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Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson

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Speaker 2: Welcome back.

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Speaker 3: I'm Dale LOLLI he is the Matt Williams and we

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Speaker 3: are at the Ritz Carlton here in Orlando for the

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Speaker 3: NFL Springs.

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Speaker 2: It's right outside of what is at the Palazo State Salon. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Is that that's Plazos And I'm like, yeah, yeah, that's

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Speaker 4: the media room.

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Speaker 2: I guess, yeah, that's it.

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Speaker 3: That is the media room is You can't really see

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Speaker 3: it out the back here, of course you can't see

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Speaker 3: it on the radio at all, but beautiful view here

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Speaker 3: of the rotunda and everything. There's nice, nice little site here.

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Speaker 3: We are going over Matt Miller's Top fifty prospects here

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Speaker 3: on ESPN and the I like the comps, the comp

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Speaker 3: part of it. Yeah, yeah, that's always a fun part

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Speaker 3: of the way. That makes makes me think about the

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Speaker 3: guys a little bit differently as well. Uh So we're

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Speaker 3: up to we did the first twenty five in the

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Speaker 3: previous segment. Now we're down to number twenty six and

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Speaker 3: one of my favorite players in this draft, and that

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Speaker 3: is Cooper Dejene and the comp is leagerious Snead.

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Speaker 2: I like that car. I like that one too.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean we got a We did exactly what

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Speaker 4: we were being, you know, being critical people being guilty

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Speaker 4: of We threw out rod Woods and I mean like, okay,

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Speaker 4: we'll relax you guys. You know, but that's a good one.

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Speaker 4: I mean, Sneid is a physical, physical player. Yeah, Slot,

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Speaker 2: He was a safety. He was as career too.

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Speaker 4: He'll hit, He's big, the gene might be faster, you know,

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Speaker 4: in terms of just straight line speed, might even be

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Speaker 4: a little bit bigger.

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Speaker 3: But in terms of usage, and he offers a return

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Speaker 3: ability as well. Yeah, I don't think the ry tackler

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Speaker 3: all that good stuff. Yeah, I love the player. Love

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Speaker 3: the player. I actually made him my member one corner

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Speaker 3: in our Triple Takes series. I had time now, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: so I had him three and I kept looking at

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Speaker 3: my just doesn't sit right if I'm drafted. That's what

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Speaker 3: I'm taking at twenty seven. Xavier Worthy in the comp

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Speaker 3: is obvious to Shawn Jackson.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I think Tyreek Hill, but I'm glad.

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Speaker 3: I think Jackson makes Jackson's much more And that's why

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Speaker 3: I can't have him at twenty seven. I can't have

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Speaker 3: him over some more established route runners and things of that,

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Speaker 3: and he does that.

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Speaker 2: He's not like he's just a speed guy. That's what

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Speaker 2: I's gonna say.

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Speaker 4: I mean, like Jackson was a really good football player

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Speaker 4: who's also fast, and obviously those two things play off

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Speaker 4: one another. Of course, he wasn't the guy that goes

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Speaker 4: to combine burns, but isn't really a good football player, right,

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Speaker 4: Like Worthy can play.

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Speaker 2: Worthy can play. Yeah, he is worthy of a pick.

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Speaker 2: He's only like one hundred and sixty, but he's That's

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Speaker 2: what I was just going to say.

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Speaker 3: He's five eleven, one hundred and sixty five pounds, which

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Speaker 3: is more like DeShawn Jackson.

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Speaker 4: Right, He's not tree Archer, you know, He's not one

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Speaker 4: of those type of speed guys that's only good in space.

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Speaker 2: But he's little. At twenty eight.

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Speaker 3: He has Darius Robinson, the edge rusher at of Missouri,

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Speaker 3: and I consider him a defensive tackle. When we did

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Speaker 3: our triple tap.

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Speaker 4: That listen is of an end just because NFL dot

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Speaker 4: Com pay, But I think he'll spend more time between

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Speaker 4: the tackles and outside these.

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Speaker 2: Six five to eighty five. But the comp is Cam Jordan.

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Speaker 2: I see that.

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Speaker 4: I mean, Jordan is about that size. He's been used

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Speaker 4: all over the line of scrimmage, interior pass rusher.

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Speaker 2: I get it, I get it. The Saints will like him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, at twenty nine Jackson powers Johnson in the the comps.

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Speaker 3: Frank Ragnow. I'd like to remind people that Frank Ragnow

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Speaker 3: was the twentieth picking the draft in twenty eighteen when

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Speaker 3: he came out by the Detroit Lions, and he had the.

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Speaker 2: Top three center. With the retirement of Kelsey, he might

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I was being conservative with top three.

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Speaker 4: He easily is that power player as well, you know,

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Speaker 4: like a Linderbaum is fifty pounds lighter and a lot

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Speaker 4: more agile and things like that.

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Speaker 2: Jackson powers Johnson has put together. He really is. I me,

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Speaker 2: he's like a coke machine. But he moves really well too. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Second level we can run. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: He was fun to watch at the Senior Bowl, you know.

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Speaker 3: And I talked to him after the after the first

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Speaker 3: practice and like you were like every time there was

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Speaker 2: I was about to say, I love his playing temperament.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, like he sets the tone, first guy in the line,

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Speaker 4: back to the huddle, go go, go, go, energy guy.

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Speaker 3: At thirty he has Graham barton the center from Duke

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Speaker 2: Yeah he's playing that maybe why he's Yeah, he's James.

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Speaker 4: Daniels was part of that that you know, shell game

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Speaker 4: there too, and they never could quite figure it out.

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Speaker 4: We even talked about this, but I'm not one hundred

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Speaker 4: uncertain that he can't be a right tackle.

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Speaker 2: I think he played tackle.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, which I wouldn't draft him at twenty to be

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Speaker 4: a tackle, right, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't include him in this tackle group. No, not

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Speaker 4: But if you're if you were loaded on the interior,

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Speaker 3: Think Dallas, if you're looking at position flexible players, he

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Speaker 3: gives you flexibility to play at any of four spots.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's not gonna left. He's not gonna play left now,

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Speaker 2: not for traditionals.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know but just bringing up Dallas in Miami

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Speaker 4: because they have multiple or three spots on the O line.

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Speaker 2: He's like a blue guy. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Thirty one Nate Wiggins, the cornerback at a Clemson in

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Speaker 3: the comp is Dominic Rogers Cromarty.

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Speaker 2: I like that one.

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Speaker 4: I mean he was a speedster, long man, de man,

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Speaker 4: outside the numbers, dude that didn't love tackling.

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Speaker 3: At thirty two, how about this, so he had the

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Speaker 3: Jackson power Johnson at twenty nine, Graham Barton at thirty

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Speaker 3: he has Zach Fraser at thirty two. So the three

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Speaker 3: Creed Humphrey.

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Speaker 4: Okay, Humphrey's a very agile, tough guy wrestling background as well. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I'm fine with that.

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Speaker 2: So it would be a right handed yeah, Creed Humphrey.

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Speaker 2: Lefty centers, but right like a lefty catcher. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: At thirty three, Edgrian Cooper the linebacker at a Texas

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Speaker 3: A and M and the comp is Jeremiah Owoshu Coromoa.

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Speaker 2: Obviously a bigger version. Say he's bigger. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I think it was the core Moros faster too. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I mean he was a strong safety like speed guy. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: it's not a bad one. No, it's a run and

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Speaker 3: At thirty four, he has Jerson Newton or Johnny Newton

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Speaker 3: as he's being called today.

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

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Speaker 3: He said john He said he prefers Johnny at the

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Speaker 3: at the combine. So, uh yeah, but it's john The

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Speaker 3: given name is jers On. Yeah, but I we'll see

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Speaker 3: him listed as jer on these sites.

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Speaker 4: That's why there's the difference there, just depends on which

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Speaker 2: The comp is Grady Jarrett.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, good one. He's another one hasn't worked out yet.

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Speaker 4: Everyone talks about the gene. Yeah, Newton hasn't done the

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Speaker 4: thing yet just because of injuries. No, Grady Jarrett was

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Speaker 4: would have been drafted much higher today than when he

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know it. There's been more of a precedent

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Speaker 2: for those undersized Aaron Donald Gino Akin types, and he

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Speaker 2: had some past rush abilities. Oh yeah yeah yeah.

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Speaker 3: Uh thirty five Chop Robinson. The address right at Penn

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Speaker 3: State and the comp is Josh Schwet Kay.

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Speaker 2: I would think like a in Dockway or in o

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Speaker 3: He's a better he might be better against a run than

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Speaker 2: Dockway's just a speedball. He's the third player.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but that's what he does well is dead office

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Speaker 4: is great. He's very athletic, not super productive.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 3: At thirty six is key on Coleman. The wide receiver

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Speaker 3: at a Florida State in the comp is Drake London.

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Speaker 2: That's rich for me.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I think London is the tenth to fifteenth

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Speaker 4: best receiver on the planet and his rare separation skills

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Speaker 4: for somebody that big. Coleman to me's a little more contested,

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Speaker 4: but I see what he's going with and he's a

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Speaker 4: big guy that will win.

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Speaker 2: We'll go up and.

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Speaker 4: Get it right Block, I mean physical key on Coleman

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Speaker 4: in round two for you for the Steelers.

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Speaker 2: You in on that? Oh I'd be in on that. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: At thirty seven, Bo Nicks, the quarterback out of Oregon

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Speaker 3: in the comp. I don't get this comp Dak Prescott.

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Speaker 4: Dak doesn't get nearly enough credit for what he does

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Speaker 4: pre snap and cerebral and all those things. And Dak's

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Speaker 4: not as athletic as he used to be or the

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Speaker 4: biggest arm in the league wins above the neck more

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Speaker 4: than people see. It wouldn't be by Calm, but I

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Speaker 4: see where he's going with it. I would see.

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Speaker 3: So he has Michael Penix next in his comp from

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Speaker 3: Michael Penix's Tua Tago Valoa. I think Nix is closer

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Speaker 3: to Tua maybe than Penix's.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, although I would be I would love to see

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Speaker 4: Dak in that Miami offense. Yeah, I mean, two is

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Speaker 4: a really quick processor. That's his, you know, and they

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Speaker 4: built the offense perfectly around him.

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Speaker 2: I wonder I.

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Speaker 4: Think Dak would even be better into Miami offense than Tua,

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Speaker 4: or even better than the than he is in the

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Speaker 4: Dallas offense.

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Speaker 3: Basically, you're saying, yeah, I mean, is he comparing Michael

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Speaker 3: Penix to Tua just because they're.

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Speaker 2: Both left handed? I think so. I think that. I

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Speaker 2: mean Penis at Penix is a down the field thrower.

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Speaker 2: I don't think they're similar at all. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 2: other than being left handed quarterbacks.

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Speaker 4: And I also think my my concern with both of

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Speaker 4: like can they avoid There are very few rushing yards

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Speaker 4: between the two of them at the NFL level. They

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Speaker 4: don't avoid free rushers very well. But Penix is a

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Speaker 4: much better arm talent downfield thrower.

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Speaker 3: At thirty nine he has Xavier Leget the wide receiver

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Speaker 3: out of South Carolina and the compass Jonathan Mingo Hm.

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Speaker 4: Mingo to me is not as fast or as straight

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Speaker 3: At forty four, he has Roman Wilson, the wide receiver

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Speaker 3: At forty six, Junior Colson, the linebacker out of Michigan,

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Speaker 3: At forty eight he has Troy Franklin, the wide receiver

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Speaker 4: I think he's probably faster, better long speed than Johnson.

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Speaker 2: Our coverage here on Steelers Nation Radio. And Matt.

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Speaker 4: We were had a nice conversation there earlier with Rob

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Speaker 4: King of us Steeler moves.

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Speaker 3: There have been some rumors that the Steelers might have

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Speaker 3: It's interesting that he was traded for a third round

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Speaker 2: So why not hold on to him and try to

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Speaker 2: You know, so you know what you're getting. You know

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Speaker 2: what you're getting.

444
00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,280
Speaker 4: So I think a big reason the sneed is not

445
00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:45,000
Speaker 4: a Steeler, though, is they're the highest spending defense in

446
00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,200
Speaker 4: the league in the lowest spending offense. And I don't

447
00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,639
Speaker 4: think you want to make that to continue that balance,

448
00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:51,000
Speaker 4: keep pushing it the other way too.

449
00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,520
Speaker 2: I think you want another balance, and it's not Vegas. Here.

450
00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:56,520
Speaker 4: You're not trying to get you know, players, people to

451
00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,240
Speaker 4: bet on both sides, so you're sixteenth in both. The

452
00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,440
Speaker 4: goal is to win, you know, it doesn't matter where

453
00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,399
Speaker 4: the money goes. But you don't want to be so

454
00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,680
Speaker 4: extreme on one side of spending. It just makes things tough.

455
00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:08,440
Speaker 4: And I think they liked this corner class.

456
00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:12,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, and the corner back position as a whole. We've

457
00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,080
Speaker 3: talked about this before. The variance from year to year

458
00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:18,000
Speaker 3: is tremendous.

459
00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:18,199
Speaker 2: Very volatile.

460
00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,959
Speaker 4: I mean part of this is because Pro Football Focus

461
00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,160
Speaker 4: now exists, which I don't put a lot of stock

462
00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,560
Speaker 4: in their corner grades. But I do think if you

463
00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,480
Speaker 4: pulled a GM or a defensive back coach and said,

464
00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:34,200
Speaker 4: give me the top ten corners of two thousand, give

465
00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,800
Speaker 4: me the top ten corners in twenty twenty, twenty twenty two,

466
00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,320
Speaker 4: in twenty twenty four, I bet there wouldn't be many

467
00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:42,320
Speaker 4: names on all three lists.

468
00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:43,800
Speaker 2: It's really difficult, you know.

469
00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,119
Speaker 3: I had to do the When I did the vote

470
00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,480
Speaker 3: for the Hall of Fame in twenty nineteen, it just

471
00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,000
Speaker 3: so happened to be at the end of the decade,

472
00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,399
Speaker 3: so I also had to vote on the twenty twenty

473
00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:59,000
Speaker 3: ten all decade teams and putting the corners together on

474
00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,640
Speaker 3: that list was like you're looking at it like, Okay,

475
00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:03,199
Speaker 3: you know this guy's making it.

476
00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:04,000
Speaker 2: You know that guy like.

477
00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,040
Speaker 4: I mean Woodson and Dean and those guys are easy.

478
00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:07,440
Speaker 4: Those guys are there's a couple of you do.

479
00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:09,400
Speaker 3: Ones, right, But then you start looking at that third

480
00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,080
Speaker 3: or fourth guy and you're like, okay, there's this guy

481
00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,200
Speaker 3: had a really good two out of five years are

482
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,639
Speaker 3: really good, but the other three were eh. Yeah, you know,

483
00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,480
Speaker 3: so that that was the that was the hard part

484
00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:19,679
Speaker 3: of it.

485
00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:23,879
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a hard position, not to invest in, but

486
00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,360
Speaker 4: to count on a little bit, you know, year to year.

487
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,760
Speaker 4: It's a little bit volatile, and I think part of

488
00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:32,600
Speaker 4: it's because it's so reaction. I think it's the position

489
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,720
Speaker 4: that athleticism means the most. And if I have a

490
00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:39,440
Speaker 4: toe or an ankle or a knee that's eighty percent

491
00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,000
Speaker 4: not one hundred percent, Well maybe that year I'm not

492
00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:45,240
Speaker 4: quite as good, or how do they employ me?

493
00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,800
Speaker 2: You know? What's my pass rush? Like? Yeah, it's like

494
00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:50,280
Speaker 2: what quarterbacks do I play this year? Who do I

495
00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,399
Speaker 2: play this year? Who's my receivers? Am I am?

496
00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,080
Speaker 4: I going up, am I following like Porter? Or I

497
00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,320
Speaker 4: left right in it like Sauce. You know, I mean

498
00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:58,840
Speaker 4: that was you.

499
00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,159
Speaker 3: Know, that was the the interesting or the the very

500
00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,320
Speaker 3: good part about Joey Porter Junior last year's or rookie

501
00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:06,040
Speaker 3: that he showed he could follow guys.

502
00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,840
Speaker 2: That's deep. I mean, that's yeah, that's that.

503
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,240
Speaker 3: That holds like when you're doing that. Now you've shown

504
00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:14,800
Speaker 3: me that that you A you can do it, but

505
00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,840
Speaker 3: B maybe you know that that is better for your

506
00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,399
Speaker 3: long term progression that you're not going to fall off.

507
00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,960
Speaker 4: You know that, Hey, you're going to be a heavy

508
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,280
Speaker 4: man press corner guy against the best guys out there.

509
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,000
Speaker 2: And you showed it at an early age.

510
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,399
Speaker 4: You you went over some hurdles at other corners didn't

511
00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,399
Speaker 4: at your developmental stage.

512
00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:38,119
Speaker 3: After And I think sometimes as well, when when you

513
00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,960
Speaker 3: look at these cornerbacks like maybe Lugeriousnate, I don't know

514
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:46,040
Speaker 3: how different Tennessee's scheme is going to be from Kansas City.

515
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:48,280
Speaker 2: I don't either, And what he was going to.

516
00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:49,479
Speaker 3: You know, what's he going to be asked to do

517
00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,800
Speaker 3: in like he was a you just cover this guy

518
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,520
Speaker 3: like he's he followed number one receivers all season.

519
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:56,680
Speaker 2: Last year into the slot too.

520
00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean right, I mean, is Tennessee going to

521
00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,800
Speaker 3: ask him to do that? And is there how different

522
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:03,240
Speaker 3: is their scheme to be able to do that?

523
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,000
Speaker 4: Like from a Steelers perspective, it would be awesome to

524
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,800
Speaker 4: have two number one corners that follow number one receivers,

525
00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:13,880
Speaker 4: but it's not needed, right, you know, Like it's not like.

526
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,159
Speaker 2: Like if you have two of those guys, you're just

527
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:16,639
Speaker 2: gonna stay on side, That's what I say. Do you

528
00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:18,080
Speaker 2: just make them left right then?

529
00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:20,240
Speaker 3: Or unless you're playing the Bengals and you go, Okay,

530
00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,520
Speaker 3: we want this guy on Higgins, we want this guy

531
00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:22,800
Speaker 3: on that.

532
00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,879
Speaker 4: This guy is a better matchup against this particular receiver.

533
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,280
Speaker 4: It'd be a wonderful flexibility tool, but it might be

534
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,119
Speaker 4: also a bit of a luxury too. Yeah, I mean,

535
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,960
Speaker 4: especially after making the Carolina trade. I mean, I think

536
00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:36,680
Speaker 4: you have your number two corner and I think Day

537
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,000
Speaker 4: two sets up really well to draft another. Yeah, I agree,

538
00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,399
Speaker 4: So I would rather use that resource on offense.

539
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:46,480
Speaker 3: Yeah I would as well, And so you know, would

540
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,840
Speaker 3: be nice to add a guy like that, but yeah,

541
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,359
Speaker 3: not necessary, And you know I'd rather sign him in

542
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,760
Speaker 3: free agency without the pick too. Yeah, you know, the

543
00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,800
Speaker 3: double whammies a little rough. That's the that's the tough part.

544
00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,480
Speaker 3: And you know it goes back to the Justin Fields trade.

545
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,920
Speaker 3: You know, I was not in on trading a day

546
00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 3: to day one or day two pick on that guy.

547
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:08,280
Speaker 2: Yeah.

548
00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,720
Speaker 3: Now when you start saying, well it's a future day

549
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,680
Speaker 3: three pick, okay, now I'm in. Now I'm interested because

550
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,359
Speaker 3: I'm probably you know, and the Steelers haven't done anything

551
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:19,200
Speaker 3: with him yet, and they're gonna have to make a decision,

552
00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:22,240
Speaker 3: you know, early May, whether they pick up that fifty

553
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,199
Speaker 3: year option. I would guess that they do not at

554
00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,840
Speaker 3: twenty five million dollars. They have to also make that

555
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:32,680
Speaker 3: decision on Najie Harris. But you can you can sign

556
00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:36,800
Speaker 3: those guys to long term deals, to extensions of course,

557
00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:38,600
Speaker 3: take that out of the equation.

558
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, and now he's a Steeler, you're to get to

559
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,679
Speaker 2: know him better and you're more communications with him.

560
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,800
Speaker 4: You could wait a couple of weeks, be like, I'm

561
00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:48,680
Speaker 4: in on what he's doing. I'll offer him a contract

562
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,159
Speaker 4: before that May second, or doesn't even have to be

563
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,000
Speaker 4: there's no deadline for offering the contract, right, you can

564
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:55,000
Speaker 4: do the training camp.

565
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, Yeah, like the Ravens. That's the Ravens could have

566
00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,480
Speaker 3: done that with Patrick Queen. They could have said, hey, Patrick,

567
00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:03,040
Speaker 3: we weren't gonna We're not going to give you that

568
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,480
Speaker 3: fifty year option, but we'd like to give you an extension. Anyways,

569
00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 3: whether they was on the wall, whether they had those

570
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,480
Speaker 3: conversations or not, I don't know.

571
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:14,960
Speaker 4: See I bet not with that one. Because they made

572
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,639
Speaker 4: Roquan the highest paid linebacker. You know, you couldn't have

573
00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:19,600
Speaker 4: thirty million dollars tied up in your lineback. And when

574
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,720
Speaker 4: they drafted Trent and Simpson last year in the third round,

575
00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,120
Speaker 4: like yeah, they everyone will plan and knew the world

576
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:25,639
Speaker 4: that you know, that was common.

577
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, like I've seen you know. Well, the Ravens must

578
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,359
Speaker 3: not have like Patrick Queen because they didn't pick up

579
00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,560
Speaker 3: his fifty year options. That doesn't necessarily you know, that's

580
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:37,680
Speaker 3: not necessarily the case. You can't have too much spending

581
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:38,399
Speaker 3: at one position.

582
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,439
Speaker 4: No, And I think they adored Roquanda and there was

583
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,360
Speaker 4: questions about Queen when they made the Roquand trade. It's

584
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,480
Speaker 4: a very important position in their offense communication wise, as

585
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:49,920
Speaker 4: well as middle of the field stuff. They stressed taking

586
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,960
Speaker 4: away the middle field more than any defense in the league,

587
00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,600
Speaker 4: and Queen Now kicked his coverage.

588
00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:55,480
Speaker 2: Really, I mean.

589
00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:58,840
Speaker 4: It's it's we haven't talked much about this, and I

590
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,480
Speaker 4: don't feel super strong about it, but it seems a

591
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,200
Speaker 4: little odd to me that on May second of twenty

592
00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,520
Speaker 4: twenty four, I have to make this decision, you know,

593
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,560
Speaker 4: like it is a strange time to do it. I mean,

594
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 4: it was really weird for Jordan Love. It was weird

595
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,760
Speaker 4: for Daniel Jones. Fields is not going to be able

596
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,800
Speaker 4: to He's not going to get that picked up, you know,

597
00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,360
Speaker 4: but he's at least played and that put us gave

598
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 4: us some tape to go off of. But it's pretty

599
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,560
Speaker 4: early in someone's career to really make that decision. Yeah,

600
00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,680
Speaker 4: three years in because it's a big decision.

601
00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,520
Speaker 3: It's a huge decision, especially for the quarterback position. Yeah,

602
00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,920
Speaker 3: because you're you're paying that guy when you pick it up. Now,

603
00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,200
Speaker 3: and those rules all changed with the with the new

604
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,480
Speaker 3: CBA a couple of years ago. Where it used to

605
00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,280
Speaker 3: be they were slotted in and so you know, you

606
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:39,960
Speaker 3: were the twenty eighth pick, this is what you get.

607
00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,119
Speaker 2: Yeah. Now it's Pro Bowls and things like that.

608
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:44,919
Speaker 3: Pro Bowls are factored in you and now it's like

609
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,159
Speaker 3: the transition tag number. Even if you didn't do that,

610
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,040
Speaker 3: it's it's a bigger number than it.

611
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:49,399
Speaker 2: Used to be.

612
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,200
Speaker 4: And Pro Bowls, you know what they I mean, they're

613
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,320
Speaker 4: not exactly set in stoned as boy.

614
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:56,120
Speaker 2: He's one of the best plays. I think.

615
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,160
Speaker 4: I think with that, you have to be voted into

616
00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,679
Speaker 4: the Pro Bowl. Okay, you're not the alternately, not that

617
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 4: you can't be the yeah, yeah, but even dad, I

618
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,600
Speaker 4: mean even at that, Yeah, it's it's something though. I

619
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,520
Speaker 4: at least the best players are getting the most money.

620
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,400
Speaker 4: But that makes it even more of a tough decision.

621
00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:14,359
Speaker 4: It's just tough. And sometimes these quarterbacks careers. So I

622
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,080
Speaker 4: really want him to become a free agent. I mean,

623
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,560
Speaker 4: the Giants were scared to death of what if Jones

624
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 4: has a big game? We don't have anybody? Yeah, right them,

625
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,119
Speaker 4: We're stuck. That's not how you should make decisions. So

626
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,159
Speaker 4: either no, I agree with you for sure. I think

627
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 4: Nausey is an easy one. Yeah, I think I think

628
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,760
Speaker 4: you picked Nausey up because running backs are cheapest. Could

629
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:32,200
Speaker 4: be for like.

630
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,240
Speaker 2: Six million, a little over six million, that's the drop

631
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 2: in the bucket.

632
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,880
Speaker 4: It's a different conversation than a franchise tag the following year. Yeah,

633
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,679
Speaker 4: it's almost double that, but it'd be.

634
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 3: The weird part of it is, so the Steelers, I believe,

635
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,040
Speaker 3: fully guaranteed Nausey's rookie contract.

636
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 2: Mm hmm.

637
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,280
Speaker 4: So he'll he'll have played his first five years in

638
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 4: the league fully guaranteed money.

639
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 2: Why did they do that? What was the lodge upon that?

640
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,760
Speaker 2: I think it was just because of the position. Okay,

641
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:00,879
Speaker 2: I think that's rare in the league. I don't know

642
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:02,959
Speaker 2: contracts well enough. I think that's rare. I believe it's

643
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 2: the first time the Steelers have done anything like that.

644
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,919
Speaker 4: That's a compliment of the player. Yeah, yeah, but you know,

645
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,639
Speaker 4: I you know it's going right now. I think a

646
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:14,120
Speaker 4: lot of teams are now doing that with their first

647
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 4: round draft picks, where you lock in that money and

648
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:18,199
Speaker 4: we look into that.

649
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 2: I don't know much about that situation. I'm not sure

650
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 2: why you do it if you don't have to.

651
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,160
Speaker 3: I think that's just kind of the going right, Yeah,

652
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,720
Speaker 3: for these guys in the first round. But yeah, well

653
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 3: so we'll see how that works out here. But yeah,

654
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,720
Speaker 3: I think they pick up Najie Harris's deal.

655
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,920
Speaker 4: I think that the fifth year, they definitely do. Yeah, absolutely,

656
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 4: planning on running him quite a bit after that. You

657
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:38,960
Speaker 4: just more of a decision to Yeah, he's one of

658
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,400
Speaker 4: your foundational pieces of your offense. Now with he's especially

659
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,800
Speaker 4: with Arthur Smith, not showing any signs of slowing down

660
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,680
Speaker 4: or anything like that either. Extensions are the different conversation.

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Speaker 4: But picking up that a guaranteed money is fine.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, we're gonna get to another break. He is Matt Williamson.

663
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Speaker 3: I am Dale Lolly. We are here at the NFL

664
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Speaker 3: meetings in Orlando. Things will be picking up more tomorrow.

665
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Speaker 3: We'll talk about a little bit more about some of

666
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Speaker 3: those things here and when we come back after this

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Speaker 3: on the Drive.

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Speaker 1: Is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

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Speaker 1: your twenty four to seven home of the Black and

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Speaker 1: Gold SNR Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. I'm Dale Lolly.

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Speaker 3: He is the Matt Williamson and this is the Drive

673
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Speaker 3: on Steelers Nation Radio. We are at the NFL Spring

674
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Speaker 3: meetings here in Orlando. And one of the big reasons

675
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Speaker 3: we're here Matt will happen later today when Mike Tomlin

676
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,720
Speaker 3: will meet with the media here at the local media

677
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 3: So the way this works, he has a sit down

678
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Speaker 3: with the local media. It's the only time in the

679
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 3: off season that he speaks, So this will be our

680
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,440
Speaker 3: first opportunity to talk to him about all the off

681
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 3: season moves that the Steelers have made, you know, maybe

682
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 3: some planning of some other stuff, moves that have yet

683
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Speaker 3: to be made. Sure, of course he's I can tell

684
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Speaker 3: us exactly their plans, but we're going to talk about

685
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Speaker 3: just everything has kind of happened. And that's just as

686
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Speaker 3: you guys, that's just what the local media. Then tomorrow

687
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Speaker 3: morning they had the Tomorrow Morning the Coaches Breakfast. Yeah,

688
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Speaker 3: that's tomorrow mornings the Coaches Breakfast where all the coaches

689
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Speaker 3: sit down, the AFC coaches tomorrow, the NFC coaches on Tuesday,

690
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Speaker 3: and they have a breakfast and sit down with the

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Speaker 3: national media.

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Speaker 4: So how I remember it, And there was the first

693
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Speaker 4: time I saw it was there was sixteen big round tables,

694
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Speaker 4: you know, one for each team, and Bellichick was over here,

695
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,880
Speaker 4: Read was over here, Tomlin was over here, and whoever

696
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,239
Speaker 4: can sit down with them and ask whatever you want

697
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Speaker 4: to room around and it's Free Reigned or whoever's in there,

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Speaker 4: and they'll answer as long as they I guess there's

699
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Speaker 4: a time limit. I mean it's limited to a half

700
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Speaker 4: an hour, if a half hour or that every way

701
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Speaker 4: and then next day rent repeat with the NFC.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and sometimes Mike shows up a little late for

703
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Speaker 3: those oftentimes, but you know, he has done his major

704
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 3: media stuff. Will happen today, like he'll sit down with

705
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Speaker 3: us for basically I've done this in the past. He's

706
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Speaker 3: usually about an hour and just you know, answers everything,

707
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Speaker 3: and you know, it's a it's a great time to

708
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Speaker 3: pick his brain on some stuff and.

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Speaker 2: Obviously one of the best sessions of the year. Oh yeah, yeah.

710
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 3: And with the moves that the Steelers have made this offseason,

711
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Speaker 3: it's gonna be an interesting session.

712
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Speaker 2: I would think.

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Speaker 4: I can't wait to dig into it too. So that

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Speaker 4: happens this afternoon. That'll be this afternoon. Omar Kha Omar

715
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Speaker 4: Khan scheduled to speak to the media tomorrow in the afternoon,

716
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Speaker 4: and then we'll hear from Art Rooney the second on Tuesday,

717
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Speaker 4: pretty much when all everything wraps up about any of

718
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Speaker 4: the rule changes that happen here. So that's kind of

719
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Speaker 4: what you're looking forward to. So you're gonna see this

720
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Speaker 4: is gonna happen. Basically, this is happening for all thirty

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Speaker 4: two teams in the league. Their their head coach will

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Speaker 4: speak and those kind of things that the GM or

723
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Speaker 4: whoever their team president will speak. So you're gonna see

724
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Speaker 4: just a glut of NFL news out there. We're all

725
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,560
Speaker 4: starting to see some lerbs everywhere. Yeah, oh yeah, how

726
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:06,360
Speaker 4: they react all these different things. No, that's gonna be cool.

727
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,880
Speaker 4: And from our perspective for the drive, we'll be reacting

728
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Speaker 4: the next day to whatever they talked about, you know,

729
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Speaker 4: the previous day.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, So we're gonna have a lot of stuff to

731
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Speaker 3: talk about tomorrow for sure. You know, after hearing from

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Speaker 3: Mike Tomlin twice. Yeah, that's a great the time we

733
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Speaker 3: go on here tomorrow. So it's gonna be very interesting

734
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Speaker 3: to see how that works out. And starting to see

735
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Speaker 3: some some some blurbs here, Robert Sala saying he welcomes

736
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Speaker 3: to quietness of the of the twenty twenty three off season,

737
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Speaker 3: after all the or twenty twenty four off season, after

738
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Speaker 3: all the noise that was made last year because they

739
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Speaker 3: went out they made a movie at quarterback.

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Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, and they made a monumental move that makes sense.

741
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Speaker 4: There's never quietness though. No, Now it's gonna be like

742
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Speaker 4: I mean, it's yeah, the pressure's on and you didn't

743
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Speaker 4: get out of Rogers.

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Speaker 2: You're in New York. It's not gonna be quiet. Yeah.

745
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Speaker 3: Jared Mayo, the new head coach in New England, said

746
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Speaker 3: all options are on the board, are still open for

747
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Speaker 3: the number three overall picking the draft.

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Speaker 2: Do you think they're listening. I think they'd be silly

749
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Speaker 2: to think they are. Yeah, I think they are more

750
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Speaker 2: than Washington is. Yeah.

751
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 3: Dan Quinn says it's fair to envision. He's the new

752
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Speaker 3: coach in Washington. He said it's fair to envision the

753
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Speaker 3: Commander's drafting a quarterback.

754
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Speaker 2: I think it's yeah.

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Speaker 4: I don't know if it's set in stone in their

756
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 4: mind yet, but I think it's set in stone that's

757
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:26,920
Speaker 4: gonna happen. I mean what I said meant was would

758
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Speaker 4: be may will be Daniel, Yeah, maybe Tocarthy.

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Speaker 3: I just don't know who, but that's gonna be a quarterback.

760
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Speaker 3: Brian Daball said that Daniel Jones is the guy when

761
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Speaker 3: he returns from his ACL injury.

762
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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's far from out of the woods for being cleared.

763
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Speaker 4: Yet they really need to add weapons. But I wonder

764
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Speaker 4: when they consider a quarterback in the draft. Could it

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Speaker 4: be at six if the right guy's there, Could it

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Speaker 4: be at thirty seven, thirty eight wherever they pick, if

767
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Speaker 4: it's a Pinnix or a Knicks or somebody like that.

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Speaker 4: Maybe I forget who did they get as the best.

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Speaker 4: I think they signed a brand name quarterback. I can't

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Speaker 4: remember who is off the top.

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Speaker 2: Of my head. Yeah, I don't remember either. I'm just

772
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Speaker 2: looking here.

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Speaker 3: They do have an out after the twenty twenty four

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Speaker 3: season without where he would just be h.

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Speaker 2: It's not a crazy concert.

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00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,759
Speaker 3: It's a twenty two point two million dollar cap hit

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Speaker 3: in dead cap money that they would carry over to

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Speaker 3: twenty twenty five if they would move on from Daniel

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Speaker 3: Jones after the season.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, so it's not crippling. And we talked on

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Speaker 4: the last segment about how they kind of were stuck

782
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:31,240
Speaker 4: on that fifty year option situation with him. Probably regret

783
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Speaker 4: the decision they made, but to be fair to Jones,

784
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Speaker 4: he also got hurt last year, you know what I mean. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: so he did some good things his first year with

786
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Speaker 4: day Ball, But I think you have to look at

787
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:44,439
Speaker 4: that too and can he be a difference maker. Could

788
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Speaker 4: he be a you know, a truck instead of a trailer?

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Speaker 4: And I lean towards no. They signed Drew lock Lock Okay, yeah,

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Speaker 4: I mean there was somebody they were excited about.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I guess they're kind of Daniel Jones and

792
00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:58,920
Speaker 2: Drew lock are kind of the same thing, a lot

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Speaker 2: of similarly. Dude.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they're in the same draft class. They have, They're

795
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:07,920
Speaker 4: both very athletic. Some inconsistencies, you know, Locks interesting to me,

796
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Speaker 4: Like I don't look at him and be like, oh,

797
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 4: he might be the answer, but if you look at

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Speaker 4: what happened to him recently, Seattle insisted on getting him

799
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Speaker 4: back in the Wilson Deale, so they must not.

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Speaker 2: They didn't think he was a throwaway in that trade.

801
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,319
Speaker 4: And then they go into next season and say it's

802
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,840
Speaker 4: going to be a Lock Gino Smith race, and I

803
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:25,800
Speaker 4: was like, are you insane?

804
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 2: You know that's what you're going to settle on.

805
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,200
Speaker 4: And I think they like both, you know, and Gino

806
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 4: ended up winning and did good things. And then when

807
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:36,879
Speaker 4: he left Seattle, I think Seattle's GM said something along

808
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,600
Speaker 4: the lines of, well, the Giants said that he could

809
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 4: be in the mix for a starting job. We weren't

810
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Speaker 4: willing to give that to him at this stage because

811
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Speaker 4: we're so happy with Gino.

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00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 2: Blah blah blah. I don't know what's true.

813
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,120
Speaker 4: What we said or not, but I don't know that

814
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,680
Speaker 4: he's just a total throwaway, lifetime backup forget about him guy.

815
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so who knows.

816
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,080
Speaker 3: I mean, you know, Daniel Jones could be a quarterback

817
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 3: who's on the open market next year.

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Speaker 2: I think there's a good chance of it.

819
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,919
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, regardless maybe regardless of what he does this year.

820
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,719
Speaker 3: Although you know, if you look at next year, his

821
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,840
Speaker 3: base salary is thirty million dollars and his cap is

822
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Speaker 3: forty one million dollars. They may they may just look

823
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 3: at it, say Daniel, we like you. We don't like

824
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:16,239
Speaker 3: you at forty one million dollars.

825
00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:18,320
Speaker 2: Right, right, So he could be a cap casualty.

826
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Speaker 4: I mean, he needs to have a pretty good year, yeah,

827
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,399
Speaker 4: you know, to get that get that money back, which

828
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,040
Speaker 4: could be tough for him coming off in a cl

829
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 4: could be especially for the way he plays.

830
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Speaker 2: The game exactly. It sounds like it's a ways away

831
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:30,440
Speaker 2: till he's ready ready.

832
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, and there's some you know, we talked

833
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,360
Speaker 3: about Connor Williams last week. A lot that that situation

834
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 3: that you know, these guys coming back off ACLS.

835
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 2: It's tough, especially late in the year. Ones.

836
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 4: Yeah, Jones was a lot earlier than Williams, but still

837
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,759
Speaker 4: pivotal time in your career when you know, not for long.

838
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 4: I mean, that's what the league's all about. You had

839
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 4: a big advantage while you can't. Absolutely. But yeah, so

840
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:50,920
Speaker 4: we'll start a situation.

841
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll start hearing more news like that. That's going

842
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,839
Speaker 3: to start happening here. Obviously, there'll be a lot of

843
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,840
Speaker 3: a lot of questions around the league about you know,

844
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 3: why did the Chiefs trade Lagerioste, which we just talked about,

845
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,799
Speaker 3: or you know, or the what's the rams plan with

846
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 3: Aaron Donald's retirement?

847
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 2: Things like that. That then more problems will spring up.

848
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 4: And you know, an interesting thing just back to the

849
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:15,880
Speaker 4: Giants real quick, Like let's say they love McCarthy and

850
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 4: he falls to six and they grab him, but then

851
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:20,799
Speaker 4: he's not throwing anybody, you know, Like that's almost pigeonholed

852
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,319
Speaker 4: to be a receiver, even if it's brock Bauers. I mean,

853
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 4: like this, give me the best receiver available. Episode no

854
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 4: matter who my quarterback is, I at least have something

855
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 4: more than Wandell Robinson and those type of guys. You know,

856
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:35,359
Speaker 4: Waller might retire. So is this a year to do that?

857
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,120
Speaker 4: I mean maybe the second round it is, but I

858
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 4: don't know in the first round that's the best thing

859
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:39,600
Speaker 4: for your team?

860
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 2: Now, yeah, you know, it's it's it's tough. It's the

861
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,360
Speaker 2: way you gotta wait that stuff. Yeah, a lot of stuff.

862
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 2: And you also, this is a situation.

863
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 3: Everybody talks about the combine being a place where some

864
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 3: deals get made because all the teams are there. Well,

865
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,760
Speaker 3: now here, You've got all the NFL movers and shakers

866
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 3: are all here, the city decision makers are here.

867
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 2: And the scouts aren't here.

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00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:04,799
Speaker 3: You know, you're sitting You're sitting around you say, well,

869
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 3: what would it take to to get t Higgins.

870
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 2: Off of you? For example? Yeah?

871
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,239
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I mean it's worth having that conversation. I'm

872
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 4: sure there's plenty of agents floating around, if not all

873
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 4: of them, you know, I mean, why would there not be? Yeah,

874
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:19,399
Speaker 4: so no, this I think there could be a lot

875
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 4: of movements this week, maybe not even set in Stone

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Speaker 4: that comes out here as a trade.

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Speaker 3: Or extension talks with with agents and things of that nature. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: you start the absolutely, you start that down that roade

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Speaker 3: with those things. And you know, the Steelers have some

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Speaker 3: guys that, you know, do they extend Pat Freyremouth this

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Speaker 3: offseason could be in the cards, gets in the cards.

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Speaker 2: Probably doesn't happen until closer to training camp, sure, but

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Speaker 2: not a priority right now. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: But there's things like that are are coming down the

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Speaker 3: pike here, and and those are things.

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Speaker 4: That they already made a decision on Deontae. I mean

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Speaker 4: it's pretty clear. I don't think they would give him

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Speaker 4: the money he wants a year from now. So no,

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Speaker 4: those things. There's a lot of big picture stuff. And

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Speaker 4: you know I was talking about this with draft picks too,

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Speaker 4: like why did the team after that guy? Well because

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Speaker 4: someone a year from now is coming up with a three

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Speaker 4: agency you know, like that wasn't the writing on the wall. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I mean they tell you what they think. It's just

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Speaker 4: like the Simpson Queen thing. Absolutely with the bravest.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, that's gonna do it for our show today, man, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: absolutely fun. We want to thank Rob King for stopping

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Speaker 3: by and dropping in to talk to us here and uh,

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Speaker 3: you know, I want to thank my partner Matt Williamson

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Speaker 3: here as I want to thank Justin Beck in the

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Speaker 3: studio keeping us on the air, and we want to

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Speaker 3: thank you for listening and watching. If you're watching this

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Speaker 3: on YouTube, how about find job Gerard Schaeffer O, our

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Speaker 3: intrepid cameraman here keeping us on the air as well.

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Speaker 3: H Well, thank everybody for watching and listening to this

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Speaker 3: edition of the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.