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Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson

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Speaker 1: on you home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. I am Dale Lolly, he is Matt Williams.

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Speaker 1: If we are live from Steelers training camp here at

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Speaker 1: Saint Pencent College in late Row and watching a little

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Speaker 1: live run drow here. It's been an active practice, man,

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Speaker 1: it really has been. And this was a little different

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Speaker 1: here because we saw that this opened up with basically

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Speaker 1: backups against backups here. Uh in this inside run droll,

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Speaker 1: maybe you're trying to show uh, okay, fellas, Oh, I

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Speaker 1: think that's exactly what's going on. We saw a whole

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Speaker 1: lot of who wants it here? While people were gone.

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Speaker 1: We saw a whole lot of one on ones and

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Speaker 1: the offense winning, which they should win more in that

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Speaker 1: case without there's no pass rush. We get all that,

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Speaker 1: but the first week camp they weren't winning any of those. Right,

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Speaker 1: that's the time to change the little bit. And now

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Speaker 1: it looks like these are all but I guess to

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Speaker 1: put it mildly, the bottom of the roster guys out

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Speaker 1: there on both sides of the ball running live action here.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they're tackling. This is full blown scrimmage, you know,

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Speaker 1: and I don't think t is a factor. He's hard

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Speaker 1: to bring down though. I mean he is a physical, big,

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Speaker 1: strong dude. I wish he had more wiggle. But this

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Speaker 1: is interesting to right, right, right, you know, but this

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Speaker 1: is interesting to me. These are all the borderline dudes

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Speaker 1: given everything they got playing eleven on eleven. Yeah, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: So she's getting to see a little bit of live

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Speaker 1: action here again after these guys just played a game

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Speaker 1: the other day. Um so some of these guys did

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Speaker 1: play some snap too, and we're seeing I mean it's

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Speaker 1: essentially the second team offensive line, um, Rudolphs behind center,

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Speaker 1: I mean, some of the down the line receivers, and

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Speaker 1: I assume it's run only it's right, yeah, pretty much right.

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Speaker 1: They threw every once in a while. This just to

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Speaker 1: keep on this, but this is a team run drill. Yep,

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Speaker 1: that's what it is. And there hasn't been a special

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Speaker 1: team period yet. You know, I guess Danny's getting the

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Speaker 1: short end of the stick on that one. But his

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Speaker 1: his units performed quite well. Yeah, he gets too again,

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Speaker 1: he gets too per practice. That's you know, we're only

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Speaker 1: an hour in point. The next the next segment will

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Speaker 1: be a special teams segment, not even will be interesting

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Speaker 1: here because you know that it's getting competitive. Now, okay,

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Speaker 1: now we get the ones in there for the offense

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Speaker 1: against well, I guess the ones against the defense are

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Speaker 1: other than Twist out there. So this is one versus

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Speaker 1: one Ivan Cam Heyward's up there, yeah right right, this

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Speaker 1: is yeah t J. Watters out there. That's just flipping

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Speaker 1: it around. I guess let the twos go first, and

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Speaker 1: the inside linebackers here are Miles Jack and Robert Spillane.

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Speaker 1: So how about that. Yeah, okay, Chase Claypool emotion a

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Speaker 1: little hand off there, that is Nagy Harris and I

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Speaker 1: think they were alive. They're not gonna it's live, but

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Speaker 1: not quite that right, And he had a nice stiff

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Speaker 1: arm there, but the defender was but still I couldn't

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Speaker 1: see him carry the ball. Yeah, absolutely, yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: this is It's not get to like, I don't think

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Speaker 1: they're cutting Cam Heyward or you know, no, I mean

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Speaker 1: I'm certain or not. Probably keep that seven right. Um. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so we get uh, let's see a big, heavy personnel

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Speaker 1: and this is a heavy run personnelity got three tight

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Speaker 1: ends on the field and this where would be where

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Speaker 1: you would use Roberts Pelaine. Yeah, yeah, I he's in

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Speaker 1: my doghouse. I hate to say it. I just don't

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Speaker 1: mind too, but I just don't see a use anymore.

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Speaker 1: And and maybe that means finding somebody else out there.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not talking like trade the world for Rokalan Smith,

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Speaker 1: but maybe find an NFL linebacker. But they've been down

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Speaker 1: that road a lot, and it's not as easy to

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Speaker 1: find as you think that or you know, give Joe

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Speaker 1: Schobert signed with them. Okay, now now they got bushed

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Speaker 1: back out there, so I mean there again, this is

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Speaker 1: what they've done pretty consistently throughout this whole process. Is

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Speaker 1: those two have rotating quite a bit. Um two Bush

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Speaker 1: does on that. Yeah, let's let's isolate on Bush. He's out.

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Speaker 1: He's out there with Miles Jack hard to say from

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Speaker 1: our viewpoint to attackle line of scrimmage, and it looked

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Speaker 1: like you'd have been involved in the tackle. But they

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Speaker 1: need to pull up. Yeah, they're just better as the

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Speaker 1: that's gonna be an interesting discussion here. I think this

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Speaker 1: week's game will be much bigger in that whole Bush

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Speaker 1: linebackers conversation. Talking about again, I find it hard to

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Speaker 1: outside linebackers, it's just not gonna happened. And I think

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Speaker 1: the league. But that was still their ones. I mean

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Speaker 1: that too. I mean, Charles cross is a ninth pick

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Speaker 1: in the draft. He's out, you know, I mean really,

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Speaker 1: you know you had you had Chris Wormley out there?

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Speaker 1: Uh Mandus, you're starting notes Mondu is at the nose.

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Speaker 1: Theydn't even have Adams. You mean, how much her Mondo

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Speaker 1: And I thought louder Milk played fine, and I thought

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Speaker 1: Warmley was okay, you know, I mean so, but there

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Speaker 1: you're not gonna have too many situations, especially on rundowns.

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Speaker 1: And those edge guys, those top three avery did play either,

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Speaker 1: They're just not going to be out there that together.

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Speaker 1: I hear you, and but i've excuses are the want

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Speaker 1: wrong word. But I'm I'm i'm out of well he

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Speaker 1: should if this were around him better, he'd be better,

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Speaker 1: you know, like you started linebacker, you know, you can

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Speaker 1: start elevating and you know, beaten blocks and all that.

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Speaker 1: But we'll see. I'm I'm more worried about Splaine, to

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Speaker 1: be very honest with you, I I worry if Splane

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Speaker 1: is worthy of a roster spot, to be very honesty,

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Speaker 1: is back today. Yeah that's good. Not a lot of

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Speaker 1: healthy guys here, could you know it? Avery, Bi a

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Speaker 1: guy he has to stay healthy first of all. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: as you were going with this as an inside guy, yeah,

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Speaker 1: even give him some reps like like we've so often

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Speaker 1: seen with Splane. Like while we were break, they lined

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Speaker 1: up McFarland in the slot against Splane and he ran

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Speaker 1: a go route from and it was non as soon

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Speaker 1: as the ball was snapped. That's a lost. Yeah, But

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Speaker 1: I wonder how would have Avery fits. You know, I

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Speaker 1: wonder how Avery would have fared. You know, that would

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Speaker 1: there's still a lot of stuff like that that has

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Speaker 1: to be to die here. But that's why they do

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Speaker 1: this stuff. And I'm not convinced that they're completely done

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Speaker 1: at the running backs though. I think they're loaded that

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Speaker 1: That's one thing is when we started training camp and

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Speaker 1: a veteran back. Yeah, right now I don't feel that way.

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Speaker 1: I'm I don't want to let go of the guys.

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Speaker 1: You'd have to let go to make that happen. And

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Speaker 1: they're young and cheap there, and I want to see

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Speaker 1: what they can do. Um, they're loaded at tight end

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Speaker 1: and receiver. Yeah, there's no room for anybody else there.

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Speaker 1: don't see that. Every team the league says they could

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Speaker 1: but I think they're fine a corner. I don't. I

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Speaker 1: I would consider an edge guy, and I would absolutely

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Speaker 1: the other night, I don't know. And again we you know,

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Speaker 1: we didn't see Nard Avery in that one, right, and

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Speaker 1: he's not he can't fix everything, and I don't know

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Speaker 1: that there have been dramatically better if he were out there, right,

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Speaker 1: I can. I don't mind keeping one of the two.

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Speaker 1: I don't want both the two, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 1: My big concern with the Lante Scott is would he

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Speaker 1: out a lot. He looks like a basketball player and

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Speaker 1: he played outside linebacker like a basketball player. He did,

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Speaker 1: You know, he did not hold the point at all.

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Speaker 1: does make it tough on the bushes of the world.

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Speaker 1: And you know, we're commending guys like Witherspoon for coming

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Speaker 1: up and making big tackles. Well he shouldn't have to, though. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's the inside and supposed to your hunter ninety pound

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Speaker 1: nine seventy. We are live at Steelers training camp. Steelers

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Speaker 1: going through a little uh, a little special teams action

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Speaker 1: here today and um Matt were surprised it that they

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Speaker 1: didn't use either of their quote unquote starting specialists the

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Speaker 1: other day. It's funny you just ask that because I

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Speaker 1: was about to ask you that is I was gonna

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Speaker 1: phrase the two ways was with these cuts coming tomorrow? Right? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Do you think that the kicker and punter from yester

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Speaker 1: from Saturday are amongst those cuts? They could be. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but you know that's an easy one. You still don't.

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Speaker 1: I think you hold onto those guys till the end.

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Speaker 1: Do you want Bobs swinging his leg that many times

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Speaker 1: in the third week of the preseason? You want him

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Speaker 1: out there? Have you know? You don't. You don't want

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Speaker 1: Boswell or you don't want harvn out there trying to

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Speaker 1: tackle somebody in the in the third week of the preseason.

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Speaker 1: It's my point, you can just tell him if you're

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Speaker 1: Mike Tom and hey, don't don't run away. Sometimes the

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Speaker 1: competitive you know, the competitive nature takes in. You know,

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Speaker 1: you just kinda find yourself going out there to try

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Speaker 1: to make a play. My take on what they did

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Speaker 1: on Saturday with the specialists are. We knew Boswall as

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Speaker 1: a kicker, but Harvin's also the puter foes, you know, Like,

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's a competition here. They just have

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Speaker 1: who that is. People, I have a this is a

425
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Speaker 1: roster that I got from the Steeler's media room today.

426
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Speaker 1: Is it today as Javon McKinley. I like, update your stuff, guys,

427
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,560
Speaker 1: Tomorrow we'll know who that is. Um. I. I know

428
00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,160
Speaker 1: no one cares about our plates and I wouldn't trade

429
00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:46,800
Speaker 1: jobs for anybody. But I don't know if you find

430
00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,200
Speaker 1: the same way, but time management in Latrobe is harder

431
00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,320
Speaker 1: for me than it is at home. Yeah. Look, I

432
00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,720
Speaker 1: just kind of standing up here, Matt. Is that standing

433
00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,399
Speaker 1: up on the end down here? Is that the new

434
00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:00,840
Speaker 1: guy must be that they signed, which makes me think

435
00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,520
Speaker 1: that they're not thrilled with the Redge guys either. You know, well, yeah,

436
00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,600
Speaker 1: the two is our Kip Skipper was released today, Actually

437
00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:11,840
Speaker 1: injuries settlement released there and that was exciting about him

438
00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:16,800
Speaker 1: when they signed him. Has to be James Fotter, and

439
00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,000
Speaker 1: I would imagine that's too nice little get off there.

440
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,399
Speaker 1: But I don't know much about him other than that. UM,

441
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,680
Speaker 1: I think this drill is kind of interesting in that

442
00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,159
Speaker 1: you're spreading it out against a lot of defensive backs,

443
00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,720
Speaker 1: you know, like early on we saw a Nausey and

444
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,679
Speaker 1: Claypool in the slot with two wide receivers, you know,

445
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,719
Speaker 1: outside of those guys flanking them. UM, a lot of

446
00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:40,840
Speaker 1: spread formations here. You made note, you know, the Steelers

447
00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,199
Speaker 1: were in dime for a high percentage of these two.

448
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:49,080
Speaker 1: I'm intrigued with the dime situation. If if I'm right

449
00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:54,840
Speaker 1: that the second inside linebacker is a problem spot weakness

450
00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,560
Speaker 1: not strength. However, you want to see as good as

451
00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,720
Speaker 1: the six defensive back right right. There's two things I

452
00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,560
Speaker 1: would look at it, and that's time, of course, which

453
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:10,239
Speaker 1: is think of it as a four jack six, you know.

454
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,879
Speaker 1: But I also think you could live with a five

455
00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:18,399
Speaker 1: man front jack and five you know, So there's ways.

456
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,119
Speaker 1: I mean, they have a lot of depth on the

457
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,879
Speaker 1: d line, the big people, the two or ninety pluses,

458
00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:24,720
Speaker 1: and they have a lot of depth in the back end,

459
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:29,200
Speaker 1: So you could still be pretty heavy with your oky front.

460
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,119
Speaker 1: You know, a three man defensive line, two edges in

461
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 1: a one linebacker and protect him pretty well. Maybe Edmunds

462
00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,720
Speaker 1: floats on the box a little more and in five

463
00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,600
Speaker 1: defensive backs or a four man front jack and six

464
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,160
Speaker 1: defensive back. So I think they're equipped to do other

465
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:48,280
Speaker 1: things to make up for the potential deficiencies on the

466
00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:52,120
Speaker 1: second level. Yeah, now we're Yeah, he does. I guess

467
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:55,440
Speaker 1: some got some first down work going on here. And

468
00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,200
Speaker 1: make note that the kelor Weatherspoon is out there today

469
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,160
Speaker 1: after dinging the shoulder up a little bit the other day.

470
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,920
Speaker 1: So it's ones against one's first and ten. Watching Spoon

471
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:06,879
Speaker 1: when that happened, I was like, oh, I wonder if

472
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Speaker 1: that was a collar bone or something, But it was not.

473
00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,880
Speaker 1: Robert Spilin out there in this situation next to Miles change.

474
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,919
Speaker 1: If they throw at him, yeah, they're throwing it right

475
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,600
Speaker 1: over his head. Sucked him in and threw it over

476
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:23,240
Speaker 1: his head. The ball wasn't complete, there was slightly off,

477
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,919
Speaker 1: wasn't the best round ball, But that's exactly what they

478
00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,960
Speaker 1: That's exactly what they did. Yeah, So ones versus ones,

479
00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:35,359
Speaker 1: your edge guys are twistca and what tis what? Okay,

480
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,000
Speaker 1: it looks like what's Highsmith story that you know of. Ah,

481
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,159
Speaker 1: he had ribs, a ribb injury late last week, so

482
00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,480
Speaker 1: that's why he is not out there, But no reason

483
00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,639
Speaker 1: to reason to rush it. But I don't know I

484
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,680
Speaker 1: play him against Jacksonville either, but right because they need

485
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:53,439
Speaker 1: him to be solid though, Yeah, right, do you need

486
00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:57,200
Speaker 1: to still figure this figure out this whole backup edge

487
00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,560
Speaker 1: thing and so getting those guys some work or not.

488
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,880
Speaker 1: Not the worst thing in the world. That was nice

489
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,159
Speaker 1: cut back by Nagy. He just as good as the

490
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,359
Speaker 1: other backs. Look, he looks a lot different. He's just

491
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,440
Speaker 1: so big and physical and decisive and you know, yeah,

492
00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:13,760
Speaker 1: and nice holder on the left side. It was it was, yeah,

493
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,359
Speaker 1: that was all done. They kind of caved in that

494
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 1: like he but he didn't have to cut back to

495
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 1: leave his three yards down fielding in the right point,

496
00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,240
Speaker 1: So I still got the ones in there. Naugy taking

497
00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,439
Speaker 1: that all the way down As running backs, you know,

498
00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,280
Speaker 1: fans used to go crazy about that he'd run all

499
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,200
Speaker 1: the way down. No, that's not the ninety yard run.

500
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,439
Speaker 1: That's what they tell the running backs that do take

501
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 1: it to all the way to the house, get your

502
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:41,199
Speaker 1: cardio in. Yeah, you know, so we got uh Trabiski

503
00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:47,840
Speaker 1: in the shotgun. Here, we're seeing a lot of Claypool in. Okay,

504
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,720
Speaker 1: now that was that was a little awkward. Yeah, because

505
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:55,399
Speaker 1: Claypool from the slot. I don't think he did exactly

506
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,200
Speaker 1: what it was because they're sitting there chatting about it now,

507
00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,159
Speaker 1: Like I think trabisk is telling him he screwed that up.

508
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:00,880
Speaker 1: I think he's supposed to. I'm across like a jet

509
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,679
Speaker 1: sweep formation and he kind of he motioned into the play,

510
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,639
Speaker 1: which is kind of interfered with the handoff. Someone screwed

511
00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:12,200
Speaker 1: up there. I assume it was Claypool because Drabiski's coaching. Yeah,

512
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,879
Speaker 1: I mean he missed some time timing on that. Sus

513
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,160
Speaker 1: gonna be a little off. You note your system here, Yeah,

514
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,800
Speaker 1: but you know, I still I guess Kendrick Green had

515
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,760
Speaker 1: some kind of hand issue there. They've taped him up

516
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:26,600
Speaker 1: and he is back out like Kevin Dotson's out, but

517
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 1: Green has been back out there. I think that should

518
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,320
Speaker 1: remain a competition. After watching that game, I thought Green

519
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,840
Speaker 1: was running away with it. Maybe I'm overreacting and I'll

520
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,639
Speaker 1: change my tomb after watching the coaches day. He played badly.

521
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,360
Speaker 1: His length worried me and in protection a little bit.

522
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,760
Speaker 1: But he does move and run a lot better than Dotson,

523
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,480
Speaker 1: who I was just focusing on. In that play, he

524
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,680
Speaker 1: set up real mice in protection on the screen, runs

525
00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,240
Speaker 1: out to hit a linebacker and he ran well, he

526
00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,919
Speaker 1: was aggressive, I'm talking about Dotson, and he kind of

527
00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 1: fell in his face. He's trying to hit a little

528
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:02,639
Speaker 1: guy that's real active and joked them a little. He

529
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,399
Speaker 1: got out in over his skis and it ended up

530
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 1: on the ground, you know. And it's not what you

531
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,880
Speaker 1: want either. Green wouldn't ended up on the ground there,

532
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,280
Speaker 1: right right, Yes, I mean, that's just the difference between

533
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,359
Speaker 1: the two. You're you're going to get the better size

534
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:19,439
Speaker 1: Green back in there now. So yeah, again I'm not

535
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,600
Speaker 1: picking on Green, but my concern with them is I

536
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 1: saw a little bit in the Seattle game was just

537
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,880
Speaker 1: guys getting in protection, guys getting their hands with their

538
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:32,000
Speaker 1: long arms on him before he was getting their hands

539
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,360
Speaker 1: on them. And Thoughtson's bigger, longer, you know, I mean,

540
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 1: and Dootson is a pretty good protector. Yeah, he's not

541
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,200
Speaker 1: as good in space or running or you know, getting

542
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,000
Speaker 1: down field and he's you know, missing that much time,

543
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 1: and now we get to help him. Now we've got

544
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,639
Speaker 1: the two's in there and Green is in there again.

545
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,680
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, I guess they're you know, they're

546
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 1: leaving that all open there and you you want to

547
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,720
Speaker 1: put your best guy out there. Yeah, and you know,

548
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:01,399
Speaker 1: Dotson missed a lot of time him, He's missed a

549
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 1: lot of times since he's been a Steeler. That's been right.

550
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,920
Speaker 1: I mean I've been behind the scenes. They're like, sure,

551
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,560
Speaker 1: we like him, but I need a can we trust

552
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,399
Speaker 1: him the best ability is available? And especially guard I

553
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,199
Speaker 1: mean guards, not a flashy spot. I need a guys

554
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,000
Speaker 1: gonna go out there with one arm, you know, one leg, whatever,

555
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,159
Speaker 1: and just get the job done. You know, I just

556
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 1: need to. I'm not implying the guy's not tough or anything,

557
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:27,680
Speaker 1: but go out there, snap after snap and play seventeen

558
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,720
Speaker 1: games and if you're not at your best, got through

559
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,959
Speaker 1: it and go be a guard and get paid. You know,

560
00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 1: I know, talking to him earlier in this camp, um,

561
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,520
Speaker 1: you know, first of all, they weren't super pleased that

562
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 1: he missed the last seven regular season games. In the

563
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,760
Speaker 1: playoff game, with with a high ankle spring. Um, you know,

564
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,760
Speaker 1: they tried to get him back. If I'm trying to

565
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 1: remember correctly here, there was about five or six weeks

566
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:54,200
Speaker 1: into that thing. Um, you know you started seeing seeing

567
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:55,880
Speaker 1: him try to do some stuff, and then they shut

568
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 1: him back down again and he took. One of the

569
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 1: things he talked about early in camp here was, um,

570
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:07,200
Speaker 1: it's nice for yeah Pickett rolling through his right. One

571
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: of the things he talked about he being thoughts and

572
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 1: was that he didn't necessarily understand rehabbing. Like his his

573
00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,120
Speaker 1: idea of rehabbing was going home and laying in bed.

574
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,040
Speaker 1: That's not I guarantee you that's not the Steelers doctor's

575
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,240
Speaker 1: idea of rehab. I'm sure it's not. And this is

576
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 1: more of my college experience and many moons ago. But

577
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:32,080
Speaker 1: there's nothing teams, doctors, coaching staffs hate more than taking

578
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 1: your rehab lightly or you know, I mean that was

579
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 1: the most punishable of offenses, is not showing up to

580
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: rehab because it's selfish. You know, you're hurting the team.

581
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: And maybe he just didn't understand, you know, I mean,

582
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 1: I get that maybe his college or whatever wasn't stressing

583
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 1: it the same way they do here. Maybe he's just

584
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,400
Speaker 1: never hurt, you never heard, never had to deal with it,

585
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,479
Speaker 1: or you know, everyone deals with injuries different or you know,

586
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:59,840
Speaker 1: but treatments unbelievably important to the staff, and if you

587
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 1: go against that in any way, you very quickly end

588
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,560
Speaker 1: up in the doghouse. Yeah. And one thing that did

589
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,480
Speaker 1: also still doubt to me, mett Um in that game

590
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 1: against the Seahawks, the second team line. It wasn't bad.

591
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,880
Speaker 1: I didn't think so either. I thought Leglue was a

592
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 1: quality player. Um, Haig was pretty good. He's he's a

593
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 1: much better game player than he is in practice. Yeah,

594
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,200
Speaker 1: he's not. That just happens with some guys. I remember

595
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:32,360
Speaker 1: saying with Haig, if on game day he's my seventh

596
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,479
Speaker 1: guy in the lineup, I'm pretty comfortable with it. If

597
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,600
Speaker 1: he's my sixth, I don't like it. But every time

598
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,320
Speaker 1: he gets in is the sixth he does find, you know,

599
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,360
Speaker 1: and that's gold in this league. I'd love to see

600
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:48,760
Speaker 1: them find another tackle or you know, a third round

601
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 1: project to be here as well. There that guy doesn't

602
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 1: exist at this point. I can live with Joe Haigan

603
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,400
Speaker 1: tackle though I can live with them a guard, and

604
00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:00,160
Speaker 1: I think he's valuable. Yeah, he's just a valuable swing guy. Uh,

605
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,520
Speaker 1: you know, being around the block. I mean he's a

606
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 1: lot better than Scott and Green and those guys to me, Yeah, absolutely,

607
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,720
Speaker 1: I agree. Um so yeah, that's one thing to keep

608
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,800
Speaker 1: an eye on here is is this continues to develop

609
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: your right I thought the second team line gave him

610
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 1: a pretty good chance to to work the offense. Yeah,

611
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:20,120
Speaker 1: Mason let him well there on that one he did. Yeah,

612
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: turned deads. That's the thing that you often see, like

613
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:27,160
Speaker 1: if you're able to um lead, to lead the guys.

614
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,479
Speaker 1: So the run after the catch, it's huge. Yeah, very important.

615
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 1: Laid out there there, there's no safety help there, just

616
00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:34,480
Speaker 1: right out there and let him run after the catch.

617
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 1: I mean, that's so huge in today's NFL. And a

618
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 1: lot of it stems from the Shanahan stuff, but a

619
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 1: lot of that is play action boom, hit a guy

620
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: in stride, make a play after you know, if you

621
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 1: can suck those linebackers in just a step. A lot

622
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 1: of that's designed from the pre snap stuff too, or

623
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 1: you know, directly post snap with the play action. And

624
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:57,400
Speaker 1: I really think that's a picket strength is accuracy hitting

625
00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,200
Speaker 1: guys on the move in stride. That was rude off

626
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 1: with that one. It was a nice throw. Another decent

627
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 1: throw of the outside. Yeah, hitting the quarter hitting the

628
00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 1: receiver right as soon as he comes out of his break.

629
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 1: That's that's trusting the receiver to It's night and day, Dale,

630
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 1: than when we got here. The quarterback throwing, I mean

631
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,320
Speaker 1: just the throws they're making. They're not my homes Josh

632
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 1: Allen throws, I mean Herbert, I mean Ben and his prime.

633
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 1: But the ball's coming out so much better and so

634
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 1: much at more accurate and knowing your receivers and understanding

635
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:32,000
Speaker 1: the speed and tempo you're playing with. And you know,

636
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,080
Speaker 1: I was really impressed. But with pickett Is particularly in

637
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,480
Speaker 1: the game the most the thing I've been most critical

638
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 1: of him is holds them all too long in practice

639
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:41,640
Speaker 1: and you know hear Tom and yelling at him in

640
00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 1: the game. That wasn't the case. I mean today, it's

641
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,040
Speaker 1: not the case. I think that there's guys will come

642
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 1: a long way and just understanding the speed of the game. Yeah,

643
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 1: I agree, So look look pretty good there. Um we're

644
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 1: gonna take another break. He is Matt Williamson, I am

645
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 1: Dale Lally, you're listening to the Drive here on Steelers

646
00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,640
Speaker 1: Nation Radio and ESPN nine seventy. We are live from

647
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,720
Speaker 1: Steelers training camp. Steelers are starting to do a some

648
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 1: more a little more special teams drill here. Uh. They'll

649
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,959
Speaker 1: have two periods and after this, so uh, we got

650
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 1: a little bit more of practice to go here. Yeah,

651
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:13,719
Speaker 1: we'll be back to a cover more of that when

652
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:19,480
Speaker 1: we return right after these messages at least. He's the

653
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on your home

654
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 1: of the Black and Gold, Steelers Nation Radio. M Welcome back.

655
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: I'm Dale Alley here with Matt Williamson. We are live

656
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 1: from Steelers training camp practice here at St. Vincent College

657
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 1: and met decent crowd here today for a kind of

658
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 1: a chili August it is. We got a little bit

659
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: of a wind, you know. I mean it is a

660
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 1: little chili. It feels like we could have some rain

661
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 1: or thunderstorm. That was recorded earlier than I'd knows, But

662
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 1: a lot of enthusiasm around this team, with the fan

663
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 1: base and nuke orderbacks just a different feel and I

664
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,200
Speaker 1: think we really saw that Saturday and we're seeing it

665
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:09,759
Speaker 1: here today. Yeah. I wonder if if the perception of

666
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:14,360
Speaker 1: the Steeler's offense changed it all. I think nationally from

667
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,239
Speaker 1: after seeing that one, but I think locally, I think

668
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,040
Speaker 1: locally it did for sure. Yeah, I understand it's one preseason.

669
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,640
Speaker 1: It doesn't mean you know all that much, right, right,

670
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: that's right, right? I mean when they still look at

671
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,080
Speaker 1: each one of those individual performances and the performance as

672
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,840
Speaker 1: a whole, and there was a lot of positive and

673
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,400
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people, I don't know if

674
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,200
Speaker 1: it's true, but I think a lot of people expected

675
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 1: that game to be a disaster. Can't block anybody in

676
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 1: these quarterbacks and over their head, you know, none of

677
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 1: the stars are playing, it's not going to go well. Well,

678
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 1: everything went pretty well. Yeah, to our the point a buy,

679
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:49,440
Speaker 1: I mean, Steelers room for a hundred and eighty five

680
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 1: yards in that game. Yeah, I mean right, And it

681
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,080
Speaker 1: wasn't all junk time or whatever. You know, there was

682
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:58,720
Speaker 1: a lot of big chunk runs. Uh. As you often

683
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 1: say that the quarterbacks attributing a few yards here and there,

684
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 1: it goes a long way over the course of a

685
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 1: game or the course of a season in terms of

686
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,200
Speaker 1: you know, running numbers. And I think we'll get that

687
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:12,799
Speaker 1: time and time again. Uh. I like their backs. McFarland

688
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:17,840
Speaker 1: to me and un I keep preating his name. We've've

689
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 1: been talking about for three weeks now, we've talked about that,

690
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: and for some reason I can can't remember his name today. UM.

691
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,520
Speaker 1: Mixed in there are quality players and again I think

692
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 1: Snell might need to be a little worried. Yeah, I

693
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: would be if I was him as well, I would

694
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,719
Speaker 1: you know, he's not practicing today. If I were Benny Snell,

695
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:34,279
Speaker 1: I would be like, Okay, I gotta get back out

696
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,239
Speaker 1: on the phone. I understand the difference between being you know,

697
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 1: if you're hurt, you're hurt. If you're injured, you're injured.

698
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 1: I get that. UM also saw Mateo Durant work his

699
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:44,439
Speaker 1: way back in here. I was kind of surprised because

700
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 1: he didn't practice all last week after Monday and after

701
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,279
Speaker 1: getting his bell run, we saw him out there. They

702
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:53,080
Speaker 1: were a little short at the running back position because

703
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,840
Speaker 1: you know, I'm just getting a shot. Yeah, so that

704
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:57,880
Speaker 1: was that was good to see. Again, they were short

705
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,360
Speaker 1: at the wide receiver position as well because injuries there.

706
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:04,319
Speaker 1: And we saw some guys you mentioned early in the show,

707
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:08,000
Speaker 1: Gunneralschewski showing up, Uh Tyler Vaughan's with the touchdown catch.

708
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:10,840
Speaker 1: These are guys that you know, this is a deep

709
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,800
Speaker 1: position here. I thought Miles Boykin had a nice catch

710
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:15,200
Speaker 1: there on the one where he kind of used his

711
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 1: big frame to the you know, box out the the

712
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 1: It was basically a quick slanter, a little uh button

713
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,919
Speaker 1: hook there and he used his body to frame out

714
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:28,200
Speaker 1: the the defensive back. So they've got some guys there

715
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 1: that can make these these tough positions to cut. And

716
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,839
Speaker 1: you can make the argument that they didn't have their

717
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:37,920
Speaker 1: top two tight ends, top two running backs, top two

718
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:41,160
Speaker 1: wide receivers, as well as Austin and Miller who were

719
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 1: I don't know their fourth and fifth receiver, you know,

720
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 1: something like that. And I didn't think that any of

721
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,879
Speaker 1: those positions they looked thin. No, not at all, which

722
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 1: is kind of remarkable. You know where outside linebacker was thin? Yeah,

723
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:53,960
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? You know so, I mean

724
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,799
Speaker 1: most spots would be thin. Whenever you're at you're that

725
00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 1: lean in terms of top two being out at a

726
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 1: tight end, or top four of your top six a receiver,

727
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 1: top two at running back. The guys they tried it

728
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,920
Speaker 1: out there were good players. Yeah, absolutely, I mean I

729
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:12,959
Speaker 1: think that they you know, NFL type players, So um yeah,

730
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 1: I mean this is gonna be a difficult team to cut.

731
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 1: As I mentioned, I'll probably give a shot, give it

732
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,360
Speaker 1: a shot that later this week, I don't end it.

733
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,400
Speaker 1: That's gonna be a little bit difficult, and it's not

734
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,439
Speaker 1: gonna be as easy as it is some other years,

735
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 1: that's sure. And I don't want to overreact to just

736
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 1: one game because I didn't have these thoughts three or

737
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 1: four days ago. If I'm putting together a final roster

738
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 1: right now, I don't know that Snell and Spillane and

739
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 1: both those edge guys are on it, you know, like

740
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,120
Speaker 1: some people I thought were pretty safe, I feel less

741
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:46,839
Speaker 1: comfortable about now. Yeah. Yeah, and we'll see. I mean

742
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: I think, you know, again, this weekend's game Saturday in

743
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,759
Speaker 1: Jacksonville will go a long way towards that as well.

744
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 1: Uh what did you see out of guys like Buddy

745
00:37:56,160 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 1: Johnson and Mark Robinson. I thought Robinson really struggled or early,

746
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 1: and he made a big play that kind of saved

747
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:07,640
Speaker 1: his day. Um that didn't worry me much. My thoughts

748
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 1: on Robinson or this is I would would need to

749
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 1: isolate him more. Johnson, I mean not. I think I

750
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,399
Speaker 1: said Robinson. Buddy is who I'm talking about now. Is

751
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,799
Speaker 1: when I previewed the game, I said something along the

752
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:24,360
Speaker 1: lines of, I want Buddy Johnson to be the preseason

753
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 1: defensive player of the game and the defensive player of

754
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:30,719
Speaker 1: the of the whole preest. He needs to lead the

755
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:32,760
Speaker 1: team and tackles. He needs to be on the field

756
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:36,799
Speaker 1: extensively every second half. He needs to look like a

757
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,400
Speaker 1: professional player playing against accountants. I haven't seen that. I

758
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,879
Speaker 1: haven't seen that. Yeah, it was one game. I don't

759
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:44,359
Speaker 1: know how many snaps he played and was all said

760
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,120
Speaker 1: and done either, I'd have to look into that. But

761
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 1: I wanted to see him showing up like Gilbert used

762
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,360
Speaker 1: to in the preseason, you know, like making plays and

763
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 1: you know, being the best athlete out there in a way.

764
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 1: And I can't say we've seen that. For someone that's

765
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 1: been on this team as long as he has, I

766
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:02,560
Speaker 1: feel like I don't know any more about him than

767
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 1: when he got drafted out A and N. Yeah, very

768
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,840
Speaker 1: little compared to everyone else that's been here, you know. Yeah,

769
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,839
Speaker 1: that's fair. We get some one on you know, got

770
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,479
Speaker 1: some one on ones going on between the offensive line

771
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,480
Speaker 1: and the defensive line on the other field over there

772
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:19,440
Speaker 1: on this side we get the seven on sevens. Uh

773
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 1: So we're starting to this will be the second to

774
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 1: the last, the penultimate period here back to Buddy real

775
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 1: quick and I guess Robinson too a lesser degree, but

776
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:29,799
Speaker 1: he's been here at a year young lesson. He's a

777
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:34,319
Speaker 1: lesser draft pick. I feel like considering and I'm a

778
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: picking on Bush necessarily, but there's opportunity for a player

779
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,600
Speaker 1: like that to step up, and if they don't in

780
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: terms of usage general conversation around the team. People we

781
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:52,560
Speaker 1: talked to, especially you Tomlin, mentioning it, that would worry

782
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 1: me a little bit, you know what I mean. We

783
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 1: know how this works. If there's an opportunity, someone should

784
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,799
Speaker 1: step up and take it. If nobody is, well, there's

785
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:02,640
Speaker 1: a reason for that too. Yeah. Um. And and the

786
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,120
Speaker 1: same thing you know with with with the Devin Bush

787
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:09,680
Speaker 1: Roberts plain thing. Um. I'll be honest, you know, when

788
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 1: people have asked me about Bush out here, I haven't

789
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 1: noticed him in the same way. I don't have a

790
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,360
Speaker 1: great answer like, oh, he's been great, or he is

791
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:19,319
Speaker 1: no clue he's doing or he can't move. We just

792
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 1: have we haven't seen a splash plays at all from him.

793
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:25,319
Speaker 1: That's I can live with him. Maybe not being the

794
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,960
Speaker 1: best run defender if he makes some splash plays here

795
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 1: and there for me, yeah yeah, or even not being

796
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,799
Speaker 1: the most consistent player top to bottom, but if he

797
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:37,680
Speaker 1: makes two plays a game, they looks like Devin White

798
00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:42,400
Speaker 1: and flies row all over the White does right right,

799
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,799
Speaker 1: consistent big impact players right that whoa look at him?

800
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:49,120
Speaker 1: Get from sideline to sideline on that one. That's rare. Great, Okay,

801
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:53,719
Speaker 1: that's something. But if it's kind of second level, players

802
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,000
Speaker 1: should show up, you know what I mean? Like that's

803
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,719
Speaker 1: almost like saying a running back doesn't really show up. Well,

804
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:00,840
Speaker 1: they should show up all time. You know, the defense

805
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:05,359
Speaker 1: designed for them to make plays. Again, it's early, um,

806
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,319
Speaker 1: but that's the of the defenders that are gonna play

807
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 1: a lot of snaps, you know, injuries aside. The second

808
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:15,279
Speaker 1: inside linebacker spot, to me is my biggest worry right now. Yeah,

809
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:18,360
Speaker 1: I agree, starters or the top you know, thirteen guys

810
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,319
Speaker 1: that are gonna play. But like, these are the kind

811
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:23,120
Speaker 1: of questions, I will we cut Bush. He's downright awful.

812
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:29,120
Speaker 1: That's not gonna happen. It's like cutting Routeolf like I

813
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:31,240
Speaker 1: don't write, I don't get this. You know they starts

814
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 1: why because he's not Devin Bush. That's the logic, right,

815
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:37,480
Speaker 1: that's the logic. And that's no, that's no logic. That's

816
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 1: no logic. That's no way to build your team. If

817
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 1: you could acquire somebody else, if Bush is different, that's different.

818
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:48,839
Speaker 1: And Bush becomes your three. Now you're right, that's different conversation, right,

819
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,319
Speaker 1: Or if he's part of a trade or something like that.

820
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,359
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not applying any of those things. But

821
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:56,200
Speaker 1: if somehow you got ro Quan Smith, well then I

822
00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 1: don't care about Bush anymore. But until somebody better comes along,

823
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,520
Speaker 1: he's gonna be on the field, or a minimum on

824
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 1: the team, right, I mean right, he's I mean, Buddy

825
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:10,279
Speaker 1: Johnson is not better than him. You know, he's got

826
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:12,600
Speaker 1: beat by Friar Muth there, and that's in a tough play. Again,

827
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:14,680
Speaker 1: it's a two way go in the middle of the field.

828
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:16,839
Speaker 1: But then it was a nice route by Friar Muth,

829
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 1: a very good player, but he got into him and

830
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:23,920
Speaker 1: then you know cut off. That was picket. I assume

831
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:26,520
Speaker 1: m I assume me throw that one, uh led Friar

832
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 1: muth away from Bush, you know, but that's also a

833
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 1: twelve yard game by a tight end against Bush. You know. Yeah,

834
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 1: no one say his job is easy. And now we've

835
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,880
Speaker 1: got Buddy Johnson and Spleene in there, and see Buddy

836
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,799
Speaker 1: do something here. Yeah, let's see what Buddy and or

837
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:44,120
Speaker 1: does the offense go right after explaining? And they did

838
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:45,680
Speaker 1: not on that one. He was looking at him flat

839
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:47,440
Speaker 1: the entire time. I don't know. That's the one thing

840
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:51,360
Speaker 1: that you know, Look, I get Pickett played. He played

841
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:56,719
Speaker 1: fine on on Saturday night. Didn't make any mistakes. He

842
00:42:56,760 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 1: didn't really try anything real difficult though either. Oh no,

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Speaker 1: it was. There was a lot of I mean, if

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Speaker 1: you take away the catch him run at the end

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Speaker 1: of it, um and even if you count that in

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Speaker 1: there you have it's like five point nine yeards of completion.

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Speaker 1: He's getting of his first tend. That's great. No matter what.

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Speaker 1: They weren't elway throws. They weren't. They weren't leverage throws

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Speaker 1: or or anything of the nature. They were But I'm

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Speaker 1: perfectly fine with that. And his first shot that didn't

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Speaker 1: make the big mistake. Yeah again, but they were on

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Speaker 1: time and they were accurate, you know, that's great. That's

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Speaker 1: a fabulous jumping off point. That's the kind of quarterback

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Speaker 1: he was that made him a first round pick. You know,

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Speaker 1: I don't expect them to make far throws, you know,

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Speaker 1: that's okay. Efficiency is tremendous, and there's that's easier said

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Speaker 1: than done. But if you isolate each one of those

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Speaker 1: ten first completions, they're ones that you should right. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it had been more of a red flag if you

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Speaker 1: would have missed them, you know, and then still together

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Speaker 1: right absolutely, Uh again, I'm not downplaying it. I'm just

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Speaker 1: saying it wasn't the to debut in the history of quarterbacking. Right.

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Speaker 1: Some seem to like be blowing it up as it

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Speaker 1: wasn't throw after throw like the one Rudolph made the

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Speaker 1: pickens in the corner of the end zone, you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean, And those are rare, you know. So

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Speaker 1: we'll see it was good start. It was a good start.

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Speaker 1: We'll see where it goes this weekend. He is Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 1: I am Dale Lally. You're listening to the Drive here

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