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Speaker 1: Iheartradios live coverage of about twenty twenty five Steelers training camp.

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Speaker 2: Little physicality in the end zone to our right here

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Speaker 2: as we enter the third hour, as it's goal line time,

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Speaker 2: Matthew and Caleb Johnson trying to bounce that one in

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Speaker 2: and good lord man, that defensive line is.

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Speaker 3: Swarming as the second one. The first one was Rogers

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Speaker 3: saw a touchdown, defense didn't. So I don't know if

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Speaker 3: they got him, but it was a big collision at

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Speaker 3: the goal line that one. That one was no doubt right.

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Speaker 2: In fact, they might have lost a yard or two.

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Speaker 2: And man, I tell you what a lot of offensive

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Speaker 2: line bodies Broderick and Zach and Mason all picking himself

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Speaker 2: off the the dirt on that one. You got y

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Speaker 2: A Black and Kean o' benton and Derek Harmon in there.

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Speaker 3: Herbig Sawyer bringing in an extra lineman. Maybe okay, can't

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Speaker 3: tell there's six out there.

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Speaker 2: We'll take a peek here whenever they break the huddle

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Speaker 2: as Aaron Rodgers gets final instruction from Arthur Smith, and

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Speaker 2: it looks like this offensive. You're right, though, there was

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Speaker 2: it looked like maybe McCollum was in the huddle there

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Speaker 2: for yeah, Rogers and shotgun. Now uh here at the

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Speaker 2: goal line with five split out wide, He's gonna look left,

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Speaker 2: throw one up in the mount. Washington goes up and

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Speaker 2: gets it. That's some other stuff I wouldn't mind. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I'm not typically a fan of the goal line fade.

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Speaker 3: But if Roderick Jones just losing the mind about something,

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Speaker 3: is he It was upset about it. He kept going

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Speaker 3: to the raft he wanted there.

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Speaker 2: Like an excited or excited about the wind too, say,

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Speaker 2: hands of the hands of the face. He just went

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Speaker 2: to the one referee and put his hand up by

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Speaker 2: his chin, said hands of the face on.

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Speaker 3: That one and being a touchdown either way ended.

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Speaker 2: Up being a touchdown either way. Penalty touchdown stands as

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Speaker 2: Mason Rudolph will check into the game.

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Speaker 3: Now, Yeah, McCormick keeps or not McCormick. McCollum keeps like

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Speaker 3: getting involved. I guess just wants to hear the call.

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Speaker 2: I think so, yeah, right, that's crud as he will

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Speaker 3: Got the big fellows up with a full back.

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Speaker 2: They sure do, They sure do. For some goal line

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Speaker 2: stuff here, Yeah, Connor had full back with Caleb Johnson

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Speaker 2: behind him. Caleb Johnson will get the hand off, able

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Speaker 2: to get in.

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Speaker 3: There initially, and then I think he fought his way through.

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Speaker 2: I would agree, did a good job keeping his feet

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Speaker 2: moving and staying upright with his center of gravity and

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Speaker 2: able on the second effort to get into the end zone.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it looks like defense was gonna win that from

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Speaker 3: the start. But good work by Johnson.

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Speaker 2: It did. It's certainly did.

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Speaker 3: I don't if they're making this a seven shots I mean,

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Speaker 3: I geah if they're doing seven of them, because.

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Speaker 2: It looks like, well, no, never mind. It looked like

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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers was going to check back in, but I

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Speaker 2: think he was just just offering some instruction of Mason

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Speaker 2: Rudolph there instead. As he goes back and gets some water,

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Speaker 2: we'll see some more reps here. Second team in for

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Speaker 2: the defense, Second team in for the offense. Still got

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Speaker 2: Connor Hayward a fullback. Yeah, now with Trey Sermon behind.

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Speaker 3: Him, Jones pretty much exclusively playing right here.

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Speaker 2: Yes he has and now loud and that's a sack

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Speaker 2: by de Marvin leel Is Mason will throw it out

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Speaker 2: of the back of the end zone. Not the best

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Speaker 3: Defense.

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Speaker 2: Defense punching back a little bit there, Yeah, good to see.

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Speaker 2: As let's see here, we'll have a couple of substitutions.

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Speaker 2: Look like Cole Holcomb is going to check out a

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Speaker 2: couple of changes to the offensive line as well too,

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Speaker 2: still have Chuck Clark is the safety? You got Mark

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Speaker 3: Still is Lee owl is that kind of big edge? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Devin Harper out there at linebacker as well too.

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Speaker 3: Big fan.

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Speaker 4: That's a good guy.

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Speaker 3: Good point that he's this is pretty high in the

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Speaker 3: depth chart for him. He is getting noticed as we thought.

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Speaker 2: He runs around the edge of the break up there. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Chuck Clark with a nice breakup, good pressure.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, Logan Lee and Devin Harper with some real

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Speaker 2: good pressure on that one as well too.

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Speaker 3: To Mark didn't see it either, I mean his back

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Speaker 3: was to the pass. He just played the receiver's hands

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Speaker 3: and went right through it. Like your your coach to

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Speaker 3: do you flip your head around, it's usually too.

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Speaker 2: Late, too late. Yeah, totally, No, that was that was

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Speaker 2: well executed by all all aspects of the defense there.

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Speaker 2: We still got Logan Lee in there. I believe the

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Speaker 2: Joko is in there as well too. Will Howard in

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Speaker 2: at quarterback. He'll go under center still Connor a full back. Look,

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 2: Gallbreath goes in motion from right to left and the

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Speaker 2: give and we'll have a battle outside and a nice

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Speaker 2: tackle there. Fine undrafted rookie Sebastian Castro. Yeah, and so

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Speaker 2: one handed interception snag, really nice open field.

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Speaker 3: That's a tough play against a pretty big back. Sermon.

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Speaker 3: That ended up being a true one on one situation.

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Speaker 3: Who who's the better man in that instance to get

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's a rat. I was gonna say, that's

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Speaker 2: a good way to end it. Think that'll do it

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Speaker 2: for practice. That was good, physical, physical, few minutes there

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Speaker 2: in the goal line drill to UH to round up

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Speaker 2: practice as the team will now meet near the ten

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Speaker 2: yard line, break down, final words from Mike Tomlin, and

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Speaker 2: that will put a bow on our final weekend. Was

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Speaker 2: this practice? Ten?

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Speaker 3: I think you said it was nine yesterday. I think

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Speaker 3: that rings a bell, So ten.

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Speaker 2: I think number. I think number ten in the books

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Speaker 3: As uh'll break tomorrow, a.

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Speaker 2: Little break tomorrow, then we'll be back Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,

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Speaker 2: then obviously off the Jacksonville Friday games, Saturday, day off Sunday,

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Speaker 3: And we won't have a show tomorrow too, just because

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Speaker 3: we do shows when there's practice. You need to tell

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Speaker 3: people that more often.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, exactly, right, exactly.

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Speaker 3: We have had some shows when there's no practice in

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Speaker 2: Yes. If it's a day off for the team, it's

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Speaker 2: a day off for the broad team broadcasts as well too,

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Speaker 2: which well earned, well earned, and especially for you, Matt,

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Speaker 2: because I think in the last like three weeks, I

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Speaker 2: think you've probably spent three nights at your own house.

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Speaker 3: That's true. But you've been doing shows left and right too,

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Speaker 3: so I'm sure a day of not talking or so

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Speaker 3: it would be good for you.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it would. I'm gonna spend some time in the

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Speaker 2: backyard garden nice and then do a whole lot of nothing,

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Speaker 2: a little yeah, absolutely, maybe cook a nice dinner for

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Speaker 2: my for my wife and my and my daughters. As now,

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Speaker 2: they are bringing all the kids up to the to

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Speaker 2: the sideline.

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Speaker 3: The extensive audio autograph session coming here.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely and once again like at least half maybe more

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Speaker 2: of the kids down there wearing those TJ what Jersey's

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Speaker 2: number ninety. You gotta love it, we got to.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure he was the leader in the clubhouse last

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Speaker 3: year in Jerseys, but he's just monopolized it this year.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 2: Last year that's good. Yeah, I think so. Honestly the

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Speaker 2: only year that it ever was, I think in question

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Speaker 2: since post.

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Speaker 3: Best since Ben. Yeah, there was a lot of sevens.

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Speaker 2: Kenny's rookie year. There were a ton of eights everywhere.

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Speaker 3: I guess that's true. But guy and yeah, yeah, fresh

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Speaker 3: jerseys he got for Christmas or whatever.

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Speaker 2: You know, Yeah, and I think you know, for his

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Speaker 2: first Like people forget this, and this is what always

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Speaker 2: drives me crazy when people are like Steelers fans always

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Speaker 2: hated Kenny Pickett. No, you hit a top ten jersey

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Speaker 2: in the NFL with sales wise for his first like

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Speaker 2: five months, six months in the league.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, ten jersey sales in the league town Yeah, before he.

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Speaker 2: Ever even got here to trading camp. But yeah, number ninety.

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Speaker 2: I mean he's the second.

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Speaker 3: Now, I guess it is a conversation. It's not eight

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Speaker 2: And you're talking in terms of you're talking in terms

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Speaker 2: of like this popularity. Yeah, yeah, not the like we

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Speaker 3: You do see tro troy As. You'll always see like

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Speaker 3: a Lambert, you know, but they're not number kill right

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Speaker 2: There's a lot of fifty six, is man. A lot

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Speaker 2: Junior to a lot of twenty four's.

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Speaker 3: I bet it'll be Rogers before long Metcalfe, but maybe

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Speaker 3: people don't think about it. I'm gonna buy a jersey

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Speaker 3: and he's probably gonna be your one year you.

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Speaker 2: Know, right, Yeah, No, that's a that's a very good

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Speaker 2: point too. Now, if you end up having a lot

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Speaker 2: of success this year, people will buy that Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 2: jersey as a keepsake.

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Speaker 3: As popular as cam is. I don't see a ton

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Speaker 3: in ninety seven.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what. That's that's a good point by.

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Speaker 3: Pound for pound for popularity, you know. Yeah, you don't

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Speaker 2: You don't see a ton, and man, that'd be a

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Speaker 2: that'd be a good jersey, I tell you what. That's

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Speaker 2: an old timer to have, right, that's yeah. We got

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Speaker 2: you see a few.

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Speaker 3: There's Kirkland walking by, and there's a toime to. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: there's a ton to pick from. But there's a Rogers

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Speaker 3: Green Bay. But yeah, I don't know who then the

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Speaker 3: second most sold guy is right now in the question.

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Speaker 2: Maybe I'll have to go ask the good people at

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Speaker 2: the Steelers pro shop that question. There's someone in a

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Speaker 2: DK metcalf Seattle Seahawks jersey down there along the sideline

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Speaker 3: Ims with that. No, yeah, especially you had it before,

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Speaker 3: you know, if you were a DK fan.

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Speaker 2: R exactly right, which in a shocker here, Matt. First

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Speaker 2: guy on the drugs today, John new Smith.

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Speaker 3: It's always him and Ramball once again.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and there is a ton of family.

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Speaker 3: There's no room to even use the judge to use the.

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Speaker 2: Jugs because there's so many fans down on the field

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Speaker 2: and cool to see.

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Speaker 3: It is it is.

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Speaker 2: It's been a long week for these guys, six straight

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Speaker 3: Or you know what's going wrong? What's going right? We

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Speaker 3: What happened the last twenty four hour, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: The best it really is. There's there's there's nothing like it,

439
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Speaker 2: and it's cool. And listen. All the NFL teams they

440
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Speaker 2: try and foster this family environment, but I think the

441
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Speaker 2: Steelers are towards the top of the list of doing

442
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Speaker 2: it right. Yeah, Matt news from Mike Tomlin, who just

443
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Speaker 2: spoke seconds ago. Alex high Smith left practice early with

444
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Speaker 2: a groin injury severe severity TBD.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, don't love that. They can linger a little bit,

446
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Speaker 3: but got a lot of time. He certainly doesn't need

447
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Speaker 3: to be involved in the preseason game and obviously is

448
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Speaker 3: tomorrow off. I would imagine we don't see him Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I think that's it. I mean again,

450
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Speaker 2: this time he yeared, Especially.

451
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Speaker 3: With a guy like that, Just get him to the

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Speaker 3: starting line.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly right. Just get him to the starting line

454
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Speaker 2: healthy and ready to go in September, and everything else

455
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Speaker 2: is kind of after the fact, Matt.

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Speaker 3: I'm mucking overreafter that. But something to monitor.

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Speaker 2: No, yeah, absolutely, what you say. We turned to some

458
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Speaker 2: of these tweets here, got all along too. Yeah, we

459
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Speaker 2: got a few, and he tweets us and says enjoyed.

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Speaker 2: You know, talk about the conversation of the future eighteen

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Speaker 2: game schedule. Would teams be allowed to carry more players

462
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Speaker 2: on the roster if slash when that happens.

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Speaker 3: I assume, I would assume. I think it'd be pretty

464
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Speaker 3: crazy not to. You're making a lot more money right that.

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Speaker 3: That's actually one of my favorite things that came out

466
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Speaker 3: of COVID, and it was something I was before i'd

467
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Speaker 3: ever heard what COVID was. I'm like, why is the

468
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Speaker 3: practice squad so small? And they're paying these guys next

469
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Speaker 3: to nothing half the time, they just wear sweats on

470
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Speaker 3: the sideline, they don't even travel with the team.

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Speaker 2: It's like very very minimal effect to your bottom line.

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Speaker 3: And then COVID they bumped it up quite a bit

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Speaker 3: and allowed some veterans on there, and I think that's

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Speaker 3: been wonderful. The more employment of players and the more development,

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Speaker 3: the better. But I would definitely think the roster spots

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Speaker 3: go at least two spots, maybe noticeably more.

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Speaker 2: Why not, you know, and maybe we get to the

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Speaker 2: point where like you can have your guys active on

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Speaker 2: game day.

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Speaker 3: I don't quite understand that.

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Speaker 2: I know, why do you have to have a hand

482
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Speaker 2: of an active on a handful of inactives on game day?

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Speaker 2: Whatever the roster size is, let.

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Speaker 3: Them Yeah, maybe game day roster at least could be

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Speaker 3: two spots bigger, Yeah, right right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, two or three spots bigger. Yeah, let's I think

487
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Speaker 2: that's the future. I think so too. Scott tweets us

488
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Speaker 2: and says with Calvin Austin, not practic to sing, I

489
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Speaker 2: hope to see Roman Wilson quite a bit today. And

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Speaker 2: I think we saw Rode Wilson quite a bit today,

491
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Speaker 2: we did.

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Speaker 3: I thought there was one or two that were good,

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Speaker 3: one or two that were bad. I think all and

494
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Speaker 3: always had a good camp, didn't you agree, Oh absolutely? Yea, yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean it took a few days, but I think

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Speaker 2: really since maybe Thursday, you know, like the last three

497
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Speaker 2: or four days, I think we've really started to see

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Speaker 2: him get involved, Like he had a really nice block

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Speaker 2: today on Jalen Ramsey. And you know this too for

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Speaker 2: the Steelers, for Arthur Smith's offense, like that number two

501
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Speaker 2: wide receiver is gonna have to be able to block

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Speaker 2: if absolutely you want the trust to be out there

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Speaker 2: on the field some of the great like we saw

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Speaker 2: him on Thursday. I think it was right when he

505
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Speaker 2: made that great catch on Joey.

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Speaker 3: Porter judea banged up on. I think that's important.

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Speaker 2: Obviously your wide receiver has to be able to make

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Speaker 2: plays down first form wrong, but you got it. Maybe

509
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Speaker 2: in this offense more than most. You got to trust

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Speaker 2: him to pass block as well to or to run

511
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Speaker 2: block part of me, and I thought he had a

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Speaker 2: good at that today as well too.

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Speaker 3: And you know, coming from Michigan with Harbor, that was

514
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Speaker 3: something that was ingrained in him and it absolutely he

515
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Speaker 3: reflected in his college tape that was a pickings issue.

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Speaker 3: You know, like a lot of times on run plays,

517
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Speaker 3: they are too many times on run play. It's not

518
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Speaker 3: a lot they would pull him out and it's too

519
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Speaker 3: much of a tell your best receivers on the field,

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Speaker 3: and if he's not going to give you enough as

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Speaker 3: a blocker, makes it tough. You got to be a

522
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Speaker 3: real star to pull that off.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, absolutely Angry Bike Lane tweets us and says, tell

524
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Speaker 2: me something you've seen that will make you think the

525
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Speaker 2: Steelers will win a playoff game this year?

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Speaker 3: How about Ramsey Cool? I mean, man, that dude is phenomenal.

527
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Speaker 2: Probably the single standout of camp so far.

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Speaker 3: I think he's been the best player here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's I think then, and listen, this

530
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Speaker 2: is one thing and we know there and I get it,

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Speaker 2: there's rhymes for the reason. But like the playoff drought,

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Speaker 2: you know, no, we're aware, We're well aware. Everyone is aware.

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Speaker 2: I think a big part of that, like when you

534
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Speaker 2: dig deeper into it, everybody points out in those consecutive

535
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Speaker 2: However many it's been you know, five, five or whatever,

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Speaker 2: six maybe that the Steelers have lost in the playoffs

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Speaker 2: in a row. You look at a lot of those

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Speaker 2: scores and it's the defense give up a ton of points.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, early too.

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Speaker 2: Jacksonville, a Kansas City, to Cleveland to Baltimore.

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Speaker 3: Early, early in the game too, right, right.

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Speaker 2: I think, And obviously we could talk about Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 2: and and there's merit there.

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Speaker 3: Sure, but you know you don't have Burrow or Mahomes.

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Speaker 3: You know you can't get behind that early.

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Speaker 2: That my right, right, exactly right. But my biggest kind

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Speaker 2: of encouragement that they'll be different this January than the

548
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Speaker 2: past few januaries. I don't think this this defense isn't

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Speaker 2: going to be giving up thirty five points in a

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Speaker 2: playoff game.

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Speaker 3: I'd be surprised. And you know, back to our first

552
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Speaker 3: quarter point differential stuff too. It's so deep that even

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Speaker 3: as the season goes on, I could I could think

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Speaker 3: that they would handle the the length of the season better.

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Speaker 3: I think there's been a non excuse, this is how

556
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Speaker 3: the league works, that they've sometimes limped into the playoffs

557
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Speaker 3: after a bunch of tough games, and it shows last

558
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Speaker 3: year was the most obvious example one. That's why it's

559
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Speaker 3: so hard to win a playoff game. I mean, they're

560
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Speaker 3: not the only team banged up, but they play a

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Speaker 3: lot of they're tougher games late than the defensive on

562
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Speaker 3: the field too much, and all of a sudden, the

563
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Speaker 3: depth is really tested. I think the defensive depth is

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Speaker 3: as good as I can remember.

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Speaker 2: That's a very good way to put it. At important positions.

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Speaker 3: Too, right, big people, the corners. Right.

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Speaker 2: Uh, let's see here, Matt, I did want to do

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Speaker 2: just one around the league, kind of pertinent topic for

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Speaker 2: you today. James Cook, Bill's.

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Speaker 3: Running Oh yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 2: Didn't practice. He was asked why, he said business, and

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Speaker 2: then he was followed up and asked will you practice

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Speaker 2: tomorrow Monday because the Bills have practice tomorrow, and he

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Speaker 2: gave a one word reply, business.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. He wants a contract.

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Speaker 2: He wants a contract, wants a big one, big one,

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Speaker 2: and he had a very solid year with out. But

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Speaker 2: how if you were Buffalo, how do you approach this one?

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Speaker 3: That's sticky because I don't think he's a Tier one

580
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Speaker 3: running back, but I think he's getting better and better.

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Speaker 3: Your obvious goal, I mean, you're one of the best

582
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Speaker 3: teams in the league, and you know it. Now, Alan

583
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:06,119
Speaker 3: makes running backs and everybody's jobs a little easier. Maybe

584
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Speaker 3: Cook is maxed out, but again I thought he's been

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Speaker 3: progressing well. He's not the biggest every down type of guy,

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Speaker 3: you know, so that's part of the you know, the

587
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Speaker 3: way of looking at this too. But he does handle

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Speaker 3: a big workload, had a ton of touchdowns this past year,

589
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Speaker 3: which probably won't keep up. I don't know. I might

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Speaker 3: play hardball on this one, wag him out, franchise him

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Speaker 3: and see where he's at. But I would from what

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Speaker 3: I understand, he's asking for a lot more than probably

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Speaker 3: one running right right right, And if that's a breaking point,

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Speaker 3: then I probably say sorry. But maybe he can come

595
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Speaker 3: to a common ground. Will Howard coming on over here, and.

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Speaker 2: Kids are going all the kids are going crazy for

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Speaker 2: Will Howard. Troy Faltanu signing some autographs as well too.

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Speaker 2: Uh yeah, that's that's a that's a that's a tricky

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Speaker 2: one for Buffalo. It is he without he, without a doubt,

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Speaker 2: had a very good year last year. But I don't

601
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Speaker 2: think any of us are putting him in the Saquon Barkley,

602
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Speaker 2: Derek Henry.

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Speaker 3: But he's important and he helps you win, that's for sure.

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Speaker 2: And they you know, on that offense, obviously they have

605
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Speaker 2: one of the best doing it right now in Josh Allen,

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Speaker 2: maybe the best doing it with all respect to Patrick.

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Speaker 3: Mahomes at least last year. No one's been better off the.

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Speaker 2: Way that they played last year. James Cook is kind

609
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Speaker 2: of like their number two on that offense. They don't

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Speaker 2: have a lot of other stars on that offense, and

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Speaker 2: so that makes it I think a trickier navigation for

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Speaker 2: Buffalo here in the days ahead.

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Speaker 3: Another Bill's offensive note that just I know that you

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Speaker 3: look at them as one of the best teams in

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Speaker 3: the NFC Riflelly, so it almost is like a Stealer

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Speaker 3: esque uncommon offensive line injury luck. They've been hardly any

617
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Speaker 3: injuries over the last two years on the offensive line.

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Speaker 3: I remember when the Steelers had that stretch going like, yeah,

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Speaker 3: it's a wonderful thing, but that doesn't mean it's bound

620
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Speaker 3: to blow up on you. But it has been part

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Speaker 3: of their success. They have not had to deal with

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Speaker 3: any and basically zero offensive line.

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Speaker 2: Andrews yes, and last year that went the other way.

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Speaker 2: We're hoping it gets back to some some good luck

625
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Speaker 2: in that regard. As I see right here, Matt. You

626
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Speaker 2: see these Ohio State fans with the Jack Sawyer trying

627
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Speaker 2: to or maybe it's a Will Howard jersey, but there's

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Speaker 2: two Ohio State fans with a jersey down here trying

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Speaker 2: to get Will Howard's attention. Oh okay, yeah, those guys,

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Speaker 2: him and Jack Sawyer. I tell you what, from what

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Speaker 2: I've seen, every time they've seen something popular, every time

632
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Speaker 2: they've seen some scarlet, some fan holding up something Ohio State,

633
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,399
Speaker 2: they'll come over and sign it. So we'll see. I

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Speaker 2: see if that continues as Yeah, Mason Rudolph's down there

635
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,120
Speaker 2: signing now as well too.

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Speaker 3: There's still a lot of activity, I mean, not much football,

637
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Speaker 3: but there's a lot of people on the field.

638
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Speaker 2: There's a lot of strollers, there's the field.

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00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,040
Speaker 3: There having a good time, a lot.

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Speaker 2: Of strollers, a lot of a lot of young parents

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Speaker 2: out there enjoying themselves. And uh, that's that's pretty cool.

642
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,280
Speaker 2: That's a lot of fun to see somebody's jogging with

643
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Speaker 2: their two kids right now down into the end zone.

644
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 2: It's it's a lot of and and again, beautiful day

645
00:27:58,080 --> 00:27:59,480
Speaker 2: like it'd be one of those days if it was

646
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Speaker 2: ninety five degrees out here and you were trying to

647
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Speaker 2: have the kids out.

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Speaker 3: Here, it would be quite as glorious.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's pretty tough, but this is, you know, about

650
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Speaker 2: seventy five degrees and sunny, perfect perfect weather forward here

651
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Speaker 2: so far as Yeah, real good day on all, real

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00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 2: good day all in all. Hoping nothing serious with Alex

653
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Speaker 2: high Smith that would kind of spoil it, certainly, But

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Speaker 2: other than that, I think this was. Man, I think

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Speaker 2: this was a very successful day, Matt. I think we

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Speaker 2: saw a lot of guys pop. We saw some physicality. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: not the best day from the offense again, but yeah,

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Speaker 2: say the offense still some still made some plays, and

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Speaker 2: I thought too, even when they were struggling, we saw

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Speaker 2: better protection from the offensive line. Still wouldn't call it great,

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Speaker 2: but better than what we've seen to this standpoint. Is

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Speaker 2: now Troy Foulton, who's getting a massive, massive crowd of kids.

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Speaker 3: Yeah around they made the mistake his choice, but he

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Speaker 3: came over to the rail here and people are loving

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Speaker 3: seeing him.

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Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely, And I think they're gonna love seeing him

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Speaker 2: this year, Matt. I'm very excited about what he's going

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Speaker 2: to do.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think he has a chance to be a star.

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Speaker 3: I would just chatting with Labs a little bit though,

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Speaker 3: and you know, the stuff that you can measure, like

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Speaker 3: the the goal line and the seven shot stuff was

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Speaker 3: very very defensive. Yes, and results.

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Speaker 2: I completely agree, and we've seen a lot of that.

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Speaker 2: But hey, that's that's it's a good is it's a

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Speaker 2: very good defense.

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Speaker 3: And he mentioned like in the goal line drill, I

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Speaker 3: mean it was Harmon and Benton out there. I mean

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Speaker 3: they're not bottom of the roster, right right, they're not.

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Speaker 2: And they're guys that were very high on as well too.

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Speaker 2: And uh that we've talked about plenty. Okay, Matt before

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Speaker 2: we go to break, Yeah, I gotta tell you this.

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Speaker 2: This is funny. Do you see the guy on about

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Speaker 2: the ten yard line white jersey and white bucket hat. Yes,

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Speaker 2: his jersey is the number zero one. Yeah, I see,

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Speaker 2: And on the back plate it says analytics on the

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Speaker 2: name plate. Okay, it's a custom jersey number zero one

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Speaker 2: with analytics on the You think he's a fan of Matt.

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Speaker 3: Stats, Maybe maybe set him down the bridge version.

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Speaker 2: Oh just that was hilarious. I saw this. But it

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Speaker 2: says analytics across the that's nuts.

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Speaker 3: Okay, Hey, whatever, people people, whatever.

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Speaker 2: People want to spend their that's you won't find anybody

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Speaker 2: else wearing that jersey.

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Speaker 3: That one's unique, that one's unique.

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Speaker 2: Certainly I love it. All Right, let's get to our

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Speaker 2: final break. A guy that we talked about plenty today,

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Speaker 2: Matt that I think, Hey, if you want to highlight

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Speaker 2: someone on the offense who's making plays, Darnell Washington.

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Speaker 3: Now he's over there chatting with Andy WHITEHLL. Looks like

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Speaker 3: maybe he's telling him he's more analytics.

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Speaker 2: He's telling him. Have you seen this guy's in Matt

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Speaker 2: status on Steelers dot Com.

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Speaker 3: I might have to look him up.

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Speaker 2: One guy, that one guy we got to ask Andy,

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Speaker 2: who is that? Who's that? Hey, mister Whitel, who's that

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Speaker 2: guy in the analytics jersey that was talking to you?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? That's crazy.

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Speaker 2: One guy. One guy that we highlighted a few times

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Speaker 2: today that that made some plays was Darnell Washington.

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Speaker 3: Made a big grabbing the end zone.

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Speaker 2: The end zone, couple rumbling and bumbling runs.

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Speaker 3: Down the sideline, getting a little more.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, let's let's hear what he had to say. When

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Speaker 2: we return, we'll give some final thoughts, maybe some final

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Speaker 2: tweets as well too, as we put a bow on

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Speaker 2: today's practice, this week's practice before getting a well earned

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Speaker 2: day off on Monday, West Juler Matt Williamson. It is

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Speaker 2: Campus slightly, but uh, I think it's still gonna be

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Speaker 2: a little chaos trying to get out of here. We

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Speaker 2: got one more segment to go before we do so,

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Speaker 2: Final segment here of our Sunday show on campus before

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Speaker 2: the Steelers get a day off, We get a day off.

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Speaker 2: Will Howard now down in the end zone. Someone's got

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Speaker 2: a big Ohio state flag. I'm sure they'll get that

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Speaker 2: signed for sure. But the field now finally going a

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Speaker 2: little quiet here, Matt, as people start to head up

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Speaker 2: to dinner.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a player or two still around.

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Speaker 2: There is, and we gotta give a we gotta give

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Speaker 2: a big shout out to Patrick Queen. I mean he

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Speaker 2: signed autographs for about from the minute practice ended forty

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Speaker 2: minutes ago and still yeah, I mean he went down

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Speaker 2: the line. Every single kid who was down there on

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Speaker 2: the field got an autograph from Patrick Queen. Pretty cool,

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Speaker 2: Pretty nice to see.

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Speaker 3: Pivotal player this year, no doubt. Yeah, and I expect

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Speaker 3: them to be noticeably better this year.

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Speaker 2: There's a lot of X factors with this team. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: but I think him and Peyton Wilson is kind of

752
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,920
Speaker 2: an underdiscussed because I think there's a quiet confidence there. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's like a big question mark, but they could be.

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of linebackers short teams right now. And

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Speaker 3: even if you could just be above average top position, yeah,

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Speaker 3: maybe you would take it. Because the corners are gonna

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Speaker 3: be really strong. The guys in front of them are

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Speaker 3: gonna be really strong. Give me the tenth best linebacker Corps. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I'd take that all day long. And I think that's

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Speaker 3: not crazy to ask.

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Speaker 2: I don't think it is. I certainly don't think it is.

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Speaker 2: A guy who had himself another couple of nice snags today.

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Speaker 2: Darnell Washington really starting to come on in this training camp,

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Speaker 2: heading into his third year in the National Football League.

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Speaker 2: I am as well too, as Hey, look, you're talking

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Speaker 2: about lack of Cam Hayward jerseys. Look a brand new

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Speaker 2: ninety seven Cam Hayward on these throwbacks walking down the sidewalk.

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Speaker 3: Jerry Porter Junior.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, with a Joey Porter Junior as well too. Maybe

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Speaker 2: we'll see some eighty jerseys next year if Darnell Washington

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Speaker 2: has a big year this year. Here's what the big

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Speaker 2: man had to say.

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Speaker 3: He is a big man, Darnold. You've played in this

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Speaker 3: offense for a year, but obviously things are a little

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Speaker 3: bit different.

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Speaker 4: Johnny added to the room. But what do you like

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Speaker 4: about this year's offense as supposed to? Maybe what what

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Speaker 4: you guys ran out there.

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Speaker 5: Last year for, like, you know, just added John will

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Speaker 5: to the room, our room, you know it. It just

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Speaker 5: bring a new flavor to the room. So, uh, you know,

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Speaker 5: you know, Pat, everybody no move and you know Connor

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Speaker 5: he got you know, a little wiggingly guy. I'm more like,

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Speaker 5: you know, bigger whatever. And John New you know, he's

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Speaker 5: just bring a different season into the room. So I

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Speaker 5: feel like that not only help our room, but you

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Speaker 5: know the often because a whole he been with Art,

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Speaker 5: so you know, he kind of knows, you know, things

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Speaker 5: like that. We're a old four person over to go,

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Speaker 5: you know, anything anything we can. So I feel like,

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Speaker 5: you know, adding people to our roster just a plus.

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Speaker 4: You try, like.

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Speaker 5: Helple big catches today, how much more improved do you

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Speaker 5: feel like the hight catching is?

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Speaker 3: And I'm stre in looved, you feel like rorsotiate.

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Speaker 5: And uh just speaking of uh about today, you know, yeah,

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Speaker 5: I feel like just me as a person, you.

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Speaker 4: Know, improved, you know in that area.

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Speaker 5: I feel like that was just like the biggest question,

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Speaker 5: you know, not even just last season, but just.

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Speaker 4: Coming out the ground.

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Speaker 5: You know, everybody was just all he was blocking tight end,

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Speaker 5: he was blocking tight ends.

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Speaker 3: But you know I never r really had.

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Speaker 5: To a chance to showcase my pass catching or you know,

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Speaker 5: just leaking the ball. So I feel like that just

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Speaker 5: an area that I really have to continue to improve

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Speaker 5: it in and.

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Speaker 4: Keep you know, displaying it out here.

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Speaker 5: On the practice field so it shows up on the

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Speaker 5: Sundays or you know, whenever game he plays.

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Speaker 2: Though, I said, do you feel like you've always been

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Speaker 2: a good pass catching that's something that you just haven't

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Speaker 2: got to show or if you really tried to improve.

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Speaker 5: That area personally, I feel like I always been a

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Speaker 5: good fast catcher, you know, just going back to like

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Speaker 5: I'm I I it's been some years now, but going

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Speaker 5: back to high school.

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Speaker 4: You know, I never blot you know, I was a receiver.

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Speaker 5: In high school and you know, just transition to tight

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Speaker 5: end college and you know that's when I start letting.

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Speaker 5: The block was college. So I feel like I always

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Speaker 5: you know, able to catch the ball. It's just kind

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Speaker 5: of hard to showcase it when you're very good at

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Speaker 5: something else, and you know, you got other guys in a.

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Speaker 4: Room who is excellent in that area.

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Speaker 5: So you know, I mean, I don't complain though, you know,

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Speaker 5: I just embraced my role in having the bids were

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Speaker 5: y Were.

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Speaker 4: You like the biggest guy on the field even as

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Speaker 4: a wide receiver.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, for sure, if you turn on the tail, I'm

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Speaker 5: still doing the biggest food on the field.

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Speaker 4: During mini camp I asked you about your role in

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Speaker 4: the offense.

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Speaker 5: You said, Arthur Smith is asking a lot more of

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Speaker 5: you now that you've had about.

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Speaker 4: Like nine practices.

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Speaker 2: So how do you feel about the the expanded role

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Speaker 2: that you're getting this year and how that fits in

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Speaker 2: with Aaron Rodgers and everyone else.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, just with my role. You know, just today,

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Speaker 5: like as she mentioned, she saw, you know, me catching

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Speaker 5: a little bit more balls today and uh, you know,

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Speaker 5: just with this offense, I just feel like my roles

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Speaker 5: is imprisoning day by day just kind of I just

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Speaker 5: gotta keep showing it, keep displacing it, displaying it, and

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Speaker 5: uh things like that. So it's just just pretty much

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Speaker 5: to do what I can and just get a bigger role,

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Speaker 5: you know, sooner or or something.

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Speaker 2: Talk about your.

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Speaker 6: Second nature wanting to be a second nature vie. What

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Speaker 6: do you say when people ask the question, could this

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Speaker 6: guy actually.

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Speaker 3: Be an NFL tackle? Especially with what you've been.

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Speaker 4: Doing out here in some of these drills, can I well.

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Speaker 6: I mean if someone that like, I feel like if

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Speaker 6: you said the pass catching is maybe the biggest question

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Speaker 6: about you, the second biggest question this might be could this.

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Speaker 4: Guy actually be a team in the NFL wanted to be? Personally,

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Speaker 4: I feel like I can, you know, but uh, right now.

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Speaker 5: You know I went tight end, so I will focus

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Speaker 5: on that like you know, later on down the road

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Speaker 5: or you know, any time in the road, or if

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Speaker 5: they asked for me to do that. You know, I'm

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Speaker 5: a stilus to my best ability. I personally, you know

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Speaker 5: I'm gonna do with lots of confidence. So I feel

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Speaker 5: like I can if I wanted.

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Speaker 6: To, I'm gonna see you said it right now, or

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Speaker 6: you look at like a second career at some point

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Speaker 6: you're gonna so you're forty doing that.

872
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Speaker 4: But I mean I don't ever talking like that before.

873
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 5: But I mean I don't know what guy you know

874
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,319
Speaker 5: got to play for me? But after right now you

875
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:40,480
Speaker 5: know the tight end role until I can't or whenever

876
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:41,400
Speaker 5: my time is though.

877
00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 6: So you're not resistant since the idea necessarily or you're

878
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 6: not like I guess offended The people say.

879
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 5: That, no, not at all. You know, I personally me,

880
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,360
Speaker 5: I'm over. I'm an open minded dude. So if that

881
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 5: that comes in day to day life, football standpoint, relationship standpoint,

882
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 5: I'm just an open minded dude, you know I did

883
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 5: to take criticism about to take anything like that.

884
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 4: I see both sides of every story. Yeah, that's how

885
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 4: I live.

886
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,400
Speaker 2: Like I'm kind of going off of all of that.

887
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:11,799
Speaker 2: Just how much fun was back come back the last time?

888
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure. That's like probably be me the fund

889
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 4: of drill that.

890
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 5: We probably do just because the energy, the mixed emotions, uh,

891
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 5: the competitive list of everybody out there, even though just

892
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,959
Speaker 5: even with the running backs and just seeing them doing

893
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,439
Speaker 5: it back to back and back and even when they lose,

894
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,879
Speaker 5: they get back up, say one more time, one more time.

895
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,239
Speaker 5: So just seeing that excites me, you know, getting my

896
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:36,799
Speaker 5: blood flown a little bit. And I mean I'm the

897
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:38,560
Speaker 5: same way. If I lose the rep, I'm a you know,

898
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 5: I want to actually go again and keep going into

899
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:43,920
Speaker 5: you know I could you know, obviously win.

900
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 2: But you want every time though, so.

901
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 3: The biggest guys, but probably see the biggest guys, but

902
00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 3: you learn the use your siving game.

903
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 4: I have a six to one linebacker on me. You know,

904
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 4: how do you have you've learned? How involved in size?

905
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:01,240
Speaker 2: That makes sense?

906
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, I feel like I'm still learning.

907
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:07,839
Speaker 5: I know today I'm going to guess a safety don't

908
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 5: one to one competition, they do a flag off of

909
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 5: the bru It's just a second nature, you know, Like

910
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 5: I didn't think I fully extended, but it's just like

911
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,440
Speaker 5: my body and I'm probably just you know, just more

912
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:23,160
Speaker 5: and bigger. So maybe I probably did mump up a

913
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 5: little bit to me, but to him, it's like, you know,

914
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:28,279
Speaker 5: a lot more for us. So he does this and

915
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 5: then the ref season is or a different reaction. So

916
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,280
Speaker 5: I guess just not trying to do it as much,

917
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 5: you know, or just try to win more clean, cleanly

918
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 5: and just less it is and.

919
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:41,560
Speaker 4: All that players to the off.

920
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,160
Speaker 2: Darn I Washington there, I tell you what. I think

921
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,360
Speaker 2: he's gonna be in for a big year. Yeah, I

922
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,399
Speaker 2: I really. I know We've mentioned this a few times,

923
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:53,960
Speaker 2: but some of the matchup nightmares that they can create

924
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:55,600
Speaker 2: with those tight ends or except.

925
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:58,000
Speaker 3: All the varieties of different personnel packages you can put

926
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,120
Speaker 3: out there, and I mean, so much different than Connor

927
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:03,360
Speaker 3: Hayward or Johnny Smith, but they the opponent might still

928
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 3: count him as a te you know, like there's a

929
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 3: lot to be said for that. And he's a unique player.

930
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 3: I mean, he's massive, he understands how to use his size.

931
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 3: I thought he's one of the most improved Steelers.

932
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:15,560
Speaker 2: Yeah.

933
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:17,359
Speaker 3: Last year too, it's been good.

934
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:18,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, good way to put it. And we and we

935
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,880
Speaker 2: started to see him in moments being you know, a

936
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 2: significant part of that offense. And I think that's gonna

937
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 2: that has to grow this year. I would think in

938
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:28,040
Speaker 2: year three for him.

939
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 3: It's gonna be tough, you know, fighting for targets. I

940
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 3: mean there's a lot of guys even just in your

941
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:34,160
Speaker 3: position room that need him. But he's on the field

942
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:34,440
Speaker 3: a lot.

943
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:37,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally. And as you mentioned, a lot

944
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:39,000
Speaker 2: of twelve personnel, a lot of thirteen personnel.

945
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 3: Absolutely, and they were at.

946
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,400
Speaker 2: The top of the league, what top like sixth and

947
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:46,400
Speaker 2: twelve personnel and first and thirteen personnel and first if

948
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:47,320
Speaker 2: you combine.

949
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,880
Speaker 3: The exactly multiple tight ends, they were number one. Yeah,

950
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 3: and that's I bet that's one or two this year.

951
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:52,359
Speaker 2: Yeah.

952
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,239
Speaker 3: Yeah. Their off season has really shown that.

953
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 2: I completely agree with you. Looks like two Steelers two stillers.

954
00:40:59,040 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 5: Man.

955
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:00,080
Speaker 2: I went a little YenS there.

956
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's kind of chatting.

957
00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 2: I'm wondering, is that is that Ramsey on the right.

958
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 2: I can't tell.

959
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 3: It's really far away, and they're just sitting there with

960
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,480
Speaker 3: a gatorade or whatever, having a good time.

961
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 2: Bob Labriola's binoculars and he is no longer here with us.

962
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 2: But yeah, there's two Steelers that have just been sitting

963
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:19,360
Speaker 2: over there chopping it up on the bench. Looks like defensive,

964
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:23,719
Speaker 2: like I wonder if go anywhere. Maybe Sleigh and Ramsey,

965
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:25,720
Speaker 2: I don't know, but they're like the only two ones

966
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,640
Speaker 2: left out here other than a couple of members of

967
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:31,880
Speaker 2: the grounds crew. Got sprinklers, got the sprinklers going, and

968
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,399
Speaker 2: I think now it looks like autographic're out a little bit.

969
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 2: And with that, matt Our marathon week is clear. Ye. Yeah,

970
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 2: it was a lot of fun. But for a break,

971
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 2: Yeah one hundred, as is my wife, who I'm sure

972
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:48,480
Speaker 2: wants some help with the two heathens.

973
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:51,080
Speaker 5: Uh.

974
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:52,879
Speaker 2: This has been a good week, a lot of good

975
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 2: stuff here on the field. That's going to continue next week,

976
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:57,560
Speaker 2: a big week as the Steelers will get ready uh

977
00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:01,760
Speaker 2: to head to Jacksonville. As matt mentioned, no practice tomorrow,

978
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:04,279
Speaker 2: don't come visit St. Vincent College, they won't let you in.

979
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:07,719
Speaker 2: No live shows tomorrow, as we will all get a

980
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:09,560
Speaker 2: day off, but we will be back our live coverage

981
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,240
Speaker 2: here on campus will begin again to ten am Tuesday

982
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:15,480
Speaker 2: morning through five o'clock, seven hours of live coverage on

983
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 2: campus like we have for you every single day. But

984
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:20,800
Speaker 2: of course, but of course that's time for me and

985
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 2: Matt to grab some of these brought worsts and get

986
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:24,720
Speaker 2: on up out of here. Just don't spill any mustard

987
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 2: on your show.

988
00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:26,759
Speaker 3: Ye, that's a nice new I just pulled off one

989
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 3: on the package today too.

990
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 2: Change into something different before you eat those brought words

991
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:33,439
Speaker 2: with all that mustard. Big thanks to our guy Justin

992
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:36,440
Speaker 2: for producing everything for us back at the ranch as well.

993
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:38,600
Speaker 2: We will talk to you soon, everybody. Take care, We'll

994
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:40,560
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995
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:42,359
Speaker 2: find us. It's on your twenty four to seven home

996
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:44,840
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997
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:46,160
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