WEBVTT - Roster Reset: AFC North and South 0:00:05.058 --> 0:00:07.778 NFL Inside Report is the production of the NFL in 0:00:07.898 --> 0:00:11.658 partnership with I Heart Radio. I'm Rhett Lewis and this 0:00:12.178 --> 0:00:16.058 is NFL Inside Report. We're gonna talk about the Steelers 0:00:16.218 --> 0:00:19.178 today as we wrap our Roster Reset series, but before 0:00:19.218 --> 0:00:22.098 we do, we want to acknowledge the tragedy that this 0:00:22.218 --> 0:00:26.218 organization and the NFL community is mourning, and that, of course, 0:00:26.338 --> 0:00:30.538 is the death of Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins. Haskins died 0:00:30.618 --> 0:00:32.618 last weekend in South Florida when he was hit by 0:00:32.618 --> 0:00:35.738 a vehicle on a highway. He was only twenty four 0:00:35.818 --> 0:00:38.618 years old. Head coach Mike Tomlin called Haskins a great 0:00:38.618 --> 0:00:40.898 teammate and said he was one of the hardest workers, 0:00:40.978 --> 0:00:44.458 both on the field and in the community. His first coach, 0:00:44.698 --> 0:00:47.978 Ron Rivera, said his zeal for life will be missed, 0:00:48.418 --> 0:00:50.418 and he came to work every day with a smile 0:00:50.498 --> 0:00:54.658 on his face and energy and love in his heart, 0:00:55.378 --> 0:00:59.378 a sentiment echoed by many of his former teammates and 0:00:59.498 --> 0:01:02.698 players that he simply cross paths with. We joined the 0:01:02.818 --> 0:01:06.938 entire NFL community and offering our condolences to the Haskins family. 0:01:22.258 --> 0:01:25.498 Back with you for another episode of our Roster reset 0:01:25.658 --> 0:01:28.938 series wrapping up the remaining divisions in the a f C. 0:01:29.178 --> 0:01:31.098 So we've been touring the league to check on moves 0:01:31.218 --> 0:01:33.498 NFL teams have made this offseason and how they'll play 0:01:33.538 --> 0:01:37.938 out here in the two season, obviously with a big 0:01:37.978 --> 0:01:41.618 look ahead towards the NFL Draft on the horizon here 0:01:41.658 --> 0:01:44.738 at the end of April. On our final stop today, 0:01:44.738 --> 0:01:46.938 we're venturing into the a f C North and the 0:01:46.978 --> 0:01:49.058 a f C South, and here to help us do 0:01:49.138 --> 0:01:52.458 it our palace here from NFL Media, Cameron Wolf and 0:01:52.618 --> 0:01:56.178 Nick Shook, guys, two of our favorites throughout the year 0:01:56.298 --> 0:01:58.658 here on Inside Report. Thanks for being back here with us. 0:01:58.778 --> 0:02:00.978 We've separated this thing out here a little bit. Starting 0:02:01.018 --> 0:02:03.378 with the a f C North. Cam's gonna cover the 0:02:03.378 --> 0:02:05.778 Steelers in the Ravens. Nick will be there with his 0:02:05.818 --> 0:02:08.778 beloved Browns, and of course the a f C champion 0:02:09.258 --> 0:02:11.738 Cincinnati Bengals. I don't know if that's a little bit 0:02:11.738 --> 0:02:13.618 of shade we're throwing your way on that one, Nick, 0:02:13.698 --> 0:02:18.738 but it's all good. Um. Cam, let's start here with 0:02:18.938 --> 0:02:23.978 the Pittsburgh Steelers. How would you grade what they've done 0:02:24.018 --> 0:02:28.898 this off season, their first without Ben roethlisbergers their starting quarterback. 0:02:29.738 --> 0:02:34.018 I would give them a B minus uh B minus 0:02:34.018 --> 0:02:37.778 C plus range for the Steelers simply because everything is 0:02:37.778 --> 0:02:40.578 gonna be viewed through the prism of their quarterback situation. I, 0:02:40.938 --> 0:02:44.738 for one, I'm not a Mitchell Travisca trip. Mitch doesn't 0:02:44.778 --> 0:02:49.178 go by Mitch. Mitch Trabinsky. Yeah, believer, and so I 0:02:49.218 --> 0:02:50.738 don't know if they had a lot of tons of 0:02:50.778 --> 0:02:54.978 different options, but for me, that doesn't breed any confidence. Uh, 0:02:55.018 --> 0:02:57.258 they have been doing their homework on the draft train. 0:02:57.618 --> 0:03:00.098 The best thing I think they've done this offseason is 0:03:00.098 --> 0:03:01.818 is and it's kind of went under the radar, is 0:03:01.858 --> 0:03:05.138 rebuilding their offensive line. That offensive line was really bad 0:03:05.218 --> 0:03:08.938 last year. They signed Uh, they resigned Chuka okafora they 0:03:09.058 --> 0:03:11.658 brought in James Daniels, they brought in a J. Cole 0:03:11.938 --> 0:03:14.738 or Mason cole Um. So the hope is they can 0:03:14.778 --> 0:03:17.378 be better for Naji Harris, clearly they're trying to have 0:03:17.418 --> 0:03:20.298 a more mobile offense do some things they couldn't do 0:03:20.338 --> 0:03:22.938 it Big Ben last year. So I expect them to 0:03:22.978 --> 0:03:25.498 have some mobility with Mitchell Robinsky, be a run first 0:03:25.538 --> 0:03:28.778 based offense, and I did like to move with Miles 0:03:28.898 --> 0:03:32.538 Jack to bring in to replace Joe Sherbrick. So I 0:03:32.538 --> 0:03:35.658 still think they're the fourth best team in this division. Um, 0:03:35.738 --> 0:03:39.458 but I don't think they're all season last. Yeah, I 0:03:39.498 --> 0:03:42.498 didn't think they're gonna finish last, but they're off season 0:03:42.538 --> 0:03:45.218 in general, it feels like a team in transition. Their 0:03:45.298 --> 0:03:48.698 GM Kevin Colbert's gonna resign or step down after the 0:03:48.778 --> 0:03:52.938 year been. Roethlisberger has done, their DC, Keith Butler um 0:03:53.058 --> 0:03:55.098 is gone. So I think we're gonna get a test 0:03:55.138 --> 0:03:59.578 of whether this uh non winless UH sixteen years for 0:03:59.658 --> 0:04:02.618 Mike Tomlin streak is gonna continue. But for their off 0:04:02.618 --> 0:04:04.738 season in general, I don't have any you know, Hugh 0:04:05.018 --> 0:04:07.138 issues with what they did. Yeah, talking about that, you know, 0:04:07.178 --> 0:04:09.538 even the fact on those seasons where they didn't make 0:04:09.578 --> 0:04:12.898 the playoffs still with a winning record, Mike Tomland one 0:04:12.938 --> 0:04:17.378 of the most consistently successful in that metric that we've 0:04:17.418 --> 0:04:20.458 seen at the head coaching spot for sure. Okay, And 0:04:20.498 --> 0:04:22.578 I love what you mentioned there about the mobility. I 0:04:22.618 --> 0:04:25.258 think we might see the full array of the Matt 0:04:25.378 --> 0:04:28.378 Canada offense this year as he enters into his second 0:04:28.418 --> 0:04:31.218 season as the offensive coordinator, and that perhaps is a 0:04:31.218 --> 0:04:33.578 little bit of a tease ahead to what we'll talk 0:04:33.618 --> 0:04:37.098 about with Steelers draft needs here and just a little 0:04:37.138 --> 0:04:41.378 bit talking about mobility and quarterbacks here in just a second. 0:04:41.418 --> 0:04:43.658 But first let's get to your Browns here, Nick Schuck. 0:04:44.618 --> 0:04:47.538 I mean, look, it's all about Deshaun Watson here. So 0:04:47.618 --> 0:04:49.738 how does that factor into the grade you got for Cleveland. 0:04:49.858 --> 0:04:51.138 That's a big part of the grade. It's a B 0:04:51.258 --> 0:04:54.778 plus because you know, if you get if you look 0:04:54.818 --> 0:04:57.258 at it from a football perspective and and you move 0:04:57.338 --> 0:05:00.378 beyond however long he suspended. If he is suspended, it 0:05:00.458 --> 0:05:03.338 is a massive upgraded quarterback, which is obviously their biggest need. 0:05:03.698 --> 0:05:06.538 Just to something that Andrew Area and Kevin Stefanaki identified, 0:05:07.058 --> 0:05:08.698 it seemed from the middle of last season that they 0:05:08.738 --> 0:05:10.498 needed to be better at quarterback. It had shades of 0:05:10.498 --> 0:05:12.898 Sean McVeigh and less sneed looking at Jared Goffin saying 0:05:12.938 --> 0:05:14.978 we need to be better. The Browns hopefull get a 0:05:14.978 --> 0:05:17.418 similar return out of to Shaun Watson. But the reason 0:05:17.418 --> 0:05:19.698 that they get such a you know, a positive grace 0:05:19.778 --> 0:05:21.498 because if he does end up being the guy that 0:05:21.538 --> 0:05:22.938 they expect him to be over the course of this 0:05:23.058 --> 0:05:25.458 five years, and that guaranteed you know, two or thirty 0:05:25.458 --> 0:05:27.738 million dollars. Then then it's a win. It's a big 0:05:27.738 --> 0:05:30.978 one for them, and it transforms the future of the franchise, 0:05:31.018 --> 0:05:33.978 which hasn't had a quarterback like that really ever. If ever, 0:05:34.138 --> 0:05:37.018 you know, maybe Bernie Cozar in the eighties or Auto Graham, 0:05:37.098 --> 0:05:39.498 you know, in the earliest days of the franchise, and 0:05:39.538 --> 0:05:42.298 then from there, you know, they've made some other savvy editions. 0:05:42.298 --> 0:05:44.578 The reason that they're not moving into the A range 0:05:44.618 --> 0:05:46.978 at this point is because you still have to answer 0:05:47.018 --> 0:05:48.978 a question receiver. You still have to answer a question 0:05:49.018 --> 0:05:51.138 at defensive end, and they're they're pretty thin at defensive 0:05:51.138 --> 0:05:53.218 tackle as well. So we're kind of riding that out. 0:05:53.378 --> 0:05:56.298 Does Jarvis Landry come back, Does Jadeveon Clowney come back? 0:05:56.538 --> 0:05:58.978 Do they make additions elsewhere or you know, with other 0:05:59.018 --> 0:06:01.298 players of those positions. That remains to be seen. We 0:06:01.298 --> 0:06:03.178 know that Andrew Berry likes to restock in the draft, 0:06:03.258 --> 0:06:06.418 is most gms do that aren't named Less need Um. 0:06:06.578 --> 0:06:08.538 But there's still a lot of questions I think to 0:06:08.578 --> 0:06:11.138 answer with the Browns, and and you give them credit 0:06:11.178 --> 0:06:15.218 for going and you know, answering the quarterback question um 0:06:15.258 --> 0:06:17.418 and they have the talent offensively, it's a matter for 0:06:17.458 --> 0:06:20.738 them of staying healthy and filling these needs. So the 0:06:20.818 --> 0:06:23.618 v Marii Cooper trade, uh, you know, to bring him 0:06:23.618 --> 0:06:26.578 in for Dallas was not exactly what you would consider. 0:06:26.898 --> 0:06:29.538 Would not make that wide receiver grouping finished product yet? 0:06:30.098 --> 0:06:33.218 Yeah no, because he's your number one. But losing Jarvis 0:06:33.338 --> 0:06:36.218 Landry takes away the the heartbeat of the team really 0:06:36.258 --> 0:06:38.338 since they started their turnaround a few years ago. He 0:06:38.378 --> 0:06:40.818 was the face of that. He was also super dependable. 0:06:40.818 --> 0:06:42.298 He played through a ton of injuries, but he was 0:06:42.338 --> 0:06:44.978 the guy you could always count, especially third and five 0:06:45.058 --> 0:06:47.698 six yards, you could always go to Jervis Landry. That's 0:06:47.698 --> 0:06:49.298 a big void, And the reason that it's a big 0:06:49.378 --> 0:06:52.778 void is because the guys that are left are pretty unproven. 0:06:52.818 --> 0:06:54.618 You got Donovan People's Jones, who I think could be 0:06:54.658 --> 0:06:57.098 a star with enough time to develop. He shows flashes 0:06:57.138 --> 0:06:58.938 of it. And Anthany Schwartzer needs to work on his 0:06:59.018 --> 0:07:02.378 route running, in his his reliability with his hands. That's 0:07:02.378 --> 0:07:04.938 basically the majority of your group. You still need to 0:07:04.978 --> 0:07:07.898 put somebody else in there. So Cam, let's come back 0:07:07.898 --> 0:07:09.698 to you here on the Ravens, And I feel like 0:07:09.698 --> 0:07:13.338 This is a really interesting case here, because if they 0:07:13.418 --> 0:07:16.498 just get back healthy all the guys that they were 0:07:16.538 --> 0:07:19.698 without last year, I feel like the off season is 0:07:19.738 --> 0:07:22.058 kind of a win. How else do you kind of 0:07:22.058 --> 0:07:24.218 grade some of the additions though in subtractions that they've 0:07:24.258 --> 0:07:26.058 seen here not right, I think you're hit it hit 0:07:26.098 --> 0:07:27.978 them on money. You have to grave the Ravens a 0:07:28.018 --> 0:07:30.938 little bit on a curve, right, because they're off season 0:07:31.058 --> 0:07:33.818 is getting back Martin hun Fries, getting back now S Speters, 0:07:33.898 --> 0:07:36.498 getting back some of these ballers that made them a 0:07:36.538 --> 0:07:39.098 top contender. So I think if we were just grading 0:07:39.138 --> 0:07:41.058 them based on their additions, I might be closer to 0:07:41.058 --> 0:07:43.498 the sea range. But I think given that, I think 0:07:43.538 --> 0:07:45.578 they will be better just through attrition. I think I 0:07:45.618 --> 0:07:48.898 give him a B on this offseason. Um, I look 0:07:48.938 --> 0:07:51.978 at some of the areas this could have been a 0:07:52.218 --> 0:07:56.138 The various Smith situation really bothers me because that was 0:07:56.298 --> 0:07:59.418 maybe their biggest need, needing the pass rusher, um and 0:07:59.458 --> 0:08:02.618 they whiffed on that situation. And he's heading to Minnesota, 0:08:02.818 --> 0:08:05.018 and so there's still this big gaping hole for me. 0:08:05.258 --> 0:08:06.858 And I think we're gonna talk a little bit about 0:08:06.898 --> 0:08:08.658 that when we come draft time because I think that's 0:08:08.658 --> 0:08:11.378 where I would go if I was the Ravens. But um, 0:08:11.658 --> 0:08:14.298 I look at them getting a Marcus Williams. Um For 0:08:14.338 --> 0:08:17.018 some reason, the Ravens more than any team, always loved 0:08:17.018 --> 0:08:19.858 that free agent safety. Um. No matter how much we 0:08:19.898 --> 0:08:23.018 try to devalue that that position, the Ravens say, no, 0:08:23.098 --> 0:08:25.458 We're gonna set the market every year. So I think 0:08:25.498 --> 0:08:28.298 Marcus Williams is a really good player and him paired 0:08:28.658 --> 0:08:32.818 on along with Marlon Humphrey Marcus Peters healthy should help 0:08:32.858 --> 0:08:35.658 that secondary that was a horrific secondary last year. I 0:08:35.698 --> 0:08:38.218 don't think people will remember how bad they were. I 0:08:38.218 --> 0:08:41.578 think they gave up the most passing yards NFL NFL 0:08:41.778 --> 0:08:45.538 last year and the franchise worst touchdown passes. So just 0:08:45.578 --> 0:08:50.218 a historically bad Ravens defense. Um, they weren't able to 0:08:50.218 --> 0:08:52.458 get to the passer. I think they haven't had a 0:08:52.498 --> 0:08:56.498 double digit sack sack guy since. I think, really this 0:08:56.538 --> 0:08:59.578 team needs to go back being that smash mouth Ravens 0:08:59.578 --> 0:09:02.778 defense they used to be and stopped having Lamar Jackson 0:09:02.818 --> 0:09:05.858 having to be superman. So um, I definitely, uh, I 0:09:05.898 --> 0:09:08.458 definitely think that this is a team that with all 0:09:08.498 --> 0:09:11.018 the moves with Cleveland and Shawn Watson with Joe Burrow 0:09:11.058 --> 0:09:14.058 coming off Super Bowl. They're coming in sneaking on the radar. 0:09:14.258 --> 0:09:16.538 I wouldn't be shocked if if somehow they come out 0:09:16.618 --> 0:09:20.578 with the division around this time next year. Yeah, there's 0:09:20.618 --> 0:09:22.378 certainly certainly in the mix there, and I think you're 0:09:22.418 --> 0:09:24.058 right there and SA Darius Smith that we kind of 0:09:24.098 --> 0:09:26.338 all of like, all right to Darius Smith coming home again. 0:09:26.578 --> 0:09:29.298 This sort of sort of feels like something you know, 0:09:29.418 --> 0:09:32.698 that they that that the Ravens certainly needed but then 0:09:32.778 --> 0:09:36.698 just couldn't close the deal in the end. And Smith 0:09:36.738 --> 0:09:39.138 now moves off to the n f C North with 0:09:39.218 --> 0:09:41.498 the Minnesota Vikings. Come back to you on that fourteenth 0:09:41.538 --> 0:09:43.538 overall pick with the Ravens here in a moment, but Nick, 0:09:43.618 --> 0:09:45.658 back to you to close out the off season grades 0:09:46.058 --> 0:09:51.258 with the reigning a f C champion Cincinnati Bengals, who 0:09:51.418 --> 0:09:55.698 look clearly got the message with the offensive line need right. 0:09:56.578 --> 0:09:58.898 I can hear their interest music now the defending a 0:09:59.058 --> 0:10:01.538 f C champions and the breaking of glass to stone 0:10:01.578 --> 0:10:04.498 cold Steve Boston Enters. Yeah, you know, and when the 0:10:04.618 --> 0:10:07.738 Ross the reset uh. This week, the top three editions 0:10:07.738 --> 0:10:10.138 I listened for them were all offensive linemen and they 0:10:10.378 --> 0:10:12.738 got the message. The message was loud and clear in 0:10:12.818 --> 0:10:15.258 the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl when they were 0:10:15.298 --> 0:10:18.298 unable to protect Joe Burrow adequately enough for him to 0:10:18.378 --> 0:10:20.498 lead them down the field for a thrilling victory. And 0:10:20.538 --> 0:10:22.218 they went out and responded in kind. You know, they 0:10:22.498 --> 0:10:24.258 get Layout Collins, who I think that you know, they 0:10:24.298 --> 0:10:26.778 capitalize on on the Cowboys cutting ties with him to 0:10:26.818 --> 0:10:28.898 save some caps, basically eat Alex cap But they had 0:10:28.898 --> 0:10:31.498 Ted Carriss, they had depth. More importantly than anything they 0:10:31.538 --> 0:10:33.858 had depth they had experienced. They had guys that they 0:10:33.898 --> 0:10:36.458 can count and throw in there because they ran into 0:10:36.498 --> 0:10:39.098 this issue multiple times in the in the postseason last year. 0:10:39.138 --> 0:10:41.658 You know, you had a chemand energy at right guard 0:10:41.698 --> 0:10:43.458 and then you had Jackson Carman at right guard the 0:10:43.498 --> 0:10:46.298 next series against Kansas City because they couldn't rely on 0:10:46.378 --> 0:10:49.338 either to properly pass protect against the team that was 0:10:49.378 --> 0:10:52.138 getting after Joe Burrow. So to fill this void is 0:10:52.178 --> 0:10:53.738 a big step for them because the rest of the 0:10:53.738 --> 0:10:55.898 pieces are there. That's what we saw. And you know, 0:10:55.978 --> 0:10:59.098 the two biggest hurdles for guys are you gotta have 0:10:59.138 --> 0:11:01.178 the pieces and you've gotta stay healthy. They stayed healthy 0:11:01.258 --> 0:11:03.018 last year and now they've added pieces and they can 0:11:03.018 --> 0:11:04.858 stay healthy again. I think they continue to be can 0:11:04.898 --> 0:11:07.098 tender and and maybe they prove that they're not a flute. 0:11:07.098 --> 0:11:09.578 They're not a flash in the pan. If anything, They've 0:11:09.578 --> 0:11:12.738 definitely made the effort toward proving that in this off season. Yeah, 0:11:12.778 --> 0:11:15.058 and by the way, Nick wouldn't hate it if their 0:11:15.098 --> 0:11:17.778 first choice in this year's NFL drafted number thirty one 0:11:17.818 --> 0:11:21.658 overall was another offensive lineman out there. I mean, you know, 0:11:21.738 --> 0:11:23.938 maybe it's Zion Johnson out of Boston College. How do 0:11:24.018 --> 0:11:26.058 you see some of the areas in which they could 0:11:26.058 --> 0:11:28.258 go there at thirty one and beyond Nick, I think 0:11:28.338 --> 0:11:31.258 that that makes sense. Maybe on the defensive front as well, 0:11:31.298 --> 0:11:33.378 just because I think about the departure of Larriogen Julie. 0:11:33.338 --> 0:11:34.658 You know, they like to stick with who they had, 0:11:34.698 --> 0:11:37.178 but you know, that added some depth there that was 0:11:37.218 --> 0:11:39.178 really helpful for them. So, but I would love to 0:11:39.178 --> 0:11:41.498 see offensive line. I don't think you can have enough 0:11:41.538 --> 0:11:43.618 offensive linemen. It's like baseball, you can't have enough pitching. 0:11:43.618 --> 0:11:46.378 You can't have enough offensive lineman because you lose one guy. 0:11:46.498 --> 0:11:48.458 I mean, they lost Riley Reef late in the season 0:11:48.538 --> 0:11:50.738 last year, and it became, you know, one of the 0:11:50.778 --> 0:11:53.098 biggest weaknesses that we saw, so you can't have enough 0:11:53.138 --> 0:11:55.738 depth and developing guys for the future is always a 0:11:55.778 --> 0:11:58.458 good thing, alright, Cam, coming back to you here with 0:11:58.538 --> 0:12:01.698 the Ravens as we come back up the division now 0:12:01.738 --> 0:12:05.258 and looking at Baltimore sitting at number fourteen over all, 0:12:05.458 --> 0:12:08.698 and there's gonna be a really good player available there, 0:12:08.738 --> 0:12:11.658 you know, maybe on either side of the offensive or 0:12:11.658 --> 0:12:15.858 defensive line. Um, although you know, uh, there's a bunch 0:12:15.898 --> 0:12:18.338 of different ways that GM Eric di Costa could go. 0:12:18.658 --> 0:12:21.378 What do you see as some of those possibilities? Now, 0:12:21.378 --> 0:12:24.098 I started the trenches where you mentioned. I remember a 0:12:24.178 --> 0:12:26.978 game I uh covered last year that puzzled me the most. 0:12:27.018 --> 0:12:29.058 It was a Thursday night football game. We did the 0:12:29.098 --> 0:12:31.778 Dolphins Ravens game, and that was when the Ravens were 0:12:31.778 --> 0:12:35.298 coming in super hot. Everybody was talking about Lamar Jackson 0:12:35.338 --> 0:12:38.218 as an m VP candidate, and then the Dolphins went 0:12:38.338 --> 0:12:41.258 zero blitz, zero blitz, zero blitz and it broke everything. 0:12:41.658 --> 0:12:44.578 And so although we talk a lot about the defensive 0:12:44.578 --> 0:12:46.218 side of the ball and they have to get better there, 0:12:46.658 --> 0:12:49.298 you can't have enough offensive alignment. So it wouldn't it 0:12:49.338 --> 0:12:51.578 wouldn't bother me at all if they sat there at 0:12:51.578 --> 0:12:54.578 fourteen and took the best offensive lineman, whether that's you know, 0:12:54.738 --> 0:12:57.778 Trevor Penning out of Northern Iowa's he's if he's there, 0:12:57.898 --> 0:13:00.858 Charles cross Falls there from Mississippi State, um, or even 0:13:00.898 --> 0:13:03.538 if they wanted to do interior offensive linement like a 0:13:03.978 --> 0:13:06.178 king in Green from Texas A and M. I wouldn't 0:13:06.218 --> 0:13:09.058 have a problem with any of those picks. Um. But 0:13:09.098 --> 0:13:12.018 if I were in the GM circle, I'd probably go 0:13:12.098 --> 0:13:15.298 and try to find that edge rusher who's on the board. Um. 0:13:15.378 --> 0:13:17.098 And you know some of the top guys are gonna 0:13:17.138 --> 0:13:20.378 be going in the top five. Your Hutchinson's, your Trayvon Walkers, 0:13:20.378 --> 0:13:22.298 who's getting a lot of buzz um. But maybe you 0:13:22.338 --> 0:13:24.898 get a guy like a Jermaine Johnson from Florida State. 0:13:24.938 --> 0:13:28.738 They're sitting there at fourteen, and I'd say one other thing, 0:13:28.938 --> 0:13:31.178 this is a team we talked in the past about, 0:13:31.618 --> 0:13:34.738 uh what made them great? Um? Why not go out 0:13:34.778 --> 0:13:37.618 and get that middle linebacker spot figured out? If if 0:13:37.658 --> 0:13:39.618 you if you love one of these two guys here 0:13:39.658 --> 0:13:42.738 in Devon Lloyd or na Kobe Dean, your your offensive 0:13:42.778 --> 0:13:44.138 linement is not right for you. You You don't want to 0:13:44.178 --> 0:13:46.258 reach out an edge there in a deep edge class. 0:13:46.618 --> 0:13:48.778 Maybe you find fall in love with a Devon Lloyd 0:13:49.058 --> 0:13:51.978 or Nakobe Dean and he fills that middle linebacker spot 0:13:52.018 --> 0:13:55.098 for you for a long time. Yeah, there's definitely some options. 0:13:55.098 --> 0:13:58.578 They're all all really good ones for the Baltimore Ravens. 0:13:58.778 --> 0:14:02.018 And then with that, Nick, let's go back to the 0:14:02.018 --> 0:14:06.298 Browns here who will take night off as it stands 0:14:06.298 --> 0:14:10.258 currently on night one, But once we get into day two, 0:14:10.378 --> 0:14:12.698 they're back on the clock in the second third rounds 0:14:12.978 --> 0:14:15.058 with a couple of positions that they could look at there. 0:14:15.298 --> 0:14:16.978 I think you gotta look at receiver. You gotta look 0:14:16.978 --> 0:14:18.898 at edge rusher, depending on what happens with the clinic, 0:14:18.938 --> 0:14:20.178 but I think even down the road, you gotta look 0:14:20.178 --> 0:14:21.818 at edge rusher. I know they went out and got 0:14:21.898 --> 0:14:23.978 Chase one of it, but that's a depth guy. Um. 0:14:24.538 --> 0:14:26.498 You look at the defensive front because the rest of 0:14:26.538 --> 0:14:28.698 the defense makes sense for the most part. I for 0:14:28.738 --> 0:14:31.058 the last few years have looked at the roster and thought, 0:14:31.058 --> 0:14:32.538 I mean, you got to add a linebacker. Now. They 0:14:32.538 --> 0:14:35.258 went and got Jeremiah Usi Cormo last year and he 0:14:35.298 --> 0:14:37.338 turned out to be a stud, but that's not the 0:14:37.378 --> 0:14:40.458 middle linebacker that I'm still seeking. They resigned Anthony Walker, 0:14:40.578 --> 0:14:44.058 so I still think somewhere in there. And then especially 0:14:44.058 --> 0:14:46.058 with this class, there are some values you just mentioned. 0:14:46.098 --> 0:14:49.218 They could add somebody to be a playmaking, uh you know, 0:14:49.298 --> 0:14:51.778 type of guy, and and it can be there beyond 0:14:51.818 --> 0:14:53.338 the one year deal that you keep signing a guy 0:14:53.378 --> 0:14:55.818 like Anthony Walker too. But I think you gotta look 0:14:55.818 --> 0:14:58.138 first at receiver because of what we already discussed, and 0:14:58.178 --> 0:14:59.578 you have to you have to look at edge because 0:14:59.578 --> 0:15:02.258 of the importance of the position and pairing with Miles 0:15:02.338 --> 0:15:04.218 Garrett because the one thing you don't want to get 0:15:04.218 --> 0:15:06.938 caught doing is having to face an offense that's going 0:15:07.018 --> 0:15:09.698 to dedicate to blockers, whether it's a tackle on the 0:15:09.778 --> 0:15:12.698 tight end, a tackle and a guy chipping, whatever it 0:15:12.818 --> 0:15:14.898 is to Miles Garrett. Might that might give you an 0:15:14.978 --> 0:15:16.378 edge on the offensive side, but you've got to have 0:15:16.378 --> 0:15:18.858 a guy who is able to take advantage of that 0:15:19.018 --> 0:15:21.698 of that situation on the you know, the opposite side. 0:15:21.738 --> 0:15:23.458 So I think that you really need to look at 0:15:23.498 --> 0:15:25.738 that spot as well. If I had a way between 0:15:25.738 --> 0:15:28.338 the two, I still think wide receiver is more important. Um, 0:15:28.378 --> 0:15:30.418 just because the way that their units played last year. 0:15:30.538 --> 0:15:32.418 But again there's a lot of unknown with this team 0:15:32.418 --> 0:15:34.898 because you're mixing in a new quarterback. I expect a 0:15:34.898 --> 0:15:37.418 bit of a scheme change. We'll see how that reflects 0:15:37.618 --> 0:15:39.658 either way. You know, if I were to do a mock, 0:15:40.338 --> 0:15:42.978 it was coming right out of Indie. I thought sky More, 0:15:42.978 --> 0:15:44.778 if he's there in round two, is a great fit 0:15:44.818 --> 0:15:47.018 for them. I don't think Star is going to be there, 0:15:48.178 --> 0:15:51.338 but you're right, yeah, I think you're right. In fact, 0:15:51.378 --> 0:15:53.898 in that piece that I was mentioning, uh, using the 0:15:53.898 --> 0:15:56.458 pff mox simulator and NFL dot Com, I actually had 0:15:56.458 --> 0:15:58.418 to give sky More to the Lions at number thirty 0:15:58.418 --> 0:16:01.378 two in the first round. So it's some other wide 0:16:01.418 --> 0:16:03.898 receiver names to look at. David Bell for Purdue I 0:16:03.898 --> 0:16:05.778 think would maybe give the round something they don't have 0:16:05.818 --> 0:16:07.538 at that position, which is, you know a little bit 0:16:07.578 --> 0:16:09.458 more of the physical type of guy. You've got the 0:16:09.458 --> 0:16:12.458 burner with Anthony Schwartz. Um, I look at John Mechi 0:16:12.538 --> 0:16:16.778 from Alabama, Uh, George Pickens from Georgia, another big physical guy, 0:16:17.098 --> 0:16:19.538 UM Khalil Shakier from Boise State. Or if they're waiting 0:16:19.578 --> 0:16:23.498 till the third round Alec Pearson Wandale Robinson from Cincinnati 0:16:23.538 --> 0:16:26.498 and Kentucky respectively, two of my favorites in this class. 0:16:26.978 --> 0:16:29.418 But all good options there, Nick, Thanks for that. And 0:16:29.498 --> 0:16:33.818 let's finish this on the draft here with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cam, 0:16:33.898 --> 0:16:36.338 who have been at all the quarterback pro Day's right, 0:16:36.738 --> 0:16:40.338 um and and definitely making you know, making that not 0:16:40.338 --> 0:16:43.098 not you know, hiding anything there. I think it's clear 0:16:43.138 --> 0:16:46.858 that they're definitely considering a quarterback here with the twentie 0:16:47.058 --> 0:16:50.458 overall pick in this year's draft. You think that's right 0:16:50.498 --> 0:16:52.978 at the top of the board here for the Steelers, Oh, 0:16:53.018 --> 0:16:55.898 I absolutely do. Right. I'd go as far as saying 0:16:55.898 --> 0:16:57.618 I'd be pretty surprised if they don't walk out of 0:16:57.698 --> 0:17:01.298 here with the quarterback. Um. Given what we've seen um 0:17:01.338 --> 0:17:04.258 from the Steelers organization. They want stability at that position. 0:17:04.498 --> 0:17:07.418 You know, is a franchise that has been been, has 0:17:07.458 --> 0:17:09.618 had they been for much of the last two decades. 0:17:10.178 --> 0:17:12.658 Before that, they had Terry Bradshaw for over a decade. 0:17:12.698 --> 0:17:15.138 They want to have that stabilizer at the position. And 0:17:15.178 --> 0:17:18.138 you've heard Mike Tomlin talk about mobility there. Actually had 0:17:18.178 --> 0:17:20.978 a really good draft to have maybe a pick this 0:17:21.058 --> 0:17:22.658 is a draft where you probably don't want to take 0:17:22.658 --> 0:17:24.898 a quarterback in the top five or ten, but there's 0:17:24.938 --> 0:17:27.738 gonna be one of those four available at twenty, and 0:17:27.778 --> 0:17:30.138 probably multiple of those four. So you know, whether it's 0:17:30.138 --> 0:17:32.818 a Matt Corrall or or Desmond Ritter, I think those 0:17:32.818 --> 0:17:34.218 are probably the two of the names that are a 0:17:34.258 --> 0:17:37.258 little bit more realistic for them. I think Milick Willison's 0:17:37.298 --> 0:17:39.978 up going top ten. Um So, I was there at 0:17:40.018 --> 0:17:42.858 Matt Carroll's pro day with Mike Thomlins and nobody else, 0:17:43.058 --> 0:17:45.338 a coach or a scout spent more time talking to 0:17:45.378 --> 0:17:48.618 Corral than Mike Thomlins, and you could. You know, we 0:17:48.698 --> 0:17:51.138 all can make our conclusions on that. Maybe it means nothing, 0:17:51.378 --> 0:17:54.098 maybe it means something. But I did see value in 0:17:54.138 --> 0:17:56.938 that they, personally, him and Kevin Colbert wanted to go 0:17:56.978 --> 0:17:59.578 to all all the top pro days and wanted to 0:17:59.618 --> 0:18:02.298 do their due diligence here. So, um, I see that 0:18:02.378 --> 0:18:04.338 being their result there, and I think that makes sense. 0:18:04.538 --> 0:18:06.458 I did my little look through the a f C 0:18:07.018 --> 0:18:09.618 and you can legitimately put twelve out of the sixteen 0:18:09.698 --> 0:18:12.458 teams in the playoffs this year, and that's not even 0:18:12.498 --> 0:18:15.698 including the Steelers and so you have to look at 0:18:15.698 --> 0:18:18.338 a path not only this year, we're going forward. How 0:18:18.378 --> 0:18:20.378 are you going to consistently be a contender And it's 0:18:20.418 --> 0:18:22.818 not gonna be with mtro BISTI. So you're either gonna 0:18:22.858 --> 0:18:25.218 punt on this year and wait till next year, um, 0:18:25.418 --> 0:18:27.418 or you gotta make the plunge. And I do think 0:18:27.458 --> 0:18:30.178 they make the plunge at number twenty or even trade up. 0:18:30.218 --> 0:18:32.698 They have their their full lot mint of picks. If 0:18:32.698 --> 0:18:35.658 a Malik Willis or whoever they love falls there some 0:18:35.738 --> 0:18:38.178 more towards the back of the top ten or outside 0:18:38.218 --> 0:18:40.618 of the teams, why not see them make a trade 0:18:40.658 --> 0:18:42.898 up move. So I think this is the this is 0:18:42.938 --> 0:18:45.018 the move that we all anticipate, and I don't think 0:18:45.018 --> 0:18:48.698 it'll be a shock um on that Thursday of draft weekend. Yeah, 0:18:48.778 --> 0:18:51.098 I think that's fair, um. And look it's just a 0:18:51.138 --> 0:18:54.778