1 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: At least. He's The Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt 2 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: Williamson on Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 3 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Drive. I'm Dale Lolly here with Matt 4 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: Williamson and Matt It is scheduled release day. Obviously don't 5 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: have the schedule yet as we do the show here, 6 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: but we do know the Steelers open the season in 7 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: Buffalo against the Bills in Week one. Uh. We'll find 8 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: out the rest of the schedule later on this evening. Well, 9 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: of course, you myself and Mike pursuit it will do 10 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: a special show, uh to talk about the released big 11 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: Extravaganza extravaganza. We I mean, we know the opponents. It's 12 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: just a matter how they how they're gonna fall, and 13 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: that matters. I just saw that they announced the Thanksgiving games. 14 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: Steals for not playing Thanksgiving. They're not playing overseas those 15 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: games that the London games have been announced. Um, the 16 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: the opponents for those have been announced. I think it's 17 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: the Jets and Dolphins and Jaguars, and I'm not Yeah, 18 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: they always go, they always go right. So maybe next 19 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: year for the Steelers, I think next year. You next year, 20 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: you don't have any choice on whether you go. Everybody 21 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,479 Speaker 1: has to go as part of the new TV deal 22 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: since about their time. It is about their time. The 23 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 1: Packers have never gone overseas. The Steelers have gone once. 24 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: Put question for you, now they're seventeen games, would that 25 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: be the seventeenth game the seventeen well, would that be 26 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: the extra game? Would that be the NFC opponent? But yeah, 27 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: well there's potential for They didn't do that this year 28 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 1: because they have the Dolphins Jets are the two division opponents. Um, 29 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: but yeah, I mean they could and and that's the 30 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: one way you can still have eight home games. Then yeah, 31 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: because next year in the Steelers will have eight home 32 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: games and nine road games. So there's a better chance 33 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: that they go overseas next year because they play. You'd 34 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: rather go road game the road game year? Yeah, I 35 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 1: would imagine, right, because you've got eight home games a matter, 36 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: they're not gonna steal one of your eight home games. 37 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: I would imagine and give you really game. That would 38 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 1: work out really well for me because I've had to postpone. 39 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: My wife and I were going to go to London 40 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: now two years in a row for our anniversary and 41 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: have had the postponent both times. I did set up 42 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: the trip for next year again. Um, but so I 43 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: you know if that happened, that would end up going 44 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: to London twice in a year. Yes, there's worst places. 45 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: It sounds like that's a possibility. Um, we do know 46 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: the Bills are Week one. The schedules hard, and we 47 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: know as well they'll play a division an opponent in 48 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: Week eight team last week and see that that final 49 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: game will be a division opponent, And so I'd like 50 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: that the league does that. I think there's a better chance. 51 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 1: I think they announced the Christmas Day games as well, 52 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 1: and the Browns have to play in Green Bay on 53 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: Christmas Day. They've never they've never played a Christmas Day 54 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: game before. This is the thing, you know, And Bob 55 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: Labriola mentioned just a couple of years ago with us 56 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: on the air when we were we were talking to 57 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: him and he brought up it was a valid point, 58 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: like it's easy you get an easier schedule obviously on 59 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: opponents when you play when you finish bad, you know, 60 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: poorly in your division. Used just be two games difference, 61 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: now three, but now once once you get yourself Okay, 62 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: the Browns were playoff team last year. Well now you're 63 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: you're you know, you're getting more of those primetime games. 64 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: You're getting more of these. Yeah, okay, how do you 65 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: respond to that? How do you respond to playing in 66 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: Green Bay on Christmas Day? Yeah? The do we know 67 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: the Christmas games? I think they announced all that stuff. 68 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: It's actually going think my wife cares about. I mentioned 69 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,119 Speaker 1: to her. Yeah, the Steelers are not one of them. 70 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: So okay, that's all she wants is a honest game 71 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: on Christmas Day. It's Jets Falcons. By the way, Jets 72 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: Falcons are one game in London and Dolphins and Jaguars 73 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: is the other one. So it's not a division game. 74 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: It's just a two divisions, two an FC East teams. Um, 75 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: what else would I say? I don't know? Something good? 76 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah. We were talking about like when you're 77 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: the hunted or you play all those primetime games. That's 78 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: very difficult. Like Warred Sharp does a bunch of work 79 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: on this of what teams over the years have gotten 80 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: the least rest you sent me that. I look every 81 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 1: time I look at the charts that he puts out, 82 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: it makes my head hurt. It was a little bit discombobulating, 83 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: I said, it to you, and in pursuit of before 84 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 1: I even read it. I've read them before. It's something 85 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: he charts, and then I just kind of gave it up. 86 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 1: But I just look at the rankings. Okay, where do 87 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: you rank it? I don't want to get into the 88 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 1: whole there's a lot of green and I don't need 89 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: to know how the right exactly. Just eat the sausage 90 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: of the hotdog. I don't care how it was made. Um, 91 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: But to your point, the good team have it rougher, 92 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: you know, about a doubt, and then there's teams like 93 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: the Steelers and Cowboys and Packers. Yeah they're bad, they're 94 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 1: gonna get tough games too. And the Browns weren't really 95 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 1: in that category when they were bad, but now they 96 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: certainly are. As a draw, you know, I mean going 97 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 1: to Green Bay on Cleland. I mean they're opening in 98 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: Kansas City. Yeah, right, right, if you looked at it. Okay, 99 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: So I did a quick look at the I can't 100 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: remember who Cincinnati plays, but they have a tough game 101 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 1: as well. Um, it wouldn't surprise me if the entire 102 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: af C North loses in Week one. I don't know 103 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: who everybody the Ravens are at their Ravens open in 104 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: Las Vegas from Monday night game. Yeah right, I knew 105 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: they were on Monday night. Er um, not exactly. The 106 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: Steelers were Monday nighter to start last season. Yeah. I 107 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: don't like that, you know, because you and you gotta 108 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: you know, you have all that time before, but you 109 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 1: don't have time for your second opponents so much. Yeah, 110 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: I don't like. Well, here's the here's the Week one schedule, 111 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: so we know Dallas is is that Tampa Bay to 112 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: open the season. Okay, Then the Steelers and Bills at 113 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: one o'clock, Jets and Panthers at one o'clock. Seahawks at 114 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: Colts at one o'clock. That's a marquee game. Chargers at 115 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: Washington at one o'clock. That's a sneaky good game. There's 116 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: a lot of buzz around the Chargers, right Uh. Forty 117 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: Niners at Detroit, Cardinals at Titans, interesting game, Eagles at Falcons, 118 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 1: Vikings at Bengals. That's the game. That's a tough game 119 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: for Jaguars at Texans in the Stinky Bowl Brown's Actually 120 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: it's the Browns are in Kansas City for start. I 121 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: thought that was a night game, but yeah, that's still 122 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: it's still the prime time game. Packers at Saints, m 123 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: Dolphins at Patriots right off the bad uh, Broncos at Giants. 124 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: The Sunday night game is Bears at ram Got you, 125 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: and then the Monday night game is Ravens at Raiders. Interesting, now, 126 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: you're right, I mean the division could be open for Yeah, 127 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: it's certainly possible. Um. I know the lines came out. 128 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: The Steelers are about a touchdown dog at this stage, 129 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: and I'm sure those things will change a lot. What's interesting, though, 130 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: is like when you read those things off, they all 131 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: sound like good games. First of all, because I haven't 132 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: seen football in while I'd love to watch any of 133 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: the other eight or none of those. I'll be yeah, 134 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: I'll sit and watch you right right, you know. And 135 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: you're so excited to see Trevor Lawrence in that game, 136 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: even though it's the worst game on the slate. Um. 137 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: But it also goes back to my theory of this 138 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: time of year from the draft until this is the 139 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: best your team's ever gonna look, you know. I mean 140 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: I go on my soapbox every year as soon as 141 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: that draft ends until really preseason or so it's all boy. 142 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: All these guys are to come back from injury and 143 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: be great. You know, all your rookies are filling holes 144 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: and gonna be great place. Unless the Browns cut Joe Hayden, 145 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: You're not getting any kind of gift. I mean, you 146 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: might add me a couple. We see a couple of things, 147 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: Fisher and Leo and a couple of guys. There's a 148 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: couple more of those type of things. But this is 149 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:08,559 Speaker 1: the eternal optimism time. Basically from May to through July. 150 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: You know, nothing bad happens to your team. Nobody gets hurt, 151 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 1: you know. So all those games sound great, but even 152 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: by a week one, a handful of big guys will 153 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: be out already. You know, there will be some preseason 154 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: injuries and things. There's a lot of bad things that 155 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: happened between now an opening day, Yeah, that's for sure. 156 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: And and so that's the opening slate of the of 157 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: the season. Should be interesting. Yeah, I'm looking forward to 158 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 1: it a lot. Um. I know, Pete Steeler fans, I 159 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: keep hearing, well, they have the toughest schedule. You don't 160 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: know that. You don't know that. I don't care what 161 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: teams did last year. Um, you know, for example, if 162 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,840 Speaker 1: you've got Dallas on your schedule this year, they're they're 163 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: completely different big football team. If if if Aaron Rodgers 164 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: doesn't play, are the Packers, Yeah, are they you know 165 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: a world beat or no? I mean even Houston is 166 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 1: a great example, right, they weren't you know, good last year, 167 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: but there were a lot harder to play against than 168 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: they are this year. Assuming you know with Watson um, No, 169 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 1: you're right, and not to mention to like if Dallas 170 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: was I if this was a year ago and you 171 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: have Dallas on your schedule, Okay, that looks like a 172 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: tough game, and then that gets hurt in week two 173 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: or three or whatever, or se Kwan gets hurt versus Steelers, 174 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, the Giants offense does look the same. 175 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: You know, you don't know what version of those teams 176 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: you're gonna get, right, we don't know what. You know, 177 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: everybody's assuming that Indianapolis is going to be good this year. 178 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 1: What went It's a pretty big assumption. I mean, yeah, 179 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: I don't I don't know what Carson Wentz is gonna 180 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: look like. I know, last last time we saw him, 181 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: he was getting yanked in Philadelphia. Yeah, and they have 182 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 1: two very young guys behind him. They have no veteran 183 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: presence there. If he doesn't work out or he's been 184 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: injured quite a bit too, what if he gets hurt 185 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: or misses a couple I mean, how's how are things 186 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: going to play out in Washington? Is Ryan Fitzpatrick gonna? 187 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 1: Is he the answer at quarterback for them? At least 188 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 1: for this year? I mean, I know the defense is 189 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: gonna be good, right, but you know, it's interesting. I mean, 190 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: I think it's better than last year's quarterback situation, but 191 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: it's not like he's had distellar career. Right. Forty nine 192 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: is another perfect example two years ago. They're in the 193 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 1: super Bowl last year because you know, they had just 194 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: a spade of injuries and they were the last place 195 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 1: team in at division. Yeah, I mean teams like them 196 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: in Chicago, who's gonna be their star? Or New England, 197 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: who's gonna be your starter? When you line up against 198 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: those guys, I mean, it's the first round pick in 199 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,199 Speaker 1: by now, or they rolling with the Cams and Dalton's 200 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: and Jimmy's or whatever. I do think, you know, going 201 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:28,559 Speaker 1: back to the Week one opponent for the Steelers, I 202 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: think you have a pretty good idea what you're getting 203 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 1: from the Bills, though, which I don't love. I would 204 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 1: much rather have a team in Week one that has 205 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: a new coach, new quarterback working out the kinks. There's 206 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: not gonna be a lot of kinks with the Bills. No, 207 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: But by the same token, again, you know who they are. 208 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: You know who you are, Yeah, and you played them 209 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: late last year, so you have Okay, so there's some 210 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: maybe a little bit of carry over there. You can 211 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: you know you're gonna spend time working on that opponent. 212 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: I think for the for the Bills, the Steelers are 213 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: more of a of a mystery this year, especially offensively. Offensively, Yeah, 214 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: you keep hearing other you know, more zone more, you know? Okay, 215 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: are they gonna do so we're really talking about that, 216 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: you don't know? And they're not. It's not like they're gonna, 217 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 1: you know, throw the whole playbook out there in the preseason. 218 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: They offensive practice some things, but they're not gonna show 219 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 1: their hand, right. Are they going to be exclusively a 220 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: zone running team? Are they gonna mix in the zone 221 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,839 Speaker 1: and power running scene? Because that's what Naja Harris did 222 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: it Alabama. I mean it was fifty fifty almost split 223 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 1: between his his zone carries and his power carries. Yeah, 224 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 1: I mean you you dedicate a first round pick to 225 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: a guy like Naja, and you know you think, well, 226 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: are they gonna cater things to him? Or he really 227 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: does everything well though, you know, I mean if it 228 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: was a t N I think would be a little different. 229 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: You know, but but how much preestap motion you're gonna 230 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: get from Canada? Um is Ben gonna be in the 231 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: shotgun exclusively or behind? So I mean, like you know 232 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: there'd be pistol and your point of those guys playing 233 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: recently by NFL standards, I'm sure both coaching stabs are like, man, 234 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: I should have done this differently Eddie game. You know, 235 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: like if we if we played them the next week, 236 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 1: but I wouldn't have done this. I wouldn't have done that. 237 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: It goes back to that what you talked about all 238 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: the time with you know, playing a team a third time. 239 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: You know, there's always things that you learn, tendencies and 240 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: things of that nature that there's no hiding anything there. 241 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 1: A common misconception with the fans is the team's changed 242 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: dramatically throughout the year. I mean a week is not 243 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 1: a very long time to install a game plan. I mean, 244 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: you you do what practices, three practices to add some 245 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: wrinkles and some audibles and things like that, but you 246 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: get a pretty good feel for what these teams are 247 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: trying to accomplish, you know, a couple of games in, 248 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: because you can't just scrap it all and start over 249 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: a week to week. No, you know, it just doesn't 250 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: work that way. Um. You know that. That's why I 251 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: think when you look at New England, I mean they're 252 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: going to have to make a decision on who they 253 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 1: want a quarterback early because what they're gonna run for 254 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: Cam Newton is not what they're gonna run for Mac Jones. No, 255 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: especially the run game stuff. It's almost the exact opposite 256 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: of what Baltimore did a couple of years ago when 257 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 1: they went to Lamar Jackson. You're going from us. You're 258 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,839 Speaker 1: going from the mobile, mobile quarterback to the passing quarterback, 259 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: where Baltimore was going from the passing quarterback, the guy 260 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: who's going to be in the pocket to the more 261 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: mobile guy. I think that's the easier transition because he 262 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 1: can always use his legs, right, that's a good point. 263 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,600 Speaker 1: It probably would be the easier transition, because that's the 264 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: beauty and that's the scare of Mac Jones did make 265 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: this read and if it doesn't work, take off, especially 266 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: with the Lamar. I mean, no one's seen what your 267 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 1: legs can do. You're bursting on the scene. They they've 268 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:38,319 Speaker 1: been watching Flacco tape all year. You know, Um, nothing 269 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: would be really interesting because they are so different. I 270 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: would imagine you build a mac Jones offense now you know, 271 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: and Cam you run it, and if you're the starter, 272 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: will incorporate a lot of quarterback runs that we won't 273 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: call for Mac. But I would think we want this 274 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 1: to be a mac Jones friendly you know, playball call 275 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: and all dead point and really San Francisco is pretty 276 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: different to Chicago is gonna be in that same boat. 277 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: I mean, you know much justin Fields is completely different 278 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 1: than anything else they've got, you know, Dalton and Fields 279 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: or Night and Day. Not to the extreme. In New England, 280 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 1: I don't know that we've ever seen anything so many 281 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: situations like that. Yeah, three big ones right like right 282 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: off the bat with first round picks. You know, the 283 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: first round pick is gonna play at some point. You 284 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: don't know if that we opening day starters. But they're 285 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: gonna play this year, all three of those guys. No 286 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: one's gonna sit the whole year. That never happened. I mean, 287 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: so you look at what Philadelphia did last year when 288 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: they made the switch from Wentz to Hurts. Now, Wentz 289 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 1: is more mobile than most, and he's certainly more mobile 290 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: than it's not it's not Andy Dalton or these guys, 291 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: but their offense was much different based on what the 292 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: quarterback could do. No, right, I mean again that brings 293 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: you back to Buffalo. You're gonna know what they're gonna do. Yeah, 294 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: I mean yeah, They've added a couple of pieces. They 295 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: guided some minds liman. I'm sure they have wrinkles that 296 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: they're working on like everybody else. But they're not gonna 297 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: change things for Josh Allen. I mean, Alan's in trench 298 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: there and they built everything around them. You know, so 299 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 1: it's got it should be interesting, and you know, I 300 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: think people need to remember that the Steelers were missing 301 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: some key pieces in that game against Buffalo last year, 302 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: and they were in that game well into the third quarter. 303 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: I mean they were they they'd actually outplayed the Bills 304 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: in the first half of that The first half they 305 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: were the better team. Yeah, and then you know, the 306 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: interception at the end of the half kind of changed 307 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: the whole compelection gave the Bills a free seven first 308 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: of all, and then you know, all of a sudden, hey, 309 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: we they remember we got at halftime, we got stuff 310 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 1: on Diggs and they came up and made a point 311 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 1: of getting the ball to Steffon Diggs. Um. You know, 312 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: get these these vibes that are these rumblings that they 313 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: want to have a little bit more of a traditional 314 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: run game, you know, run the ball a little bit more. 315 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: They didn't bring in any backs of note, but they 316 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: reinforced their offensive line a little bit. I would think 317 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: at this stage of Alan's career, and this is true 318 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 1: for all athletic quarterbacks by about now, Josh, you're too valuable. 319 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 1: We're about to pay you an awful lot. I'm just 320 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: designed runs and you you're carrying a football at the 321 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: goal line and things of that nature. I'm not sure 322 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: we need that as much out of you. Just take 323 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: some hits. I remember watching the playoffs a couple of 324 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: times ago. Man, you're you're really playing with fire there 325 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: to allow that guy to get hit like that. You know, 326 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: all it takes is somebody holding him up while he's 327 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: fighting for yards and somebody comes up, else comes in, 328 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: and he's a runner at that point. Huge, you know, 329 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you know he's not. He doesn't get protections 330 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: as a quarterback into new situations, you don't. I mean, 331 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: Cam Newton dealt with a lot of that early on obviously. 332 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: Um and you know early in his career. None of us, 333 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: especially you and I, we didn't see his breakout coming 334 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: last year. I mean, no one changed more from two 335 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: thousand nineteen to twenty than Josh Allen. But two thousand 336 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: nineteen and back. Okay, you're gonna take a bunch of 337 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: I'm not that good. That's the best thing to do. Anyway. 338 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: Now you're like, you're the face of this team and 339 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: we're about to make you one of the richest players 340 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: in the league. It might need to hand it off 341 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: the Zach Moots a little bit more. Yeah, that's why 342 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: we drafted these guys. Moss is one of my fantasy sleepers. 343 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: By the way, I don't think Singletary is any good 344 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,479 Speaker 1: and not We both kind of like Moss coming out 345 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 1: last year through a Steeler flens. I think you get 346 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: him cheap and he could be a decent player for them. Yeah, 347 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: so it should be interesting. Um I did notice here 348 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: on to get it back to uh, ESPN put out 349 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:23,360 Speaker 1: a piece Stays and Answering NFL Draft Biggest Question expert 350 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: debate their favorite picks, top rookie classes, quarterbacks, and more. 351 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: And the first question on here is who should pick 352 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: for Offensive Rookie of the Year. Okay, Uh, they get 353 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: the different guys here. Matt Bowen picked Jamaar Chase. Rarely 354 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 1: goes to a receiver, rarely goes. Justine Jefferson didn't get 355 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 1: it and he was the best receiver in rookie history. 356 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: Mike Clay tip Nausea Harris, okay, Uh. Jeremy Fowler took 357 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: Jlen Waddell. That's a stretch for me. I don't see that. 358 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if he leads his team in receptions. 359 00:17:55,760 --> 00:18:00,200 Speaker 1: Kevin Seyfert took Justin Fields understandable. I just want nder 360 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 1: when he'll get in. Yeah. Uh. Seth Walter took Trevor 361 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: Lawrence hanging fruit. Yeah, he's the fake games they win 362 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: and field Yates went with Najia Harris. I think, I mean, 363 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: I know the Vegas odds are out and they favor quarterbacks. 364 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: Of course, the only guy I mentioned on this twice 365 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 1: was Nagie Harris. Yeah, he would be my pick pound 366 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: for pound. Um. Javonte Williams to me is interesting. I 367 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: don't think it's take him long to go past Gordon. 368 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 1: The more I think about it and they trade it 369 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,479 Speaker 1: up and I even heard talks there's potential there. But 370 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: you know, if he doesn't break into the starting let's like, 371 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,400 Speaker 1: let's say they opened a season sharing Carrey's and it's 372 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: that it's it's that way for the first six games. 373 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 1: He's not gonna be wearing right. I don't know the 374 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: A t n as a chance to even be a 375 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: full time guy, Sermons a long shot. He'll have games 376 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: where he has games, yeah, but I wouldn't expect it, 377 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: you know, him to have six yards. No, I don't 378 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 1: think he'll take over that backfield if they just didn't 379 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: history almost anything, yeah, I mean non core r backs. 380 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 1: Harris to me is the easy choice yea. And yet 381 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: his his odds are like fifth or six best group, 382 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 1: which is it makes him a really good bet with 383 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: the you know, you want to throw a couple of 384 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 1: shekels down on right, you get a good return. I mean, 385 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: I'm sure in the betting world, betting on running backs 386 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: is a little dangerous because you know, what's the chance 387 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: to say, there's a less chance they play sixteen games 388 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: and quarterbacks. Yeah. Yeah, but a lot of these quarterbacks, 389 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: besides Lawrence earlier point might not be opening day start 390 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: and Lawrence, to me, what does he have around him? No, 391 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,919 Speaker 1: I mean it might take a while. There's gonna be 392 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 1: some lumps there, Yeah, Division Peyton Manning struggle, struggle. I mean, 393 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: there's there's a long history of quarterbacks in their rookie seasons, 394 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 1: just especially when they're on a bad team. I mean, 395 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: if they're four and thirteen, is he gonna win Rookie 396 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 1: of the Year even if he's good? Yeah? You know, 397 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 1: like let's say Burrows stays healthy all last year, he 398 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: was pretty good, you know it, didn't have a lot 399 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: around him. Yeah, that that's not a Rookie of the 400 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: Year performance wouldn't beat Justin Jeffers. And there was still 401 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: a reason why he couldn't stay healthy because they know 402 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: they're dropping him back to past fifty times a game 403 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: behind a bad offensive line. That's the problem they got. 404 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: I'm killed it's through too often. Yeah, I mean, yes, 405 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: the line was a problem, and then mixing was out too. 406 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: I mean, asking a quarterback to throw fifty sixty times 407 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 1: a game is a rookie is a bad recipe, really 408 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: bad recipe, it really is, which brings me to a 409 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: Steeler note. Actually, you know, if you can establish a 410 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: running game this year, that next quarterback next year shouldn't 411 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 1: be in that situation. You know, you really don't want 412 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,640 Speaker 1: if the Steelers are going with a young quarterback next year, 413 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 1: you don't want to put him in a situation where 414 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: he's throwing forty plus times a game. It's just not 415 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 1: a good not a good recipe for success. Um the question. 416 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 1: Their next question was which rookie team or which rookie 417 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: class will make the biggest impact. This was interesting because 418 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if I agree. First, Bowen says the 419 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: Jet Okay, they may make an impact, but is anybody 420 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: gonna notice? Right right? Right? I mean how much will 421 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: they impact the league? Yeah, I mean the impact the 422 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: bad roster. I mean, yeah, I think Jets win six 423 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 1: games this year? Okay maybe maybe. Yeah, it's a good class. 424 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously you're gonna look at the teams have 425 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: a lot of high picks, Jacksonville and Miami and you 426 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: know these teams have multiple early picks. Like I guess 427 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: the Jets are as good as any I think Wilson's 428 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: gonna have a tough year. I do too. Yeah. Uh, 429 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: Mike Clay picked the Alliance, Okay, I mean they're all 430 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: big guys, all big guys sewell, and those are Enrique 431 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: and McNeil. I don't know if those tackles and defensive 432 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: tackle a you're gonna notice if those guys are making 433 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: a massive you know, the difference. Uh. Jeremy Fowler took 434 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 1: the Falcons. That's a cow pits. I wonder what his 435 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year numbers are too. No tight ends 436 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,640 Speaker 1: don't win it. But he could go relate. I mean 437 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: he's a tight end, but he isn't right, you know. 438 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: I mean he could have a thousand yard season. Yeah. 439 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: Uh see for it took the Dolphins. That's what I 440 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:06,439 Speaker 1: was leaning towards because I really like Jalen Phillips. Uh. 441 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 1: Seth Walter took the Chargers. Not bad Slater and Sante Samuel, 442 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: Yeah that doesn't jump out at me though they're not 443 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: super high profile positions either and h took the Dolphins 444 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 1: as well. Okay, I can I can see that. I 445 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: mean if waddles on Sports Center all the time catching 446 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,360 Speaker 1: long ones every other week, and you know, I think 447 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 1: they got a really good edge player and Phillips some 448 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: other pieces there to some lineman that helps. So I 449 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: think they did well. The final question here, I believe 450 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: this is the final question. There's a couple of a 451 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: couple more here. The next question was what was the 452 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: most head scratching pick of the draft? Bowen said, Alex Leatherwood. Yeah, Um, 453 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 1: Mike plays a Travis a t N maybe, and in 454 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 1: the first it seemed like there was a lot of 455 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: people interested in him. Though. Yeah, he's a he's a weapon. 456 00:22:58,240 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: He's a weapon. You know, if he took a re 457 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: Eiver there would anybody have said that's a head scratching move. 458 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: So you take Elijah More, you know, I think that's 459 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: how you kind of have to look at a t N. 460 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: You kind of have to look at him in that light, 461 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,719 Speaker 1: like because you when you already have Robinson and again 462 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: make your your young quarterbacks life easier. There's the whole 463 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: they went to Clemson roommate theory. But I mean just 464 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 1: short easy passes to running backs are really quarterback friendly. 465 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: Correct again brings back to the Steelers next year throwing 466 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 1: short easy passes and nause and Friarmouth. You know, uh, 467 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 1: Fowler says, you are chase to the Bengals. I don't know. 468 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: I think we kind of saw that coming though between 469 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: two people, but they I mean, offensive line. You just 470 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 1: watched your quarterback get killed. Um Seaffort said, Patrick's retained 471 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: the second to the Broncos at nine. That one rings 472 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,919 Speaker 1: a bell. I mean certainly feels like it to me, 473 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 1: because they're pretty good at corner. Um Fields was sitting there. 474 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: They could have taken a quarterback, and I don't know 475 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: that Carolina was gonna take Fields. I mean that they 476 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: have a better excuse not to. But I really think 477 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: when we look back at this this draft class, it's 478 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,199 Speaker 1: gonna be the Field's narrative is going to be an 479 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 1: interesting one. It almost it almost seems to me that 480 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 1: the Denver put all its eggs in the basketball. We're 481 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 1: gonna trade for Aaron Rodgers at some point. It sure 482 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 1: feels that way, and I'm not sure that's done. Yeah, 483 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 1: I mean, you you can't make that move not knowing, 484 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: Like you can't say, oh, we're gonna punt this season 485 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: if we don't get Aaron Rodgers, and we'll just punt 486 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,120 Speaker 1: and we'll just take something like that. To me, he's 487 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,199 Speaker 1: not that's not a plan, Teddy's not enough for me 488 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: to do that. You know, you're reading all this stuff, 489 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: not that I believe any of it. Locks a new man. 490 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 1: He's working a lot of hard. You know, we've heard 491 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,639 Speaker 1: all that stuff before, and maybe he does have a 492 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 1: better you know, career going forward than he does now. 493 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: I mean, he doesn't deserve to be flushed down the toilet. 494 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 1: But man, I don't know how you pass on Justin 495 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 1: Fields there. Yeah. Uh, Walter took Certain as well, and 496 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 1: you Ates went with Alex Leatherwood. So we got a 497 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,439 Speaker 1: little consensus there that there's the two worst picks certain 498 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: in Leatherwood Yeatherwood, and they were the two big head scratchers. 499 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 1: I mean, Certain is a much better player than Leatherwood, though, Oh, 500 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, you could be happy with Okay, Well, 501 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:13,879 Speaker 1: you know we took Patrick's Certain there. He was the 502 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: best corner on the board. Okay, that's fine, And everyone 503 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: talks about, well, you know, some of these teams should 504 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: trade back, and it's not always easy said and done. 505 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: But in the first round, I'm sure somebody was calling Vegas. 506 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 1: I mean, you could have moved down. I'm very am 507 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: certain that you can move down three, four or five 508 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: spots and still get Leatherwood. I mean the crime isn't necessarily, 509 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 1: you know, falling in love with Leatherwood. I mean he 510 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 1: looked like a starting right tackle. I can see why 511 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: teams love him. But I'm sure you could have been 512 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: a little economore, you know, economical with that that first 513 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 1: round capital that you had. Yeah, absolutely you could have 514 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 1: gotten him later, probably having let alone five and pick 515 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: up a third round pick or whatever. Who is your 516 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:58,360 Speaker 1: favorite pick of the draft? Bowen has Justin Fields kind 517 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: of goes back to what we're saying, especially with the 518 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: Bear's quarterback history. He's I think right now he's the 519 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:09,160 Speaker 1: best quarterback in there. He's the most talented. H Clay 520 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 1: went with Fields as well. Okay, uh, Fowler went with 521 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: Rashawn Slater to the Chargers. Boy, that just worked out 522 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 1: perfect for them. You know, I would have been pins 523 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,360 Speaker 1: and needles hoping he got to me, you know, try 524 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 1: to maybe even trade up a couple of spots and 525 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,400 Speaker 1: sit back and you get your guy. That worked out well. Uh, 526 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:30,880 Speaker 1: Seefort went with Rashad Bateman to the Ravens. I don't 527 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: know about that. I like Bateman. I mean, going into 528 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: the draft, I would have said he probably is well 529 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,199 Speaker 1: worth that pick or earlier. I just don't know that 530 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: he's going to change their passing game. I don't know 531 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:44,919 Speaker 1: that he is either. I mean I keep seeing that. 532 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: You know that the Ravens really helped her passing him. 533 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe, but I don't I think a veteran guy 534 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: would have made I mean, there's a reason why they were, 535 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,360 Speaker 1: you know, in the running for a bunch of different veterans, 536 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 1: that was the better move and they couldn't get it done, 537 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,959 Speaker 1: you know. I Mean the other thing people don't talk 538 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: about their passing game a lot is not that I'm 539 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: a coaching expert or anything, but it's not real sophisticated 540 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: route concepts and things like that. I mean, it's a 541 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,959 Speaker 1: little bit easier on the defense schematically than people realize too, 542 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 1: which I guess is good for a rookie. And you know, also, 543 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: can you know when you have a bunch of rookie 544 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: receivers and a young quarterback. That's why, you know, But 545 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: I mean it's not gonna be much more advanced. I'm sure. 546 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 1: Uh Walter went with Christian Derris saw to the Vikings. 547 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 1: I like that too. Yeah, that was I mean, I 548 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: that would have been the situation. If if Derrissaw makes 549 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: it to twenty four, then the Steelers have a conversation. Okay, 550 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,640 Speaker 1: so that Harris or is it? Is it Derrissaw? Yeah? 551 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: And then they got Davis, the the Ohio State Guard. 552 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,400 Speaker 1: If you look at my Minnesota, I think they're really interesting. 553 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 1: And if Rogers does leave, I think the Vikes have 554 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: a chance to, you know, take that division over. They've 555 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,159 Speaker 1: made twenty six picks in the last few years. I 556 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 1: mean some a lot of them are seventh rounders last 557 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 1: but you made twenty six draft picks and two years. 558 00:27:58,440 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: That's a half of the Rocks. A lot of cheap 559 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 1: labor too, not a chief labor. And you know, I'm 560 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: real big on yards per play. The Vikes d was 561 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: like one of the worst in the league in the 562 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 1: yards for play, but the offense was one of the best. 563 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 1: And they added a lot on defense. But they added 564 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: to linemen on on offense, and that was the spot 565 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: they needed. So I don't think that the the officer, 566 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,200 Speaker 1: only the offense stumbles at all. I think it still 567 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: remains quite strong, and I trust Zimmer and a bunch 568 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 1: of young guys to make the defense better. Yeah. And 569 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: then the final one was Yates went with Slater as well. 570 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,640 Speaker 1: So I mean that was that one worked out really 571 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,360 Speaker 1: well for the Charms. I mean, you get you get 572 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: a potential starting left tackle. Um. You know, I think 573 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 1: a lot of you know a lot of times we 574 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: ended up mocking Derris saw there, settled for that or whatever, right, 575 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: but they get the number two guy. Yeah, I think 576 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 1: that worked out really well for them. Like I always 577 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 1: put my you know, if we were on Chargers Nation, 578 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: radio boy later, still there, pickballs later, still there? Do 579 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 1: you think that you move up? Would you go to 580 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: third to go get him? You know, like and there 581 00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: there he lands and he matched them with a really 582 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,960 Speaker 1: good set or Matt Feiler, I mean, Philip Rivers has 583 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 1: to be looking at them, going, you can get a 584 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: dress line for twelve years and now you're going out 585 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: and spending for this kid. You know, Yeah, I got 586 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: beat up. I got beat up like crazy, and you know, 587 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 1: now we're gonna go out and spending and this kid's 588 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: this kid's actually mobile. I'm a statue back there, and 589 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: you didn't have anybody protect me. A lot of people 590 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: are really high on the Chargers this year. I've fallen 591 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: into that trap too many times. But it's a new 592 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: coaching staff and I trust the quarterback. Not that they 593 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: didn't trust Rivers back in the day, but they're one 594 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: of those teams when expectations are high, let's see how 595 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: they handle it. That's another One's kind of like Cleveland there, 596 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 1: they're the new Darling. Yeah, they're gonna be on a 597 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 1: lot of top ten power ranks and things like that, 598 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: or you know, sure fire fire wild card type of team. 599 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 1: Maybe they can challenge the Chiefs. It's a little different 600 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: when you're the hunted though, and that organization doesn't have 601 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: a lot of great history of dealing with those type 602 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 1: of things. They do not for sure, but that's gonna 603 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,080 Speaker 1: do it for this segment of the Drive. So for 604 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: my partner Matt Williamson, for Jacob React here on site 605 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 1: keeping us on the air, I'm Dale Lally. We appreciate 606 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 1: you listening to this edition of The Drive on Steelers 607 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: Nation Radio.