HR2: Concerns, Fantasy Football Focus

Do some of the Steelers roster decisions point to injury concerns? Matt also gives his running back fantasy football power rankings.

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Your tunes about drive on your twenty four to seven
home of the Black and Goals Steelers Nation Radio, hour.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
Number two of the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio
on the Steelers Audio Network. Is this like the point
of the day where we could start saying good evening, Matt.
That's one thing that always not to go on a
tiny silver object here and completely off the topic of
the day.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
Right, when's that cool?

Speaker 2 (00:41):
But when's that? I've always wondered that with, you know,
like this kind of dry afternoon drive time radio slot,
Like when does the afternoon become the evening? I think
five o'clock is probably my answer.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
Wow, I've been doing this time slot for a long
time and had a bazillion shows and never gave it
any consideration. But when you said the word evening right.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Now, because I said good afternoon to start the first.

Speaker 3 (01:05):
Hour, it's not afternoon anything.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
Five o'clock is not afternoon. I mean, certainly done with work,
kids are home from school.

Speaker 3 (01:10):
Five fifty five is not Or going into the third segment,
if five forty five is not afternoon anymore, I mean
to me, it's all about where like the sun sits
in the in you know, like especially when.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
We get a couple months here and it's dark out
at five o'clock, then it's cool absolutely evening.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
It's definitely the right, like I want to see some
signs of darkness, which probably doesn't exist in August at
five yet, but pretty soon. Unfortunately it's not afternoon either.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
It's a weird.

Speaker 3 (01:34):
Yeah, it's a good it's a good call.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
Weird.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
We're open to suggestions.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
Weird. We are open to suggestions. You know where to
get at us on Twitter if you want.

Speaker 3 (01:40):
To football season. I think evening's five.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
Now, you're right in the middle of July when it
goes down to get dark till nine thirty.

Speaker 3 (01:47):
Right, you're still swimming and it's you know, right, sun's
beaten on you. You probably are got to cook nine
hours right right right, that's not evening.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
Uh, you know, if you got to, if you've got
to take on this, you know where to get at us.
We have in a bunch of tweets about the roster
and the fifty three man, and some potential hypotheticals as
well too, that we will get to here before too
much longer.

Speaker 3 (02:09):
Just one last is a busy day at every facility,
let alone at the radio station.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
One hundred percent. One last thing that I think is
important for us to note. We've done a lot of
the hypothesizing, the t leave reading, the educated guessing.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
Reacting on the fly, two folks exactly.

Speaker 2 (02:24):
Right, exactly right. Last kind of nugget or notable that
I think in all these conversations about how different could
the roster even look tomorrow, and what's going on with
the Chuck Clark's and the Pierre's and all these different things,
a vested veteran in the NFL, which is four or
more years of NFL experience.

Speaker 3 (02:44):
Those are the guys that got terminated.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
Those are the ones that they do the job boo.
Their salary becomes fully guaranteed. You were just laughing with
Mark Badden out in the hallway, as he would say, ironclad.
Their salary becomes fully guaranteed for the season if they're
on the team's roster for the first game after the
final cut down.

Speaker 3 (03:06):
So like Cam Hayward, TJ. Watt, you know, Aaron Rodgers,
I mean like all those dude, Like most of the league, Yes,
high percentage of the league.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
Your roster is guaranteed, yes, or your part of me,
your salary.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
Is guaranteed becomes guaranteed after week one. Yes, yes, So therefore.

Speaker 2 (03:23):
Those terminated guys, there's gonna be Chuck Clark, James Pierre.

Speaker 3 (03:28):
I'm gonna say thirty to fifty NFL football players that
aren't dressed week one, are not on a team, do
not get a paycheck. That number's two high, say twenty
that gets signed immediately after week one, and the Steelers
are probably no different. Like at the break, you said,
that's probably Chuck Clark.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
It's probably I mean some people, some people might look
at it as like pinching pennies, but it's also smart business.

Speaker 3 (03:55):
Right if you're not married to the player, or they
have extensive injury history, or you might want to replace
them in week four if there's some uncertainty, or frankly,
they're highly for.

Speaker 2 (04:06):
Out without forout week one more than we can having
his money on the books for fourteen games that we
might not use it.

Speaker 3 (04:13):
Even if it's league minimum, in which I assume Clark
is making, I mean it's not a ten million dollar contract.
I mean it's a small contract obviously, so yes, that
would make sense. I mean maybe they look at it like, well,
we're gonna we're gonna dress three safeties in New York
and that sounds risky, but Killer Brew's played a lot,

(04:34):
and Ramsey could move there, you know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
You're kind of you would be the ways away still
from break glass in case of a mind.

Speaker 3 (04:41):
Yeah, you don't love it, but you're gonna keep your
fingers crossed at your top two safeties don't get hurt
in that game, and if they do, it's at the
very end, and I'm gonna put Ramsey out back there
or whatever, you know. And frankly, in four defensive back situations,
only Elliott's out there anyway. And I'm just thinking about
the Jets. I mean, I'm really spitballing now. But the

(05:02):
Jets are never going to play three wide. They only
have one good receiver, so they're probably gonna be a
heavier personnel too. So if my four defensive backs for
the majority of the game are Ramsey, Sligh Porter Elliott,
that lessens the chance knock on Wood the thorn Hill
gets hurt. And I got to go to my third safety.

(05:23):
And I'll add one a minute after the Jets game
or whatever. You know. Yes, So I guess the more
we talk through it, that adds up. And that's why
these guys are good at what they're doing, you know,
and that's why, and Howard will be on IR at
that point.

Speaker 2 (05:36):
There's so much behind the scenes and it's not just
as simple as who are your fifty three best players
and let's get here.

Speaker 3 (05:43):
It's money and availability and all that stuff too.

Speaker 2 (05:46):
And it is you you mentioned this when we were
in break Like it's kind of like baseball now, the
way that they break all this down different lists, and
it's like the same Like you know, you hear pirates.
People debate all the time, like they should bring this
picture up right now. Well, they have to wait until
July twenty six because then that gives him an extra
year of contract control and what that means for the
money and the guarantees and all those things.

Speaker 3 (06:07):
Like there's some hockey stuff like that.

Speaker 2 (06:08):
There's some hockey stuff like that as well.

Speaker 3 (06:09):
Yeah, absolutely, bring this guy up.

Speaker 2 (06:11):
You can play i think ten or less games in
hockey without it counting as a contract year.

Speaker 3 (06:17):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (06:17):
So like if you're the Pens and you think you
have some nineteen year old who could be.

Speaker 3 (06:21):
Really good and there's nine games left.

Speaker 2 (06:23):
You have nine games left, call him up and you
don't burn a contract year yea, as opposed to there
might be twenty five games left in the season and
you're not making the playoffs, and everyone's like, why aren't
they calling up this young guy. Let's see what he's
got killing it. And that's why because if he does hit,
then you've got him for a year longer on his
cheap rookie deal that you can use that money elsewhere.

Speaker 3 (06:41):
So but if he's Schmes, he's so good it doesn't
matter everything he got right, he's gonna be.

Speaker 2 (06:47):
Your best player or one of your top players.

Speaker 3 (06:50):
Major leaguer, then you don't total.

Speaker 2 (06:53):
But if it's one of these guys like Pierre or
like Clark, who you know, might.

Speaker 3 (06:56):
Oh yeah, if you can massage an.

Speaker 2 (06:58):
Extra massage the contract little bit out of it, you know,
let's bring them in after week one as opposed to
the start of the season. That way, the money is
more favorable to us on the back end if we
end up making moves. A lot of.

Speaker 3 (07:13):
Bottom line to this roster in terms of position groups,
is this second they have won too many quarterbacks and
one too few safeties. Yes, now they're really heavy at
d line too, and that won't hold up. But that
might be just to get them through week one. D

(07:33):
Lineman's too many.

Speaker 2 (07:34):
Too many, But again when you can almost certainly isn't
going to play right. And there's now some reports of
ke Benton, you know, being questionable at.

Speaker 3 (07:43):
Least, and how much you want to play Cam and
that was it? Just what happens? Are your three best guys?

Speaker 2 (07:48):
That's the real kicker?

Speaker 3 (07:49):
Yeah yeah, Hey.

Speaker 2 (07:50):
Why a black hope you're ready for met Life Stadium? Sun?

Speaker 3 (07:53):
I hate you go downas road. But if I'm Cam,
am I saying I'm gonna sit out week one? Well,
I mean, all of a sudden, it's like.

Speaker 2 (08:01):
He wanted to go to the business of football, right.

Speaker 3 (08:03):
If you just want to maximize your earning power, you
wouldn't like hearing that. And meanwhile, but you don't want
to play him a ton of He hasn't played at
all since the.

Speaker 2 (08:12):
That's this is a player Like that was a great
point by you, because when we originally treaded into these waters,
my thought process was like, you're not going to have
the depth, guys to preserve Cam like you want to
throughout the year, but your angle for week one is
even more pertinent, Like you don't want to throw him
out there for eighty percent of the snaps and he

(08:32):
ends up getting hurt.

Speaker 3 (08:33):
Right, or he's just not good anymore because he's not
I mean late in.

Speaker 2 (08:37):
The game, he's he's still getting warmed. No, he's like
he's like the Ford, you know, F one fifty, Yeah,
with two hundred thousand miles on it that you know
needs to go twenty five miles an hour down the
road a little bit before you get on the highway.

Speaker 3 (08:49):
I mean, all of our listeners know he did not
play a preseason snap, of course, and near did Rogers,
you know, but I don't know that he played a
snap in team drills in the trope, I don't know.
I mean, they he dressed, he was not doing battle
with Frasier in the guards and all.

Speaker 2 (09:06):
He was off to the side doing right stuff and different.

Speaker 3 (09:09):
Before we knew he was quote holding in or whatever,
and he does that. Anything like that wasn't even alarming
to me early in camp, before any of the contract
news came out. It's like, why would he do anything.
They're gonna make him a better player, He'll be fine.
Save yourself. You got a lot of the linemen, but
now I don't have a lot of de linemen. If
two guys are questionable, right, so they therefore kept a
lot of the alignment.

Speaker 2 (09:29):
It's concerned. And it's funny how none of us I
don't think we're really concerned about the defensive line. No,
but now with them keeping eight, that almost raises your
eyebrows and gets you to be concerned.

Speaker 3 (09:42):
They're concerned, Yes, that's the way.

Speaker 2 (09:45):
I mean, like they clearly think they need an extra
body here, right, if not too if not too right.

Speaker 3 (09:52):
And then the one way looking at it is it's
good news Benton doesn't have to go on a list,
because you know what I mean. So they think he'll
be back before or week four. You know he's gonna
party Harmon. I've done that twice again, a lot going on,
a lot of balls near. Yes, they they don't think
Harmon needed to go on a list. So that's good news,
very good news. I mean, even if it was just
four to four games. But so they think he's gonna

(10:14):
play week two or three most likely again I'm just guessing. Yeah,
but they have more concerns than that, because if that
was your only concern in that room, you only keep seven.
Seven is plenty, and those guys aren't superstars that they kept, and.

Speaker 2 (10:30):
That's where I was going next. And I think you
and I listen, we're not Neil Armstrong on the moon
here uncharted territory. There are a ton of people in
this town, media wise, fan wise that are very high
on WYI Black.

Speaker 3 (10:43):
Oh yeah, yeah, and we both are too. I mean,
I can't wait. If he's your if he's your best.

Speaker 2 (10:48):
Health my highest usage guy at MetLife, that's not great.
That's terrible for for week one of game one of
his NFL.

Speaker 3 (10:56):
Career, and who knows what happens during that game? Does
he or someone behind him get hurt? And Benton's not
ready to come back and throw.

Speaker 2 (11:06):
For a little bit because it's week one and they're
all still trying to get.

Speaker 3 (11:09):
Up three hundred pounds and it's hot.

Speaker 2 (11:12):
It's going to be one o'clock in early September. It
would be eighty some degrees.

Speaker 3 (11:16):
The Jets are gonna run. The ball is seventy percent
clip and I that whole situations, Harry to me, Yeah,
and we'll learn a lot more in the coming weeks,
of course. But I don't want Cam playing over fifty
percent snaps period.

Speaker 2 (11:29):
I don't either. Yeah, And if we're assuming Derek Harmon
plays zero, which I think is safe to say it.

Speaker 3 (11:35):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, or you wouldn't kept the.

Speaker 2 (11:37):
Let's say, even if if we're gonna go good scenario
here and Benton can play eighty percent of the snaps.

Speaker 3 (11:42):
I mean, that'd be great.

Speaker 2 (11:43):
Even even still, then you're gonna be still just hy
a Black put his hand in that pile.

Speaker 3 (11:48):
And that's why Black's first game and ever in the
Big Apple. You know, like doesn't sound like much, but
I wouldn't mind Lowry still being around. At least he's
been there, done it. I mean, even like Logan Lee
didn't play.

Speaker 2 (11:59):
Last that's where he would count on. It would be
as much as again we're high on these young guys
in this defensive line room.

Speaker 3 (12:06):
It would never played for the Steelers.

Speaker 2 (12:08):
It'd be right right like it would be. It would
be nice to have like a Lowry would be perfect
in that room right now. Just get me through somebody
that someone you know can eat some innings and not
completely sink the ship.

Speaker 3 (12:23):
Yeah, it's a professional, you know, like I like Lee,
I like Black. They've never played a stat and they're
gonna have to play a lot. And by the way,
we're laying this out.

Speaker 2 (12:31):
Hey, time to hop on a moving train, right right.

Speaker 3 (12:34):
So I don't think you added the lineman, you know,
like I don't think you're in the market the trade
for some veteran. I don't think it's I don't think
it's def con too or anything. You know, you just
live with it against the Jets. But you're counting on
young dudes, and that's and maybe Vent's fine.

Speaker 2 (12:52):
Hopefully he is, Yeah, yeah, hopefully he's. I mean, this
is another one of those like when.

Speaker 3 (12:56):
We started could practice reports, maybe he's not even on
the first injury, which would be great.

Speaker 2 (13:00):
I'll be outstanding, right, But this is another one of
those like things that Max would say a lot or
Motes would say a lot players like the idea of
hopefully Keanu Betten's one hundred percent. No one's one hundred percent.
Like even even TJ. Watt, who's barely done any things,
he might be ninety eight ninety nine percent at this point,

(13:20):
but once you leave Latrobe, you're not one hundred percent.
You've had some cont.

Speaker 3 (13:25):
Talking about you being on the list, you're definitely not
one hundred.

Speaker 2 (13:27):
Percent exactly right. And it's not like a video game
where like your health bar just recharges when you get
two weeks off. Like fine, exactly right, your batteries go
back to one hundred percent. Some of those things, even small,
can nag and and and you know, linger with you
throughout the entire season.

Speaker 3 (13:43):
And the Jets are having the same issue. I mean
every team, sure.

Speaker 2 (13:46):
Sure, but that is certainly of things I didn't expect
us to be spending a lot of time and keepening
an eye on going forward. That defensive lineman room, now
I think kind of can surge to the forefront.

Speaker 3 (13:58):
Like I bet louder Milk plays a lot ver suggests
for better or worse.

Speaker 2 (14:02):
At least not more than we thought he yeah, exactly.

Speaker 3 (14:04):
Like more than you planned whenever you broke camp.

Speaker 2 (14:06):
Yes, one hundred percent.

Speaker 3 (14:08):
That's where these things go, Matt.

Speaker 2 (14:09):
Some tweets to get to when we return on the
other side. Still some fantasy football conversation to be had
in this hour, plenty to get to as we roll along, well, Shooler.
Matt Williamson is the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio
on the Steelers Audio Network.

Speaker 1 (14:32):
Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven
home of the Black and Goal. Steelers Nation Radio.

Speaker 2 (15:10):
Back on the drive here. It's been a busy Tuesday,
a lot of moving and shaken the news to react to.
But now, man, I think we go to the tweets
and uh get the pulse of the listener of Steelers Nation.
Yeah out there.

Speaker 3 (15:25):
I'm sure we'll get a lot of responses today's show too,
for a lot of questions for tomorrow and all that
good stuff. Yeah, we have pretty packed week.

Speaker 2 (15:31):
We do have a pretty packed week. More shows Wednesday, Thursday,
then we'll have Friday off.

Speaker 3 (15:36):
I assume we won't do a show Labor Day and.

Speaker 2 (15:38):
We will not do a show Labor Day on Monday either.
Tuesday will be packed again because we'll be looking to
the Jets. I'm sure big time that would be practicing
and right, Mike Tomlin first press first regular season press
conference will be Tuesday at noon. So you and I
want to do if there's if there's any news from
from from you know, Tomlin speaking, and that's what I

(15:58):
was gonna say. It'll be injury news from Friday to Tuesday.
Well from Thursday when we go off air to Tuesday
when we go on air. You know that there's going
to be significant news for the Steelers and the NFL,
So the Jets and right right loaded loaded shows next
week as we get ready for the start Thursday night,
we'll have a game to watch in preview with one

(16:19):
of the best rights. We're in season, maybe the second
best rivalry in the NFL behind the Steelers and the Ravens.
They pushed the Eagles and the Cowboys kicking things off
Thursday night.

Speaker 3 (16:28):
Yeah, it's time to go.

Speaker 2 (16:29):
It is time to go. I'm excited, and a lot
of fantasy football talk coming at you Wednesday and Thursday.
We're also going to do over and unders Wednesday and
Thursday before we get out of here as well too,
so plenty of moving.

Speaker 3 (16:42):
One thing I do every year that I would like
to knock out to is go every team's over under
window room, it's over.

Speaker 2 (16:52):
So we're gonna do that for every team good and
then we're gonna do Steelers. Believe it or not, you're
telling me I should have my shillings.

Speaker 3 (16:59):
Ready, so people should, you know, maybe save up a little.

Speaker 2 (17:02):
I was laughing at you were asking me about like
spots and reads and advertisements, and I was telling you
how I used to do a bunch for DraftKings back
when became legalized in Pennsylvania and they paid me way
too much money.

Speaker 3 (17:12):
Good.

Speaker 2 (17:12):
Should have my DraftKings app open when you and I
are should doing over the un.

Speaker 3 (17:17):
Both way too, That's exactly how about that?

Speaker 2 (17:19):
There you go, Now you're speaking my language. We'll do
individual Steelers over and unders two so whatever dk Metcalf's
receiving yards are set at Aaron Rodgers touchdowns and so yeah.

Speaker 3 (17:30):
Uh, next, we got a lot to happen between now
and Jet's kickoff next two days with good stuff.

Speaker 2 (17:35):
Next two days, a lot of fantasy football, a lot
of over and unders. We'll have some fun to do it.
Certainly more tweets, I'm sure as well. And this is
a good one from Nate to lead us off. Out
of this group of receivers, which two would you consider?
Colts Alec Pierce, Raiders, Jacoby Myers, Packers, Romeo Dubs or
the free agents Trey Palmer Mikyle Corley. I don't even

(17:58):
know if it needs to be two. Maybe just one.

Speaker 3 (18:00):
Think it was room for two. Yeah, I mean you
get rid of Miller if there were two, those are
a good list, said.

Speaker 2 (18:06):
Or reunion with Deontae Johnson.

Speaker 3 (18:08):
I don't think that's I think that ship sailed long ago,
and I think we've made it pretty enough public knowledge
on this show that when he was traded, it's kind
of like pickings. He had to go, and every team
since has agreed with that.

Speaker 2 (18:21):
That is without going to deep into the week, right.

Speaker 3 (18:24):
And I don't even know the details of it, but
he's burned a lot of bridges in Carolina, Baltimore, Pittsburgh,
and Land apparently Cleveland too or right. So I don't
know if he'll even be in the league, but he
won't be a Steeler. Corley's interesting. He was the third
round pick of the Jets last year and played a

(18:45):
season with Rogers. He is kind of a Every year
in the draft there's Deebo Comps. He's this year's debo.
They can hand them the ball and he's big and
physical and nobody really is. But every year there's one
or two guys in the draft he's Deebo Samuel, you know,
but that's his style. He's a very raw route runner,

(19:06):
hardly played it all his rookie year, but he's good
with the ball in his hands and he's physical. I
don't want that project. I don't think. I don't I
have a feeling.

Speaker 2 (19:15):
Him somebody that I can plug into the number two.

Speaker 3 (19:17):
Yeah, like if you stuck him on the Steelers practice squad.
He's a perfect guy. I'd love to see him in Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I mean like get the ball in his hands, has
some Cordal Patterson to him. Fine, but the Jets let
him go in their receiver room stinks. So that kind
of tells you all you need to know of what
they know about him. Although this is a different regime
than the one drafted him. But he's an interesting talent prospect.

(19:41):
The other guys aren't prospects. Trey Palmer doesn't do a
thing for me. We touched on it.

Speaker 2 (19:46):
We talked a little. Alex Alec Pierce brought him up.

Speaker 3 (19:50):
We brought up to the point, Yeah, I am super
interested in myers. You know what.

Speaker 2 (19:58):
You said at the show. That's your ideal for what
it would cost for the player, everything involved in the picture.
That's probably your ideal scenario.

Speaker 3 (20:07):
Unless I'm misreading the book, you know, like if they
want way more than that, or his contract demands are insane,
or there's something off field I don't know about.

Speaker 2 (20:14):
But if it's a fourth round pick, twenty one million,
dollars a year.

Speaker 3 (20:19):
You're in, Yeah, I'm in. I think that's that's exactly
what you want to make you a better football team,
and would play a lot and moves everyone in their
respective spots in the receiver room where they all belong.
Pierce is interesting and he's a much different style. He's
a former great volleyball player, and I mean that good
and bad. Like he is tall, long, goes up and

(20:42):
you can see him spiking over dudes type of way.
But he's not between the numbers. He you know, he's
long and fast and the Colts have more pass catchers
than they know what to do with. Pierce is gonna
be a free agent after this year. He would be
very Gabe Davis s even though he's not a physical,
but he's taller and he's a better athlete. He's faster,

(21:04):
so field stretcher. I'm a Pierce fan. I'm thinking you
could get him for a fifth something like that, you know,
I mean, and maybe you extend him now.

Speaker 2 (21:16):
Maybe don't ask us too rich for Jacoby Myers. Yeah,
Alec Pierces.

Speaker 3 (21:21):
Is better than Dobbs or Piers, I would agree. I mean,
he's fantasy relevant, you know, like when we talk fantasy
receivers tomorrow. He's my fortieth receiver. Like he's a legit dude,
you know, he catches a lot of passes. Dobbs and
Pierce are not guaranteed to be obvious two's where Myers

(21:41):
is an obvious two here, And I mean that in
the best of way. Is about Myers. But Dobbs and
Pierce would be really helpful, and they're different than what
you have and probably better than Austin or Wilson today.
And Dobbs has a history with Rogers.

Speaker 2 (21:59):
Again, though any of those guys. One of the most
intriguing parts is that I think suddenly Calvin, Austin and
Roman Wilson are slotted more appropriately.

Speaker 3 (22:07):
That's the beauty of it all. Yeah, yeah, no matter what,
Now you're good.

Speaker 2 (22:12):
Three to four or you feel great about your.

Speaker 3 (22:14):
Yeah, right right right where depth has been, Oh, I
don't know.

Speaker 2 (22:17):
It's been like if we lose our top guy, we're
in some serious trouble.

Speaker 3 (22:20):
You're right, All three of those names are good names
and would probably be my three names that you could
potentially trade for that would make some sense. That aren't
We're talking some version of a mid round pick, and
I mean somewhere between a third and six mid round
could be a pretty vague term. You know, you know
I can get him for a seventh. I'm not giving
up a first or second for any of them in

(22:41):
any way, shape or form. And they're all worth calling about.

Speaker 2 (22:46):
Yes, Yes, let's have some conversations around those guys.

Speaker 3 (22:50):
Yeah, exactly, they all make sense.

Speaker 2 (22:52):
Tom tweets and says I missed the beginning of the show.
What do they do with Will Howard? He is on
the initial fifty three man roster, but report now are
that he is going to go to the injured reserve
list sooner rather than later probably.

Speaker 3 (23:06):
I don't know how the timeline works, but by the
end of the.

Speaker 2 (23:09):
Week, maybe before we go on air tomorrow, I would think,
I would think, certainly by the end of the week.

Speaker 3 (23:15):
I just don't know what the rule is. Do you
have to I think you might have to be in
the roster for twenty four hours before.

Speaker 2 (23:19):
There are some there's some guidelines, maybe two four oh
one tomorrow.

Speaker 3 (23:23):
I forget how that works. But he won't be going
to He's not going to be in uniform of the
Jets or on the team of the Jets.

Speaker 2 (23:30):
Yes, Steeler Tim tweets and says, all this defensive line
talk gives me my first big worry of the season,
because the Jets offensive line is good. Off Jets are.
They're not a slouch offensive line, that's for sure.

Speaker 3 (23:41):
It reminds you of the Steelers. I mean they went
back to back years drafting tackles. They drafted Tipman rather early. Recently,
Vera Tucker is a good young player, and Simpson the
other guard is is there see them all?

Speaker 2 (23:54):
Loo?

Speaker 3 (23:54):
I mean, you know, so it's going the right direction.
It's very, very talented. Membo was far and away my
favorite offensive lineman in this draft, and they got them
later than I would have taken them, like I would
have taken Off out of the Patriots. I had taken
off out of the Browns. Yeah, at like three and four.
They got them at seven or eight or whatever. So
it's young, but it's talented and it's there. I like

(24:17):
how they're team building because they may build their nest
for a first round quarterback next year. You know, certainly,
could we've had this conversation, you know, sounds familiar, right.

Speaker 2 (24:24):
Skunk tweets us and says, certainly you two will touch
on the engagement farming by a certain chiefs tight end right,
huge news, right? What he did? They're engagement farming, get aggressive, Yes,
Matt's it's a big news. Matt's favorite artist, Taylor Swift.

Speaker 3 (24:39):
Engaged to uh Hall of Famer? Right?

Speaker 2 (24:42):
Does that mean that she gonna be the super Bowl now?
And then they ride off into the sunset together.

Speaker 3 (24:47):
I don't know, but uh, that is the news of
the day in the on the planet right now. Probably right.

Speaker 2 (24:52):
It's certainly if you're thinking about if you're a guy
who's thinking about getting engaged out there today.

Speaker 3 (24:58):
Sorry you got you, You got you are.

Speaker 2 (25:00):
By Kelsey and Swift, last one before we go to break,
and this dovetails nicely because in our final segment we're
gonna do our fantasy football segment. Matt Steeler Nation nine
twenty tweets us and says he wants you to rate
his fantasy draft. Should I be ashamed of drafting Lamar Jackson? No,
you should not. This is fantasy all right.

Speaker 3 (25:17):
Lamar doesn't know you picked them.

Speaker 2 (25:19):
It's exactly exactly right. It's not going to affect who
wins and loses on Sundays. This is fantasy football. You
need the best team on paper where your bragging rights
and your finances are on the line.

Speaker 3 (25:29):
Baby, I've played with dudes that won't take Ravens or Bengals.
I'm like, great, you could be in my league any
day because I'll take care.

Speaker 2 (25:35):
Everyone want to separate business from pleasure, right right, He's
got Lamar Jackson, James Connor, Christian McCaffrey, Nico Collins, Mike Evans,
Dallas Goddard, Chewba Hubbard, the Steelers defense, and Chris Boswell.
It's a pretty good starting line up.

Speaker 3 (25:49):
Loaded team. I wonder if it's if you're in a ten.

Speaker 2 (25:51):
Team league, ten team league. Listen, I understand some people
being in ten team leagues because if you want to
do it with like a group of friends or fans,
that's what you can get sometimes ten. But that does
look that's a that's a good starting lineup, which makes
me think ten team league.

Speaker 3 (26:07):
He probably went McCaffrey in round one, Nico and round two,
Lamar in round See. This is when, yeah, that's when
you get a little too loaded. Like I'm not sure
in a twelve team league how you pull this off
because I don't know that Lamar Connor, yes, Evans, the
range you know who you got in the sixth round

(26:29):
of that group, but you stole somebody, or there's not
enough people in your league. You're light a tight end.
I get that. But your top six picks.

Speaker 2 (26:36):
Are pretty good or rich pretty good?

Speaker 3 (26:38):
Yeah, you should like it pretty good unless you're in
a sixteen league or something, right, yeah, where you're playing
with a bunch of kiddergarteners or something weird.

Speaker 2 (26:46):
Did you just bully a bunch of elementary school kids
for their for their draft picks? Good stuff on the tweets.
We'll do more of that as we roll along this week.
But when we return on the other side, we do
have to close with some fantasy football conversation. Matt, what
do you say we take a look at your running
back power ranks? Alright, let's do that. When we were
turned to close this thing down on the other side,
West Ruler, Matt Williamson, it is the Drive on Steelers

(27:06):
Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network, your tunes.

Speaker 1 (27:23):
About Drive on your twenty four to seven home of
the Black and Goals Steelers Nation Radio.

Speaker 2 (27:41):
Final segment here of the Drive, as we get ready
to close things down on a busy Tuesday, and Matt,
what better way to do so than with a little
fantasy football conversation.

Speaker 3 (27:51):
Hell little yeah, a lot of people have in their drafts.
I mean, it's a big fantasy week. It's the primetime
right now, Let's dig into the running backs.

Speaker 2 (27:57):
It absolutely is. And you know, you and I had
said on Monday, like, we're gonna do a little bit
of fantasy stuff every week, and then I think particularly Tomorrow,
Wednesday and Thursday, we'll get into some mock draft stuff
and and really, you know, more than one segment on
the show. Of course, I think this day is obvious day,

(28:18):
right moving and shaking across the NFL. But again Wednesday,
Thursday shows we will do some heavy fantasy conversation. We
will also do I would imagine more than one mock
draft as well. But I think this is a good
kind of way to tee that up, which is a
little running back conversation for those who might have missed it.
Yesterday on the show we did quarterbacks.

Speaker 3 (28:39):
Yep, so probably hit receivers tomorrow.

Speaker 2 (28:43):
And all that stuff. Absolutely, and so if you're looking
for quarterbacks specific Matt's rankings and thoughts from a fantasy
football perspective, that's on Monday's episode of the drive wherever
you get your podcasts, of course, sand on Steelers dot Com.
But Matt running backs, which is I mean, this is
where fantasy leagues are won and lost right here. And

(29:04):
I think there's two clear cut candidates at the top
of everybody's list, Yeah, and a third who's probably pretty
close and and not far off the conversation two. But
you go bijon one saquon two, and I don't think
that's uncommon. There are a lot of people it the other way,
but there are plenty of p A lot of people
have Bijon number one on their big board for the
YEA overall, not just running backs. So what's your kind

(29:27):
of logic in your one and two there?

Speaker 3 (29:29):
Before we get ahead of ourselves, I just want to
make sure that one knows I'm doing this for half PPR.
So catching ball is important to but it's not well,
you know, like a guy like Derrick Henry, that's a
huge deal of regular base versus PPR. So I just
went with half to make life easier, kind of make
everyone happy. Sure, it kind of pains me not to
put saquon one. I mean, the offense is incredible. He

(29:51):
had a ridiculous year. They just gave him more money,
so they're obviously happy with him, as did the Ravens
with Henry. If they're both their ages, which I think
is an indicator, they don't think either one's gonna drop
off the cliff. He was stopped at the one yard line.
I think it was ten or eleven times that Hurts
took it in as the touch push, Like, could you
imagine if he had eight more touchdowns? Right? I mean amazing,

(30:12):
it's crazy. So almost all of his touchdowns were scored
from long distances, which he obviously has that club in
his bag. But if you could get the plunges too,
which they're bound to happen, or the short ones, or
he just gets in on those instances, I mean through
the roof. There the two things against Saquon, and we're
really nitpicking here, is Hurts doesn't throw the backs, and

(30:36):
that's a trend often with running quarterbacks. There's a lot
of lane here. Why they're going right, yeah, it's lay
in the down. Why am I gonna dump it to
him when I can just go myself for eight yard
pick up the first So the Eagles are not notoriously
a great spot for catching footballs. And then the other thing.

(30:57):
There's just a lot of data and his age has
something to do with this, but his workload when you
go all the way through the playoffs, all the way
through the super Bowl, was really extensive, and guys with
that many touches just have a really bad history of
breaking down the following year. You know, he had a
little shorter offseason than Bijon. I mean like by a month. Yeah,

(31:18):
I mean he had a lot more wear and tear.
So maybe it'll bite you and you'll be like, man,
this guy, why did I take Bjeon over him? Who's fine?
I mean, they'll get me wrong. And Barkley's by far
the number one producer and scores twenty two touchdowns or something,
but the wear and tear thing has me a little
bit taken aback. And I think Bjeon's really coming into

(31:39):
his own And I really think Bjeon and Drake London,
who will talk about tomorrow, are going to get so
many touches in the good Falcons offense. So many touches.

Speaker 2 (31:47):
Yeah, I think all those points make a lot of sense.
There is just this weird It's almost like when a
guy wins a Heisman Trophy in college football and then
comes back the next season.

Speaker 3 (31:58):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it doesn't happen but once in a while.

Speaker 2 (32:01):
You know, it doesn't happen much now, especially like you
used to get it with guys like Tim Tebow. You know,
there were a lot of examples there, Matt Lionert, maybe Reggie,
but not not Reggie Butcher.

Speaker 3 (32:12):
It's hard to put two amazing seasons back to back.

Speaker 2 (32:15):
The season that Saquan had last year, which is legitimately
one of the if not the greatest single seasons a
running back has ever had.

Speaker 3 (32:23):
Yeah yeah, and it could have even been better, as
I mentioned, you know, which is crazy.

Speaker 2 (32:26):
Two thousand rush yards, Offensive Player of the Year, super
Bowl champion. I mean, you are.

Speaker 3 (32:32):
Using the MVP hunt when they're the MVPs with super strong.

Speaker 2 (32:35):
One of the best three or four single seasons a
running back has ever had. To run that back and
do just as well or even ninety five percent close
is very difficult.

Speaker 3 (32:46):
There's an obvious regression to the Yeah, I mean, if
you're if you're Jim Brown or Eric Dickerson or Walter Payton,
I mean, it's just tough to put elite seasons.

Speaker 2 (32:54):
Back to back, and you played twenty twenty one. It
was twenty they played twenty football game. No, sorry, did
they play twenty one?

Speaker 3 (33:05):
I think he sat week seventeen.

Speaker 2 (33:07):
That's that's where.

Speaker 3 (33:08):
Then he had a super.

Speaker 2 (33:09):
Bowl, right right, But then all the way to the
super Bowl and obviously a lot of you know, the
super Bowl for the Eagles was pretty comfortable. But other
than that, they played a lot of close, physical games.

Speaker 3 (33:19):
He took a pounding where.

Speaker 2 (33:20):
He took a pounding against LA in that weather and
against the Commanders where they were, you know, jumping over
the line of scrimmage and trying to do all kinds
of crazy stuff to slow down there.

Speaker 3 (33:29):
And he's not young, and I mean.

Speaker 2 (33:30):
Right, he's not second year in right right.

Speaker 3 (33:34):
Age.

Speaker 2 (33:35):
Yeah, he's not Derrick Henry, but he's not you know,
he's not a pupp anymore either. Either way, I don't
think you can go wrong. If you can get either
of those top two, you're in good shape.

Speaker 3 (33:43):
Like if you're picking third and like you get one
of those two.

Speaker 2 (33:47):
Jon go one and two or some.

Speaker 3 (33:52):
Third All day one Eagles note too, and this will
be translated to their wide receivers. I bet they throw
the ball a slightly higher percentage than they did last
year too. I mean, I don't know if they're gonna
steam roll the league and just be handing it off
in the fourth quarters as much. You know, like their
run pass percentage could go up in the in the
pass world.

Speaker 2 (34:13):
Very good point, particularly to note from a fantasy football perspective.

Speaker 3 (34:16):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 (34:17):
Next on your list, rounding out the top five, Number
three Jamior Gibbs, number four Christian McCaffrey, and number five
Derrick Henry.

Speaker 3 (34:25):
Yeah, I Gibbs is gonna touch a ton of passes.
The concerns with him, well, I want to stick with
him for a minute is there's obviously Montgomery, and but
you have a new play caller. I don't know that
they'll be winning as many games that Montgomery puts away
because they have a tougher schedule this year. You know,

(34:46):
they're o lines not as strong. They lost both coordinators.
I don't know if they're gonna steam roll the league
to the same degree anyway, So maybe they just kind
of have to throw the ball later in games, which
favors Gibbs. And Montgomery's not going away. But it's a
great offense. He's in his prime. He's just a superstar talent.
McCaffrey's just all about what degree of risk are you

(35:07):
willing to take? I mean, on a per game basis,
going back to like the Super Bowl era, there's not
a back who's put up more Fantasy points per game.

Speaker 2 (35:16):
He's number one Football Hall of Fame.

Speaker 3 (35:17):
Yeah, he's his first ballot. He's the first ballot. He's
on the rushmore and he's super healthy now, and they
don't have much else at the moment. They got a
bunch of injuries and whatnot, So he's to get the
ball a ton. But we know his track record, we
know his age. If you can withstand that and handle it,
then so be it. Henry might score twenty five touchdowns,
but he's not even on the field on third downs
and they don't throw them ball ever.

Speaker 2 (35:40):
It's crazy interesting case to be because he's not gonna
play nearly as many snaps as he used to. Like
you just said, they don't throw him the ball ever.

Speaker 3 (35:47):
Right, he's on the sideline a lot.

Speaker 2 (35:50):
But like he's still there, Henry, and he's.

Speaker 3 (35:52):
Still might be the best offense in the league, offen.

Speaker 2 (35:54):
In the league. He's gonna score a lot of points.
So they're gonna score a lot of points.

Speaker 3 (35:57):
They gave him money. Yeah, I mean Lamar backs. Even
if it's like Gus Edwards always produced, let alone this guy.
You know what I mean. And I'll be honest like
every I haven't owned Derek Henry probably in three years,
because every year I'm like, oh, this is a year
he hits the wall. I'm done. I mean, he's never
gonna all right, He's not like anybody else, So I'm
done questioning that guy.

Speaker 2 (36:17):
Then we get to our first rookie on this list,
and I think, listen, a lot of people different orders
and pecking orders and all that, but I think the
top five is pretty Yeah, you might find some people
that have Jonathan Taylor up in there something like that,
but I think the top five is pretty much just
what order would you have them in. Six to ten
is where it gets very interesting for me, starting with

(36:39):
the rookie Ashton Genty because phenomenal talent. Phenomenal talent, and
I think you and I have talked about this throughout
the course of the offseason anytime they've come up. I
think we both think the Raiders are going to be
one of the most improved teams in the NFL this year.

Speaker 3 (36:53):
He Carroll's a run heavy guy.

Speaker 2 (36:54):
Carrol's a run heavy guy.

Speaker 3 (36:56):
He catches a ball. The O line's not bad, legit
quarterback and Geno Smith just to get him in out
of the right plays. They obviously have a plan for him.
And if you look at at history, and I know
some people will be like, and this is more of
an NFL thing than fantasy, can't use a top ten
pick on a running back. Well, they're almost all huge successes.

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I mean they're like Gurley and Bijon and Barkley.

Speaker 2 (37:19):
I mean like, I mean, Jamiir Gibbs was what the
eleventh trial pick in the draft.

Speaker 3 (37:23):
Four Net's the only one that's like, maybe it wasn't
worth it. But all the other top ten picks in
the last ten years are Zeke. I mean, they're the
best guys in the league. They hit over and over.

Speaker 2 (37:35):
That makes a lot of sense. And I think he
is I think he's primed for a special rookie season.
Devon a Chane number seven. He's another intriguing one.

Speaker 3 (37:44):
To make a calf going right now too, which I
don't love.

Speaker 2 (37:46):
I'm sure that you do not love that. And anybody
who has them on their fantasy team already. He's another
one that I've seen a wide variance for a lot
of people have him in the top ten. Some people
he's down closer to twenty. But I think he's gonna
have real opportunity in that offense. I show.

Speaker 3 (38:02):
I'm a I'm a big fan. I know he's little.
He's hard to trust. So he was their goal line
back last year and was horrendous at it because he's tiny,
He's get pinballed around. That being said, when Tua was
out there, he was like the first or second scoring
PPR back in the league. I mean a ton And

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the other thing is John who's not there, Like there's
no one else. That's eighty eight catches that are short, quick,
get it out throws that everyone thinks you're gonna go
to their yard right right, They're.

Speaker 2 (38:34):
Going to go this touchdowns whatever.

Speaker 3 (38:36):
It was absolutely now I hate like a soft tissue
injury for a running back, this time for a speed guy,
et cetera. But he's pretty enticing.

Speaker 2 (38:47):
He is very enticing, as is number eight on the list.
Jonathan Taylor.

Speaker 3 (38:51):
Yeah, great football player. People might not know this. There's
only three running backs in history that average more rushing
yards per game than him. It's like Dickerson. I mean,
they are the best guys and they're all Hall of
Famers stars, but just doesn't catch the ball, you know,
don't how good the offense.

Speaker 2 (39:06):
And that's the big kicker for me too, is what
does that offense look like? I'm leaning towards not very good.
Rounding out your top ten Josh Jacobs coming off of
a big season at number nine.

Speaker 3 (39:15):
Yeah, no, no competition for him, No competition.

Speaker 2 (39:18):
And then Bucky Irving another one of these young upstarts
who had took.

Speaker 3 (39:23):
Me a minute to buy in. But he's a really
good football player. He gets a lot of yardage on
his own in a good offense.

Speaker 2 (39:27):
He does, and they throw the ball at the running
back a decent amount.

Speaker 3 (39:30):
We saw him here. They split out why they're gonna
do it even more.

Speaker 2 (39:33):
You know, I believe it was just a waiver wire
claim for me last year, but I picked up Bucky
Irving at some point last year and he ended.

Speaker 3 (39:39):
Up being a monster, mass monster.

Speaker 2 (39:41):
I mean, I think he was my best running back
by by the time the season ended.

Speaker 3 (39:45):
Uh. Number thext two are kind of a crush for me,
Okay for where I have him hiring everybody else does.

Speaker 2 (39:50):
Yeah, Kenneth Walker at eleven, and he's one of those
guys who I feel like would approve, He would approve,
Party up, baby. I feel like the opinion on Kenneth
Walker is like a roller coaster.

Speaker 3 (40:02):
It's another it's all injury.

Speaker 2 (40:03):
It's at some point it's like he could be one
of the top five backs in the league. At other
points it's like stay away.

Speaker 3 (40:07):
Yeah, never caught the ball at Michigan State, didn't catch
the balls first couple of years. Last year with a
new head coach in Seattle, they threw it to him
a ton. Now there's a new offensive coordinator that's heavy,
heavy zone running, and his numbers and zone are way
better than man blocking stuff. It's just can you trust
him to stay on the field. So if you take Walker,
I would take Sharbon a pretty high okay, you know,

(40:28):
because I think they're run the ball like crazy, were there? Yeah,
totally play defense, run the football.

Speaker 2 (40:32):
That's smart, that's good insurance. And then a second rookie
on your list here, number twelve, Omarion Hampton.

Speaker 3 (40:39):
His first round running back, and people are probably like, well,
what about nausey and nause He's got the eye nause.
You did not make big money. You don't use the
first round pick on this guy to not give him
the football.

Speaker 2 (40:49):
A ton the way hardball, you know the way he.

Speaker 3 (40:51):
Ri absolutely and he's gonna catch a ball a fair amount.

Speaker 2 (40:55):
Chase Brown number thirteen all.

Speaker 3 (40:56):
By volume, great, great offense, no competition, A.

Speaker 2 (41:00):
Ton of sense. Fourteen Kyron Williams.

Speaker 3 (41:02):
I'm kind of shying away. I shy away from him
every year. Just come up blowing away by the talent.
I mean, and I wonder about Stafford's situation.

Speaker 2 (41:09):
One of the most intriguing running backs on this list.
Travon Henderson. Yeah, you talk about some of the stuff
with injury, stuff with a Chaine that you're not loving,
some of his contract talk, and some of this stuff
going on with Travon Henderson. I mean that's.

Speaker 3 (41:21):
Judkins you're talking about. That is Judkinson. Yeah, yeah, I'm
confusing them. Henderson's been Henderson super in the yes, in
the in the preseason, big plays. I think they're gonna
be losing a lot. He's gonna be the third down back.
This is where it starts to.

Speaker 2 (41:35):
Get a little touchdowns.

Speaker 3 (41:36):
Oh yeah, yeah, I mean of length, really good in
protection already, so this neighborhood starts to have wartz, you know,
I mean sure, but I mean that's the way it goes. You.

Speaker 2 (41:46):
So I would say you like, you're pretty confident. You
really like your top thirteen.

Speaker 3 (41:52):
Yeah, yeah, if I get two of them, I'll be
real happy because, like when we talk forceivers, Yeah, exactly, exactly.

Speaker 2 (41:58):
Makes sense, Tony p sixteen Alvin Kamara seventeen.

Speaker 3 (42:03):
Kamara still catches a million passes.

Speaker 2 (42:05):
Yeah, he still finds a way to stay productive. It's impressive.

Speaker 3 (42:08):
There's a chance he gets dealt to a contender like
the trade deadline too, and he just never goes away.
It's kind of like a Henry thing. Taj Spears went
on IR today, So Paul are just set up in
a better offense. Fire me up. I mean he's an
efficient guy too.

Speaker 2 (42:23):
Eighteen James Cook with that new contract.

Speaker 3 (42:25):
Yeah, in Buffalo, he scored a million touchdowns last year
and that won't happen again. But he's the lead back
in a really good offense.

Speaker 2 (42:32):
Right, exactly right. Nineteen Another rookie RJ. Harvey, who I
think could really surprise some people and burst onto the
scene this year.

Speaker 3 (42:38):
Yep. Sean Payton running backs catch passes and produce in
fantasy see Alvin Kamara and he.

Speaker 2 (42:44):
I mean he's got an extremely well rounded skill set. RJ.
Harvey and number twenty James Connor formerly of this parish.

Speaker 3 (42:52):
Him and the next guy, I Chuba Hubbard, are really
easy to kind of sleep on, but they're productive time
and time again, pretty decent off defenses. They really want
to run the ball in Carolina. They're not flashy. But
Connor's been really good as a car Yeah. I don't
want people around here give him enough credit for that.
You know, he's been really good, had a very nice career.

Speaker 2 (43:11):
Yeah, twenty one Cheba Hubbard, like you said, and then
a couple of interesting names at twenty two and twenty
three as well, in Breece Hall and David Montgomery.

Speaker 3 (43:19):
A lot of talk, well they're both lion esque because
they hired a Lion's staff in New York. We'll talk
a lot of Jets next week, of course. But there's
a lot of talk that he's not going to be
the lead dog, that he's just going to be a
total committee, much like the Lions did with Montgomery and Gibbs,
you know, and that detracts from his attention. Plus Field
doesn't throw the backs either.

Speaker 2 (43:38):
He runs correct, getting too into the twenties here at
twenty four, jer Corey Kroskett merit at twenty four, DeAndre
Swift at twenty five.

Speaker 3 (43:47):
Yeah, and he goes by Bill Now I guess. I
mean they got got rid of Brian Robinson, so he's
the lead back. What I think is a really good offense.
Preseason has been really kind to him. But I can see,
I mean these are guy is. I need to squint
a little.

Speaker 2 (44:03):
You know. Yeah. Uh. And then let's see twenty six
Aaron Jones, twenty seven Isaiah Pacheco, and then twenty eight
the first Steeler on this list in Jalen Warren. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (44:13):
Do you agree that Warren should be noticeably ahead of
Johnson right now?

Speaker 2 (44:16):
Well, see you have Caleb Johnson at thirty two. I
mean they're close spots. Yeah, yeah, yeah, but I think.

Speaker 3 (44:22):
I think Warren's gonna start the season getting the ball
of the touches, and especially as running back. I don't
look at I kind of live for today with running backs. Yeah, exactly,
right now, just get me through week one week the
week basis you know, they may not be there. Yeah, yeah, No,
I think right now.

Speaker 2 (44:37):
Like, if you were just telling me you could have
either for your fantasy team, I would. I would absolutely
start with Jayalen.

Speaker 3 (44:42):
Wore, especially if we're talking about receiving exactly. Yeah, and
I just think Rogers Trussel Moore and so is the team.

Speaker 2 (44:47):
Jordan Mason at twenty nine, behind Jalen Warren and Bashiel
Tutan one of the coolest names in football at thirty.

Speaker 3 (44:53):
This is just the neighborhood where there's a you know,
there's two Steelers, there's Tracy and Scatibow are right in
the same Yeah, it's you know, Tootin and atm are
real close to each other here, Mason and Aaron Jones
are real close to each other. A lot of teammates
where it's just crowded. Yeah, but you kind of hope
for their buddy to get hurt and then they'd go crazy.

Speaker 2 (45:12):
Exactly right, exactly, But there are a lot.

Speaker 3 (45:14):
Of flexes and that type of thing.

Speaker 2 (45:15):
There are. There are Matt fun stuff with Absolute Black Group.
That'll do it for our show today, but again, plenty
more fantasy football conversation ahead on Wednesday and Thursday.

Speaker 3 (45:26):
Absolutely, dude, good stuff.

Speaker 2 (45:28):
Thanks everybody for hanging with us here on a busy Tuesday.
Will be back tomorrow. You know where to find us.
As always, it's on your twenty four to seven home
of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio on the
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