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Speaker 1: You were two weeks about drive on your twenty four

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Speaker 1: to seven home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Good evening, Steeler Nation. How we doing well? That's good

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Speaker 2: us too. It is our number two here of the

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Speaker 2: Drive on this Friday, and we're about halfway through March already, Matt.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it happens quick.

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Speaker 2: It happens real quick. Things need to slow down a

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Speaker 2: little bit. We got back into the crummy weather all

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Speaker 3: Yeah. The thing's supposed to get nice over the weekend again,

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Speaker 3: are they Sundays supposed to be like something?

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Speaker 2: So I hope, so I could I could use some

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Speaker 2: some sunshine here and and get this. It's like being

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Speaker 2: up here on the hill man, get out of the

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Speaker 2: car and like the door goes today crazy Yeah, picks

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Speaker 2: you up and carries you. Yeah. Downtown it is.

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Speaker 4: It is nuts.

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Speaker 2: But downtown there was obviously plenty of moving and shaken

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Speaker 2: on the south Side today. In our number one, we

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Speaker 2: heard from Jamel Dean, Steeler's newest defensive. We're gonna hear

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Speaker 2: from Rico Daddle and Michael Pittman here in our number

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Speaker 2: two is those three now are all signed, sealed, delivered

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Speaker 2: officially Pittsburgh Steelers and Matt We now also with that

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Speaker 2: have final details on the compensation between the Steelers and

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Speaker 2: the Colts for that Michael Pittman junior trade. Oka the

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Speaker 2: Steelers acquired Michael Pittman junior and a seventh round pick

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Speaker 2: this year two hundred and thirtieth overall from the Indianapolis

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Speaker 2: Colts in exchange for the Steelers sixth round pick two

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Speaker 2: hundred and fourteenth over all.

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Speaker 3: Well, so, I think sixteen.

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Speaker 2: Basically you gave him a new contract and you moved back.

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Speaker 2: You swapped a draft spot sixteen spots with the Colts

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Speaker 2: for Man for some of the NFL wide receiver trades

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Speaker 2: that we've seen recently. For a guy like Dj Moore

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Speaker 2: going for to bring the second round pick, I think

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Speaker 2: this is this is business well done.

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Speaker 3: For the Bills. I might prefer more for the Steelers.

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Speaker 3: I definitely prefer Pittman, especially if Rogers is back just

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Speaker 3: for the systems and Moore was coached by their new

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Speaker 3: head coach to his best years in Carolina in this

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Speaker 3: in this offense in Buffalo, and there's no use even

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Speaker 3: really comparing them, but to give up a second compared

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Speaker 3: to giving up the lowest you can give up in

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Speaker 3: a deal in a trade this year is nuts to

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Speaker 3: me and both teams extended to players. I mean there's

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Speaker 3: money involved. Obviously the Colts were going to cut them

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Speaker 3: at this point or I can't believe nobody else offered

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Speaker 3: more or this years got him at this price. To

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Speaker 3: be honest with you, and I urge people. Yesterday, I

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Speaker 3: mean yesterday we really did a deep dive on Pittman.

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Speaker 3: I don't wanted to say the exact same stuff, but

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Speaker 3: the system fit for coach and presumed quarterback is perfect.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's exactly what you're looking for there, and

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Speaker 3: I love how it opens the door for you take

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Speaker 3: any receiver you want to draft.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, if you missed it, yesterday we did kind of

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Speaker 2: a deep dive reception perception, which is our guy Matt

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Speaker 2: Harmon that we love. He's one of the best when

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Speaker 2: it comes to wide receiver evaluations in the business, and

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Speaker 2: he did a really detailed, really good one on where

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Speaker 2: Michael Pittman Junior excels in his game, how that meshes

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Speaker 2: with what Mike McCarthy wants from his wide receivers, and

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Speaker 2: how that meshes with what potentially Aaron Rodgers likes and

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Speaker 2: his wide receivers too. So that's yesterday. You can find

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Speaker 2: that on the YouTube video on our podcast page wherever

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Speaker 2: and check that out. And yes also announced with the

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Speaker 2: trade details that he has signed a new three year

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I'm not a contract expert, but usually that

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Speaker 3: means you could probably get out of it after too.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that.

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Speaker 3: Works, you know, And the price was pretty darn good too.

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Speaker 3: I mean, now they have a decent amount invested in

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Speaker 3: Metcalf van Pittman combined. But I assume they're going to

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Speaker 3: draft that position and get some cheaper labor there as well,

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Speaker 3: and overall you could end up with one of the

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Speaker 2: I think it was time to spend some money on

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Speaker 3: Yeah, right right.

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Speaker 2: You had been you had been fortunate with quarterbacks and

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Speaker 2: Got a lot of rookies on that offensive line that

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Speaker 2: you're gonna have to pay eventually, but not yet.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna come around.

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Speaker 2: It's yeah, but now is the time to invest in

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Speaker 2: and Michael Pittman Junior officially signed, sealed and delivered. He

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Speaker 2: was down on the South Side this afternoon. And here's

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Speaker 2: what the Steelers' newest wide receiver had to say here.

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Speaker 5: How much did Mike McCarthy's offense play into it and

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Speaker 5: just getting to play with d k another.

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Speaker 6: Big, tall receiver.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely. Yeah.

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Speaker 7: So when I knew that this was a possibility, like,

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Speaker 7: I was really pumped for it. And when I got

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Speaker 7: he said, and you know, the way that he plans

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Speaker 7: on using me and this, this and that, I mean,

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Speaker 7: I just got fired up and I was really just

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Speaker 8: So like to invest from trip Live when you said

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Speaker 8: right there, when talk to Mike about how he was

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Speaker 8: playing on using you, what was that message?

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Speaker 6: How was he planning to use you?

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Speaker 4: As you know?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, so I don't want to give up his like

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Speaker 7: secret sauce, but it was very positive and diversifying the

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Speaker 7: things that I can do because obviously, like in Indie,

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Speaker 7: like I played a certain role there, you know, like

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Speaker 7: you were asked to play a certain role, like you

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Speaker 7: gotta do it so just getting back to where I

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Speaker 7: have more of a diverse.

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Speaker 4: Route tree and like stuff like that. Yeahs out.

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Speaker 9: Absolutely, Mike, Mike.

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Speaker 4: I mean I can hear you.

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Speaker 6: You're obviously physical guy. You talk about.

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Speaker 9: The role of physicalities, you perceive it as being a

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Speaker 9: wide receiver and and how that shows up in your game.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, just like being like that guy like

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Speaker 7: that opens up like extra like just like extra yards

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Speaker 4: Too on the.

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Speaker 7: Oh oh like or like just like you're talking about

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Speaker 7: feel like that just gives the quarterback confidence to throw

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Speaker 7: and more yards.

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Speaker 4: Hopefully leads to more wins.

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Speaker 8: So where it's going with the previous question about the diversification.

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Speaker 6: Of the past three you left off before, is that

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Speaker 8: Of sort of a a diluted amount of opportunities or

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Speaker 8: again because of how much Alex was getting targeted or

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Speaker 8: what would you what would you like to see more

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 7: No, I mean I mean back in my role there,

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Speaker 7: I mean like we all had very specific roles, whether

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Speaker 7: And then yeah, just getting back to diversifying, just showing

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Speaker 7: years one through three, one through four.

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Speaker 2: Kevin Cameron Pittsburst Yes and Radio.

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Speaker 10: You mentioned a quarterback talk about the opportunity to play

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Speaker 10: with Aaron Rodgers if he were to come back.

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Speaker 7: Absolutely, I mean, whenever you have a chance to play

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Speaker 7: with a Hall of Fame quarterback, I mean, like, just

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Speaker 7: like you always take that. So like I so, I

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Speaker 7: So whatever ends up turning out, you know, just like

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Speaker 7: I think we'll have a good plan offensively and we

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Speaker 6: They show interest in you when you were coming out

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so so Mike did so.

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Speaker 7: Yeah it's it's but but during twenty twenty, like was COVID,

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Speaker 11: De Tabo from the Athletic post it on Instagram that

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Speaker 11: you're looking for somebody.

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Speaker 6: To watch your farm.

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Speaker 4: Yeah you moved.

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Speaker 6: Can you tell us a little bit about your farm.

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Speaker 6: How you got into that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, so my wife has always had horses and I've

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Speaker 7: always been into like the outdoors and stuff. So we

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Speaker 7: kind of just combined the two and we have a

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Speaker 7: forty three acre farm and we have a one hundred

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Speaker 7: acre farm that's like separate. We have horses, cows, chickens, goats, dogs,

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Speaker 7: we have a peacock name Perry. We had turkeys. Yeah,

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Speaker 11: So Mike, Mike, to follow up Mike's question, you had

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Speaker 11: said Mike was interested in you, which flight when we

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Speaker 11: were talking about Mike McCarthy.

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Speaker 7: Yes, Mike, Mike, Sorry, Mike sorry, Like I'm up here

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Speaker 7: like stuttering, So for those of you that don't know, like,

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Speaker 7: like I stutter a lot. So so it's not because

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Speaker 7: I'm nervous. It's just a thing that I've done, like

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Speaker 7: since i was a kid. I've actually worked with the

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Speaker 7: NSA on it, the National the National Stuttering Association, so

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Speaker 7: so like there's like my plug like for them.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, so your answer that is Mike McCarthy, So, my.

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Speaker 7: How anson are you at your farm? I do a

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Speaker 7: lot of it, but my father in law actually does

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Speaker 7: probably eighty percent of the work and and like I

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Speaker 7: care of our farm, but definitely need help, like now

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Speaker 7: like that I'm not going to be there.

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Speaker 6: Can you talk about your journey to work on your

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Speaker 6: Wow.

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Speaker 2: So pretty cool there for Michael Pittman. Yeah, Uganda when

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Speaker 3: How about that that's not close by, that's not trip

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Speaker 3: Very much so. I'm very thoughtful, well spoken. Yeah, the

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Speaker 2: The trio of guys that they introduced today officially seems

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and and makes a lot of sense.

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Speaker 2: Listen, all NFL teams value that, but I think the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and my hunch is whenever the Steelers got their

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Speaker 2: You know, it would make a lot of sense after

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Speaker 9: What's up, NFL fans. The NFL Draft is finally here,

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Speaker 2: Back on the Drive here it is our penn ultimate

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Speaker 2: segment of the day and of the week here on

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Speaker 2: Friday the thirteenth, where strange things are happening, not really

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Speaker 3: A good and busy week though it sure has.

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Speaker 2: And obviously next week will be very tame compared to this,

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Speaker 3: And she started to shift gears towards draft a little

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Speaker 3: There'll be players getting released too, Yes, yeah, they're gonna

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think people are gonna like him because he

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he's man. Steelers fans are gonna love

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Speaker 5: Now, how important was your relationship with Mike McCarthy to

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Speaker 11: Big room uh rick race for the ball over in

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Speaker 10: Like I said, wanna get it going through the run

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Speaker 10: game and you know established that, wanna establish everything at

449
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Speaker 10: the line of scrimmage. That was one of our main

450
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Speaker 10: things I know when I played with him in Dallas,

451
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Speaker 10: protecting that quarterback, and it's establishing everything through that line

452
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Speaker 10: of scrimmage up front. So and being physical, that's the

453
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Speaker 10: one thing he always talking about being the most physical

454
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Speaker 10: team out there.

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Speaker 6: Mark for sure to wdv uh, it looks like you

456
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Speaker 6: run angry. Is that a fair description? Have? Have you

457
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Speaker 6: always done that?

458
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Speaker 4: And yeah, why do you do it that way?

459
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Speaker 11: It's sometimes it looks like you try to hear the

460
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Speaker 11: guy that's supposed to make a miss.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 10: I wouldn't necessarily say it's angry. I just think I

463
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Speaker 10: run uh physical and try impose my will on the defense.

464
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Speaker 10: I know it's hard for him to tackle it all

465
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Speaker 10: four quarters of just try and wear him down and

466
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Speaker 10: things like that. But I say, since since I was little,

467
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Speaker 10: I always took pride in like you know, when you're

468
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Speaker 10: a little kid, you see somebody get truck stick. I

469
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Speaker 10: was just telling him like you like, ooh, you run n'em, mother,

470
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Speaker 10: and like that's just one thing you wanna do. So

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Speaker 10: I've always just had that mindset to just run through

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Speaker 10: a guy went since I was little.

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Speaker 6: Were you sially disassy with the g WPX side.

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Speaker 2: What excites you posed about joining this running rop, specifically

475
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Speaker 2: working with Jalen Warrem.

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Speaker 10: Like I said, me and Jalen, I think we pretty

477
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Speaker 10: similar those North South s North and South vertical guys.

478
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Speaker 10: But like I said, just in general getting with a

479
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Speaker 10: new team, new organization, meeting new people and things like that.

480
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Speaker 10: So definitely all that I'm excited about all that new

481
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Speaker 10: coaching staff. Besides, like I know, my running back coach,

482
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Speaker 10: I was with him, and Dollars coaching cart that I

483
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Speaker 10: was with him, but everybody else just new faces, new place,

484
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Speaker 10: uh like new city. So excited about it out and

485
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Speaker 10: looking forward.

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Speaker 8: To really good holding up on that a little bit.

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Speaker 11: Uh.

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Speaker 8: Tien Betts, by the way, from the triplot in Pittsford

489
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Speaker 8: spoken to you, and how did you talk to them

490
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Speaker 8: about how you and Jalen might be distributed or how

491
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Speaker 8: you guys might play off of each other offense.

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Speaker 10: We Actually I haven't spoken with him with them about

493
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Speaker 10: that at all yet, So I really don't have an

494
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Speaker 10: answer to that.

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Speaker 5: Ian.

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Speaker 8: Stylistically, do you feel like you could be first down guys,

497
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Speaker 8: third down guy kind of play the same thing, do

498
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Speaker 8: a lot of the different things.

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Speaker 6: That Kenny did when he was here.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I kind of think for me myself, I know,

501
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Speaker 10: I I definitely can be out there all three downs,

502
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Speaker 10: and I think Jalen has shown that he can be

503
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Speaker 10: out there all three downs. Wall, So I I think

504
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Speaker 10: you got two guys that can play first, second, then

505
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Speaker 10: third down, and fourth down, need fourth shot if you

506
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Speaker 10: need to, so, but I haven't spoken with them. I

507
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Speaker 10: definitely think we'll be able to compliment each other well

508
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Speaker 10: and play off each other. Like you said, we got

509
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Speaker 10: two similar runs, so two similar running styles. I think

510
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Speaker 10: it will be good.

511
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Speaker 6: Were you good, Jeff ha KK radio? What is it

512
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Speaker 6: about McCarthy style that fits your game? You believe?

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Speaker 4: Oh?

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Speaker 10: Just the way uh Like you said he wanna h

515
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Speaker 10: fill physical. I think I I take pride of my

516
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Speaker 10: game being physical. And that's one thing that he harp on,

517
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Speaker 10: like I said earlier, establishing it through the line of scrimmage,

518
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Speaker 10: establishing that run game and like you said, letting the

519
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Speaker 10: letting the offense and things build off of that. So,

520
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Speaker 10: like I said, and then just him as a a

521
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Speaker 10: player's coach like that. So I think that and uh,

522
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Speaker 10: like I said, him helping me, helping you be your

523
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Speaker 10: best out there each and every week.

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Speaker 2: Remail for a prior uh ESPN you just mentioned like

525
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Speaker 2: McCarthy being a players coach kind of in what ways

526
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Speaker 2: did you see that while you were with him in Dallas?

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Speaker 10: How do you kind of describe what he's like on

528
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Speaker 10: a day to day There's interactive, like you said, interactive

529
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Speaker 10: with his players, walking around talking to him. You can

530
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Speaker 10: come to him about any if you need to talk

531
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Speaker 10: to him about anything that's going on, you can go

532
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Speaker 10: and and talk to him about, uh, playing time, family, anything.

533
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Speaker 10: He's he's definitely he was very fa family oriented too,

534
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Speaker 10: like you said, always having days where you bring your

535
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Speaker 10: family in f ice cream and things like that. But yeah,

536
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Speaker 10: just small things like that to go a long way,

537
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Speaker 10: like I said, especially family, and he's big on that.

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Speaker 12: Chris Carter closet is that you came You came up

539
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Speaker 12: kind of like you know, we're patient in your d

540
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Speaker 12: in your development.

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Speaker 6: In the last two years you had back to back

542
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Speaker 6: thousand yard rushing seasons. What was the biggest thing that

543
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Speaker 6: you learned to develop to more complete your game to

544
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Speaker 6: be that guy that you have been the last two

545
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Speaker 6: years in your career.

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Speaker 10: I would say one of my my biggest things was

547
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Speaker 10: for me, uh, was just taking care of my body injuries.

548
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Speaker 10: I had a lot of injuries in college. Uh, injuries

549
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Speaker 10: when I first got in the NFL, broke my heaven

550
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Speaker 10: and things like that, And I, like I said, I

551
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Speaker 10: give credit to coach McCart I think just being with

552
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Speaker 10: coach McCarthy in Dallas that kind of allowed me to

553
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Speaker 10: figure out what I needed to do to get my

554
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Speaker 10: body to the best best availability to be out there.

555
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Speaker 10: And I haven't had no injuries the past three years

556
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Speaker 10: and knocked on that, but yeah, but I say that

557
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Speaker 10: just uh, like I said, just figuring out the best

558
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Speaker 10: way for me to be available on the field. When

559
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Speaker 10: you available in it, I think when I'm out there

560
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Speaker 10: at the rest take care of itself. It's football.

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Speaker 6: You're faring about that. Live, your your your art.

562
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Speaker 2: Carry goes up as the game goes on.

563
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Speaker 6: That's kind of rare for running backs.

564
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Speaker 2: Is that a real thing for you where you get

565
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Speaker 2: stronger as the game goes on and you get a

566
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Speaker 2: rhythm and.

567
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Speaker 6: You feel people get warmed down. Is that a real

568
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Speaker 6: thing in your game? Yeah?

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Speaker 10: I really yeah, I really think. Uh, it's it's de

570
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Speaker 10: That's definitely true. Like I said, as the game goes on,

571
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Speaker 10: Like you said, I definitely think I get stronger and

572
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Speaker 10: get a feel for the defense, of how they playing

573
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Speaker 10: certain things, certain looks. So I think that's definitely what like,

574
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Speaker 10: once you get repeated runs and things like that and

575
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Speaker 10: you know it's working, you you can kind of figure

576
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Speaker 10: out where you can hit this run and that's when

577
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Speaker 10: you see like the yards for carrying things go like that,

578
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Speaker 10: When you find that explosive and the defense that got

579
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Speaker 10: tired out, it's the third quarter. You been banging on

580
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Speaker 10: 'em the whole game, So then that's when you get

581
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Speaker 10: your explosives.

582
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Speaker 2: You feel like the.

583
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Speaker 12: FAVO from the Athletic came into this league as undrafted

584
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Speaker 12: free agent, How did that shape your journey and maybe

585
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Speaker 12: your mindset as well?

586
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Speaker 10: Oh, I definitely would my mindset. Like I said, I

587
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Speaker 10: think it put that chip on my shoulder just having

588
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Speaker 10: approved me myself, having approve it every year, having to

589
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Speaker 10: make the roster.

590
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Speaker 11: Uh.

591
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Speaker 10: Like you said that undrafted guy and I definitely being

592
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Speaker 10: undrafted and from being the first round. I definitely think

593
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Speaker 10: it makes your journey a lot different. You know in

594
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Speaker 10: the NFL for sure, that's definitely, uh, some truth to that,

595
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Speaker 10: But like I said, just put that chip on my

596
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 10: shoulder and had to come in and prove it and

597
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:04,920
Speaker 10: just continue to keep working and it's all paid off.

598
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Speaker 6: Recod the last year you finished in the top ten.

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Speaker 12: As far as rushing yards inside the tackles, what makes

600
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Speaker 12: you that uh ah good inside the tackles? What traits

601
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,280
Speaker 12: do you have to develop not just be beyond just physicality,

602
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,680
Speaker 12: but also decision making working in chemistry at the offensive line?

603
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Speaker 6: What things have you developed good there?

604
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Speaker 10: Like I said, it all start up front. You gotta

605
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Speaker 10: get credit to those those five guys out there block

606
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Speaker 10: and it start with them just getting you a little bit.

607
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Speaker 10: And then as far as when to get to the

608
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Speaker 10: running back, just being patient, having patients and knowing the scheme,

609
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Speaker 10: knowing how the defense playing. Like I said, this film

610
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Speaker 10: study a lot plays into it, but I say the

611
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Speaker 10: main thing is just being decisive when you do know

612
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Speaker 10: where you're going and having patients to get there.

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Speaker 4: You good.

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Speaker 6: Sports student.

615
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Speaker 5: Can you uh go into your experience with uh Roonchino

616
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Speaker 5: uh just from I guess the fans perspective, they see

617
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Speaker 5: you work with the offensive line out he's gonna be

618
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Speaker 5: coaching the running backs.

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Speaker 6: What was your experience with him in Dallas?

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Speaker 10: Because, like I said, he's a player's coach. Like I said,

621
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Speaker 10: he's he's he's a great leader, great he can lead

622
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Speaker 10: his team. Obviously, he's from here, Pittsburgh, so I know

623
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Speaker 10: he loved that. So you got your guy here, hometown guy,

624
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Speaker 10: and I know he's definitely looking for it. It wouldn't

625
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 10: mean more than him to hold that trophy up here

626
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Speaker 10: in Pittsburgh.

627
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Speaker 4: So let's it go.

628
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Speaker 6: All right, thank you guys so much.

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Speaker 2: We'll Rico Daddle newest Pittsburgh Steelers running back there. And yeah, Matt,

630
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Speaker 2: I know that we talked about this when that was

631
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,880
Speaker 2: reported a few days ago. But you know, I think

632
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Speaker 2: every head coach when they start somewhere new, and what's

633
00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 2: funny is you're seeing this in college now too, with

634
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,800
Speaker 2: the transfer portal where these guys can move so so easily.

635
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Speaker 2: But they want some guys in the room in the organization,

636
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Speaker 2: not just coaches obviously, but players too, who speak their language,

637
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,240
Speaker 2: who know what they want to know, how they run

638
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:55,720
Speaker 2: things and do things. And hopefully Aaron Rodgers will be

639
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,080
Speaker 2: a big part of that for the offense, but Rico

640
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,959
Speaker 2: Dowdell certainly with plenty of experience with Mike McCarthy as well.

641
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a great point, and that does make the

642
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Speaker 3: transition easier, and these transitions aren't easy period. I mean,

643
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 3: all these coaching changes so many in the league right now,

644
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 3: coordinator changes, not all of them are going to go smoothly,

645
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 3: that's for sure. And things like that definitely help. His

646
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 3: running style kind of reflects the way he's on the

647
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 3: podium too. That undrafted chip on his shoulder, you know,

648
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:27,320
Speaker 3: need to fight for every yard, wasn't given anything. And

649
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Speaker 3: I also like his point about and because I think

650
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,160
Speaker 3: there's a misconception. You know, boy, he gets stronger as

651
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 3: the game goes on. Maybe, but I don't know that

652
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,080
Speaker 3: any football players stronger after fifty minutes of play than

653
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Speaker 3: they were when they started. I think it's more of

654
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 3: a mental thing where I understand how they're playing this,

655
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Speaker 3: or I understand that this left guard has struggle with

656
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Speaker 3: this defensive tackle, but the left tackle was killing the

657
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Speaker 3: d n how I bounce the run. You know, those

658
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,920
Speaker 3: type of things too. And obviously the defense gets weaker too,

659
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 3: but so do your everybody. Everybody gets weaker. I mean,

660
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Speaker 3: it takes a toll on you. But I like the

661
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Speaker 3: cerebral side of late.

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Speaker 2: In the game and analysis, you know, I I thought

663
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Speaker 2: that was really cool. Yeah, That's one of those things.

664
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Speaker 2: I like it when a running back prides themselves on that.

665
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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, that was a big mar That was

666
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Speaker 2: a big Marshall Lynch think yeah, Emmett too, It's a

667
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Speaker 2: great one. Jerome Bettis obviously, these these guys that just

668
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Speaker 2: you know, smelled blood in the water in the fourth

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Speaker 2: quarter and I could their hands are on the hips

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Speaker 2: a little.

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Speaker 3: Bit and started to go backwards at the line of scrimma.

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Speaker 2: The last two and a half hours. And this is

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Speaker 2: this is where I go super Saiyane and run through

674
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Speaker 2: these days.

675
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Speaker 3: I'm gonna put my helmet right in his chest, you know, right,

676
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Speaker 3: And and that's why he runs. And people are gonna

677
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Speaker 3: like his style.

678
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Speaker 2: No, they they absolutely are, And uh we're we're excited.

679
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Speaker 2: I listen, this is the whole point of free agency.

680
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Speaker 2: You better be better now than you were last Friday.

681
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Speaker 2: But I think that Pittsburgh Steelers are certainly a better

682
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Speaker 2: team now than they were a weekend.

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Speaker 3: I just think their plan is pretty obvious, and I

684
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Speaker 3: think we've done a good job of relaying that to

685
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Speaker 3: people of what they're trying to do. And it's a

686
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Speaker 3: hard balancing act. But I also I think That's why

687
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 3: McCarthy was hired, was when now mixed with set up

688
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Speaker 3: everybody for the future and presumably a first round quarterback

689
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,360
Speaker 3: sooner than later, not this year probably, But what's gonna

690
00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,000
Speaker 3: be crazy is when we really shift the draft mode.

691
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 3: They have so many picks and not so many resources,

692
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 3: and all those dudes are going to be a youth

693
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Speaker 3: movement too. You know, like the one criticism I keep

694
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Speaker 3: hearing they keep signing old dudes, Well they're not real

695
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 3: old dudes, and the youth movement's coming. Guys.

696
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Speaker 2: You know they do yet, signing guys in the twenty

697
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Speaker 2: eight to kind of thirty one range, but the offensive

698
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 2: line is still so young.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I means Joey Junior and Benton and her Big

701
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 2: and Harmon and so that's what you want. You want

702
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Speaker 2: the balance throughout the roster to be able to try

703
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Speaker 2: and contend and win another division championship now while building

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Speaker 2: that nest up and hopefully identifying your next franchise quarterback

705
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Speaker 2: here sooner rather than later. One more segment to go

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Speaker 2: for today, one more segment to go for this week.

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Speaker 2: You know what that means. We'll close it down with

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Speaker 2: some tweets before we get up out of here, Quesh Shuler.

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Speaker 2: Matt Williamson. It is the Drive, Steelers Nation Radio on

710
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Speaker 2: the Steelers Audio Network.

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Speaker 9: What's up, NFL fans? The NFL Draft is finally here,

712
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 9: and while you might not know who your team is

713
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 9: drafting this year, you do know your watch party's number

714
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Speaker 9: one pick. Bud Light, the clean, crisp taste that has

715
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Speaker 9: all the scouts talking. Guess that's why it's been the

716
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Speaker 9: group's go to draft beer season after season. Be sure

717
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Speaker 9: to order around for the table before your team's on

718
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Speaker 9: the clock. Bud Light, easy to drink, easy to enjoy,

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Speaker 9: enjoy responsibly. Anheuser Busch bud Light Beer Saint Louis, Missouri.

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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven

721
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Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Final segment of the Drive here on this Friday, before

723
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Speaker 2: we close it down this week. Matt, it was a

724
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Speaker 2: fun week. A lot man. Yeah, really covered a lot

725
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Speaker 2: of ground, A lot of different names here in the

726
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Speaker 2: last five days.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, some speculation and some well maybe they'll move

728
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Speaker 3: to this guy, this guy. We got a lot of it, right,

729
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Speaker 3: you know, I think we nailed pretty well. You know,

730
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Speaker 3: their strategy of the off season. I think that's becoming

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Speaker 3: more and more clear, and I'm excited to turn the page,

732
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Speaker 3: but really delve into the draft deeper, and you know

733
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Speaker 3: where the fourth fifth rounders are going to be, and

734
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Speaker 3: different strategies they could have, and they have a lot

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Speaker 3: of resources. Man, I like where the roster's at right now, though.

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Speaker 2: Yes, me too. And still, as you mentioned, those twelve

737
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Speaker 2: draft picks, yeah, three of them the third round, exactly right,

738
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Speaker 2: exactly right. So let's get into this. And we've got

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Speaker 2: a bunch of different bunch of different tweets, bunch of

740
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Speaker 2: different questions, and a lot of them Matt kind of

741
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Speaker 2: centering around that specific topic of the draft and what

742
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Speaker 2: to do with these twelve picks. Sudesh tweets us and says,

743
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Speaker 2: how many picks would you guys be using at this

744
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:07,120
Speaker 2: point on defensive line? And also are we looking at tackle, interior,

745
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 2: offensive line, wide receiver? Safety? Still in the draft, let's.

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Speaker 3: Look at a D line real quick. I mean generally

747
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Speaker 3: they keep seven. That doesn't mean you only have seven

748
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Speaker 3: NFL players in camp, though I think you'd like to

749
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Speaker 3: have eight or nine, and particularly that position. So what

750
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Speaker 3: do we currently have? Cam's making the team. Benton's making

751
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Speaker 3: the team. Harmon Black is four of them I think

752
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:40,919
Speaker 3: are definitely in ODAWEO. They crush his name. I'm sorry

753
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 3: they resigned, but I don't think he's one year. One year,

754
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Speaker 3: he's not guaranteed a roster spot. Yes, am I missing anybody?

755
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Speaker 3: I don't think Lowry's under contract at this minute.

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Speaker 2: Nope, louder Milk isn't right. No, I think you're I

757
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Speaker 2: think you're right. I can pull this up, but I think.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I just make sure I'm not missing an

759
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 3: obvious one. I feel like there's one more name on

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Speaker 3: that that mix. So there's really only four guarantee the spot.

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Speaker 3: And I think why he Black's guaranteed?

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Speaker 2: Oh yes, barring something disaster, Yes.

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Speaker 3: I think that one's safe to say.

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Speaker 6: So.

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Speaker 3: I guess there's room to add two more in the draft,

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Speaker 3: but I kind of would go bigger, go home. I mean, like,

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Speaker 3: I don't want to just throw like two six round picks.

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Speaker 2: Then, you know, just to have bodies, especially now I'm

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Speaker 2: warming up more so to defensive lineman, at least with

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Speaker 2: one of the first two picks.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, if the right guy's there. And that's the problem

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Speaker 3: is there's not many of the right guys, and what

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Speaker 3: does this foot injury do to banks?

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Speaker 6: Who knows?

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Speaker 3: Maybe that works in your favor, I can't work in

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Speaker 3: somebody's favor.

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Speaker 2: Did you say, loganly?

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Speaker 3: No, I don't think he's guaranteed a roster.

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Speaker 2: I don't think he's still on I forgot about.

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00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, I knew there's another name, and that was it.

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00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 3: So I don't think him are out of way or

782
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:01,440
Speaker 3: guaranteed right spots, but I would count them in like

783
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Speaker 3: my eight fighting or eight or nine fighting for seven

784
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,959
Speaker 3: spot type moves, So you basically have two spots left,

785
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 3: and you could still sign a veteran nose tackle type

786
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 3: old man guy you know that just can eat up blocks.

787
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Speaker 3: But I don't want to just throw late picks at

788
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Speaker 3: it for the heck of it, because you're probably not

789
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Speaker 3: gonna get much in return at that position. They're't even

790
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Speaker 3: to help on special teams or you know you O gay.

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Speaker 2: As I'm looking at it now, a lot of those positions. Yeah,

792
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Speaker 2: I want to see the Steelers take a couple offensive line,

793
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Speaker 2: but I want to see them still at a wide receiver. Yeah,

794
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Speaker 2: I want to see them still out of safety, but

795
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Speaker 2: defensive line might be the one where it's like.

796
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Speaker 3: I almost feel like one of the top five picks

797
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Speaker 3: should be a d tackle.

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Speaker 2: One of the Yes, I maybe even one of the

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Speaker 2: top three or four right right, because if you add

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Speaker 2: one more legit piece to that group, you're starting to

801
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:49,800
Speaker 2: feel pretty good about.

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Speaker 3: You're pretty young then too. Benton Young, Benton Harmon Black, rookie. Yeah, Yeah,

803
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 3: it's a nice it's a nice cors to learn from

804
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Speaker 3: the skilled vet.

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Speaker 2: Obviously, Joey wants to know what role you see Brisker

806
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Speaker 2: playing in this defense.

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Speaker 3: I think he starts next to Elliott, and I think

808
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,719
Speaker 3: you'll see more big Nickel. I think you'll see more

809
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:13,800
Speaker 3: Nickel in general. Oh, they played a fair amount. Unless

810
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 3: somebody blows their doors off. In terms of like a

811
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 3: draft pick, I think they're basically done. Free agent safeties.

812
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:24,120
Speaker 3: Maybe Savages rekindles what he was early in his career

813
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 3: and just you can't keep him off the field, or

814
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 3: boy couldn't believe Theneman was there and they took him,

815
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 3: or second round safety just blows your doors off. But

816
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Speaker 3: I think the tentative plan is Brisker and Elliott play

817
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 3: basically every snap is your starters. Yeah for now, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: certainly great. Certainly he's been a starters whole career.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, and remember he's only twenty six. We'll turn

820
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:47,719
Speaker 2: twenty seven here, I think, before too much longer. But

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Speaker 2: is right in that range that you're looking for.

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Speaker 3: And that question might have been like, well, the free, free,

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Speaker 3: strong thing. I don't think that's going to be as

824
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Speaker 3: big as it's not gonna be emphasized as much.

825
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Speaker 2: John tweets us and said, I went and found some

826
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Speaker 2: Saint Elmo's cocktail sauce at my local grocery store. Man,

827
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Speaker 2: stuff really clear out your nostrils.

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Speaker 3: I have had both, and it's definitely it's like your

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Speaker 3: Guinness conversation.

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Speaker 2: It's but it's like ninety percent.

831
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Speaker 3: It's harsher in person. Maybe it's just the the the atmosphere.

832
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 3: But if you can get a bottle of it and

833
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 3: you want to try it, it will knock your socks off.

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Speaker 2: I know, and I know I've told this story before,

835
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Speaker 2: but there was I think it was like two years ago.

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Speaker 2: I was just having one of those weeks. It was

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Speaker 2: probably around this time of year where the weather that's

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Speaker 2: what always triggers my allergies. Oh okay, when the weather

839
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Speaker 2: goes from seventy degrees to thirty degrees, back to sixty five,

840
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 2: back down to thirty two. That's when my allergies can

841
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 2: tend to can tend to go nuts. Yeah, that springtime

842
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 2: where the temperatures fluctuating between really cold and really warm.

843
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,200
Speaker 2: I had like a week from hell. I just I'm

844
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Speaker 2: popping zero Tech and Clareton and my mom's like, tried

845
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,840
Speaker 2: these essential oils, you know, doing I'm getting nasal spray

846
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 2: all this stuff. Nothing is working. It's a long day.

847
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 3: It's not fun.

848
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 2: It's and I'm on like day two or three of it.

849
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 2: And just I had opened the fridge, I'm like defeated,

850
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,239
Speaker 2: and I see the Saint Elmo's bottle sitting there, and

851
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,799
Speaker 2: I'm like, you know what, let's I do a big

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00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 2: huge is it teaspoon or tablespoon, which everyone's bigger tables bigger, big,

853
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,479
Speaker 2: huge tablespoon of that right down the hatch.

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00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:15,960
Speaker 3: Oh wow, you didn't even like put your up on

855
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Speaker 3: her head.

856
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:17,919
Speaker 2: Right down the hatch. I think I did it twice.

857
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 2: Think I did it twice and my allergy problems went away.

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00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 2: I think I even texted you and Dale Natural. I

859
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 2: think I texted you guys. It was like, guys, I

860
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 2: just drank a bunch of saying.

861
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 3: Up srimp cocktails, light out killed it like no match.

862
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:33,440
Speaker 3: That's awesome.

863
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:36,359
Speaker 2: Speaking to Dale, here's a great one from Berg bull

864
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 2: Berg Bull tweets and says Dale would often say, as

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Speaker 2: you guys always say, players are allowed to get better.

866
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,759
Speaker 2: Which Pittsburgh Steeler do you expect to improve the most

867
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 2: this offseason?

868
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:51,560
Speaker 3: Let's go super fast then quarterback Howard running back? You

869
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:52,879
Speaker 3: hope Johnson, I mean.

870
00:39:54,360 --> 00:40:00,880
Speaker 2: Hope, yeah, the candidates Howard Johnson, Roman, Wilson.

871
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 3: And Wilson. I'm now all these won't but these guys

872
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:06,080
Speaker 3: that definitely have the room.

873
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 2: How about O Line, Darnold Washington, O Line certainly in

874
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:13,359
Speaker 2: the line, I mean even still Fraser and Fault they're

875
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:19,319
Speaker 2: all young. Yeah, like I even what's Crazydrick Broderick certainly yeah,

876
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,200
Speaker 2: Joey Porter Junior could still take a could still improve,

877
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:23,840
Speaker 2: Herbi could still improve.

878
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 3: I definitely say Benton, and what about Derek Harmon? And

879
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,479
Speaker 3: Harmony would say Bent and Harmon, Benton's role could change,

880
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,720
Speaker 3: Black could improve as more of a run stuffer, nos

881
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 3: ish type guy. Absolutely, I kind of feel like Sawyer's

882
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:41,040
Speaker 3: close to what he is Queen, just in a different system,

883
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Speaker 3: in a different situation. Because we've seen success and glimpses

884
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Speaker 3: of it here, I expect Peyton Wilson to be that's

885
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Speaker 3: a good one, A real strong starting linebacker, you know,

886
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Speaker 3: not just a he's pretty good, you know. I think

887
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Speaker 3: he could be a all you know, Pro Bowl is

888
00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:58,880
Speaker 3: a bit strong. But I mean, like that might not

889
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Speaker 3: be the craziest coma. How about DK metcalf different.

890
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 2: Role with just different role, more weapons in that wide

891
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 2: receiver room to take attention away from him.

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Speaker 3: Not that he was bad last night, but he really

893
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Speaker 3: makes fears better and I was. I've talked about this

894
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Speaker 3: a couple of times. I think Pittman could make Metcalf

895
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Speaker 3: more metcalfe because I'll take some of the stuff off

896
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 3: your plate that, you know, get his his average target

897
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:25,920
Speaker 3: deeper downfield and things like that. Nature Trice is another one.

898
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Speaker 3: Trice is right there with Johnson and Wilson where it's

899
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Speaker 3: now or never kind of thing too.

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Speaker 2: I think I might go. I think I might go.

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Speaker 2: Derek Harmon might be my answer. And I know that's

902
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Speaker 2: kind of cheating because he's the first round, second year,

903
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Speaker 2: but just when he was healthy, he really looked the

904
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Speaker 2: part man, and a year to kind of reassess, get

905
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Speaker 2: his body more, you know, where it needs to be.

906
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Speaker 3: Not that his play was rocky, but his rookie season

907
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Speaker 3: was rocky in terms of staying on the field and

908
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 3: all that stuff too. You know, maybe a little cleaner

909
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Speaker 3: start to the second season.

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Speaker 2: Andrew tweets and asks, what do you think is the

911
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:04,280
Speaker 2: most likely outcome for guard? Sign one in free agency?

912
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Speaker 2: Go with Calvin Anderson or draft one to start?

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Speaker 3: I think they'll still add a veteran, a thirty plus

914
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Speaker 3: year old.

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Speaker 2: I'd be surprised if they didn't.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that might be the end of legit

917
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Speaker 3: guys that they look at as potential starters via free agency.

918
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Speaker 3: Maybe in these next couple of days, the Zeitler's, the Botonio's,

919
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Speaker 3: the Tellers, somebody like that, And then I think they'll

920
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Speaker 3: draft one pretty high.

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Speaker 2: Smooth. Dave tweets what's your preferred path moving forward for

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Speaker 2: Jalen Ramsey? Would you consider possibly trading him for more

923
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:44,359
Speaker 2: of a true safety? Would you just roll with him

924
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,200
Speaker 2: as is? Do you think he even has any trade value?

925
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Speaker 3: I think he's a big contract. I think you're not

926
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,800
Speaker 3: married to him like you don't want to be. I

927
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Speaker 3: think you're really intrigued leaving him at Nickel not moving

928
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Speaker 3: him around. That's why you That's why you traded for them,

929
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Speaker 3: That's why you're paying them. I think this system might

930
00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:08,279
Speaker 3: help them even more. I think you roll with them

931
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Speaker 3: and are happy with them, you know, just for the

932
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Speaker 3: season and see where you're at.

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Speaker 6: You know.

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Speaker 2: T mac tweets us and says, is Malie Harrison another

935
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:22,040
Speaker 2: Cordaro Patterson situation until training camp? And also do you

936
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Speaker 2: think the Steelers could make any trades with those twelve

937
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Speaker 2: picks before Draft night?

938
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Speaker 6: Yes?

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Speaker 3: I think they definitely could make a trade. Sure, I

940
00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:34,320
Speaker 3: don't know what for, and if usually don't trade for

941
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Speaker 3: like guards.

942
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Speaker 2: Right, and if you're trading for future draft capital, that

943
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:39,360
Speaker 2: tends to happen on draft Day.

944
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Speaker 3: That don't happen in the next couple of weeks. But

945
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Speaker 3: they definitely have the cap space and the resources. Had

946
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Speaker 3: they been shut out at safety or receiver or something

947
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Speaker 3: like that, they could have I guess if Rogers tells

948
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Speaker 3: them no, you could be in the quarterback trade market,

949
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Speaker 3: possibly a mac Jones. I'm just trying to reach, you know,

950
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,359
Speaker 3: who could you trade for? Because they definitely a team

951
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Speaker 3: that could be a trade for a player, where some

952
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Speaker 3: teams are probably wanting to trade a player. It's almost

953
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Speaker 3: like trade deadliner. Your buyers are sellers, you know, like

954
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 3: right this time of year, you become buyers or sellers,

955
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Speaker 3: and I think the Steelers would be a buyer. Doesn't

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Speaker 3: mean they have to be. But it was the first

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Speaker 3: part of that question though.

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Speaker 2: Ramsey's trade value, Yeah, we did that one, and where

959
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Speaker 2: just tea kind of slots in.

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Speaker 3: I think kind of plays. That was a two part

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Speaker 3: Ramsey was.

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Speaker 2: Unfortunately I don't have that one in front of me.

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Speaker 2: It's all but it's so we got about a minute

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Speaker 2: left here. This it's nuts. I have so many of

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Speaker 2: these tweets bookmarked and saved. We'll get to more next week.

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Speaker 2: If you're starting to catch on to you guys are

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Speaker 2: catching on. It's great.

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Speaker 4: We love it.

969
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Speaker 2: Maybe even once we start to really need some more content,

970
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Speaker 2: we can start closing down with back to back tweet

971
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Speaker 2: segments because you're all asking good questions to do we

972
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Speaker 2: appreciate it. Last one, Marco tweets if we if Aaron

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Speaker 2: Rodgers is the Steelers quarterback for twenty twenty six, does

974
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Speaker 2: it make sense to still invest a high pick and

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Speaker 2: wide receiver. I'm a little worried that Aaron has a

976
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Speaker 2: tr record of not having the most trust and targeting

977
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Speaker 2: rookie wide receivers, but perhaps you know, with the veteran

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Speaker 2: wide receivers, that should still be a focus in the

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Speaker 2: twenty six draft.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I still think you have to have an I

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Speaker 3: for next year two. I mean I think that a

982
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Speaker 3: trying to think is a first round rookie would think

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Speaker 3: a year from now, I would love to have a

984
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Speaker 3: high pedigree second year receiver already in place, even if

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Speaker 3: he ran some wrong routes with Rogers.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, so be it completely agree?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think we all agree that if it

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Speaker 2: is Aaron Rodgers in twenty six, which we think is

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Speaker 2: the most likely outcome, that will be most likely it

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Speaker 2: for Aaron Rodgers, for his career and for the Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 3: Right, I don't think twenty twenty seven.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. You obviously are trying to do the

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Speaker 2: most you can to win games this year, but that's

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Speaker 2: not the end all, be all, I think, especially in

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Speaker 2: the draft process, where that's a that's a longer term build.

997
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Speaker 3: Not to mention if you use a second round pick

998
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Speaker 3: on a wide out I want. I'm working with Howard

999
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Speaker 3: all Camp and all that stuff too, because he's gonna

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Speaker 3: be here next year too.

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Speaker 2: Probably fun week. This week, A lot happening and it

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Speaker 2: was enjoyable thanks to thanks to our guests who joined

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Speaker 2: us throughout the week. Thanks to Nathan on the ones

1004
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Speaker 2: and twos producing the radio side of things, mister TV,

1005
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Speaker 2: Tyler V on the video side for Matt Williams, and

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Speaker 2: I'm west Heuler. Have a good weekend everybody, and we

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Speaker 2: will be back on Monday to react to all the

1008
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Speaker 2: rest of the moving and shaking. As always, you know

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Speaker 2: where to find us. It's on your twenty four to

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Speaker 2: seven home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio

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