SNR Drive with Matt & Dale (Pittsburgh Steelers)At least he's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on your twenty four to seven Home of the Black and Gold cast in Steelers Nation Radio.
And welcome back. I'm Dale LOLLI he is the Matt Williamson. This is the start of hour number two here on the Steelers Audio Network and for the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. And uh well, Matt wasted no time controlling for votes now in the break there.
But you filled my water and hit a quote retweet get your votes in, and I got a fifty two percent lead. Now I'm a big favorite. He can't lose in round one. I don't mind losing them mad and he's a defending champ. Or even losing to you, I can handle that. But I would think we might cancel each other out.
You just lose to me in fantasy football.
I would say I'll lose by one point under one point for all the marble.
You've never beaten me. Anyways, it is mock draft time here. Let's do Pro Football Focus today. We did them from we did the Pro Football Network I think Monday and Wednesday last week. I don't know if they've started to adjust their rankings. A whole lot yet. But we're getting to that time now where teams or people start to kind of lock in their rankings. Here. I just saw Xavier or Streppo ran a four eight three forty it is it is, uh pro.
He's not a long speed guy, He's a welker shifty type. But three is.
Yeah, that cost your money. I'm not saying I could run a forty three.
I'm quite certain you cannot. But I might have been.
I might have been able to do it back in the day.
Wow, Okay, four eight three's that's moving pretty good.
It's pretty good.
But that's not go down this road all right, running the Mark Drafter here. Okay, all right? So I wonder if that we finalized in there soon, because I was I think in a week or so their guide comes.
Out, which is kind of like their final ptsday. Yeah, we should be getting the Beast here soon as well.
Yeah, yep, absolutely, I think that's on the first players available.
Luther Burden, U wide receiver, red Missouri, James Pearce edge rusher out of Tennessee, Josh Simmons offensive tackle out of Ohio State, Kelvin Banks, offensive tackle out of Texas, Walter Nolan defensive lineman from Mississippi, Amari and Hampton running back North Carolina, Colston Loveland tight end out of Michigan, Jaylen Walker, linebacker out of Georgia, Gray Zabel offensive tackle. They must have adjusted their rank.
Yea, it sounds it sounds like it's different, right.
Derek Harmon defensive lineman from Oregon, Nick Scourton edge rusher oud of Texas, A and m Darius Alexander.
Okay, I think Nolan stands out he does. Would you who would you rather have him or Hampton? I'm just curious to your thoughts on if you had to pick between Nolan and Hampton only, who would you pick and you couldn't trade out? I mean, like in a vacuum, you only get one of those two plays. Who would you rather be a Pittrick next year?
Walter Nolan?
Me too. I think there's actually a pretty decent drop off between him and him to Harmon too. Like, I still don't think I could take Harmon at twenty one. I could take Nolan there and be happy. Supposedly there's us off the field stuff, but whatever it is, it hasn't shown up big. You put that guy under cam Hayward's watch for a year. You could really really have something.
He's my number one ranked defensive tackle in this draft.
I had him three and I was kind of chickened out.
I think I had him one, Grant two or vice versa, and then I got the other memm all the way down the three.
Yeah, I might if I were to redo it. Did we just take him?
We only have one trade offer and it's from the Dolphins, who don't pick again until forty eight.
Oh, I say I would consider trading down three or four spots and just roll the dice. He's still there.
Here's a question for you, mm hm, would you consider if you drafted Burden here? Would you consider moving George Pickens? Then?
Yeah, but I probably want another. I mean that doesn't mean he couldn't take one in a round three, a jack back or somebody that's a little different. Yeah. I like Burden a lot.
You didn't have a Burden in hand, Burden hand?
Yeah? Nice?
Where would you rather have?
I mean I still take Nolan Still, I take Nolan and Pickens over. Yeah, I would do Burden and the and the the one the bush. You know, we just take him here, Let's take Walter Nolan. Okay, there it is high, upsided or huge. I mean, yeah, all.
Right, I'm gonna pause here where at fifty one, Let's see where we're at in terms of what is available. So I'm just gonna look here to I want to look at the running backs.
Mm hmm.
Jayden Higgins is gone, Derek Carmon is gone. We don't need harm though. Hampton went at twenty four, so the running backs are untouched since ham Hampton at twenty four, so everybody's still available. At fifty one, Judkins would be my next. We have thirty two more picks until we make our selection.
That means we got to give a future seconds or something to get anywhere near this. I'm not interested in trading either one. I talk two picks next year.
Okay, I'm going to resume then now we're within uh, we're at sixty.
I mean you wouldn't consider trading pickings.
Caleb Johnson and Judkins went back to back at fifty seven and fifty eight.
Okay, I think I know your answer. I'm I'm gonna throw one thing at you because you did mention a pickings trade. Would you trade pickings straight up for the pick you use for Judkins for fifty eight whatever it is, you know, like, yeah, you know you're sitting there in the midway through the second round, and boy, I really want to get Judkins here.
But the only thing not if I know, because I would have to draft another wide receiver.
Right right. I mean again, if I went the line and I got and I trade Pickings straight up for Judkins indirectly, I would not do that.
No, nor would I.
I can't find another Pickings. No, I can find Judkins, the guys I can win with.
Yeah, and you know, the Iowa state wide receiver's gone, so he would be a Pickens like Jayden Higgins is a Pickens like player.
Yes, I like him a lot. There's also really a shortage of those guys, I mean, just true series of two which is rare, just prototypical X receivers on the line of scrimmage. There's a shortage right now in the league. All Right, I'm gonna resume, kah, yeah, yeah, okay. Scatter Bow also went, okay, Dylan Samson went the running backs are gone. Travon Henderson went, this is something I've been wanting to bring up to like, and a lot of these mocks which I think are pretty realistic. They're not, of course, and we're predicting the future. A lot of running backs go before the Steelers third round pick consistently. Yeah, I just don't know if there's that many landing spots in the league.
I mean, I hear you.
I mean some of these teams that are bad at running back are really bad at left tackle.
With like Carolina. Carolina took Dylan Sampson's they're not taking Dylan Sampson.
I mean, they have so many other needs they signed doubt all, you know, Like, no, I don't think they'll even draft the back unless it's like now.
The Jaguars took Trevon Henderson that I could maybe I could, won't be back. The Browns took scatterbo that I could buy. Houston took quin Shawn Jenkins.
Yeah, they have a lot of picks now and mixing is probably one more year.
Carolina also took Caleb Johnson. It's not gonna have. That's not gonna have.
Right.
Of course, they're not taking two running backs.
That's the thing. I just don't know there's a ton of landing spots. I think these guys will fall more in the real world than our.
Mocks top players available to a SERI at eighty three Josh Farmer, I would consider it. Jared Wilson, Kevin Winston, the safety out of Penn State.
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Harvey, running back out of UCF. Jalen Noel, wide receiver out of Iowa State. It'd be useful Jonas i Vania offensive lineman out of Arizona. DJ Giddons, half back out of k State. Jalen Royals, wide receiver out of Utah State, Wyatt Millam, offensive lineman out of West Virginia, Tate Ratledge, guard out of Georgia, Cameron Williams offensive tackle out of Texas, Savon Williams, wide receiver at a TCU, Latham Ransom, defensive back out of Ohio State, Andrew mccouba, safety out of Texas, Devin Neil running back out of Kansas. Charles Grant and Anthony Belton the two offensive lineman william and Mary NC State, Jaylen Milroe, David Walker, ed rush right of Central Arkansas, Damian Martinez running back out of Miami.
My vote would be running backs next round, and hope for Neil or Martinez to still be around or Harvey. They're not great, but they're I'm a Martinez guy. I was intrigued by both tackles Belton and William and Mary. Noel's really interesting to me. Yeah, and he's a little different than what they have.
He's also a punt returner and kick returner, really good at it.
Yeah, and will Aston be here in two years, I don't know, but he's definitely more physical. Yeah. I mean that you have a would have a nasty group of wide outs, But I also thought a farmer. I mean, those would be my options there. Tackles are hard to come by. It's not a huge need. Farmer really attacks. I mean, you go crazy on d line, which I don't think anybody would cry about. Noel's kind of too good to be true a little bit in a way. You know, I feel strongly about any of those dudes.
I think I would take Noel. Would you I would?
I mean, you're trying to score a lot of points. You really want to revamp your passing game with quarterbacks and running.
Backs, and you know, again, you know George Pickens.
He could be a post.
It could be a situation where Noel is your slot, which is primarily where he lines up anyways. But he can also kick outside because he's got the size to do it. He ran a four or four at the Combine. He had a forty two inch vertical at the Comma like he is.
Oh, he's a supreme athlete. He's a supreme athlete, not just a little guy.
I can use him on kick returns. I can do all kinds of stuff with him.
That I mean, Aaron Rodgers, if that's your guy, and maybe next year's first round pick, would say thank you for having no l round you know what I mean. I'm not gonna fight you on it. He's probably would be our highest graded player. He's a good football player, all right, Jalen knowell it is. I didn't go into this thinking why no, right, but if there's one looking at.
You, Okay, we're up at one twenty three, are.
You fielding offers for pickens now? No?
Not now. I'm not gonna take a fourth round pick for him.
I don't want next year's picks at the moment. No, right, not.
Unless somebody wants to give me a two right now that and even that.
Would be it doesn't help me win this year.
Yeah. Top players available Devin Neil, running back out of Kansas. I would fit the Bill, Jonas Sanker safety out of Virginia, Riley Leonard quarterback out of Notre Dame. Jalen Rivers offensive lineman from Miami, Noah Williams cornerback out of cal Jaden Blue running back out of Texas. Brandon Cranshaw Dixon offensive tackle out of Florida, Willie Lampkin guard out of North Carolina, Dylan Gabriel quarterback out of Oregon, Baychelle Tuton running back out of Virginia Tech Almad Hassin or Hassanin I should say edge rusher out of Boise State. Looks like the running backs got hit again.
Yeah, I say, is it Neil or Touton or bust?
Let me see what else is just floating out there?
Running back?
So you got Neil Blue, Teuton, Borschard Smith, Ja Cory Krosky, Merritt, Jarq West Hunter is still there. He's not tall, but he is put together. Yeah, he's not little little. I talked to him as a senior boys. He's pretty rocked up. Kill Al Mullings from Michigan, Trevor atn Call Mcgonagay, Marcus Yarns, Jordan James, todj Brooks, Olie Gordon.
I think you probably need to pounce some of these running backs.
Taking Devin Neal.
Here different Martinez, But yeah.
I can't get past the issues with the Teuton fumbles or something. Mike Tomlin will not put up with it. Yeah, I guess Neil okay, Devin Neil.
It is.
Passing on quarterback again.
Here, though it might not be a quarterback here.
Up at one fifty six, Benjamin Eurosek tight end out of Georgia, Kayale Mullins half back out of Michigan, Jake bringing Stool, tight end out of Clemson, Kobe Hudson wide receiver, UCF Trevor atn Run running back out of Georgia, Kyle McCord, quarterback out of Syracuse, r j Oben Edge rusherd a Notre Dame, Kobe King, linebacker from Penn State, Jackson Hass tight end out of Georgia, tech Upton Stout see.
Quick question for you. Yeah, is like the nose from Bama Smith.
Or Tim Tim Smith?
Is there blacked or one of those guys from Iowa? You know what I noticed on these big Yeah?
Yeah, Black is not on Pro Football Focuses rankings at all.
Oh, you can't even draft them.
You can't even draft him.
That's crazy.
He's a good player.
He's a good player. I put him right next to Smith is your nose power? I was looking for him.
I was messing around with this the other day and like, where's you got y'all black at?
Huh? That's interesting. I wonder how that works. But I would consider Tim Smith there.
I would take Tim Smith. I mean, Tim Smith's a man, and he's a man.
Yeah. I mean he's a full grown Bama, hard to move, big person.
I would bet when the Steelers took Jaylen Milroe out to dinner, Tim Smith was probably there as well.
Yeah. I would just take one dude out to dinner. Nothing right, right, I'm cool with that Tim Smith there, he might be as good as Adams or the noses are available on the team right now?
All right, we're one eighty five. Tom mcgonagay running back at the Rutgers. Marcus Charn's running back out of Delaware, Tyler Shuck quarterback out of Louisville.
They're just way too low on him.
Jonah manheigh center out of USC Would you consider another back?
No, I mean I know it's full of the room's full, but yeah.
I think he can sign one after the draft and still get value there. Tanka Hemingway, defensive lineman from South Carolina. We're out of that market too. Yeah, that's a Curtis Rourke quarterback out of Indiana.
That'd be fine.
John Williams offensive tackle out of Cincinnati.
Don't know much about him, but the tackles. He's tall.
I think he's like six well, he's six five three twenty Jalen Lane, wide receiver out of Virginia Tech. Caden prickscorn pre Scorn I should say, tight end out of Mississippi, Brady Cook quarterback at of Missouri, Jack Nelson, offensive tackle out of Wisconsin.
I like Cook. We haven't taken him now. Yeah, he's a good athlete. There's a lot to like about Cook as a quarterback. He's intriguing. To me. I didn't hear much else.
It was Cameron Jackson was still there too. He would be another guy.
That Yeah, look at his a nose that we're out of that market. We're out of that Marker Mark, Yeah, yeah, what are you feeling? I think I'd go with a quarterback, which one? Uh Cook, your McCord stuff's been sticking or not McCord. The uh Curtis stuff's been sticking with me. If he can't do anything this year, it just makes it tough. Man. I want to develop this guy. But if I can't, what am I doing? You know? Yeah?
Well, I hear you, all right, Brady Cook.
I think Brady Cook is a good athlete. I think there's tools.
There, And no, that doesn't take you out of the market next year at all, not at all.
Right, Right, you're just taking a shot.
All right, we got We're up now. Picked two twenty nine. Jalen Conyers tight end out of Texas Tech. Cattan Crawford safety out of Nevada, Jamon Dumas, Johnson, linebacker out of Kentucky. Ronde Gadson, the second tight end out of Syracuse, Graham Mertz quarterback out of Florida, Craig Woodson safety at A cow Jimmy Horn junior wide receiver out of Colorado, Malachi Moore safety out of Alabama, Hunter Wohler safety at A Wisconsin. Jaquindon Jackson running back out of Arkansas, john Quavius Marks running back at a USC Karan Reid linebacker out of Utah.
I can't say any of those things are moved the needle for me, they look too low.
On Ty Robinson too, He's still available. They should not be available. Josh Gray, the Guard out of Oregon State, is there.
I was gonna say, what kind of like interior o linemen are they're floating around? I mean they didn't her big. I mean there's a spot for the interior.
You got Timothy McVay out of North Carolina State, Josh Gray at of Oregon State, Clay Webb out of Jacksonville State, Marcus Weir out of Montana State, Drew Kendall out of Boston College, Cooper Mays out of Tennessee, Luke Newman.
There's three or four of those states, Jackson State, Texas Tech, Boston. They should say Son, there's some decent prospects still there, and just look.
At the tackles here too. You got the Xavier Trust out of Georgia, Trey Weddig out of Indiana, Carson Vincent Alabama, and m Asa Poll out of Washington State, Dalton Cooper out of Oklahoma State.
One of the small school kids kind of interest me Vincent or the Jackson State dude or the Montana guy.
Okay Trust had a lot of pub just a massive human. He might be a guard though he's six seven three twenty there would be a pretty big guard. Yeah, yeah, I don't think he has a foot speed to play tackle in the NFL.
I don't know what kind of outside zone player he would be either in terms of right out and blocking on the move.
I mean, their highest their highest rated players are the guards, Timothy mcveay, joh Gray, Clay Webb.
I was impressed with Gray at the combine as a most I think he's a good player. Yeah. I think he plays any of those three spots on the inside too.
A let's sake it, Josh Gray. It is could be potential starter down the road. One right throw another one on against the wall, went and doubt.
All right.
So we came out of that with Walter Nolan in the first round, Jalen Noel, the wide receiver rut of Iowa State in round two, Devin Neil in round four out of Kansas, uh Tim Smith, nose tackle out of Alabama at the in round five. In round six, we got Brady Cook, the quarterback out of Missouri, and in round seven at pick two twenty nine, Josh Gray. The I like it offensive lineman out of Oregon State.
I liked our Noel pick, but that sends us down a different path, which is kind of why I wanted to do it. Yeah. Yeah, And I didn't love what happened after that, But I would like to em better at running back than we are. If you block it up and you get guys out of the box and Aaron Rodgers is slinging it with more eleven personnel than you used to play, you know, and Noel's out there, or Austin or Wilson got some backup plans besides the two outside. You know, go up and get it, guys.
Yeah, just because you're another option over, he's willing to go over the middle.
Oh yeah, yeah a nice addition. Yeah. I mean I feel a lot better if we had traded down in round one and got him there with more picks, you know.
And you know, we get asked a lot about or get asked a lot on the message board. You know, don't they need another receiver? I'm like, and people want a first rounds them like they used a the second round pick as a receiver. Yeah yeah, yeah, you got DK Metcalf.
He's part of this draft class. Yeah, that doesn't mean you have to ignore it. But if you left this draft without a receiver, I think they.
Could be okay, Yeah, I think it would be fine.
I mean there's five guys on the team right now that I think are making the team. Yeah, you know, yeah, Ryman Wilson. You don't know, right, I mean he might be I mean he might be a real contributor.
Yeah, wouldn't be the first time a guy has missed his entire rookie year and then come out.
And yeah, yeah, let's not this forget about him. Yeah, he's part of the mix.
Yeah, Walter Nolan will be re valuable.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, twenty one. I got no problem with Nolan.
Yeah, nor do I.
Yeah, nor do I.
Anyways, let's get through a break. He is the Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lollie, and this is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network, Matt, and I'll be back with more right after this.
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He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on your twenty four to seven Home of the Black and Gold cast in Steelers Nation Radio.
And we are back. I am Dale Lolly. He is the Matt Williamson and this is the Drive on the Steelers Audio Network, and you can hear the Drive every Monday through Friday from four to six pm. You also get a bonus show on Sunday this week because Matt down at the at the league meetings in West Palm Beach starting Sunday, those will kick off. There'll be some different things talked about in terms of rule changes and things of that nature. Of course, Mike Tom will will speak. Oh, Mark Tom will speak.
There's a lot going on.
Rooney the second, we'll talk once everything wraps up, give us a rundown on potential rule changes those kinds of things. And well, you have all the coaches available for the luncheons and breakfasts, I should say, And.
That's a pretty cool thing. I mean there's sixteen big round tables with all the AFC head coaches sitting there and then media folks all you know, putting their their their questions in and recording everything. Definitely a cool event. Assistant coaches aren't even there, not usually like head guys, GM's owners obviously in US. Yeah. Yeah, we go Saturday and come back Wednesday. Yeah, we should be. We'll be back and hopefully in time to do the show on Wednesday, crazy delay, you know whatever.
But right, it's also a time I would think that a lot of teams start talking more in depth about potential trades. In the draft. You get all the all the rivers and shakers are there. Yeah, yeah, anybody really want to get up and the decision makers would all be there in one place for four days.
Yeah, I bet you're right. And you definitely see GM chatting. You know, they go off in the corner or whatever. I mean, it's it's no secret. It's not before the tampering period or anything like that. They're every right to talk trade or who's available or hey, you you know a lot of those trades happen. Okay, let's just use the sealers for example, Hey, we might we might put feelers out this time. We're interested in trading down. If XX and X are all go as sort of as we expect in the top twenty, who are the teams that might want to come up? You know, you only got fifteen minutes on the clock.
Those are phone calls that get made in the week before the draft is absolutely but I'm talking more player trades and things of that nation take place here as well, Like hey, who's who in your roster? Is like, get somebody's not free agencies over you get an excess this or that. Yeah, yeah, you know those kind of there's a lot of talks in general, just personnel moves. Yeah, makes sense.
I don't know if Titans are open for business, but I'm sure the Giants and some other teams are going to be banging on their door at the owners meeting.
Bill Barmwell today on the ESPN put down or put together a list of twenty twenty five NFL Draft Round one trades which team should.
Should make moves.
And I would have included perhaps the Steelers on here because again, I'd like to recoup that second round.
Draft pick absolutely. I mean it's not like as dire.
As something I'd like to get another other day to pick.
Yeah great. I mean if it's only a third and you move back five spots, okay, you know that gives me somethings, What more bite at the apple or that's a running back we didn't have, or you know something like that.
Yeah, I mean, you just your your your draft goes much better better if you have that pick, even if you have to move back a few spots.
And of course as we say all the time, you do have DK Metcalf. He wasn't free. I mean, he's on the team that was added here. But it would be nice, especially as strong as day two looks. I'd like to end up with two picks there at some point.
Yeah, trade down for Barmwell the Cleveland Browns.
At two, Okay, I'm fine with it, unless they're sold on Sanders.
They've got eleven picks already.
They got a lot of picks, they got a lot of needs. I mean, I think they're gonna stick and pick Sanders or Carter.
Yeah, I think so too. Yeah, trade down from number eleven. The forty nine.
Ers, I guess they have a lot more. I mean, they're sort of like the Steelers in that they're just racking up compicks for next year. And the guys that left I don't think surprised them, but there was a lot of bodies that left the building. Yeah, sudden, I don't know if they're contender. Is their windows shut?
He says in terms of rookie contract performers, is Niners are lacking. They traded a total of eight draft picks to acquire Trey Lance and Christian McCaffrey. Including three first rounders to go, get to go, get Trey Lance.
Yeah, I mean imagine if they didn't hit on party. I mean that would be a nightmare.
They would be disastrous right now.
And if Auch's not ready early in the season, McCaffrey Trent Williams are not young. It kind of feels like a punt year.
The only player they have left from their twenty twenty one draft just cornerback de Mandre Leonor or the moment Leonore.
I should say they haven't drafted great.
The last parties are only starter from the twenty two draft.
Wow, pretty brutal.
Yeah, they're nine picks in twenty twenty three. Got them Jake Moody and JayR. Brown. I've got bench last year.
They're good comp team. I mean they not to mention they're the best at minority candidates getting hired elsewhere. They picked up a lot of compiics for those they didn't make the most of them. There's a lot of a lot of third and fourth round picks in the last couple of years, and I'm not sure who the stars are of the group.
Yeah, it's not pretty trade up team. We've done this one multiple times. The Detroit Lions.
I can see that they don't want to much. Go get a go get an edge rusher, Go get an edge rusher that they love. There's a run on them. I'm not waiting around hoping Pearce which still there. What happened? That could absolutely happen. I mean, yeah, a lot of.
I want to get up ahead of Baltimore and some of those teams that might be in that edge market.
Yeah. I mean there's the Chargers, the Bengals, something about teams around the Steelers that could use edge. Yeah. I'm not sure Denver would be done there.
Yeah, So they're definitely somebody that I would talk to. And if you're going to go up from twenty eight to twenty one.
I probably get that late second. It's probably going to cost you that second round pick. It's a late one, righteah. I mean maybe if to throw them a fifth or a future pick or something, I don't know. I mean, right now, would you trade twenty one for twenty eight in the second? Yes, I think I would too, not knowing who's.
They, not even knowing who's available, There'll be somebody at twenty eight that I like, and I'll definitely like having that second round.
Pick, and not to mention. I mean, if the d Linemen start falling off the board, I can still get back to twenty five, right, I can with a future third or somebody else or whatever.
Right, we'll see some teams, other teams want to move back. Trade up the Seahawks at eighteen.
They got a bunch of picks on day two. Now, yeah, I don't know who the target would be necessarily, but I definitely what's interesting about them too, I don't know if they'd be a Jackson dart team or not, but their Darnold contract really a one year deal, yeah.
I mean, which is the way that one should have been.
Yeah. Yeah, I mean that they could keep them if it works out, great, but it's it's not like they're stuck with him forever.
Yeah, Trade down down The Washington Commanders at twenty nine.
They've traded a lot of picks for Tunsul and Debo. They have done that. Yeah, I mean, so I would assume give me more picks. Yeah, more, They've got to have a lot of picks. They're an old roster too, I know they're old and young. Yeah, and they're older than much in between, right, right, right?
Trade down the Vikings from twenty four, same thing. They don't have a second nothing or third there's Yeah, they've got nothing in between nothing on day two.
Yeah. Yeah, that's a hard way to live. And I don't think they've made a day two pick last year. Yeah, that's uh McCarthy trade. And they traded up for Turner too.
Yeah, trade down the Raiders from six.
I guess if you could still get Genty.
Any trading down though from six? Who who's coming up to get somebody at six? If it's not a gentee.
Say, if it's Sanders is still there, does somebody move up for that?
Maybe the reason I if Sanders is still there, do they take him?
Do they take them too? Yeah?
Gino Smith's on a long term answer.
I didn't read the article, but I guess why I would put them there if I were barn Well is there's probably five names i'd be happy with. You know, maybe it's Will Johnson, maybe it's Mason Graham or Genty or I mean, there's a lot of things they could use it. I guess I get that. And they don't have their pick from the Geno trade.
Trade up the Packers.
I understand that one, because I mean one thing I was critical about them that I thought really showed up late in the year in playoffs is who's their stud you know, like, who's the edge rusher that ends games for him? Who's the wide receiver?
Like they were supposed to good player, but he's not.
And he kind of coming off a down year two. But like if I put another first round pick with him, van Nessa doesn't look like he's that guy. Like their receivers are fine, but they were supposedly interested in Metcalf, Like, wouldn't they look a lot better than Metcalf right now? And Jayden Reids are two? And you know, like who's your star, who's your game changer on that team? Aren't many or any Yeah? Well any position.
We just went through the draft, our mock draft, and we're burden was there?
Yeah? Yeah, would they consider moving up to go get him? Certainly if McMillan, I would think would be was already gone technically, Yeah, those guys were gone, right right? I would if I were them, Yeah, I mean I think.
He's You're not going to get anything potentially out of Watson this year, right right right?
I need some explosive outside or just explosive playmakers in general, and I think an edge pass rusher makes sense too. Yeah.
Usually draft ef you're probably you're not going to get a second round you're not gonna get their second round pick. Where do they pick, like twenty three? No, but you might get the third.
Might be the third, and then move back.
To now two thirds and I can do something here.
Right, Like if if we would have done our mock with that extra third, still got Nolan two picks later. Yeah, that's probably instead a kneel, we probably ended up with Scatabow or something like that. I mean, it's a difference in running back.
Or you know, I package one of those two thirds and next year's fifth to move up higher in the third round to make sure.
I do get yeah, yeah, yeah, or it ends up you know, we didn't draft an offensive tackle in that draft. You end up with Grant as an extra guy or something like that. You know, those are his teams that could be on the move. Yeah.
I don't think Tennessee, I think is trading out.
Of that spot. There's no indication.
I think the Giants would love to trade up to make sure they get one of the quarterbacks.
I don't know anyone's picking up the phone in Tennessee. Yeah, the Saints are really interesting to me because they're so aggressive all the time and they trade up a lot. Could they love one of the quarterbacks, even Dart? I don't know if they trade up for Dart, but they trade up for Davenport. They've traded up for Penning. I mean, like they trade up for not whoever they love. I just wonder if they'd go get to four or something like that.
I just want to look here, I haven't I haven't really done this yet. Who's lacking in picks this year?
I think that was a big thing that Barnwell did, is who's short on date two picks?
Like the Cardinals. The Cardinals have six picks total sixteen forty seven seventy eight. They just don't have a six round so they can live with that. Yeah, the Falcons only have four picks. The Falcons should be a team that wants to move back.
Yeah, now they have to add add an edge guy. They like four picks.
Fifteen forty six, one eighteen and two eighteen.
Wow, Yeah, they didn't a lot more needs than that.
Or actually they have five, they have two, they have two eighteen and two forty two but they're two seventh round picks. That doesn't do you a whole lot of good. I you got three of the top two hundred and eight to seventeen picks.
Yeah, they should definitely be a trade down. Uh, I don't think you're going to get anything for cousins.
The Ravens have eleven picks, but just three of the top one to twenty eight.
Okay, and they're late.
Now they got a lot of compensatory picks, but they're all late compenser porties.
Maybe they look to move up.
The Bills have ten picks thirty fifty six, sixty two, one oh nine, one thirty two. So the Bills will be a team that I would be interested in talking to H Like, all right, you want to move up from thirty, give me one of those, give me sixty two, give me sixty two or fifty six.
I was wondering where their extra picks to. I think it's from the Digs trade. Yeah, but they gave up a third for Marti Cooper.
Right, they moved back a bunch of times last year.
Yeah, that's true. They've got out of a round one and took the receiver at the end beginning of the round and they've got three fifth round picks. They could be a move up team for sure.
Yeah, yeah, they could be active.
They might be a similar situation the Packers too, Like give me a difference maker, receiver, edge rusher, you know somebody that's a huperke to your player.
Carolina's got nine picks, Chicago's got all. They got seven, one, two and a third or two in a second, I should say, have thirty nine and forty one.
Who is that again, Chicago. They've given up a lot of picks for the here alignment.
But they're still getting picks back from Carolina.
That's insane.
Yeah, yeah, they get number thirty nine from Carolina. The Bengals have all their own picks. They never move, except they don't have a seventh. They got six total picks. Cleveland ten total picks two thirty three, sixty seven, ninety four, one oh four, one seventy just some later on.
I wonder if they start trading up in like the mid rounds, though, maybe package start on some guys third round. The Cowboys have ten picks. They need them, They have a lot of needs.
Yeah, Denver has seven picks one rounds one, two, three, four, and then two in the sixth, No.
Fifth, No. Seventh.
Detroit has seven picks, Green Bay has eight picks. They have two in the round seven and then all their own stuff. Houston has seven.
Picks, but it's they've moved all over the place.
Yeah, it's twenty five, fifty eight, seventy nine, eighty nine, So you know they could be a team that if they want to move up from twenty five again.
They got an extra pick or two from the Tuns trade for next year too.
Yeah, they get well, they get the one. They get seventy nine this year, and I think they got a throm the Dolphin through the Eagles and then the Commander. Wow, it's funny when sometimes you see these picks. If chance like six.
Times, so would would twenty five and seventy nine entice to me get you up to especially if like Nolan and Grant were on the board, I'd be interested in that.
Yeah, the Colts have all their own picks seven. Jacksonville has five, thirty six, seventy and eighty eight, one O seven and one twenty six.
So they're gonna be they a wealth. Yeah.
Kansas City has thirty one, sixty three, sixty six and ninety five.
That's on the Steed trade. Yeah, maybe they wouldn't move up for a tackle, and so it's a decent way to go back. Yeah, if there's if Simmons goes and they won Connery or something like that, that's you can't just wait around on tackles, right.
The Raiders six thirty seven sixty eight one o eight three. They got nine total picks.
So losing in the Geno Smith trade didn't hurt them that bad.
Chargers have ten picks. A lot of teams with a bunch of picks, but a lot of them are late. They've got one, two, three compicks. They got four to six round picks, Okay, so not great. The Rams have eight picks. They get twenty six ninety.
One oh one.
They have nothing to say a second in between one to twenty seven, and then they've got a bunch of picks. In round six they have one, two, three, four four picks. In round six, the Dolphins have ten picks thirteen forty eight ninety eight one sixteen, one thirty five, one fifty and one fifty five. It's a decent hall three picks in the seventh round Vikings they only have four picks twenty four ninety seven, which is a comp pick, So they traded both their second and their third.
Round picks eight cousins.
Yeah, round five you get picked one thirty nine, and then round six at one to eighty seven.
They have to be looking to move down. Yeah after me.
Patriots have nine picks. They get two in round three.
That's the Judon trade.
Yeah. The Saints have nine picks. They've got two in round three, seventy one and ninety three. They get nine and forty. They got two in round four, one twelve and one thirty one.
That's the Latimore trade. Yeah.
The Giants have eight picks. They've got two in round three, sixty five and ninety nine, which is a COMM pick, and they also then have one oh five, so they get five picks in the top one O.
Five and losing Barkley helped. Yeah.
The Jets have eight total picks, but two of them are in round five. Two of them and a round six.
So nothing extra real.
Yeah. The Eagles have eight picks thirty two, sixty four, ninety six, one thirty four and then three four I'm sorry, four fifth round picks.
Okay, they played the comp game. Well, none of those are compicks. None the comick now one.
They're all from trades.
They do move around a fair amount too.
Of course. The Steelers have their six picks. The forty nine Ers have eleven total picks, eleven forty three seventy five one hundred. Those are comp that's a camp pick, one thirteen and one thirty eight, which is a com pick, and then one forty seven to one sixty, and then they got three seventh round picks.
Barnell had them as a trade down team. I don't know that that you. The eleven picks a lot of picks. Yeah, hard to get eleven guys on the roster.
The Seahawks have ten picks a lot on Day two. Yeah, eighteen fifty to fifty two which is from the Steelers, eighty two and ninety two which is from the Lions, through the Jets and Raiders. That was the Genie trade. They got a comp picking round four, comp picking round five, two compicks in round five, and then they got two twenty three and two thirty five.
Certainly should be a trade up team. Yeah, maybe not in round one, but throughout the draft. Yeah.
Uh, the Bucks have six picks. They don't have a sixth round pick. The Titans have eight picks. Uh, the second thirty five they have the second they have thirty five.
Okay, I thought that went to this. They don't have any third, third.
They have two fourth round picks one O, three and one twenty two, fifth round picks one one and one sixty seven, and then two sixth round picks.
Okay. I mean, I wonder what they do if that's I mean, if it's Ward, they have any interest in moving off the early second I don't know.
Maybe that would be something that, you know, maybe gets a pick in round three and some get some additional stuff like.
One of the quarterbacks is sitting other people were interested in they could get out of if they took a WARD or I don't know.
Yeah, but that's all the a lot of moving and shaking. Everybody has their first round pick right now, right but after that it's.
All over the place. A lot of Day two stuff is not going to line up.
Yeah, it's going to be crazy.
Day really got shook up.
Yeah, let's get to a break.
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And welcome back. I am Dale LOLLI he is the Matt Williamson and the Steelers have made a little news today. They've claimed offensive lineman Lasica Smith off waivers from the Patriots, who he was released last week.
He is a guard, so I'm not familiar with him. I look into him tonight, but didn't know that.
Sixth round pick of the Cardinals in twenty twenty two. He's played an eighteen career NFL games, three starts in his career, so.
I'm sure he's not a camp body. But I'm sure he's get him in camp. See what he looks like. Maybe he's a depth beast. Maybe doesn't stick, who knows. Yeah, so I'm sure they liked him coming out of school.
Yeah, a minor roster move, but a roster move nonetheless, those are the kind of moves that are getting made now. Again cost you nothing in your comp game.
Yeah, I could see another O lineman being added before the draft, even two and.
Even after even after, because that's the thing. Once the draft ends, anybody who sign after that doesn't comp game is over.
I the depth charts a little thin on the O line today. I thought her big er, somebody like that would be in the mix. I don't think they're hurting. I only think they have to do a lot. But another tackle would make me happy, you know, or another guy that is positioned versatile.
Yeah, they brought Ryan McCollum back. They still Spencer Anderson, They still Dylan Cook. So it's not like the cupboard is completely bear there.
They basically have those five and those three started.
Also have Doug Nester, Stephen Jones. Now this guy.
I would like more depth.
Yeah, you definitely need to add to that. Yeah, and again that could be after the draft. Somebody gets cut loose that you can expect.
It's not a rush.
No, I don't have to play tomorrow.
It could get Harry with another injury early. Yeah, very quick. We kind of saw that, but they were that they were well suited to deal with it. So I bet they draft in alignment probably, Yeah, especially if you pick up an extra pick.
Yeah, just to continue restocking.
And again it always helps you in the com game down the road.
Yeah, absolutely, So we'll see what they add to that. But you know, outside of the two lines, they don't have a lot of needs running backs, running back And even if you even if you didn't draft a running back, you still got you get Jaylen Warning, you get Kenneth Game. Well, Cordero Patterson is still part of this. I know people don't want to see all he's on the roster. Jonathan Ward, Aaron Shamplin, Evan Hall.
I mean they called JK. Dobbins, right, I mean there's names out there. You don't have to. It seems like you should draft the back. It's a good class, but you don't have to, right, I mean you could get away with And the.
Other thing about it, if there's twenty five running backs drafted this year, how many of those teams are drafts are running back next year?
Half of them at most, at most at most yeah, right, so it still be available.
Yeah, So I mean next year could be a year and you just plug that guy in and okay, he's it's not ideal, right, right? Or maybe next year you sign whatever veteran free agents out.
There, and I know they're not game changers, but the seventh round running backs. The undrafted running backs. That's what Jaylen warm they're gonna be. Yeah, there's gonna be some of these dudes that make teams. Yeah, especially this year.
Those guys should have been a fifth round pick in most years. He goes, he's undrafted this year just because there's so many.
Give decent signing bonuses to two undrafted free agents that are better than the shampions of the world. You know, Okay, I'll roll the dice with that absolutely, especially if you're loaded elsewhere, if you pick up Noel that you didn't think you could of or somebody like that, you know, right, Matt, that's going to do it for the show today. All right, all right, so that's one down for today.
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