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Hello everyone, and welcome to another edition

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of the NFL Draft Triple

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Take, presented by up MC.

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I'm Mike Pursuita, joined us always by Matt

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Williamson and Dale Lawley. We

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are here to give it a third try at

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forecasting Round one of the NFL

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Draft next month in Detroit,

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Mock three point zero as

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it is, and Dale, I know you probably

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agree with me. The only thing better than round three

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is round four, oh doubt.

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But we can only take them one round at

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a time, and we're doing the more until you drop

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first round for a third time.

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Here. I want to remind everyone.

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Before we get started that these

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are the opinions expressed.

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By Matt Williamson, Dale Lawlly and

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yours.

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Truly.

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Nothing official here, but hey, we're pretty into

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this stuff and we feel like you ought

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to know what we're thinking as we continue counting

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down the days to.

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The NFL Draft.

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If you're new to this type of program,

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I'll just give you a quick review of the

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parameters. We go through the first

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round individually, but we break

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it up into thirds. So we're gonna

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lead off today with Matt Williamson and

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then I'll give my take, and then Dale will come

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in with his picks one through ten, and

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then we'll repeat till we get to the end

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of the first round. So Matt, you're ready to kick us off.

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Yeah, And I went with four quarterbacks in a row

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to lead off. I mean, that's starting to be something you

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see a lot of. I think the Patriots

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taking a quarterback at three, considering

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the state of their offense right now, is dropping

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a player into a bad situation. So they get

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out accumulate picks. We know the Vikings

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are not.

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Really even hiding it. They're actively pursuing

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a.

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Quarterback, which makes all the sense in the world. They go

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up and get Drake May, who I think he's

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my second favorite quarterback in this draft, but

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it's a.

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Good situation for him.

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The Raiders are sort of in quarterback no man's land,

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so they kind of sell the farm to go up to four

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with the Cardinals. In my situation, the

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Cardinals were very active trading last year

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in the first round.

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More to come on that later.

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Got this, but then coach

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Harbass a third five and probably gets the

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best player in the whole draft, and it just falls right

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in his lap. So I think the

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top of this draft is interesting, but you're gonna see

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a lot of the same names, of course, And I also went with a doonsay

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over Neighbors, maybe

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just because I was sick of seeing the top.

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Eight be so chocky.

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But he's a little more possession based, a

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little more Daniel Jones

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friendly, in my opinion.

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I'm not resisting the

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temptation to forecast trades yet,

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so I'm just taking the draft

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as chalk. But the

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one pick that I've really got my own is

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number five. I think the first four I could easily

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see the first four playing out that way. You

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guys were at the NFL annual meeting

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in Orlandover. Did you hear

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live and in person or see the tape

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of Jim Harbaugh talking about offensive

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line and how it's the only position

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group on the field that depends on no

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one else. The offensive line is an entity

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among itself and it's up to the offensive

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line to play well dependent on

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anyone else. Do you guys know the kind of football that

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Michigan played under Jim Horrball.

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I almost didn't give them, Harrison. I'm an Ohio

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State guy and not alignment.

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You know. I know you're joking,

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but maybe not cross my mind.

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Right as I said the other day though on the drive.

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If they take an offensive lineman and

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pass on Marvin Harrison Junior or one

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of these top receivers, justin Herbert

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might walk into his office, into Harbaugh's

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office and punch him in the face.

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Well, I don't know that he would.

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Maybe they get out, you know, down to eight.

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Maybe he's thinking there are plenty of receivers to get

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down the line, and.

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They don't have.

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A guy that he's probably pretty familiar with in

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the second round. But I did

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switch out the tackle going at

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number five. The rest of it

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pretty much as it had been Dale.

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Yeah, I mean, you know, the names are

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the names.

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I mean that that's just it's a matter of figuring out who

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goes where, and you

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know, I can't argue with it with any of that.

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For me, I do have a trade

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up as well.

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You'll also see I have Washington now

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taking JJ McCarthy. There's starting to be some

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murmurings about that happening.

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Got JJ McCarthy. Second.

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Overall, I don't agree with that.

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It's not what I would do, But there are some rumors

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out there that Washington is enamor with him,

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and I spoke to some people who are at his

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codating and they

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said his pro day was very impressive.

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He threw the ball as well as any quarterback in

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this draft, maybe better than some others.

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So probably more frequently than he threw it during

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the season.

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I can't argue with that.

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I can't all that, but I'm just telling you that's

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what I'm hearing then, and there's some there's some

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momentum building that that you know that.

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Could be the pick there.

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But I have four quarterbacks going in a row there. I have

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Minnesota trading up to that number four

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spot.

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I think if the Patriots had their choice of.

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Drake May or if Jayden

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Daniels is there, I think you take him.

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I think he is a a he's my number

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two quarterback in this draft, and he's

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dynamic. He's very Lamar Jackson

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like you can build your offense around that guy.

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The Vikings come up and get Drake May again,

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leaving the Chargers with Marvin Harrison

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Junior, and then the rest of it is pretty

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pretty chalky. With with what we've seen that the Jets

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again taking Rock Bowers like I had

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in my last up, I just think that makes a lot of sense

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for Them's.

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Take a look at the next third

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of picks, starting at eleventh overall

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ment.

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Yeah, we got four offensive tackles going

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in this neighborhood, starting to get into.

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That wide receiver range wide receiver four

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range two.

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I mean, I thought Thomas the Cincinnati made

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a lot of sense with Higgins contract kind

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of looming at the moment. And you might

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notice at the very bottom trade with the

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Steelers. I mentioned the Cardinals earlier.

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They get out of the early picks and then they come back

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up to twenty to grab a corner that they

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desperately need and Terry and Arnold. So you'll

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notice the Steelers are not on in the

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twentieth spot here. There be something to come later

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here.

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So that's a little tease they are going to still they

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are.

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They went back to twenty seven, picked up

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a little goodies in between.

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I'm probably a lot like

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you guys.

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And then I look at the tackle position and

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the wide receiver position as way

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deep and personal

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preference. Right, there's not that much separation

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between number one and number eight.

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What are you looking for?

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Number seven? What are you looking for?

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I do like the Vikings waiting to

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get their cornerback quarterback.

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Excuse me.

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Now we start to see some defensive

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players hitting the board. Here Latham

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is the guy. I had him previously going to the Chargers

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at five Seattle sixteen.

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You know, same kind of theory,

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that right guy, right place, right time,

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depending on how you view it.

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And I went back.

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To see number twenty the Steelers Jackson

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Powers Johnson. I had a tackle the

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last time we did this, Mims of

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Georgia, But I don't know today.

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I'm thinking, get the center, get

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that solidified, then move on with your

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draft. I might I might think something different

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next week, but that's where I'm

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going today.

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Saw Yeah, I mean, I can't argue

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that position.

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It's just you know, more recently in our

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latest triple takes, as we're going back through this

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again, a bump Graham Barton ahead of Jackson

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Powers Johnson.

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Wow, his pro day was unbelievable.

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Unbelievable.

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In my eleven through

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twenty, here you see again I have the Steelers

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going tackle. Here, Talisi Flaga

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falls to the Steelers. Here at twenty, I

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have them taking him. I'm with you, though, I think lay

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two to the Rams.

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It just makes a lot of sense. I mean, he

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is a Rams type player. You keep him

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in LA. That would make a ton

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of sense there.

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I think there's three four guys, maybe more.

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Alf Is one to Tennessee,

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bauerst Indianapolis late two to

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the Some of this just feels right.

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They just make sense.

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And you know, same thing with Denver

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taking bo Nicks. I mean, that just makes a

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lot of sense. Maybe they could get him in

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round two, but they don't take the chance.

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They take him here.

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They really don't have a quarterback.

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Option right now, and he would be an immediate starter

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for them.

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Matt.

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I can't wait to see where you go with the

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Steelers pick and who the Steelers.

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They go all the way back to twenty seven, pick up

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some picks in between.

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It gives them the ability to trade up later.

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They've got a lot of extra picks through the Deontae

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Johnson trade, et cetera.

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Pick a trade.

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But I haven't taken Mims at twenty seven. Still

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gets he's a project. I mean, he hasn't played

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a lot of football, but he's immensely talented. Did

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pretty well with the Georgia tackle a year ago. Maybe

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they're a bookend for the next decade. Cooper

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dejene is another guy that he hasn't

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worked out yet, but everyone seems to be kind of

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forgetting about him, which I think is insane.

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You know, that's a cover four type scheme.

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He would be all over the back end of that defense

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for the Eagles and finished

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it up with Tyler Geidton to San Francisco.

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And then the Super Bowl champs gets a defensive

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lineman they can move all over the line of scrimmage too.

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Well.

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He's one of my favorite guys in the staffs. I really

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have a lot of respect for Robinson.

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Here's my twenty one through thirty

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two, and I've got Cooper

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dejene at twenty five. But I'll do

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my own little tease here. As we continue

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to do our review of the top

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five at each position on Steelers

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dot Com, We're gonna get to cornerback in

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safety eventually, and I'm gonna move Cooper

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Degit.

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Out of corner and put him into safety.

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I think it just I've seen this guy

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play a lot. I don't know if you guys know, I've watched some Big ten

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football. Really, I

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just think he's a more effective guy looking

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at the ball and going and getting.

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It than he is chasing somebody around.

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But he's he's like a chess piece.

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He can play in the slot, you can play corner,

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you can play him in safe.

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That's the beauty of a Cooper Degene.

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And he takes the ball away. There's a lot of things there.

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He's now scheduled his workout for

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April eighth, which that will

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that's gonna be key for him. I mean I expect

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him to run in the four to four somewhere.

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Oh.

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I think he's gonna test great. His tape's

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great, his return skills

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are elite. I just I want him kind

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of being that guy Seaball, go get

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ball or go get guy with ball.

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He's really good at that.

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He's very good at that.

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Look like a packer to me too.

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Take us home with your bottom third

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here.

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Yeah, I get the Cardinals with their trade back.

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They get jerse On Newton or Johnny Newton as he's

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now known there.

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They could use a little bit of everything.

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And I get Dejene going at

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twenty two.

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To the to the Eagles there. San

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Francisco gets Nate Wiggins.

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They could really use that and another you know, you

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see that tackle run continue in

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that first round with the Kansas

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City Chiefs taking Kingsley Suamattaya at

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thirty two.

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They don't have a left.

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Tackle right now.

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You know, I don't know if he's plugging play, but he's pretty

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close to I think he could.

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Certainly work with it.

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He can't be any worse than what they lined up with last year

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at left tackle, and it.

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Just makes a lot of sense.

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All right, that's gonna do it for our third

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look at round one. But that might not

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necessarily be the last look at round

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one, but at least for today

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as we speak, that's how Matt

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sees it, that's how Dale sees it, and

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that's how I see it, at least until

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next time. I want to remind everybody that you

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this time, wherever and however you found

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us, Until next time. For Matt Williamson

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and Dale Lawley. Mike pursuit of this has

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been the NFL Draft Triple

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Take Round one Mock three point zero,

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presented by up MC