The Pomp And Joe Show

Pitt insider Chris Carter of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette joined the show. Bub Means is a guy who is rising up draft boards as a guy Mel Kiper likes at receiver. Chris sees 3-4 Pitt guys being drafted. Graham Barton isn't the obvious pick many think and there are multiple guys who could be available. The Steelers need a premium offensive tackle who is similar to Broderick Jones. 

Nick Farabaugh of Steelers Now joined the show. Nick would pick JC Latham 20th overall but doesn't think he will be there. Pete Prisco has Brock Bowers 15th and Byron Murphy 16th to Seattle. Would you move up and pick them? The Steelers would have this luxury if they filled center and/or receiver in free agency. Tackle falls off in the second and third round but there are 15-20 decent receivers. Corner also is deeper. New England could trade back for a QB and Nick thinks Minnesota is a good fit for JJ McCarthy. 

CBS Sports NFL staff writer Garrett Podell joined the show. He had one of the most accurate mock drafts of anyone last year and thinks Alabama tackle JC Latham would be a good pick at 20. Graham Barton is an inside piece at center after playing tackle at Duke. He thinks Jackson Powers-Johnson is the best center available and Zach Frazier will be available in the second round. 

Our Steelers draft questions. Antionio Brown is the best value pick the Steelers ever made. Who are some of the best and worst in Steelers history?

Steelers insider Brian Batko of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette joined the show. Batko would pick Amarius Mims of Georgia but also thinks Graham Barton is much in play. Would you trade the 1st round pick for Brandon Aiyuk and draft Zach Frazier in the second round? Brian wouldn't do it but understands why the Steelers would. The Steelers make splashier moves with Omar Khan and aggressive than years before. It's important to note the Steelers don't have as great of draft capital as last years with the JPJ pick at 32. 

It's NFL Draft day! Dan Zangrilli joined to recap the madness that happened at the end of the show yesterday. What will the Steelers do at 20? We discuss a potential Brandon Aiyuk trade and what position we most want the Steelers to take. 

The full Joe Starkey Show with Joe Starkey and Paul Zeise from Wednesday April 24th, 2024

Hour 1 with Joe Starkey and Paul Zeise: Starkey Six Pack: Bailey Falter shoved once again and pitched into the 8th inning. Is David Bednar back? He's locked down two saves in a row on back-to-back days. Andrew McCutchen homered once again. The Steelers will not pick up Justin Fields' 5th-year option. The Steelers should sign him to a mini extension. Will the Steelers pick up Najee's 5th-year option? Jeremy Fowler reported the Steelers are a team to watch if Denver ends up trading Courtland Sutton. Paul doesn't think Reggie Bush should be getting his Heisman Trophy back because the rules were the rules at the time. Starkey thinks he should and other ramifications like the Fab 5 should be rectified. 

Hour 2 with Joe Starkey and Paul Zeise: The Steelers 1974 draft is the greatest in NFL history with four hall of famers and Donnie Shell the 5th, who was undrafted. Is this the best time in sports? Would you trade the 20th pick for Brandon Aiyuk? The 33rd Team has a trade in their most recent mock draft. 

Hour 3 with Joe Starkey and Paul Zeise: Pirates reporter John Perrotto of Pittsburgh Baseball Now joined the show. The only comparable start to the season John has seen for Jared Jones is Jose DeLeon in the 80s. The Bucs have a pretty good rotation right now and Bailey Falter has been a part of it. John thinks Henry Davis needs to go back to the minors to take pressure off himself and wouldn't mean the end of his career where he can't be a good player. Steelers insider Mark Kaboly joined the show. Mark thinks the Steelers will select a tackle in the first round. It looks more and more likely Nate Herbig is a significant option at center. He thinks the Steelers will indeed pick up Najee Harris' 5th-year option.