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Deebo & Joe - Part 1: Steelers Free Agency REACTION: Pittsburgh TRADES for Pittman Jr + Le'Veon Bell joins!

53 min
Mar 10, 20263 months ago
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Summary

James Harrison and Joe Hayden discuss Le'Veon Bell's recent confrontation with Logan Paul over a potential fight, analyzing the dynamics of athletes transitioning to boxing. The episode pivots to celebrate the Pittsburgh Steelers' aggressive free agency moves under GM Omar Khan, including trades for Michael Pittman Jr. and signings of Rico Dowdle and Jamel Dean.

Insights
  • Professional boxing requires sport-specific training that elite athletes cannot replicate without dedicated preparation, regardless of physical superiority in their primary sport
  • The Steelers' free agency strategy prioritizes acquiring established, proven players at discounted rates rather than overpaying for potential, signaling a shift toward immediate competitiveness
  • Coaching staff alignment and consistent messaging across defensive units is critical; defensive scheme changes can create multiple weaknesses when attempting to patch single vulnerabilities
  • GM Omar Khan's empowerment under new HC Mike McCarthy is enabling the most active Steelers free agency period in decades, suggesting structural changes in decision-making authority
  • Running back committee approach with similar running styles (Jalen Warren and Rico Dowdle) allows fresh legs while maintaining offensive continuity and reducing injury risk
Trends
NFL teams increasingly acquiring proven veterans at mid-market rates rather than investing heavily in draft prospectsHead coaches delegating personnel decisions to specialized GMs rather than maintaining final approval authorityDefensive scheme consistency and coaching staff alignment emerging as critical factors in team performanceRunning back committees gaining traction as injury management and performance optimization strategyCross-sport athlete transitions (NFL to boxing) requiring extensive sport-specific training despite athletic pedigreeSteelers organizational restructuring prioritizing offensive-minded coaching and aggressive free agencyCornerback market valuation shifting as teams prioritize coverage ability and athleticismReceiver market consolidation with emphasis on blocking ability and work ethic alongside receiving production
Topics
Pittsburgh Steelers Free Agency StrategyNFL Coaching Staff Alignment and Defensive Scheme ConsistencyCross-Sport Athletic Transitions (NFL to Professional Boxing)Running Back Committee Management and Injury PreventionCornerback Valuation and Coverage MetricsWide Receiver Market Trends and Blocking ValueGM Authority and Decision-Making Structure in NFL OrganizationsMike McCarthy Offensive System ImplementationOmar Khan Personnel Strategy and Asset ManagementNFL Draft Capital Allocation and Trade OptimizationDefensive Coaching Staff Development and Player DevelopmentProfessional Boxing Training Requirements for AthletesAFC North Receiver Corps Competitive AnalysisQuarterback Position Impact on Offensive PerformanceSteelers Organizational Culture Change Under New Leadership
Companies
Pittsburgh Steelers
Primary focus of episode; discussed free agency moves, coaching changes, and organizational restructuring under new H...
Dallas Cowboys
Referenced as Rico Dowdle's previous team where he was familiar with Mike McCarthy's offensive system
Indianapolis Colts
Mentioned as trade partner in Michael Pittman Jr. acquisition; Steelers swapped draft picks in the deal
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jamel Dean's previous team; forced him to take $8.2 million pay cut before Steelers signed him
Carolina Panthers
Rico Dowdle's previous team where he achieved back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons
Baltimore Ravens
Mentioned in AFC North receiver corps comparison; have Jamar Chase and T. Higgins
Cleveland Browns
Referenced in AFC North receiver corps analysis; currently lack elite receiving options
WWE
Referenced in Logan Paul situation; allegedly prevented Paul from fighting Le'Veon Bell through management intervention
Misfits Boxing
Promotion where Le'Veon Bell previously fought; also promoted Logan Paul fights
People
Le'Veon Bell
Three-time Pro Bowler, two-time All-Pro guest discussing confrontation with Logan Paul over potential boxing match
Logan Paul
YouTube personality and boxer who allegedly ducked fight with Le'Veon Bell after initially calling out NFL players
Mike McCarthy
New Pittsburgh Steelers head coach; offensive-minded coach implementing system changes and empowering GM Omar Khan
Omar Khan
Pittsburgh Steelers GM executing most active free agency period in franchise history under McCarthy
Michael Pittman Jr.
Wide receiver acquired by Steelers in trade; paired with DK Metcalf to form second-best receiving corps in AFC North
DK Metcalf
Steelers wide receiver signed to $30 million per year; expected to return to elite production level
Jalen Warren
Steelers running back; part of committee approach with Rico Dowdle under new offensive system
Rico Dowdle
Running back signed to two-year, $12.5 million deal; familiar with Mike McCarthy's Dallas Cowboys system
Jamel Dean
Cornerback acquired on three-year deal; 4.3 speed with one touchdown allowed last season
Joe Hayden
Co-host and former NFL cornerback providing defensive perspective on Steelers changes and scheme consistency
James Harrison
Host and former Steelers defensive end analyzing team moves and organizational direction
Mike Tomlin
Former Steelers head coach; held significant personnel decision authority that McCarthy is redistributing to Khan
Jake Paul
Boxer who fought Mike Tyson; discussed as example of athlete fighting older opponents for credibility
Mike Tyson
Legendary boxer who fought Jake Paul at age 60; discussed as example of age-related athletic decline
Gervonta Tank Davis
Elite boxer; compared to Rolly Romero as example of skill level differences in professional boxing
Rolly Romero
Professional boxer; discussed as unorthodox but skilled fighter despite losses to elite competition
Clarissa Shields
Female boxer who claimed she could beat Rolly Romero; discussed regarding gender differences in boxing
Joe Burrow
Cincinnati Bengals QB; hosts jokingly extended open invitation to join Steelers for Super Bowl run
Pat McAfee
Sports personality who publicly praised Michael Pittman Jr.'s work ethic and reliability
Quotes
"The most important metric for me is, do I want to share this book with somebody? That's what creates community."
Reese Witherspoon (via Bookmarked ad read)
"You were just talking about Tom Brady though like why you talking about fighting Tom Brady in the league but he wanted to fight somebody he wanted to fight somebody who not necessarily trained in that"
Le'Veon Bell
"Let that man cook. He's being able to do what it is that they put him in position to do. And this has been the most active free agency that the Steelers have had in I don't know how long."
James Harrison
"We're going to run the ball. We're getting back to Steeler football. We're going to pound the ball. We got two guys that are down here, runners."
James Harrison
"Fatigue make chumps out of everybody. I'm telling you. Everybody. You can't lift up your arms, you look weak."
Le'Veon Bell
Full Transcript
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I'm in West Palm Beach at the Players Summit, meeting up with some of my good men, having a good time. So, yes, we vibed up. Good, good, good. At least you decided to do the right thing and keep yourself right here in the States, brother. That was very smart of you. But are we good? Can I hear if we good? hit me and let me know if we're good you know what i mean excuse me i think we i think we might have our good mans we got our good man look here man we got a special guest today now joining us right now is three-time pro bowler two-time all pro levy armbell the man that go whoop the brakes off somebody if he didn't stop ducking. Hey, Juice, how you doing today, baby? Man, I appreciate y'all having me. Nibo and Joe, shout out to y'all, man. I appreciate y'all having me real talk. Hey, look here, man. It was some jibber-jabber going back and forth. One of them par boys was popping off at the mouth. You said, hey, I'm here. It looked like an initial duck, get out the way, don't let him get to me. But then he made like he was coming back. I really think what happened is he realized as soon as he said that, you know what? This dude can actually fight. You know, he got some power and he around my same size. It ain't going to be some little dude that I'm fighting. You know what I'm saying? And it's going to be pretty embarrassing. He around my age when he ain't too old. So, I mean, that's what I think. Why do you think he initially was ducking you, bro? Man, he initially ducked? I knew... Let me tell you how I knew he was going to duck. Let me tell you how I originally knew. I originally knew right away when he was naming in the interview, right? He was naming all the NFL. Man, I'll knock out. I'll fight Tom Brady. I'll fight Bronkowski. I'll throttle Miles Garrett. I'll be throttle Miles Garrett, right? So he's saying all this stuff, bro. I'm like, I'll bet. But he named all these players. And Logan knows I fight. Like, we both fought on Misfits promotion before. Like, he knows that I fight. but he made sure Le'Veon Bell's name wasn't said. He was making sure, yeah, name all these other guys. Boom, boom, boom. I'm like, no, no, no, no, no. You want to fight NFL players, Logan? No, you know I'm the one who got training. I'm the one who actually do this. What's up? Let's do it in Pittsburgh. That's where Le'Veon Bell, OK, he made the name, right? Let's do it in Pittsburgh because it's the first NFL draft in like, I don't know, like 50, 60 years. Perfect time. It's like, look, and all these NFL players going to be there that you swear that you're just so much tougher than, bro. Come knock out somebody or come beat somebody who actually do this. In front of the NFL people. He's like, okay. First he said no. Nah, bro. Lay me on, bro. You ain't no draw. Plus, you can actually fight. It's like, hold up. No, no, no. He ain't say you can actually fight. No, no, no. No, no, no. That's what he said the first one. That's what I saw. He said, no, you can fight. And I was like this. Oh, you don't want to fight somebody that really got hands? He's like, you're not in the NFL. Yes, that's what it was. Tom Brady not in the league fight Le'Veon Tom Brady not in the league Gronk not in the league AB not in the league y'all naming all these dudes who not in the league so now you try to move the goalpost the first time trying to say I won in the league or whatever but Eric I love that the internet they don't let them slide past him no at all like hold up bro you were just talking about Tom Brady though like why you talking about fighting Tom Brady in the league but he wanted to fight somebody he wanted to fight somebody who not necessarily trained in that yes and don't get me wrong i feel like if football players come over to boxing and train i think like football players like the best athletes in the world you know i'm saying so i think the transition for football players would be a lot easier to box but let's be realistic it would definitely need training and and a lot of practice in the gym bro because boxing is completely different cardio wise cardio vacuum wise like yes so miles geared or somebody that come in there first time, they're going to gas out in the first minute, two minutes, bro. You know what I'm saying? Versus somebody who actually knows how to throw a punch. Somebody who actually knows how to defend herself without exerting too much energy. You know what I'm saying? And Logan knows that. So he's trying to finagle a big name in a football and beat him up. Like, just beat up a football player like how Jake do. Jake want to beat up Mike Tyson. Mike Tyson old as hell. A lot of people are like, man, this fight was rigged. Bro, it's not rigged. It's only rigged in the fact that Mike Tyson is 60 years old, bro. So what can y'all expect Mike Tyson to do at 60? Imagine, bro, imagine racing. Bro, if I race Usain Bolt, if I got my son, I race Usain Bolt when he's 60. Oh, yeah. I beat the fastest man in the world, though. Yeah, bro. Usain Bolt is 60, though, but I can beat him in the race. Like, bro, come on, man. Let's be real. Let's be real. So you sitting there saying, hey, Logan, like, man, I'm an athlete. It's that dirt. Well, get in the ring with an athlete then. Get in the ring with an athlete that actually does this. You know what I'm saying? Don't try to call out somebody who don't do it I feel like And then he said bro Y'all know what the word throttle means Cause I had to like look it up Y'all know what throttle means bro Bro he's still full of shit He said he would basically choke out Miles Garrett Bro I would literally pay for that shit Hold up like you go to the room With Miles Garrett I guarantee you're not fucking choking him out I don't give a fuck but he tried to change it Listen to the interview he tried to say like oh boxy match Boxy match he tried to change it Like no you said throttle You would throw out on Miles Garrett. Bro, you know what Miles Garrett would do when you in the room? Y'all try to wrestle with Z, he'll fuck you up, bro. But then he tried to change it. He tried to change it to a boxing match. So as soon as he changed it to a boxing match, no, no, I'm not letting that slide. Okay, if you want to box, then box me. So this is what I want to know. It was said that at some point that y'all was actually talking. Was there talks going on that it was an actual chance that it was going to be a fight until he, you know, he had his boss call and be like, hey, get me out of this so I don't get my ass whooped? we're doing the back and forth on the internet like people kind of see in the back and forth but he sends the DM he sends the DM like send me the email for the contract bro the moment I see the DM it was like an hour later the moment I see the DM send my email like oh yeah send it boom no response once he's sending no response I was going to give him 24 hours before I start calling him out again I'm going to give him 24 hours like bro I ain't got no contract if it's 24 hours I got no contract but I was like you know what it's a weekend it's it's sunday i'm gonna get him to monday get him to monday before monday come oh now he got a mysterious phone call first of all you never drew up the contract either y'all know the when he got the phone call from the wwe chris whoever chris is from wwe right he got the phone call he like man i can't fight he's like man i had the fight drawn up he's like showing the camera but he don't show the camera he's like so he had a contract drawn up but he never shows up. I'm like, bro, you ain't had no fucking contract, Jordan. You fool as shit. You fool as shit. You fucking scared the whole time he already do. He's going to find a way to duck it. So he has somebody call in. Hey, look, no matter what, tell me nothing. No matter what, I can't go over there and have this man put his hands on me. I just can't. Bro, it went from, bro, let's fight to, okay, let's spar to like, okay, let's spar. You got to bet a million dollars. I'm going to tell you what happened. He either thought I was going to say no. he didn't think you had the dough. He didn't put up a million dollars or he didn't think I had it. It was one of the two. He thought I was going to say no or he thought I wasn't going to be able to put the money up. When he, a million dollars? Bet. Bet it. I'll be there. Just understand, no judges though. Listen, man, I'm trying to tell you right now, this boy going to deny all this, man. You're going to have to have, you got to have some backup on that to prove that that's what happened, bro. He going to try and deny all this. Deny what? He can't deny it. You got some receipts. I know you got the receipts. it's hella receipts it's on the internet everything on the internet yeah for sure like everything I got hella receipts hella receipts oh bro I'm about to let him off the hook I'm about to keep that on Twitter I'm about to stay in his head the whole fucking time bro you gonna have to say something bro because like bro you can't just go silent after like oh yeah my boss is called and everybody know you're full of shit bro you fake the fucking phone call bro hey they just happen to be recording hey they ain't gonna let me hey hey record me on this because I can't hey listen what who I can't I'm too valuable what huh no I want to do it no trash trash he said the craziest coincidence I just happened to be live they called me while I'm live man look man I see you talking about fighting sparring basically hold up what you're trying to say is they said you can't go work out because that's all we do we're sparring that's what I'm saying that's what I'm saying low and low like it just doesn't make sense to me because I'm like I understand a regular a real fight. It's a sparring match. Can he not go sparring? He can't practice. You can't go do nothing? I see him. He sparring all the time. You can practice. You can't practice. You can't practice. Not with Le'Veon Bell. He can't. Not with Le'Veon Bell because he thinks you're going to hit him inside the head. I don't know. You know why? You know why? Because they don't want him to slip and fall and hurt himself. Bro, he posted a video with Bradley Martin. Bro, them dudes throwing each other off the wall and shit. I posted it. Bro, I'm posting all this shit, bro. everybody watching bro go to my twitter I'm posting everything posting all his foolish shit and letting y'all know bro it's clearly a duck and he lying full of shit the WWE ain't called but they don't care about him fighting why they don't care about Brock Lesnar fighting in UFC why they don't care about him they let Brock Lesnar fight they said Lesnar could win they say uh uh you can't win this they let Logan they let Logan Paul fight Dylan Dennis Logan Paul fought Dylan Dennis why he's with WWE Logan can fight Dylan Dennis but Logan can't fight NFL player slash Le'Veon Bell not even fight you can't you can't even you can't even practice with him you can't even practice so he shouldn't be able to do none of that I don't think that's true that heavy wrestling that's outside of WWE no sparring I don't even know if he should be able to lift weights over his head if that's the case he can't he might slip him he might slip him wow you get what I'm trying to say I get what you're saying you're basically saying he can't do nothing I wonder who he was talking to. Hmm. It's Chris. Hey, Chad, find out who Chris is in the WWE if he got any pull. We can figure that out. I know we can. Is it Chris Benoit? He said the boss is called, bro. I'm like, my whole... He didn't even give a name. He said the boss is called. I'm like, who? I'm like, Triple H? Triple H called you? I'm like, Bruce Springsteen. No. The boss was calling. Triple H is the boss. It must have been Triple H. It had to be Triple H from the phone. Why wouldn't I say Triple H calling? But Triple H's name ain't Chris. It damn sure ain't. It damn sure ain't. Hey, man. So it's like, nigga, what you mean? The boss is calling, bro. Who? Who's calling you, fam? We got to find out. I don't know that hierarchy. Hey, it's homeboy Chris saying, hey, man, get me up out of this, man. Say you WW exec. Chris, man, Chris fooling shit, too, bro. Chris fooling shit, bro. Hey, but Chris, Chris, a real friend, bro. Chris, a real friend. He's like, hey, look, whatever you need, we're going to keep you out of this rain from this dude, man. Whatever you need, man. I know you want to get in there with somebody old or somebody that can't really train, but we're going to leave you out of this one, man. We're going to try to, just so we can keep you in great faces, like ain't like you ducked. We're going to just make it seem like you can't do it. No, no, no, no. No, no, we see right through that. We know you're an actor. We know you're an actor. That's why you do YouTube. That's why you do wrestling, because you're a good actor. I just want to say this skit was very, very, very terrible. It was a terrible skit. Like, the acting was terrible. You feel me? Trash acting. I want my money back from this movie. Like, straight up, I need a refund. I need a refund. Actually, Logan owed me a million dollars, bro. You made the bet, bro. Then you're going to just back out. You're going to make the bet, and then you go back out. By default, you have lost. Logan been running around. Oh, man, Floyd Mayweather owed me a million dollars. He owe me a million and a half dollars for my fight. No, no, no. Logan, you owe me a million dollars. Now Logan you owe me a million dollars If Floyd owe you you owe me Yep Tell Floyd tell Floyd send me that 1 This way Yeah straight up Yeah I going to get the 1 for Floyd Like, straight up. You come get it from me, though. Yeah, now. That's how we do it. I like that. I like that. That's how we do it. I like that. You know what I'm saying? Run me my bread. That's how we do that. Come get it in blood. How you want it? Man, yeah, Logan Paul on the duck mouth. Give me fucking Jake Paul. Give me fucking Chris Paul. Give me fucking Paul Pierce. Give me fucking Paul Crew. Hey man, just leave it. You can't be going after all the Pauls. There's only two of them. Anybody named Paul. Anybody named Paul. Anybody that initials PG. I don't care if it's Sean Paul. Bro, Paul George. Bro, send him. Send him, bro. Send him. Hey. Send him my way, bro. Hey, Deion. I'm going to tell you this. I love the energy. I love the energy because I know it's legit. You're not playing because you be in the ring. Like when you're talking about trying to fight, football dudes. I'm like, y'all don't play football. Y'all don't play boxing. Niggas know how to play. Usually on this podcast, we'll kill you. We talk about the diseases, infections, and biological threats that can make us really sick. But right now we're doing something a little different. We're stepping back and looking at what the human body needs to keep going. When you consider what we know about sleep in humans, there's one rule that comes out. We are predictably unpredictable sleepers. We're talking about why sleep works the way it does, why our bodies don't follow neat rules, and why modern life makes rest so hard to come by. 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Anybody want some smoke? Anybody name that starts with an L or a G. Logan Paul. Chris Paul. Jake Paul from State Farm. Anybody can get it. That's all I know. It can be Clint Paul. I don't give a fuck. clip Paul, Paul crew. But it could be some made up. Paul was. I don't care. Paul was all that. You got Paul in there, send him. Send him, bro. Like, send him. No disrespect. No disrespect. Y'all out here playing. Lady Young. Lady Young. I seen you in the ring. I seen what you did to one of our goats. And almost tore my whole man ACL, PCL, MCL when Adrian, when AP went there. And he had to do that. That was real time. That was real time. You did that. I wanted to. That was from my guy, Will Gay, to be honest with you, man. That was from my guy. because he stepped on gay chest. Man, AP did something vicious to Will Gay over there, man. He stepped on that man chest, man. He did the gorilla yell on him. Got up and I was so mad, dog. I ain't know what to do. So we get back into Monday. We watching the film, and we got a trophy sitting in the trophy room, man. And there's a dude getting ran over, and he getting his foot put on the chest and all that. And I'm like, hey, Gay, man, they took the snapshot and made this. Yeah, sure did. Sure did. AP did. AD did my man dirty. AD did him dirty. Yeah, AP did. So, yeah, you know how to slide him on AP, bro. And Logan, bro, you know what? That's not even a fight that scared Logan. My fight, two fights after that is the one that scared Logan. So, it was a fight. I'm fighting this dude named J.O.M.X. on Misfits, right? I'm fighting him. The winner of that fight got Logan Paul. Because Logan was like, yeah, I want to fight the winner of that. I want to fight the winner. This is like two years ago. This is in 2024, 2023, three years ago, right? I fight the dude J.O. Mex I beat him like convincingly like bad like J.O. Mex barely survived I'm supposed to fight Logan next Logan see that fight he instantly like ducks but at this time I'm not really calling him out on crazy you know what I'm saying because So he been running for about three years now That's what I heard Bro when he was saying when he was talking about all the names fighting football players he was trying his hardest not to say Le'Veon Bell. They said Antonio Brown that nigga instantly start saying somebody instantly because they all they started to get close like that name they started to get close to the Steelers don't say the B's now get away from that black and gold getting close getting close to the B's Logan Paul was like bro just don't say the word Le'Veon don't say Le'Veon Bell anybody but the word so as people start saying Le'Veon Bell then he start acting like he entertaining it oh yeah you send over bro he thought I was gonna say no to the 10 ounce head 10 ounce gloves and no headgear he thought I was gonna say no to that because we sparring bro cool if you want to do that I'm not going to be getting hit you're the one going to be getting hit like yeah so he thought I was going to say no to that but he don't understand bro I'm so confident in my ability in this boxing shit and plus athletically speaking bro I done played with the best athletes in the fucking world bro so like quickness wise or reaction wise bro I'm telling you I'm getting here with all these boxers and shit bro it's not even close bro like because football is like bro D-Bug me and you We mean right here. We going to keep pulling it until somebody stops. Until somebody stops. Everybody's mindset not like that in boxing. Somebody get punched. Ooh, shit. He hit like that. God. Dang. They hit hard enough. You know who you got? You know how you got some football players. Check his gloves. He ain't got no padding in there. Check his gloves. The same way with football. Y'all know how y'all be seeing people and be like, oh, yeah, he ain't really on that. He turn this shit down. it's the same with boxing bro it's the same it's just like once you get the skill up you'll start seeing like oh yeah why he's just doing his body heating like that he's running he's running the whole time you know what i'm saying yeah and that comes with experience and just being in there you know what i'm saying logan knows that literally he knows that so he'll he'll like call somebody out who don't really have the understanding that like it's so much more than physicality and boxing you know let me let me ask you a question before we get you out i know you got a time limit on you Hey, so Clarissa Shields said that she could, she said she could be a perfect person I wanted to ask. Thank you, Evo. So with that being said, before I show a video, I'm going to prefix it with what she said, I guess, on Nightcap, that he didn't have any padding in his gloves. But this is a guy that Romeo, he whooped on and she got put down. Show the video. We got the video? Please. yeah I know what clip y'all talking about you play it real quick we can talk through it let me see it ooh y'all playing it? yeah man see ooh did you see that Le'Veon? sir so look I love Carissa I legitimately think she's the best female fighter no question right? yes but she tripping she tripping bro Roley I understand I know what she's saying Everything she says, the reason why I love her is because she really believes it. That's what I'm saying. She really believes it. And it's like, I see what she said. It makes sense in her head. It makes sense, but I don't think she's not, she's trying to realize, like, when he hits you, that shit going to feel different than when any other woman hits you. Like, that shit going to feel different with no head girl in an actual fight. That shit going to feel different. You know what I'm saying? And I love Perseille. So, you know, she might see this and she might think I'm talking about, but I'm not at all. Like, I feel like she's one of the greatest fighters in our generation, female fighters for sure. But, yeah, especially Roley. Like, Roley, bro, he unorthodox, but he's like that. Like, Roley's like that, bro. I done looked at some of his stuff. Like, he putting cats down left, right, left, right. I'm like. Bro, Roley can fucking punch, bro. Like, people get confused because he went against Tank, and Tank is just next level. Tank is level. Right. Yes. Like, Tank is just next level. So Tank is like, okay, I'm going to take advantage of your aggressiveness. I'm going to step back, let you run in, uppercut. I'm out of here. He ran right to the ropes. You know what I'm saying? I don't know if, of course, the Shields got that reaction. Boom. I'm going to knock him out. Because if you don't knock him out, Rowling is coming. I'm coming. I'm coming. I'm coming. I'm coming the entire time. You got to knock him out. Did you see the girl? Did you see the girl she just fought, Le'Veon? The big girl. And they was in there throwing punches. So I'm respecting Chris Shield too. I think she's the best female fighter out there. But I'm like, when that other girl is giving her them punches and she's eating them, I'm like, how many of them big boy joints are you going to eat? Yes. You ain't getting out of the way of nothing. I don't know. I don't know. She's not eating those. She's not eating those. That's what I'm saying. It's just a different strength. It's like, that's just why you don't. That's only... Yeah, she's not really understanding because she's just thinking like female fighting. Okay, I fight at 185. Yeah, I'm welcome. If I'm fighting a girl, If I find a girl at 147, what I would do to her? She's not realizing, bro. Bro, Roley has a different, he's a man. He has a different energy. I'm talking just actual, like, biological. He's a professional. I'm talking about, bro, Debo. It's density of bones, dude. I'm talking about the jab to the body. Bro, you know how if I punch you to your fucking stomach, how that's going to hurt her, bro? If Roley punched her to the stomach, not even knocking her out, just punch her to the stomach. You know how hard that's going to do, bro? She's going to do that and not want to fight no more. Like, she's not going to... You ever got the... Yes. That's what it feels like. But you still got to sit there and fight. Like, bro, she's not about to keep taking that. Nope. No, bro, I... But I love Percy Shields, though. I think she's the best fighter. Oh, no question. I was the percent. But when you start, you know, trying to go into, like, fighting the crew, and actually judge that, like, and doing it at a high level, that's... I don't think that's smart, man. Mm-hmm. She said Roley's unorthodox. He is. But he's still like that. He's still like that. Yes. Yeah. He's just unorthodox. He's unorthodox. You know what I'm saying? But he's still, bro. Roley got skill, bro. People say he don't got skill. Yes, he does. Yes, he does. He's just not as skilled as Gervonta. It's still levels. Don't get me wrong. Gervonta's been, you know, it's like football. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? You got corners, first team ball pro. You got Jones. You got James Harrison, LVPs. You know what I'm saying? But you got people who are still in the field, but I'm just maybe not that level. But you're still in the field. You're still in the league. You're still in the league. That's what I be telling people. Like the same thing when they be talking about basketball. Oh, man, he trashed. I said, man, you couldn't do nothing with that dude. Man. You was sitting on the bench at no time. You couldn't do nothing with him. The dude that ain't dressed on the field for us that's sitting there undressed, you couldn't do nothing with him. No. You want no smoke. Bro. At all. Because, look, Logan Paul talking about some man here on throttle. I don't knock out any fighter. Bro, imagine him trying to run around him, Joe. I would bet my bottom dollar he doesn't catch one ball yes like you won't catch one ball that's why it's like we just like athletes it's like different it's like okay if you don't really know how to run a route Logan you're not gonna fucking catch a fucking pass with Joe Hayden it's the same with boxing it's like bro he's in the track car and fighting like no bro fight someone like no bro yeah shit weird for sure man but both of them would be doing weird stuff like that they make it that's why the Jake Paul and Tyson Mike Tyson everybody was saying his rig It's not rigged in the fact that Mike Tyson let him win. I think Mike Tyson really in there trying. He just old. He old. I knew I wasn't tripping. I knew I wasn't tripping. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? He's trying. He's trying. He fight his gun because he mad as hell. I feel like Mike let him live a little bit, man. His old. What I saw in the training. What I saw in the training. What I saw in the training. That fatigue. But listen, I'm telling you. Fatigue make chumps out of everybody. I'm telling you. Everybody. I'm telling you. and you can't lift up your arms, you look weak. People don't felt it. People ain't felt it. You ain't in there and felt it before, you ain't going to know. But Mike Tyson, bro, I'm like, he's trying, bro. I promise you he is trying. The nigga just 60. He thinks he's 21. He thinks he's still going there and do that shit. Oh, yeah, I'm going to fight Jake Palmer going to knock him out. But realistically, bro, them knees and that explosion Mike had what made him special, he ain't got that no more. He's going to give you them 30 seconds, that little 15-second clip on TikTok but he coming at George. Hey, that's what I was looking at, bro. Then he's blown. He's done. That's all he got. That's all he got. Y'all better, there's no more camera. That man Mike, he did it for 15 seconds and now he's like this. He's getting H2O. He's getting fucking oxygen. I forgot all about those. I forgot all about those Yeah I wish I was there I like this Oh shit Everybody like oh you see Mike moving all fast I like yeah he got 10 more seconds It's so crap. Literally. I wish I was there when they were doing the book cut-ups. Bro. I want to know how much time he took to rest before he came back, bro. Bro, that shit got me weird. That's all he had. That's all he had. He was exhausted. Lay me on. Shut up, man. You can't. Damn, man. Y'all killing me, man Y'all killing me This nigga Mike Tyson Was really in that bitch I'm like, bro That nigga for sure I was watching the clip Saying the same shit, bro Nigga went out there Round one Was out there for a minute Man, nigga Get tired I'm like, man Let me tell you Jake ain't as good As everybody think he is Cause Jake was It was after the fight He getting the interview He like, yeah I see Mike Tyson Who He wasn't who he was You know So I was just Trying to let him off easy No, he wasn't He was trying to knock Mike out. You think so? Bro, go watch the movie. I thought you let him live a little bit. No! No! No? You know what? I'm going to pull up with y'all. We can watch it together. I'm going to show you. Bro, he was trying to sleep Mike. He was trying to sleep Mike, bro. Okay, okay. Yes! I need to watch it again. It's just Jake ain't as good as everybody thinks. He should have stopped Mike. Mike is 60. He should not be in there and be able to last eight rounds with you. But he wasn't good enough to stop Mike. That's all it was. He wasn't good enough to stop him. But he was trying. Bro, why is Jake trying to, bro, Mike Tyson 60. No, no, that was the man. Mike Tyson was, he was ducking some shit. Jake, I'm so screwed. Hey, listen, I saw you something. I was like, oh, Lord. I saw you. Okay, I see you welling up on that shit. I'm aware of that. Like, God damn. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. But like, no, Jake was trying to sleep, Mike, bro. That guy lost in the wash. Like, oh, man, like Jake was trying to let him eat. No, no, no, no. Jake was fucking trying to sleep. Everybody got Netflix. Go back and watch it. I'm going to go back and watch it. Yeah. Shit, bro. Hey, let me ask you a quick before we get you out of here. I know you got to hit the gym. What do you think of the McCarthy hired for the Steelers? Hello? That boy, Wi-Fi went out. Did Wi-Fi go out? No. Bro, let me be honest. said. He said what? Hello? All right, bro. It is what it is, bro. I ain't going to say. I'm not going to say I'm ecstatic about it, but it's like, it's cool. It's cool. It's like, it's cool. Hey, listen. I give you how I felt. I give you how I felt. I'm good with it now. I'm on it. I'm on it now because I believe that he- You fuck with it? I'm good with it now because I believe that he's there because he truly cares. He understands what it is to be a stealer, a true stealer, like what it is, what that legacy is, what it is all about. It's about Lombardi's. It's about winning championships. And that's the first thing that he was talking about. And I ain't gonna lie to you, bro. Like when he first started crying, I took I text Joe. I said, man, I said, this nigga crying. What the fuck? You know, he was he was from the city. He got a passion. And what I'm seeing right now, especially with Omar being able to Omar and GM, like he should be able to GM, you see what he's doing. This has been the most active free agency that you have seen ever since 2000-whatever, since the Steelers have started. And that is a big part of Omar and his vision and what he sees and how he approaches. Normally, we go and we keep the guys that we have and we sign them under contract. But we can't do it because we done missed over the last 10 years on our first and second rounders and we've only been able to keep two. With that being the case, he done got a position. He's now able. It's a collective that they use where you can now go and say, you know what? We got this. We got that. Let's get this. Let's get that. And right now, dude, I'm loving what he is doing. I'm telling people, I've been telling people, give this man three years and judge him from this point forward. And I promise you, you're going to see Omar Khan GM the way that I knew he could from the very beginning. I don't think Omar is definitely the problem. And to be honest, bro, I didn't think Tomlin was the problem. But I feel like them switching, look, this culture change, maybe it's needed, maybe it's not. I just feel like if you're going from Tomlin to Mike McCarthy, it's them, their tomato tomatoes, like kind of the same shit. I would understand that as far as the coach goes, but this is the thing you don't understand as far as the inside. Ben said the same thing. The shift of power that Tomlin had was enormous in his last 10 to 12 years. What do you mean by that? As far as who you drafted, where you drafted them. Okay. Who you kept, who you let go. Okay. So, in the last 12 years, what's that got to do with Tomlin and Mike McCarthy? So, the coach is the same. True statement. but now you're allowing your gm to gm to get players that everybody as collective feels can do it and not a single person saying yeah i know they're saying he a three but i think he's a one so let's get him hold on so who are you saying we're doing that tomlin we're saying tomlin had the last call on what it was that he wanted to do as far as so he had to like the last final oh yes he could overrule i mean you could have a room whatever he was final word i know for sure all you gotta do is look at anywhere from about i would say it started to switch around that 14 to 16 range and from there it was just bloom see look i will say the culture change was needed i do um the mike mccarthy one you kind of talking me into a little bit i'm starting to see a different side of it originally i didn't like in now look at the coaches he brought in look at the coaches mccarthy's brought in i'm interested to see how it goes you know i'm saying i just don't want we go out here and then we go nine and eight and then it's like okay what the fuck i believe this i believe that i believe that we're going to have a subpar year if we don't if things don't pan out at the quarterback position once we're able to correct that we can't correct that right now we can't yeah i don't think tom i don't think it was the top thing with the quarterback i think we need a quarterback a solidified quarterback and i think once we got that i think everything kind of falls into place. But think about it. The person who's touching the ball every single player is the quarterback, bro. If this shit ain't working, then of course we look unorthodox. We look terrible on offense. We got to eat some consistency here. We also got to be able to stop people on defense. You telling me that defense all of a sudden couldn't stop nobody? Or did they change the dynamics of what that defense was doing? Y'all both play defense. Y'all know a little better. The scheme has changed, brother. When I'm on offense, I consist with defense getting tired. So we out there all the time. but I know defensive players is getting tired. You know what I'm saying? Tell him how these corners was doing, man. Week in and week out. The basics. They weren't being taught the basics, bro. But is that... It has to be taught because everybody's doing it. Yeah. What do you mean the basics, bro? Stop. Joe, was it like that when you were there? I mean, I was at Pro Bowl all time, a Hall of Fame corner. 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Listen to DJ Hester-Krin's Music is Therapy on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. They developed me greater than I was. So much greater. Not necessarily developed, though. Because Joe was already first team. I knew. All pro-pointer. Like, development. I mean, just, all right, when you was with Tom, did he give you anything to help you? Coach Tomlin, that's the one thing I tell you. He did for me. I knew when I was going into the games. He didn't really teach me too much or nothing because I'm year eight in the league. I know a lot of shit. But I'm saying the way that we studied tape and the way that he prepared me to go into the game, I knew what they was about to do. Let's repeat how you felt about your position coach then, Joe. The position coach. When I had Coach Scrapp there, well, when I had Cornell Lake, Coach Lake, Amazing coach. When Lake got up out of there, he left with his son. Then we had my man Scrap that came in there. Not good. I love Coach Lake. Coach Lake, that man. The next coach we had, Scrap. He got out of there after the year. He wasn't that good. And that's where it was just, we needed our coaching staff to be on the same page. They were kind of just talking a little different languages. You know what I'm saying? It's not a little different language. And you know A is A, and A should be A no matter if your DB coach is telling you. If your linebacker coach is telling you. If that's what the person you play, that's what it should be. And then when you go in there and you try and change certain parts of a defense, you can't change certain parts of a defense to cover up one weakness because you create two or three other ones. It's the same thing if y'all do it on offense and say, hey, we're going to pick up this dude with so-and-so, and then they bring something else. You're creating more weaknesses when you've got to say, you know what, if this happens, chalk it up to the defense or the quarterback got to see it and get it out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was a lot of that going on on defense with the switching of new guys. As I said, on defense, I don't really fully understand the whole schematics on defense. Y'all understand that way better than me. So, like, I'll just be watching. Like, what the fuck? Like, why is he opening up? You know what I'm saying? He shouldn't be opening up. Yeah. And I feel y'all. And Coach Tomlin was more defensive minded. Y'all know way more what's going on. So, I can definitely hear y'all side of it. And hearing y'all saying this, like, yeah, y'all. Okay, so tell me this. if he's defensive minded and all that is happening, what's going on? And I feel you. I feel you. That's why I like, I agree. A culture change was needed. I'm just saying Mike McCarthy is like, was he the one? Cause you know what I'm saying? That's the only thing. Listen, a head coach is to put people in positions to enforce and teach yours. That's why when you get as a head coach, you go and you create, you go ahead and you make and you you you get your you get your staff together a head coach should be as least hands-on as possible because he's going to get the people he know can do the job so that he don't have to sit there and micromanage when you want to micromanage you don't go and create people that go and do what you do you create people that sit where you're at and then when the time come they move laterally to another spot and never go and make more of you because they don't know what it is you do because all you do is manage them yeah yeah yeah yeah i get exactly what you're saying i get exactly what you're saying i follow that that's why i look i'm out against the culture change bro we just go i'm eager to see how it goes yes because my mccarthy offensive minded he's offensive minded so it's like the problem with the defense and we gonna see like i get somebody in there that knows what's going on and yeah i know what's going on that's where all it is and shit don't it come down but we need some like niggas to step up though yes so what yeah that's what it is it's like we need the captains and leaders over there to step up too. You know what I'm saying? I feel like from the beginning of the season, it was always like, oh, is Cam going to play? Is he not going to play? Is TJ going to play? Is he not? I feel like there's a whole bunch of up and downs. Like, shit, that shit starts from the beginning of the season. Like, but it starts now. Shit, with OTAs and training camp or mini camp come up, we're going to see, bro. I'm excited, though. Like, I'm going to see what Mike McCarthy got, bro. I wasn't opposed, or I wasn't for it at first, but now I'm not opposed, hearing y'all out. We're going to see how it goes. Okay. I love hearing different perspectives, you know what I mean? We got to give him a little bit of time. You know what I'm saying? And like you said, since he's the head coach, he's the offensive coach. We're going to have to get you back on later this year. We got to, Le'Veon. Oh no facts We got to make it happen Yeah for sure man Hey man I going to let you get up out of here I know you got to hit the gym man Appreciate you coming on man Appreciate you man I appreciate y bro I appreciate y bro Ladies and gentlemen chat Give it up for him. Hey, much love. Hey, y'all keep doing your thing, bro. Y'all keep standing, bro. I've been watching y'all. Y'all be doing y'all's thing, bro. Appreciate it. I love y'all's content, bro. Appreciate it, man. Appreciate you, bro. Thank you for coming on, brother. I'm going to talk. You're going to tap in with your brother. I'm going to see y'all. I'm going to go hit this gym, bro. Get prepared. Yeah, yeah. Go ahead. Go ahead. Get ready. Get right. Stiff looking big beaters for that boy and put them all over his head. Little trick. Much love for the people, man. Little cardio, too. All right, now. You already know. All right, Joe. Joe, man. Yes, sir, brother. I told you he was ducking. W's in the chat for Le'Veon Bell, man. That's a good man right there. No question, brother. That's a good man. Look here, man. As I said, the Steelers making moves, man. Yes. GM Omar Khan is GMing right now, man. Let that man cook. He's being able to do what it is that they put him in position to do. And this has been the most active free agency that the Steelers have had in I don't know how long. You know, like the history of the Steelers probably since probably since the 70s. Let that man cook. Listen, I didn't even think that we was going to get Michael Pittman Jr., dude. We ended up getting Pittman Jr. after they went on ahead and they said they was going to retain Alec Pierce. They gave that man a four-year, $116 million deal. And then shortly after they said, hey, listen, the big thing, Joe, that I said about Pittman is I was like, yo, I like it, but I don't like the number. I said, I don't like the number of the $29 million. I said, he only got one year left on the deal. So if we get him, we got to make sure we don't give up much, and then we got to get him with a deal. And what we do, Joe— 19-9 sounds good. Late. We get him with a late pick, Joe. A late—and it's a swap at that, Joe. It's a swap at that. And then we sign him to a three-year, 59. So now the 29 ain't 29, Joe. No, it's not. It's 19-something. Catch anything around him. I see you, Omar. You like that, Joe? Joe, do you like that? You pair him with DK, Joe. Where we at in the AFC North as far as the receiving core? Where we at with that duo, Joe? Oh, in the North? In the North or two. In the North or two. In the North or two, because after Jamar Chase and T. Higgins, obviously, Raven's not messing with us, with their receivers. and, you know, my good old Browns right now, you know, we don't have any – we have Judy, but right now the Steelers with DK Metcalf and Michael Pittman Jr. are looking like the second best in the North. You know, behind Chase and Higgins, but we got – now we got DK. And coming off of last year too, DK being two years ago DK, I would have been feeling a little bit better. And he's going to be all right? He's going to be all right? No, no, no, no. That's what I'm saying. I believe in DK. I know that he wants to go out and go crazy again. And with the suspension and all that stuff, he's a baller. And that's what he does is go hoop. So if he goes out there and beats the DK Metcalf that I know and love that we signed for the 30 mil a year that we're expecting to get, beautiful. Michael Pittman Jr. I love him because big receiver and he's a non, you don't hear nothing about him. He's quiet. He's not saying nothing. He's work pale. He's boots. He's coming to work every day to grind and get the job done. So when you have him on your team, solid number two. And I heard about my man, Pat McAfee. He was pissed that the cost lost him because, you know, he was pissed on him. Dropping the big F-bombs. Hey, hey. I ain't want to say the F. I ain't want to say F. Shit. Yeah, he went hard because I'm like, he like this. He wanted to give him the respect that people were signing out, dudes on the team being late to meet and some dudes just weren't doing. He's like, you were never that guy. You're going to be there on time. You're going to work hard, dive through a wall for a catch anytime, no matter what. So we need those dudes. We need those hardworking kind of guys that are going to bring that demeanor to the offensive side of the ball too. So I'm loving that vibe. I'm loving that receiver was a position that we needed. We're talking about it. Everybody keeps saying, oh no, what about the draft? Are y'all over? No, no, no. So now we're making moves and doing things that we need to do. So guess what? Thank you. Clap it up for Omar. You know what I'm saying? If we wouldn't have gotten nobody and everybody's looking crazy, no. Hey, we can clap it up. We can clap it up for sure. Listen, we got a big body. Come on. He can catch anything around him. He attacks the ball. He is a good route runner. And guess what? He also is a blocker, too. Now, with that being said, we still got the draft. We can still go get a burner, Joe. Still got so much left. Because all them boys was burners, Joe. Mm-hmm. we still got that clap it up chat come on now let me listen stop playing with he wasn't he wasn't done Joe it's not he's not done Joe he ain't done he ain't done Rico we went on here and said hey man we go get we go this this I like this one I was trying I was trying to I was kind of I was trying to think about this one I wasn't understanding this one but I sat back Rico Dowley or what is it Dow Was it Dottle? Yes. Rico Dottle? Yes. So we went and got him, signed a two-year, $12.5 million. Okay. Now, Joe, like I said, I didn't understand it at first. So I'm sitting there, and I'm like, yo, like, why are we signing this? I'm like, okay, we lost Gainwell. So, yeah, we need to pick something up. But I'm like, you know. So I'm looking, and I'm thinking, and you know what? I said, okay. I see now he's familiar with McCarthy's offense. He was with him over there in Dallas in 24. Okay, this man got two back-to-back thousand-yard seasons. You know what? I'm like, yo, what does this mean for Jalen Warren, though, Joe? Like, what do you think it means for Jalen Warren? I don't think it mean nothing. I don't think it mean nothing, Joe. This is what I think it means. We need two to tango. Listen, I think it means this. The Steelers are saying, here's my signal. We are going to run the ball. We're getting back to Stiller football. We're going to pound the ball. We got two guys that are down here, runners. They are very similar in running styles. One is almost 6'2", the other one, a little bowling ball, about 5'9", 215. And he getting it to him, bruh. Mike McCarthy is saying we're going to dedicate this. We're going to run the ball. We're going to be dedicated to running the ball. He went out and got two of them that do the same. So it ain't going to be much of a difference when you switch them in and out. Literally. I love. Split between two. Split between two. Making sure Warren don't get too beat up, Rico don't get too beat up. They're going to be fresh. When they get in there, they're coming off running downhill. I love the way Jalen Warren hits the hole so hard. The same way Rico hits the hole when he was playing for Carolina. So us being able to get him for the $6 million a year, these running backs, my man, Kenneth Walker, he just got like 15 something a year. He got 15 million a year. No disrespect, but us at Rico that's toting that pill hard as he can for six, and that's an $8 million difference. I'm not saying he's a Kenneth Walker, but I'm saying when you get an established running back that's 2,000 yards back to back, and you know what kind of guy you're getting, downhill, no bull, and you got Jalen Warren, that's just, that's ripe. That's exactly what we need for the team, that energy, that you got a blocking receiver, you got a crazy strong running back. I'm loving the moves. They're early, and it's not crazy, Brad. You're not just over and paying these dudes. No, we got Rico. Rico could have had $8 million, $8 million a year, but we went and got him for six. You know what I'm saying? Or Pittman, 29. No, let's go get him from the 19. Like, what? These are great players at great deals that are coming to the team trying to go win. They're happy that they got their bag. We're happy that we feel like we got over a little bit. Not over, but we didn't have to overpay. Got a good deal, man. And we got balls. They got a good deal. Everybody's happy. Everybody's happy. You happy, I'm happy, we happy. You know, so I'm rocking with it. It's still early, too. There's still the draft to come. We got so many picks. We got so many things to do. We ain't even done yet. We ain't even done yet. That's what I'm saying. Right now, it's early. We just cooking. We just cooking. I'm loving the way Omar's cooking right now. And they're making moves that may not be the most explosive, but they're steals and they're good moves. We just picked up the cornerback. What is it? Jamel Dean. Three-year deal. Three-year deal. After he was just in Tampa, they made that man take an $8.2 million pay cut. last year, okay, I'm looking at him. I'm like, man, y'all made him take a pay cut. I had to look. I said, okay, maybe because he was a little banged up, all that other stuff. But, bruh, this dude is 6'1". He's fast. Grease lightning fast, Joe. 4'3", Joe. 4'3". He is good man coverage, Joe. So, even if you do maybe possibly get loose from him, you're not about to get away from him. He's 4'3". Hey, Joe. Nephew. You got your partner over there. You got your running mate. Cincinnati. Hey, hey. We locking it. Don't forget. Don't forget. We got Ramsey still over here, too. Yeah. We locking it. Hey, Joe, listen. Joe Burrow, listen. Let me talk to you. Oh, see. We turning back to the dog. Listen. It's still ain't too late. We still got open arms over here. Joe Burrow. We still got open arms over here. I want you to remember that, okay? Hey, brother. Deebo, I hope that he knows we're dead serious, but I just hope we keep throwing it out there. I don't know if he... Just Joe Burrow. If you can, come to the Steelers for sure. That would be just the best thing ever. Joe. Burrow. Then it's Super Bowl or bust. If we get Burrow, it's Super Bowl or bust. Hey, listen. In the corner, Dean, we just hooked up. Hey, guess what? One touchdown allowed last year. That's it. You know what? We got two corners that only allowed one touchdown. That's what I'm saying. That's straps. That's straps. Put Dean opposite of our man, young Peasy. They still have to figure out a way to get Peasy going to get that bag. We got Peasy. They going to get it, man. They going to get it to him. They got to get it to him, man. We getting good deals, man. We getting everybody getting what they want. They happy with it, man. Listen, man, we getting good deals. And what was that? the year we gave we gave to uh sante samuel for a year for four foot for uh for one year and on top of that you know we got uh hokum to a two-year five so right now we got every i mean i don't know if that's a good thing or bad thing we got every inside linebacker that we had in 2025 still under contract right now that we had from last year so i mean and i think right now we can address again like you said we got the draft we can address that inside backer that could do both hit the run and and and give me pass coverage too mm-hmm joe you gotta hit we're gonna hit that we gotta hit that backer we're gonna hit that line we got backer o-line backer o-line receiver even know we still got a receiver but back of old line receiver get that get that we got 12 12 joe we got 12 we can pack a picks man come on man package them up man make them something good make it something great go get who you need and just don't get 12 randos but but but uh one of those was the i don't know if it was 214 and 216 one of those was the swap that we ended up doing with the Colts for Pittman. We got a swap. So we still got 12. I think we might have swapped down to like a 224 or something like that. But right there, it ain't. You know what I'm saying? What are we talking about? It's still good. It's still good. Bruh. They did their thing right there. I ain't going to lie. The defense is coming apart. It's coming along. We got the one for four. Sante, you know what I'm saying? Chilling. And then we got another outside. I don't know if Sante plays slot, but we got those three corners right there. Dean, Feezy. Don't forget now. Ramsey, he go safety or safety. Ramsey's doing everything. Ramsey's Swiss Army knife. Ramsey's nickel. Ramsey's corner. Ramsey's safety. Ramsey's whatever you need him to be. What kind of gang signs you throw it up? That wasn't gang signs, man. I was throwing up every signal that I could in baseball to tell you to still go, not reach. He doing it all. Swiss Army night. Throwing up all them blades. 15, 20 blades in that thing. Okay, okay. 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