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Speaker 1: There's Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. I am Dale Lally. He is Matt Williamson,

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Speaker 2: and this is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio and

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Speaker 2: ESPN nine seventy where we bring you wall to wall

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Speaker 2: coverage of everything Steelers here this time of year. We

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Speaker 2: started eight am with Bob Labriola and shirtless Tom up

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Speaker 2: from him bringing you the recap of the previous day's stuff,

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Speaker 2: and then at ten o'clock, no, nine o'clock, I'm sorry,

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Speaker 2: days all run together, but at nine o'clock you get

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Speaker 2: Craig Wolfley and Max Starks until noon. Then it's West

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Speaker 2: Euler picking things up at noon till one o'clock. Then

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Speaker 2: he is joined by Arthur Motes from one to three,

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Speaker 2: and then well then you get me and myself and

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Speaker 2: Matt Williamson. I hear from three to six and the

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Speaker 2: Steelers just wrapping up practice session number five of this

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Speaker 2: training camp. But the first one in pads. Looks like

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Speaker 2: Mike Tomlin is addressing reporters over there as we speak.

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Speaker 2: Usually I would have would have been over that's your

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Speaker 2: style usually, but with me, it's a big crowd around that.

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Speaker 2: A lot of stuff, you know, a lot, I'm sure

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Speaker 2: a lot of questions about how he liked the physicality,

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Speaker 2: who stood out, and all that kind of stuff. That's

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Speaker 2: what we're here for.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, especially first padded practice. I'm sure he's gonna have

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Speaker 3: a little a little more energy than usual, not that

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Speaker 3: he's ever lacking, and uh, you know, obviously the Trice thing,

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Speaker 3: I'm sure came up, but we'll get the recap of

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Speaker 3: what he said. Of course.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: The questions, and they always come from more inexperienced or

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Speaker 2: younger reporters, is you know, how does this guy looking?

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Speaker 2: How's that guy look? He doesn't really, I mean.

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Speaker 3: He's not answering that.

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Speaker 2: He's not divulging that kind of information. He's not going

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Speaker 2: to single any young guy out as having being good

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Speaker 2: or bad at this point.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure that's just not the way to phrase the

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Speaker 3: question correct, right, right, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: You know, there are other ways you can get a

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Speaker 2: little more clarity on some situations there. But yeah, I know,

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Speaker 2: I can kind of guess half the time what the

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Speaker 2: questions are going to be in those kind of situations.

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Speaker 2: And Mike Tomlin's a politician when it comes to uhl

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Speaker 2: if he wants to send a message in certain situations,

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Speaker 2: like yeah, if he thought today's physicality wasn't it wasn't

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Speaker 2: physical enough up. Yeah, he would bring that statement. He

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Speaker 2: would come in there hot and you know, make sure

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Speaker 2: that they all knew that. And you know, sometimes you

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Speaker 2: send that message not only through the through the media,

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Speaker 2: but then you also do it in private once they

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Speaker 2: get everybody back in there. But I didn't, I didn't

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Speaker 2: see that today.

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Speaker 3: I'd be shocked if that's the approach. I'm sure he'd be.

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Speaker 3: I would assume he's happy with the tempo and the

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Speaker 3: physicality and things are going on here.

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Speaker 2: I'm watching some of these these little one on ones

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Speaker 2: at the offensive linemen are going through here today, Matt.

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Speaker 2: They're a little more physical today.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I noticed that.

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Speaker 2: You get the pads off, But I was just watching

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Speaker 2: Kendrick Green go against Isaac Samalo.

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Speaker 3: They don't have the ridiculous chess protector out there.

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Speaker 2: This is all about get off, you know, getting ready

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Speaker 2: for that get off. So these guys are you know,

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Speaker 2: they're putting the work in.

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Speaker 3: No, they are. And there was some double team stuff

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Speaker 3: going on over here with some of the lesser known

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Speaker 3: out of some of the friar moose stuff. He was

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Speaker 3: over the shoulder type stuff. You know. So a lot

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Speaker 3: of these guys will work on one little thing. You know,

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Speaker 3: Deontay was real close to a coach whipping the ball

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Speaker 3: at him. He's just working on quick hands, you know.

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Speaker 3: So they'll spend this ten fifteen to twenty minutes just

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Speaker 3: on or whatever, you know. And so interesting stuff after practice.

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Speaker 3: So and if you're here, stick around for a while.

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Speaker 3: I mean, even if you're not an autograph seeker or

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Mike Tomlin's saying he doesn't have any more information

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Speaker 2: on the injury suffered by Corey Trice in practice. I'm

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Speaker 2: sure they won't until maybe quick you send him out

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Speaker 2: Corey Trice.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I fear the worst and by no meaning,

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Speaker 3: by no means of my downplaying at the young man

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Speaker 3: was pretty down trotten. But in terms of the corner room,

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Speaker 3: if he were to go on i R for the year,

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Speaker 3: it wouldn't be the worst situation in the world. You know,

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Speaker 3: you bring him back next year. It happened very early

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Speaker 3: in camp. They have a lot of outside corners. It's

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Speaker 3: something I think. I was excited to watch them. Don't

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Speaker 3: get me wrong, but I mean, you knew injuries were

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Speaker 3: gonna happen.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's why you build the team the way you

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Speaker 2: know you do, and yeah, build that depth.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 2: We'll see what happens with Corey Trice.

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Speaker 3: One thing was interesting in him as we keep going

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Speaker 3: back the special teamers, I was curious how much work

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Speaker 3: he would get. I mean, as a seventh round pick,

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Speaker 3: you'd think a lot with you know, trying to be

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Speaker 3: the Pierre role on special teams things like that. And

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Speaker 3: I just haven't seen enough to know, you know, do

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Speaker 3: they like him or not there, but I guess we

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Speaker 3: probably won't.

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Speaker 2: Well, speaking of that defensive back room, I had an

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Speaker 2: opportunity to talk to Levi earlier in this camp and

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Speaker 2: we tried to play it back earlier this week, and

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Speaker 2: I messed that up, so we came out.

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Speaker 3: It came out, sounded a lot like her Big.

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Speaker 2: It sounded more like Nick Kurby than it did than

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Speaker 2: it did Levi Wallace. So let's let's go ahead and

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Speaker 2: get the playback here on Levi Wallace and what he

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Speaker 2: had to say earlier in training camp about that defensive

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Speaker 2: back room and just the overall turnover that they've had

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Speaker 2: in that group.

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Speaker 1: There was something here from Steelers Lash Radio.

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Speaker 4: When you get through, you get into this camp, you've

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Speaker 4: been here one year already, is a little more familiar,

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Speaker 4: a little more like, Okay, I know exactly.

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Speaker 1: What I'm doing here now.

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Speaker 5: Uh.

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Speaker 4: In regards to what just everything, you know, where to

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Speaker 4: find stuff on campus where they.

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Speaker 6: Came, Yeah for sure, I mean I came a day earlier.

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Speaker 6: Just good things set up, so I'm not rushing. Uh.

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Speaker 6: But yeah, it's once you've been in a place one time,

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Speaker 6: to offer them as far as resources and massages, needling,

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Speaker 6: you know what I mean, stuff like that. It's different rooms,

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Speaker 6: a bunch of different stuff on campus, a lot of

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Speaker 6: a letter in that aspect for sure.

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Speaker 1: What's what's that dynamic in life? This year?

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Speaker 4: You get to pick I mean, you get basically a

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Speaker 4: it is.

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Speaker 1: The in the quarterback room. Who's a different dynamic there.

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Speaker 7: I mean, I'm a vet, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 6: I've been in league for a while now, so I

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Speaker 6: have a little respect, you know what I mean, Not

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Speaker 6: as much as Pat Peek, but I'm obviously the guys

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Speaker 6: just liketing. I've been here for a while playing football

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Speaker 6: a place that it's not my first year here, you

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Speaker 7: So guys can come and ask me.

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Speaker 6: Football questions, and I want guys, you know, they can

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Speaker 6: come ask me about life questions too.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 6: Being just a veteran in this in this position, in

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Speaker 6: So you know, I just try to tell guys, you know,

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Speaker 1: What's what are you getting a lot of questions?

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Speaker 7: It depends on today, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 6: You know, it's different questions, you know what I mean,

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Speaker 6: it's recerfect questions, playbook questions, what's your.

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Speaker 7: Before practice, your team? You know what I mean.

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Speaker 6: So it's just just different things that I know i'd

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Speaker 6: have the same questions about, you know, and I had

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Speaker 6: and so when you have guys look out to, it

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Speaker 6: I can ask Pat Pete, you know, who's gonna be

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Speaker 6: the league for thirteen years and now it's just unbelievable

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Speaker 6: and so it just continue things. So when you have

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Speaker 4: It's gotta be like a kind of a cool dynamic

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Speaker 4: to you know, you have a guy like path to

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Speaker 4: lean on yourself and then if our guys talking, you know,

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Speaker 4: are leaning on you and it's just kind of grows.

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Speaker 1: Is it.

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Speaker 6: Has it been organic or yeah you have to try

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Speaker 6: to force it or no, no, you never force it,

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Speaker 6: especially now when you're you play the same position.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 6: He's one of the guys that has tons of respect

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Speaker 6: from everybody in the league. You know, he's been playing

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Speaker 6: at a high level. But I told a lot of

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Speaker 6: people the most important thing is is the nanity is

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Speaker 6: off the field. I mean it's so approachable, it's so easy.

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Speaker 7: To talk to you.

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Speaker 6: I mean we both share a passionate golf, so that's

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Speaker 6: super fun. But definitely playing I'm playing a little bit

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Speaker 6: here coming up soon, and so set that you could

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Speaker 6: just talk to about anything. Who's married, he has a

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Speaker 6: beautiful family. God just respect that way. And then he

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Speaker 6: just comes to work and he's just all dropping nuggets

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Speaker 6: and so if you don't pay attention to you're missing.

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Speaker 7: And so just having a guy like that in the

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Speaker 1: I feel like he's a Hall of Famer.

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Speaker 6: Come on, I know, absolutely no questions about it. Look

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Speaker 6: at his work on and off the field. I mean

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Speaker 6: he's a legend.

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Speaker 4: It's gonna be cool too to have a guy in

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Speaker 4: your room that has that kind of not just respect here,

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Speaker 4: but respect every year.

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Speaker 7: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: Absolutely, And I know for me it was you know,

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Speaker 6: Todae Gus White, who's also a really good corner all

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Speaker 6: to in Buffalo for a few years, and I know

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Speaker 2: right after this. Welcome back. I am Dale Lolly. He

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Speaker 2: Nation Radio and ESPN nine seventy and Matt I wanted

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Speaker 2: at six and a half.

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00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:36,919
Speaker 3: And these guys take into strength of schedule. I mean,

440
00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,120
Speaker 3: they really dig into these numbers, they don't just pull

441
00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:39,680
Speaker 3: them out the air.

442
00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:45,119
Speaker 2: Then you have the Bears, the Panthers, the Patriots, the Titans,

443
00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:49,119
Speaker 2: the Raiders, the Packers, and the Giants at seven and

444
00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:49,520
Speaker 2: a half.

445
00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,119
Speaker 3: Okay, seventeen game schedule, of course.

446
00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:54,800
Speaker 2: Right now, I bring this up because that basically gets

447
00:18:54,840 --> 00:19:01,480
Speaker 2: you one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen.

448
00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,359
Speaker 2: They got thirteen teams at seven and a half or

449
00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:10,439
Speaker 2: under or lower. Of those thirteen teams, Vegas Fields is

450
00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,000
Speaker 2: going to be the worst teams in the league. The

451
00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,280
Speaker 2: Steelers play the Cardinals, there's one who at four and

452
00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,680
Speaker 2: a half. They play the Rams who are at six

453
00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:19,960
Speaker 2: and a half. Yeah, they play the cultsure at six

454
00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,480
Speaker 2: and a half. They play the Texans that are six

455
00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:26,080
Speaker 2: and a half. They play the Patriots that are seven

456
00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:29,120
Speaker 2: and a half. They play the Titans who are seven

457
00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,400
Speaker 2: and a half. They play the Raiders who are seven

458
00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:33,639
Speaker 2: and a half, They play the Packers who are seven

459
00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:34,119
Speaker 2: and a half.

460
00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,000
Speaker 3: That's eight eight, that is eight.

461
00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,840
Speaker 2: Eight of your seventeen games are against the thirteen teams

462
00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,840
Speaker 2: that Las Vegas Fields are going to be the worst

463
00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:43,720
Speaker 2: teams in the league.

464
00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, right, I mean, the division is hard. I mean,

465
00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,320
Speaker 3: I don't think that was your point at all. I mean,

466
00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,480
Speaker 3: it's just the rest of the schedule is very kind,

467
00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,280
Speaker 3: very light, absolutely very.

468
00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:55,600
Speaker 2: Light in terms of you know, again, you're not playing

469
00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,720
Speaker 2: the heavyweights out there like they've done in previous years.

470
00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,240
Speaker 2: If you can go in those eight games, you're not.

471
00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:03,399
Speaker 3: Gonna win all eight, No you're not. But if you

472
00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:07,359
Speaker 3: go six and two, right, I would think that's probably

473
00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,480
Speaker 3: the way it's best spelled. I mean, I think that's

474
00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,160
Speaker 3: the expectations. You win six of those.

475
00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:13,320
Speaker 2: Okay, you win six of those, I'll say you go

476
00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:14,679
Speaker 2: two and four in the division.

477
00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,320
Speaker 3: I like two in the division. Yeah, okay, that's eight.

478
00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:17,960
Speaker 2: That's eight.

479
00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:19,639
Speaker 3: And then there's other games.

480
00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,200
Speaker 2: And you've got the Seahawks who are at eight and

481
00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:26,919
Speaker 2: a half, the same as the Steelers. You've got the

482
00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,600
Speaker 2: Jaguars at nine and a half right now, but that's

483
00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,119
Speaker 2: that's year. You get the Lions who are nine and

484
00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:33,960
Speaker 2: a half. Okay, that's in Pittsburgh.

485
00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,240
Speaker 3: Okay, do they then play the lines?

486
00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:42,000
Speaker 2: Sorry, looking here, the forty nine Ers are ten and

487
00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:46,120
Speaker 2: a half, but that's opening week in Pittsburgh. Uh, they're

488
00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:47,720
Speaker 2: they're you know, those are three games.

489
00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:50,800
Speaker 3: The other three games, yeah, yeah, and win one of that,

490
00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:51,640
Speaker 3: win one of those.

491
00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,280
Speaker 2: Now you're at nine, right, and you're in contention for

492
00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:55,840
Speaker 2: the playoffs.

493
00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:57,760
Speaker 3: No, I think that's fair.

494
00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:00,520
Speaker 2: They go three and three in the division in really

495
00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,840
Speaker 2: good shape. Absolutely, especially that's what everybody in the AFC

496
00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,719
Speaker 2: North was three and three against each other last year.

497
00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:06,760
Speaker 2: That's the entire year.

498
00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,200
Speaker 3: Everyone everyone split, right, and that could easily happen again

499
00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:11,560
Speaker 3: without a dot.

500
00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,680
Speaker 2: That's in fact, if I were the betting a betting man,

501
00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:15,679
Speaker 2: that's what I would bet on.

502
00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:17,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so too.

503
00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:18,840
Speaker 2: Nobody dominates this division.

504
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:22,879
Speaker 3: No, no, really, that's absolutely the case, and much like

505
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,600
Speaker 3: last year, I would not be shocked if the Bengals

506
00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,280
Speaker 3: start very slow. I don't know what, especially when they

507
00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,840
Speaker 3: have to start four to six weeks with that.

508
00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:31,200
Speaker 2: Now I know.

509
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,600
Speaker 3: I mean, it keeps getting a little longer and a

510
00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,720
Speaker 3: little longer. And we've been doing this long enough that

511
00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,359
Speaker 3: you know, when the regular season starts rolling around, like,

512
00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,720
Speaker 3: he'll probably be ready. It looks good, and then a

513
00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,199
Speaker 3: couple of days, well maybe he'll miss week one, you know,

514
00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,080
Speaker 3: like it always gets pushed a week or two.

515
00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,239
Speaker 2: Now, I'm sure he's going to push the playing week well,

516
00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,000
Speaker 2: of course we saw what it looked like last year

517
00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,600
Speaker 2: when he didn't play the entire preseason and then playing

518
00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:53,960
Speaker 2: Week one, they played Cleveland.

519
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,080
Speaker 3: Right again, I don't know what their opening schedule is.

520
00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,680
Speaker 3: It's Cleveland, okay, And so I could see them starting slow,

521
00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,120
Speaker 3: which is big, and I would put them as the

522
00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,720
Speaker 3: not consensus, but I would put them as the favorite.

523
00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:07,440
Speaker 2: Their vision, they're the best team and they're the best

524
00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,600
Speaker 2: game at least on paper, you know, but you drop

525
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:10,919
Speaker 2: thinks so.

526
00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,119
Speaker 3: In the division early it could be could be a problem.

527
00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,600
Speaker 3: You've vented in this many times. But a huge thing

528
00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:20,600
Speaker 3: that hurt the Steelers last year was conference record, the

529
00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,120
Speaker 3: tie breakers or the tie breaker right absolutely, because.

530
00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,080
Speaker 2: You lost to the Jets, you lost to the Dolphins,

531
00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,800
Speaker 2: you lost to the Rue England, New England. Those are

532
00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,879
Speaker 2: the games that that really cost you a playoffs. But

533
00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,640
Speaker 2: win one of those yearly outside of the division, you're

534
00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:37,000
Speaker 2: at ten wins. But b you've knocked one of those

535
00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,120
Speaker 2: other teams out of contention and you win, you win

536
00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:40,480
Speaker 2: the tie breaker against that team.

537
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:45,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, and outside of Jacksonville and the division, I think

538
00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,440
Speaker 3: I would have the Steelers favor. I mean, they should

539
00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:50,119
Speaker 3: be favored in all the other AFC games. I mean

540
00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:50,920
Speaker 3: if they played right.

541
00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:52,560
Speaker 2: Now, I mean the Raiders aren't a contender.

542
00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:54,160
Speaker 3: I think the Raiders are really bad.

543
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:54,960
Speaker 2: The Titans aren't.

544
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,240
Speaker 3: What's the Raiders over underwent seven and a half? I

545
00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:58,879
Speaker 3: would go on, that'd be one of my favorite Pettit's

546
00:22:58,920 --> 00:22:59,600
Speaker 3: are under on.

547
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,680
Speaker 2: That is plus one thirty right now to.

548
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,680
Speaker 3: Go, I mean, Jimmy's gonna play twelve games, right, yeah.

549
00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,400
Speaker 2: And that's the other side of this thing. You get

550
00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,320
Speaker 2: a little bit of a So right now, it's minus

551
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,000
Speaker 2: one thirty for Cardinals over four and a half, largely

552
00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,920
Speaker 2: because that's such a low number. It's rare, I mean

553
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,000
Speaker 2: to be able to get under, right, But the Rams

554
00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,800
Speaker 2: are minus one ten both ways. Six and a half

555
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,800
Speaker 2: is like, okay, that's telling me that every they're getting.

556
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,360
Speaker 3: They're getting equal money on both both.

557
00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 2: Sides the culture six and a half. It's minus one

558
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,320
Speaker 2: thirty five for the over, plus one fifteen for the under.

559
00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,359
Speaker 3: So you get better payback if you go under. Yeah,

560
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:34,920
Speaker 3: so more people are betting the over right now.

561
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,800
Speaker 2: The Texans are plus one ten on the overside of that.

562
00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,719
Speaker 3: I know so little about betting, I wonder how strong

563
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:43,200
Speaker 3: it has to go to get from six and a

564
00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,000
Speaker 3: half to seven wins. If people are betting the over

565
00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:45,640
Speaker 3: so much.

566
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,000
Speaker 2: I mean, it looks like it would have to move

567
00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,840
Speaker 2: pretty pretty heavily. Yeah. Yeah, I'm still surprised that the

568
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,080
Speaker 2: Steelers are at eight and a half.

569
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,560
Speaker 3: And we even said that those eight teams, including the Packers,

570
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,199
Speaker 3: who I think are decent, some of those are you know,

571
00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,119
Speaker 3: seven and a half winners, they're not the bottom. Fela.

572
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,280
Speaker 3: Let's say they do we six and two against those teams,

573
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,159
Speaker 3: but it's not insane to say they go seven to

574
00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 3: one or eight, no, right, I mean yeah again, I mean.

575
00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:13,600
Speaker 2: They swept the NFC South last year. That Jags game

576
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,160
Speaker 2: could be big, but it's here again because that's in Pittsburgh.

577
00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,080
Speaker 2: That's a tough AFC game. I mean you look at

578
00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:19,480
Speaker 2: some of a lot of those games you know that

579
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:24,080
Speaker 2: might say, well, you know that game against the A

580
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,880
Speaker 2: team like the the the Titans, Well yeah, but that's

581
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,639
Speaker 2: in Pittsburgh. The game against the Patriots, Yeah, it's in Pittsburgh.

582
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,639
Speaker 2: You know, these the toughest ones are in Pittsburgh. And

583
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 2: they go you to Houston, you go to Arizona.

584
00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 3: Arizona, they also have very favorable rest advantages as well.

585
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,880
Speaker 3: You know, like they're not playing uh, they're not playing

586
00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,639
Speaker 3: anyone's coming off a bye this year, right, I mean

587
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,040
Speaker 3: that's rare too. You know, they're not getting hit real

588
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,280
Speaker 3: hard with like Thursday short week stuff things of that nature,

589
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,120
Speaker 3: so their rest situation is pretty good.

590
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:54,400
Speaker 1: Yeah.

591
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:59,639
Speaker 2: I mean you're going that you're going to Indianapolis and

592
00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,760
Speaker 2: two Los Angeles to play the Rams, and two to

593
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,800
Speaker 2: Houston to play the Texas. Well, those are three of

594
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:05,960
Speaker 2: the worst teams in the league.

595
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, and absolutely things will change.

596
00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:11,399
Speaker 2: You can lose to those teams.

597
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,960
Speaker 3: Jordan Love, Anthony Richardson, C J. Stroud Maybe one of

598
00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:19,240
Speaker 3: those looks like a phenom, but maybe Burrows not there

599
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:20,640
Speaker 3: when you play them, or you know what I mean,

600
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:23,640
Speaker 3: absolutely right.

601
00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:25,440
Speaker 2: I just think that's you know, when people are looking

602
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:27,760
Speaker 2: at the Steelers schedule, they're overlooking that.

603
00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:28,760
Speaker 3: I agree.

604
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 2: I mean that the non division schedule could not set

605
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,720
Speaker 2: up any nicer and could in terms of the teams

606
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:36,680
Speaker 2: that you play this year.

607
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,600
Speaker 3: And we knew before the schedule release that the teams

608
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,080
Speaker 3: they were playing were favorable, but you don't know when

609
00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,840
Speaker 3: you don't travel all that stuff. And for the most part,

610
00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:49,720
Speaker 3: the release stuff, the actual you know, the dates and

611
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,920
Speaker 3: where and all those things worked that quite well.

612
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,199
Speaker 2: The really tough part is like the last four games.

613
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,520
Speaker 3: You know, you gotta put money in the bank, right,

614
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:57,359
Speaker 3: you absolutely do.

615
00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, you better have nine or you know, even ten

616
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:01,400
Speaker 2: wins going into that spot.

617
00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,680
Speaker 3: Which, needless to say, you don't know how healthy you'll

618
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:05,240
Speaker 3: be right in that last month as well.

619
00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:08,040
Speaker 2: Those teams will be right right right. You know, Lamar

620
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,400
Speaker 2: Jackson hasn't played a game in December the last two years.

621
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,359
Speaker 3: Exactly exactly what's Watson going to look like and all

622
00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,800
Speaker 3: those things, So of course there's a ton of variables.

623
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:17,600
Speaker 3: You know, none of us can tell the future. But

624
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:19,120
Speaker 3: I love their schedule.

625
00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just think that. You know, if I were,

626
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 2: if I were a betting man, eight and a half

627
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:26,480
Speaker 2: would be I would hammer that.

628
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,119
Speaker 3: I would too, to be very honest, It's one of

629
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,280
Speaker 3: my favorite bets. Of all those teams I mentioned, Raiders under,

630
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,080
Speaker 3: I think is one I like a lot. But I

631
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,280
Speaker 3: mean it's Steelers over, whether I had any affiliation with

632
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,360
Speaker 3: the team or not, is one that I like a lot.

633
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:39,920
Speaker 1: Yeah.

634
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:41,520
Speaker 2: I'm just looking at some of these other ones to

635
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 2: see if anything stands out to me here, Jaguars over

636
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,240
Speaker 2: nine and a half. I don't know. If I could

637
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:50,920
Speaker 2: go there.

638
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,560
Speaker 3: I would go over as supposed to under. I think

639
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,919
Speaker 3: they have a chance to win six or five in

640
00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:58,480
Speaker 3: the division.

641
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,359
Speaker 2: That's the thing. Yeah, there's they're like the opposite of

642
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 2: the Steelers because they'll play because they're playing a first

643
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:04,160
Speaker 2: place schedule.

644
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,960
Speaker 3: Oh they got Kansas City, Buffalo and the Bengals in Bengals.

645
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, but the division schedule.

646
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 3: Is is wonderful. Yeah, I mean they have a very

647
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 3: clear path to win the division, which is exactly what

648
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,560
Speaker 3: you like? What was what I was thinking? I like

649
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,680
Speaker 3: Atlanta's over what do they add to they at eight?

650
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 2: The Falcons are eight and a half?

651
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:24,080
Speaker 3: Okay, Yeah, I mean that division has an extremely easy schedule.

652
00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 3: Somebody has to win it, and I think people I

653
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 3: think Atlanta has come a long way.

654
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,960
Speaker 2: Okay, I'm just looking at some of these others.

655
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,520
Speaker 3: Saints in Atlanta, of the two easyes schedules.

656
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,399
Speaker 2: In the league, pairs under seven and a half.

657
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,680
Speaker 3: I think people are getting too excited about it.

658
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:42,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't. I don't see that. Yeah, that might

659
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,919
Speaker 2: be putting the cart before the horse a little bit.

660
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Speaker 3: That might be the worst defense in the League of

661
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:48,359
Speaker 3: Rams are pretty bad. I mean, there's a couple of

662
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,439
Speaker 3: bad ones, but that's they dedicate everything to offense.

663
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Speaker 2: This year Colts Colts under six and a half if

664
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Speaker 2: they don't have Jonathan Taylor.

665
00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:55,960
Speaker 3: That's messy.

666
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that could that could turn your whole

667
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,119
Speaker 2: locker room, Like, why are we not paying this dude?

668
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:01,480
Speaker 1: Right?

669
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:06,480
Speaker 3: So I was on vacation or I didn't quite understand

670
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,439
Speaker 3: what happened with that, And I guess what happened was

671
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 3: they threatened because he complained about some sort of back issue, that.

672
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 2: We're gonna put you on the non football injury Listen,

673
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:18,640
Speaker 2: you don't get paid exactly.

674
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Speaker 3: And I say, that's the one card that the NFL

675
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,520
Speaker 3: has with those dudes, that they can throw you on

676
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,159
Speaker 3: that list and basically you're not getting paid. And my

677
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 3: initial thoughts were, you want to talk about destroying a

678
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,880
Speaker 3: locker room with a new coach, a new quarterback. I mean,

679
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,080
Speaker 3: that is not good business practice. If you're seeing him

680
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 3: walk in the halls and lifting and working out, and

681
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:39,480
Speaker 3: all of a sudden you're like, hey, we're just not

682
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 3: gonna pay him because he's complaining, you know, And.

683
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 2: Then Zack Moss who's their number two back. He got

684
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 2: hurt yesterday, his arm yesterday. Yeah, like he's gonna be

685
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:47,440
Speaker 2: out for a while.

686
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Speaker 3: Taylor's one of the few backs that I would be

687
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 3: on the phone with with the team if there's a

688
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Speaker 3: chance you could get him at a reasonable right at

689
00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,920
Speaker 3: his age, I mean, coming off an injury. It's as

690
00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 3: probably the lowest stock as he'll be for a while.

691
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Speaker 3: There's a handful of teams, Miami, the Chiefs, Bills, teams

692
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:04,720
Speaker 3: like that I would be calling.

693
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, the Ravens.

694
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:09,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, maybe, especially with Dobbin's contract looming.

695
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:13,040
Speaker 2: If you're a Steeler fan, you don't want to see that.

696
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 3: No, I don't want him in the division at all. Frankly,

697
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 3: if the Bengals knew this a week ago, I would

698
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,680
Speaker 3: have cut mix in and called made a trade for Taylor. Yeah,

699
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 3: and much cheaper, younger, better, better, better.

700
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Speaker 1: Yeah.

701
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 2: Absolutely, Now that's the move that you make.

702
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 3: But Steelers running backs when out there doing some work too, by.

703
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 2: The way, out there doing some pass catching.

704
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,720
Speaker 3: Work on his hands are really really good. And I

705
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 3: bring this up often, but they're huge, they're huge, and

706
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,040
Speaker 3: his arms are insanely long. But he was making catches

707
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,680
Speaker 3: behind his back with this drill. I mean, his hands

708
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 3: are tremendous, and I know he caught a lot of

709
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,680
Speaker 3: passes as a rookie, but they were dump off varieties

710
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 3: from Ben. You've seen this a lot. I mean they

711
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,320
Speaker 3: run fades with him here and things in the end zone.

712
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Speaker 3: I mean as a rookie, I mean his his receiving

713
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 3: cornucopia acumen has not yet been shown to the public.

714
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Speaker 2: Well that's the one. So two years ago and he

715
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 2: was a rookie. It was still in COVID and uh

716
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 2: we we got him after practice one day and I

717
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,640
Speaker 2: mentioned to him that that he had a one handed

718
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 2: catch down the side in practice and I said, hey.

719
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Speaker 3: That was They were happening a lot.

720
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Speaker 2: They were happening a lot of over his head. And

721
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Speaker 2: I said to him, like, hey, that was you know

722
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 2: that one handed catch you had, you know that was

723
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,880
Speaker 2: that was pretty sweet. He goes, oh you saw that, Like, yeah,

724
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,960
Speaker 2: we were watching. He said where were you watching from?

725
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:39,600
Speaker 2: And I said, we were on the balcony up above

726
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,360
Speaker 2: the practice field watching. So I thought that was the

727
00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 2: boosters up there, and it kind of and we went

728
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 2: a little viral. I'm like, no, we weren't the boosters.

729
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,360
Speaker 2: But we're the media here watching that stuff.

730
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Speaker 3: But he's done a lot of it. I mean I

731
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,600
Speaker 3: noticed more of it in his rookie year than the

732
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Speaker 3: late But just watching him do these drills, I mean

733
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:01,360
Speaker 3: he has really good hands.

734
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, you'd like to see them use that a little more. Uh,

735
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 2: Both backs Jalen Moore.

736
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:12,160
Speaker 3: And McFarland too, is really being is being I know

737
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 3: it's a make or break year for him, but it

738
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 3: sure seems like they think it's going to be a

739
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 3: make year, not a break year.

740
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Speaker 2: Well, and you saw today when they were they started

741
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:22,960
Speaker 2: the inside run drills. You saw Nogee Harris in the

742
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 2: backfield with Anthony McFarland in the slots, and they used

743
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:28,760
Speaker 2: him as the guy screaming across the formation.

744
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:33,000
Speaker 3: Yep, Yep, you've seen. Uh, it's not trade secrets anymore.

745
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 3: I mean I even wrote this. There's a lot of

746
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 3: two back they call tony. I mean that's just kind

747
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 3: of a term across the league. With two backs on

748
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,160
Speaker 3: the field, two running backs, not fullbacks. It's gonna be

749
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,760
Speaker 3: something to get used to. And I'm not saying McFarland

750
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 3: has this team made, but seems that way to me. Yeah,

751
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 3: I mean they're using him a lot, and if there.

752
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 2: Turning that that that those other running backs just trying

753
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:55,840
Speaker 2: to find something there.

754
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 3: Yeah.

755
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a good sign for Anthony McFarland. He just

756
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,120
Speaker 2: needs to do something on special teams.

757
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,520
Speaker 3: Yeah. I don't know what that is right now. I

758
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 3: mean his snapcounts the last two years are very very low,

759
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 3: just because he can't get a helmet on game day.

760
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 3: But they can find special teamers other places, or he

761
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 3: can at least run down on kickoffs or you know,

762
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 3: give you a little something there that would sure help.

763
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:18,720
Speaker 3: But I think he's in the mix.

764
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,080
Speaker 2: I think he is as well. We're going to take

765
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Speaker 2: another break. He is Matt Williamson, I am Dale, Lolly.

766
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 2: You're listening to the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio

767
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:30,080
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768
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 2: College here in beautiful Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where the Steelers just

769
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 2: wrapped up their fifth practice session, their first padded practice session.

770
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 2: We'll be back to bringing more of the coverage here.

771
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,400
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772
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Speaker 3: Right after this, you're listening to the official voice out

773
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Speaker 3: Black and Gold Nation SNR.

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Speaker 2: Steelers Nation Radio. Am Back, I am Dale lolly. He

775
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 2: is Matt Williamson and that guy over there there is

776
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Speaker 2: Patrick Peterson.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he is enjoying himself.

778
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:04,959
Speaker 2: He is having a heck of a good time here.

779
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 2: Now he's he's getting study. He's got some people throwing

780
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 2: him stuff. He's everybody's grabbing it like he's walking trying

781
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 2: to get out of here, and people were handing them

782
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,400
Speaker 2: their phone and he taking selfies with him.

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Speaker 3: He's been out there what at least half an hour, He's.

784
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 2: At least half an hour I mean practice.

785
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 3: And now he's talking to media, talking to some media here.

786
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 2: Practice ended forty five minutes ago and he's been over

787
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:26,480
Speaker 2: there working the fans on the hillside like a true pro.

788
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 3: I think he's enjoying being a Pittsburgh Steeler quite a bit,

789
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 3: I would say so. And they're enjoying him too.

790
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely.

791
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:34,120
Speaker 3: It brings a lot of the time I have.

792
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 2: You have to talk to anybody who has not enjoyed

793
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,000
Speaker 2: being around Patrick Peterson, right, including.

794
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Speaker 3: Ourselves, right, And I say we had a really good

795
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,520
Speaker 3: conversation with him. That was his reputation before he got

796
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 3: to town. I'm sure that has something to do with

797
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:49,720
Speaker 3: him being in town. And also extremely talented and as

798
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:52,440
Speaker 3: a mentorship, and there's a lot that he brings.

799
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Speaker 2: Absolutely.

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Speaker 3: I remember I didn't see that one coming when they

801
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 3: signed him, you know, like I looked at some of

802
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,920
Speaker 3: the corners and thought hey, But the second they did,

803
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,320
Speaker 3: I thought, boy, he's kind of old. Is that really

804
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 3: the good move? And then you you dig into his

805
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 3: tape a little bit more and all the stuff he

806
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,399
Speaker 3: brings off the field, and it's like, oh, that makes

807
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,440
Speaker 3: all sense in world. They're gonna draft one too, you know.

808
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,839
Speaker 2: Right, yeah, right right, They're not done, right, right.

809
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:15,360
Speaker 3: Right, that's just step one of the corner.

810
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 2: Hed you bring in a guy like that, it's like,

811
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:21,319
Speaker 2: you know again, much like for example, the Broncos bringing

812
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 2: in Peyton Manning at the end of his career. You

813
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,000
Speaker 2: do it for what's above the neck, right, and the

814
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 2: intangibles that he brings to your locker room.

815
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Speaker 1: Right.

816
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Speaker 3: I mean, the Cardinals bring in JJ Watt and all

817
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 3: the you know, keep area around a year, maybe longer

818
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 3: than they should have. Things like that. I mean that

819
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:35,439
Speaker 3: that stuff really does matter.

820
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,279
Speaker 2: The crazy thing is the Cardinals had that guy and

821
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 2: they let him want right good point shouldn't I they

822
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,879
Speaker 2: should not have right before that the Browns let Joe

823
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 2: Hayden walk and they should have done that.

824
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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's another boneheit to move right, Yeah, it might

825
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:50,840
Speaker 3: be another one of those who knows, there could be

826
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:52,360
Speaker 3: one of those tuopid. I mean, Joe Hayden wasn't a

827
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:53,960
Speaker 3: Steeler this time that year?

828
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:54,840
Speaker 2: Was he he was not?

829
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Speaker 3: Yeah?

830
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Speaker 2: Right, Okay, that didn't happen until after a preseason game

831
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Speaker 2: number four, I believe if it was that. Yeah, yeah,

832
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,719
Speaker 2: it was after the Carolina game or right at the

833
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:07,719
Speaker 2: Carolina game, if I remember correctly. But speaking of another guy,

834
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 2: he's having himself a good time out here this year.

835
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:12,480
Speaker 2: Can he picket?

836
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 3: Yeah?

837
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 2: He looks very comfortable, very comfortable. I think he's comfortable

838
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,120
Speaker 2: in his own skin. He's out here, he's having fun

839
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,960
Speaker 2: on a daily basis. He's taking good care of the football,

840
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,799
Speaker 2: he's making all the throws. He's been a leader and

841
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,879
Speaker 2: everything that you would expect your quarterback to be. And well,

842
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:28,719
Speaker 2: he spoke to the media.

843
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 3: He's not bumbling anything or asking for help or what

844
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,200
Speaker 3: are we doing this play? I mean, he was very

845
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:34,279
Speaker 3: much in control.

846
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:37,640
Speaker 2: Very much in control. And he spoke with the gathered

847
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,839
Speaker 2: media earlier today before practice, and I thought we'd play

848
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 2: that back and hear what Picket had to say.

849
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Speaker 5: He's we've been at homelets since spring, so he had

850
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,279
Speaker 5: the pads on. It kind of really won the full

851
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,600
Speaker 5: offense and get true looks offensively in defensively.

852
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:51,400
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think guys were pretty excited for it.

853
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:52,120
Speaker 1: A week done.

854
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,799
Speaker 7: How comfortable do you feel with the way this team looks,

855
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 7: specifically the offense.

856
00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:57,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, a lot more comfortable in last season.

857
00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 2: Obviously.

858
00:35:58,080 --> 00:35:59,680
Speaker 5: I think we did a really good job of spray

859
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 5: and on those things. I think it kind of show

860
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 5: it out there in the first week, but how smooth

861
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,680
Speaker 5: we were running. There's no imas. Guys are where they

862
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:07,240
Speaker 5: needed to be, and I thought it was pretty crisp.

863
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:08,880
Speaker 5: You know, I'll been in for the first week, so

864
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:09,759
Speaker 5: I'm excited to build on it.

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Speaker 7: Kenny, I know you don't.

866
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 3: You don't get hit or hit anybody, But how does

867
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,719
Speaker 3: having the pads on effect maybe or help what you

868
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:16,760
Speaker 3: do or what you see.

869
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,240
Speaker 5: Or what you It's just a live feel in the pocket,

870
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:20,239
Speaker 5: you know, guys are it's full go up front, it's

871
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 5: full go everywhere else. So it feels like a game

872
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,359
Speaker 5: to me obviously, just not getting hit, but it's still

873
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 5: a live reps for me, which is.

874
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:26,040
Speaker 2: Really good for me.

875
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 5: Who are you most excited to kind of build that

876
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 5: chemistry with it you haven't been.

877
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:29,160
Speaker 1: Able to yet.

878
00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 5: I'd probably say guys that I haven't worked with, like Darnell.

879
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 5: Like he's a guy that I haven't had a lot

880
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 5: of reps with, So continue to build that with him

881
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 5: and we'll get down the red zon nat. I think

882
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,040
Speaker 5: he'll be huge, huge there, building off of what we

883
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 5: did in the spring. So he's a guy that I

884
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 5: want to continue to work with.

885
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 7: How's he done as smart as learning to play?

886
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's done a great job. Darnell is doing a

887
00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:47,239
Speaker 5: great job. He's working hard, He's got a lot of

888
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:49,240
Speaker 5: stuff going in so I'm sure his mind is hundred

889
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 5: miles an hour, so it'll still down for him.

890
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 1: I'm just.

891
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 2: Not having Also, can you one's the biggest difference you've

892
00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 2: seen in George?

893
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 1: I'd probably say he's full route.

894
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:03,239
Speaker 5: I mean he definitely worked on his routes, his releases,

895
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:04,279
Speaker 5: the full route tree.

896
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,800
Speaker 2: He has the Cristmas of his routes. He's locked in mentally.

897
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 5: He's doing a really good job learning the system and

898
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 5: playing different spots so we can move him around some more,

899
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:13,879
Speaker 5: which is me great.

900
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,480
Speaker 8: There was a play last week where he had a

901
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 8: bunch of yards after the catch and he said that

902
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 8: his speed is something that people maybe overlook.

903
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,200
Speaker 2: Is that an element of his game that could take

904
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 2: some people by surprise.

905
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:24,560
Speaker 5: I think, so I just want to hit him in

906
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:26,120
Speaker 5: shot and let him just go. I mean, he has

907
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:27,840
Speaker 5: he has the wheels, and I just want to, you know,

908
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:29,400
Speaker 5: give him a good ball and let him go to

909
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 5: the rest. So you know, that's my job to put

910
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,239
Speaker 5: it where it needs to be and then let him

911
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 5: go be him different circumstances.

912
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:35,879
Speaker 8: You guys haven't made a secret you're planning to run

913
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,440
Speaker 8: the ball, you know, but some people think that means

914
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,160
Speaker 8: it's gonna be one dimensional. They're only going to do that.

915
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,239
Speaker 8: How much do those things kind of work together? How

916
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:43,759
Speaker 8: much can you use the run to set up the

917
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:44,759
Speaker 8: pass and maybe take your shots.

918
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 5: Yeah, I would say we're a really balanced team.

919
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 1: You know, even last year.

920
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:49,720
Speaker 5: You know, after the bi week, I think our balance

921
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:51,279
Speaker 5: was great. I think that's what really helped us. So,

922
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,040
Speaker 5: you know, adding all those imperments of play action and

923
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 5: get me.

924
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 7: On the move of the bag the game.

925
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:56,680
Speaker 5: Mean, there's a ton of things that we can do

926
00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 5: to keep his balance.

927
00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:58,160
Speaker 7: I think we've done that.

928
00:37:58,200 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 3: So fun?

929
00:37:58,719 --> 00:37:59,799
Speaker 2: Do you full work a little bit?

930
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 5: Just how much fun is a day like it for

931
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:03,400
Speaker 5: you guys today, finally getting.

932
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:04,680
Speaker 1: Those Yeah, it's fun. It's fun.

933
00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:06,359
Speaker 5: I mean, obviously we can't go out there and play

934
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,160
Speaker 5: as quarterbacks and get hit, but seeing the excitement of

935
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 5: the guys and kind of rallying around it, it'll be

936
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 5: a competitive atmosphere, and so I'm decided to be a

937
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:13,879
Speaker 5: part of it.

938
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:16,839
Speaker 2: I don't think. I don't think. Do you feel more

939
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:19,759
Speaker 2: comfortable taking shots downfield than maybe you did this time

940
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:21,240
Speaker 2: last year when you're.

941
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, I do? I do.

942
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 5: I feel like, you know, I have more ownership of

943
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:25,239
Speaker 5: the offense. I understand the looks that I need to

944
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 5: see it. Take the shots down the field. I think

945
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 5: we saw a good amount of them last week, and

946
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,080
Speaker 5: that's something we want to continue to do and build on.

947
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,040
Speaker 5: You know, if the shots are there, we're gonna take them.

948
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:33,920
Speaker 8: There was there's one play in seven shots the other

949
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 8: day I want to ask you about. You made a

950
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,279
Speaker 8: little hand signal. You have to tell us everything, but

951
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 8: just what were you doing there? Changing the play or

952
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:40,480
Speaker 8: changing detect?

953
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,279
Speaker 5: It was a look, yeah, just protection and a little

954
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 5: bit of our out adjustment. Something that we want to

955
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,120
Speaker 5: just continue to progress and put us in the best

956
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:46,800
Speaker 5: play possible.

957
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 7: Is that something that you would have been able to

958
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 7: do last year?

959
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 8: Is that's something new that you feel you know, you

960
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:51,440
Speaker 8: can better grasp the.

961
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:53,560
Speaker 5: It was definitely available last year, but I have more

962
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:55,480
Speaker 5: control and I feel more comfortable doing it.

963
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 1: You know.

964
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:58,400
Speaker 5: Obviously been a week one last year's week one shot.

965
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:00,640
Speaker 5: We got a little timing game, an element that.

966
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 2: You're obviously.

967
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:06,839
Speaker 5: Yeah, his feed obviously pops and getting him the wall

968
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:08,680
Speaker 5: in space is huge and he's want to buy guys

969
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,400
Speaker 5: and he's going to continue to do that. He's been

970
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,880
Speaker 5: working really hard, so I'm really proud of the way

971
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:13,799
Speaker 5: he's want to show up.

972
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 7: You know, he's the pros pro.

973
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,240
Speaker 5: So you love playing with cow and decided to continue

974
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,319
Speaker 5: to build that, you know, relationship together.

975
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 1: Here's your bet off for first skirmish.

976
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 5: With the palace been on for what Christopher's kind of skirmish?

977
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:25,840
Speaker 3: Oh?

978
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 2: Oh, that's good.

979
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 5: I mean there's there will be one early on. I'm

980
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 5: sure there always is.

981
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 3: But it's good.

982
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:30,800
Speaker 2: It's competitive.

983
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,440
Speaker 5: Everyone loves each other here, but we're all trying to

984
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 5: wizz that it happens.

985
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 2: Kenny, Is there a difference between college open and NFL

986
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 2: UP and what.

987
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:38,560
Speaker 1: Is the difference?

988
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean being able to throw guys open in

989
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,560
Speaker 5: the NFL versus having guys open in college. I think

990
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 5: it's something that you gotta you know, it's really timing

991
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:47,719
Speaker 5: and understanding your receivers and that's something that you know,

992
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 5: we spent a lot of time with together here, so

993
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,680
Speaker 5: you know, I feel definitely comfortable of doing that with

994
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 5: our guys.

995
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:53,880
Speaker 1: Was that the process last year trying to figure out

996
00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:54,320
Speaker 1: the difference.

997
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 7: I feel like I had to understand it of it,

998
00:39:57,960 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 7: But it's just it's different.

999
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 5: Guys are different, you know, every one runs routes differently,

1000
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:03,279
Speaker 5: their speeds are different. And understanding that I think is

1001
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:05,120
Speaker 5: the biggest the biggest key you.

1002
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:06,200
Speaker 3: Can they want to ask you about.

1003
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:06,880
Speaker 2: You know, your.

1004
00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:09,319
Speaker 8: Defense has been running that three safety look and at

1005
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 8: times are like rotating around as a quarterback. How much

1006
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 8: confusion or what's it like looking there and how does

1007
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:16,040
Speaker 8: that kind of make you?

1008
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:16,880
Speaker 7: It's great for me.

1009
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:18,360
Speaker 5: I think our defense is one of the best in

1010
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 5: the league in terms of their disguises and the amount

1011
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:21,880
Speaker 5: of looks that they throw are you? So you know,

1012
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,440
Speaker 5: I'm working hard every every play on you know, deciphering

1013
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:26,399
Speaker 5: what they're doing. So I think I'm only gonna get

1014
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:27,880
Speaker 5: better at it. And you've got guys like you know,

1015
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 5: Minka and Pat py Kz, you know, those guys are

1016
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 5: those guys are smart guys and then they may be

1017
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 5: work in practice.

1018
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:36,520
Speaker 2: So I love going against them.

1019
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 8: How challenging is that gonna be for an opposing quarterback

1020
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,880
Speaker 8: when they see those three guys out there get back.

1021
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:42,399
Speaker 7: It's a tough look. It's a tough look.

1022
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,440
Speaker 5: It's you know, it's something post it's you gotta be

1023
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 5: disciplined posts Apps. So that's something I'm going to continue

1024
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:50,600
Speaker 5: to work on it and build as the SKM goes good.

1025
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 2: Rebec can he Pickett earlier today with the media that

1026
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:58,120
Speaker 2: obviously before practice today, but I thought it was still

1027
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 2: germane to to place backs of that and some of

1028
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 2: the stuff that he talked about there. We noticed that

1029
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,959
Speaker 2: that hand signal in seven Shots when we were watching

1030
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 2: it the other day where he he kind of looked

1031
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 2: over and gave a little hand signal to the receiver.

1032
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,080
Speaker 2: I believe it was Pat Fryarmouth and he said he

1033
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:17,400
Speaker 2: was changing a little making a little change in protection

1034
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:20,279
Speaker 2: and then asking for you know, I think you know

1035
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 2: the sand was, Hey, Pat, you're singled up here.

1036
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,200
Speaker 3: Let's uh, I like what I see?

1037
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:25,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I like, what's let's do?

1038
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 3: That been a lot of that. I mean, obviously some

1039
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:29,799
Speaker 3: of it is part of the play design, but all

1040
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,400
Speaker 3: all this that we talk about with coming out of

1041
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 3: the huddle and empty with a running back detached and

1042
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,360
Speaker 3: then Kenny, I mean it's on Kenny's signal, you know,

1043
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 3: they'd move that guy or whatever. I'm sure his protection

1044
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:44,920
Speaker 3: and whatnot will be much better. I'm sure solom all

1045
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:48,919
Speaker 3: who will help with that. Regard second year with the Yeah,

1046
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 3: second year with your starting center as well. I mean,

1047
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,960
Speaker 3: all these guys know each other better. I can't stress

1048
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:57,759
Speaker 3: enough that it was the youngest by far, you know,

1049
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 3: total offense in the league last year. Another year for Pickens,

1050
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 3: all these guys, so they should be able to do

1051
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:07,400
Speaker 3: a lot more pre snap mentally, all on the same page,

1052
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:08,400
Speaker 3: you know, all that kind of stuff.

1053
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:10,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's why again, going back to when I spoke

1054
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:12,600
Speaker 2: with Matt Cannada last week, it's one of the things

1055
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,880
Speaker 2: he's you know, he's stressing here, like look, it's not

1056
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:19,799
Speaker 2: an excuse. The young guys aren't an excuse. But look

1057
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:21,800
Speaker 2: at the look at the first year guys in that offense.

1058
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:28,840
Speaker 2: Last year you had Picket, had Pickens, Jaylen Warren, right, Heyward, Hayward.

1059
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,880
Speaker 2: That's four that played a lot, just rookies first year

1060
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 2: on the right, right on the offense. Last year then

1061
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:37,800
Speaker 2: you had too often two new offensive linemen to that

1062
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:41,520
Speaker 2: group who were starters, you know, half your offense basically.

1063
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:44,160
Speaker 2: Uh And then you you know, look at the second

1064
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 2: year guys Fiarmouth and Nagee Harris and Dan Moore, like

1065
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:50,120
Speaker 2: that's that's half of your offense basically it's on the

1066
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:51,680
Speaker 2: field on a give on given plays.

1067
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:54,640
Speaker 3: There's just very little continuity in terms of the whole offense. Right,

1068
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 3: Calvin Austin was the other one, and yeah, I played

1069
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 3: a lot of them, but I just didn't bring them up.

1070
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 2: So you know, there is a lot of new there

1071
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:02,480
Speaker 2: and now they're not new anymore.

1072
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 3: And there's new this year, there's new every year. I mean,

1073
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:06,959
Speaker 3: your first round pick was a left tackle, you spent

1074
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:11,319
Speaker 3: money on Solamalu, made a trade for Alan Robinson. But

1075
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,960
Speaker 3: those last two aren't gonna have any issues right, I mean,

1076
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,359
Speaker 3: I mean adding some older guys I think was done

1077
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,319
Speaker 3: on purpose, maybe especially the receiver room.

1078
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:21,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, just to add some adults in.

1079
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:24,520
Speaker 3: The room, professionals. Yeah, right right.

1080
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:26,840
Speaker 2: And we've seen that taking place out here. There's a

1081
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:30,759
Speaker 2: reason why Alan Robinson is rooming with U Pickens.

1082
00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:31,399
Speaker 1: Ok.

1083
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, here in training camp. There's a reason why you

1084
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:37,879
Speaker 2: see Saam Malu out there. U they're talking about, right,

1085
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:41,000
Speaker 2: he really is after every practice and well he looked

1086
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:41,520
Speaker 2: good today.

1087
00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:43,759
Speaker 3: He does, he does, and you would think some of

1088
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 3: the third year guys like a friar mooth. Now he

1089
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 3: becomes a leader. I remember, like TJ's first couple of years,

1090
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,040
Speaker 3: people didn't consider I mean, you certainly was a bad

1091
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:55,120
Speaker 3: guy or by example more than vocally, right right, right,

1092
00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 3: But you start coming to work every day and you're

1093
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,759
Speaker 3: productive and you're one of the better tight ends in

1094
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:00,319
Speaker 3: the league. You know, people start looking at you know

1095
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:02,400
Speaker 3: you know you're not You don't stay young long in

1096
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:02,799
Speaker 3: this league.

1097
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 2: And we saw it when we were watching the one

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Speaker 2: on one drills over there, and I noted that that

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Speaker 2: Nick Herbig after his two reps, immediately goes over and

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00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,880
Speaker 2: kneels down next to TJA. What you see there. What

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Speaker 2: did you see?

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Speaker 3: How was it? Yeah, big brother looking.

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Speaker 2: For the looking for a little affirmation there, maybe right

1104
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Speaker 2: or wrong?

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00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:22,799
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, I mean that's just how this organization has

1106
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:24,160
Speaker 3: been great with that for a year, I mean since

1107
00:44:24,239 --> 00:44:26,440
Speaker 3: Joe Green really and it goes a long long way.

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00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:29,200
Speaker 2: And you know those guys and you heard, you know,

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00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:32,320
Speaker 2: when we played back to Levi Wallace tape him talking

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Speaker 2: about guys peppering him with questions.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, and and and so he's certainly not

1112
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:38,280
Speaker 3: the new guy anymore. He's one of the only holdover

1113
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:39,000
Speaker 3: and him.

1114
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,320
Speaker 2: Saying that, you know, he gives those two young cornerbacks

1115
00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 2: and we'll see what's going on with Corey Trice here,

1116
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 2: but those two young cornerbacks, he gives them a goal

1117
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,799
Speaker 2: every day. Yeah, here's your goal for the day. He

1118
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:51,480
Speaker 2: asked him, if they have a goal, and if they

1119
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:53,439
Speaker 2: don't have a goal, he gives them one.

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Speaker 3: He doesn't have to do any of you know, spend

1121
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 3: trying to take his job in a way. Yeah, absolutely,

1122
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 3: but you're also teammates and you know, right he does

1123
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:03,320
Speaker 3: not have to do that whatsoever.

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Speaker 2: So you know, that's that's always worked that way in

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00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:08,960
Speaker 2: a Steelers locker room. I've always been amazed by it,

1126
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,319
Speaker 2: you know, because these are young guys. You if you're

1127
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:16,359
Speaker 2: a veteran guy, you see the writing on the wall

1128
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:18,560
Speaker 2: with certain things you see. You know, when they draft

1129
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:20,520
Speaker 2: a guy at your position, it has.

1130
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Speaker 3: To be an amazing feeling, you know, like they just

1131
00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:25,800
Speaker 3: took a first round pick and that's my spot and

1132
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:28,759
Speaker 3: I've been started there for eight years or whatever. And yeah,

1133
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,399
Speaker 3: I mean, some positions are different. It's not like you're

1134
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,480
Speaker 3: only gonna play one wide receiver. But I mean just

1135
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 3: the writings. You don't use first round picks on guys

1136
00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:36,799
Speaker 3: that aren't gonna play.

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00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:40,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, right, and and so you know, just to be

1138
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:44,720
Speaker 2: able to trust in your ability that I'm good, I'll

1139
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:47,320
Speaker 2: hold this guy off, right, I'll give him what information

1140
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:50,080
Speaker 2: I can here, but I'm gonna hold him off like that.

1141
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:51,120
Speaker 2: That's amazing to me.

1142
00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 3: And my hunches. If you're the other way, if I'm like,

1143
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:57,040
Speaker 3: I'm gonna make this guy's life as difficult as possible,

1144
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:58,399
Speaker 3: I'm not gonna help him in any way.

1145
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:01,239
Speaker 2: And that happens what happened around the league a lot

1146
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:03,120
Speaker 2: I've heard from guys around the league.

1147
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:07,320
Speaker 3: But I bet that doesn't settle well with Cam and Tomlin.

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Speaker 1: Of course.

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00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 3: I mean that word gets out quick, you know, and

1150
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:11,360
Speaker 3: then you might not be here much longer.

1151
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Speaker 2: And you might not be here much longer. We're going

1152
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:14,440
Speaker 2: to be here for another.

1153
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 3: Hour, man, another hour.

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Speaker 2: Hour two is in the books. He is Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 2: I am Dale Lully. You're listening to the Drive here

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Speaker 2: on Steelers Nation Radio and ESPN nine seventy. We are

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Speaker 2: live from Saint Vincent College here in the press box

1158
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Speaker 2: above Chuck Nollfield, and we will be back with more

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Speaker 2: right after this