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Speaker 2: And welcome back to Indianapolis, NFL Combine. Smiling Wes Euler, myself,

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Speaker 2: Rob King, what's up?

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Speaker 3: Kinger?

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Speaker 4: How are you?

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Speaker 3: My friend? I tell you what a little Americano has

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Speaker 3: has brought me back to life. Here, got some lunch.

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Speaker 3: I never sleep well in hotel.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm the same way. I'm the same way.

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Speaker 3: It's it's weird because I had a pocket where after

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Speaker 3: my to I have two young daughters. I had a

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Speaker 3: pocket of time where after they were born. I slept

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Speaker 3: really well in hotel rooms because it was like a

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Speaker 3: stretch of year. We had our girls eighteen months apart

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Speaker 3: stretch of years there where sleep is at a premium,

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Speaker 3: but it's it's regressed for me. I once again, like

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Speaker 3: I wake up every couple hours. You never really get

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Speaker 3: that deep sleep.

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Speaker 4: Same way.

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Speaker 3: But I'm I'm I'm alive and ready. Now the sunshine

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Speaker 3: and now I got outside for a few minutes. They

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Speaker 3: got that, they got that virus.

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Speaker 4: Oh good for.

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Speaker 3: You, vitamin D from the sunshine. I'm ready to roll.

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Speaker 4: If you told me it was snowing outside, raining outside.

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Speaker 2: So I have no idea, right, It's just you don't

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Speaker 2: you know, you don't actually have to It's like being

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Speaker 2: in a casino in Las Vegas. You don't actually right,

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Speaker 2: you don't actually have to leave. You get you go outside.

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Speaker 2: I don't you know, the world could have ended. It

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Speaker 2: could have been you know, what was that clover Leaf

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Speaker 2: movies or whatever, the clover Da movie, clover Field whatever

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Speaker 2: they were. Yeah, uh you walk, you step outside, You're like, whoa,

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Speaker 2: it's a different world out here.

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Speaker 4: So uh yeah, I could use some of that.

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Speaker 2: And by the way, so last night, got back to

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Speaker 2: the hotel nine thirty, had to do a couple of things.

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Speaker 4: It took me a little longer than I wanted.

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Speaker 2: And then I don't know why I do this, because

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Speaker 2: I don't do it at home. I have a TV

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Speaker 2: And I'll put it on right so I don't miss anything.

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Speaker 2: You know, I can hear it if I'm still in

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Speaker 3: That's literally it. I never watch. It's funny you but

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Speaker 3: I'm in a hotel room, man, here I am.

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Speaker 2: I'm watching I'm watching the end of Godfather too, at

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Speaker 2: the beginning of The Godfather last night, and speaking of

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Speaker 2: which just Dan would have been proud of me. So

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Speaker 2: I'm watching these and and you know what it is,

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Speaker 2: and I'm so used to now just streaming movies. Right,

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Speaker 2: forget that it's like three minutes of The Godfather followed

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Speaker 2: watch one more. Then I'm like, it's like eleven thirty.

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Speaker 4: Man?

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Speaker 2: I could got a good nights and then I flipped

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Speaker 2: know what that is. That's poor course management by me.

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Speaker 2: It is I had the opportunity. I was right there

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Speaker 3: Well, luckily for you, you still got to You still got

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Speaker 3: a couple more swings left. You got the opportunity, find

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Speaker 2: So we're here and we're getting ready for the draft,

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Speaker 2: and you know, we we've talked about this a lot.

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Speaker 2: Wes that that getting ready for the draft is. It's important.

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Speaker 2: It's exciting. It's exciting to see all these players. It's

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Speaker 2: influence what you do in free agency. So kind of

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Speaker 2: the wave out, the wave goes in, right, so you

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Speaker 2: know you look at Okay, so, uh, receiver, safety, inside linebacker.

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Speaker 2: We think we can find guys there. So now maybe

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Speaker 4: Our roster differently, which affects what we do in free agency,

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Speaker 3: By what we think of the draft.

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Speaker 2: Right right, So there's the undertow. So are you ready

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Speaker 2: to examine the Steelers roster?

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Speaker 3: Always?

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Speaker 4: Okay, you're ready here?

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Speaker 3: We like what type of examination are we talking? You're like,

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Speaker 3: a is this like the physical I used to have

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Speaker 3: Or is this like we're cutting open a body here

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Speaker 3: and doing some surgery.

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Speaker 4: We are simply going to go position by position.

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Speaker 2: So whatever medical you know, analogy you want to use

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Speaker 2: if this is reflective of the rise in the salary

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Speaker 3: In cap space. Okay, top ten in the league now.

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Speaker 2: And by the way, with the we should we should

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Speaker 2: with cap money and with draft picks, and the Steelers

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Speaker 2: have thirteen of them. Who's in the best position going

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Speaker 2: into the offseason? The Steelers are four and again a reminder,

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Speaker 2: Stevens won their division last.

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Speaker 3: Year, and all the teams ahead of them are like

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Speaker 3: the Raiders, right, the Titans, Jets.

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Speaker 4: Right, the Titans really really really interest me.

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Speaker 3: There It seems like every year there's a team that

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Speaker 4: Everybody to everybody giants that.

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Speaker 3: Year, she's too good. That division is so good?

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Speaker 2: There was uh there was a list of eight the

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Speaker 2: of teams that didn't make the playoffs? Who is who

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Speaker 2: this year's Chicago Bears or this year's New England Patriots.

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Speaker 4: Who's going to be that team?

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Speaker 2: And you know, Max and I went back and forth

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Speaker 2: Titans have had. Now the Titans think they've fixed that instability, right,

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Speaker 2: They've got Robert Salad, they've got a new general manager, they.

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Speaker 4: They believe they've fixed what has ailed them in the past.

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Speaker 2: If they have, they are to me, without question, the

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Speaker 2: important pieces in place. They've got a boatload of cap space,

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Speaker 2: like one hundred million, and then you got the fourth

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Speaker 2: And if cam Ward's the guys, of course that's that's

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Speaker 3: But what's really nice about that too is they've already

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Speaker 3: got some nice pieces in the trenches on both.

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Speaker 4: That's what I say. That's exactly what I meant.

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Speaker 3: So I'm a cam Moore believer. Now again, how great

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Speaker 3: wait and see, obviously, but I think he can be

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Speaker 3: draw that you know that that line, maybe not a

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Speaker 3: that next group. They've got some real nice pieces, young

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Speaker 3: of a ton of capital and and and and draft

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Speaker 3: draft capital, draft picks, as you were saying earlier, don't

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Speaker 3: call it draft capitol and salary space. And they're in division. Yes,

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Speaker 3: Houston's good and doesn't seem like they're going anywhere. The

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Speaker 3: The Colts were eight and two and arguably the best

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Speaker 3: But that division feels like it's always so up and

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I see, I think it's I think, you know,

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Speaker 2: and it was. It was if you look back at

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Speaker 2: no looking back. I mean, you know, I I was

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Speaker 2: I thought seven eight wins, right, We saw him in

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Speaker 2: we saw him in preseason. They didn't look great, you

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Speaker 2: know there there ones were not really even doing much

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Speaker 2: they've made some improvements. They're probably a seven or eight

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Speaker 2: Towards the end of the year, they looked fantastic. Like

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Speaker 2: you could nitpick and say New England didn't have a

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Speaker 2: strong schedule, you know, outside of the Bills, what do

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Speaker 2: you have in that division? I do think the I

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Speaker 2: you know, and we'll see how good the AFC South

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Speaker 2: is because I think one of the things holding the

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Speaker 2: division was so highly thought of. Well, Detroit took a

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Speaker 2: step backward, you know, Minnesota took a huge step backward,

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Speaker 2: and there you were with Chicago. There was no question

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Speaker 2: Chicago was going to be better. Look what they'd done.

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Speaker 2: They had signed DeAndre Swift a couple of years before.

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Speaker 2: They had, you know, done a great job of compiling

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Speaker 2: some talented wide receivers. They had two good tackles, They had,

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Speaker 2: you know, the number one quarterback in the draft.

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Speaker 4: So what did he go one or two? I forgot

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Speaker 4: who went one? Year?

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Speaker 2: Bryce Young, Ben Young one? When Caleb Williams went did

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Speaker 2: he go one? I'm sure yes, one? One, Jane Daniels two.

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Speaker 2: That was one, two, three, quarterback. We could see that

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Speaker 2: again this time next year. I think, So what did

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Speaker 2: they do? They went out and got two guards in

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Speaker 2: the center, perfect veteran guys. That's how they spent their

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Speaker 2: money in free agency, and then they had a defense.

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Speaker 2: I'll be interested to see how they do. I don't

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Speaker 2: know if that defense was out over as skis.

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Speaker 4: A little bit.

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Speaker 2: A lot of turnovers, created a lot of interceptions. I'm

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Speaker 2: always wary of teams that kind of live and die

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Speaker 2: by that. But they did it again against the Steelers.

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Speaker 3: We saw it. We saw it first in. They saw

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Speaker 3: Of their quarterback. Absolutely, who can take the sophomore step

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Speaker 2: And then who would be the regression candidates? You know,

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Speaker 4: Who are those teams going to be? But you know,

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Speaker 4: And we're going to talk about that as we break

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Speaker 2: When we continue from the combine in Indianapolis, I'm Steelers

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Speaker 1: This is live cover each of that twenty twenty six

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Speaker 4: And welcome back to the combine.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if you heard that last spot Daniel

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Speaker 3: Can I just say real quick you were talking about

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Speaker 3: One hundred and one Dalmation nineteen sixty one. It looks

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Speaker 2: Twenty twenty slogan in life, and it becomes more so

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Speaker 4: I'm saying this in front of these others production. Let's

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Speaker 2: Let's keep their laptops and all their all their fancy

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Speaker 3: Electricity and you know, running humanity over technology. Nate, Yeah, Nate,

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Speaker 4: So are you ready?

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Speaker 2: Forty five million dollars in cap space. Here's where we stand.

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Speaker 2: Here's here are the rules of the game. Okay, we

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Speaker 2: According to spot rack, seventeen players under contract on offense,

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Speaker 3: Teams, forty nine under contract. No, that would be uh

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Speaker 2: that's the only scenario in which you take a quarterback

438
00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:35,960
Speaker 2: in this draft if you sign Aaron.

439
00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:39,959
Speaker 3: Rodgers, I think so, And there could be a lot

440
00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,840
Speaker 3: of those quarterbacks in that situation. Then again, it also

441
00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:45,720
Speaker 3: you also would maybe get to a point of how

442
00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,600
Speaker 3: you can only develop so many quarterbacks right once it's

443
00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,000
Speaker 3: exactly right, it is that almost too many mouths to feed.

444
00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:55,400
Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm leaning towards it's the same quarterback room

445
00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,280
Speaker 3: that it was last year. I think that's possible. And

446
00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:01,800
Speaker 3: whether it's a Skylar Thompson or a seventh round draft

447
00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:07,480
Speaker 3: pick Camp Arm that's not foregone conclusion, certainly, but I

448
00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,200
Speaker 3: think very clearly the favorite of the clubhouse.

449
00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,440
Speaker 2: So and I think we have to explore one more

450
00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:18,440
Speaker 2: avenue at the quarterback position, and that is if Aaron Rodgers,

451
00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,280
Speaker 2: you know, goes on the Oascu retreat or whatever that is,

452
00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,560
Speaker 2: you know, I goes back Ayahuasca comes back, or for

453
00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,600
Speaker 2: whatever reason just says, you know what, man, No.

454
00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:33,000
Speaker 3: My body's still banged up. I've been out out of

455
00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:34,320
Speaker 3: this season for a few months.

456
00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,560
Speaker 2: He's a free agent. You know, maybe some other maybe

457
00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,680
Speaker 2: some other situation sounds more attracted. Who knows, if for

458
00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:44,960
Speaker 2: whatever reason, he decides not to come back. I think

459
00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:51,040
Speaker 2: there are only two potential free agents you could possibly consider,

460
00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,480
Speaker 2: if they even Malik Willis will I think become a

461
00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:58,200
Speaker 2: free agent. Daniel Jones might become a free agent coming

462
00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,359
Speaker 2: off an injury. I can't see anybody else other than

463
00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:05,840
Speaker 2: that in this class of quarterbacks that you'd feel good about.

464
00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,080
Speaker 2: And now suddenly you have to start thinking if Aaron

465
00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,359
Speaker 2: Rodgers doesn't come back, what are we you in in

466
00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:16,359
Speaker 2: free agency? And does that now strengthen our need to

467
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,280
Speaker 2: draft a quarterback as early as possible or whatever? And

468
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,240
Speaker 2: a situation you don't want to be in, by the way,

469
00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,920
Speaker 2: would either one of those quarterbacks interest you, Malik Willis

470
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:26,560
Speaker 2: Daniel Jones.

471
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,520
Speaker 3: Malik Willis would because I think there's something there still

472
00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,200
Speaker 3: just twenty six years old. You could give him a

473
00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:38,840
Speaker 3: Justin Fields type contract, little bit more because he's he's

474
00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:40,800
Speaker 3: the last, you know, pretty girl without a date to

475
00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,960
Speaker 3: the ball in this kind of free agency conversation of quarterbacks.

476
00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:48,000
Speaker 3: His age not going to break the bank, but a

477
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,000
Speaker 3: little bit more I think than the Justin Fields deal.

478
00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,200
Speaker 3: If it doesn't work out after one year, it doesn't

479
00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,520
Speaker 3: cripple your salary cap anything like that. You give him

480
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,280
Speaker 3: his guaranteed money up front. It's not some massive dead hit.

481
00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:00,720
Speaker 3: If he doesn't hit like you think he can. I

482
00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,440
Speaker 3: would be interested in that option. Yeah, of all the

483
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,879
Speaker 3: if it's not going to be Aaron Rodgers, and we

484
00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,639
Speaker 3: have to be realistic with this because there is that

485
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,119
Speaker 3: little voice in the back of my head that's like,

486
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,159
Speaker 3: if it's not Aaron Rodgers, just let Will Howard and

487
00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:15,960
Speaker 3: Mason Rudolph do it for the year and if it

488
00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,840
Speaker 3: works out, great, If it doesn't, you're in good position

489
00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,240
Speaker 3: to draft one for next year. But we know that

490
00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,360
Speaker 3: that's not how the Pittsburgh Steelers think and operate. There's

491
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,680
Speaker 3: never going to be a sunken cost. Yeah, so any

492
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,000
Speaker 3: other option I think too. We are buddies with the

493
00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:32,119
Speaker 3: Colts broadcast crew and Matt Taylor. He came on. He

494
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,800
Speaker 3: came on with uh, Matt Williamson and I yesterday and

495
00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:38,320
Speaker 3: made it basically sound like it's a foregone conclusion that

496
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,400
Speaker 3: Daniel Jones will be back. They want him, he wants

497
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,800
Speaker 3: to be here, and that that is going to get

498
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:43,879
Speaker 3: done because.

499
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,640
Speaker 4: He would interest me. He would interest me twenty nine.

500
00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,760
Speaker 2: But I mean, if you can get seven or eight

501
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,359
Speaker 2: really competitive years out of a guy who's an above

502
00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 2: average player, which is what he looked like, with a

503
00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,960
Speaker 2: better situation and a really good coach, but I don't

504
00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:57,800
Speaker 2: think that's gonna happen.

505
00:23:57,880 --> 00:23:59,480
Speaker 3: I don't think he's I don't think he's an option.

506
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,560
Speaker 3: So of all the other again, which you would like,

507
00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,760
Speaker 3: realistic options, not Hey, you know, let's go, let's go

508
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,479
Speaker 3: trade for Joe Burrow from the Cincinnati Bengals, all your

509
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:13,440
Speaker 3: realistic options. Not interested in Kyle Murray, I don't want to.

510
00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,080
Speaker 3: I would be interested in the player Mac Jones, but

511
00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:17,920
Speaker 3: not what it's gonna take to get him. In terms

512
00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,360
Speaker 3: of draft picks. I don't think there's no one really

513
00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,040
Speaker 3: else that you know, this is not a good time

514
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,960
Speaker 3: to be looking for a quarterback, right. It's just so,

515
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,040
Speaker 3: I don't think you're gonna have the opportunity to I

516
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000
Speaker 3: unless you get an answer from Aaron Rodgers in the

517
00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,679
Speaker 3: what next thirteen days until free agency opens and it's

518
00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:39,959
Speaker 3: actually only eleven days until that illegal tampering that negotiation

519
00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,480
Speaker 3: period opens. Malik Willis is gonna be one of those

520
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,199
Speaker 3: first people off the board. Remember a few years ago

521
00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,040
Speaker 3: how much Trubisky was. It was Mitch Trubisky was the

522
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,680
Speaker 3: kind of similar to Malik Willis at that time, not

523
00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,440
Speaker 3: nearly as highly drafted. Willis was the third round guy,

524
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,639
Speaker 3: but Trubisky was second overall pick in the draft. Second

525
00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:01,080
Speaker 3: opportunity here, you know, has he found some uh, you know,

526
00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,359
Speaker 3: some some career redemption type thing and he was off

527
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,200
Speaker 3: the board right away by the Steelers the first day

528
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,280
Speaker 3: of free agency. That's what's gonna happen with Malik Willis.

529
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:10,399
Speaker 3: He's gonna get a big contract from somebody on the

530
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 3: first day and you probably won't have an Aaron Rodgers answer.

531
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:14,000
Speaker 4: By that and a caution.

532
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,320
Speaker 2: As much as there are, you know, the Sam Darnold

533
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,000
Speaker 2: success stories that pop up every now and again, there

534
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:24,159
Speaker 2: are far more Mitch Trubisky stories. They are far more correct,

535
00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:28,639
Speaker 2: uh you know of UH who justin fields than there

536
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,119
Speaker 2: are of that guy hitting uh.

537
00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:31,959
Speaker 4: Malik Willis.

538
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:33,920
Speaker 2: By the way, and I mentioned that we were going

539
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,239
Speaker 2: to you know, coming out of that ad with UH

540
00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:45,040
Speaker 2: with Jane, Daniel, Jeremiah and Greg Rosenthal, that the Greg

541
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,600
Speaker 2: Rosenthal has his top one hundred and one free agents.

542
00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:52,199
Speaker 2: Malik Willis is numero uno that has.

543
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,080
Speaker 4: He has come up a long way, and it only

544
00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:58,119
Speaker 4: takes one team to say we believe in him, and

545
00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,520
Speaker 4: we think he's going to be the guy to price

546
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,439
Speaker 4: him out of that twenty five million dollar a year

547
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,320
Speaker 4: range and into the forty million dollar a year range,

548
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:06,680
Speaker 4: because you know that's what he's gonna.

549
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 3: Be looking for. Well, I wonder what his true priority is.

550
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,520
Speaker 3: Is it just this is my the stars of a

551
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,399
Speaker 3: line for me, I am again, I'm the I'm the

552
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:16,320
Speaker 3: best I'm the best looking person at the ball that

553
00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,280
Speaker 3: still doesn't have a dance partner, and I'm gonna cash

554
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,399
Speaker 3: in and I'm gonna make a nice, nice payday here.

555
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,640
Speaker 3: I wouldn't fault him for that. What if he's also

556
00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:25,960
Speaker 3: looking at it, though, is I'm twenty six? This is

557
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,840
Speaker 3: my redemption shot. Do I want the most money that

558
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,440
Speaker 3: I can get right now? Or do I want to

559
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:34,760
Speaker 3: be a starter in this league for the next decade yep?

560
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:36,600
Speaker 3: And the money that that could bring down the line

561
00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:36,840
Speaker 3: for me?

562
00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 4: Yep? True point?

563
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,440
Speaker 3: And do I want to go to a place like

564
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,440
Speaker 3: New York or Arizona or Miami where it's going to

565
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 3: be tough at least in twenty twenty six to have

566
00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,920
Speaker 3: any level of success, Or do I take a little

567
00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,159
Speaker 3: bit less to go to a Minnesota Vikings or a

568
00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,879
Speaker 3: Pittsburgh Steelers or someone like that that's a better, more

569
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 3: stable organization and will give me a much better chance

570
00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:57,320
Speaker 3: to improve my reputation.

571
00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it might be dur number two.

572
00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:01,639
Speaker 3: I'd that's one of those things that only he can answer.

573
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 3: I know nothing about him as a person, and well,

574
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:04,800
Speaker 3: I'll also.

575
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,760
Speaker 2: Say this, man, if somebody's going to give you one

576
00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:08,480
Speaker 2: hundred and twenty million dollars guaranteed.

577
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 4: Stop and think about that.

578
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,680
Speaker 2: We just throw around these numbers like they're like, that's

579
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 2: what you know you're making by working your job in Pittsburgh.

580
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:17,920
Speaker 4: We're not making that kind of money.

581
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 3: Right, Kinger it is. I promise you this right now.

582
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,399
Speaker 3: If if I if I was getting one hundred and

583
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,880
Speaker 3: twenty million dollars, I love you guys, I love doing

584
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,639
Speaker 3: this for a living. But I wouldn't be staying here

585
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,320
Speaker 3: in a hotel. No, I wouldn't be staying here at

586
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,399
Speaker 3: the Courtyard Marriott for a week in Indianapolis.

587
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:32,359
Speaker 4: It changes.

588
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 3: I'd be in the wilderness somewhere in my big, nice

589
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:35,359
Speaker 3: log cabin.

590
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:35,840
Speaker 4: You know.

591
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 2: I always talk about the nuances of this and that

592
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 2: and how it affects things in this player, affecting that player,

593
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,840
Speaker 2: in this decision, affecting that decision. That's the kind of

594
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 2: money that sets you up and your kids up, and

595
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 2: your grandkids up and your great grandkids are. And so

596
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,920
Speaker 2: I'm going to say, you're great, great multi generations that

597
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,400
Speaker 2: you're never gonna make, say generational wealth. It's multi generational wealth,

598
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 2: so that you know, listen, that's hard to pass up.

599
00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:58,239
Speaker 2: I don't Cat's exactly right.

600
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,440
Speaker 3: I don't care how much of a big vision you

601
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 3: have for your career, how well your head is, you know,

602
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,320
Speaker 3: screwed on your shoulders. That's tough to pass up. Okay,

603
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 3: So let's quickly.

604
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 2: Because that is such an important conversation, and I think

605
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 2: we are in accordance with our views in the quarterback position.

606
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:18,920
Speaker 2: Running back is interesting to me. You have Jalen Warren

607
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 2: two more years left on his deal, Caleb Johnson, you know,

608
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 2: coming off his rookie season, he still has three more

609
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:29,680
Speaker 2: years left. And will you bring back Kenneth Gainwell, will

610
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,639
Speaker 2: you save that money for somewhere else, maybe try to

611
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,200
Speaker 2: pop a running back in the fifth round or so

612
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,840
Speaker 2: as opposed to bringing back Kenny Gamewell because you have

613
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,960
Speaker 2: belief that Caleb Johnson's ready to take a step forward,

614
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 2: or you say, hey, come on, man, this is our

615
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 2: MVP from a year ago. Let's sign him to a contract.

616
00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:51,480
Speaker 2: Maybe we're looking at you know, six seven million dollars

617
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 2: a year. If he accepts that, let's bring him back.

618
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:57,080
Speaker 2: I think that's I think that's what they're gonna do now.

619
00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:01,200
Speaker 2: And again, no, it's possible that some team is gonna say, hey,

620
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 2: you're you're a nine million dollar a year, uh, number

621
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 2: one running back. You come here, that's what you're going

622
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,200
Speaker 2: to be. If somebody views him that way, it's going

623
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,480
Speaker 2: to be very difficult to match that money for the Steelers.

624
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 3: Yes it is. And you know you are not paying

625
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,600
Speaker 3: Jalen Warren a ransom, but he's in that he's in

626
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,840
Speaker 3: that same range. You want to hang on to him.

627
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 3: I the Kenneth Gainwell. You know what I've been the

628
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:28,480
Speaker 3: last couple of weeks saying it's a hard decision. Maybe

629
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 3: that's the wrong way to label it because it's a

630
00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,640
Speaker 3: difficult decision. But I don't think either answer is wrong.

631
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 3: Because if you are able to get Kenneth Gainwell, as

632
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,200
Speaker 3: you mentioned, somewhere in that price range, bring him back

633
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 3: that tandem with Jalen Warren. We all know Aaron Rodgers

634
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,400
Speaker 3: big fan of Kenneth Gainwell and was able to have

635
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 3: a lot of success in the relationship that those two had,

636
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 3: and you know, seemingly, especially down the back half of

637
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:54,200
Speaker 3: the season, really being on the same page. Great, awesome,

638
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 3: I'm there for it, sign me up. But also, if

639
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 3: if Kenny g gets a bigger money offer from some

640
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 3: that he wants to cash in on and and he

641
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 3: ends up, you know, you end up losing your team

642
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 3: MVP from last year. I'm okay with that too, because

643
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 3: then I think you can go out and you can

644
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 3: get a different body type. That's the I like the

645
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:15,040
Speaker 3: Steelers running back room. But Caleb Johnson was supposed to

646
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:16,880
Speaker 3: be that hammer. He was supposed to be that bigger

647
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,520
Speaker 3: body type. And his story is far from written. He

648
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 3: could still be that. But that I want. I want

649
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 3: somebody that's you know, I want thunder and lightning in

650
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 3: my backfield. I don't want two thunders or two lightnings

651
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 3: like that. I want that blend. And so either way,

652
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,440
Speaker 3: if Kenny G's back, great, hopefully you do start to

653
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Speaker 3: get that out of Caleb Johnson. If he's not, I

654
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Speaker 3: don't want to say great, But I don't think that's

655
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Speaker 3: a disaster either. That's fine. You go, you go get

656
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Speaker 3: another running back that you think compliments Jalen warn.

657
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Speaker 4: I want Kenneth game Well back. I do. I want

658
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Speaker 4: him back.

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Speaker 2: I think that he's a really good uh you know,

660
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Speaker 2: he's a good teammate the running back room. I mean,

661
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Speaker 2: he and Jalen Warren super supportive of each other, so

662
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 2: there's no bickering about playing time or wasn't. Certainly this

663
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Speaker 2: last year he was your MVP. If you can get

664
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Speaker 2: him back, that's always the caveat. If you can get

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Speaker 2: him back at a at a price you're comfortable with.

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Speaker 2: I think you bring him back now. Having said that,

667
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Speaker 2: at forty five million dollars in cap space, now if

668
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Speaker 2: I've signed Aaron Rodgers and Kenny Gamebell might be down

669
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Speaker 2: to about fifteen million.

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Speaker 4: Okay.

671
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Speaker 2: We have to keep that in mind as we go

672
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Speaker 2: through this exercise. So we're not going to examine other

673
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Speaker 2: running backs that are out there because I don't see

674
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Speaker 2: the team unless you want to different. I don't see

675
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Speaker 2: the team going out and getting like a Kenneth Walker

676
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 2: type in free agency. That's going to be number one,

677
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Speaker 2: clear number one running back numb money. I don't see

678
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Speaker 2: that happening. I do not either, Okay, So we're going

679
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Speaker 2: to dismiss that possibility, of course, with a caveat always

680
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 2: that we might be wrong anything crazier.

681
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Speaker 3: So there you have, Hey, crazier things have happened than

682
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 3: you and I being wrong. Right.

683
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we are going to get to some of the

684
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Speaker 2: more fascinating positions this Steelers. After we've run through quarterback

685
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Speaker 2: and running back, we continue here from the Combine in

686
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Speaker 2: Indianapolis on Steelers Nation.

687
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Speaker 3: Radio, part of the Studer's Audio network.

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Speaker 1: This is live Cobery Jumbout twenty twenty six NFL Combine

689
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Speaker 1: on Steelers Nation Radio, a part of the Steelers Audio Network.

690
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Speaker 2: And we are continuing our look at the Steelers roster

691
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Speaker 2: because we're here at the combine, right, we're talking about

692
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Speaker 2: who they might draft. Well, what are the needs, right,

693
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Speaker 2: what are the positions of need? So I think that

694
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,720
Speaker 2: you know, just to recap forty five million dollars in

695
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 2: cap space, seventeen offensive players under contract for this season,

696
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Speaker 2: so you're looking at you want to get that number

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Speaker 2: up to you know, twenty five, twenty four, twenty five,

698
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Speaker 2: twenty six, somewhere in there. The draft will affect that

699
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 2: free agency effect that possibly bringing back some of your

700
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 2: players will affect that. So we have Aaron Rodgers back

701
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Speaker 2: on the team, right, I've got Kenny Gamewell back at

702
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 2: the team, So that pumps me up down to nineteen

703
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:05,960
Speaker 2: players on offense, so we need six.

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Speaker 4: You're a little more on the fence about Kenneth Ganewell. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Again, Like I said, I don't think there's a wrong answer,

706
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Speaker 3: you know. I just if he's back, I'm I'm thumbs up,

707
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Speaker 3: all good. If he's not, I think you can still

708
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:21,760
Speaker 3: go out and you can find a nice complimentary piece

709
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Speaker 3: for Jalen Warren and whether that be in the draft

710
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Speaker 3: or and free agency.

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Speaker 2: So we're at nineteen right now, either a draft or

712
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,520
Speaker 2: free agency for a complimentary running back for Wes.

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Speaker 3: I haven't spent a draft pick yet.

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Speaker 2: I got my quarterback, and I got Kenneth Gamewell coming

715
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Speaker 2: back wide receiver. Here's a position that the Steelers have

716
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Speaker 2: three players under contract. Dk Metcalf four more years at

717
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 2: thirty one million dollars, Ben Skronick one more year, two

718
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 2: point eight million dollars. Roman Wilson twenty five years old,

719
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Speaker 2: two more years left. He's making one point six million dollars.

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Speaker 2: This to me, the analogy I've made this is this

721
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Speaker 2: year's defensive line for the Steelers. Steelers went out last

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Speaker 2: year and intentionally and got three guys, one in free

723
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Speaker 2: agency in a quality, two guys in the draft in

724
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Speaker 2: Harmon and Black. They also signed Tomo Woe as an

725
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Speaker 2: additional depth piece and of course, he wound up being

726
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Speaker 2: a factor for the team last year. I think that's

727
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Speaker 2: what they're gonna do here. I think they're going to

728
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Speaker 2: add three wide receivers, and I think one of those

729
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,720
Speaker 2: wide receivers will come in free agency.

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Speaker 3: Man, would you stop saying all these things that I

731
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Speaker 3: agree with so I can push back against you at

732
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Speaker 3: some point here? I think, actually, and you know what, Kinger,

733
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Speaker 3: I'm going to steal this at some point on the drive.

734
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Speaker 3: So just you know, the you know, see no evil

735
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Speaker 3: speak no evil. I think you're That was a terrible analogy.

736
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Speaker 3: I don't know, but okay, just to just go with it,

737
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Speaker 3: you know, like when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. He's

738
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Speaker 3: on a roll. Just just just let him go. I

739
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Speaker 3: think the analogy that you used there, the parallel of

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Speaker 3: what they did with defensive line last year is great.

741
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Speaker 3: I hadn't even thought about it in that regard, but

742
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Speaker 3: that's what they just did with the defensive line free

743
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Speaker 3: agent veteran free agent, first round draft pick, later draft

744
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Speaker 3: pick in y A. Black. It doesn't have to be

745
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Speaker 3: exactly that, but that's the type of formula I'm looking for.

746
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Speaker 3: You need to add three wide receivers right one in

747
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Speaker 3: free agency one. I'm not saying it has to be

748
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Speaker 3: at pick twenty one, but it better be with one

749
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Speaker 3: of your first two picks, I think so. And then

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Speaker 3: you add a guy in the fourth round, in the

751
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Speaker 3: fifth round wherever.

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Speaker 4: That's how exactly I think it's too.

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Speaker 3: Two rookies, one of whom is drafted with one of

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Speaker 3: your first two picks, and then and then a veteran

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Speaker 3: that whether it's a free agent signing, whether it's a

756
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,319
Speaker 3: potential trade that you could make. There's still I think

757
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,719
Speaker 3: some cut candidates at wide receiver before the new league

758
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,400
Speaker 3: calendar turns over here in a couple of weeks that

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Speaker 3: might become available, you know, by the time we're all

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Speaker 3: on air, you know, next week in Pittsburgh doing stuff.

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Speaker 3: I think there's a chance that there could be another

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Speaker 3: wide receiver name or two in this conversation. So yeah,

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Speaker 3: I think that's a really good roadmap, a really good

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Speaker 3: kind of blueprint there.

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Speaker 2: And I think the twothers will hit it early because

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Speaker 2: they've tried to hit it late the last couple of

767
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Speaker 2: years and they've really been unable to do so. They've

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Speaker 2: they've tried gone they've gone big game hunting and they

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Speaker 2: haven't able to bag a trophy.

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Speaker 3: You're a You're a author fantasy novels, right.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, this is this is now The Door and the

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Speaker 4: Stone and Sandina's Prophecy now available on Amazon. Anyway, go ahead.

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Speaker 3: This is this is the This is the third year

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Speaker 3: now that we've been having the same conversations about the

775
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Speaker 3: Wide Receiver room. I want this to be the trilogy.

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00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 3: This is the return of the King. All right, Luke

777
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 3: Skywalker is gonna is gonna save his dad Anakin. All right,

778
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,239
Speaker 3: Aragon's gonna sit on the throne. This is the end

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Speaker 3: of the trilogy. I don't need a fourth episode. Let's

780
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Speaker 3: not make this Harry Potter when we return next year.

781
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Speaker 3: I don't need more books in this Wide Receiver trilogy.

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Speaker 3: I want to close it down this offseason.

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Speaker 4: Okay, so let's examine then, uh, the wide receivers.

784
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Speaker 2: Okay, so this again, this is the list compiled by

785
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 2: NFL Network in specific Greg Rosenthal, where Malik Willis is

786
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Speaker 2: the number one guy, number two guy in the list.

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Speaker 2: George Pickens ain't happening. He's probably gonna be franchise tag. Hey,

788
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:57,839
Speaker 2: he's probably gonna be franchise tag.

789
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so what am I tom gonna say

790
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 3: never say never, but never.

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00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, And just to quickly run down some of these

792
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 2: guys just so you know, Jail and Phillips Edge, I

793
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Speaker 2: don't see that happening, Tyler Lindebaum Center, that's not going

794
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Speaker 2: to happen. Alex Pierce, he might follow harball Alex Pierce,

795
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Speaker 2: by the way, news news from CUB reporter a CUB

796
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:23,760
Speaker 2: reporter from the locker room, Shaeffer King saying Anthony Richardson

797
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 2: has been granted the ability to request to trade across

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Speaker 2: the timeline here. Yeah, there is requested and has been

799
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Speaker 2: given the opportunity to seek a trade.

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Speaker 3: Which makes me think even more so they they've got

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Speaker 3: a handshat something, right, So.

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Speaker 4: Alec Pierce wide receiver, very very intriguing. Don't see it happening.

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00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 3: Neither do I not because I wouldn't be interested. But

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Speaker 3: I think he's got another Malik Willis type, same church,

805
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 3: different pew where he's one of the last good looking

806
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,800
Speaker 3: people left at the ball without a dance partner. And

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Speaker 3: I think he's a if you were asking me who's

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00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 3: gonna get over potential to get overpaid. Not that they're

809
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,760
Speaker 3: not good players, not that they don't deserve a nice contract,

810
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Speaker 3: but just overpaid. Malik Willis is obviously number one, but

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Speaker 3: he might be number two.

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Speaker 4: I think the other thing that has been floated is

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Speaker 4: the Colts signing Piers and with that crowding out of

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Speaker 4: Michael Pittman, who I love, Yes, I love Michael.

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Speaker 3: We had that conversation with Matt Taylor yesterday, Voice of

816
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Speaker 3: the Colts. He said he thinks that those reports are exaggerated.

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Speaker 3: He thinks the Colts want to keep find a way

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00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:27,399
Speaker 3: to keep them all. Now I'm sure they do, right,

819
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Speaker 3: but at the same time, they've got salary cap issues.

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Speaker 3: They've got some guys that some mouths that need fish.

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Speaker 4: Is it Jacob Downs your third receiver?

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Speaker 3: Yes, Caleb Downs, Okay, love them They probably probably just

823
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Speaker 3: in terms of pure pure prospect grades, probably probably prospect

824
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Speaker 3: number one in this in this NFL draft, I think

825
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Speaker 3: Caleb Downs. Okay, you talk about Josh Downs.

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Speaker 4: Josh Downs.

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Speaker 3: I like Josh Downs too. So for the Colts, though,

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Speaker 3: the big kicker is remember no first round pick because

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Speaker 3: the sauce Garder trade right, so they want to try

830
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Speaker 3: and hold on to as much of their own as

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Speaker 3: they can because they don't have the draft picks that

832
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Speaker 3: that you would typically want.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so the rest of the list, you're gonna're gonna

834
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Speaker 2: get to other receivers if you don't think he's uh,

835
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Speaker 2: I'm just gonna run down the list because some of

836
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Speaker 2: these guys are gonna avoid.

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Speaker 3: Trey Hendrickson, Devin Lloyd, I love, I loved him at Utah,

838
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Speaker 3: but he's gonna get He's another one we're gonna do.

839
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Speaker 3: We're gonna doa defense later. He's a really he's a

840
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,319
Speaker 3: really good player who might get great. He's a he's

841
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 3: a a my B plus a minus student who might

842
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:27,879
Speaker 3: get valedictorian money here in a few days.

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Speaker 2: Okay, So Daniel Jones, Adafi Oway. Again, I don't see

844
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Speaker 2: any of these edges. Kenneth Walker, we talked about him.

845
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:38,480
Speaker 2: Don't see it. Boy Mafi another edge. Uh Rashid Shaheed

846
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 2: wide receiver for Seattle.

847
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:44,359
Speaker 3: He's interesting, but he's a He's a smaller slot type guy.

848
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Speaker 3: He doesn't have the I think, quite the versatility you're

849
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Speaker 3: looking at for a number two. But if he's your

850
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Speaker 3: number three with a U, a high draft pick that

851
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:55,719
Speaker 3: you trust to be number two is a rookie I

852
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,080
Speaker 3: certainly think that that would be something i'd be interested in,

853
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 3: worth worth a conversation to consider a brisaw.

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Speaker 4: Basically, they said they're gonna franchise Tag if they can't

855
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Speaker 4: come up with.

856
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Speaker 3: You know what, and Matt brought this up. I thought

857
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,480
Speaker 3: it was really smart. Franchise Breesehall. Now if you stink

858
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:11,879
Speaker 3: this season, trade him to the Chiefs for a second

859
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Speaker 3: round draft pick at the trade deadline.

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Speaker 2: Uh So again, I'm just running through here with the

861
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Speaker 2: you know what I'm gonna I'm gonna skip ahead because

862
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Speaker 2: we have some players that I want to come back to,

863
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,799
Speaker 2: a whole bunch of tight ends. Now ranked number twenty one,

864
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Speaker 2: and I saw him ranked a lot lower before another

865
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Speaker 2: player that I really like. Not a big guy. If

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Speaker 2: you told me you're gonna draft him, he's gonna be

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Speaker 2: your three, which means you got to spend a high

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Speaker 2: pick on a on a on a wide receiver in

869
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Speaker 2: the draft. Wandale Robinson, the Giants love him, love his game,

870
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Speaker 2: little guy, super quick, a lot of first downs, a

871
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Speaker 2: lot of underneath catches. Showed a little more this year.

872
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Speaker 2: Uh with the injury to Malik Neighbors. He he intrigues me.

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Speaker 2: Agn what what's the price tag gonna be?

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Speaker 3: But he intrigues me absolutely, And but again it's all

875
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Speaker 3: it's all about having the right types for your for

876
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Speaker 3: your three receivers, for those kind of X, Y and

877
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Speaker 3: Z profiles. If right will so if you tell me

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Speaker 3: this slot guy, if you're telling me right now that

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Speaker 3: the first round pick at twenty one is six' Four

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Speaker 3: Denzel boston out Of, washington to go with A Wandale

881
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Speaker 3: robinson or something like, that, sure but that's the then you.

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Speaker 3: CAN'T i don't think going Draft Makayle, lemon who's under six,

883
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Speaker 3: foot you can't go in draft K C conception.

884
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Speaker 4: Might be able to he might be able to play.

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Speaker 4: OUTSIDE i don't.

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Speaker 3: Know The georgia guy who's five to. TEN i think

887
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Speaker 3: that would take that option off the board if you

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Speaker 3: go with one of those types in free, Agency, OKAY

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00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 3: i WOULD i would want a bigger, body wide receiver

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Speaker 3: in the draft In.

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Speaker 2: April then the other, GUY i think that at number twenty,

892
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Speaker 2: eight who's a guy THAT i THINK i would be

893
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Speaker 2: very very interested? In who is a big? Guy Is

894
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Speaker 2: Romeo dobs six two two oh. Four you Know i've seen.

895
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Speaker 2: Different i've seen him ranked as the top wide receiver.

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Speaker 4: Available he's ranked lower here on this nfl Dot com,

897
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Speaker 4: ranking but he is a guy that if you could

898
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Speaker 4: get him for a good, price he would very very

899
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Speaker 4: much interest.

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Speaker 3: Me, YEAH i, Agree and now the price is again the,

901
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,360
Speaker 3: kicker because wide receiver is one of those positions in

902
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:17,359
Speaker 3: free agency like, quarterback a, lot like offensive, tackle. Cornerback

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Speaker 3: you're us only twenty.

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Speaker 2: Six by the, way you're all second contract. Guys i'm

905
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Speaker 2: ignoring anybody who's thirty.

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Speaker 3: One. AGREED i that's ABSOLUTELY i think for wide receivers.

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00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:27,920
Speaker 3: ESPECIALLY i think when we if we were to have

908
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Speaker 3: this conversation about corners or safeties in the free agent,

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Speaker 3: MARKET i think it's the. SAME i want him in

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Speaker 3: that twenty six twenty seven second contract. Range, Yeah Romeo

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Speaker 3: dobbs would absolutely be interested. IN i think he's really

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Speaker 3: leveled up his.

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Speaker 2: Game Juwan jennings is another guy very quickly that it's

914
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Speaker 2: going to be out. There BUT i DON'T i don't

915
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Speaker 2: think you're looking at an absolute, number you, know a

916
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Speaker 2: surefire number two opposite OF Dk metcalf with any of

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Speaker 2: these guys that we've, discussed after After Alex, pierce as

918
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Speaker 2: we get into that kind of next level of, guys

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Speaker 2: so that's something to. Consider we are breaking down The steelers'

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00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:06,279
Speaker 2: roster because you got to know your roster before you

921
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Speaker 2: know the. Draft we're going to get into that more

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Speaker 2: draft talk as well when we continue On Steelers Nation,

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Speaker 2: radio a part of The Steelers Audio.

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Speaker 4: Network