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Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. I am Dale LOLLI he is the Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 2: This is the Drive Steelers Nation Radio and Matt. I

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Speaker 2: don't know if you noticed this one, but NFL dot

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Speaker 2: Com has been breaking down division by division kind of

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Speaker 2: like what we did the other day. Positions and yeah, okay,

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Speaker 2: but one of the things that they did here is

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Speaker 2: they have some little notes about the roster, so I

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Speaker 2: thought we'd go over there for the AFC North. Some

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Speaker 2: of these concerns are things that we've raised and some

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Speaker 2: of the things that I hadn't thought of. So anyways,

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Speaker 2: for looking at the Baltimore Ravens, they have their starting

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Speaker 2: presumed starters there. Okay, first first note here, Josh Johnson

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Speaker 2: turns thirty eight years old this week. You'll be knowing

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Speaker 2: the season. Is the unquestioned number two quarterback for the

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Speaker 2: first time now that Tyler Huntley has gone in for

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Speaker 2: the AFC's number one seed from a year ago.

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Speaker 3: Supposedly a great like maybe a future coach, you know,

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Speaker 3: like well loved, he's been on nine thousand different teams

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Speaker 3: in every league, imaginable, and I think he's still worth

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Speaker 3: hanging on to. But that would worry me. I think

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Speaker 3: they drafted Leary out of Kentucky, which fine. I would

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Speaker 3: have been real critical if they didn't at least use

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Speaker 3: like a fifth round pick on a guy for maybe

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Speaker 3: to be the future. Josh Johnson, but that's kind of

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Speaker 3: what you have to do in some regards when you

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Speaker 3: was that expensive of a quarterback. I mean, like what

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Speaker 3: the Browns is doing is bonkers with quarterback contracts, but

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Speaker 3: that's because they don't trust their guy, or the Ravens do.

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Speaker 3: That would worry me. And I didn't love Huntley, but

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Speaker 3: out of more faith to get Huntley through a month

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Speaker 3: of Lamar less football than I would Josh Johnson at

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Speaker 3: thirty nine years old.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you. I mean, especially with Lamar's history,

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Speaker 1: Sure.

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Speaker 2: Sure by the way he's he bulked back up or

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Speaker 2: he dropped the weight again this year.

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Speaker 3: He put on weight.

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Speaker 2: Going into last year, didn't run nearly as much. Right

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Speaker 2: now he's dropping the weight again. Is it's a signal

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Speaker 2: that he wants to run more this season?

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Speaker 3: It would take it that way. Yeah, at first I've

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Speaker 3: heard that, but you won the MVP with the weight on.

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Speaker 3: I don't know. Maybe it wasn't as comfortable as he

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Speaker 2: Uh. The second note here, Derreck Henry grew accustomed to

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Speaker 2: running behind shaky offensive lines in Tennessee. The Ravens have

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Speaker 2: a far better history of coaching their guys up, but

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Speaker 2: this group has major questions. The right tackle and starting

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he'll helped somewhere probably. He's kind of six guy.

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Speaker 2: Second round pick Roger Rosengarten could start from day one.

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Speaker 3: He could, but we've talked about it a lot. That

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Speaker 2: Think if they're starting Josh Jones and Roger Rosengarten, they're

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Speaker 3: I mean, what I took away from that sentence is

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Speaker 3: who's not himself, right, you know, to me, Linderbaum's the

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Speaker 2: Stanley hasn't played well since like twenty.

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Speaker 3: Twenty, since the day after he signed that contract. He

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Speaker 2: And he's he's over thirty now.

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Speaker 2: But the Ravens full throated support of Rashad Bateman all

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Speaker 2: offseason and words, actions and in action, spoke volumes. They're

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they're counting on Rashaw bait let Odell go. They

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Speaker 3: Like some of it has not been his fault. I

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Speaker 2: As a way to put it, Isaiah likely is listed

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Speaker 3: Maybe get cut and paste that for the Steelers. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I mean, by the way the all season's gone.

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Speaker 2: If first round cornerback Nate Wiggins is ready in time,

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Speaker 2: he could start on the outside with Marlon Humphrey movie

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Speaker 2: to the slot. Wiggins doesn't bring the physicality that Ravens

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Speaker 3: Said that over and over, Man Rosen Garden just by

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Speaker 3: Ravens standards are finessier than you say.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, absolutely, injuries crushed his secondary last year. If

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Speaker 2: they could stay healthy in Wiggins or TJ Tampa at

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Speaker 3: I agree with that too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the safeties are good.

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Speaker 3: I think Hamilton's awesome and Williams is good. They did

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Speaker 3: a lot. The three safeties played a lot for them,

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Speaker 3: but their corners do look like a strength. Now.

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Speaker 2: No team is more likely to find quality snaps from

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Speaker 2: free agents still on the market. The Ravens could add

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Speaker 2: help at edge, rusher, guard and receiver. Well good luck.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm not sure what out there in the receiver

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Speaker 2: Finally, the Ravens are one of the few teams that

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Speaker 2: Then again, John Harbor, Eric to Costa and Lamar Jackson

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Speaker 2: once it's time to shoot up.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I love that.

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Speaker 2: I try the cost that gets a lot of credit

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Speaker 2: the stuff that Ozzie Smith didn't.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think Harbaugh has a lot of weight

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Speaker 3: there too, obviously, and the Cost that might be the

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Speaker 3: nicest guy in the world, you know, just pick it

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Speaker 3: on to the raven But the Ravens in general work

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Speaker 3: the media quite well.

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Speaker 2: They get the benefit of the doubt in any move

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Speaker 3: But so I was asked on my podcast today. It

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Speaker 3: was something like, hey, Matt, do you still agree that Baltimore,

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Speaker 3: Kansas City, Detroit, and San Fran the final fourteen? You know,

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Speaker 3: are they still the leaders in the clubhouse for the

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Speaker 3: also said those three teams other than Baltimore didn't get

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Speaker 2: You know, Schedules like, I won't pick the Ravens win

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Speaker 3: Scheduling is distinctly easier. I am interested to see them all,

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Speaker 3: like how it minds up? You know? Tonight but yeah, interesting.

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Speaker 2: Let's move on to those Bengals and the notes on them.

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Speaker 2: The Bengals offense profiles deep everywhere except wide receiver, which

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Speaker 2: is quite a change. Then again, third round receiver Jermaine

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Speaker 2: Burton is probably more talented than Tyler Boyd, who departed

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Speaker 2: in free agency, but it's asking a lot of a

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Speaker 2: that role. So incumbents Trent Irwin and Andrea Sivus have

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Speaker 3: I think that's well said, you know, like Burton's super talented,

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Speaker 3: and he's a third round pick rookie and for a reason,

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Speaker 3: for a reason, right, And you mentioned too, like if

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Speaker 3: Higgins has a tammy is he can be super eager

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Speaker 3: probably unlike the Steelers, they're eleven eleven eleven personnel all

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they need four, you know, even if this does

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Speaker 3: I can't fault them for not dealing Higgins. Yeah yeah,

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Speaker 3: I mean they're trying to win the Super Bowl. You

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Speaker 3: And you're better doing this. I mean in terms of

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Speaker 2: Chase Brown showed enough late last season to believe that

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Speaker 2: he'll be a great partner with Zach Moss. They can

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Speaker 2: both excel in the screen game. It's a better something

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Speaker 2: what we saw with the Bengals a year ago. Brown

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Speaker 3: I agree. I mean, their running back room is not

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Speaker 3: team building the Bengals this year, I would have taken

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Speaker 3: a similar approach. I don't think I would have used

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Speaker 3: big money or something like that. I'm fine with this

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Speaker 2: Jake Browning earned a multi year contract as Joe Burrow's

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Speaker 2: back up after performing so well late last season the Bengals.

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Speaker 2: They just won't need Browning so much, no kidding. The

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Speaker 2: Bengals have incrementally improved their offensive line in the Borough era,

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Speaker 2: going from dreadful to average.

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Speaker 3: Yeah that was malpractice what they threw them behind it earlier.

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Speaker 2: This year they have a chance to be good with

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Speaker 2: solid continuity on the interior and the boomer Bus talent

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Speaker 3: I can't really fight any of that stuff. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I think they found a long term backup quarterback that

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Speaker 3: Burrow's never going to challenge him, but he can get

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Speaker 3: The line's pretty good. Yeah, I mean it's huge and

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Speaker 2: I keep saying. Mike Kiseki being touted as a big addition,

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Speaker 2: The Bengals are moving twenty twenty two first round draft

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Speaker 2: Twenty twenty two first round draft. They're probably not ready

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Speaker 2: The development of young defensive backs Cam Taller, Britt DJ Turner,

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Speaker 2: It's possible last year's rookie revelation Day one Jones also

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Speaker 3: Then I assume you'd cut Conklin, I assume or try

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Speaker 2: Yeah, revelation. Everybody knew who he was, you know.

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Speaker 3: also don't love three hundred and eighty pounders coming off

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Speaker 3: Right, hard cap situation. He's gonna get every nod over Conklin. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: After a steady run is one of the best groups

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Speaker 2: The Browns have great edge depth behind. Perhaps it's the

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Speaker 3: It's the best if it's the best, but it's good obviously. Uh.

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Speaker 2: The interior line is less exciting, although Dalvin Tomlinson was

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's a good defense anyway cut it.

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Speaker 3: I think it's fine.

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Speaker 2: The blowout AFC playoff loss was a reminder that dominant

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Speaker 3: They do. They're very good at corner.

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Speaker 3: It made no sense. And I don't know if Schwartz

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Speaker 3: But I mean, having a lot of conversations, say hey, Jim,

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Speaker 3: what could possibly be the difference.

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Speaker 2: How can we make this different?

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Speaker 3: Maybe it's just aid at home verse eight on the

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Speaker 3: Maybe I'm sure there was a lot of weather involved

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Speaker 2: The final one. This is an eleven win team with

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Speaker 3: With that better quarterback play.

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Speaker 2: Better quarterback play would go a long way.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but I mean it can't go from bad to

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna say the Steelers for next even or you

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Speaker 2: So for the Steelers, Justin Fields and Russell Wilson are

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Speaker 3: not gonna say they're even similar athletes at this stage

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Speaker 3: Other than that, I don't see a lot of similarities.

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Speaker 2: Ones are much better deep thrower, Yeah, is more just

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the ones. I'm not even sure Fields is the

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you that this wide receiver room is among

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Speaker 2: He's not a lock to make the team. Third pick

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Speaker 3: I actually agree with all that that's my biggest concern

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Speaker 2: Biggest I don't know, I don't know that it's one

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Speaker 3: I think it is right now.

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Speaker 2: I think it's like, well, I mean, when we're talking worst,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they're really rough. I mean there's a couple of

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Speaker 2: Having George Pickett, like, you have a thousand yard receiver

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Speaker 3: I wish I had more faith that I know he's

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Speaker 2: Teams out there that don't have a thousand Like we

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Speaker 2: we may think that the Arizona Cardinals, well, they may

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Speaker 3: I mean, there's certainly something to be said for We've

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Speaker 2: Oh I'm with you, Yeah, I'm with you, But I

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Speaker 3: No, right, right right, or Miller all those guys. I mean,

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Speaker 3: maybe doesn't, and Mims and you know those type of dudes,

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Speaker 3: see who shines, there'll be a lot of competition for

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Speaker 3: roster space.

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Speaker 2: It was a surprise to see the Steelers pass on

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Speaker 2: the fifty year option Naujie Harris at the relatively low

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Speaker 2: price of six point eight million. That's a signed Jayleen

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Speaker 2: Warren could wind up with more snaps and the even

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Speaker 2: split between the two starters than last season. No, no,

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Speaker 2: that's not true.

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Speaker 3: No, I was shocked they didn't pick it up. We

447
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Speaker 3: said that leading up, But I don't think that indicates

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Speaker 3: that Warren's the man now.

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Speaker 2: Like people, that's a fantasy football reaction. Yeah, yeah, oh

450
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Speaker 2: Jyalen Warren's going to get more touches in Najie Harris. No,

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Speaker 2: he's not.

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Speaker 3: I onlyink you will, I only you will. What they've

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Speaker 3: done has worked with their.

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Speaker 2: Work, they will be very very much the way it

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Speaker 2: was last year.

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Speaker 3: I think Tomlin's quite happy with it, and that's kind

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Speaker 3: of all you need to know.

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Speaker 2: Troy Fatano and Zach Fraser profile is Day one starters.

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Speaker 2: Even though the Steelers usually slow play their rookies, this

460
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Speaker 2: group should be among the league's best at pulling on runs.

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Speaker 3: I think all that's true. I think there's a very

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Speaker 3: good chance both those guys are Day one starters.

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Speaker 2: Third round rookie Peyton Wilson will have a chance to

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Speaker 2: challenge veteran the Land and Roberts for linebacker snaps next

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Speaker 2: to Patrick Queen. I'm a little worried about Queen declining

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Speaker 2: away from Rokwan Smith, especially with the Steelers swinging and

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Speaker 2: missing so often at the position. Well, those things don't correlate. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: just because the Steelers missed on Devin Bush doesn't mean

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Speaker 2: Patrick Queen can't play. We've seen enough of Patrick Queen

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Speaker 2: in the NFL to know that he can play.

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Speaker 3: And I wouldn't say Holkom's a swinging miss or Roberts

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Speaker 3: the swinging mess. No, I wasn't even thinking about Bush.

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Speaker 3: I was thinking about free agent acquisitions at linebacker since Shazir.

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Speaker 3: And this is the biggest swing they've taken, you know,

475
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Speaker 3: like they didn't go break the bank for whole Robert.

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Speaker 2: Or they don't know what I mean. They didn't make

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Speaker 2: it trade for Rokwan Smith and even but they didn't

478
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Speaker 2: go sign what the Jets do? What's his face from

479
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Speaker 2: the Ravens.

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Speaker 3: Oh, when they went and gave C. J.

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Speaker 2: Mosley at moy a ton of money and that's never

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Speaker 2: that was. That was a way big, too much of

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Speaker 2: an overpay.

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Speaker 3: I don't know the Queen will regress away from Rokuwan,

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Speaker 3: but I guess that sentences worth typing. You know, Yeah,

486
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Speaker 3: he base said I have some concerns that he won't

487
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Speaker 3: be the same as Batman. You know, yeah, I get it,

488
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Speaker 3: but for what they paid for him? Again, I mean

489
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Speaker 3: we thought he would make eighteen million year right, and

490
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Speaker 3: we weren't in on it at that price. But at

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Speaker 3: this price, I'm thrilled with it.

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Speaker 2: The Steelers always seem to have future defenser slars simmering.

493
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Speaker 2: Both Keanu Benton and Joey Porter Junior are candidates to

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Speaker 2: make the leap this season.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, this guy's right into a national audience

496
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Speaker 3: that might not know how good those two were in

497
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Speaker 3: their snaps. Everyone our listeners is like, yeah, obviously, yeah.

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Speaker 2: I listened three safeties among their starters. Because cornerback doesn't

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Speaker 2: have a logical nickel starter, look for the Steelers to

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Speaker 2: seek out veteran players who could challenge for immediate snaps

501
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Speaker 2: at cornerback and receiver. Steffan Gilmore. Some defensive line depth

502
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Speaker 2: could help too. It's another steff On Gilmore, Like that

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Speaker 2: doesn't excite me at all.

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Speaker 3: No, I guess I would call three safety starters. Like,

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Speaker 3: if they were to line up today, would KZ be

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Speaker 3: the slot at all? Probably?

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Speaker 2: No, I don't think he would be.

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Speaker 3: No. I mean that's still to be determined that in that.

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Speaker 2: Situation where he listed three safeties out there, maybe it's

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Speaker 2: making fitz Patrick, who's your.

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Speaker 3: Slot, maybe maybe or rotate them around. I love kz

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Speaker 3: is the slot. I see what he's saying.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we talked about this, that's something we've talked about.

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Speaker 2: But there's probably going to be somebody else starting it. Nickel.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I tend to think so too.

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Speaker 2: Put the Steelers just the final and put the Steelers

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Speaker 2: in the NFC South and he'd easily be the favorites

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Speaker 2: in the AFC North. They could finish fourth, but there's

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Speaker 2: enough talent here to take a big step forward. It

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Speaker 2: fields surprises is with fields again?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I would say everything except those last couple of.

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Speaker 2: And what's a big step for They won ten games.

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Speaker 3: Last year, I don't win fourteen.

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Speaker 2: Below average quarter but like below average production. I'm not

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Speaker 2: gonna say below average quarterback play, but below average production.

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Speaker 3: They didn't throw hardly any touchdown, right.

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Speaker 2: That's what I'm saying production. Now. They valued the football,

528
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Speaker 2: they didn't turn the football.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there was a script.

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Speaker 2: So in that respect, they played the position the way

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Speaker 2: this team needed them to play the position to win

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Speaker 2: as constructed. Whereas you know, they thought they felt about it.

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Speaker 2: So if they get better play than that, that's a

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Speaker 2: that's a position. Yeah, shouldn't they be a better team

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Speaker 2: they won ten games last year?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I agree. I definitely agree with the division stuff.

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Speaker 2: If they were in absolutely the NFC South.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and they could also have a successful season this

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Speaker 3: year and end up fourth in the North. Yeah, I

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Speaker 3: mean I think that's possible. They could win ten games,

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Speaker 3: end up being fourth and North.

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Speaker 2: All four teams can make the playoffs again. Yeah, this

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Speaker 2: year they'll be in. They'll be they'll be in the

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Speaker 2: running for that to happen.

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Speaker 3: And I don't agree with adding Fields to that. But

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Speaker 3: if you looked at it from a positive spin, maybe

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Speaker 3: this writer, like we did when Fields came out, thinks

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Speaker 3: maybe he goes to the Steelers and he ends up

549
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Speaker 3: being a great player, then wow, that would be something

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Speaker 3: that would be something that would be something.

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Speaker 2: Right. But anyways, Yeah, that was a good article on

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Speaker 2: all Yeah, that was all by Greg Rosenthal from one

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Speaker 2: of their best guys.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, from the all divisions out there.

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Speaker 2: Uh, they've started working on they just yeah, yeah, he

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Speaker 2: just posted the North yesterday, So that's why I wanted

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Speaker 2: to talk about that.

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Speaker 3: That's good. One.

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Speaker 2: Let's get to a break. He is the Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 2: I'm Dale Lolly. You're listening to the Drive here on

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Speaker 2: Steelers Nation Radio. We'll be back with more right after this.

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Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

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Speaker 1: your twenty four to seven home of the Black and

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Speaker 1: Gold NR Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. I am Dale Lolly, he is Matt Williamson,

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Speaker 2: and well this is the Drive on Steelers Sure is

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Speaker 2: and Matt. I'm looking here at Marcus mosher piece here

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Speaker 2: on the thirty third team.

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Speaker 3: Did a podcast with him this morning.

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Speaker 2: Seven notable players who should be cut before the twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty four season.

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Speaker 3: Okay, not could be, should be? Wow, Okay, I thought

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Speaker 3: he had one of could be or something like that.

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Speaker 2: All right, so his first guy on here. Seven players

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Speaker 2: who should be cut before the season. Number one is

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Speaker 2: Miles Sanders with the Panthers.

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Speaker 3: I think that's going to happen. They're not gonna get

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Speaker 3: anything for him. They drafted Brooks, way overpaid them, They

579
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Speaker 3: way overpaid them. And Hubbard actually wasn't bad for them.

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Speaker 3: I mean he's a quality too. And yeah, I think

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Speaker 3: Sanders will be let go and you're not gonna get

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Speaker 3: a seventh round pick for him. But there's no way

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Speaker 3: he's gonna go yeah, good one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Alvin Kamara.

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Speaker 3: I think that's possible too. I assume he cites the

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Speaker 3: contract the age like I know, fantasy people like what

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Speaker 3: Kamara was suspended last year, right for the two or

588
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Speaker 3: three games or whatever, and then he caught a million

589
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Speaker 3: passes in like those first two games, and then he

590
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Speaker 3: did nothing like Yeah, I think the fantasy community is like, oh,

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Speaker 3: Kamara is back.

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Speaker 2: He's catching the one like his first or second game

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Speaker 2: back car throwim like sixteen pass.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, like a million targets dumped down.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god, Kamara is back.

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Speaker 3: But then they think he averaged like three point five

597
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Speaker 3: yards of carry like he was a bad running back

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Speaker 3: you know last year. Someone will pick him up kind

599
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Speaker 3: of like you know, Ezekiel Elliott or Echol r. But

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Speaker 3: I don't think he'll be the Saints. I think he

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Speaker 3: will get cut. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Uh, Alan Lazard with the Jets, friend of Aaron that's

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Speaker 2: the problem.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he was another bad contract because of Rogers. They

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Speaker 3: gave Mike Williams money. Wilson's there, they drafted Corley. That

606
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Speaker 3: might be all you need to know. Yeah, but will

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Speaker 3: they actually go through with it?

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Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know he calls him a glorified

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Speaker 2: tight end.

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Speaker 3: I was about to say, is he interest you if

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Speaker 3: he's on the open market for the Steelers. I think

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Speaker 3: he's more of the same, but less explosive. Yeah, he

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Speaker 3: wouldn't move the needle for me. No, they pick him

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Speaker 3: up for nothing.

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Speaker 2: Uh, Malik Willis with the Titans.

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Speaker 3: Wow, he's the three. Now did you bring him in?

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Speaker 2: Um?

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Speaker 3: No, he's shown nothing.

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Speaker 2: He has shown I completely missed on him.

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Speaker 3: Me too, me too. I mean, you have to be

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Speaker 3: a quarterback and he wasn't. In college at a tiny,

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Speaker 3: tiny school. He was just the best athlete on the

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Speaker 3: field and has shown very little in terms of processing

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Speaker 3: or being an NFL player. Could they get a draft

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Speaker 3: pick him, It's not even like the trade Lance situation.

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Speaker 2: I don't think they could. Yeah, he's done nothing to

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Speaker 2: this point. The games that he started, they didn't let

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Speaker 2: him throw the football.

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Speaker 3: No, I mean they told you all they need to

630
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Speaker 3: know about him when he was on the field. And

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Speaker 3: he was not a first round pick like Lance. I

632
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Speaker 3: mean teams passed on him over and over till the

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Speaker 3: third round. He'll be in the league, I mean, all

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Speaker 3: these guys will be in the league.

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Speaker 2: Yes, but right, yeah, wow, Robert Woods, who we talked

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Speaker 2: about with the Texans, Yeah, maybe even wait that one out. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: if he gets cut. I mean, so here's here's what

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Speaker 2: they did. They trade for step On Diggs, right, they

639
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Speaker 2: re signed Noah Brown.

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Speaker 3: They forgot about no Brown?

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Speaker 2: Right, they acquired Ben's Kronik. Oh, they have Nico Collins,

642
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Speaker 2: Tank del John Meachie and Xavier Hutchinson.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you're not going to keep him, no chance. And

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Speaker 3: he's a bit of a cap hit, and he's older

645
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Speaker 3: and he does dig stuff not as well as days. Right, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: he's gone. Yeah, Steers canna wait that one out. I

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Speaker 3: mean they have to compete for other.

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Speaker 2: Teams, you know. I mean, but if you're Robert Woods

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Speaker 2: and you get released, you're like, that's not a bad situation, no, right, right.

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Speaker 3: I mean someone earlier in our show linked him to

651
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Speaker 3: the Lions or hey maybe if I'm the Raven. I mean,

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Speaker 3: there's plenty of teams that would be knocking on his door. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: but Steelers would be fine.

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Speaker 2: Elijah Mitchell with the forty nine ers.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they drafted the fast dude out of Louisville. He

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Speaker 3: draft won every year they do they do Mitchell's been

657
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 3: banged up. Yeah. Maybe, I don't think he's super expensive.

658
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,160
Speaker 2: No, I mean he's They can save one million dollars

659
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 2: if they release him.

660
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,840
Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, I would probably just hold on to him.

661
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:37,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm at that.

662
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 3: Stage of the game. You don't know if the rookies

663
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,000
Speaker 3: Gorendo is gonna do much for you. Yeah.

664
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:45,000
Speaker 2: I mean he was a kind of a part time player.

665
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, like he wasn't a Yeah, I don't. I don't

666
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:48,960
Speaker 3: feel strong an the way about that.

667
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 2: No. I thought this guy retired, but maybe not. He's

668
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 2: kind him playing retirement.

669
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 3: Darren Waller, Yeah he's gonna get released. Yeah, slash retired.

670
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 3: I don't think he wants to be a football player anymore.

671
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,760
Speaker 2: No, but I understand the Giants traded a third round

672
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 2: pick for Waller before the twenty twenty three draft, third

673
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 2: round pick.

674
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 3: Third round pick, and they've got next to nothing, very

675
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:15,360
Speaker 3: little out of them interesting career. I mean, they.

676
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:19,240
Speaker 2: Traded a third round pick last year in what was

677
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 2: one of the best tight end drafts. Yeah, good in

678
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 2: the history of tight end drafts. Right, they could have

679
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,600
Speaker 2: just picked one of those guys and bed or whoever

680
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,000
Speaker 2: and been in a much better situation.

681
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,440
Speaker 3: That's interesting. Can we think about the Giants a year ago.

682
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 3: They kept Barkley and Jones. He had just been coach

683
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,680
Speaker 3: of the Year at his rookie season, and they thought

684
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 3: they were They misjudged how good they thought they were good. Yeah,

685
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 3: they add Waller to this offense. I'm all set. Neil's

686
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 3: going to be a great right tackle, you know, like

687
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,320
Speaker 3: we're fine. Jones has turned the corner. We had a

688
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 3: whiz kid coach.

689
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 2: Not out went No, no, not at all.

690
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:53,760
Speaker 3: I mean Waller. I give Waller all the credit in

691
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 3: the world. I mean he was like a seventh round

692
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 3: pick out of Georgia Tech as a big receiver, kind

693
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 3: of like the Wilson in the Florida's Kid this year. Yeah,

694
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 3: he does well known alcohol problems, got himself all cleaned up,

695
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 3: and his career skyrocketed from there as they moved tight end.

696
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 3: But I think he doesn't want to do it anymore.

697
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, uh no, that's his guys. Anybody else

698
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 2: you can think of, I'm sure there's a lot. Yeah,

699
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 2: I'm just trying to I'm racking my brain here. You know,

700
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:24,680
Speaker 2: maybe the thing to do is look at team salary

701
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 2: cap situation.

702
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, I did that with receivers that just looked at

703
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,000
Speaker 3: like the the bottom half of the league that are

704
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 3: tight against it now, and like Dallas was one of them,

705
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 3: and I thought, could someone pry away Brandon Cooks.

706
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 2: You know, that would be one that would also be

707
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 2: interesting because it would help any team.

708
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 3: Still.

709
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:48,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, and they went out and signed, but they added.

710
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:52,240
Speaker 3: A gallop left and they signed somebody that's gonna make

711
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 3: the team, so it's okay, yeah, yeah, and they're to

712
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:57,280
Speaker 3: give Lamb huge money soon. So I don't know, do

713
00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 3: you have the teams that are tight against the cap.

714
00:31:59,360 --> 00:31:59,640
Speaker 2: That I do.

715
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 3: That's what I did just for receivers. So I think

716
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:04,600
Speaker 3: the Bucks were one I want.

717
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 2: Seattle is right up against it. The Giants are right

718
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 2: up against it, which is why I mean.

719
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,840
Speaker 3: They would be trades. And I think that's why Metcalf's

720
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 3: names come up. Yeah, you know, because they are tight

721
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 3: against it.

722
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:16,880
Speaker 2: Miami's tight against it.

723
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,880
Speaker 3: Waddle sounds so appealing, but I don't think they are

724
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 3: doing that.

725
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, Dallas is up against at one point nine million.

726
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,280
Speaker 3: That's what I thought about Cooks. Again, these are trades. Yeah,

727
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 3: you know, I just looked at through a receiver lens.

728
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 3: But there's probably a corner, a linebacker or whatever that's

729
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 3: going to get cut from these teams too.

730
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 2: Buffalo is right up against it. They don't have receivers

731
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,640
Speaker 2: here that you'd want, right, Carolina somehow is right up

732
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:42,040
Speaker 2: against it.

733
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,280
Speaker 3: I mean you can get Mingo for nothing. I don't

734
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 3: know if that helps you at all. I mean i'd

735
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:53,080
Speaker 3: rather Burks similar situations. But what about uh Fling? Yeah?

736
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 2: Would you be interested in Teling?

737
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 3: He wasn't bad? He's a good year right right? I

738
00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 3: mean I know he's old, but he'd be better here

739
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 3: than Yeah, maybe he can still play. Interested in pay

740
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 3: Yeah for one year? Yeah, yeah, that's not terrible, and

741
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,400
Speaker 3: be the adult gets open, be the.

742
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 2: Adult in the room too. Hey, that's the guy that's

743
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 2: got you know, eight hundred catches in his career.

744
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 3: Pro Bowls and yeah, yeah, no that's not bad. You

745
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:17,960
Speaker 3: can probably get him for nothing.

746
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 2: You might be able to and we wouldn't be something

747
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:21,959
Speaker 2: you traded them. Deontae Johnson.

748
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, I wonder if they even cut the elements all

749
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 3: said maybe. I mean, if they're that tight against.

750
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:30,280
Speaker 2: The cap, you got New Orleans less than ten million under.

751
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 3: That's why Latimore has been dangled but they might cut

752
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 3: someone decent.

753
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 2: You got Atlanta under ten million under.

754
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean they don't have a receiver that qualified.

755
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 2: Now San Francisco that been thrown around a ton, the Jets, Yeah,

756
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 2: the Ravens. There's been no receivers there, but.

757
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,320
Speaker 3: These teams will be cutting people receivers aside.

758
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,720
Speaker 2: Like we're talking, we're having that conversation about the Steelers

759
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 2: wide receiver room. Would you rather have Steelers wide receiver

760
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,560
Speaker 2: room or would you rather have Baltimore's wide receiver room?

761
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:06,480
Speaker 2: They're different.

762
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 3: I'd like to have Bateman as my two, even though

763
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 3: there's concerns about them.

764
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:12,480
Speaker 2: But Pickens is clearly the best guy.

765
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, of the group, I like Flowers, but I would

766
00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:18,320
Speaker 3: not trade Pickens for Flowers, you know, probably the Steelers

767
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:19,760
Speaker 3: because I don't like the guys.

768
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 2: The death pieces behind that is enough.

769
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,680
Speaker 3: I think you have one and you have like four

770
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:26,239
Speaker 3: through six.

771
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 2: Yeah.

772
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a conversation, but I think the Steelers.

773
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,440
Speaker 2: It just hit me as Yeah, yeah, they don't have

774
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,719
Speaker 2: any receivers either. Denver's another one under ten million.

775
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,480
Speaker 3: Troy, so I think something could be on the move. Yeah,

776
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 3: they drafted what two receivers are one?

777
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:40,560
Speaker 2: I think they drafted too.

778
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:42,720
Speaker 3: I think they drafted two. Yeah, I mean, anyone drafted

779
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 3: two receivers you could probably get an incumbent off of.

780
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,919
Speaker 2: And then Tampa Bay is under ten million.

781
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 3: Godwin still interests me, Yeah, especially after they drafted McMillan.

782
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:56,239
Speaker 3: Give Evans big money. Godwin's up after this year. Maybe

783
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 3: that's like, I mean, they probably look at it like

784
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 3: we want the we wanted to division. We think we're

785
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,839
Speaker 3: really good. Now we're not trading our good dudes yet.

786
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I don't know, but yeah, so, I mean

787
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 2: there are I think there's some teams out there that

788
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 2: are up against it. They're going to have to do

789
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,279
Speaker 2: some things here just to sign well, most of the

790
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 2: teams are getting their guys signed.

791
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 3: But they're gonna fill ink.

792
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:18,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're gonna want to do stuff.

793
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:22,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, you know, and real quick. Who are like

794
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,840
Speaker 3: the five teams with the most cap space. I know

795
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 3: there's still teams that have a lot.

796
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're looking at the Patriots with almost fifty. Yeah,

797
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:34,800
Speaker 2: Washington has forty three, Jacksonville has thirty three, Arizona's twenty seven,

798
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,040
Speaker 2: the Chargers have twenty seven, the Titans have twenty six.

799
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,080
Speaker 3: I don't know, how Jacksonville and the Chargers are on

800
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:42,719
Speaker 3: that list, but the other teams are the ones that

801
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:43,480
Speaker 3: just had a time.

802
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:46,320
Speaker 2: Well, the Chargers just cut Yeah, they moved.

803
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 3: On from Kena and everything they did.

804
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 2: Uh. And you get the Steelers sitting there. They got

805
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 2: eighteen point basically eighteen point eight million.

806
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:55,840
Speaker 3: So they're like eight or something like that.

807
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,280
Speaker 2: They're fourteen. That's very close.

808
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a lot. And if if you look at

809
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:03,080
Speaker 3: next year's they're near the top too, right. I mean

810
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,360
Speaker 3: there's some teams have a ton, but they have a

811
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 3: lot of cap flexibility. Yeah, and that's not even with

812
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,840
Speaker 3: a cam restructure or anything that they're going to be

813
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 3: at this The money shouldn't hinder any move.

814
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 2: The Raiders are right after them though, so maybe they

815
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:16,160
Speaker 2: wouldn't want to move.

816
00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:21,719
Speaker 3: Jacobe Myers maybe not. Yeah, Bill, i'd call Yeah, it's

817
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 3: not a bad name at all. I like that one. Yeah,

818
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:24,479
Speaker 3: it'd be real useful.

819
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:27,800
Speaker 2: Here, let's get to another break. He is the Matt Williamson.

820
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 2: I'm Dale, Lollie. You're listening to the Drive here on

821
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,800
Speaker 2: Steelers Nation Radio. We'll be back to finish up the

822
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:34,160
Speaker 2: show right after this.

823
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Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

824
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,279
Speaker 1: your twenty four to seven home of the Black and

825
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,400
Speaker 1: Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:53,320
Speaker 2: And we are back. I'm Dale Lollie. He is the

827
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Speaker 2: Matt Williamson and Matt Pro Football Focus is put together

828
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 2: off season grades.

829
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, team, just draft.

830
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:04,719
Speaker 2: This is everything, you know, everything you've done thus far

831
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:06,399
Speaker 2: to this point in the season. So let's go ahead

832
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:07,840
Speaker 2: and take a quick look. See at that.

833
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 3: Trevor Sikima wrote these. He actually joined us at the combine.

834
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:13,120
Speaker 3: He does really good work. He's one of my favorite

835
00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:13,719
Speaker 3: guys that they have.

836
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,760
Speaker 2: He gave the Arizona Cardinals a B plus.

837
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're making steps forward. Yeah good.

838
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:23,720
Speaker 2: The Falcons get a C minus.

839
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 3: I tend to agree the quarterback stuff is sticky, and

840
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:30,399
Speaker 3: I don't know if the defense got any better. Yeah,

841
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:32,960
Speaker 3: I tend to agree. Yeah, they had a lot of

842
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 3: resources too.

843
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:35,640
Speaker 2: The Ravens get a B plus.

844
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 3: I think they're worse than they were a year ago. Yeah.

845
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:40,560
Speaker 2: I don't know how you get a B plus right

846
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 2: when you're a worse team than what you were.

847
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 3: I mean, they were really good, but they took a

848
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:47,759
Speaker 3: small step back, at least on paper. I know that

849
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 3: he really liked their draft.

850
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:53,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's raving about their draft. Yeah, okay, again, it's

851
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 2: a very non raven like draft, and it is.

852
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:57,759
Speaker 3: I mean, I don't hate their draft or anything, but

853
00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:59,360
Speaker 3: I knew he was really high on usually.

854
00:37:59,239 --> 00:37:59,919
Speaker 2: Draft tough guys.

855
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:01,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, they didn't draft tough guys. True.

856
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 2: The Bills get a C plus.

857
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 3: A's rebuild time. I mean, it's take a step back.

858
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:10,200
Speaker 2: And yeah, you know you knew it wasn't gonna get old.

859
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:11,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it wasn't gonna be pretty.

860
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 2: Carolina gets a C plus.

861
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,440
Speaker 3: I commend them for at least putting all their off

862
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,320
Speaker 3: season resources into Bryce Young. You know, we got them guards,

863
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 3: we got them Deontay I'm a running back.

864
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:25,960
Speaker 2: See here's what I would have considered this as part

865
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:30,319
Speaker 2: of their grade, trading away this year's number one draft pick.

866
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 3: Oh, I was judging Lake from like, you didn't get

867
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 3: I would have them last year for that.

868
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, but you didn't know. I mean, you're going up

869
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 2: to get your quarterback right right, as it turned out,

870
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:42,400
Speaker 2: you didn't either.

871
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,080
Speaker 3: Be the first pick in the draft, right, brutal moves.

872
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,880
Speaker 3: It didn't work, No, it sure didn't. You'd rather Kate

873
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:48,759
Speaker 3: the Williams than Young.

874
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 2: Yeah. The Bears get an A.

875
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:53,920
Speaker 3: Yeah. I don't know if they were genius. I mean

876
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 3: they had a ton of caps, basically the first overall

877
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:58,720
Speaker 3: pick of the ninth overall pick to the top, giving

878
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 3: every pretty swift the smartest thing in the world, you know.

879
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 2: The Bengals get an A.

880
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 3: I like the safety stuff they did. They weren't that active, No,

881
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:13,800
Speaker 3: it was so great about the Bengals. I don't know,

882
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,759
Speaker 3: it's fine, okay. Uh.

883
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 2: Cleveland gets a B minus.

884
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 3: I think a change. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they were one

885
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 3: of the least active teams out there.

886
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:28,040
Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't don't have any draft picks. Your big

887
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:30,279
Speaker 2: your big move in the off season was trading for

888
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 2: Jerry Judy and.

889
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:32,640
Speaker 3: Signing two backup quarterbacks.

890
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:33,080
Speaker 2: Yeah.

891
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, they didn't do a whole lot.

892
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 2: Dallas gets a C plus.

893
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:42,319
Speaker 3: They were released les. Yeah. Grades are funny, Like I've

894
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:45,400
Speaker 3: been laughing about these in the podcast, Like no one

895
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:47,560
Speaker 3: ever gives an A plus, No one ever, ever ever

896
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,960
Speaker 3: gives a D or fight Like, don't just give everybody

897
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 3: bs and B minuses, you know, like be harsh on them,

898
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 3: you know, like this was a D minus.

899
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,240
Speaker 2: This was Yeah, you're telling me Dallas had a slightly

900
00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 2: above average off season.

901
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,359
Speaker 3: They didn't because said receive plus means to me, right

902
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 3: right right? I mean yeah, I think grades are kind

903
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:08,120
Speaker 3: of goofy, like everyone just gives season b's, like think

904
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:09,960
Speaker 3: somebody be standing on the table. Yeah.

905
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 2: Uh, Denver gets a B minus.

906
00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 3: I mean they'd get out from the Wilson thing, which

907
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 3: they didn't have to, they chose to. Yeah, as I said,

908
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,239
Speaker 3: we commending them for getting out of the Wilson thing

909
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 3: or not. I mean I can see both sides of the.

910
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:29,279
Speaker 2: Strictly as Sean Payton, I can't. I don't.

911
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 3: I don't work with this guy thing and we needed

912
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:32,920
Speaker 3: We're gonna have a ton of dead money as a

913
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,280
Speaker 3: as a result, which then hampers all our other moves, which.

914
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 2: Means you gotta cut Justin Simmons and yeah yeah, trade

915
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,200
Speaker 2: Jerry Judy and let Lloyd Cushionberry walk.

916
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 1: Yeah.

917
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 3: Like, I don't think they're in a good spot.

918
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 2: That's not a bee to me.

919
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:46,480
Speaker 3: No, I think it's a rough off season. This would

920
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:48,120
Speaker 3: eat your vegetables off season. Yeah.

921
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:51,720
Speaker 2: Uh. Detroit gets an A plus.

922
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,240
Speaker 3: Wow, you did stand on the table there. Plus.

923
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:56,640
Speaker 2: I like what they did.

924
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,400
Speaker 3: I mean they brought in some defensive tackles and corners.

925
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,719
Speaker 3: Receiver still worries me. Yeah, I'm sure he did this

926
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 3: before the golf extension. No, it's included, this is after. Yeah, Okay,

927
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:11,040
Speaker 3: the Packers get to be they're staying the course and

928
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,160
Speaker 3: spending a little bit of money, and okay, I love it.

929
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,800
Speaker 2: I love the move of swap swapping out running backs

930
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 2: me either.

931
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:20,239
Speaker 3: I think Aaron Jones might be better than josh Acob. Yeah,

932
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:21,400
Speaker 3: I'm a big Aaron Jones believer.

933
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, Houston gets a B plus.

934
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:28,520
Speaker 3: Yes, but I didn't love their draft. Yeah, they traded

935
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 3: away from the twenty third pick before they knew who

936
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,800
Speaker 3: was going to be there and ended up drafting a

937
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,880
Speaker 3: slot corner with their first pick. You know, like they

938
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,400
Speaker 3: decided a couple of pieces in the draft. I don't know,

939
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:40,839
Speaker 3: you know, trading for Joe Mixon is a great movie either.

940
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 2: No, the Colts were digs for that matter, right right right,

941
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:46,680
Speaker 2: Like you're gonna pay that guy a bunch of money

942
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,919
Speaker 2: when you've got maybe better guys on your roster.

943
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 3: If I was the Texans, I would worry that maybe

944
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,279
Speaker 3: we think we're better than we are already, you know,

945
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:57,120
Speaker 3: the one piece away thing, you know, like, yeah, you

946
00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:58,959
Speaker 3: could still use first round picks.

947
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:00,959
Speaker 2: The Colt's get a B plus.

948
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 3: I like what they've done. Flacco wouldn't be my backup quarterback.

949
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 2: No, Jacksonville gets a C plus.

950
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,200
Speaker 3: I think they overspent as usual and free agency and

951
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:15,280
Speaker 3: their draft was below average.

952
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 2: For me. Replacing Calvin Ridley with Gabe Davis right doesn't

953
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:18,799
Speaker 2: do it right.

954
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,960
Speaker 3: I'd like the Thomas felt to them. Yeah, after trading back.

955
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:23,440
Speaker 2: The Chiefs get an a.

956
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:27,239
Speaker 3: Pretty good but it'd be nice to have Snead. Yeah,

957
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 3: I mean they were if you remember they were, this

958
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 3: was Chris Jones or Snead. Chris Jones are sneed and

959
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:33,799
Speaker 3: I think they're happy with how it panned out. They

960
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:37,400
Speaker 3: at least got a pick Ann Jones. Uh, it's a

961
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:40,040
Speaker 3: quality move. I mean, Dave, you're worthy and Marquis Brown

962
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 3: are nice additions. Be nice A Frasie Rice would stay

963
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:45,080
Speaker 3: out of trouble in the off season.

964
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:47,719
Speaker 2: That would help. And you know, maybe Travis Kelcey isn't

965
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,360
Speaker 2: running around the jet setting with Taylor Swift.

966
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:54,680
Speaker 3: How about stay in the weight room.

967
00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 2: The Raiders get a b.

968
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 3: Oh quarterback thing would really hurt my grade for them.

969
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:05,080
Speaker 3: I don't think there's a team that's worse off a

970
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:08,360
Speaker 3: quarterback right now, Yeah, and so that has to factor.

971
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:14,240
Speaker 2: It should Yeah, the Chargers get an A minus. I'm sorry,

972
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 2: but when you when your team walks away from the

973
00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:21,160
Speaker 2: guys like Keenan Allen and Mike Williams and and Eric Kent, like,

974
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:22,239
Speaker 2: you didn't get better.

975
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:25,520
Speaker 3: No, they're not a better team on paper, that's for sure.

976
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:28,879
Speaker 3: I mean, I think their coach and upgrade is important,

977
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 3: but this is another eat your vegetable off season for them. Yeah,

978
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 3: I don't think they got better.

979
00:43:34,719 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 2: The Rams get an A minus.

980
00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 3: Fine, but it's Kevin Dotson worth eighteen million. I mean,

981
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,520
Speaker 3: I see what they're doing. But they didn't get the

982
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,879
Speaker 3: best guards in the league, and they're paying best guards

983
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 3: in the league money for them, you know, and they

984
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:56,480
Speaker 3: lost Aaron Donald the yeah right right, Yeah, my bigger

985
00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 3: losses any team suffered all off season, no doubt, Yeah,

986
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:00,319
Speaker 3: no doubt. It's got to count.

987
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:02,080
Speaker 2: Miami gets a B minus.

988
00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:05,200
Speaker 3: I don't like how they team building. I mean, I

989
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:08,280
Speaker 3: know what they're doing. Their speeds, you playing heat.

990
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:13,080
Speaker 2: Christian Wilkins and Van Ginkel, Robert hunt Walk and you

991
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:16,320
Speaker 2: brughn In, Jordan Poyer, Kendall Fuller, Johnny Smith, Jordan Brooks,

992
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:17,120
Speaker 2: and Shaq Barrett.

993
00:44:17,719 --> 00:44:21,000
Speaker 3: Yeah you lost that trade. Yeah, you definitely lost that trade.

994
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:22,920
Speaker 2: The better players are all in the upper end of

995
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:24,839
Speaker 2: the W big. Yeah.

996
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:26,000
Speaker 3: I don't love their alone.

997
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:28,960
Speaker 2: Hunt Hunts a big loss for that is like he's

998
00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:31,560
Speaker 2: one of their few legitimate offensive linemen.

999
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:34,640
Speaker 3: Like yeah, like again, I would have drafted a guard. Yeah,

1000
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:36,440
Speaker 3: somewhere or some least.

1001
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:40,040
Speaker 2: The Vikings get a B minus.

1002
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 3: I can see not going, you know, letting cousins walk

1003
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:48,200
Speaker 3: or maybe he didn't even have a They tried to

1004
00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 3: sign him, Yeah, they tried to sign him. He just

1005
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:54,520
Speaker 3: didn't choose you. And I think they made that work reasonably. Well.

1006
00:44:55,360 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 3: My big Vikings complaint is no Day two pickslast year. Well,

1007
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:02,759
Speaker 3: there's only they They made one third round pick last year.

1008
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 3: This year they have like none. Next year they have none. Yeah,

1009
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:07,240
Speaker 3: like Day two picks are gold.

1010
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:09,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's gonna hurt. It's gonna hurt him when the

1011
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:13,840
Speaker 2: salary capt her big time soon. The Patriots get a

1012
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:14,360
Speaker 2: B minus.

1013
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:19,120
Speaker 3: I'm fine with it. I mean it's obviously a total rebuild. Yeah,

1014
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:21,360
Speaker 3: I expect them all of a sudden to be a contender.

1015
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:23,800
Speaker 2: The Saints get a B plus.

1016
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:30,000
Speaker 3: Mm hmm. Drafting Lineman makes me happy.

1017
00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:33,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, they got Willie Gay on the cheap they Yeah,

1018
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:37,680
Speaker 2: send the tiring math out two first round picks to

1019
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:39,520
Speaker 2: Talisa Folaga and kol Aid mckinstree.

1020
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:43,960
Speaker 3: So yeah, they're all quality editions. Okay, Yeah, that's all right. Great.

1021
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:45,959
Speaker 2: Uh, the Giants get a B plus.

1022
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:49,440
Speaker 3: I like the Giants invested in O Lineman, you know,

1023
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:53,280
Speaker 3: like Neil might not even start, so the other stuff aside,

1024
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:55,839
Speaker 3: the Jones thing probably didn't go as they would have liked,

1025
00:45:56,480 --> 00:46:00,440
Speaker 3: but they went out and got starting offensive linemen. It's

1026
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 3: a different way than the Steelers did, but they look

1027
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:03,759
Speaker 3: like they have a real line now.

1028
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:05,320
Speaker 2: The Jets get a B.

1029
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:09,760
Speaker 3: I'm happy with Mike Wilson Williams.

1030
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:10,879
Speaker 2: Pick signed a bunch of old guys.

1031
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:13,560
Speaker 3: They have a lot of that are injury prone, but

1032
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:15,520
Speaker 3: they're in I mean, it's clear what their vision is.

1033
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 3: Let's trying to win the whole thing while Rogers is here,

1034
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:20,560
Speaker 3: and that's not's not gonna happen but probably not, probably not,

1035
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:23,719
Speaker 3: and then it's gonna crash and burn. Yeah.

1036
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:25,120
Speaker 2: The Eagles get an A.

1037
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:32,520
Speaker 3: Like their draft, like their coordinator hires, especially Fangio you

1038
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:36,000
Speaker 3: lose Kelsey, that's kind of up there with the Yeah. Yeah,

1039
00:46:36,239 --> 00:46:39,440
Speaker 3: I mean those are legit dudes. I saw on Reddick

1040
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:43,440
Speaker 3: gets swapped out for Huff the same that's all right.

1041
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:47,160
Speaker 3: Yeah about Berkley, I mean that's a nice addition you

1042
00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:47,920
Speaker 3: haven't had, you know.

1043
00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:51,520
Speaker 2: Uh. The Steelers get a B plus.

1044
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:55,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm very happy with their offseason. I mean, i'd

1045
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:57,680
Speaker 3: like a receiver. We've talked out to death. But the

1046
00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:01,480
Speaker 3: fact that you've rebuilt a line, it is a hard

1047
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:05,239
Speaker 3: thing to accomplish, and you've totally revented quarterback room and

1048
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:09,680
Speaker 3: one off one is sweeping move. Yeah, I'll take it.

1049
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:12,239
Speaker 2: I would say it's more a type material to be.

1050
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:15,400
Speaker 3: Even the defensive even if it doesn't work out Jackson and.

1051
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:18,239
Speaker 2: Queen, what you're able to accomplish and in the course

1052
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:18,839
Speaker 2: of one off.

1053
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,040
Speaker 3: Season is pretty pretty big, pretty big.

1054
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 2: Uh. San Francisco a C plus very few moves. Yeah, yeah,

1055
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:28,279
Speaker 2: not much.

1056
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:32,680
Speaker 3: They're about the same. Yeah, Seattle will be plus they're

1057
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:34,200
Speaker 3: going back to the drawing board.

1058
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:37,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, so you're telling me that Seattle's off season is

1059
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 2: equal to that of the Steelers off season.

1060
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:43,279
Speaker 3: They both got be they both got B pluses. Yeah,

1061
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:45,840
Speaker 3: I don't see it that way. I think Seattle's realizing

1062
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:49,759
Speaker 3: it would be like the year after Tomlin is gone.

1063
00:47:50,080 --> 00:47:51,960
Speaker 3: That's a really weird year for an organization.

1064
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:55,480
Speaker 2: You're you're you're in flux here. You know, you're two

1065
00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:58,040
Speaker 2: defensive minded coaches who aren't going to see things the

1066
00:47:58,120 --> 00:47:58,560
Speaker 2: same way.

1067
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 3: You know. I wish there was a succession plan for

1068
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:04,920
Speaker 3: Gina Smith too. Yeah, I don't see that at all.

1069
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:07,200
Speaker 2: Tampa Bay gets an A.

1070
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:11,640
Speaker 3: I guess they kept Baker that seems like a thousand

1071
00:48:11,719 --> 00:48:14,719
Speaker 3: years ago, and considering the golf contract, that's not a

1072
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:18,640
Speaker 3: bad contract for a starting quarterback. Kept Evans, that was

1073
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:21,080
Speaker 3: you know, they had some big time guys up. Yeah

1074
00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:24,200
Speaker 3: that the draft was fine, Barton will play right away,

1075
00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:27,880
Speaker 3: but A A A seems really kind and A this

1076
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,320
Speaker 3: gave Winfield the most money in defensive make it.

1077
00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:32,799
Speaker 2: They didn't make an impact move at all. Yeah, they

1078
00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:34,320
Speaker 2: just kept their own basically.

1079
00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:36,560
Speaker 3: Yeah. I'm sitting here thinking like, okay, they're kind of

1080
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:39,080
Speaker 3: going to run it back. Yeah right, Yeah, it's fine.

1081
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:40,759
Speaker 2: They get a little younger in the offensive line with

1082
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:41,360
Speaker 2: Graham Barton.

1083
00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:44,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, Yeah, that's an a.

1084
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:48,160
Speaker 2: The Titans gonna be They did a lot they did

1085
00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:50,560
Speaker 2: a lot. They were very active, which.

1086
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:52,960
Speaker 3: I can understand. I think Ridley was an overpay and

1087
00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:00,359
Speaker 3: Latham has to switch sides. Probably fine.

1088
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:02,400
Speaker 2: Washington gets an a.

1089
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:04,840
Speaker 3: I agree with that. I mean, that's just let's just

1090
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:07,200
Speaker 3: sweep the floors of everything that used to be here

1091
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Speaker 3: and even bringing in like Ertz.

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Speaker 2: And just guys who are professional players who have been there,

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Speaker 2: done in a million drafts.

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Speaker 3: And let's just try to change everything. Let's just paint

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Speaker 3: all the walls a totally different color. Yeah, okay, you

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Speaker 3: know that's the right thing for that organization. And maybe

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Speaker 3: they have a quarterback now maybe maybe, maybe, who knows.

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Speaker 2: But those are the grades given up by Trevor si

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Speaker 2: on Pro Football Focus.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a good read.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's going to do it for the show today, Matt.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, coming up tonight, we'll tune in find.

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Speaker 2: The schedule release live at eight pm tonight on these

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Speaker 2: very era waves and on DVE as well, so you

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Speaker 2: can listen to that. But for my partner Matt Williamson

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Speaker 2: for CJ here on site keeping us on the air,

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Speaker 2: I'm Dale Lolly. We thank you for listening to this

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Speaker 2: edition of the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.