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well I do think it's on the board but I

I listen Brew is the Russ guy he has

been for years and years on this show so

I usually I just haven't written any off

I just say 26 touchdowns and eight picks

is good that's all I

say wild listen when we do momes topics

you usually give me the respect of

letting me go first so when we do Russ

topics we should give Brew the respect

let counch so go ahead no but he's

wanted to go first we said it for the

show you were too busy fixing your hair

so I don't know who this executive is

it's just scuttlebutt it is hogwash

Scuttle butt Bal Dash it's Tommy rot if

I ever heard of that all right Tom look

it up cuz that's what this is all right

really now look I'm gonna be fair

because I'm I'm not like in love with

Russell Wilson but I'm just gonna be

fair is there a chance he doesn't start

the full 17 games sure is there is he

possibly or likely even one and done in

Pittsburgh sure is he going to get cut

in training camp no way way all right

there's no way that's happening unless

he goes out there and really just can't

play professional football so there is a

way that's no that's not going to happen

because you can talk about how bad he

was and I've even admit it he wasn't as

good as the stats suggest why do you

keep but they are stats I mean they are

kept for a reason that's generally how

we measure people and so he didn't look

quite as good as the numbers but he did

produce those numbers of 26 and8 and the

six highest passer rating in the League

all right the fact of the matter is

this the Steelers have more hope for

Russell Wilson next season or this

upcoming season than they do for Justin

field based on what based on who they

bring in first Russell W they knew

Justin Fields was available that wasn't

a secret but they went out and brought

in Russell Wilson what' they give up for

Justin Fields a six round pick when it

was a fourth round pick when it was a

third round pick they weren't interested

what did they give up for give up no let

me finish they gave up a six round pick

and reportedly there are four other

teams interested in Justin fields and

the Steelers still didn't say okay we'll

go up to five we'll go up to four they

still kept it at sixth round or nothing

we don't know what he can do bring him

in why Fields want to go there well

Fields it's a good opportunity for him

why because he can learn under Russell

Wilson and it's a good you don't think

that but you don't know it's because he

he we think he I think he want to learn

under Russell Wilson and he he wants he

knows it's a good situation hold on so I

didn't I got to let me finish my tape

I'm sorry oh I I thought we I thought

you no I'm saying they they I think they

have higher hopes for Russ than they do

for Justin Fields now Justin Fields I'm

sure they want him to be their

quarterback in the future if it goes

well but no this notion that Russell

Wilson's not going to be there in

training camp and you know how bad he'd

have to look or act in training camp for

them to cut it think that's NE that that

last supposition is necessarily true but

I want to go back to what you were

saying which is why Justin wanted to be

there thank you because all of the

reporting that I heard was he wanted to

be there was not because he could learn

because that was of the teams that

wanted him his best chance to play it's

a it's a who who were the other teams

that wanted him I think New Orleans

potentially was on the list and he

wasn't going to supplant Derek Carr I

had Philadelphia was on the list he

wasn't going to supplant but it's not

but Pittsburgh is a very good team too

absolutely support your this is the

quote from Courtney Cronin there were

five teams that reached out to the Bears

to gauge their interest on a Fields

trade but the majority of those teams

Invision Fields as a backup and but

Justin wanted to go there and Ryan poles

is a great guy and did right by him by

sending him to be have come out and said

there is no reason for the Steelers to

come out and say Russell Wilson's going

to be our starter Russ is on Hard Times

Russ had a West was benched in Denver

why' they have to do it because I think

they say a lot of guys are going to

start so now now we think so listen said

it so the reason I I so strongly

disagree with what you're saying is I I

don't think Russell Wilson needs to be

unplayable in order to be cut I I think

that if Russell Wilson is not the named

starting quarterback they will not want

him as the backup I think that if if in

I think the idea behind this is not oh

he could be cut in training camp because

he's going to come out there and not be

able to throw a football I think what

they are talking about is if there is

any semblance of a competition and

Justin wins it which by the way I am not

certain he would but if he were that

they would not won want Russell Wilson

as the backup quarterback because

Russell Wilson would not want to be the

backup quarterback the the reporting as

of yesterday was in his meeting with the

Giants they wouldn't certify to him

you'll be the starter that's one of the

reasons he didn't want to be there but

the Steelers did certify yes before they

had this player have they have we seen

any reports since they got this player

no but those reports no they are right

now still Towing the line and keeping

the line that Russ is the starter and I

think Brew they're plan is for Russ to

be the starter but that can CH if that

changes I think that it is then very on

the board that Russ asks them then cut

me please you guys have no investment in

me to wait for a quarterback to get hurt

and to see where he could go but if

Justin doesn't play well he could end up

starting in Pittsburgh right no I

understand that piece of it and if I

were the Steelers I might tell Russell

Wilson no we're not doing that actually

we need did three quarterbacks last year

you're going to be a good soldier so I I

am not predicting Brew he will so you

kind of agree okay no I am I'm

predicting he's the weak one starter but

I am

saying the question buying he might not

make the Steelers I am 100% buying that

it is on the board that Justin wins the

competition and Russ is not the guy they

want to be the backup that is not the

the bet I would make but do I think that

is a greater than 1% like not just Given

Sunday type of chance do I think there's

a 10 to 20% chance that that happens yes

absolutely and I I just I I don't know

why we have this hangup he he had less

of a market than Gardener muu if Gardner

mchu were in Pittsburgh and Justin

Fields was brought in would we go in

there saying well yeah there's a chance

guard that Justin wins that competition

would we be saying that I don't think

the Steelers would be saying Gardner V

shoose our starter if they had signed

him before they had Justin fields and

named him the starter of course they

would why of course they would what do

you mean why not say we got a

competition G Mitchell is a career

backup so we got let's we got a

competition the the Steelers I think

they could have said that with Russ to

be honest that but come in and compete

but when they signed him and named him

the starter they didn't have anyone on

the Justin was not on the team yet so I

don't think they're going to now have

like hey sent out a press release saying

by the way it's now open competition

they're going to have practice decision

you're going to see who the better

player is to Bru point the reason the

reporting on why Kenny picket left is

because Kenny picket was promised uh

opportunity to compete found out Russ

was basically the starter and then said

hey I feel lied to or the situation

changed I need to leave so that would

support your point but the question I

have for you is this Brew do you think

there are some

quarterbacks who are starters only and

I'll give you the example when Cam

Newton started the full Brady Bridge

year to M Jones M Jones won the

competition and BJ cut Cam Newton a

little bit as as a solid to him it's

like man you're not a backup right

you're just not you're you're the man

you're not going to thrive as a backup

you have to go and he went to Carolina

he did the cool like I'm back it didn't

go well in Carolina CU nothing goes well

in Carolina but it was almost like doing

him a favor to go find another starting

job I I think yeah yes I think there are

quarterbacks like that but Russ at this

stage of his career I think I mean the

quarterbacks like that have huge

personas and he does have a huge persona

but I also think where is he going where

was C going well cam eventually accepted

being a backup in other places you know

what I mean and I think cam would accept

being a backup now oh yeah right so I I

just think he went back didn't he go

back to Carolina went to Carolina and

was the starter and then and was out of

I I just I there there is a lot that

goes along I don't we all say I

shouldn't say we all say Shawn pton came

in and said you know Russ is not having

his office and his parking spot and all

those things because Shawn pton changed

how he wanted R like the Broncos do

business does not mean Russell Wilson

changed how he views himself how he

views you know what I mean his position

as the face of the franchise no matter

what the and I'm sure the salary stuff

is Justified understandably by it would

make no sense you're getting this amount

of money no matter what so he's like the

only player in the league that is not

you can't look at his salary as his

value I understand that piece of it

because he's getting his 39 million from

Denver I just think there is a lot of

Personality stuff that is attached to

Russell Wilson that if he is your not

your starter you might not want to deal

with

that you might not want to have in

the was kind of like like I said a a

backup quarterback that draws a lot of

attention the stuff is not what you want

the stuff we heard when when cap was

being black balled and people were

trying to you know what I mean try to

act like you can't bring him in be a

backup there it's all different things

but the answer really what it all came

down to was the backup quarterback

supposed to be either a young player

learning or Anonymous and Russell Wilson

would be none of the above I just think

he's going to start week one I think

he's going to win or has the job and

will keep it that's why I think it won't

happen here's Mahomes hitting the gym

I've worked out on that thing at equinox

you stretch out I have you're an equinox

member I was I wow why that's just

congrats buddy you're doing well maybe

you work out there your bones will get

oh wow

wow shots fired I call you rich you call

me weak that Ms uh latest workout he's

doing awesome stuff and here he is with

uh his one new wide receiver one old

wide receiver rashie rice there with the

T-shirt of shirtless Mahomes with the

dadbot uh last year this Duo had 130

receptions and 11 touchdowns now where

do you think this new tandem ranks in

the AFC in the AFC is interesting

because while the AFC has far more great

quarterbacks than the NFC does I think

the NFC has better wide rece more

excellent wide receiver Duos you know

what I or a deeper group of wide

receiver Duos so can I interest you in a

top five Brew oh yes coming in at number

five this will thrill Brew Wilson and

Williams so I think Garrett Wilson's

really good Mike Williams has actually

only had one awesome season but his

highlights are so good and his

athleticism all of that and so we I

think Wilson and Williams Come

at number if he's healthy he's an

excellent number two which is by the way

what he was in I would argue was the

number two in with the Chargers he was

all right coming at number

four young guys Nico Collins and tank

Dell now I'm nervous about tank Dell not

because you're not going to recover from

the broken leg but because the knock on

him one of the reasons he fell on the

draft was you worried about his body

holding up in felt so slight of frame

and then he got hurt in his first season

but I loveed them at number three three

these guys Rashid rice and Hollywood

Brown so Rashid rice I think what we saw

him do over the second half of the Year

showed once he got more targets how good

he could be he was he had one of the

most productive rookie playoff seasons

of any player other than Jamar Chase and

I think Hollywood Brown stylistically

fits what the Chiefs want particularly

if they add another wide receiver in the

draft at number two Chason Higgins and

these you know these top two are pretty

obvious the only reason you can't even

argue chasing Higgins for number one is

because it feels like Higgins

disposition might not be great if they

just keep him on the franchise tag sure

and but even if he were totally happy

number one still might be number one

Tyreek and Wadd you have arguably the

best receiver in the league definitely

the best receiver in the AFC and Woo is

great so I think the Chiefs go from

having the wide receivers were the

reason they weren't going to win the

Super Bowl and then they won the superow

anyway to the third best duo in the

AFC they got the best quarterback

obviously thrown the ball to him so

that's going to be huge um but right now

I had them much lower than third I

didn't have him in my top five uh I had

those other four well I I didn't have I

had DeAndre Hopkins and Calvin Ridley

okay that's a terrible really cuz they

both were over a thousand yards last

year I think that's a bad I I they don't

have as good of a quarterback but

DeAndre Hopkins is better than any of

those was great he still was really good

last year so I disag okay you can

disagree um Calvin rley still very good

so I'm going with Amari Cooper and Jerry

Judy Jerry Judy's bad ask Steve Smith

he's bad buddy okay okay we'll see you

disag you think Jerry Jud I think he's a

good number two yeah he could number

fres start right I I think he he had

some issues but I think you'll be a good

held back by quarterback play last year

to be fair well look those the Chiefs

receivers got the best quarterback so

that's going to be big for him I like

khil Shakir and Stefan Diggs needs a

better year I I got that I'm not that

high on your boy it's still an

improvement you have them at seven I got

them at nine Devonte Adams and jacobe

Myers mainly because of Devonte mainly

because of Devonte and Myers is a good

number to so that but on the Devonte

Adams jacobe Myers the other ones you

listed I think are insane just my take

Hopkins insane four years ago I'd be

with you um but the Devonte Adams was a

tough one because it's almost like he's

so good is as long could you put him

with anybody and it's an excellent Duo

Myers will be a good two he wasn't a one

no but we saw we saw that last year that

with the and it was last year um I think

you're under selling rash rice here's I

I am so here's r Rice but he might be

overselling Hollywood Brown I'll give

you a glass half full this is a

reception percentage CH rice caught 77%

of his balls uh Hollywood Brown only 50%

now we can dig into why he was last in

the NFL one part perhaps his trying to

hit more home runs deep balls uh the

other reason might be quarterback play

yeah uh but even if I don't expect him

him to be last so if he brings that up

also if he has the benefit of having

other pass catchers around him so maybe

they're going to play well because of

momes I'm just looking at the receivers

in a vacuum so no and I and I'm with

that and but I just I think that the was

that stat right there can't be looked at

in a vacuum because I don't think

Hollywood I don't think Rashi rice was

the the most sure-handed receiver in the

league last year but that stat would

tell you he was with that to me that is

a quarterback stat that is a how

catchable is the ball and with the guys

playing quarterback for a lot of the

year for Arizona last year if that you

know a Target to Hollywood Brown that

landed eight yards out of bounds counts

as a Target to him you know and so

that's a and they're just hard catches

the level of difficulty of his routes

are and correct and he had he had some

very notable drops but his drop

percentage was 3.4% The League average

3.2% but he just he had some bombs that

he dropped so it stood out he's not a

high drops player all right let's check

in on I like the signing brw do you like

this Steph momes comparison I do it's

right on the money I mean there's no

doubt about it now you know Steph

changed the game we know

stylistically I don't know if he's

single I guess LeBron's saying because

Steph changed the game and now

three-pointers are so prominent that's

why no lead is safe but with momes I

mean 13 seconds isn't safe like in

before that 13 second Drive no one ever

would have thought you could win a game

like that or come back in 13 seconds and

now it's not it's mainly momes he's the

obviously the the face of it but most

quarterbacks now a minute left 45

seconds left just to drive and get a

field goal like that is viewed as oh

they got plenty of time left you know

and now the the other team has to you

know worry about the clock and how you

know so yeah I think it's right on the

money so here's so I I kind of agree

with you I want to give credit I think

the first quarterback to make it feel

like if he got the ball back no matter

how much time was left he was going to

find a way was Brady yes Brady Brady to

me I think momes is going to end up

being better at it than Tom and he

already if you look at percentage of

opportunities what on up to this point

he's on a far better Pace but to be fair

to Tom Tom was the guy that it felt like

always came through in those moments and

in a way that pton did it that Aaron

didn't that Big B the other great

quarterbacks of his era where I do think

this comp is accurate I just think we

haven't had enough time to see it yet is

just like Steph chain the way you watch

aaou or high school or college

basketball is played as far as range

threes I think more of the off platform

arm angle run around make the play

downfield rather than play with your

legs you are going to have an influx of

and Caleb is the first one to play and I

know Aaron Rogers did that to an degree

but that was a long time between Aaron

and momes and so I think he is going to

change the way the quarterback position

is played for a lot of guys as the

league moves away from the statuesque

pocket passers and more to the athletic

quarterbacks where you see guys play a

lot it's like oh he's a poor man's

Patrick Mahomes oh he's trying to be

Patrick Mahomes like we kind of say Trey

Young's trying to be step in certain I

think to your point Rogers did it Brady

did it but they were two of the few

really the only ones kind of doing it

now others are it feels like other

quarterbacks have a better chance of

doing it now than ever before and that's

where I think Steph is In N good

answerers actually just deeper field

goals was what we were looking for it's

just Justin Tucker can hit 65 yard field

goals now buter can hit long I mean it's

not fun to talk about but it's just

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