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

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

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Speaker 1: and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Drive. I m Jay Lowens, Matt Leaves

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Speaker 2: and uh, it's don't just any Friday.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you're in Pittsburgh, Matt.

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Speaker 2: It is rookie Minni Camp Friday.

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Speaker 3: It is rookie Mini Camp Friday. There's like football going on.

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Speaker 2: There was actual well I mean it's stretching going on

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Speaker 2: and that nature. But yeah, the Steelers had their their

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Speaker 2: rookie mini camp today, the first day of it, and

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Speaker 2: uh we get to see uh Troy Fatanu work at

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Speaker 2: right tackle.

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Speaker 3: Nice. According to Troy Fatan, that's the plan, apparently.

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Speaker 2: At least to start. I get to make sense to

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Speaker 2: the left right.

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Speaker 3: I think that's what you want big picture. And the

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Speaker 3: Dan Moore thing kind of clouds it because he's only

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Speaker 3: a left But I think that's the best five, you

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Speaker 3: know what I mean.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Now they could tell Dan Moore, hey, you're gonna

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Speaker 2: switch over to the to the right side.

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Speaker 3: I'd tell him he's gonna take some tracks. You know

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Speaker 3: you're gonna.

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Speaker 2: Because Okay, let's say, for example, let's say they do

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Speaker 2: what happen to want to slow play things m HM

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Speaker 2: with with with Fatano, would.

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Speaker 3: You move Broderick back to right?

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Speaker 2: And you probably want You probably want a more experienced player,

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Speaker 2: which is Dan Moore starting those first few games on

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Speaker 2: the on the right side, you know, but or if

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Speaker 2: it's gets hurt and if more is going to be

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Speaker 2: on the roster, if he's not the starter, he's your

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Speaker 2: swing tackle, so he better be able to play both sides.

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Speaker 3: That's what I said. I think it's get the young

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Speaker 3: guys where their best for the next ten years. You know.

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Speaker 3: It kind of reminds me of like what going to

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Speaker 3: the left side, you know, like make him as comfortable

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Speaker 3: as possible and frankly the lesser players can adapt or

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Speaker 3: we'll find someone that will, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 2: It's funny that you say it that way because if

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Speaker 2: you think about back to the whole TJ whatat flipping

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Speaker 2: side the free Yeah, they made that decision coming out

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Speaker 2: of that. Are you picking one prospect over the other

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Speaker 2: because both both those guys were first round draft picks

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Speaker 2: In this instance, both guys first round draft picks. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: are you saying, well, we think this guy's better on

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Speaker 2: the left side, or we think he's the better prospects,

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Speaker 2: so we want to make we want to make him

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Speaker 2: more comfortable.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, I don't know. I mean again, they're

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Speaker 3: both natural lefts. You know, the two first round picks. Well,

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Speaker 3: I guess more than three lefts. I mean in reality, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: back to more real quick like, I think you tell

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Speaker 3: him you're going to play fifty percent snaps, fifty percent

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Speaker 3: snaps right, get used to it. If that's a problem,

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Speaker 3: so be it. We'll go searching for somebody else, or

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Speaker 3: Dylan Cook will be the right or whatever. But the

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Speaker 3: fact that you're only playing left hinders us. You know,

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Speaker 3: that's not not going to cut it.

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Speaker 2: Well. I think for his long term prognosis in the

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Speaker 2: league as well, it would be hove him to go

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Speaker 2: along way to show he could play both sides. I think, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I think then he maybe cash is in next year.

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Speaker 3: Sure that a minimum is a swing or somebody starter. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: you know, if.

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Speaker 2: He shows he can play on either side, go a

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Speaker 2: long way, probably he's probably somebody's starter next year.

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Speaker 3: Probably buy some years in the league and millions of dollars. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I mean, it shouldn't be a tough sell. Then he's

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Speaker 3: actually done some. I mean we act like he's never

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Speaker 3: has no clue what to do over there. I mean,

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Speaker 3: he has taken snaps there. But I guess back to

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Speaker 3: your question, if you're picking between first round picks of

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Speaker 3: who to make happier, I don't know. I guess you

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Speaker 3: stick with the incumbent.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I guess one guy's been here a

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Speaker 2: little longer. But they can do that case with Dupree.

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Speaker 3: True, and what right, right, right? But what was clearly

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Speaker 3: the better player? I think that one was just make

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Speaker 3: him as happy as possible. And I also thought Bud

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Speaker 3: was better against Finesse left tackles. You know his power.

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Speaker 3: I think, you know, played well on the right side,

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Speaker 3: you know, Flint airs. But it is something that's interesting.

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Speaker 3: You knew someone was going to have to play right tackle.

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Speaker 3: I guess maybe the guy that's adjusting the league is

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Speaker 3: the best one to just keep adjusting, you know, and

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Speaker 2: We kind of talked about this pre draft. In the

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Speaker 2: pre draft process, where Roger Jones lines up at would

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Speaker 2: have lined up at in this group of offensive tag

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Speaker 2: Maybe he was smart coming out.

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Speaker 3: Like Oh, as you were saying, like, where would he

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Speaker 3: have been drafted this year?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because remember you're talking about a guy when he

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Speaker 2: came out last year, only had fifteen career starts under

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Speaker 2: his belt, all right, there were questions about him kind

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Speaker 2: of the same way, whether we're about Geiton or Amarius

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Speaker 2: Mims this year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I would think he would have headed both of them,

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Speaker 3: just because he had more tape and I would say

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Speaker 3: more traits than Geiton. Maybe not more traits than Mems,

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Speaker 3: I think he goes in that neighborhood. Yeah, it's a

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Speaker 3: little bit eye of the beholder too. I mean, probably

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Speaker 3: would have helped him in this class that he he's

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Speaker 3: a left were talking about a year ago. I mean,

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Speaker 3: he was like he had only played left and there

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Speaker 3: weren't a lot less than this one, you know, even

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Speaker 3: like Filaga might be going to left for the Saints

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Speaker 3: and Steelers, and yeah, I mean so and altis the

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Speaker 3: leftist going to the right. He couldn't we have done

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I just I mean I think in the

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Speaker 2: case of f Waga or no, I'm sorry, he had

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Speaker 2: played right tackle in high school all the I think,

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Speaker 3: At least he has done the footwork and then you know,

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Speaker 2: Think he probably has more experience on the right side

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Speaker 2: than Broderick Jones did.

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Speaker 3: Although broder Jones are pretty good at doing it in

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Speaker 3: the NFL. Yeah, you know, I think if subject.

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Speaker 2: He has, if he had his brothers, he would be

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Speaker 2: on the left side. He just I think he has more,

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Speaker 2: whereas I don't think it matters as much to Fatano.

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Speaker 3: I think that's a big key. And then that comes

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Speaker 3: down to Tomlin to me. You know, like if Tomlin

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Speaker 3: goes to Broderick last year and be like, we're kind

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Speaker 3: of in a pinch here, Bud, can you go to

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Speaker 3: with all intentions of putting you back at left.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, I mean, what's to play?

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Speaker 3: It was a play, right, So I mean in that situation,

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Speaker 3: everyone wins, but you don't want to go against your

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Speaker 3: word or you know, the handshake agreement you made last year.

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Speaker 3: And if the new guy doesn't care, then put Jones

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Speaker 3: where you told him, he's gonna play, you know, I mean,

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Speaker 3: I think that's the smart move. The only thing that's

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Speaker 3: sticking point, which it really isn't, is the More thing,

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Speaker 3: because More is not going to beat out Jones. Might

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Speaker 3: he beat out the rookie beat out is probably the

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Speaker 3: wrong word, but he maybe he would start the year

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Speaker 3: like you know, Jones did not last year. But again

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Speaker 3: he better learn right tackle. Yeah, and that's your job

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Speaker 2: And if it's not him, is it a Dylan Cook

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Speaker 2: you know, both of the both of those young offensive

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Speaker 2: it's just going to be a matter of whether or not.

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Speaker 3: You don't think it's a set in stone Steeler thing

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Speaker 3: that rookies aren't going to start the season.

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Speaker 2: No, I think it depends on the rookie.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I think position matters in that case as well. And

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Speaker 2: I think last year with Jones in particular, again you're

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Speaker 2: talking about a player who had fifteen career college starts

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Speaker 2: under his belt. That's not even a full NFL season too. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: who's got you know, twenty nine starts just at left

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Speaker 2: tackle or you know Frasier, who's got you know, fifty

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Speaker 3: I mean even just the number of past sets. I mean,

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Speaker 3: Washington through the ball seventy times a game, you know,

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Speaker 3: I mean he has a lot of experience and protection

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Speaker 2: And they're older players as well. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know,

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Speaker 2: whereas Porter. You know, last year Jones and Porter were

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Speaker 2: both young players. They both came out early.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so you brought this up. Maybe it was Monday,

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Speaker 3: or it probably was even last week. We were talking

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Speaker 3: about this class as a whole and how experienced it is.

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Speaker 3: Maybe it's a little older, and I kind of brushed

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Speaker 3: But I thought about it a lot since then, and

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Speaker 3: I'm not sure if it's going to be more of

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Speaker 3: a Steeler philosophy, because they definitely like their young guys.

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Speaker 3: But the league now, with the CBA, it's really hard

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Speaker 3: on the time anymore, so I wonder if you're taking

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Speaker 3: a league wide stance or even a Steeler stance that Okay,

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Speaker 3: here's a year older, but he needs a little less

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Speaker 3: polished before I throw him in the game. And I

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Speaker 3: think cbas are bad for development playoff.

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Speaker 2: I think as well, Matt, that if you're going to

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Speaker 2: take a guy day two or later, you're going to

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Speaker 2: get that rookie contract at them, you're getting four years.

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Speaker 2: And what we have seen in recent the last couple

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Speaker 2: of years, when guys sign extensions or when they sign

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Speaker 2: a new contract, they're not the four and five year deals.

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Speaker 3: That they used to know, No they woult to hit

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Speaker 3: a third time.

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Speaker 2: They're they're three year deals. And so all right, now

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Speaker 2: you got seven years out of the player as opposed

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Speaker 2: to the eight or nine that you thought you would

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Speaker 2: have got under the old CBA rule. And maybe that's

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Speaker 2: just a new adjustment to that that that hey, we

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Speaker 2: got to everyone's playing, Yeah, this is this is we

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Speaker 2: get a figure instead of figuring we're gonna have the

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Speaker 2: guy for eight or ten years.

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Speaker 3: If he's a hit.

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Speaker 2: If he's a hit, yeah, we're gonna look at seven

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Speaker 2: as being the magic number, or eight, seven or eight

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Speaker 3: That number probably true. I mean, unless it's a Walt

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Speaker 3: or a Hayward or a lifer. You know, you and

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Speaker 3: those guys don't come around every day. And even then

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Speaker 3: Dallas is are they gonna be able to keep Lamb,

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Speaker 3: Prescott and Parsons for more than seven?

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Speaker 2: You know, right right, because you're not going to give

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Speaker 2: him a third contract, right right?

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Speaker 3: You know?

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Speaker 2: And and you know, I think some of that's also

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Speaker 2: we've seen that trickle down with the new CBA with

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Speaker 2: the quarterback position, where we're seeing guys in Previously, it

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Speaker 2: wasn't that big of a deal. It wasn't a stretch

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Speaker 3: It was horrible. I mean, looking back on Dum you know.

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Speaker 2: He never can never played it down, never played down.

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Speaker 3: And it's not the kids fault.

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Speaker 2: Whereas now, I mean, the kid's making he's making good money,

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Speaker 2: Yeah I have. I'm just looking here real quick at that.

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Speaker 3: How could you possibly give the chiefs Xavier Worthy? Well,

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Speaker 2: Well, maybe they moved back to thirty two thinking okay,

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Speaker 3: Okay, there's two. We love Coleman toll work just fine.

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Speaker 2: And we are back. I am Dale LOLLI he is

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Speaker 2: the Matt Williamson and Matt Matt Bowen at ESPN. I'll

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Speaker 3: I saw it but didn't go through it yet.

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Speaker 2: Cool, so let's take out Yeah, let's take a look

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Speaker 2: at that. It split up in the Day one players,

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Speaker 3: Kayla Williams.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, well his first one is jayde and

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Speaker 3: I get it. I mean they're uh the offensive coordinator

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Speaker 2: I think he's a sneaky pick to me as rookie

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Speaker 3: Oh I could see that. Yeah, it could be like

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Speaker 2: This could be two years in a row where the

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Speaker 3: Especially when fantasy matters of that kind of stuff. You know,

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Speaker 2: You're gonna see Gas against the Cowboys, the New York

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Speaker 2: And yeah, that's kinda that that matters in those things

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Speaker 3: When the weather hits in Chicago, not the Washington's sunny

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Speaker 2: The second one here is Roma Dounza to those bears.

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Speaker 3: I'm not here to talk fifty, but it reminds me

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you got great, great targets.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you got tackles.

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Speaker 2: He's got a good offensive line.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think the coach is a legit quarterback guy.

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Speaker 3: Matta Bouque.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he's gonna be the new version of that.

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Speaker 3: The linemen around him are decent. Yeah, he's a good spot.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I I don't see any situation here. I mean,

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Speaker 2: They gave Mason McCormick number sixty six.

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Speaker 3: He's still my new favorite.

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Speaker 2: They gave him number sixty six.

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Speaker 2: Like there's a long line of Steelers, really good longtime guards.

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Speaker 2: Wearing sixty six.

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Speaker 3: So you're talking to someone born on six y six

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Speaker 3: whose favorite athlete of all time is Mary Lemu. So

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Speaker 3: McCormick just skyrocketed up my list and he was one

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Speaker 3: of my favors to begin with.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Fatano is tenacious. Is a tenacious people mover in

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Speaker 2: a run game, and as he can drive defenders off

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Speaker 2: the ball and climb to secure the second level, that

447
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Speaker 2: messes with his own heavy run schemes we will see

448
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Speaker 2: this season under new Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. Fatano

449
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Speaker 2: also has the foot quickness linked and lower body balance

450
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Speaker 2: to kick back and mirror edge rushers and pass protections.

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Speaker 2: I love the scheme fit, but I'm also looking at

452
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Speaker 2: this as Pittsburgh targeting offensive lineman and the draft who

453
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Speaker 2: can reset its identity up front. In addition to the

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Speaker 2: Steelers also added Zach Fraser in the second round. That's

455
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Speaker 2: two tone setters for a club that wants to run

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Speaker 2: the ball.

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Speaker 3: I'm not sure I had written that better myself. I mean,

458
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Speaker 3: he mentions the town, the attitude, the franchise, the need,

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Speaker 3: but also the scheme like they're they're the one lineman

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Speaker 3: that get out there and run and go track down,

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Speaker 3: you know, go hunt in the open field. And I

462
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Speaker 3: don't think there's anyone better than that in this draft.

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Speaker 2: Uh. Fatanu and McCormick both wrote down to Rookie Mini

464
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Speaker 2: Camp today with Zach Fraser in his pickup three of

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Speaker 2: them together, And actually I was talking with the Fraser.

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Speaker 2: He and McCormick both worked out together pre draft, did

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Speaker 2: that the same facility, so they knew each other. They

468
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Speaker 2: have they have a good relationship. And he said he

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Speaker 2: met you know, Fatana at the at the combine and

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Speaker 2: so I think those guys all knew each other.

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Speaker 3: Duke Mannyweather, I think that was offensive line masterminds because

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Speaker 3: I remember there was an interview with Fraser where they

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Speaker 3: went to interview him and he was pounding away on

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Speaker 3: the treadmill and they're like you just broke your leg. Yeah,

475
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Speaker 3: and he's like, I'll get off the travel here in

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Speaker 3: a minute. But yeah, I think that was with Duke Mannyweather,

477
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Speaker 3: who's a phenomenal offensive line guru type.

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Speaker 2: The next one up is Quinny you Mitchell at twenty

479
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Speaker 2: two to the Eagles. Mm hmm, pintendogree that don't worked

480
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Speaker 2: out any better for them?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you talk about be impatient and holding your water.

482
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Speaker 2: Between them and Detroit was just waiting out.

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Speaker 3: The Detroit moved up, but they still ended up with

484
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Speaker 3: Arnold you know which. I mean, two of the best

485
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Speaker 3: teams in the league end up with two the best

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Speaker 3: corners in the league. That never happens in the right right,

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Speaker 3: No never.

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Speaker 2: Uh. Round two. Ladd McConkie at thirty four to the Chargers.

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Speaker 3: Again, He's gonna catch a ton of He will lead.

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Speaker 2: All rookies interceptions this year.

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Speaker 3: It'd be tough for him to win Rookie of the Year,

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Speaker 3: but I bet he's in the mix.

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Speaker 2: Oh, he'll be in I'll bet he's in the top three.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he's gonna catch a lot of balls.

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Speaker 2: Uh. Max Melton at number forty three to Arizona.

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Speaker 3: Good one. I mean, tough guy. I mean trying to

497
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Speaker 3: build a culture in Arizona and the Eagles like that.

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Speaker 3: I think he fits. Obviously, there's an easy path to

499
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Speaker 3: playing time for him as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Edrian Cooper to the Packers at forty five.

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Speaker 3: I guess I'm not sure why that one would stand out.

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Speaker 3: I mean, they're uh, they drafted Walker recently in the

503
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Speaker 3: first round two years ago.

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Speaker 2: I guess they're looking. He's looking at this as he

505
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Speaker 2: and Walker will play well off of each other.

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Speaker 3: I could see that. I can see that. And it's

507
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Speaker 3: a lot of athleticism on the field. I mean not

508
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Speaker 3: only that, but they signed McKinney and drafted three safeties

509
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Speaker 3: and they drafted another linebacker. Like middle of the field

510
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Speaker 3: defense was overkilled.

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Speaker 2: That's typically how Green Bay does it.

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Speaker 3: They do they do, and to be honest, last couple

513
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Speaker 3: of years they've been terrible on special team. So maybe

514
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Speaker 3: an extra safety, an extra linebacker, perfect, right.

515
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Speaker 2: Mike Santastril to the Commanders at fifty another one.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you're trying to rebuild a culture, You're want

517
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Speaker 3: an attitude guy. They didn't even need a slot. They

518
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Speaker 3: took the Illinois could we liked last year. Who's the

519
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Speaker 3: big safety slot? But they just love this player.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, yeah, he's good.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Cole Bishop at sixty to the Bills.

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Speaker 3: Mm hmm. I mean we've seen the same two safeties

524
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Speaker 3: in Buffalo forever and they're both interchangeable. They both do

525
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Speaker 3: a lot of stuff. I think Bishop, it's gonna take

526
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Speaker 3: some time and he's not gonna be at their level

527
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Speaker 3: right away. But you know they wanted a versatile, interchangeable

528
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Speaker 3: safety and that's that's what he is.

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Speaker 2: Uh Malechai Corley at sixty five to the Jets.

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Speaker 3: I mixed feelings on this one, Like I see kind

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Speaker 3: of a young Randall Cobb, you know, for Rogers. But

532
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Speaker 3: I also see this guy doesn't really run routes. I mean,

533
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Speaker 3: he's a manufactured touch player, and we know everything's gonna

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Speaker 3: be through Rogers. Is he gonna you know bubble? I

535
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Speaker 3: mean they're gonna design all this stuff for Rodgers.

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Speaker 2: Helped make the pick. Yeah, they had them watch a

537
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Speaker 2: lot of Hey, which which one of these guys you like?

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Speaker 2: And Corley was one of the ones that Rogers picked.

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Speaker 3: In Really, I mean, guy has so much power in

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Speaker 3: that building, which is bonkers. But I don't know, I

541
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Speaker 3: think I'd rather throw to Wilson or I.

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Speaker 2: Think Corley is actually living in Rogers guest, how is.

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Speaker 3: He Reelly can do one of those most Yeah, then

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Speaker 3: he'll be fine. Yeah, it's a great fit.

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Speaker 2: That's all that matter is. It's sit in the backyard

546
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Speaker 2: and you know, their legs crossed and stare at the moon, right,

547
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Speaker 2: you know, whatever they do. Jonah ellis the edge rusher

548
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Speaker 2: to the Broncos at seventy six. Fine, that doesn't move

549
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Speaker 2: the needle from them, right whatever. This one we kind

550
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Speaker 2: of talked about though. Jatavian Sanders at tight end goes

551
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Speaker 2: one oh one to the Carolina Panthers.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean he's like a four or five star

553
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Speaker 3: recruit that didn't really play like that, but he flashes

554
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Speaker 3: and there's nothing in front of him. I mean, you're

555
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Speaker 3: a young quarterback with Leasa Talon at tight end that

556
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Speaker 3: should see the field. Okay, it's towards the risk.

557
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Speaker 2: Jalen Wright at one twenty to the Dolphins.

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Speaker 3: Speed, speed, speeds, beads they do, I think most it's

559
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Speaker 3: like the oldest back in the league.

560
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Speaker 2: Yeah. And then finally Malik Mustafa at one twenty four

561
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Speaker 2: to the forty nine Ers.

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Speaker 3: I guess I mean that downhill that they have a fonga,

563
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Speaker 3: you know, that's a better version. But he's a thumper,

564
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Speaker 3: speed guy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that fits their aggressively.

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Speaker 2: You feel like Jimmy Ward kind of feel to it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah yeah. Yeah, they did need another safety, so interesting,

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Speaker 3: that's a good fit.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. So that's the group there. Of course, I think

571
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Speaker 2: he also could have added Zach Fraser to that but

572
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Speaker 2: it looks, yeah, kind of limiting it to one pick

573
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Speaker 2: per team. But I mean, I think you know, those

574
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Speaker 2: three offensive linemen the Steelers added, I talked to McCormick today.

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Speaker 3: I mean, he's a pickup truck too.

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Speaker 2: He'll fit right in. Really, he'll fit right in.

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Speaker 3: Okay. I have not been around any of them yet,

578
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Speaker 3: but I have a feeling their attitudes will be infectious

579
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Speaker 3: and it's cool to already hanging out together too.

580
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, And I think you know that's just you know,

581
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Speaker 2: what you want from your offensive lineman. And if those

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Speaker 2: three guys end up being part of this line for

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Speaker 2: the next let's say, let's say seven.

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Speaker 3: Years, yes, say, I mean more than four, you're really happy.

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Speaker 2: Right, absolutely? Yeah, And I think there's certainly a good

586
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Speaker 2: chance that that could be the case.

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Speaker 3: No doubt, no doubt. I can see Frasier starting for

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Speaker 3: a decade, you know. Yeah, these guys are fits and

589
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Speaker 3: their foundational pieces.

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Speaker 2: Well, one thing, and I meant to mention this when

591
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Speaker 2: we were talking about this in the previous segment, about

592
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Speaker 2: those guys potentially starting out of the gate. One of

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Speaker 2: the reasons why Mike Tomlin didn't start Joey Porter right

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Speaker 2: out of the gate. He didn't want him. Well, the

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Speaker 2: same thing with Roderi Jones, but he didn't want either

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Speaker 2: one hitting the rookie wall. But I think in the

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Speaker 2: case of Roderick Jones it was in part because he'd

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Speaker 2: only had fifteen career starts. In the case of Porter,

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Speaker 2: it's because hey, look he's going to be he's going

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Speaker 2: to do more than just play cornerback. He's he's gonna

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Speaker 2: there's some special teams things that he can do, things

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Speaker 2: of that nature. So he's playing more snaps than just

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Speaker 2: playing corner.

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Speaker 3: Right, where the linemen aren't going to run down riakofs

605
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Speaker 3: or anything like that. Right, So that could.

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Speaker 2: Be a situation where the offensive lineman, because these guys

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Speaker 2: are more experienced, they may not have the trepidation putting

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Speaker 2: them in there from the get go is that they

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Speaker 2: did with Jones or last year with Porter putting in

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Speaker 2: because again, those guys aren't going to play a ton

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Speaker 2: of special teams.

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Speaker 3: Right. Does your spider sense tell you that the first

613
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Speaker 3: time they line up with the veterans in Mini caamp

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Speaker 3: or whatever, Fraser will be the center with the ones.

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Speaker 2: I think so, Yeah, I would think so. I think so,

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Speaker 2: And that's the difference. The difference between what's going on

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Speaker 2: at tackle and what's going on at center is that

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Speaker 2: they'd have a returning incumbent starter. Last year starter's not here, right,

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Speaker 2: it's center. Last year's starter's not here. You've got a

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Speaker 2: guy who's who's a veteran, who's been on the team,

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Speaker 2: but he really hasn't played center, right.

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Speaker 3: I mean, if Cole were on this roster, I think

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Speaker 3: he'd probably have the first snaps, yeah, and at least

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Speaker 3: beat him out. But now I think you'd go give

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Speaker 3: it to the rook.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, so I think that's what's gonna end up

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Speaker 2: happening here. We'll see here, well not too long another week. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: they go out for OTA's but let's get to another break.

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Speaker 3: Get that sixty six Jersey.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, that's what that wants. So Matt Aaron Shatz put

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Speaker 2: together the biggest remaining roster holes for all thirty two teams.

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Speaker 2: But I thought here in this final segment of our

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Speaker 2: number one, we take a look at the roster holes

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Speaker 2: for the AFC North team.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I read this. This is really good work. We

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Speaker 3: both are big Aaron Shots fans, and he goes pretty

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Speaker 3: in depth on some of these, like Dallas he's like

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Speaker 3: third safety, you know. Yeah, I mean like things that

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Speaker 3: because they play a ton of nickel or big nickel,

654
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Speaker 3: you know. So he really dug into it pretty heavy.

655
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:10,400
Speaker 3: It's a good article.

656
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 2: So for the AFC North, for the Baltimore Ravens, he

657
00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 2: has the biggest roster hole is left guard. Right now,

658
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,240
Speaker 2: the penciled in starters Andrew Voorheas.

659
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:24,320
Speaker 3: He was a red shirt last year.

660
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 2: Basically the tours right ACL. I ended up getting him

661
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,120
Speaker 2: into the seventh round. As he says, right now, the

662
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 2: penciled in starter left guard is Andrew Warheas. Many scouts

663
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 2: consider him a Day two prospect at USC until he

664
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,680
Speaker 2: tours right ACL at the twenty twenty three combine that

665
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 2: dropped him to the seventh round and costume his rookie season.

666
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 2: If Vorheas isn't ready to start, the Ravens could move

667
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 2: to swing tackle Patrick McCarry, or perhaps stick a sixth

668
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 2: round pick from twenty twenty three ma Lasa Allum la

669
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,440
Speaker 2: ley Lalu, who spent his entire rookie season as a

670
00:29:55,440 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 2: healthy and active They need Warheas play in a big way.

671
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,560
Speaker 2: And you're talking about a guy who hasn't played football now.

672
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 3: In about it's been year and a half, over a

673
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 3: year and a half. Yeah, so a couple of things.

674
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 3: There is some of these guys and I'm not saying

675
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 3: Zach Center is exactly the same, but we just went

676
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 3: through this this year with a good guard that you

677
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,160
Speaker 3: knew Base's gonna red shirt this year, and everyone's like, wow,

678
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:24,960
Speaker 3: he would have been in a way, Yes, he'd have

679
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 3: been a way higher pick, But I don't know that

680
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 3: he was studied, certainly by the draft knicks and the

681
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,200
Speaker 3: people we hear on the radio and stuff, because he

682
00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,680
Speaker 3: didn't play. I mean, it's a big stretch. He didn't play,

683
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,480
Speaker 3: So there's a little bit of a more variance to

684
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:42,200
Speaker 3: those prospects to me anyway, not in any attack on

685
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:43,760
Speaker 3: and he hasn't played forever.

686
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,880
Speaker 2: Because you know, you can talk about the combine stuff

687
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 2: all you want or the pro days. He didn't have

688
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 2: any of this.

689
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 3: That stuff either.

690
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:52,560
Speaker 2: We have no idea what the agility is. It might

691
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:53,880
Speaker 2: have pushed him up the board, it may have moved

692
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 2: him down a little.

693
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:56,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean that's oh, he would have been a

694
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,480
Speaker 3: second second day pick. Maybe we don't know that though.

695
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 3: Have to go through it or compete with other guards

696
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 3: that we're going into.

697
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 2: According into the draft process, at least among the analysts.

698
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 2: For example, kayln King, right, great example was a he's

699
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,880
Speaker 2: he's the first time last year he's in the first

700
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 2: round or second round.

701
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 3: It the latest he's better than Porter, you know, right,

702
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,120
Speaker 3: and not so much went the seventh. Yeah, but anyway,

703
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 3: mccary's super valuable to them because he frankly, he can

704
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 3: really play all five positions. Is he great at any

705
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 3: of them? No? But let's say Rosen Gardens not ready

706
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 3: or strong enough to play right tackle.

707
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 2: R McCary got to start right tackle.

708
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:36,800
Speaker 3: I would imagine, you know, so, you don't want him

709
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 3: bumping into guard.

710
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 2: To me, rose Gardens kind of a project.

711
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 3: I think so too. I think he needs to get stronger,

712
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 3: and you don't want File out there, you know so.

713
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 3: I feel like they're one lineman short.

714
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 2: Nowhere in here is File mentioned. Surprising.

715
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 3: I wonder if he's like on the cusp of getting cut,

716
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,320
Speaker 3: surprised he's not very good at the game?

717
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 2: Uh? For the Cincinnati Bengals, the roster hole is it

718
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:00,280
Speaker 2: wide receiver?

719
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 3: See I read that one. That's one I didn't agree with. Yeah, Well,

720
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 3: because I'm a Burton fan, they've had a bunch of

721
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:10,920
Speaker 3: these dudes that have played right that are now going

722
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 3: to probably be the third or fourth guy. I don't

723
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 3: think Higgins is getting traded. He can complain all he wants.

724
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:21,040
Speaker 2: I just wonder to me if Higgins has a hang nail.

725
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 3: All that stuff happening, same with Hendrickson. Yeah yeah, right,

726
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 3: I mean that's that's what your risk. But all in all,

727
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,760
Speaker 3: their receiver room is I mean, Tyler Boyd's not gonna

728
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 3: be missed. No, I mean I'd rather Burton this year

729
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 3: than Boyd. Yeah, you know, on the field. Yeah, So

730
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,240
Speaker 3: that's one I didn't really get for the Browns.

731
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:43,040
Speaker 2: It's cornerback depth, which sounds weird considering they have Denzel Ward,

732
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 2: Martin Emerson, Greg Newsom.

733
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 3: This is another one I wasn't real fond of. But

734
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 3: quarterback aside, the Browns are a hard team to find holes.

735
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,320
Speaker 3: I mean, their roster is pretty complete. It might not

736
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:57,200
Speaker 3: be excellent everywhere, but they have three corners that are

737
00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 3: all legit dudes. Yeah you know, and they've had actually,

738
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 3: you know, shove Newsom into the slot, which really isn't

739
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:07,120
Speaker 3: what he's best suited to do. Most teams would kill

740
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,320
Speaker 3: for that problem, right, Yeah, So, I mean I didn't

741
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,400
Speaker 3: see it there with that one either. I'm not sure

742
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 3: what i'd come up with except for starting quarterback, but

743
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 3: that's not going to cut it.

744
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, if I were them, would you trade Greg Newsom?

745
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,680
Speaker 3: I'd consider it because you'd get.

746
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,400
Speaker 2: Something good and you're talking to sign him back.

747
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,760
Speaker 3: Maybe the time to have been before the draft, because

748
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 3: this is three years a row. They even' had a

749
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 3: first round pick, yeah, a second. They probably could have

750
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,240
Speaker 3: gotten a two for Greg Newsom. Yeah yeah, and even

751
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 3: if he just drafted a corner and swapped him out

752
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 3: for a nickel for Saints Kroll or something like that. Yeah,

753
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 3: you buy time, you get younger, because yeah, I don't

754
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,000
Speaker 3: think he's a franchise candidate, especially with what you're paying

755
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,160
Speaker 3: Ward and the other dudes all right too, and you'd

756
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 3: get something for Newsome. They're so aggressive. I mean they're

757
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,080
Speaker 3: in it to win it. I'm sure that you can.

758
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 2: Still be in it to win it and trade Newsom.

759
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:58,000
Speaker 2: And again if if you drafts Santastrill, Yeah, and now

760
00:33:58,040 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 2: you might be better.

761
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 3: You might be better and more suited for your environment.

762
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, no, I think that should have been something

763
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 3: they considered at this point.

764
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,520
Speaker 2: Probably not, I don't know that they didn't, but yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

765
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:08,839
Speaker 2: you know.

766
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 3: That just to me, because he's in hit the up

767
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:12,719
Speaker 3: market and make a good bock.

768
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you're not going to get him bad.

769
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 3: I don't think you're getting back in the days of

770
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 3: keeping let alone, going out and getting guys from outside

771
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 3: the organization. They're expensive or probably done right brownies.

772
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,280
Speaker 2: For the Steelers, it's nickel corner.

773
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:30,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's still true. There's some options, but they're a

774
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,479
Speaker 3: little bit of a reach. I mean, I think wide

775
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 3: receivers right there, well, I mean I think there's two

776
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 3: that stand out. But now Aaron's smart. I mean, people

777
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 3: look at this corner room like, oh, there's that. Now,

778
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:40,880
Speaker 3: who's the nickel?

779
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:42,799
Speaker 2: You know, right, That's the thing like when people kept

780
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,320
Speaker 2: bringing up during the draft, well, what about this guy's

781
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,640
Speaker 2: got to be a nickel. It's got to be a nickel,

782
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 2: because right now.

783
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 3: You're you're too if one of them is a nickel.

784
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 2: But right your nickel right now is probably Josiah Scott.

785
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,760
Speaker 3: Yeah. And I know that they're excited about the wu

786
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 3: kid as well. I mean, but these are they're not proven.

787
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's the most proven. He played four

788
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 2: under snaps two years ago for the Eagles in the

789
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 2: in the slot.

790
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,759
Speaker 3: Like if they've lined up week one, I think he'd

791
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 3: be the slot. Yeah, but that's not ideal. He might

792
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:14,279
Speaker 3: be fine, but he could be Yeah, he could be

793
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:15,880
Speaker 3: more option there.

794
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'd like to have something I know. I know

795
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:19,319
Speaker 2: this guy's good.

796
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,799
Speaker 3: I mean, at this point i'd be happy, maybe not

797
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 3: with Sullivan, maybe a little bit better than that, but

798
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 3: that mold of somebody that's been the league five, six,

799
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,399
Speaker 3: seven years, it's not super expensive, that's played a lot

800
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,879
Speaker 3: of slot and they're doing and maybe that's a move.

801
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 2: They have Anthony Brett in for a rookie camp tryout

802
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:38,600
Speaker 2: to Yeah, he's a six year veteran, hasn't played a

803
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,239
Speaker 2: ton in the slot, but he's done it.

804
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 3: He can.

805
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, but he's also played a lot of snaps in

806
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 2: the NFL.

807
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:45,799
Speaker 3: I think he's a good special teamer from what I

808
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 3: remember too, So you.

809
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,279
Speaker 2: Know, maybe that's an option. I don't know.

810
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,960
Speaker 3: It might be a three or four you know man

811
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 3: situation and whoever best man wins and we realize it's

812
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:56,719
Speaker 3: not going to be the strength of the defense, but

813
00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 3: if we're strong everywhere else, we can live with it.

814
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 2: It's different, like it's.

815
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:04,840
Speaker 3: A weird position to invest in because it's almost like

816
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 3: running back. They get beat up and they're all little

817
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 3: and they don't last long in the league. I mean,

818
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 3: it's almost like, unless I have a great one. I

819
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,400
Speaker 3: might just put a band aid there and live with it.

820
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:16,759
Speaker 2: It's it's exact opposite of what Cleveland is.

821
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,040
Speaker 3: Doing right now, exact opposite right where.

822
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:20,799
Speaker 2: You know, they have a ward, they have Emerson, They're

823
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:25,799
Speaker 2: playing Newsome in the slot and he doesn't necessarily necessarily

824
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:27,840
Speaker 2: profile is a true slot.

825
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 3: He's doing it for the best of the team.

826
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, thing right, you know, could Darius Rush bump inside

827
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 2: and be the slot maybe maybe maybe.

828
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:39,399
Speaker 3: Maybe the Texas kid or you know. I mean, I'm

829
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 3: sure somebody will be asked to do it, or they

830
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:43,520
Speaker 3: could come up and volunteer and be like, hey, if

831
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 3: I can see the field, I'll try it.

832
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:46,720
Speaker 2: I mean, I know it's not Corey Trice.

833
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:47,799
Speaker 3: I don't think it's Trice.

834
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not Joey Porter Junior.

835
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:51,359
Speaker 3: No.

836
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 2: And I don't think that it's Dante Jackson.

837
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 3: I don't think that's why he was added. And he's

838
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,399
Speaker 3: not super physical too. I think he's best on he's

839
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 3: he is an outside guy. Yeah, and some of these

840
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,359
Speaker 3: dudes obviously will follow a receiver into the slot. Doesn't

841
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:08,319
Speaker 3: mean they'll never align there. I mean, be the guy, right.

842
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:10,279
Speaker 3: I think that's give me one of the things we

843
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:11,359
Speaker 3: talking most about a camp.

844
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, no doubt about it. I mean I think

845
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 2: that's to me, that's a bigger hole than the wide

846
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 2: receiver spot, just because a wide receiver. Well, they don't

847
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:24,480
Speaker 2: have the quote unquote one guy answer for any of

848
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:26,359
Speaker 2: this stuff. They've got a bunch of guys who are

849
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 2: NFL players, Like I wish they'd know what they are.

850
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 3: I wish they had those four receivers slot version, right,

851
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 3: you know what I mean?

852
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,240
Speaker 2: Like if you signed Scotty Miller of the slot world,

853
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 2: of the slot world, You're like, oh okay, Like I can't.

854
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,759
Speaker 3: Live with that, right right, Yeah, they're the least guys

855
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:42,720
Speaker 3: I can line up and play with, right right.

856
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 2: Whereas in Nickel corner right now, you've got some projections

857
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 2: more than anything else.

858
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:48,800
Speaker 3: And I wonder if they think one of the safeties

859
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:49,879
Speaker 3: is really going to be the guy.

860
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know who that would be. I know,

861
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 2: unless it's Minka make.

862
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,279
Speaker 3: It could obviously do a lot of it. KZ has

863
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 3: Elliott against the end would make some sense, but none

864
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 3: of them are slot slots, right right? Yeah? Maybe how

865
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 3: about row I know Rosan on the team, but I

866
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 3: keep thinking that he'd be a guy guys.

867
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 2: He's not a slot tho either.

868
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 3: And he hasn't done much of it, I know, but

869
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:16,760
Speaker 3: he's had a corner background any safety, but he's probably

870
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:17,520
Speaker 3: is what he is at this dag.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think he runs nearly as well thirty

872
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Speaker 2: or thirty one as he did when he was twenty three.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that needs to be figured out. It's definitely a

874
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Speaker 3: good one.

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Speaker 2: But at the time, and you know, there's I can't

876
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Speaker 2: stress this enough with people who want this guy. They

877
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,200
Speaker 2: got to sign somebody now, Like there are going to

878
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 2: be guys released other tons after June first during training

879
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Speaker 2: camp that.

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Speaker 3: I mean, there's a handful of teams right now that

881
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 3: are pretty darn tight on the cap and haven't signed

882
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 3: rookies or that kind of stuff yet too. I mean

883
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Speaker 3: I've been asked you probably have too. What about Xavion

884
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 3: Howard or Stefan Gilmour might they're not close to what

885
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:56,560
Speaker 3: they used to be. They're outside guys. They're not going

886
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 3: to come in and play for nothing, you know. I mean, like, hey,

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Speaker 3: I'm all in favor adding any defensive back that help

888
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:05,400
Speaker 3: I mean, Patrick Peterson, whatever, But they don't help your

889
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:06,319
Speaker 3: slat problem.

890
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Speaker 2: No, they don't.

891
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Speaker 3: That's a slot.

892
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 2: That's the biggest thing right now.

893
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I'm not spending money on those guys where

894
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 3: I could maybe use that money on a receiver or something.

895
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,640
Speaker 2: Yeah. So that's where the Steelers are at at this point,

896
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,799
Speaker 2: that's where the ANC North is at. According to Aaron

897
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 2: Shatz of ESPN, I.

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Speaker 3: Orge everyone checked that article out theough. Yeah. I think

899
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Speaker 3: the two Ohio teams were probably his worst write ups

900
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Speaker 3: of the one and I'm not sure who had have picked,

901
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Speaker 3: but it is a good article.

902
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Speaker 2: Yeah, let's get to another break. That's going to do

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Speaker 2: it for our number one of the drive here on

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Speaker 2: Steelers Nation Radio, Matt and I will be back with

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Speaker 2: our number two. Don't you go anywhere you're on his

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Speaker 2: drive