00:00Both of these teams favored a draft defensive line
00:03with that first selection here.
00:06The Bears are up first on the clock.
00:11Now listen, I think it's very tough
00:13because it's like, how does the board fall, right?
00:17But I think for Chicago,
00:19I wonder if some of the expectations
00:21are because people know they were very interested
00:24in Max Crosby.
00:26Obviously, they weren't able to make that move happen.
00:29It's funny, the Crosby streets are really quiet now.
00:32I wonder if at any point those pick up
00:34before we get to the draft here.
00:36But does the idea of Chicago or Buffalo
00:38taking defensive line in round number one
00:40really resonate with you?
00:41I think for Chicago more so than Buffalo.
00:44And I understand Buffalo has multiple needs still.
00:48Their defense was aging.
00:50They got rid of veteran players.
00:52And then they made amends last year
00:54and were a solid unit, at least for the most part,
00:57when it mattered.
00:58But still, they need to address
01:00the defensive side of the ball.
01:01But I still think they need to address
01:03the offensive side of the ball
01:04in multiple positions.
01:06For me, Chicago,
01:08if they're going to take the next step
01:10with Ben Johnson,
01:11we know that they have the offensive pieces.
01:14Now let's elevate that defense
01:15to the next level to compete
01:18with the likes of obviously Detroit
01:20in the division
01:21and then Philadelphia and Green Bay
01:24and all the teams that they have to go
01:25toe-to-toe with.
01:27So yes, I think defense more so
01:29for Chicago than Buffalo right now.
01:33I also noticed New England
01:36at that shorter number
01:38for defensive line.
01:41I wonder if that's a product
01:43of, again, drafting 31st,
01:47what people expect to be available
01:49for New England, Joe.
01:51Because I got to tell you,
01:55I look at this depth chart
01:57and I'm not entirely sure
01:58trading for Romeo Dobbs
02:00is enough to make,
02:01or signing Romeo Dobbs
02:03is enough to make me think,
02:05okay, we're all good here.
02:06Nothing to see.
02:07I mean, I know we like K'Shawn Booty.
02:09I know Matt Collins is,
02:10you know, a contributor.
02:12But don't you think New England
02:14should be taking a look
02:15at the wide receiver position
02:16later in round number one?
02:18Absolutely.
02:19Look at the Super Bowl.
02:20I mean, Drake May was abused
02:22early and often
02:24because they did not have speed
02:26on the perimeter.
02:27Seattle pinned their ears back
02:29and just battered Drake May.
02:31They shut down the rushing attack
02:33with Henderson
02:34and obviously Ramondre Stevenson.
02:39And at the end of the day,
02:40they were forced into long
02:41third down situations.
02:42We talk about having a good group
02:46or a complementary group
02:47or wide receivers
02:48and then having elite wide receivers
02:51that could really challenge
02:52defenses over the top.
02:54And if New England's going to
02:55take the next step
02:56or get back to a Super Bowl,
02:57they need speed on the perimeter.
02:59They lose digs.
03:00They lose, obviously,
03:02weapons on the outside.
03:03And you said Booty was
03:05out of the league
03:06a couple of years ago
03:08coming out of LSU.
03:09He's not the same player
03:10that he was when he played
03:12with Max Johnson
03:13in Death Valley.
03:15I mean, again, yes,
03:16he's produced,
03:17but they don't have
03:19a pure number one.
03:20It's like Buffalo.
03:22It's the problem.
03:24Look, Josh Allen
03:25can get to a certain level
03:26because he's Josh Allen.
03:27You want Josh Allen
03:29to get to a Super Bowl?
03:30Give him two number ones
03:32on the outside
03:33and let him cook.
03:35I have seen Pittsburgh priced
03:38as a team that they think
03:41could draft wide receiver
03:42with their first selection
03:44kind of co-favorites
03:45with offensive line.
03:48Again, we've got time.
03:50I'm going to go through the mocks,
03:51watch the intel come in.
03:52But on its face,
03:55wide receiver doesn't track
03:56with me with Pittsburgh
03:57when I just think about
03:57who's in charge.
03:59Mike McCarthy
04:00comes from a Green Bay team
04:01who never drafted
04:02wide receiver
04:03in round number one.
04:05And we assume Aaron Rodgers
04:07will be this team's quarterback.
04:08And if you said,
04:09hey, Rodgers,
04:10do you want wide receiver
04:11or offensive line?
04:12He'd pick offensive line,
04:13I think.
04:13So I'm a little surprised,
04:16Joe,
04:17at the way they're pricing
04:19Pittsburgh right now
04:21in the position
04:22of their first drafted player.
04:23Yeah, absolutely.
04:24But I would go number three.
04:26I would go defense.
04:27I would go edge rusher
04:28and defense alignment.
04:29And I understand
04:30they addressed the defense's
04:32side of the ball last year.
04:34But again,
04:36look at teams
04:36that were elite
04:38ran and threw
04:40the football on Pittsburgh.
04:41And this is a defense
04:42that entered last year
04:44with what?
04:44Eight 30-year-old players
04:46on the defensive side
04:47of the football?
04:48They have to get younger.
04:50And I still think
04:51they're in a rebuild,
04:52Kevin.
04:52I don't think this is,
04:54oh,
04:54we'll just one or two players
04:55away from competing
04:56from an AFC championship.
04:58I'll tell you what,
04:59they don't get the right
05:00one or two players.
05:01They're potentially looking
05:03at a four-win season
05:04as opposed to a 10-win season.
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