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‘The Draft is over, the schedule is almost here! · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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Speaker 2: Hey, everybody, Welcome into the Irish Steers Podcast presented by
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Speaker 2: aer Lingus. An our week closer to the NFL season
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Speaker 2: and good to drop in just after the twenty twenty
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Speaker 2: five NFL Draft, which took place just before last week
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Speaker 2: in Green Bay, Wisconsin. A very eventful draft as always
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Speaker 2: for the Pittsburgh Steeters and it's great to chat to
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Speaker 2: use again. As of right now, we are just over
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Speaker 2: one week from the official schedule for the twenty twenty
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Speaker 2: five NFL season being Announcetam. We'll definitely talk about that there.
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Speaker 2: I actually have a co host today, my partner from
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Speaker 2: Profoble Ireland is joining me because I want to talk
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Speaker 2: through a couple of things that we worked on together
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Speaker 2: with the Staeters over the last couple of weeks. So
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Speaker 2: Mark Cogan, you're very welcome to make your d beyond
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Speaker 2: this podcast.
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Speaker 3: How are you doing? Pifield?
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Speaker 4: Hello, Michael? Do I have to treat you differently now
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Speaker 4: that we're under the Steelers banner here orsch just like
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Speaker 4: a Robow but island.
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Speaker 2: We can still have the crack. I have to say
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Speaker 2: I love this podcast because we get the deep dive
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Speaker 2: into a team. And when we're talking about the Steelers,
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Speaker 2: let's firstly before we talk about the different names and
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Speaker 2: the different guys that we were able to draft over
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Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks. We both had the opportunity
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Speaker 2: to present or co hosts at the Steelers Draft party
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Speaker 2: presented by Erlingus, which took place in Cole Park. Hundreds
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Speaker 2: of fans attended the third day of the NFL Draft,
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Speaker 2: the first ever event that took place on the island
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Speaker 2: of Ireland, officially with an NFL team for the draft
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Speaker 2: Margant was good to see as a fan. First and
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Speaker 2: foremost high cool was that event in Crooker last week.
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Speaker 4: It was really interesting, so I hope obviously people listening
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Speaker 4: were there in attendance, but I didn't actually know what
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Speaker 4: to expect going into it because it was day three
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Speaker 4: of the draft and a lot of people that are
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Speaker 4: the most passionate are going to be going to that
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Speaker 4: know that Day three in the draft is definitely you
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Speaker 4: know where swings are being taken on players unless you're
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Speaker 4: watching college. So I didn't really know what we were
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Speaker 4: going to get by going to Throw Park. And it
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Speaker 4: was an absolutely amazing event, Like it was so fun
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Speaker 4: and you and I were remarking it was a year
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Speaker 4: to the day that we'd traveled down to Kerry to
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Speaker 4: see Pauty Clifford make the Steelers first ever pick on
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Speaker 4: the island of Ireland, and that same day the Jags
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Speaker 4: and the Jets also made picks in Ireland. But the
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Speaker 4: Steelers then were able to back it up, and just
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Speaker 4: how far we've come in the last year that that
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Speaker 4: was able to happen and crow Park that you had
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Speaker 4: Bret Keyser there, the Beard, like that was the investment
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Speaker 4: from the Steelers team is class.
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Speaker 2: It was a really really cool event and just a
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Speaker 2: big thanks to everybody that showed out.
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Speaker 3: I thought it was really really cool.
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Speaker 2: To see Tom McCormick as well to make the pick
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Speaker 2: from Green Bell. We had the chance to chat to Tom.
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Speaker 2: A you may have seen over the Steelers Ireland socials
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Speaker 2: over the last few days. That's Steelars big guy Cam
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Speaker 2: Heyward's been in Dublin. He was over doing his own
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Speaker 2: podcast and he also had the chance to go to
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Speaker 2: cook Park at the weekend and it was just really
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Speaker 2: full circle cool seeing Tom make the pick and then
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Speaker 2: meet Calm the week after. He's definitely excited to get over,
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Speaker 2: isn't he He's he's pretty excited.
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Speaker 4: But this is the thing, like I said this on
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Speaker 4: stage and crowd park. What a time to be a
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Speaker 4: Steelers fan in Ireland because when you were started the podcast,
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Speaker 4: now it's like which direction do you want to go in? First?
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Speaker 4: Tom McCormick making a draft pick in Irish he was
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Speaker 4: an ascale get Like what I texted him shortly after
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Speaker 4: he made it, Like he said his wife was the
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Speaker 4: one that got the pronunciation right from to say it right,
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Speaker 4: but his son's then I actually I didn't watch Tom
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Speaker 4: on screen so much as watching his son there and
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Speaker 4: I thinking, how remarkable is that the NFL for years
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Speaker 4: seemed so far away from Ireland and now it's like
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Speaker 4: this guy has a son that I'm looking at and
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Speaker 4: Tom's on stage with Brett there and it's like even
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Speaker 4: that day, like whenever about how you were going to
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Speaker 4: shape this podcast, because there's so much going on that day,
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Speaker 4: I was like, what's the heighlight. Is it going to
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Speaker 4: be that people are going to meet Brett? Is it
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Speaker 4: going to be the draft pick from Crow Park? Is
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Speaker 4: it going to be Tom making the draft pick. It's like,
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Speaker 4: there was so much going on, and yeah, I just
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Speaker 4: I suppose we're so lucky that it's gone on. And
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Speaker 4: look we're burying Cam Hayward. Cam Hayward came to Dublin
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Speaker 4: completely unannounced that he just says, look, I'm doing my podcast.
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Speaker 4: It's like, wait, Cam Heyward's doing his podcast, or day
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Speaker 4: or Mann's in the middle of Dublin. Now I know
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Speaker 4: the time, didn't see a lot of people, and as
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Speaker 4: some people did fly out of work to try and
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Speaker 4: meet him, he was fought at various different events. Obviously
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Speaker 4: he was at that Leinster game, which somehow they throw
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Speaker 4: it around. Will need a whole Rugby podcast to go
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Speaker 4: into the art mentality now. But Cam Hayward comes there.
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Speaker 2: Well, Cam was great crack Gret Grid to meet him.
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Speaker 2: I know, we both had a chance to meet him,
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Speaker 2: and he had a chance to meet a number of people.
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Speaker 2: You're you're sitting there, but at the time three o'clock
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Speaker 2: on a Friday, twenty four hours notice Steelers Nation still
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Speaker 2: shows up, which is really really cool.
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Speaker 4: Let's say what the thing with Cam Hayward was that
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Speaker 4: I found really interested. It's like he was letting loose,
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Speaker 4: like he said on his own podcast. I'm sure a
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Speaker 4: lot of people have listened to it. It came out
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Speaker 4: on the Tuesday. Like he was saying it. He's like, look,
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Speaker 4: I am on a trip now that I can enjoy Dublin.
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Speaker 4: He said, next time I come, it's going to be
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Speaker 4: a business trip. And I think he was basically because
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Speaker 4: I was really shocked by his personality. I was like,
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Speaker 4: this guy is the most down to earth. No, he
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Speaker 4: just any American that you meet in Dublin that's just
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Speaker 4: enjoying themselves. That was exactly what Cam Hayward was. The
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Speaker 4: podcast was supposed to start at three o'clre o clock.
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Speaker 4: I think it was ten past or a quarter past
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Speaker 4: because he was talking to a father and so on,
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Speaker 4: just like literally for what what was that you saw
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Speaker 4: about ten minutes he was stalking to a father and so.
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Speaker 2: Very very genuine, like very red green.
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Speaker 4: Really nice guy and just enjoying it and being himself.
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Speaker 4: He's very friendly. If you followed along on Instagram throughout
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Speaker 4: the week, he was meeting fans, left Friends Center. My
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Speaker 4: brother saw him on the street and was after missing
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Speaker 4: and he said that again the same thing. It was
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Speaker 4: just a child, not a toddler, but a young kid
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Speaker 4: or whatever. I don't know how they like. This is
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Speaker 4: the level of growth, Michael, that kids that are seven
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Speaker 4: or eight are able to recognize Cam Hayward now in
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Speaker 4: this country like one next flosion. The sport is that.
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Speaker 2: It's really really cool and from sort of having the
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Speaker 2: chance to shot to him and get to know him
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Speaker 2: on on Friday, it was this week, genuine guy and
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Speaker 2: always really excited not just for the Dublin game, for
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Speaker 2: the season coming up. We're gonna talk more about the
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Speaker 2: schedule next week. And wanted to let the NFL Draft
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Speaker 2: breathe for a few days, not gonna light, flew across
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Speaker 2: the Transatlantic continent and was wrecked. Done the party great time,
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Speaker 2: and needed to digest the draft for a few days.
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Speaker 2: But for the Steers it was a really, really interesting shraft.
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Speaker 2: The team had seven selections in the draft, leaning heavily
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Speaker 2: overall on the defensive side of the ball. With five selections.
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Speaker 2: They started things off by getting Derek Harmon, who's a
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Speaker 2: defensive tackle from Oregon in the first round, before going
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Speaker 2: in the third round for Caleb Johnson from Iowa. It
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Speaker 2: was back to defense for those next two picks. Jack
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Speaker 2: Sawyer for Ohio State national champion linebacker in the fourth
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Speaker 2: round and they pick the Bret Keston med in Dublin
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Speaker 2: Yaha Black went in the fifth. In the sixth and
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Speaker 2: seventh Will hired Tom McCormick made that selection, which really
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Speaker 2: cool obviously Ohio state national champion quarterback in case you
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Speaker 2: don't watch your college football. And then wrapping things up,
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Speaker 2: they got two guys a Washington linebacker Carson Brunner and
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Speaker 2: Central Michigan quarterback Donte Kent. Before we talk about these picks,
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Speaker 2: we had the chance to hear from Steiers GM Omar
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Speaker 2: Khan and Staters head coach Mike Tommell about the selections
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Speaker 2: and his fault on.
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Speaker 5: The NFL Draft. Can't say enough about how the draft
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Speaker 5: went for us. Really feel like we're a better football
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Speaker 5: team today than we were before the draft started. On Thursday,
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Speaker 5: I said we filled several needs and uh, you know,
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Speaker 5: I think the term was used a couple of days
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Speaker 5: ago about Steelers DNA, and I think when you guys
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Speaker 5: get to know these guys, you'll you'll realize that these
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Speaker 5: guys have Steelers DNA. But again, I think I'm excited.
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Speaker 5: Can't say nothing. I just want to send a quick
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Speaker 5: shout out to everybody that was involved, from our scouts,
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Speaker 5: our coaches, and the support staff here, because there's a
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Speaker 5: lot goes into this and things went really well for
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Speaker 5: us this weekend and that's a credit to them and
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Speaker 5: everything they do for us.
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Speaker 6: Biken look like a big emphasis on the fixing the
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Speaker 6: defensive front and some getting some big body guys including
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Speaker 6: Sawyer on yet.
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Speaker 7: Yeah, I would certainly agree with that, but it goes
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Speaker 7: beyond the defensive front. We wanted to retool physicality in
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Speaker 7: all areas, and including in that discussion is the use
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Speaker 7: of the second round pick to acquire DK Metcalf. Although
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Speaker 7: he's a receiver, I think he fits the bill in
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Speaker 7: terms of uh physicality and size, and so that definitely
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Speaker 7: was an agenda of ours this weekend.
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Speaker 6: When did you really starts to like Will Howard and
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Speaker 6: what do you show you down to stretch.
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Speaker 8: In the playoffs?
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Speaker 7: I think, like a lot of people, how he responded
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Speaker 7: to that adversity at the end of their regular season
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Speaker 7: and and the leadership and playmaking that he displayed throughout
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Speaker 7: the playoffs was really attractive. And it's really what the
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Speaker 7: NFL football is about. There's gonna be some adversity. How
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Speaker 7: you respond to it defines you and your football team,
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Speaker 7: particularly from the quarterback position.
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Speaker 5: About the way Jack Sawyer responded to that as well,
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Speaker 5: being kind of the heartbeat of that team, I guess,
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Speaker 5: and the.
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Speaker 7: Leader at love Jack Sawyer. It's easy to love not
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Speaker 7: only in terms of his resume, but his relationship with
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Speaker 7: the game, his approach to football business, how he is
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Speaker 7: viewed and received by his teammates. As Omar mentioned, a
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Speaker 7: lot of these guys represent Steller DNA, and I think
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Speaker 7: that's really indicative of of Jack Sawyer. Like I'm sorry
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Speaker 7: or you know, great story obviously for he and his family.
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Speaker 7: But as I told him when we had him on
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Speaker 7: the phone, we're on the phone with him because of
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Speaker 7: the merits of his resume and the things that he
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Speaker 7: did at you Dub. You know, over one hundred tackles
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Speaker 7: this year as a start inside linebacker, displaying great instincts,
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Speaker 7: and in twenty two and twenty three he had double
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Speaker 7: digit special teams tackles for his football team, and so
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Speaker 7: it is a worthy resume. It's just an awesome side note.
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Speaker 7: You know that his father is a Steeler and got
10:34
Speaker 7: drafted by his organization I think thirty thirty years ago. Well, well,
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Speaker 7: the other.
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Speaker 6: Player that is, like Sawyer where outside linebacker was not
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Speaker 6: a desperate need for you, but you felt like he
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Speaker 6: was a really good player for the slot. How do
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Speaker 6: you balance those things and where you decide it's okay
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Speaker 6: to pull the trigger on a guy who you think
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Speaker 6: is talented even if it's not a huge need.
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Speaker 5: Yet I think you said, you know, based on how
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Speaker 5: we had him graded, and we spent a lot of
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Speaker 5: time with him. Uh, he he just you know, he
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Speaker 5: fits here, and it's just it made sense. But we
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Speaker 5: had a really good grade on him, and it was
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Speaker 5: hard to pass up at that point some.
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Speaker 6: Significant free agent assets towards the secondary went back to
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Speaker 6: the secondary Lake with Can from Central Michigan. How's he
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Speaker 6: been into your mix?
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Speaker 8: And how do you feel about the depth that I
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Speaker 8: was second corner?
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Speaker 7: You know, he has a Swiss Army knife skill set.
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Speaker 7: He's capable of playing inside and out. He also added
11:29
Speaker 7: to his resume this year by proving to be a
11:33
Speaker 7: very capable punt returner. And I think that's you know,
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Speaker 7: things that are attractive to you later in the draft
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Speaker 7: of guy that that has versatility in his game, and
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Speaker 7: so we're excited about putting him in the mix.
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Speaker 6: Big ten products.
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Speaker 8: What is it about the brand of football that they play,
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Speaker 8: the style that fits with this organization.
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Speaker 7: I don't know if that was an agenda. I just
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Speaker 7: think that there's a lot of teams in a Big
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Speaker 7: ten now, just like there's a lot of teams in
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Speaker 7: the SEC. I mean, how many teams are there in
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Speaker 7: the Big Ten? So that's that's probably the you know,
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Speaker 7: the safe assumption there.
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Speaker 6: How does Caleb Johnson say, with what you want to
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Speaker 6: do your heart?
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Speaker 7: You know, just like I was talking about a physicality
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Speaker 7: and big man agenda. This is a high volume, capable
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Speaker 7: runner who was the center of his offense a lot
12:23
Speaker 7: of NFL or Sunday like runs, if you will, meaning
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Speaker 7: he did it from the home position or the pistol
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Speaker 7: position into a lot of loaded boxes. It wasn't a
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Speaker 7: lot of guess work or Saturday like holes on his tape.
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Speaker 7: And that made the evaluation of fun one and the
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Speaker 7: projecting an easy one.
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Speaker 8: I was thinking with just running back, you have a
12:44
Speaker 8: couple five eight five nine guys in Jalen Warren and
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Speaker 8: Kenny Gainwell. Was his size six' one two hundred twenty
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Speaker 8: five pounds something that you want to round out that
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Speaker 8: room in a certain.
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Speaker 7: Way less concerned about the measurables and really more concerned,
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Speaker 7: about you, know the play style or. Resume and certainly
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Speaker 7: he's a guy that's capable of high volume.
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Speaker 8: Carries STEELER Da.
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Speaker 5: You, KNOW i remember WHEN i got this, JOB i
13:10
Speaker 5: talked about what it means to be a, steeler and you,
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Speaker 5: KNOW i could be up here for three days talking about.
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Speaker 5: IT i think when you're in this for as long
13:19
Speaker 5: as we, are you just sort of. Know and that's
13:21
Speaker 5: why the process of getting out there and getting to
13:23
Speaker 5: know the guys is so important. Us you, know we
13:25
Speaker 5: spend a lot of time on the, road at the
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Speaker 5: cut we, meet we spend a lot of time meeting
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Speaker 5: with guys at the, combine and, uh it goes more than.
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Speaker 5: There it's. More it's just it's more than just about
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Speaker 5: who they are as a. Player it's who they are
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Speaker 5: as a person. Too and you, know we we get
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Speaker 5: in on the road and bringing them here and the.
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Speaker 5: Combine it's just you just sort of know when you're
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Speaker 5: in this, right. COACH i, mean you just sort of.
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Speaker 5: Know you get a feel for those, guys and you,
13:48
Speaker 5: know there's there's times we leave these dinners or these
13:50
Speaker 5: meetings we're like you not not, sure but there's sometimes
13:53
Speaker 5: when you're like that, guy he's he's one of.
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Speaker 3: Us great to hear From Wimar khan on the Iris.
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Speaker 2: Cate this podcast presented By Erlingus michael, mcgraid joined this
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Speaker 2: week by my co host Of Cook park In, Dublin Mark.
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Speaker 2: Cogan mark a strong draft for The steelers in the
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Speaker 2: sense of, probably AND i mean it's in a good.
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Speaker 2: Way the Most steelers, picks the Most Tomlin can, picks
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Speaker 2: we could. Get i'm really. Excited i'm pump up because
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Speaker 2: we're going to see a lot of these guys on
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Speaker 2: the field In dublin liter on this, year including that
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Speaker 2: sort of historic picking cook Park Yaha black in the fifth.
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Speaker 2: Front what was your fault in the draft overall in
14:29
Speaker 2: terms of A Pittsburgh steelers.
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Speaker 4: Perspective, yes so you obviously ran through the names before
14:34
Speaker 4: we heard that clip, there and it was that you're
14:37
Speaker 4: kind of forgetting that the second round pick FOR Dk
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Speaker 4: metcalf also can't be forgotten, about like you, know that's
14:43
Speaker 4: a serious investment because that's been obviously slanted as it's
14:46
Speaker 4: been so very. Defensive but add that, IN i think
14:50
Speaker 4: it's a superstar draft because and like there was a
14:53
Speaker 4: level of excitement When Derek carmon was there because a
14:56
Speaker 4: lot and this is not blown, small like, genuinely going
14:59
Speaker 4: into the, draft a lot of those analysts THAT i
15:03
Speaker 4: would respect were saying that this is our favorite. Player
15:06
Speaker 4: now there obviously is some issues with wave and stuff
15:09
Speaker 4: like this THAT i don't know about to be perfect on,
15:11
Speaker 4: it it's, like, oh there's the fluctuation. There it's like
15:14
Speaker 4: those are on. Paper this guy is obviously fantastic and
15:17
Speaker 4: it is that it's the natural, successor it seems To Cam.
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Speaker 4: Hayward so while they can have them on the field
15:21
Speaker 4: right now together or even in a complementary, role it's
15:24
Speaker 4: going to be beep. Up Because Mike commlin came out
15:26
Speaker 4: and said straight away after that pick was called, in he,
15:29
Speaker 4: said we needed to beef up the, line so we
15:31
Speaker 4: were going and attacking a straight. Away but then it
15:34
Speaker 4: was the obviously second round pick has been right away
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Speaker 4: for KM, maaca their third round pick For Caleb. Johnson
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Speaker 4: it was something THAT i said on the stage that.
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Speaker 4: Day so what he last? YEAR i think it was
15:43
Speaker 4: over fourteen hundred yards and twenty one touchdowns on the
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Speaker 4: ground that he had in.
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Speaker 3: College but then he.
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Speaker 4: Is again when you're talking about, That they've just Lost
15:52
Speaker 4: Nagie harris in free agency this. Year The, steelers over
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Speaker 4: the last number of, years it went From Leveon, Bell
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Speaker 4: Leveon bell, Goes, okay what are we want to. Do
15:59
Speaker 4: we're gonna Go James. Connor James connor goes where we've
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Speaker 4: all Got Maggie. Harris, now it's like there's constant succession
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Speaker 4: there for the staters the last number of years that
16:06
Speaker 4: you certainly able to trust. Them they know what they're
16:08
Speaker 4: doing at the running back, position but it definitely helps
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Speaker 4: and he then is one of the first guys off the,
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Speaker 4: board you, Know.
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Speaker 3: Yeah a guy like you sort of Mentioned nagi going.
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Speaker 2: Out there are a lot of questions from guys even
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Speaker 2: before and during the draft party In dublin talking to
16:21
Speaker 2: us And austin who we'd like to see go in
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Speaker 2: and go off the board for The staters in the.
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Speaker 3: Draft to see a guy.
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Speaker 2: That's done so much In iowa as so much in
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Speaker 2: a short college career obviously is exciting to. See thirty
16:33
Speaker 2: five games started twenty two for The hawk, guys five
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Speaker 2: hundred and carries for nearly three thousand, yards thirty Touchdowns
16:40
Speaker 2: for anybody who'm not sure about college football as a
16:43
Speaker 2: pretty good dividend over such a short amount of. Time
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Speaker 2: twelve one hundred plus yard rushing. Games that's sixth in
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Speaker 2: the school's, history which makes me think when you get
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Speaker 2: to THESE Afc north, games he's, deep hard in the
16:57
Speaker 2: trenches games on A thursday night In. Cleveland there In,
17:00
Speaker 2: baltimore you got to run the. Ball this is the
17:02
Speaker 2: guy that we can look at line MAYBE rb two
17:05
Speaker 2: that's going to come in a lot of potential there
17:07
Speaker 2: and he needs to have that time to obviously learn
17:09
Speaker 2: and develop. More but certainly he's a guy there that's
17:12
Speaker 2: going to make a. Difference, said do you like The
17:14
Speaker 2: Will hard? PICK i think he can pick going.
17:16
Speaker 4: Forward The Will heard pick was massive Because Breck kezer
17:21
Speaker 4: said afterwards you on stage that he wanted to call
17:24
Speaker 4: In Will howard because that's where they wanted to. Go
17:27
Speaker 4: but did you see the reaction from them as the
17:30
Speaker 4: pick came. In there was A steelers contingent that was
17:33
Speaker 4: over With brett and they they went.
17:36
Speaker 3: And they were all to the side watching, it like
17:38
Speaker 3: literally watching it live as.
17:41
Speaker 4: They went absolutely nuts for. Him, look you're you, know
17:45
Speaker 4: your college so fair than. Me and while there's no
17:46
Speaker 4: point me, preaching but it seems like it was a
17:48
Speaker 4: very popular. Pick Senior nation online is certainly happy with.
17:52
Speaker 4: It SO i, MEAN i can only agree with them
17:53
Speaker 4: BECAUSE i did not watch him in, college So i'm
17:55
Speaker 4: not going to pretend THAT i. Did it seemed like
17:56
Speaker 4: and it's it's it's definitely very.
17:58
Speaker 2: Interesting OBVIOUSLY i haven't miss And rudolph in there at the,
18:00
Speaker 2: moment and he obviously has the experience behind. Him it
18:03
Speaker 2: was interesting to see him go towards the end of
18:05
Speaker 2: the draft and get a guy in Will hired who
18:07
Speaker 2: for people listening and they don't have a college background national,
18:10
Speaker 2: Champion they Played Notre dame in The College Football National
18:14
Speaker 2: championship In, january and if anyone watched that, game the
18:16
Speaker 2: wind That Notre dame came out and the fight and
18:18
Speaker 2: iris came out at the start of that. Game they
18:20
Speaker 2: had them down the stretch on the first couple of,
18:23
Speaker 2: drives and Will hired came out and had one of
18:25
Speaker 2: the performances of his, career had.
18:27
Speaker 3: A very good running.
18:28
Speaker 2: Game to be fair to them now to rely on
18:30
Speaker 2: In Ohio state for the buck, guys but he actually
18:32
Speaker 2: started his career in college at a team that is
18:35
Speaker 2: heading To dublin this year In Kansas, state and when
18:38
Speaker 2: he was playing for The wildcats he won A Big
18:42
Speaker 2: twelve title in twenty twenty, two but then going To
18:44
Speaker 2: Ohio state was able to win it. All AND i
18:47
Speaker 2: think when you hear Conversations mark ofv you see the
18:53
Speaker 2: response and you see his reaction to being drafted on The,
18:56
Speaker 2: saturday the fact that he's ringing THE uc and asking for.
18:59
Speaker 3: The playbo immediately and not on The.
19:01
Speaker 2: MONDAY i think sums up this sort of guy that
19:04
Speaker 2: The steelers are going to get. Here he's going to
19:05
Speaker 2: be a guy that's, motivated he's going to want to work,
19:07
Speaker 2: hard and he's going to want to do his best
19:09
Speaker 2: for the.
19:09
Speaker 3: Team, look, look really really strong. Draft.
19:12
Speaker 2: Interesting now over the next few, weeks maybe pick these
19:14
Speaker 2: guys apart and see By bett in terms of where
19:16
Speaker 2: they're going to hoping the chat To Brett keesl over
19:20
Speaker 2: the next few days as well for The Irish hitters.
19:22
Speaker 2: Podcast he was absolutely fantastic In dublin as. Well, brilliant,
19:28
Speaker 2: brindiant Crack mark if you had to give this a
19:30
Speaker 2: draft class agreed before we get out of, here.
19:36
Speaker 4: Because, okay because you point me on the, spot just
19:39
Speaker 4: Like cam he would put you on the spot when
19:41
Speaker 4: you were on stage of them there In. Dublin and
19:44
Speaker 4: it's like this is the balancing act because AGAIN i
19:50
Speaker 4: don't want TO i don't want to pick the listener as,
19:53
Speaker 4: though like, that this is the whole thing with the.
19:55
Speaker 4: Draft it's all. Projections like you can like say the
19:59
Speaker 4: forty nine or for, instance they or, look there's so
20:02
Speaker 4: many things that could go through that they get a
20:04
Speaker 4: player that might be considered a. Reacher, OTHERWISE i think
20:06
Speaker 4: that The steelers are well able to, draft SO i
20:10
Speaker 4: think that they're going to be well able to look
20:11
Speaker 4: after their. Players so like If Derek carmon goes to different,
20:15
Speaker 4: LIKE i think that they can get the best out
20:17
Speaker 4: Of Derek. Carmenon he was supposed to be a stored
20:19
Speaker 4: but he needs to go to the right team as.
20:21
Speaker 4: Well don't think The Printzburgh. Steelers so it's, like as a,
20:23
Speaker 4: RESULT i think The, Steelers i'm always going to give
20:25
Speaker 4: them a high grade BECAUSE i trust the draft. Process
20:28
Speaker 4: if that makes sense to. You this whole thing about
20:31
Speaker 4: if you, look the easiest thing is to give AN
20:33
Speaker 4: a or A. B and that's what every single whenever
20:36
Speaker 4: you want to call them draft gurus. Did they give
20:38
Speaker 4: everything single team AN a or A. B. Do just
20:41
Speaker 4: keep people, Happy that's all it can. Be like in
20:44
Speaker 4: terms of the grading, Process i've no idea like because
20:46
Speaker 4: LIKE i, said, YAH i can go with your day
20:48
Speaker 4: one and day two, picks but when it comes to
20:50
Speaker 4: day three where that's where you're really looking for a. Start,
20:53
Speaker 4: there the Well herd pick was extremely exciting and help
20:56
Speaker 4: works out for. THEM i think it was very smart
20:58
Speaker 4: BUT i Mean hill might have what that pick.
21:01
Speaker 2: WAS i was gonna call It irish Mal, kuiper BUT i.
21:03
Speaker 2: Won't just rounding, up we have good jersey numbers right.
21:07
Speaker 2: Now Derek harmon is gonna wear ninety. Nine Calib johnson
21:09
Speaker 2: is gonna wear, Twenty Jack sawyer thirty. Three Jaha, black
21:13
Speaker 2: who apparently set the record of sacks in his high school's,
21:17
Speaker 2: History he's gonna go with seventy. Eighth the guy that
21:20
Speaker 2: was announced From, Dublin Will hoard is gonna wear Eighteen
21:23
Speaker 2: Carton briner forty. Four don'te kent thirty. Four let us
21:27
Speaker 2: know your False let us know your, opinions not just
21:30
Speaker 2: on The steeters draft over the last few, days but
21:34
Speaker 2: also let us know if the schedule being released next,
21:37
Speaker 2: week who would you like to see the.
21:38
Speaker 3: Students play In.
21:39
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21:45
Speaker 3: Talk.
21:46
Speaker 2: Mark thank you very much for your help and your time.
21:48
Speaker 3: Today look forward.
21:49
Speaker 4: To it might be worth running. Down it might be
21:52
Speaker 4: worth running down who those potential opponents could. Be, Like
21:55
Speaker 4: i'm a vetabule up for you because it is go
21:57
Speaker 4: for and. Play they can play In, dublin be The
21:59
Speaker 4: baltimore raven, c The Cincinnati, bengals or The Cleveland. Brains
22:01
Speaker 4: they're obviously THE Afc north. Opponents in The, seast they
22:04
Speaker 4: could play The Buffalo bills Or Miami dolphins in THE Nfc,
22:09
Speaker 4: North Green Bay, Packers Minnesota, vikings and they also could
22:12
Speaker 4: play The Indianapolis colts Or Seattle. Seahawks there is not
22:16
Speaker 4: a bad opponent to be picked between them with. Scenes so,
22:19
Speaker 4: yeah it's extremely.
22:20
Speaker 3: So time will tell who it.
22:23
Speaker 2: Is looking forward the right, now the official announcement of
22:26
Speaker 2: THE nfl schedule is later in the Evening eastern time
22:29
Speaker 2: On may the, fourteenth that's Next. WEDNESDAY i believe we
22:33
Speaker 2: may or may not here. Beforehand, again AS, tbc we
22:35
Speaker 2: will HEAR i will.
22:37
Speaker 4: In the last number of. Years you can keep your
22:39
Speaker 4: eyes peeled from it because they normally announced the international
22:42
Speaker 4: maybe on The, monday, say just to get a bit of.
22:44
Speaker 4: Excitement then they'll maybe on The, tuesday say which the
22:47
Speaker 4: opening game is going to, be and then the whole
22:49
Speaker 4: slade Of seders games pay attention on The. Wednesday let's.
22:53
Speaker 2: SEE i think right, now if you're like me and you're.
22:56
Speaker 2: Prudent let's with the Next wednesday and see if look
22:58
Speaker 2: if we Here, allathan do check out our, socials but
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Speaker 2: do you check Out Steeter's ireland for more when that
23:02
Speaker 2: game is going to be, allianced because know a lot
23:03
Speaker 2: of people are interested. In for, now for myself From,
23:07
Speaker 2: mark thank you very much for we will.
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