1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: At least. 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 2: He's The Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 2: your twenty four to seven home of the Black and 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,120 Speaker 2: Gold Steelers. 5 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: Nation Radio. 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:18,119 Speaker 3: And welcome to the Drive. I am Dale Lolly, he 7 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 3: is and he Matt Williamson, and I just want to 8 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 3: clear one thing up here, Matt before we start today's show. 9 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 3: Unlike other shows, you and I, much like Tom Cruise, 10 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 3: we perform all of our own stunts. 11 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 1: We do what what shows don't. I don't know what 12 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: the heck you're talking about. 13 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 3: Just throwing that out there. Oh okay, right over justin 14 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 3: laughed that one right over your head. I thought that 15 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 3: was your hair off on your little trim. Yeah, first 16 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 3: time I thought there were shows. 17 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,599 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm gonna not even go down that bro, 18 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: because I missed its. 19 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 3: You got it, didn't you. Anyways, So Mike Tomlin and 20 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 3: Omar Khan had their press conference today and uh, well, 21 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 3: no real information was passed. 22 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: They didn't say we're taking this guy in round one. 23 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 3: They did not because apparently they don't have a plan. 24 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: That Willie Elliot or. 25 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, They're just going to go in and see what happens. No, 26 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 3: Omar con did say that. You know, he and Andy 27 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 3: Widel and the rest of the scouting crew had been 28 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 3: sitting down to go through mock draft scenarios, not mock 29 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 3: drafts per se, but what they think each team is 30 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 3: going to do. 31 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: Not like our mock drafts. You know, like you're just 32 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: going what are they thinking? 33 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know this, so they're coming up with 34 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 3: a pretty good idea of what they feel is going 35 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 3: to happen. But he said, look, we're not going to 36 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 3: trade away. We'd like to trade so we're probably not 37 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 3: going to trade up. 38 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: That makes pick and right, all of a sudden, your 39 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: needs aren't. 40 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 3: Met, you know, we would we could either pick a 41 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 3: stick and pick at twenty one if there's a player 42 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 3: there that we really like, or we could move down. 43 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 3: And I think I think to move down is a 44 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 3: real option for them this year. 45 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, and we do it often in our mocks, and 46 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 1: it's easier obviously on Pro Football Focus, mock draft database 47 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: or whatever. But it makes so much sense for them, 48 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: and they don't have to end up with a second 49 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: round pick, but just another day two. 50 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 3: Day two pick. Yeah, I think that's the sweet spot 51 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 3: in this drafty two and they've only got one pick 52 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 3: on Day two right now. Now, he did say, look, 53 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 3: we're really happy we got DK Metcalf. Great, we do 54 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 3: that again. But I think they'd really like to get 55 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 3: another Day two pick. 56 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: So it sure sounds like just to kind of get 57 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 1: this out of the way. It sure doesn't sound like 58 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: they're trading up for Shadoor, Sanders or dark. 59 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 3: They're not trading up for anybody or quarterback. 60 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: They're not going to trade up. Now. I wonder is 61 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: it how will the league interpret what he said about 62 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: will they take a quarterback at twenty one? Do we 63 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: have to get ahead of the Steelers if we want 64 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: a quarterback? I mean, they're not going to tell us that, 65 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: But how does the league look at that? Trading down though, 66 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: makes so much sense. I mean, I think their quote is, 67 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: you know, we're never going to trade a way away 68 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: from a good player. And I'm sure there's five names 69 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: or three names or one name that if that guy's there, 70 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: we're just going to take them. I can't believe he's there. 71 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 1: We're thrilled that's that's ideal. I'm not trading away from him. 72 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: But if there's several that you're pretty equally happy with. 73 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 3: And you can another pick, on day two that you're 74 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:24,399 Speaker 3: going to be really happy. 75 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: With, right, because not to mention too you may let's 76 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: say you go to twenty five. We've brought up the 77 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: Texans a million times. Maybe they want Connorly or Simmons 78 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: or something, one of the tackles or whatever. They have 79 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: extra picks, Okay, and you pick up their third. Nice, 80 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean you just sit there and wait 81 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: for the third round to hit two. You have future 82 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: picks if there's someone fall in the middle of a yeah, yeah, 83 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: it gives you a lot of freedom to then get aggressive, 84 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: you know, in day two. 85 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 3: And I think a lot of it depends on what 86 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 3: you do in day one. You know, if you if, 87 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 3: for example, let's say they take a running back and 88 00:03:58,520 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 3: run one. 89 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: Say they go to twenty five, Yeah, end up with 90 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: Hampton or Henderson or something like that. 91 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 3: Okay, Okay, Well, now you might want to get back 92 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 3: up in there so you can get a Darius Alexander. 93 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: So that'd be a little more urgent to get that 94 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: d Lineman. Then yeah, you know, I would understand taking 95 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: a running back in the first round, especially those two, 96 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: because they both would be impact players and you're gonna 97 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: run the ball a lot, but then you gotta it's 98 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: not as easy from the step Two's not as easy, right, 99 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: you know. 100 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 3: And if you wait, if you just stay stick and wait. 101 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: Till let's say it's pick or your pick or. 102 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 3: Seventy two or whatever or seventy sixty five, those guys 103 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 3: might be gone. Like yeah, yeah, yeah, you have a 104 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 3: little control of it. But if you see the opportunity 105 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 3: to then strike again. 106 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: Do it. That's the thing. That's a thing. 107 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 3: You got eleven picks next year. You're not going to 108 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 3: use all eleven. 109 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: Not use all eleven. You'd definitely like to get some, 110 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: you never want to. They're valuable, no matter what I mean. 111 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: It's a wonderful thing to have. You can make a 112 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: trade the trade deadline. You might move up in round 113 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: one next year and get the next Brad Show Roethlisberger, 114 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. But you have them sitting 115 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: in your back pocket and they're valuable, and you could 116 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: go get Cam Hayward's replacements possibly or whatever, or maybe 117 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: Hampton or Henderson falls into the mid second round, and wow, 118 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: I was thinking him about him in the first round. 119 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 3: And let's talk about that real quick. We had somebody 120 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 3: on the message board. I'm not picking on anybody here, 121 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 3: but he made apparently he posted everybody that he drafted, 122 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 3: and like, wow, that list is really long. So I 123 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 3: started counting the players that he did in his mock drafting, 124 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 3: like fourteen players. Like you must have just moved back 125 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 3: and moved back and just kept picking players. Sounds great 126 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 3: in theory, right, but you don't have room for fourteen 127 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 3: rookies on your roster. 128 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: No, they gotta make the team. You gotta put him somewhere, right, 129 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:43,919 Speaker 1: I mean, like, yeah, I mean nice seven other safety, 130 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: but it looks like five safeties are already making this team. 131 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I'd like to have another inside linebacker, but 132 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: I think there's four or five that are fighting for 133 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: the spots. You know, like what are you going to 134 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: do with them? 135 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 3: And I get the idea that everybody wants to shiny 136 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,840 Speaker 3: new thing. Well this guy, I know what this guy is. 137 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,119 Speaker 3: This guy might be better or you know he's just different. Well, 138 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 3: you know they've they've invested time in for for example, 139 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 3: Mark Robinson, there's something to be said for he's played 140 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 3: a lot of special teams. 141 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: Right, oh yeah, yeah, you. 142 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 3: Know, to add fourteen rookies to your roster just isn't realistic. 143 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 3: Next year, adding eleven rookies to your roster probably not realistic. 144 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: You would hope the roster is in better shape. They 145 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: can't handle eleven rookies, right, I mean, that's that's where 146 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: you should be at. You know, it's different if you're 147 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: you know, one of the worst teams in the league 148 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 1: and I just need all new blood. 149 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 3: I'm just gonna just sweep everybody out and just I 150 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 3: get five starters out of the mix. The Browns can 151 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 3: do that this year. The Brons can add eleven or 152 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 3: however many picks they have this year. Yeah, because they 153 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 3: haven't had those draft picks the last couple of years. 154 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 3: They don't have any of that cheap talent on their roster. 155 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: They're a great example. Or a team like New England, like, 156 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: there's a lot of places they could as many new 157 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: guys as they could handle, you know, but you would 158 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: hope the Steelers aren't that situation. Yeah, I mean right. 159 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 3: Now, realistically, you probably have room for eight rookies on 160 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 3: your roster, maybe nine. You know, a couple of undrafted 161 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 3: guys make your roster. That's great. Yeah, you didn't invest 162 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 3: anything in those guys. But that's that's really like as 163 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 3: many as you can go. 164 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: I'm sitting off the top of my head, like if 165 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: we would push the limits, maybe they could fit in 166 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: a quarterback, a running back, a tight end, two O linemen, 167 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: maybe another receiver maybe I mean I'm stretching, Yeah, two 168 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: D linemen, maybe an edge, no safeties are inside linebackers, 169 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: and maybe a corner and a lot of those you're 170 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: cutting a pretty good player playing somewhere else you're trading 171 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: them or whatever. I mean, like all those spots aren't 172 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: open at the moment, like you're getting rid of Logan 173 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: Lee or one of those defensive linemen you signed, or 174 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: you know, it's what do you do? I mean that 175 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: that would mean wilson'sn't with a team or Austin or 176 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: who knows. I mean, yeah, there's a lot a lot 177 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: of spots. 178 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 3: No there aren't, you know, and you know you do 179 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 3: have to look at the special teams factor of like 180 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 3: a Ben's garn all right, right, right, you draft a 181 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 3: rookie wide receiver, does he make the team over Scronic 182 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 3: because Scornic's gonna play a lot, He's gonna be one 183 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 3: of your top gunners. 184 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean like Scronic, Killer Brew Pierre. Those guys 185 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: are gonna be hard to get, hard to cut, right. 186 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: You signed him for a reason, and they're also very familiar. Well, 187 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: so you don't want to just keep trading Yeah, I 188 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: mean trading down is great, but you don't want to 189 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: just keep doing it over and over. 190 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 3: No, And I don't. I don't think they're going to 191 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 3: trade down far if they do go down, because I 192 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 3: don't think they Well, it would be nice to get 193 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 3: a second round pick because it has the two next 194 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 3: to it, if you're moving down that way. Yeah, if 195 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 3: you're moving down to the late twenties or even early 196 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,839 Speaker 3: thirties in a you know, to in a trade, that 197 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 3: second round pick that you're getting is going to be 198 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,319 Speaker 3: at the end of the second round sixty or something. 199 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 1: Yeah. 200 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 3: Is there any difference between doing that and getting pick 201 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 3: sixty eight from somebody who's wants to move back into 202 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 3: the first round or it's. 203 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: One of my pet peeves? Like there's a lot of 204 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: analysts do it like oh that to get back in 205 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: the second round. They don't care what round it is. 206 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: They're just looking at what pick is. I want Day 207 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: two picks, right, I'd love to get somewhere between fifty 208 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: and ninety. 209 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 3: I mean, right now, you'd like to get another pick 210 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 3: between twenty one and eighty three. 211 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, just whatever I can get in between. Yeah, it 212 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: doesn't have to be in round two. They don't care 213 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: what round it is. No, no, but none of the 214 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: teams do. So I have picked nine, I have picked 215 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:24,559 Speaker 1: ninety nine. Whatever it is, you know, right. 216 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 3: So I think that's a distinct possibility that the Steelers 217 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 3: may do that, and you know, typically that's something that 218 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 3: would take place. 219 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 1: Those talks are happening right now. 220 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 3: Well, I mean you talk to people about who's willing 221 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 3: or who wants to come up or move up or down, 222 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 3: but you really don't know for sure until the first 223 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 3: twelve or thirteen picks are off the board. Okay, none 224 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 3: of those offensive tackles have been taken, or two of 225 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 3: them have been taken. Well, now we better get up there. 226 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:54,439 Speaker 1: Boy, I didn't think Connorley would going in the top twenty, 227 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: but he already did. 228 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:59,199 Speaker 3: Oh no, yeah Simmons. Yeah, while Simmons went way earlier 229 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 3: than what we thought, or went way earlier than what 230 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 3: we thought. So we better get up if we want 231 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 3: to get a tackle. 232 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: And what would really behoove that, and frankly, I think 233 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: this is coming. Is in those top twenty picks. I 234 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: bet there's a tackle or two then not everyone mocked there, 235 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 1: And there might even be one more edge guy than 236 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: not everyone mocked there, you know. I mean, I think 237 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: teams are going to be like, give me tackles an 238 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: edge because they're expensive to go get and I don't. 239 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: I don't love the six pick in the draft, so 240 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: I'm just going to take the best edge rusher or whatever, 241 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,079 Speaker 1: which would be great for the Steelers. You want those 242 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: guys to go. 243 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, In terms of the quarterback stuff, you know, Mike 244 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 3: Tomlin and Omar Kamar asked a lot of questions about that, 245 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 3: some Aaron Rodgers stuff as well. They were like, you know, 246 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 3: I still think that Aaron Rodgers is very much in 247 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 3: play here. 248 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. 249 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, I just feel like they know more about the 250 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 3: situation than anybody else out. 251 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 1: There, or that they should tell us. 252 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 3: Everybody else is speculating about this, including us or whoever, right, right, 253 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 3: But I feel like they feel that's gonna get that's 254 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 3: gonna happen at some point. 255 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: I mean, even you and I we've gotten a few breadcrumbs, 256 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: but we don't know, but they probably know. 257 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:12,559 Speaker 3: They've been the one who've been in contact with him 258 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 3: on a consistent basis. 259 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, they have a strong feeling. 260 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 3: They have a strong feeling about it. I don't know 261 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 3: that that. 262 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: Do something else if they were worried, right, Yeah, I mean, 263 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 1: like as we always say, teams tell you what they're thinking. Yeah, 264 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: I mean they have a plan in place here. Yeah. 265 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 3: Mike Tomlin was asked if that impacts what they do 266 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 3: in the draft at all. He said, no, not one bit. 267 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: I wouldn't think. I wouldn't think. I mean, folks are 268 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: not going to go into camp with Mason Rudolph and 269 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 1: Skyler Thompson is their only quarterback, right, It's not going 270 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: to happen. 271 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 3: And Omarkhn said that, look, we always have four. We're 272 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:46,319 Speaker 3: gonna have four quarterbacks now, presumably one of them will 273 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 3: be Aaron Rodgers. 274 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: You would also still have a rookie on your roster somewhere. 275 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 1: Certainly one's going to be Rudolph. Yeah, that's the one 276 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: thing we know for sure, which I think is a 277 00:11:55,760 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: really underrated signing. Yeah, I mean Rudolph has value. I mean, yeah, 278 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 1: I think that's a nice If he wasn't in the mix, 279 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: this would be a disaster. 280 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 3: They like him more than I think most people nationally understand. 281 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 3: I think he's very respected in the locker room. Yeah, 282 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 3: you know, they've they've played him before in the past. 283 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 3: And again, they're not world beaters with Mason, no, but 284 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 3: they've shown that they can compete with just about anybody. 285 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 3: With Mason Rudolph a quarterback. They know they have to 286 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 3: play a certain way, but they also know he knows 287 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 3: how to play that way. 288 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 1: This is how I I maybe I don't know the 289 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: best fastball in the league, but I can paint the 290 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: corners and I'm not gonna throw a lot of balls, 291 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna make you earn every hit. And okay, 292 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: well that's you stay in the league as a third 293 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: or fourth guy in the rotation for a long time. 294 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: You know that there's something to be said for that. 295 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 3: And I think, you know, again, going I think the 296 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 3: guys in that locker room respect and like him and 297 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 3: will play for him if that be. That would be 298 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 3: the case, and I think that goes a long way 299 00:12:57,840 --> 00:12:58,319 Speaker 3: as well. 300 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: I think it was a really long but they. 301 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 3: Would also still obviously like to add to that. 302 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 1: They're gonna in a big way. They're gonna They're gonna again. 303 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 1: It's not gonna be Rudolph and Thompson guys. 304 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 3: So you know, I think you know, you know, Mike 305 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 3: Toman was asked, well, was there cut off with with 306 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 3: training camp or something? You know, No, they would like 307 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:24,319 Speaker 3: to have something done long before that, obviously, and if 308 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 3: it gets to training camp, then that's too late. But 309 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,559 Speaker 3: I think it's settled long before that. 310 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: I would imagine I don't know if we'll hear anything 311 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: between now and they start making draft picks, but I 312 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: wouldn't think it'd be shortly. It would be shortly after. 313 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 3: If we're not at some point, it's going to happen, 314 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 3: and you know, hey, he's dealing with stuff. They know 315 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 3: what he's dealing with. He knows what he's dealing with. 316 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 3: Nobody else know. 317 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 1: It sounds like there's been a lot of communication. 318 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, they've been in constant contact. 319 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: You know. 320 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 3: I think when you when you look at the draft 321 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 3: visits in some of the deeper positions in this draft, 322 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 3: it's not a mistake. And you know, Calm was asked 323 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 3: about that, like, you know, you brought in nine running 324 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 3: backs and eight defensive linemen. Uh and those are two 325 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 3: of the deeper spousive draft becaus. Yeah, we brought in 326 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 3: that many guys because that's just shows you how deep 327 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 3: those positions are. Yeah, that they would be that interested 328 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 3: to bring that many guys into those positions, and it 329 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 3: kind of peppers throughout the draft and where those guys 330 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 3: are going to be available. 331 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, And I was kind of thinking about this too, Like, 332 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: to have that many running backs is I would think, 333 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: usually bring in five if you're interested. You know, d 334 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: Lineman's different. You're going to keep a lot of them 335 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: on the roster. You only have one spot basically for 336 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: a running back, but you might you must be trying 337 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: to split ties, you know. I mean, what's the difference 338 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: between Tootin and Blue or whoever? 339 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 3: You know. 340 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: I mean, the guys are going to decide from like, well, 341 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 1: we've spent that day with him, I feel a little 342 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: better about this guy, or I don't know if he's 343 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: going to be a good fit, you know, in terms 344 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: of pass blocking or whatever it is. You know, you're 345 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: just figuring it out because they're going to draft one 346 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: of them. Yeah, they're gonna Drabe not one of the 347 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: guys who are here. But they're gonna draft a running back. 348 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, there will be another running back added to the equation. 349 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 3: And finally he was asked about the situation with George Pickens, 350 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 3: and he said, look, we're excited about having both George 351 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 3: and DK Metcalfe on the roster and on the field 352 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 3: this year. You know that the idea that you simply 353 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 3: trade away George Pickens and just replace him in the draft. 354 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 3: Did we not just see Roman Wilson not be able 355 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 3: to get on the field his rookie ye, right, right, right, 356 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 3: Like all you do is put yourself back into the 357 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 3: same situation you were in last year. 358 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, and this is a worse draft class to do 359 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: it from. Yeah, at that position, right, I mean, I 360 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: think teams aren't happy that you have your opponents aren't 361 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 1: happy that you have metcalf and Pickens. That's hard to defend. Yeah, 362 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: that's what you're trying to do is great mismatches there. 363 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: And I think it's pretty well documented that they've kicked 364 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: the tires on a bunch of receivers in the last 365 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: year and a half or so, I use the biggest name, 366 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: because they've realized this is how you what you need 367 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: to win this league. You know, you have to get 368 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: back people out of the line, off the line of scrimmage. 369 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's something that they needed to address. They've addressed it. 370 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 3: It was their second round pick, the big addition. Yeah, 371 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 3: he's you know, Omar Constant. 372 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: Look, we mean guy has to go. 373 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 3: We don't, Yeah, we don't. We would make that trade again. 374 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 3: We love having DK Metcalf on this roster. You know, 375 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 3: and if quite frankly, if you had traded for AUK 376 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 3: last year, you might have had to give up a first. 377 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: Probably would have given up first, right, so and yeah, 378 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: different set of problems. 379 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 3: It's just, uh, you know that's the cost. And you know, 380 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 3: you do it to make your roster better. And I 381 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 3: think they've made their roster better by acquiring DK. Mech 382 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 3: if I think you make your roster worse by trading 383 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 3: away George Dickens. 384 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean again, it's just filling in the needed 385 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: and then creating the same need again. Yeah. Now there 386 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: will be some gymnastics in terms of when do you 387 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: pay him and all that stuff, but don't worry about 388 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: that now. It's going to try to win games. 389 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 3: You know, they're not gonna They're not gonna do anything 390 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:04,879 Speaker 3: with Pickens now now they're right right, he's under contract. 391 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 3: He's going to be playing for a contract. 392 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: Make a really good year out Let it play out, right, 393 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: Let it play out. Yeah, there's no rush for that 394 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 1: at all. 395 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, let's get to a break. He is the Matt Williamson. 396 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 3: I am Dale Lolly. 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He is the 404 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 3: Matt Williamson and Matt Albert Breer on SI dot Com 405 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 3: put together a little piece here on the quarterbacks available 406 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 3: in this draft, and both Mike Tomlin and Omar Khan 407 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 3: saying today that there are some good quarterback available in 408 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 3: this draft. They see some potential there. 409 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, I understand that, but. 410 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 3: When you look at it, they're not going to reach 411 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 3: for a quarterback right at any point in this draft. 412 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 1: They're just from twenty one to get one of these guys. 413 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: And I can't see, well, we think he's the third 414 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: round or we're going to trade up to the fortieth 415 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 1: pick in the draft, not going to have right right 416 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: just won't happen, which I totally understand. 417 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:31,360 Speaker 3: So were put together a piece here that breaks down 418 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 3: he talked to a bunch of different scouts and gms 419 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,640 Speaker 3: and people of that nature anonymously. They get their true 420 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 3: thoughts on this quarterback draft class. 421 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: And the best guys to talk to are the ones 422 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 1: that already have the quarterback right, you know, the Bill scout, 423 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: the Bengals scout. They got no skin in the game, 424 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: you know. 425 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 3: So here's what some of the people had to say 426 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 3: here for cam Moord. The comparison for him is a 427 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 3: sowd off Ben Roethlisberger. 428 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: I see some of that. I mean, that's that's high 429 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: praise obviously. I mean he has a gunslinger, he's a playmaker, 430 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 1: he's mentally tough, little raw coming out of school, you know. 431 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: I mean, I see some of that. 432 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 3: An NFC coordinator on cam Ward said he's the best one. 433 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 3: He has a great arm talent, really good accuracy, can escape, 434 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 3: he's got a quick release, he can throw from different angles. 435 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 3: To me, it's clear that he's number one. 436 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: I totally agree. Yeah, I totally agree. And I think 437 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: he's getting a short change when compared to last year's class. 438 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 1: I've heard a lot of people saying, well, he wouldn't 439 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: even crack the top five or six from last year. 440 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: I'm like, I'll think of over bow Nix or Pennix 441 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: coming out of school, and probably McCarthy too. There's a 442 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: lot of talent there. 443 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 3: The number two guy he has on here is should 444 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 3: wear Sanders in the traits comparison is Teddy Bridgewater. 445 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: I get that a lot. I think that's probably the 446 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:53,360 Speaker 1: low end for Sanders. But I mean Teddy's not terrible. 447 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: I mean he's a smaller okay, not great athlete, throws 448 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 1: the ball well, but not a power thrower, you know. 449 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,719 Speaker 1: I mean, had a good career. He had an injury, 450 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: but that's not what I'm looking for at twenty one. 451 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 3: You know, here's what an AFC coordinator had to say. 452 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 3: He's the most interesting guy in the draft. The physical 453 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 3: tools are good, not great. The arm, talent, athleticism, size 454 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,160 Speaker 3: are all core things a scout would look at. They're okay, yeah, yeah, 455 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 3: you see him. He's accurate, he elevates his team. He's 456 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,880 Speaker 3: played good football under extreme spotlight. I think he's he'll 457 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 3: go fairly high, but if you're drafting him, you want 458 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:30,400 Speaker 3: to know every detail. 459 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 1: Yeah. Again, I just don't see a super high ceiling. 460 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: I don't see a superpower. And some will point to accuracy, 461 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: and I do think he's probably the most accurate quarterback 462 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: catchable ball touch in this draft, but his completion percentage 463 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 1: is a little bit of a little pumped up. 464 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 3: There are a lot of screens and things of that nature. 465 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, they don't protect well and the ball came 466 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: out a lot and having a great receiver help too. 467 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 3: So Mike Tomlins was asked about Shdor Sanders today. He said, look, 468 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 3: I've had a long time. I've known Dion. 469 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 1: From all they have to know each other. 470 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 3: Well, yeah, it's just you know, the thing you look 471 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 3: at with him, he's accurate, he's tough, And he said 472 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 3: the thing that you really don't see that shows up 473 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 3: is his competitiveness. 474 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:16,239 Speaker 1: I believe all that. 475 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, So here's what an NFC quarterbacks coach said. He's accurate, tough, 476 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 3: competitive in the pocket, a lot of the same stuff. Yeah, 477 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 3: he's got sneaky escapability for not being a super athlete. 478 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 3: He's a pretty good feel in the pocket. It's hard 479 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 3: to say on some things. They were so bad up front, 480 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 3: but there were times where he didn't help. You wonder 481 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,959 Speaker 3: if he'd played at the Ohio State. Who knows, And 482 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 3: that's just what we don't know. 483 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 1: You don't know, right, And that's what scouting is all about. 484 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: And one thing I don't give Sanders enough credit for 485 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: is I often say he doesn't have a high enough 486 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 1: ceiling for me, for this team, with the quarterbacks they 487 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,679 Speaker 1: have to play against the next five to ten years. 488 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 1: But I think his floor is very high too. I 489 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: mean accurate, competitive, tough. It's a good starting spot for 490 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: he's going to last. You know, he's going to be 491 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: a success. 492 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 3: My problem is those are some of the same things 493 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 3: that we said about Kenny. 494 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 1: Pickett, I know again, and if he's good, he's our cousins. 495 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: Or if he's good, yeah, I don't. 496 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 3: I don't think pickets accuracy was as good as Shador Sanders, No, 497 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 3: definitely not. But he was tough and he was competitive. 498 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 1: He's every bit the athlete Sanders was, though, maybe most right, 499 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: and they knew a ton about him, and the leadership 500 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: was all check check check, Yeah, but sometimes you got 501 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: to do what Josh Allen does right again, throw the 502 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: ball through you know, a key hole from eighty yards 503 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: away or whatever. You know. 504 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 3: Another scout said, this guy if his. 505 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: Lot of quarterbacks that are competitive and tough. 506 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 3: Right, Oh, yeah, otherwise they wouldn't be playing. 507 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, they're in the MAC, they're in the Mountain. 508 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 3: West and NFC quarterbacks coach said, this guy if his 509 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 3: last name was Breer, because Albert did this, uh, and 510 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 3: he was coming out of Minnesota, he'd be a sixth 511 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 3: round pick. He doesn't play with good feet. He's laid 512 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 3: on stuff. He has average and charm. His accuracy is okay, 513 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 3: but he has no timing, no anticipation. He flashes on 514 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,440 Speaker 3: some throws, but he's an average player, not a great athlete. 515 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 3: Even if you watch his pro day, there's no timing 516 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 3: or rhythm. He takes extra hitches. 517 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: I think the laid on stuff thing never gets talked 518 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 1: about enough because the people love him are like, well, 519 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 1: he's a lot like Joe Burrow. Like no, not that way. 520 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 1: I mean Joe Burrows reading three moves ahead of the 521 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: chess board. This guy guy comes open, ball comes out, 522 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,719 Speaker 1: which is very common. But in the league with an 523 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,920 Speaker 1: average arm, you're not gonna get away with that as much. 524 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 3: Moving on to Jackson Dart, Okay, the traits comp is 525 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,120 Speaker 3: Baker Mayfield with less of an arm. 526 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: Agreed, he doesn't have a bad arm, but Baker's got 527 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 1: a bigger arm. Baker's got a better arm and good traits, 528 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: but not a super runner or super size. I mean, 529 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 1: I don't know where he's an anus or better. I 530 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 1: mean there's a lot of b qualities. 531 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 3: An AFC coordinator said, I wrote down Baker Mayfield watching him. 532 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 3: He plays smart, instinctive. The more I watched him where 533 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 3: I have self liking him more and more. I don't 534 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 3: think he had a great idea of what to expect, 535 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 3: but I kept liking what I was seeing, writing down positives. 536 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 3: I think the guy can freaking play. 537 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 1: Okay. 538 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,359 Speaker 3: Another NFC quarterbacks coach said he's not Panis in terms 539 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 3: of arm talent, but good touch, anticipation. I see Baker 540 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 3: in the instincts the intermediate game. I like Jackson, He's 541 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:24,159 Speaker 3: probably my top guy behind ward. 542 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: Okay, none of that stuff's outlandish. I mean intermediate game 543 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: is what he does best. He's not a He's not 544 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: particularly good deep. The thing that's not mentioned, I mean 545 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: Mayfield was in much more of a pro style. He 546 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 1: was first overall pick coming out, and it was more 547 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 1: advanced x's and O wise. I mean that Mississippi offense 548 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 1: is a Looney Tunes offense. 549 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 3: Yeah. Another NFC coordinator said, I was struggling with Dart 550 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 3: big time. I think he's probably a backup. I had 551 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 3: a hard time seeing him as a guy that you 552 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 3: can build around. His arm is okay, he has just 553 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 3: enough athleticism, but that offense. Lane does a good job 554 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,919 Speaker 3: getting the quarterback clean looks, But anytime he has to 555 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 3: progress and feel the pocket clothes and make tough throws 556 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 3: out of a tight pocket, I didn't see it. I 557 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 3: don't see the physical ability. 558 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: Yeah. Again, so many people I really trust his quarterback 559 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: evaluators say you watch the tape and you go Lane 560 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: Kiffin's really good at job. Yeah, you know which he is. 561 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: But when it doesn't go paid by numbers for him, 562 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: it's not as great. 563 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 3: Moving on to Tyler Shuck, the traits comparison is Drew Locke. 564 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 1: Okay, that's unnecessarily negative. 565 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:42,400 Speaker 3: I think he's a better thrower of the football than Locke. 566 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, Locke has some I mean he was an early 567 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 1: second round pick. He's not a throwaway, physical and he 568 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,199 Speaker 1: keeps teams keep wanting him. 569 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 3: An AFC coordinator said, give him credit. He's overcome a lot. 570 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,199 Speaker 3: What you like and what people saw this year at 571 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 3: Louisville is there's more under center stuff, a lot of 572 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:01,679 Speaker 3: play action, and he's already been in a lot of 573 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 3: different systems, so he's further along in terms of football IQ. 574 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 3: Those things excite you. With him and Will Howard and 575 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 3: Cal McCord, they're the most pro ready of the systems 576 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:12,640 Speaker 3: that they've played in. He's got the size of the athleticism. 577 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,640 Speaker 3: He's not twenty two, but all those guys last year 578 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 3: were older too. It's funny Aaron Rodgers is forty one. 579 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 3: I get it, he's twenty six, but you'd love to 580 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 3: have him for fifteen years. Realistically, you're just trying to 581 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 3: get a guy through his first contracts. 582 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 1: Funny Lumpsham and Rodgers together. They might be in the 583 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: same quarterback room, but they're both old for their experience. 584 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 1: I mean, they're both up in age obviously. I thought 585 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: was interesting too that he mentioned Howard and McCord. I mean, well, 586 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: compared to Shock, they're young whipper snappers. You know, Shuck's 587 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 1: in a weird situation. Yeah, but those guys have been 588 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,479 Speaker 1: around the block too, at different systems, and they are 589 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 1: probably more pro ready because of it. 590 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:54,640 Speaker 3: An AFC offensive coordinator said, Physically, you watch the tape 591 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 3: and he's impressive. He's a good athlete, can make all 592 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 3: the throws. But the question marks is are why did 593 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 3: it take so long? Why didn't he beat out Anthony 594 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:03,119 Speaker 3: Brown at Oregon? 595 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: Uh. 596 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 3: There's a lot of good stuff standing in the pocket 597 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 3: making throws, but there are some also some moments when 598 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 3: you're asking is he bailing out? That's the one thing 599 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 3: I saw about him a lot. 600 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: Of time, and he doesn't love getting he throws off of. 601 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,959 Speaker 3: His back foot. His personality is okay, he's a fast riser. 602 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 3: I know a lot of coaches like him, but I'd 603 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 3: be nervous in a bad quarterback class with a guy 604 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 3: that seems to come out of nowhere. Fair fair Yeah, Yeah. 605 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:36,400 Speaker 3: Moving on then to Jaln Milroe. The comp on Jaln Milroe. 606 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 3: Here the trades comp Taysom Hill. 607 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 1: Kay, I think he's a way better thrower than Hill. 608 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 3: Here's what he said. Guy says, you turn on the 609 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,119 Speaker 3: Georgia tape, and he's as good as anyone, said inn 610 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 3: AFC offensive core near. Then as the season went on, 611 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 3: I'm not sure if he lost his confidence, but it 612 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,919 Speaker 3: felt like something happened. He's the one dynamic runner in 613 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 3: the class. Riley Leonard can run, but with Jalen you 614 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 3: can build a true quarter game that should set him 615 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 3: up for early success. He's got a big arm two 616 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:07,400 Speaker 3: and changed coordinators three times, so he can reason some 617 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 3: of it. 618 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot of change in Bama this year, 619 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,959 Speaker 1: but they're definitely right that the end of the season 620 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:15,680 Speaker 1: wasn't as good as the first two thirds of the 621 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: season or so. 622 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 3: Another AFC coordinator said. For me, there's no reason Milroe 623 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 3: can't be Jalen Hurts in a bad quarterback class. Big picture, 624 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,679 Speaker 3: he's the only guy who has true elite ability. I 625 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 3: know how bad he looked at times throwing it, but 626 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 3: he might be the best quarterback runner I've ever evaluated. 627 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:35,679 Speaker 1: It's off the charge. 628 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 3: He's a better runner than Lamar Jackson was in college. 629 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 1: In college, yes, not close to the pastor Lamar was 630 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,360 Speaker 1: in college right right, but yes, he was a better. 631 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 3: Runner, another guy said an AFC quarterbacks coach, Milroe is 632 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 3: like a running back playing quarterback. He's robotic as a quarterback. 633 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 3: He does some amazing things with his legs. He's a 634 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 3: great kid, so he has a chance to get better 635 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 3: on his will alone. But he's more robotic than Hurts. 636 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 3: What's coming out? Anthony Richardson would be a closer comp 637 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 3: to me as a passer. 638 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: Okay, I mean I get that. I mean that's the 639 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: level you're talking about, right, Yeah. 640 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 3: You do, Quinn Ewers. I'm not going to get his 641 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 3: in depth on this one, but the comp is Spencer Rattler. 642 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 1: Sounds about right. 643 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 3: That's not super no, right impressive, it's a backup. Yeah, 644 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 3: but the an NFC coordinator said that he's probably the best. 645 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 3: He's probably the third best pure passer in a draft 646 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 3: or just something missing, maybe tentativeness with his arm. He 647 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 3: just doesn't cut it loose enough. But he has passing ability. 648 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 3: The lack of athleticism is hurt has hurt him. You 649 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 3: wonder if he maxed out in high school. 650 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, that adds up to below average size, below average athleticism. 651 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:49,640 Speaker 1: Good not great passer. 652 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, Will Howard the comp was Josh McCown. 653 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a future coach and long time back up 654 00:29:57,560 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: the plays in the league till you're forty and then 655 00:29:59,280 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 1: going to be a coach. 656 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, And AFC coordinators said, I really like Howard to 657 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 3: knock his The arm strength, the other stuff is pretty good. 658 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 3: He's going to have no problem coming in and running 659 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 3: your offense with the stuff they asked him to do 660 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 3: at Ohio State. 661 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, right, right right, that's great. That's exactly what he is. 662 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 1: That's what you're looking for. Great. I just think the 663 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 1: Steelers already have that guy. 664 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 3: Kle mccordysion comp is case Keenum. 665 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:22,719 Speaker 1: I think he throws a veteran Keenum. 666 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,560 Speaker 3: An NFC quarterbacks coach said, he's very similar to Will 667 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 3: Howard in a lot of ways. When you watch him, 668 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 3: he doesn't look overly athletic, doesn't move all that well, 669 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 3: and he rips off a run and you're like, where 670 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 3: did that come from? He was very impressive at Syracuse 671 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,120 Speaker 3: with the leadership, the it factor. There's some stuff to him. 672 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 3: He's great and short passes, the ball comes out fast, 673 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 3: and that's where it is a little more, a little 674 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 3: more average. It's a little more average with his arm 675 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 3: strength in accuracy and consistency, that's lost with the more 676 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 3: difficult throws. 677 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 1: Okay, when they say there's a little stuff to him, 678 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,520 Speaker 1: and I'm like, yeah, that's the keydom part, you know, 679 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: like scrappy, will do whatever it takes. Teammates love him, 680 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,959 Speaker 1: back up, get you out of a game, spark a team. 681 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,680 Speaker 3: Okay, you know Riley Leonard decomp is a less jacked 682 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 3: up Tim Tebow. 683 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: Great. 684 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, here's what an NFC coordinator said. He's interesting because 685 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 3: everywhere he went he won Duke and then Notre Dame 686 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 3: last year. He's got a chance. 687 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: I think he'll stick. I mean, yeah, he's a really 688 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 1: good athlete too. He might be the second best runner 689 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 1: in this class. 690 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 3: I think he is. 691 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 1: Yeah. 692 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 3: So that's some of the top quarterbacks in this draft class. 693 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:37,960 Speaker 3: That's what some coordinators anonymously told Albert Breer of si 694 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 3: dot Com. 695 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: So it's good information. There's a lot of good stuff 696 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 1: in there on all those guys. 697 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 3: Absolutely, let's get to another break. He is the Matt Williamson. 698 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 3: I am Dale, Lolly. You're listening to the Drive here 699 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 3: on the Steelers Audio Network, Matt and I'll be back 700 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 3: with more right after this. 701 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 2: At least he's the drive with Dale Lolly and Matt 702 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 2: Williamson on your twenty four to seven Home of the 703 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 2: Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 704 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 3: And we are back. I am Dale Lolly, he is 705 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 3: the Matt Williamson. And uh. You mentioned Omar Kahn and 706 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 3: Mike Tomlin holding their pre draft press conference today, and 707 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:23,720 Speaker 3: you can't expect these. 708 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: I was gonna ask you, just from a reporter level, 709 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 1: why do they even do it? Does every team do this? 710 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 1: And I assume the league wants you to do something 711 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 1: pre draft that helped pupil exactly, Yeah, but what what 712 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 1: do they actually expect them to say? Like, I'd hate 713 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 1: to be in their shoes because you have to talk 714 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 1: and you could say things like this is a really 715 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 1: good running back class, it's a good defensive line class. 716 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: There's a lot of edge guys in this class we like. 717 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 1: But you can't really get specific with Steeler stuff. I mean, 718 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 1: that's like it would be silly. Here's the cards in 719 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 1: my hand. You're not going to show her? 720 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 3: Yes, I was. I was sitting in the room today. 721 00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 3: I was the first one in there. 722 00:32:59,240 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 1: As usual. 723 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 3: One some of your guys start walking in and oh 724 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 3: over here, and then they're not going to say anything 725 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 3: I'm like, what do you expect? 726 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 1: What do you expect? Right? They just say, well, we're 727 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:10,720 Speaker 1: trading down with this team. 728 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, we're gonna move up and get Cam word. 729 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: We think Door Sanders is the next John Elway. Yeah, 730 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:17,040 Speaker 1: I gonna tell you that. 731 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 3: You know, no, nobody's going to say anything like that. 732 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 3: But then you see guys like Jerry Jones come out today. 733 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 1: And he said, I bet if you examine thirty two 734 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,120 Speaker 1: press conferences them, there's some slippage. 735 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 3: Right. Jerry Jones came out and said today that we're 736 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 3: looking at two things that could happen before or after 737 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 3: the draft, two pretty substantial trades that we've been working 738 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:45,200 Speaker 3: on today. 739 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 1: Oh wow, okay, I mean why would he say that? Well, 740 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: first of all, he owns a team and he'll say 741 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 1: whatever he wants. And he's eighty or ninety years old, 742 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 1: and who that cares like? Who does he have to 743 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:04,400 Speaker 1: impressed anymore? So it's a different world than Tomlin or 744 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 1: Cohn or ninety nine percent of the people at podiums today. 745 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 1: I could see them trying to trade back. I mean, 746 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: I would think one of the receivers will be there 747 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,799 Speaker 1: if you go backwards, one of the running backs would 748 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:19,399 Speaker 1: be there. If you go backwards, it wouldn't be working 749 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,440 Speaker 1: on that now though I think he wouldn't. You wouldn't happen. 750 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 1: That wouldn't happen. Now. 751 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 3: These sound like player trades. 752 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 1: You can trade Dak Prescott or Micah Parsons today. Yeah, 753 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:35,360 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know unless they think about adding somebody. 754 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:40,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, it must be. It must be talking. It has 755 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 3: to be talking players. 756 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:42,759 Speaker 1: I would imagine. 757 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 3: I think it's trade. 758 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,359 Speaker 1: I mean because Jerry's definitely not on the phone with 759 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 1: the Steelers about trading down to twenty this point. 760 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 3: They they've been on the phone. Well he is feeling yeah, 761 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 3: but not him. 762 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,520 Speaker 1: He's not. He's on his yachts or do what he 763 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:57,759 Speaker 1: wants to do. He's not doing that. 764 00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,720 Speaker 3: When Jerry Jones, if I just thought it was interesting, 765 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:04,360 Speaker 3: I'm like, huh one or two? Said two? Two pretty 766 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:06,480 Speaker 3: substantial substantive trades. 767 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,960 Speaker 1: Two. Who's on the block for them? I would think 768 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,360 Speaker 1: maybe they acquire somebody. They they haven't done anything in 769 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,640 Speaker 1: free agency for two years in a row. I'm sure 770 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:19,600 Speaker 1: are they after Tree Hendrickson or I don't know. I mean, 771 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:23,080 Speaker 1: is there's somebody they could Tyreek Hill? I have no idea. 772 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:23,919 Speaker 3: It's a strange one. 773 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:25,320 Speaker 1: Maybe they want to add a player. 774 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I just thought that was you know, this was 775 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 3: during their pre draft pres conference, Like. 776 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 1: Nobody probably asked him or no, you're working on two 777 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,759 Speaker 1: big trades, Jerry, Yeah, come to think about what we are. 778 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:37,799 Speaker 3: Hey, Jerry, what's what's up? Oh we got too big 779 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:38,400 Speaker 3: trade coming? 780 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,840 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah yeah whoa Okay, yeah, I'm sure he brought 781 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:42,920 Speaker 1: it up. Yeah. 782 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:48,239 Speaker 3: Look, that's the way it looks. And yeah, they're they're 783 00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:50,480 Speaker 3: gonna if they're gonna happen before the draft, they're probably 784 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:51,840 Speaker 3: players on other teams. 785 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,000 Speaker 1: I would think. I don't think they're trading any of 786 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 1: their stars. I wouldn't think, right right, Maybe they're adding Yeah, 787 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,920 Speaker 1: they haven't done much of that. Interesting it is, it is, 788 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,480 Speaker 1: but I'm always curious. You know, what do you expect 789 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,480 Speaker 1: these coaches and gms to say this week leading up 790 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:09,480 Speaker 1: to the draft. I mean, they'll tell you some things. 791 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,000 Speaker 1: We're happy with George Pickens, we like the running back class. 792 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:15,200 Speaker 1: You know, there's talks with Aaron Rodgers. Okay, I mean 793 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,719 Speaker 1: that that's good information, but it's not how secrets. 794 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is how secret stuff that's now people Now 795 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:24,720 Speaker 3: when you say this to reporters. Now they start digging. 796 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:29,040 Speaker 1: I'm sure on working on Ceedee. Lamb's moving, Michael Parsons moving, 797 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:30,400 Speaker 1: Everyone's gonna make up stuff. 798 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,640 Speaker 3: Everybody starts looking at who's who's getting moved to the Cowboys. 799 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:35,120 Speaker 3: You know, that's just the way it goes. 800 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,520 Speaker 1: It is, and maybe there is something, I mean, maybe 801 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:38,759 Speaker 1: we will on the air. 802 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,160 Speaker 3: Some of that's the showmanship with Jerry Jones wants the 803 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,239 Speaker 3: Cowboys to always be in the always. 804 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:46,120 Speaker 1: Be news and right right they're trending right now or whatever. 805 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:48,040 Speaker 1: So interesting, yeah it is. 806 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:50,120 Speaker 3: Let's get to a break. That's going to do it 807 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,120 Speaker 3: for our number one of the Drive here on the 808 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 3: Steelers Audio Network, Matt and now I'll be back with 809 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,120 Speaker 3: our number two of the Drive right after this