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As the 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:06.680 day turns into the evening, and you know what that means. 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:08.640 It's time for us to hit on the tweets here 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:12.480 with all your questions, comments and concerns and reactions. 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:14.960 Matt not looking like a five o'clock walk through. 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:16.119 No, I don't think so. 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:18.520 I think today was pretty walk through ish at practice. 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:20.360 Yes, And if you look over to our left mat, 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:22.360 it looks like there's some food trucks rolling in, so 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.399 maybe they've got some some team bonding stuff. You see 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:27.840 those Yeah, yeah, yeah, the top of the baseball field. 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:29.840 There, something's going on at the baseball field. I mean, 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:31.720 I wonder if they're having the home run contast like 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:32.160 they used to. 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:33.039 I think they might be. 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:34.240 They might be. Yeah. 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:36.280 I don't quote me on this, I don't know anything, 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:39.840 but with our extensive experience of our time of training 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:41.560 camps in past, I would think that they're doing the 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:43.840 home run derby now and then maybe some food trucks 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:44.920 afterwards to celebrate. 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:46.440 I think that's how they've done it in the past 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:47.880 and probably keep that tradition going. 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:49.760 So maybe if you, uh, if you stay tuned to 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:51.880 the Steelers' social media accounts tonight, you could find out 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:53.160 who won the home run derby. 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:58.040 Some recent winners I think were Russ Wilson Fields. I 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:01.680 know Queen did well. There's a first or second place 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:03.480 the last couple of years. I forget who won it last. 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:05.680 I was just gonna say, was it schronic last year? 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:06.480 Maybe? Maybe? 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:08.919 But the year before it was Fields, he beat out 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.799 Russell Wilson in an epic back and forth. And then 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:13.680 the two years before that it was Kenny Pickett. He 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:15.560 was a back to back Yeah, he was a back 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:18.280 to back winner. And then uh and then Fields and 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:19.680 I am drawn a blanket. 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:22.160 I know Queen was in it to the. 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:24.799 Might have been Queen last year. But yeah, that's a 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:26.840 that's always an interesting thing to follow here, and it 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:28.840 always gets those guys get real into it, as you 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:30.320 can expect their professional. 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:31.359 Last they should, right, And some of them have a 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:33.200 pretty extensive baseball background. 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:34.600 Too, Yes they do, they certainly do. 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:37.360 They used tell stories. Remember Dennis Dixon, he was like 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:39.400 a round pick. I guess he was a heck of 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:41.840 a center fielder two and he was dominant in. 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:46.079 That very very interesting, very interesting. Let's get to the 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:48.000 tweets here. Oh yeah, you're like a lot of these 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:49.600 guys played high level, you know, high level. 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:51.200 Yeah. 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:53.880 Michael Edesso, our buddy, says, I think Matt may owe 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:57.320 a tiny apology to Robert Heath tanyan. He looked good 0:02:57.360 --> 0:03:02.200 out there in the number Yeah earlier, you sure did. Hey, 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:04.440 let's maybe we can hold off on the Heath stuff. 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:06.320 I know the numbers are saying, but if he could 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:08.000 just be if he could just be a viable third 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:09.280 tight end, I'll take it, baby. 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:12.679 Yeah, and he showed that. I feel more confident about 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:14.400 him as the third tight end after seeing him play 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:17.040 real football against guys that he should beat up on, 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:19.440 and he did. It was a very good showing by him. 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:23.519 Berg Sports says, Matt, can you please compare what Dak 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:25.800 Prescott was when he was drafted as a prospect to 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:29.480 Drew Aller? You know, Dak was also drafted lower, you know, 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:31.560 push down the draft a little bit. And is there 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:34.040 any similarities in his path that Drew Aller might be 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:35.360 able to follow. That's a good question. 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.120 Yeah, I'm gonna have to go back in the memory 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:43.279 banks here a little bit. Now, Dak tore up preseason 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:47.520 stuff training camp, and the and Romo got hurt. So 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.160 there was a what it'd almost been knock on wood. 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:52.040 We almost like if Rogers got hurt. Now, I mean 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:54.200 there was a clear starter up in age that had 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:58.800 a very successful career that got injured and never got 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:01.040 the job back because they move to Dak and who 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:03.400 became like a Rookie of the Year type dude. The 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:06.000 same year they drafted Zeke Elliot. Those two were like 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:09.120 the rookies in the league. Now, I do remember he 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:12.520 was a fifth round pick. He is one of the 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:15.080 few at the time, and it seems like it was 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:18.039 so long ago I was brought up. You know in 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:21.080 the scouting world that quarterbacks will never get more accurate 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:23.120 at the NFL level, and it's harder to do there. 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.280 They're never gonna get more accurate. Is the level of 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:28.839 difficulty goes up. Well, that's drastically changed. Josh Allen's the 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:33.800 best example ever. Hurts Dak is another one, and the 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:36.479 big thing I attribute to it that's changed drastically since. 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.320 Why I was taught these things two decades ago was 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:44.039 all the private coaching these guys get from quarterback gurus, 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:47.520 you know, away from the team, and all the biomechanics 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:50.040 and all the technology and move your foot just a 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:52.960 little bit this way and you know, new rotation. So 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:57.960 he got drastically more accurate than he was in college 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:03.840 and against more difficult Homer State competition. He also relied 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.640 on his athleticism much more then than now. He had 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:08.719 really bad injuries between now and then, but he was 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:11.520 a top Notch. He was a B plus a minus 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:13.560 runner and that got him out of a lot of 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:15.400 trouble too. And they had a really good running game 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:19.200 with Zeke, who was a stud at the time. But 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:21.599 I don't know that there's a ton of similarities between 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.320 him and al Or as you know, I'm not sure 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:25.760 there's a lot of parallels there. 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:29.560 Steele. Curtin says, depending on how things go this year, 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:31.359 if I was the Roonies, I would be trying to 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:35.440 bring Aaron Rodgers into my office and seeing what I 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:37.839 could do to have him on the coaching staff next year. 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:40.159 The information and the help that he gave on Thursday 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:42.840 night was awesome. Steeve Kurt and I agree with you. 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:45.720 But if you look at it, Matt, the ex quarterbacks 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:49.400 turned coaches, they're the Koobi Acts and the other the 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:53.159 Frank Reichs. Ben Roethlisberger doesn't go into coaching after playing 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:57.159 Tom Brady, Peyton Manning. These guys made a gazillion dollars, 0:05:57.200 --> 0:05:59.000 had all the success in the world. And this is 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:01.920 another thing Arthur would tell you, because every once in 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:04.360 a while when we'd be doing Twitter segments, Motes would 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:05.800 get a question like, Hey, Motes, did you ever think 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.640 about going into coaching, and he'd always be like, no, 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:11.640 it's more of a time commitment than when you're a player. Hey, Mark, 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:13.560 you're in the facility before the players. You're in the 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:16.640 facility after the players. Yeah, you get no offseason because 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:18.839 you're on to the next thing, and you. 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:22.799 Probably make six figures, which for Aaron Rodgers is knocking 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:25.360 a couple zeros off what he usually brings in a year. 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:29.560 I'm sure he's anxious to do other things, just kind 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:32.560 of being around the guy, host Jeopardy or travel or 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:37.520 do whatever he's gonna do. And frankly, it's not terrible suggestion. 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:40.479 I mean, I think his influence on young quarterbacks is great, 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:43.520 which is one of the pros to me of drafting 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:46.000 one this year, because you know that guy Aller in 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:48.760 this case gets a year just hanging in the room 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:51.279 with that guy and just by osmosis, unless you're living 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:55.240 under rock, you're gonna learn something. But if next year, 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:59.880 let's say the quarterback room is Howard Aller and a 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:02.159 first round pick or a second round pick or something 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:05.279 like that, and none of them look like they're ready, 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:07.880 what a huge distraction it's going to be to have 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:09.720 the Hall of Famer in the building too, like you 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:10.720 got to turn the page. 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:12.680 Hey, can you sign a one year deal again? 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.520 Aaron? Hey, you know what are you doing? Sunday? 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:22.480 Adam says, everyone praising everyone is praising Aller, which is great. However, 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:25.160 I believe we should all exercise caution. Kenny Pickett also 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:28.080 had a phenomenal preseason phenomena how that turned out. It's 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:30.480 funny you say that, Adam. I did the postgame show 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:32.760 on Thursday night with Mike Persuda, and that's one thing 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:35.400 that we mentioned. You cannot put the cart before the 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.840 horse in these preseason goes. But you also, I echo 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.520 the ton Chokin sentiment once again, you got to start somewhere, 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:43.840 and if you can't beat the stiffs, you are a stiff, right. 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:45.920 I mean, this is defuly a good thing. Again, we're 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:49.680 not getting his jacket ready or saying he's a future starter. 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.840 And Pickett's a great example. He tore up the entire 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:55.520 preseason that year and didn't go so well after that. 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:58.520 In the entire offense. I mean they were like the 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:01.120 first team. They had five drives, scored like four touchdowns 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:03.280 and had a field goal and then really and then 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:05.760 the first game of the season against the Niners. It 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:07.840 was twenty eight to nothing at half nine. Day Yeah 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:11.760 right right, Max says, guys, you've been talking about the 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:14.320 greens keeping out there at training camp. How is the 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:17.120 new surface in the stadium on game day? It looked excellent. 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:18.000 I don't know if you saw that. 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:19.680 I did not go to the game. I did the 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:21.600 preseason and then I watched it. Or I did the 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:23.680 pregame and then I went home, because you actually did 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:24.520 the post game for me. 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:28.600 Yes, I did. They installed new grass at the field 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:31.360 this show. So it's been Kentucky, been Kentucky blue grass 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:34.200 in the past, right up your alley with two kids. 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:36.199 That's a real thing UK. By the way, yeah, sure 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:37.680 it is. It's not blue blue, but it's got a 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:38.800 bluish tint to it. 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:42.760 And they why did you went on sophisticated with your 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:46.440 voice day? It's called a blue blueish I heard they 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:49.240 recently added more hoops to it. That's a super bad 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:50.360 reference for all of you at home. 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:53.080 They did it driving there as we speak, getting there 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:53.440 any minute. 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:56.959 But he's listening to the show. I doubt it. Here's 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:58.800 enough from his old man. Is he to listen to 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:01.480 him for three hours on a setday. They did install 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:04.200 a different kind of grass. Someone told me what it was. 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:07.480 I'm I know, Kentucky blue grass. I think that's isn't 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:10.600 there a Bermuda type something? But it wasn't that one. 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:14.000 You know. I'm not Snoop Dogg. I'm not a grass expert, okay, 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:16.200 but I do know that they changed it to something 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:18.640 different this year and it looked really good. It looked 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:20.680 like it held up well. The nugget that I got 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.079 was it's the they switched to the same grass that 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:27.200 the Philadelphia Eagles use. And remember the Eagles. 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:28.439 Also say, is this a World Cup thing? 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:29.960 I don't think it's a World Cup thing. I think 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:32.640 it's a Eagles share their stadium with Temple as well, 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.440 much like the Steelers do with Pitt and so the 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:37.960 Eagles have had more success with this type in terms 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:39.839 of usage for kind of multiple games. 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:41.680 Oh okay, but some back to back stuff. 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:42.319 Right. 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:44.600 Also, the same area of the country, give or take 0:09:44.640 --> 0:09:47.559 in terms of when it gets cold and nasty out, yeah, 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:49.440 grass doesn't grow as well exactly right. 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:52.120 Hey, there's not much we can take from Philadelphia, but 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:55.439 maybe that's one of the things that we can Ian says, 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:58.599 great work on the pregame and and the coverage for 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:02.360 the preseason. Gentlemen, No on you guys. My three takeaways. 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:06.280 Number one, the Nard Dog is a great receiver. That is, 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:09.560 of course, Jeremy Bernard Nard Dog. Number two, the offensive 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.280 line looked rusty, especially Dylan Cook and Faltanu. 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:14.880 And we discussed. We discussed that rough tackle day. 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:17.640 Rough rough tackle day. Not the greatest from the offensive 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:19.160 line overall, although I did like what we saw from 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:20.760 brock Hoffman. Maybe we can talk about that a little 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:21.040 bit more too. 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:23.240 He's a player, yeah, not that the other guys aren't. 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:25.959 And number three, the Steelers are the Kings of drafting 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.280 pre season Hall of Fame quarterbacks. 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:30.120 I guess him and pick it. 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:35.079 Yeah, Howard to maybe Howard too. Let's see we get 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:36.880 to one or two more here before we go to break. 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:40.760 Corbyn says, is it more likely next year that Mike 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:45.440 Tomlin is either the head coach of the Washington Commanders 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:48.079 or Tampa Bay Buccaneers, or he's in the broadcast booth. 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:50.079 I have no idea. I think it's too early to 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:51.640 make that judgment. I'm not sure he would know. 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:53.719 He probably wants to see how he likes this year 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:56.439 of broadcasting too. He's still really early in that process. 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:58.880 He might really really miss being in charge of a 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:00.600 team pretty good at it. 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:03.360 He was pretty good at it. He certainly was Steelers. Berner, 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:06.120 our buddy from York who we met at Sharkey's a 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:09.240 couple of weeks ago, has two questions for us. Number one, 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:12.040 does the E Rob signing spell the end for Malik Harrison? 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:14.760 And also, do we think inside linebacker play may improve 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:18.160 simply by just moving into Patrick Graham's schemes. 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:19.240 I think yes and yes. 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:21.160 I think yes and yes, And maybe you need to 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:22.760 look at guy, you know. He mentions this guy's like 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:25.920 Splaine and Eric Roberts who kind of went to Patrick 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:29.800 Graham's defenses and and and had a little bit better 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:31.800 of performances at least in terms of statistically. 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:32.200 M hmm. 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:34.240 Yeah, I think I think yes and. 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:36.760 Yes and yeah, I lean both both yes on that. 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:39.480 I if you're asking me the guys that have the 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:43.160 opportunity to really change a narrative this season, I would 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:44.840 start with Patrick Queen and Peyton Wilson. 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:48.040 Queen in particular, just because we've seen a lot of 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:50.640 success in the league that's a very. 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:53.080 Good point, very good point. Well, see if we can 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.080 get to more of these tweets as we roll along, Well, 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:56.080 certainly I've got some of these. 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:59.640 Otherwise that could be a very underrated offseason need. Queen's 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:01.760 are free agent. You're not going to get extend Wilson. 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.040 I mean, if you don't go quarterback in the first round, 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:07.600 it could be off the ball linebacker. That's really looking ahead. 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:10.040 But maybe maybe we'll maybe we'll add some linebackers to 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:12.640 a round campus as this season rolls along. I do 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:14.320 want to hear a little bit from Keanu Benton when 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:16.240 we return. Maybe we'll hit some more of your tweets 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.520 as we continue to react to, of course, the news 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:22.439 of today, which is the Keanu Benton contract extension, and 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:25.280 the news of the weekend, which is all these preseason 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:29.320 games and the Pittsburgh Steelers victorious first effort against the 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:31.880 Green Bay Packers. Plenty more to cover as we roll 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:34.520 along here, West Huler, Matt Williamson. 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During training camp, 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:48.680 newest Steelers extension signee Kean Ubenten went to the podium 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:50.160 to kind of do you know, as these guys always 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:53.160 do when you sign an extension, there's media availability about it. 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:55.320 The big man get in a bag and here's what 0:13:55.360 --> 0:14:00.280 he had to say. 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:02.960 Uh yeah, First of all, I just wanna say I'm excited. 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:06.840 This is a dream come true for me and my family. 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:13.120 I wanna think Mr Rooney, ms uh Omar, I wanna 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:16.079 think Mike t. I wanna thank my parents, my family, 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:23.640 the whole Stillers organization, Uh, my beautiful girlfriend, all my 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:25.920 boys who I put in and work with to get 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:30.680 to this point. I'm just forever grateful, uh God putting 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:35.040 me in these positions to overcome obstacles and come out 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:38.400 on top each and every time. So I just wanna 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:40.920 thank all those people and can't wait to see what 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:42.760 the future holdes Keana. 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:44.960 A couple months ago, you were the one standing in 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:45.800 the back room for. 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:48.479 Nick when he got his uh he got his extension. 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:50.440 What does it mean to you that both of you 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:52.680 guys long as you can friends both, they'll have your 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:55.920 extensions and are playing here for so much longer. Yeah, 0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:58.480 you know, it's a dream come true. This is our 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:03.000 seven eighth year playing together, uh consecutively. I think it 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:06.440 means the world. You know, I was back there, I 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:08.400 was celebrating for him, but then at the same time 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:10.520 getting that itch like when is my turn gonna come? 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.400 But now we both we both got our contract done 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:15.560 and we can kind of take this thing to the 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:16.080 next level. 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:17.440 Ye Can you kind of take me. 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:20.280 Back to UH mobile during the Senior Bowl during your 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:21.000 draft process. 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:23.640 I remember being down there and speaking with some of 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:25.360 the stewers people that were there, and they. 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.560 Were just really impressed in you during that time. 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:31.280 From that point on through the entire draft process, can 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:34.640 you remember just your interactions with the stewers and could 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:37.360 you have imagine getting to this point now where uniform 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:38.120 just drafted by. 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:41.280 The getting a second concert. Yeah, you know it was. 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:42.960 It was pretty brief at the Senior Bowl. 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:46.040 It w It was kind of crazy cause you know, 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.280 you see Mike t on television and stuff like that, 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:50.600 but he just came up on the side note after 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:52.880 a pass to us and told me I was something special. 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:57.120 So him him actually going through with his words and 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.040 and picking me up in the draft in the second round, 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:00.320 UH meant the world to me. 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.840 And then now I'm with PG who is my head coach. 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:06.000 At the Senior Bowl, it's just, you know, this whole 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:08.320 thing just goes full circle and you never know who 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:11.240 you'll be playing for. Just respecting everybody and making the 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:12.160 most of every situation. 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:12.480 You're in. 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:15.040 Tell you're the third game from your draft class to 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:16.200 get a contract extension. 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:19.120 Seems like possible as there could be more. How early 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:19.560 on did. 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.160 You guys realize the group of you together we're gonna 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:23.680 be pretty special. 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:24.200 For this team. 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:25.600 Yeah, I think we knew it right off. 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:25.880 Rip. 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:29.680 We had a we had this bond that that was untouchable. 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:33.400 And I feel like that's important, especially going into the league, 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:36.160 because you know, you got that bond in college because 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:40.200 you know, everybody is still young. You know, you meet 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:42.360 new people, you get that brotherhood, but when you get 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:44.360 to the league, it kind of leaks off a little bit. 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:47.160 Everybody got families and stuff like that. But we kind 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:49.080 of made a promise to our class that were gonna 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:51.200 stay close and stay at it. So I feel like 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:53.920 we had we had to uh hold each other accountable 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:57.560 and it just became contagious. Same times, seems like you 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.800 guys are building a uh young defensive. 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.680 Line movement, but you still cam in the room. 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:05.919 You Derek White, guys like Game Reel, guys like a. 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:07.240 Little they think you guys have anna come up. 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:08.600 What does it mean that you what you guys been 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:11.159 able to build in just your couple of years together 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:12.280 figuring each other out. 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:15.119 Yeah, I think this is just the stepping stones to 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:16.119 something special. Uh. 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:19.000 I feel like all those guys, including myself, you know, 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:20.480 you just find little. 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:22.760 Things to get better at each day, each week. 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:25.879 Just figuring each other out is it comes along with 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:28.680 just playing playing with each other over a period of time. 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:31.679 And I think this is gonna come naturally and and 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:32.240 we're gonna be. 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:33.520 A pretty good group up front. 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:36.280 What did you notice a contract was kind of kind 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:37.200 of be on the horizon. 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:39.320 I'm sure you're Asians and the team caught, but when 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:40.000 did you kind. 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:40.840 Of start dialing in though? 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:43.680 I think it might be today, that last Saturday. Hypothetically 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:44.560 it was coming. 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:47.239 Yeah, you know, I knew it was coming eventually, but 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:48.200