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Speaker 1: Welcome back. I am Dale. I'm here with Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 1: This is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio and ESPN

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Speaker 1: nine seventy and Pressley Harvin out there putting a show

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Speaker 1: making it rain. Matt, I noted there that kills the ball. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: when they signed Warren they were excited about it, but

423
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Speaker 1: I bet they didn't think he'd be this guy. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they would have drafted him, or they would have given

425
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Speaker 1: him the money that they gave to Mato Durant exactly.

426
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Speaker 1: He came in here and blew their doors off and

427
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Speaker 1: took I mean nothing was given to him. He took it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: good for him. He's the two. And I mentioned Anthony

429
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Speaker 1: mcfarlandes looked good. Very he's turned corner in his career.

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Speaker 1: I believe that wholeheartedly because the style of play has changed.

431
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Speaker 1: I'm happy receivers Pickens is better than advertised and we

432
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Speaker 1: both loved the pick So that's great. Deante's under contract

433
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Speaker 1: that happened, that has carried some weight. Um, I guess

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Speaker 1: if we're talking about before camp, I can't put my

435
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Speaker 1: Miller love into the equation because I started to fall

436
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Speaker 1: in love with him here and then he got hurt

437
00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,320
Speaker 1: Boykins better than I expected. I kind of thought his

438
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Speaker 1: career might wash out, and I think he's gonna stick around.

439
00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,440
Speaker 1: Steven Sims has a little something there. Yeah. Well, Chefsky

440
00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,359
Speaker 1: has shown more as a wide receiver than I ever

441
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Speaker 1: thought he was. I would say that as well, and

442
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Speaker 1: even now I think he's better than he was to

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Speaker 1: start camp. Um. I haven't seen enough of Austin to

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Speaker 1: really give him a grade, but I know he's fast

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Speaker 1: as can be and I have no reason to think

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Speaker 1: he's a lesser player than when they picked them. And

447
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Speaker 1: we didn't get to see a lot of claypo out here. No, no,

448
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Speaker 1: but he'll be fine. Yeah, so that's not bad. Tight

449
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Speaker 1: ends better because Hayward. Yeah, you know, friar Muth looks

450
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Speaker 1: like a star. Gentry's a keeper and a and Heyward's

451
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Speaker 1: a real guy. He's not a throwaway pick at all. No,

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Speaker 1: not not at all. Offensive line Okay, I mean it's

453
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Speaker 1: somewhat of an incomplete grade, but I thought we'd have

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Speaker 1: more progress and a little more optimism by this point.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not saying it stinks. That's not what I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: It's just if you told me this offensive line would

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Speaker 1: be exactly at this point on August, I would say,

458
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Speaker 1: go fish, I'll take my chances that it's better than that. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I'm a little more patient with it because I thought

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Speaker 1: it was gonna take time, no doubt, and it may

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Speaker 1: be the first month of the season before they really

462
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Speaker 1: start to gain some steam. Like I think week six

463
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Speaker 1: will look better than week one better. I mean that's

464
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Speaker 1: the expectations. So I didn't come in here with super

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Speaker 1: high expectations of what this line would look like, just

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Speaker 1: having you know again, people were complaining after three days

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Speaker 1: and pads with it, well, the offensive look like what

468
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Speaker 1: do you expect? Rome wasn't built in a day here.

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Speaker 1: I mean they're very young and played together. I understand

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Speaker 1: all that, but I I just would have liked have

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Speaker 1: seen them further along than they are. Let's see what

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Speaker 1: it looks like Saturday. I think I we'll see a

473
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Speaker 1: good test. If there's improvement from week one to week two,

474
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Speaker 1: that that's that that will go a long way with that.

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Speaker 1: I'm not picking on one guy, but I thought James

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Speaker 1: Daniels would all be like, oh, he's a high quality

477
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Speaker 1: right guard here with that yet I could agree with that. Yeah, um,

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Speaker 1: Defenser's line, I don't know, kind of an incomplete. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean I'm not worried about camera lu I think

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Speaker 1: when Ogan Job he has been in there, he's like

481
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Speaker 1: like a stud. Yeah, he's definitely passed the eyeball test

482
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Speaker 1: and more. I think louder Milk looks good. Lew's flashing

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Speaker 1: I don't. I mean, that's kind of same though it's

484
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Speaker 1: kind of expected from that I like coming in. I

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Speaker 1: still like it. I don't like it more or less

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Speaker 1: outside linebackers less. Yeah, I'm with you on that. I

487
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Speaker 1: think that that group has been underwhelming outside of what

488
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Speaker 1: we I mean, we haven't seen Alex Highsmith the two right.

489
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's almost a total incomplete, but you would

490
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Speaker 1: like to see him out here dominating at the stage

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Speaker 1: of his career. You know, I will say t J.

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00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,640
Speaker 1: Watt looks like he is in mid season four better

493
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Speaker 1: than ever, right right, avery looks like a welcome edition.

494
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Speaker 1: But I haven't seen enough. Boy. He's a real keeper.

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Speaker 1: He's you know, he's a star or he's a high

496
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Speaker 1: quality performer. The other guys, to me, aren't good enough. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I agree with that. Uh, and so might be the

498
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Speaker 1: spot of most looking for outside the organization. Yeah, I

499
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Speaker 1: mean I'd never turned my nose up at a quality

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman anyway he cut it or a project at

501
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Speaker 1: o the line. But if you can get edge, dude somewhere,

502
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Speaker 1: I'd be real over kind of. You know, when I

503
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Speaker 1: did my my team cut down with my fifty three

504
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Speaker 1: man roster, I kept nine offensive lineman and I kind

505
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Speaker 1: of have some ten. Yeah, but I kind of like

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Speaker 1: those nine offensive linemen too, I mean, like the the

507
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Speaker 1: glues and the Hosses of the world. Yeah, and I

508
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Speaker 1: think they're you go in with them. Yeah, No, I

509
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Speaker 1: think so as well. Uh, off ball linebackers, Jack's a

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Speaker 1: little better. I'm very confident that he's going to be

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Speaker 1: a good starter, you know. Yeah, I'll take a good

512
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Speaker 1: starter and free agency for what you paid him. The

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Speaker 1: rest of the crews worse. So I guess as a whole,

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Speaker 1: I would say less. I haven't seen. I don't know

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Speaker 1: that that, uh, Devin Bush has been as bad as

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Speaker 1: some suggesting, Um, you know, I've seen the worst linebacker

517
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Speaker 1: in the league and things like that thrown around. I

518
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Speaker 1: don't believe that if he had this camp after his

519
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,639
Speaker 1: rookie year, the reports wouldn't be, oh, Bush terrible, you know.

520
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:37,359
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, he just hasn't made any splash plays.

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Speaker 1: But again, I don't know that. You know, he played

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Speaker 1: one preseason game as well, um with without their starting

523
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Speaker 1: defensive line in there as well. I might add that

524
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Speaker 1: none of the front line guys. So but you don't

525
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Speaker 1: feel better about him? No, I don't feel better about it,

526
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Speaker 1: But I don't feel worse about it either. I think

527
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Speaker 1: he's just you know, not the easiest. It's not I

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Speaker 1: feel better about him, and I just way times a thousand. Yeah,

529
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Speaker 1: But the other guys I would like to see more

530
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:08,159
Speaker 1: step up from the bottom of roster young guys. And

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Speaker 1: the other thing is, if we were to go back

532
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Speaker 1: to our rooms after this, watch the all twenty two

533
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,920
Speaker 1: tape the side, you know, the the end zone copy

534
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 1: of Bush every snap he's taken out here. It's a

535
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Speaker 1: different evaluation than us doing a radio show watching him

536
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,000
Speaker 1: out here, you know what I mean, Like the coaches

537
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:28,119
Speaker 1: are gonna really watch every step he takes, and I

538
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:29,720
Speaker 1: don't know if that's good or better what. But I mean,

539
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,760
Speaker 1: some of these dudes, especially the lineman and Bush qualifies

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Speaker 1: for this too. I'm not avoiding my jobs here to

541
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,119
Speaker 1: evaluate these guys, but they're not as easy to do

542
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:47,960
Speaker 1: in practice as some others. How about the cornerbacks same,

543
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:52,320
Speaker 1: I would say, kind of an emerge, but I've I

544
00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 1: don't know if there was really an expectation that some

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00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:58,960
Speaker 1: of those guys to emerge. I'm not doubting Wallace or Spoon,

546
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Speaker 1: kind of like I did annuals. The one guy would

547
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,920
Speaker 1: say that is better than I thought is Milette. Yeah.

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00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,359
Speaker 1: I was gonna say Pierre Pierce had he's kind of

549
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,359
Speaker 1: that's what he does in the past season in the past.

550
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 1: But Molette was you know a guy I went into

551
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,200
Speaker 1: this this camp going maybe he makes the roster, maybe

552
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,560
Speaker 1: he doesn't. I thought the same thing. Roster options. Yeah,

553
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 1: they have a lot of slot options. Maybe a pure

554
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,320
Speaker 1: slot has a harder time making this team than they

555
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,159
Speaker 1: would have in the past. I don't never get and

556
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,960
Speaker 1: I'm like, I've got no qualms with him making the roster.

557
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:36,240
Speaker 1: I'm not getting ready him. How about safety, say, I

558
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,680
Speaker 1: feel pretty good about what they have there? Uh, nor

559
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 1: would I think has had a really good camp. Um,

560
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 1: I like what an Rwood fan coming in now? I

561
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: like what I see if k z um you know, so,

562
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 1: I think they got some guys there that they feel

563
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 1: good about. I feel good about the position, but I

564
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,520
Speaker 1: don't feel I thought you felt good about it going

565
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,240
Speaker 1: into exactly like it's lived up the expectations that's in

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00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:58,440
Speaker 1: the expectations are high. I like the safety. They also

567
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,600
Speaker 1: got Minka's deal done. I guess that was that was

568
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,120
Speaker 1: prior to camp, but still that was when we were

569
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,600
Speaker 1: talking no longer looming, when we were a mini camp

570
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: that hadn't been done yet. Right right now, getting those

571
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,720
Speaker 1: deals done including bos, Yeah, I think ways ways in

572
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:15,640
Speaker 1: on this too. Well, let's talk about the specialists since

573
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Speaker 1: we're going to the Roust absolutely because yeah, I mean,

574
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 1: maybe the long snappers worse. I'm not gonna pretend like

575
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,480
Speaker 1: I've been having a watch on him every time. But

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00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 1: Harvin's been one of the stars at camp. He's been

577
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 1: a real deal. Yeah. Does that translate the games and

578
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 1: pressure and weather and for seventeen games? Who's who's to say?

579
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Speaker 1: But I don't think there was ever a punting competition here, No, no.

580
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: And I thought, you know, early in the spring when

581
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Speaker 1: they brought in Nyslack, who's who kicked in six games

582
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:48,719
Speaker 1: last year. He might kick again in the league this year,

583
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:50,560
Speaker 1: right right, right, It just won't be here because he's

584
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 1: been cut. But when a punter pulls a hammy or something.

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00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: I mean, if if if Harvin went down tomorrow, he's

586
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:57,720
Speaker 1: probably the you know, want to be back here in

587
00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,160
Speaker 1: the next fresh guy they call. Yeah, but uh um,

588
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 1: looks really been good. Yeah, he's been really good again.

589
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,520
Speaker 1: Losing that weight I think helps. But his you can

590
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 1: just tell his mental his mental output or his mental

591
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,760
Speaker 1: acumen right now is just different. He's in a different

592
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,440
Speaker 1: place right now than he was last year. Be sure,

593
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 1: seems like it. There's no questioning the physical hopefully the

594
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:23,640
Speaker 1: mental is. He's got the big leg. It's rare. Yeah,

595
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,680
Speaker 1: that's a game changing, field changing type of player. Yeah,

596
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,640
Speaker 1: I think you know, and he he gets an opportunity

597
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,600
Speaker 1: to kick in Jacksonville this week, which he will because

598
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Speaker 1: they will punt, I would assume at some point, I think,

599
00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 1: but think it's conclusion. But he didn't get a chance

600
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Speaker 1: to kick last week, so Steeler Friens didn't get a

601
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 1: chance to see it. Um, I'd like to see him

602
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:48,280
Speaker 1: if his first one is not great, like yeah, yeah, yeah,

603
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 1: but uh yeah, he's been booming the ball and he's

604
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,959
Speaker 1: been the taka camp and even the fans and can

605
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,760
Speaker 1: tell the difference. And you can tell the staff is

606
00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,600
Speaker 1: excited about him, and I think they've nurtured him well

607
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,120
Speaker 1: behind the scenes too. By the way, Jalen Warren still

608
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,520
Speaker 1: carrying the football around on the sideline. Assume this is

609
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 1: the last day for doing so. But I don't know.

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00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 1: I probably carry it through the walk through tomorrow. Keep

611
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 1: it a tough tie and tight and tight. Yeah. I

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00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,560
Speaker 1: wonder if he sleeps with it. He might They might,

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00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 1: They might tell him he has to do that. Hey,

614
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 1: whatever you gotta do to make the team, kid, you know,

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Speaker 1: tea Yeah, well, you know, if he fumbled twice on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: the better don't do that again. Don't don't make that

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Speaker 1: the concern or just squash that little issue. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: then move on. Then move on. Right now, he's been

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Speaker 1: impressive to absolutely. Uh, we're gonna take another break. He

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Speaker 1: is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lally. You're listening to

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Speaker 1: the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio and ESPN nine seventy.

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Speaker 1: We are live from Steelers training camp here at St.

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Speaker 1: Princent College of Steelers going through their final practice here

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Speaker 1: all right now, they're doing a little more special teams work. Uh.

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Speaker 1: So they get about twenty two, they've they've got two

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Speaker 1: more periods left after this, about minutes remaining in practice

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Speaker 1: after this, and we'll be back five. Yeah, we'll be

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Speaker 1: here to five, but we'll be back to bring you, uh,

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Speaker 1: the completion of Steelers training camp right after this. He's

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Speaker 1: home of the Black and Gold, Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back.

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Speaker 1: I am Dale Ally here with Matt Williamson, and we

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Speaker 1: are alive from Steelers training camp here at St. Vincent

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Speaker 1: College to the team going through a little Uh it's

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Speaker 1: like they were starting to drive backed up in their

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Speaker 1: own end zone here and then to kind of take

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Speaker 1: this completion Uh so m R. Bisky took him out

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Speaker 1: to about the thirty five and then Kenny Pickett came

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Speaker 1: in and he's taken over. And once again Jaleen Warren

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Speaker 1: getting second team snaps. I know they're not tackling him,

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Speaker 1: but just the way he moves and the way he

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Speaker 1: finds space and bounces off off blockers and he'll ride

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Speaker 1: a blockers. He's fast, but he's patient exactly. I mean

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Speaker 1: his feet are always moving. He's a really good foot

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Speaker 1: frequency I like that term for running backs. And he's little,

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Speaker 1: so like in that play, he's riding the hip of

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Speaker 1: one of his old linemen as as that guy gets

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Speaker 1: in a better spot. So he's also buying time while

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Speaker 1: he's gaining yardage. And he's always finding green grass, he's

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Speaker 1: finding open space. I mean there's a knack for that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: absolutely so U he is uh looking good out there?

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Speaker 1: Absolutely Lit'll play action here, Yeah, Tray Norward getting back

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Speaker 1: there to a break up the past to gueneralschewski Um

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Speaker 1: always the defensive guys here, like if they catch that,

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Speaker 1: the whole place goes. Who But he's been a heck

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Speaker 1: of a play, Like he's right right right defensive. We

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Speaker 1: shn root for them too. You know, um Claypool made

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Speaker 1: a really nice catch when we were gone to if

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Speaker 1: you're six two not six four and a half or whatever,

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Speaker 1: you don't catch that one with the long arms really

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Speaker 1: extended on the run. That was a great grab. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and kept getting gaming yards Aft. Think he's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a problem for teams working out of the slot this year.

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Speaker 1: I hope he really embraces it. I hope he blocks.

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Speaker 1: I think it could really escalate his career and just

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Speaker 1: give a dimension. And Yeah, once again he likes to

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Speaker 1: throw the gun. Rolschowski. Yeah, really likes to throw the gun.

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Speaker 1: Something's bugging him, like he has something that's a high

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Speaker 1: or something to be a bug. Yeah, they've been a

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Speaker 1: little bit of an issue. Yeah, they're stung by a

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Speaker 1: b the other day for the first been something fifty years,

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Speaker 1: I think, did you Yeah, it's not still itchy. Mason

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Speaker 1: Rudolphin now his picture pick and takes him out to

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Speaker 1: the pick. It taken to about the thirty nine here.

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Speaker 1: So we're continuing using some crowd noise here as well,

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Speaker 1: not just the ambient crowd noise, but THEMP in some

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Speaker 1: stuff here as well, which I'm not making fun of it,

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Speaker 1: but it seems a little foolish to me. Different ones

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Speaker 1: in the indoor here every Friday, you know, they do

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Speaker 1: it every Friday for their final practice as well during

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Speaker 1: the season if they're going on the road. So I

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Speaker 1: think there's a place for it. I actually there areas

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Speaker 1: when they're at home. They they'll do it when the

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Speaker 1: defense is on the field to simulate crowd noise because

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Speaker 1: the defense has they have to make calls and so

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Speaker 1: they have to so you get it when the defense

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Speaker 1: is on the field when they're at home on a Friday.

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Speaker 1: Remember the interview we did with Cam during the COVID

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Speaker 1: year when there was no one in the stands. You know,

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Speaker 1: He's like, Yeah, we love having the crowd into it

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Speaker 1: in the defense and the crowd being loud when we're

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Speaker 1: on the field, but it was also kind of nice

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Speaker 1: when it was quiet because I heard every single and

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Speaker 1: you hear them, hey running back, picked this dude up

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Speaker 1: or you know, I mean, like you can pick up

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Speaker 1: a lot of stuff better. After about the first month

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Speaker 1: of the season two, you're like, Okay, I'm watching the

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Speaker 1: tape and I'm listening to the tape now with the

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Speaker 1: sound up, because I can hear that, I can checks,

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Speaker 1: I can hear I can hear all the conversations. You

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Speaker 1: may even hear him in the huddle. Yeah, so that

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Speaker 1: makes a big difference there. Nice throw there, not encouraging

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Speaker 1: you fans to be quiet, though, and the opponent has

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Speaker 1: a ball at home. Nice throw by that was off there,

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Speaker 1: But I think that was the Kevin Raider. Might have

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Speaker 1: been the j Sternberg another one a tight window putt

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Speaker 1: put it right in there on on another rollout once

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Speaker 1: again on the move earlier in his career. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if he attempts that one, you know, like he's

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Speaker 1: been a little more bold. I don't think he throws

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Speaker 1: that ball to the through to Tyler or not Tyler

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Speaker 1: von Tyler Snead in seven shots where he just throwing open.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he was kind of a see it, throw

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Speaker 1: it guy. He hasn't throw the pickings touchdown either in

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Speaker 1: the game. You know. Yeah, once again there Benny Snell

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Speaker 1: working with the third team here. So and he doesn't

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Speaker 1: look bad this. I think they have some warms. Just

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Speaker 1: looks better. And McFarland's more talented and if he Farland's

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Speaker 1: out there now as well, so I've seen a lot

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Speaker 1: of McFarland today. All four of those backs are making

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Speaker 1: the roster. I think it's snow and water key special

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Speaker 1: team ers. It looks like Warren's gonna be a major

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Speaker 1: special teams contributor, adds up. Yeah, so we'll see here.

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Speaker 1: So we got the What I think is the question

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Speaker 1: is when the bullets are flying live and it's week one,

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Speaker 1: will nause take a series off? Yeah? You know that.

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Speaker 1: We don't know who knows. Yeah, we won't know that

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Speaker 1: until see a little draw there to McFarland. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if he has to lead the league and touches

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Speaker 1: you know, right, Yeah, I mean'll be near the top

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Speaker 1: of the way. Yeah. I think that's just who he is.

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Speaker 1: He's a high volume guy. Um. Okay, So that drill

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Speaker 1: is now over there. They're gonna take it back the

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Speaker 1: other way now or that part of the drill, they're

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Speaker 1: gonna go back and all the other way. So the

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Speaker 1: first team, but it can't a little bit of can't

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Speaker 1: practice still left, but they have cleared the field of

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Speaker 1: the the fans. I think they have one more session

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Speaker 1: after this. Usually they have two sessions after the second

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Speaker 1: special team session. But we shall see here. I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: wouldn't surprise me if they do a two minute drill here,

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Speaker 1: carlt close out the Yeah, really get the up tempo,

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Speaker 1: go and get the blood pumping with some r um. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we get the time what I'm expecting here and the

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Speaker 1: kind of thing. It looks like a third down and

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Speaker 1: five by the dude's holding the sticks out team stuff

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Speaker 1: here again. Now I think it's a Scout the Scout

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Speaker 1: team offense here. Yeah, that's the one defense versus versus

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Speaker 1: Scout team. So maybe they'll do one more drow after

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Speaker 1: the picket is running. The is the quarterback here? He's

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Speaker 1: looking deep. Let's it go in there again, drops one

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Speaker 1: in to Cody White. Cody White again, just deep balled

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Speaker 1: on the right sideline go route. Yeah, I mean, I

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Speaker 1: guess that's something that they expect to see maybe from Jacksonville.

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Speaker 1: I assume look at it. They've actually used a Jones

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Speaker 1: as a deep threat more. It's supposedly just camp reports

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Speaker 1: and stuff, you know. Then I always thought he was

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Speaker 1: more of a slot, but they've been using them more

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Speaker 1: as a deep threat. Everyone gives them a hard time

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Speaker 1: for that Kirk contract, and it's a lot, but then

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Speaker 1: these other deals you do ont and these other ones

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Speaker 1: came and it doesn't look as crazy. I think he's

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Speaker 1: quite as good as those dudes Do's a Jones contract though, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and they gave him like twelve million a year and

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Speaker 1: he had a good year last year. But the twelve

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Speaker 1: million year, right, and now an interesting guy to watch

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Speaker 1: and more we're talking about the receivers. Ingram has gotten

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Speaker 1: a lot of buzz there having Ingram, and I guess

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Speaker 1: he played quite well in their first first preseason game.

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Speaker 1: He can cause matchup problems and just don't dismiss him.

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Speaker 1: It'll be tough for Edmonds, Jack Bush, whomever. So he's

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Speaker 1: a talented player. Yeah, now he can he can raise

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Speaker 1: a four or four? Yeah four tight aas um the

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Speaker 1: guy that that went in the first round and the

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Speaker 1: Steelers there was some buzz at the Steelers liked him

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Speaker 1: as well, so I can see why. I don't know

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Speaker 1: how he'd fit here now he's more he'd probably play

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Speaker 1: the Claypool rule, right, maybe then the Claypool assuming that

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Speaker 1: he was still on the team at this point, Okay,

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Speaker 1: putting it on him. That's the new guy, the new

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Speaker 1: running back. There wasn't Yeah, so nice catch by Him'll

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Speaker 1: make a little bit of an adjustment there, but we

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Speaker 1: we'll see. Um. Yeah, So Steelers wrapping up this last

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Speaker 1: training camp practice here. This one's been a little more

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Speaker 1: high spirited Esterday. Good one. Yeah, last one is not

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Speaker 1: so great, not so great, not so great at all.

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Speaker 1: So we got the first team defense still out there

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Speaker 1: yesterday once again. Um, not the first team defensive line,

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Speaker 1: but certainly the first team everywhere else, in the first unit,

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Speaker 1: everywhere else. And we have not seen Cam Heywards since

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Speaker 1: he gingerly walked off. Yeah, you're not going to Um,

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Speaker 1: I would assume now you don't see him on Saturday either.

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Speaker 1: But that doesn't appear like again, I'm not doesn't appear

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Speaker 1: like news. Yeah, but that doesn't look like it's serious.

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Speaker 1: And the thing is is you don't get Mike Tomlin

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Speaker 1: will not speak to reporters after today's practice because he

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Speaker 1: spoke earlier today, So you don't get. You don't get

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Speaker 1: to check up on that one. That will be one

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Speaker 1: we'll have to ask about on Saturday night. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: doesn't play. Yeah, I'm sure you guys will mention. But

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Speaker 1: everything looks like it's okay. I mean, he's not. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's up walking around and stuff. Now, so that that's

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Speaker 1: that's that's a good sign. I wouldn't expect that I

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Speaker 1: R roster move or anything. No, no, nothing like that. Anytime,

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Speaker 1: any time that that guy has banged up, you certainly

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Speaker 1: make note of it. Oh the place, Yeah, held their

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Speaker 1: collective breaths without a doubt. Right, that's that's he's the guy.

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Speaker 1: What's crazy is that was the loudest the fans were.

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Speaker 1: I mean, this place was rocket. People were yelling at

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Speaker 1: them to you know, get get going. And the fans

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Speaker 1: have been really emotional and loud in this game or

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Speaker 1: in this practice. But the second that happens, like oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: and they they came back and picked it up. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: But he is the Wolverine, and so that's what you say, right,

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Speaker 1: that's what he says. He is an extraordinary healing powers.

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Speaker 1: So he's an extraordinary physical specimen. I can't imagine blocking him. No, No,

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Speaker 1: that would not be fun. No, not be fun at all. Um.

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Speaker 1: So getting now we get Mason Rudolph in there with

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Speaker 1: the scout team, and so both pick it in. Rudolph

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Speaker 1: getting some snaps here with this No, uh no, A

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Speaker 1: lot of con in this one, and uh, nice little dumping,

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Speaker 1: I tell you what. Um, Contrary to popular belief, it's

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Speaker 1: not like the scout team never moves the football. Yeah

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Speaker 1: you know, I mean, and the defense isn't necessarily going

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Speaker 1: yeah yeah, you're just getting the look. That's the way

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Speaker 1: it goes. Yes, how they're gonna throw things at us, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you kind of. It's it's not walkthrough speed, but it's

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Speaker 1: not full speed, right, Yeah, like White cut that deep ball.

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Speaker 1: The defensive back didn't play it to the end to

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Speaker 1: the whistom either. Yeah, it's a nice catch, a nice throw. Great,

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Speaker 1: you know, but yes, it's more like my read is

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Speaker 1: this guy and then I passed him off to him,

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Speaker 1: and then my eyes go to this guy. You know

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Speaker 1: this this you know not necessarily need to play us

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Speaker 1: in the end tackle. And so the people, the people

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Speaker 1: who are tracking the quarterback throws throw by throw, wasting

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Speaker 1: their time, wasting their time on us. And that Rudolph,

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Speaker 1: let's want to rip here. And that one was Yeah,

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Speaker 1: although James Pierre did play that pretty well, Yeah he did,

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Speaker 1: he did, Yeah, cut the receiver off in that situation.

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Speaker 1: He did not, No, he didn't. Look. Probably get one

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Speaker 1: more good period though I'm I'm gonna guess they finish

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Speaker 1: it this off with a S with a with a

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Speaker 1: competition period. I would think, I mean the last couple

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Speaker 1: of minutes at Latro. And you know, Mike Tomlin did

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Speaker 1: say earlier in the week that he wanted to see

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Speaker 1: the two minute offense and two minute defense be better

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Speaker 1: this week. So I would assume that we're going to

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Speaker 1: see another two minute row here then today. Probably not

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Speaker 1: with Mitch then, No, it would probably be pick it

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Speaker 1: and then Rudolph because that would be how they would

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Speaker 1: finish the game. That's a nice Yeah, that's a nice strow.

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Speaker 1: The Heyward gets open again, Connor Hayward gets open again.

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Speaker 1: Buddy Johnson got a hand in there, but it wasn't

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Speaker 1: terrible coverage, right, He just seems to get that kind

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Speaker 1: of separation there Wick and he sets guys up. Well,

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Speaker 1: if you look at the two of them, Buddy Johnson

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Speaker 1: versus Heyward, they get the similar body type. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: Hayward looks he's a little heavier. It looks like a

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Speaker 1: middle linebacker though, yeah he does. There are many offensive

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Speaker 1: players with his dimensions. Yeah, he's just different, different, and

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Speaker 1: that's that's problems I mean there's a different skill set.

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Speaker 1: Didn't usually see he's built more like his dad think

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Speaker 1: than Cam is. Yeah, although dad had a unique build

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Speaker 1: that had a very unique bill. There's no doubt about that.

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Speaker 1: That at a unique width lower half. Where's a nice

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Speaker 1: throw by uh young Mr Alatt of con to j

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Speaker 1: Sternberger zipped one in there over the middle. I like,

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Speaker 1: I like his arm his arm strength. No, it's it's legit. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna take one final break here before practice

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Speaker 1: wraps up. Here. He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lawley.

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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio

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Speaker 1: and ESPN nine seventy. This is our final coverage of

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Speaker 1: our live practice here at Steelers Training Camp at St.

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Speaker 1: Penncent College. Steelers Training Camp twenty two will be wrapping

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Speaker 1: up today. When the Steelers get back together on Monday,

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Speaker 1: they will be at the South side and folks, those

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Speaker 1: practices are not open to the public. Jacob won't. We

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Speaker 1: will be giving you play by play and telling you

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Speaker 1: exactly everything that happened in every formation and personnel grouping.

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Speaker 1: You know you won't be getting that anymore, yeah, so

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Speaker 1: uh enjoy it. Why you can we are for sure

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Speaker 1: we'll be back with more right after this