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Speaker 1: He is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson

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Speaker 1: on your home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. I'm Dale Lolly here with Matt Williamson. Matt.

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Speaker 1: I was just having a little conversation off the air,

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Speaker 1: uh Levy on Bell this guy. Yeah, this is interest.

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Speaker 1: Uber Unders got us onto this subject here. I didn't

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Speaker 1: remember this exactly the way it actually is. Levy on

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Speaker 1: Bell's rookie year. Yeah, he got nine touches number in

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Speaker 1: thirteen games. That's huge number. Yeah, so he averaged twenty

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Speaker 1: I did the story of this earlier in the preseason

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Speaker 1: or right after the drafted Nahris, I think it was

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Speaker 1: like twenty two touches per game. So that's more than

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Speaker 1: most backs in the league, without question. And that's as

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Speaker 1: a rookie. It's kind of what he averaged over the

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Speaker 1: course of his career. Three up five touches. I think

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Speaker 1: the one in his second round pick, rookie Leve Bell,

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Speaker 1: who hadn't yet trimmed to weight to you know that

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Speaker 1: we know so much about. Uh So his rookie season

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Speaker 1: in thirteen games, Remember he missed the first three games

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Speaker 1: of that year with the foot engine. Yeah, yeah, that

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Speaker 1: he suffered in the preseason training camp. Um So, you

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Speaker 1: have two four carries, eight hundred sixty rushing yards, eight touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: He had forty five catches on sixty six targets. That's

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Speaker 1: the number stands out to meeting for three nine yards.

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Speaker 1: Uh he didn't score any touchdowns receiving. Uh So eight

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Speaker 1: hundred two touches fifty nine total yards. And yet somehow

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Speaker 1: Nauj Harris's projection for seventeen games isn't much different. Thirteen

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Speaker 1: verse seventeen is how they project these. Obviously, I think

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Speaker 1: the usage is going to be very similar and maybe

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Speaker 1: even stronger. I mean, I think he's That was a

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Speaker 1: Levy on twenty one. He was twenty one years old.

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Speaker 1: At the time. We hadn't seen him. As you mentioned

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Speaker 1: his weight situation. There was always some confusion over this.

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Speaker 1: His rookie year, he came in around two thirty. He

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Speaker 1: played to forty to two fifty at Mission State, and

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Speaker 1: Mike Thomas said, hey, we once you're around two thirty.

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Speaker 1: When he dropped down to two thirty for that rookie year,

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Speaker 1: liked how he felt and continued to lose weight for

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Speaker 1: that second year. He's the second year he comes in

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Speaker 1: and around five ishues. So it wasn't a huge cut

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Speaker 1: of weight between year one and two, but it's a

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Speaker 1: huge kind of weight of what he played in at

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Speaker 1: a college. Yeah, I think there was something. I think

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Speaker 1: there was some learning there. What kind of back am

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Speaker 1: I now? You know, I think he you know, essentially

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Speaker 1: from his last year in college to his second year

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. Pounds. First, my first lot is that's

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Speaker 1: some tremendous scouting background work by the Steelers front office.

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Speaker 1: And I'm sure the conversation was had between the area

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Speaker 1: scout in Michigan state strength coach. Can this guy drop

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Speaker 1: the weight? You think he'd be up for it? Does

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Speaker 1: he ei the work ethic to do it? And you

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Speaker 1: maybe even ash left Bell when you're sitting there at

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Speaker 1: the combine on your fifteen minute interview, like would you

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Speaker 1: be up to dropping a little bit of pounds? And

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Speaker 1: we think you could be a better back? Oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know. So some of that just background work on

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Speaker 1: the player, um and the dedication by the player. I know, people,

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Speaker 1: you know, he's public enemy number one. We can't say

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Speaker 1: good about let Bell, but that shows that he's pretty

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Speaker 1: into his craft to drop that much weight in that

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Speaker 1: short amount of time. UM, no offense to leve Bell,

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Speaker 1: but leve Bell was a mid second round pick. He

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Speaker 1: was not your first round pick he had. And again,

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Speaker 1: no offense to what Ben is now. Ben was a

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Speaker 1: better quarterback then than now. I mean, I think that's undeniable.

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Speaker 1: I mean he was, you know, younger and sprier. So

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Speaker 1: I think they needed a back like that slightly less

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Speaker 1: than than they do now. And I think rookie. I'm

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Speaker 1: not saying Harris be better than Bell, but Harris the

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Speaker 1: prospect I think is better than Bell the prospect you

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Speaker 1: know coming in here. Levy on Bell's average carries per

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Speaker 1: game over the course of his career with the Steelers

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Speaker 1: eighteen point eight, eighteen point one, eighteen point eight, twenty

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Speaker 1: one point four. Wow. I mean, I think that's the plan.

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Speaker 1: If we've seen the plan somewhere between eighteen to two carries.

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Speaker 1: This is for front office, or we've seen this before,

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Speaker 1: this play before, Mrs Lincoln or you know, and that

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Speaker 1: that was over. He played five seasons for the Steelers.

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Speaker 1: The Steelers got there more than their their money's worth

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Speaker 1: out of the pick, more than their money's worth out

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Speaker 1: If it had been a first round pick, it would

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Speaker 1: have been well worth it. This is the argument like

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Speaker 1: the people saying that that the Steelers shouldn't spend a

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Speaker 1: premium pick on Nauja Harris. You had one of the

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Speaker 1: most productive running backs in the league for five years

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Speaker 1: for a little while, right, for five years. Five years

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Speaker 1: maybe many seasons, that I thought he was the best

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Speaker 1: I thought was the first or second best receiver. I

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Speaker 1: thought Bell was more important. I always talked about that

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Speaker 1: Patriot game in the playoffs when he got hurt early,

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Speaker 1: and I bet Belichick was just doing jumping Jackson. Oh,

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Speaker 1: there's not a doubt in my mind. Like all of

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Speaker 1: of d's Angela Williams and D'Angelo Williams was then WI

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Speaker 1: steel better than replacement level players? Oh yeah, it starts

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Speaker 1: for most teams, almost a Kareem Hunt situation. Again, the

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Speaker 1: Steelers the last two years would have loved to had

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Speaker 1: d's angelo Williams. But Belichick's background of you know, a

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Speaker 1: great show and turf stop falk. I don't care if

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Speaker 1: they throw all over us. I guarantee. He was like,

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Speaker 1: if I get the one guy out of this game,

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Speaker 1: it's leave Bell and there he goes walking off the

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Speaker 1: field like um. His rushing yards per game sixty six

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Speaker 1: battle to get there? We needed fifty seven? Fifty seven

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Speaker 1: was the magic number. That was seventeen verse sixteen. But

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Speaker 1: still I still take the over. You can get the

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Speaker 1: sixty yards rushing per game, eighty five point one is

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Speaker 1: and then eighty six point one seventeen. Yeah, there's are

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Speaker 1: big numbers for running back numbers. I think there were

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Speaker 1: And I'm not sure thatyone was super closed. I don't

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Speaker 1: sixteen because here it was a suspension or you know, yeah, um,

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Speaker 1: expect Harris to do that. No, no, But the usage

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Speaker 1: is what you're I think is what the crux of

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Speaker 1: this conversation is. You know, with with all respect to here,

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Speaker 1: I mean, if they would give Connor that workload, he

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is just back to the prop bet

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Speaker 1: we talked about last time, and I guess this is

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Speaker 1: somewhat of a proponent for don't draft running back high.

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Speaker 1: But I think if you give James Robinson that workload,

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Speaker 1: if you give I don't know, I mean David Montgomery

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Speaker 1: my point is, what if you give it to a

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Speaker 1: you get leave Bell like production over the next five

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Speaker 1: six years, which is exactly what they're betting on. You know,

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Speaker 1: how about this number receptions per game? This one's the

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Speaker 1: most interesting to me. Three and a half his rookie

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Speaker 1: actually his best. UM. He had sixty one rushing yards

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Speaker 1: That's what Kamara does every year, and scored eleven touchdowns

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Speaker 1: He had the knee injury. He had this suspension. Um

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Speaker 1: in twelve games, twelve games, twelve hundred and sixty eight yards,

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Speaker 1: seventy five catches for seven sixteen urs. That's when he

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Speaker 1: And it also makes you wonder what if he doesn't

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Speaker 1: still led the league three touches or three one carries. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if the Steelers are going to do that.

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Speaker 1: Maybe not, but but I keep getting ass is Mike

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Speaker 1: Tomlin gonna run the wheels off of Nase Harris. We've

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Speaker 1: You're not drafting these guys for the long term, no,

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Speaker 1: he sat out, But if it would been the same circumstances,

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Speaker 1: him this much or not. It's not negotiation time. This

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Speaker 1: don't take a running back early this kind of falls

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Speaker 1: off the screen, like, okay, yards per touch, this is

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Speaker 1: computing the catches and the receptions all together and real

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Speaker 1: quick bell like Harris isn't gonna have the Jamal Charles

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Speaker 1: Their their yards per touch, especially yards per carry aren't

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Speaker 1: going to be their best numbers compared to other backs.

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Speaker 1: the leaders are usually five point eight ish something like that.

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Speaker 1: That means you're the most efficient offense on a per

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. I'm Dale Ali here with Matt Williamson and um, Matt,

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Speaker 1: they're just going around the league here a little bit

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Speaker 1: you don't need fifty three guys that all love football,

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00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,400
Speaker 1: but your top, your poor guy better love better love

426
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,080
Speaker 1: it and certainly it's a huge component to be draft

427
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,200
Speaker 1: this guy or not. And there's many many successful players,

428
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,720
Speaker 1: and there's probably many Hall of famers that loved being

429
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,320
Speaker 1: a football player more than they loved football. But they

430
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:17,440
Speaker 1: were also crazy gifted to you know, they weren't. Somebody

431
00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,720
Speaker 1: somebody said that recently at their Hall of Famous piece.

432
00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,160
Speaker 1: I can't remember who it was now. So they didn't

433
00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,159
Speaker 1: play football because they love the game, Yeah they did.

434
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,199
Speaker 1: It was the last induction class. I can't remember who

435
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,879
Speaker 1: it was, Curtis Martin something, Curtis Martin, Yeah, that's who

436
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,920
Speaker 1: it was, because I remember he didn't watch the game.

437
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,080
Speaker 1: He didn't love foot love it. People just told him

438
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:38,359
Speaker 1: he was good at it, so he stuck with the

439
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,439
Speaker 1: type of deal. He gave him an bring. He gave

440
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:45,080
Speaker 1: Hi an opportunity to get out of. That's a whole

441
00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,480
Speaker 1: different story too. It's a means for an end for

442
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:51,040
Speaker 1: a lot of the unfortunate. I mean, it sounds like

443
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,439
Speaker 1: Nausey loves football and wants to be better at it

444
00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,399
Speaker 1: and all those things. You know what, I work at

445
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,440
Speaker 1: it like he does. If you don't love the game,

446
00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,520
Speaker 1: But you would never blame him if this the means

447
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,399
Speaker 1: that my family can change their status in life. It's

448
00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:06,520
Speaker 1: my favorite thing in the world. I'd rather paint for

449
00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,119
Speaker 1: a living or something. You know. Of course, it becomes

450
00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:14,600
Speaker 1: an outlet for you know that maybe your take out

451
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,760
Speaker 1: your frustrations, like because of your you know. We did

452
00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,000
Speaker 1: a story on him on d K Pittsburgh Sports and

453
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:24,679
Speaker 1: his mom talked about the upbringing and how you know,

454
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 1: when he was young, real young, Um, there was that

455
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,080
Speaker 1: anger was was you know, he was getting in trouble

456
00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:36,080
Speaker 1: in school because you know, when it's not an uncommon story,

457
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,119
Speaker 1: you know, and it's not great at home. And but

458
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,520
Speaker 1: I think I think football provided the outlet for him

459
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,479
Speaker 1: to take out some of the Okay, I got something here.

460
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,560
Speaker 1: I can channel my my my passion towards and it

461
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,440
Speaker 1: usually takes some elder you know, maybe an uncle or

462
00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,919
Speaker 1: an aunt or more likely coach. The coach you know,

463
00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,760
Speaker 1: and also says this is the best player in gym class.

464
00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,720
Speaker 1: I could use him like that was the thing we

465
00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:04,399
Speaker 1: we talked to Tom Reid talked to the principal at

466
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 1: the high school when when he transferred and and you know,

467
00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,960
Speaker 1: he said, you know, I sat him down when he

468
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,159
Speaker 1: when he came into to you know, come to the school.

469
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,280
Speaker 1: What do you like to do? I like to play football. Okay, okay,

470
00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,200
Speaker 1: we can we can, we can figure that out. And

471
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,280
Speaker 1: the guy was an assistant football coach, and you know

472
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,879
Speaker 1: it was connected with the team, and so they put

473
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,840
Speaker 1: him on the team. Uh. And that's the way it

474
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:26,639
Speaker 1: goes for a lot of these young men that you know,

475
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 1: you know, you're a bigger guy. And like my son,

476
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,480
Speaker 1: Um played football when he was young, and then he

477
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,760
Speaker 1: quit playing football and concentrated on baseball and played a

478
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,840
Speaker 1: little bit of basketball and ransome track and stuff like that.

479
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 1: But he was a bigger kid. And the football they

480
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 1: got the new football coaches his high school, he's walking

481
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 1: through the hallway and he coaches, Hey, you want to

482
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,399
Speaker 1: play you know, you're pretty big kids, you want to

483
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,320
Speaker 1: play football. And he comes home he's all excited. He's like,

484
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,720
Speaker 1: football coach wants me to come play football, and like, yeah, dude,

485
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,200
Speaker 1: this is right. This is before his senior year in

486
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,440
Speaker 1: high school. And you know you're up as a side job.

487
00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:00,360
Speaker 1: You know, you're not bo Jackson, I said, know you're

488
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 1: you're gonna go play college baseball. Yeah, there's a scholarship

489
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,080
Speaker 1: waiting for you. You're Accomplishment's what you're gonna do here.

490
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:07,879
Speaker 1: If you go in and let's break an arm or

491
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,440
Speaker 1: hurt your shoulder or something, that all goes away, like

492
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 1: you know, so you're gonna be on the line. We're

493
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 1: really gonna pick this up this time of life. Yeah,

494
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,000
Speaker 1: that those days you know you played. But I think

495
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:18,920
Speaker 1: he quit playing when he was in fifth grade or whatever,

496
00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,520
Speaker 1: because it's just yeah, that's he wasn't bad at it,

497
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,840
Speaker 1: just I'm sure it's just also a big learning experience

498
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,440
Speaker 1: to go back. The playbooks not second nature for you. You

499
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,320
Speaker 1: You don't you know, read keys and thuff and stuff

500
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 1: like that, and you know it probably wouldn't have went well. Um,

501
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:37,000
Speaker 1: there's so many examples of this guy didn't start playing

502
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,119
Speaker 1: until high school or when he was sixteen, and some

503
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 1: of them looks like any cho stuff onto it. Yeah,

504
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,600
Speaker 1: have different gross berts and whatever. You show up at

505
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,879
Speaker 1: a new school and you're your six five and you know,

506
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 1: trying you a football player. That's my thoughts. Like he

507
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:53,879
Speaker 1: still walks the halls just like every other kid, and

508
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,680
Speaker 1: goes to his locker and goes to the lunch room

509
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,400
Speaker 1: and goes to the library. Don't you think people look

510
00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,800
Speaker 1: at him and say I want or if he's interested

511
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 1: in sports. We haven't won a football game here in

512
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:06,679
Speaker 1: a while. I wonder if we could coach him up,

513
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,159
Speaker 1: and you know those type of things. But I mean

514
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,639
Speaker 1: it's sort of a pathetic example. The pit staff when

515
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,560
Speaker 1: I got there. This is when Walt Harris took over.

516
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:20,360
Speaker 1: Just an awful pit team, an embarrassing pit team their

517
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,639
Speaker 1: first year or two. Get me every big kids you

518
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,920
Speaker 1: can get. They used to go over to campus, which

519
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,880
Speaker 1: they're not on campus. They go eat lunch and then

520
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 1: walk around and looking for big kids and letterman jackets,

521
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 1: and you want to walk on them. We need we

522
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 1: don't know if we need anybody with the warm body,

523
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 1: you know. I'm like, wow, yeah, I can remember. You know,

524
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,959
Speaker 1: when I was still uh working at a daily newspaper,

525
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: one of the things we would do right around this

526
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:45,959
Speaker 1: time of year would be to go out to all

527
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,760
Speaker 1: the high school football camps to go do stories and

528
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 1: these guys and you would see these these big kids,

529
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,040
Speaker 1: uh you know, I you know, one of the schools

530
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 1: that I always went to was was Jefferson Morgan. Jefferson

531
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,760
Speaker 1: Morgan for our football tap every year, and they always

532
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 1: had these big line grew them big there. Yeah, And

533
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 1: I remember walking in there the one that they had

534
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:07,760
Speaker 1: this kid, it was like six eight pounds. He was

535
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 1: a big, big kid. And U those guys, invariably we're

536
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:16,400
Speaker 1: getting recruited by somebody, Yeah, based on their size, which

537
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 1: is a mistake you can make in the recruiting world,

538
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 1: for sure, because a lot of those kids, it's the

539
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 1: planet theory. Though it's a planet theory. There aren't many

540
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 1: of them walking on the mall. And you need them,

541
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,080
Speaker 1: without question. But there's a lot of those kids that

542
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 1: only play because they are big. You know, they might

543
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 1: not love it, you know, that's for sure, And but

544
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:34,440
Speaker 1: there aren't many of them in the world. And we

545
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 1: made that mistake a couple of times. You know, well

546
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,959
Speaker 1: he looks apart, you know, we work with that. At

547
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:44,040
Speaker 1: the same time, I remember, uh, if memory serves right,

548
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 1: Dan Moses was at Washington. Didn't take him. Didn't take him.

549
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 1: He wanted the one of the go to pit room, right,

550
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 1: one of the go to pitt ends up at West

551
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 1: Virginia's in All American And he's a because he wasn't there,

552
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 1: because he wasn't six six, Yeah, he was like six

553
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,680
Speaker 1: two and three two pounds, but he was better in

554
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,680
Speaker 1: our guards and centers. Yeah, you know what I mean.

555
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 1: I mean we recruited a q Shipley who's under six

556
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 1: foot no matter what people tell you, you need to

557
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 1: play defensive tackle for us and being like an All

558
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 1: American center and still in the league million years later,

559
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:19,520
Speaker 1: you know. So, um, I'm looking here at some of

560
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 1: the other news and notes around. Stefan dig said yesterday

561
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 1: he didn't feel the Bills hit enough deep balls last season. Okay,

562
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 1: it's a pretty good passing attack, and they threw it

563
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,920
Speaker 1: down field a lot. Um. I think the standards getting

564
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: pretty high there. And I kind of like hearing that

565
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 1: because I think the Bills know they're good now, you know,

566
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,040
Speaker 1: like I think the Browns are figuring out they're good.

567
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:44,840
Speaker 1: You know, a lot of these teams it takes a

568
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:48,480
Speaker 1: couple of years to realize we're a contender. We can

569
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 1: hang with anybody. And I think Buffalo feels that way now.

570
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 1: Alan's pretty good deep passer and they're about deep passing. Yeah,

571
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,400
Speaker 1: not too shabby. Yeah, it could be interesting. Of the the course,

572
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,480
Speaker 1: the Steelers will see them in Week one. We'll see

573
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 1: what that looks like. It's a challenge it's gonna be

574
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:04,760
Speaker 1: a challenge to start start the season. But not a

575
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 1: lot of turnover there either. They bring back a lot

576
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 1: of starters. We talked about this before. When the schedule

577
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,280
Speaker 1: came out, it wouldn't be surprising to see the entire

578
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:18,240
Speaker 1: a f C North. Um, yeah, I know that, I

579
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 1: know the Browns play the Chiefs. Yeah, I'm getting the

580
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,080
Speaker 1: schedule your mama. Yeah, I don't know who since he plays,

581
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 1: but they're probably a dog. Um, I would assume. So yeah, yeah,

582
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 1: Week one, it's it's uh, Browns are Chiefs, Steelers are Bills.

583
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,400
Speaker 1: Ravens are at the Raiders on a Monday night game.

584
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:37,480
Speaker 1: That's a challenge. That's a tough situation to walk into.

585
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,320
Speaker 1: I mean, that's the worst place they'll be favored in

586
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 1: that game, but still I think they're That's the first

587
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 1: time stands will be in that stadium though, or fans

588
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 1: will be in that stadium, I think so. I mean

589
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 1: emotions will be high in the New black Hole or whatever.

590
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,240
Speaker 1: And the Bengals a host of vikings. Okay, they're a

591
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 1: dog in that game too, So every team is a dog. No, no,

592
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,920
Speaker 1: but but that's a tough situation to play. The Rainwn

593
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 1: Brown's at Chiefs Chiefs Sunday night. They're doing a lot

594
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 1: of talking in Cleveland. Yeah, that's the new rival. This

595
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:07,960
Speaker 1: is the this is their first of two meetings. So

596
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 1: they said, so, they said, we'll see about that. It's possible.

597
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: I mean, I think they're a really good team and

598
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 1: go in the right direction. But if Kansas City comes

599
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 1: out and smokes them in the openers, like I mean,

600
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,600
Speaker 1: the Chiefs in three years have gone to the super

601
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 1: Bowl twice in the a f C Championship the first

602
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:29,040
Speaker 1: year before that, I mean there would you be surprised

603
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 1: if that's a if it's a twenty point blowout, No,

604
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,800
Speaker 1: And I still would think that Browns are contender. But

605
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:36,880
Speaker 1: with the Browns, think that if they you know, you

606
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 1: you put so much pressure on your self. Oh we

607
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:40,800
Speaker 1: were within you know, we were been a touchdown to

608
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,040
Speaker 1: them last year. Um, you know, and then all of

609
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 1: a sudden you come out and you get smoked in

610
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 1: the opener, I think, But I bet I take Kansas

611
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 1: City minus X amount of point. Yeah, the doubts starts

612
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 1: to creep in a little bit, and he was gonna

613
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 1: take a break. He is, Matt Williamson. I'm Dale Lelly.

614
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:57,959
Speaker 1: When we come back, time for the Fantasy Football Focus.

615
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:15,960
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Speaker 1: from the team. Matt. It's time for the Fantasy Football Focus.

624
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,360
Speaker 1: Wolf's gonna have me read that one today. He doesn't

625
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:59,120
Speaker 1: think I'm capable. Come on, give me a little credit

626
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,040
Speaker 1: here at Johnstown. Damn we got We got the up

627
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 1: j podcasting for twenty years. You know me live reads

628
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 1: I've done I don't I probably shouldn't tell you. Younna

629
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 1: have me to do it? Yeah, I don't know how

630
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,279
Speaker 1: to do that. It's time for our fantasy football draft here.

631
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: We're drafting in the sixth hole today. Okay, I don't

632
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 1: think we've done that one. The teams are the Stairway

633
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:22,960
Speaker 1: to Evans fat Man. Yeah, I like that one. Uh,

634
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 1: Diami Vice any player name rhyme with wasp fat Man

635
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: and the yeah yeah, what MA should think about that? Yeah?

636
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Speaker 1: Uh Diami Vice like that? Good Lance Lance Lever Revolution.

637
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 1: I don't know. This is dance dance Revolution. All right,

638
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 1: We're then us then Ezekiel the storm Hooper's good to

639
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 1: it for the money we've had before herd immunity, my

640
00:34:54,440 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 1: little tony uh and commitment issues c m E t

641
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,919
Speaker 1: k m E k m et comment issues. Alright, so

642
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 1: this is where it gets interesting. The first five. The

643
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:12,439
Speaker 1: first five picks were McCaffrey, Henry Hopkins at three, Dalvin Cook,

644
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:16,520
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara, Mark Cook Fell Yeah, but still I don't

645
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,959
Speaker 1: like being here in the sixth hole. No, no one's

646
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,800
Speaker 1: jumping out at me. The top suggestions are Ezekiel, Elliott,

647
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb, Jonathan Taylor, Sae Kwon Barkley, Chubb and Taylor

648
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 1: would be knows for me. I have very mixed feelings

649
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:32,799
Speaker 1: on Elliott. I like, I like Taylor better than you do.

650
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 1: I don't think he's gould catch me passes. I think

651
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 1: that's his river dump off and he's not there and

652
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 1: he Hinz as a part of the deal. But he

653
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 1: could lead to league in rushing this year. Oh, he

654
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,480
Speaker 1: absolutely could. I mean I like him, I like the

655
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 1: player a lot. I think his receptions are gonna go down.

656
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 1: You can convince me, I guess. Let me see what

657
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:57,560
Speaker 1: about um. I'm down on Barkley and Elliott in this neighborhood,

658
00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: but I think they're the best to Aaron Jones, Antonio Gibson,

659
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:06,560
Speaker 1: that's too early for those guys. Mixinger. No, what if

660
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 1: we do what we've talked about doing here? Take Kelsey,

661
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:14,719
Speaker 1: Take Kelsey, Tyreek Hill, Davante Adam Kelsey for fun, for fun.

662
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,520
Speaker 1: Taking Kelsey in the six spot not much fun. But

663
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 1: that's I mean, it might not look great. Yeah, let's

664
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,400
Speaker 1: see what it does. So the neighborhood he's going in, yeah,

665
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:26,479
Speaker 1: which I think is too high. I mean I would

666
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 1: like him at eleven and then take it back. So

667
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: now we don't We don't have to look at the

668
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 1: tight end position again, whateverever. We just want them to

669
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 1: fall off the board. Alright, So the top suggestion for

670
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:42,040
Speaker 1: us now is Calvin Ridley. I need to take a

671
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:45,320
Speaker 1: back though, DK Metcalf A. J. Brown, J. K. Dobbins,

672
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 1: the top back. That's not so great, that's not so great.

673
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 1: Naja Harris still available. You take Laja Harris. Harris should

674
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:54,320
Speaker 1: be R. We spent the whole show talking about Naja Harris.

675
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 1: We gotta take Naja Harris. That's not so bad. No,

676
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,520
Speaker 1: that's not so bad. Out the top. Okay, we're back.

677
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 1: If Harris is are not RB one when it's all

678
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 1: said and done, but which I think he will be, Yeah,

679
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:09,839
Speaker 1: then we're okay. We're okay. Um, we're up here in

680
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 1: the third round. The top running backs available. Chris Carson.

681
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:16,320
Speaker 1: This is where it hurts you. David Montgomery, Josh Jacobs,

682
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders. I'm looking for one guy here, Darrell Henderson,

683
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: and he is available. Is it too early for you

684
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 1: for Henderson? Three six Nos? It gets right where he

685
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,000
Speaker 1: should go. If not higher, I think. I think by

686
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 1: when it's all said and done, he's going in the

687
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 1: second round. I think so too, maybe into the second round,

688
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 1: early third round. We're in the middle of the third round.

689
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 1: I think you take him here. Yeah. It's kind of

690
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 1: a mood conversation, like is he worth that pick? Well?

691
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 1: I like him better than every running back he just mentioned.

692
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:50,120
Speaker 1: So the answer is yes, yeah, right, all right, so

693
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: we're back up at four seven. Now we get in

694
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,360
Speaker 1: a bad pair. We don't have a wide receiver yet, no,

695
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:58,800
Speaker 1: right right, Um, the top guys available Chris Godwin, fine

696
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:02,359
Speaker 1: with that, Robert Wood. That's a conversation between the two.

697
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 1: D J. Moore, Adam Feeling, Kenny Golladay, Cooper Cup. I like,

698
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:11,839
Speaker 1: I like Woods, Warren Cup. I think theeland drops off

699
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 1: a little. He was very touchdown dependent. Yeah, I kind

700
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:18,279
Speaker 1: of like Woods. There would you can't miss on this.

701
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 1: Pick Woods over Godwin to me comes down to Godwin's

702
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,439
Speaker 1: had some injury issues over even in his great year.

703
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 1: I bet Woods out targets him, but Woods out targets him.

704
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 1: I think he's the number one target in that offense.

705
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 1: Godwin's the one, two, or three, depending on the week.

706
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,799
Speaker 1: I think you'll get more consistency out of Woods than

707
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,840
Speaker 1: you would Goblin might have some better big games, and

708
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,080
Speaker 1: they might finish the season with the same point total.

709
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,960
Speaker 1: But I think you're gonna get more consistent production out

710
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 1: of Woods. And I also think there's more upside there.

711
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:52,279
Speaker 1: I think there's more meat on the bone for Woods

712
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 1: with Stafford throwing him the football with three non wide

713
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:58,040
Speaker 1: receivers of our first three picks. I just look at

714
00:38:58,040 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 1: this one and said, we can't miss we can't miss him.

715
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 1: It is the guy you want missed on what is

716
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 1: like the most consistent fantasy receiver in the league. Alright, alright,

717
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,720
Speaker 1: we're back up at five six. Do we go receiver

718
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 1: again or do we look at see what's out there?

719
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:17,880
Speaker 1: Quarterback is okay? The quarterbacks have been picked over. It's

720
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers, Justin Herbert Jalen Hurts of the

721
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 1: top guys, screams the punt quarterback. Yeah, we're gonna play

722
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:26,799
Speaker 1: because we took the tight end around one. So the

723
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,880
Speaker 1: top receivers available feeling Cooper Cup we can't take Cooper

724
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:36,280
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett. I think Lockett's vastly underrated. Locket's that Godwin

725
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:40,880
Speaker 1: type situation where his great weeks are great, are great?

726
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 1: And what's funny though, because I kind of thought this too,

727
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 1: we consider taking him a day or two ago, and

728
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: one of us said, yeah, he has a lot of

729
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: down weeks, though that really only was last year. If

730
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 1: you're looking through his career, he's not the Seawan Jackson

731
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:57,719
Speaker 1: up and down. You know, he gets a lot of targets,

732
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,160
Speaker 1: and Wilson loves them. A couple of other receiver are

733
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 1: still available, Odell Beckham, Tyler, Tee Higgins, Deonte Johnson. Do

734
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,120
Speaker 1: you like any of those guys better than I like

735
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 1: Johnson more than Higgins. I think Lockett's my favorite, and

736
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 1: I don't mind that there's a little variance with them.

737
00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 1: I can agree with if Deonte Johnson is available with

738
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:22,359
Speaker 1: that six pick jump all over there, But I think

739
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 1: Lockett's is just a little bit more, a little more dynamic,

740
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:27,920
Speaker 1: a little more proven. Yeah, a little better quarterback. You know.

741
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,600
Speaker 1: I think the Seattle offense a little week lucky he's

742
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:34,800
Speaker 1: still there. The top receiver available is Deonte Johnson. I

743
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 1: think that's I think he's an outstanding number three. I

744
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:41,040
Speaker 1: think he's a two, but I think he's announced a

745
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 1: high end number three. This is just a fantasy note,

746
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:46,239
Speaker 1: not a Steeler note. I don't know that he'll score

747
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:49,720
Speaker 1: a million touchdowns. If he gets seven, that's fine. Yeah.

748
00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:51,719
Speaker 1: I think he'll get a ton of receptions, and we've

749
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 1: talked about him a ton um, but I don't know

750
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:56,279
Speaker 1: he's ever gonna be a massive touchdown producer. Okay, so

751
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:58,800
Speaker 1: we got two running backs a tight end to three receivers.

752
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 1: The tight end the inn. Yeah, but now we can

753
00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 1: kind of do best available here. That's not a tight end,

754
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,000
Speaker 1: they're gonna say our top suggestion, Well, our top suggestion

755
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:10,080
Speaker 1: is Miles Gaskin. I would lean towards the running back here,

756
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 1: all things being equal, Mike Davis number two, Ryan Tannehill three,

757
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 1: Courtland Sutton four. I think Sutton is the best player

758
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:22,680
Speaker 1: at his respective position. But we've been down this road.

759
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:27,440
Speaker 1: If you don't take the gascon Davis guy, then you

760
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:31,280
Speaker 1: basically have non starters at this point after running backs.

761
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 1: Something happened and your top guys still available. Well, Damian

762
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:37,400
Speaker 1: Harris is still there. Yeah. I like him better for

763
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 1: real life than those two, But I don't think he

764
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:45,360
Speaker 1: catches any past Patriots thing that the roles and I

765
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 1: mean Patriots running backs have been frustrated and to own

766
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: for twenty years. I think I think Davis is the

767
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:53,799
Speaker 1: pick me too first. Gaskin is a conversation, but I'd

768
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:58,240
Speaker 1: slightly prefer Davis. I like the size and the short

769
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:03,879
Speaker 1: artist stuff. Oh we're up again here. Um, the top

770
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,920
Speaker 1: suggestions for us with Jerry Judy, Deebo, Samuel, Ryan Tanney,

771
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:11,400
Speaker 1: hold David Johnson that running back position Tray Sermon available,

772
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:14,520
Speaker 1: sermons are nice risk to take. David Johnson, Zack Moss.

773
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:19,800
Speaker 1: I think I go Sermon, just wait till mostri it

774
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 1: gets hurt, which found that happen. And I think he'll

775
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,880
Speaker 1: be part of the rotation early on too. Yeah you

776
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:30,520
Speaker 1: like him better than Moss, Yeah, slightly. I just think

777
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 1: one team runs the ball, the O one doesn't. I mean,

778
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 1: do they run the ball more this year? Does he

779
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:37,759
Speaker 1: catch the ball more? I think yes and yes if

780
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:40,600
Speaker 1: he if he's their number one running back this year,

781
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:42,960
Speaker 1: and that's why I'd been targeting him. I think he'll

782
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,759
Speaker 1: be get more goal line carries, but that's still Alan's job.

783
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 1: They will run the ball a little higher percentage. But

784
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 1: they were the like one of the most past happy

785
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 1: teams in the league, and the Niners are a lot

786
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:58,719
Speaker 1: more balanced. You can, I've been done this road with

787
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:03,640
Speaker 1: backs before. Oh, that's yeah, it's all right. Trey Sermon

788
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 1: is to pick in the round. Each of the Niners

789
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,640
Speaker 1: traded up to get him, which at least speaks to

790
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:11,239
Speaker 1: their usage possible. Yeah, they just like to collect running backs,

791
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:14,200
Speaker 1: But it also goes back to the conversation Zack Moss

792
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 1: still available here with we can't take a fifth running back.

793
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 1: We're pretty light in other spots. Top receiver available is

794
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 1: Mike Williams. That'd be nice. Number four. I think we

795
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:27,880
Speaker 1: do that. I'm fine with it. Yeah, all right, now

796
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,799
Speaker 1: we're we've we've those positions are film. Well, we're full.

797
00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:32,960
Speaker 1: Now we're down to round ten. This is where you

798
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:35,239
Speaker 1: if you're gonna do this, this is where you start

799
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,719
Speaker 1: talking quarterback and maybe two of them and two of them. Yeah,

800
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,880
Speaker 1: you're gonna take two, all right. Tanny Hill still available.

801
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:45,400
Speaker 1: I'm very fine with that. Burrow, Matt Ryan, Trevor Lawrence.

802
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,680
Speaker 1: I don't want Ryan. This guy's gonna be our starter.

803
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:54,440
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, Kirk Cousins, Carson Wentz Ideally for us, this

804
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,680
Speaker 1: has to work out. We get tight Tanny Hill and Burrow.

805
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,800
Speaker 1: I'm absolutely fine with that. Which one can't you live with?

806
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:04,360
Speaker 1: Ut I think I prefer Burrow, So we take Burrow

807
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,880
Speaker 1: here over Tanny hillton I mentioned this the other day,

808
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:13,440
Speaker 1: but kirk Cousins early season schedule is unbelievably attractive that

809
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:16,240
Speaker 1: you could just start him for a while until fields

810
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:19,080
Speaker 1: lands whoever comes up, or figure it out later, or

811
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 1: get trade for a guy and get you through the

812
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:25,359
Speaker 1: first six weeks against cream puffs. But he's not that good.

813
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:27,440
Speaker 1: But at the end of the year, every year end

814
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:29,600
Speaker 1: it was a quarterback eleven or twice. They could also

815
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:31,279
Speaker 1: come out this year and say we're gonna recommit to

816
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:34,839
Speaker 1: running the football. Of course, all right, we got lucky

817
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:37,080
Speaker 1: here in around eleven Ryan tanny Hill still available. Do

818
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 1: we take him? Yeah? I like that pairing. Yeah, I mean, unfortunately,

819
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,560
Speaker 1: and we knew this was going to happen. Every week

820
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:45,240
Speaker 1: the team we play is gonna have a better quarterback

821
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 1: than us. But at least we hope for matchups. Yeah,

822
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:49,640
Speaker 1: I hope. We can hope to hold our own. But

823
00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:51,520
Speaker 1: every week we play, we're gonna have a better tight

824
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:54,440
Speaker 1: end in the uh speaking, a tight end. Do we

825
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:56,640
Speaker 1: take another one here? Twelve seven? Let's see it the

826
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:59,200
Speaker 1: best there's a massive value, yes, but we're only going

827
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:01,799
Speaker 1: to start that guy one time. The best available guys

828
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:04,560
Speaker 1: are not It's Darnell Mooney and Nelson Aguilar, Cole Beasley,

829
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:09,400
Speaker 1: J D. Mckissic, I hate um Tyler Higbee still available.

830
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:13,520
Speaker 1: A type of position, Mike Kasicki or Smith, Rob Gronkowski,

831
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 1: John U Smith. I like a couple of those, any

832
00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 1: backs Hunter, Henry Uh. The backs are three co and

833
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:22,719
Speaker 1: Jadie mckissic, James White, Sony Michelle. I don't want to

834
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:25,319
Speaker 1: deal with any of that. Um, some of the other

835
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:29,440
Speaker 1: guys still available. Marlon Mack probably as good at any

836
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:31,919
Speaker 1: spot to take a backup tight end, But that guy

837
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:33,960
Speaker 1: could just sit on our roster all year and never

838
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 1: be useful. Yeah, I don't like any of the receivers

839
00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:38,719
Speaker 1: still available. I think you just I mean, there's a

840
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 1: rule of thumb coming into a draft. If you take

841
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:44,080
Speaker 1: Kelsey in the first round, more often than not, will

842
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Speaker 1: you not take even a second tight end? Probably not.

843
00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:51,960
Speaker 1: I'll just tip pick up somebody off the way, like right, yeah,

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00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:53,359
Speaker 1: and if he gets hurt, you're in trouble when you're

845
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:55,960
Speaker 1: trying to trade for one. But you know, um, that's

846
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Speaker 1: a roster clogger behind him. Do you go defense here?

847
00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 1: There's a great one, probably our choice. The Ravens in

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00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:06,400
Speaker 1: Washington are sitting there. Say Washington or Pittsburgh got considered.

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00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:10,239
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh's already gone. I might grab Washington because you even

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00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:13,040
Speaker 1: said a name I like yet and we can get

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Speaker 1: a tight end any of those ends. We're only again,

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00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:18,839
Speaker 1: we're only gonna play him once. We're gonna play him once,

853
00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:20,880
Speaker 1: and you hope he hits and trade him. All right,

854
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:26,279
Speaker 1: Washington is the pick. That's fine with me. Cruising through too.

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Speaker 1: Round thirteen we're not taking a kicker though before this

856
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:34,880
Speaker 1: makes me crazy. So third thirteen, Round two more we

857
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,040
Speaker 1: got two more position players. Okay, they did a lot

858
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Speaker 1: of team teams did take back that tight ends. So

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Speaker 1: the top guys available or Smith, Blake, Jarwin, Hunter, Henry Evan,

860
00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:47,719
Speaker 1: Ingram Ingram or IRV to me there, I know there's

861
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:51,680
Speaker 1: gonna be some volume. He's in a contract year two. Yeah.

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00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:53,719
Speaker 1: He it's put up her, shut up time for him.

863
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:55,759
Speaker 1: I think he could be better than he shouldn't be

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00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:58,480
Speaker 1: still available, should not still be all right, So we're

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Speaker 1: back up here, okay. Uh. Round fourteen, the top guys

866
00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:11,040
Speaker 1: available Benny Snell, Nelson, Aguilar, Gabriel Davis, Cole, Beasley, Beasley,

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Speaker 1: those are the top I think he might retires. He's

868
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:16,640
Speaker 1: very startable. This is gonna be the first guy you

869
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:21,480
Speaker 1: end up cutting when you of course, but Beasley's productive

870
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Speaker 1: every week yeah. I mean, I think there's just some

871
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 1: doubt about the vaccination and how much he's gonna play

872
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:30,080
Speaker 1: and all that stuff. But he's gonna play. Everybody plays.

873
00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:33,600
Speaker 1: I think Beasley well easily is the pick. I might

874
00:47:33,640 --> 00:47:36,520
Speaker 1: think Randall Cobb there too, could be a sneaky Yeah.

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00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 1: I think as Aaron Rodgers didn't ask to get him

876
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:42,160
Speaker 1: back to he's gonna he's gonna play, and he's gonna

877
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:43,840
Speaker 1: target the crap out of him at least early in

878
00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:47,000
Speaker 1: the season. Probably think I make himself look right and

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Speaker 1: we're back up here. The top suggestion for us is

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00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:55,600
Speaker 1: kicker young hoo ko okay, bye week is Week six?

881
00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:59,760
Speaker 1: Is this our last pickif round Greg zero line still available?

882
00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:03,560
Speaker 1: I like Gregg the leg. There is Bie weeks a

883
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,960
Speaker 1: week later. So there we go. I'm done. What kind

884
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:09,120
Speaker 1: of great are we gonna get doing? Then we gotta

885
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:12,360
Speaker 1: see we've been not scoring well at Syree. Out of

886
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:17,960
Speaker 1: the Fantasy pro experts, well, Mike Taglieri loves this draft.

887
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:22,439
Speaker 1: He gave us eight. Wow Harris in the second round

888
00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:24,360
Speaker 1: is a home run. That's a steel. I mean we

889
00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:28,280
Speaker 1: could debate long. Dan Harris gave us a seventy seven.

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00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:32,200
Speaker 1: Kyle Yates seventy nine. Joe Passapia gave us a seventy eight,

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Speaker 1: so not terrible. I don't things going tight end round

892
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,000
Speaker 1: one hurt us as bad as it could have where

893
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:38,840
Speaker 1: I expected it to. Here's what we ended up with,

894
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,840
Speaker 1: Burrow or Tanny Hill quarterback. That's what we're gonna have

895
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Speaker 1: to play that week to week Nausea Harris and Darryl

896
00:48:46,080 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 1: Henderson is our top two backs. Robert Woods, Tyler Locket,

897
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:51,759
Speaker 1: Deante Johnson and wide receiver. Not great but no real week.

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00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:56,840
Speaker 1: Spott Kelsey at tight end. The Washington Football team is

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Speaker 1: our defense. Yeah, good there line a kicker. I think

900
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Speaker 1: that'll be he's gonna get at least five. He's you

901
00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:05,800
Speaker 1: can pensim him in for five points every week is

902
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:09,520
Speaker 1: five extra extra points. Mike Davis, Trey Sermon, Mike Williams,

903
00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:11,759
Speaker 1: Evan Ingram, Cole Beasley on our bench. Yeah, I don't

904
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Speaker 1: mind the bench either. Yeah. I thought we did an

905
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:16,440
Speaker 1: okay job there, not bad, not bad. Yeah, we were

906
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Speaker 1: another tight end did not go until the round third round.

907
00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:23,120
Speaker 1: I don't think that usually happens. Yeah, but fair enough,

908
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:26,760
Speaker 1: but we had our three run. Kelsey goes in that neighborhood. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think we did okay for doing making that move.

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Speaker 1: I don't hate that team. No, I don't either. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I like that we are not really weak anywhere. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but that's gonna do it. For the Drive today and

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Speaker 1: the Fantasy football focus, for my partner Matt Williamson, for

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Speaker 1: Kelly as we are, but for Kellen Gerski here on

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Speaker 1: the site as well, uh keeping us on the air,

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Speaker 1: I'm Dale Lally. We thank you for listening to this

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Speaker 1: edition of the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.