1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Your tunes about drive on your twenty four to seven 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio. Back 3 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: on the drive here as we roll along on a 4 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 1: Tuesday afternoon and joining us now. It's our Buddychris Adamski, 5 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: of course, covers the Steelers for the trib and is 6 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: the co host of the Steelers Blitz right here on 7 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: the Steelers Audio Network every single day at noon with 8 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: our buddy Tom Opperman. 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 2: Buzz. 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 1: Thank you for taking the time, as always, we appreciate it. 11 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: Some in the last twenty four hours or so, here 12 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: some more hires being announced by the Steelers. Some of 13 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 1: the names that we've all been discussing and talking about 14 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: but now being made official. James Campen offensive line coach, 15 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: Jarry Evans maybe future Hall of Fame NFL guard Jarry 16 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: Evans assistant offensive line coach. And the ramone Chin young 17 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: senior running backs coach, but he had previously been an 18 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: offensive line coach as well, too. Are we are we 19 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 1: picking up on a theme here, mister Adamski. We know 20 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: how much the trenches were kind of a an onus 21 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: for Omar Kahn, for Andy Widel, for this newer you know, 22 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: not new, but still just a few years in to 23 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: this new or Steelers regime. Does this kind of solidify 24 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: that how important they look at that young offensive line 25 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,559 Speaker 1: and their growth this offseason and going forward. 26 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 2: I kind of like the way they there's the long 27 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 2: time two decade old, two decade tenure, I guess I 28 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 2: should say offensive line coach, and then you have the 29 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 2: young up and coming guy who just you know as 30 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 2: not that far from his playing career, you know that 31 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 2: that kind of thing. And then you have a third 32 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 2: you're right, the third guy who's been an assistant there too. 33 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 2: The difference from the staff, Yeah, I think, I mean, 34 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 2: we know ever since this regime took over. I mean 35 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 2: Andy Widel probably the most outwardly talks about it, the 36 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 2: trenches and everything, and how many draft picks they've spent 37 00:01:57,920 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 2: on high or high draft picks they've spent on all 38 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 2: offensive lineman and defensive lineman two And you see that, 39 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 2: and you know, in terms of the one of the 40 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 2: strengths of the team, if you figure out the left 41 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 2: tackle situation and the whole left side, I guess you 42 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 2: got to figure out. But you know, the strengths your 43 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 2: team is from center over on the offensive line. That's 44 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: something you feel they're certainly going forward or projective over 45 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 2: a number of years, So you have that and you 46 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 2: won't be there. But they're still really young. I mean, 47 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 2: you still have a couple of guys there that the 48 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 2: fewer than twenty careers twenty career starts playing there. So 49 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 2: it's good to see that, and it's good Camp is 50 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 2: one of the guys I'm most for to looking looking 51 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 2: forward to meeting or talking to and getting to know 52 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,679 Speaker 2: and everything. It seems like generally speaking off of the line, 53 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 2: coaches are are fun yeah to talk to. Yeah, yeah, 54 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 2: So it certainly sounds like him, and I mean Aaron Rodgers. 55 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,679 Speaker 2: Obviously everybody seen the things he said about him publicly 56 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 2: over the years and things like that, so that'll be something. 57 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 2: But yeah, I think you're on something there West. 58 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 3: So how I mean, we know what the center, right guard, 59 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 3: right tackle situation is going to be. I mean, I 60 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 3: can't imagine in Faltonu moving back to the left or 61 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 3: McCormick losing his job, but how do you handle the 62 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 3: left side? I mean my early hunch is Jones and 63 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 3: Cook battled out in camp. Maybe bring back Samalu. We 64 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 3: were talking about that. But you also have Anderson in 65 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 3: the mix, and I'm definitely drafting at least one offensive 66 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 3: lineman that's not a pure center. 67 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, I it is. I kind of thought for a while, 68 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 2: I know Stamla is getting a lot more momentum here, 69 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 2: a lot more talk about him coming back, and I 70 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 2: guess that kind of depends on you know, I guess 71 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: what we just talked about a couple of seconds ago. 72 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 2: Here they're putting on this as you would call it 73 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 2: the nest sort of for the offensive lineman with with 74 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 2: the coaching, so maybe you know, that's probably the best 75 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 2: one of the best justifications or reasonings they keep, say 76 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 2: A Mala reassigned him as he is kind of that 77 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: the facto coach or leader, you know, the only only 78 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 2: through veteran on the old line. So maybe you've kind 79 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 2: of mitigated that now by having all these offensive line 80 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 2: coaches around. And I kind of foresaw it that it 81 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 2: would sensibly be Anderson, and then like a mid round 82 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 2: pick would essentially you take it intier, your offensive lineman, whatever, third, 83 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 2: fourth round, whatever it is, and you know, if he 84 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 2: breaks out of camp, it looks really good and you 85 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 2: think you've got a kind of a steal or at 86 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 2: least a solid pick, you know, kind of like my 87 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 2: actually that Mason McCormick two years ago, right, yeah, yeah, 88 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 2: Nick is something like that that then then here you 89 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 2: get there you go, you're you're you're cooking a get 90 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 2: you got another young starting line if not, I mean 91 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 2: such r Anderson. How much did he played? He played 92 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 2: about a quarter of the snaps this past season now, 93 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 2: and you wouldn't think right that the Steelers are going 94 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 2: to use the new offensive scheme and with Mike McCarthy 95 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 2: used the old jumbo tight end that often or if 96 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 2: at all this season. They did they did last year 97 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 2: and that was kind of almost like they were using 98 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 2: it so much and it was it, you know, worked 99 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 2: to a degree that you can almost make the cases like, well, okay, 100 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 2: get another left guard so that Bencher Anderson can do 101 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 2: that thing still because he was I think he is 102 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 2: really good at that. I think the way he moves 103 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 2: and thinks so but that but that that kind of thing, 104 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 2: the way he moves you would think would make him 105 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 2: good as a pulling guard and things like that too. 106 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 2: So he's been, you know, certainly no worse than adequate 107 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 2: whenever he has gotten the start, he started on both 108 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 2: sides that both guards over the years and various points. 109 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 2: So I still probably trend toward that that say them 110 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 2: all let him walk, and I Anderson and then probably 111 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 2: whether it be a veteran that's the thing too. And 112 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 2: then with Anderson, do you give him a contract? What 113 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,479 Speaker 2: do he accept a contract? To be kind of in 114 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 2: that mid range where I like, that's kind of why 115 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 2: I envisioned kind of like to Nate her big crumbtraf 116 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 2: fro about three years ago, where he was like kind 117 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 2: of starter money but not really and but better than backup. 118 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 2: You know, he's a really good, highly paid backup to 119 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 2: be a good ins searance policy or it's like a 120 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 2: bargain kind of starter. Would he take that this you 121 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 2: know summer, not knowing for sure if he's gonna win, 122 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 2: the sort of you know, that kind of thing, and 123 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 2: maybe so that that's kind of way I still read it. 124 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 2: But yeah, I could definitely see you know, samlu coming 125 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 2: back as well real quick. And you're right about left oat, 126 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 2: so I mention left tackle. Yeah, I see exactly what 127 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 2: you see it. I see Cooking Jones battle it out 128 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 2: for the starting note. That's the way I imagine left 129 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 2: tackle will definitely go. Yeah. Yeah. 130 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 3: And the thing I wanted to expand on that you 131 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 3: mentioned though, is one of my favorite moves from a 132 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 3: team perspective is negotiating with a player Jalen Warner. It's 133 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 3: a perfect example that hasn't made much money yet. Spencer Anderson, 134 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 3: by NFL standards, might take missus. Anderson might be like, 135 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 3: I'll take the signing bonus now, you know what I mean? 136 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 2: On this network, we're money exactly. That's the sole room. 137 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 3: But the other thing too. I mean, there might be 138 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 3: the time to strike the iron when the tout or 139 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 3: whatever on Spencer Anderson now before he's you know, really 140 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 3: builds his resume and he hasn't made a lot yet. 141 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 3: You can get him maybe a seventy five cents on 142 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 3: the dollar. But the left tackle spot. You have both 143 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 3: of them for next year, but you don't have them 144 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 3: after that, you know. So I'd love to have like 145 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 3: a project tackle. Yeah, earn their money and develop them, 146 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 3: you know. 147 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm sure if that, If they don't, you know, 148 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 2: bring in another, I guess you at this point, I mean, 149 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 2: I suppose if you have the two guys bout have 150 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 2: left tackle, and then the loser of that competition is 151 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 2: your swing tackle? I guess that answers that question to point, 152 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 2: so I guess you weren't really I mean, having cook 153 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 2: show what he did this year. I think he's at 154 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 2: least the four of the opportunity to kind of enter 155 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 2: camp at the very least to be the you know, 156 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 2: the swing tackle for you. 157 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 4: So it kind of mitigates at a minimum, yeah, exactly, exactly, 158 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 4: So it mitigates the need to draft a tackle higher 159 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 4: or you know. 160 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 2: Certainly sign a starting caliber tackle, which is the money 161 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 2: you won't if you spending right now. A lot of 162 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 2: this will come down to where where does the organization 163 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 2: believe Rob Proderick Jones is. It's uh, you know, he's 164 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 2: still he's gotten hurt a lot. Now, he's moved around. 165 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 2: He finally got to the spot last year. Now he 166 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 2: did the injury. You wouldn't think the injury is something 167 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 2: that but you start dealing with like neck type things. 168 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 2: You never know with that linger and and you certainly 169 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 2: I don't in my mind, you don't have enough you know, 170 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 2: good quality tape and the themessage to pick up the 171 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,239 Speaker 2: option per se. But if you don't pick up the option, 172 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: then it's kind of like, what are you doing? Then 173 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 2: you're gonna spend your time like I don't know, it's 174 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 2: like what you're not going to pick up the options, 175 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 2: You're gonna have to be your starting less tackle And 176 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 2: you know, I kind of go back and forth on it, 177 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 2: but so I would imagine having that now. Then it's 178 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 2: it's kind of like, I mean, it's a meani or 179 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 2: it's a it's not the exact same thing you're saying. 180 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 2: But with Roderick Jones and if he does what, they 181 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 2: wins the starting job and then he all of a 182 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 2: sudden he's your starting left tackle when he hits free agency. 183 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 2: That's that's not that's not good. I mean, it's not 184 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 2: good in terms of your leverage at that point. But 185 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 2: I saw it's you got to kind of kind of 186 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 2: play it, like how much confidence do you have in 187 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:58,719 Speaker 2: him to beat if if you can't beat out doing 188 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 2: cook with all due respect of doing okay, I like 189 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 2: doing coke. I'm I saying this this in this context, 190 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 2: but he can't be out doing coke, then you know, 191 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 2: when do we even do it? You know what I mean, 192 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 2: there's no way he's going to be back at at 193 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 2: any point. So I don't want to. 194 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 3: Keep harping on this, but he's gonna have new people 195 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 3: coaching them, maybe they get a lot more out of them. 196 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 3: Maybe he's just a better fit for this group of 197 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 3: coaches than last. Who knows. 198 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 2: You know, Yeah, I still kind of feel like he's 199 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 2: he's and incomplete in a lot of ways. I mean, 200 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 2: the moving around. They're getting hurt that he's still young here. 201 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 2: He always was young. He always was inexperience, he always 202 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 2: was I mean projects not the right word. He always 203 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 2: was kind of a longer term thing, you know, if 204 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 2: there was going to be a certainly compared to for instance, 205 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 2: fought On, who we knew was kind of pro ready 206 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 2: right away right and could step right in brit Jones 207 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 2: had the higher ceiling. And maybe he's gonna take an 208 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 2: extra couple of years so you can buy those things 209 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 2: that I don't feel like I'm not not so I'm 210 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 2: certainly gonna label on a bus or anything at this point. 211 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 2: But it's also like you wish I had more, you know, 212 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 2: like I said, if you we're not going to pick 213 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 2: up the fift year off. So there's obviously something I 214 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 2: don't say wrong, but there's something here that's that's missing, right, 215 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 2: there's there's obviously and just so yeah, so that'll be 216 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 2: interesting to see how they how they do that and 217 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 2: if they But you're right, you would, you would, you hope. 218 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 2: Although that's a pretty big position to kind of go 219 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 2: in with, right, I mean, that's why I want to 220 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 2: get one extra ye. 221 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 3: I want a third round pick from a small school 222 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 3: that's developmental and has talent, you know, just sitting around 223 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 3: inactive on game day. But next year you might be 224 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 3: real happy you haven't. 225 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a good point too. Yeah I could. I 226 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:26,719 Speaker 2: could see that too. But it's always fun to do 227 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 2: the draft and like this they needed and then you 228 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 2: list all of a sudden you're up to like mine 229 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 2: positions Yeah, draft and there or whatever. But actually this 230 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 2: year they do have nine things. 231 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's crazy to think Proger Jones still just 232 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: twenty four years old. That is that's wild buzz. One 233 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: of the things you know, aside from Isaac Sayamalu, I 234 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 1: feel like the other uh kind of three bigger name 235 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: free agents for the Steelers that Matt and I have 236 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: kicked around over the last week or so. Kenneth Gainwell 237 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: of course, Team MVP, and then a pair of cornerbacks 238 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: in James p and A Sante Samuel Junior. Of those three, 239 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: do you see any as a priority or are you 240 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: trying to lock any of them up before they hit 241 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: that proverbial open market here in about a month, you know? 242 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: Do you like we've talked about, Hey, you know, if 243 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 1: you brought back A Pierre could you could you feel 244 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: you know, settled with him and Joey Porter Junior? If 245 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: you bring back Kenneth Gainwell, does that feel like you're 246 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: set in the running back department? You know, especially if 247 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: you can get something out of Caleb Johnson with this 248 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: new coaching staff aside from Sayamalu, those other three Gainwell, 249 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: Pierre and A Sante Samuel Junior. Do you any either 250 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 1: or any of those trio as a as a priority 251 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: for the Steelers this offseason. 252 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 2: It's funny because I almost see now this is obviously 253 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 2: as Matt just mentioned that both Cook and Jones are 254 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:50,319 Speaker 2: on the roster this coming year. And where I'm going 255 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 2: with this is that I almost feel like, Okay, I 256 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 2: could reasonable, I could talk myself in Okay, going to camp, 257 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,319 Speaker 2: roll the ball out there, Pierre and Samuel, one of 258 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 2: them wins the starting corner job, the ones that you 259 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 2: know if you're at throwd Outsack Roun or whatever something 260 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:04,319 Speaker 2: like that. Now it's not so simple when you got 261 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 2: to sign them both, right, did you sign them both? 262 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 2: You get you know, what is there a mark? How 263 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 2: much of a market is there for James Pierre? You know, 264 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 2: he's been in the league for a while. 265 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 3: I was real quick on him, like I think you 266 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 3: missed your window to sign someone that hasn't made much money, 267 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 3: because if he gets you o a market, he's gonna 268 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:23,439 Speaker 3: get money and he knows it, you know, Like I 269 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 3: don't think you're gonna get a great discount on him. 270 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 3: And I think that ship. 271 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 2: Sailed, yeah, so that that you So you can't really, 272 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,719 Speaker 2: I mean you seems like functionally or realistically, you can't 273 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 2: bring them both back, probably Pierre because you know what 274 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 2: we yes, So I don't know. It's tricky then too 275 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:45,439 Speaker 2: with Samuel because what's his value in the market is 276 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 2: he continues being completely healthy? Did he prove he's back? 277 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 2: Like I would imagine if he never got hurt last year, 278 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 2: you know, twenty twenty four, that he would have had 279 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 2: a pretty decent contract this last spring as a free agency. 280 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,839 Speaker 2: Whether it was reading up with the with the charges, 281 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 2: and so I don't know what the market is for 282 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 2: him either, what you're looking for now, so if you 283 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 2: can get them both back. Yeah, Now that being said too, 284 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 2: we're in the world now, which we're so almost pron precedent, 285 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 2: and at least something for us covering the Steelers monitoring 286 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 2: the Steelers, is that there's a new coaching staff coming in, right, 287 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 2: so whatever capital I mean, like Danny Smith loved James Pierre, right, 288 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:23,719 Speaker 2: I mean he wanted he could ad them all the time. 289 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 2: And then the coaching staff, you know, I think Mike 290 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:27,839 Speaker 2: Coman had a real appreciation and they are all those 291 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 2: guys did, but they're all gone now, right, So there's 292 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,839 Speaker 2: not the institutional attachment maybe to some of your own 293 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 2: free agents that may be in the past. So I 294 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 2: tend maybe home on the fence and something. If I'm predicting, 295 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 2: maybe I'm a lot less likely to say this guy 296 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 2: will be back and this guy'll be back, because it's 297 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 2: essentially a whole new team, at least in terms of 298 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 2: the coaches. Now. I know, you know, management's the same 299 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 2: and everything, so hey, there's not that. But I mean 300 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 2: to answer your question though, I mean gain Well, I 301 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 2: think for sure, because you're right, you can just completely 302 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 2: the running backs, you still have some meeting the bone. 303 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 2: We should explore if he's meeting the bone for Caleb Johnson, 304 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 2: for sure, he's obviously gonna, you know, be on the 305 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 2: team that's this coming year, and you can, I would, 306 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 2: you know, see what there's solids, something missing. Maybe the 307 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 2: whole new coaching staff again can get something out of him. 308 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 2: And and you know game what was your team MVP? Right? 309 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:13,079 Speaker 2: And I think he would be a good fit. And 310 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 2: he quote unquote West Coast offense that that Mike McCarthy 311 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 2: referenced and uh in terms of that, so I think 312 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 2: he'd be seen enough him being a weapon before the 313 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 2: Steelers and certainly when he's with the Steelers. I think 314 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 2: he's the number one priority in part because you have 315 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 2: two options there at that position. But if not, you know, 316 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 2: I it's to use a high draft pick on a 317 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 2: cornerback again, I don't know, it's uh, it's kind of crazy. 318 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 2: At least at least the Steelers finally got the homegrown, 319 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 2: uh number one cornerback after many years of trying to 320 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 2: do that over and over again and kind of going 321 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 2: the veteran rounds, so you don't have to worry about that. 322 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 2: At least you mentioned him. 323 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 3: And I can't remember if you if we've had this 324 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 3: conversation last week or not, but my hunch is Caleb 325 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 3: Johnson and rom and Wilson are the happiest two players 326 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 3: on the team. About a coaching change, you know, you're 327 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 3: just getting new set of eyes on you. They do 328 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 3: have had agree. You know, you're gonna see more three 329 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 3: receiver sets now too, so maybe that opens the door 330 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 3: for Wilson as a slot. So maybe those two get 331 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 3: a new lease on life. 332 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. I've talked about those two and then for 333 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 2: different reasoning are different type of level, but pat Fire 334 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 2: and Mere as well. Yeah, I think us in terms 335 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 2: of yeah, yeah, because you just think that they're that, 336 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 2: you know, I think everybody across the fan base and 337 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 2: everything too. But yeah, definitely, because you're right whatever's happened, 338 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 2: especially in Rome and you got two years. But they're 339 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 2: both essentially the same in terms of they obviously fallen 340 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 2: out of favor, for for better or for worse. Whoever 341 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 2: forward is, I don't know, but they're obviously gonna you know, 342 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 2: they're not gonna be cut this point of the season 343 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 2: for sure, So they're gonna have a whole spring and 344 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 2: a whole summer, the whole new fresh set of eyes 345 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 2: that comes in with a you know, a clean slate 346 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 2: and everything. And you're right, there's Ted Petick there, there's 347 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 2: talent there, and I do think you could see you 348 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 2: know that, You're right. That's a good way I put 349 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 2: it in. They're they're happy because they're gonna get essentially, 350 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 2: they'll get their fresh start anyway, which you know, in 351 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 2: some ways I'm sure secretly not personal. I'm sure they 352 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 2: just varying degrees, you know, like their coaches or whatever. 353 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 2: But I'm sure that they would welcome a fresh start 354 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 2: at this point with a different team if they if 355 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 2: they had that option. So now essentially you get that 356 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 2: with the hun new coaching staff, and it's probably good 357 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 2: for the you know, Steelers too, to be able to 358 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 2: maybe whatever it is, maybe there's just something they'll click 359 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 2: with one of these guys at both to these guys 360 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 2: with new guys coaching them with their positions, and then 361 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, you got a much greater asset 362 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 2: on your team. 363 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: That's what we're hoping for, certainly, Chris before we let 364 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: you go, Matt and I were kind of laughing to 365 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 1: you know, when we have our extensive pre show production 366 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: meeting before we go on air, we were kind of laughing, 367 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: like we've spent so much time talking about Mike McCarthy 368 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: and that coaching staff and free agency and the draft 369 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: and Senior Bowl and all these things. It's like, Hey, 370 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: the super Bowl is a few days away too, this Sunday, 371 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: the Big Game as it's been called over the years. 372 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: Who you got winning on Sunday? Who's gonna be around 373 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: Super Bowl champions? 374 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 2: I don't know. I mean, maybe I'm I'm being two 375 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 2: on the surface here or whatever. I got a feeling 376 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 2: the Seahawks might just blow them out. I don't know. 377 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 2: I just feel like, I mean at the Patriots off 378 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 2: and it's been like painful to like the fact that 379 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 2: they're in the super Bowl now, and the three playoff 380 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 2: games they played. I know one of them is in 381 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 2: the snow so whatever, but it's like all three of 382 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 2: those games, I felt like it was like scratching the 383 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 2: chuck board with their fingern I got't like this didn't 384 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 2: feel like there was a much quiller there offensively, and 385 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 2: and but they won all three. Give them credit, you know, 386 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 2: and every time about their schedule and you look at 387 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 2: you know, every all but three teams they played have 388 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,640 Speaker 2: a new coach this year coming up after through their schedule. 389 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 2: But hey, they still only have what lost one game 390 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 2: since September? Right, I mean, what are we doing here? 391 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 2: But so I don't know, maybe I'm selling them short, 392 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,439 Speaker 2: maybe without digging in too much in the matchups and 393 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 2: actually you know, taking an analytical point of view, but 394 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 2: I just feel like the Seahawks. Seahawks have by the 395 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 2: eye test, looked to me like the best team their 396 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 2: resume is the best team they're playing. That they're hot 397 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 2: right now. They can play blew out the forty nine 398 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 2: ers twice like a fort ads is a pretty good thing. 399 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 2: Good team. They blew them out twice in the two 400 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 2: weeks or two and a half worth of teen days. Man, 401 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,359 Speaker 2: I guess it would have been good three weeks, three weekends. 402 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 2: But and you know they've they've beaten they beat the Rams. 403 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 2: Wh what if they here's a competition, who would be 404 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 2: the other good roster would be? Would be the Rams? 405 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 2: And they beat just beat them, so that they're hot, 406 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 2: they're playing better at this point right now, both sides 407 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 2: of the ball. I mean, the question mark to me 408 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:18,959 Speaker 2: or you know, the Seahawks all year would have been 409 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 2: how's Darl gonna do when the playoffs or in the 410 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 2: in the weighty moments, the weighty games. And he looks 411 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 2: pretty good so far here. So I just I don't know. 412 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 2: I feel like you guys kind of got it. Maybe 413 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 2: I'm wrong, maybe just me, but you kind of got 414 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 2: to talk yourself into final you know, to just keep 415 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 2: it simple. When the Seahawks are the better team, the 416 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 2: Seahawks should win. I like it. 417 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,200 Speaker 1: Chris Adamski, great stuff as always. Make sure you're checking 418 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:40,919 Speaker 1: out his coverage in the trip listening to him and 419 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: tom at noon on the Steelers Blitz. Thanks for the 420 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: time as always, partner, will talk to you soon. 421 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:47,360 Speaker 2: All right, guys, thanks time we talk to you. Man. 422 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: There, he goes Chris Adamski. I'm leaning that way too 423 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: towards the super Bowl. But we'll get more. 424 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't want to divulge anymore. 425 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 2: We'll get more than that. 426 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 3: I hear where he's coming from for for sure.