothetical, if you could get a four for

743
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 2: Harvin or a six for Man, then you got to

744
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 2: go back to driving board and say, I don't know,

745
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 2: you know.

746
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 1: See, I don't know if I don't know if a

747
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 1: four would do it for me. He's a punter, I know,

748
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 1: but I is the four that much better than the

749
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,480
Speaker 1: It is better than the six, I get it.

750
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Speaker 2: I mean, if Man's a B minus and he's a

751
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:01,719
Speaker 2: B plus.

752
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 1: I think Harvin has a chance to be better than that.

753
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:04,480
Speaker 2: I think he could be.

754
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 1: I mean, there were they gave up nothing on punt

755
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 1: returns last year. They had the second best punt coverage

756
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 1: teams in the league last year and a big reason

757
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,000
Speaker 1: for that was Presley Harvin and Miles Boykin.

758
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,919
Speaker 2: And he was better in camp in the preseason too. Yeah,

759
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:21,480
Speaker 2: and then he has been and he's really come into

760
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,799
Speaker 2: his own. Plus he's cheap. Yeah, he's start to wow too, yeah,

761
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:25,720
Speaker 2: which is tremendous.

762
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,720
Speaker 1: The man is expensive, right, You're.

763
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 2: Not gonna spend five million on a punter. But still,

764
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,440
Speaker 2: I mean that that's also adds to the attraction of Harvin.

765
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 1: Yeah. So that's the Steelers fifty three man roster as

766
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 1: we sit here for now. For now, that will change

767
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 1: over the next twenty four hours to forty eight hours

768
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 1: as they you know, see, if they claim anybody.

769
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:47,839
Speaker 2: You know, Man's probably going out the door.

770
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 1: Man will probably be traded, which will add then an

771
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Speaker 1: open roster spot for somebody else to be brought back

772
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,640
Speaker 1: or somebody to be signed from the outside.

773
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:59,279
Speaker 2: If if you were in charge and Team X says,

774
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 2: I'm gonna give a fifth round picks whatever, a pick

775
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:05,359
Speaker 2: for man, not a player. What former Steeler Now would

776
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 2: you first? Who would be on speed out for you? Gentry?

777
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:14,440
Speaker 1: Probably Gentry yeah yeah, probably useful yeah, or you know,

778
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 1: unless you really like one of those defensive backs.

779
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 2: I wanted, maybe extra defensive back may yeah, Train Norwood

780
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 2: or something would possibly yeah, Okay.

781
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 1: I mean those would be the two guys that I

782
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: would look at.

783
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 2: Then you're very familiar with them. It's more than just one,

784
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,520
Speaker 2: you know, training camp of seeing them, you haven't you

785
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 2: drafted him.

786
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,319
Speaker 1: Although I like when I saw Luke Barku not bad.

787
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 2: He could be an outside guy too. Yeah, he could

788
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 2: push Pierre.

789
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 1: Yeah.

790
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 2: I mean I'm not sure who's one hundred percent better

791
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 2: right now.

792
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:40,799
Speaker 1: I mean you have to, Yeah, you have to figure

793
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,320
Speaker 1: out who you know, which one of those guys you

794
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,320
Speaker 1: can get onto your practice squad and things of that nature.

795
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,360
Speaker 1: But they saw their offensive line debt this year. I

796
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,680
Speaker 1: mean they talking about how they were gonna have to

797
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,000
Speaker 1: cut a good defensive or a good offensive lineman.

798
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 2: They didn't.

799
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,200
Speaker 1: They didn't have to cut any of them.

800
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 2: I'm happy Cook still here. Yeah. More, I think that

801
00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 2: through forty minutes after it became I know, I think

802
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,799
Speaker 2: that's a nice asset to keep on the team. And

803
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:04,959
Speaker 2: I hope he doesn't play one snap this year. Yeah,

804
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 2: just continue to develop, Just keep developing.

805
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 1: Hey, They've had a long history of developing these guys.

806
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 1: And you know when I had my interview with Spencer

807
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: Anderson early a couple of weeks ago training camp, and

808
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,160
Speaker 1: I mentioned that to him, and he was well aware

809
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 1: of that lineage of guys who have Yeah, you spend

810
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,160
Speaker 1: a couple of years learning and then you know, you

811
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 1: finally get your spot, gets your chance Chris Hubards of

812
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 1: the world. I think Pat Myer is doing a great jow.

813
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 2: I was about to say the exact same thing too,

814
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 2: like Munchak was special and is considered like an all

815
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 2: time great line coach. But I think they have a

816
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 2: really good one now too. Yeah.

817
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,360
Speaker 1: Absolutely, we're gonna take a break. He is Matt Williams

818
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,440
Speaker 1: and I am Dale Lolly. Hopefully we have our sound

819
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,919
Speaker 1: issues fixed here now, but we're gonna take a break.

820
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,840
Speaker 1: We'll be back with more right after this. On the

821
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Speaker 1: Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.

822
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Speaker 3: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

823
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 3: your twenty four to seven home of the Black and

824
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,760
Speaker 3: Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. I'm Dale Allie. He is Matt Williamson, and

826
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,400
Speaker 1: this is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio. And Matt

827
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:11,440
Speaker 1: just looking around here at some things that happened and furious.

828
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 1: The Patriots cut both so weird they cut cunning him

829
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:17,280
Speaker 1: the kid, the Malie Cunning.

830
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:20,000
Speaker 2: Him understandable, not as giant shock, he's not a very

831
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:20,760
Speaker 2: good They also.

832
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,319
Speaker 1: Cut Bailey's appy. They have one quarterback on the roster

833
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 1: right now.

834
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,799
Speaker 2: Have one quarterback on the roster when everyone's keeping three.

835
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Speaker 1: It's a bold strategy cutting. Let's see if it works.

836
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 2: So I found it funny last year that everyone, especially

837
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 2: Patriot Nation, was losing their mind over Bailey's appy. Yeah,

838
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,759
Speaker 2: he came in and did a couple little things. I

839
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,600
Speaker 2: thought he was not an NFL caliber quarterback.

840
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,839
Speaker 1: And I agree, no harm.

841
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,959
Speaker 2: No physicality, et cetera, blah blahlah blah. But I didn't

842
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 2: think he'd get cut, you know, and go to go

843
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 2: with one with one.

844
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Speaker 1: They got to be bringing again, today's.

845
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:57,839
Speaker 2: A Colt McCoy or somebody like that, or.

846
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,279
Speaker 1: You know, they needed to get somebody. I don't know

847
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,799
Speaker 1: if what their roster situation is somebody hurt that they

848
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,399
Speaker 1: have to wait and get them on and they don't

849
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:06,759
Speaker 1: think anybody will pick bailey zappy ups, which tells you

850
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:10,399
Speaker 1: a lot. I don't know if somebody what they feel about, like.

851
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:12,839
Speaker 2: They know what the league think Bailey's appy. You're right,

852
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 2: I don't know. We may hear the last of Bailey's appy,

853
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:16,920
Speaker 2: which wouldn't break my heart either.

854
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:19,600
Speaker 1: He gets Bailly's appy.

855
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:23,800
Speaker 2: Nothing you don't know. I mean, like on my podcast

856
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 2: is not just Steelers. You know how many questions I

857
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:29,760
Speaker 2: got last year? Is Bailey z appy? The next Tom Brady?

858
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 2: Is he gonna than mac Jones?

859
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:36,759
Speaker 1: Like, come on, guys, anytime a late round quarterback?

860
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 2: Patriot?

861
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:41,080
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, yeah does anything? The first comparison is

862
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 1: the best quarterback of all time?

863
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:43,799
Speaker 2: Of all time?

864
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Speaker 4: Right, I mean, because that makes perfect said rock party people.

865
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Speaker 4: I mean, some of it's a fun conversation, but like

866
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 4: this year is even who's this year's rock party is?

867
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 2: Maybe the most? Is the question you get the most?

868
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Speaker 1: I mean, it doesn't happen every year.

869
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:04,719
Speaker 2: No, He's a tremendous story, and I don't know the

870
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:06,040
Speaker 2: way down as long.

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00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:07,520
Speaker 1: People are going to be saying that at the end

872
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:08,160
Speaker 1: of this season.

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00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,239
Speaker 2: I think Sam Donald's gonna be the.

874
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,359
Speaker 1: Guy there eventually. I think so too.

875
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 2: Like in my Deep Dives, the leagues I picked him

876
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:15,719
Speaker 2: up left and right. I mean, I think they love

877
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:19,000
Speaker 2: Sam Donald, but we have plenty of the Niners talk ahead.

878
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 1: So uh, the Ravens released Melvin Gordon.

879
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 2: Saw that Comming Hill's the guy that they.

880
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:27,880
Speaker 1: Like he doesn't play any special teams.

881
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 2: His ship probably sailed. He was on free agent market

882
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:32,120
Speaker 2: for a long time too.

883
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:35,279
Speaker 1: They also released some some defensive back. So if you

884
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,000
Speaker 1: got if you were a defensive back and you got

885
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 1: released by the Ravens who don't have any defensive backs, shot, yeah,

886
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,840
Speaker 1: you're probably not in good shape. Just looking here, just

887
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: look at the division. Cincinnati released Trevor Simeon.

888
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 2: I wonder if that's a McCoy landing spot maybe. I

889
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 2: mean there's probably one or two or Wentz who's unemployed,

890
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 2: because Wentz was rumored to be interested. The Chiefs were

891
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:58,000
Speaker 2: interested in Wentz, I heard a day or two ago.

892
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,200
Speaker 2: Those kind of guys might get picked up soon. Yeah,

893
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:02,560
Speaker 2: dudes that you can play with.

894
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,200
Speaker 1: Just looking here to see if there's anybody else there

895
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:08,439
Speaker 1: one right now? Right? I mean, I mean that tells

896
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: you that they feel pretty good that Burrow is going

897
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 1: to play that one.

898
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 2: Actually good news for them, probably because they don't even

899
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:21,040
Speaker 2: have like a fifth round pick type guy garbage, any

900
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,280
Speaker 2: other Bengal names of notes.

901
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:27,319
Speaker 1: Release Shock A Hayward. That's a cousin of the cam

902
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:28,400
Speaker 1: and Connor.

903
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 2: He'll be in camp here next year.

904
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:36,400
Speaker 1: Uh, just looking here, anybody else, nobody that's played in

905
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:42,320
Speaker 1: the league name. The Browns released h Dimitric Felton. That

906
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 1: was a guy that had buzz around him.

907
00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:48,319
Speaker 2: Gadgety receiver. I don't want to say Dree Archer. I mean,

908
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,080
Speaker 2: but he's little. Is he a running back? Is he

909
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,400
Speaker 2: a receiver? Interesting?

910
00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:55,799
Speaker 1: They also released Anthony Schwartz, who was about a fourth

911
00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:57,439
Speaker 1: round draft for two years ago.

912
00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,799
Speaker 2: To be with you, Yeah, super fast, like I think

913
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:03,200
Speaker 2: he fastest or second guy at the combo catch a No,

914
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:07,319
Speaker 2: he's a straight line outside the numbers burner that you know.

915
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:08,239
Speaker 2: It doesn't do enough?

916
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, value, Yeah, I'm not seeing anybody else here for

917
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:14,600
Speaker 1: them that jumps out at me.

918
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:15,440
Speaker 2: Interesting.

919
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 1: We know the Steelers guys, uh looking here at the

920
00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:25,520
Speaker 1: AFC South, nothing jumping out there. Kenyan Drake and Drake Funk,

921
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 1: Jake Funk, I should say Kenyan Drake and Jake Funk.

922
00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: Try saying those together. Both got released in Indianapolis.

923
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,560
Speaker 2: Both go okay, I mean, but right now there is

924
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:37,160
Speaker 2: Indianapolis News. I know we're up against it here with

925
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:41,080
Speaker 2: the segment, but supposedly they put this deadline if if

926
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:43,719
Speaker 2: Jonathan Taylor is going to get traded, it has to

927
00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:46,720
Speaker 2: happen by four o'clock on Tuesday, so he didn't.

928
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:48,920
Speaker 1: He's still on the pup list. So he's out the

929
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: first four weeks.

930
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,279
Speaker 2: Not playing the first four weeks. Yeah, so if you

931
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 2: trade for him now, you can't just take him off

932
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 2: the pup list. I mean, he is not going to

933
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 2: play the first four weeks no matter who he is

934
00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:01,920
Speaker 2: employed with. But they don't any Rnny nor Zach. Moss

935
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 2: has a broken forearm foe arm, and the Bills basically

936
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 2: gave him away a year ago. I kind of like

937
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 2: Devin Hall from Northwestern. I mean as a fifth sixth

938
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 2: round pick type guy that I think could make any team.

939
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:16,840
Speaker 2: But they're gonna go get a back. Yeah.

940
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 1: Yeah. Former Steeler Henry Mondu got released by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

941
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:28,400
Speaker 1: I don't see anybody else's jump joke here of life,

942
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,719
Speaker 1: uh for the Texans or the Titans here. I don't

943
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 1: see anybody that jumps out for them. They cut Michael

944
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:36,040
Speaker 1: Badgeley mm hmm.

945
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:37,880
Speaker 2: There's been a lot of kickers.

946
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:40,759
Speaker 1: Man three kickers on the roster. Three and then they

947
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 1: traded for one.

948
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:43,360
Speaker 2: They were one of the teams to trade they traded for.

949
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,760
Speaker 1: They traded for Nick Folk and cut their three kickers.

950
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 2: Okay, I mean as long as you get one. I mean,

951
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 2: however you get there. Fine. That's a lot of kicker

952
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:53,120
Speaker 2: movement lately.

953
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: There has been Elliott Fry and Brett Mayer both got

954
00:42:55,719 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 1: released by Denver. Let's see here, Las, I guess Philip

955
00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:04,440
Speaker 1: Dorsett Keeling Cole both got released. Those guys have been

956
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:05,480
Speaker 1: around the league for a while.

957
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:07,040
Speaker 2: Make you think they're at the end of the road.

958
00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:14,239
Speaker 1: They're probably done. Yeah, the Chargers, I'm not seeing anything that.

959
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 2: I mean, most of these names are going to be

960
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 2: no names of course. Yeah.

961
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 1: I'm just trying to come through for figure out the

962
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,640
Speaker 1: guys who've actually played some NFL snaps and there'll be

963
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:26,160
Speaker 1: a few. Hey, Crowder got released by the Chargers. That

964
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,040
Speaker 1: was a guy that he was here for a bit.

965
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:29,880
Speaker 1: I had a bit of time with the Steelers there

966
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 1: last year. Uh, the Cowboys, the Giants. They released James Robinson.

967
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 2: He's everybody's given up on that.

968
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:41,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, they also released Jamison Crowder.

969
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:45,799
Speaker 2: Really they have one hundred slot receivers. Yeah, I think

970
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:47,760
Speaker 2: he's still an NFL player unless there's injury.

971
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 1: Stuff to help somebody out this year.

972
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:52,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, right, I know they activated Wandel Robinson this morning.

973
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 2: He was on Popper or whatever. Yeah, so he's going

974
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:59,719
Speaker 2: to be there for opening day. But James Robinson. There

975
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 2: was Will saying oh he's better than at N at

976
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,959
Speaker 2: one point, and yeah, he's just a plotter that doesn't

977
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:07,759
Speaker 2: help much on special teams and nobody really wants.

978
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:10,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, the Eagles released Tray Sermon. They also released Zach

979
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:12,799
Speaker 1: Macpherson that get hurt. I think he was hurt.

980
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:18,480
Speaker 2: Maybe they also traded for Albert Alberto. Yeah, there's a

981
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:20,759
Speaker 2: move tight end combine guy.

982
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:27,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, nobody jumping out here for the Washington Commanders, not

983
00:44:27,719 --> 00:44:28,800
Speaker 1: that they have a great roster.

984
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:34,799
Speaker 2: I haven't heard any like big cap cuts though, you like, yeah,

985
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:36,759
Speaker 2: he usually get some of that five million. You know.

986
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:40,000
Speaker 1: Alex Leatherwood got cut by the Bears. He might be

987
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 1: he's just a former first round draft pick.

988
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,719
Speaker 2: He's just a flat out bus. I mean he really is.

989
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:46,640
Speaker 2: I mean, you can't play in the Raiders line or

990
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 2: the Bears line. The writings on the wall, you're just speaking.

991
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 1: Which Denzel Mims got released by the Lions him. Yeah,

992
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:53,960
Speaker 1: another one.

993
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:57,279
Speaker 2: That's probably done, probably done. Yeah, maybe maybe he ends up.

994
00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 1: Somewhere Bobby Hart and German h jerman off if.

995
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:01,600
Speaker 2: Yeah.

996
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:02,920
Speaker 1: I mean those are two guys that have.

997
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:04,799
Speaker 2: They played, they've played a lot of one of their

998
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:06,080
Speaker 2: careers coming to an end.

999
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:10,240
Speaker 1: Two Vikings.

1000
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 2: This is certainly a sad day for those type of

1001
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:13,359
Speaker 2: dudes they kill.

1002
00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:15,839
Speaker 1: Harry got released another you know, the guy's the first

1003
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 1: round draft pick.

1004
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 2: Another bad pick from the Patriots.

1005
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's another team that if if if you're a

1006
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:25,960
Speaker 1: defensive back and you get released by Minnesota because they

1007
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 1: were looking for anything, Yeah, God went into Iguabequay got

1008
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:35,520
Speaker 1: released by Atlanta. He was one of the leading rushers

1009
00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:38,880
Speaker 1: in the preseason. Steelers just saw a lot of him

1010
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:43,359
Speaker 1: last week. J J j ar Sega white Side another guy, Yeah,

1011
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:44,280
Speaker 1: second round.

1012
00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:48,120
Speaker 2: Guy ras on the wall. Now, if you've been on

1013
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:51,200
Speaker 2: a couple of teams, Yes, there was talk that Rager

1014
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,319
Speaker 2: might get cut. He must have just made it with

1015
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:55,640
Speaker 2: the Vikes. Yeah, but he could be on his last

1016
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:58,240
Speaker 2: legs too. Early picks of recent years.

1017
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not seeing a lot here the jumping on.

1018
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 1: I mean, Brian Edwards is another one that was a

1019
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:03,680
Speaker 1: high draft Yeah.

1020
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:05,680
Speaker 2: I kind of liked them coming out of South Carolina.

1021
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:08,000
Speaker 1: And James Washington and Jesse James for the Saints. So

1022
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 1: that the Saints got rid of both former Steelers.

1023
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:11,920
Speaker 2: Okay, I wonder if I would either want to hook

1024
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:12,399
Speaker 2: on maybe.

1025
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:14,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, I got rid of Jalen Smith and Bradley Roby

1026
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:17,560
Speaker 1: as well and Jonathan Abram Like they cut a bunch

1027
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:19,880
Speaker 1: of big like that's the Saints.

1028
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, they have to have cap issues.

1029
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:23,640
Speaker 1: Too, I'm sure they do.

1030
00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:24,319
Speaker 2: They always do.

1031
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:27,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's some at least their name guys. Those are

1032
00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:29,080
Speaker 1: guys that have played a lot of snaps in you.

1033
00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:30,799
Speaker 2: And I don't know if Jesse James anything left, but

1034
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:32,919
Speaker 2: would you have any interest in having him back?

1035
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:35,600
Speaker 1: I don't think rather, Yeah, I'd rather have the younger guy,

1036
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:36,279
Speaker 1: cheaper guy.

1037
00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:37,200
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1038
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:39,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's pretty much it. I'm not seeing. Let's see

1039
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:42,320
Speaker 1: what the San Francisco forty nine ers, since the Steelers

1040
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:45,360
Speaker 1: do play them, and I'm not seeing anybody Anthony or

1041
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:46,799
Speaker 1: rihtt got released.

1042
00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:48,280
Speaker 2: By them, they have any kicker moves or anything.

1043
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:49,080
Speaker 1: No kicker moves.

1044
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:51,360
Speaker 2: No, maybe their kicker is healthy or they're going to

1045
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:52,319
Speaker 2: trade for one or something.

1046
00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:54,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, So they're carrying right now too, that not all

1047
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:56,319
Speaker 1: of their cuts are in because they're in the West

1048
00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:58,239
Speaker 1: Coast that gets a little dicey, but we're gonna take

1049
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:00,839
Speaker 1: another break. He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lawlly.

1050
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:03,240
Speaker 1: You're listening to the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio.

1051
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:06,239
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