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00:03 - Fields is on his rookie contract.

00:04 They won't pick up a fifth year option

00:06 because it's way too much money for a backup quarterback.

00:08 He's making less than 3 million.

00:10 So you gotta love that.

00:12 Russell Wilson's making just under 1.2.

00:14 Look, they've completely reshaped it.

00:18 Wilson had 26 passing touchdowns last season

00:20 before he got benched.

00:21 They upgraded the room.

00:22 Think about it, it was Trubisky, Mason Rudolph last season.

00:26 They've absolutely upgraded.

00:27 Mason Rudolph, by the way, will back up in Tennessee.

00:30 But the bottom line is, yes,

00:31 they've reshaped that quarterback room in Pittsburgh.

00:33 You've gotta love it.

00:33 Now, they've got work to do

00:35 with the wide receiver position.

00:36 After training Deontay Johnson,

00:38 because George Pickens needs help on the other side,

00:42 they also need a slot receiver.

00:44 Calvin Austin's probably better as a fourth receiver

00:46 than a third.

00:46 So they've gotta add two prime pieces of receiver.

00:48 - What about Boyd?

00:51 - Well, you know what?

00:52 We'll have to see with that one

00:54 because there've been a lot of teams on him.

00:57 He is, by the way, he's a supreme slot receiver.

01:00 He's a supreme slot inside receiver,

01:03 formerly of the Bengals.

01:05 But the bottom line is the Steelers, through the draft,

01:08 have to add two significant pieces

01:10 at the wide receiver position.

01:11 They're good at running back.

01:13 We know they're gonna run the football.

01:14 That's what Arthur Smith wants.

01:15 That's what the front office wants and ownership wants.

01:18 Good defense.

01:18 I like where this team is going.

01:20 Still Baltimore is the class of that division.

01:23 Derrick Henry, yes, King Henry is with the Ravens,

01:25 the guy they tried to trade for last season,

01:28 did happen, but they got him.

01:30 They're gonna have him for two years.

01:31 They look forward to doing that.

01:32 But the Steelers, no question of helping themselves.

01:34 Don't forget, don't forget, Scott,

01:36 the Steelers cut Allen Robinson,

01:38 who I did talk to at,

01:41 I talked to Allen Robinson at the combine.

01:44 He told me that he's definitely gonna still play.

01:46 And by the way, they also signed Van Jefferson,

01:48 Sean Jefferson's son,

01:50 who was a former second round pick of the Rams,

01:51 who's kind of fallen on a hard time,

01:53 bounced around a little bit.

01:54 But the guy could play.

01:56 In fact, talking to the Rams,

01:57 they thought two years ago he'd have a breakout season,

01:58 but he had a knee injury.

02:00 And quite frankly, it hasn't been the same,

02:01 but he's healthy now

02:03 and he'll have a chance to make the class.

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