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Speaker 1: M m m m m hm m damn. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the Back to the Drive. I am Dale Lally with

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Speaker 1: Matt Williams. We're taking over for Westley Ruler and Arthur Moates. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Just just the feeling of energy. Yeah, it's just a

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Speaker 1: different field down here. It's great. I mean, first of all,

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Speaker 1: you and I have been doing a lot of zoom

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Speaker 1: which is working out great. I mean, that's convenient as

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Speaker 1: can be. We're actually sitting here next to each other.

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Speaker 1: We're sitting here next just like they were for the

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Speaker 1: entire draft, seeming exactly. And there's a football field in

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Speaker 1: front of us, and there's a remaining player or two

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Speaker 1: not to be named, still out there working out and

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Speaker 1: able to watch practice, and just a lot of energy

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Speaker 1: in general. Tons of media down here. TV came back

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Speaker 1: in the locker room. Yeah, but I've been that three

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Speaker 1: years for you guys. I mean, I mean it was massive,

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Speaker 1: it's been a while. I walked into the locker room

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Speaker 1: and there were guys in the media who've been in

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Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh media now for a couple of years who

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Speaker 1: had never been in that locker room. That's amazing, and

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Speaker 1: you know, just kind of walking around. You know, I

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Speaker 1: always every time we walk into the locker room a

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Speaker 1: new year, I kind of walk around and get, Okay,

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Speaker 1: that's where his locker was at that so he kind

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Speaker 1: of trying to figure out where everybody's at. Sure, I'm

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Speaker 1: sure there's some hot spots. Yeah, and so you know,

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Speaker 1: you just kind of get the lay of the land

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Speaker 1: And it's just, uh, it's like riding a bike, you know.

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Speaker 1: I bet for you. I mean, but some of these

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Speaker 1: new guys that are doing your job probably are swimming

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Speaker 1: a little bit like what to do with this? And

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Speaker 1: then there's the other perspective of a lot of these

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Speaker 1: players if they didn't have media in their locker rooms

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Speaker 1: in college, which they didn't. Yeah, right, I mean, they

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Speaker 1: have never done this. Who's this strange fellow stick in

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Speaker 1: the mic? And what are the right? Right? Right? I

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Speaker 1: have a rule that I don't talk to somebody when

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Speaker 1: they're in the process of getting dressed. I think that

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Speaker 1: should be a general, general gentleman's agreement. I would not

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Speaker 1: like it if some if I were standing there half

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Speaker 1: naked and somebody came over to talk to me. I

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Speaker 1: that's so I don't do that too players. We've never

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Speaker 1: had that conversation. Um. So, I mean the guys that

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Speaker 1: come out in the tower or whatever, it's like, give

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Speaker 1: them five give them right now. If they if somebody

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Speaker 1: else goes up to them and starts talking to them,

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Speaker 1: and they and they've already begun talking, then okay. That

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Speaker 1: was my next question is what if there's already a

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Speaker 1: gathering and you're not the instigator, well, then the kind

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Speaker 1: then you're kind of stuck. But if I'm doing a

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Speaker 1: one on one, which I would prefer to do, right,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure I will go and I'll wait till the

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Speaker 1: guy is you know, he may be sitting they're looking

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Speaker 1: at FOAE messages or something like that. That's a perfect opportunities.

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Speaker 1: He's just wasting some time there. I'll go over and

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Speaker 1: talk to him. He can waste his time with me. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: right right, is exactly what he's doing. And you know,

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Speaker 1: not to pull back the curtain too much. But I mean,

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Speaker 1: even if you guys aren't Steeler fans, you're fans of

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Speaker 1: the Rams, Bengals, whatever, there' would be so much better

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Speaker 1: news now going forward, you know, and quotes and you know,

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Speaker 1: actual knowledge and and as opposed, everyone is sharing the

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Speaker 1: exact same information so that you know the this upcoming

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Speaker 1: NFL year will be more informative for all. That's the

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Speaker 1: thing I think that you know, maybe some fans because

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Speaker 1: I I can remember, and maybe this was more of

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Speaker 1: always used to It always used to get me when

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Speaker 1: when I would see fans talking about how the media

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Speaker 1: didn't you don't need to be in that locker room.

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Speaker 1: There's a thirst for information. I was gonna say that

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Speaker 1: absolutely is. And you know, if if only four or

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Speaker 1: five guys talk after every game, getting the same thing

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure the team gives you the right people

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Speaker 1: always get. The quarterback you always get, say Cam Heyward,

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Speaker 1: know as I as I want, you know. And then

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Speaker 1: the stars of the game, whether that be a white

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman. Okay, I said in this format, will never

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Speaker 1: But there's such a key part of the game, like

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Speaker 1: why was the offense struggling in this situation? Or why

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Speaker 1: did you guys dominate in that situation? Why are we

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Speaker 1: able to run the ball so well? What was going

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Speaker 1: on in this what happened in the fourth courter? I mean,

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Speaker 1: they're the guys that are offensively. They're on the field

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Speaker 1: every play, Quar snaps, right. It's rare. You know, everybody

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Speaker 1: more well spoken player. I want to say, they just

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Speaker 1: have a better understanding of everything. I don't want to

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Speaker 1: generalize things or sound stereotypical, but I mean this is

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Speaker 1: more of a scouting perspective, which I bring and you

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Speaker 1: rule of thumb one of the things I'll never forget

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Speaker 1: that I learned in the league. If you're tough and smart,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna last in this league. Well, tough and smart

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Speaker 1: are good interviews. That is typically the case. But Steelers

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Speaker 1: of their O T A sessions. I know a lot

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Speaker 1: of people this is the first one that was open

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Speaker 1: to the media every day one of Fay. They've been

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Speaker 1: just the first phase where they can actually do team

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Speaker 1: I should say, now they all weren't here. But this

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Speaker 1: if he's not here for this, they should just cut him.

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Speaker 1: Oh I've been getting that already. To come on, people,

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Speaker 1: get a group. This is a this is an optional workout.

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Speaker 1: It's voluntary. You know who you know who used to

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Speaker 1: I mean CAM doesn't need that, and it's not like

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Speaker 1: in the fall and then I sell inshorece, you know,

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Speaker 1: That's the thing, you know about O T A s

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Speaker 1: um Twenty years ago, there was no such thing as

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Speaker 1: relatively newer type thing. I can remember. I don't recall

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Speaker 1: don't remember them. These were not a thing until they

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Speaker 1: That's like twenty five years or so. Well, they came

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Speaker 1: first team All Pro in his season where they you know,

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Speaker 1: everything around him was was you know, pomp A right,

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Speaker 1: you know everybody, everything's blowing up around you and you're

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Speaker 1: just kind of but if you could even touch stam

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Speaker 1: snaps by ten or you know, I mean, just to

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Speaker 1: make his career longer, more effective late in the year,

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Speaker 1: more effective late in games. I mean, I'm not sure

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Speaker 1: he could be more effective period if well he's played,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, I mean, it just makes sense. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: take a break. He has met Williamson. I am Dale Lally.

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Speaker 1: You're listening to our live coverage here from the Steelers

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Speaker 1: O t A sessions at the U p M. C

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Speaker 1: Rooney Sports Complex. We're gonna take a break. We'll be

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Speaker 1: back with more right after this. Yeah, Ken, welcome back.

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Speaker 1: I am Dale Welly here with Matt Wave and he

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Speaker 1: was talking about our grass hears. We watched the Sailors

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Speaker 1: field people routs come out and how to fix things

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Speaker 1: up here after the team work out here at the U. P. M.

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Speaker 1: C Rooney Sports Complex. U looks better than my front yard. Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: I would love to come out here with with a

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Speaker 1: driver one day and just pick golf balls out let

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Speaker 1: him the ultimate driving ranger. Yeah, I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: it's a nice little area here where you could just

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Speaker 1: hit the hit the golf balls game for that forty

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Speaker 1: yard marker, you know, three fields away or whatever. But

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Speaker 1: matt Um, I'm looking here at the NFL dot Com

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Speaker 1: and they've got the a f C North They've been

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Speaker 1: doing this for UH by division might have division by

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Speaker 1: division well today as it was uh the a f

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Speaker 1: C North projected starters are are up here and then

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Speaker 1: the headline of this a f C North Projected Starters

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Speaker 1: Ravens set the bounce back question marks for the Steelers.

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Speaker 1: Is I looked out at the field today when I

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Speaker 1: was watching when they first lined up, and I was

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Speaker 1: looking at the first team defense, in the first team

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Speaker 1: offense or what they had out there, I see a

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Speaker 1: lot of question marks. No, I don't see a lot

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Speaker 1: of question marks either. I mean the talk obviously, what

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Speaker 1: goes out saying it's who's gonna be the starting quarterback?

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Speaker 1: And how soon does that establish itself. I get that,

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Speaker 1: but I don't even know that there's a lot of

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Speaker 1: starting jobs for sale at the moment, you know what

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Speaker 1: I mean. I think I know who's gonna line up

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Speaker 1: on the first snap a week one, give or take. Well,

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Speaker 1: and here's their projected starters. They've got Kenny Pickett his

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Speaker 1: projected starter quarterback. And I'm sorry, folks, I wouldn't bet

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Speaker 1: on that. I would not bet on that at all.

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Speaker 1: In fact, I wrote about that over the over the

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Speaker 1: weekend that that I think this team is better off

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Speaker 1: in the long haul if Strabiski is the starting quarterback,

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Speaker 1: because it says a lot about Mitch, it says a

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Speaker 1: lot of it. It doesn't because I've had people say, well,

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Speaker 1: if if if Mace Air, if Kenny Pickett isn't the

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Speaker 1: starter from day one, that was a wasted draft pick.

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Speaker 1: That's on, that's ridiculous. I think there's something to be

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Speaker 1: said for allowing a young quarterback to ease their way

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Speaker 1: into it. Because as much as you talk about NFL ready,

483
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Speaker 1: it's a myth. There's no such thing as the NFL

484
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Speaker 1: already at that position, there isn't. I mean, I mean

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Speaker 1: just picking in general. He gets away with holding the

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Speaker 1: ball at pitt and let's Addison open up or the

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Speaker 1: scheme open up, I mean the balls. His processing speed's

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Speaker 1: gonna have to, you know, quicken up at this league.

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Speaker 1: And um, I don't care who it is. Trevor Lawrence,

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Speaker 1: Zack Wilson. They were the top two picks last year.

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Speaker 1: Trey Land could could go on down the down the list,

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Speaker 1: Troy Akmen, Peyton Manning, all these guys who were drafted

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Speaker 1: number one overall. He came in and struggled bad bad

494
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Speaker 1: Manning and Eateman were horrible. Yeah, and then there was

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Speaker 1: some that never to that left you back up to there.

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Speaker 1: And the other thing about it is if you look

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Speaker 1: at a guy like a Tim Couch, for example, who

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Speaker 1: I thought was talented, the old Browns folks thought he

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Speaker 1: really didn't have a chance. You know that they didn't

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Speaker 1: think that was a bad pick looking back, because you

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Speaker 1: get thrown into the fire so early, and then you know,

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Speaker 1: it's kind of a David Carr situation. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: so these guys get ruined before they ever get started.

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Speaker 1: Whereas if you take I don't think that would happen

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Speaker 1: here though, you know, I don't think so either. It's

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Speaker 1: a better situation than all those, but still, but you

507
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Speaker 1: can learn on the sidelines. You can learn watching somebody

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Speaker 1: else's mistakes or what somebody else does well and put

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Speaker 1: and include that into your game. And I think that's

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Speaker 1: what Trabisky did last year. Yea. And in fact, he

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Speaker 1: said that, he said, I've watched Josh Allen and I

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Speaker 1: and I realized that, you know, if you just play

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Speaker 1: your game, play the way that you play and not

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Speaker 1: trying to be something that you're not. Yeah, I'm excited

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Speaker 1: about Trabisky. I'm actually bored saying now than even when

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Speaker 1: they signed him. I've heard a lot of things along

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Speaker 1: the lines of I mean again, I'm just throwing this

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Speaker 1: out there, but like Week one, the Steelers played the

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Speaker 1: Bills last year, and I'm sure coaches are chatting before

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Speaker 1: and everyone knows Trabisky is not gonna play in that game.

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Speaker 1: But I'm sure some Bills coaches said, this guy is

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Speaker 1: better than we thought. He should be a starter somewhere.

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Speaker 1: You know, like if people in the league know this stuff,

524
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Speaker 1: they have so many friends. You're on a coaching staff

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Speaker 1: with the Bills defensive line coach five years ago, and

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Speaker 1: what do you think, Mitch, Well, he can't start here.

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Speaker 1: Might that might be the one that Tomlin is the

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Speaker 1: closest They played college football together, right, I mean, we

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Speaker 1: we often stressed. And it's a huge thing as we

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Speaker 1: sit here at the building with the two you know,

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Speaker 1: franchises put together pitting Steelers, that the knowledge of acquiring Picket,

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Speaker 1: it was greater than probably any other draft asset out there. Well,

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Speaker 1: the Trabisky one is pretty similar, you know, and the

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Speaker 1: connections I would be shocked if he's a bust or

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Speaker 1: frankly um back of the waiting for Pickett thing. I mean,

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Speaker 1: there's no guarantee he'll ever beat out Trobisky, you know.

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Speaker 1: I mean, and if and if that happens, that's that

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Speaker 1: does a double home. It didn't make it a bad pick.

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Speaker 1: It didn't make it a bad pick. You can flip

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Speaker 1: him or whatever, you know. Adding two quality options is

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Speaker 1: not a problem. You got you got, you know, four

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Speaker 1: to five years of of of a very cheap you know,

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Speaker 1: and people will call about three years you have three

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Speaker 1: years from now we're talking about, well as somebody got

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Speaker 1: trained for Kenny Pickett. So they list Kenny Pickett as

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Speaker 1: the Steeler starting quarterback. I'm not I'm not on board

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Speaker 1: with that. I don't think that's going to be the case. Um,

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Speaker 1: I mean it might be. I mean he might be

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Speaker 1: so good that Nobeam off the field thought Russell Wilson's

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Speaker 1: beating out Matt Flynn either. I mean, we'll talk about

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Speaker 1: the quarterbacks here. We'll have uh, we'll hear from them later.

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Speaker 1: But both the both um, Mason Rudolph and Mitch Drabinsky

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Speaker 1: said today that you know the rotation was Trabisky, Rudolph

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Speaker 1: then pick it. Okay, Okay, So I think that's the

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Speaker 1: way it should be coming into here, right, I'll be so.

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Speaker 1: Nagia Harris is a running back, Deante Johnson, Chase Claypool,

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Speaker 1: George Pickens at wide receiver. Okay, I'm very fine with that.

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Speaker 1: I think that's what you want. Um, I don't see

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Speaker 1: a natural slot option there. Pickens played very few snaps

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Speaker 1: with slot at Georgia, but he can. I don't think

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Speaker 1: you want to put Deonte there. If Claypool's ready to

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Speaker 1: block and be as aggressive as he can, I think

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Speaker 1: he could be a phenomenal big slot. And I also

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Speaker 1: think Miller I thought ran around pretty well today. I

565
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 1: think people are sleeping, but it's a nice fallback option slash,

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Speaker 1: you know, change the pace. And he's bigger, I think

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Speaker 1: than a lot of people. And yeah, he's he's he's

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Speaker 1: a five pound wide receiver. He's the same size as Deante.

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Speaker 1: Johnson said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, he's a little more compact.

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Speaker 1: You know, you're not quite as lean in my opinion.

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Speaker 1: You know, I talked to him today and I just

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Speaker 1: wouldn't mess with what Deante you're doing, and they don't.

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Speaker 1: Don't try to pound him into a different role. Um.

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Speaker 1: But I talked to Miller today and I said, it

575
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Speaker 1: had to be difficult for you last year coming into

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Speaker 1: this situation mid season. I say, it's like right in

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Speaker 1: the middle of the year, and yeah, you don't have

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Speaker 1: time to coach guys up and get him, you know,

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Speaker 1: And he said, he's you know, he said, I just

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Speaker 1: realized that that, you know, Ben had a relationship with

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Speaker 1: some of the other receivers and a rapport with some

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Speaker 1: of those other receivers, and I wasn't gonna build that

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Speaker 1: up in practice. He's running on the practice squad, the

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Speaker 1: practice squad right right, right, So that wasn't gonna happen

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Speaker 1: for him last year said I just wanted to buy

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Speaker 1: my time and know that I was going to get

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Speaker 1: the opportunity this year. That makes perfect sense. And there

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Speaker 1: is an opportunity. I mean that that's the right word

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Speaker 1: is there is an opportunity for him. I'd be shocked

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Speaker 1: if he doesn't make the team. I mean again, I've

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Speaker 1: just watched this one practice. But I was real familiar

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Speaker 1: with him before he was a Steeler, the second round

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Speaker 1: draft pick. He's had fifty catch seasons in this league

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Speaker 1: with Mr Drabinsky by the way. By the way again,

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Speaker 1: back to the familiarity with the quarterbacks. Um, it's something

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00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 1: else to say about him, I forget, but oh um.

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Speaker 1: And the fact that that he is a slot I

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00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: think really works to his advantage. But what didn't work

599
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,479
Speaker 1: to his advantage last year trying to acclimate so quickly

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Speaker 1: with the old dogs and the report that we're here.

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Speaker 1: He's not a gunner, you know. I mean, he's not

602
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Speaker 1: gonna get that that hat, you know, on special team,

603
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Speaker 1: So you know, he's a He's a one trick ponium

604
00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 1: one way. But I think it's a good enough trick. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I do too, obviously. Pat Friar muth uh the starting

606
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Speaker 1: left at starting tight end at left tackle, Damn Moore

607
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Speaker 1: left guard, Kevin Dotson, but uh several guys in the

608
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Speaker 1: locker room today both admitting that Kevin Dawson was rotating

609
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:41,960
Speaker 1: today with with Kendrick Green at left guard, okay, that's noteworthy,

610
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: while Mason Cole was the center okay, and then James

611
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Speaker 1: Daniel at right guard chooks a core for it right

612
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Speaker 1: tackle Okay, I mean, okay, I mean that's news to me.

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Speaker 1: I'm responding on the you know, on the fly, I

614
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Speaker 1: thought that Green would open as the starting center and

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Speaker 1: have him lose the job basically if or just grab

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Speaker 1: hold of it. But I also think there's some value

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Speaker 1: to being such a young line. Not that Cole was

618
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 1: pouncing your webby or dirt. That's been around the league forever,

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Speaker 1: but being around the league some goes a long way. Again,

620
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Speaker 1: smart and tough, you know, if he can give me

621
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Speaker 1: those things and boy, this stunt's coming, or you know,

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Speaker 1: it takes some mental things. Kendrick Green and Bush to me,

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Speaker 1: might have had more mental stuff on their plate than

624
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Speaker 1: they probably should have handled. You know, their at their

625
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,880
Speaker 1: respective ages. And if you can just do that that

626
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Speaker 1: might have value, but I guess dots and is not

627
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Speaker 1: guaranteed lock him in left guard, you know, I mean

628
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Speaker 1: there's gonna there's gonna be some competition there. I do

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Speaker 1: think it's interesting that James Daniel is being penciled in

630
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Speaker 1: a right guard. If you look back over his history, uh,

631
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Speaker 1: he's played more center and left guard enger than right guard.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I assume that he was cool with that

633
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Speaker 1: when they talked contract that had to come up. But

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Speaker 1: that's the whole is. Yeah, and he's an impressive actually

635
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Speaker 1: an impressive looking athlete. I don't know if you got

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Speaker 1: much chance, but I didn't. I didn't watch hardly any

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Speaker 1: of the lineman. I was watching the quarterbacks of course,

638
00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,040
Speaker 1: and the routes, and you know, but he's got the gut, guys,

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00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,160
Speaker 1: he's got long arms, he's got some length to him.

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Speaker 1: It's he's not a fact guy. You know, he's not

641
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,480
Speaker 1: a fact guy. Right right now. He can move. I mean,

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Speaker 1: folks go back and check out like his combine numbers,

643
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,120
Speaker 1: they're very good. I mean, he's an athletic player. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm just shocked at the Bears without a guy like

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Speaker 1: that go. That's the one thing doesn't make any sense

646
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Speaker 1: to me from If you want to criticize the Bears

647
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 1: for not taking a receiver with their first two picks,

648
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 1: I think that's very justified. But like laying a twenty

649
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 1: four year or four year old walk right to play

650
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: three positions for you walk out the door right for

651
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,240
Speaker 1: not an astronaut economical number or anything like that. I mean,

652
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Speaker 1: maybe he wasn't interested in resigning and looked at this

653
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Speaker 1: and said this is a better situation. I'd rather be

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Speaker 1: here if I were him. Yeah. Still, I mean that's

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Speaker 1: that's where I was critical. And actually he's kind of

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Speaker 1: you know, he's from Warre in Ohio, so you know

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Speaker 1: it's he's two hours from here, grew up at So

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Speaker 1: I guess that's the track. Yeah, I didn't realize that

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Speaker 1: part on defense, right tackles jokes? I assume yes, right

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Speaker 1: tackles jokes. On defense. Uh, they've got the Steelers in

661
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Speaker 1: a nickel here, um, yeah, but they've got Heyward into

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00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 1: it is the two defensive ends and the more like

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Speaker 1: tackles in this situation with the fore man front Watton

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Speaker 1: high Smith as your outside linebackers, your defensive ends in

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Speaker 1: this situation, Uh, linebackers Devin Bush and Miles Jack. I

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Speaker 1: think that's safe and in your corners or camp Sutton

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Speaker 1: and Kellow Weatherspoon leave by Wallace with the safety's makeing

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Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick Arrell Edmands. So if you look at that, the

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Speaker 1: only difference on defense you're just getting or well Jack

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Speaker 1: and Jack and Wallace are the two guys that are

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Speaker 1: the new guys there. If you look at the offense,

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Speaker 1: it's the quarterback, one wide receiver spot in two offensive

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Speaker 1: line spots. Now, there's not as much sweeping change as

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Speaker 1: people think, but there's a lot of youth movement though too.

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Speaker 1: I mean of those guys are old guys. I mean

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Speaker 1: even the defensive players coming off their first contract. I

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Speaker 1: assume Sutton would be the slot in that scenarios. Yeah, yeah,

678
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Speaker 1: which makes sense as well, but they've had other options

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Speaker 1: with the defensive backs. Yeah, I think that. You know,

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Speaker 1: when I look at this roster, um, I would think

681
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Speaker 1: the dime back would be Kzy potentially CAZy or you know,

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Speaker 1: you've got Bush or Jack off the field, so they

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Speaker 1: get some options there. I could you know, they've they've

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Speaker 1: got uh some other guys that could hold that down

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Speaker 1: as well. I mean, this is really jump at the gun.

686
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Speaker 1: But in a base oaky three four when a lulu

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Speaker 1: comes on the field, do you think Wallace Sutton or

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Speaker 1: Weatherspoon leaves. I don't think it's Sutton. I don't think

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Speaker 1: it's Sutton either. I think because he's the most experienced

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Speaker 1: guy in this defense. Um. You know, so that's one

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Speaker 1: thing that they'll have to sort out here and you

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Speaker 1: know how that works. Um. I'm just looking through the

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Speaker 1: notes here about read you through these here real quickly. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Mitch Robinsky is a slight favorite to start in week one. However,

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Speaker 1: in this exercise, I'm projecting which players will get the

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Speaker 1: most snaps this season. It's a little bit different, and

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00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: the Steelers didn't draft Kenny Pickett to sit for long.

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Speaker 1: I'm set. I'm setting the over under pickets first start

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Speaker 1: at week four. I don't know if I would go

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Speaker 1: in on that. I don't know. It's a pretty patient

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Speaker 1: organization usually when they make a decision. I mean, if

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00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 1: they're oh and four and Trowisky is a disaster, my

703
00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:23,840
Speaker 1: over under would be after the bye week. Yeah, I

704
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,520
Speaker 1: think that's a better over on two. Week nine, I

705
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Speaker 1: get the week four if he doesn't play a snap,

706
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,280
Speaker 1: wouldn't shock me either, but I get the Week four.

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Speaker 1: Why he picked Week four is because the Steelers played

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00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,920
Speaker 1: that Thursday night game in Cleveland. They would get for

709
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Speaker 1: a couple of days in there, but I don't see

710
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:42,239
Speaker 1: that being the case. Um, whoever starts at quarterback as

711
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 1: a unique group group of weapons around him, Deante Johnson,

712
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,760
Speaker 1: Chase Claypool, and George Pickens can all get deep. Pickens

713
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: might have the most traditional number one X receiver profile

714
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Speaker 1: of any prospect in this year's rookie class. I agree

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Speaker 1: with that. I agree with that completely. That doesn't mean

716
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Speaker 1: he's the best, but I think he can be the best,

717
00:34:57,840 --> 00:34:59,880
Speaker 1: by the way, but I think he's the most protot

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Speaker 1: typical lineup on the line of scrimmage. What are we

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Speaker 1: looking for at that position? I went him, Yeah, you

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Speaker 1: did a piece on on d K Pittsburgh Sports breaking

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Speaker 1: down George Pickens that came out last night. I went

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Speaker 1: and grabbed some George Pickens highlights. When you really focus

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Speaker 1: on the player, like when I wrote that he immediately

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Speaker 1: shot up my rookie ranks for Dynasty, I immediately like

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Speaker 1: to pick more. I hadn't watched the tape in a while,

726
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:32,279
Speaker 1: and I'm like, boy, that freshman tape is rare man. Yeah,

727
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:34,919
Speaker 1: you see a lot of him going up over top

728
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Speaker 1: of guys and catching the football, getting behind guys and

729
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,680
Speaker 1: making diving catches on what weren't great throws and running

730
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,920
Speaker 1: past you know, sec corners were catching catching a hook

731
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Speaker 1: and taking in another eight yards because he's running through

732
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Speaker 1: defenders and twisting and turning and towarding his body and

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Speaker 1: blocking and yeah, there's a lot like there and he

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Speaker 1: can be I would not move him around much. I'm

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Speaker 1: I think I would line him up as you're the

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Speaker 1: X and just get used to it because he didn't

737
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,440
Speaker 1: run a real diverse route tree at Georgia and they're

738
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Speaker 1: still run first, Nick Chubb, Michelle Cook, you know. I

739
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,279
Speaker 1: mean they're a physical team. They aren't gonna throw it.

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Speaker 1: They're not, you know, a spread and running around and

741
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Speaker 1: throw it all over the yard type team. But boy,

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Speaker 1: I mean he's like a Michael Thomas on a slant

743
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Speaker 1: too and shielding guys off, and you know, there's a

744
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 1: lot you can do with him, and I don't think

745
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,399
Speaker 1: he's bashable by going over the middle. The middle field

746
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 1: needs to be attack. I saw again, I keep going

747
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Speaker 1: and it's not just because he was a Georgia guy.

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Speaker 1: But I continue, like, just see a J. Green there. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean it's a similar body type. I bet he's heavier,

750
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,320
Speaker 1: but I see what you're saying, a little bit heavier.

751
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 1: But yeah, man, they both go up and just plucked

752
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,279
Speaker 1: the ball out of the air. You know, they play

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00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:45,240
Speaker 1: above the rim and the physicality of it all. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean they may have. Again, I'm getting ahead of myself,

755
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:52,720
Speaker 1: but I mean I look back at that Deonte Metcalf draft,

756
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Speaker 1: you know, a J. Brown and Metcalf goes at the

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Speaker 1: end around two because he's now a good three con drill. Yeah.

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00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:05,360
Speaker 1: And Andy Isabella, I mean the Patriots pick of Thornton

759
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: looks like Andy Isabella to me. You know, Artaga Whiteside

760
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:13,080
Speaker 1: is going ahead of Metcalf. Where my son or geez,

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00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:15,759
Speaker 1: my nephew who's six, would take DK Metcalf in a

762
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 1: pickup game. Over All those guys look at him, you know, like,

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00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,319
Speaker 1: why is he lasting? I think Pickens could be that guy. Well,

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Speaker 1: let's take another break before we get into this anymore.

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Speaker 1: Here we're talking about the NFL dot COM's position. This

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Speaker 1: You're listening to the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 1: We are live from Steelers O t A sessions here

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Speaker 1: at the U p M. C Rooney Sports Complex. We'll

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Speaker 1: be back with more of this a f C North

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Speaker 1: projected starters. Look when we come back right after this,

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Speaker 1: when you want black and gold football talk, you want

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Speaker 1: training not quite but in O t A session here

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Speaker 1: at the you P M. C Rooney Sports Complex. When

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Speaker 1: you get back to the training camp and get saved

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00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,879
Speaker 1: that you call it. Can't wait for that. Uh went

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00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,279
Speaker 1: and looked last week. Matt. I don't know if I've

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00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 1: mentioned this on the air, um, but of the Steelers roster,

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00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 1: the curtain nine, you haven't brought this up. It's amazing.

783
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 1: Ninety men on the rostern have been the same. Vincent

784
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Speaker 1: College say, obviously that's a huge statement of what's going

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Speaker 1: on on the planet and then the country for the

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00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:43,400
Speaker 1: last couple of years. But it's also really a testament

787
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 1: to the youth movement going on with this team. I mean,

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00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 1: I try to bring it up every chance I get,

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Speaker 1: And a lot of people talk about like Kevin Colvert's legacy.

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00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:53,839
Speaker 1: You know, you know he drafted that quarterback to get

791
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 1: his legacy. Like his legacy is setting this team up

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00:38:56,960 --> 00:39:00,759
Speaker 1: with all this cap space and youth at ten years, right,

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Speaker 1: I mean, like that's the legacies. Look what I'm look

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00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:05,239
Speaker 1: at this deck, Look at this hand of cards I'm

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00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,799
Speaker 1: handing you to go do good stuff with. You got

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Speaker 1: caps based galore, and a really young foundation to build around.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome. Not only that, they also not only just

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Speaker 1: have twenty players who have been the same things in college,

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Speaker 1: eight assistant coaches have never been there. I guess at

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Speaker 1: half the coaching staff as well. So thanks changing the NFL. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Getting back to Greg Rosenthal's article here on on on

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Speaker 1: NFL dot com, uh I talked about the wide receivers,

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00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,279
Speaker 1: says pet far move should be a great red zone weapon.

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00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,160
Speaker 1: A lot of tight ends improved greatly in year two,

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00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 1: so there's real upside here. I would I agree with that.

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00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 1: I completely agree with that. Uh. The Steelers had a

807
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:45,280
Speaker 1: productive offseason, beefing up their interior offensive line with James

808
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 1: Daniels amazing Cole they have options and depth at Garden Centers.

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00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 1: Dead on? Yeah, I mean another tackle wouldn't break my

810
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 1: heart for depth or whatever, But no, I think that's

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Speaker 1: dead on. I'm real quick on Friar Move referenced Dynasty

812
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Speaker 1: Fantasy a lot. He's like, if you're picking in terms

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Speaker 1: of value in the tight end world right now, there's

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Speaker 1: only like six or seven guys that are more valuable

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Speaker 1: than Friar Move. Kyle Pitts. Obviously, he's a couple of

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Speaker 1: guys like that that that community and I agree thinks

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Speaker 1: he has extremely bright in productive future. Absolutely. Uh. Getting

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Speaker 1: back to the offensive line, the offense could come down

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Speaker 1: to how successful they're self scouting is at tackle. They

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Speaker 1: trust Dan Moore Jr. On the outside After a decent

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Speaker 1: rookie year, the Steelers surprisingly paid Chokes a core for

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Speaker 1: at right tackle. There aren't any other options? What am

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Speaker 1: I missing? I see that? I mean, if you told

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Speaker 1: me this season went wrong, here are several options of

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Speaker 1: why tackle play might be high on my list, you

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Speaker 1: know what I mean? Like or if you told me, hey,

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Speaker 1: here I have a crystal ball and next year the

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Speaker 1: Steeler's first round picks a tackle. Could you believe that

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Speaker 1: I would say, yes, I could believe that, you know,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not being critical of what they've done.

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Speaker 1: We both said we would have brought back chokes. I

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Speaker 1: think more deserves uh more. I didn't see I did there.

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Speaker 1: But I also think that another it could bite you.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that could go wrong. Yeah, I mean you've

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Speaker 1: got behind those guys. Joe hag who's played you know, snaps,

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Speaker 1: he's better guard tackle. Um, it's tough. It's good enough

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Speaker 1: at both. Yeah, I think he's he's good enough. I

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Speaker 1: think that's a good way. But I mean watching him

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Speaker 1: at training camp last year, I'm like, oh my god,

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Speaker 1: because said he's a practices were bad. The practices were bad,

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Speaker 1: and then he got in the games and was fine.

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Speaker 1: It was almost a you know, I can remember doing

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Speaker 1: that with Jeff Hardings when they when the Steelers signed

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Speaker 1: Jeff Hardings and he watched them one on ones and

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Speaker 1: he you know, oh my god, he was just awful.

846
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:41,440
Speaker 1: And then you get in the game and you're like, oh,

847
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 1: he's a he's a Pro Bowl player, and obviously offensive

848
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:48,839
Speaker 1: line is not a one on one situation. In some ways,

849
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:51,240
Speaker 1: it is. You know that I got them to tackle

850
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 1: when I gotta take you know, keep t J. Watt

851
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:56,840
Speaker 1: or Miles Garrett whoever away from my quarterback. But I

852
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 1: mean they're always gonna look worse on one on ones.

853
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:02,440
Speaker 1: Of course, it doesn't make the offense look better obviously,

854
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 1: And you're right, some players are just better at it

855
00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:08,399
Speaker 1: than others within a team environment. Block. Yeah, he's play

856
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,200
Speaker 1: loss snaps. It remains unclear if stuff on to it

857
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:15,640
Speaker 1: will continue playing. Well. We've gotten pretty good hints, right,

858
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,719
Speaker 1: but the Steelers have expressed some guarded optimism optimism publicly, Yes,

859
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:22,799
Speaker 1: they have. Defensive line doesn't look nearly as go without him.

860
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 1: I can't agree with that. He's an impact player right

861
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:27,800
Speaker 1: to it. Missed all of last season, Tyson and Lulu

862
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,440
Speaker 1: missed all of it. I believe the number that they

863
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 1: got out of those two guys last year was forty

864
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 1: combined snaps something along those lines. Lulu played five quarters. Um,

865
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:40,080
Speaker 1: he'll be back as in those tackle run stuff we're

866
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:44,920
Speaker 1: on running downs. Absolutely, Yes, Alex Highsmith gets better every season.

867
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:46,279
Speaker 1: If two it is back, let's go back to the

868
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,800
Speaker 1: he's lumping all those guys together. If two it is back,

869
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,200
Speaker 1: there are too many good pass rushers here to stop

870
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:56,360
Speaker 1: for most offenses agree with somebody's gonna get single, you know,

871
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:58,960
Speaker 1: time and time and that is that's how you stop

872
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,600
Speaker 1: the run as well, right because they you know, with

873
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:04,359
Speaker 1: that group on the field even two years ago, they

874
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 1: weren't a great run stopping team, but they would get

875
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 1: you behind the chains. So you you you'd run for

876
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 1: five yards, you get another five yards, then they get

877
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,120
Speaker 1: you for a three yard loss. Now you're introl. Now

878
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,160
Speaker 1: you're in trouble. It's like taking a holding penalty onst

879
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:22,360
Speaker 1: and you're right that they've moved Hayward all over the line,

880
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:24,480
Speaker 1: but that doesn't matter where you move him. He was

881
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:26,799
Speaker 1: gonna get doubled, you know what I mean, Like if

882
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:29,320
Speaker 1: you found Waldough, whether it's just gonna help Waldough, you know,

883
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:31,560
Speaker 1: I mean, you get to it back in that equation,

884
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 1: somebody's getting somebody's getting singled, and somebody was getting one

885
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 1: of those three guys who was getting singled, or four

886
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:41,440
Speaker 1: guys if you count high Smith is gonna win more often,

887
00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:45,160
Speaker 1: right than not. A few teams have five good offensive

888
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:48,879
Speaker 1: lineman or two a level offensive lineman. None have five

889
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:50,520
Speaker 1: of those, you know what I mean. Let alone then

890
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 1: a tight end and a running back who could also

891
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:53,799
Speaker 1: chip in and help with the double teams that are

892
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:55,680
Speaker 1: going to hold up to that. I mean, the guy

893
00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:57,759
Speaker 1: that should be happiest maybe is heid Smith. You know,

894
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:00,200
Speaker 1: Wotton came, are gonna get there no matter what, and

895
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 1: in high spec is a good jong player, but he's

896
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:03,560
Speaker 1: not on that level to me, you know, I mean,

897
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:09,400
Speaker 1: so he's never gonna get doubled ever. Ever, honestly to it,

898
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,880
Speaker 1: coming back probably isn't gonna get doubled that much until

899
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:14,440
Speaker 1: he shows that he deserves it. But when we were

900
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:17,720
Speaker 1: sitting here last year at this time, if you remember,

901
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,760
Speaker 1: there was the voting that that was done by around

902
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 1: the league about the top position players that he's probe

903
00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:27,879
Speaker 1: and Aaron Donald got I can't remember how many votes,

904
00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: maybe seventeen voters or something like that, and Aaron Donald

905
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:33,719
Speaker 1: got sixteen votes. Is the number one defensive tackle in

906
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:35,720
Speaker 1: the league. And only one other guy got a vote

907
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 1: for the for the number one defensive tackle in the league,

908
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:41,440
Speaker 1: and it was Stephanto It it wasn't Cam Hayward, but

909
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:45,680
Speaker 1: his flashes are ridiculous. And hopefully, assuming the depth things

910
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:47,920
Speaker 1: all work out, the Louder Milks and the owls and

911
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:50,480
Speaker 1: all those things, is you can, you'll see more flashes

912
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:55,720
Speaker 1: because it'll be fresher. Here's a crazy thought. What's the chances.

913
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:59,320
Speaker 1: I think it's actually pretty possible that their D line,

914
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:01,680
Speaker 1: and I'm talking and about the big guys. You just

915
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:04,759
Speaker 1: mentioned the edge guys, not the outside linebackers, the D

916
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:07,920
Speaker 1: line might be their best position group this year. It

917
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:10,640
Speaker 1: could be could be right if those two are back

918
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,520
Speaker 1: Leal chips in and louder Mille takes a step forward

919
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,880
Speaker 1: and Adams is what he was last year. That's as

920
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:19,239
Speaker 1: good a pound group as you're gonna see in the league.

921
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:22,880
Speaker 1: It's pretty darn good. Yeah, Miles Jack was a savvy pickup,

922
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,080
Speaker 1: especially because the Steelers can't be sure what they're going

923
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:29,480
Speaker 1: to get out of Devon Bush after one season. Okay, Yeah,

924
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,040
Speaker 1: I'm fine with that. Cornerback, like offensive line is a

925
00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:34,080
Speaker 1: long time trouble spot. I don't know that I agree

926
00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:36,760
Speaker 1: with that. I think they value corners more than differently

927
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:39,920
Speaker 1: than something differently, and sometimes the starters are above our

928
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:42,279
Speaker 1: major problems. But it's not great when the best case

929
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 1: scenario is for the group to be average. When you

930
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:46,640
Speaker 1: have a great pass for us, you lead the league

931
00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:50,560
Speaker 1: in sacks every year, averages is more fun, right, takes

932
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:52,120
Speaker 1: of all away here and there, don't allow a ton

933
00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 1: of big plays. Have some physicality and all those guys

934
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:58,040
Speaker 1: line up to do that. You'll take it. Yeah, I

935
00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:00,160
Speaker 1: mean it's not like you have fifty million dollars and

936
00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:02,799
Speaker 1: corners either, you know. Yeah, that's the other thing. Uh.

937
00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:05,319
Speaker 1: And then he finishes with Mike Tomlin always finds way

938
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:08,560
Speaker 1: in the formula here, always finds a way in the

939
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:12,240
Speaker 1: formula here great offensive weapons and a pass rush is familiar.

940
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 1: I'd like this roster's ability to survive with a rookie

941
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:17,880
Speaker 1: quarterback better if it was in a different division. That

942
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:20,200
Speaker 1: Folcus is why they're not going to survive with a

943
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:24,040
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback, right, all right, I mean there's something I

944
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:26,319
Speaker 1: think they've done very well with everything that's in their

945
00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:30,600
Speaker 1: hands to do with. They can't determine, you know who

946
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 1: the Ravens draft and the Browns you know, signing Sam

947
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:37,040
Speaker 1: Watson and things like that. It's tough. I mean, it's

948
00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:40,560
Speaker 1: one of the most competitive situations, toughest situations in the league.

949
00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 1: But to his point, they're very equipped to handle growing

950
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:49,760
Speaker 1: pains a quarterback, whoever it is. I think I actually

951
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:53,120
Speaker 1: think the rest of the roster is pretty good and

952
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:55,319
Speaker 1: continuing to get better. That's what happens when you have

953
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:57,279
Speaker 1: all those young guys. You need to mention Manka, who's

954
00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:58,959
Speaker 1: one of the best players at his position in the league.

955
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,479
Speaker 1: People say, where's the where's the improvement kind of come from. Well,

956
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:04,920
Speaker 1: young guys get better. Yeah, young guys get better. We're

957
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:07,080
Speaker 1: gonna take another break. He is Matt Williamson. I am

958
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Speaker 1: Dale Lally. When we come back, we'll talk about the

959
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,279
Speaker 1: rest of this article and how the rest of the

960
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:13,759
Speaker 1: division breaks down. We'll do that when we come back.

961
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Speaker 1: We are live from the Steelers O t A sessions

962
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Speaker 1: here on the drive at the U p. M. C

963
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Speaker 1: Rooney Sports Complex. He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lally.

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Speaker 1: Will be back with more right after this