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

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

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Man, Good afternoons, Steelers Nation, and welcome to a

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Speaker 2: special edition of The Drive here on the Steelers Audio Network.

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Speaker 2: West Ruler Matt Williamson with you as we get ready

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Speaker 2: for the introduction of the Pittsburgh Steelers seventeenth head coach

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Speaker 2: in franchise history, Mike McCarthy. He is taking the podium now,

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Speaker 2: along with of course, team president Art Rooney the Second

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Speaker 2: and general manager Omar Kahn. And as soon as Nathan

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Speaker 2: gives me the hello or the thumbs up, we'll be

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Speaker 2: on the way there, Matt.

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Speaker 3: But here we go. It's becoming officially official right here,

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Speaker 3: right now.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Big stuff, I mean historical stuff. I mean especially

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Speaker 4: after Tom Loin was here as long as he was

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Speaker 4: big news, so we bought that going.

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Speaker 3: Let's go to the podium now to Art Rooney the Second.

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Speaker 5: Good afternoon.

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Speaker 6: Thanks everybody for being with us on this special occasion.

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Speaker 6: May be irrelevant to some of you, but I like

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Speaker 6: the fact that today is my grandfather's birthday, and he

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Speaker 6: would have loved the fact that we're hiring a guy

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Speaker 6: from Greenfield to be our coach. So but having said that,

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Speaker 6: him being from Greenfield had little to do with with

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Speaker 6: our decision here, it's really great to be able to

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Speaker 6: hire somebody who has such a tremendous winning track record

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Speaker 6: and won everywhere he's been, and so it gives us

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Speaker 6: great confidence to welcome Mike, and so I am happy

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Speaker 6: to introduce Mike McCarthy, the next head coach of the

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Speaker 6: Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 1: Mike, all right, here we go, Thank you?

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Speaker 5: Or I think I thought at least be able to

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Speaker 5: get started at the house. You know, oftentimes coaches and players,

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Speaker 5: you know, you put on new team colors and it

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Speaker 5: takes a minute to feel comfortable in those new colors.

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Speaker 5: But to be blessed beyond any measure one day to

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Speaker 5: put on the colors you wore since you brought home.

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Speaker 5: I apologize, right, I told you not to sit in

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Speaker 5: my family not here in front. This is so unfair

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Speaker 5: when you come home from Mercy Hospital. I do want

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Speaker 5: to think. I want to think art or Rooney, homework,

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Speaker 5: conn Dan Rooney and the entire Steelers organization for the

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Speaker 5: trust they placed in me to represent one of the

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Speaker 5: most stored franchise in all sports. I understand and embrace

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Speaker 5: the responsibility the privilege in the way that comes with

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Speaker 5: this stewardship, this city, this franchise, this fan base means

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Speaker 5: the world to me because Pittsburgh's my world and it's

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Speaker 5: just awesome to be back here. I do want to

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Speaker 5: thank two men I'm very fortunate to call friends, Mike

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Speaker 5: Tomlin and Bill Cower. They've represented this organization with such

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Speaker 5: class and I'm honored, honored to follow in their footsteps.

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Speaker 5: They left the preferable cupboard full for sure. My family,

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Speaker 5: my loves, my wife Jessica, kids Alex and Danny, Jack, George,

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Speaker 5: Gabby and Izzie, my parents Joe Wanella McCarthy, my sisters

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Speaker 5: Kelly and Colleen, and the crew that's here. We can

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Speaker 5: finally openly wear our Steelers swank. So let's get it.

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Speaker 5: My heart is full, my focus as singler, and it's

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Speaker 5: time to bring another championship back to this great city.

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Speaker 5: And with that, I just want to make sure that

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Speaker 5: when we do get that trophy at you know, the

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Speaker 5: seventh trophy in the case, we'll start that victory pray

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Speaker 5: at eleventh to thirty seven Greenfoot Avenue. With that, Bert

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Speaker 5: all right, pass the MIC's over.

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Speaker 7: Mike Jerry Doulack from the Post, because that did did

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Speaker 7: you think and want to get back into coaching? And

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Speaker 7: we've seen other guys take that year off and get back.

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Speaker 7: What did last year or the year off do for you?

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Speaker 7: Show you anything like that?

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Speaker 5: Well, the year off was awesome really family. You know,

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Speaker 5: I had a chance to take a year off in

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Speaker 5: nineteen and frankly, I really didn't take the year off.

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Speaker 5: I just you know, we had a group of coaches

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Speaker 5: friends mainly that we we really treated it like a season.

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Speaker 5: We started in February and still today there's projects that

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Speaker 5: you know, I never really got to in Dallas, So

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Speaker 5: I mean it was it was a football deep dive

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Speaker 5: experience that with. But this year was about family.

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Speaker 8: You know.

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Speaker 5: I spent a lot of time with the family through

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Speaker 5: the spring volleyball games, all that stuff is. I know,

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Speaker 5: I'm so ho uh great year. I had a great year.

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Speaker 5: So and then I was able to do some cool

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Speaker 5: respect for you know, Jerry than I everhap just because

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Speaker 5: you know, I says how hard you guys work. But no,

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Speaker 5: it was it was just a very fulfilling year. And

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Speaker 5: frankly went too fast because you know, because once football

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Speaker 5: season gets really once training game pits, you know, where

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Speaker 5: we all have that clock, you know, so to be

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Speaker 5: able to start, you know, start, you know, have conversations

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Speaker 5: and watch certain things. I just didn't do as much

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Speaker 5: But it was really cool to you know, step back

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Speaker 5: and look at the trends. You know, I think our

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Speaker 5: game is so much about trends. I'm just always amazed

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Speaker 5: when you look at a season, whether you're you're following

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Speaker 5: game management, your phoning fundamentals. You know, if you see

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Speaker 5: one game, and it's amazing, the three more happened the

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Speaker 5: next three weeks. So I just always have followed the

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Speaker 5: is our responsibilities coaches to make sure we're constantly teaching

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Speaker 5: was a great year. Just for media too. When you're

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Speaker 5: asked the question, raise your hands. They can see you

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Speaker 9: Where you're coming from, Mike tim Bens over here from

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Speaker 9: Trip Live.

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Speaker 5: Question, just a football one for you. I'm not asking

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Speaker 10: Your own personal preference in your best case scenario, do

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Speaker 10: you want Aaron Rodgers back as your quarterback next year?

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Speaker 5: That's a nice way he asked that, right, and that

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Speaker 5: you wouldn't. But you know, I think, just like anything,

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Speaker 5: you know, no one there and long enough going through seasons.

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Speaker 5: You know, I think when players you know, you know,

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Speaker 5: up at that stage of their career, they need to

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Speaker 5: step away and decompress it. That's I think that's very important.

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Speaker 11: Uh.

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Speaker 5: The game is so emotional, you know, what these men

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Speaker 5: have spoken to Aaron, and so that's really where you know,

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Speaker 5: that's really where we are there. But I was able

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Speaker 12: Rich Walsh, Katie k TV Mike Credentials aside. Did you

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Speaker 12: feel like you had to sell yourself in that interview

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Speaker 12: and was there any answer or story that you told

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Speaker 12: that maybe helped get you the job?

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Speaker 5: Well, I think, you know, you know, every time you

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Speaker 5: had a chance to interview, I've always enjoyed the interview process. Frankly,

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Speaker 5: you have you know, I was on three this year,

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Speaker 5: didn't have many before that. Frankly, I think anytime, you know,

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Speaker 5: coaches and players have a chance to talk football sit

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Speaker 5: down and cross the table, and you know, have a

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Speaker 5: chance to sit down and talk to Art Rooney, you

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Speaker 5: know about the game, the history, especially growing up here

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Speaker 5: and being a huge Dealer fan as a kid, and understand,

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Speaker 5: I mean, it's a great opportunity. So I'm I'm filibust

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Speaker 5: and Herecks, I'm trying to think of a good story

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Speaker 5: But no, I I just I enjoyed those conversations and

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Speaker 5: in any industry you look for fit. You know, I'm

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Speaker 5: in the process of putting together coaching staff and there's

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Speaker 5: so many outstanding coaches out there that I respect, but

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Speaker 5: it has to fit together, you know. So I did

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Speaker 5: feel very comfortable, you know, from the moment that I

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Speaker 5: was able to sit down with with Art and Omar

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Speaker 5: and and that's that's a connection. I know where I

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Speaker 5: am in my life and in my career. The GM

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Speaker 5: head coach relationships critical and and I couldn't be Pere

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Speaker 10: Omar Shan with College of Pro Michael, this this questions

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Speaker 10: for you. I got this questions for you in terms

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Speaker 10: of absent of being a Pittsburgh guy yourself, but when

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Speaker 10: you looked at the roster specifically, what attracted you most

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Speaker 10: terms of the roster.

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Speaker 5: I mean, I love the roster and I think it's

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Speaker 5: Omar's term to talk here, but I think it's a

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Speaker 5: roster that you know, is fluid. And what I mean

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Speaker 5: by that the first thing I always looked for. I know,

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Speaker 5: in my head coaching years, how many how many players

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Speaker 5: do we have returning on contract? You know, or we

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Speaker 5: had fifty two, we had sixty one, sixty four because frankly,

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Speaker 5: I mean, the draft's really important, you know, better than

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Speaker 5: free agency is important. But that group of men in

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Speaker 5: these offseason programs, particularly just being older, being in the league,

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Speaker 5: you know that time you have together, those men will

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Speaker 5: move the needle more in my opinion, more than anybody else.

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Speaker 5: And that's it. And it's a it's a great group

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Speaker 5: I'm really looking forward to moving the needle with those guys.

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Speaker 5: And definitely we'll add through free agency, we'll add through

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Speaker 5: the draft. But you know, it's a you know, like

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Speaker 5: I said that, you know, Mike Tomlin, you know in Omar,

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Speaker 5: it's they've left me a lot to work with. So

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Speaker 5: I feel good about the direction. I'm really excited about

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Speaker 5: the defense. Great Saint Alex here because defense wins championships,

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Speaker 5: you know, and you know the history of the Steelers

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Speaker 5: defense and staying with the three four is important, you know,

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Speaker 5: as far as the origin of it, and that's something

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Speaker 5: with the build off. I've been a head coach eighteen years.

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Speaker 5: I've had one top five defense, and we won a

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Speaker 13: Mike Brook prior ESPN, the last three guys that had

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Speaker 13: this job, we're in it for nineteen years, fifteen years,

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Speaker 13: twenty three years. You're a little bit more advanced in

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Speaker 13: your career than they were when they took over. But

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Speaker 13: how long do you see yourself continuing to coach? Is

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Speaker 13: what do you kind of view this timeline as well?

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Speaker 5: I think we're gonna shift the dog gears number one,

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Speaker 5: So it should be funny in your first press conference

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Speaker 5: that backfired on me last time, but so no, I

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Speaker 5: think really, I mean, you know, coach Noel growing up

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Speaker 5: someone you you like to emulate. And with Bill Kaier

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Speaker 5: and Mike Tom I have down here. I trust me.

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Speaker 5: I have great respect for that. But I really am

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Speaker 5: I mean, hell, I can't even get through the press conference.

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Speaker 5: I'm looking forward to getting started tomorrow. And you know,

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Speaker 5: and this game is about winning, you know, and the

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Speaker 11: You've had great success over the years developing quarterbacks, but

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Speaker 5: It's gone fast. And I just you know, I always

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Speaker 20: guys up here. What is your defensive philosophy and what

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Speaker 20: are you looking for on that side of the ball From.

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Speaker 5: A coaching stand Well, I mean, as we build a staff,

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Speaker 5: I mean we we definitely want to build off what's

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Speaker 5: it's in place here, you know, I mean just as

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Speaker 5: a whole. You know, you know, with this being the

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Speaker 5: third organization that I've walked into the first day, I

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Speaker 5: don't believe in them throw out the baby with the

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Speaker 5: bathwater method. I believe in you know, you know, you know,

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Speaker 5: building off what's in place, and there's a lot here

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Speaker 5: in place. I mean, it's the defenses. You know, system

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Speaker 5: has been here since nineteen ninety two, so you know,

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Speaker 5: came here with you know, coach Kauer and Don Caper's

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Speaker 5: so always been a fan of it. You know, I

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Speaker 5: always felt it was the toughest one to compete against

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Speaker 5: as an offensive coach. You know, part of the reason

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Speaker 5: why I went to it in in Green Bay. So

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Speaker 5: you know that that's Those are the things we're focused

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Speaker 5: on right now. We're putting the staff together, but you know,

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Speaker 5: you know, ideally we want to keep the language the same.

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Speaker 5: So I think, you know, those those are big decisions

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Speaker 5: when you come in here, because when you've got something

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Speaker 5: that that that works the way it's worked here for

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Speaker 5: so long, I think I think you should try to

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Speaker 5: do everything you can to build off that if possible.

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Speaker 10: Mike Jenna Harner w P x I.

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Speaker 13: In an interview you did in Dallas a few years back,

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Speaker 13: you said family first, family and football, and.

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Speaker 5: You coach your team that way.

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Speaker 15: What does that look like and why is that so

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Speaker 15: important to you?

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Speaker 10: Well?

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Speaker 5: I think, you know, I think just like anything, it's

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Speaker 5: higher raised. I think it just you know, just the basics.

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Speaker 5: You know, treat people the way you want to be treated.

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Speaker 5: I think respect goes a long ways, and I think

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Speaker 5: it always starts with the locker room because that locker

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Speaker 5: room is a family and everything we do, everything that

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Speaker 5: we do that touches the locker room is to me,

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Speaker 5: the primary focus every day. I think that's that's how

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Speaker 5: you that's how that's how you win. You win every day. Uh,

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Speaker 5: those men are making the sacrifices that those guys are performers,

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Speaker 5: and when they cross the white lines, you know, we

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Speaker 5: got to feel that we've given them everything to be successful.

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Speaker 5: So it's really keeping the light on them. It's really

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Speaker 5: keeping the light on the locker room, which is the family.

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Speaker 15: Shelby Casasi with w P x I.

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Speaker 13: What qualities are most important to you as you form

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Speaker 13: your coaching staff underneath you?

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Speaker 5: Oh, I mean a number of them. I think you know,

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Speaker 5: you know, I have a philosophy of how to structure one.

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Speaker 5: I think there's you know, there's four areas that I

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Speaker 5: that I've looked at.

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Speaker 15: You know.

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Speaker 5: Number one, you got to have experts. Got you have

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Speaker 5: that men that know the league. Uh, you know, this

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Speaker 5: league evolves. You know, you definitely want to be on

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Speaker 5: the front end of the cycle. You know, you want

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Speaker 5: to be on the back end. So that that's important

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Speaker 5: that to have the expertise and experience at a certain level.

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Speaker 5: I think it's important to look at the current coaching

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Speaker 5: staff in place, a lot of good coaches that that

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Speaker 5: we're here in place under Mike, and you have to

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Speaker 5: take that into consideration because that's that's part of the

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Speaker 5: fit and the ability to move forward and and and

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Speaker 5: and make them part of it, you know, if you

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Speaker 5: feel like it fits. And the third one is you know,

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Speaker 5: you got to look at some of these the young

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Speaker 5: and new ideas out there that that that would fit

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Speaker 5: the direction that you want to go with your team.

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Speaker 5: So and then you got to have them young dudes.

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Speaker 5: You you got to have the guys that grind. You

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Speaker 5: gotta have the grinders that they're going to be there.

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Speaker 5: And frankly, they came up the way Omar and I

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Speaker 5: did you know we you know, we didn't have the

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Speaker 5: resources back then that you have today in computers, So

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Speaker 5: you know you slept in the office back then you

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Speaker 5: did those things. I'm not looking for that now because

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Speaker 5: of the resources you do have. But so staying true

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Speaker 5: to that, you know, that methodology is how I've done it.

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Speaker 5: And at the end of the day, it has it has.

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Speaker 16: To fit together, Mike to favor with the athletic Mike,

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Speaker 16: you bring a reputation of offensive football. I'm curious just

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Speaker 16: where did you How would you describe your philosophy on

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Speaker 16: offense and how has that evolved over time.

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Speaker 5: Well, you know, I'm a believer in the tradition to

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Speaker 5: the West Coast offense, and the first thing that always

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Speaker 5: came to mind was the offense needs to be built

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Speaker 5: to make the quarterback successful, for as simplistic as it is,

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Speaker 5: and that starts with running the football. I mean, you

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Speaker 5: got to run the football because if you don't run

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Speaker 5: the football, and you don't, you know Taylor, your your

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Speaker 5: protection schemes in the action pass game to the running game.

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Speaker 5: Obviously that's not going to affect the defense and have

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Speaker 5: the benefits of of what you're looking for. So and

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Speaker 5: then you know, in the way the quarterbacks coach in

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Speaker 5: that system, you know you want you want a more

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Speaker 5: athletic player in that position, the man it can extend

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Speaker 5: plays and play to the rhythm, timing, spacing and all

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Speaker 5: the things that go into, you know, to an offensive system.

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Speaker 5: So but at the end of the day, you know

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Speaker 5: you'll never hear me say this because you know I

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Speaker 5: would never say we run the West Coast offense. You know,

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Speaker 5: if your system of football cannot take in every player

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Speaker 5: that Omar and Art want to bring to the Pittsburgh Steelers,

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Speaker 5: then you need to take a look at your system.

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Speaker 5: So you know, we need to make sure we can

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Speaker 5: accommodate you know, the variety of players that are available

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Speaker 5: to us. You more, This one's.

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Speaker 21: For Omar, and then I followed for Mike. Omar, Mike's

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Speaker 21: had an extensive time working with the quarterbacks. How much

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Speaker 21: did that play a factor in bringing him on to

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Speaker 21: be a head coach because I know, like you've been

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Speaker 21: making it a priority to find a long term option

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Speaker 21: a quarterback. And then, Mike, how has the quarterback position

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Speaker 21: evolved and what have you learned over the time of

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Speaker 21: working all the way back with Joe Montana, but then

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Speaker 21: also recently pre something with Dak Prescott.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's a good question.

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Speaker 19: I'd say, look with everybody we we talked to, you know,

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Speaker 19: the conversation of developing the next young you know, next

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Speaker 19: quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers was part of it. I

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Speaker 19: think Mike's resume speaks for itself who he's been around.

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Speaker 19: But you know, we're excited about working with Will and yeah,

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Speaker 19: I mean that that was a.

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Speaker 5: Part of it. Quarterback play, I think the obvious is

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Speaker 5: is the role changes. Uh, their ability to run, you know,

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Speaker 5: they're they're running the quarterback runs, you know, the called

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Speaker 5: quarterback runs is probably the biggest thing it's changed in

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Speaker 5: the last five, six, seven years. And obviously you know

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Speaker 5: the roles, you know, protecting them and making it possible

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Speaker 5: just the way you you know, you play defense. You know,

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Speaker 5: you've got a seven gap run scheme. Now it has

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Speaker 5: an eighth element too, because the quarterback can pull the ball,

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Speaker 5: you know, in the eight gap nine gap schemes. So,

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Speaker 5: I mean, I think that that is the biggest evolution

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Speaker 5: that that I think is obvious to all of us.

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Speaker 5: But at the end of the day to when these

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Speaker 5: big games are being played. You know, in January, they're

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Speaker 5: still going to make throws from the pocket. And that's

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Speaker 5: why the you know, the belief and the footwork and

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Speaker 5: the training and all those things you know that goes

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Speaker 5: into it. But yeah, the running quarterback is is the

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Speaker 5: biggest change that I've seen.

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Speaker 18: And Mike Brian Batka from the post because that I

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Speaker 18: just wanted to ask you, I mean, what what can

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Speaker 18: you share about what these last seventy two hours have

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Speaker 18: been like for you? How much of it's been whether

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Speaker 18: it's returning calls and text to family and friends, or

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Speaker 18: planning the next steps draft process pre draft wise. What

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Speaker 18: can you pull back the curtain for us on these

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Speaker 18: few days.

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Speaker 5: I think the two the two words that jumped to

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Speaker 5: the front are overwhelming and surreal, you know, the opportunity

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Speaker 5: of the Pittsburgh Steelers. But the overwhelming response that that's occurred.

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Speaker 5: I mean, I've I've seen more. I've I've received probably

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Speaker 5: twice as many at least text messages in calls and

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Speaker 5: I did when we won the Super Bowl. It's just

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Speaker 5: been it's been overwhelming. So but the last you know,

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Speaker 5: forty eight seventy hours have been about the staff. So

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Speaker 5: I mean, it's just been NonStop because you know, trying

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Speaker 5: to make it fit together, and there's you know, it's

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Speaker 5: it's it's uh, it's more difficult to put a staff

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Speaker 5: together today and it was six years ago and definitely

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Speaker 5: twenty years ago. So two more than total.

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Speaker 22: Mike Greetfit of Paula from the Pittsburgh Post is that

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Speaker 22: when do you need to have an answer from Aaron

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Speaker 22: By And the second part of the question is you've

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Speaker 22: took this year off, what's your first thoughts on this

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Speaker 22: year's quarterback class coming out of college?

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Speaker 5: That's probably a better question for Omar, you know, just

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Speaker 5: because because I'm just getting started on the on the

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Speaker 5: on the draft process, and we'll you know, we'll dive

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Speaker 5: in the frankly once we get past this coaching staff development.

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Speaker 5: But yeah, timelines we have, we we we haven't discussed

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Speaker 5: that yet.

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Speaker 9: Nick faibab pen Live, Mike, your your system has had

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Speaker 9: lots of star receivers, guys like Jordan Nelson see Lamb.

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Speaker 9: As you look at the current state of your wide

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Speaker 9: receivers and your weaponry adding in the tight end running

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Speaker 9: back room, what stands out about it to you and

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Speaker 9: do you maybe need to add new types of receivers

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Speaker 9: to fit what you want to do schematically?

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Speaker 5: Well, I just think like any coaching, I mean, you're

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Speaker 5: supposed to look at what you have and you look

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Speaker 5: at the opportunity to develop. And you know, as far

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Speaker 5: as the receiver position as a whole, you know, we

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Speaker 5: were at our best in Green Bay to Jordan Nelson,

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Speaker 5: their error is because all those guys work so well together.

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Speaker 5: And you know, this game is about matchups. You know,

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Speaker 5: your ability to put you know, your third receiver on

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Speaker 5: the on the third corner, the third and and hopefully

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Speaker 5: that's that that's a favorable matchup, or move those guys around,

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Speaker 5: and you know you want you want your receivers to

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Speaker 5: be able to play all three positions, you know, because

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Speaker 5: when you can have the flexibility of that. That goes

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Speaker 5: back to the first statement about making a quarterback successful,

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Speaker 5: because the quarterbacks are trained in conceptional you know, in

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Speaker 5: conceptual development of how you throw the football. So that

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Speaker 5: helps you with their footwork training because you know, but

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Speaker 5: if you've got nine hundred plays just to beat every

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Speaker 5: defense or beat every that's very difficult on a quarterback.

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Speaker 5: So if you truly want to play to the rhythm

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Speaker 5: and time in a quarterback, you know your perimeter, guys,

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Speaker 5: being able to play multiple positions is very important. So

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Speaker 5: That'll be our approach with these guys, and I'm looking

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Speaker 5: forward to getting started with them.

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Speaker 4: That's the first thing that stood out to me was

653
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Speaker 4: the emotion behind it all. And you know obviously means

654
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 4: a lot to him, and the hometown, you know, aspect

655
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:21,080
Speaker 4: of it all adds to it. Of course, now that

656
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 4: doesn't make you a better football code No I grew

657
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,320
Speaker 4: up or born down the road, or you know, any

658
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:29,400
Speaker 4: of those things. But I do think it's very important

659
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 4: to him. He didn't get a lot into scheme or

660
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,720
Speaker 4: the roster, in particular, Will Howard's name popped up, Rogers

661
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 4: name popped up. I heard a reference to the three

662
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:44,440
Speaker 4: four defense. Yes, and I don't know if that's going

663
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,840
Speaker 4: to influence what coordinator they hire on that side of

664
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 4: the ball. But good stuff alling all, you know, right.

665
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 2: He mentioned a lot of different specifics here that we

666
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,840
Speaker 2: can kind of jump into, yeah, yeah, as we roll along.

667
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 2: But I think the biggest one there that you mentioned

668
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 2: is being asked about Aaron Rodgers. And when he was asked,

669
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,400
Speaker 2: would you be interested in having Aaron Rodgers back, he

670
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 2: said an I quote definitely. I don't see why you

671
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 2: wouldn't end quote on Aaron Rodgers. Now, later on they

672
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 2: talked about timelines and he's got to talk with Omar

673
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 2: Kahn and the draft and free agency and all these

674
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 2: different things. But there was there was no dancing around

675
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:28,480
Speaker 2: the answer from him. There was no like politically correct answer.

676
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,720
Speaker 2: I know that's not the exact term, but you know

677
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 2: what I mean. He could have easily given I think

678
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 2: a non answer answer to like, I haven't even really

679
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 2: thought about that, and I'm just getting into roster evaluations,

680
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 2: and I've just started to have conversations with Omar. He's like, no, definitely,

681
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,360
Speaker 2: I don't see why you wouldn't. That to me is

682
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:48,120
Speaker 2: pretty telling, and I think, yeah, obviously Aaron, and he's

683
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 2: got his whole say and does he want to play

684
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 2: another year? Does he want that to be here in Pittsburgh.

685
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 2: But I think that door is pretty wide open as

686
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 2: we stand here, you know today, on Tuesday, January twenty seven.

687
00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,720
Speaker 4: That's just the vibe I got as well, and I'm

688
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,360
Speaker 4: sure that was discussed before he was hired. That's not

689
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 4: the first time Aaron Rodgers' names popped up in that

690
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 4: building the last twenty four hours or so, and I

691
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 4: understand it. I have mixed feelings because I have great

692
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:19,239
Speaker 4: respect for Rogers' career. He exceeded my expectations here too,

693
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,799
Speaker 4: But I also think there better be a long term

694
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 4: plan in place as well, and I'm sure there will be,

695
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,520
Speaker 4: don't get me wrong, But the way he answered it,

696
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:33,000
Speaker 4: I was fond of, you know, would you be interested? Yes,

697
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 4: would be interested, you know, and without hesitation.

698
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:37,520
Speaker 2: And I guess that's it's all in how the question

699
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,760
Speaker 2: is worded, right, right, of course, we'd be interested.

700
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, interested, right, yeah, totally definitely. Why wouldn't be interested?

701
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,800
Speaker 4: I mean we're inking on a contract tomorrow. YEA sure knows.

702
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 3: Sure, that's that's a that's a good point by you.

703
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:52,759
Speaker 2: And yeah, you know he talked about how you know,

704
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 2: it's an honor to follow guys like Bill Cower and

705
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:55,839
Speaker 2: Mike Tomlin and.

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00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 4: I appreciate that that he mentioned that right off the bat.

707
00:34:57,920 --> 00:34:58,359
Speaker 3: I did too.

708
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 2: And how about MPR there ask and the Iron City

709
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,799
Speaker 2: question from the beer care that's I forgot about that

710
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:08,439
Speaker 2: famous story of Bill Cower leaving the Iron City beer

711
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,400
Speaker 2: for for Mike Tomlin and the fridge there in the office.

712
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 2: Mike McCarthy was asked if that same can of beer

713
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 2: was still there. He said, I haven't really been to

714
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 2: the office much yet to have to let you know.

715
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 4: Or something that should grab a case of iron and there.

716
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:27,600
Speaker 3: The better figure it out real quick, uh.

717
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,839
Speaker 2: The statement from the opening statement from Steelers President Art Rudy,

718
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 2: the second on Mike McCarthy was as follows. I am

719
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,799
Speaker 2: pleased to announce the hiring of Mike McCarthy as our

720
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 2: next head coach. Mike brings a proven track record of success,

721
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,799
Speaker 2: championship excellence and a deep understanding of what it takes

722
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,439
Speaker 2: to build and sustain a winning culture in the National

723
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:48,280
Speaker 2: Football League. Throughout his career, Mike has demonstrated strong leadership,

724
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 2: a commitment to player development, and the ability to adapt

725
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:55,320
Speaker 2: and evolve in a highly competitive league. His experienced preparation

726
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 2: and respect for the traditions of this organization align with

727
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 2: the values that we have defined that pitts Burg Steelers

728
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,959
Speaker 2: for generations A part of me. Let me say that again,

729
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:06,400
Speaker 2: align with the values that have defined the Pittsburgh Steelers

730
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 2: for generations. We are confident that Mike is right, is

731
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 2: the right leader for our football team, and we look

732
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,319
Speaker 2: forward to working together as we pursue our goal of

733
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 2: competing for championships and representing Steelers Nation with pride. End

734
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 2: quote there from Art Rooney the second who was on

735
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:24,680
Speaker 2: site along with obviously Omar Kahn and some other know

736
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 2: Mel Blunt was hanging out down there, Joey Porter Sr.

737
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,880
Speaker 2: And some current guys I think Peas Junior and Alex

738
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 2: high Smith we're down there as well. I think I

739
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,919
Speaker 2: saw Ryan Shazier in one of the shots down there.

740
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,920
Speaker 2: So a lot of moving and shaking, certainly, and it

741
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 2: is now in the books, Matt, and uh now it

742
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 2: against now the work begins, and now the now, the now,

743
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 2: the fun really starts. And kind of from our perspective

744
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 2: of filling out the coaching staff here in the coming weeks,

745
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 2: something that we'll talk about more in hour.

746
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 3: Number two and and Senior Ball combine.

747
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,080
Speaker 2: Free agency, I mean free agency, Matt, is just a

748
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 2: shade over a month away.

749
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 4: Things happen pretty soon here.

750
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 3: Five weeks away from free agency.

751
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, so timeline for the Steelers I would

752
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,880
Speaker 4: imagine is we'll start to hear things about hirings. I

753
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:21,400
Speaker 4: would think that's coming rather soon. I know we'll go

754
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 4: around the league at some point in the next hour

755
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,400
Speaker 4: and a half or whatever. But Adam Schefter thinks the

756
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:29,760
Speaker 4: other head coaching jobs are pretty set to fall in line. Okay,

757
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 4: so coordinators can then follow and turn and it sounds

758
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,280
Speaker 4: like the Steelers reached out to a coordinator already. Senior

759
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 4: Bowl is going to be hot and heavy. It really

760
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,399
Speaker 4: is draft season now too, And like you said, free

761
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 4: agencies really close.

762
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:45,279
Speaker 2: It sure is, I mean five weeks away, and we

763
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 2: could see those So even before that, like about four

764
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:50,320
Speaker 2: weeks from now, we could see all those reports trickling

765
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 2: out of you know, verbal agreements, and they're during the

766
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,279
Speaker 2: legal tampering period between the Steelers and to re.

767
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 4: Sign somebody their own, you know, they don't let them

768
00:37:58,080 --> 00:37:59,279
Speaker 4: hit the test the waters, you know.

769
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 2: Yep, So a whole lot to keep an eye on here.

770
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 2: I want to get into more of what Mike McCarthy

771
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,320
Speaker 2: said talking about that three to four defense, talking about

772
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,279
Speaker 2: calling the plays, talking about what he believes in as

773
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,759
Speaker 2: his offensive philosophy. Want to get into all those things

774
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,440
Speaker 2: and more here. We'll talk to Chris Adamski. He was

775
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,000
Speaker 2: down there on the South Side Hill. Join us about

776
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 2: forty minutes from now in hour number two as well,

777
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,040
Speaker 2: So plenty to get to as we roll along.

778
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Speaker 3: Just getting started here. It is the Drive on a Tuesday.

779
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,480
Speaker 2: West Huler and Matt Williamson with you on Steelers Nation

780
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:32,279
Speaker 2: Radio on the Steelers Audio Network, your twos.

781
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 1: About Drive on your twenty four to seven home of

782
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 1: the Black and Goal, Steelers Nation Radio.

783
00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:47,880
Speaker 2: All right, Matt, we are back here on the Drive,

784
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 2: rolling along, reacting to Mike McCarthy's press conferences. He was

785
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:55,320
Speaker 2: just named seventeenth head coach in Pittsburgh Steelers franchise history.

786
00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 2: I got some offensive stuff and some defensive stuff that

787
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:01,719
Speaker 2: I want to to Okay, Garteeth too, let's start with

788
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 2: one that you mentioned already. He wants to stay with

789
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 2: the three four defense. He talked, he mentioned that, talked

790
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:11,239
Speaker 2: about how that way tradition, right, you know, and he

791
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 2: made a common along the lines of like, I don't

792
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 2: want to throw the baby out with the bathwater, and

793
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 2: this is the you know, the personnel that we have here.

794
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 2: And so again, we always have to be careful that

795
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 2: at these press conferences what everyone says. It's not ironclad,

796
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 2: it's not written in stone, but it does sound like

797
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:34,120
Speaker 2: there won't be a massive overhaul of the defensive scheme.

798
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 4: If we operate under that assumption, which who knows, And

799
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:41,160
Speaker 4: he may have a decordinator lined up that has a

800
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,680
Speaker 4: three four background, so he knows that's the way it's

801
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:47,399
Speaker 4: going to be anyway, Sure, I don't know. First off,

802
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:51,560
Speaker 4: I don't say this enough because I assume all the

803
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 4: listeners know, and I shouldn't. The lines between four three

804
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 4: and three four are much blurrier now than they were

805
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 4: back in the day, and the Coward days, the Casey Hampton,

806
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,799
Speaker 4: Jewel Steed days, where we were two gaping and we

807
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,279
Speaker 4: always had you had a big nose, and the two

808
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,879
Speaker 4: defensive ends were six five and then you had two

809
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 4: speedballs off the edge. There's a lot of varieties right

810
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,719
Speaker 4: now across the league of five man fronts, and that's

811
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,400
Speaker 4: really the way to look at it. It's bothered me

812
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 4: since I could crawl or do anything about football that

813
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:27,120
Speaker 4: three four teams call those edge guys linebackers because they don't.

814
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:30,680
Speaker 3: Used to be outside linebackers. Right now, it's edge guys, right.

815
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:32,879
Speaker 4: They are edge guys, you know. I mean there's there're

816
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:36,359
Speaker 4: more upfield pass rushers. I mean it's not like they

817
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,359
Speaker 4: drop into coverage like the Lebauda's a lot. I mean

818
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,280
Speaker 4: it happens here and there. But everybody's moving guys around

819
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:46,080
Speaker 4: and most of the league's playing in nickel. So okay,

820
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,320
Speaker 4: if your base is a three to four, that's fine.

821
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 4: But I think this personnel isn't pigeonholed to that either.

822
00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 4: I mean, there's not a Hampton on this team that

823
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:56,680
Speaker 4: can only do that.

824
00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,320
Speaker 2: Sure, you know, sure, And you have some guys that

825
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 2: have some versatility that you think you could ask them

826
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:06,279
Speaker 2: to maybe be a little more multiple as well. So yeah,

827
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:08,600
Speaker 2: that that makes a lot of sense, And obviously that'll

828
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,720
Speaker 2: be something we'll discuss more whenever than the defensive coordinator

829
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 2: higher is made and known, and we can we can,

830
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 2: you know, dissect that a little bit more.

831
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:18,760
Speaker 4: But it certainly wouldn't shock me if they did hire

832
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,880
Speaker 4: somebody with a three that at least has has a

833
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:25,480
Speaker 4: three to four background. Sure, but I think it's crazy

834
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 4: to be like, well, the defense was great in nineteen

835
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,319
Speaker 4: eighty five, because with a three four, then we should

836
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 4: run a three four, you know, like, just you don't

837
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:37,360
Speaker 4: keep the same scheme because the tradition the league's changing,

838
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,280
Speaker 4: you know what I mean. That's like, well, the Celtics

839
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:42,279
Speaker 4: of the sixties didn't shoot three pointers, so we're not.

840
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 3: We're not gonna shoot.

841
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:43,879
Speaker 5: Yeah.

842
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 4: They want a ton of games, Well that's okay. You're

843
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:47,839
Speaker 4: gonna lose a lot of games. You do that, right, Yeah,

844
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 4: you're right.

845
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:50,319
Speaker 3: You gotta get with it or get lost, right, right right?

846
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 4: Right?

847
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,279
Speaker 3: Uh So yeah, so that that I found, I.

848
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:57,440
Speaker 4: Found was interesting. He said the words three four, correct, Yeah, yeah, correct.

849
00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:00,960
Speaker 2: Another thing that uh, he did not he did not

850
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 2: make any bones about, he answered directly. Was actually actually

851
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:05,880
Speaker 2: asked by Chris Danski, who will talk to you here

852
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:08,640
Speaker 2: in our number two he said any quote, I will

853
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 2: call the plays in terms of we do that.

854
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:11,880
Speaker 3: I think we knew that.

855
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,399
Speaker 4: But it's He's been on record other places saying I'll

856
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:16,920
Speaker 4: never give that up. Correct. He has not said that

857
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,400
Speaker 4: as an employee of the Steelers.

858
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 2: And I like hearing that because I I like that.

859
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 2: There's not the I feel like and I understand it, Matt.

860
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:27,560
Speaker 2: I'm I'm not naive. I understand why teams do that.

861
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:31,440
Speaker 2: Of like the if you make it so clear cut, delegated,

862
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 2: here's who does this, Here's who does that, Here's who

863
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 2: does that, it can almost open you up more so

864
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 2: for criticism, like I get it, as you say all

865
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Speaker 2: the time, these are all these are all businesses that

866
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Speaker 2: operate differently. Of course, it's you know McDonald's and Chick

867
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:46,360
Speaker 2: fil A and Wendy's, and they do things differently, but

868
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:51,600
Speaker 2: they're in their same orbit. They again, they're trying to

869
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 2: protect their people and protect protect their image and in

870
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:56,239
Speaker 2: a way let's not kid ourselves, like control narratives and

871
00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:58,759
Speaker 2: all those different things. Of course, of course, and so

872
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 2: a lot of times coaches organizations will be coy around that.

873
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:06,360
Speaker 2: Who calls the plays on offense on defense, who exactly

874
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:08,319
Speaker 2: is in charge? Well, it's a collective effort and all

875
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:10,960
Speaker 2: these different things, right right. I liked Mike McCarthy making

876
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 2: no bones about that, coming right out and saying, I'll

877
00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:13,720
Speaker 2: call the plays on offense.

878
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 4: Like we knew Mike Tomlin was heavily involved with the defense.

879
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,840
Speaker 4: I mean involved with the whole team, but especially the defense,

880
00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:22,880
Speaker 4: But we never knew to what degree and who's calling

881
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 4: what and on this make it or break it third down?

882
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:31,120
Speaker 3: You know who overrides you in the red zone final call.

883
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:33,400
Speaker 4: When the head coach is calling every play on offense,

884
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:36,800
Speaker 4: he's going to be judge jury. Of course, across the board.

885
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:40,800
Speaker 4: There might be somebody in his ear here and there. Now,

886
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 4: not to rain a negative light on it because he's

887
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:45,840
Speaker 4: done in his whole career. Well, there was a stretch

888
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:47,759
Speaker 4: like the two year stretcher that he gave it up,

889
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 4: I think because he said he's ever gonna give it

890
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:53,640
Speaker 4: up again. But Andy Reid was a victim of this.

891
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 4: A lot of these head coaches that call plays struggle

892
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 4: with clock management and head coach stuff. And yeah, I

893
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 4: mean on game day, you know, because I got my hit,

894
00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 4: my well, I got the thing in front of me,

895
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:10,200
Speaker 4: I'm thinking about the next play. Should I call a

896
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 4: time out? Should I not? And frankly, that's been one

897
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:16,800
Speaker 4: of the criticisms of McCarthy over his head coaching career.

898
00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:21,320
Speaker 4: Is game management stuff. Sure, Now, from what I understand

899
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:24,760
Speaker 4: and I read this, I can't confirm it. But in Dallas,

900
00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:28,520
Speaker 4: I think after his first year or there was a

901
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:34,400
Speaker 4: stint there that the Cowboys hired somebody just for that reason.

902
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:38,759
Speaker 4: They kind of had like a game day clock management,

903
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:42,480
Speaker 4: game manager guy, and I'm sure they did a lot

904
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:44,120
Speaker 4: of other things during the course of a week. Of course,

905
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:47,440
Speaker 4: that doesn't need to show up for three hours every Sunday.

906
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 4: I mean, was he was on the coaching staff and

907
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 4: they had a bigger coaching staff than the Steelers. I'm

908
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:56,319
Speaker 4: curious how that'll be handled. Will be somebody in the

909
00:44:56,360 --> 00:45:00,800
Speaker 4: booth if he's calling plays, Hey slow a down, coach,

910
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 4: or speed it up, or I might want to call

911
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:06,440
Speaker 4: a time out here, or yeah, are you're going if

912
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 4: you don't get it? Or you're going for it on

913
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:11,080
Speaker 4: fourth or go for two or all that kind of stuff. Obviously,

914
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:18,200
Speaker 4: So that's every every decision has a positive and a

915
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:21,200
Speaker 4: negative I love that he's calling plays because he has

916
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:23,919
Speaker 4: a very good track record of doing it. I'll bet

917
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,920
Speaker 4: on him to do a better job than frankly, anyone

918
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 4: around here in recent memory, because I think he's been

919
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:33,839
Speaker 4: the best track record of the play callers that have

920
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:38,000
Speaker 4: been here over the last six years. Sure, but there's

921
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 4: a negative to it too. There's a reason some kind

922
00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:42,319
Speaker 4: some of the smart offensive minds give it up.

923
00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:46,480
Speaker 2: And that makes a ton of sense because, like you

924
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,479
Speaker 2: kind of mentioned, you're in your call sheet, you're thinking

925
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:51,279
Speaker 2: about the next thing, the next thing, the next thing,

926
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:56,120
Speaker 2: the next play call. You know, if your defense is

927
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 2: out on the field, but you're about to get the

928
00:45:57,560 --> 00:46:00,400
Speaker 2: ball back, you're thinking, all right, where's our starting field position?

929
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 3: What do we want to do on first down?

930
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 4: Some of those guys get busy talking to the quarterback.

931
00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:06,480
Speaker 2: Get busy talking the quarterback the offensive line or the

932
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:10,360
Speaker 2: wide receivers or your offensive coordinator, your offensive line coach

933
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 2: and a big.

934
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:13,000
Speaker 4: Job, and you can't just hit pause like you're playing

935
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:16,360
Speaker 4: Madden and there's seventy thousand people screaming at you, and

936
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 4: there's a play clock and things happen quick on the sideline.

937
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 3: Yes, and also you're standing down on the sideline.

938
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:23,960
Speaker 2: You don't have a monitor right in front of your

939
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:26,040
Speaker 2: face with the time and the play clock, and you

940
00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:29,120
Speaker 2: know the the play clock is down in the end

941
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:32,520
Speaker 2: zone somewhere, and the game clock is up on the

942
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,640
Speaker 2: jumbo t'ren somewhere, And that's a lot of responsible I

943
00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:37,800
Speaker 2: think people can understand why that's a lot to juggle.

944
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:41,040
Speaker 2: And you're right, that is one of the common criticism

945
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 2: criticisms of coaches who call their own plays is you

946
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:48,000
Speaker 2: don't have enough. You don't have enough brain power to

947
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,720
Speaker 2: do to be fully invested in that and fully invested

948
00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:54,720
Speaker 2: in the CEO bigger picture, timeouts and clock management and hold.

949
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:57,840
Speaker 4: A lot of ways your left guard's hurt, but you

950
00:46:58,160 --> 00:46:59,320
Speaker 4: didn't realize there was a substitute.

951
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:03,480
Speaker 2: Sure, but I take it. I take it from your standpoint.

952
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:06,719
Speaker 2: If the play calling track record is as successful as

953
00:47:06,719 --> 00:47:10,000
Speaker 2: it has been for Mike McCarthy, that's a fair risk

954
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:10,439
Speaker 2: to take.

955
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:12,520
Speaker 4: Yes, I think one of the reasons you hire him

956
00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:14,600
Speaker 4: is because he's such a good play caller and game

957
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:19,160
Speaker 4: day offensive mind. We may never find these answers out,

958
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:20,440
Speaker 4: you know, Like that's one of the things that that

959
00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:23,520
Speaker 4: a lot of people don't divulge to the media. You know,

960
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:26,480
Speaker 4: who's who's in your ear about replays, who's in your

961
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,640
Speaker 4: ear about and stuff like that. We may never find

962
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:32,360
Speaker 4: those things out, but I hope that they're addressing the

963
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:35,719
Speaker 4: idea like they did in Dallas, apparently that there is

964
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:38,160
Speaker 4: someone on game day that pretty much that's their only

965
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:42,080
Speaker 4: responsibility is game management stuff or game management advice. I

966
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:43,360
Speaker 4: know that mean they're in charge.

967
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:46,200
Speaker 2: I know that's become much more popular around the league

968
00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:48,880
Speaker 2: with with coaches challenges.

969
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:50,840
Speaker 4: With you don't even have to have a football background,

970
00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:53,240
Speaker 4: I mean, ire someone from t or you know, right.

971
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 3: Exactly right.

972
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:53,960
Speaker 4: Yeah.

973
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:55,600
Speaker 2: In fact, I think there was a there was a

974
00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:59,360
Speaker 2: guy who was doing that stuff. I can't remember if

975
00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:01,360
Speaker 2: it was for the Pirates the Penguins. That was from CMU,

976
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:03,799
Speaker 2: that makes sense. And he was like a video analytics guy,

977
00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:06,239
Speaker 2: and he was the one who was like that ball

978
00:48:06,239 --> 00:48:08,719
Speaker 2: actually landed foul, or you know, that was outside the

979
00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 2: strike zone, or that hockey puck didn't completely cross the.

980
00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:13,719
Speaker 3: Goal line, you know whatever, and they like radio down

981
00:48:13,719 --> 00:48:14,480
Speaker 3: to the coach.

982
00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:17,680
Speaker 4: And in this in this instant coach, the analytics tell

983
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:20,160
Speaker 4: you to go for two. That exactly right, Okay, that

984
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:22,279
Speaker 4: sounds great, but I don't like any of our two

985
00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 4: point plays. I'm not going to anyways, but at least

986
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:24,560
Speaker 4: I thought.

987
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:28,440
Speaker 2: About three from the mid From midfield, it tells you that, yeah.

988
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:31,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, do the analytics say go for it? He said, okay, great,

989
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:35,080
Speaker 4: but my entire interior line's hurt and we can't block anybody, so.

990
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:37,880
Speaker 2: I know he's coming down the winds blown field position

991
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:38,760
Speaker 2: is going to be at a premium.

992
00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:41,240
Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely, Uh.

993
00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:43,920
Speaker 2: To start our number two one of the things that

994
00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:46,040
Speaker 2: Mike McCarthy said, and I saved this for last because

995
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:47,799
Speaker 2: I did want to. I wanted to have more time

996
00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:50,800
Speaker 2: for it, is that he's a believer in the tradition

997
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:54,600
Speaker 2: of the West Coast offense. Yes, what does that mean?

998
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:57,759
Speaker 2: What does that look like? What does that mean for quarterbacks?

999
00:48:57,880 --> 00:48:59,640
Speaker 2: We will discuss all of that when we returned to

1000
00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:03,600
Speaker 2: start number two. West Shuler Matt Williamson halfway Home here

1001
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Speaker 2: on the Drive today on Steelers Nation Radio on the

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Speaker 2: Steelers Audio Network.