WEBVTT - HR3: Live from Training Camp 2026 Day 5 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:04.279 This is live coverage up dot twenty twenty six Steelers 0:00:04.400 --> 0:00:09.560 Training Camp or the Steelers Audio Network, presented by bud Light, 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:12.840 Easy to drink, easy to enjoy, and brought to you 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:17.520 in part by your neighborhood Ford Store Creator, Pittsburgh Community 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:21.919 Food Bank, First National Bank. Let's Get Started Member FDIC 0:00:22.360 --> 0:00:29.240 West Shore Home Remodeling Reimagine by Leecomdigital, Donz Appliances Visit 0:00:29.320 --> 0:00:34.360 Donzappliances dot Com. Guaranteed lowest prices, free next day delivery, 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:39.360 CGR Wholesale and by Hoss's Steak and Seahouse hass Is 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:43.920 is hospitality. 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:47.640 Good evening Stealer Nation, how we do it? Well, that's 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:51.080 good us too. Our number three the bonus hour of 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:53.640 the drive here as we have a couple players matriculating 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:57.320 back down onto the field for walkthrough portion in the evening. 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:00.520 Matt still no sign of our little lime green rookie 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:04.680 line painting robot yet, will he needed a much much 0:01:04.760 --> 0:01:06.560 neat the day in the film room, get himself right? 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:09.600 And uh and only only veterans out here painting the 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:12.200 lines today. But yeah, a couple of Steelers working their 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:14.600 way down the hill here for what will be a 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:17.480 little bit of the traditional evening walk through for the 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:20.040 team at the end of another busy day here on campus. 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:23.400 Matt it's always I know, there's a lot of active 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:24.800 I know, there's a lot of things that you and 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:27.479 I bring up every single year, and so if you're 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:30.600 a listener of this, you hear us talk about some 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:32.000 of these same things. You know, we talk about the 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:34.520 mountains in the background, We talk about how a lot 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:36.840 of the times the sky looks painted out here and 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.600 some of that fun stuff. One thing that never ceases 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:42.360 to amaze me, and it's really cool because we're here 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:44.880 when practice starts. We're kind of here for the long 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:47.720 haul until campus closes down. It is so cool just 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:51.160 seeing the campus every day come to life. Oh yeah, 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:53.120 and then crescendo back down to Silith. 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:54.920 You know what I mean in a big way. You 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:57.320 get here like an organize. It's like an organizer or 0:01:57.720 --> 0:02:06.160 or most didn't quite come out out right organism organism. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:06.480 it is. 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:08.760 You know, you're you're here in the morning, you're here, 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:12.560 I mean, you know, it would have been fun. Sun's rising. 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:15.120 It's real quiet. There's maybe a couple of grounds crew, 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:17.919 grass cutters, whatever, maybe a couple of starting to wake 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:21.080 up coaches and a little bit a little a little 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:21.920 bit of morning. 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:23.400 Dude out there. 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:25.480 You know, you walk to breakfast, get your coffee, all 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:27.640 that good stuff, and then the fans start rolling in, 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:30.160 and then practice starts picking up, and it's just absolute 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:32.760 chaos for five or six hours, and then you start 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:34.959 to see it dissipate and everybody leaves and it gets 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:37.239 quiet again. It is I love the kind of just 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:40.800 the life form that the campus it. As you're looking 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:42.600 down here in the corner at some of these grounds crews, 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:43.799 what are you spying on down there? 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:44.880 There? 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:47.800 Looks like there's a section that's uh giving them problems 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:50.480 again they're digging up there on the fifteen yard line, 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:51.359 sixteen yard line. 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.600 Well, I'm sure they will. They'll get it right as 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:55.600 well as they always. 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:57.520 Totally dig it out. And yeah, starting over with a 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.520 couple of spots probably brought some saw it. 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:03.680 Over Addyshack joke in there somewhere. Ian tweets and says, gentlemen, 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:06.720 I got my face burn off today watching McAfee. Aaron 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:09.760 Rodgers again to Sun was out It sure was. Aaron 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.680 Rodgers again talked up Roman Wilson today It also looked 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:14.880 like he lined up as wide receiver three during the 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:16.720 two minute drill. I know it's early, but are you 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:19.720 impressed with his camp so far? Excuse me? I burped there, 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:20.760 Geez Luise. 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:27.160 Cautious, extreme optimism, Well extreme might have been. I think 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.160 he's very much in the mix as a number three. 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:32.400 I think he's very different than Jeremy, so maybe they'll 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:35.960 be sort of situational. Was the three? All buzz has 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.960 been great going back to many camp et cetera. I've 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:42.760 said many times I think Caleb and Roman are the 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:46.480 two guys that are happiest about the coaching change, just 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:49.280 to get a new set of eyes evaluating them. I 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:54.920 think he's taking full advantage of the situation. But little 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.920 fast receivers should look good in these environments, absolutely right, right, 0:03:58.000 --> 0:03:58.280 you know. 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:02.000 They alutely absolutely should. And that's the first start. 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:02.160 Though. 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:03.440 If you can't do that, then. 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:06.040 Uh right, if you're failing that test, then you're you're 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:06.760 swimming up stream. 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:10.240 Sudesh tweets and says missed last week because of family 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:13.280 vacation to MAUI wondering if anybody has stood out to 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:13.880 you guys. 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:14.880 On the internet in Maui. 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:18.320 Yeah, what the heck podcasts in Maui. 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:20.039 Right, that sounds like a lot of playing time. 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:22.760 I've been to Hawaii before. I did radio hits from Hawaii. 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:24.919 That was my own stupidity, though I should have just 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:28.120 been enjoying myself. Also says I've been on an Apple 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:31.280 TV kick, caught up on Monarch, and I'm working on 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:34.120 Palm Royal. I need to get the I need to 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:36.320 get the Apple TV subscription back because. 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:36.880 Uh oh it's trong. 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.359 It's it's real good, like we did ted Lasso and 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:41.800 Severance and and all that. And there's some more. 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:44.120 Good shoe Seas coming out. I just heard. 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:46.240 I know my my wife's gonna make me get get 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:48.039 the Apple TV back whenever that comes out. 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:51.120 We're big on uh Shrinking is a very good show. 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:52.880 I've been told that. Yeah, yeah, big. I'm a big 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:55.760 Harrison Ford and Jason Siegeal fans, so I need to 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:56.599 need to check that out. 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:59.279 I just finished the The Cape Fear, the New Cape 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:03.279 Fear last night. Yeah. Yeah, it's very different than the movie. Okay, 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:04.119 but good. 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:06.240 A lot of players heading down the hill now for 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:10.280 walk through? Who stood out to us? I think MAXI. 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:12.560 Today yeah, I think question. 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:15.640 I think Dalen Everett and Jamel Dean as well. I would, 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:16.000 I would, I. 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:18.560 Would say a lot of good buzz about those guys. 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.000 Santa Samuel got his hands on the ball again. It 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:26.080 seems like that happens every practice. Why Black had some 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:28.600 good reps too, maybe one. 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:30.120 Ray, you know, because he's made a couple of he's 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:32.159 made a couple of those Oh look there it is. 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:34.880 Oh yeah, yeah, he's definitely when you get kind of 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.760 grumpy with him, like oh and then he's like, ah, yes, 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:41.320 I don't golf, but a lot of a lot of 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:43.960 you golfers will be like yeah, and then but then 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:46.240 I hit that one drive on the seventeenth hole and 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:47.080 now I gotta come back. 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:49.800 You know, no doubt that is a that's a very 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:52.360 good golf analogy that you play like crap and then 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:54.400 you hit that one shot that you're like, you know what. 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:55.800 I got it in man, I can do this. I 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:57.839 did that once. Why can't I do it forty three times? 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:01.120 Or you know it's tough. Mister Steele City says, what's 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.760 most likely A Mason Rudolph gets traded, b Will Howard 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:07.400 or Drew Aller gets cut slash sent to the practice squad. 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:10.880 See we keep four quarterbacks. Well, I'll tell you this 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:12.279 right now, Drew Aler ain't getting cut. 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:16.200 I say Aler's not getting cut. D could also be 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:18.400 someone gets a hangnail and ends up on ir. 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:23.560 Absolutely absolutely, I'm about to go do it. I might 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:25.080 go with d if we could add that as ow. 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:27.080 Yeah, I'm about to go do a night show at 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:31.839 Jerry Dulac. And I trust his insiderness with this team, 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:35.520 and he thinks four is very possible, I'd understand it. 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.080 I still think Rudolph getting traded it's possible. I think 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:41.880 all are possible, except for Aler getting cut. 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:44.240 I think I think pretty much everything is possible. But 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:46.760 I will tell you that Aaron Rodgers and Drew Aller 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:47.479 are making this team. 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.120 Yeah. Whether it's yeah and Ali will be one, be 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:51.640 one and want to be a three. 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:54.320 Whether it's four exactly right, exactly right. So, whether it's 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:56.919 trading Mason Rudolph, whether it's trying to stash one of 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:59.560 those guys on the practice squad with an injury, whether 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:03.200 it's keeping four, eight and sixteen are going to be 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:03.960 a part of that equation. 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:08.120 So watering whole conversation. We had a couple of nights ago. 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:11.280 It may have been the night year of your anniversary. 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.640 Some people thought, well, Howard would clear waivers, that if 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:17.600 you cut him, he would clear waivers. But then he 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:19.800 has to choose to pick your practice squad. That's a 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:21.320 good point, and he might because you know, I mean, 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:22.960 that's harder for a quarterback to say, I'll just go 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:24.920 be a Carolina Panther and I don't know anything they do, 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:27.120 but they also just cut you. 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:30.800 Sure, So that means that three third round back a 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:31.560 couple months ago. 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:33.320 And I think a lot of that would depend on 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:36.200 what his preseason tape looked like totally, because he doesn't 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:37.520 put any tape out for the rest of the league 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:38.440 since he's been drafted. 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:40.840 Yes, that that to me is we I think we'll 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:44.400 really start getting a clear picture of the legitimate possibilities 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:46.560 with these quarterbacks once we get into a couple of 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:47.240 preseason games. 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:49.280 Yeah, I think. And Howard to me, is the biggest 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:50.120 wild card with those. 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:51.480 I completely agree. 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:54.200 Yeah, I know what Rudolf's going to do because. 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:57.800 He out here he looks four out of fourth in 0:07:57.920 --> 0:08:00.640 terms of throwing the football. What you and I just 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:02.480 discussed in the previous hour. If it was all about 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:04.440 your arm strength and throwing the football, Will Levis would 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:06.920 be a starting quarterback something. There's much more to it 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:08.880 than that, and that's where he needs to get in 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:13.480 stadium and really really show that stuff. Pittsburgh Conversation asks, 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:16.840 did anybody really stand out today on the first day 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:19.800 of pads? Any fringe guys or make or break guys 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:23.480 like Roman Wilson, Caleb Johnson, Drew Aller, Will Howard, Rookies, 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:27.600 et cetera. We've covered this. I liked what you laid 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:29.800 down about max ihan Achure, how you thought he had 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:31.880 a really good set of one on one some of 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:34.520 those against t J. Watt. I thought there were some 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:38.160 awesome battles between Fraser and y A Black, because that's like, 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:42.280 that's like hul Cogan and Andre the giants, you know, 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:45.760 like the like they they both below, but they do 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:49.520 it a different way, you know. And and Zach's maybe 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:52.000 the shortest or one of the shorter offensive lineman, which 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.880 is fine for a center. Why a Blacks huge six 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:59.160 six He's got his big gut hanging out over over 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:03.440 you know, under his shirt there. And then yeah, I think, 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:05.800 you know, I think you've seen, You've seen positivity from 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:09.720 Roman Wilson, but grain of salt still to this point. Yeah, 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:11.320 and then I think some of those other some of 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:13.240 the guys like like the Daylan Everts that we mentioned, 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:16.400 the Asante Samuel juniors that have gotten an opportunity with 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:18.680 Ramsey and Joey Porter Junior not being a part of 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:20.959 this process and have have really shown up. Well. 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:22.839 Last thing, I meant to even bring this up, like 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:26.320 in the very first segment. Again, small sample size, but 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:30.640 it sure looks like Darnel Washington's average depth of target 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:32.600 is getting further downfield. 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:35.400 Okay, Oh that's an interesting You know how. 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:37.600 He's usually just like flares out and then he runs 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:41.559 somebody over like he's catching the ball. Certainly today down 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:42.640 the field more. 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:44.840 I like it. Yeah, yeah, I like to hear that 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:49.200 a lot smooth. Dave says, is this the first Steelers 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.400 training camp without a single bad character, diva type personality 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:53.040 on the roster? 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.280 I lean towards yes, But all these guys have more 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:59.360 personality and volatility than you might guess. 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:01.800 I I think it's the I think it's the first time, 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:03.120 and I'm sure we could find another time. But I 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:04.480 think it's the first time in a while that there 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:09.440 hasn't been a massive personality ego and like clearly at 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:10.199 the forth. 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:13.760 That we're talking about and everybody's focused in on. 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:15.760 But I remember when you would always say this about 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.439 Antonio Brown, you would always say this about Aaron Rodgers 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:19.880 when there were you know, some people that were like, 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:21.760 I don't want him to be a Steeler, he's too weird. 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:24.480 He'd be like guys probably walking around. 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:25.400 I mean, I don't know any of. 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:27.800 That right now. There's what ninety three or ninety seven 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:30.920 guys out there, and they've all got different personalities and quirks. 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:33.040 And they're not all choir boys either. 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:35.640 I bet you don't agree with all their politics or 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:36.720 way they viewed. 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:39.840 Like religious views, anything like that, the way they raise 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:41.599 their kids, any of that. 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:43.959 I'm sure there'd be some personality conflicts. 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:46.440 There always is. That's part of what makes a locker 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:48.840 room great, man, is you know you hear any tungch 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:51.199 and Wolf, any of those guys, the seventies Steelers, anyone 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:54.520 who's ever been part of success in any team sport, 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:58.160 they'll tell you that's what That's what it takes, is 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:01.720 getting the quiet guys to mesh with the loud guys, 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:04.440 getting the guys from Pennsylvania to mess with the guys 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:08.000 from Texas. Yeah, getting the super religious guys to mess 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:11.640 with the the party or to mesh with the party boys. 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:12.920 You know that. 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:17.240 I hate when people compare sports to war, But like 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:19.680 when my dad was drafted in Vietnam, they just bring 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:21.600 you from all walks of life. You know, some people 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:25.040 with money, some people didn't, some people could barely read. 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:27.160 In the city somewhere from the country. 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:29.160 Right right right, and we all got to get this 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:30.600 platoon as strong as possible. 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:32.800 You know that. It's that same kind of parallel. You're 0:11:32.840 --> 0:11:34.840 absolutely right. What can you do out on the field, 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:37.240 How how quickly can you come together? And I think 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:39.920 even a lot of times, Matt, those differences are what 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:42.280 bond those guys together. That's what, Yeah, that's what That's 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:44.719 what pools you together is you know, the differences that 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:46.800 make you all great out here in these settings like this. 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:50.360 That will do it for this segment, for that set 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:52.480 of tweets, keep them rolling in. If you've got any 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:54.640 more for us to get to. As we roll along here, 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:58.480 we're gonna play you some exclusive comments from Pat McAfee 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.280 him being out here, he caught up with Missy Matthews 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.120 for a few minutes. We'll hear what Pat McAfee had 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:05.520 to say. We'll continue to bring you all of our 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.320 observations here as we come down the home stretch of 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:13.319 our day five of practice coverage. 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Yeuler and Williamson with you the bonus hour 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:17.280 of the Drive on this Monday evening, and Matt, it 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:20.720 was a busy kind of all eyes, all attention on 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:23.640 campus today for a couple of reasons, one of course 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:26.280 being that the pads went on, and two being for 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:30.520 the second straight year, one of Pittsburgh's most famous suns plums, 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:34.720 very own Pat McAfee, Yeah, doing his nationally televised ESPN 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:36.320 show here from noon to two today. 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:37.079 How cool is that? 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:37.320 It is? 0:13:37.320 --> 0:13:37.760 Pretty cool? 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:38.040 It is? 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:40.360 It just is. I mean, it's a big national event 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:42.680 that a lot of people are getting more eyeballs on 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:44.840 this place and on this team and all that good stuff. 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:47.160 And listen, I understand, and I say, this is not 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:50.440 only a fellow Pittsburgh like McAfee, but a fellow WVU guy. 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:53.360 I understand. He's not everybody's cup of tea. I'm sure 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:55.960 he's a little outspoken, he's a rash he you know, 0:13:56.080 --> 0:13:58.840 stands on the college game day set on Saturdays with 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:02.559 his shirt off and peers. I understand he's not for everybody, 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:04.640 But it is pretty stink and cool that a guy 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:07.360 who's yes, from here, but never played Here's he's a 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:11.080 proud Indianapolis Coulton, a resident of Indy still, but that 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:13.600 he has started to come here for training camp and 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:16.480 make that a tradition and just really kind of on 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:18.880 a national scale even more, how cool of a setting 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.280 this is and how unique of a training camp to Steelers. 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:22.600 I think it was you that said the only two 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:24.240 camps he goes to are Indy and Pisswick. 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:24.520 That's it. 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:25.200 Yeah, that's it. 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:27.400 And so obviously we know this place means a lot 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:29.960 to him. And what's pretty cool is Pat, of course 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.920 a graduate of Plumb where he attended with our very 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:36.080 owned Missy Matthews, who's awesome. I don't think like the 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:38.160 same exact year, but I think they were only one 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:39.640 or two years ago. They were in the building. 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:40.440 They were in the. 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:42.920 Building together and I think, like not great friends or anything, 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:45.320 but knew each other, knew each other in high school. 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.840 Well earlier today, Missy, along with our buddy Max Starks, 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.320 had a chance to catch up with Pat McFee and 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:53.800 ask him about everything that he's got going on and 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:56.120 why he decided to bring his show back to Latrope. 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:58.600 All right, we are pleased to be joined now by 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:01.720 Pat McAfee, the p If you show back up here 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.760 back to back years, I know you've got some Yunsers 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:08.200 on your staff yourself included. What has the process been 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:12.320 like coming here and seeing fellow yinsers and just the 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.400 love for football, not just from the team and being 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:17.800 at the sleep away camp, but the fans as well. 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:19.920 Yeah, I think, you know, growing up here, you kind 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:23.360 of get it that football is, you know life. It 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:26.880 actually is like our neighborhood. And obviously we're from the 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:28.480 same town of Plumb where the baller's ball and the 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:30.640 players play. Of course, let's go Mustangs, we're gonna win 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:33.400 this thing. But where I grew up and where we 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:35.600 grew up, like if the Steelers won, everybody was happy, 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:38.120 and if the Steelers lost, everybody was pissed. And it's 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:41.680 like that is kind of what I expect in life. 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:44.080 Whenever I moved elsewhere. It's not like that everywhere. 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:46.800 So not only is it a football town, it's the 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:50.080 football time and the fact that training camp still travels 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:52.760 up here to Saint Vincent like it has forever, you know, 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:55.560 with the legends have been up here. Yeah, it's like 0:15:55.640 --> 0:15:57.560 it's a nice pilgrimage for us to come back here 0:15:57.600 --> 0:15:59.400 and feel like kids again because I was here as 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:01.040 a child. I think I took a picture of KG 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:04.080 as a kid, and it's just, uh, it's cool. And 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:06.920 then obviously getting to know the Steelers organization, which I 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:10.000 assume for you is pretty crazy as well. Yes, yeah, 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:13.040 it's like just getting to know everybody that owns it, 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:13.680 runs it. 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:14.360 Operates it. 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:16.840 And then Mike McCarthy, I mean he was an employee 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:19.320 of mine last year, so now he's the head coach 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:20.880 of the Steelers is sweet. 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:23.320 It's like, uh, dream come true. We feel like kids. 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:26.200 And then obviously it's nice to showcase the city a 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:26.640 little bit. 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:27.800 Well, let's row. 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:32.080 And I think that's the other thing, Pat, right when 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:33.600 we think about this, Like you have a lot of 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:35.480 guys on the staff and a lot of guys that 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:37.480 you've come in contact with because of the show. 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:39.120 Like what does that mean? 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:41.520 Like you bring that pride to everywhere that you go, 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:44.240 whether it's at WVU, whether it's up here in the 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:47.520 Pittsburgh area, and when you go everywhere else at the 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:49.360 show travels around these greater United States. 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:52.240 Yeah, we're lucky that we get to travel and experience 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:54.040 a lot of sports, and I think sports are the 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:57.400 greatest thing that have ever been created. I think obviously 0:16:57.440 --> 0:16:59.320 ball is the best, Football is the best sport that 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:01.000 has ever been created. But sports as a whole, we 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:03.000 are big fans of, so we just try to celebrate 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:04.680 sports as much as possible. We know how much sports 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:06.040 have done for us, We know how much sports have 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.600 done for the city that we're from, so we love 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:11.199 sports man and I like the fact that we got 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:14.800 people saying gone, you know, and we got a lot 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:16.960 of inser accents out there from a lot of different cities, 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:18.000 and I think that's a beautiful thing. 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:20.680 But I think showcasing this city for what it is hard. 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:24.560 Working, good people, love sports, love ball, will fight, you 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:27.680 will drink like I think and have a good time, 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:29.320 but it will also take care of you, give back. 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:31.760 I think we just try to showcase that everywhere we go, 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:34.119