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Speaker 2: And today I asked for people for comments on the

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Speaker 2: to those later in the show here. But what I

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Speaker 2: wanted to do in this segment, Matt's not here, so

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Speaker 2: I get the mock draft all by myself. And I

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Speaker 2: do this today because today was the day where all

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Speaker 2: the underclassmen except for the people still playing, that's two

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Speaker 2: teams there. Today was a day for them to all

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Speaker 2: declare or have their their deadline for them to declare

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Speaker 2: for the draft. So we now have a better idea

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Speaker 2: of who the underclassmen are in this draft as well,

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Speaker 2: and it is a good group. So let's get to that.

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Speaker 2: The Steelers picking here. I'm only going to do the

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Speaker 2: first five rounds. We're not going to go the Steelers

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Speaker 2: have three seventh round picks. I'm not that deep into

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Speaker 2: who some of those later picks might be. And to

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Speaker 2: be quite frank, wouldn't surprise me if if some of

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Speaker 2: time they get done with this. They could be moved elsewhere,

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Speaker 2: or you know, trade a couple of them to move up,

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Speaker 2: maybe into the sixth rounds something like that here. But

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Speaker 2: so the Steelers will be picking at twenty one, fifty two,

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Speaker 2: eighty three, one twenty one, and one sixty one. And

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Speaker 2: just remember, folks, when you when you're doing these mock drafts,

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Speaker 2: people might say, you'll know when draft time comes around

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Speaker 2: the pick at twenty one, the picket fifty two and

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Speaker 2: gonna be some compensatory picks that are waffled in there

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Speaker 2: in between that third and fourth round that are gonna change.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna push it down a little bit.

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Speaker 2: Same thing with their some of their later picks there,

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Speaker 2: so they're going to be a little bit later, but

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Speaker 2: you do know that they're going to have twenty one,

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Speaker 2: fifty two, and eighty three. I'm using the NFL Mock

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Speaker 2: Draft database today to do my draft, and they take

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Speaker 2: kind of a conglomeration of all the everything that's out

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Speaker 2: how they do their rankings here. So we'll go from that,

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Speaker 2: and the Steelers are up here now at twenty one.

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Speaker 2: Looking at the picks ahead of them. Well, you had

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Speaker 2: Shadur Sanders go number one to Tennessee cam Ward. It

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Speaker 2: goes to Cleveland at two, Kyle McCord at three to

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Speaker 3: That seems a little.

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Speaker 2: Odd, but okay, we'll go with it. Travis Hunter goes

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Speaker 2: forward to the New England Patriots. Will Johnson, the cornerback

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Speaker 2: as the picks are somewhat in order here or you know,

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Speaker 2: Get used to seeing that one, because that one might

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Speaker 2: be one that you could pencil in there right now

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Speaker 2: and actually right it in ink. So the Steelers are

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Speaker 2: up at twenty one according to this particular website to

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Speaker 2: I don't know that I need to go any deeper

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Speaker 2: tight end that catches the ball playmakers. It's all about

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Speaker 2: the playmakers, the same thing that you look at with Eggbuka.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to go into this assuming that the Steelers

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Speaker 2: what the heck Jaln Milroe is there. I'm going to

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Speaker 2: through to pick fifty two, and well, we got a

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Speaker 2: trade offer for that. We're not going to entertain any

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Speaker 2: trade offers at this thing. I had four trade offers

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Speaker 2: Potentially Jack Sawyer, the edge rusher out of Ohio State.

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Speaker 2: and so I don't think you go that route. Trey

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Speaker 2: and that is Omarion Hampton, the running back out of

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Speaker 2: North Carolina. If I would have, honestly would have considered

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Speaker 2: well in this offense. Deon Walker, the big defensive lineman

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Speaker 2: going to take Marion Hampton, running back out of North Carolina.

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Speaker 2: That's my new bellcal folks. And so we'll see where

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Speaker 2: this goes here. Now as we continue to roll through

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Speaker 2: this particular mock draft here on the NFL Mock Draft

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Speaker 2: and we're getting close to that, and we are up now.

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Speaker 2: This is the only flying the ointment here in terms

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Speaker 2: You got Asirier Thomas, the cornerback out of Florida State.

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Speaker 2: and take a Zeerie Thomas, the cornerback out of Florida State. Again,

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Speaker 2: I think we've we've taken the wide receiver off the

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Speaker 2: We have two trade offers for that, but we're not

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Speaker 2: at this point at one twenty one, and that's Ty Robinson,

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Speaker 2: Ty Robinson defensive lineman out of Nebraska at one twenty one.

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Speaker 2: But you know, will George Pickens hold out? I don't

430
00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,320
Speaker 2: think that will be the case. If they get anything

431
00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:30,080
Speaker 2: done with George Pickens, it probably wouldn't happen until training camp,

432
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,440
Speaker 2: and you know, at that point you would have more

433
00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,520
Speaker 2: information in hand. You know, maybe you would field offers

434
00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,960
Speaker 2: for him, or at least if somebody calls you about him,

435
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,439
Speaker 2: you at least fulfilled the phone call. And and you know,

436
00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,720
Speaker 2: see what that is. I don't have any idea what

437
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:51,119
Speaker 2: his value is around the league. Obviously that the player

438
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,480
Speaker 2: is very talented. You know, there's some stuff with him

439
00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:58,119
Speaker 2: that you know, quite frankly, you could do without in

440
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Speaker 2: terms of, you know, some of the the things that

441
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,359
Speaker 2: you know, the penalties that he takes and things of

442
00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,280
Speaker 2: that nature. But I don't know that he isn't off

443
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,680
Speaker 2: the field problem. You know, the problems are all kind

444
00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 2: of on the field kind of stuff that you'd like

445
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,560
Speaker 2: that to be better. But you know, at the same time,

446
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,880
Speaker 2: he's still, you know, a guy who's in his early twenties,

447
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,520
Speaker 2: and you know, you expect that as he continues to

448
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,239
Speaker 2: mature and get you know, get older and you know,

449
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:23,960
Speaker 2: more involved in the game that that would get better.

450
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:24,800
Speaker 3: Think back to.

451
00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,560
Speaker 2: Juju Smith Schuster, folks, you know when Juju came to

452
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:31,320
Speaker 2: the Steelers and was a very young player, still twenty

453
00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:35,920
Speaker 2: at that point, and Juju at I think twenty eight

454
00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,080
Speaker 2: now is what he is, doesn't do some of the

455
00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:40,480
Speaker 2: same things that he did when he was a younger player.

456
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,439
Speaker 2: Now he's not also not the player that he was

457
00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:46,119
Speaker 2: at that point in his career, but he matured, he

458
00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:52,159
Speaker 2: got older, he got wiser, you know, and so I

459
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,800
Speaker 2: understand the frustrations at times with George Pickens. I absolutely do,

460
00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,200
Speaker 2: and I you know, I questioned some of the things

461
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:02,639
Speaker 2: that he does on the football field, but he is

462
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,359
Speaker 2: a tremendous talent, and so you know, you have to

463
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,199
Speaker 2: always weigh if you're in the situation of looking at

464
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:14,120
Speaker 2: that player, you know, does the talent outweigh the headaches

465
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,719
Speaker 2: for lack of a better word, that you get with

466
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,879
Speaker 2: that as well. That's a quick, big question if the

467
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,159
Speaker 2: Steelers are going to have to ask themselves this offseason,

468
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,520
Speaker 2: and part of that process might be what are teams

469
00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,760
Speaker 2: willing to give up for a guy like that? You know,

470
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,080
Speaker 2: if you did make him available via trade. But if

471
00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,040
Speaker 2: you do that, now you've got two big holes in

472
00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,679
Speaker 2: your offense. Not only do you need a number two receiver,

473
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,040
Speaker 2: now you need a number one and those are hard

474
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:39,960
Speaker 2: to find. And I think we can all agree that

475
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:43,679
Speaker 2: George Pickens has the talent and if he's not already

476
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:48,960
Speaker 2: a number one receiver, he's certainly trending in that direction. Sprance.

477
00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,640
Speaker 2: Rob sprant At Rob Sprance asks, do you think part

478
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,200
Speaker 2: of the late season falloffs can partly be attributed to

479
00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,600
Speaker 2: the team practicing far more physically than almost every organization.

480
00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:01,439
Speaker 2: This happens in both camp and during the season with

481
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:05,960
Speaker 2: aggressive padded practices. Even Tomlin admitted they were fatigued. Well,

482
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:11,040
Speaker 2: there's a difference in padded practices, Rob, Just because they're

483
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,600
Speaker 2: in pads during the season doesn't mean that they're tackling.

484
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,160
Speaker 2: You don't do that. You're not allowed to do that.

485
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,800
Speaker 2: It would be silly to do that. And that's what teams.

486
00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 2: If you talk to Craig Wolfly and he starts talking

487
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:27,000
Speaker 2: about back in his day, they had padded practices during

488
00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,440
Speaker 2: the season in which they tackled to the ground during

489
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,800
Speaker 2: the season. They don't do that anymore, you can't do it.

490
00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,760
Speaker 2: And I know the Steelers do more tackling and are

491
00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:42,800
Speaker 2: you know, more physically into the training camp practices than

492
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:46,600
Speaker 2: most other teams, but that's usually just the first two weeks.

493
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,239
Speaker 2: So I don't know that I'm going to use that

494
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,879
Speaker 2: as an excuse a Steelers have been doing that. They

495
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,199
Speaker 2: were doing that, you know, when they were going to

496
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 2: the AFC Championship for example in twenty sixteen. You know,

497
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,480
Speaker 2: did that team all off at the end of the season. No, Now,

498
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,760
Speaker 2: each team is different and each team handles those kind

499
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 2: of things differently, but you know, maybe it's something they

500
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,480
Speaker 2: need to look at, you know, just getting guys to

501
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,440
Speaker 2: the to the to the end of the line and

502
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:17,919
Speaker 2: better health and and they'll look at all those kind

503
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 2: of things over the course of the next couple of months.

504
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,240
Speaker 2: Here as they put together a plan for the twenty

505
00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:30,520
Speaker 2: twenty five season. DSR who is at Doug Doo daus

506
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 2: Steele Underscore New I guess DALs Steele Undercore New as

507
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,120
Speaker 2: if a if A Smith gets hired for a head

508
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:41,719
Speaker 2: coaching job, who are the possible replacements? Antoine Randellellen Detroit,

509
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,760
Speaker 2: any rams assistance. I'll be honest with you, I haven't

510
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:46,960
Speaker 2: looked that far into this yet because that would have

511
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,280
Speaker 2: to happen first before I start looking to replace the

512
00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,199
Speaker 2: guy who's currently in the job. You know, if if

513
00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 2: Arthur Smith starts, you know, getting more traction here as

514
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,320
Speaker 2: a head coach with the Chicago Bears or the New

515
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,720
Speaker 2: York Jets, you know, then I'll start looking at potential replacements.

516
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,200
Speaker 2: I don't know that they would go in in house

517
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:09,800
Speaker 2: to do that. I think they would, you know, look

518
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,679
Speaker 2: outside again. You know, there were some people who were

519
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,880
Speaker 2: interviewed for the job last year. Some of those guys

520
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 2: are available, you know. For example, I believe Clint Kubiak

521
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 2: got hired you know, with the by the Saints, but

522
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:23,800
Speaker 2: those guys are all out of jobs right now. So

523
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 2: that's just a name I'm throwing out there. I don't

524
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 2: know if he got hired yet by anybody else or not.

525
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,159
Speaker 2: I've just been too ingrained with what's been going on

526
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,040
Speaker 2: with the Steelers to start looking that far down.

527
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,920
Speaker 3: The road yet.

528
00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:42,800
Speaker 2: Jay Mick, who is a JP primetime asks how can

529
00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 2: they build the wide receiver room to help out whoever

530
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:51,000
Speaker 2: the quarterback is. I'm of the thought J mcmack that

531
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 2: they need to go sign a veteran wide receiver, a

532
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,600
Speaker 2: guy who's who has done that, a guy who has produced,

533
00:28:58,040 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 2: even if he's coming off of a down year or

534
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:04,240
Speaker 2: an injury. You know, I just think that a.

535
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,680
Speaker 3: You get a guy who.

536
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 2: You you know, would hope could come in and contribute

537
00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 2: right away and be you know, not rolling the dice

538
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,120
Speaker 2: with with a rookie there. And the other side of

539
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 2: the equation is there we just talked about George Pickens.

540
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 2: You know, I want somebody in that room with him

541
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 2: that maybe he listens to a little bit more. Maybe

542
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 2: it's the voice he looks at some guy and says, well,

543
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,320
Speaker 2: this is guy's been. Let's say a thousand yard receiver before,

544
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:35,000
Speaker 2: this guy's been, you know, a super Bowl winning receiver before,

545
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,280
Speaker 2: maybe both, or a guy that's been an All Pro

546
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,000
Speaker 2: and I want to be that, so I'm going to

547
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,200
Speaker 2: emulate that guy. And you know, a guy like Devonte

548
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 2: Adams would certainly be that that veteran voice in the

549
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 2: room that I think would get a lot of attention there.

550
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,680
Speaker 2: Chris Godwin might be a guy that would get a

551
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:54,560
Speaker 2: lot of attention and command that kind of respect from

552
00:29:54,880 --> 00:30:01,200
Speaker 2: the players around him. Nanastu asks, do you think Mike

553
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,720
Speaker 2: Tomlin is too much hands on on the offensive game

554
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,400
Speaker 2: planning and maybe just maybe needs to back off of

555
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:08,320
Speaker 2: it and bet and let Arthur Smith do what he

556
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 2: was brought in for. That's an assumption. And here's why

557
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,320
Speaker 2: I say that's an assumption. If you watch Hard Knocks

558
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:21,720
Speaker 2: and they've got cameras in all the rooms, did you

559
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,560
Speaker 2: see any cameras in the offensive game planning room with

560
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,720
Speaker 2: Art with with Mike Tomlin sitting there with all the

561
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 2: offensive coaches coming up with the offensive game plan you

562
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,880
Speaker 2: And the answer is you did not. Now, does he

563
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 2: have his fingerprints on the defensive game plan?

564
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:41,280
Speaker 3: Absolutely? Does he have some say in what happens offensively?

565
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 2: Absolutely, But I don't know that he's game planning necessarily

566
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 2: offensively as much as some people might give him credit for.

567
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 2: I think he again, he's the head coach. He should

568
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 2: have a say on fundamentally what kind of offense that

569
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,040
Speaker 2: you want to run. That's why they hired Arthur Smith.

570
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 2: They wanted to go to him more run oriented offense,

571
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 2: one that that is based on, you know, a tough

572
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 2: nosed running game. But I don't know that you know,

573
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,400
Speaker 2: Mike Tomlinson and you know we're not gonna we're gonna

574
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 2: go in here, and you know, scheme this up offensively.

575
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 3: I don't know that he does that, and I've never

576
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 3: heard that he does that. Now.

577
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 2: He may say in certain situations, hey, we want to

578
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,920
Speaker 2: run the football here because we will to run some

579
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,800
Speaker 2: clock or things of that nature.

580
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:27,080
Speaker 3: But that's what every head coach does.

581
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 2: They all say, hey, let let's let's be cognizantive here

582
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,480
Speaker 2: of of the situation, and we want to run some

583
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,000
Speaker 2: clock here, and and if we have to pump, you

584
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 2: know the defense will get it done. Or we're going

585
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 2: to throw here because I don't know if the defense

586
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 2: can hold them. Again, those are decisions that every head

587
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,920
Speaker 2: coach makes, So I don't know that he is as

588
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 2: much involved in the offensive game planning stuff as some

589
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 2: people might assume. Kirby'suzula asks why did Russ hardly ever

590
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,080
Speaker 2: complete passes over the middle?

591
00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 3: Poor scheme?

592
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 2: Or is he physically too short to see it over

593
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 2: a collapsing pocket. If you look at Russell Wilson's career,

594
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 2: you know that's been something that He's never been a

595
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 2: big throw over the middle guy. And part of that

596
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 2: is because he is a shorter quarterback, doesn't seem to

597
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 2: matter because he still completes passes. And I think back

598
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,400
Speaker 2: to some of the passes that he did complete over

599
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,480
Speaker 2: the middle of the field this year, and there were several.

600
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 2: I think some of that over the middle of the

601
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 2: field stuff gets magnified in certain games. But I just

602
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,920
Speaker 2: think back to the game that they just played last

603
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 2: week against the Baltimore Ravens. He threw a pretty big

604
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,479
Speaker 2: pass in that game over the middle of the field

605
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,440
Speaker 2: on the third nine or third and ten, whatever it was,

606
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,720
Speaker 2: from his own three, and hit Calvin Austin in stride.

607
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 2: You know, there were plays this year where he did

608
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 2: throw over the middle. And again i'll go back to

609
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 2: hard knocks. You know, you heard Mike Tomlin tell him

610
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,520
Speaker 2: before they went out on the field here, let's be aggressive.

611
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 2: Let's be aggressive here in this situation to try to

612
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 2: get back into this game. So some of it's also that.

613
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 2: So in some ways you're talking about that's not necessarily

614
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 2: poor scheme, but some of that is also you throw

615
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 2: more interceptions when you throw over the middle, balls get tipped,

616
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,240
Speaker 2: linebackers dropped that you didn't.

617
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 3: Expect to be there.

618
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 2: So some of that is, Hey, we don't want to

619
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 2: turn the football over in some of these situations. And

620
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 2: you have a quarterback in Russell Wilson who's really good

621
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 2: throwing outside the numbers, and that's one of the reasons

622
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 2: why they went out and got him, because they had

623
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 2: guys who could make plays outside the numbers. And you're

624
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,480
Speaker 2: leading receiver this season, Let's not forget it's Pat Fryarmouth.

625
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:34,800
Speaker 2: He led the team in receptions. Well, most of his

626
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 2: receptions come over the middle. You know, they had no

627
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 2: problem throwing over the middle, for example in the game

628
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 2: against the Cincinnati Bengals the first time around. So they

629
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 2: can throw over the middle, I think a lot of

630
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 2: times they choose not to because that's where the ball

631
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:55,200
Speaker 2: gets intercepted. Anyways, that looks like it for the questions

632
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:56,960
Speaker 2: on social media, a lot of good stuff on there.

633
00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 2: Appreciate all the questions. You know, do that maybe a

634
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 2: little bit more often when we also have Matt here available.

635
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 2: We do it every once in a while in the offseason,

636
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:07,120
Speaker 2: but maybe we'll do that more here as we're acting

637
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 2: going to continue to do the drive five days a

638
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 2: week all the way running up through the start free agency.

639
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:14,839
Speaker 3: Here. That'll be something new.

640
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,560
Speaker 2: We usually drop back to after the super Bowl, going

641
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 2: to a three day a week schedule. We're going to

642
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 2: continue to do five days a week because there's just

643
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 2: so much to talk about. And as I mentioned in

644
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Speaker 2: the previous hour, you would do that in previous years

645
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Speaker 2: because well the Steelers weren't real active in you know,

646
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Speaker 2: free agency. Well that's not been the case the last

647
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Speaker 2: few years, and so you know, got to have instant reaction,

648
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 2: You got to have analysis and everything that goes with that,

649
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 2: with everything that happens, that's why you tune into the show,

650
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,399
Speaker 2: and hopefully we're able to bring that to you. We're

651
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Speaker 2: going to get to a break here on the drive.

652
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Speaker 2: I'm Dale Lolly, no Matt Williamson today, flying solo here today,

653
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Speaker 2: but we'll be back with more right after.

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Speaker 1: This as the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson

655
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Speaker 1: on your twenty four to seven Home of the Black

656
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Speaker 1: and Gold cast in Steelers Nation Radio.

657
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Speaker 3: And we are back.

658
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Speaker 2: I am Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson while he's not

659
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Speaker 2: here today, so I'm using the royal we when we

660
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Speaker 2: talk about we are back. Anyways, This is the Drive

661
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Speaker 2: on the Steelers Audio Network and recently Mel Kiper put

662
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 2: together and of course those of you who know Mel Kuiper,

663
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:33,200
Speaker 2: NFL draft analysts for ESPN took a look here at

664
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Speaker 2: the running backs taken in the first round going back

665
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:44,200
Speaker 2: to the twenty thirteen twenty fourteen drafts. Really, there weren't

666
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Speaker 2: any in the first round running backs in the twenty

667
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 2: thirteen twenty fourteen drafts, so he ranked him since then.

668
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:51,720
Speaker 2: So really, over the last ten seasons, the guy's taken

669
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Speaker 2: in the first round the kind of slotted in Ashton

670
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,800
Speaker 2: genty from a Boise State where he feels like he

671
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:01,880
Speaker 2: would rank him among those players. So let's take a

672
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,360
Speaker 2: look at that here to finish up the show. And

673
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 2: at fifteen he has Rashad Penny out of San Diego State.

674
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 2: He went at number twenty seven in twenty eighteen to

675
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 2: the Seattle Seahawks, And that one was I can remember

676
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,800
Speaker 2: when that one happened. That was kind of a surprise.

677
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:19,879
Speaker 2: You know, the Seahawks have been a team that's been

678
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:23,359
Speaker 2: known to throw some surprises out there in terms of

679
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,160
Speaker 2: their first round draft picks over the years, and that

680
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,840
Speaker 2: was definitely one that was a surprise. And well, Penny

681
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 2: showed some flashes but his best season came in twenty

682
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:36,719
Speaker 2: twenty one, when he ran for seven hundred and forty

683
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 2: nine yards. He did average six point three yards of

684
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,760
Speaker 2: carry that season, scored six touchdowns, but he was always

685
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,760
Speaker 2: hurt and not a good use of.

686
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 3: A first round draft pick at number fourteen.

687
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 2: He's got Clyde Edwards Hilaire by the Kansas City Chiefs

688
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty. They took him at number thirty two,

689
00:36:56,680 --> 00:37:00,000
Speaker 2: and I can remember when that one happened, and everybody's wow,

690
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,720
Speaker 2: the Chiefs, they just got better. They you know, they

691
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:04,760
Speaker 2: got one of the best running backs in this draft.

692
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,760
Speaker 2: And that did not turn out to be the case.

693
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,319
Speaker 2: He's in his fifth season. The Chiefs moved on from him.

694
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:13,480
Speaker 2: He ended the season with the New Orleans Saints, and

695
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 2: you know, he had eight hundred yards in his rookie season.

696
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,360
Speaker 2: But he has never turned into what anybody thought he

697
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 2: could be as a pass catcher things of that nature.

698
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,920
Speaker 2: He was just tiny. That was one of the problems.

699
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:30,399
Speaker 2: And you know, you worried about that with him coming out,

700
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,760
Speaker 2: you know, could he do how would he handle blitz

701
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 2: pickup and things of that nature. Well, as it turned out,

702
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:40,840
Speaker 2: not all that well, and that's kind of been his downfall.

703
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:46,279
Speaker 2: At thirteen, Sony Michelle, who was drafted number thirty one

704
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 2: in twenty eighteen by the New England Patriots, had a

705
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 2: lot of ability, couldn't stay healthy. He had over eight

706
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,840
Speaker 2: hundred rushing yards three times over five years, scored twenty

707
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 2: career touchdowns, but knee and quad injuries really impacted what

708
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:07,920
Speaker 2: he could be and just didn't work out for the

709
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 2: New England Patriots. At twelve on this list, he has

710
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,360
Speaker 2: Melvin Gordon, who was taken in twenty fifteen by the

711
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 2: Los Angeles Chargers at number fifteen. And you know, the

712
00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 2: guy had seventy career touchdowns, two Pro Bowl appearances, but

713
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,840
Speaker 2: just one one thousand yard rushing season, that coming in

714
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 2: twenty seventeen.

715
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:31,240
Speaker 3: He was a good player, just not a great player.

716
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:33,719
Speaker 3: You know.

717
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,319
Speaker 2: Was he worth the fifteenth pick in the draft? Probably not.

718
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:38,480
Speaker 2: I'd have to look back at that draft and see

719
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 2: what was taken after him. But he did score seventy

720
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 2: touchdowns in his career, which is no small feat. And

721
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:46,239
Speaker 2: they always had a good number two, a good one

722
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 2: two punch. But taking Melvin Gordon with the fifteenth overall pick, yeah,

723
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 2: probably give that one a thumbs down on that at

724
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Speaker 2: number eleven. This may surprise some people, but the guber

725
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 2: eleven is Travis Atn, who was taken at twenty five

726
00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 2: by the Jacksonville Jaguars in twenty twenty one.

727
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,759
Speaker 3: You can, you know, I can remember last year.

728
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,839
Speaker 2: Last season, people's thinking that Travis ATM was a better

729
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:17,799
Speaker 2: pick than Nause Harris, and that just has not turned

730
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,319
Speaker 2: out to be the case. He's shown flashes of being

731
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 2: a good player, but he's not consistent and he just

732
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:28,560
Speaker 2: can't stay healthy on a consistent basis. And that's a

733
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 2: big thing in the NFL. You know, the consistency is everything.

734
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:36,799
Speaker 2: You know, the best ability is availability and Atn has

735
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:40,799
Speaker 2: just not been available nearly enough. And he's also not

736
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,800
Speaker 2: the receiver or receiving back that a lot of people

737
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 2: think that he might be or might might have been

738
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:47,280
Speaker 2: coming out.

739
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:47,720
Speaker 3: Of the draft.

740
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 2: You know, had a thousand yard season in twenty three,

741
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:57,040
Speaker 2: didn't repeat that this year for the Jacksonville Jaguars. So

742
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 2: he just had one one thousand yard season under his

743
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:03,319
Speaker 2: belt in those four seasons. And well, Nagie Harris has

744
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 2: been better. And number ten on this list is Nagy Harris.

745
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,440
Speaker 2: Steelers took him at picked number twenty four in twenty

746
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Speaker 2: twenty one. They got four consecutive one thousand yard seasons

747
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:19,799
Speaker 2: out of him. He's been a workhorse back and you know,

748
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 2: you could look at the I think sometimes his receiving

749
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:27,440
Speaker 2: skills weren't utilized quite enough, but he also doesn't give

750
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:31,120
Speaker 2: you the explosiveness necessarily that you might want at that position.

751
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:35,080
Speaker 2: He's a solid football player and I think a lot

752
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:38,640
Speaker 2: of teams will be glad to have Nag Harris. But

753
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:41,800
Speaker 2: what's the price going to be? And that's the question

754
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 2: that the Steelers have to ask themselves going into this offseason.

755
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:48,399
Speaker 3: You know, we'll see where that goes. But we'll see

756
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 3: who's ahead of.

757
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:52,920
Speaker 2: This list of Nause Harris, and number nine would be

758
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:56,200
Speaker 2: Todd Gurley, the second out of Georgia. He was taken

759
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:59,880
Speaker 2: number ten overall by the Rams in twenty fifteen. And

760
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,320
Speaker 2: that's the other thing, folks, there's a big difference between

761
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:06,720
Speaker 2: taking a guy into top ten and taking Nause Harris.

762
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 2: It picked number twenty four. You know, that's a little

763
00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:13,239
Speaker 2: bit different there. Gurley was a good football player, had

764
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:15,840
Speaker 2: some knee issues, you knew that coming out of college,

765
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:20,360
Speaker 2: but he was a very good football player. You know,

766
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 2: he had that torn acl coming out of school, at

767
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 2: knee issues throughout his throughout his career, but he had

768
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 2: some big seasons as well. And you know, was he

769
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,879
Speaker 2: worth the number of ten overall pick in the grand

770
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:37,840
Speaker 2: scheme of things. Probably not. You know, if he'd have

771
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,800
Speaker 2: been taking fifteen or twenty, okay, that would be a

772
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:41,400
Speaker 2: little more.

773
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:43,239
Speaker 3: But you did get good value out of that.

774
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,120
Speaker 2: He did have some big seasons and he helped the

775
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 2: Rams to a Super Bowl, So there's that as well.

776
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:51,360
Speaker 2: Number eight on this list is Jamier Gibbs and he

777
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 2: went number twelve and twenty twenty three out of Alabama

778
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,799
Speaker 2: to the Detroit Lions. I can remember when that pick

779
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 2: was made. A lot of people you can't take a

780
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 2: running back that high. The Detroit Lions, I think would

781
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:07,600
Speaker 2: would say argue differently. And he's not just a running back.

782
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,280
Speaker 2: He is a playmaker. And that's the kind of back

783
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 2: that if you're going to take one in the first round,

784
00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:17,400
Speaker 2: he better be a runner and be a pass catcher

785
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:18,879
Speaker 2: for you. And you know, if you look at it,

786
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 2: he's a playmaker.

787
00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 3: Yes, they have.

788
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 2: They paired him with David Montgomery and he got a

789
00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:28,880
Speaker 2: nice one to two punch. But you know down the stretch,

790
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,480
Speaker 2: the Lions didn't have Montgomery this year and Gibbs was

791
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:33,480
Speaker 2: asked to carry the load and he did that as well.

792
00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:37,680
Speaker 2: So I think that's a very solid pick. Number seven

793
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:40,920
Speaker 2: Josh Jacobs. He was taken number twenty four by the

794
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:45,040
Speaker 2: Raiders in twenty nineteen. You're talking about a guy who's

795
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 2: led the league in rushing. He had twelve hundred and

796
00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:51,879
Speaker 2: eighty five rushing yards this season along with the fourteen touchdowns.

797
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:55,800
Speaker 2: Had five strong seasons with the Raiders, and a couple

798
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:57,279
Speaker 2: of them were some down years, but they weren't a

799
00:42:57,320 --> 00:42:59,439
Speaker 2: good football team, and that it wasn't all on him.

800
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:01,959
Speaker 2: But I think he'd say that pick at twenty four

801
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:06,799
Speaker 2: was a slam dunk. He is Ashton Genty at a

802
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,680
Speaker 2: Boise State at number six, So he's saying that Genty

803
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 2: is a better prospect than all the guys I just

804
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 2: mentioned some pretty good football players on that list there.

805
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:18,560
Speaker 2: So you know, Ashton Genty, people that would you take

806
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:19,359
Speaker 2: him at twenty one?

807
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 3: Yes? I would.

808
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:24,760
Speaker 2: Now, is he exactly the kind of football player, exactly

809
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 2: the kind of back that the Steelers have had over

810
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 2: the years.

811
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 3: Well, he's five nine two fifteen.

812
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 2: He doesn't have the necessarily, he's not a two hundred

813
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 2: and thirty pound guy that the Steelers have kind of

814
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,319
Speaker 2: trended towards in recent seasons. You know, you think back

815
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:42,120
Speaker 2: to even James Connor, Le'Veon Bell. You know, they've they've

816
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:44,640
Speaker 2: had those bigger, tighte backs. But at five nine two fifteen,

817
00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:46,799
Speaker 2: he's pretty well put together, and he runs between the

818
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:48,719
Speaker 2: tackles well, also catches.

819
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:49,120
Speaker 3: The ball well.

820
00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:52,879
Speaker 2: Wouldn't bother me at all, you know, I don't care

821
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:55,280
Speaker 2: about the don't take running backs in the first round.

822
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,719
Speaker 3: You do if that's what you need, and if that

823
00:43:57,760 --> 00:43:59,399
Speaker 3: guy is a special player.

824
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:04,720
Speaker 2: And does more than just run the football, absolutely and gently,

825
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:08,360
Speaker 2: to me, does that. Number five on this list is

826
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 2: Leonard Fournett, taken number four overall by Jacksonville in twenty seventeen,

827
00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:17,680
Speaker 2: and he ran for a thousand yards in his first

828
00:44:17,719 --> 00:44:22,000
Speaker 2: and third NFL seasons, won a Super Bowl with the

829
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:26,520
Speaker 2: Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Was a good player and kind of

830
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 2: a game changer for the for the Jacksonville Jaguars in

831
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:35,400
Speaker 2: twenty seventeen. I understand, you know that the Kuiper's putting

832
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 2: these guys where he had them ranked as prospects. I

833
00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 2: don't know that I would have four Nette ahead of

834
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:42,840
Speaker 2: some of the guys that have been previously mentioned on

835
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 2: here in terms of his overall career play. But I

836
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:50,400
Speaker 2: understand you know him having four Nette that high on

837
00:44:50,440 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 2: this list. This is where he would have ranked him

838
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:55,759
Speaker 2: as an overall player. But I think if he went

839
00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:59,719
Speaker 2: back and gave the Jacksonville Jaguars truth serum, maybe they

840
00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:02,239
Speaker 2: would taking somebody else at number four. At Fournette went

841
00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 2: at number fifteen, like Melvin Gordon. Okay, I get it,

842
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:10,279
Speaker 2: or twenty I would get it, but maybe not at

843
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:10,839
Speaker 2: number four.

844
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:13,799
Speaker 3: Number four on.

845
00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:17,600
Speaker 2: This list is Christian McCaffrey by the Carolina Panthers in

846
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:22,200
Speaker 2: he went eight overall in the twenty seventeen draft. I

847
00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:24,280
Speaker 2: don't think we need to say much about that. McCaffrey

848
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:28,040
Speaker 2: is a great all around football player and definitely a

849
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:33,279
Speaker 2: franchise changer for two different franchises. Now Vjeon Robinson at three.

850
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 2: He was drafted eighth overall by the Falcons in twenty

851
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:39,360
Speaker 2: twenty three. Fabulous football player. I don't think the Falcons

852
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 2: regret doing that at all. Number two one here is

853
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:45,840
Speaker 2: Ezekiel Elliott out of Ohio State fourth by the Cowboys

854
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:49,200
Speaker 2: in twenty sixteen. Zeke's had a great career. It's probably

855
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:51,400
Speaker 2: winding down at this point. It's definitely winding down at

856
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,960
Speaker 2: this point. But I don't think the Cowboys felt bad

857
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:57,160
Speaker 2: about taking him fourth overall, very good football player and

858
00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:01,240
Speaker 2: number one on this list. Saquon Barkley number two overall

859
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:04,560
Speaker 2: in twenty eighteen to the New York Giants. I think

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Speaker 2: they regret letting him go this offseason. I would, especially

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Speaker 2: the fact that he went to a division rival and

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Speaker 2: Barkley is now a Philadelphia Eagle. That is mel Kiper's

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Speaker 2: list of the running backs taken in the first round

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Speaker 2: that one in rankings of those guys, again, Najie Harris

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Speaker 2: spot there for Nause and he's been a good football

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Speaker 2: player for the Steelers. I just don't know that based

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Speaker 2: on what he might command on the open market, he

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Speaker 2: will be a Pittsburgh Steeler in twenty twenty five. That's

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Speaker 2: going to do it for today's show. So I'd like

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Speaker 2: to let everybody get again know that Matt will be

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Speaker 2: back again tomorrow. We'll be back in the saddle here

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Speaker 2: at our regular time four to six. I'd like to

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Speaker 2: thank Justin Miller for running the Justin Miller Hotline and

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Speaker 2: the South on board here. We'd like to also thank

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Speaker 2: Rob King you slopped. I enjoyed us here for the show,

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Speaker 2: and like to thank Tyler Viitmeyer for making sure the

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Speaker 2: show gets out there onto YouTube. Check that out there,

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Speaker 2: leave us your comments, all that fun stuff. But for now,

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Speaker 2: I'm Dale Lallie. We thank you for listening to this

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Speaker 2: edition of the Drive on the Steelers Audio Network.