1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson 2 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: on Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 3 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Drive. I'm Dale Lolly here with Matt 4 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: Williamson and Matt What a kind of an interesting weekend 5 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: in the NFL this week this weekend, we get the 6 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: news yesterday that Julio Jones is now on the move 7 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: and we'll be now with the Tennessee Titans. And I 8 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: wanted to talk about that first. People looking at that 9 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: and and um, yeah, said well this really makes the Titans. 10 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: You know, Derrick Henry and A. J. Brown and now 11 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: they had Julio Jones. The equation, Boy, how are you 12 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: gonna How are you gonna stop that offense? That's quite 13 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: a trio. It's a good trio, it really is. But 14 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: what version of Julio Jones are you getting? That doesn't 15 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: bother me as much as the other thing as much, 16 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: I should say, how much of who as it gets 17 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: the more proper way, because he did. He played nine 18 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: games last year, fifty one catches for seven seventy one 19 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: yards and three touchdowns. He didn't miss that much time 20 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: in previous years, previous Yeah, but he's always a game here, 21 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: a game there, and here's the problems in practice throughout 22 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: the week. And you know, this is something like when 23 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: when the Steelers went out and signed Mark Barron a 24 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: couple of years ago, and Mark Barron didn't miss any 25 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: game time. The problem was is that Mark Barron, because 26 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: of his knees, didn't practice a lot, and so the 27 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: coaching staff wasn't real keen, like, you don't know how 28 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: to trust the guy and you're not getting the on 29 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: field experience with your teammates. Now, maybe it doesn't matter 30 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: as much for a wide receiver, and I'm sure it 31 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: didn't matter for Julio with Matt Ryan in Atlanta for 32 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 1: the last twelve years. You know, right, you're going with 33 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: a new quarterback right right in, a new offense, new 34 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, new offensive coordinator. So I don't know that 35 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: this is the Wow, They're gonna be unstoppable. I mean, 36 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: I think they are better at football team for having gone. 37 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: Of course, they got better in Atlanta got worse. And 38 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: obviously he's a great player. Um we don't leave to 39 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: talk about his legacy, but I really think he's probably 40 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 1: the third best receiver that ever lived. I mean in 41 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: terms of career when we saw him last year and 42 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: every year before, he was still great. I expect them 43 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: to be great. But he's old, and he's got screws 44 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: in his feet, and he's constantly battling the same type 45 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: of thing. As for the Titans. I think, like, if 46 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: you're a better, this is a great opportunity. If their 47 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: win total was eight and a half and now it's ten, 48 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Like, I think if people 49 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 1: will probably overreact to this, of course they're better. He'll 50 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: be a wonderful influence on a j Brown, who already 51 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: patterns his game after Julio. You know, they're similar. But 52 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: those three skill guys you mentioned or as good as 53 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 1: any three that any team can trot out there, I mean, 54 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: but the rest are bad. I mean it's fer Ser 55 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: and Reynolds and Fitzpatrick, and I mean I like Tannehill 56 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: and I think he's a good player, But I think 57 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith his loss is massive. I wanted to see 58 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith with Julio and Pitts and all those guys 59 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: in Atlanta. I think there's a big coordinator drop off there. 60 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: So you know, I don't think it's an accident that 61 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: Tannehill he's the obvious one, and even Derrick Henry. Derrick 62 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: Henry was not the same player before Arthur Smith arrived. 63 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: There here's the bag usage. Ryan Tannehill started sixteen games 64 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: last year. Passes. Wow, that's not like that's really low. 65 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: That's really low. Um, you know tons of playing. Hallo 66 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: Jones is coming out of an offense where they threw 67 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: You know, Matt Ryan's throwing the ball six times a 68 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: year every year his entire career. Is he going to 69 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: be happy? I don't know. Not being the again, There's 70 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: only one football and Derrick Henry is gonna get it 71 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: twenty five times every game, you know that, going without question, 72 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: without question. I like the move again, they didn't give 73 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 1: up a time. No. I like the move too. But 74 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: I saw a thing this morning where somebody asked it 75 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: was obviously a Nashville based radio show report or whatever 76 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: it was. You know, where does this move the Titans 77 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: into the a f C hierarchy? I don't know that 78 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 1: it does. That's the better question. Yeah, that's that's really 79 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: the subject. Like to me, they're not in the chiefs category. No, 80 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: I'm putting the bills well ahead of them. I'm still 81 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: putting the Browns and Ravens ahead of him. I'm torn 82 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: if they're the best team in the division, right, I 83 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: think I think maybe it closes to get like I 84 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: would I would have said, Okay, the culture the better team. 85 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 1: I was torn two days ago based on how much 86 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: depending on what wins is right? I mean, that's a 87 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: huge that's a huge question, right, right, But assuming they 88 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 1: get like Colts can't run the ball either, you know, 89 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: assuming they get at least league average quarterback play, out 90 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: of wins, they've got the better roster. They've got the 91 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: better roster. I think they have the better defense by far, 92 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:29,799 Speaker 1: better coaching when you incorporate the coordinator change, especially better 93 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: offensive line. Weapons aren't horrible, and they both threw on 94 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 1: the ball really well. The other thinking about the Titans, 95 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 1: and this isn't a knock on Bud the Pre, but 96 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 1: the created the pre is a good football player. But 97 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: they spent a lot of money and draft capital to 98 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: read totally re revise their past defense. Their pass rush 99 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,719 Speaker 1: was horrible. They got a bunch of not just horrible, 100 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: Like yeah, and I'm not sure Bud is Batman, but 101 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: he's gonna help um. You know, it's Caleb Farley going 102 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: to be healthy, like wholesale changes to their past offense 103 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: and their past defense. It's a little it's just a 104 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 1: high risk. Here's their starting here's their starting defense right now. 105 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: According to arlads dot com, defensive end uh is Dentro, 106 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: Denico Autry, the interior is Woodrow Hamilton and Jeffrey Simmons. 107 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: Simm Is a good player. Yeah, and Autry and Simmons 108 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: will play most snaps. Is you know true d tackles. 109 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: They list Harold Landry as an outside linebacker. He's fine, buds. 110 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: The other Harold Landry had a great rookie year. Didn't 111 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: do anything last year. No, he's not super physical, but 112 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: he's a good player. The inside backers with Shaun Evans 113 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: and jay On Brown, they're both fine. They both run 114 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: well and they're they're active. Yeah. I think Simmons canna 115 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: be a star to upfront. My thing with like Jayon 116 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: Brown and well he's been among the league leaders and 117 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 1: tackles the last good. Yeah, I don't get You're inside 118 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: linebacker must make tackles, first tackles. Where where those tackles at? 119 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: That's what I want to know. The the cornerbacks, uh, 120 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: Caleb Farley, like like Caleb Farley a lot coming out 121 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: but hasn't played football in two years. You're hoping, Yeah, 122 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: safety's the other corners Orris Jenkins. He's a high various 123 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: guy too, but he's he's got a track record, but 124 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: they're both brand new. And then Dan Krookshank and Kevin Byers. 125 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: It's a good player. I mean, I'm looking at this, Okay, 126 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: Budd prets a good player. Jeffrey Simmons, Yeah, but he's 127 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: he's coming off in a c L. Jeffrey Simmons is 128 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: a good player. Kevin Bayer is a good player. And 129 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: then the rest of it's just kinda no. I don't 130 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: think the defense is great. Their past defense was really 131 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: bad last year and coverage and especially pass rush was 132 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: the issue, and so they were very aggressive to address it. 133 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: But wholesale changes on either side of the ball usually 134 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: don't work out great immediately, and you know, the offense 135 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: loses John You and Corey Davis adds Julio and a 136 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: huge coordinator change. So who off of that defense starts 137 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: for the Steelers defense? Fired? Does he? Because he's free safety? 138 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: He's only free. I mean he's a better player than Edmonds, 139 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: but better but he's not a better free safety than Manca. Obviously, 140 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: Bud would be maybe back in the saddle. Simmons would 141 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: play a lot, you know, I mean he'd plays I 142 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: don't know, but he'd wrote date with Simmons. I mean, 143 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: you'd love to have him. Um, I think either linebacker 144 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:32,439 Speaker 1: plays next to Bush potentially. Yeah, they're they're more running 145 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: hits athletes, and you'd love that Farley. I mean, would 146 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: Jenkins start? Maybe if Sutton kicks inside and they both 147 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:43,439 Speaker 1: of these starters co starters type of deal. But it's 148 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: not it's not a great defense. Great defense. Um, when 149 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: I look at the offense, the offense has three guys. 150 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: They got three guys and that's a great threesome. I mean, 151 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: I like Josh Reynolds, it's amazing how but their receivers 152 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: were two days ago, Yeah, you know, and Josh Reynolds 153 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: and the fits trick kid out of I mean, they're 154 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: they're starting right tackle right now is Kendall Lamb. They'll 155 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:09,839 Speaker 1: probably reduce bed, but they missed on first round picks 156 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: the pants for a right tackle too. They've been a 157 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: very risky organization lately. Like people don't give him a 158 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: hard enough time. For missing I mean as bad as 159 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: you can miss on the first round pick a year ago. 160 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: Not even a league anymore, you cut your one from 161 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: three years ago? Yeah, Um, a couple of guys you 162 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,199 Speaker 1: have not picked up their options. You know, you lost 163 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: Conklin and Davis for that. Um bad signings with like 164 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: Vic Beasley, Clowney. You know, like they've been aggressive to 165 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: address their needs and they haven't really hit. I think 166 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 1: they're a good team. I am still torn for the 167 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: best team they're I think there's some serious holes there. 168 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,319 Speaker 1: Like if I'm if I'm looking at that roster and 169 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: I'm looking at the Steelers roster, I'll take the Steelers 170 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: roster too. Um. I also think it might even judge 171 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: Tannehill versus Ben, But I'm a Tannehill guy. I always 172 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 1: thought you got the short end of the stick in Miami. 173 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 1: But boy, he really benefited from what they did with 174 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: Smith and the play action and Henry and if that 175 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: falls off just right, he is what he is a 176 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: lot of after the catch it works, But is he 177 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: can he rise? Can he? You know? Is he the 178 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: tide the Rizal ships? I don't think he's ever gonna 179 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: be that guy. I think I think he's what the 180 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 1: Browns want Baker Mayfield to be perfectly right. But you know, 181 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: if you don't have that strong running game, you know 182 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: they're they're one injury, you know one Their skill guys 183 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 1: are question. You look at the backup the backup running 184 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: back situation. I mean there's a lot of teams. It's 185 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: Darrenton Evans, Darrenson Evans, Jeremy Nichols. I mean, these guys 186 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 1: are not Derrick Henry. The thing I mean like a 187 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: big reason they got Julio. I mean it goes out 188 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: saying get people out of the box, right, I mean 189 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: there was a lot of that. A J. Brown gets doubled, 190 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 1: there's eight in the box. That's why Corey Davis has 191 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: a big year. You know, you know what I mean, 192 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: no question. So that's a wonderful situation. Again, you're at 193 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,559 Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame layer, but their offensive depth 194 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 1: is really bad. And you can say it's about a 195 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: lot of teams, but if they lose any of their 196 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: big three, that the offense goes drastically backwards. To me, 197 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: they've become a lot easier to play against. Where the 198 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 1: quarterback for that matter, about if someti happens. I mean 199 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: Slogan would Side and Deshaun Kaiser. Let me say that again, 200 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: it's Logan Woodside and Deshaun Kaiser. People a complaining about 201 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: the Steelers backup situation. Yeah, that's really rough. So it's 202 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: a nice pickup. They're better. I don't know that they 203 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: move up in the a f C hierarchy a lot. Again, 204 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: like if you go to Vegas and odds just switched 205 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: and Titans favor to win the division by a ton. 206 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: I think I put a cold bucks on Colts, you 207 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 1: know what I mean? And I you know whether Winz 208 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: is the the answer or not? I don't know. Can 209 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 1: can Carson Wentz have a similar season to what Philip 210 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: Rivers had last year? Possibly? Possibly? I mean to me, 211 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 1: if you're betting on the Colds, you're betting on Frank 212 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: Reich to reel in when, which I think is very possible. 213 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:06,839 Speaker 1: The quarterback advantage still has to go to Tennessee right now, 214 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: absolutely clearly, but I'm not sure a lot else does. Yes, 215 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 1: the wide receivers are better now, I don't know that 216 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: the ones really contender. I mean, it's a bad division 217 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:17,959 Speaker 1: to both probably go five and one in the division. 218 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:23,079 Speaker 1: Rivers said, Uh, he threw for forty almost twenty four 219 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: touchdown passes and eleven interceptions last year and did a 220 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: real nice job checking it down to Taylor. And when 221 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: is gonna be able to do that? I don't know, 222 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know what to think of Wentz. 223 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: I mean, he's been so poorly protected the last couple 224 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: of years and is overreacted in such a bad way. 225 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,959 Speaker 1: That's I worry if he's broken. I wonder if he's broken. 226 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: I wonder if he just doesn't trust it at all anymore. 227 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: And he fell apart since Frank Reich left Philly. So 228 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: does Frank Reich have the skeleton key to fix him? 229 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: He might, I mean, he knows. But he's in the 230 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: best situation could possibly. He's behind a good line with 231 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: the right coach. He's very, very talented. But he might 232 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: be broken. He took fifty sacks in twelve games last year. 233 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: It's way more than anyone in the league. And and 234 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: that all wasn't on the offensive line. It's him trying 235 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:17,839 Speaker 1: to him, him trying to be superman. And I remember that. 236 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: You know, the game that he had against the Steelers 237 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: last year might have been the best game he played 238 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: all year. Yeah, he played pretty well on that one. Uh. 239 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: He made a couple of high level throws, and I'm like, 240 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: that's that's what you see with him, that he can 241 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: do that. But then he makes some plays that you're like, 242 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 1: oh my god, what was that? Right, And that's every 243 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: game and that was one of his best games. The 244 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:39,439 Speaker 1: Steeler fans only remember that one. Their sack numbers collectively 245 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 1: as a team, and it's almost all with him in 246 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: the game are so much worse than every team in 247 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,079 Speaker 1: the league. Like, I don't think people realize that discrepancy 248 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: from thirty two to thirty one is light years. Now. 249 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: They'll protect him in Indianapolis, but if he's still gonna 250 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: hold the football, it's still he's come out, it's still 251 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: gonna he's still gonna get, you know, sack thirty times, 252 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 1: and their receivers are just okay. Like, I think that's 253 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: just who he is. I think that's who I mean, 254 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 1: even on his good, his m v pH type year, 255 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: he was not his you know, seconds per throw work 256 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: still high, you know, and you get away with it 257 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 1: a little bit then and people start to figure out 258 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: a little bit too. Yeah, that needs realed in he's 259 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: a dumpet. The name Hinz and the tight ends and 260 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: give you move things quickly, and that's what Rivers did. Yeah, 261 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: But I think if you're if you're a Steelers fan, 262 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: you want the hierarchy in the a f C South. 263 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: You want one team to separate. Why do you think 264 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: to say that, Well, because you don't want two teams 265 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: coming out of the a f C South. Oh, I 266 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: hear what you're saying when you're fighting for those spots. 267 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: So you know you want Indianapolis or Tennessee to sweep 268 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: the other one. If that don't, don't split. You don't 269 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: want to be Yeah, seven and ten, eight and nine, Yeah, 270 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: you don't want. You don't want two teams winning eleven games. 271 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: You want I don't know if I'm kind of speaking 272 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: for you here. I think they're both kind of equal. 273 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: They'd be on the same level, you know, the Titans 274 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: and Colts. But I bet one of them isn't great 275 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 1: because there's Wentz is a real wild card, and we 276 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 1: mentioned all the Tennessee wild cards. Like the chances of 277 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: all those things going positive for both teams and neither 278 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: team ceiling is super high. To me. It's not like, 279 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: oh Wow, everything clicked and they went fifteen and two. 280 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: You know, like, I don't think that could happen. Now. 281 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: The Steelers do play the Titans this year, so you 282 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: get a chance to take care of business there. So 283 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: I guess in the grand scheme of things, you know, 284 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: you beat the Colts to be the team that. Yeah, 285 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: I suppose. Yeah, maybe if you're fighting for seven. The 286 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: NFC looks pretty good right now. It's deep. Yeah, I mean, 287 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: not that Atlanta was a contender, but one more guy 288 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: goes from the end of C of the a f C, 289 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: and you know, I think kind of like Tampa in 290 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: Kansas City kind of cancel each other out. But I 291 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: think the next tier or two is better in the 292 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: a f C than the endm I would agree with that, Yeah, 293 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: I think, because you see, you know, you would have 294 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: you would have had like Green Bay in that in 295 00:15:56,560 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: that tier. In the NFC, it's going on with Aaron Rogers. Rogers, right, 296 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: that's doesn't seem to be coming to any kind of 297 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: I don't know if you'll ever play for my gap. Yeah, 298 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think we know any that'll be 299 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: what the Saints going to be, like, that's another great 300 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: team that was a very good team in the in 301 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: the NFC that I don't know what you want to 302 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: talk about crazy quarterback situations. Yeah, I mean Taysom Hill 303 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: might be a starter. It could be or it might 304 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: be Jamis Winston. And what's he gonna be, right, you know, 305 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 1: is this Jamis Winston from two years ago? Because if 306 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: it is, there are five dred team Like I think 307 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: the Rams have a chance to be really good. Yeah, 308 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: but I don't see a team like the Bills or 309 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: Browns that they've got that little bit of playoff experience there. 310 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: And I think the Bills are a year ahead of 311 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: the Browns too, but like they're trend in the right direction, 312 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: they're learning how to win, they're doing they're taking the 313 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: baby steps. I don't see that in the end. That's 314 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: why you know, I look at that that's extra seventeenth 315 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: game that they got added this year in in the 316 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: a f C North plays the the NFC West. The 317 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: Steelers might have actually gotten the best matchup because they 318 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: get see they get Seattle at home. Since and Edie's 319 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: gonna play San Francisco, good luck with that, there's no 320 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: fun at all. Raven's gonna play the Rams. I think 321 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,120 Speaker 1: the Rams are the best team in that division, and 322 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: I think the Cardinals are fourth. But they're good. The 323 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: Cardinals are dangerous. They're very dangerous, you know. I think 324 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: they're a team that could go into Cleveland and give 325 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 1: them fits. Yeah, I mean, that's not an easy game. 326 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 1: Not that Seattle is, but Seattle is the least talented 327 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: of those four. Absolutely, I think. Yeah, I mean the quarterback. 328 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,239 Speaker 1: The quarterback makes them a dangerous team. Of course, they 329 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: don't want a lot of games. You know, Let's say 330 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson isn't playing that game, or let's say Russell 331 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: Wilson struggles with their pass rush on the road on 332 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 1: it's a night game in this building, right, No, I 333 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 1: hear it. It's not that terrible the matchup. And you're right, 334 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: the rest of the division isn't loving it. San Francisco 335 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: has be hard to play against. Absolutely, it doesn't matter 336 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: who their quarterback is. Yeah, you know, I think you know, 337 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: when you look at it that way, Okay, that's yeah, 338 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: it's a tough another tough game on your schedule. But 339 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 1: I think that the rest of the division got tougher games. Yeah, 340 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think it's crazy to say the 341 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: a f C North goes one and three against the 342 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:06,680 Speaker 1: NFC West and if the ones the Steelers, will you win? Yeah? 343 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:07,920 Speaker 1: You know right, you know what I mean? You do 344 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: you take a components. I do think that a team 345 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: like the Cardinals, who you don't face all the time, 346 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: it's not a fun like you got a from You 347 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:19,919 Speaker 1: got a week to prep to play that team, and 348 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 1: it's gonna be the balls out, the balls out. And 349 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 1: he's Kyler Murray. I know the Steelers beat him as 350 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 1: a rookie, but they're gonna spread the field more now 351 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: with four they're gonna try. He's in the year three 352 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 1: now he has a much better understanding of what the 353 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:33,879 Speaker 1: same could be true about the Ravens though too. I mean, 354 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: play the Ravens. Although all these teams saw each other 355 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: last year, so that's kind of a cool thing about 356 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:40,919 Speaker 1: the schedule. But if you only see you know, Lamar 357 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:44,639 Speaker 1: Kyler one every four years, that's a hard week to prep. 358 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: But if if any team can handle it, I'm looking 359 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: at the at the Rams and going, yeah that, yeah, 360 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: that's a good defense the hcause I mean, is he 361 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: gonna run away from Aaron Donald the whole button? Like, yeah, 362 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: you know, it's you look at the Falcons though, Like 363 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: I was excited about the Falcons. I thought this might 364 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: be one of the best offenses in the league, you know, 365 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: and we talked about quarterbacks under pressure. They can't run 366 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 1: the ball. They have two guys, they get two guys 367 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 1: they I mean, what are you doing? Are they rebuilding 368 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 1: or are they Yeah, they're kind of in that that 369 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: bad spot. And I'm getting a lot of people are 370 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 1: criticizing them now, saying, well, if you knew this then, 371 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 1: which they had to have some inclination. I mean, the 372 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 1: salary cap didn't get you know, fall apart in the 373 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: last month. You should have taken justin fields. And I 374 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 1: get that argument, but we don't know if they liked fields. 375 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: You don't take fields because we liked fields. Yeah, fields, 376 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: if you if you liked him, if you the guy, 377 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: maybe if it was Lance, they would have taken Apparently 378 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: a lot of teams did, because there are a lot 379 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 1: of news, you know, trickling out with this team. You know, 380 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: the Vikings wanted to move up and get him, and 381 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:52,479 Speaker 1: you know, obviously the Bears did move up and get him. 382 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: So but he did fall a little. You go to 383 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,679 Speaker 1: the next pick, you know, so, I mean, and anyone 384 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 1: taking Pits, I'm not gonna be like boy, It's kind 385 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,199 Speaker 1: of like the Bengals conversations, like, oh, you took the 386 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,479 Speaker 1: best receiver we've seen in I think they could they 387 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: could move on from Julio knowing that they got Pitts, 388 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 1: who's a similar, similar style player. But think of the 389 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: five skill guys are putting out now, it's gonna be Pitts, 390 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: probably Hayden Hurst, you know, more snaps than not Ridley, 391 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: who might lead the league in targets now when I 392 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 1: think A. J. Brown was about to lead the league 393 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: in targets. Gauge who's really a slot but he's gonna 394 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 1: have to play outside, and Mike Davis and no depth 395 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 1: behind any of those guys, you know, Like I mean, 396 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: they didn't draft much. I mean their skill guys are thin. Yeah. Um, 397 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 1: I mean I think they're listing there. They're starting receivers now. 398 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: Is Christian Blake, Calvin Ridley, Russell Gauge, They Christian Blake? 399 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,959 Speaker 1: Is they added Cordarrell Patterson. He's Christian Blake's back up? 400 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,400 Speaker 1: Like he's not. He doesn't factor into the equation. Can 401 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 1: Pitts line up and do Julio type things. Can he 402 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,040 Speaker 1: be an ex receiver maybe, you know, because you've got it, 403 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: You've got you know, inline guy. But their wide receiver 404 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: room is really bad outside of Ridley, I mean true 405 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: wide receivers. Gauge is a good slot, but there they 406 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: don't have a hard time trotting out five quality skill guys. Now, 407 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 1: Davis is backup. This is where they worthy of noting 408 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 1: here since we are in Pittsburgh. Uh, quadre Olison the 409 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: top back up there, and I kind of like, I 410 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: like Quadrey coming out of a pit, no nonsense, straight 411 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: ahead runner. I think he and Davis are very kind 412 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 1: of complimentary. Yeah, that's a good call. They also didn't 413 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: draft them, but gave a lot of money to the 414 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: tiny little scat back from Kansas Hawkins. I think it's yeah, 415 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: the little guy, and maybe he's a Sprowls type for 416 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 1: them to Brooks James, who is kind of I think 417 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: memory serves. He's kind of that similar stuff. Yeah, I 418 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: think you're right. Um, And besides Henry, they've kind of 419 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: had a little guy. I've had a Dean Lewis and 420 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: Tennessee before and those types. But they've got they've got 421 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: three defense. They've got three quarterbacks on their roster, Matt Ryan, 422 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:05,239 Speaker 1: A J. McCarron, and the great Felippe A. Franks. At 423 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:09,120 Speaker 1: least Matt jobs out there have a bad quarterback room though, 424 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: I mean they Ryan Ryan. I like Matt Ryan. Like 425 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: if they have a disaster season and they're picking in 426 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: the top five and they draft a quarterback and Ben retires, 427 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: I'd say, I'll give you a second round pick for 428 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan and he can come to Pittsburgh for a 429 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: year or two. If it's the same guy that we've seen, 430 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: you know, like, I don't have any problem with him. 431 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,439 Speaker 1: There a lot from him. They really are that they 432 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: got to outscore teams period, which look great with Julio 433 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 1: and Pitts. And when Hurst is your fifth option, now 434 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 1: he's your third or you know him or Mike Davis. 435 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: You know it's not as good as really is. Is 436 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: he ready to deal with exclusive double coverage? I mean 437 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 1: I'm looking at their starting defensive they're they're defensive starters. 438 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: You're on on our lads, pass rushes Jacob to a 439 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: low two Mariner? True? Uh is there left defensive end? 440 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: Grady It's a good player, he's a great player. Yeah, 441 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,719 Speaker 1: Tyler Davison next to him. He needs to step up 442 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: this year and he's kind of a situational guy. Dante 443 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,640 Speaker 1: Fowler at the other overpriced, but he's certainly not Batman. 444 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: Dion Jones in the Voice Fad a localon Jones is 445 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:23,479 Speaker 1: a good player who's been hurt. He can't stay healthy. Uh. 446 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 1: The cornerbacks are Kendall Kendall Cheff, Kendall Cheffield in, Isaiah Oliver. Yeah, 447 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:35,679 Speaker 1: the first round pick on a corner of LSU or 448 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:39,679 Speaker 1: not office VI. The Clemson kid because I'm looking at that. 449 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: Fabian Moreau is on there. They got because remember they 450 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: picked the corner the pick before. He's her Nickel so 451 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: but he's gonna play. Yeah. Their safeties were maybe the 452 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: worst in the league last year, and so they drafted 453 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:58,719 Speaker 1: what Robinson I think from Richie granted, and they signed 454 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: somebody who's okay, but the defense is gonna be one 455 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: of the worst in the league. Yeah, they signed her 456 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: harm Okay. Yeah, it's better than what they played with 457 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: last year, but it's not good. It's not good, and 458 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 1: the depth is horrible. Like people are talking about this, 459 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:14,400 Speaker 1: you know what this who the Steelers secondary? Um, Well, 460 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: you know, they they're gonna really gonna take a step 461 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: backwards this year. I wouldn't trade it for that group, 462 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 1: no way even I mean, you know the guys I 463 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: want from that group or the first round pick last 464 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: year in the second round pick this year. Yeah, see 465 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,159 Speaker 1: what they turned into. But you can play with a 466 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 1: group like if you have a pass if you pass rush, 467 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: which they don't. Yeah, that team has as bad at 468 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 1: depth as anyone in the league. They could be a 469 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: really rough year for them, you know, because I thought 470 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 1: they were super interesting, but I was looking at it 471 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: more from like a fantasy lens, like, wow, they may 472 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 1: score forty a game and then Matt Ryan might lead 473 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: the league in passing now he has to, but he's 474 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 1: missing his biggest gun. Now it was coming. Now it's 475 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: super fantasy relevant. But who are the fantasy guys, Well, yeah, 476 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: we're Lee, Pitts, Ryan and Davis and then outside of 477 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: that nothing, nothing, And the line could be okay. They've 478 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:09,159 Speaker 1: used a lot of early picks on the offensive line, man, 479 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: I mean, and luckily he deals with pressure well. But 480 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: they're definitely not a contender. And I was really excited 481 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: for Arthur Smith to take that that over and he 482 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:19,880 Speaker 1: still may do good things. And I think they were 483 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: one in nine and one score games last year and 484 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: they won five games, but they only allowed like seventeen 485 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: more points than they scored. You know, they weren't as 486 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: bad as they looked. So I just thought, you know 487 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,199 Speaker 1: they are now they are, yeah, right, And so I 488 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: don't know, they're in a weird spot. Been a weird offseason. 489 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: This is what This is what happens folks. You know, 490 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: and the people who were talking in the off season 491 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 1: Steelers need to blow it up, Like no, oh, you 492 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,199 Speaker 1: don't blow up a roster that that has some of 493 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: the talented players that the Steelers have on it. I mean, 494 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,119 Speaker 1: how do you how do you go to t J. 495 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 1: Watt and say, hey, yeah, we we'd like you to 496 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: re up for a long term contract, but we're gonna 497 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: trade cam and to It and some of these other 498 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 1: guys away, right, Like and even Atlanta, let's say they 499 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: did take fields, they wouldn't have Pits. I mean, he 500 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: would be in a difficult situation to succeed this year, 501 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,400 Speaker 1: you know. Or well maybe if they you know, maybe 502 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,199 Speaker 1: if they hadn't taken Pits, maybe it would have been 503 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: Grady Jared who goes because they had to get rid 504 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 1: of one of those guys to and then their defense 505 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,360 Speaker 1: would be a utter disaster. I would think I would 506 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,119 Speaker 1: have rather gone that way, maybe because you can at 507 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: least say, well, we know we gotta put forty up 508 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: every day, right, and we'll just throw whatever at the 509 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 1: wall on defense because he's get more for Jared. It's 510 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 1: good as Grady Jared is right, you would have gotten 511 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 1: more for him, and he's one guy out of eleven 512 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 1: that he's your one standout defensive player and he gets 513 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 1: doubled everything. He's gonna get double on every play, Like, 514 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: so is he really going to be super effective? Could 515 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 1: be the thirty rank defense versus thirty first? You know? 516 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: Like anyways, you mentioned this action we were talking about 517 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,680 Speaker 1: Julio a week or two ago, and I've brought it 518 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 1: up on other forums as well, Like, Okay, they got 519 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 1: a second and then the next year, the year after that, 520 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 1: they're second. Yeah, so they got a little more than 521 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: a second. But wouldn't you rather got somebody on his 522 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,120 Speaker 1: first contract, you know what I mean? Like where that 523 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 1: team is sure future second is great, but Tennessee's not 524 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 1: gonna It's not gonna be a thirty third pick in 525 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 1: the draft. You know, that's why they added the sweetener 526 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: into that, because they said, well, Tennessee is probably gonna 527 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: be drafting fifth year lower. You're not getting a you know, 528 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 1: second or first part of the second round draft pick 529 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: for him. And I'm not sure who that name would 530 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,400 Speaker 1: be on Titan the Titans roster, maybe they don't even 531 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: have one. But like when Julio is running around in 532 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:37,120 Speaker 1: his Cowboys T shirt, I'm like, well, of course he's 533 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: not gonna be a Cowboy and they're like, well, what 534 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: if they trade to Michael Gallop, you know what I mean? 535 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: Or like Barnwell put something out like Jacksonville should trade 536 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:49,360 Speaker 1: him chin Alton a fourth Okay, okay, how about give 537 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: me throwing David Long or you know somebody who they 538 00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: drafted this year. He would play for them, He would play, right, 539 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: it could be any position. Really, yeah, I mean, give 540 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 1: me a young quarterback through. I mean they drafted you know, 541 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: Elijah Molden. Yeah, there you go. Okay, now we're hard 542 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: for Atlanta and we'll forget about the sweetener. Give me 543 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 1: a second in Molden. Yeah, yeah, I mean it cost 544 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: effect like the Steelers that would make a even first round. Guys, 545 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 1: it's so cost effective the trade for a dude on 546 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 1: his first contract. That's the move to me, as opposed 547 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,679 Speaker 1: to a year from now pick fifty will have you 548 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: know something, you can still get both. That's that's not 549 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 1: helping Matt Ryan stay upright, not at all, or you know, 550 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: added one more piece of the defense. Yeah, so it's 551 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 1: gonna be interesting. It's a big, big trade obviously, and 552 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 1: one that uh, you know, definitely moved the a lot. 553 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: Gives us something talking about this time of year two. 554 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: I mean, so big move. I mean, he'll be fun 555 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 1: to watch it next day. J Brown and Henry for sure. Yeah, 556 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: but that's gonna do it for this segment. So for 557 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: my partner Matt Williamson, for Jacob Breck here on site 558 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 1: keeping us on the air, I'm Dale Lellye. We appreciate 559 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: you listening to this edition of The Drive on Steelers 560 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 1: Nation Raiding.