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

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

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Drive. I'm Dale. All A year went

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Speaker 1: to Matt Williamson. Means one to the second day of

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Speaker 1: practice today, getting ready to play the Seattle Seahawks on

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Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football. Yeah. Yeah, A little aside there at

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Speaker 1: halftime of Sunday's game, Matt Hall of Fame presenter, our

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Speaker 1: president David Baker and Steelers President Art Rooney. The second

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Speaker 1: one will present Bill Cower, Alan Fantica, Troy, Paula Mala

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Speaker 1: and Donnie Show with their Hall of Fame Ring of Excellence.

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Speaker 1: That's cool. Coincides with the team's annual alumni weekend this weekend,

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Speaker 1: So all kinds of stuff going in primetime game, you know,

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Speaker 1: coming off a win, good color rush uniforms. I didn't

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Speaker 1: know that either, exciting stuff, so it would be a

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Speaker 1: good look to the national audience. Um. Yeah, so you've

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Speaker 1: you've been tied in with the Hall of Fame. Does

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Speaker 1: David Baker like go on tour throughout the I know

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Speaker 1: they set these up, wait wait ahead of time, but like,

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Speaker 1: will he be in Dallas at one time Givin Pearson

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Speaker 1: and those guys are rings or you know, like do

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Speaker 1: they set them up at different types of the week

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Speaker 1: where they go around presenting those I assume, I think,

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Speaker 1: I think so. Yeah. I mean it's a little difficult

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Speaker 1: this year because of the yeah, number million, number of

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Speaker 1: guys that went in, but I guess you could make

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Speaker 1: your stops and do all that stuff if it coincides

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Speaker 1: and if it all lines up. Yeah, it's it's an

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Speaker 1: easy drive for David Baker coming in from Canon. Does

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Speaker 1: he live there? I assume, I assume, yeah, So okay, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's some festivities. Yeah, we got a practice report, right,

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Speaker 1: we do have a practice report. Steeler's injury list today

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Speaker 1: was you had Jujuice Misshuster obviously not practicing and they

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Speaker 1: haven't put him on injured reserve yet. That will happen

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Speaker 1: at some point this week. Um, that did a video

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Speaker 1: practice though, Yeah, he did come to practice, but maybe

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Speaker 1: that would be when they activate Zack Banner perhaps. Okay,

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Speaker 1: that makes sense, and there's no reason I have Juju

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Speaker 1: on the roster right now, so that's coming. Yeah, no

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Speaker 1: matter who that work could be. Anthony McFarland, either one

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Speaker 1: and then you don't have to do anything else. I

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Speaker 1: would expect one of those two's involved with this week's game.

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Speaker 1: Then I would think, so, yeah, that makes sense. Maybe

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Speaker 1: both could be both. Uh, Melvin Ingram back at practice.

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Speaker 1: He had the veteran's day off tomorrow. Ben Roethlisberger back

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Speaker 1: at practice today. Uh, you had Trey Turner back that

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Speaker 1: was a non injury related thing yesterday. Chase Claypool still limited. Uh,

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Speaker 1: was taking it easy with those guys. I would expect

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Speaker 1: both of them to play yea. Um. Carlos Davis was

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Speaker 1: back in a limited manner this week today. Once again,

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Speaker 1: I'm not ripping on Carlos Davis, but that doesn't sound

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Speaker 1: like much to you know a lot of people in

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Speaker 1: the audience probably, but they could do some fresh blood there.

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Speaker 1: And plus he plays a little bit on special teams

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Speaker 1: and he's an active, good athlete guy. Yeah, right, right right,

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Speaker 1: you know, can do some things there. Cam Heyward back

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Speaker 1: at full practice today. Cam Sutton like full participant today

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Speaker 1: with the big as was Devin Bush. That's huge. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and then a kellow Weatherspoon got the coaches day off.

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Speaker 1: Must have had some kind of personal issue to take

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Speaker 1: care of. Okay, So, um, just a couple of questions

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Speaker 1: for you, A couple of things I wanted to touch on.

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Speaker 1: It will stem off that. First off, you and I

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Speaker 1: have never really talked Weatherspoon all that much. What's his

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Speaker 1: What do you think the plan is there? I mean,

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Speaker 1: so he's up after the year. Okay, so it's a

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Speaker 1: depth thing for this year. Um, you know break glass

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Speaker 1: And I didn't dislike the pickup, but it's kind of

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Speaker 1: and they have their issues, they're looking for a third

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Speaker 1: play a lot at twelve personnel and try to get

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Speaker 1: the Steeler defense in base. I want three of the

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Speaker 1: because other than Cam, the other guys are fine, but

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Speaker 1: or you're bringing Pierre And I haven't seen that in

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Speaker 1: a while. Yeah, and Pierre let's played wells has given

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Speaker 1: interesting conversation. Butler mentioned he was asked about that today

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Speaker 1: with the reason why he's given up some of those

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Speaker 1: So if you turn your head and look back at

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Speaker 1: yesterday's injury report for them. Um, Damien Lewis did not

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Speaker 1: the guys you did not practice because it's non injury

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Speaker 1: related things. Um, Bobby Wagner did not practice. Me. Okay,

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Speaker 1: who's one of their defensive Lineman. Let's talk about both

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Speaker 1: those guys are all quick. Perry Hart's not a special

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Speaker 1: Wilson being Wilson, Yes, so much. And you know, I

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Speaker 1: they're always super hard to play against, and they're probably

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Speaker 1: a playoff team. He'll make four or five throws every

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Speaker 1: and that's in big four and a half games, right right,

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Speaker 1: without him with what I think Gino is a average

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Speaker 1: he's disruptive, but use them properly and you can't invest

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Speaker 1: in that guy like that's a great deal for the Jets. Oh,

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Speaker 1: there's no doubt. I mean in Seattle, when you trade

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Speaker 1: the first round draft picks as you did to get him.

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Speaker 1: You have to resign him, that's the thing. And you

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Speaker 1: can't have a ton of caps face. You can let

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Speaker 1: him walk because you have two first round draft picks

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Speaker 1: for right, right, right, and he's a specialty type guy

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Speaker 1: that they're not quite using. Right, he's not quite Cam Chancellor,

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Speaker 1: you know. I mean, but the change they have to

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Speaker 1: play that too deep shell so much because the corner stink,

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Speaker 1: because everybody's so bad. It's d J Reid and Sydney Jones,

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Speaker 1: who they just acquired, both of whom like never leave

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Speaker 1: the field too. And DJ Reid has played a ton

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Speaker 1: of snaps this year. He's just a guy. You know.

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Speaker 1: Flowers wasn't playing much for him. They cut him because

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Speaker 1: he wanted out and he was just a guy. No,

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Speaker 1: it's secondary is really bad. Yeah, it's it's it's a problem. Uh.

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Speaker 1: The safety, the free safeties quadre digs, he's gonna play. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's he's fine, but I mean, I guess they're safety

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Speaker 1: conversation digs and atoms is one you could have. I

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Speaker 1: would take the Steelers because because I think Fitzpatrick's way

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Speaker 1: better than that. I think they they compliment each each

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Speaker 1: other better. It's one of the moves that. It's one

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Speaker 1: of the moves I liked that Seattle made. They stole

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Speaker 1: digs off Detroit because Patricia didn't like them or whatever

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Speaker 1: or nothing. You know, he's been a solid safety for him.

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Speaker 1: But it's a problem when your corners are so bad

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Speaker 1: and you get no pass rush, very little pass rush,

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Speaker 1: and you can't rush your best pass rusher because he

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Speaker 1: has to play over the top because your your corner

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Speaker 1: sting because your corners are bad. Yeah. And the other

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Speaker 1: thing is too. They may be the most generic defensive

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Speaker 1: scheme in the league too. And it's not the old

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Speaker 1: cover three legion of boom stuff. It's too high, spot drop,

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Speaker 1: you know, a lot of zone. Um. You know, they

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Speaker 1: play as much zone as anybody in the league. That

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Speaker 1: worries me a little though. I mean they you gotta

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Speaker 1: think they had ten days to prepare for this game,

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Speaker 1: and Pete Carol has to at least go into his

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Speaker 1: defensive meeting room and be like, guys, what we're doing

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Speaker 1: isn't work. We better try something new, and we're giving

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Speaker 1: out and we have ten days to prepare for the Steelers.

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Speaker 1: Could we add a new wrinkle here? You know? And

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Speaker 1: so why not it wouldn't. It's not like they're gonna

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Speaker 1: come and play a bunch of man. No, they can't.

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Speaker 1: They can't. They can't Corns do it. Um, it's not

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Speaker 1: like they can. I mean, I'm sure that they disguise

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Speaker 1: their coverage is better or use atoms better. You know,

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Speaker 1: that would be the one thing that I might expect

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Speaker 1: to see if I'm the Steelers, is Adams blitzing a

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Speaker 1: little bit more. I would you, I would like someone

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Speaker 1: crazy if I were there. But again, the problem is

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Speaker 1: you just Roethlisberger just put on tape that oh the

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Speaker 1: last two games he's hit fifty yard touchdown passes here. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean they're a bad defense. Yeah, there's not much

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Speaker 1: way around it. But then you also, again again, you

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Speaker 1: just saw the Steelers. Okay, they get the running game

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Speaker 1: going great, Okay, now we gotta bring Adams down on

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Speaker 1: the box to stop the run. I would bring Adams

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Speaker 1: down on the box just because that's where he's better.

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Speaker 1: I think that's what I would play more cover three

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Speaker 1: with digs in the middle. And you know, I would

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Speaker 1: be shocked if you don't see that. I really would.

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Speaker 1: The more I think about it, like, let's protect those

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Speaker 1: corners they can play off coverage and cover three and

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Speaker 1: that really opens you up for quick slants and out routes.

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Speaker 1: And you know, if ben It's hitting them, they'll be

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Speaker 1: in big trouble. Yea um, but it's not a good defense.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it might just be a game to where

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Speaker 1: the where the Steeler tight ends get a little more. Yeah, involved,

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Speaker 1: I would think it's gonna be blitz. If you're blitzing atoms,

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Speaker 1: that means somebody else. I mean that's usually Wagner's job,

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Speaker 1: or maybe Wagner's really dedicated to Harris. I mean again,

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Speaker 1: they're gonna play zones whichever, whichever one's you know, not

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Speaker 1: with Wagner through there. Yeah. Yeah, but people should realize

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Speaker 1: if you see atoms on Harris, Friar, muth Ebron, whoever

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Speaker 1: a lot, it's a win. It's not like, oh my god,

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Speaker 1: you can't go throw that guy. That's not the type player.

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Speaker 1: He's more than anything else, and his highlight films wonderful,

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Speaker 1: and he impacts games and flies around and plays hard

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Speaker 1: and his size and speed and you know, but he's

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Speaker 1: not a coverage player. Yeah, he said he has one

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Speaker 1: career interception. One career interception doesn't find the ball. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and people throw his away. Oh yeah, And he's kind

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Speaker 1: of you know the Collins from the Washington Landing calling,

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Speaker 1: they're they're almost the same guy, like their their box

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Speaker 1: safeties in the league where nobody wants to box safety anymore. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: i'd say twenty years ago you love them. Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: and even in the key could have been Cam Chancellor

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Speaker 1: and been okay, you know what I mean. But Cam

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Speaker 1: Chancellor played some man against tight ends and you know,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, I by no means what I say.

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Speaker 1: The game is past Pete carroll By, but they do

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Speaker 1: some things team building XS and knows everyone knows the

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Speaker 1: whole let rust cook conversation. And this guy has been

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Speaker 1: doing it a really long time. It's like, I respect you,

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Speaker 1: maybe your Hall of Famer, but maybe times stepped down,

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Speaker 1: you know. But I would expect them that to try

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Speaker 1: to lean on the running game and try to get

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Speaker 1: Adams more involved than what he has been. Agreed, you're

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Speaker 1: talking about it. I'm just on both sides of the

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Speaker 1: ball in general. Yeah, I would absolutely take shots too.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if I think they're crazy, if they don't

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Speaker 1: max protect and throw bombs to lock it in Metcalf

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Speaker 1: because Seeers have let up their share of long ones.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if we'll be protected and block it up.

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Speaker 1: But those are your two best guys. Those are easily

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Speaker 1: far and away. You know, I'm throwing bombs the metcalf

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Speaker 1: and if I complete one out of three or draw

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Speaker 1: a couple of past interference okay, yeah, but he's not

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Speaker 1: close to the deep ball pastor Wilson is. Yeah, No,

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Speaker 1: I mean you're then you're taking some chances there. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you might steal one. Yeah, and Manka might be run

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Speaker 1: the other way. It'll be interesting. We'll see. Uh. He

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Speaker 1: is Matt Williamson. I'm Dale Law. You're listening to the

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Speaker 1: drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We're gonna take a break.

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Speaker 1: We'll come back. We'll talk a little more leaks related stuff.

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Speaker 1: We'll do that right after this