Steelers Rumors: TRADE For Jaylen Waddle Instead Of Tyreek Hill? + Is Jaylen Warren A Top 10 NFL RB?

Steelers Rumors: TRADE For Jaylen Waddle Instead Of Tyreek Hill? + Is Jaylen Warren A Top 10 NFL RB?

[Music] Welcome in to the Steelers Talk Mailbag. I am your host, Jack Sperry. Today we are going to be talking uh about your questions. We’re going to be addressing your questions on the Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s been kind of a shaky first two weeks this year um heading into this week’s game versus the New England Patriots. I want to see where you guys are at, what questions you have for me. Uh, and I love having this two-way dialogue with you guys. Uh, every single week we film these mailbags every single uh, Thursday on our Steelers Talk live shows. If you guys want to get a question on a on a future edition of the Steelers Talk Q&A, you guys can watch our live shows on Thursdays starting at 5:00 p. p.m. Eastern time and get your questions in for free. So, join the most interactive Steelers community anywhere on YouTube. We go live twice during the week and then again on game day. We also put out daily and free content on this channel every single day. All right, so now let’s get into the questions starting with JT Clover versus how much would you want TJ to move on Sunday? So I think he’s asking uh in terms of moving around formationally. Um listen man, I think the right tackle position is going to be very very uh vulnerable for the New England Patriots. Now I think you want to move him around enough to make the Patriots guess on some things. Um, but you know, I think I’ve seen a lot of people say just put him on the other side and it’s magically going to fix the run defense. Guys, they’re going to just run away from TJ Watt no matter where he’s lined up. Uh, you know, if you if if you put Watt in the middle, they’re going to run outside off tackle. If you line them up to the right, they’re going to run left like they have over the first two weeks. If you line him up over on the on the other side, then they’re going to run to the right. So, um, you know, TJ Watt is just such a good run defender. He is the number one graded PFF run defender among edge rushers through the first two weeks. And um you know that’s why they’re running away from him because he’s one of the best if not the best rundefending edge rusher in the league still uh even at his age. Um so we’ll see how much they move him around. But I think with Morgan Moses dealing with an injury this week, he’s questionable to go. And if he can’t go, that offensive line depth there at right tackle for New England is putrid. Uh so that right tackle position, that position that he usually lines up against, uh should be pretty advantageous for him. So hopefully uh the coverage on the back end can give him a little bit more time. He’s been getting uh early wins. It’s just the quarterback’s getting out the ball out of his hands so quickly because of the coverage on the back end that the Steelers have been running these first two weeks. And uh I’m hoping that this Steelers coaching staff can wake up a little bit and give this pass rusher a little bit more time to get home because I think if they do that uh we might be seeing fireworks. Then we get to Eric Jender says, “Who on the Patriots offense do you think will be the biggest problem for Pittsburgh’s defense? And who on the Patriots defense will give the offense the biggest problem?” Good question, Eric Jender. Um, for the Pits for uh the offense, Trayvon Henderson hasn’t gotten a ton of carries or a ton of run these first two weeks, but you look at the two guys that have beaten the Steelers on the ground the first two weeks, slasher types, Bree Hall and Kenneth Walker. Really explosive guys, and that’s what Trayvon Henderson is, right? So, um, if there’s going to be a player on this offense for New England that is going to be a big problem, I think it could be Trayvon Henderson. Now, obviously Drake May, if he plays a terrific game or if you give him easy answers, he’s going to take them. Um, so obviously Drake May and his skill set will be a problem as well, but the guy that can truly like uh do what Kenneth Walker and Bruce Hall did for their respective teams, obviously, I think that Trayvon Henderson is their more uh explosive back. So, keep your eye on Henderson. Then on the other side of the ball, uh, Patriots defense, the guy that can give this team the most issues is probably Christian Gonzalez, I would say. Uh, just because he can man up DK Metaf and probably take him away more often than not. Um, you know, that is that’s a tough that’s a tough ask going up against guys as big as DK for anybody, but Christian Gonzalez is legitimately a top five corner in the game in my opinion. So, he can take away anybody. Uh, you’re going to have to distribute the ball a bit more this week in my opinion. Um, and not have to rely on DK. Not that DK has been stellar these first two weeks, but I do think Rogers will have to rely on some other weapons to get the job done uh this week. Then we got one from Meanie says, “Jack with rumors uh targeting Tyreek Hill as a trade candidate for us if Miami continues this trajectory. Jaylen Waddle may be a better fit and the price if Finns uh do a fire sale. Your thoughts?” Well, according to Mike Fuio, and guys, this is I I do not trust Florio’s word on a lot of these things, but he said the Steelers are no longer in on a Tyreek Hill trade um because of his off-field antics. Um I find it hard to believe the Steelers were not aware of his off-field antics beforehand. So, I don’t know. Uh so, if that’s the case, they were just never in on him. So, I I I don’t know how much I trust that report from Florio. Uh but Jaylen Wadd, you know, younger player, I don’t know if Miami is going to want to let him go. Um, also they gave him a contract extension. I think it was last year. So, I really don’t think it makes a whole lot of sense to trade Jaylen Waddle. Makes a lot more sense to trade Tyreek Hill in my opinion. Uh, kind of a cancer in the locker room for them. Older player, big contract, get him off the books. Um, so I I’m not sure if Jaylen is going to be a legitimate possibility for us. Elevate LT says, “Can the Steelers get Chris Jones if the Chiefs suck this year?” Um, if you’re talking about trade deadline, I I don’t think the Chiefs are going to suck that bad, man. Like, they they’ve been very competitive against two very good teams. Most people have the Chargers and Eagles both in their top five in their power rankings. And, you know, just a couple of tough breaks led to those not going the other way. They could very easily be two and 0 against two of some of the best teams in the league, right? So, u maybe some of their fourth quarter luck has run out. Maybe they used it all last year when they won all those one-score games. Um, but yeah, I I don’t really see Chris Jones being made available if he is. I mean, go out and get him if you can. I’m not The only pick I’m not willing to give up no matter what is next year’s first round uh draft pick and 2027’s first round draft pick. Those are the only two picks that are 100% off the table for me for any player. So, I guess we’ll see what happens, but I would say highly doubted Elevate. What say you guys? Let me know down there in the comments section. What player, if any, should the Steelers trade for this season? Who’s a guy that you want them to target here before the trade deadline this year? This will be the pin comment on today’s show. Um, let me know what you guys are thinking down there in the comments section when YouTube throws this at break your way. Got one from my man Zar Craig. Says, “If Jawan Bentley plays really well, does Malik Harrison get waved when healthy?” I don’t think so. I think Malik gets too much uh gives too much value as a specialteamer. I think they’ll probably wave Carson Bruner as the guy that they’d prefer to wave. low-level draft pick. If someone picks him up on waiverss, you know, uh that would be unfortunate because I’m sure they’d want to keep him on practice squad, but um that I think that’s a risk they’d be willing to take. Uh but Harrison, I don’t really see him getting cut. Um really good special team player. And then also if Bentley gets hurt, Harrison is also another thumper type of guy. He’s not quite as good, but um he’s a good backup thumper in that role. So I I think they want to keep him. Kevin Reed says, “If the O line continues to struggle this season, do you think they spend more draft capital in the early rounds on next year’s draft?” Um, certainly possible. It’s also possible they go out in free agency because here’s the thing, Kevin. If you’re looking for starting offensive line, offensive tackle talent in particular, usually got to find it in the first round. If you’re looking to for a person to start right away, probably definitely got to get him in the first round. So, if you’re replacing Brick Jones and he’s done, you’re have to use your first round pick on Brick Jones’s replacement or you can go out in free agency and get one. Um, so right now I would say if they’re replacing Brick, free agency is actually probably the more likely option, especially because you have another younger player on the other side and Futano. So getting a little bit of balance between veteran and younger player might make some sense. Um, so honestly, I think left tackle or right tackle um might be one of the bigger needs and one of the bigger uh targets for the for the Pittsburgh Steelers in free agency next year. Gen from Truth Thong, what a name. Says, “Does Calvin Austin impress you on film?” Yeah, he does. Um, Calvin reminds me a lot of guys like Darnell Mooney and Tank Dell where they’re smaller receivers, but they threaten to all levels of the field. Uh, obviously Calvin is awesome after the catch and he’s got great vision. So, you can send him on a on a on a shallow crosser and you can get him the ball out in space and he’s just got runaway speed and great vision when he’s out in space. But then he’s also got some really great wiggle as a route runner and obviously great speed to run away from guys. So, he’s open pretty consistently on film. Um, and then he can obviously beat you deep and take the top off the defense with that with that 4-3 speed that he’s got. Plus, he’s got better hands than people give him credit for. He’s made some tough catches. Remember that 50/50 ball back shoulder in week one versus the Jets. He’s been doing that quite consistently. Uh heading going back to 2024. Made some really tough catches for Russ last year. Um you know, he’s not going to be much of a run blocker, but as a receiver, I think that he is uh potentially a legitimate number two guy. And we saw that come out in week one. Week two, there was some opportunities to get him the football. the play where Aaron Rogers got ripped down by his uh horse collar and it wasn’t called. Uh Calvin was streaking towards the end zone for a touchdown and he was throwing it to him. So, we might be talking about Calvin having another nice corner route touchdown if you know if that play doesn’t happen with the horse collar uh on Rogers. But, um yeah, Calvin Austin third. I’ve been saying it for two years. Really impressive on film. Um and I think that he’s going to continue to show that he’s capable of being this team’s number two receiver. Uh before we get to the rest of today’s questions, let’s have a word from our sponsor today at Prize Picks. You and I, we both make decisions every single day, guys. But most of those decisions don’t get you paid. 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Um, you guys can take a look at my prize pick projections here. taking the more uh on both Jaylen Warren longest run and rushing yards total. I’m taking the more on Trayvon Henderson rushing yards this week and I’m taking the more on Patrick Mahomes free play there with the passing yard. So you guys can get your prize pick projection in for this week’s Steelers matchup by downloading the Prize Pix app today and using code CLNS to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. That’s code CLNS to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. prize picks. It’s good to be right. Another one here from JT Clover versus Jaylen Warren or Jaylen Warren will be a top blank running back by week 18. Is it crazy to say top 10? I really don’t think so, man. Like with his contact balance, his ability to catch the football and run with it, his vision, um his cutting ability, u you know, frankly, he’s got pretty darn good long speed, too. Like he’s been one of the more underrated backs in a long time, even by Steelers fans, by the way. like Cers fans would say, he’s not big enough to take on a a full number one running back workload. Um, man. This guy is built like a tank. Um, you know, he’s fast. He’s he’s he does all the stuff that you want your number one running back to do, man. Um, so really excited for his future here with this football team, man. I think he’s the best offensive player on the Steelers right now. You got to feed him the football. Eugene Payne says, “I think that right now the best QB for Pittsburgh the draft is the LSU QB.” I’d be happy with Garrett Nusmeer. He’s a ball. He’s a he’s a baller. Uh he’s a dude. Uh he throws with great anticipation. Uh you know, he’s just a gamer, man. And you can see when he’s in those close games like that close game against Clemson in the season opener, like you can just see the intensity, the focus. That’s the level of competitor that you want in your football team. Um and also uh here’s another added benefit. We’ve talked about the Cognaliz VR technology before and uh the Steelers potentially implementing that. Uh Darren Usmeer uses that Cognalized stuff at LSU just like Jaden Daniels did. So getting a guy uh that that can bring that cognalized stuff here to Pittsburgh and uh kind of uh set the standard for Pittsburgh quarterbacks in the future um I think is absolutely fantastic stuff and I think that that’s what I would do if I’m the Pittsburgh Steelers. Um Michael Hayrick comes in says want to do want do you what do you think about signing Odell Beckham to Pittsburgh Steelers before bye-week? Uh they just signed Isaiah Hajins. That’s the that’s their answer in terms of a backup wide receiver in my opinion. Uh, and I I actually like the signing. Hajins is six is is tall. Uh, he’s 200 pounds. He’s a good short and intermediate route runner. He’s got good hands. Uh, you know, he provides a lot of things from a bigger p receiver perspective that nobody else on this team provides. DK Metaf has a limited route tree. Of course, Calvin, Roman, and Scotty are all tiny, so they have another bigger receiver they can put in in certain formations, early down situations, stuff like that. Uh he’s not going to change the world or the season or be a complete needle mover. Uh but he’s a contributing piece that I think will find his way on the field this year. Make sure you guys click that thumbs up icon if you haven’t already if you are a real one here on Steelers Talk. Really do appreciate your guys’ support. It helps out the channel, helps put our videos in front of more Steelers fans like yourselves. So if you’re a real one, you want to help out the channel today. Takes a half second of your time to click that thumbs up icon. Next question coming in from Madd and God says, “How sick of Mike Tomlin are you?” Um, for me personally, I’m I’m I’m getting there. All right. I am. And I’m somebody that, you know, acknowledges all the good things that Mike Tomlin has done here. I’m not someone that pretends that Mike Tomlin has been terrible his entire tenure here in Pittsburgh, like it seems like a lot of Steelers fans are doing nowadays because of a recent stretch of poor defensive uh play from the Steelers. But plain simply, man, if he doesn’t figure it out in the next several weeks, he should be fired at the end of the season. Like, there’s just too much talent here uh to play the kind of defense that they’ve played the first two weeks, to have the mistakes alignment wise, um to play people out of position the way that he has. Looking at Yukiano Benton, um it’s just got to be better. Uh plain and simply, guys, if he doesn’t fix it, he should be gone. Uh Ali the Reapers is why haven’t they paid Bos yet? Um, well, they could have paid him during the off season and uh they didn’t. Obviously, Bos agreed to come back and play on his current contract. Um, and they don’t negotiate contracts during the season. So, you’re not going to see a Chris Boswell contract during the year. Now, what I’m guessing is the Steelers will make him the highest paid kicker in football next off season. All right. So, Bos isn’t going anywhere, man. Especially if he keeps it up. So, uh, and I think he’s probably gonna be the highest paid kicker in football eventually down the road. Um, so I don’t think there’s anything to worry about there. Ali Hip Hop Anonymous says, “Why is Tomlin given so much leeway when we all know he won a Super Bowl off of Coward’s team and their discipline?” Um, you know who would dis you know who would disagree with this hip hop anonymous? The players that won that Super Bowl with Mike Tomlin. the players that played for Mike Tomlin would tell you that Tomlin was a big part of that Super Bowl run uh and a big part of building that Super Bowl team. Now, obviously, a lot of bleed over came over from Coward’s team. And I think it’s a perfectly fair criticism of Mike Tomlin that he has failed to get the offensive coordinator right, at least to this point. We’ll see on Arthur Smith, but also to to build a team and to be a team builder and to get the right uh you know, put the puzzle pieces together to get his team, you know, back into hoisting Lombardi trophies, right? But um you know, he I mean a lot of players have come in under the Tomlin regime and they have developed and they have been great players here with Pittsburgh. So, you know, it’s it’s I think that he would have been he would have fallen off a cliff a long time before this. Um, uh, if he was just a bad coach all along and he was riding the coattails off of Bill Cower. I think Bill Cower himself will tell you that Mike Tomlin is not a bad football coach. All right? So, um, I think that this is a popular narrative because, you know, obviously Tomlin wins a Super Bowl, two years removed from the cower regime. Um, but Tomlin, you know, here’s another thing, guys. In a league as competitive as the National Football League, you cannot be a bad head football coach and win a Super Bowl. It’s impossible. It doesn’t matter what roster you have. Now, you know, there’s guys that can, you know, kind of have one fluky type of season and never win one again. And certainly seems like Tomlin, at least to this point, has been that type of guy. But like, you have to be at least a competent NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl. You cannot be just absolutely objectly terrible and just ride the coattails of another team’s or another or another coach. It’s just not the way it works. So, um I hip hop anonymous, I I I respect your opinion there, but I disagree with it. I think the players on that on that Super Bowl team would disagree with it. I think Bill Coward would disagree with it. Um but you you’re definitely uh open to have your own opinion. So, let me know what you guys think down there in the comments section. Should the Steelers fire Mike Tomlin if they fail to win a playoff game this season? Yes or no? Um, you know, I I think I I I don’t think if they make the playoffs, they’re going to fire him. I just don’t. I think they’re going to have to miss the playoffs. I think the defense will have to play poorly the entire season or at least most of the season. Um, and honestly, I don’t see those things happening. I see this team bouncing back. I really do. Um, and making the playoffs and and and being a legitimate threat in the AFC playoff picture by the time we get to January. Remember guys, last year we were talking about this Steelers defense like it was literally the best defense in the league at this point last year and how’d that end up in January. Teams are different in December and January than they are in September. All right, so teams grow, teams decline. We saw that last year. We saw it with the Eagles last year who had a who had a slow start. There’s still a lot of football left to be played here, folks. So that’s my uh you know, that’s my message to Steelers Nation this week as we prepare for that Patriots game on Sunday. Make sure you guys click that subscribe button if you haven’t already. Thank you guys so much uh for joining us here on this uh on this mailbag. Make sure you click that subscribe button if you haven’t already. Till next time, guys. Here we go, Steelers. [Music]

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Steelers news topics discussed on this week’s Steelers Talk mailbag:
– How much would Jack like to see T.J. Watt move around this week vs. the Patriots?
– Which player on the Patriots both on offense and defense will present the biggest problem for the Steelers on Sunday?
– Should the Steelers target Jaylen Waddle instead on Tyreek Hill in a trade before the deadline this year?
– Could the Steelers trade for Chris Jones this year?
– If Ja’Whaun Bentley plays well, does that mean Malik Harrison will need to be cut?
– Will the Steelers spend more early draft capital at offensive tackle next year in the draft?
– Is Calvin Austin III a good wide receiver?
– Where will Jaylen Warren rank among NFL RBs by the end of the season?
– Should the Steelers draft LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier?
– Should the Steelers sign Odell Beckham Jr.?
– Should Steelers fans be sick of Mike Tomlin?
– Why haven’t the Steelers paid Chris Boswell yet?
– Did Mike Tomlin win his Super Bowl because it was Bill Cowher’s team?

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