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Speaker 1: I am Dale Wally. He is Matt Williamson and this
Speaker 1: is to drive on Steelers Nation Radio. And Matt, it
Speaker 1: is time for mock draft Monday, madness. I like it.
Speaker 1: Just we just went over Matt Miller's mock draft. Let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and do a seven round mock draft for
Speaker 1: the Steelers ourselves. Here. Maybe we can get those same
Speaker 1: three players in the top two rounds for the Steelers
Speaker 1: that Matt Miller just mocked to the Steelers again, we
Speaker 1: would all take that with our first three picks. It
Speaker 1: was in case he didn't listen, shame on you, but
Speaker 1: it would in second round Harrison the middle of the
Speaker 1: second round, Againsale's the corner in the middle of the
Speaker 1: first um. Quick little nugget for you, though, And that
Speaker 1: Miller mock draft doesn't help my case. But I'm leaning,
Speaker 1: or at least really open to the idea of moving
Speaker 1: from like seventeen to twenty two ish, you know, I mean,
Speaker 1: because there is a gap in this draft, or if
Speaker 1: I can pick up an extra third or whatever, I
Speaker 1: would be more apt to move down a few spots
Speaker 1: in round one than up. Yeah, but I would also
Speaker 1: be that second round pick, the thirty two, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be very valuable, and I think I think you can
Speaker 1: pick up some extra I think you can move back,
Speaker 1: you know, five or six spots at the top of
Speaker 1: the second round and get those spots and get those
Speaker 1: picks in the mid rounds. I agree. I agree. So
Speaker 1: we haven't done a trade one. I'm not even saying
Speaker 1: we have to in this one or well consider it
Speaker 1: today about that. So we're joining this on Pro Football
Speaker 1: Focus here because that makes the deem uh, that makes
Speaker 1: the trading easy. And we're rolling. And so at seventeen,
Speaker 1: Christian Gonzalez went just ahead of us. So the first
Speaker 1: topics where Jalen Carter, Bryce Young, Will Anderson, c J. Stroud,
Speaker 1: Tyree Wilson, Miles Murphy, Will Levis, Paris Johnson, Anthony Richardson,
Speaker 1: Devon Weatherspoon, Quentin Johnson, Brian Breesey, Pete Skuransky, Lucas van Ness,
Speaker 1: Brian Branchon, Christian Gonzales. No super surprises there, but we're
Speaker 1: up at seventeen. UM looking here at the guys available, UM,
Speaker 1: I didn't hear Porter's name order was not mentioned. I
Speaker 1: gotta tell you, I'm not in love with Porter. I
Speaker 1: don't like cornerbacks who don't take the ball away. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and he had one career interception. Everybody wants to walk
Speaker 1: him to the Steelers because of course, you know dad
Speaker 1: played for the Steelers, all that good stuff. But I'm
Speaker 1: not I don't know it's a slam dunk. I don't
Speaker 1: think it's a slam dunk, especially how competitive that position is.
Speaker 1: You better be really happy with the corner at seventeen
Speaker 1: if you know one's gonna be there thirty two and
Speaker 1: your expect to. And that's the thing. It's so it's
Speaker 1: such a deep position this year that I'm looking at
Speaker 1: this right now, and Broderick Jones is still available, that's intriguing.
Speaker 1: I think he should be in the mix at seventeen.
Speaker 1: What other names are jumping out at you, Well, I
Speaker 1: mean the top rated players on here according to for
Speaker 1: Football Focus, Michael Mayer, Bi, Jean Robinson, z A Flowers,
Speaker 1: Jackson Smith and Jigba Anton, Harrison, Nolan Smith, Jordan Addison,
Speaker 1: Broderick Jones, Cam Smith, Joey Porter Jr. O Cyrus Torrence
Speaker 1: Tanner McKee, they got they're way way high on Tanna McKee,
Speaker 1: Trenton Simpson, Antonio Johnson. Um, I think Jones from Georgia
Speaker 1: stands out. Yeah, I think so too, Um, even though
Speaker 1: I think, you know, there's some second rounds, uh guys
Speaker 1: that I like as well. But we'll take Roderick Jones. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And I can live with Dan Moore next year too.
Speaker 1: I mean we don't, right, Yeah, but yeah, you can
Speaker 1: get a potential franchise type left tackle. I think you
Speaker 1: scoop him up. Now. We had one trade offer a
Speaker 1: pick seventeen. We have four trade offers a pick thirty two,
Speaker 1: which is kind of my point with that whole thing.
Speaker 1: This is a very valuable pick. Oh, it absolutely is. Again,
Speaker 1: all these gm to retire for the night and think
Speaker 1: about man, I can't believe that the player X are
Speaker 1: still out there. I loved him. He was my twentie
Speaker 1: ran player. Let's give stuff up. Yeah, So the teams
Speaker 1: who were calling the Carolina Panthers who have picked thirty nine,
Speaker 1: I don't mind moving back seven spots. Oh no, it'll
Speaker 1: be worth our while. Let's see who else is on
Speaker 1: the phone, so we get them. We get the Saints
Speaker 1: at forty, the Patriots at forty six, and the Buccaneers
Speaker 1: at fifty. Okay, I'd like to know who's out there though, Well,
Speaker 1: the guys out there right now. You got Tanner McKee,
Speaker 1: Luke Musgrave uh Eka, the defensive tackle from Baylor, Osilari,
Speaker 1: Andre Carter. I didn't like Andre Carter at all. It's
Speaker 1: a senior Bowl. We need to talk about him because
Speaker 1: everyone the world's rooting for him because he's an Army dude. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: and I get him all the credit in the world.
Speaker 1: He is not close to being strong enough. He looks
Speaker 1: like he looks like a third or fourth round guy
Speaker 1: to me. And I think he has to red shirt
Speaker 1: his entire rookie year. And the reason is the Army
Speaker 1: doesn't train you to squat. They train you to do
Speaker 1: army stuff. You know, it's not conducive to putting weight on.
Speaker 1: So he's just so long and lean. He gets around
Speaker 1: by strong guys. Yeah, and he his lower body doesn't
Speaker 1: have any bubble to it. You know, he's he's not
Speaker 1: in a normal weight program. He's running and doing things
Speaker 1: with his platoon or whatever. They don't want you to
Speaker 1: get big and heavy, run for days and days, you know,
Speaker 1: so it's not conducid to the football. Josh Downs is there,
Speaker 1: Klijah can see, Jamie Robinson, Drew Sanders, Eli, Ris Cody Match,
Speaker 1: Darnell Right, Mazie Smith, Hayley Ringo, Nathaniel del Emmanuel Forbes,
Speaker 1: Jack Campbell, Darnel Washington, Jail Skinner, sharpon a John Michael
Speaker 1: Schmidt's key On ki On White, Um, JIMMR. Gibbs, Sidney Brown,
Speaker 1: who I like? Um, So there's there's a lot of
Speaker 1: guys available. It's there's White. Let's listen to the Panthers offer. Well,
Speaker 1: let's see, let's see what they might offer. I would
Speaker 1: I mean, I might jump on key on White chair,
Speaker 1: but that's yeah, yeah, I have no he would be
Speaker 1: my favorite name that you mentioned. Yeah, so if we
Speaker 1: offer them thirty two and they're in thirty nine has
Speaker 1: to be a part of it, yesty, they have sixty one,
Speaker 1: they s well, they're saying absolutely not on thirty nine
Speaker 1: and sixty one, but they would do. They would absolutely
Speaker 1: do thirty nine and nine three mm hmm. In fact
Speaker 1: has an eight chance to be accepted. We could probably
Speaker 1: get more out of them. I say, we get next
Speaker 1: year's fourth round pick out of them too. We can
Speaker 1: get another pick in this year's draft if we really
Speaker 1: wanted to, Let's milk them for something else of six
Speaker 1: or a fifth or something. Let's see, let's see if
Speaker 1: they'll give up one forty seven, because that would be
Speaker 1: right in the middle of that run. We don't have
Speaker 1: where we don't have a pick, wasn't where the game
Speaker 1: and they would absolutely do that. Let's offer it up
Speaker 1: or do we want to get We want to get
Speaker 1: rid of our pick at two thirty six and try
Speaker 1: to get something a little higher. Is that the last one?
Speaker 1: That's our last pick. I always think that makes for
Speaker 1: good radio, not picking that seventh rounder. Yeah. Absolutely, Let's
Speaker 1: see if they'll give us one thirty two instead they
Speaker 1: will get Let's see if we'll we'll take thirty three
Speaker 1: and one thirty two for thirty two and two thirty six.
Speaker 1: That's affair. I mean, if they are, they're in. The
Speaker 1: deal has been deal has been made. They're back on
Speaker 1: the clock. Who they taken here, let's see and funny
Speaker 1: at targets, it would make sense. Oh, I gotta hit resume.
Speaker 1: That would help, Okay, So with that pick they took
Speaker 1: Andre Carter who we just talked about. Yuck. Yes, who's
Speaker 1: still all the guys? So Andre Carter, b J L Lari,
Speaker 1: Josh downsaka um Luke Musgrave Collis, you can see Jamie Robinson.
Speaker 1: That means both of our guys are still on the
Speaker 1: board here. I think you take the d lineman from
Speaker 1: Georgia tech Um because now we have extra picks. I
Speaker 1: think you can afford a little bit of a luxury. Yeah,
Speaker 1: key on Waite is to pick Boom do just throw
Speaker 1: him in the mix on the defensive front, keep your
Speaker 1: pass rush of strength, figure out what to you just
Speaker 1: bring him in. So guess who all who still did? Go?
Speaker 1: An Schmidts John Michael Schmidtz is still available, which had
Speaker 1: a corner. But I really like bringing a left tackle
Speaker 1: and center in the same that are big time guys
Speaker 1: like that. I like that a lot. And we had
Speaker 1: a defensive lineman who can play on the edge for
Speaker 1: us if we need. I like like that a lot.
Speaker 1: Boom done, scoop him up. Yeah, and we don't have
Speaker 1: to wait that long for our next page around. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I bet there's a corner that's acceptable. So we're back
Speaker 1: up at eight and I'm gonna take a I'm just
Speaker 1: gonna go straight to the cornerback market here and see
Speaker 1: who's available. Jay Lee Jones from Texas A and m
Speaker 1: clark Phillips from Utah. Call you. Blue Kelly from Stanford,
Speaker 1: jort Avious Martin from Illinois, Jakoreian Bennett from Maryland. These
Speaker 1: guys are all talented guys. Is Russia there from South Carolina? Uh?
Speaker 1: Julius Brents is there? Rushes there? There's four names I like.
Speaker 1: I like Blue Kelly, I like Rush I like Kansas State. Dude,
Speaker 1: you just mentioned the six three guy apprentice or whatever
Speaker 1: his name is. Brents Brents. Yeah, let's just take just
Speaker 1: real quick here, take a look at the wide receiver position,
Speaker 1: because wouldn't mind adding another weapon there too at all.
Speaker 1: Rashia Rice is available, good player um as is, Cedric Tillman.
Speaker 1: Trey Palmer is still there. I mean, just adding that
Speaker 1: speed element. Yeah, and what else do we still need here?
Speaker 1: Let's take a look at inside line off ball linebackers
Speaker 1: or a D tackle type or a D tackle type
Speaker 1: Noah Sewel's there, Dory Williams, Cam Jones, Um, let's take
Speaker 1: a look at the d T s. Yeah, you don't
Speaker 1: have a hard time convincing me to pass on a
Speaker 1: corner because we got Remember now we have another pick
Speaker 1: coming up here at and we just rattled off a
Speaker 1: bunch of cornerbacks are going to be available. Um, I
Speaker 1: want to play chicken in too long a though with
Speaker 1: no I get it. But uh so the big guys
Speaker 1: available yet Jacqueline Roy, Gervan, Dexter, Kobe Turners, Zach Pickens,
Speaker 1: Byron Young, Jonah Tai v I, Jacob Slade. Those guys
Speaker 1: are running out. Yeah, a lot of deep group. I
Speaker 1: kind of like Pickens, but I like Pickings there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think you keep your fingers crossed.
Speaker 1: He still round in a bit. I'm not gonna bet
Speaker 1: on I don't know, man, I don't want to bet
Speaker 1: on that if that's the only one that you're still
Speaker 1: really like. Yeah, we liked what four or five or
Speaker 1: five cornerbacks? We gotta wait ten picks? Do we think
Speaker 1: with all the corners that went earlier in this draft,
Speaker 1: our team's gonna double down into position. I didn't realize
Speaker 1: there was only ten picks to wait, So I don't
Speaker 1: think half of the picks are gonna be corners. Let's
Speaker 1: take pickings. Let's take pickings. We're gonna have two pickings
Speaker 1: on the team. Yeah, that one with Pickett. That won't
Speaker 1: make anything at all. All right, so we're back up
Speaker 1: again here. Now Steve a Vela is still available. This
Speaker 1: is nice. Uh So at cornerback, Jalen Jones, Clark, Phillipsky, You,
Speaker 1: Blue Kell Jr. Tavis Martin. Basically the cornerbacks are all
Speaker 1: still there. Which one do you like best? Probably Kelly.
Speaker 1: The cornerbacks weren't touched. Yeah, let's just go ahead and
Speaker 1: take Kelly. At we get double down, we'd take another one.
Speaker 1: Get an extra pick coming up here. I don't think
Speaker 1: that's an awful idea. I was actually thinking the same thing. Um, yeah,
Speaker 1: so it one twenty. The top available players here, according
Speaker 1: to what they have on them were Byron Young, Cage Stover,
Speaker 1: Zack Evans, an Tonio, Mafi, Colby, Wooden, Jartavious Martin, Uh,
Speaker 1: Johnny Mingo, you got Cedric van Pram. We already took
Speaker 1: a center. We can't do that. The Michigan Center is there?
Speaker 1: Ty Spears? Oh? I like Evans and Spears a lot,
Speaker 1: Kory and Bennett. I might throw spears in the mix.
Speaker 1: I don't hate it. Raley Moss is there too. Oh,
Speaker 1: I think I think Moss over all those guys. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm taking Moss's. You have an extra corner and you know, hey,
Speaker 1: could he play some safety for it? He just put
Speaker 1: him on the field and let Hi play. He's got
Speaker 1: he's got the size of play safety. We have both time. Anyway, um,
Speaker 1: looking here at the let's see what do we like
Speaker 1: there at the last there running and they're running back.
Speaker 1: I'd be interested in tight end maybe, Yeah, they're running back,
Speaker 1: went tight end. You're looking at the guy like Josh
Speaker 1: Wile from Wiley from UH Cincinnati, Will Mallory look spoonmaker.
Speaker 1: I like Wiley as as a kind of the gentry replacement.
Speaker 1: I don't hate that either. Let's go ahead and take it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean on that. We haven't drafted a wide receiver.
Speaker 1: We have not, but we did if we did. Resign
Speaker 1: Anthony Miller. Yeah, we gotta pick here. I think it's
Speaker 1: our last pick at I'll bet you there's a receiver
Speaker 1: out there that I like. Let me see year linebacker.
Speaker 1: I'm looking here, so the receiver is available. Michael Wilson,
Speaker 1: How about Michael Wilson from Stanford. Yeah. I would have
Speaker 1: taken him a round or two ago, probably boom really well,
Speaker 1: special teamer, special teamer. Yeah, that's a great pick. Now,
Speaker 1: we did well. We got. Now what we didn't get
Speaker 1: was an off ball linebacker, but I don't care about that. Well,
Speaker 1: we resigned the Edmons brothers, but we added a couple
Speaker 1: of defensive backs that are big enough. That so okay.
Speaker 1: So our grading this according to Pro Football Focus, we
Speaker 1: gotta be for taking Broderick Jones. He gave us a
Speaker 1: D plus on Key I'm white. They're a little late
Speaker 1: to the party on him. We gotta beat for trade.
Speaker 1: We got a C for taking John Michael SCHMIDTZ F
Speaker 1: for taking Zack Pickens, a D plus for taking Cayo
Speaker 1: Blue Kelly, a B minus for Rally Moss, and F
Speaker 1: for Josh Wiley, and F for Michael Wilson. Our overall
Speaker 1: draft grapes to C. They must have gotten, had nobody
Speaker 1: to see bowl or done any sort of adjustment. We've
Speaker 1: got that to look great. Gave us F and d
Speaker 1: s and right, well, you know what, I don't care
Speaker 1: if they think that we took them before we should
Speaker 1: have taken them. Based off of their rankings. I don't
Speaker 1: care about that. I look at the draft and I said, Okay,
Speaker 1: we got Broderick Jones, kil White, John Michaelis. I look
Speaker 1: at the names of the guys we've gotten, I'm like, Okay,
Speaker 1: I could live with these guys right now. I love
Speaker 1: the draft. Yeah, very absolutely. You got two outside corners,
Speaker 1: you got a left tackle, a center. I'm just gonna
Speaker 1: call him a disruptive defensive lineman that will in spot
Speaker 1: duty right off the bat. I'm cool with that. And
Speaker 1: I receive Riley. Yeah, I have a problem with that
Speaker 1: at all. It's actually I think I texted you this
Speaker 1: over the weekend or last week sometime. I said, Kean
Speaker 1: Waite reminds me of a bigger version of Bud Dupree. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I can see that absolutely, you know, and he might
Speaker 1: be he might be a little bit. He might even
Speaker 1: be a little faster. Yeah, he's ten pounds heavier. I
Speaker 1: mean he's more athletic than Leal. I mean, he's more
Speaker 1: change of direction, explosive. But you can do a lot
Speaker 1: of things with them. Absolutely. But that's our mark draft
Speaker 1: for today. On the Draft Monday madness. But we're gonna
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