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Speaker 1: I am Dale, while we're getting with Matt Williamson is

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Speaker 1: our three here of this special edition of the Drive

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Speaker 1: here on Steelers Nation Radio Live from the Steelers O

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Speaker 1: Rooney Sports Complex and uh well, stuff on tour dominating

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Speaker 1: a lot of the conversation today. Um, does this change

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Speaker 1: your outlook for the Steelers in slightly? I mean I

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Speaker 1: was counting on him and I thought that he would

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Speaker 1: like we were talking yesterday about you know, Highsmith getting

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Speaker 1: I think that's slightly less likely now, you know. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you haven't seen him in a while. Um, but boy,

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Speaker 1: he's immensely talented and he won't be replaced. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they may get another guy, but it won't be to

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Speaker 1: well as influence a passing game greatly. And he had

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Speaker 1: a pretty wrong all around game. Yeah, he was. He

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Speaker 1: His highlight film is wow. Yeah, he wasn't as consistent

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Speaker 1: years ago in in uh there were three players who

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Speaker 1: the last we've seen him, which is playing at a

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Speaker 1: Dale ally here with Matt Williamson and that Matt Levi Wallace,

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Speaker 1: felt the same vibe here. And I've always been a

428
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Speaker 1: fan of Pittsburgh. You know, my mom grew up a

429
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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh fan, and so she's always talking about Still Curtain

430
00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,520
Speaker 1: growing up. I'm like, Mom, who's just still Curtain? You

431
00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,560
Speaker 1: know what I mean, You're showing your age and so

432
00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,919
Speaker 1: but it's you know, she she always just talks so

433
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Speaker 1: much about it and how I think my first NFL

434
00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,600
Speaker 1: game was actually going to Pittsburgh game against Arizona for

435
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Speaker 1: her birthday. And so I've always been a fan of

436
00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,120
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and the culture that's been here. No, I dig that, man.

437
00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,280
Speaker 1: That's awesome. Man. So, also talk about how you're adjusting

438
00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,080
Speaker 1: to the expectations. Now, obviously we were in Buffalo, man,

439
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,600
Speaker 1: you were surrounded by a lot of talent on that defense.

440
00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,399
Speaker 1: We know Trey White was the big name corner, but

441
00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,919
Speaker 1: now coming here to Pittsburgh, you're that guy. You're the

442
00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:40,040
Speaker 1: person that everyone's looking to to solidify that group. How

443
00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,760
Speaker 1: are you handling that? Man? I don't even think about it.

444
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:45,880
Speaker 1: I'm still out here just trying to learn the playbook

445
00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,720
Speaker 1: and get into my teammates, you know, learning signals, learning

446
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,240
Speaker 1: learn the calls, and just bill camaraderie honestly, And we're

447
00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,320
Speaker 1: about the football stuff when it comes out in September.

448
00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,399
Speaker 1: But you know, this time right now is like I

449
00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,200
Speaker 1: said in an interview not so long ago, just focus

450
00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,959
Speaker 1: on your eyes and new schemes, um, and how how

451
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,080
Speaker 1: can I can make plays in this defense? And that's

452
00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,520
Speaker 1: what's important to me right now. When you've got the

453
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,080
Speaker 1: just the talent and the leadership that this defense has

454
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Speaker 1: on every level too, right, whether whether it's Cam, whether

455
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,280
Speaker 1: it's t J, whether it's manka Um, does that does

456
00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,879
Speaker 1: that make the transition easier coming to a new organization,

457
00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,720
Speaker 1: new team? For sure? I mean, like you guys know,

458
00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,680
Speaker 1: I've known Mika for a while now, and so he's

459
00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,040
Speaker 1: for sure. I mean even t you know, we came

460
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,720
Speaker 1: out the same year and I played with his brother

461
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:28,800
Speaker 1: out in Buffalo, so we we've been on each other

462
00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,080
Speaker 1: for a while, and so just just seeing familiar faces

463
00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:34,040
Speaker 1: and getting another the other guys as well. Um, but

464
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,000
Speaker 1: then you just see the presence that Cam has and

465
00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,240
Speaker 1: t j Um and just just how they move and

466
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Speaker 1: how they work, you know what I mean. It's it's

467
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,680
Speaker 1: it makes you want to work harder. And you've got

468
00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:45,800
Speaker 1: guys just I mean, we just finished doing back pedals

469
00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,520
Speaker 1: with with kJ and it's just guys are just pushing

470
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:51,520
Speaker 1: guys all the time. Even Cam Sudden just a great

471
00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,960
Speaker 1: leadership the years in the corner room and even Spoon

472
00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,639
Speaker 1: you know he's year six and uh, just just the

473
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Speaker 1: wisdom that he brings to the table. I mean, we're

474
00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:01,840
Speaker 1: all bouncing notes off of each other. So it's it's

475
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,800
Speaker 1: been a great, great community. No, man, that's awesome to see, man.

476
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,920
Speaker 1: And it's awesome to see you guys compete against each

477
00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:08,520
Speaker 1: other as well in a sense man, how you guys

478
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,439
Speaker 1: make plays. Like for me, I enjoy watching that element

479
00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:13,600
Speaker 1: with you all. But um, something that I also wanted

480
00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,280
Speaker 1: to know with you now that you're here and stuff

481
00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,560
Speaker 1: like that. It's just in terms of the new scheme

482
00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,400
Speaker 1: here because obviously you're coming from Buffalo. Just talk about

483
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,600
Speaker 1: some of the challenges that you've had in terms of

484
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,720
Speaker 1: learning it. I mean, are there things that you know

485
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,200
Speaker 1: you may be more comfortable with or that you liked

486
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,240
Speaker 1: a little bit more at other places versus here or

487
00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,000
Speaker 1: vice versa. Yeah, I think that that goes to every scheme.

488
00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:35,240
Speaker 1: I think with me being in Buffalo for four years,

489
00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,480
Speaker 1: I got real used to it, you know what I mean,

490
00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,800
Speaker 1: So things just made sense there, and now you come

491
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,399
Speaker 1: to a whole different scheme and it's like, Okay, let

492
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,560
Speaker 1: me try to figure out how I can make defense

493
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,399
Speaker 1: and how you guys want me to play it. Because

494
00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,280
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, it's it's it's you

495
00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,639
Speaker 1: know what I mean. So I'm not just taking my

496
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Speaker 1: own stuff out there, and you know what I mean,

497
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:54,879
Speaker 1: I'm messing everything up, you know what I mean. I

498
00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,600
Speaker 1: want to fit myself into that system while still being

499
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Speaker 1: a playmaker and that and so different has come easy

500
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,119
Speaker 1: to me and naturally learning playbooks. I think it's just

501
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,640
Speaker 1: now figuring out, Okay, when can I jump this route?

502
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,040
Speaker 1: When can I jump that route? You know what I mean?

503
00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,879
Speaker 1: And and building that trust, like okay, that's my safety,

504
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,920
Speaker 1: have my back as with my employer. For so so long,

505
00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:14,680
Speaker 1: I just knew they were gonna be where they're gonna

506
00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:20,359
Speaker 1: be at those two really absolutely, and so you know,

507
00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,720
Speaker 1: it's it's just a little different. But you know, like

508
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:24,639
Speaker 1: I said, it's building that comaraderie and trust in your

509
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,600
Speaker 1: teammates and going from there. Now, did they ever communicate

510
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,240
Speaker 1: to you in terms of some of that stuff A

511
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,800
Speaker 1: roll for you and say hey man, feel free, take chances,

512
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,159
Speaker 1: jump routes. Has that ever been communicated to you or

513
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:37,440
Speaker 1: have they ever said, hey man, we want you to

514
00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,399
Speaker 1: be a little bit more what ended up by the book? No? No,

515
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,240
Speaker 1: I think here they do a great job of letting

516
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Speaker 1: players be players. Um, I think it's more for me personally,

517
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Speaker 1: like I said, being comfortable in it, to be able

518
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Speaker 1: to do it because like you said, you in the

519
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,200
Speaker 1: Buffalo defense, like I knew with the linebackers and the

520
00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:54,679
Speaker 1: d lines, stunts, you know what I mean, Like I

521
00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,520
Speaker 1: knew the deal everything. I knew everything. Now I'm like,

522
00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,159
Speaker 1: all right, let me go back to like I'm a

523
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,800
Speaker 1: rookie step one. What do I have to do? You

524
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:03,680
Speaker 1: know what I mean? What do I have to do?

525
00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:05,679
Speaker 1: And then I'll focus on Okay, where are they going

526
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,000
Speaker 1: to be? You know what I mean? And then just

527
00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 1: learning the players, you know what I mean. I think

528
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,199
Speaker 1: the back seven we played together for four years, so

529
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,119
Speaker 1: we just had that big camaraderie in the back and

530
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,640
Speaker 1: now I'm like, Okay, what guys I'm gonna be with

531
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,080
Speaker 1: on the field out here? And how do they move?

532
00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,240
Speaker 1: And you got Miles Jack who's new too, so he's

533
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:23,320
Speaker 1: from Feting too, and so it was just a little different,

534
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:24,639
Speaker 1: you know, just getting used to it. But I think

535
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,199
Speaker 1: that's what we're out here, that thinks why we all

536
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,679
Speaker 1: came early to get those reps together. Let's tarall Auston.

537
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,160
Speaker 1: I've been with the Steelers for a few years. First

538
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:37,159
Speaker 1: year's defensive coordinated dells and working with the secondary a

539
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,320
Speaker 1: lot of that, getting up the speed stuff and getting

540
00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,119
Speaker 1: on the scene. Is that easier with it with a

541
00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,720
Speaker 1: d C like t A Man? I mean t A

542
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,520
Speaker 1: is He's a little bit like coach Fraser Um. I

543
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,600
Speaker 1: mean the door is always open, easy to talk to,

544
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,720
Speaker 1: easy communicate. I mean he just gave me a nugget

545
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,160
Speaker 1: right now that I didn't even think about, and I'm like, dang,

546
00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,320
Speaker 1: now do you say that like that does happen a lot,

547
00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,800
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. It's like and it's so crazy,

548
00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,120
Speaker 1: Like I played four years without even thinking about that,

549
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:03,879
Speaker 1: you know, I've been playing all instincts and he was

550
00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,439
Speaker 1: like no, I was like, day, Like, that's gonna be

551
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,080
Speaker 1: way easier, you know what I mean. But it's it's

552
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,520
Speaker 1: a guy who's like coach phrases, they've they've been there

553
00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,000
Speaker 1: and am seeing so much I mean, just coining their

554
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,159
Speaker 1: experience and wisdom in that regardless. So uh, you just

555
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,600
Speaker 1: love having guys like that, even coach Coach Brown who's

556
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,240
Speaker 1: been here for a couple of years now. I mean,

557
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,080
Speaker 1: it just trickles down from coach t all the way

558
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 1: down the t A to Coach Brown. Um, it's it's

559
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,119
Speaker 1: it's a good camaraderie and it's easy to talk to

560
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,000
Speaker 1: those guys about defense, no doubt, No doubt. Currently joined

561
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,280
Speaker 1: by Lee by Wallace cornerback of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now

562
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,720
Speaker 1: every year doing o TS, we always talk about something

563
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,360
Speaker 1: we're trying to focus on to improve a point. And

564
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,760
Speaker 1: obviously you being new here, man, just talk a little

565
00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,080
Speaker 1: bit about for yourself. Man, at this stage in your career,

566
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,199
Speaker 1: what is something that you're trying to say that you're

567
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:46,879
Speaker 1: trying to improve a point. Why you're out here doing

568
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,280
Speaker 1: these ot A periods. I think for me now coming

569
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:51,560
Speaker 1: to a new team, I know what I'm good at,

570
00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:53,720
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, And so it's just pushing

571
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,400
Speaker 1: myself and just asking more questions like Okay, how could

572
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,840
Speaker 1: I play this better? How could I switch this up?

573
00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:00,960
Speaker 1: Did you played four year? Is five years in the league?

574
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,679
Speaker 1: There's a book on you out there? Yeah? Start going

575
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,880
Speaker 1: gets the same guys, so they know how you play

576
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 1: and I know how they play. So it's like, Okay,

577
00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 1: what curveballs cannot throw in now? That's gonna make a

578
00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:13,120
Speaker 1: quarterback look for one more second, to hold the ball

579
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 1: for one more second, you know what I mean? Switch

580
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,119
Speaker 1: it up? And so I think that's when I'm out

581
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,760
Speaker 1: here pushing myself right now. Um to try to give Mitch,

582
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:22,359
Speaker 1: who's a great quarterback, different different looks. And I asked

583
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,520
Speaker 1: him after practice, like how did that? How did that look? Like?

584
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,159
Speaker 1: What do you think we were in? You know what

585
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: I mean? Because it helps, it help We're just trying

586
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,439
Speaker 1: to help each other get better. Um. So I think

587
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,160
Speaker 1: that's one of the big things for me this year

588
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,119
Speaker 1: in regards on the field. Yeah, and I forgot man.

589
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,000
Speaker 1: Y'all two were actually together just a year ago open

590
00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,119
Speaker 1: Buffalo Man, so obviously carry you over continues with that

591
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 1: as well. Man, Yeah, for sure. I mean he's a

592
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 1: great guy. I mean, an amazing family and uh great

593
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,359
Speaker 1: leader as well, and so he's so easy to talk to.

594
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,719
Speaker 1: It's it's I'm so happy. I was one of the

595
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,280
Speaker 1: reasons why I signed here. Actually I saw him sign

596
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 1: and I was like, man, mitches, you know what I mean,

597
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 1: Like I've seen him when he first got the Buffalo

598
00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:00,440
Speaker 1: and just how he grew um and just presence that

599
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:02,320
Speaker 1: he is. I mean, Josh is our leader, but Mitch

600
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,200
Speaker 1: was right there behind him, you know what I mean,

601
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 1: And he inspired me. And so I said, Mits, you signing,

602
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,760
Speaker 1: I'm signing. Let him going. I don't have full faith

603
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 1: in him, and I believe in him and all that

604
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:13,720
Speaker 1: he does and all that he brings. I love it.

605
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,480
Speaker 1: That's good to hear. That's what we like to absolutely

606
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 1: Lea by Wallace with us here on snr UM. So

607
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,879
Speaker 1: like with the quarterback right quarterback competition, first time in

608
00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,680
Speaker 1: eighteen years since since you know, since Ben Roethlisberger was

609
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,720
Speaker 1: a rookie. One of the things that Moates and I

610
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,159
Speaker 1: have discussed is it really kind of feels like just

611
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:31,639
Speaker 1: competition in general is a theme, like you always have

612
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 1: that in these settings, but from quarterback to offensive line

613
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,720
Speaker 1: to the d line to how you guys all shake

614
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,960
Speaker 1: out in the secondary, Like there is truly competition for

615
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,400
Speaker 1: roles at every level, at every area of this roster.

616
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,240
Speaker 1: Is is that something that that you feel out there

617
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 1: or is it just in these settings it's always competition

618
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 1: and it's it's always the same business. Yeah. For me,

619
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 1: I think me being undrafted, you know, walk off that

620
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:57,920
Speaker 1: I just always my mind is just said, it's always competition,

621
00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,040
Speaker 1: no matter what, and so I mean it doesn't feel

622
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: any different for me. It's crazy. I was talking to

623
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 1: my boy and just this sport alone and just sports

624
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 1: in general is like the only time where you're building

625
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 1: camaraderie while competing for a job. So it's crazy. It's

626
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 1: crazy to think about. It's one of the most competitive

627
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,640
Speaker 1: environments and at the same time you've got guys pushing

628
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 1: each other and ask them questions, trying to get better

629
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:21,960
Speaker 1: because you know, like I'm trying to feed my family

630
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 1: they're trying to feed their family, you know what I mean.

631
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,239
Speaker 1: And you want the best for those guys where they

632
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,360
Speaker 1: play here, but they play somewhere else because you build

633
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 1: those relationships, those connections. We're here more together than we

634
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:31,320
Speaker 1: are with our families, you know what I I mean. So

635
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,040
Speaker 1: these are your brothers, these are your boys. It's crazy,

636
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 1: absolutely Well. The final one I have for you, Levi

637
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,360
Speaker 1: is since we've been out here, now you what five

638
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: completed practices, just talk about man in the dB room,

639
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Speaker 1: if there's anyone that you've seen this kind of like

640
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,280
Speaker 1: stood out to you. Man, they're catching your eye. Man,

641
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 1: I think we have great players all around the board, honestly,

642
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 1: and it's it's hard to say. We're in seven on

643
00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,600
Speaker 1: seven past rush quarterbacks are holding on the ball a

644
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 1: little bit more and so we want to make more

645
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,480
Speaker 1: plays than we have. But you know, you have a

646
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 1: great group of guys that are just so good and

647
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 1: so talented, and so I can't wait to see when

648
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:09,000
Speaker 1: we get to pads and training camp and just let's

649
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 1: see guys just compete and explode, you know, because you

650
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: can just see it's just building. We're all building, were building.

651
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 1: And so when we go back and train and come back.

652
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Speaker 1: I know we'll be ready to go for sure, no doubt. Well,

653
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 1: we're excited to see it as well, man, and we're

654
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 1: excited to have you here with us. And they still

655
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,760
Speaker 1: in a a nation family. So once again, man, we appreciate

656
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: you taking some time to be with us. Man. And yeah,

657
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,440
Speaker 1: man continueing you know, having a great o t a session. Man,

658
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,680
Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys. Thank you for having me real

659
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Speaker 1: quick on my website leave the walls dot org from

660
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Speaker 1: my foundation, um doing this game day experience. So we're

661
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:42,200
Speaker 1: giving we're giving away two tickets and a hotel night

662
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,400
Speaker 1: for the game opener, for the home opener. Let's go.

663
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,200
Speaker 1: So all you gotta do is I'm mean it go

664
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Speaker 1: to my foundations, giving scholarships back to kids and uh yeah,

665
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Speaker 1: leave a walls dot org. If for a chance to

666
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,480
Speaker 1: win it. It should be a great time, no no doubt. Man,

667
00:30:55,480 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 1: that is awesome right impact on and off the field

668
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: over right there, ladies, gentlemen. Leva Wallace definitely appreciate you again. Man,

669
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,320
Speaker 1: he keep doing you good man, good and off the field,

670
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:13,640
Speaker 1: keep thank you, thank you. That was Steelers cornerback Levi Wallace,

671
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 1: very uh well spoken, intellectual, team oriented, UM student of

672
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 1: the game, affecting the community off the field as well,

673
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 1: you know, the foundation and all that good stuff he

674
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 1: was talking about too. So, yeah, he's gonna help the

675
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,480
Speaker 1: whole group here, Yeah, I think so. And I think

676
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 1: adding a veteran who's been through playing some big games

677
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,880
Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, right right right, up and coming team

678
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 1: and part of a really good defense. And I mean

679
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,560
Speaker 1: people weren't exactly throwing at Tradavious White either all that often.

680
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,000
Speaker 1: I mean he's gotten some targets his way, and he's

681
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:51,400
Speaker 1: he's he's battle tested, yeah, battle tested and obviously very

682
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:55,080
Speaker 1: comfortable with his talent. And I thought it's interesting too,

683
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: he said that, you know, he signed UM here because

684
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 1: Trabisky signed here. Yeah, that's interesting to think. You really

685
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: get a feel for the people in the know, and

686
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 1: Buffalo have a lot of hope for Trabisky. That's you know,

687
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: his story is far from written. I think you mentioned this,

688
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:11,800
Speaker 1: you know, a week or two ago whatever we were

689
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:17,280
Speaker 1: on the air. Don't discount the the Bills Steeler's head

690
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,479
Speaker 1: coach connection, by the way, either, you know, I mean,

691
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 1: these guys talk and I'm sure McDermott would not I mean,

692
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 1: he didn't want to lose Trabisky or Wallace, but you

693
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,800
Speaker 1: know that everyone knows it wasn't gonna keep Drabisky. I mean,

694
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 1: he knew that it was a foregone conclusion. Don't think

695
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,480
Speaker 1: for one second him and Tomlin have not had some

696
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: conversations about these guys about it. I think they feel

697
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:41,800
Speaker 1: very comfortable with the kind of leader that Mitch Robinsky is. Yeah, yeah,

698
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: and what he could become, and you know where he's

699
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,480
Speaker 1: coming his career. So I'm really intrigued with Robinsky and

700
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 1: I'm not knock and pick it one bit. But it

701
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,240
Speaker 1: wouldn't have broke my heart either if that would have

702
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 1: been a different position at twenty, you know. I mean,

703
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 1: I think Trabisky has a chance to really be a

704
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,320
Speaker 1: good player here. Yeah, I do as well. We're gonna

705
00:32:58,320 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: take our final break here and we'll be back to

706
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Speaker 1: finish up the show. He is Matt Williams and I'm

707
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Speaker 1: Dale Lalli. You're listening to the Drive here on Steelers

708
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Speaker 1: Nation Radio. We are live from the U p M.

709
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 1: C Rooney Sports Complex here for Steeler O T A. S.

710
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 1: We'll be back here again tomorrow as the Steelers finish

711
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,880
Speaker 1: up Week two of their O t A sessions. But

712
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,120
Speaker 1: we'll be back with the final segment of today's show

713
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: right after this. Welcome back on Dale Ally here with

714
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 1: Matt Williamson and UM coming down the home stretch, coming

715
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:38,120
Speaker 1: down the home stretch of five here five Um. Just

716
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 1: one day left of O T A s and then

717
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,520
Speaker 1: next week it's for real and you're supposed to get

718
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 1: some weather tomorrow. From what I understand, I thought was

719
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,920
Speaker 1: coming today. But thank it was wrong about that. I

720
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,760
Speaker 1: was wrong about the Toot thing. I'm not afraid to

721
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 1: admit it. I believed he was coming back this year

722
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: because that was everything that I was hearing. Are are

723
00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 1: compatriot here on Steelers Nation Radio and Steelers Come Bob

724
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: Labry look and took a more pessimistic view of Ye.

725
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 1: Bob was right. He was right right, And a lot

726
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:08,239
Speaker 1: of people have been doubting it every step of the way.

727
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 1: And I don't know that you know Stefan new until

728
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:12,719
Speaker 1: the last day or two either. I mean, these these

729
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 1: things are massive, light, life changing decisions. Decision Like I'm

730
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,480
Speaker 1: getting a lot of questions here, why didn't he announced

731
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 1: just a month ago? Well, he didn't know a MONTHY

732
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:22,799
Speaker 1: didn't know a month ago, and I'm sure that it

733
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 1: sounds like the organization was very patient with him and

734
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 1: had optimism and he'll be back. And he's a very

735
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:34,160
Speaker 1: influential player and exceptional players. So not the best news, no, no, not,

736
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 1: but things happen, you know, the life happens. Yeah, exactly.

737
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: He's not the first player, uh to hang things up early,

738
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 1: and in fact, we've seen more more here. I mean

739
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 1: the Andrew Luck one is the one that blew me away,

740
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,160
Speaker 1: like he could have waited until training camp. You know,

741
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck was like three weeks before the season started. Yeah,

742
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: I'm done, you know, I like what kind of counting

743
00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 1: on here? And kind of a big deal, you know,

744
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,800
Speaker 1: the uh this thing called a quarterback right, one of

745
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,480
Speaker 1: the best players in the league. You know, Now, what

746
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 1: do we do? Yeah? You don't recover from that one.

747
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,920
Speaker 1: But the Leasta Steelers have a chance here too. I

748
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: would think there's something in play, and there's definitely a

749
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 1: uh some thoughts going on up in in that front

750
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:18,440
Speaker 1: office as we speak. I'm sure you know, what, what

751
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:20,200
Speaker 1: what do we do now? We can hold the hold

752
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:21,960
Speaker 1: the fort and you live with what we got, or

753
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 1: we get on the phones and I'm sure people were

754
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:27,439
Speaker 1: calling them. Yeah, yeah, in fact, that one person here,

755
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: I'm I'm looking at my live queues here, and honestly,

756
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 1: there's a lot of questions about the two things. I

757
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 1: would think one player they mentioned here, what about trading

758
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 1: for Clellen Farrell for some defensive end depth. I think

759
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,480
Speaker 1: he's like a four three true end. You know, I

760
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 1: don't think he fits here particularly well. To be honest

761
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 1: with you, i'd be I wouldn't be shocked if he's

762
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 1: not a raider by the time camp rolls around, you know.

763
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:52,120
Speaker 1: And they have two defensive ends now that are better

764
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 1: than Farrell. They way overdrafted. They were the regime before.

765
00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,680
Speaker 1: These guys way overdrafted and Mayok and those guys in Gruden. Um.

766
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 1: But I don't think he's a fit here. I mean

767
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,239
Speaker 1: he's he's a bad player either. I always feel for

768
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: those guys. That wasn't my pitfault. You picked me fourth overall,

769
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,080
Speaker 1: If you take me thirty, nobody would have a problem

770
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 1: with it, you know, which is where he should have gone,

771
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:13,920
Speaker 1: Which is where he should have gone, but he didn't. Um.

772
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 1: But I don't think he's a fit here, and he's

773
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,799
Speaker 1: not really a three four player. Yeah, no, I don't.

774
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 1: I don't think so either. Um you know. There again,

775
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:22,480
Speaker 1: I think there are some options out there that we

776
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 1: went over that um you know, that are available right

777
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,680
Speaker 1: now that you don't have to give anything up to get.

778
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 1: I think our favorites were Mama Kong, Sue, Eddie Goldman, Um,

779
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 1: Larry Ogan, Joe Ojangen Noby Ogan Joe being Yeah, we

780
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,840
Speaker 1: haven't said that name right for years. Part of me

781
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 1: hopes he doesn't come become a steel or maybe I'll

782
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 1: finally get it right. Um. And then there's the nose

783
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:46,399
Speaker 1: tackle types. The Brandon Williams of the world and lynn

784
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: Vell Josephs sit are up in age, but they do

785
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 1: one thing really well, and there was a problems. Think

786
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,279
Speaker 1: if you if you get a nose tackle type, you're

787
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 1: gonna ask that guy to play when he snaps a

788
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: game at most Yeah, maybe some games where he didn't

789
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:00,320
Speaker 1: play at all. There's a lot I mean the Bengals,

790
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:01,799
Speaker 1: he might not play at all. The bounds he might

791
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 1: play twenty five. Yeah, and that's important. But if you

792
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 1: did have one of those nose tackle types, you could

793
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:11,520
Speaker 1: also put in your base three four, which again doesn't

794
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,160
Speaker 1: happen that much anymore, folks. But you could have a

795
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 1: nose tackle like a Brandon Williams flanked by Williams or

796
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 1: or flanked by Hayward and a Lulu too, and get

797
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 1: really big upfront. I mean, so that would be another

798
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 1: option if you would add a beefy nose tackles space

799
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:27,800
Speaker 1: eater type. And there's plenty of them on the market,

800
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 1: and most of them upping age and they're not gonna

801
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 1: get much you know, pass rush out of those guys,

802
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,920
Speaker 1: but they they're hard to play against, and every one

803
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,719
Speaker 1: time they're also becoming a little more in vogue. You know,

804
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: we were talking about how defense is really are stressing

805
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:45,280
Speaker 1: taking away the explosive plays, and if that means allowing

806
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 1: the run to you know, it hurts you a little

807
00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 1: bit more so be it light light boxes. But if

808
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 1: you have a Brandon Williams in there who makes two

809
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 1: people block him, your light boxes become a little more

810
00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:59,279
Speaker 1: equal a little you know too. I mean, they do

811
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:01,840
Speaker 1: have a role. Now. One of the things that's interesting

812
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 1: about people trade up for Jordan Davis, right, you know,

813
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:05,839
Speaker 1: I mean right, And I'm gonna say these guys Jordan

814
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 1: Davis or Vidavader. But I mean that's what you're looking for.

815
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Speaker 1: One of the things that's interesting about run defense, and

816
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 1: I don't know how you don't factor this in, but

817
00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 1: quarterback rushing yards. Yeah, I mean the Steelers gave up

818
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:23,280
Speaker 1: five yards a carry last year, but I'd be willing

819
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:24,520
Speaker 1: to bet a lot of that. In fact, I can

820
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,279
Speaker 1: look that up. We're sitting here. How much of that

821
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:29,640
Speaker 1: was like the game against the Chargers. The Charger game

822
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:32,839
Speaker 1: comes to mind too, completely kills your rushing average, kills

823
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 1: your rushing average. And they do play against Lamar twice

824
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:39,280
Speaker 1: a year, which not every team has to deal with. Um.

825
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:42,160
Speaker 1: Now Watson potentially you know, so you run defense is

826
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 1: never gonna be great because you know those kind of

827
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:46,879
Speaker 1: guys no, no, and they've played Josh Allen a week

828
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 1: one two, but they're more prevalent around the league than ever.

829
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:51,400
Speaker 1: And hopefully the Steelers have one, you know, that can

830
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,759
Speaker 1: run the ball from the quarterback position now too. Um.

831
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,319
Speaker 1: And the other thing that wherever you're looking up here,

832
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 1: they won't be able to tell you is how many

833
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 1: of those are design quarterback runs verse scrambles? You know,

834
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:07,239
Speaker 1: And the game's not fresh on my mind, but that

835
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 1: Charger game. When Herbert's getting ten twelve yards to carry, slide,

836
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 1: get up first down. That breaks your back and a

837
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,480
Speaker 1: lot of them. I don't think we're designed quarterback scramble

838
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,000
Speaker 1: or design quarterback runs. From what I remember, it was

839
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:21,440
Speaker 1: just get get the numbers right here. Okay, So the

840
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:26,920
Speaker 1: Steelers gave up three rushing yards two quarterbacks period and

841
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 1: a sentence. Okay, that was that's big fifth most in

842
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:33,959
Speaker 1: the legal Yeah. Wow, Yeah, that needs to come down

843
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 1: to me that that's guy is staying in their rush lanes.

844
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:40,800
Speaker 1: That's guys. Can you talk about how the Brandon Williams

845
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:42,880
Speaker 1: is going to help that. It's not gonna be on

846
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 1: the field those situations in third nights and guys who

847
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,319
Speaker 1: got the experience last year? Who who Now you can

848
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Speaker 1: point and say, look you got out of your rush

849
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Speaker 1: lane and what happened. Yeah, And I'd also blame the

850
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Speaker 1: linebackers for that too, I mean Showbird and Bush. I'm

851
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,880
Speaker 1: sure to carry some of the blame for that as well,

852
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 1: you know. So, No, that's interesting teams that that that

853
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Speaker 1: we're at the top Washington four seventies six, they gave

854
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 1: up They have a really good d line, but it's

855
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,400
Speaker 1: in up field, penetrating D line and maybe the quarterbacks

856
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,160
Speaker 1: stuck didn't run or I don't know. They also played

857
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 1: against Jalen Hurts twice twice, yeah, Green Bay. Okay, Fields,

858
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 1: I'm just thinking who's in your division? That would be big,

859
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 1: But everyone faces running quarterbacks. Now, that's not unique Atlanta, Okay,

860
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:26,200
Speaker 1: that makes sense because they're D line. I mean their

861
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:30,759
Speaker 1: defense is soft. Tampa. Really that surprises me with the

862
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,600
Speaker 1: two active linebackers, that's the thing, what you're and then

863
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:37,160
Speaker 1: the Steelers what you're seeing there is are aggressive yet

864
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 1: after the quarterback kind of teams Washington, Green Bay, Tampa, Pittsburgh. Yeah,

865
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:45,759
Speaker 1: a lot of teams that aren't heavy blitz teams anymore either. Yeah.

866
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:49,040
Speaker 1: Interesting Okay, I mean that's not bad company to be with,

867
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 1: though defensively no, but I mean those those yards count

868
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 1: two against your rush totals, whereas the sack artist counts

869
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,840
Speaker 1: against their Yeah, if it was like if it was

870
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 1: like college is a thumb roll of colleges. I don't

871
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 1: like that at all. Like you see these guys. He

872
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 1: had ten carries for minus seventeen yards. Yeah, how many times?

873
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 1: Get right? Right? Right? Yeah? Uh? That is interesting though,

874
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 1: I mean you would like the quarterback production on the

875
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:17,400
Speaker 1: ground to go down. The Ravens allowed the fewest rushing

876
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 1: yards posing quarterbacks. They have to play Ben twice. They

877
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 1: played Ben twice. Borrow Mayfield and their past defense are

878
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 1: so bad rushing yards on the ground to opposing quarter

879
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 1: But if you could get at the two hundred, yeah,

880
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:35,440
Speaker 1: that pretty much himself and is middle of the road,

881
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:39,200
Speaker 1: right around two hundreds, you know, it's two fifty somewhere

882
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:41,440
Speaker 1: in that range. I mean, quarterbacks run a lot. Now,

883
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,279
Speaker 1: there's a lot of threats that way, and again some

884
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 1: of them are design. Quarterback runs I think are a

885
00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,920
Speaker 1: lot different when you're playing Lamar with ten lockers as

886
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 1: opposed to man you got out of your rush lane

887
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: on a stunt and Herbert just torched you for ten.

888
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:59,359
Speaker 1: You know, those ones are tough. You can't have that.

889
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,480
Speaker 1: I mean, even the Aaron Rodgers the world. Burrow is

890
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:03,799
Speaker 1: really good this way that if you're gonna give it

891
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 1: to him and you're not gonna spy them in the

892
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:08,920
Speaker 1: middle of the fields open, they're gonna pick up six yards, slide,

893
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,879
Speaker 1: you know, and break your back. Yeah, those are the ones.

894
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:14,719
Speaker 1: That's that's that's the hidden yardage of my talke about

895
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:16,799
Speaker 1: last last year when he said he was looking at

896
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:23,000
Speaker 1: the the way quarterback mobility affects defenses on possession downs. Yeah,

897
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:27,320
Speaker 1: exactly three six, you know, and you keep possession of

898
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:28,880
Speaker 1: the football and you live there. You know, maybe you

899
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,239
Speaker 1: get the next third down on the via the pass

900
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 1: or what have you, and the quarterbacks improv and say, well,

901
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 1: I could go through my progressions, but the first down

902
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 1: is handed to me. And why I know, wouldn't I

903
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:39,319
Speaker 1: take it. I'm a good enough athlete to get there.

904
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:41,000
Speaker 1: I know I'm not gonna take a hit. I'm gonna

905
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 1: slide or duck out of bounds and take it. I mean,

906
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 1: that's that's hard on a defense. I mean, every fan

907
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:48,320
Speaker 1: out there, it's watch football, and if you're a Steeler

908
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:50,360
Speaker 1: fan or not. Man, we got them in third and

909
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 1: five right where we want them. And then he broke

910
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,520
Speaker 1: in tamement and he got the first and man, we

911
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:58,120
Speaker 1: got three more dials getting six yards in the NFL running,

912
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,880
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you bring which way you gain? It's two steps,

913
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 1: two steps. It's not that hard, right, and again we're

914
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:06,560
Speaker 1: not picking on Bend. But he couldn't do that last year, right,

915
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 1: you know, well he could, but it was a struggle. Yeah,

916
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:11,799
Speaker 1: it wasn't the prettiest thing in the world. And I'm

917
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 1: sure he'll admit that too. Yeah, his two steps might

918
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 1: take six seconds right there, pretty open lane. Those linebackers

919
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,640
Speaker 1: run pretty well, run pretty quickly. Yeah. Yeah, so we'll,

920
00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:23,440
Speaker 1: you know, we'll see what what the Steelers do. I

921
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:24,799
Speaker 1: think that would go a long way. I mean, you

922
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:28,400
Speaker 1: knock those almost four yards off of their rushing total

923
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 1: from last year. Yeah, okay, now you're yeah, two of

924
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:33,279
Speaker 1: the statue you had, they're really important to me, and

925
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:35,480
Speaker 1: that the number of rushes that they dealt with and

926
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:40,200
Speaker 1: the number of quarterback yards they allowed. And in the end,

927
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,920
Speaker 1: the statue sheet doesn't matter that much, you know, it depends,

928
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,960
Speaker 1: you know, play to play, how things work. But over

929
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:47,480
Speaker 1: the course of the year, you can learn a lot

930
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:50,000
Speaker 1: from these things. If they could get those two numbers down,

931
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:52,759
Speaker 1: the run defense will be better, yeah, right right, and

932
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 1: your offense possesses the football a little bit more. Yeah,

933
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:57,239
Speaker 1: your run defense will be better. One more first down

934
00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:59,319
Speaker 1: a game, twople more first downs a game. I mean,

935
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 1: that's gigant take. And again, we often talk about what's

936
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:06,160
Speaker 1: the what's the third down? Percentage. Well, I've really come

937
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:08,960
Speaker 1: to believe that the denominator in that equation is much

938
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:11,879
Speaker 1: more important than the numerator, you know, are you nine

939
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:17,080
Speaker 1: out of eighteen? Well? Too many? Too many? Offense again

940
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 1: didn't do anything. You kept giving the ball back to

941
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,200
Speaker 1: the other time. Right, you allowed them to snap the

942
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,799
Speaker 1: ball thirty eighteen times on third downs and well you

943
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:27,160
Speaker 1: maybe did okay on those particular plays, but getting there

944
00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 1: is hard, yeah, right right right, yeah, So you gotta

945
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:32,799
Speaker 1: win on first and second down to get to those

946
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:36,560
Speaker 1: those key third downs. Third and two is much different

947
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:41,320
Speaker 1: than third and six. Ye, so's too. It's a loss.

948
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Speaker 1: I mean, that's the bottom line. I mean, there's no

949
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Speaker 1: way around that. I mean, as we conclude our program,

950
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's gonna be a hard guy to overcome

951
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:51,319
Speaker 1: the loss of But I'm sure it doesn't take the

952
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 1: world by storm or by shock either, you know. But

953
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Speaker 1: that's going to do it. For today's show, we'll be back.

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