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Greetings, Welcome inside final hour tonight Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. Uh second hour of our NFL Draft twenty twenty five post night coverage, and boy were there are a lot of fireworks tonight. And it's crazy that the main topic of conversation continues to be the guy who didn't get taken at all, a Natchador Sanders, which is not surprised. Which is not surprising when you think about how well every day for the last three weeks leading up to the draft, like we told you there's gonna be a new Sha Dur Sanders story every day. Well, you can't do a story about a guy every day and have not get taken. And then yeah, I know we're blowing past him. Not gonna talk about him. He's not write it.

Greetings, Welcome inside final hour tonight Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. Uh second hour of our NFL Draft twenty twenty five post night coverage, and boy were there are a lot of fireworks tonight. And it's crazy that the main topic of conversation continues to be the guy who didn't get taken at all, a Natchador Sanders, which is not surprised. Which is not surprising when you think about how well every day for the last three weeks leading up to the draft, like we told you there's gonna be a new Sha Dur Sanders story every day. Well, you can't do a story about a guy every day and have not get taken. And then yeah, I know we're blowing past him. Not gonna talk about him. He's not write it.

Up, but uh now, let's talk about these No, you're not gonna do it, because what sells if it bleeds, it leads, and right now it's bleeding.

Up, but uh now, let's talk about these No, you're not gonna do it, because what sells if it bleeds, it leads, and right now it's bleeding.

So it's like poor Zingis's head.

So it's like poor Zingis's head.

Oh oh absolutely, yeah, except without getting the bandage on it. It's like we're just gonna let it continue to bleed. It's like he got bladed, like he's he's dusty roads.

Oh oh absolutely, yeah, except without getting the bandage on it. It's like we're just gonna let it continue to bleed. It's like he got bladed, like he's he's dusty roads.

Yeah, get bladed, and I'm gonna hide the razor blade right here into my sweat.

Yeah, get bladed, and I'm gonna hide the razor blade right here into my sweat.

Hey, hey, hey, sorry.

Hey, hey, hey, sorry.

So I was like telling, come on, if the Giants were the big winners tonight, and again it looks like they're back. And I hate to say this, but I have to give them credit. They flip the narrative from last off season where they were an absolute laughing stock. We let Saquon even though Saquon Barkley was never gonna run for two thousand yards. Of the Giants. You watch them go to a division rival that the owner says I don't want to see him go to, and he goes there and he wins a super Bowl, So I get it, but they flip the narrative. They get the big edge Rusher. They need an Abdul Carter who's terrific. They get the quarterback they need and Jackson Dart who can develop at whatever pace you want to behind Russell Wilson. It can be long, it can be medium, it can be immediate. The Giants are back. Beating up on the Giants is not gonna last much longer. But if there's a winner of the draft, you know there's a team that's a loser now before we get to the team, because it involves youdor Sanders. Here's Sanders talking to the media not too long ago after not being selected in the first round, and what he had to say about what he saw tonight and what we could wind up seeing tomorrow.

So I was like telling, come on, if the Giants were the big winners tonight, and again it looks like they're back. And I hate to say this, but I have to give them credit. They flip the narrative from last off season where they were an absolute laughing stock. We let Saquon even though Saquon Barkley was never gonna run for two thousand yards. Of the Giants. You watch them go to a division rival that the owner says I don't want to see him go to, and he goes there and he wins a super Bowl, So I get it, but they flip the narrative. They get the big edge Rusher. They need an Abdul Carter who's terrific. They get the quarterback they need and Jackson Dart who can develop at whatever pace you want to behind Russell Wilson. It can be long, it can be medium, it can be immediate. The Giants are back. Beating up on the Giants is not gonna last much longer. But if there's a winner of the draft, you know there's a team that's a loser now before we get to the team, because it involves youdor Sanders. Here's Sanders talking to the media not too long ago after not being selected in the first round, and what he had to say about what he saw tonight and what we could wind up seeing tomorrow.

We all didn't expect this, of course, but I feel like we gods. Anything possible, everything possible. I don't feel like this happened, you know, for no reason. Allis is is, of course, feuds to the fire and under no circumstances. We all know this going to happen, but we understand we own.

We all didn't expect this, of course, but I feel like we gods. Anything possible, everything possible. I don't feel like this happened, you know, for no reason. Allis is is, of course, feuds to the fire and under no circumstances. We all know this going to happen, but we understand we own.

The bigger and better things.

The bigger and better things.

Tomorrow's the day we're gonna be happy to regard. That's it there.

Tomorrow's the day we're gonna be happy to regard. That's it there.

I like he said, we all know it shouldn't happen, then ends with legendary.

I like he said, we all know it shouldn't happen, then ends with legendary.

Yes, it sounds like political concession. Legendary. Let me address you all.

Yes, it sounds like political concession. Legendary. Let me address you all.

I don't I know we didn't get the results we wanted tonight.

I don't I know we didn't get the results we wanted tonight.

That you know, that might be my new.

That you know, that might be my new.

Favorite phrase that involves the word legendary, because for years my favorite phrase was was after I hear it, I take get back to this.

Favorite phrase that involves the word legendary, because for years my favorite phrase was was after I hear it, I take get back to this.

It was after the.

It was after the.

Steelers Cardinal super Bowl, right where the Steelers won. Roethlisberger takes him down to the big drive, the touchdown pass Senteni. So after the super Bowl, he's on set on ESPN and Steve Young is talking to him, and Steve Young says, Ben, I want to tell you, when I watched what you did tonight on that last drive, my heart I was like the Grinch where it grew like eight sizes. It was, it was, And Steve Young's having a tough time finding words like it's really emotional, it's a great So Steve Young is like it was, it was, and Rothlisberger just says legendary. He just wrote what I was legendary. Yes, what we do is legendary, legendary, legendary.

Steelers Cardinal super Bowl, right where the Steelers won. Roethlisberger takes him down to the big drive, the touchdown pass Senteni. So after the super Bowl, he's on set on ESPN and Steve Young is talking to him, and Steve Young says, Ben, I want to tell you, when I watched what you did tonight on that last drive, my heart I was like the Grinch where it grew like eight sizes. It was, it was, And Steve Young's having a tough time finding words like it's really emotional, it's a great So Steve Young is like it was, it was, and Rothlisberger just says legendary. He just wrote what I was legendary. Yes, what we do is legendary, legendary, legendary.

I'm sure it's on social media somewhere, So you got legendary.

I'm sure it's on social media somewhere, So you got legendary.

Legendary. I hear the word.

Legendary. I hear the word.

Evidently, and I go back to a Harold Bain's home run. Boy, you really got that one.

Evidently, and I go back to a Harold Bain's home run. Boy, you really got that one.

Harold.

Harold.

There was a twenty five inning game that he ended with a home run to dead center field that just kept going and that was the way the guy set it up. And he goes, boy, you really got all that one, evident. Thanks for coming events, Hey, I appreciate it. Yeah, kind of like my interview with Joe Douglas legendary up on social which is legendary Fox Sports Radio on Twitter. You'll see my my inn me getting to talk to Joe Douglas in between shows tonight.

There was a twenty five inning game that he ended with a home run to dead center field that just kept going and that was the way the guy set it up. And he goes, boy, you really got all that one, evident. Thanks for coming events, Hey, I appreciate it. Yeah, kind of like my interview with Joe Douglas legendary up on social which is legendary Fox Sports Radio on Twitter. You'll see my my inn me getting to talk to Joe Douglas in between shows tonight.

But legendary, right, so I know we'll be back tomorrow.

But legendary, right, so I know we'll be back tomorrow.

Legendary, like I love, and I want to give him a lot of credit because I didn't think we'd hear from him. I thought, the way the night is going watching him fall through the draft, we're not going to see him on he ESPN or NFL network, We're not gonna hear from at the end. They're gonna wait, it's gonna be radio silence. So I give him a lot of credit for talking about it. Still I'm still me it shouldn't happened legendary, but I give him credit for talking and men putting out of state. But in the end he has to right because if one of the big criticisms is you don't have any bit of humility to you, your hubris is what might have been part that of what led to your fall, right pride before the fall to stand up and and go to it. And since I use the Dusty Rhodes thing, I can't use another wrestler, so because sometimes you need to be humbled and if you know, you know, But it's it's that idea that having the speech. Now that last line kind of cuts away. Yeah, but you still to address the people because you got a big party, right, you had that little isolation photo photo booth like you were at prom and then I kind of like that where they stop and put the hat on. Long walk through the corridor though, like you need to be that line. You have all the logos wall like at least people up so you can shake some hands, take some photos.

Legendary, like I love, and I want to give him a lot of credit because I didn't think we'd hear from him. I thought, the way the night is going watching him fall through the draft, we're not going to see him on he ESPN or NFL network, We're not gonna hear from at the end. They're gonna wait, it's gonna be radio silence. So I give him a lot of credit for talking about it. Still I'm still me it shouldn't happened legendary, but I give him credit for talking and men putting out of state. But in the end he has to right because if one of the big criticisms is you don't have any bit of humility to you, your hubris is what might have been part that of what led to your fall, right pride before the fall to stand up and and go to it. And since I use the Dusty Rhodes thing, I can't use another wrestler, so because sometimes you need to be humbled and if you know, you know, But it's it's that idea that having the speech. Now that last line kind of cuts away. Yeah, but you still to address the people because you got a big party, right, you had that little isolation photo photo booth like you were at prom and then I kind of like that where they stop and put the hat on. Long walk through the corridor though, like you need to be that line. You have all the logos wall like at least people up so you can shake some hands, take some photos.

A long that's a long run. I'm glad.

A long that's a long run. I'm glad.

I'm glad they all decided to sprint because I'm like, if we had to watch them walk that would boy, this draft to go like five and a half hours, it's a long way to go.

I'm glad they all decided to sprint because I'm like, if we had to watch them walk that would boy, this draft to go like five and a half hours, it's a long way to go.

Are crocs really good for running? Because had those on? I mean, yeah, diamond crusted because they think if you start losing jewels off those and you had to return them, be problem.

Are crocs really good for running? Because had those on? I mean, yeah, diamond crusted because they think if you start losing jewels off those and you had to return them, be problem.

That's true, That's true. I mean I you know, when I saw those, I thought back. You know when we went to California Adventure on Monday night, Yeah, the whole big iHeart night. So I went into the Avengers store and they had Captain America crocs with the wings on the back. I was like, oh, I gotta have those, but they didn't have my size. I was like, if you have any in the back, No, sir, there's no back. I'm like, what do you mean there's no back? What do you mean there's no back? Well we have it's out. I thought my.

That's true, That's true. I mean I you know, when I saw those, I thought back. You know when we went to California Adventure on Monday night, Yeah, the whole big iHeart night. So I went into the Avengers store and they had Captain America crocs with the wings on the back. I was like, oh, I gotta have those, but they didn't have my size. I was like, if you have any in the back, No, sir, there's no back. I'm like, what do you mean there's no back? What do you mean there's no back? Well we have it's out. I thought my.

Kids a pair that I saw online, and they threatened to disown me if I bought them.

Kids a pair that I saw online, and they threatened to disown me if I bought them.

Oh, no, you gotta you gotta say. You know why the Yellow Submarine be here? Say I do me? I do me? The Yellow Submarine crocs DJ, We're all here in Harmon's Yellow Crocks.

Oh, no, you gotta you gotta say. You know why the Yellow Submarine be here? Say I do me? I do me? The Yellow Submarine crocs DJ, We're all here in Harmon's Yellow Crocks.

So if there's a winner in the draft. I give you Doris Sanders a lot of crack, and I'm sure we're gonna hear his damon again. I said it last. I'm absolutely stunned he felt all the way through the first round.

So if there's a winner in the draft. I give you Doris Sanders a lot of crack, and I'm sure we're gonna hear his damon again. I said it last. I'm absolutely stunned he felt all the way through the first round.

I can't. I knew he'd fall, I thought.

I can't. I knew he'd fall, I thought.

But at some point, hey, someone's gonna come up and the slide's gonna stop at twenty one because the Steelers clearly are gonna.

But at some point, hey, someone's gonna come up and the slide's gonna stop at twenty one because the Steelers clearly are gonna.

Say, hey, look at what we did. We're getting our quarterback. You all didn't know.

Say, hey, look at what we did. We're getting our quarterback. You all didn't know.

You all questioned me and Mike Tomlin's gonna come out, when more CON's gonna come out, they'll be patting themselves on the back.

You all questioned me and Mike Tomlin's gonna come out, when more CON's gonna come out, they'll be patting themselves on the back.

We got our guy. We got them later on in a value pick.

We got our guy. We got them later on in a value pick.

All the blah blah blah, We're gonna get you, Doris Sanders, and it's just gonna work out for the Steelers. Except when the Steelers come up at number twenty one, they decide, no, no, no, we want a guy named Harmon instead.

All the blah blah blah, We're gonna get you, Doris Sanders, and it's just gonna work out for the Steelers. Except when the Steelers come up at number twenty one, they decide, no, no, no, we want a guy named Harmon instead.

With the twenty first pick in the twenty twenty.

With the twenty first pick in the twenty twenty.

Five NFL Draft, Hobo, the Pittsburgh Steelers select well Derek Harman defensive tackle Oregon.

Five NFL Draft, Hobo, the Pittsburgh Steelers select well Derek Harman defensive tackle Oregon.

Harmon Jersey's on order Babymon out of Oregon.

Harmon Jersey's on order Babymon out of Oregon.

Let's go arman, arman, and I love the Steelers reaction after is they said, hey, we didn't take a we didn't take a quarterback. But GMO Mark Cohn said no, no, we weren't tempted. We were on the clock. We got the player that we wanted. That's the guy they went, okay at twenty one, all right, not not in the top five, not one of the top five pays. We got a guy at twenty one, a guy that we wanted.

Let's go arman, arman, and I love the Steelers reaction after is they said, hey, we didn't take a we didn't take a quarterback. But GMO Mark Cohn said no, no, we weren't tempted. We were on the clock. We got the player that we wanted. That's the guy they went, okay at twenty one, all right, not not in the top five, not one of the top five pays. We got a guy at twenty one, a guy that we wanted.

All right.

All right.

Let's just understand for a second. The Steelers are the big losers of the draft tonight, and at this if it was any other team, fans would be rioting. We have Mason Rudolph and Skyler Thompson are our quarterbacks. This is now the second year in a row you decided to go bargain basement dumpster diving for quarterbacks. It didn't work last year. And yet you treat the quarterback position, which is, oh, by the way, last time I checked, hang on, still the most important position on the football You say, legend still the legendary going back to Ben Roethlisberger, of course, still the most important position on the football field, and the Steelers are treating it like it's a necessary evil at this point, Omar Kahn, Mike Tomlin, unless they have a rabbit they're gonna pull out of the hat. Unless they have some sort of secret plan that none of us know about and they pull it off. I mean it's time to say, guys, I think the NFL has passed you by. It's time for new leadership. It's time for a new GM and a new head coach because you've decided to take the most of it. The only thing your team needs, the only thing you need is a quarterback. And you've decided, now going on the last three since you replaced Roethlisberger, we're gonna go really bargain basement on this. Like again, this is any other team, and it's what are they? This is malpractice, this is NFL. If the Jets did this, what people say? If the Raiders did this, what would people say? But the Steelers. No, Clearly the Steelers don't know what they're doing because they they have no plan as far as how do we win in the NFL In twenty twenty five, Mike Tomlin still thinks I'm gonna win like it's nineteen eighty seven, where he had a couple of running backs are and he give the ball a lot to We got a couple of weapons at wide receiver. We'll throw it when we need to. We're gonna play great defense, and that's how we're gonna win. It's not how it works. And for Tomlin, you would think last year would have been a bit of an ego check that. Okay, I went all in on Russell Wilson. No, Russell's our guy. Remember all last year. There's a reason why Russell Wilson, Russell Wilson, Russell Wilson. No, no, no, no, no, no, Russell Wilson, Russell Wilson. And what happened gone. He was a reason why you were terrible down the stretch and you were just running on vapors at the end. You had a quarterback that had one games for you, none of we're gonna stick with Justin Fields. No, not that Justin Fields might have done more, but you went in saying, hey, we're gonna bargain basement Justin Fields and bargain basement Russell Wilson, and that's gonna work. Okay, it didn't work. Okay, let let me learn my lesson. Let's make sure we get a quarterback. No, no, nope, we're gonna bring back Mason Rudolph and we're gonna have Skylett Thompson. And that's it, I mean, barring again, a secret plan that none of us know about. I mean, I'm not on Pete Heggs's signal chats, so maybe the it's on there. But unless you unless, unless you have that, this is absolutely I mean, this is how to not run a football team.

Let's just understand for a second. The Steelers are the big losers of the draft tonight, and at this if it was any other team, fans would be rioting. We have Mason Rudolph and Skyler Thompson are our quarterbacks. This is now the second year in a row you decided to go bargain basement dumpster diving for quarterbacks. It didn't work last year. And yet you treat the quarterback position, which is, oh, by the way, last time I checked, hang on, still the most important position on the football You say, legend still the legendary going back to Ben Roethlisberger, of course, still the most important position on the football field, and the Steelers are treating it like it's a necessary evil at this point, Omar Kahn, Mike Tomlin, unless they have a rabbit they're gonna pull out of the hat. Unless they have some sort of secret plan that none of us know about and they pull it off. I mean it's time to say, guys, I think the NFL has passed you by. It's time for new leadership. It's time for a new GM and a new head coach because you've decided to take the most of it. The only thing your team needs, the only thing you need is a quarterback. And you've decided, now going on the last three since you replaced Roethlisberger, we're gonna go really bargain basement on this. Like again, this is any other team, and it's what are they? This is malpractice, this is NFL. If the Jets did this, what people say? If the Raiders did this, what would people say? But the Steelers. No, Clearly the Steelers don't know what they're doing because they they have no plan as far as how do we win in the NFL In twenty twenty five, Mike Tomlin still thinks I'm gonna win like it's nineteen eighty seven, where he had a couple of running backs are and he give the ball a lot to We got a couple of weapons at wide receiver. We'll throw it when we need to. We're gonna play great defense, and that's how we're gonna win. It's not how it works. And for Tomlin, you would think last year would have been a bit of an ego check that. Okay, I went all in on Russell Wilson. No, Russell's our guy. Remember all last year. There's a reason why Russell Wilson, Russell Wilson, Russell Wilson. No, no, no, no, no, no, Russell Wilson, Russell Wilson. And what happened gone. He was a reason why you were terrible down the stretch and you were just running on vapors at the end. You had a quarterback that had one games for you, none of we're gonna stick with Justin Fields. No, not that Justin Fields might have done more, but you went in saying, hey, we're gonna bargain basement Justin Fields and bargain basement Russell Wilson, and that's gonna work. Okay, it didn't work. Okay, let let me learn my lesson. Let's make sure we get a quarterback. No, no, nope, we're gonna bring back Mason Rudolph and we're gonna have Skylett Thompson. And that's it, I mean, barring again, a secret plan that none of us know about. I mean, I'm not on Pete Heggs's signal chats, so maybe the it's on there. But unless you unless, unless you have that, this is absolutely I mean, this is how to not run a football team.

No, and that that's the curiosity. Obviously, they've got to look at their defensive interior. Guys are getting a little longer in the tooth, right, Heyward, toward the end, I think you're just mad that it wasn't a guy named Smith and that it was a guy named Harmon, and that.

No, and that that's the curiosity. Obviously, they've got to look at their defensive interior. Guys are getting a little longer in the tooth, right, Heyward, toward the end, I think you're just mad that it wasn't a guy named Smith and that it was a guy named Harmon, and that.

Really cheesed you. No, no, I don't care. I think you're a little salty if it need.

Really cheesed you. No, no, I don't care. I think you're a little salty if it need.

To be Smith. I mean, who's who are they gonna take Smith? You're gonna trade for Gino Smith? Gee, Geena, g Gino's gotten toils.

To be Smith. I mean, who's who are they gonna take Smith? You're gonna trade for Gino Smith? Gee, Geena, g Gino's gotten toils.

I'm glad. I'm glad that got hard.

I'm glad. I'm glad that got hard.

But now, but you gotta be okay with people in Pittsburgh going, oh, you know, I just can't stand Harmon we could have had Shador Sanders and now we could have had Harmon Blank Harmon, I hate that guy.

But now, but you gotta be okay with people in Pittsburgh going, oh, you know, I just can't stand Harmon we could have had Shador Sanders and now we could have had Harmon Blank Harmon, I hate that guy.

Can you let's do the radio show he's on because his name is Harmon. I'm gonna go out of lamb.

Can you let's do the radio show he's on because his name is Harmon. I'm gonna go out of lamb.

And there have been a bunch of folks that have already said that in Pittsburgh many many a year with my guys Tounch and Wolf for in Pittsburgh, both not no longer with us, so good thoughts there. But when we look at what the Steelers they've been linked to, potentially Kirk Cousins, you still have the balloon floating out of whether Aaron Rodgers shows up or not.

And there have been a bunch of folks that have already said that in Pittsburgh many many a year with my guys Tounch and Wolf for in Pittsburgh, both not no longer with us, so good thoughts there. But when we look at what the Steelers they've been linked to, potentially Kirk Cousins, you still have the balloon floating out of whether Aaron Rodgers shows up or not.

And again, if he wanted to be there, he would be there, right. I believe Dadante's Pallas right. Davont Adam said the best thing when he said, Hey, what's Aaron waiting for? Because he and he and Aaron are tight. He's waiting for someone to show that they love him, right, because that's what Aaron Rodgers want.

And again, if he wanted to be there, he would be there, right. I believe Dadante's Pallas right. Davont Adam said the best thing when he said, Hey, what's Aaron waiting for? Because he and he and Aaron are tight. He's waiting for someone to show that they love him, right, because that's what Aaron Rodgers want.

Sure He's sure is nothing.

Sure He's sure is nothing.

That was the biggest truth bomb that we saw all last week. And are the Steelers showing Aaron Rodgers that they is anybody showing Rogers that they love him. No, So if you don't love me, I'm gonna sit out here and maybe my career is done, but I'm gonna come back.

That was the biggest truth bomb that we saw all last week. And are the Steelers showing Aaron Rodgers that they is anybody showing Rogers that they love him. No, So if you don't love me, I'm gonna sit out here and maybe my career is done, but I'm gonna come back.

You gotta love me.

You gotta love me.

And the Steelers aren't suddenly gonna love him. They could have loved him a few weeks ago. They're not gonna suddenly love him now. It's not gonna happen. Once you get out of the draft and you start getting in new off season workouts in earnest, then then maybe your affections will start taking on the form of I don't know Michael Rappaport in Beautiful Girls, because until he was faced with the idea that he was gonna lose his girl, he ain't care. And then all of a sudden he got the newest type of diamond they called the Champagne and things brown. Okay, thanks Brown, And that's what it might take for con and for for Mike tom and just to realize they need to get the brown rock.

And the Steelers aren't suddenly gonna love him. They could have loved him a few weeks ago. They're not gonna suddenly love him now. It's not gonna happen. Once you get out of the draft and you start getting in new off season workouts in earnest, then then maybe your affections will start taking on the form of I don't know Michael Rappaport in Beautiful Girls, because until he was faced with the idea that he was gonna lose his girl, he ain't care. And then all of a sudden he got the newest type of diamond they called the Champagne and things brown. Okay, thanks Brown, And that's what it might take for con and for for Mike tom and just to realize they need to get the brown rock.

I mean, they bring Aaron Rodgers along.

I mean, they bring Aaron Rodgers along.

They're absolutely mismanaging the quarterback again. I do have to say it's the draft isn't over yet. We still have some time to go. Kirk Cousins is still out there there could be some things happening. You could wait and see where quarterbacks wind up going tomorrow, because tomorrow is gonna be the day for Milroe and Sanders.

They're absolutely mismanaging the quarterback again. I do have to say it's the draft isn't over yet. We still have some time to go. Kirk Cousins is still out there there could be some things happening. You could wait and see where quarterbacks wind up going tomorrow, because tomorrow is gonna be the day for Milroe and Sanders.

And you know, Okay, so there's that. Okay, Kyle McCourt shut, Okay, that's fine. But right now I look at the Steelers like really like there needs to be an intervention. Well, but the big you understand, this is the And I get that you had a rough time, like tom I'm dealing with Le'Veon Bell and Antonio Brown and you had Ben Roethlisberger for over a decade, I'm sure, but this is how you win in the NFL.

And you know, Okay, so there's that. Okay, Kyle McCourt shut, Okay, that's fine. But right now I look at the Steelers like really like there needs to be an intervention. Well, but the big you understand, this is the And I get that you had a rough time, like tom I'm dealing with Le'Veon Bell and Antonio Brown and you had Ben Roethlisberger for over a decade, I'm sure, but this is how you win in the NFL.

You can't do it the way you've been trying to do.

You can't do it the way you've been trying to do.

It well the last few years. Just an abject failure in that regard. But they win games, so they would tell you the proof is in the record. Right, You're as good as your record is. You don't have to make it so hard.

It well the last few years. Just an abject failure in that regard. But they win games, so they would tell you the proof is in the record. Right, You're as good as your record is. You don't have to make it so hard.

No, But the Steelers is not about Hey, here's a record, and we get and make it to the playoffs.

No, But the Steelers is not about Hey, here's a record, and we get and make it to the playoffs.

That's the Jets, right, that's the Raiders. Hey we win, we make it to the playoffs. Oh my god, it's amazing. But that's what they become the Steelers, but it's still this. Hey, we're one of the top two or three franchises of the entire game, and success for US is AFC championships and Super Bowls. Now, maybe they don't realize they haven't been there in a while, but that's still the measuring bar of success. And now, okay, now you're telling me, oh, for the Steelers being over five hundred and maybe getting in and losing a playoff game, that's success not for them, but of late.

That's the Jets, right, that's the Raiders. Hey we win, we make it to the playoffs. Oh my god, it's amazing. But that's what they become the Steelers, but it's still this. Hey, we're one of the top two or three franchises of the entire game, and success for US is AFC championships and Super Bowls. Now, maybe they don't realize they haven't been there in a while, but that's still the measuring bar of success. And now, okay, now you're telling me, oh, for the Steelers being over five hundred and maybe getting in and losing a playoff game, that's success not for them, but of late.

They're just a better version of the Raiders.

They're just a better version of the Raiders.

Oh wow, Now you're trading on stuff that happened many, many years ago.

Oh wow, Now you're trading on stuff that happened many, many years ago.

Pittsburgh gonna love you after that. You're done, Ma, damn right, you guys.

Pittsburgh gonna love you after that. You're done, Ma, damn right, you guys.

Sometimes, as Tyser original podcast seven Iterations ago was called, you need a reality check.

Sometimes, as Tyser original podcast seven Iterations ago was called, you need a reality check.

And you need to remember you can't just keep living in the past. Damn it.

And you need to remember you can't just keep living in the past. Damn it.

He just said we were a little bit better than the Raiders. I wanna go find that guy. I'm gonna go. You know what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna go buy something, some memorabilia and sell it to him. I'm gonna rip the card in half and mail it to him and go on. I shouldn't have said that about our guys, but he said.

He just said we were a little bit better than the Raiders. I wanna go find that guy. I'm gonna go. You know what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna go buy something, some memorabilia and sell it to him. I'm gonna rip the card in half and mail it to him and go on. I shouldn't have said that about our guys, but he said.

Are we really contenders? Are we not? Well, we were above five hundred a week, kind of make the playoffs. Every now and then.

Are we really contenders? Are we not? Well, we were above five hundred a week, kind of make the playoffs. Every now and then.

Someone someone from Pittsburgh gonna email you and so I have a mint condition Paul knerko rookie card for a dollar. You're gonna send them a dollar. They're gonna send you riped card and say, oh blank, you harmon, that's what's gonna happen.

Someone someone from Pittsburgh gonna email you and so I have a mint condition Paul knerko rookie card for a dollar. You're gonna send them a dollar. They're gonna send you riped card and say, oh blank, you harmon, that's what's gonna happen.

I actually kind of hope that does. I mean, a good story, but just you know, put the button on it. The Steelers for years with Roethlisberger, I mean, how many years was he over forty two hundred yards? And if you did a per game basis on his yards per game, you know when he actually played because he'd missed some games, he missed halves of games. Oh no, Roethlisberger's done. Oh wait, he's taking the code off.

I actually kind of hope that does. I mean, a good story, but just you know, put the button on it. The Steelers for years with Roethlisberger, I mean, how many years was he over forty two hundred yards? And if you did a per game basis on his yards per game, you know when he actually played because he'd missed some games, he missed halves of games. Oh no, Roethlisberger's done. Oh wait, he's taking the code off.

He's back. You ate a lot of talent passed through there, right, pass catchers, there was a lot of talent. They were all nuts, but you had a lot of talent passed through there. And now you're in a division where you can't keep wishing and hoping at the quarterback position. So there's got to be a plan. Tell me you have a plan. Exit? How about these Marines are on trial for their lives. Exit?

He's back. You ate a lot of talent passed through there, right, pass catchers, there was a lot of talent. They were all nuts, but you had a lot of talent passed through there. And now you're in a division where you can't keep wishing and hoping at the quarterback position. So there's got to be a plan. Tell me you have a plan. Exit? How about these Marines are on trial for their lives. Exit?

How about a Fresca exit swollen dumb? Tell me you haven't been their hopes to a phone bill? Straight ahead? What team after tonight is continuing to have a perfect off season? One team is very quietly throwing a perfect game since the end of twenty twenty four.

How about a Fresca exit swollen dumb? Tell me you haven't been their hopes to a phone bill? Straight ahead? What team after tonight is continuing to have a perfect off season? One team is very quietly throwing a perfect game since the end of twenty twenty four.

Who is it?

Who is it?

We'll tell you next right here, Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio.

We'll tell you next right here, Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio.

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Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with ma My best Friend Mike Harmon. So, what team is having a perfect off season? Gauge in a perfect game this offseason? We'll tell you in a second. But first, as we told you, we talked about this leading up this this whole last week and a half, we found out former Jets GM Joe Douglas was gonna be in studio doing the Draft Show before right had the Draft Show before with he and Jay Glazer and Jenny Taft and LeVar Arrington. You know here that we then we start with the post show right after the first round is over, Like, how was I How was I gonna talk to him?

Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with ma My best Friend Mike Harmon. So, what team is having a perfect off season? Gauge in a perfect game this offseason? We'll tell you in a second. But first, as we told you, we talked about this leading up this this whole last week and a half, we found out former Jets GM Joe Douglas was gonna be in studio doing the Draft Show before right had the Draft Show before with he and Jay Glazer and Jenny Taft and LeVar Arrington. You know here that we then we start with the post show right after the first round is over, Like, how was I How was I gonna talk to him?

What was I gonna say? Was it gonna be weird? What's Joe Douglass gonna do? Whatever?

What was I gonna say? Was it gonna be weird? What's Joe Douglass gonna do? Whatever?

So I came in tonight going all right, well, I gotta be able to say hi to Joe Douglas and see him. So of course I wore my Jets hoodie. And of course I wore my Jets hoodie. In would have been ashamed of you.

So I came in tonight going all right, well, I gotta be able to say hi to Joe Douglas and see him. So of course I wore my Jets hoodie. And of course I wore my Jets hoodie. In would have been ashamed of you.

Yeah, yeah, I had to wear my Jets the amount you normally wear Jets or Mets gear. Yet you kind of had do for tonight.

Yeah, yeah, I had to wear my Jets the amount you normally wear Jets or Mets gear. Yet you kind of had do for tonight.

So we rolled, you know, we rolled a video on this. We put it up.

So we rolled, you know, we rolled a video on this. We put it up.

It's up on social media right now, Fox Sports Radio on Twitter, also on our accounts out how about a fresco at Swollen Dome.

It's up on social media right now, Fox Sports Radio on Twitter, also on our accounts out how about a fresco at Swollen Dome.

You can see it. Here is the quick meeting that I was able to. The show's ending, right, Joe Douglas is leaving and we're coming on here. There's like five minutes in between shows. We got to get ready to go, and uh, this was my meeting with Joe Douglas, and I think it was it was it was fine in the end.

You can see it. Here is the quick meeting that I was able to. The show's ending, right, Joe Douglas is leaving and we're coming on here. There's like five minutes in between shows. We got to get ready to go, and uh, this was my meeting with Joe Douglas, and I think it was it was it was fine in the end.

It was as awkward as I thought it was going to be. And and and he turned out to be a great guy. So here's me meeting Joe Douglas.

It was as awkward as I thought it was going to be. And and and he turned out to be a great guy. So here's me meeting Joe Douglas.

Hey, Jason, Jeff, how you doing great?

Hey, Jason, Jeff, how you doing great?

Great?

Great?

Good?

Good?

Is this's awkward as are?

Is this's awkward as are?

Okay, No, we're good. We're good, brother, Yeah, out, we're fine.

Okay, No, we're good. We're good, brother, Yeah, out, we're fine.

Good good.

Good good.

Oh.

Oh.

So, hey, so you know they do the names on the diet folks. Now, yeah, and I got Garrett and since you drafted him, and thank you so much.

So, hey, so you know they do the names on the diet folks. Now, yeah, and I got Garrett and since you drafted him, and thank you so much.

You signed my dick.

You signed my dick.

Okay, I mean, I have a shark, but you's the plus.

Okay, I mean, I have a shark, but you's the plus.

Sure, okay, just you know, just just right there, just your name. You know, Jason, You're great. Love you love the you know everything else.

Sure, okay, just you know, just just right there, just your name. You know, Jason, You're great. Love you love the you know everything else.

That's great.

That's great.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I appreciate that work. All right, all right, so thanks? Uh let okay, all right, great you to say no say no right, all right? We have a good one man. All right, all right, all right, but he ran out. I couldn't ask about Zack Wilson. I read.

I appreciate that work. All right, all right, so thanks? Uh let okay, all right, great you to say no say no right, all right? We have a good one man. All right, all right, all right, but he ran out. I couldn't ask about Zack Wilson. I read.

I thought about it at the end. Oh yeah, Zach Wilson's mom and the whole time. But I thought about it too.

I thought about it at the end. Oh yeah, Zach Wilson's mom and the whole time. But I thought about it too.

Late well, asking about Zach Wilson, his mom or Brick and any interactions with you, Brick would.

Late well, asking about Zach Wilson, his mom or Brick and any interactions with you, Brick would.

Have been important, and and and the thing is now the Dia cookey signed, I stopped drinking, Yeah you did?

Have been important, and and and the thing is now the Dia cookey signed, I stopped drinking, Yeah you did?

You put a cap on it now and I'm like, I got to hold onto it. Maybe I can sell it on eBay. It's got to maybe I can, right, Joe Douglass. The thing is is that you gave me. I borrowed the sharpie from Yeah, it's a silver sharpie, and he signed it on the silver the Dia coke bottle of silver, so you can't really see.

You put a cap on it now and I'm like, I got to hold onto it. Maybe I can sell it on eBay. It's got to maybe I can, right, Joe Douglass. The thing is is that you gave me. I borrowed the sharpie from Yeah, it's a silver sharpie, and he signed it on the silver the Dia coke bottle of silver, so you can't really see.

Yeah, I'm gonna call what it is.

Yeah, I'm gonna call what it is.

I had no idea what you were going to try to have him sign when you said, hey, I need a sharpie, I'm gonna go, uh say hi, did Joe Douglas. I was like, okay, So I thought you were gonna go to your your sweatshirts, my jets, hoodie's are I didn't show that silver would have actually played pretty well above the chest plate.

I had no idea what you were going to try to have him sign when you said, hey, I need a sharpie, I'm gonna go, uh say hi, did Joe Douglas. I was like, okay, So I thought you were gonna go to your your sweatshirts, my jets, hoodie's are I didn't show that silver would have actually played pretty well above the chest plate.

Now you tell something I should have known, but I didn't know what you were doing.

Now you tell something I should have known, but I didn't know what you were doing.

But I seemed barely out there, and I left saying hey, Joe signed my chest seemed a little bit much. Never paint the face actually signed my arm. I'm gonna have it tattooed. But I like the fact that the Dia Cokes are back now with the names on.

But I seemed barely out there, and I left saying hey, Joe signed my chest seemed a little bit much. Never paint the face actually signed my arm. I'm gonna have it tattooed. But I like the fact that the Dia Cokes are back now with the names on.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And I got Garrett tonight, and I'm like, well, Garrett, Garrett, well he drafted. He brought a lot of talent in.

And I got Garrett tonight, and I'm like, well, Garrett, Garrett, well he drafted. He brought a lot of talent in.

Man.

Man.

There's a lot of good young talent on that Jets team, man, thanks to Joe Douglas. And I said, hey, signed my Garrett die Cox. O. Okay, how about you say, hey, Joe, you did a really good job. What happened after September seventh or eighth each year he did that was some of the like on paper every year it's been. And it's not me wishing good things for you.

There's a lot of good young talent on that Jets team, man, thanks to Joe Douglas. And I said, hey, signed my Garrett die Cox. O. Okay, how about you say, hey, Joe, you did a really good job. What happened after September seventh or eighth each year he did that was some of the like on paper every year it's been. And it's not me wishing good things for you.

You look at the.

You look at the.

Roster, you're like, all right, there might be one or two places, and look, I'm always concerned about offensive line. So you always laugh at me anyway, but it proved true multiple times with your team in particular. But otherwise you're like, all right, I like the cornerbacks. You got some talent there. You got a good safety. You drafted Garrett Will So you had Bryce Hall.

Roster, you're like, all right, there might be one or two places, and look, I'm always concerned about offensive line. So you always laugh at me anyway, but it proved true multiple times with your team in particular. But otherwise you're like, all right, I like the cornerbacks. You got some talent there. You got a good safety. You drafted Garrett Will So you had Bryce Hall.

I mean, you had this and you know all of this could work together, and then it didn't that two years ago, it's broke. It's broke.

I mean, you had this and you know all of this could work together, and then it didn't that two years ago, it's broke. It's broke.

When Jester and Top Gun tells Maverick that was some of the best flying I've seen yet, right up until the part where you got killed like that. Yeah, it's great, Joe Douglas, good dude. Again, the videos up there you can see at the bets. Obviously, it's a lot better when you can see, yeah, my chet's hoodie. Hey, how you doing.

When Jester and Top Gun tells Maverick that was some of the best flying I've seen yet, right up until the part where you got killed like that. Yeah, it's great, Joe Douglas, good dude. Again, the videos up there you can see at the bets. Obviously, it's a lot better when you can see, yeah, my chet's hoodie. Hey, how you doing.

Man. The other thing is if you actually had a plaque that you'd put up in the in this studio over the last couple of years. As Jason Smith declares that offseason winter he.

Man. The other thing is if you actually had a plaque that you'd put up in the in this studio over the last couple of years. As Jason Smith declares that offseason winter he.

Won a bunch oh yeah yeah, off.

Won a bunch oh yeah yeah, off.

Season champion, it should be hey, look your names up here for offseason champion. Joe said that, Joe d Joe, that might have gotten you punch Jody, Joe Dye.

Season champion, it should be hey, look your names up here for offseason champion. Joe said that, Joe d Joe, that might have gotten you punch Jody, Joe Dye.

Off seasons champion still a chance, and it's his job, Like, that's just champ.

Off seasons champion still a chance, and it's his job, Like, that's just champ.

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Of the night.

Of the night.

This pick from the NFL draft because this team is having a perfect off season from twenty twenty four to twenty twenty five. With the six pick in the twenty twenty five NFL drafts, the Las Vegas Raiders select Ashton genty running back boys. He saying, I mean, really, the teams, you know, these teams. When I say, you know, I believe you know, Yeah, when I begrudgingly have to give you know, credit to the Giants, you know, I feel it. The Raiders are in the middle of a perfect off season.

This pick from the NFL draft because this team is having a perfect off season from twenty twenty four to twenty twenty five. With the six pick in the twenty twenty five NFL drafts, the Las Vegas Raiders select Ashton genty running back boys. He saying, I mean, really, the teams, you know, these teams. When I say, you know, I believe you know, Yeah, when I begrudgingly have to give you know, credit to the Giants, you know, I feel it. The Raiders are in the middle of a perfect off season.

Okay, And it's so anti Raiders because Raiders usually, hey, we get everything wrong. But think about where they've been, right, they've been. They've been a dumpster fire for the last year. I took continue to cycle through things right. The Antonio Pierce the first year had a little bit of promise. Last year was terrible, you know, and it really did cratered with losing the game. All Aidan O'Connell's got to do is catch the snap from center, but instead it hits him in the mask and.

Okay, And it's so anti Raiders because Raiders usually, hey, we get everything wrong. But think about where they've been, right, they've been. They've been a dumpster fire for the last year. I took continue to cycle through things right. The Antonio Pierce the first year had a little bit of promise. Last year was terrible, you know, and it really did cratered with losing the game. All Aidan O'Connell's got to do is catch the snap from center, but instead it hits him in the mask and.

They fumble in the Chiefs. That's the Raiders franchise in one play. But what have they done? What have we seen since the endish of the season into this? Tom Brady comes in as part owner. You know, he's advising spy Tech.

They fumble in the Chiefs. That's the Raiders franchise in one play. But what have they done? What have we seen since the endish of the season into this? Tom Brady comes in as part owner. You know, he's advising spy Tech.

Spy Tech.

Spy Tech.

It's the greatest surname, and especially especially with you know, spygates spy Tech. They work well together. Spy Tech is like, I know all your tricks, Brady, I know them all. But Brady comes in, you know, he has the ear of Mark Davis. You know, he's got a big imprint on the team. There's a lot worse guys to have that are advising you in any kind of role than Tom Brady. Okay, so what do they do. They go and get a head coach and Pete Carroll who will stop the backsliding. That's what they need to do. Hire a coach with a cachet that knows what it is to build a program to sustain winning. Not that it's gonna happen overnight, but you need to stop the backsliding. And you brought in a guy with two Super Bowls on his resume and won a Super Bowl championship. Nobody thought he's gonna jump to the NFL. He was great in college. This is the guy to come in to build up a program, and you know he's gonna build it up quickly because of Pete Carroll's seventy four He's not gonna sid here, say hand, We've got a five year plan.

It's the greatest surname, and especially especially with you know, spygates spy Tech. They work well together. Spy Tech is like, I know all your tricks, Brady, I know them all. But Brady comes in, you know, he has the ear of Mark Davis. You know, he's got a big imprint on the team. There's a lot worse guys to have that are advising you in any kind of role than Tom Brady. Okay, so what do they do. They go and get a head coach and Pete Carroll who will stop the backsliding. That's what they need to do. Hire a coach with a cachet that knows what it is to build a program to sustain winning. Not that it's gonna happen overnight, but you need to stop the backsliding. And you brought in a guy with two Super Bowls on his resume and won a Super Bowl championship. Nobody thought he's gonna jump to the NFL. He was great in college. This is the guy to come in to build up a program, and you know he's gonna build it up quickly because of Pete Carroll's seventy four He's not gonna sid here, say hand, We've got a five year plan.

And then this is so you bring in the right head coach.

And then this is so you bring in the right head coach.

You go out and get the quarterback that has worked with the system that Pete Carroll has been running for the past few years. In Seattle, he said Gino Smith. Everybody else said, why Geno Smith? Drew Locke at least has a little bit more upside. No, Geno Smith is my guy. What do we see Geno Smith through the last few years. He has shown that he is dynamic, he is a leader, he can make plays, he can have four hundred yard games. Right, is he one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. It's one of the top five.

You go out and get the quarterback that has worked with the system that Pete Carroll has been running for the past few years. In Seattle, he said Gino Smith. Everybody else said, why Geno Smith? Drew Locke at least has a little bit more upside. No, Geno Smith is my guy. What do we see Geno Smith through the last few years. He has shown that he is dynamic, he is a leader, he can make plays, he can have four hundred yard games. Right, is he one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. It's one of the top five.

No is he.

No is he.

Periphery top fifteen? Yeah, and you know what you can win with guys like that. Now you went and you solidified your quarterback position for the next three years. It's a bad year for quarterbacks of the draft. You went out and get Geno Smith, All right, what else did you do?

Periphery top fifteen? Yeah, and you know what you can win with guys like that. Now you went and you solidified your quarterback position for the next three years. It's a bad year for quarterbacks of the draft. You went out and get Geno Smith, All right, what else did you do?

Well?

Well?

You have the rising brock Bowers obviously, and now you bring in the best running back in the draft in Ashton Genty. And this is an incredible coup for the Raiders that I thought, Look, they were probably biting their nails hoping he was gonna still be there at six, because clearly, you know, four to five that was gonna be maybe the sweet spot for Gent. But Patriots went with the ot and then the big trade from two to five probably took you out of seeing Gent go at five. So all of a sudden, you can need a little bit of luck. Sometimes the Raiders got a little bit luck. They get the best running back in the drafted guy who is incredible. And I heard one of the analysts talk about, you know, trying to tackle ash and Genty is like trying to throw rocks in a tank, right, And that's a great way to describe his playing style. He is the other playmaker that you wanted in this draft outside of Travis Hunter. He's that guy. And the Raiders, they are continuing a perfect off season. I can't believe it, but they have decided, Okay, the backsliding stops, and now, hey, beating up on the Raiders. Just like I said, beating up on the Giants, that's gonna end soon. Beating up on the Raiders is gonna be done soon. Brady to Pete Carroll to Gino Smith to Ash and Genty, they are coming back.

You have the rising brock Bowers obviously, and now you bring in the best running back in the draft in Ashton Genty. And this is an incredible coup for the Raiders that I thought, Look, they were probably biting their nails hoping he was gonna still be there at six, because clearly, you know, four to five that was gonna be maybe the sweet spot for Gent. But Patriots went with the ot and then the big trade from two to five probably took you out of seeing Gent go at five. So all of a sudden, you can need a little bit of luck. Sometimes the Raiders got a little bit luck. They get the best running back in the drafted guy who is incredible. And I heard one of the analysts talk about, you know, trying to tackle ash and Genty is like trying to throw rocks in a tank, right, And that's a great way to describe his playing style. He is the other playmaker that you wanted in this draft outside of Travis Hunter. He's that guy. And the Raiders, they are continuing a perfect off season. I can't believe it, but they have decided, Okay, the backsliding stops, and now, hey, beating up on the Raiders. Just like I said, beating up on the Giants, that's gonna end soon. Beating up on the Raiders is gonna be done soon. Brady to Pete Carroll to Gino Smith to Ash and Genty, they are coming back.

Man.

Man.

There is no team that has made more strides in the off season from the end of twenty twenty four to now than the Raiders. It's continuing to be a perfect game. When I get to the bottom, I go back to the top. Right, just talking about the Steelers of living on yesteryear. Look at all those Super Bowls we won.

There is no team that has made more strides in the off season from the end of twenty twenty four to now than the Raiders. It's continuing to be a perfect game. When I get to the bottom, I go back to the top. Right, just talking about the Steelers of living on yesteryear. Look at all those Super Bowls we won.

It's been a.

It's been a.

Minute, yeah, been a minute, Yeah, Raiders. The greatness of the Raiders in the last really great run was rich Gannon and Jerry Rice. Jerry Rice is a member of the Raiders all those years ago. But now you're you're climbing in the division. You've got a long way to go. Look at what the Chiefs have been Uh. They make that trade at the back of the the first round. They add an offensive lineman, which is an obvious area of need with that trade they made with Philly. Uh.

Minute, yeah, been a minute, Yeah, Raiders. The greatness of the Raiders in the last really great run was rich Gannon and Jerry Rice. Jerry Rice is a member of the Raiders all those years ago. But now you're you're climbing in the division. You've got a long way to go. Look at what the Chiefs have been Uh. They make that trade at the back of the the first round. They add an offensive lineman, which is an obvious area of need with that trade they made with Philly. Uh.

And then you look.

And then you look.

At the the Moroncos and the Chargers who made more strides. We'll get deeper into, you know, the analysis of the rest of the first round as we move on tomorrow, and what we see for rounds two and three. And that's for the Raiders. It'll be interesting again. I harp on the offensive line play, which was better down the stretch. They had more juice at the end of the season, but you know, they re signed the guys they needed to. You add Punch and Genty the the trade I really was waiting for for Cleveland to trade back again, whether was Chicago, We're just gonna keep traving, but for Andrew Berry to suddenly have you know, another three or four picks because the Bears or the Cowboys or whoever wanted to come up and get Ashton Genty. You know, we talked about it a lot. You can find the podcast wherever you listen to your audio. But instead you have Graham Goes fifth to Cleveland, leaving the door open for for genty and to become an immediate hero alongside Bowers. Right, here's your face of the franchise. We've talked about Gino for a long time since he was a reclamation project and Pete Carroll's guy in Seattle. They had their bond. So when he got the contract with the Raiders, like all right, stability, so you can say, Okay, this guy's not a bridge, right, And that's the big, big point when we're talking about Bridges and all these other locales. Gino Smith's their guy. He's Pete Carroll's guy for whatever I think the duration of Pete Carroll's coaching stint.

At the the Moroncos and the Chargers who made more strides. We'll get deeper into, you know, the analysis of the rest of the first round as we move on tomorrow, and what we see for rounds two and three. And that's for the Raiders. It'll be interesting again. I harp on the offensive line play, which was better down the stretch. They had more juice at the end of the season, but you know, they re signed the guys they needed to. You add Punch and Genty the the trade I really was waiting for for Cleveland to trade back again, whether was Chicago, We're just gonna keep traving, but for Andrew Berry to suddenly have you know, another three or four picks because the Bears or the Cowboys or whoever wanted to come up and get Ashton Genty. You know, we talked about it a lot. You can find the podcast wherever you listen to your audio. But instead you have Graham Goes fifth to Cleveland, leaving the door open for for genty and to become an immediate hero alongside Bowers. Right, here's your face of the franchise. We've talked about Gino for a long time since he was a reclamation project and Pete Carroll's guy in Seattle. They had their bond. So when he got the contract with the Raiders, like all right, stability, so you can say, Okay, this guy's not a bridge, right, And that's the big, big point when we're talking about Bridges and all these other locales. Gino Smith's their guy. He's Pete Carroll's guy for whatever I think the duration of Pete Carroll's coaching stint.

Is, and he will end with Gino Smith as his quarterback.

Is, and he will end with Gino Smith as his quarterback.

If it goes three years. They make the best of it. So what do you do? You bring in playmakers? They still have a number of draft picks to go four to five the rest of it. But you have a good defensive front, You've got a couple of pieces on your offensive line, and then your receiving corps was sneaky good. You just didn't have a quarterback to use it last year.

If it goes three years. They make the best of it. So what do you do? You bring in playmakers? They still have a number of draft picks to go four to five the rest of it. But you have a good defensive front, You've got a couple of pieces on your offensive line, and then your receiving corps was sneaky good. You just didn't have a quarterback to use it last year.

The one thing I will say that I kind of sort of wanted to see them pick Ty Warren or Colson Lovelin just to take another tight end first round. I really wanted to see duel actually, you know, tag team champions. But again, Colson Lovely, you talked about Graham Lovelly. Michigan had three players taken in the top thirteen of the NFL draft. If that's not another late reminder of just how badly they biffed twenty twenty four by not having a quarterback. I know even more than that. You have a tight end. Go it's ten, you as the first tight end, taking guys, three guys in the top thirteen, but because you didn't get a quarterback, you wound up saying, well we beat Ohio State. Great, it could have been another championship year.

The one thing I will say that I kind of sort of wanted to see them pick Ty Warren or Colson Lovelin just to take another tight end first round. I really wanted to see duel actually, you know, tag team champions. But again, Colson Lovely, you talked about Graham Lovelly. Michigan had three players taken in the top thirteen of the NFL draft. If that's not another late reminder of just how badly they biffed twenty twenty four by not having a quarterback. I know even more than that. You have a tight end. Go it's ten, you as the first tight end, taking guys, three guys in the top thirteen, but because you didn't get a quarterback, you wound up saying, well we beat Ohio State. Great, it could have been another championship year.

Yes, you lost people to the NFL, but you have three guys in the top third teen and you stunk one of the things coming into the draft, and I saw it tweeted out Jay Glazer had it and something we had kind of been been knocking around. But certainly give jays love Joel klad a little bit is the idea that stats in the box scorers really mattered to a whole other degree. No for leveling and all these other guys, like, does the guy fit what we do? Does he have the you know, the body type, the skills set, the want to uh that we need going forward, because clearly they didn't get anything out of the passing game at Michigan last year. Yet there you go in the top ten, Exit up out of Fresca, Exit Swallen Dome. Jason Smith, Mike Harman live from the tirerack dot Com studios. Time not to find out what's trending in the wide world of sports, but guy who's been called the twenty twenty two for Michigan quarterback because we can't find him anywhere.

Yes, you lost people to the NFL, but you have three guys in the top third teen and you stunk one of the things coming into the draft, and I saw it tweeted out Jay Glazer had it and something we had kind of been been knocking around. But certainly give jays love Joel klad a little bit is the idea that stats in the box scorers really mattered to a whole other degree. No for leveling and all these other guys, like, does the guy fit what we do? Does he have the you know, the body type, the skills set, the want to uh that we need going forward, because clearly they didn't get anything out of the passing game at Michigan last year. Yet there you go in the top ten, Exit up out of Fresca, Exit Swallen Dome. Jason Smith, Mike Harman live from the tirerack dot Com studios. Time not to find out what's trending in the wide world of sports, but guy who's been called the twenty twenty two for Michigan quarterback because we can't find him anywhere.

It seemed to say he's gonna say he's gotten viserable, Right.

It seemed to say he's gonna say he's gotten viserable, Right.

They should have tried to acquire Tom Brady. He's still had eligibility. I'm sure he still had something.

They should have tried to acquire Tom Brady. He's still had eligibility. I'm sure he still had something.

Yeah, they find a way. By the way, what the team has gone the longest in the NFL without using a first round selection on a quarterback. It's still the New Orleans Saints since they took Archie Manning in nineteen seventy one. Some people were saying, you know, Saints in the top ten, they might you know, the car injury that no No, they got Texas offensive tackle Kelvin Banks right afted by the way Michigan tight end Colston Loveland to the Bears. Later, Colts got tight end from Penn State, Tyler Warren quarterback taking number one overall. University of Miami senior cam Ward to the Tennessee Titans. As expected. At number two overall, the Browns traded out. Jacksonville gets Travis Hunter of Colorado. Then Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter went to the Giants at three. Later in the first round, the Giants traded up to get quarterback Jackson Dart of Old miss but the Giants immediately say Russell Wilson will be starting.

Yeah, they find a way. By the way, what the team has gone the longest in the NFL without using a first round selection on a quarterback. It's still the New Orleans Saints since they took Archie Manning in nineteen seventy one. Some people were saying, you know, Saints in the top ten, they might you know, the car injury that no No, they got Texas offensive tackle Kelvin Banks right afted by the way Michigan tight end Colston Loveland to the Bears. Later, Colts got tight end from Penn State, Tyler Warren quarterback taking number one overall. University of Miami senior cam Ward to the Tennessee Titans. As expected. At number two overall, the Browns traded out. Jacksonville gets Travis Hunter of Colorado. Then Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter went to the Giants at three. Later in the first round, the Giants traded up to get quarterback Jackson Dart of Old miss but the Giants immediately say Russell Wilson will be starting.

By the way.

By the way.

Also in the first round, the Raiders get running back ash and gent Boise State, Carolina gets Arizona wide receiver Ten Row with McMillan and Colorado quarterbacks Shdor Sanders has not yet been selected. In fact, among the offensive players still out there for tomorrow when we get rounds two and three. The rest of the draft will be on Saturday, but still out there not only Sanders, but quarterbacks Jalen Milroe and Tyler Schuck also available. Running backs Trevion Henderson, Quinchawn Judkins, and Cam Scatibo. The NBA Playoffs had quite a comeback at Memphis tonight, in fact, the largest halftime deficit overcome to win any playoff game in league history. Oklahoma City was down twenty six at the half and still won at Memphis one fourteen, one oh eight, with the obvious note in small print at the end that when John Moran got hurt the Grizzlies were up twenty seven late first half, he limped off after a fall a bruised tip did not return. Shay Giljis Alexander thirty one points for the winners. Memphis scored exactly no points in the last four and a half minutes of this game. In fact, Memphis was up sixty nine to forty late in the first half. Are now down three games to none in this first round series to the thunder. New York up two games to one after winning at Detroit one eighteen to one sixteen. Karl Anthony Towns thirty one points, Jalen Brunson with thirty. The Knicks in a close game were great at the foul line twenty six of twenty nine. By the way, New York will play two exhibitions in Abu Dhabi against Philadelphia in early October. The Clippers are up two games to one after ripping Denver one seventeen to eighty three. Nikola Jokic with another triple double. The rest of his team shot thirty five percent from the floor. Boston's Jason Tatum is doubtful again for Friday due to his bruised wrist. The league's defensive player of the Year as Cleveland's Evan Mobley. Atlanta's Dyson Daniels finished second in the voting. NHL playoff wins for Minnesota, Florida and Saint Louis, which whipped Winnipeg seven to two, so the Jets lead in the series two games to one. Now Toronto up three games to none and a first round or after an overtime victory at Ottawa three to two. The late ballgame went to the A's with two runs bottom of the ninth, beating Texas four to three, Tampa Bay one. In n ten innings at Arizona, Baltimore edge Washington two to one the Angel's homer in the eights to win four to three over Pittsburgh. Giants got two bottom of the ninth to beat Milwaukee six' five and a doubleheader suite For Kansas city Over.