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Speaker 1: Welcome back to our number two of the drive here

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Speaker 1: on Steelers Nation Radio, and it is as we often

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Speaker 1: do here at the top of our number two, it's

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Speaker 1: either fantasy football or mock drafting or talk talking more draft,

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna go mock draft out here again. They're

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Speaker 1: starting to they're starting to come out more and more.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's kind of fun. Yeah. I guess Thursday Friday

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Speaker 2: we should get back in the fantasy they pick some

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Speaker 2: pick a standalone game or something tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Well we get two games Saturday, two game Sunday, so

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Speaker 1: we can do standalone whatever. So anyways, looking here today's

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Speaker 1: mock draft I'm looking at here is on the thirty

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Speaker 1: third team, which if you have who's the author? This

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Speaker 1: is by Connor Lives a familiar with him. He's the

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Speaker 1: draft senior NFL draft writer on the thirty third team, gotcha,

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Speaker 1: which is the thirty third team the number thirty three

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Speaker 1: dot com.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they do good work.

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Speaker 1: I haven't checked out when out check that out. They

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Speaker 1: get a lot of good stuff on there.

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Speaker 2: They do. They have some good contributors.

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Speaker 1: He has four trades in this mock draft.

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Speaker 2: O funk.

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Speaker 1: It makes it a little different.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So he he still has the Bears taking Caleb

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Speaker 1: Williams number one.

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Speaker 2: I wonder if he like trades fields or any of

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Speaker 2: that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm just looking here to see does he mention

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Speaker 1: anything about trading fields. He does not.

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Speaker 2: Again, I would be oh wait, people calling.

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Speaker 1: With rumors swirling regarding Justin Field's trade compensation, it feels

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Speaker 1: like we're inching toward a new quarterback era for the

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Speaker 1: Chicago Browns. Well, of course there rumors swirling about it.

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Speaker 1: Of course, they're all being started by the media. Nobody

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Speaker 1: in nobody in the Bears building is saying, hey, we

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Speaker 2: Right, right right. I think it's the first overall pick.

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Speaker 2: Of course, there's gonna be rumors.

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Speaker 1: Number two, Washington takes Drake May, the quarterback out of

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Speaker 1: North Carolina. Then we have a trade.

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Speaker 2: Interesting.

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Speaker 1: The Falcons trade up with the Patriots. They give up

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Speaker 2: Could be Belichick Trademan's old team.

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Speaker 1: They get the number three pick overall here and they

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Speaker 1: take it in Atlanta Jayden Daniels, the quarterback out of LSU.

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Speaker 2: But that would imply the Patriots didn't want him. But

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Speaker 2: Patrios need a lot of stuff. I could see trading down.

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Speaker 1: Him first round draft pick for next year would be

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Speaker 1: The Chargers then take Brock Bauers, the tight end out

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Speaker 2: Dane put him there too, And I was listening to

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Speaker 2: Dane's uh you know podcast this morning and basically just said,

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Speaker 2: this guy's not a time. I mean, it's same conversation

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Speaker 2: with Pitts. He's a wide receiver, don't call him a

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Speaker 1: At six, the Giants and take Malik Neighbors.

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Speaker 2: About to say it, I wonder if the Chargers would.

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Speaker 1: I would, because they're not going to have both of

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Speaker 1: heard somebody talking about, well, the Chargers jobs really attractive.

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Speaker 1: When we've laid this out a thousand times.

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Speaker 2: There's one thing really attractive.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the rest of it's gonna They're not going to

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Speaker 2: I mean, you're paying their cap situations. Was two things

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Speaker 2: really attracted about the Chargers job. You have this pick

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Speaker 1: That's about it, because even with all those quote unquote

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's nice to have like Slater and Zion Johnson,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's seven. The Titans take Joe Alty, offensive tackle

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Speaker 2: Yeah, teams to have him over. Yeah, but I think

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Speaker 1: Almost At eight, after trading down, the Patriots take Romadunzier

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Speaker 2: Making sure use them. Don't know what their quarterback situation

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Speaker 1: Be ironic that they they finally take a wide receiver

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Speaker 2: But if he hit, if he hit, yeah.

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Speaker 1: Like they Belichick never drafted a wide receiver.

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Speaker 2: Well, well, right, maybe their best guys who traded for

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Speaker 1: And then you have to go back to the early

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Speaker 2: Troy Brown's and those branch Yeah, Branch.

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Speaker 1: John Branch. At nine, we have another trade alert. The

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Speaker 1: Saints trade fourteen and their second round pick to the

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Speaker 2: So Saints trade up.

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Speaker 1: The Saints move up, the Bears move down, and they

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, he's a really good value that late.

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Speaker 2: I think the Bears are happy enough with their tackles. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: It's and there's really probably no defensive player that they

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Speaker 2: High stands out. Yeah. I think everyone's going to have

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Speaker 1: The pass catchers is just the top pass catchers just

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you'd love to get out of there

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Speaker 1: At ten, the Jets take J. C. Latham, the offensive

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Speaker 2: I do think there's some discussion of who's gonna be third.

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Speaker 1: Tack So that's three tackles in the top ten.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I bet there's three more in the top you know,

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Speaker 1: At eleven, the Vikings take Jerseon Newton, the defensive tack

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Speaker 2: And then that's the edge. Guys will price our fall

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Speaker 1: Right at twelve, the Broncos take Lay two out of

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Speaker 2: been great for UCLA for two years. But there might

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Speaker 2: I think it was knees. Yeah, find some stuff.

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Speaker 1: At thirteen, the Raiders take Terry and Arnold, the cornerback

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Speaker 2: We're gonna like him more and more, I think the

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Speaker 2: So I think he does go ahead of kol Aid.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. At fourteen, the Bears, having traded downtake Brian Thomas Junior,

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Speaker 2: That's I think that's the highest I've seen him and they.

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Speaker 2: But nice. Yeah, he's a really attractive player too.

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Speaker 1: At fifteen, the Colts take Keyon Coleman, the wide receiver

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Speaker 2: Okay, a lot of people thought he would be like

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Speaker 1: Allowed to have a Florida quarterback throwing to a Florida

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Speaker 1: At sixteen, the Seahawks take Yeah, the Seahawks take Jared Vversy,

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Speaker 1: So back to back Florida State.

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Speaker 2: Guys got to think that's a defensive player. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville at seventeen takes Dallas Turner, the edge rusher out

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Speaker 2: Well, Allen's a potential free agent. I would think that

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Speaker 1: need another receiver because Ridley's Yeah.

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Speaker 2: don't know if you can bring back Ridley.

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Speaker 1: At eighteen, the Bengals take to Lasi Fluaga, the offensive

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Speaker 1: This was setting up all for the Steelers here though.

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Speaker 1: If we were covering this draft in the in this spring,

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Speaker 1: we'd be like, oh, cornerbacks are still largely untouched at

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and what there's one off the board, just off

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Speaker 1: At nineteen, well there goes a second win. The Rams

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Speaker 1: take Nate Wiggins, the cornerback out of Clemson.

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Speaker 2: I mean, that doesn't mean there aren't others, but interesting.

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Speaker 1: Now, I haven't looked at this draft yet to see

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Speaker 2: I know your boy Dejeene Dejeene is there. I corrected

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Speaker 2: you wrong yesterday I called him Dejahn, like the mustard

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Speaker 2: is Dejeene, So we got that.

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Speaker 1: Now at twenty he has him taking Taylor Geitton, the

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Speaker 1: offensive tackle out of Oklahoma. Okay, I would take Dejeene

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Speaker 2: I just don't know enough. But what I do know

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Speaker 2: about Geiton is he is skyrocketing up boards. Jim Nagy,

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Speaker 2: who's in charge of the Senior Bowl, Guiten's going to

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the big I'll be keeping an eye on.

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Speaker 2: But there are so many other ones that are a

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Speaker 2: I don't know. Just going back to back super talented

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Speaker 1: At twenty one, the Dolphins take Braylan Trice, the addresser

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Speaker 1: I mean, Zeitler's getting up in age for them.

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Speaker 2: But he went out of his way to say this

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Speaker 2: Probably not, Probably not. I'm sure that wasn't the only

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Speaker 1: another break. He is the Matt Williamson. I'm Dale, Lollie.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back with more right after this. Welcome back.

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Speaker 1: I'm Dale. LOLLI he is the Matt Williamson and uh, Matt,

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Speaker 1: it is time here as we often do, it is

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Speaker 2: Yes, it is.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and well it also means for some of these

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Speaker 2: Might be their last visit to the South Side.

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Speaker 1: Let's go over this list and we'll put on our

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Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin slash Okay Omar Khn.

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Speaker 2: Should Mason Rudolph be his own hour, you know, like

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Speaker 1: Exit being Well, let's let's start with Mason.

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Speaker 1: That's let's get his own seg Mason, you're the You're

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Speaker 2: I have mixed feelings how you actually handle this if

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Speaker 2: But I don't envision the Steelers going from twenty to

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00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,800
Speaker 2: five to go get Jayden Daniels. Yeah, I don't think

445
00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,639
Speaker 2: that happens. I'm not sure Pinnix or bo Nicks or

446
00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:31,800
Speaker 2: McCarthy is.

447
00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,679
Speaker 1: Really they don't do it for me.

448
00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,960
Speaker 2: They don't do it for me either, you know. And

449
00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,240
Speaker 2: I'm always in favor of taking one, but I think

450
00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,480
Speaker 2: if somebody falls on day two, I'd be interested as

451
00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:46,119
Speaker 2: opposed to giving up a dejene, you know.

452
00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,879
Speaker 1: In order foundation a guy who could be a foundational player.

453
00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,600
Speaker 2: And maybe you'll regret it and think, wow, we're really

454
00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,640
Speaker 2: light a quarterback in Week eight, that Rudolph or Pickett

455
00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:58,480
Speaker 2: is not a starter.

456
00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,480
Speaker 1: I'd rather take a chance like Spencer Rattler or somebody

457
00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:02,639
Speaker 1: that in the fourth round.

458
00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,320
Speaker 2: I agree, I think that's a great name. But I

459
00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,160
Speaker 2: might go to that meeting. I mean I might walk

460
00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:13,080
Speaker 2: into that exit meeting with Rudolph and as opposed to

461
00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:17,200
Speaker 2: saying go test the market, I might have a contract

462
00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:17,920
Speaker 2: sitting there for him.

463
00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,120
Speaker 1: Like, but if I'm Rudelf, if you're Rudolph, you don't

464
00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:22,280
Speaker 1: want to sign that contract next.

465
00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:24,480
Speaker 2: But I mean, this is a show of faith.

466
00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,400
Speaker 1: That's why, that's why I think you tell him, Look,

467
00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,920
Speaker 1: we'd love to have you back. Go out test the market,

468
00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,600
Speaker 1: see where you're at. We've got an offer here ready

469
00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,280
Speaker 1: for you. And to your point, it's the midst you

470
00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,920
Speaker 1: know what what we just gonnadvance? Yeah, and but well

471
00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,600
Speaker 1: we can talk. If you get a better offer than that,

472
00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,400
Speaker 1: we'll talk about it. And that's how I'd handle it.

473
00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:48,199
Speaker 2: Or is it just job number one to lock him up?

474
00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,000
Speaker 2: And I mean, I don't think I could sleep at

475
00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:52,720
Speaker 2: night if he signed with the Cults or Raiders or

476
00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,640
Speaker 2: Bears or whatever. I mean I still could sleep at night,

477
00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:59,040
Speaker 2: don't get me wrong, And I hate negotiating with Well,

478
00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,320
Speaker 2: we're afraid we can't get better. You can always find somebody, yeah,

479
00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:04,879
Speaker 2: I mean, like he's not special.

480
00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:10,119
Speaker 1: Again, you know, you can pivot to it someone like that.

481
00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,000
Speaker 1: Then I make a bigger pitch.

482
00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:12,560
Speaker 2: For one of those guys.

483
00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:17,199
Speaker 1: Yeah, because even if Kenny Pickett is your guy, he

484
00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,600
Speaker 1: has gotten hurt and he's his first two seasons. I

485
00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:20,880
Speaker 1: want to have a good backup in place.

486
00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,200
Speaker 2: I mean, I can't go in just Kenny's the guy,

487
00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,280
Speaker 2: no matter what. I can't feel confident with that. Yeah,

488
00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,719
Speaker 2: no question about it. How to handle it is what

489
00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:32,800
Speaker 2: I haven't come up with yet. Well, would I be

490
00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,080
Speaker 2: happy if Rudolph was in camp next year? Absolute?

491
00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:35,560
Speaker 1: Absolutely?

492
00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:39,639
Speaker 2: Absolutely, I'm happy with what he did? Absolutely? Could you

493
00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:44,000
Speaker 2: get better? Maybe? I don't know how to, you know.

494
00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,080
Speaker 2: And then part of that's you can actually have conversations

495
00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:48,920
Speaker 2: with his agent and stuff. I don't know what he wants.

496
00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, right, so that's that's all part of that conversation.

497
00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,560
Speaker 2: Yeah. Obviously we'll talk plenty about.

498
00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,439
Speaker 1: That moving on here. Some of it we'll go with

499
00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:59,080
Speaker 1: through the guys who played more first. Uh So, I'm

500
00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:03,240
Speaker 1: looking here at Chandon Sullivan, who is a unrestricted free agent,

501
00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,960
Speaker 1: played a decent amount of snaps. Is your nickel some

502
00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,960
Speaker 1: of these I'm just going to be cold and flat

503
00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:12,919
Speaker 1: out business decision. It's been nice doing business with the Chanden,

504
00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,720
Speaker 1: but we gave up about the most production in the league,

505
00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:20,200
Speaker 1: the slots. It's not all your fault, but I would

506
00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:21,520
Speaker 1: rather draft the gene.

507
00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what I mean. I'm with you on that.

508
00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,360
Speaker 1: And I don't think you bring chand to Sullivan back now.

509
00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:30,320
Speaker 2: And maybe when camp opens, if he doesn't have a

510
00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:33,240
Speaker 2: job and you didn't find a great slot option or whatever,

511
00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,800
Speaker 2: you give him a buzz. But it doesn't mean we

512
00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,440
Speaker 2: can't ever talk again. But we could do better.

513
00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:40,720
Speaker 1: Uh Kawan Alexander.

514
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,200
Speaker 2: So again, maybe you know more than I do about

515
00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,600
Speaker 2: his injury. We how bad is his injury?

516
00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:50,280
Speaker 1: I think he'll be ready for.

517
00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,639
Speaker 2: Training camp and all those things. Quand you want to

518
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,920
Speaker 2: sign the same deal we signed you to before you

519
00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:57,840
Speaker 2: sign a one year deal and three you run it

520
00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:01,160
Speaker 2: back and between the three three of you and assuming

521
00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:06,520
Speaker 2: Holcomb's healthy, we're kind of done it. Linebacker. It wasn't perfect,

522
00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,080
Speaker 2: but we don't have a ton invested in it.

523
00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,360
Speaker 1: We want to be we made we made Draft one,

524
00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:11,400
Speaker 1: but it's not going to be early.

525
00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,280
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. We're based on our front, which we think

526
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,800
Speaker 2: is going to be a strength again, and we really

527
00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,800
Speaker 2: want to improve the back end. And we were happy

528
00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:23,000
Speaker 2: with the three you combined. I want to run it back. Yeah.

529
00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:24,399
Speaker 2: If you say no, I'm going to go look for

530
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,639
Speaker 2: someone just like you. Right, it's been around the block

531
00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:27,160
Speaker 2: that can run.

532
00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:30,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, Levi Wallace.

533
00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:35,040
Speaker 2: Sorry, Levi, Yeah, I'm done. Yeah, your great story. You

534
00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:37,959
Speaker 2: did some good things here. I gotta get better at

535
00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:38,800
Speaker 2: outside corner. Yeah.

536
00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,000
Speaker 1: You've stuck around the league now for seven seasons. Yeah,

537
00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,280
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's a great success story for a

538
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,320
Speaker 1: guy who's a walk on at Alabama of all places.

539
00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,040
Speaker 1: You showed a lot of faith in yourself. We think

540
00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,480
Speaker 1: you'll probably still wind up playing in the NFL somewhere

541
00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:52,920
Speaker 1: next year.

542
00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,080
Speaker 2: But I don't think he'll start for anyone next year.

543
00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:01,280
Speaker 2: I mean not by design. Yeah, no, so we it's

544
00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,000
Speaker 2: one of our biggest priorities is to get better at

545
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 2: your position.

546
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:08,639
Speaker 1: Montrevius Adams very interested in bringing them back, Yeah, very interested.

547
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:10,880
Speaker 2: I don't know what he makes, but I think.

548
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:12,639
Speaker 1: I think he made. I think he made two or

549
00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,719
Speaker 1: three million, two and a half or two. Yeah, I

550
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,200
Speaker 1: think that we'll give you. We'll give you a little

551
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:17,960
Speaker 1: bump up from what you made this year. But we

552
00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:20,480
Speaker 1: like you and you now know the system. You're a

553
00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:24,600
Speaker 1: valuable player for us this year. Yeah, you're probably you're

554
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 1: not going to be the starter. No, that's Keano, but

555
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,760
Speaker 1: you knew that when we drafted him. But we still

556
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,159
Speaker 1: we feel like you could be a good piece as

557
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,040
Speaker 1: a rotational player.

558
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:34,400
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, fifteen twenty snaps a game, which is kind

559
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,680
Speaker 2: of what he did anyway. Yeah, maybe if you're making

560
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,080
Speaker 2: two and a half, we'll give you three. If you're

561
00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:40,920
Speaker 2: making two, we'll give you two and a half. Yeah,

562
00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,919
Speaker 2: one year deal. Probably, we'll talk again a year, but

563
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:44,399
Speaker 2: we like it.

564
00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, Miles kill a Brew.

565
00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:50,560
Speaker 2: I should know this better. I just don't know what

566
00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,640
Speaker 2: he costs. What are the most expensive special.

567
00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,480
Speaker 1: He was a couple he was, he was that same

568
00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,520
Speaker 1: boat with he was two or three million dollars this year.

569
00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, Like I remember when the Bills sim Matta caved

570
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,240
Speaker 2: it was pretty good chunk.

571
00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:05,960
Speaker 1: Yeah. No, Killer Brew is thirty now. Yeah, but he's

572
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,919
Speaker 1: a really good special teams player.

573
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,640
Speaker 2: And they value those dudes, and yeah, you can make capspace.

574
00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,560
Speaker 1: For he's a special teams captain. Yeah, I think you

575
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,520
Speaker 1: bring them back. I would like to.

576
00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,760
Speaker 2: I mean, if he says I can get five from

577
00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,400
Speaker 2: some team that has a ton and you're paying him

578
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,000
Speaker 2: three or whatever, we'll.

579
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,720
Speaker 1: Go find the next We'll go find the next Miles

580
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:24,160
Speaker 1: killer Brew.

581
00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,280
Speaker 2: Then I guess yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean if he's

582
00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:28,679
Speaker 2: going to play hardball with you, which maybe there are

583
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,520
Speaker 2: four or five teams that he's a pro bowler, now,

584
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,720
Speaker 2: would say we'll give you more, Okay, but we'll gladly

585
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,080
Speaker 2: give you the same deal we're giving you now.

586
00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:37,920
Speaker 1: I don't know that that's going to happen, though, because

587
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,240
Speaker 1: there aren't many teams that value no you know, like

588
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,000
Speaker 1: wherever Belichick lands, could he could Miles killer Brew end

589
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:44,360
Speaker 1: up there?

590
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,040
Speaker 2: Sure, if he has a ton of capspace.

591
00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:49,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, But by and large, I mean most teams aren't

592
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 1: gonna look at a guy that.

593
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 2: It's not a bitting war for Kirk Cousins.

594
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:58,880
Speaker 1: No, right, Michael Walker played a lot of snaps.

595
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:03,200
Speaker 2: But I'm not in Yeah. I mean maybe is a

596
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 2: bring the camp guy. Yeah, maybe, But Michael, if you go,

597
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,680
Speaker 2: if you get a deal out there from the tape

598
00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:10,120
Speaker 2: you put out.

599
00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:10,760
Speaker 1: God bless you.

600
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:12,520
Speaker 2: Good, good for you, Thanks for your service.

601
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:13,159
Speaker 1: God bless you.

602
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, armand Watts, I'm a big fan of Armon Walls. Yeah,

603
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,480
Speaker 2: same conversation as Adams. Really, I mean you were really

604
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,240
Speaker 2: good here on limited snaps. That's what we want to

605
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,960
Speaker 2: keep rolling back. I think he's kind of a warmly

606
00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:26,560
Speaker 2: maybe better than Yeah.

607
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,040
Speaker 1: We hope you liked it here. We hope you've found

608
00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:32,200
Speaker 1: yeah a spot here. We know you probably didn't play

609
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,159
Speaker 1: as much as you wanted to, but they were a

610
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,520
Speaker 1: big You were a big piece that we loved having here.

611
00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:37,760
Speaker 1: That's why you were active.

612
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, we don't want Cam Hayward playing ninety percent snaps.

613
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,320
Speaker 2: We need you to fill in, and you were active

614
00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 2: quite a bit. How about we run it back. Yeah,

615
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:50,560
Speaker 2: worked out well for both parties. James Pierre probably Walks.

616
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:52,959
Speaker 2: I know he has some special teams value.

617
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:56,879
Speaker 1: You hope that's one of the young guys that you

618
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:58,400
Speaker 1: had on the roster this year.

619
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, if you're still out there a month after free

620
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,560
Speaker 2: agency opens, give us a buzz. We'll see if we

621
00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,200
Speaker 2: have a spot for you. Maybe you're our I.

622
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,760
Speaker 1: Mean, they didn't, they didn't tender him last years as

623
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,920
Speaker 1: a restrictive free agent. He ended up signing coming back

624
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: on the cheap.

625
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 2: So I'd be open to that, but I can't guarantee

626
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:21,160
Speaker 2: your roster spot.

627
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:26,080
Speaker 1: You're guarantee the spot. No, what else we got here,

628
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 1: Let's see Marcus Golden.

629
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:31,040
Speaker 2: I'd like to run it back with it.

630
00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:32,959
Speaker 1: I'd like to run that back, and I think that

631
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,480
Speaker 1: can happen. Yeah, I mean we want we want ten

632
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,439
Speaker 1: to fifteen snaps a game out of you. You were

633
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,120
Speaker 1: productive when you did that this year. You were productive

634
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:42,600
Speaker 1: and you know when when we had to play in

635
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,400
Speaker 1: the in the playoffs when TJ was out.

636
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, we'd like to have you back. We like the

637
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,159
Speaker 2: being able to sleep at night, that if TJ is

638
00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:51,879
Speaker 2: going to miss a game, it's not as bad as

639
00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 2: it's been in the past. You don't need to tell

640
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:56,800
Speaker 2: him this, but I need to find a way to

641
00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:00,480
Speaker 2: get her big more snaps and maybe he the three

642
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:04,320
Speaker 2: and you're the four. Whatever, But we like what you did.

643
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,960
Speaker 2: How about the same contract you ever take? Yeah? One

644
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:07,400
Speaker 2: year deal.

645
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:08,800
Speaker 1: Miles Boykin.

646
00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:13,959
Speaker 2: Oh, I don't know that Alan Robinson is gonna be back. No,

647
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:14,240
Speaker 2: I don't.

648
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 1: I don't know that I don't think he will be

649
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 1: because I think the contract precludes that.

650
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I I know that doesn't sound like much,

651
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 2: but a blocking wide receiver.

652
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,280
Speaker 1: Who's also a demon on special team, that guy back

653
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:28,320
Speaker 1: in a heartbeat.

654
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,399
Speaker 2: Maybe even on a two year deal, yea, and not

655
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,360
Speaker 2: just a one year, especially if you lose Killer Brew.

656
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,679
Speaker 1: Yeah, now you gotta have You can't lose both of

657
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:36,600
Speaker 1: those gus, right right right.

658
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,679
Speaker 2: I think they're probably your best two special teamers not

659
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:39,400
Speaker 2: named Boswell.

660
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, I can't.

661
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:42,639
Speaker 2: He's not gonna be expensive.

662
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:43,879
Speaker 1: No, that's the other thing.

663
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,080
Speaker 2: Better than league minimum, but not way over to your

664
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Speaker 2: deal with a little signing bonus. Would be happy by it.

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Speaker 2: If your boyko.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, some of these Blake Martinez, yeah, you know, Elijah Riley,

667
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Speaker 1: same as Pierre co H. If I can get you back,

668
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Speaker 1: we'll try to bring you back.

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Speaker 2: But you know, both those guys are kind of like

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Speaker 2: see how the draft goes. Yeah, and if you're out

671
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Speaker 2: there after the draft and we're a little light at safety,

672
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Speaker 2: we like your work, but there you haven't.

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Speaker 1: Those are the guys. That's that's your unrestrict that's your

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Speaker 1: unrestricted free agents right there, that's them.

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Speaker 2: I know, there's not many. The one I wasn't sure

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Speaker 2: of is Row. I don't know if he would pop

677
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Speaker 2: up on some of.

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Speaker 1: These lists because he was a late signing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Martinez, yeah he's still on.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how that works with the practice squad guys.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know what Roe's situation is, but I

682
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Speaker 2: would like to bring him back. Yeah, I would. I

683
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Speaker 2: think more so than Walker or Martinez or Jack those

684
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Speaker 2: late editions. He's one that I might want to He

685
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 2: can still play, you can still play. I think he

686
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Speaker 2: might be better.

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Speaker 1: I think starting strong safety now.

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Speaker 2: I think he's better in KZ. Yeah, at least he

689
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 2: played better this year. I'd love to have Row, Menca

690
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Speaker 2: and a third round pick.

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Speaker 1: I'd love to have a secondary that was Menca of

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Speaker 1: Roe and Gene. I mean yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm not

693
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Speaker 1: now we're talking.

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Speaker 2: But Rose a guy i'd like to bring back. I

695
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Speaker 2: don't know what his contract situation. Yeah, so it can't

696
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Speaker 2: be super expensive. I wouldn't.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, wouldn't think it's going to be. I mean, he's

698
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Speaker 1: he was sitting out on the open market in November

699
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 1: long ago, so yeah, I think I think that's the

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Speaker 1: situation here. They restricted guys or Chapel Russell, now's you're

701
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Speaker 1: not tendering him? Yeah, Christian Koenz, who, Okay, you're gonna

702
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Speaker 1: have to do something here in Goblin Equal Week. Well,

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Speaker 1: I guess in the Renell Wren who isn't.

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Speaker 2: None of those guys matter?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, egle Beak was valuable as a return guy.

706
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Speaker 1: But you're gonna pay a return guy three million dollars

707
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:41,800
Speaker 1: you can find those.

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Speaker 2: What I don't know about him is is he a

709
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Speaker 2: good running back or not? Like you'd like your third

710
00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,000
Speaker 2: running back to be a Betty Snell special team or

711
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 2: it's also not a bad back or not?

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Speaker 1: And CoInc you could probably resign to a new deals

713
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Speaker 1: restrictive free agent situation with him.

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Speaker 2: So and they seem happy enough with them.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so, uh, that's the list. We're going to get

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Speaker 1: to another break he is and we'll you know, we'll

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Speaker 1: take off our omark on Mike Tomlin hats here, but.

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Speaker 2: He's here the most years.

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Speaker 1: Much easier, yeah, much easier. Thing is the is the

720
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Speaker 1: Rubik's cube that you got to get together here first?

721
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Speaker 2: Yea, And what he'd want and all that stuff. We'll

722
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Speaker 2: talk more about that a lot.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, he is Matt Williamson. I'm Dale, Lollie. You're listening

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Speaker 1: to the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We'll be

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Speaker 1: He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale, Lollie. You're listening

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Speaker 1: to the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. And Matt,

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Speaker 1: I saw this litt California, the Governor Gavin Newsom had

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Speaker 1: the veto a proposal in California to ban tackle football

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Speaker 1: under the age of twelve.

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Speaker 2: Really he vetoed the vitos. So it's still happening.

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Speaker 1: Well, no, he vita they could they could get overridden

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Speaker 1: in their California legislature. Why in the world. And here's

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Speaker 1: the quote from this Newsom. This is I'm looking at

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Speaker 1: Pro Football Talk here. Newsom still wants to make tackle

742
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Speaker 1: football safer. I'm deeply concerned about the health and safety

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Speaker 1: of our young athletes. I don't know if I've seen

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Speaker 1: major injuries at the end of twelve age group.

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Speaker 2: I haven't studied it much, but I mean, you guys

746
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Speaker 2: don't think we have.

747
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,440
Speaker 1: A broken arm or things like that, but you could

748
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Speaker 1: do that in soccer. I've seen in the baseball field.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, to be honest, the little experience I had,

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Speaker 2: like I helped way back when when my son was

751
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Speaker 2: like four or whatever. It was Upper Saint Clair where

752
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,080
Speaker 2: I live, had decided to do flag football, and so

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00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 2: I helped like write the rules and got involved and

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Speaker 2: was one of the first coaches and did that for

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Speaker 2: two or three years. And I I'll coach Todd Hayley

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Speaker 2: to win a championship one year, how about that. I'm

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00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:20,719
Speaker 2: not sure he as invested in as I was. The

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00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 2: Maroon six were the champions in the second year anyway,

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Speaker 2: But I was really worried about injuries there, much like

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Speaker 2: soccer because nobody pads on. There's all these little kids

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Speaker 2: running around just banging heads into each other trying to

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Speaker 2: go get the ball. And not to mention when I

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00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,240
Speaker 2: started to be more involved with the league or as

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Speaker 2: the league developed, some of the tackle players also played

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Speaker 2: flag and that got scary because they knew what they

766
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Speaker 2: were doing and they ran into people hard. And a

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Speaker 2: lot of those kids weren't football players getting run into. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that kind of stuff actually worries me more than tackle.

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Speaker 1: This should be it should be a decision the parents make,

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Speaker 1: of course not. It should be at least a it

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Speaker 1: should be available like this. This is overstepping nanny state

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Speaker 1: kind of stuff here that if my like, are we

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Speaker 1: gonna have? Then if if they did this, would would

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Speaker 1: there be illegal tackle football leagues. You know, you're either

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Speaker 1: gonna play or you're not. Like my my parents when

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Speaker 1: I was a kid did not want me to play football.

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Speaker 1: That didn't stop me from playing football. I still went

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Speaker 1: out and we played in the backyard. And I can

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Speaker 1: remember I had to play and we're playing. I'm running

780
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Speaker 1: with the ball and I got high load and I

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00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: landed hard on my shoulder and separated my shoulder. And

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Speaker 1: because you know, I hey, my my parents said, you know,

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Speaker 1: I wanted to play football. I didn't tell anybody. I

784
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Speaker 1: just dealt with it and did it hurt for several

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Speaker 1: weeks until you know, late in bed at night and

786
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:57,880
Speaker 1: couldn't sleep, and finally it, uh you know, kind of

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Speaker 1: got back and it was obviously it was probably the

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Speaker 1: a seed joint because I knew it could have stuck

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Speaker 1: up on the one side there. Now that I know

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00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,959
Speaker 1: where an ac joint is, I'm like, that's what it was.

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Speaker 1: And I can remember, like, after a couple of weeks,

792
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:10,960
Speaker 1: I went back to playing basketball and I've reached up

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Speaker 1: and to try to get a rebound and it popped

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Speaker 1: out again. I'm like, yeah, but that's you know, kids

795
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Speaker 1: are going to play football, kids, kids are going to

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Speaker 1: be They're going to get hurt doing other stuff on

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Speaker 1: their own.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, right, I mean we used to is it is

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Speaker 2: it any safe for the skateboard as I say, riding

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Speaker 2: bikes and you know, we make jumps and I remember

801
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Speaker 2: like knocking myself out one time. We're going over the handlebars,

802
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 2: you know, and it's football, Yeah, it's football.

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Speaker 1: I mean I remember watching my kids play tackle football

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Speaker 1: in the backyard.

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Speaker 2: Like that's that's what you do, your kid. I mean,

806
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Speaker 2: at least they have pads, they have coaches, they have refs,

807
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 2: they have supervision and the right hopefully you teach these

808
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:53,840
Speaker 2: kids how to tackle properly and not horse caller and

809
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,680
Speaker 2: all that kind of stuff. It at least should be

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Speaker 2: available in every state and at a minimum, And I'm

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Speaker 2: sure no one's that's our take on things. So you're

812
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,359
Speaker 2: talking about football and if parents doesn't want your kid

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00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:06,319
Speaker 2: to do it, then don't do that, you're right? Or are

814
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Speaker 2: they going to wait until they're teenager or junior high

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Speaker 2: or whatever?

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00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: And I get get that argument too. I mean I

817
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,120
Speaker 1: could go, you know, go through that Steelers locker room

818
00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:15,399
Speaker 1: and talk to all of those guys, all fifty three

819
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 1: guys on the on the active roster, and a bunch

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Speaker 1: of them didn't play football until they got to high school.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot. I mean, especially the big guys. You

822
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,719
Speaker 2: see that. Yeah, every draft class you'll see that, Like, boy,

823
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:28,120
Speaker 2: he's a basketball player and realized he wasn't gonna be

824
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Speaker 2: six ' nine so he became a tight end or

825
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Speaker 2: defensive end or whatever. Yeah. No, I don't I think

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Speaker 2: that's I think that's ludicrous. I mean, I don't have

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Speaker 2: the medical studies and I wouldn't pretend to be a

828
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Speaker 2: doctor on it, but I mean, I mean, great players

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Speaker 2: came out of California.

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Speaker 1: Right, you're gonna, you're gonna, you're gonna close down that

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Speaker 1: avenue for those for those kids.

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Speaker 2: And they have to wait till they're thirteen. I mean, yeah,

833
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 2: you're right, there probably would be speakeasies for football. Speakeasy

834
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Speaker 2: everybody moves to Nevada legal football games. Yeah, yeah, I

835
00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:57,560
Speaker 2: think that's bonkers.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so hopefully that's that. I get the sentiment. But

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00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,399
Speaker 1: come on, folks, we're talking about football here. It's it's

838
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,960
Speaker 1: ingrained if you if you saw this a couple of

839
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 1: weeks ago, came out the of the top one hundred

840
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:18,839
Speaker 1: programs on network television past this past year. I think

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Speaker 1: like ninety seven of them were football games.

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Speaker 2: Really, that doesn't surprise me at all. I mean, it's

843
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:25,800
Speaker 2: what they used to call baseball, America's past time, or

844
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:29,279
Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's football. It's it's football, climate, close, clime,

845
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,560
Speaker 2: and close. I mean you can't I don't know the numbers,

846
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:37,279
Speaker 2: but is it a higher risk sport than hockey can be?

847
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:39,760
Speaker 2: I mean they have some pads on too, but they also.

848
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:43,160
Speaker 1: Actually I think that the riskiest sport if you look

849
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Speaker 1: at it per injury. And I remember doing something on

850
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: this several years ago, so I don't know if it's

851
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 1: changed not. It's actually girls soccer.

852
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:51,920
Speaker 2: I thought soccer was because they banged heads a lot.

853
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: They banged heads a lot, so there's a lot of concussions.

854
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:56,400
Speaker 1: They have more knee injuries until.

855
00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 2: The knees and ankles. Think any other sport, you know,

856
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 2: the change of direction stuff, But the the lack of

857
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,240
Speaker 2: head gear is the problem.

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00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:04,320
Speaker 1: That's why. And some you know, you're not allowed to

859
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 1: head the ball in some you know, the younger league,

860
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 1: because it's a blow to the head.

861
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 2: It's two heads going up trying to hit the ball

862
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:11,280
Speaker 2: right right.

863
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean is football you know safe? No,

864
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:16,440
Speaker 1: it's not.

865
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:17,800
Speaker 2: But everybody knows what going.

866
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, neither is it. There's no sport. I mean again,

867
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:25,440
Speaker 1: I still coach baseball. Baseball's you know, it's it's supposed

868
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,200
Speaker 1: to be a non contact sport, but they are injuries.

869
00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 1: I've seen kids get concussions. I've seen kids get hit

870
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,400
Speaker 1: with the baseball. Is that the next band? I used

871
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,279
Speaker 1: to tell when I coach basketball.

872
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:35,879
Speaker 2: Arm injuries for pitchers. Yeah, right.

873
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 1: When I coached basketball, I would tell the kids first practice,

874
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,880
Speaker 1: if you're playing basketball, because you think this is a

875
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 1: non contact sport, then you're in the wrong sport. This

876
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 1: is not the sport for you, because when we play basketball,

877
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:49,520
Speaker 1: there's going to be contact.

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Speaker 2: So I don't know anything about swimming. But my next

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Speaker 2: door neighbor's son the same age as my son, and

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Speaker 2: he's one of the best high school swimmers or whatever.

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Speaker 2: I just remember at the block party talking to him

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Speaker 2: a little bit and he's like, you wouldn't think that's

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Speaker 2: a big deal, but dudes that swim for a long

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Speaker 2: time have bad shoulder, you know, like there's a lot

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Speaker 2: of long term effects, so you would think that the

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Speaker 2: water is easy on you, Like, none of them are

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Speaker 2: gonna be easy on you. No, it's a sport. You're

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Speaker 2: going all out. Yeah right, that's what you do.

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Speaker 1: So hopefully California sticks with that decision.

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Speaker 2: Is not going to fly.

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Speaker 1: I mean, come on, man, how many how many kids?

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Speaker 1: I don't know, Like you said, California is one of

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Speaker 1: the best, biggest producers of I mean, it's one of

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Speaker 1: the most popular states, of course, but it's also you know.

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Speaker 2: You think about the percentage of the NFL what grew

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Speaker 2: up in California high percent, high percent.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, right, and for a lot of those guys.

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Speaker 1: That was their way out absolutely of some bad situations.

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Speaker 2: Right, And hey, I don't think it would hurt some

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Speaker 2: kids to stop playing a little less. I sound super old,

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Speaker 2: but you don't have to play Madden. You can get

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Speaker 2: outside once in a while too.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, let's have the kids do less.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, right, right, let's have more video games. Right.

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Speaker 1: Anyways, that's gonna do it for today's show. That's our

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Speaker 1: little soapbox ran there today. We'll see Mike Tomlin will

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Speaker 1: talk tomorrow to the media, will see we'll have a

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Speaker 1: little bit better idea of everything that goes on with that.

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Speaker 1: Of course I'll be down there covering that for Steelers

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Speaker 1: dot Com, Matt and now we'll talk about it when

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Speaker 1: we do the show tomorrow. But for my partner Matt Williamson,

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Speaker 1: for Justin Miller here on site keeping us on the air,

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Speaker 1: I'm Dale Lollie. We thank you for listening to this

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Speaker 1: edition of The Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.