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Speaker 2: Good evening, Stealer Nation, how we do it? Well, that's

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Speaker 2: good us too. Our number two here on this Friday.

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Speaker 2: It's our final hour in studio for the month of February,

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Speaker 2: because next week we will be all the way live

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Speaker 2: from Radio Row at the twenty twenty six NFL Scouting

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Speaker 2: Combine our February spiritual home, Matt if oh, yeah, If

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Speaker 2: Saint Vincent College is our summer spiritual home, is Radio

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Speaker 2: Row inside the Indiana Convention Center is our February spiritual home.

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Speaker 3: And you've seen it and you got to taste of it

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Speaker 3: when we had Cody on the other day. I get

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Speaker 3: pretty wound up for formative guests, man, And that's my

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Speaker 3: favorite part.

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Speaker 2: I can't wait. Like I was saying, sometimes I love

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Speaker 2: It's like it's like sometimes I love being the rhythm

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Speaker 2: guitarist and just letting Matt push the pedal down and

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Speaker 2: rip off a rip off a solo like Jimmy Page

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Speaker 2: maybe like he's Eddie van Halen over here, and we

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Speaker 2: will we'll certainly have some really fun conversations with some

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Speaker 2: names you're familiar with at the Combine. You know, we'll

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Speaker 2: have Rob King and Jerry Dulac and Mike Persuda with

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Speaker 2: us too, but then we'll also be getting the Dane

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Speaker 2: Bruglers and you know, the the Draftnicks of that world

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Speaker 2: that we're that we're very excited to talk to as well.

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Speaker 2: Starting next week, Matt, I wanted to, uh, this hour,

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Speaker 2: we'll just kind of do some some kind of pre

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Speaker 2: combine primers, if you will, and and and continue to

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Speaker 2: get ready for the big show. A couple storylines, uh

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Speaker 2: via This is via Todd mcshae. Yes, absolutely, he's one

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Speaker 2: of he's one of the ogs. His He put out

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Speaker 2: his top fifty big board and with that he put

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Speaker 2: out five combine storylines to keep an eye on.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think these are worth talking about.

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Speaker 2: Right, So I do want to get into some things

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Speaker 2: that stood out on that sorry for com storylines and

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Speaker 2: then his his top fifty big board, so I didn't

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Speaker 2: want to touch on those storylines. And then a couple

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Speaker 2: things from his pre combined Top fifty. Number one could

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Speaker 2: have three safeties drafted in the first round this year,

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Speaker 2: which would be, I mean unprecedented for the twenty first century.

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Speaker 3: Yes, and I actually threw this on Twitter because we

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Speaker 3: brought up Daniel Jeremiah plenty as well. He put out

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Speaker 3: his mock two point zero and he had three safeties

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Speaker 3: going and I think they were all like in the

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Speaker 3: top twenty three ish something like that. They weren't like

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Speaker 3: fringe first nine and yeah, a dude from Toledo, the

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Speaker 3: guy from Oregon and everybody knows downs. Now, some of

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Speaker 3: this would worry me from a big pic. No, it's

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Speaker 3: not really still related. Sometimes the league over corrects itself.

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Speaker 3: Emon Worri and Derwin and Dejene and Branch and Hamilton

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Speaker 3: and all these big slots, many of whom started his

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Speaker 3: safeties disease started a corner. But they're all asked to

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Speaker 3: kind of do the same thing that sometimes they look

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Speaker 3: at well, look at Seattle's d They get this guy

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Speaker 3: in the second round, now everybody needs one. Yeah, but

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Speaker 3: you can overdraft guys that way too, And I'm not

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Speaker 3: sure all three of these safeties have those skill sets too.

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Speaker 3: I mean, can you the beauty a Mawari was. It

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Speaker 3: wasn't all the time, but he would play man coverage

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Speaker 3: doesn't grow right right, like this pit kid the linebacker.

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of people talk luit. Yeah, a lot

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Speaker 3: of people talking about it. Well he can be maybe

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Speaker 3: that guy, well maybe, but I don't want to play

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Speaker 3: in man coverage against DeVante Adams. I mean after playing.

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Speaker 2: Linebacker for his entire career.

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Speaker 3: Right, I mean, so there's a chance you can overdraft

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Speaker 3: those guys. But there's also because this class is not rich,

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Speaker 3: guy that's a good football player, and so that we

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Speaker 2: Last time that happened was a decade ago when Jamal

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Speaker 2: Adams went sixth overall. Malee Cooker. We talked about him

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Speaker 2: Him for two first round picks. Yes, I think Hooker

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Speaker 2: it kind of he was like a Bob Sanders two

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Speaker 2: He was so good when he was healthy, but just

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Speaker 2: couldn't stay on the field. Number two for McShay heading

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Speaker 2: into the pre combine, he's very bullish on Alabama quarterback

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Speaker 2: Ty Simpson. Now, for those at home who get confused

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Speaker 2: you the other day, bullish versus bearish, bullish is good.

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Speaker 3: I don't know why that came around, because.

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Speaker 2: Bull and bear market is a Wall Street term.

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Speaker 3: Well I know that. I also don't know why that

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Speaker 3: became that. I just don't know why. Bears are aggressive too,

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Speaker 3: So we're bull but they hibernate. But it's not like

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Speaker 3: bear right hibernation though, Is that why?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because a bull market is one that's bucking, it's

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Speaker 2: going crazy. The tire market is a sleepy, quiet, hibernating, cuddly.

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Speaker 2: So you want to bullish. You want a bull market,

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Speaker 2: not a bear market. If you're an investor, I.

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Speaker 3: Think you could find a more passive animal than a bear.

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Speaker 2: Agree, but bullan bear does roll off the tongue nicely,

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Speaker 2: the alliteration there. He's bullish. He's excited about ty Simpson,

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Speaker 2: saying I'm higher than most on ty Simpson and I'm

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Speaker 2: not shying away from it. I have him at the

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Speaker 2: twenty eighth best prospect in the class why most evaluators,

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Speaker 2: while most evaluators have him in the thirty to fifty range.

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Speaker 3: Super quick, If he is the twenty eighth best prospect

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Speaker 3: that mcshay's at now, he's probably worth twenty.

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Speaker 2: He's probably worth the twenty first, just.

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Speaker 3: Putting it out there first, that's how that works. Yes,

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Speaker 3: there's a quarterback tax.

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Speaker 2: He said that he is concerned about the inexperience, but

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Speaker 2: he thinks he can be an outlier because he spent

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Speaker 2: around a lot of successful quarterbacks, and he's his dad

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Speaker 2: was a twenty year college football coach at University of Tennessee. Martin.

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Speaker 3: He thinks these interviews and stuff.

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Speaker 2: His interviews and his x's and o's is going to

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Speaker 2: be going to be very strong for him.

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Speaker 3: Now, if we come to that conclusion that that's the

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Speaker 3: best option for the long term quarterback situation, by no

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Speaker 3: means my saying that it's not possible. I'm very open

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Speaker 3: to the idea. I'm hoping come to that idea. I

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Speaker 3: I'll take it. I don't want the word number two.

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Speaker 3: I'll trade you twenty one for him now. I definitely

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Speaker 3: want Rogers back then, Yes, yes, yes, I mean I

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Speaker 3: went the quarterback room to be Howard Simpson Rogers one.

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Speaker 3: I'm like, you can tie me up for that.

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Speaker 2: And if you can do a twenty twenty seven day

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Speaker 2: three pick swat for Mason Rudolph or something, fine, yeah

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Speaker 2: you might. If you got to release them, fine, if

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Speaker 2: you end up stashing one of those guys as your

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Speaker 3: Fine, I'm hoping by opening day you're very comfortable as

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Speaker 3: Howard is the two.

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Speaker 2: That would be an ideal scenario. And by the way,

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Speaker 3: And but by the way, if you use a first

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Speaker 2: Yes, you know, yes, let's see third out of his

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Speaker 2: four takeaways. Big kind of thoughts heading into the combine

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Speaker 2: here number three. The offensive line class is beginning to

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Speaker 2: take shape. There's not the elite prospects like years past,

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Speaker 2: but seven graded offensive tackles with NFL starter grade and

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Speaker 2: be drafted in the top sixty.

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Speaker 3: Okay, again, steel irrelevant. You're not going to get the

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Speaker 2: But if there's four tackles off the board by twenty one, great,

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Speaker 2: If there's six tackles, seven tackles off the board by

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Speaker 2: fifty what is it fifty two or fifty three when

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Speaker 2: the Steelers great Because you know you're not going there

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Speaker 3: Free agency might be all set up and you're like,

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Speaker 3: you know me, I'm gonna want an extra one. I'm

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Speaker 3: gonna take one a little higher than fourth round. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: But hey, I mean you're right, if there's a situation

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Speaker 2: where one of these guys ends up falling, you never

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Speaker 2: say never. But I think in terms of what ules like,

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Speaker 2: not the crazy blue chip prospects, but deep groups for

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Speaker 2: offensive line, in for edge rusher. That's a good thing

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Speaker 2: for the Steelers, and you want as many of those

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Speaker 3: So total coincidence. But I haven't done many mock drafts

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Speaker 2: We've gotten a ton of tweets about that. Sorry to

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Speaker 2: interrupt you, but like, yeah, when we get back from

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Speaker 2: the draft in March, believe me, we will start. We'll

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Speaker 2: have mock draft stuff almost every day. We'll do the

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Speaker 2: exercise that you and Dale came up with that I

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Speaker 2: love where you pick for the Steelers at every pick.

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Speaker 2: I almost enjoyed doing that more than the mock drafts. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Like,

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Speaker 2: if you're the Steelers, and you're on the clocket one,

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Speaker 2: who are you taking? Then you're on the clocket two?

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Speaker 2: Who are you taking?

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Speaker 3: All gone?

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Speaker 2: So we will. We've gotten a bunch of tweets in

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Speaker 2: the last week like where are the mock drafts? They're coming?

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Speaker 2: Just let us get through the combine and really get

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Speaker 2: our you know, our our feet.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I can't comment on the six rounders and

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Speaker 3: stuff or now either. Anyway, I did one just for

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Speaker 3: fun and sorry, just to I enjoy my Twitter followers too,

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Speaker 3: see what kind of UF peep back. I love that

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Speaker 3: kind of stuff and the way that this particular mock went.

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Speaker 3: I got a trade offer from the Texans that picked

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Speaker 3: like twenty six or whatever to move up to twenty one,

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Speaker 3: and it was too good for me to pass up.

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Speaker 3: And there wasn't somebody twenty one that I loved. The

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Speaker 3: receivers I was interested in are gone, and at twenty six, Freeling,

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Speaker 3: the Florgia left tackle, who I'm actually very very fond of,

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Speaker 3: was my pick at twenty six because I had so

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Speaker 3: many other future picks and I'm like, I can trade

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Speaker 3: Roder Jones, keep building the nest. Yeah, I'm like, I'm

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Speaker 2: It is our penultimate segment of the week here as

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Speaker 3: Oh, it's cool everyone, everyone in.

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Speaker 2: And we're kind of just teeing up some potential topics

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Speaker 2: take a look at mcshay's pre Combine Top fifty big

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he mentioned Simpson, you know that he's warming up

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Speaker 3: I get it. I mean, frankly, if it was Down,

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Speaker 2: I think, love Downs in Reese, whatever order you would

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Speaker 3: With my they're all elite prospects to me, and that's

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Speaker 2: But at number two he has David Bailey, the edge

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Speaker 2: But he's maybe the twelfth best prospect. It's not that drastic. No, no, no, no,

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Speaker 3: Get more and more buzz that Lemon could be one.

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Speaker 2: I think think I think him and Tate have separated

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yes, next week, which is always hard to get

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Speaker 3: if they're the top in the top ten or twelve overall,

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Speaker 3: they're probably gonna fall.

436
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Speaker 2: Number twelve overall, we have two corners back to back here,

437
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Speaker 2: Jermad McCoy out of Tennessee as corner one twelve best overall.

438
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Speaker 2: Reminder he was outstanding in twenty four, did not play

439
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Speaker 2: at all last year due to injury. Youngster like only

440
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,000
Speaker 2: twenty one years old. He was a twenty year old sophomore.

441
00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,119
Speaker 2: Maybe as maybe he's the best corner intent in the

442
00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:11,040
Speaker 2: SEC two years ago. And then mansword delaye delane or

443
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Speaker 2: delaneum stuff Fiday exact. We'll find out out next week.

444
00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,520
Speaker 2: Out of LSU thirteenth overall CB two.

445
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Speaker 3: A couple of things I've just heard Todd say lately

446
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Speaker 3: is the combine could go a long way of breaking

447
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Speaker 3: that tie. You know, one of the two might just

448
00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,479
Speaker 3: stand out a little against the other drills and uh,

449
00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,440
Speaker 3: you know testing. And another one people were kind of

450
00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:35,320
Speaker 3: looking at this upcoming week is who's running back to

451
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Speaker 3: who's tight end to? You know, everyone knows the top

452
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,560
Speaker 3: two or the number ones are, but there's another like

453
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Speaker 3: combine storylines.

454
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Speaker 2: You know, Number fourteen, another one of these great Ohio

455
00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:52,480
Speaker 2: State defenders, another off ball linebacker, Sonny Styles fourteenth overall,

456
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Speaker 2: from what.

457
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Speaker 3: I've seen, i'd have him know as we higher, Like

458
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Speaker 3: I think he was like fifth on I just did

459
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Speaker 3: like a super quick six pack big board, yeah, like fifth.

460
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Speaker 2: I think there's some of that, like trying to think

461
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Speaker 2: of what a good example is Alex high Smith doesn't

462
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Speaker 2: get the credit he deserves because he's playing with TJ.

463
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Speaker 3: Watt.

464
00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, but they're both great. Just TJ is great, great,

465
00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:14,479
Speaker 2: Like I think Sonny styles. A lot of people look

466
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Speaker 2: at it and go, oh, he's just playing. He's the

467
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Speaker 2: bat He's the robin there to Batman.

468
00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:21,400
Speaker 3: Right, but he's he's a really good robin. Yeah.

469
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Speaker 2: Fifteen overall it's is edge rusher number three, a key

470
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Speaker 2: Messidor out of Miami.

471
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Speaker 3: I'm a rebuilder, though I'm not sure that's for me

472
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Speaker 3: at his age. Agree, Yeah, I mean.

473
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Speaker 2: If I can, if I'm one of these contenders that

474
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Speaker 2: can get him in the late first round, I'm very interested. Yes,

475
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,040
Speaker 2: but he's twenty five already. He's a good player, but

476
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Speaker 2: I don't think there's a lot of vertical mobility there.

477
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Speaker 2: Sixteen overall is the first guard, the first interior offensive

478
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Speaker 2: lineman Ola vega Ione at of Penn State.

479
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:53,479
Speaker 3: Sounds like very little bust potential.

480
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Speaker 2: I think he's I think he's going to be a

481
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Speaker 2: very good player for somebody we know that have the

482
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Speaker 2: fifth year tag for those interior offensive linemen of skew

483
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Speaker 2: things doesn't cause, doesn't help his cause, but he's without

484
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Speaker 2: a doubta. First round pick. Seventeenth overall is safety two

485
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Speaker 2: Emmanuel McNeil. Warren out of Toledo.

486
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Speaker 3: Plays a little round of control, but I think he's

487
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Speaker 3: got in the first round.

488
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Speaker 2: Eighteenth overall edge rusher four TJ. Parker from Clemson. That's

489
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Speaker 2: that's as high as I've seen him. Yeah, at eighteen

490
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Speaker 2: overall in the top twenty, so four edge rushers in

491
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Speaker 2: his top twenty, that's the most of any one position.

492
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Speaker 3: We did mention that was the most robust offseason position,

493
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Speaker 3: all things considered, including like you know, yes, free agency.

494
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Speaker 2: I don't think any of these guys are potential defensive

495
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Speaker 2: player of the years, but I think I think they

496
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Speaker 2: can all be really good. Nineteen overall is his first

497
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:54,040
Speaker 2: true defensive lineman, interior guy Peter Woods out of Clemson.

498
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:58,800
Speaker 2: So back to back Clemson Clemson, No, and then he's.

499
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Speaker 3: Them coming into the Maybe he knows something of why

500
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Speaker 3: things went awry there.

501
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Speaker 2: He's got another one at twenty five coming up here

502
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,760
Speaker 2: before too much long makes sense, so and then routing

503
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Speaker 2: out the top twenty is tight end one Kenadi out

504
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Speaker 2: of Oregon twenty first.

505
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Speaker 3: What I know of these players mcshaye knows more. It

506
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Speaker 3: seems like Sadik should probably be higher. I'm not saying

507
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Speaker 3: he should be downs Love level, but not in terms

508
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Speaker 3: of value, just in.

509
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Speaker 2: Terms of Rad's Yeah, I think I think he's going

510
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Speaker 2: to be a really good play. I think there's like

511
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Speaker 2: not a lot of bust potential airs we like to say.

512
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Speaker 2: Twenty one wide receiver four Denzel Boston out of Washington,

513
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Speaker 2: Twenty two edge rusher.

514
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Speaker 3: Kind of I had to pick one guy that I

515
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Speaker 3: think the Steelers are taking the twenty one. I think

516
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Speaker 3: that's the one right now today, right very very subject

517
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Speaker 3: to change.

518
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he might be I think he might

519
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Speaker 2: be onto something there or I wouldn't hate that right now.

520
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,240
Speaker 2: Twenty two is edge rusher five, Caldrick Falk out of Auburn.

521
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Speaker 2: We talked about him a little bit earlier in the week.

522
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Speaker 2: I'm edge rusher five is probably the lowest I've seen

523
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Speaker 2: him listed, but still twenty second's.

524
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Speaker 3: Going to be for him.

525
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,560
Speaker 2: By the way, Yes, yes, he's gonna test well.

526
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:04,920
Speaker 3: Like Baine's gonna come in with short arms, this guy's

527
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:05,920
Speaker 3: gonna come in with vines.

528
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,119
Speaker 2: You know, he could be the the shimmer Stewart out

529
00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,520
Speaker 2: of Texas. A and m who leaves is like, okay,

530
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,920
Speaker 2: that guy's gonna be a top fifteen pick. Third safety

531
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Speaker 2: in the top twenty five Here twenty third overall, Dylan

532
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,080
Speaker 2: Thinnemon out of Oregon.

533
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Speaker 3: It makes a million plays, So dude, he's super.

534
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Speaker 2: Smart, super super just active playmaker secondary and then a

535
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,399
Speaker 2: run on offensive tackles here twenty fourth overall, Monroe Feeling

536
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,879
Speaker 2: out of Georgia. Who you mentioned brookick.

537
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Speaker 3: On Thinnamon, Like, if they were to move on from Ramsey,

538
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Speaker 3: that could be number twenty one.

539
00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:39,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think that would shock people if

540
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Speaker 2: the Steelers took a safety.

541
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Speaker 3: But I could write the story between now in the

542
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Speaker 3: first round where you're like, well.

543
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Speaker 2: I'll take him, and there's a run on some of

544
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Speaker 2: these guys that we've talked about, and he's the highest

545
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Speaker 2: graded guy the Steelers have left on their big board.

546
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Speaker 2: There it pick twenty one, twenty four Monroe Feeling Tackle

547
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Speaker 2: out of Georgia, twenty five Blake Miller tackle out of Clemson.

548
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,160
Speaker 2: Twenty six Caleb Blomo tackle out of Utah.

549
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,679
Speaker 3: Again, usually you don't get tackles in this neighborhood.

550
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,160
Speaker 2: Twenty seven wide receiver five Malachai Fields out of Notre Dame.

551
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:11,639
Speaker 2: He's rising. Man.

552
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,520
Speaker 3: Wow, that's a little higher than most. Usually that's like

553
00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:16,040
Speaker 3: Concepcionnes five.

554
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,480
Speaker 2: Or you know, he's coming up again. Twenty eight QB

555
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 2: two Ty Simpson.

556
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,480
Speaker 3: Okay, we already talked about him with mcshay's thoughts on him.

557
00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:27,359
Speaker 2: Twenty nine wide receiver six Zachariah Branch out of Georgia.

558
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,440
Speaker 3: I think Todd said he thinks there'll be twelve in

559
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 3: the first two rounds and.

560
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 2: Then wide receiver seven. Thirtieth overall Casey Conception out of

561
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,800
Speaker 2: Texas A and m SO. Seven wide receivers in his

562
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Speaker 2: top thirty. That's the most of any position in the

563
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,840
Speaker 2: top thirty seven wide receivers, five ed rushers.

564
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Speaker 3: Now, I think the Steelers have to get one of them.

565
00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:46,800
Speaker 3: But I think they have to get one of the

566
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Speaker 3: twelve that we talked about, you know, like we haven't

567
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Speaker 3: got the Indiana guys or you.

568
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Speaker 2: Know, thirty one, the two back to back interior defensive

569
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Speaker 2: lineman here two and three for their positions thirty one

570
00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,840
Speaker 2: and thirty two overall. Cadien mc donald out of Ohio

571
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 2: State at thirty one, Lee Hunter out of Texas Tech

572
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:04,480
Speaker 2: at thirty two.

573
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 3: At short It is short on defensive tackles.

574
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Speaker 2: It is, but I like those three. I like Woods,

575
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 2: Hunter and McDonald. I like those three. Thirty three overall

576
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,240
Speaker 2: and offensive tackle. Six in the top thirty three Caden Proctor,

577
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:26,040
Speaker 2: the big friggin monster mamos Yeah out of Alabama, thirty

578
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,800
Speaker 2: four wide receiver, eight, Chris Brazl the second out of Tennessee,

579
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Speaker 2: thirty five wide receiver. Nine, Omar Cooper Junior out of Indiana,

580
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:37,840
Speaker 2: so nine wide receivers in his top thirty five. Thirty

581
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Speaker 2: six the big Boy out of Florida. Defensive lineman Caleb Banks.

582
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:43,680
Speaker 2: He's his fourth interior defensive lineman.

583
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Speaker 3: His profile screens first round to me in terms of

584
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Speaker 3: explosiveness at his side.

585
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:53,239
Speaker 2: For you very rarely see guys who can move at

586
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,440
Speaker 2: his like he does at his size. Yes, thirty seven

587
00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,120
Speaker 2: overall CB three Colton Hood out of Tennessee.

588
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:01,960
Speaker 3: Most of him is the first rounder. Not that Todd

589
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,520
Speaker 3: doesn't think you know the first round.

590
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,639
Speaker 2: But thirty eight and thirty nine edge rushers six and

591
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 2: seven Zion Hood out of Missoo and Cashiers Hall out

592
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,679
Speaker 2: of Texas A and M. And then at pick forty

593
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 2: CB four Avion Terrell out of Clemson. So he's got

594
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,680
Speaker 2: forty plus that is, I think that's probably the lowest

595
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,080
Speaker 2: we've seen Torell. But that's four Clemson guys in the

596
00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:25,879
Speaker 2: top forty there uh forty one edge rusher eight are

597
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,560
Speaker 2: Mason Thomas out of Oklahoma. He sounds like a president

598
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 2: from the eighteen hundreds are when our Mason Thomas was

599
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,200
Speaker 2: standing next to Abraham Lincoln and then a bunch of

600
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:40,480
Speaker 2: linebackers and corners here for a run in the early forties.

601
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,320
Speaker 2: Forty two linebacker three Anthony Hill Junior out of Texas.

602
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,680
Speaker 2: Forty three linebacker for CJ. Allen out of Georgia. I

603
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 2: think he's got a lot of vertical mobility yees out.

604
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 3: I think Allen knows ahead of Hill.

605
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,320
Speaker 2: Forty four CB five Chris Johnson out of San Diego State,

606
00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,800
Speaker 2: forty five CB six Brandon Cis out of South Carolina.

607
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,000
Speaker 3: That could be the steer second round pick one, though

608
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 3: certainly this.

609
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,240
Speaker 2: Guy too who I really like D'Angelo ponds CB seven

610
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,400
Speaker 2: forty six overall out of Indiana. He made some massive

611
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 2: place for IU five eight. Yes he's undersized, which is

612
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 2: which is an interesting conversation. Forty seven edge rusher nine

613
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 2: Derek Moore out of Michigan. Forty eight running back two

614
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:29,280
Speaker 2: also from notre name Jeddarian Prince, pardon me, forty nine,

615
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 2: a guy that Matt and I are liking more and more.

616
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:36,120
Speaker 2: Tackle number seven Max E. Nhure out of Arizona State.

617
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Speaker 3: Oh yeah.

618
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Speaker 2: And then rounding out the top fifty here wide receiver

619
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Speaker 2: ten so ten wide receivers in his top fifty Jeremy

620
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Speaker 2: Bernard out of roll Tide role.

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Speaker 3: Well, there's a lot of those receivers that would be

622
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Speaker 3: really helpful.

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Speaker 2: Ten wide receivers, nine edge rushers, many tackles, not many

624
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Speaker 2: D tackles only four, only four D tackles, six offensive tackles,

625
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 2: ten wide receivers, nine edge rushers there in mcshay's pre

626
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Speaker 2: combine top fifty big board cool. I think that was

627
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Speaker 2: that those are a lot of names that we're going

628
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Speaker 2: to be discussing heavy over over the next few weeks.

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Speaker 3: Figure out they're battling with their buddies there and pecking orders.

630
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Speaker 2: Very very far from Oh that'll change big time by

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Speaker 2: this time next week. Yeah, final segment to go on

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Speaker 2: the other side. Will close it down with some of

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Speaker 2: your tweets when we return to put a bow on

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Speaker 2: the week's proceedings. Well Shuler, Matt Williams, and it's the

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Speaker 2: Final segment of the week, final segment until we are

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Speaker 2: in Indianapolis. Here on the Drive and on Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna close down with your tweets as always, But Matt,

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Speaker 2: before we get to that, I wanted to do this today.

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Speaker 2: I have it written on my notes. I gotta give

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Speaker 2: a quick shout out to somebody for thirty seconds here

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Speaker 2: before we go the tweets. The head coach of the

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Speaker 2: United States women's hockey team who beat Canada. You beat

647
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Speaker 2: Canada yesterday in overtime dramatic fashion to win the gold medal.

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Speaker 2: The head coach is John Robleski. He was the head

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Speaker 2: coach of the Youngstown FANOMSH eleven years ago. When I

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Speaker 2: got my first job in the summer of twenty fifteen,

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Speaker 2: My first full time broadcasting job after college was with

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Speaker 2: the Youngstown Fantoms and like a month later, our coach

653
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 2: left for the Toronto Maple Leafs and we hired John

654
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Speaker 2: Robleski and he now is the head coach of the

655
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Speaker 2: women's national team. Won the gold medal yesterday. As you know,

656
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Speaker 2: when you work for those kind of like your time

657
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:02,280
Speaker 2: you spent with Akron, you work for smaller college like.

658
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 3: Ben McAdoo is a GA with me ended up being

659
00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:05,080
Speaker 3: a head coach in the league.

660
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 2: Like you spend a lot of time together because there's

661
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Speaker 2: so few of you. Oh, Like we had five our

662
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 2: our hockey ops staff was five full timers, two coaches, trainer,

663
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Speaker 2: equipment guy, and me was I was the I was

664
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Speaker 2: the head broadcaster and the head media pr guy. So

665
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Speaker 2: like I had to call the games and then go

666
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Speaker 2: down in the locker room and meet the media and

667
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Speaker 2: take them back into the coaches room. And you know,

668
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,360
Speaker 2: I wore seventeen different hats like that, but you learn

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Speaker 2: a lot, but you learn a lot, and he taught

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Speaker 2: me a lot, and we spent a ton of time that.

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Speaker 3: He had been around the block Affairmount at that point.

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Speaker 2: He was he was an up and rising like he

673
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Speaker 2: had been in the minors and was was on the rise,

674
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Speaker 2: and you know, went from there to United States to

675
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Speaker 2: the LA Kings and now he's back with United States.

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Speaker 3: So you know, is he only coaching women's now?

677
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Speaker 2: Oh, that's a good question.

678
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Speaker 3: I think.

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Speaker 2: I think he'll have some juicy op opportunities if he

680
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,200
Speaker 2: would want to go elsewhere. But he's been the head

681
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Speaker 2: coach of the women's national team for two years. Yeah,

682
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,280
Speaker 2: And so I mean I was laughing, like in my

683
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Speaker 2: photo memories. Literally almost ten years ago to the day,

684
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Speaker 2: we were in Fargo, North Dakota at an ACDC concert

685
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 2: and it was, man, it was like full circle ten

686
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 2: years later, you know, seeing him being there. And I

687
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,160
Speaker 2: like to think not quite to his extent, but I've

688
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Speaker 2: come a long way in my career in the last

689
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Speaker 2: ten years. And we went from riding crappy buses and

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Speaker 2: you know, sleeping in crappy hotels to being in a

691
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Speaker 2: much better place. So huge congratulations to a guy that

692
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Speaker 2: I used to work with and was grinding and in

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Speaker 2: the trenches with for a long time. About a decade ago,

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Speaker 2: John Rableski gold Medal into the United States women's hockey team.

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Speaker 2: Hell yeah, getting her done in overtime against Canada.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, great win. I didn't watch it. I was busy

697
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Speaker 3: with other stuff, but in congrats to him, I'm not

698
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Speaker 3: ripping under bud and obviously nothing to do with it.

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Speaker 2: Three on three the gold though, I know it's weird.

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Speaker 2: I don't like it favored us though.

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Speaker 3: Does that happen with the men's who, Yes, it would.

702
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:07,720
Speaker 2: Not favor us if it happened to the men okay,

703
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Speaker 2: because we are not as skilled as Canada the women's

704
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:15,319
Speaker 2: team in But it's a weird way to say it's

705
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,280
Speaker 2: it's very it's very weird. But it's I hf different rules,

706
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 2: not governed by the NHL, completely you know, completely separate entity.

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Speaker 2: But I just I had to on the show today

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Speaker 2: at some point give a big shout out to John Rableski,

709
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Speaker 2: a guy that I spent and once upon a lifetime

710
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Speaker 2: ago a ton of time with on buses and locker

711
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Speaker 2: rooms and all those things. And now he's winning gold

712
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Speaker 2: medals and crying all over NBC. Baby gotta love it. Smooth.

713
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 2: Dave tweets us and says, does hosting the draft in

714
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Speaker 2: Pittsburgh have any potential impact on what the Steelers do.

715
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Speaker 2: What if you're on the clocket picked twenty one, but

716
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 2: there's a great opportunity to trade back. Do you do

717
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,520
Speaker 2: that and let down a whole city brimming with excitement?

718
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Speaker 3: I hope it doesn't change your thoughts whichever.

719
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Speaker 2: I hope you just do what's best for business.

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Speaker 3: Draft could be on the moon. You take the best

721
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Speaker 3: players that you make yourself the best roster you possibly can. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I know that's easy for us to say, but I hope.

723
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Speaker 3: Everybody's gonna be entertained there anyways. It's not your job

724
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Speaker 3: to entertain them the best player. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Michael Odesso, one of our buddies, tweets us and says,

726
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Speaker 2: I've got a fun question and a serious question for

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Speaker 2: you guys. First, Matt, do you like the New Game

728
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:20,600
Speaker 2: of Throne show? And do you think Dunk would make

729
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 2: a good left tackle?

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Speaker 3: I do like the New Game of Throne show a lot.

731
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Speaker 3: I don't know the background very well, you know the

732
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Speaker 3: lore or whatever. Yeah, I'm not sure about the left

733
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Speaker 3: tackle thing.

734
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Speaker 2: Is the top footwork a little bit.

735
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Speaker 3: I don't want to ruin the show for anybody, but

736
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Speaker 3: the last episode he takes a beating and keeps on coming. So,

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Speaker 3: I mean he's physically tough and he's a big guy.

738
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Speaker 2: It's on my list to start post combine.

739
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Speaker 3: His name's Dunk. The tall he calls himself is the Night.

740
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Speaker 3: So he's got size.

741
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Speaker 2: Sounds like, give me one player who's going to be

742
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Speaker 2: at the combine that you would either want to make

743
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:57,400
Speaker 2: sure you watch or ask around about. I mean, Ty

744
00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 2: Simpson is the easy one. Yeah, but man, all these

745
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 2: defensive tackles.

746
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I would love a defensive tackle to fit the

747
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Speaker 3: mold that if the rest of the free agency goes

748
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Speaker 3: the way you want, that you take dt one off

749
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Speaker 3: the board and your pick, cause I bet there's gonna

750
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Speaker 3: be one that distinguishes himself. I'm thinking it might be

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Speaker 3: Florida guy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah Banks, thanks, Yeah, I'm the three. The Big three

753
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 2: name wide receivers too, and the real draft knicks and

754
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Speaker 2: how they rank those guys and view the strengths and weaknesses. Yeah,

755
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Speaker 2: let's see here. Todd tweets and says Mark Gronowski, the

756
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Speaker 2: Iowa Hawkeyes quarterback, was not invited to the NFL Combine.

757
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Speaker 2: He's the winningest quarterback in NCAA history. Oh wow, what

758
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 2: do you guys think of, you know what, what do

759
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:48,840
Speaker 2: what does it take to get invited to the combine?

760
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Speaker 2: What do guys have his options when they're not invited

761
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Speaker 2: to the Combine?

762
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Speaker 3: It's tough. I mean there are guys like Kevin Datson

763
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Speaker 3: didn't get invited to the Combine. Yeah, I mean there

764
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Speaker 3: are some guys that get drafted reasonably high and he

765
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Speaker 3: was a fourth round pick and go on to have

766
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Speaker 3: a great career. But basically how the Combine is selected

767
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 3: is I think teams put in their list. Okay, these

768
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:14,720
Speaker 3: are the guys we want, and some of them are obvious,

769
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Speaker 3: but if no one puts you on your list, then

770
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Speaker 3: you probably have no chance. The one thing about quarterbacks

771
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Speaker 3: that's weird is they will have guys that aren't official

772
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Speaker 3: Combine invitees. They're just there as throwing quarterbacks, like for

773
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Speaker 3: the receiver drills and whatnot. But they still are going

774
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,359
Speaker 3: to get their hand sized and stuff. If you're sure

775
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,600
Speaker 3: Tony Rombo is that guy. Okay, I mean interesting, it

776
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 3: doesn't mean at least you're on the radar, you're in

777
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Speaker 3: the building.

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Speaker 2: And they still have pro day's, they still have opportunities.

779
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Speaker 3: Like you said, he's at Iowa player, So I mean

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Speaker 3: there's gonna be a lot people There a.

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Speaker 2: Lot of people like there are examples of guys like

782
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Speaker 2: Dots and who get drafted that aren't invited to the combine.

783
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Speaker 2: There's also plenty of people that get invited to the

784
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Speaker 2: combine that don't get drafted. Oh yeah, it works both ways. Yes,

785
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:57,319
Speaker 2: Smooth Dave betweet that I.

786
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Speaker 3: Don't know if this dude played in any of the

787
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Speaker 3: Postseas Bowl games.

788
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Speaker 2: You know, I'm not sure that's a good question.

789
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Speaker 3: I didn't name till now.

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00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 2: Don't think he played in the Senior Bowl, but I

791
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:07,080
Speaker 2: think he definitely was on the Seattle.

792
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Speaker 3: Yeah.

793
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,560
Speaker 2: Smooth Dave tweets us and says, of these main positions

794
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:12,959
Speaker 2: in need, what's the archetype you're looking for? In other words,

795
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Speaker 2: what style of receiver, what style of defensive lineman would

796
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Speaker 2: be ideal?

797
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:20,160
Speaker 3: I knows tackle that's not just a space eater. But

798
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Speaker 3: I have some worries about McDonald. You've talked about that

799
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 3: a little bit. Yeah, I don't think I would take

800
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 3: McDonald of twenty one reminds me a lot of his predecessor, TYLERK. Williams,

801
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 3: who the Lions took, you know, late first round just

802
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,880
Speaker 3: doesn't impact the game enough because you need to be

803
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:41,400
Speaker 3: a well rounded skill set for that. Even if you

804
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 3: are a quote knows what was the other question.

805
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 2: Receivers just just archetype that you're looking for. Receiver, defensive tackle, safety.

806
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 2: You've talked about safety, speed.

807
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 3: We need to add some into the back a high priority.

808
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 3: I can't imagine taking the safety it doesn't run well.

809
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:01,400
Speaker 2: Receiver like, hey, I might by the time I'm we

810
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:03,359
Speaker 2: get there, I might be singing a different tune about

811
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,960
Speaker 2: the guy from Georgia whose name is of course escaping me.

812
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 2: Now I need it, but I want a big body type.

813
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,440
Speaker 2: I lean want the five to ten speedster anymore.

814
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:13,239
Speaker 3: I want the big body.

815
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 2: Now.

816
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:16,239
Speaker 3: If I'm right that they will in some capacity add

817
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:19,320
Speaker 3: three receivers, then maybe one can be little, yes, but

818
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 3: not two. Not two definitely, not three.

819
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Speaker 2: Definitely.

820
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Speaker 3: If you resign Austin, you're that sets your little one,

821
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Speaker 3: you know.

822
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 2: T mac tweets us and wants to know if we

823
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 2: have any interest in whyatt teller?

824
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 3: Maybe again, I'd like to have a veteran in that room, and.

825
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,640
Speaker 2: He says that too. He says, if saym Alu is gone.

826
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Speaker 3: I would prefer seeing al Lou. I know that he's

827
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Speaker 3: a good leader, obviously, he's familiar with the environment. More

828
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Speaker 3: and more I lean towards offering him a contract.

829
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Speaker 2: Now.

830
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 3: I think Teller is a right guard, and I mentioned

831
00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:57,959
Speaker 3: that only be could. It's so late in their career.

832
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 3: He might not want to go to the left. But

833
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:02,880
Speaker 3: there are a couple of guards. The other one I

834
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 3: like is Vera Tucker. He's hurt all the time. But

835
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Speaker 3: if you have Anderson is the two there, maybe you

836
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:10,720
Speaker 3: can have. You know, Vera Tucker's got a really high ceiling.

837
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 3: But I would like to add more and more. I

838
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,480
Speaker 3: think a veteran guard should probably be invested in before

839
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Speaker 3: the draft, preferably Isaac.

840
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:24,400
Speaker 2: To me, veteran guard, veteran corner, yea veteran wide receiver.

841
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah yeah? And Willis and Willis?

842
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:30,000
Speaker 2: Would you talk about Willis? I can't believe I haven't

843
00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:30,839
Speaker 2: made that joke yet.

844
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Speaker 3: Good Lord, A little old for you, you're a little

845
00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:34,920
Speaker 3: young for that one.

846
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,880
Speaker 2: Great Different Strokes, Grateful Dead, led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones my

847
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:39,399
Speaker 2: favorite band.

848
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:42,759
Speaker 3: I think I only watched Different Strokes on reruns.

849
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 2: Oh I'm not going to sit here and tell you

850
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 2: watch Different Strokes. I just understand. Okay, can't you talk

851
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:49,160
Speaker 2: about Willis?

852
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 3: Okay, I actually watched it, not when they came I

853
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:52,680
Speaker 3: do that.

854
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 1: Listen.

855
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:56,359
Speaker 2: I'm a I'm a pop culture maven up in here, baby,

856
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:57,839
Speaker 2: you know. I mean even you and I were talking

857
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,799
Speaker 2: about The Godfather the other day. Yeah, about twenty years

858
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 2: before I was born. Matt tweets and says, I know

859
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 2: this sounds sacrilegious to even say, but with our depth

860
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,840
Speaker 2: at edge, do you guys think the Steelers would consider

861
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:12,600
Speaker 2: trading TJ. Watt and for what possible draft compensation or

862
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:14,920
Speaker 2: maybe even a quarterback? Would love to hear your thoughts.

863
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:16,799
Speaker 3: Well, you're not gonna trade him straight up for any

864
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 3: kind of quarterback situation, but you could trade him to

865
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:23,040
Speaker 3: prepare yourself to get the next quarterback, probably in the

866
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,799
Speaker 3: next draft, you know, I mean, obviously that's a chip

867
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 3: that could go towards getting you where you want to

868
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 3: be in Round one, whether that's after this year or

869
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Speaker 3: the trade deadline if things don't go well. My short

870
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Speaker 3: answer for most of the possibly returning defensive players is

871
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Speaker 3: I would like to see and rewind a couple segments,

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Speaker 3: the new defensive coordinator Patrick Graham, what they do what

873
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Speaker 3: he does with them as opposed to the last staff.

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Speaker 3: But there's definitely value with Watt a lot and Herbig

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Speaker 3: and Highsmith isn't the worst pairing out there, No.

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Speaker 2: It is not. In fact, it'd probably still be a

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Speaker 2: top ten pairings.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and then he used a third round pick on

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Speaker 3: an edge two. You know, I mean, I never want

880
00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 3: to be light there, but yeah, I mean, yes, it's sacrilege.

881
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:12,360
Speaker 3: He's an all time great Steeler and all that, but

882
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 3: this is business too, and there's an offer that could

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Speaker 3: be made that I could be convinced.

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Speaker 2: Make us enough or we can't exactly. Corbin tweets and says,

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Speaker 2: I think the Steelers will keep Rogers if he chooses,

886
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:26,759
Speaker 2: but if not, they should go after Willis two year deal.

887
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Speaker 2: If he hits great, if he misses, no problem, draft

888
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:32,360
Speaker 2: quarterback next year. Corby again, Yeah, you are speaking the

889
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Speaker 2: gospel of Matt Williamson.

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00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, so that would be my first choice.

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Speaker 2: Matt tweets and says, Matt, do you still have your

892
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 2: sights set on an alien quarterback? Or have the last

893
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Speaker 2: two years seeing a Sam Donald and a Jalen Hurts

894
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Speaker 2: win the Super Bowl change your opinion slightly but more

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Speaker 2: the alien.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think will this could be an alien?

897
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Speaker 2: Really?

898
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Speaker 3: Oh, he's that talent.

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Speaker 2: Justin we have we have young Justin producing for us today.

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Speaker 3: I mean Donald was a third pick just draft.

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Speaker 2: Justin clipped that for the archives. All right, we might

902
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Speaker 2: need to save that one.

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Speaker 3: Let's not present. Darnald doesn't have talent though it was

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Speaker 3: a second pick, the second pack of the draft or whatever.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, he's the second overall pick. Right, Bresley, right, b.

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Speaker 3: Mayfield, Mayfield, Barkley, Donald. From what I remember, we're the

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Speaker 3: top three that year.

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Speaker 2: I think you're right.

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Speaker 3: I can't remember if Donald was two or three, but

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Speaker 3: I think he's three, almost certain now I think about it.

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Speaker 2: But I mean talent for the twenty eighteen draft, good call.

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Speaker 2: Look at you, Look at you man, baby. R J

913
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Speaker 2: tweets and says, should the Steelers try and play the

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Speaker 2: comp game for next year's draft like they did this

915
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Speaker 2: year since it's a better quarterback draft. We had this

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Speaker 2: conversation Tuesday or Wednesday. Yeah, it's gonna be tough to

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Speaker 2: pull off because you're not losing Dan Moore, Junior, Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 2: and Justin Fields to free agency.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, who's going to get a huge contract

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Speaker 3: from somebody other than the steel.

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Speaker 2: Gain Weell could get an okay, one say could get

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Speaker 2: a Star Warney and I guess if Aaron Rodgers Rogers Minnesota.

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Speaker 3: I would say that's probably the only way you could

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Speaker 3: actually make money in the comp game is Seeamal and

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Speaker 3: Rogers both leave and sign starter money. Yes, then you'll

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Speaker 3: probably get something back. Yes, but I bet they sign

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Speaker 3: almost as much as they lose.

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Speaker 2: That's the other thing too. I think they're gonna spend

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Speaker 2: some money in free agacy, which they do have it.

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Speaker 3: Yes, there's not a ton of contracts they need to extend, and.

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Speaker 2: Last year they were fortunate like remember Aaron Rodgers didn't

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Speaker 2: count to the cap formula. The scene was cut.

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Speaker 3: That's part of the beauty of it, right, And they'll

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Speaker 3: be more attracted to those guys.

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Speaker 2: DK Metcalf and Jalen Ramsey you acquired via trade, so

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Speaker 2: those didn't factor into that. I don't think that's going

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Speaker 2: to be the case this off right, right, Matt. That

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Speaker 2: was a fun show today and it touched on a

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Speaker 2: lot of different topics. And uh, we did so here

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Speaker 2: before we will relocate. So that's your last reminder, no

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Speaker 2: show on Monday because we'll be traveling in Indianapolis. But

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Speaker 2: starting Tuesday nine to five, like Dolly Parton, we will

943
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Speaker 2: be live all week at Radio Row in Indy, so

944
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Speaker 2: make sure you are tuning in for all of our

945
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Speaker 2: coverage as we will really kick off the Combine and

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Speaker 2: Draft season in just a few days. But that will

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Speaker 2: do it for us for today. Big thanks to Justin

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Speaker 2: for filling in and producing on the ones and twos.

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Speaker 2: Big shout out to Matt Williamson. As always, I'm West Shuler.

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Speaker 2: Take care everybody. We will talk to you next week.

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Speaker 2: four to seven home of the Black and Gold Steelers

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