1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: At least. He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: Williamson on Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 3 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Drive. I'm Dale Lolly here with Matt 4 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: Williamson and Matt The deal is done. Deal is done. 5 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: Worked out pretty well, Yeah, but real well. Act worked 6 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: out better than what we could have imagined because the 7 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: Steelers were able by by instead of just doing a 8 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: straight extension with Ben Roethlisberger, they had avoidable years instead, 9 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: and what that did was allow them to save additional 10 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: cap space if they had just done a regular extension 11 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: with Ben Roethlisberger. Um, they get his cap number down 12 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: to about twenty seven million, but then he's on there 13 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: on the hook for about twelve or thirteen fourteen million 14 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 1: next year that Ben Roethlisberger in debt money. They talked 15 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: with Ben Roethlisberger. They get him to take a five 16 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: million dollar pay cut this year, which is a real 17 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: pay cut, absolutely five million dollars less in my pocket. 18 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: Not I'll see it in two thousands, thirty year or something, right, right, 19 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 1: And then they did the dummy years at the end 20 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: of the contract, which is what I said, which they're 21 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: gonna have a lot more caps based and room will 22 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: be greater. But then they were able to get that 23 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: cap hit down to twenty five point nine million, which 24 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: for this year, which is and again they then the 25 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: cap hit next year is only ten million against their cap, 26 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: which which is a drop in the bucket. It's nothing, right, 27 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: I mean, if you look at it right now in 28 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: dead cap money because of the retirements of Marquise Pouncy 29 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: McDonald and and those guys, I mean they've got more 30 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: than that now. I mean Pouncey is a six point 31 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: four and dead mill and dead cap money vance McDonald's 32 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: two point seven and dead cap. They got dead cap 33 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: hundred eighties seven thousand dollars for for Stephen Wisnewski. Uh. 34 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: You know, there's always the little ones when you when 35 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: you every team has them. Antoine Brooks, even though he's 36 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,359 Speaker 1: on their roster, hundred twenty eight thousand dollars in dead 37 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: cap space because they released him to put him on 38 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 1: their on their practice squar So right now they've got 39 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: going in the next without doing anything. Right now, they've 40 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: got nine point five million dollars in dead money for 41 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: next year for this seasons, for this seating as we speak, 42 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: right and that's the same as Ben basically, right, which 43 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: is nothing and you and you got way more cap 44 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: space and right, it's all deluded. Right, it's phenomenal, and 45 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: you've got more to spend this year. Um, I think 46 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: it worked out much better than I expected. And you've 47 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: been some credit. I mean, he could have played harder 48 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: ball or who knows. I mean, I don't know how 49 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: that that talk went. They may have put a contract 50 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: in front of him and said this is your one contract. 51 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: You can sign it or not. And but no matter 52 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: what he was, he took less. You know, it took less. 53 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: We've praised Brady over the years for taking less. We're 54 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: taking pay cuts and whatnot of for the betterment the team. 55 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: And that happened, and they're in pretty good shape right now. Yeah, 56 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: if you look at it now, they're about eight million dollar. 57 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: This is again according to the spot track, and they're 58 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: assuming a a salary cup of a hundred eighty five million. 59 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: I'll take the over on that. But okay, so for 60 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: the Steelers, that hundred eighty five million then becomes a 61 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: hundred eighty nine million in change because they had four 62 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: point seven million dollars and carry over. Um, that's people 63 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: need to understand that that salary cap number, if it's 64 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: a hundred eighty five, if you have salary capt rollover 65 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: from the previous year, your cap is higher. It's not 66 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: saying for every team, right, it's not a different gap 67 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,839 Speaker 1: depending what you were able to put in the bank 68 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: from last year, correct, which is value to that? Yeah, 69 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: there's absolutely isn't. And you know so you know when 70 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: you didn't go out and you know for example when 71 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: when people say, hey, just go claim Leonard four net 72 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: at five million dollars last year, well, if you did that, 73 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 1: you wouldn't have you wouldn't have this money available. Um, 74 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: so they had to have five is more than whatever 75 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:24,039 Speaker 1: the final number comes out, which will be or more. Yeah, 76 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: right now spot Treks saying, uh, their their expenditures right 77 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: now in their top fifty one, which is what what 78 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: you what you count against the cap on March seventeen 79 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 1: is eighty two million dollars. So if it comes in 80 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: it when then you know, now you've got you had 81 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 1: that you had that four team that four million dollars 82 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: and change on the you know the their rollovers four 83 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: point nine five million actually, so almost almost five million 84 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: dollars um which is great. And they didn't cut anybody 85 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: and they haven't done a thing yet. That's what you're 86 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: saying that off the air. It's like everyone thought the 87 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: sky is falling, and hey, I was worried about it too, 88 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: you know. I mean, I'm not a apologists and this 89 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: was really brilliant moving of money with it doesn't look 90 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: like it's gonna hurt your real bad down the road. 91 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: You're not maxing out your credit cards, kicking the can 92 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: down the road. All these these sayings that everyone just assumes. 93 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: You got Ben Roethlisberger coming back at about for three 94 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: point seven five million more than you would have had 95 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: you just released him, if you right, that's that's what 96 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: you're paid. That's the three point seven five million dollars 97 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: for your starting quarterback. When you go to the chalkboard 98 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: and you do all the scribbling and then you write 99 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: write the little line and then you wote the number, 100 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: that's the number. I mean, it's either Ben minus three 101 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: point seven or no bad. Yeah, that's what. It's not 102 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: a hard decision, right, yeah, I mean, that's that's an 103 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: easy one. And people who are looking at this and saying, 104 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 1: well this, this says a lot about Mason Rudolph not really, 105 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: because you were able to keep Ben Roethlisberger at three 106 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: million dollars, right, I mean, that's what it costs me 107 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: to keep that guy around. I mean, if he looks 108 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: terrible eight weeks in the season, you can bench him. 109 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: You're not married to him, right, Yeah, that's line, um. 110 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 1: But right now, there's no doubt that he gives you 111 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 1: a better chance to win than Rudolph or whatever their 112 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 1: options you could have got this year. Yeah. I mean 113 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: that's realistically right, I mean this, Yeah, you could trade 114 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 1: for DeShawn Watson, Okay, but you can't. Yeah, but you 115 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: know it's gonna cost you your next four first round 116 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: draft picks, and you know what are you gonna have 117 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: around him? Right? I mean I guess conceivably they could 118 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: still give the next year second for Donald. I mean 119 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: I don't think. I don't think anything's gonna happen in 120 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: the quarterback ward. No, I don't. They're not gonna They're 121 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: not gonna draft one. I don't think it's certainly, maybe 122 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: they draft one, but it's in the later rounds because 123 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 1: and when I say later, I'm talking like fourth or fifth, 124 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: fourth round or later. They're not taking one in the 125 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: first round. I don't think they're taking one day two either. No, 126 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: I don't think. I think I'm sure who that would be. 127 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: I think it's a day three thing to take one, 128 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 1: just to just to have one to compete. It's never 129 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 1: a bad idea. Um, he may end up being a 130 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: practice squad, or maybe he's Mason's replacement a year from now. 131 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: You know where he pushes Haskins on the rusher. He's 132 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: not guaranteed anything. Haskins gonna do something stupid to night 133 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: and not even be here from beginning. Yes, or they 134 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,559 Speaker 1: find they get their hands on like you can't play, 135 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: I mean we don't want you, or somebody else gets 136 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: cut free and like we like him better than Haskins. Yeah, 137 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: all those things are possible. Um. I've really been thinking 138 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: about the Steelers, and I'm way more optimistic than I 139 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: have been in my way of thinking for this team. 140 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna use my nest analogy a lot, but I 141 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: really feel like, how much fun is this team going 142 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: to be to talk about there a year from now, 143 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: whenever they have all those caps base, they've got all 144 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: these comp pics, assuming their year on the field was 145 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: not an utter disaster, build somewhat of a running game, 146 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: have a decent defense. Maybe they're seven and nine, eight 147 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: and eight, play a lot of low scoring games. Maybe 148 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: they grind out nine or ten wins and getting the playoffs, 149 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: you know, like, but a year from that, it's gonna 150 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: be really fun and really exciting. And that's what I think. 151 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 1: They would never admit it, nor should they, and they 152 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: will never view it this way. But if they can 153 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: use the next three hundred days to build a nest 154 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,239 Speaker 1: for the next quarterback, it's gonna be an awesome nest. Yeah. 155 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: I mean that's the thing that you look at. I mean, 156 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: it doesn't even mean a rookie. I mean, it could 157 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: be a trade, the guy is going to be anything 158 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: is on the table next year. Absolutely, you can get 159 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: a free agent, you can pay people, you know. Yeah. So, 160 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: I mean that's that's the beauty of having all that 161 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: cap space available. I know, people looking at well, they've 162 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: only got seven team players under contract, they'll have more, 163 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: yeah that they'll have that way more than five the 164 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: day after the draft brasically. Yeah, right, um, And that's 165 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: typical turnover on an NFL roster. I mean that what 166 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: Whatton Manko be make it the twenties seven, you know, 167 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: before you know it, and if they lock up Sutton 168 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: to a three year deal, he'll be one of them. 169 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: Or you know, they'll be at thirty by the time. 170 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: Absolutely around absolutely yeah. Um, you know to me in 171 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: like ten picks in the next draft. And I want 172 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: to talk about this in in our next segment. You know, 173 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 1: Mike Clay put out a thing of pre pre uh 174 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: uh salary or pre free agency rosters. What they look 175 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: like right this minute without the free agents on the roster. 176 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: Zack Banner doesn't count, you Knowlton doesn't count. Juju doesn't count. 177 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: The people who are saying that the Steelers are bereft 178 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:33,439 Speaker 1: of talent aren't looking at things and in improper or 179 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: as we have any clue with the other thirty one 180 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 1: what the other teams look like? Everyone has issues a 181 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 1: lot of free agents spending, right, So we'll do that. 182 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: We'll do that in the next thing. And I want 183 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: to I don't want to. That's a little teaser. Do 184 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: you want to come back and listen to the next one. Um, 185 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: But this team is not in some kind of deep 186 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: deep like here's here's what they got coming back Roethlisberger, 187 00:09:55,679 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: Hayden to It Nelson, the Castro, t J. Watt, Eric Ebron, 188 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: Cam Hayward, Vince Williams, Devin Bush, Chris Boswell, Derek Watt, 189 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 1: Terrell Edmonds, Maka Fitzpatrick. You got a quarter four, Chase Cla. 190 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: I'm just doing these in order of what the biggest 191 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 1: This isn't this, Yeah, this is in order of what 192 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:22,439 Speaker 1: they're being paid, Like three uncle receivers that can play Washington, Mason, Rudolph, 193 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: Deante Johnson, Justin Lane, Alex high Smith. I mean he's 194 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: Kevin Dotson promising young dude. And as we get down, 195 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: unless you're seeing like Dotson is gonna make nine four 196 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 1: thousand dollars against your salary cap pictures three years, Yeah, 197 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: and plug them in a left guard and Deante Johnson's 198 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: one point one six seven million dollars and he may catch. 199 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: You've got two more years of him. This is not 200 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:50,839 Speaker 1: a roster that has been Yeah, you've got nice cheap 201 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: talent here that you know, Manca Fitzpatrick. This year's two 202 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: point seven million dollars. That's the beauty of two point 203 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: seven million dollars. Maybe the best for your Safety's why 204 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: people I've seen some stuff where you know, the Steelers 205 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 1: you need to they should re up t J. Watton, 206 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 1: make a Fitzpatrick. Why in God's green earth would they 207 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: do anything with make a Fitzpatrick's contract right now, because 208 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 1: that's only going up. It's because you can franchise me 209 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 1: at the end of the year and there's well you 210 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: even you get to pick up his his fifth year option, 211 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: and which is very worth it. You can franchise him 212 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 1: and then you can talk to him. Really you can 213 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: kick that. You've really got three more years of him 214 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: if you want them, if you were if you yeah, 215 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: and he wouldn't and that gan it's guaranteed money for 216 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 1: him those two years. Anyway, it's not probably what he wants. 217 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: It's not the bonus and all that. But you can 218 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: tell his agent give me a call two years from 219 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: that and we'll have a conversation. In the meantime, we're 220 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 1: not gonna do anything with you now, but we could 221 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: do something next year right or the year if you 222 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 1: know it's gonna get done. I'm sure you wrote this 223 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: and everyone read it and heard it eight million times 224 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: and maybe didn't quite understand it. When they made the 225 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: trade for Maka cost controlled. Absolutely, they have all the 226 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,439 Speaker 1: cards in this offense, paid his signing bonus. That's all 227 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: on them, right, you're just playing his base his base salary. Yes, 228 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: it's beautiful. It's a beautiful thing. There's no councilus against 229 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: their captain Thurrow Edmonds. And they were in the same draft, 230 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: the same draft. Yeah, that's awesome. And of those names 231 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: you mentioned as you were going down contractually, I think 232 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: Hayden's on me back Vince Williams doing when I could 233 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: see still moving on if they don't have to do 234 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: anything right now. In fact, they don't even have to 235 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: cut at this point. They don't even have to cut 236 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: Vince Williams if they don't want to, because they can 237 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: just again, they could do an extension with the Steven 238 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: Nelson and say four or five million or two it 239 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: or any of these guys, and there's a lot of them, 240 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: and they they still have a lot of options that 241 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: they can borrow against next year if they think that player, 242 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: you don't even really borrowing against next year. You're extending 243 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 1: these guys into the future because they're still they're good. Yeah, 244 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: they're still young players. And it's stuff on two. It's 245 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: just during twenty seven, like you could sign him doing 246 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: a four year extension. And I hadn't realized this until 247 00:12:58,320 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: we sat down and we were just about to go 248 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: on the air. You said, and I'm pretty sure this 249 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: didn't happen on the air, you said, there's twelve teams 250 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: in the league that are in worse salary cap shape, 251 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 1: right down on the Steelers. Everything we saw for months 252 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: was only the Eagles and Saints and their historically bad 253 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,560 Speaker 1: or worse off than the Steelers. You got there without 254 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: cutting anybody and didn't move. I mean, two dudes retired, 255 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: but that was on them. Yeah, and you know you 256 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 1: might removed on from anyway. But yeah, I mean you're 257 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: in the middle of the road, you're not in the 258 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 1: bad seat, and you've got options to do more stuff. 259 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: Here are the teams that are in worse cap shape 260 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 1: than the Steelers right now. The Bills. Yeah, the Bills 261 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: have five million dollars in cap space, which okay, they're under, 262 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: they're under, but they're they're not remarkably under. They're gonna 263 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: have to make there, not gonna be a buyer in 264 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: free agents. No, they're not. They're not in that kind 265 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: of shape. The the Giants Wow, the Lions. Those two 266 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: teams aren't very good. No, they don't have at the Bears. 267 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: The Bears are Bears are I would hate There are 268 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: two point eight million over the cap and Mick nick 269 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 1: Foles is your only quarterback they have under contracts. Seems 270 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: out of quarterbacks or talents or wins or the Vikings. Vikings. 271 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: Really they just cut rude off the Packers. Wow, the 272 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: entire actually, actually the entire the entire NFC Central or 273 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: NFC North is over the cap, the entire division. And 274 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: there's only one good team the division. Yeah, Um, Atlanta 275 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: is fifteen million dollars over, Kansas City is eight teen 276 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: point five million dollars over. Yeah, they're gonna be they get. 277 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: That's that's eight to get the eight team point five. 278 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: You're releasing three or four guys or something. Yeah, maybe 279 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: one of those offensive tackles because you don't think he's 280 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: gonna be back. You can keep hearing that too, that's 281 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: a possibility. And you pick thirty one in the draft, 282 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: you know. Uh, the Eagles are twenty five million over 283 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: the cap despite the moves that they've made already, and 284 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: they've cut guys, they've cut guys they had a couple 285 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: of things today and the sligh and restructured Kelsey and 286 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: you know, uh, the Rams are nine point six million 287 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: over the cap. Just trade teams, don't bother me as much. 288 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: They'll get through the cap and they'll be competitive, the 289 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: Packers and Rams and these type of teams. And but 290 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: the Rams have a bunch of free agents that they're 291 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: not gonna be replaced. And they you know, by the way, 292 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: have no have no draft picks. Or next year they 293 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: upgrade a quarterback. That's what they're off season's gonna be about. 294 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: They're gonna run it back with the better quarterback basically. 295 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: But right, I mean, there's the Steelers are a lot 296 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: better shape than a lot of the teams. The Saints, 297 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: they're still the Saints are still fifty eight point eight 298 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: million over the cap, despite some moves and have made moves. 299 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: The cut guys, and there's more of that coming. Yeah, 300 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: there's five or six guys are gonna get caught um again. 301 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: The Steelers are seven point nine million, The Raiders are 302 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: at ten point eight, the Titans are at ten point seven. 303 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: These you know, would you say the Steelers are adam 304 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 1: sorry there at seven point nine and that includes the 305 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 1: roll over from last year. I mean they're currently at 306 00:15:55,440 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: seven point nine and that's where cap Yes, I expect 307 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: Cat do one n by the way, so let's say 308 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: they got twelve, they could probably easily create another eight 309 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: easily with again without releasing anybody, even restructuring to it, 310 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: you know, maybe extend to Nelson something like that. So 311 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: do you think it's safe to say or maybe a 312 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: little optimistic that they might have twenty to spend? They 313 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: could if they Now five of that's gonna go to 314 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: your rookies, and you want to have five of that 315 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: to take in the next season, But that will happen 316 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: by itself organically when you start putting your roster together 317 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: at the end of the training camp, right alright, But yet, 318 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: so there'll be some guys who get beaten out who 319 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: are at the high end of thing doesn't which is 320 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: kind of way of putting it, a good way of 321 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: putting it. And so to me, you could probably Banner 322 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: or lu Lulu Sutton. Yes, easily easily, I mean easily 323 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: make that doesn't take much to someone from outside the orders. 324 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: Maybe a veteran tight end, right, the blocking tight end. 325 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: It's a million a year that one year deal that's 326 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: been around the block. It's not so bad, and you've essentially, 327 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 1: you know, plugged all your holes. Um, that doesn't still 328 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: flexible enough that somebody you'd like gets cut or I'm 329 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: surprised that guy is still floating around out there. I'm sure. 330 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:23,159 Speaker 1: I'm almost a percent certain. You could also add a 331 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,919 Speaker 1: veteran running back into that, not a not a starter, 332 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,360 Speaker 1: but a guy. Yeah, Carlos Hides signed for two point 333 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: five million dollars last year. Yeah, those guys are available. Yeah, 334 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: go into the draft with him and maybe a first 335 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,959 Speaker 1: one pick or whatever. You're you're competitive then, I mean, 336 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: you're the best team in the league. Would they be 337 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 1: top five in my power ranks? No, but they're gonna 338 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: be competitive, probably be top twelve somewhere in that range. 339 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 1: I mean they don't. That doesn't scream six and ten 340 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 1: to me does not. And you're still set up so 341 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: well again for a year from now to be that 342 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 1: top five potentially, you know, I mean to be really 343 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: because here's you know, and people want to look at well, 344 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 1: look at what the Browns have two point seven million 345 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: in cap space. Okay, that's great, but they need to 346 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 1: get another edge rusher. Oh, Yeah, they need a back 347 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: to any back seven players, Like if they would have 348 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 1: signed j J. That would have been almost gone. Yeah, 349 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: that would have been That would have been basically half 350 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 1: of that right right right? Uh? If not more, I 351 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: mean they need to sign like six starters. I mean, yeah, 352 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: they've had the luxury of not paying a quarterback for 353 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 1: a long time. That's about to dry up. The Ravens 354 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,199 Speaker 1: have twenty six point nine million dollars but don't have 355 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 1: an ad dressers under contract, and they want to extend 356 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, Yes, and trade in Orlando Brown's like an 357 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: open mauch. They really need a veteran receiver. No, that's 358 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 1: gonna go quick, Yeah, really quick. It doesn't. I mean 359 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 1: so when you look at it, what if they franchised 360 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: in Dockway or yeah, they franchise, they almost they if 361 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: they franchise one of those edge rushers, you're looking at 362 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 1: sixteen million. Yeah, right now, you're done, a ten million 363 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 1: dollars over, you're under the cap, and you still only 364 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: have basically one and a half edge guys under contract. Yeah, 365 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: you're right. And it doesn't get you your wide receiver. 366 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: It doesn't get your wide receiver. And you got plenty, 367 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,160 Speaker 1: and he's going into the draft. Yeah, especially Drey Brown. 368 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:15,640 Speaker 1: I mean, let alone the Bengals, and the Bengals need 369 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,199 Speaker 1: everything right, but it will be almost more fun to 370 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 1: deal with it. They got forty seven point six million 371 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: dollars in cap space. But does anybody want to go 372 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: to Cincinnati? That's a problem. You know, if you could 373 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 1: convince Joe Tuoney who's from Cincinnati in a tackle and okay, 374 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: you know, you cut Geno Atkins and draft cow Pits, 375 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: it's like, okay, now we got a really good young 376 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: offense and then next year's defense. You know, but you're right, 377 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,640 Speaker 1: I mean, are people are gonna be calling you up? Like, boy, 378 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: I really want to be a Bengal the other part. 379 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: But the problem with that, because it goes back to 380 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: what we talked about. They didn't build a nest. They 381 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 1: drafted the quarterback first, which by the time if the 382 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: Steelers used the first pick on mac Jones, they'd be 383 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: throwing them in something simple. They'll be doing the same 384 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: same thing. So by the time Joe Burrow or by 385 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: the time they get anything built around Joe Burrow to 386 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 1: pay him, and he's come off an injury by the way, too, 387 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: but you know you're talking. Okay, this year is about 388 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,400 Speaker 1: rebuilding the offensive line around him. Okay, that's a good plan. 389 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:14,880 Speaker 1: Next year is about rebuilding the defense. Well, now you're 390 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: in burn Now you just us three years of Joe 391 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: Burrow on a rookie deal to get the team better 392 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: around him, exactly. And now you're ready to Now you're 393 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: ready to compete. And now you're gonna pay Burrow exactly. 394 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 1: And then you're done buying. Yeah, because things then you're done. 395 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,679 Speaker 1: You're you're not on the you're shopping. Now you're at 396 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: the bottom of the You're back at the bottom of 397 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: the And they're never gonna that's never going to be 398 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,400 Speaker 1: a team that's at the bottom of the list. By 399 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 1: the way, they're always among the teams that have the 400 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: most cap space because they don't spend it. They don't 401 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:46,679 Speaker 1: spend it, right. I wonder like Jacksonville, you know, like 402 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:52,719 Speaker 1: can they build something around Lawrence now? Maybe? And they 403 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: also have a lot of future picks, They have a 404 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: lot of assets, but there are they're another place that 405 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 1: the players want to go play there. I mean, they 406 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: have to overpay to get them. And they're in Florida now, 407 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: Florida you don't have to play state tax, which means something. 408 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 1: But there's other there are other options in the state. 409 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: And there's also the you know, the Texas teams are 410 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: in the same boat. You don't have to pay the 411 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:17,360 Speaker 1: you know that. I'm thinking a year from I mean, 412 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: Urban needs to recruit. That's what he needs to do. 413 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: You know, a bunch of his old Ohio State dudes. 414 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: Bring Alex Smith back, you guys, he knows, and then 415 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 1: Lawrence looks awesome for a year and then people want 416 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 1: to go there. Yeah. Maybe, but again you've just wasted 417 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 1: now two years of Trevor Lawrence too. You know that's 418 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: the you know, you why you don't want to be 419 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: the two and fourteen team, folks, You don't blowing in 420 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: the blowing it up means you're blowing it up. You know, 421 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: you're getting rid of you. That's what the Jaguars have done. 422 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: Jaguars blew it up. There's no guarantee that they're gonna 423 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 1: get back to I mean, they were bad for a 424 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 1: long time, had their one run one good year and 425 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,679 Speaker 1: then and then to blow up back up again and again. Right, 426 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 1: you know that it doesn't work. I forget the nuts 427 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: so hard to build an NFL roster. Yeah, they've picked 428 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,120 Speaker 1: so high for so long and have nothing to show 429 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: for it. Yeah, I mean it's just bad manage. I mean, 430 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: I get in baseball, okay, that makes sense. In hoops, 431 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 1: that makes sense. You don't need as many players zion 432 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 1: Is coming out or if the Muse coming out, or 433 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: and you get that superstar that's on the field all 434 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: the time with five people on the court. Yeah, tanking 435 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,679 Speaker 1: for Lebron's worth it. Building a twenty two man roster 436 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 1: in tanking is not. It's too difficult, difficult, even like Miami, 437 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,640 Speaker 1: like Miami and and I guess the Browns but took 438 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: the brown and the Browns been tanking for five years. 439 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: They've been taking for longer. That mean trying to when 440 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: they when they didn't when they turned their back on 441 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: Mitchell Schwartz and that was the first year they did it. 442 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: And they've got rid of everybody, cut Joe Hayden and 443 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: all those moves. It's starting to come around, but that 444 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: that was a three or four year Let's see if 445 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 1: they can maintain it now. That's that's the next part 446 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: of that. And even like Miami, Miami clearly blew it 447 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: up in tank. You know, they traded the Mankas and 448 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:05,399 Speaker 1: tonsils and yeah, they had a good year, but like 449 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: when we get to the Mike Clay thing, their roster 450 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: needs a lot of work and they just they just 451 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 1: released They're gonna release Kyle van Noy, who they just 452 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: signed last year to a four year, fifty two million 453 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: dollar contract. They were very turnover to, which was stupid 454 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 1: to you thought you were closer than you were. I 455 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: had seventeen career sacks going in the last year. We're 456 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: gonna do it. You thought he was gonna be a 457 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: twelve million dollar a year player. Who whose fault is that? 458 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: I mean, they're trying to bring the Patriot Way to 459 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,199 Speaker 1: the South Beach, and but you can't over pay to 460 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 1: do it. No, And that's part of the problem of 461 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 1: being one of those franchises that you have to, you know, 462 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: because nobody wants to go there, right And I can't 463 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 1: see the Steelers getting to that point for a very 464 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 1: long time. No, they've never been there, and you know 465 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: they're just not going to and there to their credit. 466 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: I mean, you just you don't don't even fathom that. 467 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: You can't you can't even think about We're not we're 468 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: not doing that. It's the wrong decision. It's the wrong decision. 469 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: If anything, you re build on the fly. Okay, well 470 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: you don't get a top five pick. Okay, you're still 471 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: allowed to take t J. You know, you can get 472 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 1: Cam Hayward. I mean, nothing could have went worse for 473 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: the Patriots. And they knew it was gonna be a 474 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: down year after Brady anyway, and they still want seven games, 475 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: and they're with a dreadful roster, and now they're in 476 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 1: that spot where the Steelers might be a year from now. 477 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: They've got this cap space, cap space if they wanted to, 478 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,920 Speaker 1: they could maybe trade for Dak Prescott or whatever. I mean, 479 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,679 Speaker 1: they have possibilities. I must think that they have to 480 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 1: do that. Because you talked about urban Meyer recruiting people. 481 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 1: I don't see Bill Belichick recruiting anybody. I don't know 482 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: that people want to go there either. Because he's the 483 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 1: GM too. It's like he's the guy talking to the agent. 484 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: He's the guy talking to the play We really like 485 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: to have you here now, and the Patriot waste Its 486 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: not fun. It's great when you win, if you get 487 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: a ring out of it's awesome. When they had Tom Brady. 488 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 1: They could do that right now that they don't have 489 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: Tom Brady, they're not getting those veteran players on on 490 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: cheap deals going on. I just want to go there 491 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: and try to win a ring, right and when it's 492 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: week twelve on a wednes Day, it's no fun at all. Right, Yeah, 493 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 1: there's a reason Matthew Staff would go anywhere but New England, right, 494 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: you know, like I might go with Patricia again, you 495 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:16,640 Speaker 1: just brought him back. I don't want there absolutely. Yeah, 496 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: if you know, people need to understand what a grind 497 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 1: dishes like. Yeah, they're playing a game, but they play 498 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: sixteen of them. The weeks in between those sixteen games 499 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: are a grind. I mean I used to talk to 500 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:32,959 Speaker 1: there's a couple of Patriots scouts I knew when I 501 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 1: was doing that, and they would say a couple of 502 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: times a year they would go in the building. You 503 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 1: didn't know if they were eleven and one or one 504 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: and eleven. No one's wearing rings. It's just do your job, 505 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: go to work, you know. I mean, And that's awesome. 506 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: Whenever you can say, if you do this, we're gonna 507 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: go fourteen, you're gonna get a ring. That's awesome and 508 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: it's unprecedented and it's phenomenal, but you're right, it's not 509 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: the best recruiting tool. Tom's not there and you're on 510 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: a quarterback by the way, Yeah, right, exactly, now they're 511 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: that team. Yeah right, drive to a stadium out in 512 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 1: the middle of nowhere, Tampa. People are gonna take less 513 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 1: to go with. Kansas City people are gonna take less, 514 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 1: right right. I'm not sure since yere New England or right. Yeah, 515 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: there's kind of places, but we'll get to we'll get 516 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,640 Speaker 1: to why people might not want to go there when 517 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: we talk about Mike Clay's uh rankings of rosters when 518 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: we do it. We'll do that in our next segments. 519 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: You can tune into that one. Um, you guys, you 520 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 1: can do if you follow us here on on Steelers 521 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,199 Speaker 1: Nation dot com or you subscribe to Steelers Nation dot 522 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: com podcasts. Yeah, you can do all those rate wherever 523 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: you you download your podcast. But that's gonna do it 524 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 1: for this segment and for this show. So for my 525 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,120 Speaker 1: partner Matt Williamson, for Jacob Brick here on site keeping 526 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: us on the air, I am Dale Lally. We thank 527 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 1: you for listening to this edition of The Drive on 528 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio.