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Speaker 1: Four seven, Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcoming to the drive by'm Dale Lalli. He is Matt Williamson,

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Speaker 2: and we are live once again at Steelers training camp.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but this will be a last one for a while.

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Speaker 3: This number twelve today, I think it's twelve. Sounds right,

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Speaker 3: sounds right.

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Speaker 2: But Steelers practicing here at Saint Vincent College, last practice

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Speaker 2: before their first preseason game. I heard from Mike Tomlin

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Speaker 2: earlier today said that basically everybody who's healthy is going

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Speaker 2: to play. And he was asked, you know, if Kenny

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Speaker 2: Pickett needs more playing time than say a typical starting quarterback,

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Speaker 2: and he said, yeah, he's like a second year starter.

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Speaker 3: Yes, it's that simple. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so we get the ones versus the ones. Here

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Speaker 2: looks like a little first and ten action here. The

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Speaker 2: offense breaks the huddle, picket going under center with nausea,

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Speaker 2: Harris behind him, trips to the left.

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Speaker 3: And we got no motion, no motion at all. That's

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Speaker 3: outside zone run and it got blown up.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they tried to run that right and that just didn't.

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Speaker 3: Go, not even a little bit. Yeah, So who made

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Speaker 3: to play though? That was coolholcom and very very much

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Speaker 3: saw that coming.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that was Darnel Washington. They ran towards Washington's side

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Speaker 2: and well it just didn't didn't happen, didn't develop at all,

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Speaker 2: ran right at TJ Watt to then. Yeah, never the

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Speaker 2: best idea, speaking of what you know, we had sort

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Speaker 2: of suspected that this might be a take it light

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Speaker 2: not padded type practice, but no, not the case at all. No, No,

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Speaker 2: he's Mike Tom the challenging. You know, we got Kendrick Green.

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Speaker 2: He's lined up in the backfield. Nine motions to the

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Speaker 2: left wing with Jaylen Warren in the backfield. Pick it

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Speaker 2: again under center and they hand the ball off that

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Speaker 2: to that side.

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Speaker 3: And very similar to zone run left. It didn't go

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Speaker 3: hardly anywhere.

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Speaker 2: It's a little bit of a game there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, maybe two or three no motion again. I

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Speaker 3: wonder if they're doing a static period or something, or

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Speaker 3: maybe it's just two in a row. It's pretty odd

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Speaker 3: not to see some sort of pre snap action right

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Speaker 3: in this offense. Yeah, we just gotten so accustomed to

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Speaker 3: seeing that without question. Yeah, so, uh, new personnel coming

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Speaker 3: into the game. Uh saw Washington's firemouth come in. They

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Speaker 3: take some of the other smaller I see Deontay Johnson

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Speaker 3: came off to white out there. Looks like with Alan

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Speaker 3: Robinson's the other wide receiver. Two tight ends. Robinson goes

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Speaker 3: in motion. There's your motion from rank to follows. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: how about that, But doesn't play man, this guy's taking

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Speaker 2: Nice Yeah, Now maybe the defensive back there, Yeah, Slevia

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Speaker 2: Wallace was on the the outside guy that they hit

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Speaker 2: the trail guy coming across and there's a guy clearing

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Speaker 2: that out deep and Wallace came up on that. He

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Speaker 2: probably needs a chance to break that up if if

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Speaker 2: that's our real live play. But nice touch on the throat.

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Speaker 2: They're getting it over the guy in the flat here

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Speaker 2: as well. They tight end in the flat. Say three levels, yeah,

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Speaker 2: staggered him, you know, three level, three level route concept there.

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Speaker 2: He picked with twenty you like best, preferably the deeper

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Speaker 2: one obviously, and that's what they hit. So what we

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Speaker 2: got here heavy the right again? Yeah, Johnson back on

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Speaker 2: the field here, nag Harris back in the backfield A

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Speaker 2: little step there on that.

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Speaker 3: TJ beats up on Green on that play. Yeah, gets

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Speaker 3: in the backfield real quick.

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Speaker 2: That's the one thing so for Kendrick Green playing that

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Speaker 3: Watt. That's what I'm saying. Asking him to be an

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Speaker 3: offensive tackle isn't necessarily good. I mean, maybe he's better

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Speaker 3: than a tight end at doing it, but I don't

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Speaker 3: want a tight end blocking TJ. Watt either, you know

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Speaker 3: what I mean? Like I want the best guy. I

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Speaker 3: want my best right tackle, maybe with help blocking Watt

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Speaker 3: or Garrett or Bosa or Crosby or whomever. And sure

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Speaker 3: than any of the skill position guys, But it's not

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Speaker 2: It's not what you want. Yeah, he motions this time

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Speaker 3: Asked him to kick slide from an edge position really

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Speaker 3: is much more unnatural for him than playing fullback.

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Speaker 2: The defense, the defense a little fired up today.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I've kind of noticeding that trend.

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Speaker 2: As a little birdie told me they were not happy

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Speaker 2: about how they got handled yesterday and the shag stuff. Okay,

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Speaker 2: and Cam Hayward was in particular, was not happy about that.

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Speaker 2: And I'm sure that defense the other defensive. Guys all

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Speaker 2: got an earful probably.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, probably yeah. Yeah. By the look of the meals

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Speaker 3: at dinner last night too, offense definitely won yesterday and

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Speaker 3: that we weren't just suspecting that there was proof in

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Speaker 3: the lobster and steak. But I love that. That does

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Speaker 3: not settle well at all with the folks in the

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Speaker 3: yellow jerseys right now. Yeah, and they're tackling to the ground,

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Speaker 3: they're playing physical. They're bouncing right up and bouncing around

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Speaker 3: the d looks great, Yeah, they're we.

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Speaker 2: Got somebody down. Slow to get up here? Who is

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Speaker 2: that seventy one Clark that maybe no turbick and they herbig,

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I don't think they're even taking him off the field. No, No,

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Speaker 3: he was just he got in the middle of the pile. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: caught at the bottom of that pile. Right now, Is

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Speaker 3: he coming off now? Maybe they take him out? Yeah,

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Speaker 3: he's slowly going off now. Yeah, it looks like he's

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Speaker 3: okay though. No, that was sixty eighth that came out.

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Speaker 3: He's staying in there. So yeah, William duncle was going in.

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Speaker 3: I think it is Herbec's backup and Perbec's now get

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's good to see he's competing too. The situation

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Speaker 3: like that night ten times you come out. Got Roger

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Speaker 3: Jones at left tackle too. Yeah, you got the second

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Speaker 3: Miss Trubisky. A little fake hand out there and they

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Speaker 3: flip it out. They faked the handoff to the left

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Speaker 3: on the screen. That was Hayward the screen right. I

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Speaker 3: think so I was watching the defensive player that made

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Speaker 3: really good pursuit by the Yeah, that was Leal And

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Speaker 3: it makes perfect sense because he ran like a smaller

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Speaker 3: athletic d tackle and a very Cam Hayward like fashion

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Speaker 3: Play by Leo.

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Speaker 2: I know he didn't test as well as I think

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Speaker 3: I just don't think he's a good tester.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I have him.

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Speaker 3: Not seen a guy who's on athletic at all. No,

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Speaker 3: I mean he was a five star recruit. I mean

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Speaker 3: the way he played tod, A and M, especially early

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Speaker 3: Athleticism is not a problem with him. Yeah, maybe he

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Speaker 2: There were a lot of people in the like if

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Speaker 2: he came out, Oh, he was just like a Yeah,

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Speaker 2: he was the number one defensive tackle in that CLIs Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah. He had a lot of pedigree. Yeah yeah

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Speaker 3: at A and M, and nobody questioned his athleticism. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: And then he goes out and he tests him. Well,

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Speaker 2: he doesn't run well, he doesn't jump well.

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Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, and he's also a bit of a tweeener

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't even know about that anymore. Everyone use everybody. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: they listen them. At two hundred ninety pounds, that's plenty

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Speaker 2: big enough played defensive tackle. I'm pretty much every team. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 3: You know, I think he was lighter than that of

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Speaker 2: Well, I'm sure he did that to get faster.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, you know, and that that experiment didn't work

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Speaker 3: great for him. So the Steelers get him maybe a

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Speaker 3: round later than you would have.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, right, pre snapped a nice kickout block, couldn't you, Rochet.

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Speaker 3: I'm trying to concentrate more on the defense, and like everybody,

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Speaker 3: I get guilty of looking at the motion and Kendrick.

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Speaker 2: Green right right right.

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Speaker 3: But the way the defense is playing today, I think

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Speaker 3: they deserve a lot of credit.

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Speaker 2: They'll fired up. Yeah, they'll fire it up.

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Speaker 3: They're getting up blocks harder, they're tackling to the ground,

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Speaker 3: they're bouncing up, and I mean they're they're praid to play.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, which is what you want to see. You know,

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Speaker 2: if I made mention you mentioned the cafeteria yesterday, as

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Speaker 2: I was in line at the cafeteria, saw Alex Heismith there,

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Speaker 2: and as you mentioned, there was a delineation between the

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Speaker 2: offense and defense. What they can have for dinner?

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Speaker 3: Right right? There was a reward.

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Speaker 2: It was a reward. And I said to to Alex,

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Speaker 2: I'm my coach, did you guys a little dirty here

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Speaker 2: on the defense? I said, you guys won seven shots

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Speaker 2: and that stuff all last week and then the day

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Speaker 2: that the day that the offense wins it and it

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Speaker 2: was decisive. It was six to one. Yeah, that that's

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Speaker 2: the day he decides to have the offense gets the

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Speaker 2: the winner of that event gets you know, the the

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Speaker 3: And he goes, yeah, man, that's your probably do us

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Speaker 3: a little dirty there. It's a pretty good point.

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Speaker 2: But again it's a motivating factor without question. You know,

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Speaker 2: when you see all your you know, you see all

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Speaker 2: the the offensive guys having steak and lobster and you're

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Speaker 2: eating chicken and potatoes. Not that it's not good chicken.

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Speaker 3: There's good stuff there, trust me. The soup, salad bar,

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Speaker 3: everything's just fine by me. But it's not staking lobster, right,

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's just a status thing, you know obviously.

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Speaker 3: I mean it's pride, it's pride. Yeah, it's competition, that's

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Speaker 3: all it's all about. Coach is great at creating competition

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Speaker 3: and it goes a long way. And just keeping these guys.

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Speaker 3: You hear a lot of national folks. I mean, Daniel

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Speaker 3: Jeremiah comes to mind, but there's plenty that I respect

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Speaker 3: that come here once a year and go oh, I

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Speaker 3: kind of forgot that they run practices a little different

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Speaker 3: than everybody else. That there's constant talk, there's constant challenges,

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Speaker 3: you know, the competition, tackling to the ground. I know

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Speaker 3: it's not Joe Green, you know too a days in

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Speaker 3: the hot sun, but by today's NFL standards, these are

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Speaker 3: pretty intense practices.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we got two pollers there.

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Speaker 3: That another nice play there by the defense there that was.

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Speaker 2: Sifting through that. There were two blockers coming through that.

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Speaker 3: I thought that was gonna be a big gainer, and

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Speaker 3: he split the two and I don't think any of

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Speaker 3: them did anything wrong. He just read that perfectly and

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Speaker 3: split that scene and was able to nullify what would

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Speaker 3: have been probably a big game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, some of that. Maybe you know, it's one

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, I still thought it was interesting. He said.

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Speaker 2: You know it's different in this preseason game. If you

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Speaker 3: That doesn't mean to do it. Yeah, they want to

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Speaker 3: It shocks me every year when any team on purpose

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Speaker 3: Kind of you're don't have eleven guys run down the

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you're really protecting your kickoff return team that

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Speaker 2: Oh they you guys all, good job. You stay in

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Speaker 2: No, it's about getting the good work in what you

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Speaker 2: camp practices here at Saint Fencing College. You get a

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Speaker 3: old man game. But he moves around here a lot

435
00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:22,840
Speaker 3: better than I expected, to be very honest with you,

436
00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,040
Speaker 3: it comes in I his breaks after the catch, you know,

437
00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,520
Speaker 3: so that was a really good example. He kind of

438
00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,119
Speaker 3: did a Maverick move there and slammed on the brakes,

439
00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,080
Speaker 3: let everybody kind of drift past him, and you know,

440
00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,800
Speaker 3: broke the inside. So he's still a pretty good player.

441
00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,960
Speaker 2: I think, yeah, he's said crafty and knows how to

442
00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,280
Speaker 2: get opened and knows how to Again that the catch

443
00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,560
Speaker 2: that he had, the run after the catch that he

444
00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,280
Speaker 2: created right right, you know, that was.

445
00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,320
Speaker 3: That was that translates to real Sunday football.

446
00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:50,680
Speaker 2: You know, yeah, absolutely, So. I think he's going to

447
00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,840
Speaker 2: be a good addition. You know. I know some people

448
00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:54,680
Speaker 2: are concerned about something maybe a little bit of the

449
00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:57,840
Speaker 2: wide receiver depth. I don't know what the Steelers are.

450
00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:02,119
Speaker 3: I don't either. I mean, I think Pickens is becoming

451
00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,800
Speaker 3: a more complete receiver in front of our eyes. I

452
00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:08,440
Speaker 3: think he's getting more separation riding, you know, running a

453
00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,120
Speaker 3: wider variety of routes. Deonta's Deontay, And.

454
00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,960
Speaker 2: You could see the difference with like they had receivers

455
00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,720
Speaker 2: running routes. They had two quarterbacks throwing on different sides.

456
00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:21,359
Speaker 2: They'd split the field down the middle, and so they

457
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,320
Speaker 2: had received it on one side running a route receiver

458
00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,200
Speaker 2: on the other side, they were running the same route.

459
00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,320
Speaker 2: And you watch Deontay run the route, yeah, like a

460
00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,080
Speaker 2: mirror drow. It was like a mirror drow. And you

461
00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,240
Speaker 2: watch Deontay running, you watch the guy who was whoever

462
00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:35,080
Speaker 2: was opposite him running. It was like, oh, that's the difference.

463
00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,760
Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, you watch anyone here, frankly, anyone in

464
00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,440
Speaker 3: the stands, if they would focus on Deontay, Ver's any

465
00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:44,199
Speaker 3: of the other receivers, including Pickens, run routes, it's just

466
00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:48,439
Speaker 3: a little different. Just sharper breakdown. He's smaller than Pickens,

467
00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:50,600
Speaker 3: of course, but I mean just a simple out route

468
00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,560
Speaker 3: or a comeback. I mean he's just sharper and it's

469
00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,320
Speaker 3: really rare change direction. He's a very very good route runner.

470
00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, But I look at that wide receiver room

471
00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,919
Speaker 2: and you know, you start looking at maybe who's going

472
00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,679
Speaker 2: to be the fifth or six guys there, and they

473
00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:08,600
Speaker 2: get a lot of a lot of guys in competition

474
00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:08,919
Speaker 2: for that.

475
00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:13,760
Speaker 3: And frankly, just because Austin and Robinson are here, that's

476
00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,360
Speaker 3: two every week contributors that he didn't have last year.

477
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:18,440
Speaker 3: Yeah right, you know what I mean.

478
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,479
Speaker 2: Yeah, he kind of remade that a little bit. I

479
00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,520
Speaker 2: do think so. Mike Tomlan said it again today. Yeah,

480
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,760
Speaker 2: he stuck that one in there. Yeah it was Mitch

481
00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,960
Speaker 2: and yeah, Gunner ol Chefsky, he's done some good stuff

482
00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:29,239
Speaker 2: here too.

483
00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,000
Speaker 3: He is deep in breaking route right inside the numbers there.

484
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,800
Speaker 3: I like to, you know, this area of the field

485
00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,040
Speaker 3: day attack there about twenty yards downfield.

486
00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,800
Speaker 2: But when Mike Tomlin and he said it again today

487
00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:42,280
Speaker 2: at his press conference, make the routine plays routine?

488
00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:42,760
Speaker 3: Yeah?

489
00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,160
Speaker 2: Did you know everybody thinks that football is all about

490
00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,880
Speaker 2: the highlight plays and things of that nature. Sure, I

491
00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:49,600
Speaker 2: immediately thought, is he talking about George.

492
00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,800
Speaker 3: Pickens, I say, yeah, we've been doing this too long.

493
00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,000
Speaker 3: I immediately thought, boy, the highlights stuff's great for him,

494
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,080
Speaker 3: but is he making the routine routine. I'd have to

495
00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,399
Speaker 3: study every route, but it looks better than they used.

496
00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,880
Speaker 2: To Yeah, so, you know, I think that's a big

497
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,800
Speaker 2: part of it. Mason Rudolph out there now taking the

498
00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:09,840
Speaker 2: snap here in a shotgun and he drops back flips

499
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,240
Speaker 2: across the middle there too. Keem Butler another one of

500
00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,200
Speaker 2: those receivers who is battling for a spot.

501
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:15,920
Speaker 3: Here that's in the mix.

502
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:19,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I want to see. That's why the special team

503
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,440
Speaker 2: stuff is so important. No, No, that can help settle

504
00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,480
Speaker 2: who's that fifth receiver, who's that sixth receiver? Because these guys,

505
00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,040
Speaker 2: you know, you watch them run routes out here and

506
00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,159
Speaker 2: things of that nature. I see, I see a lot

507
00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:31,800
Speaker 2: of good stuff. I see some bad stuff, you know,

508
00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:34,200
Speaker 2: maybe a drop or something here, they didn't get good separation,

509
00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:38,159
Speaker 2: whatever it may be. But that spot comes down to

510
00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,200
Speaker 2: which one of you guys can play special teams, which

511
00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,560
Speaker 2: way contributes on that group the most.

512
00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, when they when they meet for final cuts as

513
00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:48,320
Speaker 3: a team, maybe the wide receiver, coach, offensive coordinator, and

514
00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:53,639
Speaker 3: head coach all say, Butler and boy can are about

515
00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,280
Speaker 3: the same to me. Yeah, So Danny, who you like better?

516
00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:57,880
Speaker 3: Comes down?

517
00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:59,960
Speaker 2: Okay, you know, Danny, which one of these guys can't

518
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:00,600
Speaker 2: you live without?

519
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:01,160
Speaker 3: Yeah?

520
00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,280
Speaker 2: Or which one of them does more for you, and

521
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:04,600
Speaker 2: but it's never that easy.

522
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,240
Speaker 3: Usually it's one of them is a six out of

523
00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,000
Speaker 3: a ten, the other ones a five out of ten

524
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,159
Speaker 3: on offense, but the five out of ten is a

525
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,400
Speaker 3: better special team er. Now, how much do we weigh

526
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,560
Speaker 3: X versus Y? You know what I mean? It's rarely

527
00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:17,800
Speaker 3: as easy as that is.

528
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,040
Speaker 2: One of these guys one of your core special teamers.

529
00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, like I said, can you live without him or

530
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,639
Speaker 3: can you live with this other guy? Yeah? Right, you

531
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,560
Speaker 3: don't quite like as much like I don't know if

532
00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:27,440
Speaker 3: I can live with them, coach.

533
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's tough. I mean, that's all part of it.

534
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,760
Speaker 2: It really is difficult.

535
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,280
Speaker 3: And if a guy like Butler ends up on the

536
00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,640
Speaker 3: practice squad, there's a good chance he at some point

537
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:38,640
Speaker 3: you see him during the season.

538
00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:43,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, right, Rudolph going back to take the shotgun snap again,

539
00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,360
Speaker 2: it we get some motion from left to right by

540
00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:51,080
Speaker 2: the tight end there and takes the snap. Good pass,

541
00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,840
Speaker 2: us should pass rush right. Connor Hayward laid out on

542
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,200
Speaker 2: that one. That wasn't Connor Hayward, who is it? No? No,

543
00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:01,280
Speaker 2: that's a eighty seven. Again, he almost got his hands

544
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:02,199
Speaker 2: on it, but he couldn't hold it.

545
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:02,520
Speaker 3: In there.

546
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,360
Speaker 2: Mus came up the middle just totally touch oh just yeah,

547
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,440
Speaker 2: just he came flying up the middle. But yeah, Rodney

548
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,119
Speaker 2: Williams just couldn't haul that one in. He he had

549
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,800
Speaker 2: sat down and well Rudolph had to get rid of

550
00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,879
Speaker 2: the football because yeah, yeah, hit scream the middle of

551
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:24,000
Speaker 2: the space. Okay, get the h again. The shotgun here

552
00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:28,760
Speaker 2: about third and seven, gets motion from H left to

553
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:35,680
Speaker 2: right and defense shows blitz again, they're coming again. Paul

554
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:36,639
Speaker 2: get held up nicely, and.

555
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:38,120
Speaker 3: Yeah he did. He was able to hold the ball

556
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,120
Speaker 3: and pat it for a second before getting it out,

557
00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:41,119
Speaker 3: but still incomplete.

558
00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:46,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, that was uh, the diminutive Jordan Bird who could.

559
00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:50,960
Speaker 3: Not hold that. I'm sorry, and frankly I might picking

560
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,040
Speaker 3: on Jordan Bird, but the SAME's true for Calvin Austin

561
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,119
Speaker 3: if he's in probably complete.

562
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, your catch just isn't as big. And that's one

563
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,000
Speaker 2: of the problems with the little lot receiver, right right,

564
00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,280
Speaker 2: I mean, the quarterback has to be super precise. You know,

565
00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,560
Speaker 2: your your arms aren't as long, your hands aren't as big,

566
00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,560
Speaker 2: You're just not as big a target. And that was

567
00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,240
Speaker 2: one that was just slightly outside the strike zone. That

568
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,000
Speaker 2: if it's pickings or somebody like that would have been

569
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:14,880
Speaker 2: in the catching ratio. Okay, it looks like we're going

570
00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:19,360
Speaker 2: back to some first and intent action here offense versus defense, unless.

571
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 3: This is a more ones versus ones live.

572
00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,880
Speaker 2: I wonder if this is a two minute situation. Good

573
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,160
Speaker 2: question where it is where they're placing the ball. They're

574
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,159
Speaker 2: putting it at the thirty nine. That's usually right in

575
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:31,400
Speaker 2: that area where they do a little two.

576
00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,240
Speaker 3: Minutry, right right, It's about that portion though.

577
00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:36,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, well no, if they start moving the the change

578
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:36,920
Speaker 2: here on this one.

579
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, and plus how they handle things, they huddle and

580
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:40,160
Speaker 3: all that good stuff too.

581
00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,560
Speaker 2: Definitely got ones against ones here. Oh he's got a

582
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,199
Speaker 2: nausea in the flat. If he wants them there, it is,

583
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,840
Speaker 2: it takes it and that would have been a nice

584
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:50,960
Speaker 2: about an eight yard game.

585
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, if not more, maybe he drags them for the

586
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,360
Speaker 3: first down. But see if they move it here. Yeah,

587
00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 3: they flip, they flipped at the seconds, but they start

588
00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:00,000
Speaker 3: keeping the ball there.

589
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're they're just doing some situational stuff here. Okay,

590
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,639
Speaker 2: so then they're making that second and five.

591
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,719
Speaker 3: Okay, so maybe they scripted out the down and distance beforehand.

592
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,359
Speaker 3: No matter what the play result is so this is

593
00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:13,160
Speaker 3: not too minute.

594
00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:15,080
Speaker 2: This might be some of you just to hey, here's

595
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:15,680
Speaker 2: some base stuff.

596
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,879
Speaker 3: We're gonna run in the game, and they're not tackling

597
00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:22,080
Speaker 3: to the ground apparently, Yeah, yeah, especially ones ors just one. Yeah,

598
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 3: well you.

599
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,600
Speaker 2: Got Gunner out there too, Cody White, Gunner and Cody

600
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:26,960
Speaker 2: White with Alan Robinson.

601
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,120
Speaker 3: Now yeah, it's just not the top receiving.

602
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,120
Speaker 2: Nausea Harris in the backfield, get a little inside motion

603
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:36,480
Speaker 2: there by Robinson, and then a run by nausea Harris.

604
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,320
Speaker 3: I wonder if Back Canada scripted this out like first intent,

605
00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,000
Speaker 3: I want to try this on second and five. I'm

606
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,359
Speaker 3: gonna try this. This is gonna be first and ten again.

607
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,640
Speaker 3: They're going back to first and ten now right right?

608
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,760
Speaker 3: Scripted out is all like it doesn't matter what the

609
00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:53,040
Speaker 3: result is. I'm gonna pretend like it's second and five.

610
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,679
Speaker 2: You know, yeah, just put them in those situations, and

611
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,040
Speaker 2: for the defense, you have to know the situation as well.

612
00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,640
Speaker 2: You're gonna play second five much different then you're gonna

613
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 2: play first and ten. Of course, of course, so lots

614
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,280
Speaker 2: to be a glean. There's pet Friarmouth comes off. Who

615
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 2: we got in there? Okay, you get Pickens, you get Robinson,

616
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,280
Speaker 2: Deontay Johnson on the upper side.

617
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 3: There, we got a big dog, a bunch package out there.

618
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,080
Speaker 2: Is that Hayward behind lined up behind?

619
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,560
Speaker 3: I think so, yeah, just body type, Yeah, yeah it is,

620
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:27,080
Speaker 3: it is And they run into him that one that

621
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:28,600
Speaker 3: Watt fellow blew things up again.

622
00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 2: But even after that, so the play would have been.

623
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,960
Speaker 3: A sack, but right been a negative player pick He.

624
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,920
Speaker 2: Continues with the play. Deontay Johnson comes across the field

625
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 2: in that drag route about about a fifteen yard drag

626
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,800
Speaker 2: route with two guys trailing him, and Pickings dropped it

627
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:45,600
Speaker 2: in there, rolling.

628
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,080
Speaker 3: To his left, right right. I mean, it's still an

629
00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:52,119
Speaker 3: impressive play by both Johnson and especially Picket. But what

630
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 3: blew the thing up? You know what I mean, as

631
00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:58,159
Speaker 3: he often does. So what we got going here? I

632
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,200
Speaker 3: think I think I's a Kendrick Green out there.

633
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:05,320
Speaker 2: Looks like it's about second and seven here in the

634
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:09,080
Speaker 2: battlefield behind him there in the yeah, straight full back

635
00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 2: action here, get a little motion from firemouth from the

636
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 2: outside to the inside that makes that a strong side

637
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,080
Speaker 2: and they run that way decent hole there.

638
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,199
Speaker 3: And yeah, I was keying on Green and you know

639
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,480
Speaker 3: he was a pure lead fullback on that one. He

640
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:26,479
Speaker 3: was in a full back position but offset and they

641
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 3: ran right behind him and the hole was pretty nice,

642
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,360
Speaker 3: and Green couldn't find anybody to block, you know, he's

643
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 3: just looking looking for uh.

644
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 2: Post and got the kickout to steal the outside and

645
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 2: and Dan Moore got the kick inside to seal that.

646
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 2: And Green's kind of like okay.

647
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, just kind of no man's land, just running around.

648
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 2: That's what you want to do with you.

649
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 3: That's great, that's great.

650
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 2: Everybody did their job.

651
00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:48,920
Speaker 3: Now. I know it's not live, live, you know, true

652
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,680
Speaker 3: game action, but friar Mouth looks like an improved blocker

653
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 3: both he passed in especially run blocking to me.

654
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 2: That he does he's gotten stronger his legs. My goodness. Yeah,

655
00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 2: you see him up close? Who I mean, there're tree trunks.

656
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:00,600
Speaker 3: Yeah.

657
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,880
Speaker 2: We get the second team in there now, Roderck Jones

658
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 2: at left tackle. We get a little motion there from

659
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,240
Speaker 2: Calvin Austin. He gets ended to him on a jet

660
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 2: sweep and a nice job over there by Barku.

661
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 3: I believe that, Yes, he's stayed at home, made the

662
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 3: play that had been a short game. Yeah, keep him

663
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 3: honest with us you gotta hand it off once in

664
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 3: a while on the jet.

665
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 2: Sweep Barcoo does a little something every day, every day,

666
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 2: every day.

667
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 3: Not bad first day or two. I'm okay, I guess

668
00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 3: I should pay attention to him. And he's not making

669
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 3: him you know, he's not making the team. Blah blah blah. Yeah.

670
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 3: Now it's like he might be an injury away from

671
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 3: making the team. Yeah, with a good preseason.

672
00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 2: With Corey Trice right, you know, going down that opens

673
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 2: up a spot there. And he's running with the second

674
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 2: unit right now opposite James Pierre. So obviously the coaching

675
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 2: staff thinks he's doing a pretty good job as well.

676
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm checking out his height and Wade. I just

677
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 3: want to he is, uh not a small corner. I

678
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 3: say he's more of an outside guy. I didn't know

679
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:51,880
Speaker 3: how heavy he was.

680
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:56,440
Speaker 2: Okay, throw yeah, good throw there.

681
00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 3: White in the millfield.

682
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,800
Speaker 2: Dotson, Uh looks like he's playing right guard there on

683
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,239
Speaker 2: this one and he get out to the outside there

684
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 2: that they had it. There was an outside rush there

685
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 2: and he came out to pick it up from the

686
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:10,960
Speaker 2: guard spot.

687
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 3: So well done bringing in Gunner and Boycoen number two.

688
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:21,480
Speaker 3: Oh line, that's.

689
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:24,360
Speaker 2: Really what I'm kind of intrigued to see. I know

690
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 2: everybody wants to see Progerick Jones in the first preseason game.

691
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 2: That second offensive line is get a lot of starts

692
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 2: on there.

693
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:35,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, I meant to say this before that with three

694
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:42,720
Speaker 3: experienced NFL quarterbacks and two NFL offensive lines, you know

695
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 3: what I mean, like guys that are going to make

696
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 3: the team, I would expect the second half of preseason

697
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 3: games to really favor the Steelers offense.

698
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,320
Speaker 2: See there's that was that one right there. So they

699
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 2: did a little jet sweep motion across the formation and

700
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,080
Speaker 2: then he saw Trubisky hand the ball off and Warren

701
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:00,960
Speaker 2: took it to the right, and then Trubisky ran to

702
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,240
Speaker 2: his left as well, and it froze the outside linebackers.

703
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 2: And that's what you're trying to do with that jet

704
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 2: sweep motion.

705
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,040
Speaker 3: Because we see so much roll out. You know that's

706
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 3: you You're trained to see that too. Yeah. So I

707
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 3: don't know if that was the best example because I

708
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,920
Speaker 3: was watching other things. To be honest, you watched that

709
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 3: play a little closer than I did. Offensively, but they

710
00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 3: do so much motion and quarterback waggles and boots and

711
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,960
Speaker 3: stuff like that. That that can work the same way

712
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,000
Speaker 3: as play action without taking that half a second to

713
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 3: stick the ball in somebody's belly and vake it, you

714
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 3: know what I mean.

715
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,800
Speaker 2: Right, And your quarterbacks are athletic enough to do that, right.

716
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 3: Right, They definitely don't want statues back there now.

717
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 2: So we get the base three four Tribisky under center

718
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:43,479
Speaker 2: here fakes the hand up.

719
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:47,240
Speaker 3: There's the waggle. Yeah, well played by two eight.

720
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 2: Killer Brew and Hayward was not happy about being tackled

721
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 2: to the ground on that one. Yeah, kind of tossed

722
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 2: the ball at Killer Brew at the end of that play.

723
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, a little. It was a little aggressive by Killer Brew,

724
00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 3: I will say. Yeah, that play was dead pretty much

725
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 3: from the start. Is a short completion, but for little

726
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:03,480
Speaker 3: or no gain.

727
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, Calibrew closed on that quickly.

728
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 3: He rerote that he read it all the way.

729
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 2: And again that's you know that some of the It's

730
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,400
Speaker 2: also the value of having veteran backups as opposed to

731
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 2: a bunch of rookies or young guys. You know, like

732
00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,640
Speaker 2: he's seen he's probably seen that play a thousand times

733
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 2: in his career.

734
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 3: Right, I mean, safeties have keys, they have rules, and

735
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 3: he knows them. Like the back of his hand because

736
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:27,640
Speaker 3: he's been doing it forever.

737
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 2: That's a blitz.

738
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 3: That came opened up. Yeah, that was Duke Dawson on

739
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,360
Speaker 3: the slot. That definitely would have put pressure on the quarterback.

740
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 2: Another tackle to the ground here. Do you guys do know?

741
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 2: They play a game in two days?

742
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 3: Right? No one seems to be too concerned.

743
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:48,400
Speaker 2: About that today.

744
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:49,959
Speaker 3: Hey, I get it.

745
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 2: I mean, Mike Toman is this is a physical camp

746
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 2: as you will see.

747
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 3: In the NFL. Yeah, it's definitely true. You mentioned Cam

748
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,600
Speaker 3: Hayward and company weren't thrilled with the defense today. Weren't

749
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,239
Speaker 3: not yesterday. I bet the head coach wasn't either. By

750
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 3: the sounds of this practice, I think.

751
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,680
Speaker 2: He was pretty happy though, Like he was challenging guy.

752
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 3: He likes to push those buttons. Now he's a master

753
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 3: at it.

754
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 2: He likes to push those buttons and you know, basically

755
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 2: tell the offense. Hey, you guys, you guys want it yesterday.

756
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 2: You think Cam's gonna be happy about that? He's gonna

757
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 2: be mad. How are you gonna handle him? So, Mason

758
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,120
Speaker 2: Rudolphin company in there now with the third group, We're

759
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 2: gonna take a break here. Matt Williamson. Yeah, I am

760
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,120
Speaker 2: Dale Lawley. You're listening to the Drive here on Steelers

761
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 2: Nation Radio and ESPN nine seventy are live ongoing coverage

762
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 2: from Saint Vincent College, he Steelers training camp. They're taking

763
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,920
Speaker 2: part in practice number twelve today. Did I say it

764
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 2: was I've lost? I think so, yeah, but we're gonna

765
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 2: take a break. We'll be back with more right after

766
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 2: this some time.

767
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Speaker 1: The Black and Gold live here twenty four to seven.

768
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:52,960
Speaker 1: This is is Steelers Nation, Lady Pittsburgh.

769
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,520
Speaker 2: Welcome back, guy and Dale Alli. He is Matt Williamson,

770
00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 2: and this is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio in

771
00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 2: ESPN nine seventy And you know, Matt, we get we

772
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 2: get out there at training camp and I missed completely,

773
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 2: like the real world, what's going on now? Pulling back

774
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 2: the curtain here in my dorm room. I don't have

775
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,840
Speaker 2: a TV. No, I don't either, so I, you know,

776
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 2: I sit and listen to music while I'm working when

777
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 2: I'm off the you know, off the air here. And

778
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 2: I didn't realize that the town of Lahina in Maui

779
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,720
Speaker 2: and there were the huge wildfires in the Hawaiian Islands

780
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:32,120
Speaker 2: right now.

781
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,600
Speaker 3: I had no idea I'm not particularly good about knowing

782
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,839
Speaker 3: things outside the NFL, no matter what my circumstances are.

783
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:40,799
Speaker 2: This makes narrow things in.

784
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:43,800
Speaker 3: My friends make fun of me. It's just Matt's world

785
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,279
Speaker 3: and I don't know anything else in the world. But

786
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 3: usually people tell me such things, and nobody tells you

787
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 3: those things when you're here.

788
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just I mean, I went on vacation there

789
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:53,480
Speaker 2: a couple of years ago, and in his couple of

790
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 2: years ago. Now it was last year, last year, I

791
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,440
Speaker 2: think it was last year, last year, and you know,

792
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 2: we had had drinks in on our last day there

793
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,200
Speaker 2: and watched the waves come in, watch the surfers, and

794
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,240
Speaker 2: you were just describing it, and I was sitting there thinking,

795
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,360
Speaker 2: practice is nice, but I watching twenty five foot waves

796
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 2: and surfers with a island drink in my hand would

797
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:12,040
Speaker 2: be better than it was great.

798
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:12,799
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was great.

799
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 2: We found a nice spot with a balcony, there's pizza

800
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,880
Speaker 2: pizza joints, and just watched the surfers go crazy.

801
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,200
Speaker 3: I could do that. Yeah, we'll sneak over there.

802
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 2: Well, well it's not there anymore, right, let's not the

803
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,760
Speaker 2: best destination, probably not. Yeah, but our you know, thoughts

804
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 2: go out to those people who are dealing with that.

805
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 2: I mean I guess they had to like evacuate the

806
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 2: whole city, and.

807
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, especially since you were just there and saw it

808
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:33,759
Speaker 3: all and it probably hits home a little bit.

809
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, beautiful.

810
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:36,879
Speaker 3: It's funny you mentioned though, like you know, our dorm

811
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,319
Speaker 3: rooms are not exactly our living or like, yeah, not

812
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 3: exactly our lazy boy at home and the big screen

813
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,720
Speaker 3: and surround sound and all that. But there is internet.

814
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,799
Speaker 3: You know, we are under a rock. Yeah right right,

815
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 3: I mean it's times are changed, but it's just a mindset,

816
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 3: like you're just not at home. You don't think about things.

817
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 3: There's a groundhog day mentality, even for you.

818
00:35:57,719 --> 00:35:59,360
Speaker 2: I said to somebody, I feel like a hamster on

819
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:00,200
Speaker 2: a wheel. Yeah.

820
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, the restaur up.

821
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:02,319
Speaker 2: I do the same thing over and over again.

822
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,800
Speaker 3: I check what day it is over and over again. Tuesday, Wednesday,

823
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 3: Thursday are really all the same.

824
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:11,560
Speaker 2: If I wasn't traveling tomorrow, I wouldn't have no idea, right.

825
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 3: Right, I think about it like I think today's garbage

826
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 3: day at home. I better tell the kids to drag

827
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,960
Speaker 3: it out or no, that was two days ago.

828
00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,120
Speaker 2: I missed that up right, Yeah, just so it didn't

829
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 2: get done.

830
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 3: I'm sure there'll be eighty pounds of garbage there for

831
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,520
Speaker 3: when I get home. Someone dragged this to the street. Uh, okay,

832
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:30,200
Speaker 3: I'll get it.

833
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:35,319
Speaker 2: Save that for dad. I was surprised my grass got

834
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,040
Speaker 2: so the first day we went back. After being out

835
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 2: here a week, I went back. We were off on Monday.

836
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,400
Speaker 2: I go back. I mode the grass this time. I

837
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 2: went back. At the end of the second week, I

838
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 2: went back and somebody had mowed the grass.

839
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,319
Speaker 3: What a pleasant thought that I was.

840
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:52,360
Speaker 2: I was all prepared to get home. In fact, we

841
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 2: got home, I'm like, okay, I'm gonna get home. I'm

842
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 2: gonna have to get up tomorrow and more grass. I

843
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 2: got home, I saw somebody mode the grass. It was

844
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 2: just it was such a relief.

845
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 3: See, I'm I'm a bad father because as a sixteen

846
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 3: year old, I was an expert mower, and I made

847
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 3: a lot of money on the side mowing in the

848
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 3: neighborhood and all that good stuff. And my son's not

849
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 3: so great at sixteen. So we have like this upper

850
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,799
Speaker 3: lot that no one ever sees that I hate the mow.

851
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 3: Mike go do that. I do the spots where like

852
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 3: the rest of the world can see, because I don't

853
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:24,319
Speaker 3: want splotches of misspots all over the place and dead

854
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:28,360
Speaker 3: grass all over the neighborhood. So I'm sure that doesn't

855
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,320
Speaker 3: get done when I'm gone. But I do send texts

856
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,440
Speaker 3: from here like, hey, make sure the upper lots mode.

857
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,439
Speaker 3: And I think it is, you know, and doesn't even

858
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,879
Speaker 3: matter if he stinks at it. Yeah, so there's that.

859
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 2: I've been to your house several times. I've ever been

860
00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:40,759
Speaker 2: to the upper lot.

861
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 3: There's nothing to see though. It's just a giant waste

862
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 3: of space that used to it with an old trampoline

863
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:49,279
Speaker 3: and a shed. Anyone wants a trampoline, come and get it.

864
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 2: Anyways. The Steelers taking part in practice here at Saint

865
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,399
Speaker 2: Fencing College. You're working little punt stuff right now. It's

866
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:59,319
Speaker 2: more for the return. Again, these are important things to

867
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,200
Speaker 2: go over one last time here.

868
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:02,319
Speaker 3: Before you got a game coming up.

869
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 2: Before the game, go over your blocking schemes and those

870
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 2: kind of things.

871
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 3: It's a bad look even the preseason when you blow

872
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 3: a blocking scheme in the punt game or you know

873
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:12,840
Speaker 3: they'll communicate yea topless You don't.

874
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 2: Want to see that kind of stuff happen. Right and again,

875
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 2: a lot of these guys haven't done this stuff.

876
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,319
Speaker 3: No, a lot of these guys have not done this stuff. Again,

877
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,120
Speaker 3: so many of these dudes were huge fish in a

878
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,879
Speaker 3: small pond at college. Some of them were huge fish

879
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 3: in a huge pond, you know. And they just don't

880
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 3: play special teams. It's new to them. And then probably

881
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 3: none of them or not none, but very few played

882
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 3: in high school.

883
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 2: Yeah right, I mean, you just didn't have to do

884
00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:35,800
Speaker 2: it a whole long shit did it in like ninth grade?

885
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,879
Speaker 3: I mean, like, look at the the quote offensive line here.

886
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:40,880
Speaker 3: Those guys aren't offensive linemen.

887
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 2: Well yeah, I mean they're all wearing yellow denoting.

888
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,760
Speaker 3: The fact that they've never passed set in their life,

889
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 3: and now they have to pass set for a tick

890
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:51,719
Speaker 3: and a half and then turn and run down and

891
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:53,800
Speaker 3: make a tackle. The turn and run make a tackle

892
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,880
Speaker 3: part is okay for the defensive players, but pass setting

893
00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:01,279
Speaker 3: in against NFL semi pass rushers, I mean, they don't

894
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 3: have any clue what they're doing now.

895
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,560
Speaker 2: Not so much in a situation like this in a

896
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 2: preseason game, but I know for a fact, during regular

897
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,759
Speaker 2: season games, Danny Smith will study that tape and try

898
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 2: to find out where's the weak spots are at.

899
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 3: That's all they do.

900
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, he puts the opposing specially. What he does is

901
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 2: he puts together his Saturday tape, right, and he gives

902
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,279
Speaker 2: that to the players on Tuesday, I believe it is,

903
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:25,799
Speaker 2: gives them their Saturday tape. They're expected to watch it

904
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,080
Speaker 2: several times, and then they go over it again on

905
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:31,840
Speaker 2: Saturday night before the game again highlighting some of those Okay,

906
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:33,880
Speaker 2: we might be able to take advantage of this. They

907
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:35,960
Speaker 2: do this when they line up here, this is where

908
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 2: they're kicking the ball and that kind of stuff.

909
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:41,279
Speaker 3: Oh, there's huge tendencies, just like offensive defense. And just

910
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 3: talk about that punt team. That quote offensive line is

911
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:48,880
Speaker 3: five guys, there's a long snapper and four non offensive linemen. Well,

912
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 3: Danny might look at the left guard for the Niners

913
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 3: in that situation, be like this, dude's a really good tackler.

914
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,440
Speaker 3: That's why he's on the punt team. He can't protect

915
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:57,080
Speaker 3: the saving his life.

916
00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:00,200
Speaker 2: Ye, he's a two hundred and forty pounds linebacker, right,

917
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 2: he's not protecting. Like if we put somebody over top

918
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 2: of him with some quicks, he's not blocking.

919
00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:05,200
Speaker 3: Them or a bull. I mean, he can't handle a

920
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:07,799
Speaker 3: bull run or you know, whatever it is or I'm

921
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:11,279
Speaker 3: gonna quote blitz both his gaps and make him think

922
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 3: about it. But boy, he can tackle, you know. So

923
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 3: there's a reason he's out there. But a lot of

924
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:18,800
Speaker 3: these guys I'm sure have discernible special teams weaknesses.

925
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of a lot of that kind of

926
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 2: stuff going on here. Now they're doing a little field

927
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:25,840
Speaker 2: goal blocking here. This has more guys than white shirts

928
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:26,000
Speaker 2: on it.

929
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, right, he's are big people like but we say

930
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,360
Speaker 3: O Line and d Linman never get their jerseys dirty

931
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,879
Speaker 3: and special teams, that's untrue because field goal protection, field

932
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:35,759
Speaker 3: goal block they do.

933
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is where they step out there.

934
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:39,759
Speaker 3: Louder Milk is going to be up there with his

935
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,000
Speaker 3: giant arms trying to swat things and you kind of.

936
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 2: Now, I know you say that the punt block or

937
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:49,040
Speaker 2: punt protection, the punt protection team, Yeah, shows that you're

938
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 2: probably going to make the team. I'm looking here at

939
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,880
Speaker 2: what about field goal protection. I've seen a lot of

940
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,320
Speaker 2: guys on that unit that Okay, they probably got a chance.

941
00:40:56,640 --> 00:41:00,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely. I mean there's some one don't any starting

942
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:06,360
Speaker 3: offensive lineman, but like on this team in particular, I

943
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 3: haven't given it much thought who the field goal protection

944
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 3: team would be, but I did think and correct it.

945
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,719
Speaker 3: That's by looking at it now. Washington and Gentry are

946
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 3: going to be your two outside dude. Yeah, absolutely, walking reach. Yeah,

947
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,719
Speaker 3: they're perfect for that where some teams might have to

948
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,800
Speaker 3: put a a Hayward or a you check or somebody

949
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 3: like that. There. You know, they have two six eight

950
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 3: dudes massive as big as a tree, right, so they're

951
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 3: perfect for that.

952
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,239
Speaker 2: Absolutely, we're gonna get the break again. Here. He is

953
00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:38,440
Speaker 2: Matt Williams and I am Dale Lollie. We are live

954
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 2: from Steelers' training camp here at Saint Vincent College where

955
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,400
Speaker 2: they are going through their final practice here, their final

956
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:48,600
Speaker 2: open practice before they go and head to Tampa tomorrow.

957
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:51,279
Speaker 2: They'll have a walk through tomorrow morning and then leave.

958
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:55,319
Speaker 2: Oh it was nice, right, yeah, really nice throw there

959
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:57,440
Speaker 2: by Kenny Pickett. They're on nine on seven here. Now

960
00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,280
Speaker 2: that was Deontay Johnson.

961
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 3: Oh he can catch toughens. Oh wow, right now, I'm

962
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 3: about to Hey, Betty, he doesn't catch zero this year,

963
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:05,839
Speaker 3: but I bet right not as well.

964
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:07,360
Speaker 2: But we're gonna take a break. We'll be back with

965
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:08,319
Speaker 2: more right after this.

966
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:11,480
Speaker 1: Let's go play some ball, Always talking black and gold

967
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 1: football on SNR