1 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on 2 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: your twenty four seventh home of the Black and Gold 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: SNR Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome to the Drive. I'm Dale Lolly, 4 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: he is Matt Williamson and Matt it is legal tampering 5 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: day here in the NFL, which nuts all right. Put 6 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: some some news right out of the gate regarding the 7 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: Steelers cornerback Cam Sutton, who the Steelers did want to resign, 8 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: signs a three year, thirty three million dollars deal who 9 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: joined the Detroit Lions, a little bit more money for 10 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: Cam Sutton than the Steelers wanted to spend, and so 11 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: he is now a Detroit Lion. And well, that has 12 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: repercussions for the Steelers in many different ways, without question. 13 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: And unfortunately, in the world of podcasts and radio, things 14 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: happen unbebelievably quick this year, this week, and you know, 15 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: maybe the Steelers have find a corner by the time 16 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: you listen to this. Who knows, but the tampering period 17 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: just opened. That's one of the first dominoes to fall. 18 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: I'm sure Steeler fans are disappointed. I am as well. 19 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: He was a very good Steeler. I would have been 20 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: talking to him all along. He did quite well for himself. 21 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: I could see them not wanting to match that number. 22 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: It's pretty big for you know what he brings the table. 23 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: He's a good, good player. He'll help the Lions quite 24 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 1: a bit in numerous ways. But the sky isn't falling 25 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 1: for folks. I mean, there's a lot of time between 26 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: now and kickoff. There's some corners already on the roster 27 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,199 Speaker 1: that it's a very rich corner draft. They'll probably sign 28 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 1: someone in free agency. So things are happening quick. But 29 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: you know, that's how you always have to remind yourself. 30 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,320 Speaker 1: The first day or two of free agency is when 31 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: mistakes are made. And it doesn't mean that the world 32 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: is over just because you thought you were going to 33 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: sign Javon Hargrave and he ended up in San Francisco. 34 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: You know, yeah, right, So this is this is the 35 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: time period where teams agree to guys and overpaid for 36 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: them in that first typically in that first day. And 37 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: while I'm with you, I like Cam Sutton. I like 38 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: what he'd done, what he does for the Steelers, that 39 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: versatility that he had to play inside or outside. I'm 40 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: not paying eleven million dollars for that and guaranteeing twenty 41 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: two and a half million of that. But it does 42 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: open up a spot, but not the spot that I 43 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: think a lot of Steeler fans I think are looking 44 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: at this, not in the way that they're looking at 45 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:32,839 Speaker 1: The Steelers still have Levi Wallace under contract, they still 46 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:36,959 Speaker 1: have a Killow Weatherspoon under contract, and James Pierres is 47 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: a restrictive free agent. I would assume that by the 48 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: time Wednesday rolls around, they'll have offered him a tender. 49 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: So you have three outside cornerbacks on your roster who 50 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 1: who've played significant snaps for you, and you've got Arthur 51 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: Milled in the slot. So realistically, to me, they need 52 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: somebody else that can play in the slot in addition 53 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: that maybe adding some depth on the side. Agreed. I mean, 54 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: they're not done there, There's no question. So I wrote 55 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: an article a while ago, and it's like six weeks ago, 56 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: and it doesn't sound like much. But I think Pierre 57 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 1: is kind of a key because I think Pierre is 58 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: a good player. I'm not even sure if you'd rather 59 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: have Pierre or Witherspoon is my starter, you know what 60 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: I mean? Like, I think Pierre is a good player 61 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: that you're gonna get very very cheap here. And is 62 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: he the ideal starter? No, but I can start games 63 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: with him and live with it. If he's my third 64 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: outside guy or fourth outside guy, I'm very comfortable. So 65 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: I'd be shocked if they don't offer him a tender. 66 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: That's going to happen, I would imagine. I guess Spoon 67 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: could get cut. I mean, is that I don't see it. 68 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: I mean, he's making four million dollars. Yeah, I say 69 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: it's not that much. Yeah, it's really worth that signing. 70 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: You know that that chunk probably not to me, to me, Matt, 71 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: And this was this was the beauty of what they 72 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: did in last year's free agency. Within a day of 73 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: each other, they signed Witherspoon and Wallace to the same 74 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: exact deal. Exact same deal, right, I mean? And now, yeah, 75 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: I mean they were cheap. You've got two guys with 76 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: starting experience, you know, for really um just bargain basement 77 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: contract prices there. And Wallace played well for them last year. 78 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 1: I know, you know, if you if you look at Witherspoon, 79 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: it was an injury troubled season for him, but it 80 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: was it was a hamstring. Um. You know, it's not 81 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: like it's something that you know, a nagging knee or 82 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: something like that. In the year before that, he had 83 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: played really well, right, right, So for what you sign, 84 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: it doesn't or what you say if I don't know, 85 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: that makes a ton of sense to get rid of him, 86 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 1: especially as the room is constructed right now, you can 87 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: still do it at any point. I mean right now, 88 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: the two of them are both five point four or 89 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: eight million dollars against the cap. It's not bad for 90 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 1: two for two starting cornerbacks. And you're looking, you know, 91 00:04:54,920 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: assuming they pick up the Pierre contract or you're maybe 92 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: another three point five to four million dollars there. I 93 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: haven't looked up the numbers on the on that, but 94 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: I doubt that they're not going to tender him at 95 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: the high level because he was an undrafted rookie. So, 96 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: you know, people talk about this is the other thing. 97 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: So people talk about how the Steelers can't develop cornerbacks. Well, 98 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: just they just developed a cornerback to get eleven million 99 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: dollars a year, which is more than you're paying both 100 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: Levi Wallace and a Kellow Weatherspoon. And oh, by the way, 101 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: you also developed James Pierre, i'd say, and Pierre is 102 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: another example. And I also don't think Milette stinks. I mean, 103 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 1: I don't know. He's certainly valuable. I mean, I don't 104 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: think either one of us are saying there's not a 105 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: need at corner. I mean, if you signed Sutton, I 106 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: still would have considered a corner in the first round, 107 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: or certainly with the first three picks. Yeah, you guys 108 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,919 Speaker 1: start getting younger there, yeah, yeah, yeah, so it is 109 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 1: a corner rich draft. I think that they're going to 110 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: become less and less reliant on Blitz. I wonder at 111 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: the slot, are they looking for a guy like Ranch, 112 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 1: a bigger safety type than maybe Sutton? You know, I 113 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: mean not that they didn't have interest in Sutton. I 114 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: don't know if they did or not. It seemed like 115 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: they did. But and I'm not kicking him his way 116 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: out the door. He's not the big slot corner that 117 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 1: is in fashion right now. And yeah, so an outside guy. Basically, 118 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: what they were doing with Molett and Sutton is if 119 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: it was third and four, let's be in the slot. Yeah. Yeah. 120 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: If it's third and it's five or farther, then maybe 121 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: they bring in Sutton and it is because he's the 122 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 1: better cover guy. Yes, that was a beauty of him, 123 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: I mean smart. So if you can ideally find somebody 124 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 1: who can who can be both of those guys, which 125 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: is why I mentioned, you know, Brian branch And in 126 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: the mock draft that we just did today on Steelers 127 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: dot Com, I had them drafting Brian branch a guy 128 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: who can both cover and play the run and blitz 129 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: and do all those things. Yeah. Yeah, it makes all 130 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: the sense world And you can find that guy in 131 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: the draft. You could find a facsimile of them in 132 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: free agency. Still, I mean, there's still a lot of 133 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: really good players out there, so the sky is not falling. 134 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: Let me ask you this, man, I hate I only 135 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: need to interrupt. But so we saw Minca Fitzpatrick play 136 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: the slot particularly more in the second half of the season. 137 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: Not necessarily traditional slot, but he was up at the 138 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage more because they had Demante Kazy, who 139 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: could play deep safety. Yeah. Yeah, if they went out 140 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: and signed another guy like Case or Kz and brought 141 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: him back, could make a Fitzpatrick be that guy. I 142 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: was going to bring that up too, because I love 143 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: Minka as a deep center fielder and he's really really 144 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: good at maybe the best in the league. But I 145 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: think they've been wanting to expand his package for a 146 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: long time and they were able to do that when 147 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: Kyzy was healthy last year. I think there's a lot 148 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: of ways to find your slot corner. Casey's done it, 149 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: and it's been this past year, right. I think it 150 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: is better at it. But the mincas style safety that 151 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: can play free or slot, I think will be on 152 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: the wish list, no doubt about it. And whether you 153 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: want to make it there or someone similar, you know, 154 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: a lighter version, fine, But again I want bigger slots. 155 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: I don't want Mike Hilton's and I want bigger than 156 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: Sutton slots. I mean, realistically, that's what they want as well, 157 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: and I think that's where the league is trending. That's 158 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: why you're seeing more safety is doing that job because 159 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: you know, as you've mentioned multiple times, the Wes Welkers 160 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: and guys like that who are playing in the slot, 161 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: they really don't. There's not that that many of those 162 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: guys anymore, many fewer than there used to be. I mean, 163 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 1: now now it's a tight end who's detached from the 164 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage that you have to to, you know, 165 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: guard against now it's whoever you know. And the other 166 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: thing too I haven't brought up I think is part 167 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: of that as well, is a lot of these teams 168 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: are running out of empty with quarterbacks too. You know, 169 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: like the Eagles go empty with Jalen Hurts. Well, that 170 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that they're not running. And he's a two 171 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty pound guy, right, Are you gotta get 172 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 1: Josh Allen on the ground or whoever it may be? Yeah, 173 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: exactly if I have a bunch of one hundred and 174 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: seventy five pounders out there against all these running quarterbacks 175 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: fields Richardson, I mean, the league's only getting more and 176 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: more of them. Well that's a problem. I mean, these 177 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: guys are much bigger than that, so little people on 178 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: defense aren't really in vogue right now. Yeah, so you 179 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: do have to get bigger there and that you know, 180 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: it's it's stinks. One other possible a thing is positive 181 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: out of this, Matt a three three year, thirty three 182 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 1: million dollar deal. Steelers probably aren't signing anybody that's going 183 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: to cancel that out, and they're gonna lose. They're gonna 184 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: lose a couple other guys. You might get a compic 185 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: out of this. No, he might, absolutely might. I mean 186 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: he's a pretty big signing. Um. Yeah, I think that's 187 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,199 Speaker 1: in the equation. Who knows. I'm sure they'll add something 188 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: from it, add something, but they probably they have to 189 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: add two guys to cancel that one out, like two 190 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: guys at five million dollars each. And that assumes that 191 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: they lose nobody else like Ogan Joby doesn't sign somewhere 192 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: else or you know, one of the other free agents. Yeah. 193 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: I mean, because he's a quarterback, you know he's gonna 194 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: make a decent buck, right, so you know, it's it 195 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: certainly doesn't hurt their their comp pick equation at all. 196 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: And hey, they could they could go back and revisit 197 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: William Jackson too. Yeah. I find that interesting. I mean 198 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: you had to cut him for the number and what 199 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: you know about him and inability to be on the field. 200 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: But would he signed a one year league minimum type 201 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: deal possibly, you know, and draft somebody and you know, 202 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 1: find a slot safety. I mean, those things aren't that 203 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 1: hard to find it. No, I think it's uh, you know, well, 204 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: it stinks that you know they weren't able to bring 205 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: back Sutton because he is a guy that, you know 206 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: that knew the entire defense. I sat down with him 207 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: at the end of the h at the end of 208 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 1: the regular or at the end of the season when 209 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: they did their exit interviews on Steelers dot Com, and 210 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, he's a guy that when they 211 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: were lining up, knew what the defensive ends were going 212 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: to do, knew what the defensive tackle duties were. You 213 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 1: know that that's valuable. But make a Fitzpatrick is that 214 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: guy too. You know, you have other guys in that 215 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: secondary who know the big picture and can relay the 216 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: big picture to everybody else, right, And I like Sutton. 217 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: I mean I certainly would have been and he was 218 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: my number one stealer to resign if I had to 219 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: list them, you know, but I mean I don't know 220 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: that I could have gotten to this number. He's a 221 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,719 Speaker 1: very good player. He's not a great player, though, I mean, 222 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: just looking at Twitter and my buddies, I mean it's 223 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:44,679 Speaker 1: like he's irreplaceable. He's not. I mean, there'll be other 224 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 1: options that are you know, through the draft, through free 225 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: agency that'll you know, get you probably the same product. 226 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: And what was nice about him though, is We've laid 227 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,839 Speaker 1: out many times leading up to this day, was he 228 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: can do both. He's not greated either though, right right, 229 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: He's he's he's good at both, not great, right, um, 230 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: you know, and again the Lions are overpaying for that 231 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 1: for a guy who, when this contract is up, is 232 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: going to be thirty one Yeah, good point. And I 233 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: kind of talked about this to beginning the show, like 234 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 1: I'm not hoping this is a case for Sutton, but 235 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: I can promise you that twenty five to thirty five 236 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: percent of the news you're here today will be cap 237 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:30,239 Speaker 1: casualties two years from now, you know. That's yeah, exactly. 238 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: Let's talk a little cap casualties here, because there was 239 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: some movement in the in the division, the Ravens releasing 240 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: Kalais Campbell. Yeah, salary cap move that that's interesting, that 241 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 1: is interesting. So correctly, if I'm wrong, is it stands 242 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: today Lamar counts against the cat I mean, like correct, 243 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: well as of Wednesday? Yeah, as a Wednesday, right, that's 244 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: I mean, I'll league year start, so cap flexibility at 245 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: thirty two and a half million, right, right, right, So 246 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: if he signs somewhere else, which he can't do until Wednesday. Now, 247 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, that number is going to be up. 248 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: It'd be much bigger if they choose to match it. 249 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: And it's kind of empty calories right now. You know. Yeah, 250 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: I'll know if he's gonna be on your team or not. 251 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 1: I mean, it's not like franchising. I don't know one 252 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: of the tight ends or something he knows coming back 253 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,959 Speaker 1: Ingram or one of these guys. You know. Yeah, so 254 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: they did that, they're obviously clearing some cap space, but 255 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,839 Speaker 1: he was probably still their best defensive alignment. I say 256 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: he's still valuable. I think he will play somewhere next year. 257 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: I've been told, and this sounds kind of petty, but 258 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: it isn't that he's very conscious of his Hall of 259 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: Fame status. I mean it's something that's important to him. 260 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: I'd probably be the same way. And I guess he's 261 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: a couple of sacks short of a hundred and thinks. 262 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 1: So I don't think he's gonna retire. As my point, like, 263 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: I think he has a goal in mind come back, 264 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: you know, add to his resume help a team. He's 265 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: a former Walter Payton Man of the Year, like he'd 266 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: be welcome anywhere. Oh yeah. Again, if you're a place 267 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: like a Detroit for example, Yeah, you're trying to add 268 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: guys who are winner type players, that's the kind of 269 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: signing that you make. Yeah yeah, yeah, he may not 270 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: be out there long. I mean, just if you're trying 271 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: to build a culture, he's an ideal guy to do 272 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: it around. Yeah. We also saw the Browns restructure to 273 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: Shaun Watson's deal to lower it for this year, which 274 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: cleared about I think it was like thirty some thirty 275 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: two million or something like that in cap space. But 276 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: now they've increased his cap number in the next two 277 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: seasons to sixty three million numbers. I didn't know what 278 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: it was exactly, but I knew it was astronomical. Yeah, 279 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: twenty four, twenty five, sixty three million dollars for the 280 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 1: Shaun Watson and they were linked heavily to Hargrave. After that, Well, 281 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: that didn't happen and they didn't get Payne, who's also 282 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: got extended sixty three million dollars for one dude. You know, 283 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: capit for a guy that was a bad player last year. 284 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: I mean, he so assuming that the salary cap goes 285 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 1: up next year, by the ten to fifteen million that 286 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: you would expect this year it was eighteen million. But 287 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 1: that's only because two years ago went down instead of 288 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: going up. He's in a count a quarter of their 289 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: salary cap. Yeah, and you better be good. I mean, 290 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: you can't continue to kick that can down the road 291 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: without extending him. But what are you extending? What are 292 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: you extending? Right? And I mean it's not good last year, right, 293 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: it implies that they're in it to win it this year, 294 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: that they're trying to open that window one more year 295 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: because it really was last year. I just don't know 296 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: what you do with the money. I mean, D tackles 297 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: a huge problem for them. I've heard that they want 298 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: to throw the ball more and get more weapons, making 299 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: a more Watson oriented passing attack. Okay, but I mean 300 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: you're shopping in the D tackle and wide receiver world 301 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: right now. The rough eye. Oh man, that's a rough 302 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: aile to shopping by the way. You know you again? 303 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: You you don't. Your linebackers are problems. Safety's a problem. 304 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: Um everything a corner and Miles Garrett is pretty much 305 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: a problem. Clowney is probably won't be back, and you 306 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: know your your offensive line starting to get is costly, Like, 307 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: I don't know what their builds a strange one. It 308 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: is a strange one. I mean, it's so Watson reliant 309 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: even more now than it was a year ago when 310 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 1: they made the trade. And he's the worst player now. 311 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 1: I mean, at least I had higher hope for him 312 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: as a player year ago than I do now. Meanwhile, 313 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: you get the Bengals sitting back on Okay, we're gonna 314 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: resign Joe Burrow here, Joe Burrow is still the best 315 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: quarterback in the division. Sure, you don't know what's going 316 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: on with Lamar, whether he's even going to be or raven. 317 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 1: The quarterbacks are starting fall. We just saw Jimmy Garoppolo 318 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: sign a three year, sixty seven point five million dollar 319 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:05,959 Speaker 1: con tracked to join the Raiders, So that makes all 320 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 1: sense in the world. And they still could draft Levis 321 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:12,199 Speaker 1: or Richardson or whomever, or just roll with him. But 322 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 1: the quarterback market is drying up quickly. I mean, all 323 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: of a sudden, how many starters are available before you 324 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: get to like Wentz baker Land, you know what I mean, 325 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: Like the former first round picks that don't haven't panned out, 326 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 1: you know those I mean that's starting the neighborhood. Even 327 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: like Mike White just signed with the Dolphins, He's gonna 328 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: be two is backed up. I guess. You know, guys 329 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: like that are falling in case Keenum's falling. All these 330 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: dudes left and right. The Jets better be pretty confident 331 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: that Aaron Rodgers is coming, you know what I mean. 332 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: Not only that, but the forty nine ers have better 333 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 1: be very confident a that Brock Purdy who just had 334 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: surgery last week and it's going to be a six 335 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 1: month rehab. Well six months takes you basically through the 336 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: start of halfway through training camp right at the very 337 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:03,199 Speaker 1: at least if nothing goes wrong, and you better be 338 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: convinced that he's the guy, right, And I'm not. I 339 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 1: mean I'm not either. I'm very much not. I've mentioned 340 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,160 Speaker 1: many times I host a podcast with a Niners guy 341 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:14,959 Speaker 1: and we fight about this all the time because he 342 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 1: likes party more than I do. Of course, you know, 343 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're a Niners guy, you can see 344 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: that path. I've said many times I think what they 345 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 1: will do is trade lance. But it's not a great 346 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: time to trade lance. I mean, so I could see 347 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 1: the Titans being interested in Lance, signing like a Baker 348 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: Mayfield and going with Party as their guy, which I 349 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 1: think is a mistake, but I think they're convinced Parties 350 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: the dude. Yeah, we'll see what it looks like for 351 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 1: bruck Purty. When teams have had an entire offseason to 352 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:49,880 Speaker 1: dissect his every throw that he made, you know, it's 353 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: a little bit different when it's all brand you know, 354 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: those four first four or five games for him, and 355 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 1: you're like, okay, you're still defensive coordinator, are still trying 356 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: to figure out what he can't do. You've seen what 357 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:04,360 Speaker 1: he can't. He can throw the ball to the open guy, 358 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: good for him, So can fifty five other quarterbacks in 359 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: the league. And it's a really friendly system for too, 360 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 1: you know, but we're going to force him to do 361 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: what he doesn't do. Well, it's it's the duck, you know, 362 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 1: when when people in Pittsburgh are going nuts over Doc Codges, 363 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:24,159 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, so he's taken a couple of teams 364 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: by surprise. Here you get more game tape on him, 365 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 1: you start to figure out what what throws he can't make, 366 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: and low and behold, you know, he's all of a 367 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 1: sudden he's not doing as well and the Steelers start 368 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,400 Speaker 1: losing games down the stretch because he can't put points 369 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,360 Speaker 1: on the board. Pretty's better than that, and he has 370 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:45,400 Speaker 1: better weapons, of course, of course, but at the same time, 371 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: there there are severe limitations to his game. Oh I 372 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 1: think so too. I think counting on Party is bonkers. 373 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: But they had a lot of success with him. Maybe 374 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: he's a diamond in the rough. I don't know, but 375 00:19:56,119 --> 00:20:00,920 Speaker 1: I was shocked they signed Hargreave. I mean, they're using MCCLENTI. 376 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: It looks like the old line is not in great 377 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 1: shape for them. They have a wealth of weapons, but 378 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: they don't have a pick in the top hundred. Like, 379 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 1: I don't know what you do at quarterback. I mean, 380 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: they can't just go in with Lance and Party, I 381 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:17,679 Speaker 1: don't think considering the injuries. Yeah, it's it's it's strange. 382 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 1: There's a lot of weirdness going on around the league 383 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 1: right now. Man. Yeah, here's the thing. So in these 384 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: early days of free agency, teams have a plan of 385 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:33,439 Speaker 1: how they want to attack this. This is these are 386 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: the first moves that they hope are setting up future 387 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 1: moves exactly Ideally, Ideally, it happens all the time that 388 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 1: team as it makes it a signing or let somebody go, 389 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,360 Speaker 1: and then the next thing, you know, the fans go crazy. 390 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,640 Speaker 1: And then through three days later or three weeks later, 391 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: or whenever it happens, they make another move and it's like, oh, 392 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,400 Speaker 1: well that's why they did that exactly. I mean again, 393 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: it's like a true your own adventure book. Like maybe 394 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: the Steelers had thought they were could be able to 395 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 1: get Sutton mixed up. Okay, well that we could try 396 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,880 Speaker 1: a different path, or I just check Twitter real quick. 397 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: Right now, it sounds like, you know, the Chiefs. It 398 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 1: sounds like Andrew Wiley, who most thought would return to 399 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 1: Kansas City, he just signed with Washington. Okay, so Washington 400 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 1: gets a new right tackle. Well, two seconds later, the 401 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,919 Speaker 1: Chiefs go signed Jowan Taylor from the Jags. You know, 402 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 1: so there's always counter moves. You have a big board 403 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: of all the possible right tackles. These are the guys 404 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: I can live with as starters. This is what I'm 405 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: willing to spend. This is the path that we would 406 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 1: like to go. But you know it's not going to 407 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: go that way, you know, I mean, especially with teams 408 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:41,880 Speaker 1: that have way more cap space than you. I mean, 409 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 1: So that's what the Steelers are at right now. I mean, 410 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 1: and history shown us that this isn't the Steelers day. 411 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: I mean, they'll they'll do stuff this week, but it 412 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: might not be on Monday when the world's going crazy. Yeah, 413 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: last year was the anomaly where they went out and 414 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: signed some guys or agreed to contracts with some guys. 415 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: They have cap space, they have the ability to do it. 416 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: But I think I think this year they're going to 417 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: be more prudent with what they spend on because a 418 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 1: the draft is deeper. I think I think you could 419 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: and they've got premium They've got three premium picks, four 420 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: if you count eighty. I mean they're gonna get four 421 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 1: guys who are potential starters you would think right in 422 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: those top four picks and be again, they have the 423 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: cap space to kind of sift through this and be 424 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,919 Speaker 1: bargain shoppers. Last year they had they had more of needs, 425 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: they didn't have the draft capital that they now have. 426 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: Good point, they were, you know, are you going to 427 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: get your quarterback? He didn't know. Well, now they think 428 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: they have the quarterback in place, your offensive line, they 429 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: feel like your five starters are in place, really with 430 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: all your show your offensive starters and play. Yeah, all 431 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: your offensive starters are in place, so now you can 432 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: kind of shift through, you know, you don't have to play. 433 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:57,199 Speaker 1: Pay t J Edwards, what did he get? Thirteen fourteen 434 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: billion dollars? Whatever? I think? I think I actually I 435 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 1: think it was like eight, which, you know, that's that's 436 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 1: still a lot of money for a guy who's TJE. 437 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 1: That's a lot of money. I mean a year ago 438 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: people would have went crazy if you gave him a 439 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: million dollars. He had a nice season. He's still not 440 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: a great coverage player. He could have been a very 441 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 1: welcome edition here. But there's ten other linebackers that are 442 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: on his level, and they'll be a little cheaper for 443 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: tomorrow than they will be today. You know. Yeah, you 444 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: just have to wait and be patient. Yeah. Not easy. 445 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 1: I understand that for fans. It's not easy when they 446 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:32,159 Speaker 1: see all these other teams adding these shiny new objects. 447 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 1: You know, you want that, and last year, last year 448 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: you got that. You know, there was I was covering 449 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 1: the draft or the free agency for another outlet, and 450 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 1: those first few days were like, holy mackerel was just 451 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: signing after signing. Yeah, yeah, it was different than I've 452 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 1: been used to. I was busy that entire week, But 453 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 1: I don't expect that to be the case this year. No, 454 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,199 Speaker 1: And it looked like that worked out pretty well for 455 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 1: the Steelers their last year. Moved James Daniels in particular. 456 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: We talked about the corners a little bit, but again, 457 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 1: more mistakes than answers are made today, in particular, I 458 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:11,880 Speaker 1: mean the Monday stuff. Who knows. I mean, the second 459 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:15,360 Speaker 1: we stop recording, they may sign somebody. I mean, they're 460 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: going to add pieces. They're not going to just sit 461 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 1: back but fight. Rather have four or five C plus 462 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: B minus players than Sutton or an A minus player. 463 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Yeah, I agree. You can 464 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: now listen to Steelers Nation Radio anytime anywhere through your 465 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: smart speaker. 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