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Ep 3: 2024 Offseason Power Rankings: Defensive Linemen

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Ep 3: 2024 Offseason Power Rankings: Defensive Linemen

Ep 3: 2024 Offseason Power Rankings: Defensive Linemen

Thursday, 11th April 2024
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He is the Steelers Standard on

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Steelers Nation Radio and podcast

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on Steelers dot Com.

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We are working our way through each position group

0:16

in the NFL for the position

0:19

off season power rankings.

0:22

Today we land on the

0:25

top ten defensive tackles

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in all of football. It was

0:30

sad for me creating this list because not only

0:32

do I not have him in the top ten, but.

0:34

Oh I got him. I got him in a JDQMDC.

0:37

He didn't make my jdq No, he's there because

0:39

I don't think he is. I care.

0:41

I don't think he is. I can't think he just stretched

0:43

it there because I care. That

0:45

was a Homer pick. Nope, that

0:48

was a Homer.

0:49

Pick right there. He's number thirteen, so he's

0:51

right on the edd.

0:52

My JDQMTC consists of the following

0:54

five men. Jalen Carter

0:56

from the Eagles, very impressive rookie season,

1:00

McNeil from the Detroit Lions. Derek Brown

1:02

from the Carolina Panthers, one

1:05

of the best players on one of the worst teams

1:07

you've seen.

1:08

At Oliver from the Buffalo Bills. YEP, got

1:10

him, and Keanu Benton at

1:13

number fifteen Pittsburgh

1:20

Steelers. I

1:23

could be like Bruce Buffer that was pretty good,

1:25

right.

1:25

It's not ladies and gentlemen.

1:29

All right, here's your JDQMDC.

1:32

You're lazy, thirteen.

1:33

Gen because my number eleven I have Ata

1:35

Oliver also in your JDQMTC, and my number

1:37

twelve I have Jalen Carter could

1:40

be higher TVH and number

1:42

thirteens where I got capin cam.

1:46

Don't think that that was just a little hommersh.

1:48

You don't think.

1:51

Okay, all right, number ten for

1:53

you? For me?

1:55

Number ten? This man? What

1:57

can I tell you about this man? He's been around this league

1:59

for a while. He's an elder statesman.

2:02

He's a Super Bowl champion. Now I'm doing

2:04

the whole show like I'm Bruce Beffer. It's

2:06

Vidavea from the Tampa Bay mccanneers. Via

2:10

I made a Pro Bowl once in his career, back

2:12

in twenty twenty one. He has been

2:14

one of the more solid nose tackles

2:17

in the NFL, though really

2:19

since his career started in twenty

2:21

eighteen with Tampa Bay. Had some injury problem

2:23

early on in two of his first three seasons, but

2:26

he has been healthy for the most part

2:28

in the past three seasons. Videvea,

2:31

who I have checking in at number

2:35

ten on my list, and as

2:37

you look at his Pro Football Reference page,

2:40

his actual first name is

2:42

like one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight

2:44

eight names long.

2:46

Look, I'm not lying to you. Oh

2:48

my god, you want to try reading that. Tavita,

2:51

tuli Akono, Tupoloto,

2:54

mosse Vaje, fajoco, falletoveya.

2:58

I don't think that was that bad. I will

3:00

never do it again. It's potentially

3:03

a very dangerous ground to be.

3:05

I don't want to ever mispronounce anybody's names,

3:07

especially someone who works so hard to establish

3:09

ours is one of the best in the NFL.

3:11

You're number ten, I mean, yeah, okay,

3:14

my number ten is right on Pain,

3:20

Sweat. Yeah, it's awesome. Young

3:25

supposed to be one of the best in all of football.

3:28

And those three individually

3:31

still might be some of the better ones

3:33

in all football. But they

3:36

don't do it on three different teams now. Pain

3:39

the only one still in Washington, correct, the only one

3:41

that still remains Pain? And Sweat corn Sweat's

3:44

a bear, then Pain, remember

3:47

sweat led the Bears and the.

3:49

Kind in my hand? Because I got another one coming

3:52

up.

3:52

To How could you forget about

3:54

Sweat's amazing feet though of leading

3:56

two franchises.

3:57

And right we talked about him in the edge

3:59

rusher. You're right, I know you

4:01

know. Okay, okay, all

4:04

right, number nine, number nine for you or

4:06

in the division. Oh, this is where I have

4:08

DJ Reader from the Cincinnati Bank.

4:10

Okay, if they take

4:12

Byron Murphy the second in the mock draft

4:14

and in knee draft, like we've seen from a couple

4:16

of mock drafts so far, that's a pretty

4:19

damn good pairing.

4:20

As far as two defensive tackles go.

4:21

DJ Reader had a really good year last year,

4:24

grated highly in Pro Football Focus. Whether

4:27

you take that with a grain of salt or not, I don't

4:29

blame you, but you can't deny

4:31

that he was definitely an effective player for the

4:33

Bengals. Played in fourteen

4:36

games for them. He only had one sack, but he was great

4:38

at run stuffing. I

4:41

think if if they can get someone like a Murphy

4:43

to come in and be better than Reader and

4:46

make a Reader kind of that number two guy, I

4:49

think the Bengals are gonna have a very scary defensive

4:51

front next year. And I think that the writings

4:53

on the wall that they're going to get this Brian Murphy at

4:55

pick number eight.

4:56

Crazy if they did what. I don't think it's that crazy.

4:59

No, I'm saying it would be crazy to see their line

5:01

right, But it's not crazy to think that he won't be

5:03

there at.

5:04

Any No, no, no, it'd be crazy as if you're

5:06

lining up against the Bengals and their

5:08

defense was so bad for so long and now

5:10

they actually have a legitimate unit back

5:12

there.

5:13

They have done a very good job in Cincinnati of making

5:15

the defense respectable along with the

5:17

Joe Burrow ascension of the offense.

5:19

Like the defense has never lagged that far behind.

5:22

I would say last year the secondary because

5:24

they lost they

5:27

lost their two cornerbacks and safety

5:30

sorry Von Bell and Jesse Bates. They brought

5:32

back Von Bell had to be back von Bell.

5:34

Dax Hill hasn't been doing now as good as

5:36

they'd hope by now, but I think bringing

5:38

back Von Bell is gonna add some stability.

5:39

Yeah, all right, my number nine

5:42

was your number ten? Is right? V Debay?

5:45

Do you want to say his name? Isn't

5:47

my turn to try it? Okay? Just

5:52

consistent, certainly not what

5:55

he once was about six

5:57

years ago, especially five years ago when he

6:00

won the Super Bowl with the Buccaneers. That

6:03

might be one of the more underrated defenses

6:06

in recent memory, simply because Tom

6:08

Brady was the quarterback.

6:09

Well, it certainly was the

6:12

main reason why they beat the

6:14

Patriot or the Chiefs. The Chiefs in the

6:16

Super Bowl. Now,

6:19

if you want to argue that the weakest or

6:22

the weakness of the Chiefs offensive line had

6:24

more to do with it, I'll hear that

6:26

argument.

6:26

But it was by

6:29

v devean company.

6:30

Was I mean, Domakong Sue was out there, Yeah,

6:33

he was. Just it was a great defensive line

6:35

and great defense for sure. All

6:37

right, Number eight for me, yep, this

6:40

is where I have Christian Barmore checking in from the New England.

6:43

You're a Christian.

6:44

Barmore hater, I'm not hat. But he's only

6:46

gonna be twenty five years old, Jacob. Last

6:48

year he played in every game, he only started six

6:50

of them. He had eight and a half sacks from that interior

6:53

position. Alabama. Boy, you

6:55

know he's got that pedigree. I expect

6:58

him to take an even bigger step for this

7:00

year, a bit of a breakout yere for Barmore

7:02

last year. I think he'll be even

7:04

better in the middle of that New England

7:07

defense. So I got Christian Barmore checking

7:09

in at number eight, a good young defensive tackle

7:11

on the rise.

7:12

All Right, number eight is the

7:14

Washington Commanders team in of Deron Payin,

7:16

who we forgot stayed

7:18

in Washington with him because he's the only one

7:21

with a normal name gopen Jonathan Allen

7:23

number eighth, he's the only

7:25

one without that intimidating name factor

7:28

Payne sweat young for

7:30

an old man. Jonathan Allen alongside

7:33

Deron Payne, still kicking

7:35

it in Washington on that defensive line.

7:38

Just consistent, I mean, not like showing

7:41

up with the flashiest numbers, but still

7:43

holding down that defensive line in Washington, doing

7:45

a great job of it.

7:47

Yeah, and a guy who started as a defensive end

7:49

in his career and has moved into the interior

7:53

three years at the end.

7:54

Look, you want to talk about consistent yet tackle

7:57

hasn't missed more than one game since

7:59

back in twenty nineteen. He missed two games

8:01

that year or I'm sorry healing Nope,

8:03

sorry, hasn't missed more than one game since

8:06

his rookie year. So how about

8:08

that?

8:09

Yeah, he had a lot of injury problems his rookie year and was

8:12

able to shed ever since that kind of injury

8:15

bug notion ever since in the next six

8:17

years following, never missed more than one game. And

8:20

you gotta love that if you're a defensive lineman.

8:22

No question about it. Number seven for

8:24

me is where I have DeForest Buckner. Oh

8:27

Tom, Number seven for me.

8:30

Forest, but the

8:32

Forest Buckner of the Indianapolis Colts,

8:35

previously of the San Francisco forty

8:37

nine ers made a All Pro two team

8:39

in San Francisco. Then his first year in indian twenty

8:41

twenty, he made the first team All Pro.

8:43

Uh.

8:44

This is a guy that has played in every single game in the

8:46

past three seasons. You want

8:48

to talk about longevity at a tough position,

8:50

and here's something that you don't see every day. He

8:52

scored a touchdown last year as a defensive

8:54

tach. That's a rarity in the NFL, is a DT

8:57

getting into the end zone.

8:58

So four, Horst Buckner. You

9:01

want to talk about You want to talk about consistency.

9:03

Here's the sack totals going backwards twenty twenty

9:05

three in reverse eight eight, seven,

9:07

nine and a half, seven and a half twelve. Yeah,

9:10

that's the model of consistency. Getting a ton of

9:12

pressure from the interior of

9:14

a defensive line. We witnessed

9:17

this last year when the Steelers went to Indy.

9:19

Colts had one of the most underrated defensive lines

9:21

in football, and the Forest Bucket really

9:24

at the heart.

9:24

Of They cannot run the ball, they cannot

9:27

escape the pressure the Steelers. I'm saying

9:29

against that Indianapolis d line. The

9:32

Colts were.

9:33

Really underrated in that aspect last year and it's

9:35

going to be just as good this year. Colts

9:38

get this quarterback situation cool.

9:40

I mean, they could have been a playoff team

9:42

last year they were in they were a guy they were Texas.

9:45

Yeah, if they can

9:47

have Anthony Richardson and stay healthy and be good, Colts

9:50

are good enough to be a playoff team

9:52

or at least in a crowded AFC, be

9:54

another potential contender that you have

9:56

to vie with if you're a team like the Steelers for one of

9:58

those three wild cards.

9:59

But I know, the two games last year in the last week

10:01

of the season were Jacks Titans and Colts

10:04

versus Texans. The Jacks lost the Titans.

10:06

If the Colts to be in the Texans with the Texans, or

10:08

would both the Texans and Colts make the

10:10

division or just the Colts win as

10:13

the division winner.

10:15

I'm foggy on the situation, but they would have made the.

10:17

Playoffs for sure. It was a dude with winning your in. I

10:19

know that whether the Texans could have snuck

10:22

in there, and they did that all without Anthony Richardson,

10:25

right, So if he can, if he

10:27

works out, be good.

10:28

Yeah, then I think they're another Again,

10:31

it's bad news if you're the Steelers because that's a team that you got

10:33

to deal with.

10:34

They lost you play too to

10:36

the Raiders.

10:38

Yeah, but they upgraded the backup quarterback because they brought

10:40

in uh uh Joe Flacca?

10:43

Is Flacco? Is that an

10:45

upgrade? It's a huge upgrade. All right? You're number seven

10:47

was also the You're number

10:50

six. Number six for.

10:51

Me, this is where I have Kobe Turner

10:53

from the Los Ingas. Kobe

10:58

Turner was a rookie last year. He

11:01

had nine sacks from

11:03

the interior of this Rams defense.

11:06

Do you think that he made or life

11:09

after Aaron Donald a little bit easier to stomach

11:11

if you're a Rams fan, if you're the Rams front office,

11:13

that you had this rookie Kobe Turner come in and

11:15

have so much success in his rookie season,

11:18

you think that Obviously, it

11:20

doesn't help eliminate the

11:23

pain entirely of losing a Hall of Fame Mount

11:25

Rushmore level defensive player, but

11:29

there's someone there in LA that is a clear

11:32

replacement for him, and nine

11:34

sacks as a rookie from that spot is damn impressive

11:36

from Kobe Turner.

11:38

And like you said, I don't think anyone was

11:40

really looking at the LA Rams defense

11:42

inside of the football as something

11:45

that was gonna be as

11:48

quickly turned around from their Super Bowl

11:50

win as Turner has

11:52

done so far in a very young career. So

11:55

I don't know. I mean, to lose Aaron Donald is

11:58

no easy thing, but this is certainly

12:00

making it slightly easier

12:03

on the transition. I would say, all

12:06

right, you're number six. All right, my number six.

12:09

This is where I have let me see,

12:11

this is where I Quentin Williams a

12:14

little low for you. I

12:18

think the people I have in my top

12:20

six that did

12:22

that come out you

12:25

just pretending to be a Boston

12:27

cop. I

12:29

think Quinn Williams is great talent and

12:33

playing with the Jets hasn't had the easiest

12:35

go of it, but certainly

12:38

people in New York seem to wow,

12:42

seem to think that things

12:44

are going to turn around with them, hopefully with Aaron

12:46

Rodgers around with them. I mean, it's in all Pro last year,

12:51

right, But let's say this too, with the addition of the son

12:53

Reddick that defensive front, maybe life

12:55

gets a little bit easier for Williams. Maybe you see some

12:57

numbers take up for him because people have

12:59

to start paying attition to Hassan Reddit coming out from

13:01

the edge.

13:03

My number five guy was a

13:05

division rival of Quinn Williams for

13:07

most of his career, but not

13:09

anymore. This is where I have Christian

13:12

Wilkins Miami Dolphins

13:15

newly Las Vegas.

13:17

Right, La Vegas

13:20

Raider. Five years in Miami

13:23

for Christian Wilkins, and he played

13:25

in all.

13:25

But three football games in his

13:28

career so far. That's great durability

13:32

for somebody at that position. He had

13:34

last year, I think his best year in the NFL

13:37

too. He had a forced fumble, he had nine sacks, he had ten

13:39

tackles for the loss, he had twenty three quarterback

13:41

hits, and he played in all seventeen

13:43

games. I don't know why the Dolphins

13:45

moved on from him after a year like that.

13:48

Maybe you have money that needs

13:50

to be spent elsewhere. Maybe you think you can replace

13:53

your defensive tackle with a younger, cheaper player.

13:56

But it looks to me like Wilkins just had a

13:58

year that would tell you he's during his prime,

14:01

that would tell you that these next three years, including

14:03

that last one, are going to be maybe the best of his

14:06

career. Your defense

14:08

ain't exactly all

14:11

world status. I am

14:13

I am shocked that the Dolphins shocked

14:15

shocked that they didn't bring Christian.

14:17

Well, especially because you look at the

14:20

state of that team right and they've

14:24

got it down on offense. You gotta keep

14:26

that defense. Like how you said

14:30

when we were talking about I believe

14:33

was it. I forget which scene we were talking about,

14:35

but saying, how oh oh, we were talking

14:37

about Cincinnati, how the Bengals

14:39

have done a really good job of keeping

14:42

that defense prepared

14:44

to compete while you're in the

14:46

peak of Joe Burrow's young career.

14:49

The Dolphins should be doing the exact same thing for twoo

14:51

techa Iloa. Credit to them. They went out

14:53

and they signed h

14:57

Jalen Ramsey to bolster up their secondary,

15:00

but letting Wilkins go, I think is a huge

15:02

mistake. I

15:05

agree.

15:05

It's how well he keep last year.

15:08

I mean, I think he's the whole career. He's the top five

15:10

tackle in the game. You're number

15:13

five, my number five. This is where I Dexter

15:15

Lawrence.

15:17

Number five. Interesting. Okay,

15:19

well, you can't say it's too low if

15:21

we're now the five. It's fine,

15:23

it's fine, Lawrence. No, it's fine.

15:25

Dexter Lawrence in the top five is plenty, plenty

15:28

reasonable, especially because.

15:30

I have him higher. Okay, you

15:32

want to say, where do

15:36

you have anything to say about him? I mean no, we could talk about it when

15:38

you guys to him, because you're gonna be so happy

15:40

to talk about him in his higher position that's not

15:43

so much higher than.

15:45

My number four is where

15:47

I have Dexter. Now I'm just kidding. This is

15:50

where I have Justin Matabouquet from

15:52

the multi Ravens second team All

15:54

Pro last year was Mattabouque.

15:56

I think a huge reason why that Ravens

15:59

defense.

15:59

Was a lot better then.

16:00

I think maybe some people thought that they were gonna

16:03

be also got Defensive Player of the Year

16:05

votes. Did Matta Bouquet finish the ninth place? So

16:08

great year career year for Matta Buquet.

16:10

He's only going to be twenty seven years old, really

16:13

coming into his peak. Thirteen

16:16

sacks from that interior spot last year man

16:19

thirty three quarterback hits, and

16:21

a big contract signed in the offseason to stay

16:23

in Baltimore.

16:24

Tom, I hate to do this to you. I

16:26

think you forgot someone who moving

16:30

up My number four guy of

16:32

Javon Hargrave really

16:35

have that great of a year. I really think he did. Let's

16:38

see if you're right. I

16:40

don't think you are.

16:41

Plus, he was a little bit overshadowed in that San Francisco

16:44

defense, but not as impactful as

16:46

he was in Philadelphia.

16:47

For sure. Hit seven sacks,

16:50

not bad.

16:50

Played in sixteen games, he had eight

16:52

tackles for loss, He had fourteen quarterback hits.

16:55

He had a Pro Bowl caliber year. I don't

16:57

know if he should be top five on your list

16:59

though, number four. Maybe I

17:01

think you're being at you didn't put him in your GDQMDC.

17:04

That's I think not I

17:06

don't. I don't know. I think

17:09

all these players were better than him. Maybe Benton

17:11

is the only one that I was at so a little bit of homorism,

17:14

don't you think.

17:14

But I think you know, everybody would

17:16

tell me that the guys I've listed were pretty

17:19

much better than Javon Hargrave.

17:22

I think there's some pushback. Woh, so

17:25

you don't give me at four. I put a hard grave

17:27

at four.

17:28

All right. Number three for you is where

17:30

I have Quinn Williams checking in.

17:31

All right, that's fair. Quentin Williams. Jet's

17:35

so ridiculous of me to put him at

17:37

six.

17:37

It will especially thinking

17:40

that he's worse than Javen Hargrave, was a little bit ridiculous.

17:44

Quentin Williams did have a dip last year, though,

17:46

so that is something that I guess you have to look at Hargrave

17:49

didn't. I mean, Hargrave did two on

17:52

a better defense.

17:53

Okay, maybe

17:57

Quentin Williams will have that bounce back here because

17:59

of the support that is in place that you mentioned in

18:02

that New York defense where he's not the only guy,

18:04

where there is a Hassan Raddick now that can.

18:06

Help get after the quarterback.

18:09

It's amazing to me that he's only going to be twenty seven years

18:12

old, yet this is his sixty year in the NFL.

18:14

Quinn Williams, he.

18:16

Has been an impactful

18:18

player since day one, drafted

18:20

out of imagine that Alabama.

18:23

They seem to be growing these defensive tackles on trees

18:25

down there.

18:26

All right, number three, number three for me,

18:29

I believe it was your number four. Number

18:32

five, Madibukekeue was

18:35

your four. Yeah, okay, I mean yeah,

18:37

like you said, career year and

18:40

hate to see him think in Baltimore. Really

18:42

don't don't like that.

18:44

Yeah. I thought there was a chance he might get away. I

18:46

thought there was a chance that he's going to go to Seattle,

18:49

might go somewhere else. But it wasn't

18:51

meant to be Matabuque. And I think it was smarter

18:53

the Ravens to prioritize signing like you

18:56

lose Queen, Yeah, but you got, but you

18:58

gotta Buque. I think Game was the better

19:00

player to keep. I love Queen, and I think Queen.

19:02

Because you also kept you kept Broquan Smith

19:06

the year before.

19:07

Queen is an amazing upgrade for the

19:09

Steelers, a big time fit

19:11

for the Steelers. But with given the choice,

19:14

Matteabuke or Queen, if you're the Ravens, especially

19:16

with the Smith situation, yeah, it was a no brainer

19:18

on which one you had to prioritize.

19:19

Well, it's crazy how good the Ravens defense

19:22

is on all levels because they have Kyle Hamilton

19:24

in the secondary with Marlon Humphrey and those guys.

19:27

Uh, keep an eye on Marlon Humphrey

19:29

and those Marlon Humphrey is getting old.

19:31

So it was Marcus Williams, the safety. They brought him

19:33

from the role they need.

19:35

To get some some youth injection in well, but

19:38

I mean the set as far as

19:40

the corner position is concerned, some.

19:43

Youthful exuberance

19:45

might go a long way in that field.

19:48

So number two for me is where I have Dexter Lawrence,

19:50

the guy that you agregiously put a number five yep

19:53

okay second team All Pro for the second straight

19:56

year now, was the New York Giants defensive

19:58

tackle. The sacks

20:00

aren't really what you get out of Dexter Lawrence. I think

20:02

he's more of that run stuffer. He

20:05

did have twenty one quarterback hits last year as well thirty

20:07

two solo tackles fifty three

20:09

combined tackles. He got Defensive

20:12

Player of the Year votes, finished in ninth

20:14

place. That's impressive

20:17

as somebody who was

20:19

on such a bad team in the New York Giants. So

20:22

Dexter Lawrence still a big,

20:25

big key to the New York Giants

20:27

roster, to the New York Giants having success into

20:30

that Giant defense. So I got him checking

20:32

in as the number two defensive tackle in football.

20:34

All right, number two for me. This is

20:37

why I have Christian Wilkins. I

20:39

just think this guy's a monster. And I think

20:42

by putting me too, I'm trying to emphasize

20:44

how big of a mistake it was by the

20:46

Dolphins to let him go

20:49

and not keep him. And now you get

20:51

a pair Wilkins with

20:54

Max Crosby in Vegas,

20:57

and boyo, boy is that going to be

20:59

a scared pass rush?

21:02

And if you're Crosby,

21:05

it's finally somebody that can take some attention

21:07

away from him.

21:07

Well, the

21:10

guy they brought in another defensive

21:12

lineman or outside linebacker to help

21:14

him edge rusher. Yeah, he went

21:16

crazy.

21:17

It was God,

21:19

he's so famous and popular. He

21:21

went off the deep end like he had to go to was

21:24

is Chandler Jones?

21:25

Chandler Jones, Right, He just went nuts.

21:27

Like they He was still great when he came from

21:29

Arizona to Vegas, but like he went

21:31

completely cuckoo, so that

21:33

backfired on the big time.

21:35

But Wilkins is going.

21:36

To be it.

21:36

But he was at the time a really, really good player.

21:38

But Wilkins is going to be an absolute asset for

21:42

that Raiders team. And then number one for

21:44

both of us, it is Aaron Donald.

21:47

But he retired, so we can't wait. Would

21:49

you have put Aaron Donald one? He did retire,

21:51

and it's like twenty twenty three going into twenty twenty

21:53

four.

21:54

No lower than two. He's still still

21:56

in the second best Wow. Okay, I might

21:59

have put him at number one. Still wow,

22:01

But number one is now Chris Jones, undisputedly

22:05

the three times Super

22:08

Bowl champion, has been a first

22:10

team All Pro now back to back seasons. He

22:13

is a second team All Pro in three

22:15

other seasons. He was third place in Defensive

22:18

Player of the Year last year. He didn't get depot votes this year,

22:20

but he still had a heck of a season. By

22:25

the way, Yeah, I mean he was first. I

22:27

mean, he was first team All Pro. How's he not get at least

22:29

a couple of those right guys.

22:30

Like the guy deserved. I mean, especially if

22:33

you look. Everyone knows now

22:36

the Chiefs and how they operate and

22:38

they don't win the Super Bowl this year without

22:41

Chris Jones.

22:42

No, and a lot of what Chris Jones, you know what,

22:45

A lot of what defensive tackles do in general

22:47

don't show up on the stat sheet. The pressures,

22:49

the furries, the the fear

22:51

factor that they install, the disruption of

22:53

the quarterbacks rhythm by blowing up the

22:55

center and just coming up right. You can't step up in the pocket

22:58

now because there is nowhere to step up. Chris

23:00

Jones only had a half a sack in

23:02

the playoffs this year, but I remember

23:05

three plays where he directly affected

23:08

an incomplete pass a turnover.

23:10

Both in the Super Bowl and the and the AC Championship

23:12

against the Ravens.

23:13

Rob Party had a Deebo Samuel touchdown

23:16

on a silver platter in the Super Bowl, completely

23:18

disrupted by Chris Jones just ripping

23:20

through the offensive line like tissue paper and

23:23

forcing Party to.

23:24

Throw the ball. He overthrew. Same with I

23:26

think they were in the red zone and he

23:28

maybe missed Mark Andrews onto play was the

23:31

target because.

23:32

That was.

23:34

Yeah.

23:35

So a lot of those guys get their impact

23:37

on things that doesn't necessarily translate to on

23:40

paper looking at him on throw a football reference

23:42

and understanding.

23:43

How great he really was.

23:44

All right, that'll do it for defensive

23:46

tackles. Next week, I'm

23:48

feeling inside linebacker, so

23:51

maybe Pittsburgh Steeler will end up on that list

23:53

too. In fact, I'm pretty sure he will, and

23:56

that'll be like the first time in a long time

23:58

Pittsburgh Steeler in the top ten at

24:00

the end?

24:02

Stands?

24:03

Is it?

24:04

Homersm when the dude was a second team All program

24:07

I just wonder how our rankings would differ

24:10

if he stayed in Baltimore versus

24:13

coming to Pittsburgh.

24:14

Right, and then a Landon Roberts as well when we

24:16

have him in the time now that might be homer

24:18

As Let's throw them all

24:20

in there.

24:22

We'll be back next week. We'll keep content.

24:25

We'll continue our.

24:27

All time Steelers Draft rounds

24:30

with round number three on Tuesday, and

24:32

then later in the week get into that interior linebacker

24:34

power ranking. That and lots more

24:36

draft talk on the way next week. He's Jacob

24:38

wreck Down, Tom Offerman. This has been the Steeler

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