How Steelers fans may react to the team drafting Ty Simpson in first round
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What are the initial thoughts on Ty Simpson as a first-round pick?
Password denied, Donnie. Whatever that guy's first name is, Garcia. Joe Stinson. Joe Stinson. Garcia, the password, they call him, struck out against Paul Skeens today.
Nothing to hang your head on there. I think a lot of guys would strike out against Paul Skeens.
The password was K, I guess. Just one letter. Donnie, we were just watching speed skating races today. The training for that has to be unbelievably boring. Just, just unbelievably boring. Like, see you later, hon. I'm going out to skate in circles for the next 14 hours. I'll be home for dinner every day for four years. And then you come out and do this. That's what that sport is, Don. Skating in circles. That's all they do.
It's also fascinating to me how fast they are actually going.
Even though it looks like they're going slow.
Yeah, it looks like they're just kind of gliding like somebody at the rink on a Friday night.
Right.
I mean, they're flying around the... the ice i think it would be a good it would be good i don't i don't know how difficult i mean it's 2026 i'm sure they got the technology if they could put like i don't know connor mcdavid and that would be interesting then i'd watch yeah kind of well i'm not saying have him in it but just kind of show how fast they are going oh i'd like to see him race how fast he is on the ice right
If he trained for that, I wonder what that would be like.
Kind of like when they do the 40-yard at the combine and they show all of the fastest guys up against Rich Eisen.
Yes. Donnie, what would that life be like? If all you did every day was skate in circles all day for 8000 days in a row, you woke up and skated in circles. You came home for lunch, skated in circles, came home for dinner and went to bed. I mean, I just watch that and I marvel at these people.
I mean, I think with any sport, though, that's just part of the training.
Yeah. Like there seems to be more variety in other sports though. Like if I'm training for basketball, there's a lot to do. Uh, even eat while skiing, I guess would be somewhat similar, but this just seems to be painful. It's painful to watch and to think about what they've put their bodies through to get here.
I mean, I, and the interminable boredom, but I, I mean, I also, I also think there's probably other like, you know, cardio workouts, whether it's just plain old running. Sure. Or, Like weight training is a form of training. Yeah, you're right. Like the legs on these people looks like Saquon Barkley.
I know.
I mean, the quads are enormous.
Do you find it compelling to watch? I don't.
So that was just the regular speed skating.
Yeah.
The short track speed skating, when there's more than just two people, I think is pretty good.
I think there should be checking.
When it's kind of grouped as like five or six people and there's more movement.
Speed skating with full checking would be unbelievable. The whole world would be watching.
Like roller derby.
Like roller derby. What a sport that would be. Anyway, Donnie. I threw it out there during the Ray interview.
How do Steelers fans typically react to draft picks?
Here's my honest opinion. People may think this is contrived. It's not. I think, and I tried to make this point a couple of weeks ago with my controversial draft stance, and it's really just based on observation. When you get a bunch of people at a party, especially when you're hosting the party, And somebody comes to the podium and says the Pittsburgh Steelers select. That person could say select Kenny Pickett Jr. with the 21st pick. They could say select Andrew Filippone with the 21st pick. People are going to go nuts because it's a party. They want to hear their team pick their guy. Any guy. They want to hear their team make the pick. I've seen it a million times over the years. Limits is back there shaking his head.
They'll cheer for just about anybody. Rare is the booing. It happens once in a long while for a first-round pick. People reflexively cheer for their team's pick. And I especially think the Steelers in this position, again, with half a million people over there, I'm guessing a lot of them not well-versed on Ty Simpson.
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