1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your home of the Black 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: and Goal Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back to the Drive. 3 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: I'm dl Ali here with Matt Williamson and Matt. I 4 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: saw this Warn't Sharp tweeted this out earlier today. I 5 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,680 Speaker 1: just wanted to make note of this. Um. It's the 6 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: top ten draft picks made by each team since two 7 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: thousand and eight. Okay, also like the picks that they 8 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: hit on. No, the top ten pick teams that have 9 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: had a top ten pick. So okay, now since two 10 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: thousand and eight, which is what the fifteen years whatever? Jacksonville. Wow, 11 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: nobody else has more than its fourteen years and they 12 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: nobody of the year that they had to run that 13 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: they have not been in the top ten. Nobody else 14 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: has more than eight. That would be the Jets and 15 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: Browns not surprising with seven. San Francisco, the Rams who 16 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: haven't had a first round picking forever, and the in 17 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: the Detroit. I guess the Rams had Goff and Girly, 18 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: you know, right, Okay, Yeah, Lions make perfect sundse uh six, Cincinnati, 19 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: Las Vegas and Buffalo. Yeah, Buffalo was bad there for 20 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: a while and they were always like eight or nine, 21 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: like they were late in the top ten. Five. This 22 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: is the bigger This is the biggest of the groups. 23 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: The Giants, the Dolphins, the Panthers, the Falcons, Buccaneers, Titans, 24 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: Cardinals in Chiefs. Okay, most teams have had several picks 25 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: heres the point. I get four Chicago and Washington. You 26 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: think it would be more than that. Teams with three 27 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: top ten picks in that time period the Chargers, the Cowboys, 28 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: the Broncos, and Eagles. Okay, teams with two Minnesota, Seattle 29 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: in Indianapolis. I don't think people give Minnesota credit for 30 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: being not bad for a long time. The teams with 31 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: one top ten pick in the past since two thousand 32 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: and eights, so this is over a decade. Baltimore, Green Bay, 33 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 1: New Orleans, New England, Houston, Houston in Pittsburgh. Wow, amazing. 34 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: And a couple of those teams had the trade up 35 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: New England and New England's even was and that must 36 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: have been a trade up to had to be Was 37 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 1: that that wasn't your Mayo? I just thinking maybe High 38 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,399 Speaker 1: Tower may the does Mayo. I think it's Mayo. Yeah, 39 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: he was a top ten pick. Yeah, I assume that 40 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: was not was that was recent enough the count I 41 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: can't remember who Green Bays would have been though. Wow, 42 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: but think on that they moved up to get hasn't 43 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: been recent, right nothing? And and the fact that he 44 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 1: ortlandis Gary or not Atlantis? What's his face? Gary the 45 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: d end out of Michigan. I don't think he had 46 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: top ten for him. I thought he was like ten eleven. 47 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: They did have a bad They had a couple of 48 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: down years there when Rogers was hurt. They earned those sports, 49 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: they didn't. They didn't trade up together. They earned that spot. No. 50 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: I think there was a trade though, because there was 51 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: a year they had two first round picks. They took 52 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: Gary and they took Savage. I think so if you 53 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: go to like Savage, Savage was yeah, yeah, I mean 54 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: he wasn't him. But that same year I think they 55 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: took Gary out of Michigan. Uh no, he went twelve. 56 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: Savage was okay, I was closed. I'm looking here back 57 00:03:56,160 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: in draft history. He was the Packers. They took b. J. 58 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: Raji in two thousand nine, two thousand nine, and nobody's 59 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: taking a nose tack on that right, right, and he 60 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: could run a little bit. But yeah, that was they were. 61 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: They had to first round draft picks that year. They 62 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: took Clay Matthews with the second one. Wow, And I 63 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 1: guess I bet it was Mayo for the Patriots. The 64 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 1: more I think about the Steelers are the trade up 65 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: to twenty pick that year, right, you know, so they 66 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: really haven't earned They haven't earned one um that whole 67 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: since the two thousand draft when he took Plexico Burrs 68 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 1: at eight. That's amazing. I mean, quite the stratch people 69 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 1: complaining about, well, the Steelers don't do this, The Steelers 70 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: don't do that. The Steelers also never get a top 71 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: ten pick. I'd say a lot of people listening have 72 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 1: never seen a bad Steelers team, right, My son has 73 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: never seen a bad Steelers team, you know, like you 74 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: get disappointed, you get excited. Boy, they could go somewhere 75 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: this year. But you've never seen a bad team. Yeah, 76 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,679 Speaker 1: you don't know. The only time you see bad teams 77 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: is when the Steelers play the Bengals and Browns. That's 78 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: a that's a regular occur That is pretty remarkable though. 79 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: I just thought, how about Jacksonville yet out of fourteen 80 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: I think yeah, I mean the only time is when 81 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: they came here in the playoffs. It's the only good 82 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: year they've had. Uh. Bill Barnwell put out an article 83 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 1: UH late last week on the ranking the sixteen the 84 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: six team worst NFL off seasons of Okay, so I 85 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: was reading through this. The Raiders at thirty two, they 86 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: get a lot of heat for the Leatherwood pick and 87 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 1: their history hasn't exactly been a ring endorsement for that 88 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: defense is bad. They spent money on reshuffled the whole 89 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: line and the Kenyan Drake pick up. You get rid 90 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: of offensive linemen to go signed Kenyan Drake, Right, yeah, 91 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 1: I mean I'm not gonna argue too much that there. 92 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: They had a bad offseason thirty one. The Packers, like, 93 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: how is Houston not number one? Like the worst? I mean, 94 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 1: that's what I said it when you said the Packers 95 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: are we accounting the Rogers situation in the mix? Is 96 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: like what went wrong? I mean yeah, So if you're 97 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: gonna say Rogers is a bad situation here, Okay, Houston 98 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: not be thirty two and there's no criminal allegations against 99 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: for Hudgers two. Body, he could come back at any 100 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: point like they could kishim right, Yeah, yeah, Houston's is horrendous. 101 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 1: I was shocked at Houston. Houston has been pretty competitive, 102 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: like Bill O'Brien was, He just went through that they've 103 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: had one top ten pick. They they're always eight and eight, 104 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: you know, and I am or No they have any 105 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: stars Houston Council, you know, like right, I mean, he 106 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 1: could walk past most of our listeners on the street. 107 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: They would say, oh that's a big guy. Must fall 108 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 1: wouldn't know who he is. No, they don't have any 109 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: star power number thirty for Barnwell's the Steelers and well, okay, 110 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 1: I get it. I'm gonna read through some of the 111 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: some of the arguments here that he makes. The verbage 112 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: is bad for putting. I disagree with the ranking, but 113 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: the verbage is bad. What went right? The Steelers got 114 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: a pleas in surprise when Juju Smith Schuster's market failed 115 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,919 Speaker 1: to develop, leading the twenty four year old to return 116 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 1: on a one year, eight billion dollar deal. It took 117 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,559 Speaker 1: avoidable years against Smith Schuster back into FULD, but should 118 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: tell you what a mess Pittsburgh's cap looks like given 119 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: their lack of options at the positions. Steelers also should 120 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: probably be probably be happy that Ben Roethlisberger decided to 121 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: return for another season, taking a five million dollar pay, 122 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: cutting the process, and after agreeing to sign with the 123 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: Jaguars Tyson and Lulu, changed his mind and returned to 124 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,239 Speaker 1: the Steelers on a two year, five point five million 125 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: dollar deal. I certainly agree with the Lulu Ben and Juju. 126 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: You know, those things all worked out and we didn't 127 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,239 Speaker 1: see them coming, and you know it was they weren't 128 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: slam Dunk's. Yeah, what went wrong? They were forced to 129 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: eat their financial financial vegetables and watch Bud Dupree and 130 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: Mike Hilton leaving free agency. With the organization moving on 131 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: from Steven Nelson, cornerback has gone from being one of 132 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: the team's biggest strengths to one of the Pittsburgh's thinnest positions. 133 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: Justin Lane, a third round pick in twenty nineteen, is 134 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: only played a hundred and seventeen defensive snapsovers for two seasons, 135 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: but he might be one of the team's top three 136 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: cornerbacks this season. Well, you did use the third round 137 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: pick on him. You know that was like, he doesn't 138 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: know if he's good or bad, right, you know, he 139 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: isn't unknown. The offensive line is also a mess, with 140 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: the Steelers losing Marquise poency to retirement in both Matt 141 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: Feiler and Alejandra Villa the way. But to the free agency, 142 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 1: they brought back b J. Finney and used third and 143 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: fourth round picks on lineman. But they project to be 144 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: below average at as many as four positions, and they 145 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: get Banner back from injury, right, you know. Their decision 146 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: to try to revitalize the running game by using a 147 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: first round pick on Alabama star J Harris also seemed 148 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: curious given what we know about the position. He's in 149 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: that boat. He's yeah, he's an analytics guy with a 150 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,239 Speaker 1: football outsider's background. Barnwell is also the guy who continually 151 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: every year says the Steelers of mismanagers their salary couch. Yeah, 152 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: every year, and I think they handle it quite well. 153 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: They keep the guys they want to keep. Now they 154 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,079 Speaker 1: like to sto bud. Here where it really goes off 155 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,079 Speaker 1: the rail. Yeah, this is where it's just bad analysis. 156 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: What they could have done differently use their first round 157 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 1: draft pick on alignment while signing one of the many 158 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: running backs still available in free agency. I'd like to 159 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: know who those running backs are, but I'd love to 160 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: hear that Christian Derrisaw came off the board one pick 161 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: before the Steelers at twenty three. But I have to 162 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: think they would have been better off with Derris Saw 163 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: and a back such as Todd Gurley. Then they are 164 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: with Harris in their current line situation. First of all, Bill, 165 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 1: you just said Christian Derrissaw wasn't available. He was off 166 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: the board with So how in the hell is he available? 167 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,959 Speaker 1: Are they taking him and then signing Todd Gurley. I 168 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: love to hear that late last week too, and I 169 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 1: read that going ESPN must have different editors. When I 170 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 1: was there, I turned that flood analysis there. He was 171 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: not available. Yes, you just said that. Yes, if you 172 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: can't clone him, they should have traded up to twenty 173 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 1: two to get them. At least that makes some sense. 174 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: But you couldn't take the Aissaw. And there wasn't a 175 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: lineman that went five or twenty six, or there was 176 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: a fall off a big gap there. The next lineman 177 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 1: was taken absolutely, and nobody assigned Todd Gurley to this point. 178 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: And you didn't like you think than that you don't 179 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: think you can come on Connor from a dour ability standpoint. 180 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 1: I mean, Gurley's knees are shot shot nobody has signed 181 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: Todd Gurley. No, what if they do, we'll see what 182 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: they call. You won't be He's not gonna be. Hey, 183 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: we're signing Todd Gurley so you can carry the ball 184 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: twenty times a game. No, I mean he was visiting 185 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 1: Detroit after they cut carry On Johnson if he can't 186 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,199 Speaker 1: play special teams first of all, if he signed with 187 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: someone's gonna be for a million bucks and we'll see 188 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: you know what's left to do? This is another one 189 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: where bills off off the rails here, start working on 190 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: extensions for t J. Watt and make a Fitzpatrick. You 191 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: don't have to work on a make it Fitzpatrick. You 192 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: have his fifth year option next year. You've already picked 193 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: it up. He's under contract for next year, So why 194 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: would you extend him now? Yeah, you have plenty of 195 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: time to sit. Yeah. The only thing that you might 196 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 1: want to do it now is Seattle could give Jamal 197 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 1: Adams way too much money for what because then his 198 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 1: agent is gonna come to you and say we won't 199 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: w jam All had it. Doesn't mean to give it 200 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: to him. You have two years to figure that out. 201 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: You have plenty of the cushion there plenty of teams 202 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: would love to have this problem, but the Steelers will 203 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: have to find a way to extend their two young 204 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: stars on defense over the next two years while struggling 205 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: with cap constraints. That's just not doing your homework. That's 206 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:30,839 Speaker 1: They have the most camp space in the league going 207 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: in the next season, most in the league. They can 208 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: extend everybody if they want. Right now, Roethlisberger could retire 209 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: after season, but the franchise will still be on the 210 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: hook for nearly sixteen million and dead money between their 211 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: longtime quarterback and Smith Schuster Ino or Bill. They could 212 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: signed j Smith Schuster to an extension and then that's 213 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: or if he's awesome, you could franchise him. Were Roethlisberger 214 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: could decide to come back, and you know, there's there's 215 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:00,120 Speaker 1: all kinds of things that can happen here. And are 216 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 1: also playing the compict game too, that Juju leaves a 217 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:04,599 Speaker 1: year from now, Well he's gonna sign a lot of 218 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: money somewhere else and you'll get a pick. It's not 219 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: like you're just you know, left hold nothing. Yeah, So 220 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: a little bit of a flawed logic here. It makes 221 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: me kind of question the rest of it because then 222 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: at twenty nine. The number twenty nine team that he 223 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: has here is the aforementioned Houston Texans. You can't tell 224 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: me the Steelers had a worse off season than the 225 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: Houston Texans have had. Nobody, nobody has. They should be 226 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: at thirty eight, right, right? No, I think it's underfent true. 227 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: I mean, if you really want to dig into it, 228 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: nobody wanted to coach their team, right, you know, you 229 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:33,959 Speaker 1: can go back to those type of things. That's before 230 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: Watson got in trouble, you know, and things have gotten 231 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: worse since. Twenty eight is the Atlanta Falcons. We just 232 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 1: spent a whole segment talking about this. What a mess 233 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:48,199 Speaker 1: the Falcons are. There's no way the Steelers had a 234 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: worse off season in Atlanta Falcon. I mean, I guess 235 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: it depends. Well, you pick early in the draft, you 236 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: added a higher level prospect and fantastic, you've got one guy, 237 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: but you had to give up. It would kind of 238 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: be like if this week and this weekend, instead of 239 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: Julio getting traded, Steelers had to try trade Cam Hayward 240 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: because they couldn't figures, because they couldn't figure out to 241 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: make it done, and one of the problems in Atlanta, 242 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 1: which isn't this group's fault is the Dimetrof group screwed 243 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 1: it all up for these guys, you know, I mean 244 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: they maxed out their credit cards, but still they before 245 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: just look at the team. They had a horrendous off season, 246 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: just awful, the Rams. How did the Rams have a 247 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:33,199 Speaker 1: bad offseason? I think if you improve a quarterback, you've improved. 248 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: You can't be near the bottom list. And I know 249 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: they improved the quarterback. That's all I need to know, really. 250 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I know they didn't first round picks, and 251 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: they lost a couple of dudes Brockers and guys like that, 252 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: But so what you know, I that um Carolina Panthers. 253 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 1: I mean I kind of like the direction they're going. 254 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: I didn't think the draft was bad. Having to settle 255 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: for Sam Donald as your quarterback. I mean yeah, that 256 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 1: sure sounded like they thought they had a chance at 257 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson or more Deshaun Watson. Like if Watson doesn't 258 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: get in trouble, I think there's a pretty decent chance 259 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: he's the Panthers quarterback. Then then their second on the 260 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: list and have the best off season ever, and we 261 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: think he's wonderful and all that, But I didn't think 262 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: that they got dramatically worse. No, I don't. I agree. Um, 263 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: the Lions, I mean, they don't know where to go, 264 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: but up right, I mean, I mean, at least they're 265 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: building two lines. You get you had didn't have any cards. 266 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: You gave up Matt Ryan or Matt Stafford. You need 267 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: to get two first round picks and Jared Goff for him, 268 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: nothing for him, which is where you know, when you 269 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: look at the Shawn Watson situation, that's where the Texans 270 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: could be at. They're not getting two first round draft 271 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: picks and a quarterback DeShawn Watson at this point. I mean, 272 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: I think they've built two lines of scrimmage, the big guys, 273 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: and they've got future picks to deal with, you know, 274 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: the future. I mean it's it's they have. They have 275 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: to start with the Cincinnati Bengals. Mm hmm um. We've 276 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: talked about this a lot. I mean, the Carl Lawesome 277 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: for Trey Henry t doesn't make much sense to me, 278 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: Like if they were extended William Jackson and Lawson versus 279 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: what they did. Yeah, but I didn't think their draft 280 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: was bad. I think the offense is decent. I mean, 281 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: I'm sure people are saying they didn't get enough on 282 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: the old line. Probably true, but my hunches they like 283 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: their old line a little better than most of us think, 284 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: much like the Steelers. You know, this is why I 285 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: do question like the people who think now that the 286 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: Bengals are suddenly a better team than the Steelers, Like, 287 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: I don't think that. What are you What are you 288 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: basing that off? I mean, is Joe Barrow gonna be 289 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: ready for the beginning season? Two? I mean I think so, 290 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: but yeah, their defense is really bad. Still. Three is 291 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: the Vikings. I suppose, I mean a lot of draft picks. 292 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: They get some guys back from COVID, right right. I mean, 293 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: every team looks better now than when the season ends, 294 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: but I think they're noticeably better. But I think somebody 295 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 1: has to be on this list if there if they're 296 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 1: sixteen to get better than their sixteen that maybe didn't. 297 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: But I don't know if it's easier to pick the 298 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: good ones and the bad ones because right now, moves 299 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: look good. I mean, that's one of the rules of 300 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: this time of year. Twenty two is the Eagles. It's 301 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: debatable again that team really stresses lineman. They've had so 302 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: many injuries, and Wentz took a million sacks last year, 303 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 1: and they drafted Dickerson and they're getting a bunch of 304 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: guys healthy back, you know, from their offensive line additive, 305 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 1: but they're all in on Jalen Hurts and I don't 306 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: know that the case this year on Jalen Hurts. So 307 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: I don't know how you can look at them and say, yeah, 308 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: they because your quarterbacks room is now Jalen Hurts and 309 00:16:56,400 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: Joe Flacco right right, which by the way, and don't 310 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: think Hurts is the answer. And I would not want him, 311 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 1: um you know, if he becomes available, I don't want 312 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: him to be the Steelers success or anything like that. 313 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 1: But I do give a handful of these teams a 314 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: lot of credit. The Giants come to mind. But if 315 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 1: their guy stinks this year, after putting receivers around him, 316 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,360 Speaker 1: they're gonna three first round picks if Wentz works out. 317 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 1: Otherwise they have two in two seconds. It's like they 318 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: have the most draft capital for next year, which is 319 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: on purpose. But their defense isn't any better. Their back 320 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 1: sevens bade the Arizona Cardinals. I think they're better on 321 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: the field week one. But they're old. They're old. But 322 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson's an obvious upgrade for what they had. I mean, 323 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,880 Speaker 1: I bet they think they needed some leadership too, because 324 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 1: Larry's leaving. Whether those movies work out, whether those guys 325 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: all play a full season is you know, remains be seen. 326 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 1: But they're better team now, I think than they were 327 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 1: last year. I mean, they're more equipped that we're un 328 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: there four wide and get Kirk in the slot, then 329 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 1: more and those guys and A. J. Green doesn't have 330 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: to do much, but he could be better than Isabella 331 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: type guys, you know what I mean. They have a 332 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: pass rush now with Watton Chandler Jones, a lot of 333 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: hinges on the quarterback and head coach, which is kind 334 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:16,439 Speaker 1: of a Bengal thing to twenty is Dallas m signing 335 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 1: doc has to carry a lot of weight. You would think, yeah, 336 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 1: you would think any we you figured out the quarterback situation, 337 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 1: he's coming back. Um. They didn't get the the certain 338 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 1: or horn that they probably wanted, but they drafted a 339 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: lot of defensive players. I mean, the defense almost has 340 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 1: to be better. Let's talk about this for a second, 341 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 1: because I was asked about this several times last week. 342 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: So a blogger out there, and I don't even know 343 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: what blog it was, but somebody, one of these Steelers 344 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: bloggers out there, said the Steelers should check into Layton 345 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: vander Ish okay, and said, you know, they should trade 346 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: they should make a trade for Layton Vanderas for a 347 00:18:56,480 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: mid round draft pick. All of a sudden, the internet 348 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 1: comes Steelers are trading for late and Vanderess. Have you 349 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,439 Speaker 1: heard this rumor the Steelers training? I'm like, what are 350 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: you talking about? I mean, all of us can suggest ideas. 351 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:13,879 Speaker 1: Somebody suggesting something does not then make it a rumor. 352 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: Right now, the Steelers are interested in vander right right right, 353 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,439 Speaker 1: or anything of that nature. It's somebody posing something that 354 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 1: they think this will this will be good. No, that's 355 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: not a report, it's not a rumor. You reporter types 356 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 1: must hate that. So much different than the world was 357 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 1: ten years ago, that anybody the Steelers. Let's start one here, 358 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: steelershoil trade for Aaron Rodgers right right, right right. And 359 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: I put suggestions out there all the time, you know, 360 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 1: he said things like, but they're not rumors, they're not right. 361 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: I'd love to see green Bay trade Jordan's love for 362 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 1: Julio Jones doesn't mean they've even talked, right, I mean 363 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 1: I was asked about that five different times last week. 364 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 1: I'm like, no, it's there's not there's nothing to it, right, right, right. 365 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: We talked about things on the air here, like Steelers. 366 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 1: If I was in charge, I kicked the tires on Morgan, 367 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: Moses and car again or Hooker or whoever you know 368 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: that makes sense, or hey, vander esh is as good 369 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: as any um the right price. I would think about it, 370 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: but your doctor is better. Say yes, he's got one 371 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 1: year left on his room year. You gotta traded fourth 372 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: rom pick for a guy who's on you know, one 373 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,439 Speaker 1: year left, not if he's got neck and back who 374 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 1: hasn't been able to stay on the field. Nineteen and 375 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 1: again this was written before the weekend. The Tennessee Titans. Yeah, 376 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 1: I would have had them lower before the weekend. I 377 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 1: mean they lost a lot on offense, including a coach, 378 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: and I don't exactly trust their sweeping past defense moves 379 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 1: to cause you to cure that problem. They would have 380 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: been low on my list. Actually, eighteen the Chicago Bears. Hmm, 381 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 1: I have Bears fans are up in arms and then 382 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: his mentions like crazy, it's the first time we've been 383 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: excited about a quarterback forever. But they did, they did 384 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 1: a release Cal Fuller and Charles Lynn. I was gonna say, 385 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: I mean, they kept Jimmy Graham, but let go of 386 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 1: those guys who were quality starters of premium positions, and 387 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 1: did Cole commet you know, like, did you really have 388 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: to get rid of Leno? Like it's kind of two 389 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,880 Speaker 1: steps forward, one step back, Like, Okay, we drafted Tevin Jenkins, 390 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 1: but we had to trade up to do it, and 391 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: we always trade up in the draft, and now we 392 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 1: have to cut Lano to do you know, so it's like, okay, 393 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: are we really better seventeen the Seattle Seahawks, Not to mention, 394 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: Dalton's the heckle up better than anybody they played with 395 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: last year, right, Yeah, I mean just that in itself, 396 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 1: he better Nick Foles Orbiskuye. Seventeens of Seahawks, Yeah, you could. 397 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: I could understand putting them lower. Yeah, based on is 398 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. You know, Russell Wilson's talking about a month 399 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: and a half ago when out of Seattle, like and 400 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 1: this a lot of people told me. They think this 401 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: will be his last year in Seattle, which we maybe 402 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: talking about Hm was a Steeler next year. I mean 403 00:21:54,080 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: I'm yeah, I mean he couldn't uh yeah, I won't 404 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: go down the road. I'm just saying the Steelers could 405 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,120 Speaker 1: get involved in something like that next year. It's possible. Yeah, 406 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: but I don't know. Seattle is much better. Defense kind 407 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: of looks a saying they lose Griffin the corner. They're 408 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 1: big signings, ready to go out and get guys like 409 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:17,880 Speaker 1: Pierre Deser, Dave Jackson will be useful, but they didn't 410 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: add much. Kello Witherspoon. Pierre Desier was awful last year. 411 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: They had four draft picks. You know, Dwayne Skridge is 412 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,919 Speaker 1: their top guy they added. You know, I mean, how 413 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: can you say they're you know, I mean keeping Chris 414 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,160 Speaker 1: Carson doesn't move the needle for me. They probably gave 415 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: them too much too. That's one of those veteran running 416 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 1: backs that the Steelers could have signed for that money. Then, 417 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: you know, right, that's the thing, Bill like you're signing 418 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: at you you wanted Steelers a sign a veteran running back. 419 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: So they've got Carlos Hyde for you know, five million 420 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 1: dollars you know for the years. That's that's overpaying for 421 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,439 Speaker 1: those guys to mention, they didn't have money for that, 422 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 1: right for that, and they were bad. They weren't to 423 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: get Aaron Jones. Yeah, I mean, you know you want 424 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 1: to rip rip the packers, rip the packs for pan 425 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: Aaron Jones fifteen million dollars a year and then they're 426 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 1: not gonna use them any differently than they have no, 427 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,880 Speaker 1: and I get them keeping them, but the Stewards weren't 428 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 1: gonna be in that market. So how do you improve 429 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: it running back if it's not gonna be Carlos Hide 430 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: or yeah, Wayne Gallman or I mean, some of those 431 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,920 Speaker 1: guys might be fine, but they're not improvements. In fact, 432 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: that's one of the things that he says with the 433 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 1: with the what the Packers could have done letting Jones 434 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: walk with a freed up more money to address the 435 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: offensive line. Jones is a great running back, but if 436 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 1: the Packers don't see him as a fifty snapper game guy, 437 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 1: it's tough to justify paying the year old just under 438 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: twenty million dollars over the next two seasons. Nobody wants 439 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: to pay running backs. Nobody, Nobody should ever draft running 440 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: back apparently, or pay one. But somebody's got to carry 441 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:49,400 Speaker 1: the football. Just one year ago since Minnesota, Carolina, Dallas, 442 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 1: Saints all paid their running backs that do everything and 443 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: they're not getting killed for it, you know, like Kamara 444 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: Cook McCaffrey. I mean, they are gonna pay off. No, 445 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 1: some of those guys will hit a wall soon. And 446 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 1: that was the that was the big topic we were 447 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: talking about last year at this time. Ye like, these 448 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: guys all want to get paid. Who are somebody gonna 449 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: hold out? Or are we gonna see? None of them left. 450 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: None of them switched teams, including Aaron Jones. They're like 451 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: all from that great draft class. They all got the 452 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: same age of their you know, their their their contract. 453 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: Henry is another one. He doesn't catch a ball, but 454 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: none of their teams let him go. They like their guys, 455 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,639 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Shocking. They draft them, they 456 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,120 Speaker 1: like them, and they're gonna hand them the ball lot. 457 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: It seems simple, but apparently it isn't. Yeah, um, I don't, 458 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: I don't know. The whole running back thing just drives 459 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 1: me crazy a little bit. I get it a lot 460 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: of times me too. But this year the Steelers didn't 461 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 1: have one. They have for two years and it's really 462 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 1: shown and you know that's that's the you know you 463 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: you were dead last and running the football last year. 464 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,879 Speaker 1: This is, to me is such an argument of analytic 465 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: folks verse coaches, like coaches like having running backs and 466 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: don't like playing against Nick Chubb and mixing and Robbins, 467 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, when you don't have one, 468 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 1: and analytics folks think a great data. I mean, I 469 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 1: get their points. I'm not flushing that down the toilet, 470 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: and I have a hard time when we get together 471 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: five years from now, I probably will say extending naj 472 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: Harris is a bad idea, probably unless he's the best 473 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,640 Speaker 1: player in the league and you're winning superwolefter Super Bowl 474 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: and you're handing the ball left and right, you know, 475 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 1: like the object is to win football games and having 476 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: good players to touch the ball football games, you know 477 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: what I mean. It's kind of simple. At some point 478 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 1: you would think, you would think. And in this year's 479 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 1: running back draft class, there were three guys that if 480 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: it was last year's class, I would not have absolutely 481 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: absolutely we didn't ever even talked about in that light, 482 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: but it's what we talked about like nobody was ripping 483 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 1: Kansas City for taking Clyde Edward Shlair last year. It's 484 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: just a great pick. Well, you know what that that's 485 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: just fantastic value, there is it? Because you can't talk 486 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: at a bout they're talking at the both sides of 487 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: their mouths. What I was gonna say, too, is because 488 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 1: the only time I heard people ripping the Chiefs for 489 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 1: taking Edwards Hilaire with a thirty second pick, which isn't 490 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: the second pick, it's a thirty second was after the 491 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 1: Super Bowl when they said, well, they should have drafted 492 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:22,880 Speaker 1: a guard because their offensive line they all got hurt. Yeah, 493 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,400 Speaker 1: tardif you cops out, both tackles are out for the game. 494 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: That's the foundation of their offensive line. You can't look 495 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: back after the season and say, well, they should have 496 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,199 Speaker 1: done this because everybody got hurt. You know, like you 497 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 1: can't have both ways on that. You know, you can't 498 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,680 Speaker 1: be praising them and then say, oh, if they weren't 499 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,360 Speaker 1: so cocky and took a running back in the first round, 500 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 1: they might have won the Super Bowl. Oh, they wouldn't 501 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 1: have because they could have added Walter Jones. That line. 502 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 1: They're still losing that Super Bowl because four guys we 503 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,239 Speaker 1: could have. We could argue, you know, which back they 504 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: should have taken their We like Dobbins better, We like 505 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 1: Dobbins better, we like Taylor better, right, right, right? You 506 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 1: know if they take Dobbins or tailor do they win 507 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl last year? I don't know. I don't know, 508 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: but you can rely on running game a little more 509 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 1: probably and Edwards the layer wasn't bad. And you can 510 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: see the Westbrook Um you know, uh Andy Reid, you know, parallel, 511 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 1: but people will you know if he turns into a 512 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: bus now people look at that as well. See, you know, 513 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: don't take a running back in the first round because 514 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,679 Speaker 1: you know this this is another busted running back position. Well, 515 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: they might have taken the wrong guy, because those guys 516 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 1: were all ranked pretty close. You've been including Acres and Swift. 517 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: You know, there was five. You kind of shake them 518 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,719 Speaker 1: up and you see what you like best. Yeah, And 519 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 1: I don't think those other teams that I'll be unhappy 520 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: about it. I don't think so at all. And some 521 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: of those teams took those guys. You know, I'd have 522 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: to look back at the draft, but they were all 523 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,640 Speaker 1: gone by pick fifty. They weren't there for the Chief 524 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: second pick. They were all gone. They were all gone. 525 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: They they were getting back very much like this year 526 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: where all the backs were gone by, like all the 527 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 1: your top backs may not be they may not go 528 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: in the top ten, but they'll be gone in the 529 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,639 Speaker 1: top forty to fifty picks. I mean, the Chiefs were 530 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,120 Speaker 1: kind of like the Steelers this year, where we need 531 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 1: to back. We're not going to get one in the 532 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: second round, and there's more of them to pick from, 533 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 1: but we gotta wait all the way to sixty four 534 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: until we get our second pick. Better take one now 535 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:12,359 Speaker 1: and we get our pick of the litter, or we 536 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 1: won't get one. Right. It's kind of the same deal 537 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 1: as the Steelers were in. Yeah, I a few of 538 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 1: the rooms to pick from this year interesting, and you know, 539 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,439 Speaker 1: guys gonna touch the ball a lot more than Edwards alertis, Yes, 540 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 1: he'll be of the time. I use a lot of 541 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:28,719 Speaker 1: times to agree with some of the stuff, and it's 542 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,959 Speaker 1: always interesting what Bill puts out there. But in this 543 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:32,359 Speaker 1: case I think he was I'm a fan. I think 544 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 1: Bill does good work, but I didn't understand a lot 545 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 1: of this healer right up. Yeah, so that's gonna do 546 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 1: it for this segment, so former partner Matt Williamson for 547 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: Jacob rerec Here on site keeping us on the air. 548 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 1: I'm Dale Lally. We thank you for listening to this 549 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: edition of The Drive on Steelers Nation Radio