January 21, 2022 • 27 mins
Matt and Dale run down Daniel Jeremiah's first Mock of the season
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He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson, home
of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome to
the Drive. I'm Dale Lolly here with Matt Williamson and
Matt it's a Friday. Uh. The Steelers did not have
any zoom interviews today, made nobody available, so we can
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now assume that all of the exit interviews are finished
and uh completed over on the south side, and um,
well we're moving into uh off season uh off season
mode here completely. I would imagine now, uh, you know,
in the next few days, probably not this weekend, but
early next week Mike Tomlin will start having his meetings
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with his staff and we get I could get some
news coming out of those meetings as well. I just
want to say, we're in a new studio today. I'm
looking here at this there's a little picture of a
lake here on the screen, in front of a screen
screen saver of a lake, and for us, I want
to be there. I thought the same thing. I almost
said it as my man Brian was putting getting the
opening go and I was like, let's just go there
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instead and maybe throw in the water and around or
whatever and have a cold one there cooler, a beer
and a lounge chair. Actually, I don't even know some
rocky there that you might you can just sit on
the rocks. I think you could. I don't think you
need the chair, lay there like a snake. It's lovely.
It is lovely. Did catch my eye as well. Absolutely,
a little nicer than it is in town at the moment,
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a little bit. Yeah, it was fourteen degrees this morning
when I was getting my card. I just it's way
too cold. Yeah, way too cold. Um, but the mock
draft season is starting to heat. Yeah. Absolutely, some other
other people are spoken for, you know, some other shots
fired here on some of these some new news you know,
there's some or some new viewpoints of how the first
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round might go. And yeah, it was fun. It's just
a good way to learn these players. Absolutely, And I
wanted to get to one that dropped today that Daniel
Jarre Maya did his first mock on NFL dot com. Uh.
I always prefaces by kind of introducing who did it?
And Daniel actually when I got let go from the Browns,
he came in so he from the Ravens with Phil Savage.
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He's an extensive scouting background. Him and Bucky Brooks, who's
also a former scout have a good podcast now does
the game day stuff for the Chargers. Yeah, and say
he's a color guy for the Chargers as well. Um,
and he's also dialed in in the league, so he
has a lot of his own thoughts through his scouting
eye mixed with what people tell him. Yeah, he's a
good source. Uh, so we'll get we'll jump right into
this one. Um. Of course, the final eight spots will
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be decided by this weekend's games. Yeah, we'll get to
those games in the next segment. But his first pick,
he's got a little different look at this as well.
He's got the Jaguars at one, taking Evan Neil, the
offensive tackle out of Alabama. Again, I haven't looked at
this yet, so I didn't done purpose. I kind of
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want to respond to her organically, and I think that
tackle at one it's very feasible, you know what I mean.
Let's just do everything to make Lawrence's life as easy
as possible. I mean, we're probably not winning the Super
Bowl in two thousand two. Gold number one through goal
number ten should be let's turn Lawrence into a star,
whatever that means. If if there was a Calvin Johnson
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like receiver there take them, you know, I mean, whoever
the best offensive player is. I wouldn't argue with that
strategy at all for the Jags. That leaves at two
Aidan Hutchinson the ad dresser ad of Michigan for the Lions,
so they don't need a line. That's the one thing
the Lions that's it Sure seems like a d ND,
either Thibodeau or Hutchinson would fall to them at two.
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Do you think Hutchison being a Michigan guy matters to them?
I actually almost brought that up because he's from the area.
He went to Michigan. To me, that's the tiebreaker. I mean,
if one is a ninety five and one is the
ninety four, I'm taking the ninety five. But if they're
both n yeah maybe, I mean, but oh hey, we're
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bringing into Michigan. Yeah, I mean, they could use as
much star power in Jersey sales as they possibly get.
And there's also a practicality to it too, is it
might be easier for him to adjust to the new
area and you know, as you might make things a
little bit easier, right right, right, Maybe he can be
an ambassador to the rest of the rookie class. At three,
this is a different name here as well. Of at
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this spot, the Houston Texans don't take Thibodeaux, they take
Cal Hamilton's the safety at a Notre Dame. You can
make the argument that he's the best at what he does.
In this draft, it's just his negative as he's a safety,
you know, so how do you value that if you're
just looking for star power. But he's very he's very
derwin James like and if that draft was if that
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draft was repicked when James came out, he doesn't go seventeen.
I know the injury issues of s and I wonder
if he had anything that showed up at the combine James.
I thought that, you know, um, I'm not even saying
this guy is better than James. I think James is unbelievable.
But he's a little bit more third level, you know,
deep middle. You know, he's a little range yer, a
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little a little bit better ball skills. James is better
in the box. So elite, you know, elite safety prospects
absolutely at four. Then that leaves the Jets with Cavon Thibodeaux.
Yeah again, I think you know, we'll talk Niners a
lot um think of their defense, especially when Robert Sala
was there now the head coach of the Jets. It's
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really geared towards the front four. They don't want blitz much. Again,
loss in good mo Carl Lawson and Thibodeaux. Now they
get all of a sudden, they went in Williams all
of a sudden, that would be the strength of the team. Uh.
The Giants senate five, no surprise here go with Ekawanu,
the offensive tackle out of North Carolina State, Richard sophomore. So,
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I mean, young, young, physical. The more I think about it,
and we've done what three of these and he went
first and one of them. So I'm like saying, this
is setting stone. But it sure seems like that fit
at five is really possible, you know what I mean.
I don't know that's one of those two offensive tackles.
Depends on how they Maybe one test much better than
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the other and they turned into a one too as
opposed to one A and one B. You know. Yeah.
Um at six, then the Carolina Panthers take a maud Gardner,
the cornerback at a Cincinnati I d J. I don't
get that at all. I don't get that at all either.
They just drafted J. C. Horne last year they traded
for Gilmore, they signed Guilt for Gilmore and traded for
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Henderson and they trade like. I don't get that unless there,
unless they're gonna think they can trade something horn going
for a quarterback or I mean that's another one that
well this is too high for a quarterback agreed right
now as we say, as we sit here, I don't
think either of us would take a quarterback there. I
don't know that they necessarily need a defensive lineman. An
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offensive lineman would make a lot of sense that that
to me seems like the no brain or O line
spot Cross or whoever. Maybe DJ doesn't think Cross is
Worth is a different there than the first two. A lineman,
but corners like the only thing they don't need. Yeah,
I don't get that at all. Uh at seven. Actually
this would make a little sense for the for the Giants,
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are for the Panthers as well. The Giants take Devon Lloyd,
the linebacker out of Utah. You said the Giants did, Yeah,
that's the Giants A seven. People love this kid. I mean,
I think his negative is he's a linebacker. How are
you going to take a linebacker the Giants have. I'm
positive they have taken one in the first round since
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Harry Carson crawl backs sing or something like that. Yeah,
since our whole life basically, and their linebackers aren't good.
So yeah. Eight, the Atlanta Falcons Teake Trail and Burke's
wide receiver out of Arkansas. Interesting. I've heard a lot
of Ridley trade rumors. They don't have cap space. They could,
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you know, get a lot of stuff for him at
this point where they gonna resign him. He's got some
um issues with you know, mental health at the moment,
know getting that. We don't know what that is. I mean,
it could be anything, could be anything. I mean there
are a lot of people struggling with mental stuff right absolutely.
I mean, so can they maybe not count on them
or would it be doing the young man a favor
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to trade him somewhere else in the continue him get
into a different area He's but even they could use
the receiver everything. Yeah. At nine, he has the Broncos
taking Kenny Pickett. Okay, so he must think Pickets is one.
I'm fine with it. I mean I don't love Picket
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compared to other top prospects, of course, but I think
he's an NFL starter and it's gonna come up over
and over. You can't overpad. There's no such thing as
overspending for a quarterback. If he's a starter and they
have they have weapons, they've got things in places for
him to land. Yeah, absolutely, yeah, I think you do
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well there. Attend the Jets take try my duffy cornerback
out of Washington. What they do in the first round
they took at the end they got Thibodeau. Yeah, that's perfect.
Their corners are pretty bad. Their corners are real bad. Yeah,
but he took McDuffie over Singletary is the number one
corner and over Sauce Gardner. So okay, I really try
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he did. Okay, So Singletary, I'd els you, is not
one of the top two corners and at least not yet. Right,
they're not here at eleven. The Washington football team takes
Matt Corral corner quarterbacks. I think runs are going to
happen before twenty is where I'm going with this, you know,
I mean, just because who else is jumping off the
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page that you have to have. It's not that great
of a of a draft like remember the year Cam
Newton went one overall. That wasn't a mistake. But the
only bad picks in like the top fifteen were blaming
Gabbert and Christian Ponder and it was Julio and a J.
Green and Aaron Smith, you know, all these awesome prospects. Well,
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this year doesn't have similar prospects. Like Patrick Peterson came
out in this draft, you gonna be the first pick
in the draft, you know. Or Tyron Smith comes out
of this draft. He's better than those tackles, you know,
so you might as well take the quarterback if there's
not an elite prospect. So I think these how DJ
is setting this up, I think is very possible. It's twelve.
The Vikings then take Derek Stingley. I would think they'd
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be a static to do that. Yeah, they need corners bad. Yeah,
a lot of high picks on corners and getting nothing
out of them. This is an interesting one. At thirteen,
he has the Browns taking Trayvon Walker, the edge rusher
at a Georgia instead of a wide receiver. Okay, again,
we've said over and over thirteen wide receiver Browns. We're
not sure which receiver but it sure seems like a
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very easy fit. Boyd Walker's name keeps going. He's catching
a lot of team like even like National Championship, those
announcers didn't feature him. He's he's really fighting the people
in the know. Yeah. At fourteen, the Baltimore Ravens take
Trevor Penning the offensive tackle out of Northern Irewa. Interesting
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he is Penning ahead of cross from miss stair or
miss um. That's the only note there. The Northern Iowa
tackles have been Yeah, yeah, right's they They take these
guys that were, you know, tight end types and grow
them into being tackles. That's uh the Bills dude right now,
he's been playing a lot this year too. This guy
is a little more physical. But yeah, it's a great formula. Um,
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these are said and done. Something we always tried to
do it Pit was trying to get the six five
that can you know, can run, that's seventeen years old
and just feed him hundred steaks, you know, keep in
the weight room. Northern Aiswa seems to have found the
They pumped out a few of those guys over the years,
as like places like North Dakota. Yeah right, right, that's what.
That's what those schools kind of schools have to do.
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You're not gonna get the blue chip offensive tackle prospect,
you get it. You bring in seven tight end types
and to be their defensive lineman or something that techniques
and yeah, we just called him body type guys. You
take a guy who's six six six steven yous, tell
him you're gonna be an offensive tack and plays power
forward and instead of you know, running up and down
the court all all offseason, you feed them lobsters and
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steaks and weight room. Um. I don't know have any
clue who the strength and condition coaches there or North
Dakota State, but they should maybe be at Bama or
l s U or Yeah, they're doing they're doing good work.
It's fifteen with the Eagles first pick, they take George
karl Aftus. That's their type of pick. Yeah, I mean,
I'm sure one of their three picks will be alignment,
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whether they need him or not. This is how they're built.
I've seen some people actually like him better people than Thibodeaux.
And yeah, he may be closer to those two than
a clear third. That's all said and done. I hear
he's gonna test phenomenally one. Uh the Eagles with their
second pick in these first runs. At sixteen, take Drake
London the wide receiver at the USC off a compliment
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for Davante Smith. Yeah, and I think Regor is a
total bust Um, the Stanford kid the year before that
they took ahead of white Side. He's a total bust.
I think he's a bigger but I think Arsega white
Side is a bigger bust than Reagor. I still haven't helped.
I still have hope for Regor. Yeah. Regor makes a
lot of mental under the three year rule, right, No,
I hear. I liked Regor a lot more coming out
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of school. And he's got the physical tools. Yeah, I
mean Arsega Whiteside was not didn't have the physical tools. No,
there was a couple of good ones on the board
when they took him, and he's a big, slow dude. Yeah,
but they need a receiver. It really might be the
only thing on offense they really need if they're gonna
stick with herds. Yeah, get a number one type receiver.
One a type receiver. Um. At seventeen the Chargers, how
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about this one? This is a new name, not a
right tackle or d tack. They take an offensive tackle.
But it's Bernard Raymond at of Central Michigan. Okay, again,
I haven't watched him. His name has went on all
the lists, but not quite that high, you know, so
d J must like him interesting the Saints. He certainly
knows the Chargers too. Yeah, right, the Saints at eighteen,
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take Garrett Wilson, the wide receiver out of Ohio State.
If it's not quarterback, wide receiver makes a ton of sense. See,
that would be one there that If I'm the Steelers
and the like a guy like Garrett Wilson's available, it's
pretty intriguing. It's pretty intriguing. Folks. Just go YouTube highlight
Garrett Wilson. You'll be like, Oh, I wouldn't mind him.
He's jumping over and he almost I mean he almost
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gets there. At eighteen. Yeah, I would imagine Michael Thomas
isn't back. We talked all week all year about how
bad their receivers are. Maybe they bring back Winston or whoever,
or their guy was PICKT and he's gone. I mean,
receiver could certainly be in play there. Plus they have
a ton of Ohio State guys. Yeah, they really like
a real pipeline at nineteen, the Philadelphia Eagles take Kenyan
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Green guard out of Texas A and M. He doesn't
go high in the last couple of monks we've talked about.
He's very good. Yeah, he's just really good. Was a
little bit of tackle background, big big. I mean him
and Dan morp together at A and M and last
year they won the the coach More Offensive Line of
the Year, you know, I mean, it's a good group
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and he's the best of the group. I mean, it
wouldn't break my heart if you say you're gonna be
the Steelers right guard son, you know, put him at
twenty and that might be a real good fit. That
would be a really nice The Steelers did that. If
you think back with Marquise Pouncey Gilbert, they drafted they
drafted the poundcy the first year, and they got Gilbert
in the second round the next year, and those guys
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where your your starters for the next six years. Thinking,
you know, mid first round guards have worked out pretty
well for the Steelers's done okay there, and that's a
low bust rate. You plug him in and he's probably
gonna be a double we might be a home run. Yeah,
that leaves at twenty. The Steelers take Charles Cross, offensive
tackle Mississippi State. What's you have to say about him?
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Because the Cross is way higher on every market board
I've seen. I'm just curious why he gets the twenty.
He said. Cross is a solid player on tape. He
plays with balance, He's got quick feet. The Steelers need
to continue to upgrade their offensive line, and Cross is
ready to play right away. Maybe he just doesn't like
maybe just like the other guys better right right right,
or DJ's next mock he goes to twelve and don't
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show you how deep this draft is and tackles. If
you'd be happy with Penning or any of those guys,
we know they get pushed up, but I don't know
that six of them are gonna get pushed up. One
thing we haven't seen yet is linder Bomb taken. Would
you pass on I would not, or I would not
or a tackle? I mean, tackles to me are more
valuable than centers. But Lindar Bomb is a better prospect.
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If if if this draft is that deep in tackles, right,
who who's the tenth one? Then? Right? You know what
I mean? That's what I'm much like last year when
you get a dan More in the fourth round. If
I can get a generational interior lineman in the first round,
that guy's gonna hold that position down for the next
ten years. Whether he plays guard or center, I don't care.
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I don't care right right, I just want him staying
at center. A lot of people talk about Green moving
the guard for a Green. Wouldn't make me not take
one or the other. You know, at this point, like
together next year in camp, you can take a look
at it all preseason and say, Okay, this is our best,
this is how this works the best moving forward. And
of course DJ doesn't know this information either. If they
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were to sign a center, then I'm out of the
liner bomb conversation. Probably yeah, But still if he has
top ten grade and he's a twenty, help him and
put someone a guard that doesn't used to play, take
the best player, and you figure out where he fits
into the equation. And I guess one thing we'll be
doing that both of us would admit, now we don't
know is who is the tent through twelve best tackle?
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Who's the Are there other centers you like? Is there
any guards in this class? In around two that you're
gonna love. We don't know those guys. I'll say this
about Cross as well. Yeah, that's something that is a
check mark in his favor. Red shirt sophomore and yeah,
to mention, he's very young, he's very athlete athletic, and
a lot of people think his best football is ahead
of him. It's twenty one the Patriot. It's then take
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Jordan Davis, defensive tackle out of Georgia. Should have a
problem with that. That is a very Patriot pick. I mean,
they love those hits in the middle of last year. Yeah,
and I really think the two things that they need
most are wide receivers and team speed. And he's the
slowest guy in the first round times a million because
he's three hundred million pounds. But I can see Belichick
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falling in love with the guy. He values those big
pigs in the middle of your the defense. What he
wants to do is, if I have enough beef in
the middle, I never have to play a three four
or four three. I can always have nicol behind and
that's the beauty of it. And they still can't run
on me. I get it. I'm sure they love them,
but I would take a receiver there or somebody that
can really run. I'll say this as well, for as
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much credit is everybody gives Belichick, and everybody was all
over Belichick all season on well, what did a great
job he did rebuilding this team. Yeah, they're picking one
spot after the Steelers. I don't think I trade their
roster for the quarterback. Aside, let's not talk a quarterback.
Would you trade the other fifty two for their fifty two?
I don't think I would know. I mean, Judean isn't
what you know what I mean like, I mean, I
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would not. And so the Steelers in their quote unquote
rebuilding year made the playoffs, made the playoffs and finished
they get their their got beat bad and round one
you know against really good teams, the one the Patriots
in their rebuilding year one, seven and nine and didn't
make the plays and got the quarterback and they the
first round quarterback. Right. So anyways, at twenty two, the
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Raiders take chrisal Love received rad of Ohio State. I
think the rugs, not the rugs was awesome, but they
were counting on him. I thought the offense was a
lot different without than guys like Za Jones had to
get a lot more run than they probably want. I
don't hate Jones either, but I mean a number one
type receiver I think makes some sense for then they
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could go some directions to that leads for the Cardinals.
At twenty three, David A. Jabbo, the edge rushia out
of Michigan, another Red Shirts sophomore by far, the latest
we've seen him in the mock drafts we've gone. I
most people have him six seven in that neighborhood. I'm
sure Arizona be thrilled to get him. They they need
edge help and Chandler Jones might not be back at four.
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I don't know about this one. Okay, the Cowboys taking
Nakobe Dean linebacker at a Georgia. They drafted three linebacker.
They drafted linebackers like crazy the last over the last
three or four years. If I mean, here's how I
could excuse it. Vanderesh isn't coming back. I think his
contracts I've already Smith is gone. Um, they might say, hey, Mike,
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you're too good of an edge rusher to play in
the second level. You're just gonna line your hand up
in the dirt. And Dean is a very good prospect.
I mean, yeah, he's a he's kind of a Devin
Bush like prospect, you know, white, and he'sn't test extremely well.
He's not super huge, big time leader, great defense, you know. Yeah.
I mean I would get it if those are the
that's the thought process. But they drafted three linebackers last
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right at the Bengals, get Tyler Linden Bomb. That'd be terrible.
I mean, I can see a center falling. I mean,
there aren't many. I remember watching Nick Mangold go and
this is one of the best centers I've ever seen.
I just knowing how Mike Tomlin values all this organizations
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have like three in our lifetime, you know what I mean,
it'd be hard for them to pass on it, really hard. Yeah.
Is it linder Bomb or Linden bombomb with an R
with an R? Okay, okay, linder Bomb. I've called him both.
He's really good, though at twenty six it'd be terrible.
Fiends up there. The Dolphins take Daniel Filele good, I'm
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glad it's he the huge one. Yeah, he's the huge one.
He's six nine six nine three eight and not you know, disgusting.
He can move. I mean he's a raw player. He's
kind of like backed in a couple of years ago.
Just a massive human beings that like the sixth or
seventh tackles. That is the sixth tackle Okay, yeah, that
sounds about right. Who the wod he end up with?
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He ended up with Miami very much. Yeah, that's a
pick they got through that makes sense, more sense than
any of the other Dolphins picks we've seen the other moms.
The other ones have been linebackers and receivers and stuff. Uh.
Twenty seven, the Bills then take Kyler Gordon, the cornerback,
the other corner, the other corner at of Washington. It
must have been terrible to throw against the two first
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round corners. I think corners are most likely spot. Yeah,
the Titans, and at twenty eight take Kay Walker, the
linebacker at of Georgia. Okay, I think Evans is up
after this year. They did pick up Cunningham though, and
his contract. They're kind of a hard team to pick.
But I think i'd take the best receiver on the board. Yeah,
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I'm not kinding on Julio. I'm not counting on I'd
even considered the top tight end. Yeah, even quarterback back. No,
he's not there. L was already gone. Yeah, Okay. At nine,
we do have our second or another quarterback take and
this would the third of the first round. Okay, we'd
pick it in korne so far, the Detroit Lions take
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Malik Willis. See that makes a ton of sense, Like
you're not gonna take one at two or three or
wherever they put two. But at the end of the
first round with the fifth year option, you know, grab
one that's a developmental player that doesn't need to play
at all this year, truly red shirt him or play
in the last month when you're you know, one and ten.
That makes sense to me. And thirty the Chiefs take
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Jamison Williams, why receiver out of Alabama. He's We've talked
about him a lot. That would be awful for the
rest of the Yeah, right, because he's probably the number
one receiver if it's not for injury. But this is
a third mock in a road that he's gone in
the first round still, but ten picks later than he
would have or fifteen picks later than he would have. Yeah, yeah,
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that would be scary. Um. At thirty one, the Bucks
take Johan Dotson, the wide receiver at of Penn State.
I guess receiver makes sense for them, especially if Godwin leaves.
Kevin's isn't young. I don't think they can afford to
bring Goblin back. Yeah, I can. Center back would bake
some sense to for them if they you know, yeah,
I mean they drafted Trash last year, but I think
he's a lifetime back up. Yeah, that makes receiver. Wouldn't
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be terrible pick for them. And then at thirty two
of the Packers take Devonte Wyatt, the defensive tackle at
a Georgia. It's a bunch of Georgia defenders going in
that first round. He's the other d tackle, but he's
more of an upfield guy. He's also a big body, dude.
Um do they list his height and weight? I think
he's like six six. He's big too, not as big
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as I'm just thinking. Could he be in play at
twenty It seems a little early for him. But you know,
Bob was talking even about I'm getting a big defensive
linement no matter what type of situation. Why it's I'd
rarely get one of those middle realm type guys than
another another developmental guy that doesn't need you know, you're
not because he's not gonna play right away. The other
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d tackle name I need to dig into is Yukon
as a guy in Sam Jones, who's also six five
three forty in that neighborhood, to that maybe he's a
Steeler second round guy. And and when not when when
I say things like knows I'm not talking about Hampton
will Fork, I mean we're talking you know, hopefully the Heloti,
Hilary Nada types. You know that a little bit. He's
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somebody I need to dig into. He's been second third
on the defensive tackle lists i've seen. Um, it does
not look like a very good defensive tackle draft in
general though, no, especially it's not great. Um. The one
that there's there's a couple of guys there that that
I've kind of been a little bit intrigued with. I
want to learn some more about. Um kid out of Uh. Well,
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there's an Alabama guy there, Fidarium Mathis I think is
I've seen the name. He's got the classic size that
the Steelers look for. Uh. And then Christopher Hinton out
of Michigan kind name rings of belts because his dad
was a former first round draft pick traded for Elway.
Rated for John Elway six six four or three ten.
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How much. Mike Tomlin likes the bloodlines. Yeah, right right,
if you're talking like day two in that neighborhood's connection
six four three ten, he's he's almost he looks if
when you see him in uniform, like a young Tyson
and Lululu, that kind of build like yeah, you know,
as an anchor ish type build but not you know,
but has a little bit of juice and you know, interesting,
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I'm excited to learn about him. And his dad was
really good. Yeah, dad was really good. That really seems
like a Steeler doesn't Michigan with bloodlines, and it checks
a couple of bocks, and it checks off a couple
of the boxes. That always gets my radar, like, I
don't know anything if he's good or not, but I
bet I've seen him play a couple of times and
I'm like, guys, all right, but yeah, So that's Arry
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Daniel Jeremiah's first try at the mock draft. That's three
mock drafts now we've seen from from the national guys
this week. They'll be more coming out Senior Bowl week
after the Senior Bowl practices. Uh, and then draft order
gets said even more on Monday. You know, things are
starting to take a little bit more shape when it
comes to the draft, and then soon after that we
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might see some I don't I'm not predicting it, but
a team could trade picks for Russell Wilson or something too.
Something could happened. There's a lot of stuff on the
horizon that changes. Yeah. Really, if you start looking at
the middle of March show when free agency starts, isn't
that far away far away at all? Yeah, I mean
you're talking about seven weeks. Senior Bowl is gonna be
a lot going on to and draft season's chatting with
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and some teams still have to make GM HighRes. Things
have been slower this year. There haven't been the knee
jerk reactions in that. I don't. We have a ton
of time to talk. Let's talk about that in the
next Let's do I think there's a reason for Yeah,
I think so as well. We'll get to that when
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He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson, home
of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome to
the Drive. I'm Dale Lolly here with Matt Williamson and
Matt it's a Friday. Uh. The Steelers did not have
any zoom interviews today, made nobody available, so we can
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now assume that all of the exit interviews are finished
and uh completed over on the south side, and um,
well we're moving into uh off season uh off season
mode here completely. I would imagine now, uh, you know,
in the next few days, probably not this weekend, but
early next week Mike Tomlin will start having his meetings
(00:50):
with his staff and we get I could get some
news coming out of those meetings as well. I just
want to say, we're in a new studio today. I'm
looking here at this there's a little picture of a
lake here on the screen, in front of a screen
screen saver of a lake, and for us, I want
to be there. I thought the same thing. I almost
said it as my man Brian was putting getting the
opening go and I was like, let's just go there
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instead and maybe throw in the water and around or
whatever and have a cold one there cooler, a beer
and a lounge chair. Actually, I don't even know some
rocky there that you might you can just sit on
the rocks. I think you could. I don't think you
need the chair, lay there like a snake. It's lovely.
It is lovely. Did catch my eye as well. Absolutely,
a little nicer than it is in town at the moment,
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a little bit. Yeah, it was fourteen degrees this morning
when I was getting my card. I just it's way
too cold. Yeah, way too cold. Um, but the mock
draft season is starting to heat. Yeah. Absolutely, some other
other people are spoken for, you know, some other shots
fired here on some of these some new news you know,
there's some or some new viewpoints of how the first
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round might go. And yeah, it was fun. It's just
a good way to learn these players. Absolutely, And I
wanted to get to one that dropped today that Daniel
Jarre Maya did his first mock on NFL dot com. Uh.
I always prefaces by kind of introducing who did it?
And Daniel actually when I got let go from the Browns,
he came in so he from the Ravens with Phil Savage.
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He's an extensive scouting background. Him and Bucky Brooks, who's
also a former scout have a good podcast now does
the game day stuff for the Chargers. Yeah, and say
he's a color guy for the Chargers as well. Um,
and he's also dialed in in the league, so he
has a lot of his own thoughts through his scouting
eye mixed with what people tell him. Yeah, he's a
good source. Uh, so we'll get we'll jump right into
this one. Um. Of course, the final eight spots will
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be decided by this weekend's games. Yeah, we'll get to
those games in the next segment. But his first pick,
he's got a little different look at this as well.
He's got the Jaguars at one, taking Evan Neil, the
offensive tackle out of Alabama. Again, I haven't looked at
this yet, so I didn't done purpose. I kind of
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want to respond to her organically, and I think that
tackle at one it's very feasible, you know what I mean.
Let's just do everything to make Lawrence's life as easy
as possible. I mean, we're probably not winning the Super
Bowl in two thousand two. Gold number one through goal
number ten should be let's turn Lawrence into a star,
whatever that means. If if there was a Calvin Johnson
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like receiver there take them, you know, I mean, whoever
the best offensive player is. I wouldn't argue with that
strategy at all for the Jags. That leaves at two
Aidan Hutchinson the ad dresser ad of Michigan for the Lions,
so they don't need a line. That's the one thing
the Lions that's it Sure seems like a d ND,
either Thibodeau or Hutchinson would fall to them at two.
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Do you think Hutchison being a Michigan guy matters to them?
I actually almost brought that up because he's from the area.
He went to Michigan. To me, that's the tiebreaker. I mean,
if one is a ninety five and one is the
ninety four, I'm taking the ninety five. But if they're
both n yeah maybe, I mean, but oh hey, we're
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bringing into Michigan. Yeah, I mean, they could use as
much star power in Jersey sales as they possibly get.
And there's also a practicality to it too, is it
might be easier for him to adjust to the new
area and you know, as you might make things a
little bit easier, right right, right, Maybe he can be
an ambassador to the rest of the rookie class. At three,
this is a different name here as well. Of at
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this spot, the Houston Texans don't take Thibodeaux, they take
Cal Hamilton's the safety at a Notre Dame. You can
make the argument that he's the best at what he does.
In this draft, it's just his negative as he's a safety,
you know, so how do you value that if you're
just looking for star power. But he's very he's very
derwin James like and if that draft was if that
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draft was repicked when James came out, he doesn't go seventeen.
I know the injury issues of s and I wonder
if he had anything that showed up at the combine James.
I thought that, you know, um, I'm not even saying
this guy is better than James. I think James is unbelievable.
But he's a little bit more third level, you know,
deep middle. You know, he's a little range yer, a
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little a little bit better ball skills. James is better
in the box. So elite, you know, elite safety prospects
absolutely at four. Then that leaves the Jets with Cavon Thibodeaux.
Yeah again, I think you know, we'll talk Niners a
lot um think of their defense, especially when Robert Sala
was there now the head coach of the Jets. It's
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really geared towards the front four. They don't want blitz much. Again,
loss in good mo Carl Lawson and Thibodeaux. Now they
get all of a sudden, they went in Williams all
of a sudden, that would be the strength of the team. Uh.
The Giants senate five, no surprise here go with Ekawanu,
the offensive tackle out of North Carolina State, Richard sophomore. So,
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I mean, young, young, physical. The more I think about it,
and we've done what three of these and he went
first and one of them. So I'm like saying, this
is setting stone. But it sure seems like that fit
at five is really possible, you know what I mean.
I don't know that's one of those two offensive tackles.
Depends on how they Maybe one test much better than
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the other and they turned into a one too as
opposed to one A and one B. You know. Yeah.
Um at six, then the Carolina Panthers take a maud Gardner,
the cornerback at a Cincinnati I d J. I don't
get that at all. I don't get that at all either.
They just drafted J. C. Horne last year they traded
for Gilmore, they signed Guilt for Gilmore and traded for
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Henderson and they trade like. I don't get that unless there,
unless they're gonna think they can trade something horn going
for a quarterback or I mean that's another one that
well this is too high for a quarterback agreed right
now as we say, as we sit here, I don't
think either of us would take a quarterback there. I
don't know that they necessarily need a defensive lineman. An
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offensive lineman would make a lot of sense that that
to me seems like the no brain or O line
spot Cross or whoever. Maybe DJ doesn't think Cross is
Worth is a different there than the first two. A lineman,
but corners like the only thing they don't need. Yeah,
I don't get that at all. Uh at seven. Actually
this would make a little sense for the for the Giants,
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are for the Panthers as well. The Giants take Devon Lloyd,
the linebacker out of Utah. You said the Giants did, Yeah,
that's the Giants A seven. People love this kid. I mean,
I think his negative is he's a linebacker. How are
you going to take a linebacker the Giants have. I'm
positive they have taken one in the first round since
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Harry Carson crawl backs sing or something like that. Yeah,
since our whole life basically, and their linebackers aren't good.
So yeah. Eight, the Atlanta Falcons Teake Trail and Burke's
wide receiver out of Arkansas. Interesting. I've heard a lot
of Ridley trade rumors. They don't have cap space. They could,
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you know, get a lot of stuff for him at
this point where they gonna resign him. He's got some
um issues with you know, mental health at the moment,
know getting that. We don't know what that is. I mean,
it could be anything, could be anything. I mean there
are a lot of people struggling with mental stuff right absolutely.
I mean, so can they maybe not count on them
or would it be doing the young man a favor
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to trade him somewhere else in the continue him get
into a different area He's but even they could use
the receiver everything. Yeah. At nine, he has the Broncos
taking Kenny Pickett. Okay, so he must think Pickets is one.
I'm fine with it. I mean I don't love Picket
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compared to other top prospects, of course, but I think
he's an NFL starter and it's gonna come up over
and over. You can't overpad. There's no such thing as
overspending for a quarterback. If he's a starter and they
have they have weapons, they've got things in places for
him to land. Yeah, absolutely, yeah, I think you do
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well there. Attend the Jets take try my duffy cornerback
out of Washington. What they do in the first round
they took at the end they got Thibodeau. Yeah, that's perfect.
Their corners are pretty bad. Their corners are real bad. Yeah,
but he took McDuffie over Singletary is the number one
corner and over Sauce Gardner. So okay, I really try
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he did. Okay, So Singletary, I'd els you, is not
one of the top two corners and at least not yet. Right,
they're not here at eleven. The Washington football team takes
Matt Corral corner quarterbacks. I think runs are going to
happen before twenty is where I'm going with this, you know,
I mean, just because who else is jumping off the
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page that you have to have. It's not that great
of a of a draft like remember the year Cam
Newton went one overall. That wasn't a mistake. But the
only bad picks in like the top fifteen were blaming
Gabbert and Christian Ponder and it was Julio and a J.
Green and Aaron Smith, you know, all these awesome prospects. Well,
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this year doesn't have similar prospects. Like Patrick Peterson came
out in this draft, you gonna be the first pick
in the draft, you know. Or Tyron Smith comes out
of this draft. He's better than those tackles, you know,
so you might as well take the quarterback if there's
not an elite prospect. So I think these how DJ
is setting this up, I think is very possible. It's twelve.
The Vikings then take Derek Stingley. I would think they'd
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be a static to do that. Yeah, they need corners bad. Yeah,
a lot of high picks on corners and getting nothing
out of them. This is an interesting one. At thirteen,
he has the Browns taking Trayvon Walker, the edge rusher
at a Georgia instead of a wide receiver. Okay, again,
we've said over and over thirteen wide receiver Browns. We're
not sure which receiver but it sure seems like a
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very easy fit. Boyd Walker's name keeps going. He's catching
a lot of team like even like National Championship, those
announcers didn't feature him. He's he's really fighting the people
in the know. Yeah. At fourteen, the Baltimore Ravens take
Trevor Penning the offensive tackle out of Northern Irewa. Interesting
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he is Penning ahead of cross from miss stair or
miss um. That's the only note there. The Northern Iowa
tackles have been Yeah, yeah, right's they They take these
guys that were, you know, tight end types and grow
them into being tackles. That's uh the Bills dude right now,
he's been playing a lot this year too. This guy
is a little more physical. But yeah, it's a great formula. Um,
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these are said and done. Something we always tried to
do it Pit was trying to get the six five
that can you know, can run, that's seventeen years old
and just feed him hundred steaks, you know, keep in
the weight room. Northern Aiswa seems to have found the
They pumped out a few of those guys over the years,
as like places like North Dakota. Yeah right, right, that's what.
That's what those schools kind of schools have to do.
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You're not gonna get the blue chip offensive tackle prospect,
you get it. You bring in seven tight end types
and to be their defensive lineman or something that techniques
and yeah, we just called him body type guys. You
take a guy who's six six six steven yous, tell
him you're gonna be an offensive tack and plays power
forward and instead of you know, running up and down
the court all all offseason, you feed them lobsters and
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steaks and weight room. Um. I don't know have any
clue who the strength and condition coaches there or North
Dakota State, but they should maybe be at Bama or
l s U or Yeah, they're doing they're doing good work.
It's fifteen with the Eagles first pick, they take George
karl Aftus. That's their type of pick. Yeah, I mean,
I'm sure one of their three picks will be alignment,
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whether they need him or not. This is how they're built.
I've seen some people actually like him better people than Thibodeaux.
And yeah, he may be closer to those two than
a clear third. That's all said and done. I hear
he's gonna test phenomenally one. Uh the Eagles with their
second pick in these first runs. At sixteen, take Drake
London the wide receiver at the USC off a compliment
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for Davante Smith. Yeah, and I think Regor is a
total bust Um, the Stanford kid the year before that
they took ahead of white Side. He's a total bust.
I think he's a bigger but I think Arsega white
Side is a bigger bust than Reagor. I still haven't helped.
I still have hope for Regor. Yeah. Regor makes a
lot of mental under the three year rule, right, No,
I hear. I liked Regor a lot more coming out
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of school. And he's got the physical tools. Yeah, I
mean Arsega Whiteside was not didn't have the physical tools. No,
there was a couple of good ones on the board
when they took him, and he's a big, slow dude. Yeah,
but they need a receiver. It really might be the
only thing on offense they really need if they're gonna
stick with herds. Yeah, get a number one type receiver.
One a type receiver. Um. At seventeen the Chargers, how
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about this one? This is a new name, not a
right tackle or d tack. They take an offensive tackle.
But it's Bernard Raymond at of Central Michigan. Okay, again,
I haven't watched him. His name has went on all
the lists, but not quite that high, you know, so
d J must like him interesting the Saints. He certainly
knows the Chargers too. Yeah, right, the Saints at eighteen,
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take Garrett Wilson, the wide receiver out of Ohio State.
If it's not quarterback, wide receiver makes a ton of sense. See,
that would be one there that If I'm the Steelers
and the like a guy like Garrett Wilson's available, it's
pretty intriguing. It's pretty intriguing. Folks. Just go YouTube highlight
Garrett Wilson. You'll be like, Oh, I wouldn't mind him.
He's jumping over and he almost I mean he almost
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gets there. At eighteen. Yeah, I would imagine Michael Thomas
isn't back. We talked all week all year about how
bad their receivers are. Maybe they bring back Winston or whoever,
or their guy was PICKT and he's gone. I mean,
receiver could certainly be in play there. Plus they have
a ton of Ohio State guys. Yeah, they really like
a real pipeline at nineteen, the Philadelphia Eagles take Kenyan
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Green guard out of Texas A and M. He doesn't
go high in the last couple of monks we've talked about.
He's very good. Yeah, he's just really good. Was a
little bit of tackle background, big big. I mean him
and Dan morp together at A and M and last
year they won the the coach More Offensive Line of
the Year, you know, I mean, it's a good group
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and he's the best of the group. I mean, it
wouldn't break my heart if you say you're gonna be
the Steelers right guard son, you know, put him at
twenty and that might be a real good fit. That
would be a really nice The Steelers did that. If
you think back with Marquise Pouncey Gilbert, they drafted they
drafted the poundcy the first year, and they got Gilbert
in the second round the next year, and those guys
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where your your starters for the next six years. Thinking,
you know, mid first round guards have worked out pretty
well for the Steelers's done okay there, and that's a
low bust rate. You plug him in and he's probably
gonna be a double we might be a home run. Yeah,
that leaves at twenty. The Steelers take Charles Cross, offensive
tackle Mississippi State. What's you have to say about him?
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Because the Cross is way higher on every market board
I've seen. I'm just curious why he gets the twenty.
He said. Cross is a solid player on tape. He
plays with balance, He's got quick feet. The Steelers need
to continue to upgrade their offensive line, and Cross is
ready to play right away. Maybe he just doesn't like
maybe just like the other guys better right right right,
or DJ's next mock he goes to twelve and don't
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show you how deep this draft is and tackles. If
you'd be happy with Penning or any of those guys,
we know they get pushed up, but I don't know
that six of them are gonna get pushed up. One
thing we haven't seen yet is linder Bomb taken. Would
you pass on I would not, or I would not
or a tackle? I mean, tackles to me are more
valuable than centers. But Lindar Bomb is a better prospect.
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If if if this draft is that deep in tackles, right,
who who's the tenth one? Then? Right? You know what
I mean? That's what I'm much like last year when
you get a dan More in the fourth round. If
I can get a generational interior lineman in the first round,
that guy's gonna hold that position down for the next
ten years. Whether he plays guard or center, I don't care.
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I don't care right right, I just want him staying
at center. A lot of people talk about Green moving
the guard for a Green. Wouldn't make me not take
one or the other. You know, at this point, like
together next year in camp, you can take a look
at it all preseason and say, Okay, this is our best,
this is how this works the best moving forward. And
of course DJ doesn't know this information either. If they
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were to sign a center, then I'm out of the
liner bomb conversation. Probably yeah, But still if he has
top ten grade and he's a twenty, help him and
put someone a guard that doesn't used to play, take
the best player, and you figure out where he fits
into the equation. And I guess one thing we'll be
doing that both of us would admit, now we don't
know is who is the tent through twelve best tackle?
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Who's the Are there other centers you like? Is there
any guards in this class? In around two that you're
gonna love. We don't know those guys. I'll say this
about Cross as well. Yeah, that's something that is a
check mark in his favor. Red shirt sophomore and yeah,
to mention, he's very young, he's very athlete athletic, and
a lot of people think his best football is ahead
of him. It's twenty one the Patriot. It's then take
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Jordan Davis, defensive tackle out of Georgia. Should have a
problem with that. That is a very Patriot pick. I mean,
they love those hits in the middle of last year. Yeah,
and I really think the two things that they need
most are wide receivers and team speed. And he's the
slowest guy in the first round times a million because
he's three hundred million pounds. But I can see Belichick
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falling in love with the guy. He values those big
pigs in the middle of your the defense. What he
wants to do is, if I have enough beef in
the middle, I never have to play a three four
or four three. I can always have nicol behind and
that's the beauty of it. And they still can't run
on me. I get it. I'm sure they love them,
but I would take a receiver there or somebody that
can really run. I'll say this as well, for as
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much credit is everybody gives Belichick, and everybody was all
over Belichick all season on well, what did a great
job he did rebuilding this team. Yeah, they're picking one
spot after the Steelers. I don't think I trade their
roster for the quarterback. Aside, let's not talk a quarterback.
Would you trade the other fifty two for their fifty two?
I don't think I would know. I mean, Judean isn't
what you know what I mean like, I mean, I
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would not. And so the Steelers in their quote unquote
rebuilding year made the playoffs, made the playoffs and finished
they get their their got beat bad and round one
you know against really good teams, the one the Patriots
in their rebuilding year one, seven and nine and didn't
make the plays and got the quarterback and they the
first round quarterback. Right. So anyways, at twenty two, the
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Raiders take chrisal Love received rad of Ohio State. I
think the rugs, not the rugs was awesome, but they
were counting on him. I thought the offense was a
lot different without than guys like Za Jones had to
get a lot more run than they probably want. I
don't hate Jones either, but I mean a number one
type receiver I think makes some sense for then they
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could go some directions to that leads for the Cardinals.
At twenty three, David A. Jabbo, the edge rushia out
of Michigan, another Red Shirts sophomore by far, the latest
we've seen him in the mock drafts we've gone. I
most people have him six seven in that neighborhood. I'm
sure Arizona be thrilled to get him. They they need
edge help and Chandler Jones might not be back at four.
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I don't know about this one. Okay, the Cowboys taking
Nakobe Dean linebacker at a Georgia. They drafted three linebacker.
They drafted linebackers like crazy the last over the last
three or four years. If I mean, here's how I
could excuse it. Vanderesh isn't coming back. I think his
contracts I've already Smith is gone. Um, they might say, hey, Mike,
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you're too good of an edge rusher to play in
the second level. You're just gonna line your hand up
in the dirt. And Dean is a very good prospect.
I mean, yeah, he's a he's kind of a Devin
Bush like prospect, you know, white, and he'sn't test extremely well.
He's not super huge, big time leader, great defense, you know. Yeah.
I mean I would get it if those are the
that's the thought process. But they drafted three linebackers last
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right at the Bengals, get Tyler Linden Bomb. That'd be terrible.
I mean, I can see a center falling. I mean,
there aren't many. I remember watching Nick Mangold go and
this is one of the best centers I've ever seen.
I just knowing how Mike Tomlin values all this organizations
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have like three in our lifetime, you know what I mean,
it'd be hard for them to pass on it, really hard. Yeah.
Is it linder Bomb or Linden bombomb with an R
with an R? Okay, okay, linder Bomb. I've called him both.
He's really good, though at twenty six it'd be terrible.
Fiends up there. The Dolphins take Daniel Filele good, I'm
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glad it's he the huge one. Yeah, he's the huge one.
He's six nine six nine three eight and not you know, disgusting.
He can move. I mean he's a raw player. He's
kind of like backed in a couple of years ago.
Just a massive human beings that like the sixth or
seventh tackles. That is the sixth tackle Okay, yeah, that
sounds about right. Who the wod he end up with?
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He ended up with Miami very much. Yeah, that's a
pick they got through that makes sense, more sense than
any of the other Dolphins picks we've seen the other moms.
The other ones have been linebackers and receivers and stuff. Uh.
Twenty seven, the Bills then take Kyler Gordon, the cornerback,
the other corner, the other corner at of Washington. It
must have been terrible to throw against the two first
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round corners. I think corners are most likely spot. Yeah,
the Titans, and at twenty eight take Kay Walker, the
linebacker at of Georgia. Okay, I think Evans is up
after this year. They did pick up Cunningham though, and
his contract. They're kind of a hard team to pick.
But I think i'd take the best receiver on the board. Yeah,
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I'm not kinding on Julio. I'm not counting on I'd
even considered the top tight end. Yeah, even quarterback back. No,
he's not there. L was already gone. Yeah, Okay. At nine,
we do have our second or another quarterback take and
this would the third of the first round. Okay, we'd
pick it in korne so far, the Detroit Lions take
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Malik Willis. See that makes a ton of sense, Like
you're not gonna take one at two or three or
wherever they put two. But at the end of the
first round with the fifth year option, you know, grab
one that's a developmental player that doesn't need to play
at all this year, truly red shirt him or play
in the last month when you're you know, one and ten.
That makes sense to me. And thirty the Chiefs take
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Jamison Williams, why receiver out of Alabama. He's We've talked
about him a lot. That would be awful for the
rest of the Yeah, right, because he's probably the number
one receiver if it's not for injury. But this is
a third mock in a road that he's gone in
the first round still, but ten picks later than he
would have or fifteen picks later than he would have. Yeah, yeah,
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that would be scary. Um. At thirty one, the Bucks
take Johan Dotson, the wide receiver at of Penn State.
I guess receiver makes sense for them, especially if Godwin leaves.
Kevin's isn't young. I don't think they can afford to
bring Goblin back. Yeah, I can. Center back would bake
some sense to for them if they you know, yeah,
I mean they drafted Trash last year, but I think
he's a lifetime back up. Yeah, that makes receiver. Wouldn't
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be terrible pick for them. And then at thirty two
of the Packers take Devonte Wyatt, the defensive tackle at
a Georgia. It's a bunch of Georgia defenders going in
that first round. He's the other d tackle, but he's
more of an upfield guy. He's also a big body, dude.
Um do they list his height and weight? I think
he's like six six. He's big too, not as big
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as I'm just thinking. Could he be in play at
twenty It seems a little early for him. But you know,
Bob was talking even about I'm getting a big defensive
linement no matter what type of situation. Why it's I'd
rarely get one of those middle realm type guys than
another another developmental guy that doesn't need you know, you're
not because he's not gonna play right away. The other
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d tackle name I need to dig into is Yukon
as a guy in Sam Jones, who's also six five
three forty in that neighborhood, to that maybe he's a
Steeler second round guy. And and when not when when
I say things like knows I'm not talking about Hampton
will Fork, I mean we're talking you know, hopefully the Heloti,
Hilary Nada types. You know that a little bit. He's
(25:19):
somebody I need to dig into. He's been second third
on the defensive tackle lists i've seen. Um, it does
not look like a very good defensive tackle draft in
general though, no, especially it's not great. Um. The one
that there's there's a couple of guys there that that
I've kind of been a little bit intrigued with. I
want to learn some more about. Um kid out of Uh. Well,
(25:43):
there's an Alabama guy there, Fidarium Mathis I think is
I've seen the name. He's got the classic size that
the Steelers look for. Uh. And then Christopher Hinton out
of Michigan kind name rings of belts because his dad
was a former first round draft pick traded for Elway.
Rated for John Elway six six four or three ten.
(26:04):
How much. Mike Tomlin likes the bloodlines. Yeah, right right,
if you're talking like day two in that neighborhood's connection
six four three ten, he's he's almost he looks if
when you see him in uniform, like a young Tyson
and Lululu, that kind of build like yeah, you know,
as an anchor ish type build but not you know,
but has a little bit of juice and you know, interesting,
(26:26):
I'm excited to learn about him. And his dad was
really good. Yeah, dad was really good. That really seems
like a Steeler doesn't Michigan with bloodlines, and it checks
a couple of bocks, and it checks off a couple
of the boxes. That always gets my radar, like, I
don't know anything if he's good or not, but I
bet I've seen him play a couple of times and
I'm like, guys, all right, but yeah, So that's Arry
(26:47):
Daniel Jeremiah's first try at the mock draft. That's three
mock drafts now we've seen from from the national guys
this week. They'll be more coming out Senior Bowl week
after the Senior Bowl practices. Uh, and then draft order
gets said even more on Monday. You know, things are
starting to take a little bit more shape when it
comes to the draft, and then soon after that we
(27:08):
might see some I don't I'm not predicting it, but
a team could trade picks for Russell Wilson or something too.
Something could happened. There's a lot of stuff on the
horizon that changes. Yeah. Really, if you start looking at
the middle of March show when free agency starts, isn't
that far away far away at all? Yeah, I mean
you're talking about seven weeks. Senior Bowl is gonna be
a lot going on to and draft season's chatting with
(27:30):
and some teams still have to make GM HighRes. Things
have been slower this year. There haven't been the knee
jerk reactions in that. I don't. We have a ton
of time to talk. Let's talk about that in the
next Let's do I think there's a reason for Yeah,
I think so as well. We'll get to that when
we come back. He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lally.
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