WEBVTT - NFL Draft Triple Take (Mock Draft 2.0), March 7, 2025

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<v Speaker 1>Hello, everyone, and welcome to another edition of Triple Tank,

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<v Speaker 1>brought to you by up MC. I'm Mike Pursuda from

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<v Speaker 1>Steelers dot Com and the Steelers Audio Network, joined on

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<v Speaker 1>the far left by Matt Williamson from Steelers Nation Radio

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<v Speaker 1>and Steelers dot Com. The guy in the middle. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure everyone recognizes the great Rob King play by play

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<v Speaker 1>voice and the Steelers interviewer extraordinaire.

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<v Speaker 2>Rob Welcome, Thank you, glad to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>Rob is here because Dale Lawllie, who's usually a part

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<v Speaker 1>of these programs with Matt and myself, is a little

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<v Speaker 1>banged up. We've got Dale on the reserve injured list. Now, Matt,

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<v Speaker 1>correct me if I'm wrong. We have two weeks to

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<v Speaker 1>get him to talk and write, and then if we

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<v Speaker 1>like it, we reactivate him. If we got a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of faith in Dale, we are here to provide for

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<v Speaker 1>you mock Draft two point zero. And before we get

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<v Speaker 1>to that, I want to remind everyone that the opinions

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<v Speaker 1>expressed here in are the opinions of myself, Matt, and

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<v Speaker 1>Rob King, not the Pittsburgh Steelers. But we do have opinions,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm really interested in getting to those, But first

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<v Speaker 1>got to take a minute. Both of you guys were

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<v Speaker 1>lucky enough to attend the combine. Yeah, and I'm curious,

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<v Speaker 1>Matt will start with you, just your observations. Did it

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<v Speaker 1>play out the way you thought it would? Were there

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<v Speaker 1>any major surprises or anything really gets your attention.

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<v Speaker 3>It's funny because I always make the joke when I'm

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<v Speaker 3>at the combine, I don't get to watch the combine,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, so I catch up with it when I

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<v Speaker 3>get home. A lot less participation lately, you know, a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of these guys aren't running shuttles and three cones

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<v Speaker 3>and things like that. Only three quarterbacks ran forties, so

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of these guys are holding it for their

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<v Speaker 3>pro day. And I don't know, maybe that's the reflection

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<v Speaker 3>of the playoff system.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>Some of these guys are going later into the season,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, a lot of guys aren't in the Senior Bowl.

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<v Speaker 3>Just seemed like there was less buzz in the combine

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<v Speaker 3>than usual, but that's still very buzzy spot.

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<v Speaker 1>Rob, you split a fair amouney your time in Indianapolis

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<v Speaker 1>talking to some pretty important people here with the Steelers.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was fun to talk to Omar Khan and

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<v Speaker 2>Sheldon White and Dan Colbert get their insights on what

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<v Speaker 2>the team is trying to do in the off season.

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<v Speaker 2>And also, this is the first time I've been to

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<v Speaker 2>a combine. This is like Combine Royalty right here. Matt Williams,

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<v Speaker 2>he's going around the room. He's he's getting guests. People

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<v Speaker 2>are hauling him onto shows. He's bringing people onto our shows.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody knows who he is. We're seeing all these guys

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<v Speaker 2>are like, Hey, Matt, I don't want to age you here,

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<v Speaker 2>but hey, I used to listen to you when I

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<v Speaker 2>was a kid. Were getting to that age, you know. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but when we get my granddad loved you, right, and

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<v Speaker 2>then we're getting up there. But but no, it was

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<v Speaker 2>great being with Matt and the rest of the crew

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<v Speaker 2>and Max Starks and West and Dale and and learning

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<v Speaker 2>a lot and just you know, kind of getting the buzz.

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<v Speaker 2>It was an exciting time.

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<v Speaker 1>Now to Omar Sheldon or Danny revealed to you who

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<v Speaker 1>the Steelers intensive.

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<v Speaker 2>Drift, Absolutely not.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you wouldn't tell us if they had was.

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<v Speaker 2>Done by they had told me that now that they

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<v Speaker 2>didn't tell them.

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<v Speaker 1>The format is the same as we've been running for

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<v Speaker 1>a while here on Steelers dot Com. We take the

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<v Speaker 1>first round in segments of ten. I know there are

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<v Speaker 1>thirty two picks and it doesn't quite work out that way,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's basically divvied up in the thirds. So we

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<v Speaker 1>will give you one by one what we think for

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<v Speaker 1>a further review. Second look, the first round might wind

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<v Speaker 1>up looking like in Matt Let's start with you many

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<v Speaker 1>changes on this initial or second Excuse me top ten.

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<v Speaker 3>Not to take the low hanging fruit, but I'm feeling

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<v Speaker 3>stronger and stronger that the first player selected is going

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<v Speaker 3>to be cam Ward. Now I don't know if it's

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<v Speaker 3>going to be the Titans. It's select them. We're not

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<v Speaker 3>allowed to do trades raiders. One of the New York

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<v Speaker 3>teams could certainly get to one, but history shows that's

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<v Speaker 3>almost always a quarterback. And the other one I wanted

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<v Speaker 3>to touch on too is I feel really strongly at

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<v Speaker 3>eight the Carolina is going to be really aggressive, trying

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<v Speaker 3>to improve their defense. You know, last offseason they build

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<v Speaker 3>around their first overall quarterback. This is the offseason. I

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<v Speaker 3>think it's time to get the defensive side of the

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<v Speaker 3>ball in.

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<v Speaker 1>Order you have any changes from last time.

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<v Speaker 3>Here and there not a ton in the top ten.

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<v Speaker 1>Rob Let's take a look at your one through ten.

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<v Speaker 1>Now this is your first crack at it. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you feel strongly about here