WEBVTT - Hr 1: Live in Latrobe 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:03.440 Good afternoon, Steeler Nation. It's The Drive live on location 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:07.760 Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Of course we are 0:00:07.880 --> 0:00:10.920 high atop Chuck Nollfield as always, are all part part 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:13.520 of me of our ongoing training camp coverage. West Ruler 0:00:13.600 --> 0:00:16.720 and Matt Williamson with you. Hear Matt on this Friday. 0:00:17.040 --> 0:00:19.680 Where a little bit different of a day today on campus, 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:20.919 very different, a little yeah. 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:22.400 Yeah, I was shocked when I walked in. I should 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:23.439 have known these things, but it was. 0:00:23.440 --> 0:00:26.840 Weird, very different of a day here on campus and 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:32.159 with everybody. I was leaving the hotel and there were 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:34.120 a bunch of Steeler fans coming back to the hotel 0:00:34.120 --> 0:00:35.600 and I was like, huh, well, let's going I should 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:37.560 maybe check my phone and see what's going on here. 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:40.080 And what happened was with some weather in the area 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:43.519 this morning, they actually ended up closing campus because of 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:45.880 some concerns with lightning and things like that. And there 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:48.800 is yes, there's a lot of areas here in the 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:51.559 grass and on the hill, but there's also metal bleachers 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:52.000 right in. 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:54.200 Front of us. We're high up too, and a lot 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:55.000 of open. 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:58.520 Fielded areas where obviously you don't want any weather conditions 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:01.880 to affect the safety of the general public. So the 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:06.399 Steelers closed practice today to the public. Matt and I 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:08.400 and and you know, all of our sn R people 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:10.520 were still here. You still had the reporters and the 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:14.440 journalists you know, down on the field taken in practice. 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:16.360 But yeah, Matt, a little bit different of a of 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:21.199 a practice today with no crowd on hand, and kind 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:23.720 of a closed practice in that sense where you know, 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:25.800 like you and I aren't even really supposed to report 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:28.200 what we saw unless it's been confirmed by the coach 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:29.520 or the players or anything like that. 0:01:29.720 --> 0:01:31.959 Yeah, so these next couple hours, we will not be 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:34.480 telling you, boy, we saw a lot of this formation 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:37.400 today or personnel groupings or this guy made an incredible 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:40.200 catch or this guy through a million interceptions or any 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:43.800 of that stuff. We're not a loud It's the way 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:47.560 labs describe it to me is this was treated like 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:51.360 a in season Wednesday practice before. 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:52.760 You when you're playing. 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:57.360 Yep. Yeah, just and not everybody's privy to speak about it, 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:01.200 and it's not open to the public. Also, gonna tell 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:03.400 you too many secrets. But most of the good action 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:06.400 was on field too correct, which made it really hard 0:02:06.440 --> 0:02:07.960 to see too, because they were trying to save this 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:10.800 field because of the weather. But one of my big takeaways, 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:14.120 and I'm giving this the coaching staff way to credit 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:17.840 too much credit, but they've really done an unbelievable job 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:21.760 of navigating the rains. Like I woke up thinking, oh, 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:23.680 this is gonna be in the endoor. I had not 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:25.400 any of those things. And I come walking over and 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:27.359 there's nobody hearing, Like, what's going on? I assume it's 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:27.840 in the indoor. 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:28.120 No. 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.320 And then as I'm walking to the car when practice 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:36.600 ends right like they timed it perfect. I mean, like again, 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.480 I'm giving the coaching staff too much credit. They don't 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:41.240 control the weather, but there it just shows how on 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:43.160 top of things are, Like when they say the practice 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:44.880 is gonna be over at one oh six, it's over 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:46.799 at one oh six, you know, like we're gonna be 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:48.919 done right before the rain. It was on my way 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:49.560 to the car. It rain. 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:52.720 It was nut, It really was. They it worked out 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:55.240 very well today. I do think that's part of uh, 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.359 maybe part of the reason why they moved practices earlier 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:01.480 this year. Yea, whether just see more volatile in the 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:04.360 afternoons around here than it does in the mornings, but 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:06.440 today was certainly one of those days. But the Steelers 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:09.600 still able to get their work in, albeit in front 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:11.800 of a I was gonna say some closed doors, but 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:13.680 that's a funny concept when you're in a wide open 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:14.919 college campus right here. 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:15.880 But you're right, Matt. 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:16.240 You know. 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:17.920 I woke up this morning, and this is what I 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:18.799 do this time of year. 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:20.200 Is kind of the first thing you do is check 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:22.440 the weather report, you know, after you kind of rub 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:24.280 your eyes and get out of bed and all that stuff. 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:26.799 I was actually woking up to rain and thunderstorm ian. 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:29.760 It was loud, it was I slept through it, thankfully, 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:32.079 but I would but I look. I opened up, but 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:34.519 looked out my window and it was just soaked everywhere. 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:37.360 You look at your phone and it's like thunderstorms are 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:40.320 expected to begin around eleven. That was the report this morning. 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:42.040 And it was like, oh no, and same as you. 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:43.000 I thought for sure. 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:44.840 I was like, well, I's like maybe it won't even 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:46.640 go over because I'm not sure if we're even allowed 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:48.240 to watch in the indoor, and like, how can I 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:48.839 find this out? 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:50.760 I was about to I was think of the same thing, 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:52.240 like I was going to text you in labs and 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:54.400 be like, hey, it looks it looks like I'm probably 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:56.240 gonna move this inside, Like are we going to be 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:59.320 able to observe? Because remember folks in the past, when 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:02.040 weather has where's the Steelers inside? They've gone to the 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:03.840 gymnasium here on campus. 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:06.200 And no reporters. 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:06.640 No media, no nothing. 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:08.720 Heck, we probably couldn't even fit in there because it's 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:11.080 a pretty pretty tight almost looks like a high. 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:11.520 School gym, you know. 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:14.640 And oh yeah, old gymnasium here at Saint Vincent, whereas 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:18.840 now they have the big, brand, spanking new and fancy 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:21.920 recreation center here on campus that has I think it's 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:23.360 a seventy yard in door. 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:25.120 It's not one hundred, it's not one hundred. It would 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:28.600 still be tight with almost one hundred football players, coaches, media, 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:29.080 you know. 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:31.400 Which is why I was thinking. I was like, and again, hey, 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:33.600 maybe be able to well knock wood. Maybe we won't 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.039 have to cross you know, that bridge at any point 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:38.040 here in this training camp. But I was thinking the 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:39.240 same thing. I was like, are we gonna be allowed 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:41.600 to see anything? Should I just should just should I 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:43.800 just go back to bed and stay in bed here? 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:45.919 Am I gonna am I gonna drive over there for nothing? 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:48.840 But yeah, like you said, fortunately we they have been 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:52.200 able to get every practice in haven't had Tomember anything inside. 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:54.840 You haven't had to find out if we're allowed in 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:55.400 the indoor. 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:57.719 Exactly right, And I hope I never have. That's what 0:04:57.760 --> 0:04:58.640 I say. That's what I mean. 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:00.919 I hope we don't have to cross that bridge this 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:03.839 training camp. Although the next week or so looks like 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:07.000 there could be some weather elements, but obviously we will. 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:10.640 We'll keep all that stuff updated for you. Yeah, and 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:13.760 everything's going on, Oh, they sure are. And tomorrow night 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:16.240 of course a big one. Hoping for some good weather 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:20.600 for everybody coming out for Saturday Night lights tomorrow in 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:23.560 over at a Latrow Memorial and. 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:24.640 We'll be our regular program. 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:28.360 We're on three six, all the same, all the same 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:29.800 SNR programming here. 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:31.839 Does it start at six o'clock tomorrow Saturday night? 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:34.120 So okay, For some reason I felt like it was 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:35.920 always a little bit later, but you're probably. 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:39.600 Right being dark. But I look today and I think 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:40.440 it was six okay. 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:42.040 Yeah, and I know they'd like to do the fireworks 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:42.600 and all that stuff. 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:44.920 Yeah, it works as well, so such a good times. 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:47.080 It certainly is it's a it's a spectacle. 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:50.640 I mean they get ten, twelve, fifteen thousand people out there, 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:54.880 and uh and yes, certainly we hope that the weather holds. 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:57.760 Tomorrow night for one six It is six o'clock. 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:00.240 According to a producer, Brian back at the ranch, there 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:02.400 you go, So Matt and I will have your three 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:07.080 hour Saturday Night Lights pregame show perfect tomorrow night before 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:09.400 we do get to break here, Matt. One thing that 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:11.839 we can talk about from today because it was it 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:15.600 came directly from Mike McCarthy and his media availability. Maxie 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:20.080 Honatcher did not did not practice today, But according to 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:23.080 Mike McCarthy quote, I think we might not see him 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:25.080 until Monday, but he is okay. 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:26.920 Great the fact that he's saying. 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:29.120 Hey, we might not see him until Monday, and Monday's 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:32.080 only there's only one practice now between now and then Sunday. 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.480 They're off folks, Fine, right, right, right, that's great. I mean, 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:37.279 that's dodging a huge bullet. Shouldn't put him back in 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:39.839 any way, shape or form. Again, not speaking for the 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:42.400 coaching staff, but we knew know these guys always side 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:44.840 on the side of caution, especially this time. Of year 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.520 with injuries. Maybe if they were playing the Ravens tomorrow, 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:49.120 huld suit up, who knows, you know what I mean, 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:51.960 But it's not serious being precautionary. Give him a couple 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:55.240 of days. Perfect dodged a huge bullet. Wonderful because they 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:56.520 think he's a wonderful player. 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:58.240 I do too, and you and I were talking. 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:01.279 I think it's a not a question of if, just 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:03.800 a matter of when. He is the Steelers starting right tackle, 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:08.359 and hey, a more elongated absence could have pushed that 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:11.280 down the road. But hopefully maybe he misses two practices 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:13.680 here and then he's back to start the week next week. 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:16.240 You'd hate for Lake how Faltani started his career, you. 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:19.600 Know, like absolutely, that'd be tere even someone like Derek 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:21.000 Harmon who missed a nice chunk of time. 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:23.800 I've had some bad luck with these first round draft picks. 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:26.760 Let's get that mojo moving back in the right direction. 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:28.760 Matt and I have got plenty more to get to. 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:33.120 There's a couple big contract extensions that were handed out 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:36.200 in the league in the last what twenty one hours 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:38.400 since Matt and I were on air, And I've got 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:41.280 some fantasy football heavy stuff that I want to hit 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:45.360 with our fantasy football guru here, Matt Williamson today as well. 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:48.440 So plenty of ground to cover here over the next 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:51.400 couple hours as we are, of course, live at Chuck Nolefield, 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:54.960 Saint Vincent College in Latro, Pennsylvania, West Uler, Matt Williamson, 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:57.440 It's the Drive all part of our ongoing training camp 0:07:57.440 --> 0:08:00.520 coverage Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Network. 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:05.400 Steelers Football happens here the Pittsburgh Steelers Audio Network. 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:30.560 Pretty good week here, good few days for top end 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:33.880 running backs around the National Football League. Yeah, of course, 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:38.040 the Colts Jonathan Taylor inking an extension a few days ago, 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:42.120 as did the Falcons Bijon Robinson, which made him the 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.720 highest paid running back in the league. But not for 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:47.200 very long, Matt, because that's how these things tend to work. 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:49.800 Because yesterday, right about the time that you and I 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:53.200 got off air, actually, it was announced by the Lions 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.240 and Jumior Gibbs that they had agreed to a new 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:59.920 three year contract worth about sixty seven and a half 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:03.920 million dollars, fifty one and a half million of that guaranteed, 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:06.760 also the potential to go up to nearly a seventy 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:10.120 six million dollar contract, so about nine million dollars in 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:13.760 incentives in that for Jamiir Gibbs that he could earn 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:16.280 as well, and he is now Matt the highest paid 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:19.320 running back in NFL history. Bjeon kept that throne for 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:22.640 all of about twenty four hours before Gibbs became the 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:23.280 highest paid. 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:26.160 So I find it funny, but I also think him, 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.400 and I mean, if you like Bjeon, Beteron, Gibbs like 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:31.400 gives burn Bijon, you know, potato potato, I think one 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:33.240 right now, I do too. I mean they're the first 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:36.840 two picks in every fantasy draft. They're in entering the 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.760 prime of their career, They're the focal points of their offenses. 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:43.600 I think Bijeon's the better player, but again, Gibbs would 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:46.840 be my second choice, and Taylor would be behind those 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.160 guys who also signed a big deal but didn't quite. 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:52.520 Bijeon was first. Taylor got slightly less, which I would 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:54.320 have been shocked if he got more. He just doesn't 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:54.959 offer as much. 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:57.480 And he's a little bit older too, right, yeah, right. 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:01.160 What I find funny is I'm good Gibbs and Robinson 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:03.120 know each other. I'm sure their agents know each other. 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:05.679 That they both just sit around and play chicken and 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:08.199 be like, I'm gonna sign one for a dollar more 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:11.160 than you whoever signs first, and we're in. Then the 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:13.480 scheme of things, one percent difference on such a big 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:16.080 contract means nothing, you know, to the amount of money 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:19.080 coming in. But it is kind of an ego thing, 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:21.120 and it's kind of the highest marade running back we. 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.120 Saw with TJ. Watt and Miles Garrett. 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.360 For a right, right, right. I find the whole process 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:27.040 kind of childish and funny. 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:29.199 Though it is, it is hilarious and honestly, Matt, can 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:31.160 we draw some parallels to that right now with what's 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:33.200 going on with the defensive backs that are waiting for 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:34.000 their extensions? 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:37.360 Is it like yeahs and. 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:39.840 DJ Turner with the Bengals. He won't get quite as 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:41.000 much as the other guys. 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.560 But even like Christian Gonzalez, Devin Witherspoon. 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:45.199 Weatherspoons the other one talking about Joey Porter. 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:46.719 Junior, it's like the three of them just kind of 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:48.040 sitting around and wait, no, you. 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:51.280 Go right, yeah, no, you go first, Because like Denz 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:53.720 a Ward of the Browns signed a huge deal but 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:57.320 only two years and he's noticeably older than those guys. 0:10:57.440 --> 0:10:59.679 So it's a little bit of apples to oranges. So 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:02.760 you know, Porter's agent can't go to the roonies in 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:05.600 the front office and be like, we went the ward contract. Look, yeah, 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:07.840 but you're not the same, better or worse. In some ways, 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:10.760 you're worth more because you're younger. You're also not as established, 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:13.760 you know, So I don't know. The whole timing of 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:15.760 it all is interesting. I wish I kind of knew 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.000 that the business a little bit different better than that 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:20.160 in that regard, I'm. 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:22.680 With you, but it's just so fascinating because we see 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:25.439 that happen all the time, this kind of waiting game, 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:29.120 waiting process, and uh and yeah, and so we get 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:33.280 the Bijon News yesterday, the Gibbs news, well, sorry, Bijeon 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:33.880 news two. 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:36.280 Days, Gibbs Taylor yesterday yesterday. 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:39.400 Yeah, yeah, exactly right, And so a lot of moving 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:41.400 and shaking in that department. 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:42.000 Uh. 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.440 In the for the kind of high end running backs 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:46.640 in the National Football League who have who have found 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:49.920 themselves getting getting some nice bumps. That's some Matt and 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:52.480 I talked about a little bit yesterday more in depth. 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:54.559 WHI was just kind of the how the running back 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.440 market has certainly improved, but it's still not quite what 0:11:57.480 --> 0:11:58.920 you would think it would be for some of these 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:01.320 top end guys. But a really nice pay day for 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:05.320 Bejeon Robinson, really nice payday for Jonathan Taylor, and then 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:07.960 and then Gibbs becoming the highest paid running back in 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:12.000 NFL history. And I tell you what, it's hard. It's 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:14.280 hard to argue. I'm with you. I would if I 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:16.200 could have one of the two, I would pick Bijeon. 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:18.320 I'd give him the slight edge. But like I said, 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:20.079 I think there, I think they're clear cut one and 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:20.679 two right now. 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:23.200 Yeah, the labs. I had a fun conversation while, you know, 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:25.320 while we were waiting for practice or during the downtimes 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:28.160 about these contracts, and he mentioned I hadn't thought of this, 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:31.760 but James Cook of the Bills recently signed I think 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:34.920 it was right after the season, and his is like 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:39.600 twelve million a year, And at the time was like, boy, 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:41.400 that's a lot of money for a running back that 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:43.520 was like four months ago. From what I remember, my 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:46.280 timeline might be a little off. He's not quite to 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:48.839 their level, but he's still really young coming off his 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:53.360 first deal. Right, Ultra productive and then he's probably like, 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:55.360 if I held out three more months, I'd probably get 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:56.240 eight million more. 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:57.720 He's making about twelve. 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:00.520 He's making aboutimsell right, I mean he's get at least 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:02.640 eighteen if those guys are getting twenty plus. 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:06.280 He's the twelfth highest paid running back in the NFL. 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:09.160 James, and he just signed that deal. Yeah, Usually people 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.800 go pass you over and over, So I found that funny. 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:13.960 I just think the whole running back market, and we 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:15.680 talked a lot about it yesterday. We don't have to 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.720 go down that same road is really intriguing right now 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:21.680 because we know everyone's playing with lighter boxes too high. 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:24.080 Teams are running the ball more. If you're gonna play 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:26.440 lighter boxes, we're gonna hand it to our dude. The 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:30.199 whole planet knows that it's mostly a bad investment to 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:32.360 use first round picks on running backs. But the more 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:34.440 and more I think about it, I'll give you cap 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:37.199 space for running backs. I mean, Derek Henry hit the 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:41.000 free agent market, Saquon Barkley, Josh Jacobs, they all changed 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:43.400 the face of their team just two off seasons ago. 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:45.640 They did. Kenneth Walker just went to the Chiefs. So 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.080 these are all the best guys in the league. And 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:49.760 if I can get Kenneth Walker for the same price, 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:51.920 I can get too too out. Well, what are we 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:52.559 talking about here? 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:56.160 It's an absolute no brainer. I'm with you on that one. 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:58.360 That is something that that Matt and I dug into 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:01.439 a little bit more yesterday at another a big contract 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:05.040 given out here recently to a big man four year 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:08.480 deal for Buffalo Bill's guard Osyrus Torrance. 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:09.400 Oh, I didn't see that. 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:13.840 Okay, four years, seventy eight point four million dollars, forty 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:17.160 six million of that guaranteed. It makes him the NFL's 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:18.800 seventh highest paid guard. 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.040 That one shocks me a little. He's a good player. 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:23.720 He was a second round pick, so he don't have 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:27.120 the fifth year option situation. I think he was drafted 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:31.000 one year ahead of McCormick, which is noteworthy here because 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:34.400 I think they're kind of similar players. I would say 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:37.800 Torrance is above them. He's worth more, yes, but they're 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.320 not far off in terms of tears. Both of them 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:42.560 came in the league started immediately, have a lot of 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:46.360 starts under their belt despite being young. As you can imagine, 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:49.080 he is a year he is a year older one 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:52.120 year draft draft well, I should say one draft class. Yeah, yeahah, 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:55.240 one year of eligibility type thing before you're before it's 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:57.479 his time. So and this time next year, if I'm McCormick, 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:01.960 I want something similar, and I think Torrance is a 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:04.520 better player. But inflation a year from now is gonna 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:07.480 go up a little. Assuming McCormick has a pretty good year, 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:10.680 he's gonna say, I have three years of starts under 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:12.920 my belt and I'm still only twenty five years old 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:14.760 or whatever. That's super valuable. 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:19.400 It's yeah, it's a good deal for him, that's good money. Yeah, 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:21.320 but it does it starts to make you when we 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.160 project what this Steelers offensive line could be earning in 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:26.400 the next few years, there's gonna be some big numbers 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:30.480 and some some some required I think, you know, just 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:33.840 salary cap movement in space for the Steelers in the trenches. 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:35.720 There if all those guys hit like we think they're 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:36.640 going to, like they have. 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:37.600 The projection they're on. 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:40.920 Yeah and yeah and absolutely and so yeah, nice nice 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:43.160 payday for Osiris Torrance. 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:45.960 Like you and I both love Mason McCormick, nothing against 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:49.200 him at all, but when you see like a Jennings 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:51.600 Dunker pick, you immediately think, oh, he's gonna compete for 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:55.840 the right guard spot or you can't afford everybody, and 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:58.800 McCormick's gonna walk and get your third round compick, and 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:01.520 he's gonna be your left guard. Draft a guard again next. 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:03.920 Year, and listen, this would be a Champagne problem. 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:07.120 Yeah, that's exactly what. But let's let's go to the 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:08.040 not having any guards. 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:08.800 Let's go down this. 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:11.720 Let's go down this road where Fultanu has a great year, 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:14.080 you want to extend, McCormick has a great year, and 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:15.320 you want to extend him because. 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:20.760 Fraser has a great year, and you want to for 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:22.520 the Linderbomb deal, all three. 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:24.080 Of those guys in the same class are going to 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:26.480 be around the same extension time. You do obviously have 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:31.240 the fifth year option for Faltanu. Then say, say Jennings 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:34.560 Dunker ends up you know, hitting as a as a 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:38.840 Mason McCormick type. It starts maybe not maybe not a 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:41.080 future all pro, but you know he ends up being 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.680 a quality above average guard. 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:45.920 Or even next year. At this time, he's firmly you're 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:47.760 starting right guard, and and. 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:52.120 And Max is firmly your starting right tackle, and and 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:52.800 you think he's. 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:54.560 Really good and one of the best. You know, he's 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:57.280 on all those under twenty five all that stuff. 0:16:57.400 --> 0:16:58.840 Next great one, blah blah blah. 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:01.000 You probably can't give off five of those guys massive 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:02.040 contract extensions. 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:03.720 You just can't, no chance, So you know. 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:06.000 And again that would be a Champagne problem to have. 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:07.520 Yeah, hitting on draft picks is what you want. You 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:09.280 wish you were doing this with proderct right now, and 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:10.439 this started a year earlier. 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:11.960 Absolutely. Now. 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:13.600 The good news of that is, like you mentioned, if 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:15.760 those guys, some of one or two of those guys 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:17.800