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Speaker 1: Home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the drive. I'm Dale Ali here. Well, where's Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 1: I can't find Matt Williamson. He's gone, He's lost. Now

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Speaker 1: MAT's stuck in traffic right now. Kind of gives you

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Speaker 1: an idea of how many Yeah here, it's chaos out

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Speaker 1: here today. Actually you are sticking with us here, uh

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Speaker 1: as we appreciate that until Matt gets here. I was

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Speaker 1: told last night West seventeen thousand tickets had been distributed

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Speaker 1: for today. I guess that's a great point because now

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Speaker 1: you have to get the tickets ahead of time. You

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Speaker 1: know exactly how many people question tickets that was as

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Speaker 1: of last night. That doesn't include your you know people

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Speaker 1: your walking up today. I expected. I mean, this is

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Speaker 1: the biggest This might be the biggest crowd I've ever

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Speaker 1: seen out here. I was gonna say, I think I

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Speaker 1: can't remember. It was eighteen or nineteen, one of the

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Speaker 1: first two years that I was it was out here

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Speaker 1: with snr UM, but there was a massive day that year.

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Speaker 1: But I think you're right. I mean, this is I

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Speaker 1: see Mr Williamson coming. Now look at it. There there

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Speaker 1: he is. He's motoring. He's motoring. But you're right. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the hills are the hills are, hills are alive. The

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Speaker 1: bleachers are completely packed, the hills are sevent covered. And

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Speaker 1: as I'm sure Williamson will test you here in a minute,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I bet you there's still people waiting to

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Speaker 1: get in that parking lot out here. You know, give

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Speaker 1: it another half an hour or so, and there's not

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Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of free space out here. This

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Speaker 1: is a massive crowd. This is a massive crowd. And

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Speaker 1: and uh, I mean, wow, wow, Uh, this is why

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Speaker 1: you love being back. We turn up by Steelers Nation

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Speaker 1: for for today's practice. This is unbelievable. Of course, we

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Speaker 1: had the Hall of Honor class announced today as well,

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Speaker 1: Myron Copeith Miller, Ray Matthews, and Sam Davis. Uh. That's

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Speaker 1: a heck of a heck of a class. Uh there

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Speaker 1: and so, um, just just a great day here is

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Speaker 1: as Matt Williamson works his way into the booth here,

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Speaker 1: how about this few Matt, this is a little different

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Speaker 1: than what we've had the first couple of days. I'm

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Speaker 1: still trying to get this on. There we go, So

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Speaker 1: I left the uh the hotel that you can pretty

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Speaker 1: much yet I can see the roof of it. I

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Speaker 1: left at noon. It's two oh two or something like that.

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Speaker 1: If I did, you kind of coached me up that

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Speaker 1: there's some secret way to get in. But even once

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Speaker 1: you get in here that the fan experiences. And this

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Speaker 1: is the biggest crowd I've ever seen. It's not years

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Speaker 1: of doing this. This is the biggest crowd I've ever seen.

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Speaker 1: And the staff's doing a good job. They're keeping everything moving.

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Speaker 1: It's just a million cars, and I definitely should have

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Speaker 1: went your way. I need to learn that. I'm out

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Speaker 1: of breath. I've been trying to run here. But what

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Speaker 1: polite curtain left. The left the hotel at noon lunches

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Speaker 1: of time. Well, I hadn't eaten all morning, looking forward

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Speaker 1: I found some stale old cherry gummy bears and this

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Speaker 1: Dane West looks like he has somethime down. There's a

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Speaker 1: couple of cowboys there, that's for me. Not only did

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Speaker 1: around on his anniversary happy, uh his six year anniversary,

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Speaker 1: about to explode. But such as life, so happy to

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Speaker 1: we had before. The fans here are insane. The day

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Speaker 1: is perfect. We got uh, Heath Miller out there, and

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Speaker 1: you guys have probably talked a little bit about that announcement.

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Speaker 1: I mean, how can you beat this? Yeah? Absolutely, it

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Speaker 1: this year. That's awesome. Yeah. Uh. Heath was another one

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Speaker 1: And uh well, uh we'll see here the Steelers going

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Speaker 1: Here again, I'm just amazed by this crowd. This is

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Speaker 1: ball over dude, I'm telling you half of the marnyment

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Speaker 1: just a perfect storm. The Hall of Honor announcement coming out.

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Speaker 1: You see Heath Miller down earth with all of his

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Speaker 1: kids up about that. That's cool. That's a cool look.

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Speaker 1: All four of us kids are in his way, tight ends.

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Speaker 1: The kids are all wearing the Heath Miller eighty three jersey.

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Speaker 1: That that's a nice sight. Yeah, that really is. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so what a great environment. So it was brutal getting here,

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Speaker 1: but for all the right reasons and I'm happy about it.

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Speaker 1: And now West just made my day. So glad I

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Speaker 1: what's going on here, Uh, the the positional they're off

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Speaker 1: probably the closest thing they haven't put on the pad yet,

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Speaker 1: but they're starting to get a you know, into more

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Speaker 1: I mean this is really fantastic stuff. Yeah. Absolutely, and

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Speaker 1: We're here from two to five today, So if you're

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Speaker 1: I'm excited about that. Going forward to is we'll give

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Speaker 1: Look at the other long snappers right now, number nine,

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Speaker 1: they would do that. He's not the emergency long snap. No,

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Speaker 1: he's too important to get run over by a defensive lineman. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's not that bad. I bet some special teams coach

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Speaker 1: I bet all those guys have fiddled with long snapping,

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Speaker 1: kick field goals, you know. I mean it's like, what

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Speaker 1: the biggest crowd I've ever seen, after is it. I mean,

423
00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,480
Speaker 1: it's definitely the biggest one I've ever seen. And again

424
00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,399
Speaker 1: they're still coming in, you know. I mean it's nobody

425
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,280
Speaker 1: does anything quick to get to their seats. I mean,

426
00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:54,720
Speaker 1: it's remarkable then what a bummer would benefit, like port

427
00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,520
Speaker 1: or whatever. But the weather, it couldn't be nicer. It's

428
00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,080
Speaker 1: not too hot. It's crystal clear outside. I mean, the

429
00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,000
Speaker 1: environment is awesome. And now they're stretching and won't be

430
00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,080
Speaker 1: long before they're practicing practice. We can kind of do

431
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:06,600
Speaker 1: a play by play a little bit a little bit.

432
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,080
Speaker 1: Peth Viller's Family's awesome, by the way, to these eighty

433
00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,080
Speaker 1: three Jersey's all throwing around. You know, that's very cool

434
00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,480
Speaker 1: about Manka down here in front of us, uh doing

435
00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,000
Speaker 1: he was doing this drill yesterday, just practicing catching the

436
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:22,000
Speaker 1: ball with one hand here. Yeah, so I'm guessing it's

437
00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,560
Speaker 1: the left wrist that is the one bothering him, although

438
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,240
Speaker 1: he's not he's not wearing anything on it, which is

439
00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,359
Speaker 1: a good sign. But my hunches if they were playing tomorrow,

440
00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:31,679
Speaker 1: he would play. I mean, like, I don't know if

441
00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,600
Speaker 1: there's anything really to worry about. I think this is

442
00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,840
Speaker 1: just uh, you know, let's take this precaution. But just

443
00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:38,200
Speaker 1: because you have a bad risk, I mean, it doesn't

444
00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,199
Speaker 1: mean you can't catch footballs. You know, he's out there

445
00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,280
Speaker 1: with one hand then, yeah, which he shows the dedication.

446
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,359
Speaker 1: And think about a lot of his picks too. You

447
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,080
Speaker 1: know a lot of them are tip balls or deflections

448
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:49,639
Speaker 1: or you know, and he attacks it and make not

449
00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,440
Speaker 1: you all get two hands on it. You know, we've

450
00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:55,119
Speaker 1: seen Troy have unbelievable one handed interceptions too. I mean,

451
00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:57,840
Speaker 1: so does the skill to have you know, the finer

452
00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,000
Speaker 1: points of the position. You can practice them when you can't,

453
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:01,760
Speaker 1: and it shows you how good those gloves are. Now,

454
00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:06,280
Speaker 1: those gloves are amazing. Yeah. Yeah, that is uh certainly

455
00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:08,439
Speaker 1: a benefit, but you know it's a good hand eye

456
00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,920
Speaker 1: coordination thing and reacting to with one hand is trying

457
00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:12,440
Speaker 1: to get something to get get your hand on it

458
00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,280
Speaker 1: and take it to the house. It's like Spider Man

459
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,359
Speaker 1: footballs over there. It's like, yeah, it's pretty impressive. Like

460
00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,840
Speaker 1: he doesn't bobble him either, it's just you know, you know,

461
00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:26,359
Speaker 1: just just grabs it. Like his fingers are too. Right

462
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,080
Speaker 1: hand is sure. I mean the gloves are very helpful.

463
00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:33,080
Speaker 1: They're very tacky, but you know that's a big He's

464
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:37,520
Speaker 1: still interceptions like crazy, right, and no receivers would ever

465
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,600
Speaker 1: drop the ball right right, right right right. There's still

466
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,479
Speaker 1: there's still a skill involved there. So yeah, I mean

467
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,040
Speaker 1: he's immensely talented. And this isn't his first time trying this.

468
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:48,640
Speaker 1: I have a feeling either. So I noticed him yesterday.

469
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,160
Speaker 1: I assume he'll do the same today that during team

470
00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,720
Speaker 1: drills and things. He kind of sits in very very

471
00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,960
Speaker 1: deep center field too, which is kind of his view anyway,

472
00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,960
Speaker 1: you know, And still these things developed. Taking the mental reps,

473
00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:04,280
Speaker 1: it's not like my risk is bugging me. I'm just

474
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 1: gonna go sit in the sideline drink gatorade. You know.

475
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,560
Speaker 1: I mean, he's working as much as he possibly can. Matt,

476
00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,840
Speaker 1: did he have a bad year last year? That's you know,

477
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,600
Speaker 1: if you look at the Pro football focus on grades,

478
00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:19,000
Speaker 1: I don't understand their d back grades. To be honest

479
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 1: with you, I kind of respected they put the work in.

480
00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,120
Speaker 1: I get that, but I don't know how you could

481
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,840
Speaker 1: give him a low grade. Never did I think that

482
00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,600
Speaker 1: anyone game planned to pick on him, that's for sure,

483
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,919
Speaker 1: And I think it's the opposite people game plan around

484
00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,359
Speaker 1: going his direction. He might be a little bit of

485
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:39,040
Speaker 1: a victim of himself in that when he got here,

486
00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,160
Speaker 1: he made it a mental right, Like people think that's

487
00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,359
Speaker 1: just gonna be the norm. Well, then he's the best

488
00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:47,720
Speaker 1: safety had ever lived, you know, like like he's just

489
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:49,480
Speaker 1: not going to pick off a ball every other game,

490
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,159
Speaker 1: you know, No, No, I mean the number of plays

491
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,960
Speaker 1: he made in such a short amount of time obviously

492
00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:59,440
Speaker 1: endeared him to the team and especially the crowd, but

493
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,600
Speaker 1: it also might have put standards too high, like this

494
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:04,879
Speaker 1: isn't what he's going to be all the time. And

495
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,400
Speaker 1: I think people avoid him now more than them too. Yeah,

496
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,120
Speaker 1: I think so as well. I mean, if you're if

497
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:14,840
Speaker 1: you get in today's game four interceptions a year, that's

498
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:18,080
Speaker 1: a lot. It's a ton. I mean, we get a

499
00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,640
Speaker 1: conversation at the watering Hole last night. You know, we're

500
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 1: talking about all time greats, and you and I have

501
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:24,719
Speaker 1: talked about this a lot too, Like go look at

502
00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,680
Speaker 1: Bradshaw's like touchdown interception ratio. And that's why back then,

503
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,800
Speaker 1: you know, the saying was, why would I throw the ball?

504
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:33,720
Speaker 1: Two out of three things that can happen are bad

505
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,959
Speaker 1: because interceptions were very, very common back then. I mean

506
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,200
Speaker 1: they were longer developing plays. Uh, you know, the Bill

507
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,879
Speaker 1: Walsh systems of timing routes and things like that hadn't

508
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,800
Speaker 1: come out yet. So picking the ball off now is

509
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,960
Speaker 1: extremely difficult, and more so than ever. I'm sure they

510
00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,639
Speaker 1: understand the value of turnovers in the seventies and eighties,

511
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,879
Speaker 1: but now everyone in the world knows that that's the

512
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,160
Speaker 1: biggest no no in the world and the biggest indicator

513
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,439
Speaker 1: to wins and laws is so they avoid him more

514
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:04,600
Speaker 1: than ever. And you know, so if you can get

515
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 1: a handful of pretty consistently, or get one every three

516
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:11,120
Speaker 1: or four games, especially if they're not throwing your way,

517
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,239
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, it's a massive accomplishment. That's one

518
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,720
Speaker 1: thing to monte Casey does. Yeah, caused some fumbles too. Yeah,

519
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,200
Speaker 1: if you if you look at his career, so he

520
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:25,840
Speaker 1: has uh twelve in games, it's a lot. That's a lot.

521
00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,439
Speaker 1: It's a lot, especially with a lot of time at

522
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,320
Speaker 1: the slot. I don't know this, but my hunch's slot

523
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,440
Speaker 1: corners get less picks because I mean, if you're playing

524
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,679
Speaker 1: like off coverage as an outside corner, you can attack

525
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,159
Speaker 1: that thing downhill. But if you're playing slot, it's so reactionary.

526
00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:43,960
Speaker 1: There's no way you're reading the quarterback and you can't

527
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:45,520
Speaker 1: take your eyes off the dude in front of you.

528
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,600
Speaker 1: So I mean he has deep middle experience as well.

529
00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,000
Speaker 1: Going back, I wrote that article for D K. Pitts

530
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,120
Speaker 1: or Sports about him, and I didn't realize those things,

531
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,680
Speaker 1: so I really went into his background. He has a

532
00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,360
Speaker 1: real pension at the college and pro level, no matter

533
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,359
Speaker 1: where he's aid getting the ball out, causing fumbles and

534
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 1: getting his hands on football. Uh seven forced fumbles in

535
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 1: his career twelve in or seven that's good, right. And

536
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:12,639
Speaker 1: he's not the biggest hitter or the most physical guy

537
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:14,639
Speaker 1: in the world, but he has a knack for it,

538
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 1: and that's a huge accomplishment. You mix that with his versatility.

539
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,440
Speaker 1: I think he's you're in the mind favorite under the

540
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,080
Speaker 1: radar new Steeler. You know, I tried to talk to

541
00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,040
Speaker 1: him today, he had to go to a meeting. I

542
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:27,879
Speaker 1: did want to. I will catch up with him at

543
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,399
Speaker 1: some point during this training camp. I'm about its curious

544
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 1: about his thoughts on things, and you know what they've

545
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,200
Speaker 1: told him for usage and what attracted him to the

546
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,879
Speaker 1: Steelers and all those type of things too. And this

547
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 1: isn't a knock on Edmonds, but he's just a much

548
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 1: different safety than Edmonds and gives them such versatility slot deep,

549
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,200
Speaker 1: you know, man coverage, you know, those type of things.

550
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,480
Speaker 1: I don't know if Edmunds will play quite as many

551
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,560
Speaker 1: snaps this year, which is fine now he played a time,

552
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,720
Speaker 1: yeah right. I mean I just think they have so

553
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:58,240
Speaker 1: much more versatility there with with They haven't had a

554
00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,880
Speaker 1: backup for making Fitzpatrick's to say, pad making his past,

555
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:04,119
Speaker 1: not the guy like that's that's a free He's just

556
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 1: a lesser version. No, they really haven't, you know. And

557
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,639
Speaker 1: knock on Wood, you know, I mean him playing that

558
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,240
Speaker 1: far off the ball, you know, he's out of harm's

559
00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 1: way a lot. But his contract and everything shows is

560
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,320
Speaker 1: how valuable he is in the ability to play a

561
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 1: single high in today's NFL is kind of rare. I mean,

562
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,160
Speaker 1: so many teams have really gone to a two high

563
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,119
Speaker 1: shell or a cover four look. And the Steelers do

564
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,679
Speaker 1: that too, of course, But if you're a center fielder,

565
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,040
Speaker 1: that is unbelievably rangey. It's not that he does a

566
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,000
Speaker 1: job of two men is a double you know, as

567
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 1: a too high safety, but he kind of does, you know.

568
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 1: I mean, if you cover that much ground, you know,

569
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,640
Speaker 1: number to numbers, doesn't leave them much space to attack

570
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:44,560
Speaker 1: down field, and it gives you an extra guy nearer

571
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,560
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage or is a robber or whatever

572
00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,280
Speaker 1: they want to do with him. Yeah, it's gonna be interesting.

573
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 1: I want to see, you know how once he once

574
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 1: he gets back onto the field, Um, you know how

575
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 1: he is deployed because I think they have so many

576
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,640
Speaker 1: options back there with what they can do in that secondary. Now.

577
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 1: I think there's a miscan exception about MINCA at Miami too.

578
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 1: Like with Baama, they were winning like crazy saban national champions.

579
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 1: You know, he played outside corner, he played slot, he

580
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,080
Speaker 1: played strong. I mean that was as a draft prospect,

581
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 1: was one of the allures to him, and then I

582
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,120
Speaker 1: don't I'm not speaking for him, and I might be

583
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,360
Speaker 1: totally off base here, but I wouldn't blame him one

584
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,440
Speaker 1: bit if he looked at the tanking for two an

585
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: era when they were like the worst team in the league.

586
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 1: They get outscored. I was looking at this the other day.

587
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 1: Those first two games, I think it was fifty nine

588
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:38,480
Speaker 1: two ten or something like that, and then forty three nothing.

589
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:43,600
Speaker 1: I mean it was worse than Steelers start to the season.

590
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:46,480
Speaker 1: I mean they were the worst. They were miserable football teams,

591
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,960
Speaker 1: and they were tanking, and it took them half the

592
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,840
Speaker 1: season to win a game. And then they ended up

593
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,160
Speaker 1: winning five games that year, actually, you know, playing better

594
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 1: than anybody thought. I mean that was Coach Flora has

595
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 1: got in trouble for you're getting you're getting too much

596
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,720
Speaker 1: on his arable roster um. But again I can't speak

597
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 1: to him, but my hunches lining him up at the

598
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:11,280
Speaker 1: linebacker level unprotected as you're really not trying to win

599
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,400
Speaker 1: and putting your body in danger time and time again,

600
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,160
Speaker 1: I can see where he'd have a problem with that,

601
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 1: And to me, that's not Hey, he's not a team guy.

602
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 1: You know. I mean, if hey, we're in the playoffs

603
00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,840
Speaker 1: and we're trying to win, hecky, I'll do what I

604
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 1: did in Obama, you know, And I think you'd do

605
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,800
Speaker 1: it here fast. You know. But they've talked about it before.

606
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 1: He wouldn't mind doing some of those things, and people,

607
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,200
Speaker 1: what's the difference. That's the difference. That's the difference, right.

608
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:36,880
Speaker 1: I mean, if you're trying to lose games here, you

609
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 1: want me to do you throw my body around and

610
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,480
Speaker 1: and you know I'm still a young guy here. You

611
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 1: might shorten my career by two years. Yeah, it's a

612
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,000
Speaker 1: two way street. If you guys are looking to win

613
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,040
Speaker 1: and we're in the hunt, I'll do whatever you want.

614
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,600
Speaker 1: But if I'm just lining up in the box and

615
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 1: getting beat up so we can try to lose, I mean,

616
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,240
Speaker 1: that's not appealing to me at all. And to your point,

617
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,760
Speaker 1: you know, they haven't had a backup free here that

618
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:02,000
Speaker 1: could make that possible, you know. So you're great at it.

619
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 1: Why would we change what you do? We understand you

620
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: can do more, but my hunches he does do more.

621
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,320
Speaker 1: This year. I always bring up this example, like Ravens

622
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 1: go lockdown Mark Andrews. Let's see how that goes, you know,

623
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:16,280
Speaker 1: if making a Lattimore Evans type of thing. Guy and

624
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: their best guys, and then he said, Okay, the rest

625
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 1: of your guys, well, they're not very good, right and

626
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 1: Lamar is not great. I'm not gonna pick on him.

627
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: I mean the receivers, they don't have the Marquis Brown.

628
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 1: That's gonna make you pay for not having the you know,

629
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 1: the the deep middle free guy. And you know you're

630
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 1: gonna take a step down from make a two k

631
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 1: Z is your deep middle center fielder. But he's still

632
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 1: way more capable than what they've had. And if the

633
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,200
Speaker 1: Ravens are gonna beat you on deep posts, let him.

634
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: That's what I can live losing that game that way,

635
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 1: you know, but I can't have Mark Andrews catch fourteen

636
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:56,120
Speaker 1: balls for you in two scores, you know, definitely right

637
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,320
Speaker 1: when he's the only guy in town. You know, Uh,

638
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,760
Speaker 1: Chase clay Pull not practicing today. He's over here watching

639
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 1: the Uh. I guess he got a little bit of

640
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 1: a shoulder injury yesterday, not wearing anything on it though

641
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 1: it doesn't look like it's anything serious. Um, but this

642
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 1: should just I mean, so Deonte Johnson is out and

643
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 1: now Chase Claypool. Deontay sitting out and Claypool is now out. Yeah,

644
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,600
Speaker 1: this could be the pickings. If maybe people will get

645
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 1: a real treat here and luck out, then that he's

646
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,520
Speaker 1: gonna be featured even more. And he's been the talk

647
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 1: of camp. I mean his agility, size ball skills. I've

648
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 1: I've seen him make some really impressive catches and contorted

649
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:44,080
Speaker 1: body angles, especially with balls from behind him. So he's

650
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,200
Speaker 1: probably the guy people should be watching. If they're here

651
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: and they have one of have have a you know,

652
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: an earphone in your ear and listening to us while

653
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 1: you're watching, I would highly recommend you keep your eyes

654
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 1: on Mr Pickens because he puts on a show every practice.

655
00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 1: Number fourteen is worth watching. Yeah, and he looks a

656
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:04,080
Speaker 1: little different than the crew out there. You know, I'm

657
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 1: counting on him for big things. Mis Boyken standing next

658
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:11,400
Speaker 1: to him is he is a big dude. He's Again,

659
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:13,480
Speaker 1: this is the first practice I've really been able to study,

660
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 1: But it seems like something's been missing with Boykin through

661
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: his whole career. And he's a size speed guy. Um

662
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 1: this is a secondhand report, but there was a deep

663
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: ball to him. I guess yesterday or the other day

664
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 1: that he probably should have came down with, didn't. You know,

665
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 1: Like if he could just put it all together, they

666
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 1: may have a fine there, you know. I mean, I

667
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:34,480
Speaker 1: bet they liked them coming out of school. They picked

668
00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 1: him up for nothing. I mean, I trust Miller more

669
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,720
Speaker 1: than I trust Boykin. You know, freeba. Yeah, he's he's

670
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,120
Speaker 1: his highs have been higher. But there they couldn't be

671
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,960
Speaker 1: any more different, No, they couldn't. I mean, I like

672
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,400
Speaker 1: Anthony Miller, you know, bright young guy. I talked to

673
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 1: him in the spring. Um, you know, I think we're

674
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:54,320
Speaker 1: going to see the best from him this year. And

675
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 1: he's had, by all accounts, a good uh, a good

676
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 1: start to this camp as well as he gets his

677
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,479
Speaker 1: release off the line of scrim each year. Uh catches

678
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 1: the ball well because a lot of things. Yeah, more

679
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 1: of a prototypical slot, you know, but you can return

680
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: and things of that nature. Yeah yeah, yeah. He was

681
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,880
Speaker 1: a weapon at Memphis, big time, big time. Yeah. So

682
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 1: they get some they get some pedigree there some guys

683
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:18,480
Speaker 1: who maybe didn't have the best starts to their career.

684
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,279
Speaker 1: But Boykin was a third round pick, Miller was a

685
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,359
Speaker 1: second round pick. You get those guys for nothing. Yea, again,

686
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:27,040
Speaker 1: for nothing. Just pick up extra talented wide receivers that

687
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 1: have different skill sets and figure it out as you go.

688
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 1: UM strange question for it. Do you think Miller or

689
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 1: Austin will catch more slot passes this year? That's a

690
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,520
Speaker 1: great question that's still to be determined, but I think

691
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,440
Speaker 1: I think at least early on, I would lean towards Miller.

692
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:46,480
Speaker 1: Me too. I don't think Miller will ever be outside really.

693
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,279
Speaker 1: I mean, I think he's a slot only, but he's

694
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,239
Speaker 1: more like a wide receiver. I mean, he's more of

695
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: a true wide out than like Ray Ray McCloud was

696
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:58,719
Speaker 1: where I think, you know, Austin might see as many

697
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,040
Speaker 1: snaps as Miller, but I think a lot of them

698
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,880
Speaker 1: will be as a perimeter player. Miller at the combine

699
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,399
Speaker 1: was five eleven two oh one. He's pretty thick. Yeah,

700
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:08,800
Speaker 1: he's got a little more size to him. His shoulders

701
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,719
Speaker 1: are wide. He's got a strong core too. Reps on

702
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 1: the bench to it. Did he really that's strong? That's

703
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,520
Speaker 1: very strong and he has that build though. I mean

704
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 1: like he's a pretty thickly almost wide by guy. Yeah. Yeah,

705
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 1: I'm trying to look up his what his pro day

706
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,360
Speaker 1: speed was here, But he didn't he run to combine.

707
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: He didn't run it to combine four five. Um. But

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00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 1: I'm looking here at his Uh. I bet his agilities

709
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 1: were decent and Jompson, you know, okay here it is

710
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 1: four or five at his pro day. Uh, twenty yards

711
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 1: split was two point five nine seconds. Uh. The broad

712
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 1: jump was inches so ten five right? Um? Over good?

713
00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: And he has that change of direction you see that,

714
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: and he's built a little lower. That's drill for him. Yeah,

715
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:07,400
Speaker 1: it's really good. Yeah, and I quite don't quite understand.

716
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:14,279
Speaker 1: Maybe vertical too. And yeah, I mean it goes on

717
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,839
Speaker 1: to being a productive NFL receiver, which he has been.

718
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: I don't know if it was clash of personalities or

719
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:25,360
Speaker 1: attitudes with his short stint in Houston and Chicago, but

720
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,560
Speaker 1: I not make excuses for him. I'm sure he has

721
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: something to do with the departure from those two towns,

722
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 1: but they weren't exactly model NFL franchises. He just talked

723
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,120
Speaker 1: about that with you know, I talked to him about

724
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,800
Speaker 1: Rabinsky and this. Yeah. Yeah, he said, look, we the

725
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:46,760
Speaker 1: situation in Chicago wasn't always the most conducive to any winnings.

726
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 1: We're developing players or yeah, especially for that, you know

727
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 1: you think about you know, thrown right into it. Remember

728
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 1: talking to him and he I said, you know, you

729
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: kind of got thrown right in there. He says, I

730
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: set the first two games or something right right right,

731
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,320
Speaker 1: that's getting thrown into it's getting thrown into it. And

732
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 1: again it wasn't a great supporting cast. And you know,

733
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:08,719
Speaker 1: I don't think it's an accident that the Steelers have

734
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:13,720
Speaker 1: several former Bears and several former Bills. You know, they

735
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:16,480
Speaker 1: have relationship with the Bill staff. Um, that's a wind

736
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,800
Speaker 1: that those are two organizations couldn't be any more different.

737
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: But if they look at the Bears and say, boy,

738
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 1: I would develop and manage these guys a lot differently

739
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 1: if I would have drafted them, and they probably a

740
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 1: good grades on all those guys that they got, and thought, man,

741
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 1: I'd like to get my hands on those guys, because

742
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 1: I think the Bears are kind of screwing it up.

743
00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:38,360
Speaker 1: You know, yeah, right right, we can do We'll try to.

744
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 1: I bet we can do better. Absolutely, we're gonna take

745
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Speaker 1: another break. He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lully.

746
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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio.

747
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 1: We are live from Steelers training camp practice here at

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00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:52,799
Speaker 1: Saint Pancent College. We are on the deck here at

749
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:56,920
Speaker 1: Chuck the Field, and uh it's a beautiful day here

750
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,640
Speaker 1: a huge crowd. Steeler Nation has showed up in a big,

751
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,360
Speaker 1: big way today. We're bringing you all the live coverage

752
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,640
Speaker 1: of that all the way through five o'clock today. But

753
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:06,839
Speaker 1: you don't go anywhere. We'll be back with more right

754
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Speaker 1: after this. He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt

755
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:19,280
Speaker 1: Williamson on Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

756
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:27,719
Speaker 1: Welcome back. I'm Dale Lolly here with Matt Williams. I

757
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 1: just watched Matt basically Inhale took care business on that

758
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:34,800
Speaker 1: first one did so still another one sitting there for

759
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 1: the next break. I might add that Jacob rect who

760
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 1: is here with us a producing He brought up that

761
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:43,839
Speaker 1: the US crediting Wesley Eueler a little sandwich was little

762
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 1: Seinfeld George Costanza salad moment, the big salad moment, because

763
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 1: Jacob was the one who went over and gott who

764
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,839
Speaker 1: acquired right. He did the hard work, yes, and I'm

765
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 1: glad he had must gave you the food there for

766
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:03,640
Speaker 1: credited West. All right, oh thanks West, You're the best,

767
00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:07,759
Speaker 1: sure anytime, you know, whereas Jacob did the hard work. Um,

768
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 1: George Pickens brought the crowd a little and they're on

769
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,360
Speaker 1: a goal line drill while we were gone. Yeah, not

770
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,200
Speaker 1: only is Jason Laypool not practicing today, but Pat farn

771
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,000
Speaker 1: was dealing with a little bit of a hamstring. Um,

772
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,799
Speaker 1: it doesn't appear to be anything major, but he's still

773
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:24,719
Speaker 1: catching over. They're just not gonna rhyd or do drills.

774
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: I'm sure you know he's not. Yeah, he's in uniform

775
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 1: and and and that's kind of stuff. But uh, gets

776
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,279
Speaker 1: the other tight ends a little bit of a chance

777
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,960
Speaker 1: here to do some things. And what guy we haven't

778
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 1: talked about it all, uh is they're basically right now

779
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:42,440
Speaker 1: their fourth tight end, Jay Sternberger, who who's a third

780
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: round draft pick. Another one of these guys who had

781
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,239
Speaker 1: a high pedigree. Guy, That's what I say. It kind

782
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 1: of reminds me of the Miller Boykin conversation we just had.

783
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:50,759
Speaker 1: You know, like I was really fond to him coming

784
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 1: out of school. And how often have we talked about,

785
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 1: I mean, the average age where tight ends hit their

786
00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 1: their stride is twenty seven years old. A lot of

787
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 1: guys that are really alanded kind of wash out on

788
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,319
Speaker 1: their mid round in their in their early contract. Evan,

789
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:06,960
Speaker 1: Evan Ingram and O. J. Howard first round picks let alone,

790
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 1: you know, mid round guy, third round guy. Then he's

791
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,920
Speaker 1: just worth risk. He may not make team, he mayn't

792
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 1: have anything. But I mean, you bring me in a

793
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 1: high pedigree guy that again they probably liked in in

794
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:20,840
Speaker 1: the draft process and looks at what we got shots

795
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:24,279
Speaker 1: coming up good, so that maybe we'll pay a little

796
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 1: more attention that little played by play with this. If

797
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,880
Speaker 1: the gentleman here in front of us, yeah, you need

798
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,319
Speaker 1: to take a seat. There we go, all right, we're

799
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:33,400
Speaker 1: good here. It looks like it's gonna be gonna be

800
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:37,200
Speaker 1: m r bisky in the in the uh in with

801
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:41,440
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks here, I mean, this is gentry neighborhood speaking

802
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:44,239
Speaker 1: the title. How do we get down here? Pickings On

803
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:47,000
Speaker 1: is out wide down here in the bottom up top

804
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:50,239
Speaker 1: is uh is up waking the top. Get a little

805
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,480
Speaker 1: double shift here, a double tight end shift. The gentry

806
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:56,800
Speaker 1: and the Heyward out now in the slot. Ball snapped

807
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 1: looking right at Pickings all the way. And that was

808
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:03,279
Speaker 1: a bit. YEA, looks like he had a little hitch

809
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,239
Speaker 1: in his throw there too, Like his timing was a

810
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 1: little off from a start. Cam Sutton on the coverage

811
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 1: on that one. So that's a that's an incompletion. Um two. Yeah,

812
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:15,400
Speaker 1: defense of getting the better of the offense thus far,

813
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,560
Speaker 1: but I mean that's what you expect early in camp.

814
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:20,120
Speaker 1: And frankly, the Steeler's defense is better than the Steeler's offense.

815
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: So yeah, um, looking at it here, you cam Hayward

816
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:30,879
Speaker 1: out there. Um, then they're not going to rush the past. Yeah,

817
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 1: so you get pickings in motion from left to right.

818
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 1: He now lines up in the slot. The ball snapped

819
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:41,439
Speaker 1: again looking that way, that was really good coverage. Yeah,

820
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:44,520
Speaker 1: that was That was crowded neighborhood there. I mean, that

821
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,359
Speaker 1: was kind of a throwaway in my opinion. He wasn't

822
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 1: trying to force it in there is what I what

823
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:50,040
Speaker 1: I was able to see. There's also a tons of

824
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,239
Speaker 1: fans here. I'm trying to watch this through. But yeah,

825
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: um that would be over two. Now the offense back

826
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Speaker 1: out of here. The other thing about this, you're not

827
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:01,640
Speaker 1: gonna run the first. You're not gonna give it the

828
00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:05,560
Speaker 1: nausea and plow ahead to knowing his pads on um

829
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:08,320
Speaker 1: and actually it's Benny Snell in the sidecar, which is

830
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 1: a nice advantage of defense knowing its past. And we

831
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,239
Speaker 1: got a little motion from right to left with the

832
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,640
Speaker 1: left couldn't squeeze that one? Is that one the broken

833
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 1: up there by the defense? Who was that trying to

834
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:26,840
Speaker 1: get that Arthur Milette in the slot? Yeah, he was

835
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,919
Speaker 1: all over it, though he broke in the ball really well. Yeah,

836
00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 1: good work by the D I mean absolutely over three

837
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,719
Speaker 1: now yeah, I mean, obviously you can say it's bad

838
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:38,320
Speaker 1: work by the O, but I mean the coverage the

839
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 1: last two plays was very very good. Absolutely absolutely, And

840
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,040
Speaker 1: these are you have to remember too. No Chase Claypool,

841
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 1: no Deante Johnson here. So there's a lot of young

842
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:49,359
Speaker 1: receivers here. We got Miller split wide to the left,

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Speaker 1: we get doubled, We get Hayward in the slot with

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Speaker 1: Pickens on the outside. Two motions that time, nausea Harris

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Speaker 1: now motions outside of Anthony Miller looking left, looking left,

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Speaker 1: That is a touchdown would have been a sack. But

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Speaker 1: that was a touchdown touchdown to Connor. So, I mean

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Speaker 1: we've seen this a lot in this camp and even

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Speaker 1: last year's camp. Naja Harris lining up outside the numbers

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Speaker 1: or at the numbers is gonna be a common thing,

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Speaker 1: and I've seen it a lot in the red zone,

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Speaker 1: but I don't think that's gonna be exclusively a red

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Speaker 1: zone package situation. I mean, a few running backs will

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Speaker 1: catch fades and you know, high point balls, and he's

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Speaker 1: one of the ones that can do it. Is ultra

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Speaker 1: long arms and he uses that length really well. Once again,

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Speaker 1: here Mason Rudolph taking the second team step. So Kenny

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Speaker 1: Pickett still has not gotten the chance. He's on zero. Huh.

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Speaker 1: He said, he's zero for seven shots here. So we

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Speaker 1: oh boy, how about that pass rush right out the gate? Hey,

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Speaker 1: we'd with the bobbling catch there now, think he ended

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Speaker 1: up with it right, Probably should have been paid, have

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Speaker 1: been a sack. I mean, that was not a good

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Speaker 1: play by the quarterback. Well he had at the snap

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Speaker 1: of the football. Was the lot came off, They came

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Speaker 1: in with immediate pressure unblocked. Yeah that and maybe if

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Speaker 1: they were pads he had gotten his way, who knows,

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Speaker 1: But I mean, but he rushed the throw wasn't a

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Speaker 1: great throw and he can play though by Hayward. He

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Speaker 1: ended up pulling that in. Yeah, it would have been

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Speaker 1: a sack though, I think. But so, I mean the

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Speaker 1: Hayward use is just kind of interesting here because Okay,

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Speaker 1: Friar moves out, but those wide receiver injuries, shouldn't, you know,

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Speaker 1: give him an opportunity. I mean, maybe they have a

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Speaker 1: goal line package of mind with them where you could

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Speaker 1: hand it to him. You could, you know, you know,

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Speaker 1: he might be useful things that you can do there

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00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:41,640
Speaker 1: scrambling away for some pressure. And that's another wine that

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Speaker 1: was to Anthony McFarland. I can't hauld it along the sidelines.

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Speaker 1: So the defense is gonna win today. And that was

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Speaker 1: a long developing play too. I mean, he wouldn't have

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Speaker 1: had that kind of time in real life. Good work

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Speaker 1: by the d That Avery situation is an interesting one too. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'd like him like him coming on again. Another umphis guy, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the boy they have not only they have a bunch

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Speaker 1: of brothers, but they get a lot of people from

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Speaker 1: the same schools and the same same NFL teams. First, oh, yes,

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Speaker 1: here we go, Kenny, light him up, pick it, getting

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Speaker 1: the tade right off the bat to Tyler Vaughan I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna say no catch on that. He got one ft in.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure about two. Yeah, I don't know if

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Speaker 1: you get the second one in. He contorted, And it

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00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:29,319
Speaker 1: looks like the offense is celebrating here. He went up

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Speaker 1: and got it though, and that was a good throw.

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Speaker 1: I mean it didn't have too much air under it.

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Speaker 1: I mean he got it out very decisively where only

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Speaker 1: the receiver can make the play. I mean I was

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Speaker 1: more worried about the quarterback than the whether the guy

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Speaker 1: gets his feet in or not. I mean, considered as

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Speaker 1: the first time doing shots, so I thought it's a nice,

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00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:49,520
Speaker 1: nice play there by Pickett absolutely us going to special

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00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:54,359
Speaker 1: teams now, Uh, I think, uh no, maybe not. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they usually break off into this and do something eleven

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Speaker 1: eleven or maybe they are doing especially say Danny, look

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Speaker 1: at Dan. He's out in the middle of the field.

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Speaker 1: He's he's yelling and screaming. So it is a special

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Speaker 1: teams session here now. So yeah, um, well, let's uh,

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Speaker 1: before we get back into the j Sternberger conversation you

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Speaker 1: want to do here, let's take another break. Here is

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Speaker 1: Matt Williamson, I am Dale, Lolly, you're listening to the

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Speaker 1: Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We are live as

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Speaker 1: you could tell now from yeah, from the Chuck Nollfield, Uh,

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Speaker 1: right next to the press box. We're on the observation

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Speaker 1: deck area here. Uh. It gives us a great advantage

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Speaker 1: point to watch practice. We appreciate that and uh hopefully

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Speaker 1: you're appreciating us being able to bring you a little

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Speaker 1: more live play by play from practice here at the SAT.

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Speaker 1: It's called Presley Harvin that was landed on the six,

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Speaker 1: landed at the six. It he did. He get a

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Speaker 1: job on that one for sure. But we're gonna take

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Speaker 1: a break. We'll be back with more from the drive

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Speaker 1: right after this