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Speaker 1: I'm Dale all here with Matt Williamson. This is the

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Speaker 1: Drive on Steelers Nation Radio. I'm back from vacation, just

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Speaker 1: I'm tremendous. I give you credit, though, I mean after

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Speaker 1: Life can't be easy. Yeah, it's already rained more here. Well,

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Speaker 1: and you wonder was there something that showed up medically

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Speaker 1: I'm just guessing, but I do think the top four,

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Speaker 1: and then draw a line under Yeah, I agree. Uh,

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Speaker 1: like Jamal Adams has a lot of negatives, but he

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Speaker 1: has some playmaking to them digs we talked about. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's Patrick highest ranking, number one, lowest ranking, number six.

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Speaker 1: Last year he was number one. Um, last last season

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Speaker 1: was not what he would typically you know, his typical season,

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Speaker 1: say two thousand twenty one was my worst year as

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Speaker 1: It's good that this panel recognized that, I mean, dropped

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Speaker 1: him from one to two. You know, still recognized his greatness.

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Speaker 1: The Steelers recognized his greatness despite Profo of All Focused

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Speaker 1: giving him a fifty nine point eight overs ridiculous. I

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Speaker 1: mean just I mean it's more verification that that grade

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Speaker 1: means nothing. Yeah, and then number one is Justin Simmons

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Speaker 1: I think it'd be one for me, he said, I

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Speaker 1: just don't know what he doesn't do great. I mean size, range,

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Speaker 1: plays slot, you know, covers tight ends, could be a

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Speaker 1: single eye, can come down the box. I mean, really

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Speaker 1: does at all. Yeah, ball productions there. Uh just does

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Speaker 1: does everything well. Um, just a really good football player.

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Speaker 1: Uh yeah. So that's your your top ten for your

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Speaker 1: cornerbacks and safety c backs. Yeah, we're gonna take a break.

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Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll talk about the offenses, the

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Speaker 1: top ten offensive players. Several Steelers show up on those

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Speaker 1: lists as well, but he is Matt Williamson. I am

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Speaker 1: Dale Lally. You're listening to the Drive here on Steelers

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