Steelers GM Omar Khan: "Full Faith" in Kenny Pickett? | Plan at Center Obvious? | Combine DBs Speak

Summary

このビデオスクリプトでは、ロックドオンスティーラーズポッドキャストのホスト、クリス・カーターが、スティーラーズのGMオマール・カーンとのインディアナポリスでのコンバインでの会話、そしてその内容について、スティーラーズナウ.comのアラン・ソーンダースと分析します。特に、クォーターバックのケニー・ピケットに対するチームの信頼と、新しいオフェンシブコーディネーター、アーサー・スミスが彼に与える影響に焦点を当てています。また、ディフェンシブバックスとの会話や、チームの将来に向けたドラフト戦略についても触れています。ファンデュエルスポーツブックのスポンサーシップの下、毎日のピッツバーグスティーラーズに関する情報を提供し、リスナーに有益な洞察を与えています。

Takeaways

• 😀 The Steelers still have faith in quarterback Kenny Pickett but plan to bring in competition for him
• 😊 GM Omar Khan takes blame away from Pickett for offensive struggles last season
• 😯 Khan leaves door open for trades or free agent signings at quarterback
• 😀 Offensive lineman Bradrick Jones was drafted to be a left tackle and will move back in the future
• ☹️ The team acknowledges need to draft a center early
• 👀 Steelers doing due diligence scouting top cornerbacks in the draft
• 🤔 Uncertainty around whether Steelers will bring back CB Patrick Peterson
• 😄 Michigan CB Mike Sandr still models his game after Mike Hilton
• 🧐 Multiple positions the Steelers could target in 1st round of draft
• 👍 Depth on roster gives flexibility for Steelers in this year's draft

Q & A

スティーラーズのGMオマー・カーンは、コンバインでケニー・ピケットに関してどのようなコメントをしましたか？

オマー・カーンは、ケニー・ピケットに全面的な信頼を寄せており、オフェンスに問題があったものの、彼が良い動きを見せたと述べました。また、新しいオフェンスコーディネーター、アーサー・スミスがケニーにどのような影響を与えるかについても楽観的であると述べました。

オマー・カーンは、新しいオフェンスコーディネーターの影響でドラフト戦略が変わる可能性についてどのように答えましたか？

カーンは、新しいオフェンスコーディネーターの考えを理解するにつれ、少しは変化があるかもしれないと述べましたが、チームは可能な限り最善を尽くしてすべての選手を評価しようとしているとも述べました。

スティーラーズは、QBの競争をどのように見ていますか？

スティーラーズはケニー・ピケットに競争を持ち込むことを計画していますが、これは彼がチームのプランから外れているわけではなく、彼が競争を通じて成長し、自分のポジションを確立する機会と見ています。

オマー・カーンはジャスティン・フィールズやカーク・カズンズに関するトレードの噂にどう反応しましたか？

カーンは具体的な選手についてのトレードの話は避けましたが、チームをより良くするためにあらゆる可能性を検討する義務があると述べました。

ブラドリック・ジョーンズは将来的にどのポジションでプレイするとオマー・カーンは考えていますか？

オマー・カーンは、ブラドリック・ジョーンズが将来的には左タックルでプレイすることを意図していると述べましたが、そのタイミングは未定であると述べました。

オマー・カーンはセンターポジションについてどのようにコメントしましたか？

カーンはセンターポジションに関してあまり具体的ではありませんでしたが、チームにはセンターでプレイできる選手がいるとしつつも、ドラフトでセンターを獲得する可能性については言及しました。

コンバインでのDB（ディフェンスバック）のインタビューで、スティーラーズが特に注目している選手はいましたか？

スティーラーズは多くのDB選手と公式に面接を行っており、特にコーナーバックのポジションに関心を持っているようです。

パトリック・ピーターソンについて、オマー・カーンはどのようなコメントをしましたか？

オマー・カーンはパトリック・ピーターソンについて具体的なコメントは避けましたが、一般的に多用途な選手を評価していると述べました。

オマー・カーンは、チームの将来についてどのようなビジョンを持っていますか？

オマー・カーンは、チームを改善するためにあらゆる選手との可能性を検討すると述べており、競争を通じてチームのポジションを強化し、選手の成長を促すことを重視しているようです。

スティーラーズがドラフトで注目しているポジションは何ですか？

スティーラーズは、DB（特にコーナーバック）、オフェンスライン（特にセンター）、および将来のクォーターバックの競争を含む、複数のポジションに注目しているようです。

Outlines

00:00

🎙️ スティーラーズGMオマー・カーンとのコンバインでの対話

クリス・カーターとアラン・サンダースは、インディアナポリスで開催されたコンバインでピッツバーグ・スティーラーズのGMオマー・カーンと話す機会を得た。彼らはカーンの話した内容、ケニー・ピケットを含む他の動きにどれだけ関与しているか、そしてコンバインで話を聞いたディフェンシブバックスについての彼らの考えを共有した。このエピソードでは、スティーラーズのクオーターバックの状況、特にケニー・ピケットに対するフルフェイスと競争に焦点を当てており、オフェンシブコーディネーターの変更がドラフトクラスの評価にどのように影響するかについても触れている。

05:00

🏈 ケニー・ピケットへの信頼と将来の競争

オマー・カーンは、ケニー・ピケットへの完全な信頼を表明し、彼が示した良い点とオフェンスの問題を認識している。アーサー・スミス新OCの下でピケットがどのように改善できるかについて楽観的であり、競争を通じて彼の立場を強化する機会を提供する意向がある。また、彼らはクオーターバックのポジションに競争を持ち込むが、これはピケットが彼らのスタートクオーターバックであるという事実を変えるものではない。オマー・カーンは、ジャスティン・フィールズや他のクオーターバックに関する取引の可能性についても言及しており、チームを改善するためのあらゆる選択肢を検討する義務があると述べている。

10:02

🔍 オフェンシブラインとディフェンシブバックスの将来計画

オマー・カーンは、ブラドリック・ジョーンズが将来的にはレフトタックルとして起用される予定であるが、そのタイミングは未定であると述べた。また、センターポジションについては、既存の選手がセンターとしてプレーできる能力を持っているが、ドラフトでセンターを獲得する可能性が高いことを暗示している。これらのコメントは、スティーラーズがオフェンシブラインの構成とディフェンシブバックスの強化に向けてどのように計画しているかについての洞察を提供する。

15:02

🚀 コンバインとドラフト戦略に関するさらなる分析

コンバインでのディフェンシブバックスとセーフティズとの会話は、スティーラーズがこれらのポジションで幅広い選手と面談していることを示しており、特にコーナーバックポジションに対しては、ドラフトの初回から中盤のラウンドでの選択肢を広く検討していることが明らかになった。また、このセグメントでは、パトリック・ピーターソンの将来とスティーラーズのディフェンシブバックス戦略についての不確実性にも触れている。

20:03

📊 ドラフトとフリーエージェンシーにおける多様な可能性

スティーラーズは、オフェンシブライン、ディフェンシブバックス、センター、およびディフェンシブラインなど、複数のポジションでドラフトの初回から選手を選択する多様な可能性を持っている。この多様性は、スティーラーズが特定のポジションに縛られることなく、最適な選手を選択する柔軟性を持っていることを示している。フリーエージェンシーが始まると、これらのポジションでの動きがどのようにチームのドラフト戦略に影響を与えるかが明らかになるだろう。

Keywords

💡Kenny Pickett

Kenny Pickett is the Steelers' current starting quarterback. The team seems to still have faith in him as the starter, but will bring in competition to push him.

💡quarterback competition

The Steelers will bring in competition at quarterback, but the main focus is still on seeing if Kenny Pickett can improve and solidify himself as the long-term starter.

💡offensive coordinator

The Steelers brought in a new offensive coordinator, Arthur Smith, who they believe can help improve the offense and Kenny Pickett's development.

💡offensive line

The team acknowledges offensive line is a need, especially at center. They also discuss tackle Bradrick Jones and his potential move back to left tackle in the future.

💡defensive backs

The Steelers seem very interested in the defensive backs in the draft, including both cornerbacks and safeties, based on their interviews and meetings at the NFL Combine.

Highlights

スティーラーズのGMオマー・カーンがコンバインでインタビューに応え、ケニー・ピケットへの信頼を表明

オフェンシブコーディネーターのアーサー・スミスがピケットのパフォーマンスを向上させられると期待

カーンは他のQB選択肢も探っていると示唆、ラッセル・ウィルソンなどのトレードがあるかもしれない

ブラドリック・ジョーンズは左タックルとしてドラフトされ、最終的にはそこでプレーするだろうとカーンが述べる

スティーラーズがセンターの位置をドラフトで固定しようとしていることが明らか

Transcripts

I'm Chris Carter of the locked on

Steelers podcast we got a chance to talk

to Steelers GM Omar Khan at the combine

here in Indianapolis myself and Alan

Saunders from Steelers now.com go over

what he talked about how involved Kenny

picket and other moves that and our

thoughts on the defensive backs as we

got to talk to them at the combine all

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lockon to get started Allan we have been

busy all week long Alan Saunders is here

y'all from Steelers now.com sorry I I

feel like it's it's crazy you and I have

been hanging out a lot we have had some

Adventures uh you've lost to me in darts

quite a lot

um just had to get that in there uh but

it's fine I want to we'll get to back to

the combine stuff but because of you

know the unfortunate passing of Omar

Khan's family member you know we weren't

able to talk to him early in the week

but now that we got to talk to Steelers

GM he did get to talk and I think the

biggest things to take out of this is

just how he responded to quarterback

questions with the Steelers now full

disclo you know for getting this out

here before we get crazy here the whole

job of the GM at these things is to not

give away anything that they're doing to

the public that they don't want anyone

else to know so he's his job is to not

say say much here but if you read

between the lines there's something

interesting here Allan we're gonna play

this quick this clip of what he said

when he when he was getting asked about

Kenny picket you guys an organization

still have full faith in him or does he

have to show you something in this third

year I mean we have we have uh I I have

full faith in uh in in Kenny um he shown

us some good things and obviously there

were some issues with the offense and

I'm excited about the impact that that

Arthur Smith's going to have on him you

know Arthur's very optimistic about

Kenny and um you know I know they've

communicated and um you said we we'll

have uh some strong competition there

and uh we'll see where it goes feel feel

really good about it when you change

offensive coordinators do you go kind of

back through the work you've already

done on this draft class and say hey we

might be doing things differently now

some of these guys fit in a different

way maybe they did before you're talking

about the draft class this year yeah

like this year's draft class you know we

we kind of I don't I don't know if

we I mean it changes things a little bit

you know as as we've met and understood

uh some of the things that he'd like to

do uh but we have some good pieces in

place here you know we have some good

football players uh uh on on the

offensive side so um I I guess it takes

a you take that into account a little

bit but overall we you know we evalu we

try to evaluate everyone best as we can

you just kind of quickly sum up what do

you think maybe the sort of court

characteristics are of what art is

trying to do and and what you think that

maybe me mentality of your offense is

going to be yeah you know I I don't know

from the mentality if anything's changed

I mean you guys know we we like being a

physical football team um but I'll let

him answer it those at the right time or

a coach on when you guys get him in

March so Allan you I I wanted people to

also hear your follow-ups there you know

talking about Arthur Smith or arth what

what the Steelers offense is going to

look like with him at OC what's your

reaction to just how he's answering that

there and just that combined with what

we already know about the Steelers

quarterback

situation well I think it's pretty clear

that I

mean I don't know Kenny picket starting

right like I I I just feel like that's

it's it almost feels like it's been

decided I mean they say they want

competition um but then they say they

want full they have full faith in Kenny

picket like

I If you have first of all these things

are contradict right if you have full

faith in Kenny picket then why do you

need competition you only need

competition if you don't have full faith

in Kenny picket that's that's very clear

um but I just I

don't it just seems very it seems

obvious that that that's what is going

to happen here there's going to be a

competition at the quarterback position

but anybody that comes here is going to

come here with the understanding that

they're going to be at best competing

for this job they're not going to be

getting it which means you're basically

getting a backup to Kenny picket right I

mean like that's that's what's going on

I I I agree with that assessment like

Kenny pet is not out of the plans like

they are not looking to replace him

they're going to bring someone in that

if he doesn't play well he will be

replaced but they're not coming out in

in in this with this idea that like hey

they're just gonna go get a whole new

quarterback that is definitely that that

just Kenny picket going to stand no

chance against and also like you know it

takes work to get those guys you know it

would take a serious trade it would take

you know draft picks being lost big

money be being lost or you know like you

know maybe they get Russell Wilson that

that's the one where I think that that

could that could be different there

because of his contract situation

technically he could take a very small

contract and still make a a lot of money

next year there's a lot of stuff going

on there but um as far as Kenny pigy

yeah it seems like this organization

still thinks that they need to give him

a chance and the players that they're

going to bring in whether it's Mason

Rudolph whether it's Ryan Tan and also

more did say that they've You Know

spoken with Mason Rudolph doesn't mean

he's coming back but there's been

Communications there with his

representative um but it it's clear the

Steelers whole thing here like the faith

in in Kenny pick it yes they're goingon

to bring a competition I think the faith

is that he has to be able to stand tall

against competition because like if I'm

if I'm the GM if if it's me trying to

make sure that I have the guy I want my

the guy to not be afraid to lose his job

to not to not be flustered by bringing

in competition to prove like hey you

know what you know I need to prove that

I I can be the man and it'd be different

if it was like you know if he was proven

If he if he was a super if he was

Patrick mahes if he was Josh all you

know if he if he was you know Jaylen

Herz those those are different things

like when you're approve but Kenny has

to prove it and he's there's there's

been flashes there's been moments but he

has not had a complete game he has not

had a great stretch of games and or even

a good stretch of games I'd say he's had

like decent play here and there and

clutch play but I think it's a very re

place like hey you still got to prove it

it but it's okay to say hey we still

have faith that he can prove it I think

the first thing you said there makes the

most sense to me is it just feels like

they're trying to put themselves in a

better position for what happens if

Kenny picket turns out not to be the guy

but that's gonna have to be de like the

competition solely rests on Kenny picket

not what the other guy does right it's

just right if if Kenny can come in and

be good enough or better at least then

he's going to get chances it's just okay

what happens if he's not that's I mean

that's that's really with this

competition the competition is Kenny

picket versus Kenny picket can he show

Improvement Omar said he felt like

there's reason to believe that Kenny Pi

can be significantly better in Arthur

Smith's offense he he basically blamed

Matt Canada for a lot of the problems

with last year's offense and said you we

had problems with the offense we made a

change we feel like he can be better

with Arthur Smith so what the the what

Omar's throwing out there is Kenny needs

to be better they're acknowledging that

Kenny needs to be better the competition

is Kenny versus Kenny can Kenny prove

that he can be better and if he can be

better then he's our guy and if he can't

then this guy that this other

quarterback or quarterbacks that come in

are going to be in a position to replace

him but it's not like let's let's be

real it's not really going to be a

competition right like not in the

traditional sense of things because

they're starting out with Kenny picket

as their

quarterback right no I feel I feel you

on on that I also thought it was

interesting when uh he was asked about

you know Dustin Fields trades this this

was his response and it's interesting

how I've seen this response interpreted

on on on Twitter uh in either direction

but here's Omar Khan would that being

asked there one going be asked about

that over there so give you a trial run

all right you trading for Justin

Fields um I I'm not going to go into

details about the conversations that

we've had but like I mentioned earlier I

I I I can tell you that I I have an

obligation to look at every Avenue um

that's out there to uh to try to make us

a better football team how about Kur

cousins and Russell

wils everybody else who've been rumored

to something yeah same same answer there

was discussions so like it's there's

kind of like a tonguey cheek there but

like it's funny I saw some people being

like see he he's he's not do he's not

making any big moves or you know at

quarterback and other people saying see

he's looking into making big moves at

quarterback but I I just think it's it's

funny how how those type of things

happen but again it's when you're

talking to these guys you got to read

between the lines with stuff like that

and when they're talking about what the

competition that they're bringing in Ken

if you're bringing in competition for

Kenny pick it it means you're not

getting one of those guys that they just

named because those guys most of those

guys those aren't competition guys guys

those are they're taking Kenny's job and

that that that's just going to be that

guys yeah and and that just doesn't seem

to like again like the statements are

kind of contradictory right so like it's

really hard to make sense of it all and

and he's kind of talking out of both

sides of his mouth right I mean he's

saying like I'm not ruling anything out

um and and I get it because like okay do

I think the Steelers are likely to trade

for Justin fields no do I think if the

price gets down to like a 20

255th would they be like well

that's nothing let's

go you maybe um you know

like do I think they're gonna trade for

Sam how I I don't know I mean probably

not but maybe Washington makes it

interesting you know I think he's trying

to leave doors open and not close them

with his words

right and I I think that's um you

know that's probably where this sort of

both sidy talk is coming from but like I

I kind of feel like he's accounting for

some pretty remote possibilities there

yeah I'm right I'm right with you on

that there were other things he talked

about other than quarterback I want to

get to some of those things in the next

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NBA back here with on the lockdown

Steelers podcast I'm your host Chris

Carter here with Alan Saunders of

Steelers now.com Allan let's get to

something else here and this is a

question by our guy Nick faraba that I

thought was really interesting because

it I I thought this would be another one

where Omar Khan would kind of talk out

the both sides of his mouth but I liked

the way he was kind of definitive about

this about this question it was

involving bradrick Jones here's Omar K

Omar you started bradick at left tackle

but he moved to right tackle mid-season

do you guys kind of view him as a

versatile tackle now as a right tackle

or a guy that maybe you guys want to

move back to the left next yeah he he's

you know I I I've said this before

versatility on the offensive line is

important and he proved that he could

play right tackle but he was drafted to

be a left tackle and eventually he will

be a left tackle and uh uh when that is

you know time will tell but he was

drafted to be a left tackle

so it's been one of my theories that the

Steelers could be in a position with

this draft class where they could see a

top tier left tackle and be like at 20

and be like you know what we're taking

him and and just be like hey you know

what we're GNA go into Camp we're going

to see who's the better left tackle

whoever's not whoever isn't goes to

right tackle and you have just a good

problem on your hands but giving that do

you think that you know with that if

brck Jones really is meant to be the

left tackle is that a change there or is

this because he did kind of leave it

there you know him to transfer to left

tackle you know when it's time to do so

but there that could be open-ended as

far as is that is that this this

training camp next training camp the

training camp after that how do you

think that impacts offensive line

planning as far as who they're looking

at I think if we're talking about the

Steelers you know going offensive line

in the draft it's almost definitely a

right tackle there just aren't that many

left tackle types in this class it's

really deep in terms of right tackle

guys you know I like their chances of

getting one at 20 if they want to go

down that road um and I like their

chances of they being like a draftable

one at 51 if they want to wait um but

it's it's just not a lot of left tackle

types like I think it's mostly right

tackles and so guys like JC leam or

mariio Mims um Troy fanu you know those

guys are right tackles probably and

Tyler gon um so I

think here here's what I think it it

depends on who the addition is right so

like JC leam is a guy who's played a lot

for Alabama he's certainly a right

tackle he's not like the world's

greatest athlete he's a gigantic dude

right I think if you draft him at 20 or

maybe you would have to trade up a

couple spots to get them whatever then

you could come into the season and say

Jason leams are right tackle bradrick

Jones our left tackle we got our people

in the places where we want them to

let's go but like what if it's a guy

like amarius Mims or Tyler gon guys that

are like not really finished products or

guys that have big question marks about

like the timeline of their transition to

NFL Readiness right where gon's like

still pretty raw and you're really just

projecting on a lot of a lot of tools

and Mims you know looks great on tape

but has only played eight games so if

you don't really know exactly what

you're getting if you draft one of those

guys you know I would think that they

would not start right away BR Jones I

think was a better Prospect than those

guys that did not start right away so

then you're probably going into the

season with the status quo Dan more on

the left side brck Jones on the right

side and then You're Gonna Be Wondering

midseason do we want to flip brck over

there now or do we want to wait until

2025 to make that change I'm not

sure what they're thinking there but I

think that's probably the cause of the

uncertainty right it just depends on who

they get if they get a guy who a second

round pick Patrick Paul for example out

of Houston another big dude kind of

reminds me of Max Starks a little bit

um he's definitely not gonna play this

year right he he would sit so right then

it would I think it would just be like

another year brck on the right but Dan

mois in the last year of his contract we

know that he's not getting resigned we

know that that Scott has brought ER

Joneses eventually to me just the

question is does it happen week one this

year does it happen at some point during

this season or does it happen week one

in 45 it's a good question and it's it's

one I think that kind of again leaves a

little bit of open-endedness to how the

offensive line can be assembled uh Omar

Khan also talked about the centers I

didn't clip this up for the show but he

did kind of acknowledge like hey we do

we do think we have some guys on on the

roster who can you know play center you

know he talked about herig you know

being able to be there and there's

there's flexibility with with some guys

but uh you know he I think he that was

one time where he kind of buckled not

buckled but he I think he started he

kind of let like we we we're going to go

get a center guys okay we got him that

time we got to something that was like

the one time where it was like yeah all

right admit to us and I think that was

that was at least one concession he made

without like saying it full

on uh I think it's interesting because

you know Kenny Mason Cole is not a very

typical Steelers move they didn't say

that much cap you said that right away

they Nate hering makes more than Mason

Cole does

like and did all of last year like it's

not like Mason Cole's CIT with some sort

of abomination if they wanted to keep

him around as a backup right so like

they really paying themselves in a

corner at Center which is something they

really don't like to do and I think this

was Omar Khan kind of way saying like

well we don't really think we're in the

corner because we think these guys can

play some Center and by these guys I

mean Nate herig and James

Daniels I guess like I guess maybe they

feel like they don't need to find some

kind of stop Gap free agent where if

they're feeling good about getting a

Jackson Powers Johnson or Zack Frasier

or Cedric van PR early in this draft

that maybe they don't need to you know

go out ahead of time anyway and go sign

I got like Brian Allen for example was C

by Los Angeles Rams not that long ago

goty like Aaron Brewer has some ties to

Arthur Smith maybe they're just willing

to roll the dice and go into it with

looking at the draft class because of

the abilities of these guys

like what I kind of call BS is like if

you thought they were so good why did

neither of them play there last year

when Mason Cole was

struggling like like if they're really

viable options like that should have

been something that was explored last

year and it wasn't so what gives

now yeah I I'm H say pay with you I uh I

I thought that there was uh there's a

really good chance to to take center

from the door but like now like man like

like like you said un unless free agency

comes and they makes and they get like

an Aaron Brewer type of guy you know

like that maybe that that that that's a

little bit different but I just I think

this this draft screams Center and you

know as as far as something that they

are going to get and get early because

they need a guy that's going to be able

to start there and set a tone there um

but again how they get it is going to be

interesting we we're going to talk about

the combine I know some people out there

you know want want to talk about you

know hey what about what about the DBS

you talked what about the lineman who

ran we're going not less on the lineman

events we'll let all the numbers kind of

finish because actually like they're

they're doing that stuff like kind of

right now as we're recording um you know

and we we'll get to that stuff later

when when we tabulated all those numbers

but we did talk to defensive backs and I

thought there were some interesting

people there or players there that we

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I'm your host Chris Carter here with

Alan Saunders of Steelers now.com Allan

um before we talk about the actual DBS

in the draft class I did ask about

Patrick Peterson uh I I was like you

know he was a versible guy for you and

you guys feel like extend you know

extending him in in in that versatile

role and I felt like Omar Khan's answer

again I didn't clip this up but I felt

like his answer was kind of like yeah we

like all versal guys like it was kind of

like it was I got the impression that

was like a hm he didn't say yeah Pat

like like when we we ask my other

players you know oh you know we really

appreciate Deontay Johnson we really

appreciate this guy he did not say that

about Patrick Peterson and I think they

appreciated for what he did this past

year but it maybe kind of rais my

eyebrows a little bit like are they

gonna let him go I and if they if they

do that's that's another defensive back

spot in their roster they're going to

have to fill when in in this draft class

or in free agency

it's funny because I kind

of I was a little surprised he didn't

sort of address the elephant in the room

there right like the it's the CIT right

it's it's a contract it's not the player

like he said some nice things about the

player and and I think everybody would

like to have the player back but at what

dollar figure does the player come back

and and he didn't really address that at

all so I guess

like I I don't really know how to

interpret that it kind of sounded to me

like it he was coming back even like

it's a

9.775 million cap hit for 34 year old

Patrick Peterson who's not even really a

starter anymore it's a big pill to

swallow but they are under the cap like

they don't absolutely need the space I

don't know it's in it was it was a

curious answer um that I don't think

really tells us a whole lot I I think I

probably have just as many questions

about whether or not Patrick Peterson's

going to be back I did before talking to

Omar I I I thought it was interesting

the way that he kind he gave a lot of

non answers in in his responses but also

like the way he did that but let's get

into the the DBS that we saw or will

talk to um on on Thursday at the combine

um it was safeties and Corners tight

ends as well day but tight ends much Le

you know not a need for the Steelers in

this draft in this draft class but

looking at some of the guys you know

safeties early on Corners afterwards who

were some of the guys that stood out out

to you for for the way they responded

what they talked about and you know and

some of the notes that you took a far as

is which players admitted that they were

you know they had uh you know formal

interviews with the

Steelers yeah I mean it was good we

talked a lot of the corners and the

Steelers really seem to be um I mean

there's they talked to everybody who's a

good corner I think just about like it

it was it was uh almost all the first

round options second round options third

round options uh lots of formal meetings

so I mean they they get a limited number

of those formal meetings I think it's

like 45 or 48 or something like that and

uh so the fact that they use them on

specific positions certainly is an

indication of Interest we know they're

interested some other guys like they did

not use a formal interview on Quin and

Mitchell from Toledo they also sent

Scouts to go see Toledo play twice this

year and were all over him at the Senior

Bowl so like you know just because the

guy isn't on that list doesn't mean

they're not not interested just made me

that they feel like they've already done

all the work they need to do about him

also Quin and Mitchell probably not

going to make it the Ste there a 20

right now his has

been and when he runs at the combine I

think he he's running yeah I think he is

running right yeah yeah it's supposed to

yeah and they run tomorrow night that so

or tonight tonight I don't know yeah

because this is the Friday yeah tonight

the Friday show yeah but with that that

could change a lot is when you is is

when he posts his 40 time is supposed to

change everything and if he does well

with that U with his shuttle with his

with his jumps I think that could be a

really good sign uh that that he's going

to go PR pretty high up but point to to

your point being though the Steelers

seem to be doing their due diligence to

find the best corner options out out

here in this

draft yeah I think so there's a couple

guys I I'm pretty interested by just in

talking to them um Mike sandr still from

Michigan just feels like a very Steelers

kind of guy to me he was a wide receiver

when he got to Michigan changed over to

DB said he modeled his game after Mike

Hilton would would be that kind of like

Perfect Fit Steeler slot option um I

mean I I think some of the like some of

the first round options are obviously

Terry and AR's really good I think it's

just a question like which one of those

guys might be there at 20 you know I

think that's still one of the things

that like we really need them to run to

know is like I don't really think we

have a wellestablished pecking order for

those first round corners and it seems

like if if you take that top maybe four

or five guys between like teron Arnold

Kool-Aid mckinstry Cooper deene

um and uh Nate Wiggins and

like probably one of them will be there

for the Steelers at 20 but which one is

it going to be and do they like that

player you know compared to the tackles

and the centers that we've already

talked about I think there's a lot of

uncertainty just among the league like

when go look at the mock drafts like

they're all over the place there'll be

guys at eight and then there'll be that

same guy available to the Steelers of 20

and and so I think we'll probably learn

a lot more about the corners when they

run just in terms of who might be

available but it's very clear the

Steelers are

interested yeah it's it's very clear and

I think it's going be really interesting

to see like you said where where the

pecking order Falls with these guys and

how how they continue value but like

that that was the thing that I also saw

was even with guys like Kyrie Jackson

out of Oregon not a first round corner

but maybe second maybe third round

Corner a guy that I personally like he

was great at the Senior Bowl man he was

great that that's what T like I I liked

his measurements and then like I saw

some highlights before the Senior Bowl

and I was like okay and then I saw like

you know the stuff what he was doing SE

I was like okay that's that that screams

a lot of good good things and he talked

about he said hey I haven't had a formal

interview with the Steelers but at the

Senior Bowl I talked to Mike Tom a lot

he said how much he appreciated him he

was always in my ear challenging me and

stuff like that and and it's clear that

the Steelers they are doing a lot of

hard work kind of like how they you know

they did at running back when they got

niji Harris kind of like how they did at

offensive tackle last year when they got

Brad Rick Jones but the thing is is

they're also doing this about Center

like they they were they're taking a

good look at a lot of positions that's

why I think this is a really intriguing

year that there's I think there's three

legitimate different positions that

could go that that they could take in

the first round maybe four if you

consider defensive lineman uh you know

in in in that group if like one of those

top guys falls down to 20 and they feel

like they're the best player

available yeah I think four I think four

positions in the first round and if you

throw linebacker in for the second round

I think it gets to to five

righty probably not in the second round

but maybe like yeah I mean absolutely

like that so they have a lot and wide

receiver it's a good wide receiver class

now wide receiver is not the Steelers

most prominent need and I'm disappointed

that none of us asked Omar about Allan

Robinson because I think it's pretty

clear he's probably not coming back at

the salary figure that he's listed at

but um what gives like he's still on the

team why is he still on the roster yeah

yeah right what what are they doing

there

um but if things move on from him they

do need another wide receiver it's a

deep receiver group I mean there's lots

of guys like round two round three that

I think will be probably best player

available like are likely to be best

player available when the Steelers are

drafting because of how deep it is a

receiver so there's I I don't feel like

I have been this unsure about what

they're going to do in quite some time

just in terms of like they've been

pretty easy to read the draft the last

couple years uh this year I think

there's a lot of different directions

they can go and I think that's a good

thing for them in a way you know not

it's not good that they have so many

different needs but it's good that they

that they can't be pigeon hold and that

that you know if there's someone that's

targeting the player that they really

that the Steelers really think he's like

hey this is our big board this is who we

want it's not like everyone knows it's

that player like when the Bengals traded

ahead uh you know of the of the Steelers

to get William Jackson the third that

everyone knew they really wanted a

corner those type of situations it's

just obvious what the Steelers are

trying to do so all that being said I I

think that the Steelers the the the

different options here could be really

interesting but it's also could very

much change in a couple weeks when free

agency opens up and they address certain

positions there yeah I think it's clear

they will get a center right I think

that's the one now where that's the

first round or the second round or the

third round I don't know like other than

that and I think that's a credit to the

way they've been building this team too

right like if you think about this team

coming into the draft last year it was

like well did they have a long-term

option at corner no did they have what

they felt like was a long-term option at

tackle no okay well now they went out

and got one of each last year and so now

this year like well okay if it if it's

one of the other it doesn't matter we're

in an okay place in in either spot we we

still need upgrades at both spots like d

tackle and linebacker like can they roll

can they roll Cam heward and Larry Ogen

Joby and and Cole hul and Alena Roberts

out there for another year and probably

be fine yeah but like none of those guys

are long-term options for various

reasons age injury contract whatever

like you know it's it's time to start

approaching the future but outside of

Center there isn't like a dire like need

to get a guy that's GNA play right away

on this team and I think that is a

credit to the depth that constructed and

the way that 2023 draft class is really

setting them up to have some future

success I agree there's a lot of things

that can be done in in this draft class

and to build off of that that last one

they had a lot of things that they got

going for them in that direction uh like

we said f Friday you're going to see a

lot of those DBS we talked we we talked

about safeties Corners they're going to

be testing it's going to be it's going

to be interesting there we're going to

also get to talk to more positions as

the weekend goes throughout this show

won't air over the weekend but we I will

have a Monday episode coming out um that

I'll try to record here before I leave

Indie so it's ready to go and you guys

can see that once we take a look at

things and then we'll take we'll get a

CH chance to step back back look at how

everyone performed at the combine and go

from there he's Alan Saunders of

Steelers now.com Allan let people know

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good stuff up at the site already from

today's stuff I wrote about Mikey sand

still and his uh wide receiver to DB

Journey uh also like all kinds of good

all kinds of good uh combine content up

there as well so go check it out

absolutely thanks so much for joining me

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