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The Terrible Take - Episode 1068 - February 5, 2024

The Terrible Podcast - Steelers Podcast via Steelers Depot

The Terrible Podcast

Sports, Football

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🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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February 5, 2024 - For Episode 1,068 on this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle talks about why the Pittsburgh Steelers should pass on taking a tackle in the first round to take advantage of one of the deepest position groups in the 2024 NFL Draft. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the terrible take a daily segment telling Steelers nation what's on our mind.

0:03.9

I'm Ross McCorkle. The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to run the ball a lot next year.

0:08.3

That much is clear from the words of team's new

0:15.0

the second saying he is pleased with the quote two-headed monster at running back in the hiring of Arthur Smith as the team's new offensive

0:18.8

coordinator. Smith has talked about wanting to win the trench battles and said

0:22.2

it's going to be a physical

0:23.4

brand of football in his introductory interview on the Steelers website.

0:27.4

With those bits of information, it seems inevitable that the Steelers will

0:30.1

solidify the future of their offensive line with a center and a tackle at some point

0:34.2

early in the draft.

0:36.1

Fortunately, the offensive line is among the deepest groups in this year's draft, according

0:40.2

to Daniel Jeremiah's initial top 50 list.

0:42.8

He has 11 offensive linemen including 8 tackles in the top 50.

0:46.7

His top 50 group is split half and half between left and right tackles from college.

0:50.6

The goal at least as perceived by outsiders is to grab a right tackle to move

0:54.0

Brodrick Jones back over to the left side where he is more comfortable but Mike

0:57.4

Tomlin said the team was undecided on making that happen. It will probably depend

1:02.3

on how the chips fall in the draft. With needs elsewhere

1:05.4

at positions that are less deep like corner back, the Steelers should take advantage of the

1:09.8

deep tackle class and grab one in the second or third round despite nearly every

1:14.5

first-round mock draft featuring a tackle to Pittsburgh prior to Broderich Jones

1:18.3

in the first round last year the Steelers hadn't taken one since Germain Stevens

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