1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on 2 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: your home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 3 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 1: Welcome back. I'm Dale Lilli here with Matt Williamson. A 4 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: little little fight. I don't think that was played playing there. Uh, 5 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: that's pretty serious neither. It's been a couple of scrums 6 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: here to finish practice the last couple of days, and 7 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: I think Cam is right in the middle of that one. Yeah, 8 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: with Benny Snell. So I will say, we're watching a 9 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: team drill now while we were at break. Defense is 10 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: pretty darn stingy, you know. I mean, I know that 11 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: the expectations aren't through the roof of the offense or 12 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: work in progress. They're young, but this is a tough 13 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:53,160 Speaker 1: group to move football guest. Yeah, yeah, that's that's that's 14 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: I mean, that's what just you know, people say it 15 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: was it's an inside run drill. It's also an inside 16 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: run drill for the defense too. And they got embarrassed. Still, 17 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: that didn't that didn't go anywhere. Well, now we got 18 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: the Calvin Austin going after. I love seeing that from Austin. 19 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 1: I mean, so what just happened there, folks, was there 20 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: was a very typical jet sweep with Austin going mock 21 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,119 Speaker 1: three across the back of the line of scrimmage there, 22 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: which I'm all in favor of. The problem with that, 23 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: We're gonna see Austin in that role a lot. He's 24 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: very scary. But the defensive player of the year was 25 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,119 Speaker 1: all over it and threw him to the ground, dragged 26 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: him to the ground, read it the whole way. You 27 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: know what broke down in space without any problem closed 28 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: grabbed ahold of his leg or arm or whatever and 29 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: just put him on the ground. Then he kind of 30 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: stepped over, you know. And so I love just Austin 31 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: popping up and giving a lot of shot. I mean, 32 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: I mean, there's some tenacity on both sides. I wonder 33 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: if you know, look, I didn't think yesterday was the 34 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: most intense the first day in pads. I see what 35 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: you're saying. I wonder if if Mike Tomlas said, hey, guys, 36 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: let's pick up the intensity a little bit here, and 37 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: we're seeing a little bit of that come to fruition. 38 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: We'll coach Toma never tell you those things post practice. 39 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: That usually to keep that on the dot. He might 40 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: hint at it, but uh, you know, I wanted to 41 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: see I like that intensity or i'm you know, or 42 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: maybe we're expecting a little more pop yesterday, you know, 43 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: and maybe implies that, you know, he might have mentioned 44 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: it to the squads. Yeah, I thought. I think some 45 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: of that was just a natural I mean, you went 46 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: from having seventeen thousand people here on set or by 47 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: the way, the crowd did pick up here today. I 48 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: know there's quite a few here. Oh, I don't know 49 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: what happened there that polo just kept moving And who 50 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: was I thought he was? Who was the back on 51 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: that one? Was it Snell? It's like he's twenty six. Yeah, 52 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: he hit the whole well, Anthony McFarland, I think maybe 53 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: the offensive line of tight ends had some Oh but yeah, 54 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: they then get up and start signaling. You know, they 55 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,799 Speaker 1: got about an eight yard game there. So now this 56 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: has been a pretty intense drill here. Yeah, this is 57 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: the second units out there now. By the way, uh 58 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: so the first team defense off the field, the first 59 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 1: team offense no longer on the field. He's getting more 60 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: and more difficult to tell. What is the first team 61 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: offense with all the skill position guys missing, all your 62 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: top guys aren't playing right, But it's more of the 63 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: second team line here. I would expect the second team line. 64 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: Oh oh, was that our boy j Len weren't hitting 65 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: the hole there? I think so. I was actually focused 66 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: on Kendrick Green there. That was j Len Moore, That 67 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: was Jalen warren't hitting the hole and he hit it quick? Yeah, 68 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: tell that just how that? Yeah, Ulysses Gilbert got him 69 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: in the hole, but he went backwards with him. I 70 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: like Green there, said, I focused just on want the 71 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: guy on that one. It was Green the left guard. 72 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: Really nice pool situation. Didn't bury his teammate, but probably 73 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: could have if it would have been game day. He 74 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: moves really well. Yeah, he might just be a guard. Yeah, 75 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people. Again, we talked with 76 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: Max Starks about that at the combine, the struggles that 77 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: he had getting that that snaphand up. And I don't 78 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: know that Steeler fans are willing to give him a 79 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: pass on that he might be a better guard than 80 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: he is a center. And that's just the reality of it. 81 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: And we kind of even knew that when we profiled 82 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 1: him as a draft prospect, like, well, there's a center 83 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: need here, but we think he could here's a fallback 84 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: plan if that doesn't work out. And I don't know 85 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: where he is mentally. I just know him being a 86 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 1: center in the league is very mentally taxing, especially for 87 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: a rookie. And if you can do less thinking and 88 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: more blowing off the ball, and that sounds right up 89 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: his alley. Yeah, he gets off the Morris see Jay 90 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: Len Moore and the more impressed IM Yeah this guy, Uh, 91 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: I mean he hit that whole fastus Danny Smith has 92 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: to say about him. Yeah, let's see you. This is 93 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 1: Mason Rudolf's. This will be the third team guys out there, 94 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 1: and that is that's him again. He get little tripped 95 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: up there. Somebody got him in a backfield. Uh yeah, 96 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: maybe used a little more patients. Mark Robinson, Yeah, Mark 97 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 1: Robinson showed up. Yeah, couple days too, Not too bad, 98 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: not too bad. You got some guys, got some young 99 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: guys that are that are flashing here, and that's what 100 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: you want to see, especially when the Pats go on. 101 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: You say this every camp. I mean, it's been a 102 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: while since we've been here, but you know there's the 103 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 1: bottom of the roster guys, young guys that are real 104 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: easy in the offseason. Overlook, you and I didn't talk 105 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: about Mark Robinson a whole a lot in the last 106 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,480 Speaker 1: three months, you know, But he's gearing up for this. 107 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: It's the chance of a lifetime. They liked him enough 108 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 1: to pick him, and you get the opportunity to go 109 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: out there and make some plays. A little little pass 110 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: flip to the outside there by uh Mason Rudolph to 111 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: Tyler Vaughans as everybody's playing inside run. That's the first 112 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: time they've thrown the ball in this drill, and he 113 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: gets a nice little twelve yard game, an easy one, 114 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: nice quick throw to throw. Yeah, that's the kind of thing, 115 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: you know, if it is third and short, you get 116 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: that sometimes in the league, right, but you know, everybody's 117 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: geared up to stop the run and take that easy thrown. 118 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: Maybe if you don't complete it, you go for it 119 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: on fourth. The one right, there's a lot more acceptable 120 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: now that it used to be. Now these are first 121 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: and ten runs here as well. Um that was with PTEO. 122 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: Now we got it. Looks like who is in the 123 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: backfield that's forty against PTEO. Ball on the ground, ball 124 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 1: on the ground. I haven't seen a lot of that 125 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: in this camp. I haven't seen the ball in the 126 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 1: ground a lot. I couldn't see who the center was there? 127 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: Is it? Uh sixty two? Perhaps Nate Gillham. I don't 128 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: think it was Nate Gilham's. I couldn't tell who it was. Um, 129 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 1: but yeah, uh, if we got Mateo Durant in the 130 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: backfield this time, UM still Mason Rudolph at quarterback. He 131 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: is Matt Williamson on Dale Long. You're listening to the 132 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: drive here by the way, as we can bring you 133 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: a large live coverage of Steelers practice. Uh, Rudolph sets 134 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: up in the shotgun with Durant to his left. We 135 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: get a little motion they're inside and there's the handoff 136 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: that was very far. Yeah, that was not going with that. 137 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 1: Guys kind of crashed that in and then the fifty 138 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: coming into cleaning it up. Of fifty being Lante Scott, Yeah, 139 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: I think they like him a little bit. Yeah, it 140 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: seems that way. You know that he's another name to know, 141 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: you know that, and a lot of these guys will 142 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: end up being practice squad dude, Absolutely, that's fine, you know, 143 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: and then next camp he might be like, well I 144 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: remember him last camp, made a name for himself they 145 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: had good reviews on practice squad, and now he's on 146 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: the team, you know, and it seems don't happen overnight 147 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: breaking things up here for a little bit of uh 148 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: special teams here. Um. So in terms of the inside running, 149 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I think we're we're seeing a mentality trying 150 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: to be built here both sides of the ball. Yeah, 151 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball. Both were problem areas 152 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: last year. That's a good point. And neither one is 153 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: gonna be like, we'll take it easy on these guys. 154 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: They're both got something both like a little ship. Yeah. Yeah, 155 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: neither ones could be close to happy with how their 156 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: inside run production was on offense or defense last year. 157 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: So that's a good point that these inside run periods, 158 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: they're not always super exciting for the fans because I 159 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: mean a lot of three yard gains and six year 160 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: gains and you know, I mean they're inside runs and 161 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: people still aren't going usually quite a hundred percent, but 162 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: sort of you know, I mean, that's that's a hard 163 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: thing to judge from up here. Um. But still you 164 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: want to see all those reps you can get for 165 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 1: both of them, you know, to throw a lot at 166 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: the defense, do a lot of different stuff offensively and defensively, 167 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: and you know, get back to run the football and 168 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: stop in the run. Yeah, absolutely, because that's just not acceptable, 169 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: uh really for on either side of it. For the 170 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers, they want to run the football, and I 171 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: understand they're working with Again, you had twenty yards rushing 172 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: per game from the quarterbacks into the equation. Yeah, of 173 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: course they rushing yards per game. They're right in the 174 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,559 Speaker 1: middle of the pack. Nobody says, oh, they can't run 175 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: the football, right, But even the eyeball test yesterday, there 176 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: was not a lot of lanes to run through. It 177 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: was tough sledding, and Naji was in the top of 178 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: the league it after you know, make yards after contact. 179 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: And if he can do that with a little more 180 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: running room and some more quarterback runs, then all of 181 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: a sudden it starts to pay off and you know, 182 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: maybe even in the fourth quarter, you can wear some 183 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: wearing some teams and start ripping off some bigger runs too. Yeah. Absolutely, 184 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,199 Speaker 1: because he is a two pound running back. I mean, 185 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 1: that's that's what you want those guys doing, wearing a 186 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 1: team down. Um, that's why he's he's kind of a 187 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: I know everybody wants to see him get less care 188 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:29,839 Speaker 1: of you gonna worry about the wear and tear and 189 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: nazi heres. I think he's a volume running back. I 190 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: think that's why they took him over the others. And 191 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: I think that's one of their favorite things about him, 192 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: all down in distant situations, the mentality once the football 193 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: can we can truly wear down the defense. And I 194 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: think you use that first round pick for all those 195 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: reasons on him a year ago. Also knowing he's gonna 196 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: be whoever my quarterbacks, you know, is as big as 197 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: safety blanket, you know. I mean just the fact that 198 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: he's behind me. He can get yardage that others can. 199 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: He can provide me with some easy throws. He's gonna 200 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: be there for protection if you look at the guy 201 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,959 Speaker 1: behind you. And as a young quarterback, I think that's 202 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: a real strength. And we've talked us to death last year. 203 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: But I have mixed feelings about using real high picks 204 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: on running backs or paying them, you know, big money. 205 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: That's a different story. But I think like the Jets 206 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: trading up for Bruce Hall is similar to the Steelers 207 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 1: move here, like he got a young quarterback. That's when 208 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: you do it is a reliable, every down type of guy, 209 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: Najy Breece Hall, those type of dudes, because it's all 210 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: about making a quarterbacks life easier. And we talked about 211 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: it last year met Um going into that draft where 212 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: the Steelers were picking at and where the running backs 213 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: were going to go if they didn't take one in 214 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: the first round, and I don't think they wanted. They 215 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 1: weren't gonna they were't gonna get Javante Williams or Naja 216 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: Harris in with their second pick at all. And they 217 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: just weren't gonna be there. And that's that's exactly what 218 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: turned out to be the case. And they didn't want 219 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: to Snoll type, you know, just throw in the mix, 220 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: but I need a difference maker there. And really I 221 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: think in their eyes there were two. Yeah, that George 222 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,359 Speaker 1: Pickens working on return now that's eighty, that's Tyler Bonds. 223 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 1: He sttle cut there, but he probably Trey Nora would 224 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: probably get him on the ground in that situation, some 225 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: of his buddies do if he did. Just to draw 226 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: the picture here, they returned. The return man has his 227 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: back turned to the three defenders who who are coming 228 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: in on him, and he has to turn and find 229 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: a lane or make a cut like a twenty yards 230 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 1: distance from the snap of the ball, and he's just 231 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: got to make space. And like in that case, he 232 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: goes right up the middle and goes right between, you know, 233 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: trying to slide between you give what you can. You know, 234 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: that was always gonna be juke juke like crazy type moves. 235 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: There comes Anthony Miller. Let's see get he got to 236 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,319 Speaker 1: the outside a little bit. Probably doesn't get that in 237 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: a true return type situation because guys are in the lane. 238 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: But he's got a little juice, Yeah, juice. I'm sure 239 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,679 Speaker 1: Ford he's gonna get an earful there that you let 240 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: him outside. He can't let him get outside. That's forty 241 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: d fence by the way, that that would be uh 242 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: uh Steven Lyndon Stevens defensive too much. Nice there you go. 243 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: That was Calvin Austin. That was nice shooting the gap. 244 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, he got that outside wing dude kind of 245 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: dead legged him a little bit and on the jets 246 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 1: got him lean and protecting the outside, and then he 247 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 1: went right past him and against the guy like that. 248 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: You better protect the outside, yeah right right right, I 249 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: mean you can't let him get outside here, because but 250 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: he's gonna run for a long time. Absolutely, that one though, 251 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: that rep was by twenty one. That was Javal the 252 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: new guy. Jaalan McKinley's wearing twenty one. I say it 253 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: looked like a tackle breaking type move. And then see 254 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: too many wide receivers wearing twenty one. Did you see 255 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: what Belichick's doing. By the way, with his rookies, they're 256 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: all wearing in the fifties. His drafts, Mac Jones had 257 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: like five general schofsky starts stop start stop. Interesting little drill, Yeah, 258 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: a cool drill because I mean you gotta think if 259 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,959 Speaker 1: you're a punt returner, Yeah, you're staring into the sky, 260 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: but you're also peeking down to try to see the rush. 261 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 1: In this case, you don't get that advanced. You have 262 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: no Yeah, I mean you know where they're coming from, 263 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: but you don't know where they're breaking. You can flip around. 264 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:18,199 Speaker 1: You need to make the miss now, you know. So interesting? Yeah. Absolutely. 265 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: Danny Smith still out there working with his unit as 266 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: we watch our practice here on the drive on Steelers 267 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: Nation Radio. Now we're working on some one on one 268 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: blocking stuff in terms of picking up guys as they 269 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: come down the field. Yeah, I'm trying to figure out 270 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: what the goal was over there. That's they're they're simulating 271 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:44,559 Speaker 1: as if they're the kickoff return team and you know, 272 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 1: you get a little bit of a drop, you flip 273 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: your hips. You also have to find your man there, 274 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:50,559 Speaker 1: but you had to get a little bit of depth 275 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 1: first as soon as you know the balls kicked. So 276 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,319 Speaker 1: they're doing you know, two rows here at a time. 277 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: That makes some sense. Yeah, you know it's not the 278 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: most interest during the world. No, it's not for us 279 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: for our descriptive purposes. Um, But you know, so much 280 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: goes into special teams. There's so many different nuances and 281 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: things that you use. Yeah, and that's one thing like 282 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: Oschefsky has talked about it with you know, working with 283 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:17,439 Speaker 1: Danny Smith, and obviously he's coming from the Patriots, another 284 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: team that that's very in tune on on. Oh yeah, 285 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: they have a great special teams background, right, Um, And 286 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: he says, you know, Danny's on on every detail, you know, 287 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: working and working and working, you know, even even the 288 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 1: little things that you know you might not necessarily think 289 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: of people think of, well they just kicked up on 290 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: those guys run down the field. And the attack. That's 291 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 1: not how it works. You kind of stole that the 292 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: fact that I was gonna say. It's like everyone probably 293 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: thinks if you're the front line of kickoff return, that's 294 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: pretty easy. I'll just kind of flip my hips, find 295 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: my landmark, look around. But I gotta practice it too 296 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: right that this doesn't come down. You know, where's the 297 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: where are you setting setting the return up? Where do 298 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: you want your wall to be? Is it gonna bean? 299 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: And you know, where where do you want your leverage at? 300 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: You can't leave too early. Goes on side kicks, I'll 301 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: get you and you gotta then you gotta be very 302 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: quick once the ball was kicked too. I assume there's 303 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: some sort of landmark wherever you line up that you've 304 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: got to get to get your body at the proper angle. 305 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: That's a big thing here too, is it doesn't look 306 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: like they want their their shoulder pets square with a 307 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. You're gonna be at some kind of 308 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: angle and so you can get immediate leverage and get 309 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: the upper hand. And it's you know, there's a reason 310 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: why the Steelers have been pretty good at blocking kicks. 311 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I think a lot of that's coaching. Yeah, 312 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: you know, you know, watching the other team on film 313 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: and come and finding that weakness and and they've been 314 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: very good at it. In the Danny Smith there, that's 315 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: that's you can't take that away from I know he 316 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: doesn't have his all a bunch of supporters out there. 317 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: It's kind of split fifty fifty, which is probably the 318 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: case for a lot of coaches coming around if they're 319 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: knowledgeable on the subject. Yeah, um, you know he's he 320 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: does a great job of coaching that up. And again 321 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: that's those are the kind of things that and now 322 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: they're working on scripping the ball out. So this is 323 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: this is one that the releases depending where the blocker goes, 324 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: which should they go to the left, right? Yeah, get 325 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: the ball out? Get the ball out. This is one 326 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: I saw Brian Flores working on some of the offensive 327 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: players with uh at O t A sessions. Um, you 328 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: know that that was one thing Brian Flores's former special 329 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: teams coach as Wealth with those Patriots. So learned some 330 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: interesting drills and some different way looked at the game 331 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: and coach a lot of different guys. Yeah, absolutely, And 332 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: getting the ball out is always a key again, a 333 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: turnover on special teams, a block kick. Those are the 334 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: difference in a game that's game changing stuff without absolutely, 335 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 1: and sometimes you have some people out there handling the 336 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: ball at darn you know exactly, Emmett Smith or you know, 337 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: get carry after kicking and you're trying to you know, 338 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: they're trying to get up the full speed and in 339 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: the open field. You get a little loose with the 340 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: football times, yeah, or hey, I gotta make I canna 341 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: impress the coaches for me to stick on this roster 342 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: and stay in the league. I'm gonna try to do 343 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: too much, but you can take advantage of those type 344 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: of things on special teams. Absolutely, we're gonna take another break. Matt. 345 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 1: He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lali. You're listening 346 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: to our live ongoing beverage here from St. Vincent College. 347 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 1: The Drive is the only show giving you live coverage 348 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: from Steelers training camp here at Saint Pencent College, giving 349 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:10,199 Speaker 1: a little bit of play by plays. Matt and I 350 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: work on our our chops on this thing. I think 351 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 1: maybe we're getting a little bit better at this. But 352 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: we'll be back with Moore on the Drive right after this. 353 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:23,640 Speaker 1: Black and Gold Football leaves here seven. You're listening to 354 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: s n R at least he's the Drive with Dale 355 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 1: Lolly and Matt Williamson on your home of the Black 356 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 1: and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back, we are back. 357 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 1: I'm dal Ally here with Matt Williamson, live from Steelers 358 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,120 Speaker 1: training camp practice here at St. Phency College. The team 359 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: working on some third down stuff here. There would be 360 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 1: your first completion by the Steelers quarterbacks. A it's been 361 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 1: a defensive terminated series here to say the least completed 362 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: there to j Sternberger by Kenny Pickett uh for a 363 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:02,639 Speaker 1: first down, but mits Robinsky having a rough go of 364 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: it there through an interception to the Monte Casey. I 365 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 1: saw that was intended for Anthony Miller, and when Miller 366 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: came over to talk to Frisman Jackson, he kind of 367 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: gave him a little I don't know if if his 368 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: depth was good enough on on the interception still overthrown. Yeah, 369 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 1: but it's easy to blame the quarterbacks and I'm sure 370 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 1: they deserve more than their share here. But there was 371 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: a play early on where what just whip chooks? Yeah, 372 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:27,919 Speaker 1: I mean that that would have been a sack all 373 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: day long. Okay, there we go. There was a completion 374 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 1: that's off Kenny pick it there down to uh uh 375 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: Steven Simms sims Okay, Steven Simsims. I made a play 376 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 1: pick it's the other one on one drove it down 377 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: the field. That was nice. Yeah, it's a good way 378 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: to end end that series. Yeah, James James Pierre giving 379 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: up the outside back shoulder, kind of a back shoulders 380 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: to pick it through that off his back foot. I 381 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 1: don't like to see that. No, No, it didn't have 382 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: a ton of steam on it. Um. I mentioned that Rabinsky, 383 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 1: you know, would have been sacked very early in the 384 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: play by by Watt to look phenomenal. But even after 385 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: the play he drove the ball to Pickings and one 386 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: on one coverage. It wasn't completed, but it was. That 387 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: would have been a sack too. Is a late pressure. 388 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: I think that was Norwood coming up. Yeah, it was Norwood. Yeah. 389 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 1: The defense definitely getting the better of this. Uh yeah, 390 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: it really isn't close, to be honest with. It's been turnovers, 391 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: there's been sacks, there's been miscommunications and not many, not many. 392 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,159 Speaker 1: We do have to we do have to note that 393 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: no Deante Johnson no pet Front, non Harris, no Chase Claypool. 394 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: So you're done. You're top four of your top five 395 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 1: receiving threats here. Uh. Yeah, it's gonna look a little 396 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: a little disjointed at times here. Uh, we'll see if 397 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 1: Mason Rudolph can pick things up here with this rep 398 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: working with the third teams drops back to pass that 399 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: might have been that might have been another sack. Well 400 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: put it right on Zack Gentry, and Gentry dropped it. Uh. 401 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 1: I wonder if this is a blitz period for the defense. 402 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:05,120 Speaker 1: Looks like they're they're ray at them and they're getting home. Yeah, 403 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: that was a defensive back blitz on that one too. 404 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: That easily could have been a quarterback hit if not 405 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: sack again, I may think these quarterbacks are gonna need 406 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: the process, quicker blocking needs to be better. And this 407 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: is a good defense. Yeah, I know, you know, the 408 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 1: numbers don't back that up. I know, people you meet 409 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 1: a good defense. They points against last year overall and 410 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: dead last against the run. It was still a pretty 411 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:32,120 Speaker 1: good past defense and pass rush and the best pass 412 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,360 Speaker 1: rush in the league. I mean it's it's they can 413 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 1: get after it here. And there's a lot of good 414 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: players and they're bringing they're bringing more than uh nice 415 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 1: job there by Ulysses Gilbert sniffing out the stream things 416 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: quick getting the ball, and the defense looks fast to me. 417 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: And there's two ways to look at these things. I mean, 418 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: if you're sitting on the hillside, you always seem the 419 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 1: route for the offense more and you want to see 420 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: the new quarterbacks just look like Montana and Young and 421 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: Roethlisberger and way out there. But that's unrealistic. But I 422 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 1: think if you're smart about this, you look at the 423 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 1: defense and say, this group is playing well too. It's 424 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: hard to play against. They're they're fast. Yeah, they're deep 425 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,439 Speaker 1: there to throw a lot at you. You know, the 426 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: pass rush is intact, so um, but the offense better 427 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: improved to yeah. I mean then again to your point, 428 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 1: they are bringing more than than four guys on every 429 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: single plays third down, you know, third down packages here 430 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: at that time that it held up, look like you 431 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,679 Speaker 1: might tip that one. It's the line of scrimmage. And 432 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: you wonder, you know, like when when coach Tommins said, okay, 433 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: we're putting a blitz period in at three thirty on 434 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: you know, the Tuesday practice is it defense saying, hey, 435 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 1: were we really want to look work blitz? I bet not. 436 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 1: I bet the offense saying we don't handle blitz well 437 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: all because it showed there too. Yeah, I mean that's 438 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 1: really probably the first time these guys have seen that 439 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: as a group, and you gotta get better. Team. Yeah, 440 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: you know, it's different when there's no pads on and 441 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: this you could actually pick guys up. And you know, 442 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: free rushers, as we talked about last week, are going 443 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: to be something you see all the time if nobody's 444 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: allowed to walk you. Yeah, but that wasn't good enough 445 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: by the offense. No, for sure, we get to see 446 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: another one here. Team here looks like a little more team. 447 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,160 Speaker 1: This looks like some first down past play first and 448 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:21,679 Speaker 1: ten stuff or is that first time long? Is that 449 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: more than ten yards? It's ten yards? I don't know 450 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 1: if I can't tell they don't have we We can't 451 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: see the clock here. I don't know if this is 452 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: a two minutes rule with it that they get there 453 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 1: in an eye for we are coming single back formation 454 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 1: here with the quarterback under center, just two receivers or 455 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: the two twenty one personnel use a little run on 456 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: the first down that walking it blew up and he didn't. Yeah. Yeah, 457 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: what causes problems makes it difficult for the offense to 458 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 1: practice when you've got the you know, defending defensive player 459 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,400 Speaker 1: of the year out that's better than ever. And yeah 460 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: I saw is over under on saxe on on for 461 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: the season. It was thirteen and a half ridiculously low. 462 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: That seems really low to me. I mean, because you're 463 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: a good point too. It's like, well yeah some time, yeah, 464 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:16,360 Speaker 1: but it was hurt last year, yea fifteen games, last 465 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: year two and a half. Yeah, okay, like his track record, 466 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,120 Speaker 1: like last year is a flute. If he drops off 467 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: like it's still he's twenty, you know, Okay, roll the 468 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 1: pocket a little bit. There you go. That one took 469 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: a while, But I don't think that was I think 470 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:34,880 Speaker 1: that that was a proper amount of time to hold 471 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,679 Speaker 1: the ball because protection held up. He rolled to the 472 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 1: left away from what's probably not coincidentally and bought themselves 473 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 1: some time that way. I mean to me, that was 474 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: good offensive play calling, you know, knowing where your strengths 475 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: are in the defensive strength First, you know, a quarterback 476 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: realizing I can hold it a second here longer, give 477 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 1: my receiver a chance and that was a nice power 478 00:23:58,200 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: throw there. You get it get out there quick. It 479 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: was on the line. Yeah. See here again Trabisky under center, 480 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: don't hand off the no motion on that, just a 481 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 1: straight give a b gap. I looks like you probably 482 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 1: picked up five or six in the world, Bennie Snow 483 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: with the carry there in that situation. You were listening 484 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: to Dale L. A. M At Williamson here on the 485 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: drive on Steelers Nation Radio. We're bringing guard live coverage 486 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: of Steelers practice here at St. Vincent College. The team 487 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 1: going through its second padded practice today and the offense 488 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,640 Speaker 1: on the field are still a first intense situation here. Uh, 489 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: working on that. Actually, No, we're second second down now, 490 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 1: so we're doing some situations here. So a second down 491 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: and Trabisky in the shotgun again. There's a little bit 492 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 1: of motion pickings, motions comes inside, just outside the tight 493 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: ends a little little tighter inside. Tbisky Okay, gets it up, 494 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: flips it out there Anthony McFarland for a nice little 495 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,160 Speaker 1: gain there. Yeah, that's the kind of stuff for Anthony. 496 00:24:58,160 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: You know, guy like Anthony McFarland who can get it 497 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,160 Speaker 1: and go up, get up, fielding real quick. He's quick. 498 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 1: About one of my problems with McFarland up until this year. 499 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,199 Speaker 1: There's a lot of dance and there's a lot of 500 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: arms and legs going everywhere. I always use the falk 501 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: horn leg horn. You know, you're doing a lot of 502 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: chopping boil, but they have chips of flying and his 503 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:18,159 Speaker 1: feet just aren't going anywhere. I mean, there's all this 504 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: stuff going on and it looks like he's you know, dynamic, 505 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: and then you realize he's not gaining any grass. Well 506 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 1: I have noticed, and it's very early, of course, but 507 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: he gets a ball in space here and quickly he 508 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: gets his shoulders parallel line of scrimmage and he starts 509 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: getting downhill, you know, and that's what he needs to do. 510 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: And a lot of starbacks and five star recruits like 511 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: he was never had to do that because they were 512 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 1: just better athletes and everybody. Yeah, Kenny Picktt now quarterback 513 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: hands off to Jalen Warren and a nice cut there 514 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: to make the initial defender miss gets it upfield for 515 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 1: what would have been a nice game. Say that would 516 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 1: have been a nice game. That would not have been 517 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: a defender just backing off. I mean they kind of 518 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 1: ash him on that one. He took advantage. Yeah, he's 519 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 1: he's he's more and more. That's against Bush and Jack 520 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 1: and you have to talk to the young man here. Yeah, yeah, 521 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: I think it's a good call two to get going here, 522 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: putting Austin emotion again, the play action action get it 523 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: out the ball too long would have been sacked. Yeah, yep. 524 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: Sometimes you just gotta throw it in these situations. You 525 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,919 Speaker 1: can't be laid afraid to let it rip. That was 526 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: pick ittt. Yeah, and I love the motion. I love 527 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: the play action, but you got to be even more 528 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 1: decisive that because as it's the plays take a little 529 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: longer to develop, right, I mean, you gotta when that 530 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,120 Speaker 1: backfoot comes down, you gotta be ready to let it fly. 531 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 1: And that that seems to be the one thing he's 532 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,400 Speaker 1: just not doing a lot. He's not good that yet. Yeah. 533 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 1: And again, maybe you had the time to do that 534 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: in the A c C. But he did not in 535 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: the NFL. Son did that play. He's still running around 536 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 1: under center here. That's a kind of a little stretch 537 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 1: hands off there and warm pinballing his way. That probably 538 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 1: wouldn't have been much awa. It looked like there was 539 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: a good penetration by the defense, But it doesn't mean 540 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,399 Speaker 1: you put him on the ground. Right, He's still we're 541 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: still going with pick it here. We got the Rudolph 542 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: coming there. I still pick it and still pick it 543 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 1: a quarterback. He seems to running with the twos. Yeah, 544 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,159 Speaker 1: he exclusive day. Yeah. I think it probably ends up 545 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,199 Speaker 1: being all week long. I know some people read some 546 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: stuff into that, but I think that was kind of 547 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,160 Speaker 1: the plan. Like once the pads went on, they want 548 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 1: they want him getting some two reps here, got Warren 549 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 1: set up behind Yeah, Warren set up behind him, pick 550 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 1: it under center. We get a little motion there from 551 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: into the interior line, pick it, changing to play what 552 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: we call in here what he changed it to a 553 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 1: little alert there, straight ahead handoff, you know, a little 554 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,679 Speaker 1: weak side cut the two tight ends of the right, 555 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 1: and they brought the guy in. Maybe they thought that 556 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: the defense over shifted to the right, ran to the 557 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: left and there was a lot of running room. So yeah, 558 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: and again it's one of the many benefits of these 559 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 1: shifts in motion, and they just little tell and if 560 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: the defense, you know, shifts to to the your strong 561 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,880 Speaker 1: side a foot too far, collectively, well then we're gonna 562 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: go weak side. You know, there's little things like that that. 563 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: Do you like saying, Kenny Pickett, make that read like that? Yeah, yeah, exactly, 564 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 1: and especially because it worked. If it had made, the 565 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 1: reader ran right into the thief of defense, like you know, 566 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: would have been guarantee. The coaching stuff likes to see that. 567 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: I'm sure, yeah, and my hunches. He's ahead of the 568 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: game with those type of things. It's just executing it 569 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 1: on the field is probably frustrating for him right now. 570 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 1: You know, Like I bet he goes back and watches 571 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: his tape and says, I did this right, and then 572 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: I made this read. I just need to do it quicker. 573 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 1: And it's easier said than done to to do that 574 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: on the field. But yeah, that was the next player 575 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,239 Speaker 1: was a handoff in the backfield into Marvin Leel just 576 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: blew it up. Yeah, big number nine flashes. He I 577 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 1: think what we'll do in his rookie year. Might not 578 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: play a ton, but I do think he will, you 579 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: know flash yeah, Yeah, he's playing a left defensive tackle 580 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 1: here basically in the in the Nickel defense. Here, uh 581 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: Rudolph under center drops back, little flip. Oh, that one 582 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: didn't work at all No, that was that Jack that 583 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: thought that one out blowing it up, But was a 584 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 1: little ton of an end around flip there and Delante Scott, 585 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: Delante Scott just ate that up, you got And not 586 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 1: that other opponents will catch on this stuff too, But 587 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 1: this defense has seen a lot of these end a 588 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: rounds and things like that. That mean they're certainly sitting 589 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: on them. Yeah, for sure. Common opponent you know, Okay, 590 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: got Mateto Durant lined up behind Mason Rudolph. Here, Mason 591 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 1: Rudolph under center, Uh, taking the cadence here. Let's see 592 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: the safety is moving around here at the snap. Not 593 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 1: a twelve personnel on this drill. All right, little play action, 594 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: let's a fly got him Calvin Austin down the sidelines. 595 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 1: There you go. That might be the best throw today. Yeah, yeah, 596 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 1: absolutely nice one made the right read play action. I 597 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: would have to go back and rewind the tape, but 598 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: I mentioned they had two tight ends on the field. 599 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: Did they max for tech and load up for it? 600 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: I think so because I didn't see a lot of 601 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: guys out in the route. Yeah. It was pretty uh yeah, 602 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: shot play all the way. Yeah. Lyndon Stevens getting run 603 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: by there on that situation. But nice nice job dropping 604 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:31,040 Speaker 1: that in there by Mason Rudolph to Stevens credit after 605 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 1: he got beat. He didn't give I don't know if 606 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: Austin scores on that or if he pushes them out, 607 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,280 Speaker 1: you know, but it would have been debatable. Nice little 608 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: spin moved by Mateo Durant and then Buddy Johnson comes 609 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: in and blows him up. But very very very nice 610 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: job there. Nice little okay, good, Yeah, like a very 611 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 1: very nice that worked there by the offense and defense. Uh, 612 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 1: when some you lose, some were back to another special 613 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: teams period, so you guess, and special teams maybe a 614 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,719 Speaker 1: period after that, and then they're wrapping this one up. 615 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,360 Speaker 1: It's about two our practice today. Yeah, they have an 616 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: escorted anybody off the field yet, so not quite getting 617 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: a pretty full day here, absolutely, And the sun is 618 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 1: back out now, so the clouds have scattered here for us, 619 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 1: so we'd like to see that. I was guessing thunderstorms 620 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: there a minute ago, and now the sun is bright. Absolutely, 621 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: that's the thing out here. You can get soaking wet 622 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: and then get a sunburn. Yeah, it's the mountains of general. 623 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 1: Things coming come and go pretty quick. Absolutely, but we're 624 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,440 Speaker 1: gonna take another break. He is Matt Williamson. I am 625 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 1: Dale Ally. You're listening to our live coverage here of 626 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 1: Steelers training camp practices at Saint Vincent College. We'll be 627 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: back with more on the Drive right after this. Steelers. 628 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: We are always talking black and Goal on s n R. 629 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on 630 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:58,040 Speaker 1: your home of the Black and Gold, Steelers Nation Radio. 631 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: Welcome back. I'm Dale Ally here with Matt Williamson, and 632 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 1: we're winding down here with Steelers practice here in the 633 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 1: second padded practice at Samet Fencent College. That you have 634 00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 1: found a course of the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. 635 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 1: And Matt, the sun is now shining. Is wow, it's 636 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: all of a sudden it got real hot here again, 637 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 1: it did. I love our little tent here, but like 638 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,080 Speaker 1: you said, it's kind of holds the heat in a 639 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 1: little bit too. But it's a little short, but it's 640 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,560 Speaker 1: better than sitting in the sun, that's what. Yeah, I 641 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:32,440 Speaker 1: banged my head on the on the We have one 642 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 1: of those little pop up tent. Yeah, you can see 643 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 1: us here. We're right you know, we're hard to miss, 644 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 1: right above the stands, and I banged my head about 645 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: five times now on the on the little things coming 646 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: in and out. You think I'd learned, but that has 647 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 1: not been the case. I'm way over five. I'm a 648 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 1: inch or two taller than you. Not a natural knee bender. 649 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,720 Speaker 1: We would not be doing well in the coach because 650 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: we keep making the same mistake over and over. Poor 651 00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:00,240 Speaker 1: ankle flection doesn't bend at the knees fist. It's his 652 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: head off the off the tent, time and time again. Uncoachable, uncoachable. 653 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:08,680 Speaker 1: That that's that's what everybody says about me. Uncoachable. That's 654 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: why a wife says about me. I'm sure, Yeah, more 655 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,520 Speaker 1: special teams. Danny's getting a lot of action here, and 656 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 1: this is must be kickoff day. There's been a lot 657 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 1: of a lot of kickoffs. The emphasis. I haven't seen 658 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:23,920 Speaker 1: any of Harvard or any punts all day yet. That's 659 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:28,400 Speaker 1: probably means just coming tomorrow. I'm curious anything yet either today, 660 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: So I don't think anybody's kicked the thing all that 661 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:35,000 Speaker 1: was all day long. Bob's might be celebrating or hopefully 662 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,960 Speaker 1: he's uh nursing a bit of a hangover after having 663 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 1: a great night because he's bring with him. You know, 664 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,680 Speaker 1: he used to do the The Antonio Brown Show when 665 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: when Antonio Brown was not going to be able to 666 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: show up, which was often. As I say, is he 667 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: a reliable host of the Antonio Brown When there were 668 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 1: times he would when he would show up, he would 669 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 1: sometimes be late, but that's neither here from time to time. 670 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: But sometimes if he knew he wasn't gonna be there, 671 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:02,080 Speaker 1: he would get another player to do. Several times it 672 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,200 Speaker 1: was boss I did have to do it. I'm sure 673 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,040 Speaker 1: he's good at it. Yeah, I mean, you know he could, 674 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,280 Speaker 1: but there's only some much you can talk about with kickers. 675 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,880 Speaker 1: You you're talking about route structures or a house quarterback 676 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 1: right right. But bos was good at it, and there 677 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 1: was you know, the gather guys. Vince Williams did some 678 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: shows for him. Uh, he actually had the one time. 679 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:22,919 Speaker 1: This was before he got right before he got cut. 680 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,239 Speaker 1: Actually the Garrett Blunt came in and did a show. 681 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:28,160 Speaker 1: We were in Cannonsburg at the Colorful Fella. Yeah, we 682 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:32,319 Speaker 1: were at the All Star Sports Girl in Cannonsburg and 683 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 1: they had just put that in that whole complex back there. 684 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've been back there at south Point. 685 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,880 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, the main street in South Point. So it 686 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,000 Speaker 1: wasn't on the GPS yet, it was so knew it 687 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,520 Speaker 1: wasn't on GPS, and he couldn't find it, and so 688 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 1: it took him. He kept calling and trying to figure 689 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 1: out where it was at. So then he came in. 690 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 1: He got there with about I don't know, half an 691 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:52,960 Speaker 1: hour or so left in the show, so we interviewed him, 692 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,960 Speaker 1: and you know, he stayed for another hour after that, 693 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,360 Speaker 1: signing on yeah, the autographs and talking to fans. And 694 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 1: it was the very next week we did the show 695 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,399 Speaker 1: on Tuesday nights. That very next week was a game 696 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,960 Speaker 1: against the Titans, where he wound up getting cut. Um. 697 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,040 Speaker 1: That's pretty cool of them, though. I've always remembered that 698 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:10,520 Speaker 1: that he you know, he didn't have to stay and 699 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 1: do and that he can come and gone or you 700 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,480 Speaker 1: know that far. We've all been there, I mean, especially 701 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:18,640 Speaker 1: as older folk that didn't grow up at GPS looking 702 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:20,920 Speaker 1: for the place, looking for the place, and I'm just 703 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,799 Speaker 1: going home where the heck, yeah I'm not. This isn't 704 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,360 Speaker 1: most my show. I'm not supposed to be there, right, 705 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,720 Speaker 1: And so he shows up, brings it home and sticks 706 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 1: around for a while. Yeah, so I always I always 707 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,440 Speaker 1: remembered that that, and I never had a problem with him, 708 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:36,920 Speaker 1: as you know, as a guy. I think he felt 709 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,799 Speaker 1: like he was, you know, seven on seven in front 710 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,200 Speaker 1: of us. Yeah, we get seven on seven. It means 711 00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:42,080 Speaker 1: we got one on one blocking drills on the opposite 712 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,239 Speaker 1: field over there binoculars today, Like I'm gonna watch seven 713 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:48,279 Speaker 1: on seven. You just stick to what's close. Let's see here. 714 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:53,719 Speaker 1: I don't count this necessarily in the the quarterback stuff, No, 715 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,239 Speaker 1: I think it's a little too easy, you know, like 716 00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 1: they should all complete a high percentage of passes and 717 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:02,520 Speaker 1: and you should never eat it. You like it. If 718 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,120 Speaker 1: I can't, if the play didn't go to script, I'm 719 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,319 Speaker 1: gonna throw a hero ball and if it gets picked off, 720 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 1: so be to this practice and I'm gonna let it fly. 721 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,399 Speaker 1: We're talking about practice. Yeah, that one was just out 722 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,279 Speaker 1: of the reach, nearly picked off. I don't know if 723 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:19,880 Speaker 1: I blame the route or the past. I'm a percentage 724 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,319 Speaker 1: of interceptions in the NFL, would you say are on 725 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:28,920 Speaker 1: the receivers more than people wouldn't know? Yeah, yeah, without questions. 726 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,799 Speaker 1: Quarterback is always gonna take it like that one comes 727 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,319 Speaker 1: in a little too hot for mea smell to hang 728 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: on to. Not all interceptions are created equal, and that 729 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:38,520 Speaker 1: much is very, very true. I think you have to know. 730 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:39,960 Speaker 1: I mean, this is a big thing when you scout 731 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,440 Speaker 1: college guys too. What's it down in distance? You know, 732 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:47,920 Speaker 1: like Jay Cutler at Vanderbilt. Boy, he's throwing a lot 733 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:51,279 Speaker 1: of picks. Well, they're always losing and they're playing Bama. 734 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:53,719 Speaker 1: And what she's supposed to do to stump it down 735 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:55,680 Speaker 1: time and time again? You know, like he's got a 736 00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:59,520 Speaker 1: bunch of future lawyers exactly. I mean, all these accountants 737 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,920 Speaker 1: running round for him. He probably should force it in 738 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:04,720 Speaker 1: there once in a while. He's the only good player 739 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:06,879 Speaker 1: they got, you know, it's the only chance they got 740 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,399 Speaker 1: to make anything that's nice and Hayward having and he's 741 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 1: dropped it. He's having a rough practice. I say, it 742 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,200 Speaker 1: has not been his best practice either, but he is 743 00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:16,719 Speaker 1: seeing the field a lot these last couple of days end, 744 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:20,440 Speaker 1: you know that's Yeah, they had two bigger interior players 745 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:23,400 Speaker 1: crossed there in the middle, and he's the one that 746 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,960 Speaker 1: came clean. Been uh quarterback put it on him and 747 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,440 Speaker 1: just bounce it off his shoulder. Pass. Yeah, tough day. 748 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,799 Speaker 1: I kissed football. We watched Pat friar Muth walk up 749 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:34,600 Speaker 1: here to the offense him back in there. Yeah yeah, 750 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,000 Speaker 1: you want to see, guys, we've seen from him this year, 751 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,080 Speaker 1: you know, post rookie year watchers. He walks up with 752 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:43,759 Speaker 1: the Zack gentry and look how big Zach Gentry is that. 753 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 1: He's just a big human being like friar Muth is 754 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:50,040 Speaker 1: a big, good looking tight end. But they look at that. 755 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:53,479 Speaker 1: They're not like goodness right, They look like they played 756 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,080 Speaker 1: two different one where yeah, mits drive him one down 757 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,840 Speaker 1: there too, uh to uh, that's a good twenty already 758 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:04,080 Speaker 1: field between the hashes, tough ball, and that wouldn't have 759 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:05,680 Speaker 1: looked any different. I mean you would have people in 760 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:07,760 Speaker 1: your face, but I mean it's still the same back seven. 761 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,120 Speaker 1: That's the thing that's that's so tough to judge with. 762 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,279 Speaker 1: I know people, well, the quarterbacks aren't looking very good. 763 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:16,560 Speaker 1: They joining us. The offensive line group is behind the 764 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:20,560 Speaker 1: defensive line group right now by a lot, bye a lot, 765 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,400 Speaker 1: by a lot. And so these guys are thrown with 766 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,480 Speaker 1: a lot of guys in their face. Um, they know 767 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:26,319 Speaker 1: they're not gonna get tackled there. But you still can't 768 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:30,160 Speaker 1: step into your throw like you'd want to pick it up. 769 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,360 Speaker 1: It's a good ball, held it a little long with 770 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,839 Speaker 1: little yeah in factor. The receiver which was gunneral chief 771 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,959 Speaker 1: had to stop and yeah they catch that comes out 772 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,200 Speaker 1: half a second or even a full second earlier. Then 773 00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,440 Speaker 1: it's a really nice play. But you know, maybe a 774 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,719 Speaker 1: week from now it does you know, right, that's what 775 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,920 Speaker 1: you want to see if you're the Steelers. Uh again again, 776 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:54,960 Speaker 1: a nice ball if you know, I had to had 777 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:56,840 Speaker 1: some zip on it right down the scene, right, you 778 00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,200 Speaker 1: didn't wanted to be hit. The receiver is a good decision, 779 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:03,080 Speaker 1: just a little late, and that has been the kind 780 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,680 Speaker 1: of the that could be the adjustment. Yeah, that's that's 781 00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:11,759 Speaker 1: the big adjustment for him. Look, came out a little quicker, Yeah, 782 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:13,200 Speaker 1: came out a little quicker, but he took the end 783 00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:16,520 Speaker 1: of the the weekend. Yeah, and I mean that a good way. 784 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:19,520 Speaker 1: I mean he's just a large person running these receiver routes. 785 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:21,920 Speaker 1: If you look together, it kind of looks like another 786 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:23,920 Speaker 1: tight end out there. Yeah. I mean I bet if 787 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:25,840 Speaker 1: Evan Ingram was out there, he wouldn't look look at 788 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:30,960 Speaker 1: him next to j Sternberger. There's not all right, yeah. 789 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 1: I think if you pulled people around here and they 790 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,359 Speaker 1: were walking down the path together, you'd think they play 791 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:39,120 Speaker 1: the same position. Yeah, right, right, there's a little leading 792 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:41,719 Speaker 1: to for tight end. Yeah. Yeah, he's on a real 793 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,359 Speaker 1: thick lower body. He's down here, down here by us 794 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,360 Speaker 1: with his hand and the dirt Hayward goes in motion. 795 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:51,040 Speaker 1: It looks like if we got some cover twos here 796 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:55,239 Speaker 1: and that breaks over the middle, kind of true to 797 00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:58,640 Speaker 1: throw it. I thought Hayward was. I was staring at 798 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:00,520 Speaker 1: Hayward a lot on that one and thought he was 799 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:04,439 Speaker 1: the open guy. So I don't know, if I'm with you, 800 00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,880 Speaker 1: where he put it where he should or did he 801 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,600 Speaker 1: miss Hayward because there was two receivers that were probably 802 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:13,760 Speaker 1: too close together. It was behind Sternberger who was surrounded 803 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:15,719 Speaker 1: by two both safeties in the middle of the field 804 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:17,200 Speaker 1: and the guy who was covering him, and it was 805 00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:20,600 Speaker 1: overthrown with Haywards. So I wonder if they're spacing wasn't correct, 806 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,120 Speaker 1: you know, if Haywards are broke his route off earlier, 807 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,400 Speaker 1: and the things that we don't know exactly, like like 808 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,439 Speaker 1: when Canada watches that, he's probably like if you run 809 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:30,440 Speaker 1: the route at the depth I told you you know 810 00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:34,600 Speaker 1: you're open. That's a tough past. Yeah, staring down the 811 00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:37,200 Speaker 1: receiver there in that case too, staring at Sternberger the 812 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:40,319 Speaker 1: entire time, and he was open for a second, but 813 00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:43,720 Speaker 1: that closes so quick in this league. I mean, respect 814 00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:46,040 Speaker 1: the A C C. That's probably a completion at pit. 815 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,000 Speaker 1: You know it's not here. Yeah, he was definitely looking 816 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:52,040 Speaker 1: at Sternberger the entire way on that one. Mason Rudolph 817 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:53,680 Speaker 1: coming in now for his chip shot at the seven 818 00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:56,200 Speaker 1: on sevens Here, we're gonna take another break, Matt. We 819 00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:59,040 Speaker 1: are live from Steelers training camp here. There's probably one 820 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,040 Speaker 1: more period f H. This will be one more team 821 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,880 Speaker 1: period after they finish up the seven on seven drill, 822 00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:06,640 Speaker 1: and that will finish off practice here for today, the 823 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:09,799 Speaker 1: second day in practice. He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale. Alla. 824 00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:13,040 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio, 825 00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,799 Speaker 1: the official voice of Black and Gold Nation SNR