NFL Draft Triple Take (EDGE), March 13, 2022

of shows we've done. Yeah. Yeah, we're cranking them out in our sleep, but we love doing it. Thank you for finding us uh and giving a listen to what we have to say in this edition of Triple Take about edge rushers. Man, this was a fun evaluation and there's a lot of these guys, uh Man. I guess

just a natural evolution. If college football they're just gonna throw it all over the yard, then you're gonna rush the passer and figure out ways to do At football, defenses are figuring out how to rush the pass or off the edge. Yeah, and we did the defensive tackle Triple Take and you mentioned, boy, how freaky those guys are and you just watch a combine. Well, this group takes it up to another level. And I think this

is the strongest position in the entire draft. And to be honest, I think there's eight edge guys that are gonna deserve first round consideration, and five of them might even go in the first half of the first round. Yeah, this is a crazy talented position this year. And and a lot of times you see these guys and we've had the kind of project. Well he has he he has all these measurables, but he didn't have the the production we've seen some of those guys in recent years.

These guys both had the just ridiculous they displayed at the combine and also had a lot of production in college. So it's it's a really fun evaluation. And it wouldn't surprise me not having seen your guys list before we we've done this, um the list that you two put together. If we have about we mentioned about eight guys, as Matt mentioned in in this talk, in our each of

our top five year. Yeah, it's and and they're really fun to uh watch the highlights and the way these guys play with the energy and the amazing closing speed and aggression that they display. Uh. A lot of teams are gonna get get fat on defense in this draft. It's a good year to Nita pass Rushier. Matt. Let's start with you because you and I have the same

number five. Uh. Georgia guy once removed Jermaine Johnson, the second of Florida State who left Georgia and then blew it up for Florida State in the A c C. I could see watching that Georgia defense why he left and went somewhere else. But boy, he played with the Georgia defender type of dominance and production and impact. This year it didn't he Yeah, And I don't hold it transfer against him at all. I mean, considering the team he left, the defense he left. He was a dominant

player for Florida State this year. He may have been the best player at the Senior Bowl. He's long, he's thick, he's very physical. He's already a great run defender. I mean he puts his hands on you and really stuns you, but can also run around you. A lot of energy, a lot of physicality from Johnson. And you've got Treyvon Walker of GEI Yeah, he's one of the guys that kind of forced Jermaine Johnson to to transfer and and Trayvon Walker uh two hundred seventy two pounds at the

NFL scouting combine ran a four five. I mean that's just unheard of. Uh. You know, he had sacks in both the college playoff games last season and wins over Michigan and Alabama. You know, so that that's production against high level competition, and that would be Michigan, Mike, Yeah, I just I thought you might have forgotten about that. But he's big enough to take on tackles in the run game, but he's fast enough to beat them around the edge. He just turned twenty one in December, which

I think matters. I mean, this is still a young, ascending player. And you know, you have it's it's a nice marriage of skill and in athleticism. And you've got Dale, You've got Jermaine Johnson. Number four, Matt, you went with David A. Jabo of Michigan, the uh guy from what is it Nigeria Villa Scotland. I forget his path exactly. That's the one that's it. That's it, that is and real quick, I'm gonna I have Trayvon Walker three, who Dale just talked about, and the Jabo and Walker to me,

I don't know what they don't know yet. I mean as terms of pass rushers, they don't have really any plan. They just kind of come off the ball and are a better athlete than those around them and still make all kinds of plays. And Ojabo is very raw and reminds me a lot of oh Way from Penn State who went to the Ravens at the end of the for round, except he had yeah, right, like seven four. He's got all the traits, but he also produced for in the Big ten where oh wait, didn't um again.

Very flexible, all sorts of multiple clay here and he plays hard. Yeah. He had two two and a half sacks against Wisconsin last year. You know, Wisconsin is known for their offensive lineman. He had to two sacks eaching games against Michigan State and Penn State last year. I mean that that's high level production against against well, some of those are pretty good teams. Yeah, I've got George carl Off to superdue is my number four. Uh. This guy,

this guy impresses me with athleticism and with power. He can you can you can walk the blocker back into the quarterback, actually shove him back into the quarterback. He can win with speed rush. Uh made a lot of really reactionary plays, tip picks and blocking kicks and athletic type of things, a little bit of a history of

past rush superdue. So I went with him there. And now you guys can tell me where I'm wrong here, because I've been listening since mid season about how Aidan Hutchinson is maybe the first overall pick, and uh, he's at least the first or second overall pick. And uh, he's the best this, and he's the best at He's a highmar Trophy runner up guy, and I ain't seen it. I'm not saying that he is not a very good player in a group of very good players. But I

almost put him three on my list just on principle. Uh, you know, great game against Ohio State, three sacks and that was Michigan's biggest win in ten years. But I see him as one of many not heading shoulders above Matt What am I not seeing? No? Agree, It doesn't shock me that you'd say that considering his on the mater, But I feel the same way that serious I'm down the middle on that. I mean, I was, I was banging the Devin Bus term a couple of years ago.

If I see a player, I see a player. But I just maybe I heard one too many times how great this guy is. I don't know. I just it seems like he got anointed, and that's everybody's story and they're sticking to it. Yeah, honestly, I have him closer to Jermaine Johnson or car Loft this than I do the clear number one, even though he is number one on my board, and again, this class is awesome, but he's not Chase Young or a Bosa brother or Miles Garrett. Um. Yeah,

I think he's a very good player. I think he's safety player. I'm not. I didn't come here. Yeah, I didn't come in to bury him, but I just to me, he's one of many, not but one and then everybody else. That's this entire draft, though, guys, is it not. I mean, you know, we're still talking about who the number one overall pick is going to be because there's not a

clear cut number one guy. The one thing I'll say about Aiden Hutchinson that really stood out to me was his six seven three uh three cone drill at the NFL Scouting Combine. It's the third fascist for any player to combine for any player not not defensive lineman or edge guys, any player six seventh three is special. M his first ten yards are really good. In the forty two he has he does have some burst and things like that for sure. UM a little bit short armed,

he can play a little high. He's a really good prospect. But I'm with you, Mike, I don't think he's a special prospect. Yeah, so I kind of put him three just to just to put them three. I've got I've got Cavon Thibodeau from Oregon is my number two. Uh, Dale, you've got the same guy number two, and Matt, you've got the same guy number two. And it seemed like it made a little bit of a ruffle when he ran at the combine but didn't work out. But man,

I think this guy's really, really good. And one of the reasons they said he didn't work out at the combine is he wants to do the linebacker drills and the defensive line drills at Oregon's pro day. This guy could be an outside linebacker dropping back, or he could be an edge rusher. Yeah. I mean, I mean that's that's really all these guys if you look at them, because of the size that they had, there aren't any There aren't any of these two forty pound guys here.

These guys are all two fifty plus. Uh TOI those two fifty four. Uh, there's a lot of upside there. He just turned twenty one in December, so again you're getting a guy who is still ascending as a player. And Mike, to your point, I think he's best, you know, playing out a two point stands, you know, sort of a Steeler outside linebacker type. Yeah. And I brought that up because I mean, Hutchinson, you're not gonna have him dropping back. He's coming off to you. He's going forward,

not backward. Uh My Number one, you guys supposed to have Hutchinson. I picked Treyvon Walker. And here's why I did it. UHDL you mentioned the ridiculous time in the forty Here's what Daniel Jeremiah had to say about him during the combine quote. A creative defensive coordinator is gonna look at Treyvon Walker and say the world has completely opened up. You can play him inside, outside, you can rush him, drop him, you can play him on the ball, off the ball. You want to be able to give

quarterbacks different looks and not show your hand. A chess piece like that allows you to play that way. I'm in Yeah, I don't disagree with it, But to you guys point earlier, I mean, the difference between number one and number five in this group really not much, not much at all. I mean, these guys are all first round guys and probably top fifteen to eight team pick guys. I mean, that's what we're talking about here. They're gonna go quick. Yeah, yeah, it's it's it is the uh.

I guess we're all agree with the strength position of what is very very deep draft without you know, forget that there's not that marquee quarterback guy. There's a lot of talent to be had. Absolutely. I just think that, you know that. I think defensively, this draft is maybe a little bit of a game changer. Might not have the star power of some previous drafts, but you're gonna be getting guys and you know, into the third and fourth rounds who have an opportunity to come in and

start right away for a lot of teams. Yeah, Predicting who next year's defensive Rookie of the Year is gonna be Is oh Man select with that he used to be. You comes in the league, I who win it? You know? Likewise, it would be the same way for the offensive Rookie of the Year because there's no quarterback. Yeah, are you guys sure they haven't given that defensive award to Hutchinson yet?

Pretty sure? Yeah? He probably will learn if that's gonna do it for our Edge Russia analysis, I wanna mind everybody. You can catch programs such as this one on all of the Steelers social media platforms, and we're gonna keep cranking them out right up until the Draft. So, however and wherever you found us, please continue to do so until next time. For Matt Williamson and Dale Aally Mike Pursua, you've been listening, watching, reading, immersing yourself a thousand percent

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