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Chapter 1: What is the legal tampering period in the NFL?
All NFL has broken loose, Bob. It's the legal tampering period. And moves are being made left and right. I'm just looking at my trading card. I looked at yours the other day. Where did you see it? I don't have them. You're out at Bowser Chevy in Monroeville. Okay. Looks wonderful, I might add. It's got all kinds of little treats on the back. There's a Malsy card out there.
Okay.
Hey, I always found this interesting. Why do they even have what's called legal tampering? Why not just open it up? Today's the first day of free agency. Why do they have to have this ridiculous period?
So they get the bump leading into the NFL owns the new cycle 366, Bob. I understand that. So now they get an extra little bump. It's two days. Two days, and then they lead into the real thing. But guess what?
On Wednesday, we're not going to redo all these trades.
What? We're not. That's all we do is redo things Steelers-wise. Bob, that's all everybody does.
By Wednesday, you know all the deals.
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Chapter 2: Why is legal tampering considered ridiculous?
It's not like you... I just don't understand.
Legal tampering is an oxymoron and should just end. Meanwhile, rumors are swirling about Lemons' appearance at Tequila Cowboy the other night, Bob. People say he did a Todd Haley the other night. I came in here, Crowley, Doran, and Kabali saying listeners telling them that Limits was going wild at Tequila Cowboy the other night. True or untrue? I was there.
I was not going wild because A, I drove and I had my sister and one of my best friends with me. So, obviously, you don't go wild when that's the case. There you go, Bob.
I believe him.
Very responsible. I believe him, too. Unfounded rumors. This is what happens when you're in this. Unfounded rumors. Well, it was true that I was there, but I was not going wild. I don't even know what going wild would be considered. Well, I guess I could understand what going wild would be considered. What in your mind would be going wild? Ask the guys. I'm just asking.
And we left earlier because the clocks were being moved.
Okay, now you're protesting too much. The clocks, Bob? He already explained, and I already bought it. And yet he's going further now with the clocks being moved. Now I'm starting to back off a little bit.
Bob, I'm just giving the honest truth. I believe him. I think he's steadfast in his belief that he did nothing wrong. I don't know why it even constitutes anymore. What does that mean for you?
I can't imagine. I'm just passing along.
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Chapter 3: What rumors are circulating about players in the NFL?
As soon as I walked in today, Crowley and Doran and Kabali all confronted me with this.
Crowley confronted me about it, too. Which I just have to say, there are a lot of awesome people that I meet that listen to the show.
Yeah, there really are.
All the time.
It's amazing.
That want to talk about the show, including on Saturday night, like five people.
Now he's diverting, though, Bob. I'm getting a little bit.
Hey, I'm just trying to hype up you and Bob and all the great work that we do on the show. I know.
No, that's great. I think a lot of people do listen and find it very amusing and interesting and informative at the same time. So you mix all those things together and it is amazing. I was out at Totter Ridge yesterday. You should really benefit golf wise on this. I know you already have. But golf is a place where you'll find a lot of people who listen.
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Chapter 4: How do listeners feel about trading T.J. Watt?
He plays for the Sabres, and every team would want him. But when you choose the ground rules of your interactions, don't be surprised when the other guy abides by them. I get all that. You want to use your stick as a weapon? The other guy might. You want to hit people from behind? The other guy might hit you from behind.
Crosschecks are a part of the game. They happen all the time. Penguin players do it. Everyone does it. You can't respond that way.
Not like he does it. You can't respond that way. Not like he does it. And they're not as much a part of the game as they used to be. I'll tell you that. And he knows just where to get a guy to in unprotected areas, which is where he got Geno. I'm not excusing Geno, but the suspension was too long. And it's just curious to me how 10 minutes later, somebody else has violently attacked Darlene. Okay.
Isn't that curious to you or no?
I also think they had a little bit of a history there that went back.
Okay, then let's go to Matthews. He attacked Darlene. That curious? Okay, let's go to Pasternak. First of all. He went after Darlene.
You have to not respond. You know how the league works. It's a retaliatory stuff that gets penalized.
Easier said than done, but I agree.
But he's 39. You can't do it. Because he's 39, he can't do it? Meaning he's been around a long time. He knows how this works.
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Chapter 5: What are the latest updates on Broderick Jones' injury?
Do you know that, Bob? Other than they don't know the severity of his neck injury, so they're going to have to possibly go out and sign someone, trust in Dylan Cook, or draft someone. If he can't go, and it's a bad time for Broderick Jones because he's due a fifth-year option, which he's not going to get now because of the uncertainty.
Well, today Dulac Fittipaldo saying the team's number one pick from 23 Jones could be ready for camp in July after having neck surgery. His timetable might be six months, not nine. Either way, he ain't getting that 50-year option, right?
No, just because there's too much uncertainty, yes. And it's a pretty healthy 20 million or 19.5 million. 19.072 million.
Well, thank you, Joe. I appreciate all of your syllables and non-syllables. And they have to do that by May 1st if it's going to happen. There's no way I would do that. Would you guys? No. No, just because of the uncertainty. Where are my glasses, Bob? They usually are on your head. They're not now.
Listen to the Pomp and Joe Show on demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts. A lot's going to be happening here within this next hour. Will some of it be Steeler-related? We'll talk about that for sure. And also, we're going to talk a little Jeff Capel here, as that's become a bubbling story right now. All right. Before the storm hits at noon with NFL...
There's a storm all around Jeff Capel right now. That's undeniable. There was a report. Who knows if it's true or not? I think it was, is it called On Three Limits?
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Chapter 6: What impact does the signing of Michael Pittman have on the Steelers?
Yes, that's one of the biggest recruiting sites and transfer portal sites that has really developed over the last five years. They're really good.
Well, they reported that pit boosters, I suppose you could call, gathering money to get Capel's buyout in 2020. Shape, if you want to call it that, Bob. They're basically going to buy him out is what the story says. Do you believe it? And is this the way it should go?
I think it's time, yes. I just think it's, you know, we're still in a results-based business. All of this is. You make your decisions based on where the program is. And in eight years, only one NCAA tournament won. I think the time probably has come. Unless they go on one heck of a run here and do something unprecedented, I think that's the way the outcome will be.
And then I'm sure Alan Green, he has to worry about NIL money and also who would be the next head coach. And I'm curious where you think that head coach would come from. Would he be currently coaching a mid-major, somebody he has his eye on there, a bigger name, or someone... I bring up Andy Toole, and I really like what Andy Toole has done.
He's been there for such a long time in Robert Morris, and he's shown me that he can rebuild quickly. I realize the NIL game is difficult, especially in the ACC with so many other teams spending a lot of money and so many big college programs all over the country, but I would certainly entertain a conversation with him.
What do you make of people out there saying, wait a second, now they're coming up with all this money to get Capel bought out. Where was all this money for the players?
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Chapter 7: How does the NFL free agency landscape affect the Steelers' strategy?
There are people saying that. Logical argument? Well-founded argument? Or no?
It's an argument you never really had to make before. It was just a coach decision. And now you have to worry about money. If you're gathering money... to make a coaching change, how much more can you tap those guys who are providing the money? Do they have billionaires who can come up with the kind of money that he needs or they need?
I don't know. The argument is if you come up with enough money to buy him out, why didn't you come up with more money for the roster? That's what some are saying.
I understand that. But my point is they don't have enough to do both. I mean, how much accountability must there be, though, for a head coach who has one NCAA tournament appearance in eight years? We talk about this all the time with coaches. How long is their expected stay if things don't go well? And I realize he's signed all the way in through the end of the decade here.
So that's your problem with us.
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Chapter 8: What are the implications of Malik Willis signing with the Dolphins?
And this is why I think times have changed. If I were an athletic director and I realize that, you know, you have a good coach or somebody you want to retain, I would wait until the end of a contract. I know that's not what they do. They often do it with three, four years left and extend for another five years, and it becomes ridiculous how much money you're talking about.
Is it fair to expect if you have, what is Pitt, the fourth lowest NIL in the ACC? Is that right? Limits? I got to check on that. If you have one of the lowest NIL numbers, is it fair to expect that you'll finish way higher than that?
Well, I mean, you can still do it the old-fashioned way and bring in some high school recruits who want opportunities. I mean, you've got to pay them. But you don't always have to get the five-star or the four-star. You can put teams together that are less than that, but they blossom under your leadership. And then transfer. Okay. You can also go to other teams and get transfers too.
We're out of the same predicament. I guess I'm not making ā And I know it's more difficult than ever. What would you do then?
Well, I'm torn here, and I'll tell you why. I thought that he was turning it around. 22, 23. 23, they make the tournament. 24, they should have made the tournament. We all argued they should have. So to me, he had two NCAA-worthy teams in a row in 23 and 24. Last year, they drop, and then this year has just not been good. But next year, they have top 100 recruits coming in.
So the argument for him is that he really did have two NCAA tournament teams, and he could have won again next year depending on how things go. But I guess I lean more with you, Bob, that in the end, when you go back to the day that they hired him, if I would have told you eight years later they have one NCAA tournament win, that wouldn't be good enough in the end.
And I think, again, as I said at the beginning, this is a results-based business, isn't it? Yeah. I mean, you have to do that. Or else, you know, what are you going to do? Keep saying, well, there's always an excuse for it. Why is it not happening? I just think it comes a time when you have to do stuff like this.
And as much as I like Jeff Capel as a person, I think he knows a lot about basketball. But the results are the results, and you have to adjust to the results.
Limits, where do you stand on this as a Pitt fan?
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