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Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

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Speaker 1: you home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back on Dale, All in here with Matt Williams

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Speaker 1: and we are alive from Steelers training camp here at St.

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Speaker 1: Fency College of Steelers practice taking place right in front

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Speaker 1: of us here, and they're getting ready to do the

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Speaker 1: final uh work here of the day. That will be

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Speaker 1: the two minutes real war, as they like to say,

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Speaker 1: are they hurry up offense here? The situation is the

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Speaker 1: Steelers have to go fifty three yards and one nineteen.

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Speaker 1: They have one time out. They need a touchdown to

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Speaker 1: win it. Seal doesn't no good field goal doesn't do

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Speaker 1: you any good series say one time out, one time out?

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Speaker 1: All right, So fifty three yards at one time out

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Speaker 1: in one nineteen. Get the first team offense out there

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Speaker 1: as it were right now. I think you agree with me.

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Speaker 1: This has been the best offensive practice I've seen, without

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Speaker 1: a doubt. So let's end it off of the bang here,

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Speaker 1: go put this thing in the paint. Yeah, I'll get

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Speaker 1: the boom. Has him get out of bounds, gained to

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Speaker 1: the about the nicely done. We're gonna mark that out

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Speaker 1: at the pickings down the right side, come back route,

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Speaker 1: hit him in stride, shrugged off a tackler, got out

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Speaker 1: of bounds, smart and mark barely eight o'clock. We don't

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Speaker 1: see the clock. That's the one that's disadvantage we have

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Speaker 1: from our vantage point here out of bounds there. So no,

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Speaker 1: that was great, probably eight seconds off the clock at most,

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Speaker 1: something like that. Nice throw too, It was really nice

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Speaker 1: timing on. You know, came come back without came back

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Speaker 1: and presenting a big target. Hit him right in the numbers. Boom,

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Speaker 1: get out of bounds, start, got that little guy. You

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Speaker 1: needed a field goal in this situation. You're already you're

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Speaker 1: already that conversation. So we'll see what happens here. He

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Speaker 1: takes the snap, four man rush balls out, boom, hits McFarland.

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Speaker 1: That's nineteen, I'm sorry, nineteen to the ten to nineteen

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Speaker 1: to get down to the now. Time to hustle, clocks

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Speaker 1: of ticking, picked up nice yardage. Didn't need a lot

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Speaker 1: of time during the play, got about six yards. They've

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Speaker 1: been a sision. Four takes the snap, take a shot

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Speaker 1: on the sideline. Here, all right, Cam Sutton with some

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Speaker 1: nice defense. One they're on who is that is that?

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Speaker 1: I think it's boy. It looks more like White the

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Speaker 1: way he's moving always sees the one that was White.

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Speaker 1: Yeah to Cody White. Nice nice play there by Cam Sutton.

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Speaker 1: So now it's third and four. The thing there with

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Speaker 1: Trabisky two was that was a low risk play. I

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Speaker 1: mean where he put the football. If if his guy

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Speaker 1: makes a play, great, If not, the clock stops. They're

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Speaker 1: not picking that ball off. Right now, you got a

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Speaker 1: third and four here, you still have a time down territory.

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Speaker 1: I still have a time out in your pocket, so

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Speaker 1: you can throw to the middle of the field. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: to your point, that was a low risk to the

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Speaker 1: sideline because it's incomplete. It stops the clock if it's not.

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Speaker 1: Didn't pick up the first pick up the first down,

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Speaker 1: up off check down the snow. Snow got out of

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Speaker 1: bounds wisely, but there wasn't a lot of out of bounds.

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Speaker 1: So now it's four with them two up Mike tom

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Speaker 1: the giving him the first down there, So oh, that

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Speaker 1: was generous. He does that from time to time. Maybe

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Speaker 1: he looked it keeps the drill going better. Right there

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Speaker 1: you go, they're not tackling him, so where they mark

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Speaker 1: that down. Yeah it's ten nineteen, but that's a nice

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Speaker 1: road to an open receiver in a inside the numbers

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Speaker 1: but close to the numbers in terms of area of

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Speaker 1: the field. You're gonna mark that round of five. Okay,

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Speaker 1: that's a maybe a slightly generous spot too, but I

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Speaker 1: think that would have been a complete pass away. Was

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Speaker 1: definitely complete a pass that about that, And now they

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Speaker 1: can use the time out here. They've got four shots

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Speaker 1: at it from inside the five. So yeah, this has

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Speaker 1: been a good drive. You mentioned. You know, Tomlin might

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Speaker 1: have given him the benefit of doubt on that fourth down,

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Speaker 1: whether they got it or not. And I don't think

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Speaker 1: that's a let's give the the young kid. Uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: the big brothers beating up on little brother. Let's give

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Speaker 1: him a cheap code. I think it's just you want

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Speaker 1: to keep the drill going. Yeah, and you don't know,

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Speaker 1: I mean Benny Snow that was a single tackle against

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Speaker 1: this situation, what do you got one more yard and

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Speaker 1: got out of bounds. It's possible, so now pick it.

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Speaker 1: Taking the snap here he's in the shotgun again, they

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Speaker 1: get forced. It looks like they used their time out there,

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Speaker 1: so they got four shots at it here from that's

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Speaker 1: not that's not pick I'm sorry to Risky. Looks a

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Speaker 1: little faigure touchdown. I think he was pushed out. But again,

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Speaker 1: to win the game. Came down with the ball. Who

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Speaker 1: was that down there? Is that pickens again? A smaller dude.

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Speaker 1: It was a white where we sit, that's the hardest

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Speaker 1: part of the field to see. But the ball didn't

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Speaker 1: have too much air on it, and it was a

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Speaker 1: smart throw. Yeah, and you got again. You live to

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Speaker 1: play another snap here in that situation, it's not gonna

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Speaker 1: get picked off, right exactly, mean a shot in the

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Speaker 1: end zone to win the game if it doesn't get completed.

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Speaker 1: Fans like, you're not throwing short of the sticks here,

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Speaker 1: you're dump off the nase on third and eight, you know,

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Speaker 1: so we get in the shotgun, takes the snap, got

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Speaker 1: a little bit of time here rolling looking. I didn't

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Speaker 1: that was completed. But that was a dangerous throw. That

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Speaker 1: dangerous throw. But that's a across his body to fourteen

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Speaker 1: for a touchdown. So Trabiski, that was a hard one

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Speaker 1: to analyze for me. I'd love to rewind that one

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Speaker 1: because there was a pass rush. Maybe they were got

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Speaker 1: a hit on him, but he also showed really good

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Speaker 1: feat moving to his left, being an athlete extending time

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Speaker 1: while looking to throw through across his body as he's

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Speaker 1: going left. He threw the right and he put it

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Speaker 1: right on the money. I was looking. I felt like

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Speaker 1: I was looking through his eyes because the angle was right,

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Speaker 1: perfectly perfect for us, and I as soon as it

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Speaker 1: came out of his hands, I thought, don't throw that,

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Speaker 1: you know, I mean that was into double coverage and

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Speaker 1: it was complete for Touchdow, you know, right right, that's

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Speaker 1: one of those no, no, no, okay, right, all right, right,

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna do the same thing here with the twos.

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Speaker 1: It looks like to your point it's Rudolph, it's not

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Speaker 1: pick it. So same situation, fifty three yards one nineteen

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Speaker 1: one time out and the touchdown to win it. Blitz snap,

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Speaker 1: they're blitzing. They're gonna give him the stop there. They

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Speaker 1: get about a six yard game to the four seven,

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Speaker 1: But I'm not sure pick it would have got that

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Speaker 1: you know, I mean it was settled for what was there?

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Speaker 1: After the after the catch that happens. That's the gunsky uh,

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Speaker 1: the thirty nine clock is running there you go, you

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Speaker 1: go down the seam. That's it. That's the right receiver.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't a tremendous row, but it was seven on

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Speaker 1: that one, Kevin Rader. They picked a big, chunky yard

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Speaker 1: in the middle of the field, stretching the field with

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Speaker 1: the tight end, so about a nineteen yard gain on

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Speaker 1: that one. Throws a little side on my side Army

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Speaker 1: for about another five yard gain there out. So I

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Speaker 1: do my time out, I think, but I'm not looking

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Speaker 1: at the clock. I couldn't tell who that resist. You

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Speaker 1: could spike it. I spiked it. So we're looking at four.

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Speaker 1: Here get more. You got two shots. Pick up the first.

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Speaker 1: There's still plenty of space to pick up the first.

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Speaker 1: You also save your time out in your back pocket.

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Speaker 1: You got two shots. Pretty efficient drive so far by Mason. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you're getting the ball quickly. Yeah, I think that's what

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Speaker 1: this helps do for the office. It's just a different temple.

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Speaker 1: Give you different pace, right right right, you know, no

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Speaker 1: huddle with all respect to all the motion and play action.

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Speaker 1: You can't do that here. Whenever the clock is ticking

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Speaker 1: as much. I mean, you just gotta line up and go,

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Speaker 1: you know, and really be happy with where everyone's at.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, breaks the huddle here. We get the Chefski

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Speaker 1: in the slot. Respect some motion here because Warren no

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Speaker 1: motion at all. Jalen Warren in the back field looking

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Speaker 1: at Alschewsky can't bring it in. Good coverage. That was

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Speaker 1: Sternburger there. That was Sternburger. So yeah, good coverage. I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure what linebacker that was. I think it was

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Speaker 1: Buddy Johnson, but was all over him and made contact

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Speaker 1: right when the ball hit his hands. Very well played

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Speaker 1: talked to Ulysses s Gilbert about that today. I thought

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Speaker 1: he looked good yesterday and some of the coverage drills

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Speaker 1: and did Gilberger Buddy Ulysses, and I said, hey, I'm

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Speaker 1: a coverage linebacker. That's what I'm here to do. Both

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Speaker 1: those guys, if either one could step up, I think

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Speaker 1: Goes a long way. Yeah, all right, here we go

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Speaker 1: third down, just four, This is fourth, four, fourth and

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Speaker 1: it all. That gets him down to the nine. So

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Speaker 1: first down still over. Your time out in your pocket.

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Speaker 1: Can spike it here too if need be. One of

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Speaker 1: the clock's running. It looks like they took the time

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Speaker 1: It looks like they marked at about the aid. Actually,

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Speaker 1: what six seven plays something like that. I would assume

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Speaker 1: if yeah, they they did have the spike in there

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Speaker 1: and there, because that last pass was incomplete, they probably

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Speaker 1: think they're real pressed for two or three. So we'll

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Speaker 1: see what happens here and see what Rudolph has up

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Speaker 1: a sleeve. Here breaks the huddle. We got three wide

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Speaker 1: in a in a tight end in the slot to

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Speaker 1: his left here, two on the upper hand upside one

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Speaker 1: down here in the bottom of Steven Simms. He's looking

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Speaker 1: that way to his left, looking at Simms couldn't get it,

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Speaker 1: took a shot, took a shot, Simms couldn't bring it

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Speaker 1: in led him a little bit. So we're looking now

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Speaker 1: at second down here and goal from inside the about

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Speaker 1: the seven eight seven or eight yard line from from

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Speaker 1: what I can tell from here. Uh, you gotta think

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Speaker 1: every shot to me in the end zone at this point,

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Speaker 1: huddling up here, Um, as you should do if they

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Speaker 1: break to play with the clock slot. I see thirty

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Speaker 1: out there. That's jay Len Warren. I see thirteen coming

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Speaker 1: out of the huddle. He's coming you down here to

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Speaker 1: the outside boundary. Get a Chewsky in the slot beside

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Speaker 1: him on the upper side here. Yeah, I've seen some

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Speaker 1: motion from left to right with Rader taking this the

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Speaker 1: safety with him looking that's probably a sack. That's a

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Speaker 1: long ago kind of throws that one away there. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think you realized it was time to chuck it.

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Speaker 1: And there's the buzzers that must have been that must

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Speaker 1: have been it. They didn't did not convert, did not

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Speaker 1: did not move the ball pretty well though you throw

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Speaker 1: know in those situations, it's hard to tell exactly what

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00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,560
Speaker 1: they're they're in a bind though. I mean, if if

425
00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,720
Speaker 1: it's six games, I think they can survive it and

426
00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,720
Speaker 1: really through the first eight games of the year, because

427
00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,640
Speaker 1: they have two tough ones when Watson was set to return,

428
00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,800
Speaker 1: and then they have a buy they could maybe withstand

429
00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,240
Speaker 1: those eight games and be three and five and then

430
00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,600
Speaker 1: catch fire in the second half of the season. Maybe.

431
00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,440
Speaker 1: If it's any longer, I think the season is pretty shot. Yeah,

432
00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,119
Speaker 1: that's the problem for them. And again we don't know

433
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,040
Speaker 1: how long this is gonna take. Now that's a good question.

434
00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,840
Speaker 1: How long does this appeal process take? I don't know. Yeah,

435
00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,399
Speaker 1: that wasn't part of the statement. I've heard nobody say, oh,

436
00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,480
Speaker 1: we'll know this in two days, or this thing stretches

437
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,840
Speaker 1: out another week. Well, now you spend another week not

438
00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,119
Speaker 1: getting what you know. If you're you know, you almost

439
00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:26,880
Speaker 1: have just when you thought you knew the answer. As

440
00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,880
Speaker 1: the Browns now you don't start changing questions. At least

441
00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,119
Speaker 1: they know Brissetti the opening day started, you know. I

442
00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,359
Speaker 1: mean so they and they've they've done that since before

443
00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,120
Speaker 1: they signed walking. Here's the problem with the Jimmy g stuff.

444
00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:42,760
Speaker 1: Everybody assumes he's completely healthy. He had shoulder surgery. Nobody

445
00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:49,240
Speaker 1: the forty Niners haven't sent him out throwing, throwing footballs

446
00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:51,720
Speaker 1: or anything. I don't know if he can throw the

447
00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:53,600
Speaker 1: ball or not. You don't know if he can throw

448
00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,359
Speaker 1: the ball. Any team that would trade for him would

449
00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,680
Speaker 1: have to have to be contingent on We need to

450
00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,000
Speaker 1: see him come in and throw and think about you know,

451
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,400
Speaker 1: we've been sitting here watching practice here in Latrobe for

452
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,960
Speaker 1: a while now. If you grab the starting quarterback in

453
00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:10,120
Speaker 1: this room into this mix, good luck. I mean, you've

454
00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,280
Speaker 1: got a lot of catching up to do. This was

455
00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,400
Speaker 1: the first day I thought Trabisky looked like the starter.

456
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:16,919
Speaker 1: It's happy, right, you know, and hell you know, and

457
00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,960
Speaker 1: he's been here for minicamp and been in all those meetings.

458
00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,320
Speaker 1: I mean, if you're taking a new guy and say, hey,

459
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,879
Speaker 1: carry our team to the playoffs and you're you just

460
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,680
Speaker 1: got here, that's not a great formula. Yeah, I don't

461
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,440
Speaker 1: know what to expect from them. I want, I don't.

462
00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,359
Speaker 1: I haven't looked to see if there's been any odds

463
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,240
Speaker 1: and I'll set on over unders or anything like. I

464
00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,000
Speaker 1: think maybe the that stuff will wait until now it

465
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,119
Speaker 1: has to again. Yeah, now you now you gotta kind

466
00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,119
Speaker 1: of wait. My heart doesn't go out with them. I

467
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,520
Speaker 1: mean I think kind of made a deal with the

468
00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,200
Speaker 1: devil and now they're paying for it a little bit

469
00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,360
Speaker 1: or just set to um. I thought they got off

470
00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:52,399
Speaker 1: easy and said about we talked about this the other

471
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,840
Speaker 1: day when it came out that if six games is

472
00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:59,439
Speaker 1: the precedent for that or a less in you know,

473
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:03,320
Speaker 1: a US offense. Yeah, a lot of teams are gonna

474
00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,760
Speaker 1: be very comfortable doing that, and that's what you don't want.

475
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,760
Speaker 1: You don't want for sure, and you don't want players

476
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,440
Speaker 1: looking at that. Well, this will be just a slap

477
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:14,239
Speaker 1: on the wrist or I'm sure I wasn't as bad

478
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,800
Speaker 1: as this guy. I'm not. I didn't have twenty four

479
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,280
Speaker 1: of these accusations. Yeah, yeah, I mean any of that,

480
00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,960
Speaker 1: or we're gonna take this kid in the draft or

481
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,680
Speaker 1: free agency or trade forum that has obvious problems and

482
00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,040
Speaker 1: we tell the world we know, but we're fine with

483
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:30,960
Speaker 1: it because it's only six games, you know. Like, yeah,

484
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,679
Speaker 1: I mean, if DeShawn Watson had been coming out in

485
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 1: the draft this year in those kind of allegations twenty

486
00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,040
Speaker 1: four allegations like had had surfaced about him from as

487
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,280
Speaker 1: his college days, does he go in the first round.

488
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,520
Speaker 1: I was sitting there wondering does he get picked? Period,

489
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,160
Speaker 1: that's the first question. I think he's a second rounder, Yeah,

490
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:50,680
Speaker 1: you know, I mean he's a heisman, he's a it

491
00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,600
Speaker 1: was a great prospect, of course. Yeah. I don't think

492
00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,120
Speaker 1: he was the first round because we've seen another guy

493
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:58,280
Speaker 1: like Jamis Winston had some stuff. It's stuff, but I

494
00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:00,640
Speaker 1: don't remember. One of them was a sexual assault. Oh wasn't.

495
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,639
Speaker 1: I was thinking he like, I think he was alleged

496
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,359
Speaker 1: to have well, there was that, and he was alleged

497
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 1: to have groped a woman. I thought that was after

498
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,959
Speaker 1: he got in the league. So maybe my wires across

499
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,000
Speaker 1: on that one. Like Cam Newton stole a laptop supposedly

500
00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 1: transferred from Florida. You know, like you're you're not you're

501
00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,719
Speaker 1: not drafting choir boys here, You're looking for football players, right,

502
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,520
Speaker 1: But there's a line of delineation there that Okay, but

503
00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,360
Speaker 1: even jamis I think it was two thousand fourteen, you know,

504
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,359
Speaker 1: the outlook on all that stuff has just changed dramatically

505
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,159
Speaker 1: and for the better. Yeah, you know, I mean that

506
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:34,840
Speaker 1: it seems like the stone Age is a little bit

507
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:36,720
Speaker 1: back then, and that was not long ago. No, it

508
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:38,959
Speaker 1: was not. Is that Karl Joseph further doing Look at

509
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 1: this one, he's doing the exact same thing, but he's

510
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,880
Speaker 1: not pouring on his head. Yeah, coming in over his head.

511
00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,119
Speaker 1: Is he's laying flat on the ground and the balls

512
00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:48,240
Speaker 1: are coming in. It's just it looks like fewer people

513
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,639
Speaker 1: staying after practice, but pretty hot day. I'm gonna be

514
00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,240
Speaker 1: a critical now. I'm not staying after practice, as Jerry

515
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 1: DePaulo once famously said to uh Bill Coward when he

516
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 1: asked him something and and Coward kind of bristled at him.

517
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:07,120
Speaker 1: He says, I'm not questioning I'm just asking exactly when

518
00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,399
Speaker 1: the difference and the clock gets five. Here, I'm not

519
00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,600
Speaker 1: hanging out extra just to show how tough I am.

520
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go in the air conditioning and do a

521
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,920
Speaker 1: little work. Yeah, we're seeing this soccer trend though. Who

522
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:21,000
Speaker 1: was that again? That's making Fitzpatrick is that was was? It?

523
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,240
Speaker 1: Was it Tusca? No? I forget who was out there

524
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,840
Speaker 1: the other days? Uh, Robert Splane, it was Splaine. You're right,

525
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,240
Speaker 1: but making Fitzpatrick working with the soccer ball there. They've

526
00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:36,160
Speaker 1: been doing this almost every day after always. He's not boring. Yeah,

527
00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:39,480
Speaker 1: Spelaine looked like he knew what he was doing, you know,

528
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,080
Speaker 1: like just watching him handle the ball on things. I

529
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,399
Speaker 1: don't know if he has a soccer backgrounds not athletic, Yeah, athletes,

530
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 1: and I just feel like Manka was like picking it

531
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,119
Speaker 1: up on the flo. Yeah, um, but just that really

532
00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:52,359
Speaker 1: super athletic. But he like uses his head and you

533
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:56,680
Speaker 1: know he's played before. Yeah, I just used his head

534
00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:01,320
Speaker 1: and everything that's shove it in there to stop Derek. Yeah,

535
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,399
Speaker 1: that's what they do. But much better practice today was

536
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 1: spirited practice. Uh. You know, we saw a lot of

537
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,399
Speaker 1: good work out of the offense. Um, Mike Tomman has

538
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,919
Speaker 1: to be feeling a little bit better about things. That

539
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,000
Speaker 1: was actually Deante Johnson on the ground over there doing

540
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,359
Speaker 1: that row, wasn't I just assumed it was Joseph. That's

541
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,920
Speaker 1: been his area of the field, and he's usually has

542
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:21,480
Speaker 1: his butt on the ground or back on the ground

543
00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,000
Speaker 1: trying to catch balls and sometimes it's pouring on him. Yeah,

544
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,720
Speaker 1: that is that is Deonte over They're getting some. He's

545
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 1: the other one addition every probably always, I'm not I'm

546
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 1: not concerned about him at all in terms of his

547
00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,280
Speaker 1: work ethic. Oh, no, more and more. I think that

548
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:38,440
Speaker 1: deal gets done before the season starts. Yeah, Jerry de

549
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,440
Speaker 1: Paula or Jerry A. Dulac reporting that two sides are

550
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:45,960
Speaker 1: far apart, well, I think negotiations just started. So them

551
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 1: being quote unquote far apart does not surprise me. Jerry

552
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,400
Speaker 1: knows his stuff. I mean, I certainly trust him on that. Um,

553
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:54,840
Speaker 1: it shocks me a little. I mean, I would think

554
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,919
Speaker 1: that there's some parameters there. Well, I think you know this,

555
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,480
Speaker 1: Yesterday was probably the first day where they went, okay,

556
00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:02,280
Speaker 1: you give us a number. We'll give you a number,

557
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 1: and we'll see where we're at let's really sit down

558
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:08,200
Speaker 1: and work on this. And you know that I've heard

559
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,440
Speaker 1: people said just just give him the Hunter Renfro deal.

560
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,359
Speaker 1: He's not taking the Hunter Renfro deal. He's more valuable

561
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,880
Speaker 1: than two years. It's that the thirty two million dollars.

562
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,520
Speaker 1: I like Rentfro a lot, but he's a certain type

563
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,720
Speaker 1: of receiver and they're not hard to find. Yeah, he's

564
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,040
Speaker 1: a he's a slot guy, and he's a good slot guy,

565
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,200
Speaker 1: and he's a reliable slot guy. Deonte Johnson is better

566
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 1: much if I'm Deonte's camp. But that's that's a nice

567
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,640
Speaker 1: opening offer. But no, no, so I'm not gonna We're

568
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,080
Speaker 1: not gonna do that. A three year deal would make

569
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,239
Speaker 1: a lot more sense, as I laid out to the end,

570
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,680
Speaker 1: because of where you're at with George Pickens. Are you

571
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:45,880
Speaker 1: thinking for sixty I would think that would be I

572
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,040
Speaker 1: think that's that's that's fair. Um. You know, if I'm

573
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,800
Speaker 1: Deonte's group of people, I want at least Terry McLure

574
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 1: and money. Yeah, I would think I had won three

575
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 1: for six, Yeah, sixty six, sixty nine. I think Floren

576
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,480
Speaker 1: got twenty three million or twenty two and and change. Um,

577
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 1: I bet the Steelers would take three for sixty right now,

578
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 1: and that he might not. That's I mean, that's that's

579
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,080
Speaker 1: the going rate for a receiver of that of that

580
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,880
Speaker 1: that of that talent level, and one year from now

581
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,080
Speaker 1: it might not be in effect, but two years from

582
00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 1: now that might be a bargain. Yeah. Fifteen or eighteen

583
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 1: receivers now making more than twenty million. Yeah, I mean

584
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 1: that's just that's what that's best receivers in the league.

585
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,560
Speaker 1: And he's still young. Look at Derek Watt out here

586
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 1: at the SAS like his his son and I don't

587
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,480
Speaker 1: know if that's his daughter. I think so. Yeah, the

588
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:41,000
Speaker 1: little buggers, somebody's gonna want to sign a little what

589
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 1: now offering good ahead and offer him a scholarship, good jeans.

590
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,959
Speaker 1: Uncle is not a bad player. Both the uncles are

591
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: pretty good. You might want to get on in on

592
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:54,720
Speaker 1: that one early a little girls and in the fifteen

593
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 1: kind of like fans are eating it up though too. Yeah,

594
00:29:57,840 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 1: that's a fun part of training camp when they bring

595
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:01,680
Speaker 1: bring you know, the kids out and they get the

596
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,680
Speaker 1: chance to I can remember seeing Troy Paulamalos kids out

597
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 1: here for the time that they were knee high to

598
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 1: a grasshopper, and you know, we're seeing him here and

599
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 1: there and stopping. And I saw them at the when

600
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,320
Speaker 1: when he was when he got in ducted into the

601
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:15,960
Speaker 1: Hall of uh and announced that he was inducted into

602
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,840
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. And I was his elector that year,

603
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:23,000
Speaker 1: and so they brought him over to me afterwards after

604
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:24,840
Speaker 1: he've been up on the podiums, Hey, you gotta talk

605
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,560
Speaker 1: to Dale. And so I got a good twenty minutes

606
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:29,440
Speaker 1: to a half an hour one on one with Troy.

607
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 1: And the boys were there and they are rambunctious. I

608
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:36,600
Speaker 1: mean they like they're like fourteen or fifty. Yeah there

609
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:41,240
Speaker 1: and yeah, yeah, they were much more well behaved, and

610
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 1: I remembered them being because they I mean, they're just

611
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:48,240
Speaker 1: balls of energy. It's not about behavior. It's just like

612
00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 1: they're just constantly going yeah. And you know, I think

613
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,520
Speaker 1: Troy kind of he likes that they keep him, they

614
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 1: keep him running, keep him young, and he likes being

615
00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:00,480
Speaker 1: a dad and uh yeah, just uh. They were more

616
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 1: like Troy on the field than Troy off the field

617
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 1: when they and you know, seeing James Harrison out here

618
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 1: with his kid, and you think of James Harrison and

619
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 1: you see him out here with his boys and he's

620
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 1: just a big softie. Oh I'm sure. Yeah, he's a dad.

621
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 1: And we saw Trabiskie with a newborn early on, and

622
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 1: a lot of the players with their girlfriends and wives

623
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,680
Speaker 1: and whoever to early in camp, and it breaks things

624
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,280
Speaker 1: up for him. If that's good for morale. If you're

625
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 1: not gonna go home, at least be able to see

626
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 1: your fam a little bit. It's a tough part. Are

627
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:26,760
Speaker 1: you coming out here for camp? You want to see

628
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 1: your kids? Yeah, we don't get to see our kids,

629
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 1: especially when they're super young. You know, our teenagers. I

630
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 1: can do without, but act you're texting lem to see

631
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 1: if they took the tray, remember to take the trash.

632
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: I was shocked at someone in my household new when

633
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 1: garbage day was besides me, unbelievable. I told you what

634
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 1: you need to do with that? If if, if they

635
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 1: hadn't taken it out when you go home, you just

636
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 1: stacked the trash on something that they want, their bed

637
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 1: or their dinner. Absolutely, uh, maybe the grass will be

638
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 1: cut when I get don't don't hold your breath on that.

639
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: I had to do that on Sunday. Exactly what you

640
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 1: want to do for the one day or looking else

641
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: around the league here, Uh, Tim Patrick did suffer toward

642
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: a c L. Yeah, out for the year. It sounds like, yeah,

643
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 1: that that's uh, that's not good. Um, I have not

644
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 1: seen anything. I'm worse. Nothing, I'm worse. I've been looking

645
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 1: for that. But Jordan Poyer with the elbow is going

646
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 1: to miss a few weeks. It sounds like he avoided disaster.

647
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 1: But I would imagine they shut him down probably questionable

648
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,080
Speaker 1: for week one, and you think that's probably where he's at.

649
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 1: And we're talking about, you know, the Steelers having some

650
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:36,440
Speaker 1: safety depth, Um, you know, could could they could teams

651
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 1: be keeping an eye on what happens with Karl Joseph

652
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: for someone like yeah maybe maybe maybe. I mean there

653
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,240
Speaker 1: are a lot of those instead of cutting them, trade

654
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,040
Speaker 1: for a seventh round pick type of deals on the

655
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:49,480
Speaker 1: horizon for these teams. And maybe the Steelers are buyers

656
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 1: and sellers. I mean there's been years that they've done both.

657
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:53,719
Speaker 1: They go get one thing and dump another. You know,

658
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 1: the Vikings hope that Irv Smith with the thumb injury

659
00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 1: will be back four week one, Okay, So I think

660
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 1: he's a huge player for them. To be very honest

661
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,760
Speaker 1: with you. I mean, he's in a contract year coming

662
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 1: off an injury. Um, the Rams, who's the system they're

663
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,000
Speaker 1: gonna use now use the tight end of fair amount.

664
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 1: But they threw the ball a lot more than the

665
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: Vikings did. I think Cousins will have a lot more

666
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 1: attempts this year. They're probably still looking for a third receiver.

667
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 1: That's probably k J. Osborne, but it very well might

668
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,640
Speaker 1: end up being IRV. Smith is their third leading receiver

669
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: when it's all said and done, and who's the same

670
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 1: healing holds up, So Smith is really important to them.

671
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: It looks like worse was just a a heat related issue.

672
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: But as we saw, you know, we've seen that become

673
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 1: a you know, and I know that's no small thing,

674
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 1: but it doesn't mean you're gonna miss a season. No,

675
00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:44,880
Speaker 1: That's that's a good sign there. They can't afford to

676
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:49,560
Speaker 1: lose him. No, I mean, is he, besides Brady, the

677
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,160
Speaker 1: one you'd want to lose least? I mean, he's really

678
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 1: that high in the lists. You know, there's there's someone

679
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 1: consider him the best right tackle in the game. I

680
00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 1: think I do. And if you equate age in the equation,

681
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 1: I think He's the most valuable offensive lineman period in

682
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 1: the game. You know, a special, special player, and you

683
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:06,840
Speaker 1: already lost a center and you have two new guards

684
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:11,800
Speaker 1: better than with the Chargers right tackle left I'm talking

685
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: left tackle where you said I've including age and all that.

686
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 1: I think it also has a year on him, so

687
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 1: there's one more year to go off of a little

688
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 1: more physical, a little bigger, a little more prototypical. But

689
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 1: Slater is a great one too, a really good player. Um.

690
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:28,280
Speaker 1: I guess Northwestern has another one coming out very similar

691
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 1: to him. Six four dude, that's a little undersize, super

692
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 1: technically sound, had a great college career. I don't know

693
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,920
Speaker 1: who they are offensive line coaches. Yeah, we should look

694
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,359
Speaker 1: into it. Probably be getting some push for the league

695
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,280
Speaker 1: because I don't think they're beating Ohio State in Michigan

696
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 1: on recruits of tackle thing, especially at that position. Although

697
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:46,759
Speaker 1: no doubt you get the smart guys, get the smart

698
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,400
Speaker 1: guys technically sound. In short, you know, coach him up,

699
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 1: We're gonna take another break. He is Matt Williamson. I

700
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: am Dale Lolllet. You're listening to the drive here on

701
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,480
Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio. We practice Steelers practice is wrapped up

702
00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 1: the players for the most part, clearing the fielder. Still

703
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,359
Speaker 1: a few guys out here getting some work in, of course,

704
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,919
Speaker 1: looks like can't I can't tell who that is over there?

705
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: Is that Anthony Miller over there getting some extra working.

706
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 1: Looks like his body type I can't do like his

707
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 1: body type. And he's shirtless at It's like he's working

708
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:20,839
Speaker 1: with General Schefski over there. Uh, Chris Alticon out there

709
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 1: with them as well. It looks like he wants to

710
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 1: get a few more reps in. But we're gonna take

711
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 1: a break. We'll be back with more live here from St.

712
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:31,640
Speaker 1: Vincent College. This is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.

713
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,360
Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

714
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 1: Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back.

715
00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:54,439
Speaker 1: I am Dale Alli, he is Matt Williamson. We are

716
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:58,279
Speaker 1: the Drive. Is his stealing bringing it on home? You

717
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 1: should have a little bringing on. I don't know. Um.

718
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 1: Steelers wrapping up practice here, day three of Well, this

719
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,200
Speaker 1: wasn't a padded practice, but they're a week into this.

720
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:14,280
Speaker 1: They started practicing last Wednesday here, so we're one weekend.

721
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,439
Speaker 1: We're one weekend. This was practice number seven out here

722
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,759
Speaker 1: at St. Fencent College, just had the Sunday off, was

723
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,399
Speaker 1: the only time in the stretcher that's been the only

724
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: day they're not off again now this week and kill

725
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:27,640
Speaker 1: until Sunday again. Uh so Hall of Fame game tomorrow Nightea,

726
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 1: you know, it's a good day for Mike tom and

727
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 1: to kind of pull it back a little bit. Yesterday's

728
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 1: practice was very spirited. Uh today's uh not padded practice,

729
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 1: so kind of take it easy on them. They'll be

730
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 1: back in pads tomorrow on Thursday. Then Friday night is

731
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:44,840
Speaker 1: to Friday night light's practice. That's always Yeah. In Saturday,

732
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,319
Speaker 1: another practice here at St. Fencent College. Sunday they're off.

733
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 1: Then you roll into that that third week, it's time

734
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 1: to start getting ready for that first preseason game. Yeah,

735
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:54,879
Speaker 1: and they and for people don't know, they don't treat

736
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,839
Speaker 1: that like an NFL week in terms of let's prep

737
00:36:57,880 --> 00:36:59,920
Speaker 1: for the Brown let's prep for the Ravens or whatever.

738
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 1: But it does have a different feel when you've got

739
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,959
Speaker 1: to quit travel in there and rest is a little

740
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,279
Speaker 1: bit different, and you gotta figure out who's playing when

741
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 1: and who who you know, what offensive line are we

742
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,160
Speaker 1: gonna put out there with Pikett, you know, your your

743
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,400
Speaker 1: tribute all these quarterbacks. A lot of that kind of

744
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,839
Speaker 1: behind the scenes thought goes into it all and and yeah,

745
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 1: you're gonna look at the opponent a little bit, you know,

746
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,879
Speaker 1: more so going forward. Yeah, they don't do a ton

747
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 1: of game plannings basically, you know, stealers from your tailors.

748
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:26,600
Speaker 1: Now you might do a little bit more game planning

749
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: for that second game. What's gonna be interesting here is

750
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,279
Speaker 1: how Mike Tomlins to teach the guys how to game plan.

751
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 1: It's not like all we need to win, right, Uh

752
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 1: from Mike Tomlin. What's the how's he going to distribute

753
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 1: those quarterback snaps? What's your guests for preseason one? Let's

754
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: just start for that game Robinsky starts it. I think

755
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 1: he does. I think you give him a series, Uh,

756
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 1: just a series like a quarter Well, it depends on

757
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,759
Speaker 1: how how they look. If they yeah, I think if

758
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 1: it's three and out, then you're playing more than one series.

759
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,479
Speaker 1: If it's if you go down right down the field

760
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,040
Speaker 1: and you know, at least get a field goal or

761
00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,840
Speaker 1: something like that. Okay, I saw what I needed to see. Okay,

762
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,840
Speaker 1: you know, even if it's one first down and out. Okay,

763
00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 1: I might need to see a little bit more, but

764
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,400
Speaker 1: probably no more than ten plays. So how are we

765
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:13,440
Speaker 1: defining the ones? Deonte? Uh? I think no one, no one,

766
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 1: everybody else Clay will maybe I'm playing Friarmouth if he's healthy. Yeah, yeah,

767
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,080
Speaker 1: I want the number one other line for sure, without

768
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,280
Speaker 1: a doubt. I mean, they think they need more reps

769
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 1: than the number one other line has gotten in a

770
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:26,839
Speaker 1: while here. Yeah, and you might even leave them out

771
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:28,759
Speaker 1: there through the first quarter and into the second question,

772
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: especially if Picket's gonna follow him, if you're really going

773
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 1: to value as I don't know right either way, I

774
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,359
Speaker 1: guess you want that guy at least have a line

775
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:37,960
Speaker 1: that gives up a chance. You gonna bet that that

776
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,879
Speaker 1: they do. Uh, you know the Grudolso too in game one?

777
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,400
Speaker 1: I think he probably is. And then you know, you

778
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:47,320
Speaker 1: give pick It the opportunity to start that third game, um,

779
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 1: and start the third game and play and play like

780
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 1: the majority of that third game, and maybe maybe you

781
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,759
Speaker 1: use a little bit of a lot of con in

782
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 1: that game. Maybe you let pick It just finish it.

783
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 1: Do you think Trabisky plays zero in the third game?

784
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:01,759
Speaker 1: I do, Yeah, I do. I'm trying to think of

785
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 1: how the league is going to handle these things, and

786
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 1: it's different than even last year we had the Steelers

787
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 1: had four games to work with, so we didn't have

788
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:10,799
Speaker 1: to think about, well, how are they going to handle

789
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 1: these games because they had four of them who star

790
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:16,040
Speaker 1: wars and you know Ben, you didn't absolutely didn't want

791
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,399
Speaker 1: to overwork Ben. And there was a clear number two.

792
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,279
Speaker 1: And you know, a lot different situation, you know, like

793
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,480
Speaker 1: I know the Rams won't play Stafford one snap in

794
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:26,799
Speaker 1: the preseason. He's dealing with some elbow issues as it is.

795
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 1: It's some soreness there. Like I wonder how much Brady

796
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 1: plays and Rogers probably very very little. I know he does,

797
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,960
Speaker 1: but I bet they don't want them to. You know,

798
00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:38,239
Speaker 1: Tom's gonna do what Tom wants to do. That's true.

799
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:40,840
Speaker 1: He's the most important guy and whatever you think you

800
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,040
Speaker 1: need to do to him to get ready, Yeah, it's

801
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: probably true. But I'm curious this for these three games,

802
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,120
Speaker 1: how does the league start to handle their starters? And

803
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:50,720
Speaker 1: you know, is Derrick Henry going to play a snap?

804
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 1: I wouldn't. I wouldn't. You know, there was a lot

805
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 1: of guys I wouldn't play at all. Um That's that's

806
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 1: to the interesting part of this. I mean, this is

807
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,759
Speaker 1: all still kind of new, especially you know, for us

808
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 1: here in Pittsburgh, because again, the Steelers had four preseason

809
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:05,200
Speaker 1: games last year, so we didn't have to think about it.

810
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,120
Speaker 1: So on the other side of the ball, does Watt

811
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:10,560
Speaker 1: or Cam play a preseason snapma, I wouldn't. I wouldn't

812
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:12,759
Speaker 1: play any of them, no, Zebra, No, I mean, I

813
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:14,880
Speaker 1: just I don't want them doing any little tweak. I

814
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,680
Speaker 1: need your week one. Yeah, those are probably the only

815
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 1: three on defense, maybe Tyson and Louilu. You take it

816
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 1: because of the broken Joe be with the foots thing.

817
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:24,239
Speaker 1: You you don't play him a whole life, but you

818
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:26,400
Speaker 1: get him back out here for practice soon. I'd love

819
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:29,279
Speaker 1: to see, I said, I looking forward to that. I meant,

820
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:32,000
Speaker 1: I just spoke to Terrell Austin today. I said he

821
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 1: kind of anxious to see what Ogan Joe can do

822
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,000
Speaker 1: in the fields. Oh yeah, I bet he's really He's

823
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:38,560
Speaker 1: the guy you know I had I played, I had

824
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 1: to play against him, a scheme against him or or

825
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 1: you know, let him in the last couple of years. Uh.

826
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:46,560
Speaker 1: And yeah, here, we feel really happy about being able

827
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:50,239
Speaker 1: to get him. Um, I hope, no, not one bit,

828
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,279
Speaker 1: and I have very high hopes for him. I think

829
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 1: they were fortunate he was out there, and part of

830
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:57,360
Speaker 1: it's being patient with him as he comes along, you know,

831
00:40:57,440 --> 00:40:59,239
Speaker 1: that was part of the game. Um. But I just

832
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 1: want to make sure he's for week one, and I

833
00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:03,839
Speaker 1: hope we're able to see him in one on one

834
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,360
Speaker 1: drills and really shine here because I think he's a

835
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,280
Speaker 1: nice pickup for them. I think he is as well. Um.

836
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:12,919
Speaker 1: Anybody knew stand out to you today and anything new

837
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:16,080
Speaker 1: that stood out there, I mean it was quarterbacks were better,

838
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 1: but that's not new. Um Miller continues to make plays.

839
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:25,360
Speaker 1: Line was too hard to judge, I guess he answers, No,

840
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:29,399
Speaker 1: this was a tough day to kind of judge. Oh,

841
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,319
Speaker 1: this guy looked really good in terms of new They're

842
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,320
Speaker 1: not in paths today, so it's almost like we're watching

843
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:37,359
Speaker 1: last week's practices, like the two minutes role. I love

844
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:41,439
Speaker 1: seeing that at the end of the practice. Very competitive. Again.

845
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:42,960
Speaker 1: I thought it was a really good practice. I just

846
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,759
Speaker 1: when you when you said the word new there, Trabisky

847
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 1: doesn't count. Pick it doesn't count, you know. I thought

848
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: all those guys were better. Yeah, more of the same

849
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 1: from from the guys who had been standing out. The

850
00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:56,080
Speaker 1: quarterbacks were much more crisp today. Yeah, chrisp is a

851
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:58,719
Speaker 1: good word for it. So you know, a lot to

852
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:02,360
Speaker 1: build on here, especially offensively. I hope the buzz around

853
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,319
Speaker 1: the team and things are a little more positive with

854
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:07,879
Speaker 1: the not that it was negative about the offense, but

855
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 1: you get a little hunch that we wish they were

856
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:13,239
Speaker 1: a little further along, and I think that should be

857
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,040
Speaker 1: changing now and hopefully it builds on it tomorrow. That's

858
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 1: now Manca Fitzpatrick over there being the last guy working

859
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 1: on the field there today, back and forth ball drill

860
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 1: to guys like Deante and Manca that aren't practicing are

861
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:28,439
Speaker 1: still practicing and getting better. I mean, makes such a

862
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 1: rare animal. Um. When I brought up to I mentioned

863
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:36,279
Speaker 1: today that's real Austin, that you know you got some

864
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:39,359
Speaker 1: possibilities there where you could play demonte Kyz at free

865
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,319
Speaker 1: safety and maybe bring make up and play him close

866
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:45,359
Speaker 1: to the line of scrimmage and some former fashion. Wasn't

867
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,200
Speaker 1: the first he thought of that. His eyes lit up.

868
00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:48,879
Speaker 1: He goes, I like the way you're you're like going

869
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,680
Speaker 1: in and lab there with that Um just all kinds

870
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:53,800
Speaker 1: of options there that we've talked about a lot that

871
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 1: we have and all these guys, you know, like Miller

872
00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 1: is getting a great opportunity with the receiver being out,

873
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 1: not that he wouldn't get reps. Kzy's getting a great

874
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:06,160
Speaker 1: opportunity yet free with Manca out, not that he wouldn't

875
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:09,040
Speaker 1: get reps. But go do one thing a lot and

876
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:12,000
Speaker 1: see if you can allow us more options. You know,

877
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:15,400
Speaker 1: these new guys that they might not quite trust or

878
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,600
Speaker 1: no exactly where they're at yet, but they have high

879
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,960
Speaker 1: hopes for well, they're proving themselves here where the incumbents

880
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:24,239
Speaker 1: are staying in bubble wrap, which is great. Fine. Lots

881
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 1: of guys, a lot of reps that they wouldn't normally get.

882
00:43:26,719 --> 00:43:29,160
Speaker 1: That's I mean, if you're if you're the two behind Manca,

883
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:31,920
Speaker 1: you're probably not getting a ton of He doesn't need

884
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:35,360
Speaker 1: the reps, ben't take them anyway. They haven't had anybody

885
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:39,080
Speaker 1: free safety spot. Yeah. They used Trey Norwood their last year,

886
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 1: and I like Trey Norwood, but he was still a

887
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:43,279
Speaker 1: rookie and I don't know if that's his forte. Yeah,

888
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:47,120
Speaker 1: you can do. It's a legit NFL free safety yeah,

889
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 1: oh yeah, he started a lot of games at that spot.

890
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:50,799
Speaker 1: I also said, well, you could use Kzy in the

891
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: slot as well. Uh, you know again, he's just seeing

892
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:56,920
Speaker 1: his eyes light up when I when I mentioned that stuff,

893
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:58,359
Speaker 1: and the smile that I got, I'm like, yeah, there's

894
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,600
Speaker 1: he's thinking about all this stuff. I'm sure with Austin's

895
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:05,279
Speaker 1: defensive back background and understanding the value of versatile cover

896
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:09,240
Speaker 1: guys and and secondary players, he sees all those angles

897
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:12,040
Speaker 1: that we've been talking about forever and probably ten more

898
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,239
Speaker 1: that we haven't thought of. You know, of course he's

899
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:18,360
Speaker 1: better here, right, we didn't invent the game, but it

900
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:20,200
Speaker 1: does feel kind of good. Pat ourselves on the back.

901
00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:23,040
Speaker 1: You know, these are things we've identified and by all

902
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:25,799
Speaker 1: accounts that they're they're on the same page with that,

903
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:27,759
Speaker 1: you know, it makes perfect sense. Yeah, I mean I

904
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:29,719
Speaker 1: think this is this defense is gonna be really good

905
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:31,880
Speaker 1: this year. I think so too, And I think Ogen

906
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,719
Speaker 1: Job he's a nice edition. I think Hide Smith takes

907
00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:37,520
Speaker 1: a step forward. The D line in general, to me,

908
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: should be able to rotate and stay deep. Bush is

909
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,080
Speaker 1: a pivotal guy. But I think Jack will be good.

910
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:44,840
Speaker 1: I don't want to be great, but it'll be good.

911
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:48,959
Speaker 1: Mentioned the secondary, there's eight I mean there's eight defensive backs.

912
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:53,520
Speaker 1: I think that are and that that's the thing you said,

913
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 1: we got a bunch of guys that if if we

914
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:57,560
Speaker 1: get a play out there, there's no weak link, right.

915
00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 1: I think Minca is the only star in the defense

916
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:02,040
Speaker 1: the backfield. But I don't see a lot of weak

917
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:04,799
Speaker 1: links either. Just perfectly fine. You know Tom Brady's coming

918
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,680
Speaker 1: out during I'm going to go after that guy over

919
00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:08,160
Speaker 1: and over and over and you can't do a thing

920
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 1: about it. I don't think that's the case. And in

921
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:12,719
Speaker 1: the pass rush helps too. I asked him, you know,

922
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:15,360
Speaker 1: you know which one of those young offensive or defensive

923
00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:17,760
Speaker 1: linemen are or which one of the backup defensive linemen

924
00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:20,319
Speaker 1: are really flashing to you? And he said, without a doubt.

925
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 1: Louder Milk, he said, he's been he comes back. He

926
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:25,680
Speaker 1: came back stronger this year. Uh he looks he looks,

927
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:29,319
Speaker 1: you know, like he is just a I I talked

928
00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:32,920
Speaker 1: to him yesterday, Louder Yeah, dude, he is just a

929
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 1: massive human being. He's huge, he's long, you know, he's

930
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 1: got he's got the puffy hair makes him look even taller,

931
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:44,160
Speaker 1: Like fletch. You know, he's six nine six five six

932
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:47,040
Speaker 1: nine with the red Yeah, right, but he takes up

933
00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 1: a lot of room. He's super long. Um, I understand

934
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:53,839
Speaker 1: that he is getting stronger. He far exceeded my expectations

935
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:55,400
Speaker 1: last year. I mean I thought he was a true

936
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:57,879
Speaker 1: red shirt start to finish. Don't play him at all,

937
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:00,120
Speaker 1: and they kind of had to break that glass as

938
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:03,840
Speaker 1: an emergency. But that will only pay dividends. Yeah, exactly.

939
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:05,400
Speaker 1: I mean it's kind of like playing Dan Moore all

940
00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:07,879
Speaker 1: year left tackle, Like, yeah, they were growing pains, but boy,

941
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 1: that's an invaluable rookie season that you can build off of.

942
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:12,960
Speaker 1: You know, Their defensive line depth this year is really

943
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:15,400
Speaker 1: it's really good, really good. Yeah. I mean Adams was

944
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:18,000
Speaker 1: after making a couple of plays, you know, or being disruptive,

945
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:20,080
Speaker 1: and we haven't seen Ogan job in a llulu and

946
00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:24,560
Speaker 1: you know, so I think too, it is irreplaceable. But

947
00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:27,360
Speaker 1: I really like where the d line is now, especially

948
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,560
Speaker 1: compared to what they ended the season with last year. Yeah,

949
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:32,320
Speaker 1: I mean they can withstand a couple of Nixon bruises

950
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:35,719
Speaker 1: here too. Yeah, it's it's it's a really impressive group. Um.

951
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:41,280
Speaker 1: One of the deeper ones. I remember this team having Um,

952
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:43,879
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna be that's gonna that should help

953
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:47,120
Speaker 1: to run defense. Oh yeah, let's stay in fresh too

954
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:49,920
Speaker 1: and and trotting. I expect the rotation to be a

955
00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:53,200
Speaker 1: regular occurrence. You know you mentioned Mondo too. Really, don't

956
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:57,439
Speaker 1: forget about Mondo. He's Henry's just a very technical player. Um.

957
00:46:57,520 --> 00:46:59,440
Speaker 1: If he does what he want, they want. Yeah, I

958
00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:03,399
Speaker 1: mean that all on it gives them eight I could

959
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 1: they trade warmly? I don't. I mean, I don't know.

960
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:07,680
Speaker 1: They're pretty happy with all of them. I don't want

961
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:09,360
Speaker 1: an him to go right. That's the and that's a

962
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:11,480
Speaker 1: nice problem to have. That's the one thing he said.

963
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:13,840
Speaker 1: You're like, you don't want to show up a training

964
00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:16,480
Speaker 1: camp and know who you're fifty three are, of course,

965
00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:19,160
Speaker 1: because that means you're probably not very deep. He said,

966
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 1: you know, in this situation, I'm looking around here and

967
00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 1: I don't know who who deserves to not beyond the team. Yeah,

968
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:26,000
Speaker 1: he said, we got a bunch of guys here, and

969
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:28,520
Speaker 1: it's a great problem to have. Um. But at the

970
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:30,160
Speaker 1: same time, it is a bit of a problem because

971
00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:32,520
Speaker 1: you gotta figure this kind of stuff out and you're

972
00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:35,839
Speaker 1: gonna be cutting or potentially cutting or trading or getting

973
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:41,799
Speaker 1: rid of really good NFL players. Maybe Leo, you know,

974
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:44,240
Speaker 1: looks like he's not ready yet and gets a hangnail

975
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,000
Speaker 1: and spends a year on inter reserve. I mean, there's

976
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 1: tricks to the something that happened. I'm not predicting that,

977
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:51,000
Speaker 1: but I'm just saying that these things tend to work

978
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:53,919
Speaker 1: themselves out. If there's good players, they usually don't leave

979
00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:56,600
Speaker 1: town for nothing. Yeah, they don't, and they'll figure those

980
00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:58,520
Speaker 1: things out. That's why they get paid the big bucks here.

981
00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:00,120
Speaker 1: But I like it sounds like there's a chance to

982
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:04,600
Speaker 1: keep one more lineman than usual. Yeah, certainly something they

983
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:09,799
Speaker 1: could do in special teams, so do them. Yeah, but yes,

984
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:12,360
Speaker 1: we'll see for us, Yeah, we'll see how things continue

985
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:14,480
Speaker 1: to work out here. That is going to do it

986
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Speaker 1: for today's show. Uh so for my partner Matt Williamson.

987
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:20,719
Speaker 1: Uh for Zach back a studio, keeping us on the air,

988
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:23,439
Speaker 1: for Jacob keeping us on the air here at Saint

989
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 1: Vincent College. Thank god, no rain today. We got through

990
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:31,000
Speaker 1: everything fun day. But yeah, I'm sure mike'llna love the

991
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,160
Speaker 1: heat today. That's going to do it. We thank you

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Speaker 1: for listening to this edition of The Drive on Steelers

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Speaker 1: Nation Radio