1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: All right morning, are we looking this morning? Alright? Good? Good? Yeah, 2 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: I'm ready to go to pitt Um when Mac isn't 3 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: out of practice like yesterday. Do you change things around 4 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: much today to cover anything that you would have done yesterday? Yeah, 5 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: there's things, Yeah, there's things that human nature. Um, but 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: you know, we gotta get everybody else ready to I 7 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: think he'll be out there today. How does it? How's it? 8 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: I'm sorry? Um? How does the flow when when Brian 9 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: is is there? How valuable is it to have him 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: to Yeah? You know, Zappie pose take the reps and 11 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: it's a good opportunity for them. Watch Jack cam Hayward 12 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: on that first play up their game last week just disrupted, right, 13 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: and then I just got a bunch of them. Yeah, 14 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: just thinking thinking about it when he came out in eleven, 15 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: did you have much I mean, obviously you're scouted everyone, 16 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: but to get having any story about him or did 17 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: connection with him, scouting him, filling him? No, he's been 18 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: a hard guy to play against. Was a good player, 19 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: especially with him and two it in there. Yeah, good 20 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: front Bill. Joe mentioned something earlier in the week when 21 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: we had a chance to talk to him about how 22 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: Mac kind of goes above and beyond in some different 23 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: ways playing the position. And one of the things he 24 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: mentioned was in the Week one game, you know, I 25 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: get it, he ended up throwing a couple of blocks 26 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: on blitzers. I guess kind of coming down on the backside. 27 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: Is that something that that's coached or is that something 28 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: that he kind of takes into his own hands in 29 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: those situations. Some things like that are just instinctive plays. 30 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: We talk about all those things sometimes sometimes after the fact, 31 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: depended on how unusual it is that they would come up. 32 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: But yeah, now we talk about him. Is that something 33 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: that you that you want him doing it? I don't know. 34 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: It seems like, I don't know, you feel like he 35 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: might be put himself in harm's way a situation like that. Yeah, 36 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: I mean, it's the same conversation with last year in 37 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: the Jets game, right, I don't I don't remember. My 38 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: memories not great. But he ran like thirty yards and 39 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: pushed Damien into the end zone, you know, and should 40 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: he have done it? Shouldn't he have done it? You know, 41 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:45,839 Speaker 1: it's the same Again, there's a competitive play out there 42 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: that every player has. Sometimes it's you know, not really 43 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: part of the normal play or assignment. But yeah, I 44 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: mean we're not looking for him to be a lead 45 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 1: blocker on plays that's not really though, it's not really 46 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: his primary role, I might. I think everybody respects his 47 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: competitiveness and it's toughness. You know, like a lot of 48 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: other players that do things that are sometimes beyond what 49 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: maybe their normal assignment would appear to be. Would have 50 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: you learn to go back in terms of these mental 51 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: toughness It did as a rookie. I think that's that's 52 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: it right there. Bill. It seems recently when you have 53 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: gone down to they're going out to Pittsburgh the games 54 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: of the later in the year. I'm curiously in the 55 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: fields of maybe a little bit roll beat up because 56 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: they Robby College in high school gold there and so forth. 57 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: The conditions high field, kicking in that en ourn and 58 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: playing on that surface. What there's sort of challenge or 59 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: what things that make it unique maybe from other settings. Um, yeah, 60 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: I mean there's so you know a few things that 61 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: every stadium has its own wind patterns and unique aspects 62 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: they have theirs. So fortunately, a very experienced kicker who's 63 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: dealt just about every type of different situation you could 64 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: come up with. So sure, Nix is well prepared to 65 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: handle it, as is anybody. Obviously a lot of memorable 66 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: matchups against Pittsburgh over the years, any particular one, particular 67 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: one stand out to you and you think of this 68 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: rivalry over the last twenty or so, you yeah, sure, 69 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 1: But I think at this point, really it's just all 70 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: my focuses on this week's game, and I'm trying to 71 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 1: get ready. Here we go a little over forty eight hours, 72 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: and so let's really trying to you know, crank it 73 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: up for this one. I worked too much about those 74 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: other ones. There was some good ones. It was the 75 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 1: Halloween game that was all in the past. Will you 76 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: consider Pittsburgh and E leade defense and if you do, 77 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: how does it change with that t J. Watt out 78 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: there this weekend? Yeah? Well, they're obviously a good defensive team. 79 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: They played very well against very explosive offense and Cincinnati 80 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: last week on the road. So but they have their 81 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: unique structure and their players that have their set of skills, 82 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: and those are the ones will match up with. Those 83 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: are the ones we are dealing with. Last week it 84 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: was different players in a different scheme. Next week, it'll 85 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: be different players in a different scheme. We just take 86 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: each one as it comes and prepare for that. What 87 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:47,919 Speaker 1: are the challenges that Chase Clint Woo presents? Big, fast, 88 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: for the good hands, you know, big, big catch radius 89 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 1: U He's kind of always open, you know, like covering 90 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: a guy like Gronkowski or no matter where you are 91 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 1: on them, there's a place where he can reach and 92 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: get the ball that you can't reaching at the ball. 93 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: So and they use them in a variety of ways 94 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: down the field, catch and run plays, hand on the 95 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: wall plays and things like that. So he's a big, 96 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 1: big physical player, can block, block the point of attack, 97 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 1: run harder, got to tackle you know, downfield receiver as 98 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: well as a short and intermediate receiver. So you can 99 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: get you a lot of different ways. Tough matchup Bill. 100 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: A number of players have mentioned this week they see, 101 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: you know, a common theme throughout the years with the dealers. 102 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 1: They're playing style, hard nosed, physical, et cetera, et cetera. 103 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: I mean, do you see those similar through lines going 104 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: back all the way to Chuck Noll in the seventies 105 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: and what other through lines do you see that are 106 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: still as far back as I go that's far back 107 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: as I go to Chuck, the Bill to Mike, So 108 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: that's yeah, Chuck was the last I think I was 109 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: his last game. It was last year when I was 110 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: in Cleveland and Bill came in and Mike came in. 111 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 1: So it's as Steelers that have a brand of football 112 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 1: and they've been very consistent in it through the years, 113 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: and I think they there are a lot of credits 114 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: or as an organization for that, that type of consistency 115 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: that they put out there, you know, through the head 116 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: coaches and then you know just their general playing style, 117 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: regardless exactly what the scheme was or who the quarterback 118 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: was or so forth. That they've had a pretty consistent 119 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: style there. And does go back to coaching old back 120 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: when I don't know when did he start in the 121 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: late sixties or the seventies, whatever it was. It's definitely 122 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: there in the seventies, so I forget exactly what year 123 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: it was, sixty seven, sixty eight, I don't know, something 124 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 1: like that. So three coaches over how many years is 125 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: that fifty A lot? Pretty goody good. Mike's done a 126 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: great job fifteen straight winning seasons and it's pretty impressive. 127 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: Are the unique in that sense. I mean, obviously different 128 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: branch hass have different brands of their own football and 129 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: some more conduity or history. But you know, because of 130 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: the ownership you mentioned the three coaches that to have 131 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: that consistency with that particular brand, they alone in that sense. 132 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: I think they're they're they're one of the best at 133 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: and their style of play has um especially you know, 134 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: defensively since Bill, you know, since Cowark took over, it's 135 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: been pretty consistent. So it's almost like you can look 136 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: at a at a college player and say, oh, he 137 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: would play there for the Steelers. You know, whether that's 138 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: this year, five years ago, ten years ago, twenty years ago, um, 139 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: you know, the player's skills and how they would use them, 140 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,199 Speaker 1: and you know, this would be a perfect Steeler. He 141 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: would play disposition for him. So they've had a lot 142 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: of guys like that, you know, whether it's the speeded 143 00:08:54,600 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: inside linebacker from you know, Ferrier to Timmins to Year 144 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: to Bush to Jack, or the edge rushers from Kevin 145 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: Green to you know, all Gilden to Harrison and all 146 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: the guys that go down there um to wat you know, 147 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 1: it's it's kind of they have a lot of zone 148 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: good zone safeties. You know, Paul Malo, Fitzpatrick and you 149 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: know guys that kind of play the same position. I'm 150 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: not saying they're the same, but you know, similar guys, 151 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: similar positions, um similar styles of play that have. You know, 152 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 1: they've they've gotten those guys and they've put them into 153 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: their system and they know what they're looking for and 154 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: they find them. So there's not too many teams that 155 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: have been that at that kind of consistency over that 156 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: period of time I can think of. Does that make 157 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:54,199 Speaker 1: a start contrast you just talk about the Pittsburgh defense 158 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: versus what you saw last week. It feels like Miami's 159 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: been played very good, you know, over over the years. 160 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: I don't know that was true last week, but it 161 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: is a pretty significant change week one a week two years. Well. Yeah, 162 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: I mean they've had you know a lot of different 163 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: turnover there. I mean, coach Sabans there and multiple offensive coaches, 164 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: you know, coach Philbin and I coach Gas more recently 165 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: and all that. I mean, so you know, there's been 166 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: a lot of different offensive coaches, defensive coaches, different coordinators 167 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: that came in with those coaches that they adjusted their 168 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: play style too. So you know, I think when you 169 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: look at a coach like you know, Jimmy Johnson, whether 170 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: he was at Dallas or Miami, it was consistent had 171 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: he stayed at either one of those places for twenty 172 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 1: years or whatever, like Coach and Old did or that 173 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: probably would have been the same for those that same 174 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: period of time. And then when you saw you know, 175 00:10:52,080 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 1: coaches like Dave and and Nor become head coaches or 176 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 1: take their systems to wherever they took them San Diego, Washington, Um, 177 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 1: you know, Day was in Cleveland and so forth, those 178 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: that then there was a lot of carry over there. 179 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: You know, it just branched out. So unfortunately Jimmy just 180 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: wasn't it, you know. But yeah, so if one person 181 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 1: stays there for a long period of time and then 182 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: they turned over to somebody else, or it turns over 183 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: to somebody else that follows that same pattern, then yeah, 184 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: I think you're gonna get that. Just just not that 185 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: usual to see some of the differences conception that you 186 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: see from Matt Canada's offense compared to you know, the 187 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 1: later later part of the band's career. Yeah, well it's 188 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: you know, it's a little bit of a tough one. Um, 189 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: there's the same one game, so we'll see how it evolves. Um, 190 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: I don't know if you can put too much on 191 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: that one game. Certainly there were things that stood out 192 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: in it. Um, there's a lot of a lot of matchups. 193 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: I may obviously have a good back, good tight ends, 194 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: good receivers, a big, strong, athletic quarterback. So but we'll 195 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 1: see how that how they play us. Maybe they'll play 196 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 1: us like they played Cincinnati. Maybe they'll play us differently. 197 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: You know, we'll see. So I think we're gonna need 198 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: a bigger, bigger volume to really answer that question. I'd 199 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: hate to be wrong on them. I don't know. We'll 200 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: see how it develops. But we'll prepare for the things 201 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: we prepare for, and if we have to adjust during 202 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: the game, then we'll adjust. Final question. Still earlier this week, 203 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: Rod Mayo said that he feels like you evolved to 204 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: coach the modern NFL player. You know, he said back 205 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: in the day, he's totally different. Maybe, order say, it 206 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 1: may not be. Do you three with that, and if so, 207 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: why do you think it's important? Yeah, I'll let Drod 208 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 1: comment on that. I do so I canna evaluate my 209 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:10,719 Speaker 1: own performance or style or whatever it is, Drow, it's 210 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: been here a long time. He's a pretty smart guy. 211 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: There is perspective, it's probably pretty good. Just leave it 212 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: at that, all right, Thank you.