WEBVTT - HR1: QB Changes

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back. I'm Dale Allie. He is the Matt Williamson

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<v Speaker 1>and Matt. The first week of or free agency is

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much in the books here.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but just what do you think things were? To

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<v Speaker 2>call them down?

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<v Speaker 1>Not even like the full week.

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<v Speaker 2>But we've we're it's Friday, It's Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Friday.

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<v Speaker 2>But Keenan Allen got traded, three quarterbacks got traded, a

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<v Speaker 2>big draft trade already. I mean like things are happening

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<v Speaker 2>left and right still.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's talk about let's take a look here at

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<v Speaker 1>the AFC North and see we're.

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<v Speaker 2>Not worth us mocking it up today?

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, no, not today next week?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh so? Or even looking at marks, yeah, traded.

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<v Speaker 1>What teams have added, what teams have gotten rid of

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<v Speaker 1>thus far in free agency? So I'm looking here, CBS

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<v Speaker 1>Sports has these kind of broken down.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, NFL dot Com actually does a good job with it.

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<v Speaker 1>Two yeah, uh so for the Ravens, who they give

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<v Speaker 1>an a minus for their moves this year rich thus far,

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<v Speaker 1>here's what they've done. They've added Derrick Henry and I

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<v Speaker 1>do like that for them. They re signed Justin Matta

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<v Speaker 1>Bouquet and Nelson Aguilar, but.

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<v Speaker 2>They franchise Mattabuke or they extend.

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<v Speaker 1>They franchised him and then extend.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so he's locked up. I wasn't sure about that

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<v Speaker 2>second part. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>They then they have lost Gus Edwards, Yeah, John Simpson,

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<v Speaker 1>Gino Stone, Patrick Queen, and their long snapper Tyler Rott. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Queen an a minus for that.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's some guys like Zeitler still out there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. You know, like you, I get that. Those the

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<v Speaker 1>signings that they've made are big.

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<v Speaker 2>They are big ones. I mean, losing Edwards for Henry

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<v Speaker 2>is a win. Yeah. Of course they knew Stone and

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<v Speaker 2>Queen were leaving a year ago. I mean they've drafted, accordingly.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone a replacement for Simpson.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't, and they trade.

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<v Speaker 1>What's not on here is you know they traded Morgan Moses.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and they also don't mention Odell's still up. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about the receiver position. It's pretty light right

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<v Speaker 2>now outside of a Flowers, Agalar and Bateman, which is okay,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's not great. Not that Odell was great. I's

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<v Speaker 2>trying to think something else. Did they cut Marcus Williams too?

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<v Speaker 2>I thought they did early in the process. Maybe I'm wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>On that. I don't believe that they did and now,

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<v Speaker 2>because I would have been talking about him as a

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<v Speaker 2>potential stealer signing way back. So scratch that. So he's

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<v Speaker 2>still there. Okay, so they're still fine at safety. Their

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<v Speaker 2>own line to me is the concern troublesome is real troublesome.

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<v Speaker 1>You're down three of your starters right now.

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<v Speaker 2>And one of the remaining is Stanley. Yeah, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's Stanley and Linderbaum are the only guys retained

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<v Speaker 2>from last year's starters. Mccary's good, and he'll probably end

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<v Speaker 2>up being one of the stars. Okay, that's three, that's three,

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<v Speaker 2>But I think Stanley's more like a half at this point. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean he would him out of game.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't go in and counting on him to be

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<v Speaker 1>He was rotating with McCary.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, exactly, exactly. So mccary's either be a guard or

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<v Speaker 2>your right tackle, but he's not as good guys who

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<v Speaker 2>played with last.

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<v Speaker 1>And do you think Stanley can get through a full season?

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<v Speaker 2>That would really really worry me. And so they're at

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<v Speaker 2>least two linemen a way from really putting together a

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<v Speaker 2>starting group. They did make one pick. Remember the vour

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<v Speaker 2>He's kid from USC a year ago. He was the

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<v Speaker 2>zenter of that class. Yeah, you know it was new,

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<v Speaker 2>not as good as the enter, but they knew he

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't gona play all his rookie years, so you got

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<v Speaker 2>him a couple of rounds later. He's a pure guard.

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<v Speaker 2>People talked about him like he could have been a

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<v Speaker 2>second round pick if he was clean. So maybe they're

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<v Speaker 2>counting on him as one of the spots.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, yeah, yeah, I'm sure I have done a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of workouts for them. No, right, right, or you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't have a lot of tape to go off of.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's not a big deal. But I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>they brought back Huntley either. I'm not sure who their

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<v Speaker 2>backup quarterback.

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<v Speaker 1>Is, right. They just signed Josh Johnson.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I guess that's good enough. But he's almost our age.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah he's on his hundred team. Okay. I mean I

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't give him an a minus. I don't think Derrick

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<v Speaker 2>Henry shot, which surprises me to no end. I thought

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<v Speaker 2>he had a really good year.

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<v Speaker 1>He's also not what he wants was No, no, no, he's

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<v Speaker 1>not the best pat He's now human No, right, right,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean he was in a really rough situation last

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<v Speaker 1>year and did pretty well.

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<v Speaker 2>They're a good team. I don't think it's an A

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<v Speaker 2>minus off season to this point, not to this point.

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<v Speaker 2>And they're picking late, of course, you know, but their.

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<v Speaker 1>Draft will get an eight plus what No doubt the

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<v Speaker 1>Bengals key additions Geno Stone, Zach Moss, Mike KISICKI uh

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<v Speaker 1>n Bell. He resigning t Higgins, Drew Sample, Cody Ford dead.

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<v Speaker 1>They also did resign Von Bell. I don't look at

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<v Speaker 1>that though.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the safety thing is the best thing they

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<v Speaker 2>did all off season.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, yeah, I mean they got they they basically

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<v Speaker 1>got two new safeties.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and one of which was only gone for a year.

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<v Speaker 2>Von Bell.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So but he's old, he is old heels, but he's

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<v Speaker 2>smart and I think they're going to move Dax Hill

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<v Speaker 2>to corner.

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<v Speaker 1>That works.

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<v Speaker 2>It was Bengals off season or Bengals season is easy

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<v Speaker 2>to dismiss of. They went back a step because Burrow

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<v Speaker 2>got hurt and he wasn't the same, But the defense

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<v Speaker 2>took a massive step backwards too. Like that one was

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<v Speaker 2>not very explainable, but a lot of it was because

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<v Speaker 2>the safeties, I mean the more you dig into it,

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<v Speaker 2>they asked their safeties to do so much late rotations

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<v Speaker 2>and all kinds of different assignments that this time last

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<v Speaker 2>year they scrapped both their starters and went with two

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<v Speaker 2>new safeties and that was an awful experiment for them. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>So I think it is telling that they went out

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<v Speaker 2>and got two veterans that are known for their intelligence.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't think that was the entire problem though.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's the entire problem though.

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<v Speaker 1>Because people they do things. Teams were running the ball

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<v Speaker 1>at will on them.

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<v Speaker 2>Especially when Reader got hurt. Yeah, yeah, and I don't think.

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<v Speaker 2>I also don't think their defense is super talented. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's fine. They don't have a right tackle yet though.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, they don't have a right tackle. Joana Williams signed

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<v Speaker 1>a two year, thirty million dollar deal. He's gone.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a Pardner.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, fifteen million dollars a year for Jon.

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<v Speaker 2>I know, and then they cut Humphreys. I'd rather Humphreys,

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<v Speaker 2>but I mean I know that there's a contract stuff there.

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<v Speaker 1>But that got a B from CBS, just a straight b. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess because the key departures were Joe Mixon, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>they replaced him with Zach Moss. That's probably an even

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<v Speaker 1>swap at this time, a woozy A you didn't replace.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I think Hill's going to go to corner there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and then Irv Smith.

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<v Speaker 2>Is him and Giseck you are the same and they

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<v Speaker 2>don't use them anyways. Yeah, so they still have a

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<v Speaker 2>whole right tackle which probably easily could be their first

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<v Speaker 2>round pick. I mean there will be somebody available and

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<v Speaker 2>Reader is now a lion. Yeah, so I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what the plan is there, but I don't see one.

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<v Speaker 1>For Cleveland. The key additions are Jerry Judy, yeah, very

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<v Speaker 1>overrated and Jameis Winston.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>The key re signings there is a Darius Smith and

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<v Speaker 1>guard Michael Dunn that doesn't move now done to backup

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<v Speaker 1>key departures se Ony Tacky Tacky, Anthony Weaver or Walker

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<v Speaker 1>I should say, cornerback Mike Ford. They haven't lost a

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<v Speaker 1>lot yet.

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<v Speaker 2>They haven't done much period.

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<v Speaker 1>They haven't done anything either. And Jerry Judy to me,

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<v Speaker 1>but they re they redid his contract.

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<v Speaker 2>But it looks like stend him. Well.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks like what they did was kick some money

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<v Speaker 1>into future years as.

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<v Speaker 2>They've because he's playing on his fifth year tag.

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<v Speaker 1>He's playing on his fifty year tag, and they lowered

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<v Speaker 1>that number down to like two and a half million

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<v Speaker 1>or something like that. So it looks like they pushed

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<v Speaker 1>some voidable years in there just to get.

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<v Speaker 2>Which is what they do. They're they're cash spending is

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<v Speaker 2>always through the roof Watson.

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<v Speaker 1>But that doesn't it's not much different really, No, and

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<v Speaker 1>they don't have a first run draft pick.

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<v Speaker 2>Trying to think there's any other small moves they made,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think. I mean, the defense is going to

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<v Speaker 2>be pretty close to be the same.

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<v Speaker 1>They got a B plus for that much B plus.

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<v Speaker 2>Judy doesn't matter if he was going to opponent or

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<v Speaker 2>the Steelers higher. I mean, he is a very overrated player. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>he's a he's a wide receiver three in my opinion.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a wide receiver three with a wide receiver one's attitude.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, he's is great.

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<v Speaker 1>He think he is, Yeah, I saw. I mean that

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<v Speaker 1>whole incident last year was Steve Smith. He's screaming and

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<v Speaker 1>yelling at Steve Smith on the sidelines just completely turned

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<v Speaker 1>me off on that guy.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I hear it, I hear it. And people think

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<v Speaker 2>because he's got such quick feet, and he's got all

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<v Speaker 2>I guess he's got all these YouTube videos and tiktoks

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<v Speaker 2>and stuff. They think he's a great route runner. He's not.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a very sloppy route runner.

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<v Speaker 1>For the Steelers, they got to be with the additions

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<v Speaker 1>of Russell Wilson, Patrick Queen, Dante Jackson, and they don't have.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's the pick a trade is on there.

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<v Speaker 1>That's that Tray's not on here, nor is the safety signing,

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<v Speaker 1>the key resigning Myles killerbrew departures, Mitch Trubisky chooks a

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<v Speaker 1>corps for Deontay Johnson. So really, I mean, of the

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<v Speaker 1>of the departures, the only one that you're looking at

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<v Speaker 1>saying that that that hurts is Deontae Johnson, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>but you got a cornerback for him.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, like I think Armani Watts is a.

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<v Speaker 1>Loss your audition at quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>Much have Wilson and Trubisky. It's kind of like Henry for Edwards.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, how is that any different?

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<v Speaker 2>Right exactly?

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<v Speaker 1>And you and you added Patrick Queen and a second

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<v Speaker 1>team All Pro.

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<v Speaker 2>Linebacker, right, No, you definitely gained more than you lost.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't get why that's a b in the in

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<v Speaker 1>the Ravens are an A minus.

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<v Speaker 2>We also haven't mentioned that Adams has been assigned. That

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<v Speaker 2>made me happy. I thought you did a really good year.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you're done at nose. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>you're done at D line. I think you're done at

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<v Speaker 2>no Adams can play either, yeah, yeah, which I think

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<v Speaker 2>is what they want from them.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what they want, that flexibility.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I don't know that they would draft sweat now

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<v Speaker 2>or you know, a three hundred and thirty pound guy. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I think they're more likely to take the A or

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<v Speaker 2>a roar hero who had a which he had his

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<v Speaker 2>day yesterday, Rooke call him Rooke. Yeah, but I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's the style if they're going to add a D

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<v Speaker 2>line used the force roupe. Yeah, so, I I just

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, grades are grades, and be fine now, they're subjective.

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<v Speaker 1>I get it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just like draft grades. I really don't think any

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<v Speaker 2>grades matter. And oh, by the way, it's like a

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<v Speaker 2>poker hand and some has all aces and some has

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<v Speaker 2>nothing in their hands. You know, how well do you

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<v Speaker 2>play your hand is more important to me. Jimmy Garoppolo

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<v Speaker 2>just signed with the Rams. Oh, Okay, that makes sense

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<v Speaker 2>the bill.

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<v Speaker 1>So just could take a look at some of the

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<v Speaker 1>other AFC teams, Yeah, especially the contenders. They get a

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<v Speaker 1>C plus for signing Mitch Trubisky, linebacker Nicholas Morrow, and

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<v Speaker 1>wide receiver Curtis Samuel. Also resigning Dion Dawkins, David Edwards,

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<v Speaker 1>Taylor Repp, aj Ipanessa, and day Kwon Jones. But they

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<v Speaker 1>lost Gabe Davis, Leonard Floyd, Jordan Poyer, Sarron Neil, Deontay Hardy,

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<v Speaker 1>Mitch Morris, Nim Hinz, Cam Lewis, and Jordan Poyer.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they're going backwards. I wouldn't give them.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if that's a C plus.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you even said it was a B. I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's like a C minus.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like five of the guys that were listed, there

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<v Speaker 1>are starters that they lost.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I like the Daikon Jones re signing, and you

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<v Speaker 2>know he's quality player, but both your safeties are gone

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<v Speaker 2>to Davis White's gone, Mitch Morris is gone. I really

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<v Speaker 2>think this is like Diggs could be gone soon. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I really feel like this is phase two of the

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<v Speaker 2>Josh Allen era. It starts this year. It's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>a lot different.

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<v Speaker 1>Looking here at Denver. Denver gets an F and F,

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<v Speaker 1>which I get because their key additions safety Brandon Jones,

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<v Speaker 1>defensive tackle Malcolm Roach, who could walk in here right

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<v Speaker 1>now punch us both in the face and I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>know who he is. Yeah, their key resigning safety p J. Locke,

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<v Speaker 1>same thing. Yeah, you see kicker Will Watts and fullback

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Burton. Your key, one of your key resignings is

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<v Speaker 1>a full back.

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<v Speaker 2>And a kicker. And the kicker and the safety we've never.

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<v Speaker 1>Heard of, and a safety nobody's ever heard of. K

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<v Speaker 1>departre is Justin Simmons, Sure, Russell Wilson.

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<v Speaker 2>And not only is he a departure, but you're paying

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<v Speaker 2>him a lot of money.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you're paying him for somebody else to play him.

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<v Speaker 1>Jerry Judy, Lloyd Cushionberry and Josie Jewel. That's five starters.

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<v Speaker 2>I bet if we asked most listeners to name ten Broncos,

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<v Speaker 2>five of them would have well been five.

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<v Speaker 1>Brandon Jones, Malcolm Roach, p ch A Lock, Will Watson,

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Burton would be five of five of the ten.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, I mean the five that walked out the door,

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<v Speaker 2>including Wilson would have been those people's answers.

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<v Speaker 1>They would have been the dudes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they might pick first.

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<v Speaker 1>Overall, they're gonna be pretty bad.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they're gonna be pretty bad.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh. The Houston Texans. Everybody's raving about what they've done.

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<v Speaker 1>They've done some good things. Yeah, there's no doubt.

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<v Speaker 2>And then they made it a strange trade today though. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure what they gained.

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<v Speaker 1>From that two next year I guess was fine, big thing,

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah it was. It was a Matt Williamson trade. What

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<v Speaker 1>are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 2>It is? But I wouldn't have traded out of the

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<v Speaker 2>top twenty five today without knowing who's there. Yeah, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean my one thought on it was maybe because

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<v Speaker 2>they added some.

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<v Speaker 1>Of these names, are about think the rookie was gonna.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, let's kick some of our assets down

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<v Speaker 2>down the road a little bit for next year maybe,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, when they're they have less cap space.

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<v Speaker 1>So they they acquired Joe Mixon, HM signed Danielle Hunter signed,

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<v Speaker 1>Denico signed, Aziz Al Shaier. Those three are the ones

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<v Speaker 1>I really like, Lonnie Johnson and Jeff Akuda.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Akuda's worth a shot. Yeah, but those front seven

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<v Speaker 2>players they add Shahir played for him under the Niners,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and Autrey's a big power in Daniel Hunters,

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<v Speaker 2>a perfect compliment to Anderson. Their front seven got noticeably better.

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<v Speaker 1>Their key resignings Dalton, Schultzen, Kyr Fairbairn. Okay, yeah, their

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<v Speaker 1>quality player, I mean, and they lost Devin Singletary, Jonathan Greenard,

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<v Speaker 1>Blake Cashman while they replaced all three of those guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I don't know if I'd rather mix Inner

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<v Speaker 2>Singletary who cares really? Yeah? They maybe he'll use a

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<v Speaker 2>third round pick on the back.

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<v Speaker 1>The Colts key addition. This is the Colt's key addition

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Flacco, which is a weird backup too, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't fit.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't fit at all except for the mentorship, the age,

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<v Speaker 2>and he played pretty well last year, but he's nothing

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<v Speaker 2>like Anthony Richardson.

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<v Speaker 1>Key re signings Michael Pittman, Taekwon, Lewis Zaier, Franklin, Grover Stewart,

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<v Speaker 1>Kenny Moore, and punter Rigoberto Sanchez. A key departures is

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<v Speaker 1>what the Colts do.

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<v Speaker 2>Though they resign their own, they don't go outside very often.

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<v Speaker 1>Gardner, Minshew Zach Moss and Isaiah McKenzie are the losses.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean they're all homegrown talent. Yeah, we would

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<v Speaker 2>get a little frustrating. I mean, I know the Steelers

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<v Speaker 2>did that for a lot of years, but times have change.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean you need to supplement your roster and free

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<v Speaker 2>agency a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>Jacksonville went out and traded for mac Jones. They had

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<v Speaker 1>the wide receiver Gabe Davis, which I don't like that.

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<v Speaker 2>This is probably my least favorite offense.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Mitch Moore, Starnel Savage, Eric Armstead.

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<v Speaker 2>I like the Armstet signing, but they probably gave him

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<v Speaker 2>too much money. I haven't seen the contract.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like seventeen millions something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Key resigning Seash Allen and Ezra Cleveland. Key departures

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<v Speaker 1>place kicker Braindon McManus, cornerback Darius Williams, and wide receiver

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<v Speaker 1>Calvin Ridley.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know their offense is much better.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they're just kind of moving chares around.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure what the I always feel like they

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<v Speaker 2>don't have a plan.

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<v Speaker 1>Kay Davis for Calvin Ridley is not a loss.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, adding Morse is nice. He has some injury stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Kansas City key additions punter Matt Arasi. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how you called that a key addition because he's never

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<v Speaker 1>kicked in the NFL before.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess he has never ever. Yeah, No and tight

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<v Speaker 2>end Irv Smith, Marky's Brown they signed today, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Key re signings Chris Jones, Lgerious and Drew Trankwell. Key

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<v Speaker 1>departures Nick Alligretti and Willie Gay Jr. Pretty much stand

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<v Speaker 1>keeping the status quo. I love the Brown signing for

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<v Speaker 1>them at Receiver. I don't think we're talking about this

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<v Speaker 1>on my podcast. I think he's more of a nice

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<v Speaker 1>upgrade over Hardman or Valdez Scantley as opposed to the

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<v Speaker 1>next Hyrek Hill. People were automatically comparing that, and I'm like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>he's not. He's not Tyreek Hill.

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<v Speaker 2>No he's not. But he's a lot different than Rice

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<v Speaker 2>and Kelsey.

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<v Speaker 1>For the Raiders. Key addition Christian Wilkins Gardner, Minshew re signed,

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<v Speaker 1>Andre James and running back of mirr Abdula doesn't need

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<v Speaker 1>from me. Key departures Josh Jacobs, Jermaine Illuminare and cornerback

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<v Speaker 1>of Meek Robertson.

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<v Speaker 2>So I Adore Wilkins. I think he's phenomenal and he's

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<v Speaker 2>a great locker room guy, and maybe their D line

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<v Speaker 2>now is really really good and it's finally a strength.

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<v Speaker 2>I just think you could contemplate for a team like that,

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<v Speaker 2>would you rather have Wilkins or four starters, you know

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<v Speaker 2>what I mean? Like four five million dollar guys, a linebacker,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, a nose whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>Wouldn't you have read or kept rather kept Josh Jacobs

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<v Speaker 1>and Germaine iluminor and added and another you know somebody

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<v Speaker 1>else and added a serviceable defensive tackle.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Sheldon Rankins, something like that. Yeah, I think there's

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<v Speaker 2>for that team. They weren't one big ticket item away,

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<v Speaker 2>is my point.

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<v Speaker 1>The Chargers weird, weird, weird key additions Gus Edwards and

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<v Speaker 1>Will Disley, he resigning a Lloy Gilman, ke Partsers Austin

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<v Speaker 1>like Klar Kenneth Murray, Gerald Everett and Keenan Allen some

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<v Speaker 1>of they got a see and Mike Williams and Mike Williams.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how that's a seed.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how to see either. It sounds like

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<v Speaker 2>Bosa and Mack will both be back under restructures. That's great,

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<v Speaker 2>that's great.

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<v Speaker 1>They gave Mac like a six year extension.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh man, I didn't know how they did it.

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<v Speaker 1>They just kicked the money all the way down the road.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I would have at least brought back one receiver.

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<v Speaker 2>I would have kept a edge and a receiver, not

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<v Speaker 2>two edges, not.

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<v Speaker 1>Just empty my wide receiver room.

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<v Speaker 2>You're right, and count on Quinton Johnston and like, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want Justin Herbert for Fantasy this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Non it.

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<v Speaker 2>They're gonna run the ball a thousand times right.

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<v Speaker 1>The Dolphins key additions Dan Jordan Poyer, Shaq Barrett, Johnny Smith,

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony Walker, Aaron Brewer, Jordan Brooks, and Kendall Fuller. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>some of those dudes are like thirty four.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd say there's some age there. It's another they were

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<v Speaker 2>so cash strapped. I'm a little shocked how they got

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<v Speaker 2>that all in and how they're going to get to

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<v Speaker 2>a signed But I mean, I know if people manipulate

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<v Speaker 2>the cap. But they made a lot of changes. They

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<v Speaker 2>also got rid of a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Of key resignings, Nick Neid Him and Robert Jones. Key

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<v Speaker 1>departures Robert Hunt, Christian Wilkins, Brandon Jones, Andrew van Ginkel,

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<v Speaker 1>Jerome Baker, Emmanuel Ogbaugh and now of course, uh they

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<v Speaker 1>also lost the safety the Steelers signed.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, yeah Elliott right. Yeah, is the center the

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<v Speaker 2>only offensive lineman they brought in? Yes, I think so, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>And I know they lost hunt Win is still a

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<v Speaker 2>free agent. Their line is frightening.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I don't know if they could put five on

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<v Speaker 1>the field right now.

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<v Speaker 2>The experience, it's a problem. Yeah, Connor Williams is up

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<v Speaker 2>there starting center. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>For the Patriots. Key additions Jake Jacoby, Brissett, Antonio Gibson,

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<v Speaker 1>Austin Hooper, Cioni, Tacky Tacky, and Choke sakor for. They

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<v Speaker 1>have all kinds of money, and that's what they bought.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what they bought. Yeah, I would expect a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit bigger offensive splash than that. I didn't think they

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<v Speaker 2>touched the d and they really didn't. They brought back

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<v Speaker 2>o Cha. They brought back Dugger on the transition tag

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<v Speaker 2>and Gonzales comes back next year. It's gonna be an

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<v Speaker 2>all offensive.

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<v Speaker 1>But they re signed Kyle Dugger, Michael and Oweno, Kendrick Bourne, Hunter,

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<v Speaker 1>Henry Jalen Rager, Anthony Jennings, josh Ucha, Tyrone Watley, the

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<v Speaker 1>offensive lineman, and Christian Ellis. They just kept a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of the We like these guys that we won five

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<v Speaker 1>games with so much, let's bring them all back.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I know, I know it's a little odd, Like

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<v Speaker 2>how about shake it up a little? So on today's

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<v Speaker 2>the podcast I did earlier today, if you if you

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<v Speaker 2>go to the trade value chart, you know, draft trade

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<v Speaker 2>value chart, the Vikings now two first rounders. Yeah, almost

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<v Speaker 2>exactly equals the third pick overall. You could sprinkle in

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<v Speaker 2>something else, would you consider that? If you're the Patriots,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe you even get in the fields market, you know, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>move and just draft offensive linemen and receivers and figure

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<v Speaker 2>out from there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it looks like the Jets are probably gonna end

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<v Speaker 1>up with the vice president, the vice president of the

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<v Speaker 1>United States, the candidate there. They're key additions, Tyrod Taylor,

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<v Speaker 1>John Simpson, Isaiah Oliver.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I thought they had another lineman. I thought they

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<v Speaker 2>got to tackle recently too.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe. Okay, their key re signing is Greg zier Line.

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<v Speaker 1>Thomas Moore said, so their kicker and their punter. They

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<v Speaker 1>kept those guys and then they lost defensive end Bryce Huff.

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<v Speaker 2>No, they're pretty much running it back. Yeah. It does

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<v Speaker 2>look like they've at least paying attention to the O

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<v Speaker 2>line though, and they're set up to draft one. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>The last AFC.

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<v Speaker 2>Jet note for you, Cory Davis is back in the league.

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<v Speaker 2>The Steelers could do worse than that. He blocks. He's

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<v Speaker 2>former early pick. We haven't seen him in a while.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you get him super cheap, just a name

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<v Speaker 2>throughout there.

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<v Speaker 1>The Titans key additions Tony Pollard, Lloyd Cushion, Berry, Kenneth Murray, Chadobia,

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<v Speaker 1>Woozy a Calvin Ridley, and May root Off.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>He resigning long snapper Morgan Cox. Uh, how come they

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<v Speaker 1>didn't list the Steelers resigning Chris You mentioned that he resigning.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>Key departures Aaron Burr, Deniko atri As, He's Alscher, Saan Murphy, Bunting,

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<v Speaker 1>and Derrick Henry. This is a team that looked at

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<v Speaker 1>it and said, you know what, we weren't good enough

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<v Speaker 1>last year. Yeah, let's get rid of all these guys

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<v Speaker 1>and bring in a whole bunch of new guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. They cut like Andre Dillard today too, which is

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<v Speaker 2>an awful signing. And I think that's all saying. I

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<v Speaker 2>think there's two things we said about the Titans, which

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<v Speaker 2>I get both. I get on very much. We are

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<v Speaker 2>not Vrabel Henry a cloud of dust tough team anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>We're very analytical and we're a lot more finesse, which

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if that's good or bad, but I

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<v Speaker 2>think they're much more finesse than they used to be.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think they said we didn't put nearly enough

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<v Speaker 2>around will Levis last year to analyze them. Now we will.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think, like you know, all to end up

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<v Speaker 2>there too or something like that. Yeah, but they have

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<v Speaker 2>receivers now.

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<v Speaker 1>They have receivers now. Yeah, and they up Mason Rudolph.

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<v Speaker 2>Who might play more than people think. I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>a great landing, yeah for him. No, I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>a great spot for absolutely. Let's get to a break.

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<v Speaker 2>He is the Matt Williamson. I am Dale, Lolly. You're

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<v Speaker 2>listening to the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>be back with more right after this.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back. I am Dale LOLLI he is the Matt

0:22:24.400 --> 0:22:29.080
<v Speaker 1>Williamson and Matt Patrick. Queen was asked today at is

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<v Speaker 1>a press conference, like, what's it going to be like

0:22:31.280 --> 0:22:35.919
<v Speaker 1>playing for the Steelers now instead of the Ravens. And

0:22:35.960 --> 0:22:38.600
<v Speaker 1>he's like, well, he said, I like to be the villain,

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<v Speaker 1>so I guess I'll be the villain. I would not

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<v Speaker 1>imagine that like he and Deshaun Elliott will get a

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<v Speaker 1>great welcome.

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<v Speaker 2>I would think not in Balton, right right.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, Deshaun Elliott said today that he was asked

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<v Speaker 1>about that and he said, yeah, I got a text

0:22:54.520 --> 0:22:57.400
<v Speaker 1>here from Lamar Jackson and I haven't opened it up yet.

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<v Speaker 2>It's probably not like, hey, best of luck. Now, that's interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a lot of movement within divisions, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Stone crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, you don't usually see a lot of that

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<v Speaker 1>this year than maybe in a long time.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm not sure exactly it. Actually, we do a

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<v Speaker 2>mailbag every Thursday and someone asked that question, why do

0:23:16.440 --> 0:23:19.600
<v Speaker 2>you think that's been so much? And my first response

0:23:19.760 --> 0:23:21.680
<v Speaker 2>was because you know the players so well. You game

0:23:21.680 --> 0:23:23.680
<v Speaker 2>planned against queen for years and years. You must have

0:23:23.680 --> 0:23:27.480
<v Speaker 2>had respect for him and I you know, the question

0:23:27.640 --> 0:23:30.240
<v Speaker 2>was phrased, do you think people Do you think players

0:23:30.280 --> 0:23:32.760
<v Speaker 2>do that so they can get back at their old team.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, maybe they mostly changed teams because they usually

0:23:36.640 --> 0:23:38.040
<v Speaker 2>picked their team to be and pay some money, I

0:23:38.080 --> 0:23:41.000
<v Speaker 2>mean more often than not. But familiarity to division I

0:23:41.000 --> 0:23:43.960
<v Speaker 2>think is attractive to the team and the team knew

0:23:44.000 --> 0:23:46.760
<v Speaker 2>Elliott and Queen better most you know.

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<v Speaker 1>When you're looking for a new team as well. I

0:23:48.800 --> 0:23:52.120
<v Speaker 1>think there's some familiarity with the style of play.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, and then North is a little different than the

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<v Speaker 2>other division.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's one thing that both of those guys said today, like,

0:23:57.600 --> 0:24:01.040
<v Speaker 1>hey look this. Particularly Elliet he's like, look I played

0:24:01.240 --> 0:24:05.000
<v Speaker 1>because he played in Detroit two years ago, played Miami

0:24:05.119 --> 0:24:07.680
<v Speaker 1>last year. He goes, I'm getting back into the AFC North.

0:24:07.720 --> 0:24:09.720
<v Speaker 1>He says, I understand this is a different style of football.

0:24:09.880 --> 0:24:12.639
<v Speaker 2>Sure, sure, I mean I don't think that's lip service

0:24:12.800 --> 0:24:15.879
<v Speaker 2>or coach Tomlin after an AFC North game, let's sa

0:24:15.840 --> 0:24:17.960
<v Speaker 2>AFC North football. People get tired of hearing that stuff.

0:24:17.960 --> 0:24:20.320
<v Speaker 2>But it's it is a little different. Everyone in the

0:24:20.320 --> 0:24:21.280
<v Speaker 2>division admits it.

0:24:21.359 --> 0:24:23.760
<v Speaker 1>They're all physical. Yeah, yeah, you know, even the Bengals.

0:24:23.760 --> 0:24:25.720
<v Speaker 1>You look at the Bengals, you think that's a finesse team,

0:24:25.920 --> 0:24:26.560
<v Speaker 1>but they are.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at their line. They're big guys. I mean they're

0:24:29.080 --> 0:24:31.240
<v Speaker 2>never gonna have a little scat back either. Yeah, they're

0:24:31.240 --> 0:24:33.240
<v Speaker 2>a big, physical team. I mean the Big ten is

0:24:33.280 --> 0:24:35.720
<v Speaker 2>better different than the SEC. It's better different than the

0:24:35.720 --> 0:24:38.520
<v Speaker 2>Big twelve, et cetera, et cetera. But yeah, and.

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<v Speaker 1>I also think too, Matt, that there's something to the

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we talked about this all the time that

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<v Speaker 1>the Steelers and Ravens are often interested in the same

0:24:47.560 --> 0:24:50.400
<v Speaker 1>not only the same type of players, but the same players,

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<v Speaker 1>right right.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they're scouting system and values coming out of

0:24:54.160 --> 0:24:57.320
<v Speaker 2>college and through the pros are very similar. Yeah, so

0:24:57.359 --> 0:24:59.920
<v Speaker 2>you're going to be after the same type, same guys. Off.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we've seen some steel We've seen it go

0:25:01.800 --> 0:25:05.320
<v Speaker 1>both ways more recently, Like you know, we saw warmly

0:25:05.520 --> 0:25:08.520
<v Speaker 1>the Steelers make a trade for for Chris Warmley obviously strange, Yeah,

0:25:08.520 --> 0:25:11.080
<v Speaker 1>they liked Chris Wormley. We saw last year, you know,

0:25:11.119 --> 0:25:14.040
<v Speaker 1>the Ravens go out and they get Arthur Malette, like yeah, yeah,

0:25:14.040 --> 0:25:18.679
<v Speaker 1>you know, these's there's a lot of similarities there. Some

0:25:18.720 --> 0:25:22.840
<v Speaker 1>of that, you know, some of that animosity between the

0:25:22.880 --> 0:25:25.120
<v Speaker 1>two is because they are so similar.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I think so too. I mean it's physicality, it's

0:25:28.960 --> 0:25:31.840
<v Speaker 2>strong leadership. I mean, it's the head coaches are one

0:25:31.920 --> 0:25:34.879
<v Speaker 2>year apart in their tenure and both of them extremely successful.

0:25:36.040 --> 0:25:38.680
<v Speaker 2>I think it's not jealousy. I think it's respect, you know,

0:25:38.720 --> 0:25:43.119
<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know between those organizations, and then I

0:25:43.160 --> 0:25:45.680
<v Speaker 2>don't think it's an accident that your last game of

0:25:45.720 --> 0:25:48.640
<v Speaker 2>the year was against the Bills and Mitch Morse gets released.

0:25:49.040 --> 0:25:50.680
<v Speaker 2>We just game planned against them. We thought it was

0:25:50.680 --> 0:25:53.160
<v Speaker 2>good enough bring them in. You know, like any edge

0:25:53.160 --> 0:25:55.119
<v Speaker 2>you can get in the scouting world is great. I

0:25:55.160 --> 0:25:56.880
<v Speaker 2>mean said the same thing when they drafted Picket. They're

0:25:56.880 --> 0:25:58.879
<v Speaker 2>gonna know more about Picket than anybody else. You know,

0:25:59.160 --> 0:26:01.480
<v Speaker 2>they workout exact as we want to know. But that's

0:26:01.840 --> 0:26:04.160
<v Speaker 2>any edge you can get or any bit of information

0:26:04.240 --> 0:26:07.760
<v Speaker 2>you can get about these guys is great. Yeah, so

0:26:07.800 --> 0:26:09.919
<v Speaker 2>real quick, Like you know, just from a scouting perspective,

0:26:10.000 --> 0:26:14.439
<v Speaker 2>as opposed to your area or your pro scout that

0:26:14.560 --> 0:26:18.680
<v Speaker 2>was in charge of the Ravens getting grades on Queen, well,

0:26:18.720 --> 0:26:22.159
<v Speaker 2>your entire offensive staff did too twice, you know, so

0:26:22.840 --> 0:26:24.480
<v Speaker 2>there's more eyes on him throughout the course of the

0:26:24.520 --> 0:26:27.120
<v Speaker 2>year and game planning against the strengths and weaknesses. Well,

0:26:27.160 --> 0:26:28.200
<v Speaker 2>he was hard to play against.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, you you have that knowledge, that inside

0:26:31.480 --> 0:26:33.960
<v Speaker 1>knowledge because you did game plan against him twice a year,

0:26:34.200 --> 0:26:36.280
<v Speaker 1>very familiar and you saw him early in the year,

0:26:36.320 --> 0:26:38.040
<v Speaker 1>and you saw him late in the year like, oh, okay,

0:26:38.080 --> 0:26:38.960
<v Speaker 1>he still looked you know.

0:26:39.160 --> 0:26:41.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he's holding up. That's the one thing we've mentioned

0:26:41.680 --> 0:26:43.600
<v Speaker 2>about him too. He's been unbelievably durable.

0:26:43.400 --> 0:26:48.160
<v Speaker 1>Really durable, Yeah, really durable. The guy the last two seasons,

0:26:48.160 --> 0:26:50.120
<v Speaker 1>played over a thousand snaps in each of the last

0:26:50.119 --> 0:26:50.639
<v Speaker 1>two seasons.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and he's he's also very young for his experience. Yeah. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>He was asked today about the whole thing, because I

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<v Speaker 1>guess one of the radio stations in Baltimore went on

0:27:04.760 --> 0:27:07.760
<v Speaker 1>this diatribe and said that, you know, Roquan Smith had

0:27:07.760 --> 0:27:10.320
<v Speaker 1>made Patrick Queen made him a better player and that's

0:27:10.320 --> 0:27:12.600
<v Speaker 1>why he got paid and the Ravens won't miss him

0:27:12.600 --> 0:27:16.040
<v Speaker 1>at all, and blah blah blah. And apparently Queen saw

0:27:16.040 --> 0:27:18.040
<v Speaker 1>this and kind of clap back at them and said, hey, look,

0:27:18.080 --> 0:27:21.000
<v Speaker 1>I yeah, I learned, And he said today, I learned

0:27:21.040 --> 0:27:23.840
<v Speaker 1>from Roquan Smith, I hope. So I learned a lot

0:27:23.880 --> 0:27:25.399
<v Speaker 1>from him. I learned, you know, how to be a

0:27:25.440 --> 0:27:27.560
<v Speaker 1>better leader. I learned how to be a better communicator.

0:27:28.480 --> 0:27:31.000
<v Speaker 1>And you know, I'm ready to do this on my

0:27:31.040 --> 0:27:31.480
<v Speaker 1>own now.

0:27:31.640 --> 0:27:36.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, I mean again, if someone's going to come

0:27:36.240 --> 0:27:39.280
<v Speaker 2>in and help you get better. Take it. Yeah, I

0:27:39.280 --> 0:27:41.040
<v Speaker 2>mean I don't look at that as a negative at all.

0:27:41.520 --> 0:27:43.160
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's one of my questions.

0:27:43.200 --> 0:27:47.920
<v Speaker 1>He's a high There aren't that many high pedigree inside

0:27:47.960 --> 0:27:51.320
<v Speaker 1>linebackers in today's NFL. No, No, at most every year

0:27:51.359 --> 0:27:52.159
<v Speaker 1>there's one taken.

0:27:52.920 --> 0:27:55.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, give or take right, right, I mean less and

0:27:55.280 --> 0:27:57.080
<v Speaker 2>less than ever. People are realizing they have a tough,

0:27:57.240 --> 0:28:01.879
<v Speaker 2>tough acclimation period. And physically he checks every box.

0:28:03.040 --> 0:28:07.960
<v Speaker 1>Now you've let the Ravens get him ready to play.

0:28:08.320 --> 0:28:12.119
<v Speaker 1>Now you get him. He's reaching his physical peak and

0:28:12.200 --> 0:28:16.399
<v Speaker 1>his mental peak. More importantly, understands how to play, and

0:28:16.440 --> 0:28:18.920
<v Speaker 1>you've kept him in the same division. He knows how

0:28:18.920 --> 0:28:21.199
<v Speaker 1>to play against these teams you think, you think he

0:28:21.240 --> 0:28:23.680
<v Speaker 1>knows how to handle Lamar a little bit than the

0:28:23.720 --> 0:28:24.280
<v Speaker 1>average Bear.

0:28:25.160 --> 0:28:27.240
<v Speaker 2>He's played against Borrow a ton, and he's played against

0:28:27.240 --> 0:28:29.720
<v Speaker 2>the Browns a ton. And maybe he even chips in

0:28:29.760 --> 0:28:34.760
<v Speaker 2>and says has some critique for the Steelers offense, you know,

0:28:34.880 --> 0:28:37.159
<v Speaker 2>or yeah, I know it's a different offensive coordinator so

0:28:37.240 --> 0:28:39.800
<v Speaker 2>that might not even apply. But yeah, I think again,

0:28:39.840 --> 0:28:42.080
<v Speaker 2>the familiarity is great. You're getting him at this peak

0:28:42.160 --> 0:28:44.040
<v Speaker 2>time and he does need to show that he can

0:28:44.120 --> 0:28:47.520
<v Speaker 2>be the green dot guy and survive without Roquon or

0:28:47.560 --> 0:28:50.760
<v Speaker 2>thrive without rok On. Of course he's gonna survive. But again,

0:28:50.800 --> 0:28:53.600
<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's like Alvin Harper and Michael Irvin,

0:28:53.760 --> 0:28:55.680
<v Speaker 2>you know, where the one guy gets doubled all the time. Yeah,

0:28:55.680 --> 0:28:58.600
<v Speaker 2>I mean they're linebackers. I mean, if Rokwan missed a

0:28:58.640 --> 0:28:59.960
<v Speaker 2>games for Queen have been just fine.

0:29:00.160 --> 0:29:03.000
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. In fact, Rokwan did miss the last game of

0:29:03.040 --> 0:29:05.479
<v Speaker 1>the season. Yeah, against the Steelers. He sat that one out.

0:29:05.560 --> 0:29:08.800
<v Speaker 1>Queen played and had a nice game, and you know

0:29:08.960 --> 0:29:11.360
<v Speaker 1>it's you know, it's so oh.

0:29:11.400 --> 0:29:12.959
<v Speaker 2>I think he'll be missed from that defense. I mean

0:29:13.000 --> 0:29:14.960
<v Speaker 2>one of the beauties of that defense with their safeties

0:29:14.960 --> 0:29:17.600
<v Speaker 2>and linebackers, the spine of their defense was phenomenal. That's

0:29:17.600 --> 0:29:20.160
<v Speaker 2>why he did so well against the Niners. And you

0:29:20.200 --> 0:29:22.720
<v Speaker 2>know why McDonald's in Seattle as a head coach.

0:29:22.800 --> 0:29:25.240
<v Speaker 1>And I really think there are a lot of similarities

0:29:25.280 --> 0:29:28.600
<v Speaker 1>between the two defenses in terms of their attacking styles.

0:29:28.600 --> 0:29:31.160
<v Speaker 1>They're they're not going to sit back and let stuff happen.

0:29:31.440 --> 0:29:33.440
<v Speaker 1>Rokwan Smith will be blitzing this year.

0:29:34.400 --> 0:29:35.840
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, Yeah, he's gonna.

0:29:35.640 --> 0:29:39.760
<v Speaker 1>Do the things that he did. Well, mean, Queen, I'm sorry,

0:29:40.160 --> 0:29:40.800
<v Speaker 1>Patrick Queen, I.

0:29:40.760 --> 0:29:43.760
<v Speaker 2>Should say I I mean, we talked about blitzing linebackers,

0:29:43.760 --> 0:29:46.200
<v Speaker 2>but he's a very good pass rusher. He has a

0:29:46.280 --> 0:29:50.120
<v Speaker 2>variety of moves. McDonald helped. He devised a lot of stuff.

0:29:50.120 --> 0:29:52.600
<v Speaker 2>But same with the Steelers staff. Yeah, I mean he's

0:29:52.840 --> 0:29:55.440
<v Speaker 2>I think he has like nine sacks over the last two.

0:29:55.320 --> 0:29:57.120
<v Speaker 1>Years and he's eight and a half. It's the second

0:29:57.200 --> 0:30:01.080
<v Speaker 1>second most of for inside linebackers. And he will get

0:30:01.120 --> 0:30:04.240
<v Speaker 1>after the quarterback. He will play in. His coverage has

0:30:04.280 --> 0:30:04.840
<v Speaker 1>gotten better.

0:30:05.200 --> 0:30:06.880
<v Speaker 2>That was a knock over the course of its turn

0:30:06.960 --> 0:30:09.200
<v Speaker 2>better and better. Range has never been an issue and

0:30:09.200 --> 0:30:11.080
<v Speaker 2>all that kind of stuff. Physicality has never been an

0:30:11.080 --> 0:30:15.480
<v Speaker 2>issue in terms of blitzing. He's the type of linebacker

0:30:15.600 --> 0:30:18.000
<v Speaker 2>that if you're going to leave him isolated, if you're

0:30:18.040 --> 0:30:20.440
<v Speaker 2>just gonna have a back deal with him, it's a

0:30:20.520 --> 0:30:23.280
<v Speaker 2>major disadvantage for the offense. Yeah, good luck with that. Yeah.

0:30:23.640 --> 0:30:25.120
<v Speaker 2>And more than just that. Yeah.

0:30:25.440 --> 0:30:28.440
<v Speaker 1>And he he was asked today about you know what

0:30:28.480 --> 0:30:30.000
<v Speaker 1>do you know about Ryan Cheese here he says, look,

0:30:30.040 --> 0:30:33.880
<v Speaker 1>I I watched a lot of Ryan Chaz and and

0:30:34.200 --> 0:30:35.760
<v Speaker 1>you know know what a good player, he was, and

0:30:37.000 --> 0:30:38.400
<v Speaker 1>I'm here to replace him.

0:30:38.560 --> 0:30:42.880
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Like they've obviously been searching since Ryan's unfortunate situation.

0:30:43.480 --> 0:30:45.520
<v Speaker 2>I think they got their guy now, you know. And

0:30:45.840 --> 0:30:48.600
<v Speaker 2>this may not even matter to them, But Queen's so young.

0:30:49.080 --> 0:30:51.120
<v Speaker 2>He's probably gonna get a nice third contract some day.

0:30:51.200 --> 0:30:53.240
<v Speaker 1>I would think so, because he's twenty four now. He

0:30:53.320 --> 0:30:56.560
<v Speaker 1>signed a three year deal here. If that works out,

0:30:56.640 --> 0:30:57.320
<v Speaker 1>you you.

0:30:57.280 --> 0:31:00.520
<v Speaker 2>Extend to market twenty sev ish, you know, right, So

0:31:01.240 --> 0:31:02.920
<v Speaker 2>I think he's got a bright future. And I did

0:31:03.000 --> 0:31:06.440
<v Speaker 2>not see that one coming. Yeah. Uh, some people on

0:31:06.720 --> 0:31:09.120
<v Speaker 2>Twitter have mentioned it. You guys didn't think Patrick Queen

0:31:09.240 --> 0:31:11.080
<v Speaker 2>was worth her time. I thought he was gonna get

0:31:11.120 --> 0:31:13.960
<v Speaker 2>five million dollars more a year than right.

0:31:14.040 --> 0:31:17.479
<v Speaker 1>I thought he's gonna get ridiculously paid. And I just

0:31:17.600 --> 0:31:22.520
<v Speaker 1>wonder if he took a little less money than maybe

0:31:22.520 --> 0:31:25.960
<v Speaker 1>what he would have gotten somewhere else, possibly to stay

0:31:25.960 --> 0:31:29.200
<v Speaker 1>here in the AFC North which he mentioned, play for

0:31:29.280 --> 0:31:32.040
<v Speaker 1>Mike Tomlin and a team that in a winning you know,

0:31:32.200 --> 0:31:35.840
<v Speaker 1>organization which he mentioned, and I and to be the man.

0:31:36.040 --> 0:31:39.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's a really good situation for him. Definitely get

0:31:39.880 --> 0:31:41.960
<v Speaker 2>out from Roque Shadow and all that stuff too, and

0:31:42.040 --> 0:31:46.360
<v Speaker 2>play against some directly great linebacker history here, great defense

0:31:46.440 --> 0:31:49.240
<v Speaker 2>history here. This this crowd is gonna eat him up too.

0:31:49.320 --> 0:31:51.600
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, so he gonna be fun on backs and

0:31:51.680 --> 0:31:55.680
<v Speaker 2>backers too. Oh yeah, yeah, for sure. Nausey and those guys.

0:31:55.840 --> 0:31:57.520
<v Speaker 1>That was the other thing he was He was mentioned,

0:31:57.560 --> 0:32:00.479
<v Speaker 1>if you know, is there anybody with the Steelers when

0:32:00.520 --> 0:32:02.280
<v Speaker 1>you were playing for the Ravens, if was there anybody

0:32:02.280 --> 0:32:05.560
<v Speaker 1>that you developed a real rivalry with. So he mentioned

0:32:05.560 --> 0:32:08.040
<v Speaker 1>that he did know Nausea Harris from their SEC days

0:32:08.040 --> 0:32:08.560
<v Speaker 1>together and.

0:32:08.760 --> 0:32:11.000
<v Speaker 2>They're close to the same age and butt heads there.

0:32:11.040 --> 0:32:15.080
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but he said Jalen Warren. He said that, he

0:32:15.120 --> 0:32:18.960
<v Speaker 1>said that guy I hated playing against him because he's

0:32:19.400 --> 0:32:20.400
<v Speaker 1>he's low to the ground.

0:32:20.520 --> 0:32:21.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but he.

0:32:20.960 --> 0:32:24.680
<v Speaker 1>Plays physically and and somebody said, well, geez, can't wait

0:32:24.680 --> 0:32:28.800
<v Speaker 1>to see you guys in backs on backers, and you know, yeah,

0:32:29.160 --> 0:32:31.160
<v Speaker 1>actually he didn't. He said he didn't call him Jalen

0:32:31.160 --> 0:32:32.280
<v Speaker 1>where he said mister Warren.

0:32:32.520 --> 0:32:35.880
<v Speaker 2>Oh, sounds like Queen's a pretty personal guy too.

0:32:36.000 --> 0:32:36.240
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

0:32:36.680 --> 0:32:39.920
<v Speaker 2>His interviews were good, and I love that you mentioned

0:32:39.960 --> 0:32:42.920
<v Speaker 2>too that he what he learned from Roquand was mostly

0:32:42.960 --> 0:32:45.800
<v Speaker 2>above the neck and communication stuff. That was a bit

0:32:45.800 --> 0:32:47.480
<v Speaker 2>of a knock on him early in his career too,

0:32:47.680 --> 0:32:50.560
<v Speaker 2>is you know he wasn't the green doc guy, the communicator.

0:32:50.760 --> 0:32:52.120
<v Speaker 2>And I don't fee whether the green dot or.

0:32:52.120 --> 0:32:54.720
<v Speaker 1>Not, but that's tough for young linebackers, really hard.

0:32:54.720 --> 0:32:56.000
<v Speaker 2>It's part of the quarterback.

0:32:56.000 --> 0:32:59.360
<v Speaker 1>You're learning the defense yourself and now you're asking, okay,

0:32:59.560 --> 0:33:02.920
<v Speaker 1>you're not gonna learn to be learning the defense, but

0:33:03.320 --> 0:33:04.280
<v Speaker 1>now he wants you to call it.

0:33:04.360 --> 0:33:06.240
<v Speaker 2>Now, get to call it and line everybody up right,

0:33:06.320 --> 0:33:08.720
<v Speaker 2>and you know, you see those linebackers go up to

0:33:08.720 --> 0:33:10.880
<v Speaker 2>a defensive lineman was in a three point stance and

0:33:10.920 --> 0:33:13.400
<v Speaker 2>tap them on the butt just to move six inches

0:33:13.440 --> 0:33:16.160
<v Speaker 2>this way because they have a feel of what's coming.

0:33:16.240 --> 0:33:17.680
<v Speaker 2>And you know, you start to get to that point

0:33:17.680 --> 0:33:19.880
<v Speaker 2>as a linebacker and now you're talking, you know, yeah, So.

0:33:20.200 --> 0:33:22.640
<v Speaker 1>I think he'll be a good I think everybody, all

0:33:22.680 --> 0:33:24.400
<v Speaker 1>the guys that they've added thus far, I think will

0:33:24.440 --> 0:33:26.920
<v Speaker 1>be good additions. I think they make them a better

0:33:26.960 --> 0:33:30.400
<v Speaker 1>team now because remember the big thing about the Steelers

0:33:30.400 --> 0:33:36.720
<v Speaker 1>going into this offseason, they really weren't going to lose anybody, no,

0:33:36.880 --> 0:33:39.680
<v Speaker 1>and they're starting twenty two unless they wanted to. Well,

0:33:39.760 --> 0:33:43.600
<v Speaker 1>they apparently they wanted to. With Deontay Johnson. That opened

0:33:43.640 --> 0:33:48.240
<v Speaker 1>up another hole. I get Patrick Peterson, which he was

0:33:48.280 --> 0:33:51.160
<v Speaker 1>on yesterday. He was on NFL Network and said the

0:33:51.200 --> 0:33:52.160
<v Speaker 1>door's not closed.

0:33:52.520 --> 0:33:53.760
<v Speaker 2>I was I saying, I wonder if you could call

0:33:53.840 --> 0:33:56.600
<v Speaker 2>him him and Alan Robinson back off from a one

0:33:56.640 --> 0:33:59.080
<v Speaker 2>year deal. That's a lot more friendly because I don't

0:33:59.120 --> 0:34:02.040
<v Speaker 2>think those you know, bridges were burned. I just think

0:34:02.040 --> 0:34:03.360
<v Speaker 2>they were high quality.

0:34:03.440 --> 0:34:05.640
<v Speaker 1>We can't pay what you were not that, but that

0:34:05.760 --> 0:34:07.960
<v Speaker 1>was really obvious. But we can bring you back, you know,

0:34:08.280 --> 0:34:09.319
<v Speaker 1>and you guys liked it here.

0:34:09.360 --> 0:34:11.399
<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, we still think you have football left

0:34:11.400 --> 0:34:12.759
<v Speaker 2>in you and give you a one year deal and

0:34:13.239 --> 0:34:14.840
<v Speaker 2>be a locker room leader. And I'm not sure how

0:34:14.880 --> 0:34:16.120
<v Speaker 2>we'll use you, but we're gonna use it.

0:34:16.200 --> 0:34:19.719
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know. So that would be interesting though. That

0:34:19.760 --> 0:34:23.440
<v Speaker 1>would be interesting because I've added some some queens and

0:34:23.560 --> 0:34:27.000
<v Speaker 1>LSU guy h Dante Jackson's an l s U guy.

0:34:27.200 --> 0:34:28.440
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I hadn't thought about that.

0:34:28.520 --> 0:34:31.880
<v Speaker 1>Peterson obviously, Peterson's an l s U guy, like and

0:34:32.239 --> 0:34:33.200
<v Speaker 1>these guys were.

0:34:33.040 --> 0:34:37.920
<v Speaker 2>Were L s U was a powerhouse, powerhouse, yeah, especially

0:34:37.920 --> 0:34:40.399
<v Speaker 2>that era, right, I mean they played with I don't

0:34:40.400 --> 0:34:46.160
<v Speaker 2>know think they'd overlap with Burrow or not not he's.

0:34:46.000 --> 0:34:47.799
<v Speaker 1>A little younger than he's a little younger when they

0:34:47.800 --> 0:34:49.120
<v Speaker 1>were when they won the national title.

0:34:49.160 --> 0:34:50.719
<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about Justin Jefferson yea.

0:34:51.719 --> 0:34:54.400
<v Speaker 1>That was what they would like Chase and yeah, you

0:34:54.440 --> 0:34:57.080
<v Speaker 1>look at the the secondary when Dante Jackson was there

0:34:57.920 --> 0:35:04.000
<v Speaker 1>was Mills. Uh who is the other cornerback. I just

0:35:04.280 --> 0:35:07.440
<v Speaker 1>looked this stuff up the other day. They had four

0:35:07.480 --> 0:35:08.840
<v Speaker 1>guys in their starting secondary.

0:35:08.840 --> 0:35:11.360
<v Speaker 2>We're all NFL guys. Yeah, I mean it's obviously a

0:35:11.360 --> 0:35:14.600
<v Speaker 2>great school to go get people from. Too super competitive.

0:35:14.600 --> 0:35:16.640
<v Speaker 2>It's at the Bama level based on Adams yea and

0:35:16.800 --> 0:35:17.279
<v Speaker 2>all these guys.

0:35:17.320 --> 0:35:20.279
<v Speaker 1>They you know, really for a while there, Lsu was

0:35:20.320 --> 0:35:21.000
<v Speaker 1>defensive back.

0:35:21.040 --> 0:35:23.400
<v Speaker 2>You I remember when Peterson sat down with us, he

0:35:23.400 --> 0:35:25.359
<v Speaker 2>started talking about that's why he didn't go to Florida State.

0:35:25.400 --> 0:35:27.440
<v Speaker 1>And he was the dude that started and started.

0:35:27.480 --> 0:35:29.560
<v Speaker 2>He didn't want to follow Dion and those guys. He

0:35:29.600 --> 0:35:31.759
<v Speaker 2>wanted to be the Dion and he was, you know,

0:35:32.120 --> 0:35:34.920
<v Speaker 2>honey Badger. And there's been a long lest Stingley, you know.

0:35:35.960 --> 0:35:40.359
<v Speaker 1>So Yeah, I think they're a better team now than

0:35:40.400 --> 0:35:41.680
<v Speaker 1>they were a week ago.

0:35:42.480 --> 0:35:46.799
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, except the receiver situations.

0:35:46.360 --> 0:35:48.719
<v Speaker 1>That's fine. I mean, I think the way that they

0:35:48.800 --> 0:35:52.360
<v Speaker 1>want to play football, though I don't know that you

0:35:52.480 --> 0:35:54.680
<v Speaker 1>need seventeen receivers running around out there.

0:35:54.680 --> 0:35:56.480
<v Speaker 2>Well, I think there'd been eleven a lot less than

0:35:56.520 --> 0:35:58.600
<v Speaker 2>they were. I think that's pretty apparent. I mean, there's

0:35:58.600 --> 0:35:59.400
<v Speaker 2>no question about it.

0:35:59.400 --> 0:36:02.080
<v Speaker 1>And like again, they're going to do something at receiver.

0:36:03.920 --> 0:36:06.040
<v Speaker 1>I think, you know, yeah, maybe it's an upgrade, maybe

0:36:06.040 --> 0:36:08.560
<v Speaker 1>it's even if it's a step backwards a little bit.

0:36:08.680 --> 0:36:11.680
<v Speaker 1>I'm fine with that because I think they're going to

0:36:11.760 --> 0:36:12.239
<v Speaker 1>draft one.

0:36:12.320 --> 0:36:15.240
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, as long as it's open to the draft. Yeah.

0:36:15.280 --> 0:36:18.360
<v Speaker 1>And b again, I think they're going to run the football.

0:36:18.440 --> 0:36:19.800
<v Speaker 1>I think they're going to run the snot out of

0:36:19.800 --> 0:36:20.240
<v Speaker 1>the football.

0:36:21.200 --> 0:36:23.560
<v Speaker 2>No, I agree. I don't know that the second starter

0:36:23.680 --> 0:36:25.080
<v Speaker 2>will be as good as Deontay or not.

0:36:25.880 --> 0:36:28.120
<v Speaker 1>I know that I know that they've upgraded at linebacker.

0:36:28.800 --> 0:36:31.040
<v Speaker 1>I know that they've upgraded at the other cornerback.

0:36:31.640 --> 0:36:32.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I know.

0:36:33.320 --> 0:36:34.600
<v Speaker 1>I know they've upgraded a.

0:36:34.640 --> 0:36:36.480
<v Speaker 2>Quarterback, yes, yeah, yeah.

0:36:36.520 --> 0:36:38.560
<v Speaker 1>And I know that they've upgraded the safety position.

0:36:39.320 --> 0:36:43.200
<v Speaker 2>Yes. I think all those things are true. And I

0:36:43.239 --> 0:36:46.360
<v Speaker 2>think center you can question, and receiver you can question.

0:36:46.840 --> 0:36:48.960
<v Speaker 1>That's fine. Yeah, you know, I think that they will

0:36:49.040 --> 0:36:54.040
<v Speaker 1>upgrade center regardless of Mason Cole was not good last year.

0:36:54.120 --> 0:36:56.080
<v Speaker 2>No, no, I mean there's almost nowhere to go but

0:36:56.200 --> 0:36:59.040
<v Speaker 2>up right to be very honest, good guy and all that.

0:36:59.160 --> 0:37:02.439
<v Speaker 2>But he's he's gonna be a backup next year somewhere somewhere. Yeah,

0:37:02.520 --> 0:37:04.680
<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's not going to be a starter, you know.

0:37:04.760 --> 0:37:07.560
<v Speaker 1>So whatever you do there is likely to be an upgrade.

0:37:08.560 --> 0:37:10.560
<v Speaker 1>And you know, if they if they have to take

0:37:10.600 --> 0:37:12.799
<v Speaker 1>a half a step back at receiver, that's fine. If

0:37:12.800 --> 0:37:14.719
<v Speaker 1>they go out and get step On Diggs, that's not

0:37:14.760 --> 0:37:16.120
<v Speaker 1>a step backwards, has a step.

0:37:15.920 --> 0:37:18.040
<v Speaker 2>Forward, especially if you use a second round pick on

0:37:18.080 --> 0:37:20.239
<v Speaker 2>a young guy that has all the upside in the world. Yeah.

0:37:20.280 --> 0:37:22.799
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you go get Lad McConkie or Ricky Piersoll and

0:37:23.040 --> 0:37:24.560
<v Speaker 1>you know Roman Wilson.

0:37:24.880 --> 0:37:27.680
<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of options, Okay, a lot of options. Yeah. No,

0:37:27.800 --> 0:37:30.120
<v Speaker 2>I think you take advantage of a rich receiver draft,

0:37:30.280 --> 0:37:33.320
<v Speaker 2>and that's definitely going to happen. Yeah. So that's some

0:37:33.400 --> 0:37:35.200
<v Speaker 2>of these mid round picks that they now have more of.

0:37:35.239 --> 0:37:36.920
<v Speaker 2>All of a sudden, you'll get a decent one the

0:37:36.960 --> 0:37:40.120
<v Speaker 2>fourth round. Yeah, I mean, it's not a bad place show.

0:37:40.160 --> 0:37:42.520
<v Speaker 1>And then they all got two third round picks. Yeah, yeah,

0:37:42.719 --> 0:37:43.959
<v Speaker 1>I guess that you can get one in the third,

0:37:44.640 --> 0:37:47.160
<v Speaker 1>we might have to go third round that third, like

0:37:47.239 --> 0:37:49.000
<v Speaker 1>we when we were all every time we've done a

0:37:49.040 --> 0:37:50.960
<v Speaker 1>mock draft, Yeah, when we get to that pick at

0:37:51.000 --> 0:37:53.040
<v Speaker 1>eighty four, we're like, well, there's like three different ways

0:37:53.040 --> 0:37:55.760
<v Speaker 1>we could go here. There's a bunch of different players.

0:37:55.840 --> 0:37:56.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:37:56.360 --> 0:37:57.960
<v Speaker 1>Well, now they get through it the same thing.

0:37:58.040 --> 0:38:00.759
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, right, and we always like those two as well.

0:38:00.840 --> 0:38:03.240
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but I like two thirds better.

0:38:03.840 --> 0:38:06.359
<v Speaker 2>A lot better. Yeah, they're they're gradually inching up into

0:38:06.480 --> 0:38:08.640
<v Speaker 2>the sweet spots of these drafts too.

0:38:08.800 --> 0:38:11.640
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so it's interesting. Let's get to another break. He

0:38:11.840 --> 0:38:14.680
<v Speaker 1>is Matt Williams and I'm Dale Lallie. We'll be back

0:38:14.680 --> 0:38:21.760
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0:38:54.080 --> 0:38:57.200
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0:38:57.280 --> 0:39:00.480
<v Speaker 1>and so any of those they also sign upun this week.

0:39:00.640 --> 0:39:01.200
<v Speaker 1>Forget about that.

0:39:01.320 --> 0:39:01.919
<v Speaker 2>True. True.

0:39:02.520 --> 0:39:05.839
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Cameron Johnson spots upgraded in there's another one.

0:39:06.040 --> 0:39:09.279
<v Speaker 2>I mean, there's another upgrade. Yeah, you got top ten

0:39:09.320 --> 0:39:11.840
<v Speaker 2>type punter from what I understand against really one of

0:39:11.920 --> 0:39:14.600
<v Speaker 2>the worst punters wasn't a.

0:39:15.000 --> 0:39:17.120
<v Speaker 1>He just wasn't a weapon. And now you've got a

0:39:17.120 --> 0:39:20.760
<v Speaker 1>guy that can be a weapon and reliable, Cameron Johnston.

0:39:20.800 --> 0:39:22.799
<v Speaker 1>I was looking at like forty five percent of his

0:39:22.880 --> 0:39:27.319
<v Speaker 1>punts last year down inside the opposing twenty. Yeah, it's ridiculous.

0:39:27.640 --> 0:39:30.320
<v Speaker 1>Like of all the guys he was, he didn't he

0:39:30.440 --> 0:39:36.520
<v Speaker 1>didn't have the most kicks inside the twenty. He had thirty,

0:39:36.640 --> 0:39:39.880
<v Speaker 1>which was like tied tied for six or seven. It

0:39:39.920 --> 0:39:41.880
<v Speaker 1>was in the top ten. But he did it on

0:39:41.960 --> 0:39:46.799
<v Speaker 1>sixty six punts. All the other guys who panther, all

0:39:46.800 --> 0:39:48.600
<v Speaker 1>the other guys who were ahead of him, in terms

0:39:48.680 --> 0:39:52.600
<v Speaker 1>of number of punts down inside the twenty had like

0:39:52.719 --> 0:39:56.279
<v Speaker 1>seventy five plus punts percent Yeah, his percentage was was

0:39:56.400 --> 0:39:59.760
<v Speaker 1>maybe the best in the league. You know, that's a weapon.

0:40:00.120 --> 0:40:03.040
<v Speaker 1>That's a weapon, especially when your defense should be pretty good.

0:40:03.280 --> 0:40:05.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if you're a run the ball, play defense team,

0:40:05.239 --> 0:40:07.600
<v Speaker 2>you better be great on teams and you're both your

0:40:07.960 --> 0:40:11.080
<v Speaker 2>kicker punter should be really strong. And now it's not

0:40:11.160 --> 0:40:13.120
<v Speaker 2>my specialty at all, but I'd be shocked if there's

0:40:13.120 --> 0:40:14.879
<v Speaker 2>many teams out there that have a better kicker punter

0:40:15.000 --> 0:40:15.719
<v Speaker 2>combination of steel.

0:40:15.760 --> 0:40:16.279
<v Speaker 1>Pretty good one.

0:40:16.360 --> 0:40:18.040
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean it's really good, really good one. And

0:40:18.080 --> 0:40:18.800
<v Speaker 2>it's worth the money.

0:40:19.320 --> 0:40:19.680
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

0:40:19.800 --> 0:40:22.279
<v Speaker 2>I mean, if you're in fleetball at night, you know

0:40:22.280 --> 0:40:22.680
<v Speaker 2>you're going to.

0:40:22.680 --> 0:40:24.920
<v Speaker 1>Play football that way, then play football that.

0:40:24.880 --> 0:40:27.160
<v Speaker 2>Way exactly exactly. So I think they told us that

0:40:27.280 --> 0:40:31.080
<v Speaker 2>quite a bit. It's a small thing, but all round

0:40:31.080 --> 0:40:34.480
<v Speaker 2>out after camp, but the core special teamers are still

0:40:34.520 --> 0:40:35.600
<v Speaker 2>to be determined a little bit.

0:40:35.600 --> 0:40:37.920
<v Speaker 1>They kept Killerber, they kept Killer Huge.

0:40:38.200 --> 0:40:40.000
<v Speaker 2>You know, well, boy can be back, you know, I

0:40:40.000 --> 0:40:41.960
<v Speaker 2>don't know, you know, so I think that group is

0:40:42.000 --> 0:40:44.440
<v Speaker 2>interesting too. Pierre might not be back. You know, some

0:40:44.480 --> 0:40:46.360
<v Speaker 2>of those guys have been core special teamers. For you.

0:40:46.400 --> 0:40:48.120
<v Speaker 1>But that changed every but you got your you got

0:40:48.160 --> 0:40:51.799
<v Speaker 1>your main guy. Like you build out a round killer brew. Yeah, yeah,

0:40:52.000 --> 0:40:54.520
<v Speaker 1>I mean he's he was the All Pro And there's

0:40:54.560 --> 0:40:55.600
<v Speaker 1>one long step.

0:40:55.600 --> 0:40:58.000
<v Speaker 2>Too, and you extended your long styah some of your

0:40:58.040 --> 0:41:00.680
<v Speaker 2>four most important special teamers or locked up.

0:41:00.880 --> 0:41:04.880
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and that's huge. Final thoughts on on the Kenny

0:41:04.880 --> 0:41:05.760
<v Speaker 1>Pickett trade, Matt.

0:41:06.160 --> 0:41:07.960
<v Speaker 2>I was shocked, to be very honest with you, I

0:41:08.000 --> 0:41:09.879
<v Speaker 2>think there will be another shoe to drop. I mean

0:41:10.000 --> 0:41:12.000
<v Speaker 2>maybe they're excited to get Tannehill in here or somebody

0:41:12.080 --> 0:41:15.799
<v Speaker 2>like that. I don't know, but I get it. I

0:41:15.840 --> 0:41:19.240
<v Speaker 2>think it's a lot more about you were the starter.

0:41:19.400 --> 0:41:22.759
<v Speaker 2>Now you're not the starter. You're a younger guy. It's

0:41:22.760 --> 0:41:25.759
<v Speaker 2>not your time to get demoted. But it's better for

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<v Speaker 2>you and the team to have you elsewhere. You know. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>if i'd be the Eagles, I'd be pretty excited to

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<v Speaker 2>get him, though. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>They get a year basically two year look at him,

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<v Speaker 1>decide whether they want to pick up the fifty year option.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>For the Steelers, you know, it's.

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<v Speaker 2>I bet they looked at it. I think they're telling

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<v Speaker 2>us that they hadn't planned on picking on the fifth

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<v Speaker 2>year option. Well, I mean I think could have been determined.

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<v Speaker 1>That would have been determined by what happened this year.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think when they made to be a starter, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think as they as they talked to Russell Wilson

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<v Speaker 1>and got a better feel for the situation, I think

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<v Speaker 1>they just looked at it and said, you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>he's the veteran guy, he's the thirteen year veteran, he's

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<v Speaker 1>the guy that's won Super Bowls.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh, it's only right that we give him first opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>to be the starting quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And he's number one on the depth chart. Kenny

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<v Speaker 1>Pickett's number two, and I just don't think any Pickett

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<v Speaker 1>could deal with that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And if that offended him, then your skin might

0:42:20.200 --> 0:42:21.800
<v Speaker 2>have been a little too thin anyways.

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<v Speaker 1>Because might not have been the guy that we thought

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<v Speaker 1>you were.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I mean Wilson deserved that. To me, I think

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<v Speaker 2>his track record implied.

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<v Speaker 1>That's like bringing in Tom Burton. I'm not saying Russell

0:42:30.440 --> 0:42:32.680
<v Speaker 1>Wilson star Brady. That would be like the Tampa Bay

0:42:32.680 --> 0:42:35.680
<v Speaker 1>Buccaneers bringing in Tom Brady a couple of years ago

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<v Speaker 1>and say and telling you know, the whoever the Kyle

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<v Speaker 1>Trask k Kyle, we're gonna give you, We're gonna give

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<v Speaker 1>you a show. You're equal footing with Tom, with Tom Brady.

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<v Speaker 2>That's just not how things work. I mean, I think

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<v Speaker 2>you hire Wilson, you have the discussion with Wilson that, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a really fortunate financial situation for us, considering

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<v Speaker 2>what Denver's doing for you. The least we can do

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<v Speaker 2>is give you first crack at this thing. Because Kenny

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<v Speaker 2>Kenny starting thirteen touchdown passes. Yeah, I mean it's not enough.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the winning was nice, and I'm not gonna talk

0:43:10.200 --> 0:43:13.440
<v Speaker 1>on and no matter what you think of that, he

0:43:13.520 --> 0:43:18.000
<v Speaker 1>found ways to win games in big moments, but we would.

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<v Speaker 2>Love to see him in this offense. Yeah. Yeah, I

0:43:19.400 --> 0:43:20.960
<v Speaker 2>mean part of me is a little discouraged that we

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<v Speaker 2>don't get that opportunity.

0:43:22.120 --> 0:43:24.440
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, wouldn't it be nice so to not have to

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<v Speaker 1>win games that way up to ten points in the

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<v Speaker 1>fourth quarter and just run the football and run the

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<v Speaker 1>clock out.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you throw twenty five thirty touchdown passes, the games

0:43:35.120 --> 0:43:38.960
<v Speaker 2>go a lot of the script changes than thirteen or

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen or whatever. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So season, we'll see if they're able to better

0:43:42.719 --> 0:43:46.920
<v Speaker 1>do that moving forward. But big week of change or

0:43:46.920 --> 0:43:49.520
<v Speaker 1>the Pittsburgh Seelers. We'll see what else comes to fruition.

0:43:49.600 --> 0:43:51.719
<v Speaker 1>Maybe there'll be some more moves over the weekend here.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm counting on it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, as we get head into Remember free agency is

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<v Speaker 1>only like technically.

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<v Speaker 2>Opens have been fifty hours is how long it's been open. Yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't seem that way because everything starts Monday. But

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<v Speaker 1>by by next Monday, when when our next show rolls around,

0:44:10.000 --> 0:44:12.080
<v Speaker 1>some different things will have happened around not only in

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<v Speaker 1>Pittsburgh but around the league.

0:44:13.480 --> 0:44:14.600
<v Speaker 2>Keenan Allen got traded.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, by the time we roll back around here on Monday,

0:44:19.000 --> 0:44:20.600
<v Speaker 1>maybe Stephan Diggs will have been traded.

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<v Speaker 2>I just have a feeling that, like six oh two,

0:44:22.800 --> 0:44:24.799
<v Speaker 2>he's gonna get traded. So yeah, yeah, like this how

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<v Speaker 2>it works.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know, we'll see. We'll see where they ends

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<v Speaker 1>up at. Just to remind everybody, So next week we're

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<v Speaker 1>on our Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule.

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<v Speaker 2>Again, a lot of people saying, you guys should have

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<v Speaker 2>been five days this we we should have five days

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<v Speaker 2>this week. I think the.

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<v Speaker 1>Following week, because of the owners meeting, we'll be down

0:44:39.560 --> 0:44:42.000
<v Speaker 1>at the league meetings We'll be on from ten to

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<v Speaker 1>twelve on each of those days Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

0:44:46.440 --> 0:44:48.759
<v Speaker 1>in Orlando. We'll have some good guests so and we'll

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<v Speaker 1>probably talk a lot about some of these moves that

0:44:50.760 --> 0:44:54.040
<v Speaker 1>have been made around the league. Picture stuff, big picture stuff,

0:44:54.040 --> 0:44:55.880
<v Speaker 1>and you know, some of the rule changes, things of

0:44:55.880 --> 0:44:58.680
<v Speaker 1>that nature. The Steelers putting out the rule change along

0:44:58.719 --> 0:45:01.920
<v Speaker 1>with some other teams, the steel Deelers proposed moving the

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<v Speaker 1>trade deadline back one week five. Other teams proposed moving

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<v Speaker 1>it back two more weeks to week ten.

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<v Speaker 2>Good. I like it, I'd like I'd vote for either one.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I think the fact that you had six teams

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<v Speaker 1>proposed that tells me that there's a good something's going

0:45:17.160 --> 0:45:18.880
<v Speaker 1>to happen with that. But that's going to do it

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<v Speaker 1>for our show today and for this week. So for

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<v Speaker 1>my partner Matt Williamson, for Justin Miller here on site

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<v Speaker 1>keeping us on the air, I'm Dale Lolly. We appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>you listening to this edition of the Drive on Steelers

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<v Speaker 1>Nation Radio.