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Speaker 2: Good evening, Steeler Nation. How we do it? Well, that's

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Speaker 2: good us too.

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Speaker 3: Our number two here of the Drive on Steelers Nation

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Speaker 3: Radio on the Steelers Audio Network.

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Speaker 2: Busy day around the league, Matt. A lot of news

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Speaker 2: that we've been a lot of ground.

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Speaker 4: We've been covering.

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Speaker 3: A lot of news flying around that will continue today

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Speaker 3: and throughout the week. But some significant news across the

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Speaker 3: timeline that is not free agency specific, but is NFL

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Speaker 3: Draft or less. Yes, as the compensatory picks for this

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Speaker 3: year's NFL Draft that will be held at the end

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Speaker 3: of April on the North Shore.

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Speaker 4: I'm surprised today. Same they're so good at spacing out there.

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Speaker 2: I was gonna say, it's almost like it's getting buried.

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Speaker 4: Give it like two weeks and last Fridays last year

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Speaker 4: or something, you know.

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Speaker 3: But regardless of the NFL compensatory picks have been finalized, Steelers,

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Speaker 3: Ravens Eagles lead the way with four compensatory picks each.

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Speaker 3: Here's exactly what it looks like. Four compensatory picks in

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Speaker 3: the third round going to Minnesota ninety seven overall, Philadelphia

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Speaker 3: ninety eight overall, Pittsburgh ninety nine overall, Jacksonville one hundred overall.

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Speaker 3: Four third round picks handed out, and the Steelers do

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Speaker 3: get one of those. The Steelers also get a fourth

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Speaker 3: round pick nice one hundred and thirty fifth overall. So

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Speaker 3: there are one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight

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Speaker 4: Real quick, folks, All these compiics will add up to

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Speaker 4: thirty two total picks. So it's like there's eight rounds

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Speaker 4: of the draft, not seven. They and why they decide

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Speaker 4: to do that, that's kind of cool. Okay, next year

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Speaker 4: they'll be thirty two. The year after they'll be thirty two.

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Speaker 4: So that's how they wait them symmetrically. It fits everything

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Speaker 4: that's going on there. So and they are tradeable. Now

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Speaker 4: a couple years ago you were on a trade. The

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Speaker 4: draft made me nuts.

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Speaker 3: Correct, Like the Jacksonville compensatory pick one hundred overall at

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Speaker 3: the end of the third round is from Detroit.

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Speaker 4: Trying to think who that's from, But I'm sure we

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Speaker 4: could figure it out.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I was trying to think the same thing. To it.

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Speaker 2: I was drawing a blank. A lot of different names

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Speaker 2: and bullets flying today.

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Speaker 3: So the Steelers get third round ninety nine overall, fourth

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Speaker 3: round one thirty five overall, none in the fifth for

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Speaker 3: the Steelers, two in the sixth, two hundred and fourteenth,

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Speaker 3: and two hundred and sixteenth.

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Speaker 4: It's a great haul.

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Speaker 2: It's a fantastic hall.

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Speaker 4: It's a great hall. I mean, we've started the show

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Speaker 4: talking about the comp game probably more than we should.

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Speaker 4: They don't get anything close to that. But anytime you

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Speaker 4: get extra draft picks, man, especially third and fourth rounders exactly.

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Speaker 4: I mean none of these teams hit sixty percent on

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Speaker 4: their draft picks. I mean, so the whole key is

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Speaker 4: just make a lot of picks, you know what I mean, right,

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Speaker 4: just makes a lot of picks.

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Speaker 2: It's a in a lot of ways. It can be

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Speaker 2: a volume game.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, and.

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Speaker 2: We saw that.

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Speaker 3: You know, this is all because Dan Moore Junior walked

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Speaker 3: and signed a big deal in free agency. Justin Fields

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Speaker 4: And it would have been better if both would have

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Speaker 4: you may end up with multiple thirds.

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Speaker 3: Yes, right, like spoiler alert, The Baltimore Ravens are going

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Speaker 3: that Linderbaum exit would favor very well into this formula

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Speaker 4: Yeah, like Crosby coming in doesn't hurt them, Lenderbaumb going

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Speaker 2: Them, right, Yes, So that is what we know.

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Speaker 3: In the in the compensatory pick game, not expected but

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Speaker 4: Some of these CAP guys have gotten so good. I

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Speaker 4: But now some of these people have absolutely figured out

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Speaker 3: It's almost like these people now it's almost like bracketology

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Speaker 4: I don't know enough about it, but yes, you know,

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Speaker 4: You know what qualifications are, and I know what the

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Speaker 3: Right, Matt, some more movement ats You mentioned busy day

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Speaker 3: for center movement around the.

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Speaker 4: League the past day or two.

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Speaker 2: The Packers releasing Elgin Jenkins two times.

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Speaker 4: That's what I center kind of like Pittman for me

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Speaker 4: because he's also a very very good guard and that

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Speaker 4: to me, especially if this comp I keep harping on

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Speaker 4: with it. If you let Isaac walk and you sign him,

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Speaker 4: you'd be better at the position and you make money

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Speaker 4: in the comp game. I mean, that could be a

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Speaker 4: because a guy like see him all, who's going to

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Speaker 4: I bet he's twenty nine thirty. He's had a really

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Speaker 3: He just turned thirty the day after Christmas a few

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Speaker 4: I'd love to grab that dude. I mean, oh, by

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Speaker 4: point they definitely overlapped quite a bit. That to me

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Speaker 4: would be maybe the next shoot to drop in Steeler.

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Speaker 2: I would imagine he's worked with Aaron Rodgers in the

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Speaker 4: Well, had to have. I mean he's been he's been

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Speaker 4: you know, leader type. They have all kinds of problems.

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Speaker 4: They gave away with Sean Gary basically for nothing to

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Speaker 4: so the Packers are just really up against it. I'd

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Speaker 3: Yeah, is that of all the different possibilities for adding

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Speaker 4: The type of player you're getting. Yeah, I mean that's

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Speaker 4: when they traded Gary, I thought, oh, they'll probably just

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Speaker 4: keep Jenkins. Now they opened enough room. I'm glad they

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Speaker 3: We have the terms now for Jalen Thompson signing with

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Speaker 3: the Cowboys doing some some business.

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Speaker 4: Busy think they can win now.

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Speaker 2: Three year, thirty six million dollar deal for Jalen Thompson.

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Speaker 4: Okay, big d So these couple I haven't seen Cook's contract,

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Speaker 4: They're making decent money. They're making a little more money,

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Speaker 3: And it is funny how that works, right, how some

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Speaker 2: Some are making a little bit less than we thought.

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Speaker 4: But I guess you're the Steelers is you're a safety

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Speaker 4: and until further notice, because we're pretty decent in the

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Speaker 4: round and you're not a safety anymore, you know what

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Speaker 4: I mean? Yeah, the Ramsey versatility does gives you options.

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Speaker 2: It's a good option.

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Speaker 4: Or even during the season. We've seen them move all right, Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 4: So the Steelers will agent as the radar up. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: we'll keep, we'll keep the we'll keep the we'll keep.

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Speaker 3: The end ten is up and see if there's any

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Speaker 3: movement here before we get out of here today. The

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Speaker 3: Steelers will have twelve picks this year, as we've anticipated.

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Speaker 3: First round, second round.

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Speaker 4: Three, three third round Dallas.

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Speaker 3: Guys, Dallas is for the pickage trade, their original and

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Speaker 3: a comp pick, two fourth rounders Steelers original and a

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Speaker 3: a seventh from the Kyle Duger pickswap, and their seventh.

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Speaker 4: So that's the twelfth for you. You probably don't know

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Speaker 4: this answer, but is that after the Pittman trade. I

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Speaker 4: think the Steelers gave up as it was never announced

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Speaker 2: That's actually a very good point, but because at.

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Speaker 4: I mean I assumed that the Steelers give up a

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Speaker 2: Oh my goodness.

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Speaker 3: Matt via Adam Schefter, Dolphins quarterback to a tag of Viola,

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Speaker 3: plans to sign a one year deal with the Atlanta Falcons.

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Speaker 4: This was rumored early in the day to.

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Speaker 4: That's like the only thing they have in common, though

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Speaker 4: they play so differently. I don't understand this one. To

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Speaker 4: the same deal that Wilson and Kyler will that the

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Speaker 4: you get them for a million a year or whatever.

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Speaker 4: I mean, that almost has to be the case, because

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Speaker 4: when these dudes are released and they take a massive

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Speaker 4: You know, why would you do that? I guess Safanski

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Speaker 4: is X is a hold the ball, drive the ball

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Speaker 4: but he doesn't play that way. They're both pocket passers,

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Speaker 4: but one of them is an old school eighties Bradshaw.

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Speaker 4: Hold the ball in the pocket, get drilled in the

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Speaker 2: And that was great when you were at Washington and

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and I might doubts about Penix, but if this

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Speaker 4: he's coming off an injury too, But two is a

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Speaker 4: get get the ball out now guy. You know, it's

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Speaker 4: just way different. They are vastly different. Yeah. I think

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Speaker 4: they signed a wide out too, not a huge one,

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Speaker 4: and maybe somebody else so that offense they lose augiear.

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Speaker 4: I'm just curious how different it looks with Stefanski.

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Speaker 2: Uh, Quitty Pay is on the move.

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Speaker 3: The Raiders continue to spend some eight the Raiders and

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Speaker 2: Raiders and Tight and you got money, spend it?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, former cult Quitty Pay three year, forty eight million

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Speaker 4: Ratings, recent first round pick. He's never going to be Batman,

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Speaker 2: It's funny.

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of people on Twitter that are like,

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Speaker 2: I don't think that was ever. I don't think that

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Speaker 4: I was keeping up at night. You should not have

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Speaker 4: Yeah, to bring that guy back Pittman, right, I mean,

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Speaker 3: Yes, according to Connor Hughes, who covers the Jets in

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Speaker 4: Would you still consider for the Steelers because basically what

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Speaker 4: he's the only one not to even consider that. I

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Speaker 4: He's super valuable. I think he gets moved because the

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Speaker 4: and he doesn't really fit the new offense and Hunter

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Speaker 4: He could be.

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Speaker 2: It was a second round for a reason.

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Speaker 3: Would you all right, let's do the hypothetical game, then,

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Speaker 4: Right now? I think I might. I mean, boy, he's

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Speaker 4: Something like that. I mean, it's overkill in terms of trades,

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Speaker 2: Interesting thing?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, certainly a ready moves.

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Speaker 3: Let's talk about let's we're gonna keep an eye on

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Speaker 4: Combine kind of got in the way there.

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Speaker 2: It It just sure did.

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Speaker 3: But that's okay. We don't mind the combine getting in

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Speaker 3: the way of some things. Uh, Matt picked twenty one

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Speaker 2: Yeah, what would you say is the most likely?

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Speaker 3: And I think it's a small piece of the pie

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Speaker 2: It picked twenty one.

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Speaker 4: I don't know that there is one now. I mean

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Speaker 4: whatever that's on the table now, Vega would be really

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Speaker 2: But do the Raiders slide in there and say thanks?

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Speaker 2: I put, you're talking for Steelers.

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Speaker 4: Doctor Steers are com tomorrow with Max and uh Rock

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Speaker 4: at Persuda. But I had I didn't even do this

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Speaker 4: you know, but that was before Linderbomb. But still he

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Speaker 2: If you made me like freeling or if you made

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Speaker 4: Talking miss going position. I'll get there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I still think so right now I would bump

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Speaker 4: Yeah, let me talk through it though. Simpson love it, Vega. Yes,

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Speaker 4: I think both those I would understand.

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Speaker 2: State done today? Yeah, I consider pretty much anything.

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Speaker 4: Because if you can draft it, if you can put

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Speaker 2: Would the two dreaded words trade down enter your lexicon

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Speaker 4: These because if I'm thinking about a receiver, there's probably

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Speaker 3: Freeling's still there or something.

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Speaker 4: Like Butcher's name. Why I'm avoiding it. But like if

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Speaker 4: it would be nice to put yourself in a position

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Speaker 4: to do that. As it stands today, I can't see

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Speaker 4: an off the ball linebacker. I can't see an edge.

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Speaker 4: I can't see a corner anymore either. Safety safety just

444
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Speaker 4: safety is high and legs. The Vegas odds for safety

445
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Speaker 4: just got a little bit less. Me more well, or

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Speaker 4: they don't pay as well, they don't pay as well.

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Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, yeah, Dylan Fmon, but I think he's the

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Speaker 4: only one for me.

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Speaker 2: You're not a uh.

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Speaker 4: More strong than free So if I'm just thinking of names,

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Speaker 4: it's Simpson, Vega, Banks, Thinnermon offensive tackle, receiver. Yeah. And

452
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Speaker 4: the short of it is, you just laid it out.

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Speaker 4: They have five picks in the top three rounds. Let's

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Speaker 4: say you don't go quarterback this year. You're definitely still

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Speaker 4: taking a receiver at some point. Sure, I think you're

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Speaker 4: definitely taking a safety at some point. Absolutely, you're definitely

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Speaker 4: taking an offensive lineman and maybe two and maybe an

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Speaker 4: offensive line. I mean like you're set up with you

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Speaker 4: with five premium picks to address those if you don't

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Speaker 4: do anything in free agency. Pretty well, and folks, this

461
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Speaker 4: is an accident. This is what teams do. I mean,

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Speaker 4: they lay this stuff out to set up the next move.

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Speaker 4: It's all chess. It's certainly right, but the board changes.

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Speaker 4: It's on a nice flat board. The boards like this,

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Speaker 4: and they're gonna add something else. In free agency, they're not.

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Speaker 2: There's no chance they're done.

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Speaker 4: They have that another running back.

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Speaker 3: Whether it happens in the next twenty four to forty

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Speaker 3: eight hours or whether it happens a week from now.

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Speaker 4: Be the second we hit stop a big driving home,

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Speaker 4: and there's gonna be a lot happening tonight.

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Speaker 2: Yes, you know what, don't do it while we're driving home.

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Speaker 3: Okay, save, save, but but now I give it was

474
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Speaker 3: something to talk about, give us something to talk about tomorrow.

475
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Speaker 3: But they that's this Free agency happens in waves, big

476
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Speaker 3: names first, big money first. Then you have that second

477
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Speaker 3: wave that's probably gonna hit tomorrow Wednesday timeframe, and then

478
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Speaker 3: there could even be some moves in the following week.

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Speaker 4: They'll then you start get bargains like that, we don't

480
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Speaker 4: really need that guy, but we'll pluck them off the wire,

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Speaker 4: you know, right, Yes, And I'm if they if they

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Speaker 4: sign anyone between now and tomorrow, do you think it's

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Speaker 4: a safety yeah? Yeah, or or maybe like Seeamalu.

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Speaker 2: That's a good call. I was gonna say, I was

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Speaker 2: gonna say, I.

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Speaker 4: Was gonna say.

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Speaker 3: One of those nosey ish thirty two year olds that

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Speaker 3: we'll discussed.

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Speaker 4: They usually aren't super hot commodities. Usually you can wait

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Speaker 4: on them, you know.

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Speaker 3: I'm trying to remember, but I think one of either

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Speaker 3: Deshaun Elliott or Kenneth Gainwell was like late in, like

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Speaker 3: a couple weeks into the free agency process.

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Speaker 2: Don't think it was. I don't think it was the bat.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, but this is normal. Oh yeah, and a

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Speaker 2: lot of these a lot of the guys that won't

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Speaker 2: be signed for a few more days, they're on the

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Speaker 2: phones with their agents and having conversations, and.

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Speaker 4: They'll be nervous in two days. Then becomes a buyer's

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Speaker 4: market exactly right.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, exactly right, because they.

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Speaker 4: Worst players in the last two days.

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Speaker 3: Now, a lot of these guys are A lot of

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Speaker 3: these guys are kind of hoping to get that offer

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Speaker 3: that they want, still holding out hope for another day

506
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Speaker 3: or so or two. But that will change eventually as well.

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Speaker 4: Man the well, what picks they have, I'm sure they

508
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Speaker 4: have a lot of I don't know how much cap

509
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Speaker 4: space they have left, but I'm sure it substantial.

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Speaker 3: Some good numbers here who just sent me these? Andrew

511
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Speaker 3: on Twitter? Thanks to Andrew New Steelers cornerback Jamel Dean.

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Speaker 3: We've done this in the past when we talk about

513
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Speaker 3: Cam Heyward and what he means to the Steelers run

514
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Speaker 3: game and the splits with the Steelers run defensive him

515
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Speaker 3: on the field versus hm off the field, Jammel Dean

516
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Speaker 3: last year on the field, verse off the field when

517
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Speaker 3: he played for the Bucks, when he was on the field,

518
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Speaker 3: verse when he wasn't, they had the eleventh best EPA

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Speaker 3: per pass attempt when he was on the field, thirty

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Speaker 3: second when he was off the field, fourteenth best pass

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Speaker 3: defense success when he was on the field, thirty first

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Speaker 3: when he was off the field.

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Speaker 2: Wow, they gave up.

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Speaker 3: Just seven yards per attempt when he was on the field,

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Speaker 3: twelfth best in the NFL, thirty first best when he

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Speaker 3: was off the field, and their secondary was rated number

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Speaker 3: ten in the league with him on the field, number

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Speaker 3: thirty two in the league with him off the Wow.

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Speaker 4: Some on off splits I can take with a grain

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Speaker 4: of salt. Sure, when they're that drastic, they mean something.

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Speaker 2: It's like it's like lu Cam Hayward we used to

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Speaker 2: talk about two years ago right.

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Speaker 4: I mean it'd be different if you were talking about

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Speaker 4: like a packer. And oh, by the way, that's also

535
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Speaker 4: when Michael Parsons got hurt. You know, like sometimes you

536
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Speaker 4: give a massage those things, like maybe there was another

537
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Speaker 4: reason the defense got worse. It wasn't the corner, you know,

538
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Speaker 4: but that's not the case here. And and the splits are

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Speaker 4: so drastic that means something.

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Speaker 2: Yes, of course at first, if you're just jumping in

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Speaker 2: the car, if you're just joining us and tuning in

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Speaker 2: and you've been busy today, those.

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Speaker 4: Are it's pretty darn happy.

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Speaker 2: The two guys yet, Jammel Dean and Michael Pittman junior.

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Speaker 3: Pittman Junior for a We're still trying to find out

546
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Speaker 3: exactly what but a late draft pick for the Steelers.

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Speaker 2: Those two on the way in.

548
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Speaker 3: Twenty eight year old wide receiver twenty nine year old

549
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Speaker 3: cornerback James Pierre Is signed a two year deal with

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Speaker 3: the Minnesota Vikings. Kenneth Gainwell has signed a two year

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Speaker 3: deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Speaker 4: Those are the only two that have departed. I kept

553
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Speaker 4: Holcomb kept kept Holcomb kept another corner.

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Speaker 2: Sunday Samuel Junior.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yes, yes, so right now, Still need to still

556
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Speaker 3: need a decision at quarterback, Still need a decision for

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Speaker 3: another running back, Still need a decision on wide receiver three,

558
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Speaker 3: and that left side of the offensive line. But Jalen Warren,

559
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Speaker 3: DK Metcalf, Michael Pittman Junior, your two tight ends, and

560
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Speaker 3: Friar Muth and Washington and then obviously Fraser McCormick, Faltanu

561
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Speaker 3: on the right size center and right side of that

562
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Speaker 3: offensive line. We've got our final segment to get to.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna talk to Christian Kots when we return on

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Speaker 3: the other side, and we'll kind of cross any final

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Speaker 3: t's and dot any eyes of the day's free agency proceedings,

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Speaker 3: all of that as we wrap this thing up, Les Uler,

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Speaker 3: Matt Williamson. It is the Drive Steelers Nation Radio on

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Speaker 3: the Steelers Audio Network.

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Speaker 5: What's up, NFL fans. The NFL Draft is finally here,

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Speaker 5: and while you might not know who your team is

571
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Speaker 5: drafting this year, you do know your watch party's number

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Speaker 5: one pick. Bud Light, the clean, crisp taste that has

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Speaker 5: all the scouts talking. Guess that's why it's been the

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Speaker 5: group's go to draft beer season after season. Be sure

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Speaker 5: to order around for the table before your teams on

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Speaker 5: the clock. Bud Light, easy to drink, easy to enjoy,

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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven

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Speaker 1: Home of the Goal Steelers Nation.

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Speaker 2: Radio Back on the Drive.

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Speaker 3: It is our final segment of this free agent frenzy first.

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Speaker 2: Day, folks. It's it's only going to continue. There's gonna

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Speaker 2: be more. It is. It's a lot of fun.

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Speaker 3: It's this is perhaps and we have a lot of

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Speaker 3: these days, Matt, but this is perhaps the easiest content

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Speaker 3: day of the year.

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Speaker 4: You can't keep up. I mean, you don't have to

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Speaker 4: create anything. Yeah, there's a million signings I want to

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Speaker 4: talk about. We haven't even the way down the list

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Speaker 4: exactly right next week till we get to them.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and we.

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Speaker 3: Are efforting our buddy Christian Koontz here. Are going to

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Speaker 3: try and get him on in this final segment. If not,

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Speaker 3: we will catch up with him sometime soon. He's doing

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Speaker 3: a really cool new podcast series on the football legacy

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Speaker 3: of Western Pennsylvania, kind of in tandem with the NFL

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Speaker 3: films The Football Towns, Ye now at the Cayman Science Center.

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Speaker 3: Make sure you're checking that out ahead of I mean, Matt,

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Speaker 3: It's it's easy to kind of throw on the back

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Speaker 3: burner because we were just at the combine and free

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Speaker 3: agency and so much happening. But like six weeks from now,

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Speaker 3: one of the biggest football events and just events in

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Speaker 3: general ever in the history of Pittsburgh, it's gonna be

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Speaker 3: a few miles away from us on the North Shore.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's all happening real quick.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, like I always get geared up for

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Speaker 4: the draft and all that, and today's not even a

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Speaker 4: day to think about what's coming in the future. It's

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Speaker 4: hard enough to keep up with the present. But that's massive, man.

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Speaker 4: I mean, just like you said, in the history of

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Speaker 4: Western PA football is the draft this year. What's only

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Speaker 4: been like six or seven cities ever. I mean, it's

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Speaker 4: always was New York.

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Speaker 2: It was a radio city music hall for the longest time.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'd cut school and I'd watch it on you know,

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Speaker 4: nineteen eighty five.

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Speaker 2: You know you can admit that now.

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Speaker 4: I've told the story many times.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the one day your mom would let you see

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Speaker 2: it so I could.

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Speaker 4: Have one hundred and four fever. She'd be like taking

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Speaker 4: Asper to go to school. But I mean draft day,

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Speaker 4: I was not going.

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Speaker 2: That's a fair that's a fair balance.

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Speaker 4: That's I got more out of that draft day than

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Speaker 4: I did geometry class for my career. Did look where

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Speaker 4: you're sitting, right, Williams.

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Speaker 3: Big shout out than Johnny Matt speaking of one of

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Speaker 3: the moves that we have not discussed, James Connor.

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Speaker 2: Another one of these running backs that we've mentioned as

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Speaker 2: a potential for the Steelers.

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Speaker 4: I think the Cardinals are all of a sudden got interesting.

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Speaker 2: They might have one running back too many.

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Speaker 4: And one quarterback too many, and one.

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Speaker 2: Quarterback too many.

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Speaker 4: Yes, right man if I'm wrong, But they have now breset.

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Speaker 3: Jimmy g sounds like they sounds like they're agreed to

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Speaker 3: a deal with Jimmy Garoppolo after they kind of struck

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Speaker 3: out with Malik Willis.

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Speaker 4: And an injured Minshew. Yes, I don't know how injured

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Speaker 4: he is, but I mean he got hurt late in

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Speaker 4: the year filling in for Ma Homes. The wait going with.

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Speaker 3: You're talking Arizona or Kansas City, Arizona? Okay, so not Minshew.

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Speaker 4: Now, I think I think all three are there is

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Speaker 4: Minshew a cardinal?

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Speaker 2: Oh that's right, that's right. Sorry, Yeah, that no team.

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Speaker 4: In with like three Lord, I totally forgot about that.

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Speaker 4: So they have three backup tad quarterbacks. There's no way

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Speaker 4: all three are going to be there.

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Speaker 3: They also have three running backs too, and James Connor

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Speaker 3: and Kyler and Benson and Benson.

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Speaker 4: So if you signed out year today and you restructure

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Speaker 4: Connor re signed, those two are going to be there.

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Speaker 4: Jimmy g and Minshew are going to be there, yes,

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Speaker 4: which then leads me to is Trey Benson going to

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Speaker 4: be there? Is Brissett going to be there? Now? I'm

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Speaker 4: not from a Steelers lens. I'm a big Jacoby Brissett fan,

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Speaker 4: but that can't be your answer for the Steelers. I mean,

659
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Speaker 4: even if you signed Rogers, I don't want him as backup.

660
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 4: I mean, but maybe he's the Jets guy or somebody

661
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,560
Speaker 4: like that. I would think Brissette now is on the

662
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,240
Speaker 4: move because you don't go into season with just three

663
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 4: old retreade quarterbacks and nothing else.

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Speaker 2: Wouldn't make sense, even for even for a franchise or

665
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,880
Speaker 2: Arizona who does some wonky stuff that would be.

666
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,880
Speaker 4: Added Simpson to the mix. I would understand it or

667
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,880
Speaker 4: something like that, but still you don't. That's a weird

668
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 4: quarterback room as it stands today, and it's a weird

669
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 4: running back room. I mean, I don't love Benson, but

670
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 4: he's big and fast, and he's coming off an injury too. Yeah,

671
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 4: they're all big backs. I mean, the Cardinals won three

672
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 4: two and twenty five plus pound guys.

673
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 3: Maybe they are looking at it. Benson was banged up

674
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 3: last year. James Connor only played three games last year.

675
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 3: Maybe they're kind of looking at it as we need

676
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 3: all these options because they.

677
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 4: Were the worst running back room in the room.

678
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,120
Speaker 2: Now year might be the only one who plays the

679
00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:29,360
Speaker 2: full seventeen games.

680
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 4: Maybe, But it's just two weird rooms all of a sudden.

681
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 4: In Arizona, it seems like they've got and if they

682
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,800
Speaker 4: could turn Benson or Brissette into a pick, picks have

683
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 4: to be the most valuable thing for that team.

684
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 2: You know, would you be interested in Benson or no?

685
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 4: Yes, but at a discount. He was an early second

686
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:49,280
Speaker 4: round pick from what I remember, real good size, speed, dude.

687
00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 4: Combine was strong, but I didn't love him then and

688
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:59,000
Speaker 4: he's shown some flashes since. But I'm offering you like

689
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,440
Speaker 4: a fifth round pick. Yeah, yeah, I mean that type

690
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 4: of move, which, again in the comp world, doesn't hurt

691
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 4: you at all as opposed to signing somebody else, you

692
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:08,760
Speaker 4: know what I mean.

693
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,239
Speaker 2: He did just here. He's twenty three years old, will

694
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 2: turn twenty four this summer.

695
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,120
Speaker 4: He doesn't have much tread off of his tires, partially

696
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 4: because he's struggled to stay on the field a little bit.

697
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 4: I think he was kind of a one year wonder

698
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 4: Florida State from what I remember. But he's big and

699
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 4: he's fast, and he would be a nice compliment. You know.

700
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 4: Warren would be my one, and he'd be my bigger

701
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 4: back slash breakaway ability. We always talk about explosives.

702
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:37,400
Speaker 3: He can create explosives, you know, absolutely, you're right if

703
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 3: you're getting him for pennies on the dollar, if it's

704
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:41,680
Speaker 3: a discount, right, yeah, it's it's.

705
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 4: Weird for them to make those moves in those two positions, right.

706
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 4: They can't. They can't be done with that. The writings

707
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 4: on the wall.

708
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 2: There, let's get to some tweets.

709
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,520
Speaker 3: We will see we we could still potentially have our

710
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 3: our buddy Christian Kots calling in. If not, we'll we'll

711
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 3: audible with him and find some time that works here.

712
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,640
Speaker 3: But in the meantime we will we'll get to some

713
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:02,959
Speaker 3: of your reaction from the day and over the weekend.

714
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,080
Speaker 2: We've got a backlog of tweets. We'll continue to get to.

715
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:08,800
Speaker 4: These giants are resigning illumin or too. That just happened

716
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,800
Speaker 4: one minute ago, that he was the best offensive tackle

717
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:16,240
Speaker 4: on the market. He's the fifteenth best right tackle in

718
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 4: the league, who keeps getting better. But that has a

719
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 4: lot of value, you know.

720
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 2: Also looks like d Alford is signing with the Bills

721
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,959
Speaker 2: cornerback three years, twenty one dollars.

722
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:27,920
Speaker 4: Wow, Okay, it's a lot for him too.

723
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 3: It's a lot Bills are I don't know what the

724
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:32,920
Speaker 3: Bills are doing. A little desperate out here.

725
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,720
Speaker 4: Matt Williamson serting a quest organization more and more.

726
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 2: I just know the Rams.

727
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 3: Whenever Matt Stafford finally does retire, they're going to have

728
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,120
Speaker 3: some We trade five first round picture, Joe Burrow, trade

729
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 3: five first round picture.

730
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 4: Josh Allen.

731
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:49,760
Speaker 3: Who's gonna be out that's disgruntled with what their franchises

732
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,080
Speaker 3: is doing. All right, let's get to a Let's get

733
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 3: to a couple of tweets here as we As we

734
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 3: round out the show, t mac tweets and says he

735
00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:01,520
Speaker 3: loves the idea of second round pay for Brian Thomas

736
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 3: junior and uh selecting Dylan Fennemon at twenty one.

737
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 4: And I assume this came after the Pittman news. Yes, yes,

738
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,880
Speaker 4: pretty nice infusion of talent, especially end me about as

739
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,479
Speaker 4: aggressive have we seen the Steelers get in a long time.

740
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:21,480
Speaker 4: That is aggressive for sure, And I'm with you. I'm

741
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,319
Speaker 4: still might throw a fifth round pick at a at

742
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 4: a receiver. I mean, that's greedy, but there's so many

743
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:27,120
Speaker 4: there's so many.

744
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:30,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, And you want to again, it's that that

745
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 2: would start to look like a really nice nest for

746
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,880
Speaker 2: whoever your future franchise quarterback is.

747
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:39,359
Speaker 4: Yeah. So you know how I like to think from

748
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 4: all angles on this stuff. If you were to make

749
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 4: the Thomas move, you could even trade Metcalf Well, I

750
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 4: don't think that would be the cards at all, But

751
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 4: if they weren't thrilled with how he handled himself on

752
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 4: the sidelines of you know, I'm just saying there's always options.

753
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 4: There's always options, Like, I don't think it's a thousand

754
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:02,319
Speaker 4: percent chance Friar move doesn't get traded or queen or

755
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,360
Speaker 4: you know, I mean, like things still can happen, you know.

756
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 2: Interesting one hear from Smooth Day.

757
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 3: Smooth Dave tweets and says, since the Steelers aren't losing

758
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,279
Speaker 3: any high dollar free agents, does it make sense to

759
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,920
Speaker 3: chase comp picks this year? Why not just sign all

760
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 3: the best talent we can and not worry about some

761
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 3: extra six or seventh round comp picks.

762
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, this has been a big topic today just because

763
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,400
Speaker 4: I didn't see it coming, and all their moves have

764
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 4: indicated that it's important to them, and I'm sure and

765
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 4: since Omar has taken over, it's been important to them,

766
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 4: and I think that's something they were lagging behind and

767
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,600
Speaker 4: now they're at the top of the league in terms

768
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 4: of utilizing that tool. But I don't think it should

769
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 4: be the end all be all, you know. I mean,

770
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:47,399
Speaker 4: if there's if there's some running back they love that's

771
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 4: going to screw up their comppic or some tackle or whoever,

772
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:55,840
Speaker 4: great sign them because to the point I mean, chasing

773
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 4: six and seventh round picks doesn't have that much value.

774
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 4: But for example, well elgind Jakins gets cut today. He

775
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 4: hasn't affected at all. He I would have loved him

776
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:08,359
Speaker 4: if he was a free agent period, But now if

777
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,000
Speaker 4: he's a cut can, if he's a cut guy, I

778
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 4: like him even more. It breaks all ties, I guess, yeah, yeah, yeah.

779
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:15,799
Speaker 2: Fair fair. That's actually that's a good way to put it.

780
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 2: That's a good way to put it.

781
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 4: If you're between Dean and Alante Taylor, one of them

782
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 4: crushes your comp game and one doesn't even affect it,

783
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:24,279
Speaker 4: will you take the other guy?

784
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 3: Ian tweeted us this morning nine six and said, Happy tampering.

785
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 2: Day, Wes and Matt.

786
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 3: By the time you guys go on air, we have

787
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 3: a veteran wide receiver. If we don't, how concerned are

788
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 3: you with the wide receiver group? Well, guess what?

789
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, check done. I think the wide receiver group has

790
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 4: I think I expect now when we get to camp,

791
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:49,719
Speaker 4: we'll say the wide receiver group is a strength of

792
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 4: this team. We haven't said that for Antonio Brown, Yeah.

793
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:58,320
Speaker 3: Wallace and Emmanuel Sanders, Like this is a or maybe

794
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,640
Speaker 3: that year with Juju where Juju was really good and

795
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,399
Speaker 3: ab and twenty eighteen, I.

796
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:03,879
Speaker 4: Mean, like Bryant was really good in some of those

797
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 4: dudes too, but that's been a while. Yes, Juju hasn't

798
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 4: been here for a long time.

799
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 2: Let's see here.

800
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 3: Jpa tweets us and says, according to Jeremy Fowler, the

801
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:16,240
Speaker 3: Eagles are indeed fielding trade calls for Jalen Carter.

802
00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:18,480
Speaker 2: Should we have interest or no?

803
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 4: I don't think so because he'd be really expensive.

804
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:24,359
Speaker 2: He will not be cheap.

805
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,960
Speaker 4: They gave Jordan Davis a big contract and I don't

806
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,240
Speaker 4: think they'll be able to do both. So I definitely

807
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 4: think there's a chance Carter moves. Here's the problems with Carter.

808
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 4: When he's right, he's unbelievable. I think he's one of

809
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 4: the best young defense force. He is a force. He

810
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 4: had two shoulder surgeries during the season yesterday, which last year,

811
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,839
Speaker 4: which he came back and played after, so I'm sure

812
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:52,719
Speaker 4: they were minor, but I don't like two shoulders for

813
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 4: a defensive tackle. You know, he's got some off the

814
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 4: field stuff, at least going back to the draft. That's documented.

815
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,960
Speaker 4: He's been clean ever since. But the fact that the

816
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,760
Speaker 4: Eagles gave Davis such a big contract means they picked

817
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:11,719
Speaker 4: him over Carter, and they know best, you know, but

818
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 4: he's one of the best in league.

819
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, he certainly is. He's an interesting case. Yeah, because

820
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 3: there's some injury stuff. There's some Yeah, you definitely know.

821
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 3: But I could wash all those things away. The injuries

822
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 3: might not even be a thing anymore, right, Jim Hayward

823
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:27,399
Speaker 3: take him under his wing.

824
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 2: Steeler Nation nine twenty tweets, but that's a first.

825
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,880
Speaker 4: Round pick plus yes, yeah, yes, Quinn.

826
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 3: Williams, that's not a pennies on the dollar type guy.

827
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:39,760
Speaker 3: Steeler Nation nine twenty wants to know JK. Dobbin's gone,

828
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 3: Algier gone. Do we still need a banger at running back?

829
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:43,760
Speaker 3: What's the plan.

830
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 4: I'm having a hard time seeing this plan.

831
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:46,680
Speaker 1: Yeah.

832
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:48,320
Speaker 4: I think that's certing to dry market.

833
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:49,280
Speaker 2: Dried up pretty quickly.

834
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:52,720
Speaker 4: Yeah. Now, it never overspend for a running back unless

835
00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:58,800
Speaker 4: it was a super superstar. Yeah, that's not happening, folks.

836
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 4: I'm not big on taking like price out of Notre

837
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 4: Dame in the second round or you know, another rookie

838
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,759
Speaker 4: and just counting on them. So I don't know where

839
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:11,800
Speaker 4: that'll come. But that position opportunity always always always presents itself.

840
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 4: You know, you get someone will get cut or someone

841
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 4: become a trade candidate. I don' I'm not real excited

842
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 4: about like signing Pa Checko. You know, yeah, I mean

843
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:23,279
Speaker 4: there might be because that's another like that's not a

844
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 4: hammer in the mass. That doesn't do much for me.

845
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:29,919
Speaker 3: Lou tweets and says, with the acquisition of Pittman, does

846
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,600
Speaker 3: this change the type that you are looking for for

847
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 3: these Steelers to acquire as a wide receiver.

848
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 4: In the draft?

849
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,320
Speaker 3: Are you looking for someone who's a little more slotty?

850
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:41,799
Speaker 3: Is it someone who's going to settle in as a

851
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 3: third wide receiver, someone like Casey Conception. I think I

852
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 3: get what Lou's asking. Yeah, yeah, you, And this is

853
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 3: something you've kind of been harping on all off season.

854
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 3: If you're gonna do the smaller, twitchier, shiftier wide receiver, fine,

855
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,280
Speaker 3: but you better have two big bodies on the boundary.

856
00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:59,920
Speaker 3: Now they have two big bodies on the boundary. Does

857
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,799
Speaker 3: that Does that say, yes, Zach, can you cast a

858
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 3: wider net of the other wide receivers you're.

859
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 2: Looking to add?

860
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 3: Now?

861
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,200
Speaker 4: I think that's gonna be putting it like now, I

862
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:12,839
Speaker 4: don't think there's anything off the table. Let's assume they

863
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:15,280
Speaker 4: make no more free agent wide receiver moves or trades

864
00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 4: or Brian Thomas or anything like that, and they're pigeonhole

865
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:22,640
Speaker 4: and best available wide receiver in round two or day two.

866
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:25,319
Speaker 4: I almost don't care what shape and size he is.

867
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 4: It could be the little dude from Georgia, the little

868
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 4: dude from Oklahoma, where before that wasn't gonna be my

869
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:36,120
Speaker 4: first investment. Pittman can also play a lot of slot yes, yeah,

870
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,800
Speaker 4: versatile guy, yeah yeah, even if it is a Brian

871
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:43,320
Speaker 4: Thomas outside the numbers dude, Well, Pittman's are slot peasy.

872
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:46,279
Speaker 3: Junior season tweets us and says this is all great,

873
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Speaker 3: but when are they going to announce the Joey Porter

874
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 3: junior contract extension?

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Speaker 2: Not for a while, Not for a while.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's probably a training camp. That's the same with Big.

877
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Speaker 2: July or Augington.

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Speaker 3: We've talked about this a little bit before, but the

879
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:01,279
Speaker 3: Steelers like to in the dog a summer. Yeah, when

880
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,600
Speaker 3: you've been beating each other up and sleeping in dorm

881
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:05,800
Speaker 3: rooms for a couple of weeks and everyone's getting a

882
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,720
Speaker 3: little agitated and getting a little on each other's nerves

883
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 3: and all those everybody up, cheer everybody up, bang with

884
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:16,719
Speaker 3: a with a big contract extension to keep it up.

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Speaker 2: You know exactly right, exactly right, Annie tweets.

886
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Speaker 4: I guess way on all those extension stuff or way

887
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,239
Speaker 4: down there, because you don't even save any cap space. Now,

888
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:27,359
Speaker 4: those guys aren't making enough money.

889
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,040
Speaker 3: To and you want to get your draft picks in

890
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 3: and have a real kind of holistic picture of the cap.

891
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:33,359
Speaker 2: And the roster and all that.

892
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 4: There was times like when's the Watt extension happening? Because

893
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:38,759
Speaker 4: that would open a lot of cap space for this year,

894
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 4: you know, like the the rookies. It doesn't get you anywhere.

895
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:46,640
Speaker 3: Annie tweets us and says, uh, is Max Crosby to

896
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:49,919
Speaker 3: the Ravens a bigger problem for the Steelers or the Bengals. Also,

897
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:53,040
Speaker 3: does Patrick Graham's familiarity help at all when game planning

898
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 3: against him?

899
00:41:55,400 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 4: Probably, you know, I mean I doubt that Patrick Grant

900
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 4: being consulted on that.

901
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:01,680
Speaker 3: Now.

902
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 4: I would think Ravens week, he'll walk over to the

903
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,279
Speaker 4: offensive side of the building or eat lunch with the

904
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Speaker 4: offensive coordinator or whoever, you know, and Max doesn't like this,

905
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:15,879
Speaker 4: he does like that, you know whatever, and they might

906
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 4: be watching ten games of tape in the Ravens uniform

907
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:21,600
Speaker 4: and be like, noh, he's nothing like that now, or

908
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,880
Speaker 4: you're one hundredercent right, or it's just another resource. I'm

909
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:26,640
Speaker 4: sure he knows them well.

910
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 3: RJ tweets us and says two questions for you guys. One,

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00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 3: are you doing anything special with the show for the

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00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,840
Speaker 3: draft since it's in Pittsburgh? And two, how much realistic

913
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 3: spending can the Steelers do in the rest of free agency,

914
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:41,760
Speaker 3: factoring in the money they will need for draft picks.

915
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 4: Well, I definitely am not an up to date with

916
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:46,520
Speaker 4: the Yeah, exactly where the cap is.

917
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:48,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's gonna take over. That's going to take a

918
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 2: little time here to come fully into picture.

919
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,839
Speaker 4: The Steelers, by no way, are they filled up.

920
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 2: No, they still have money.

921
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:56,759
Speaker 3: I don't think they can go out and sign a

922
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,600
Speaker 3: thirty million dollar player or something like that, but no, right,

923
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:02,120
Speaker 3: keeping money for a quarterback, They're keeping money for their

924
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 3: draft picks. Yeah, they're still going to add I would

925
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,880
Speaker 3: at least another piece or two I would think in

926
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Speaker 3: the in the coming.

927
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Speaker 2: Days and weeks. So, yeah, realistic spending.

928
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:13,319
Speaker 4: They're not handcuffed at all.

929
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 2: No, they're not handcuffed at all.

930
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,840
Speaker 3: They they can't go out and spend like the Titans

931
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Speaker 3: and the Raiders have today.

932
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Speaker 2: But they've still got They've still got plenty of options.

933
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 4: I also think they could if they wanted to desperately,

934
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,800
Speaker 4: they could restructure Ramsey. They could restructure cam or Watt

935
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,160
Speaker 4: or somebody like that too, or high Smith or you know,

936
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Speaker 4: it makes some money if needed.

937
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Speaker 2: Uh.

938
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Speaker 3: And in terms of if we're doing anything special for

939
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Speaker 3: the draft, just stay tuned, don we we let's get

940
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,879
Speaker 3: let's get through this week first. Yeah, let's let's get

941
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,000
Speaker 3: through this week first. But yeah, we're still trying to

942
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:46,920
Speaker 3: finalize all that. Let's see here, Matt, I think we've

943
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:49,360
Speaker 3: got time for like one more. TMAC tweets and says,

944
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 3: you know, you mentioned the possibility of moving someone like

945
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:53,000
Speaker 3: Patrick Queen.

946
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 2: What would that take for you to make that deal.

947
00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:57,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a hard one.

948
00:43:57,680 --> 00:43:58,359
Speaker 2: It is a hard one.

949
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Speaker 4: I don't I don't want the necessarily, because you would

950
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Speaker 4: downgrade from Queen to Holcomb as a starter, and you'd

951
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:07,439
Speaker 4: have to add at least one more guy there if

952
00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:10,560
Speaker 4: not to. But I would like to add a linebacker

953
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 4: in the draft because it's a good linebacker class and

954
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,840
Speaker 4: they still could with or without a Queen move. I

955
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,360
Speaker 4: would think it's like a third, Like I'm not dumping

956
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 4: them for a five. I think Queen and a new

957
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 4: defense could be very fruitful. Yeah, that would take a

958
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:25,800
Speaker 4: lot of convincing.

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00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 2: Absolutely, absolutely, And.

960
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:32,799
Speaker 4: I know the team loves them and respects him, and

961
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 4: he's got all the toughness and attitude they want.

962
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:37,920
Speaker 2: And that stuff matters.

963
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:38,799
Speaker 4: That's what matters a lot.

964
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Speaker 3: And and got that stuff certainly matters, Matt. A couple

965
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:47,800
Speaker 3: couple last news and notables here the Broncos resigning Alex

966
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:51,120
Speaker 3: Singleton two year deal fifteen and a half million dollars.

967
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:54,040
Speaker 4: That's two linebackers they have that if they brought back.

968
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Speaker 3: And it is now well, I guess again, because this

969
00:44:57,080 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 3: is all still in the None of this becomes official.

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00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:04,040
Speaker 3: These are all reports in agreements. You mentioned Germaine Illuminor

971
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Speaker 3: three years, thirty nine million to stay with the Giants,

972
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:11,640
Speaker 3: And it sounds like we have the answer that Travis

973
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:16,360
Speaker 3: Kelcey yes, will return, Yeah for one more season, one year,

974
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Speaker 3: twelve million dollar deal with some extra incentives.

975
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Speaker 2: According to Adam Schefter.

976
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Speaker 4: Okay, this morning they said that they think he's coming back,

977
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Speaker 4: and they didn't mention because he was a true free

978
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:29,279
Speaker 4: agent too. It wasn't just a retirement type situation, right,

979
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Speaker 4: I mean he I can't imagine how whatever happened, but

980
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 4: he could have signed with Seattle if he wanted.

981
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Speaker 2: Sure, sure, yeah, I don't think that that's ever that's

982
00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 2: ever gonna.

983
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:39,040
Speaker 4: Happen, but crossed his mind, right. Yeah.

984
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Speaker 3: So listen, a lot covered a lot of ground today,

985
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:44,880
Speaker 3: had a lot of things happen and a lot of

986
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Speaker 3: bullets flying, a lot of information all over the place.

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Speaker 2: We'll continue that things.

988
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 4: Down, We'll go around the Vision, We'll go around the league,

989
00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:53,760
Speaker 4: absolutely yeah.

990
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:55,799
Speaker 3: And we'll we'll have more thoughts on today's business by

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00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:57,760
Speaker 3: the time we're in here in another in another twenty

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00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:00,879
Speaker 3: two hours and so yeah, but that was a lot

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Speaker 3: of fun.

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Speaker 2: Today, Matt.

995
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 4: I love this day.

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00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:05,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, a lot of fun. Hopefully everybody enjoyed it too.

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00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:07,200
Speaker 3: Thanks for rocking and rolling with us. Thanks for everybody

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00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:08,840
Speaker 3: that was chiming in on Twitter. We'll get to more

999
00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:13,080
Speaker 3: of your tweets as the week rolls along. Big thanks

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00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:16,240
Speaker 3: to Nathan on the ones and twos, mister TV Tyler

1001
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:19,120
Speaker 3: V producing on the video side of things. For Matt Williamson,

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Speaker 3: I'm west Hueler. Take care everybody, and we will talk

1003
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Speaker 3: to you tomorrow. As always, you know where to find us.

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