1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: He's The Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: you home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 3 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Drive. I'm Dale Ally here with Matt Williamson. 4 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: We are live from Steelers training camp here at St. 5 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: Vincent College. We're overlooking practice here at Chuck north Field 6 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: and uh, some a little bit of news to get 7 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: to before we're always stuff here. Uh. The Steelers have 8 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: hired David Moorehouse as this team's senior adviser to the President. 9 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: Morehouse will pocus primarily on community and league related initiatives 10 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: in a newly created position for the Steelers. He'll be 11 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: helping out Art Rooney the Second with some of those 12 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: duties there. Morehouse, of course, had been with the Penguins 13 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: since two thousand and four, so obviously he knows the community. 14 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,639 Speaker 1: He's from Pittsburgh and uh, I'm pretty sure probably knows 15 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: on and Steelers are. I think he has a pretty 16 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: good hunt tip. He's been around since two thousand four. Yeah, 17 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: so yeah, that's a big hire for the Steelers. Uh. 18 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: And uh we've seen a lot of you got a 19 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: lot of new faces out here in that front office 20 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: just in general. Um, I mean your number of players 21 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: that had never been here before is astronomical, you know, 22 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: starting with mins make of Fitzpatrick and everybody since. So 23 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: yeah there, I mean it's the league. This moves that way. 24 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: I mean everything is very quickly moving. I mean there's 25 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: a lot of new faces and he can't he go 26 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: to there's a good environment today though, I mean, uh, 27 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: it's hot. It's definitely the hot. This is this is hot. 28 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: This is hot. I mean even under a tent, it's hot. 29 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: Just walking over from lunch, I mean there's no way 30 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: around it. I was sweating pretty good. Um, but it 31 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: couldn't have been those two double burgers that you ate 32 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: two double gyrot burgers. He and he ate one and 33 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: then he's he gets up and goes and he comes 34 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: back with another one like that's that's strong. It was 35 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: a strong move, but sauce on the side. I had 36 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: a little bit of fed on there. I will say 37 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: when I went for a night cheese right now, Yeah, 38 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: I will say when I went back for number two, 39 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: I was planning on getting a single, but I think 40 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: they're just doubles, like when they're they're a little presentation. 41 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 1: There's two two patties. So I just said, just give 42 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: me a burger, and I didn't expect the double, but 43 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: I didn't throw any of it away. That beat me 44 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: getting the h The double cheese cheeseburger didn't beat that. 45 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: The cheese, the grilled cheese cheeseburgers Sharky's the other night. 46 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: You got a grilled cheese sandwiches with a burger on 47 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: top of it, with another grilled cheese on top of that, 48 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: with bacon in between, and the whole pile of fries. 49 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: Those little double burgers I put away on the pale 50 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: in comparison with the grease that you can sume. Two 51 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: grilled cheese sandwiches. There was the buns. Those are the 52 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: buns right right right? I mean not one piece of 53 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: bread was the bun. Two pieces of bread with a 54 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: bunch of right right right right, the pound of butter. 55 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: I ate the whole thing. Yeah, it's impressive move. I've 56 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: been full ever since, although you and I did get 57 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: a pizza last night and that didn't hurting on that either. Yeah, 58 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: we uh. You know, other guys. The players are out 59 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: there losing weight at this camp, correct, we're probably gaining. 60 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: It's possible. I'm sweating some stuff out. I was down 61 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 1: at two oh five when camp opened. I'm betting I'm 62 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 1: not at two oh five. I'll take the over on that. Yeah, 63 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: I will too. I know you keep hanging out with me. 64 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: You're definitely I feel like a fat guy now. Anyway. Anyways, 65 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: I do think coach Solmon's pretty happy about the heat though. Yeah, 66 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: the Steelers are not in pads today after two days 67 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: of padded practices, and yesterday's practice was much more spirited. Ue. 68 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: I think there was a message sent because the first 69 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: two plays of inside Run Droll a team run um, 70 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: Cam Hayward gets into a little pushing match with Benny 71 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: Snow and then goes after him. And then on the 72 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: very next play, t J watt Uh tackles Calvin Austin 73 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: and stepped over top of him, and Calvin Austin goes 74 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: out like there is a little bit of me. Yeah, 75 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: there was some attitude thrown around there. Again. I commend 76 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: Austin for Staton standing up for himself against the defensive 77 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: player of the year, you know, I mean, you're the 78 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: new guy here into the smallest dude on the field 79 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: and whatch just read the play unbelievably well? He looks 80 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: better than ever and unblockable here. And then there were 81 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: some scuffles with the big men and one on ones too, absolutely, 82 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 1: and that's been kind of a common theme too. So good. 83 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: I mean more fights are better, keep keep, don't get, 84 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 1: don't get, not fight fights, They're not fights, you know, 85 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: skirmishes skirmishes, Yeah, guys, Uh, showing some displeasure with each other, Yeah, 86 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: right right, and then your means you're starting to get 87 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 1: ready to play somebody else, which isn't that far away. No, Uh, 88 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: the Steelers making a roster move today, of course, with 89 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: some running backs down nausea. Harris not practicing yesterday, won't 90 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 1: be practicing again today. They say, Master Tigue the third. 91 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: I don't know who Mastertigue the first and second where, 92 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: but he is presumably his sibling or his parents. And 93 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: would imagine in case, of course, you if you were 94 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: a college football fan, you remember him playing at Ohio 95 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: State from eighteen to two thousand one uh seventeen hunder 96 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: sixty four rushing yards, seventeen touchdowns, five and a half 97 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: yards of carry caught, eleven passes for a hundred and 98 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 1: eighteen yards, had eight rush eight rushing touchdowns. Uh In 99 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: for the buck Eyes that was the third most in 100 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: the big ten um from what I remember, went on 101 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: the reserve injured list. He's been dealing with the shoulders 102 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: ship and Tigues had a tough I mean, I'm like 103 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: a candy code. He's had a tough time sticking with anybody. Um, 104 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: I don't think he was even the guy necessarily the 105 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: highest state time they've always had. I mean it's he 106 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 1: would have been at a lot of schools, of course, 107 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 1: but that team is loaded with talent and they spread 108 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: the ball around a little bit. Um. From what I 109 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: know about him physical runner, Um, it's not a lot 110 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: of special qualities. I would Yeah, I mean I don't 111 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 1: think he's real breakaway threat or super elusive or great 112 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: in the receiving game. And my immediate thought is, well, 113 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 1: master the third, How good are you on special teams? 114 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: You know what, You're gonna call him Master the third, 115 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: but you better be good on the better good. I 116 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 1: mean at this point you're looking at camp bodies. This 117 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: is not getting enough back to the run your drills. Yeah, 118 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I know there were some fans when they 119 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: when Jeremy McNichols was signed, looked at us said, well 120 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: if this is the running back that they're getting to 121 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: potentially replace her, you know, spare or spell Nazi Harris, 122 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: that's not enough. Um, I don't think that. I don't think. 123 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: I don't think that's what he was brought in to do. 124 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: It is interesting though, that McNichols is more of a 125 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: receiving back, whereas Tigue gets more of a power back. 126 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 1: Is Anthony McFarland shown enough in this camp that's a 127 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: good angle. Maybe they don't think that they need that 128 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 1: because I remember when we were, you know, broadcasting before 129 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: the practice that McNichols showed up same way we just 130 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: kind of introduced key was folks, He's not Nazi's handcuff. 131 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: He's not the di Angelo to Levy on move. He's 132 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: more of a shot across the bowl to McFarland. You 133 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: know that we want the dynamic, big play four or 134 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: four or forty type of guy out there, and you know, 135 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: here and there we a plan for those guys. This 136 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 1: is not soul training. We don't want to see you 137 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: dancing out there and getting to hit the line of scrimmage. 138 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: And to his credit, we talked about it yesterday, he's 139 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: just done that. Yeah. I thought it's the best practice 140 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: I've ever seen him. Have you know that he was 141 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: not a lot of wasted motion. It was hit it 142 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: and get it and attack the line of scrimmage, even 143 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: if he's going you know laterally when they give him 144 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: the balls, you know, like a jet suite type of situation. 145 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: So it's gonna it's gonna test the yeah, right, right, right. 146 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: So again, as you often say, these guys are allowed 147 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: to get better, maybe McFarland's getting better because it's a 148 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: critical point in his career already, without a doubt, and 149 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: uh yeah, I think you know, if if he's able 150 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: to do that and use that speed as a factor. Again, 151 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: when he's running with choppy steps and and dancing around 152 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: in the hole, that doesn't do you any good. A 153 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: lot of limbs flying. You know, you might as well 154 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: be me rout there doing that because you're not going 155 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: you're not going anywhere. And he's a he's a smaller guy, 156 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: so you know he's going down with first contact. Well, 157 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: if he used that speed to your advantage, I mean 158 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: we talked about it then. That that sweep that he 159 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: ran yesterday, I mean he took the ball and went 160 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: he just took off and hit the see him and 161 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: he was throwing. This is true at all positions. You know, 162 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: defensive tackle comes to mind, but sometimes when you're a 163 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: five star recruit or a quarterback that has an unbelievably 164 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: big arm, you don't have to learn the finer points 165 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: of the position, you know, like defensive tackles don't have 166 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: that are five star recruits. Can you just take the 167 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: guy and throw them away and just go chase down 168 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: quarterbacks if you have a Matthew Stafford or a Flacco arm, 169 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: you don't have to be a great anticipatory throw or 170 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: you just drive it in there and you can wait 171 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: a second longer. And I used the example yesterday. And 172 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's the same type as good a player, 173 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: but Sae Kwon Barkley fights those things now too, like 174 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: thinks he's the best guy on the field and tries 175 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: to break a lot of long runs and tough to 176 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: pull that off unless you're Barry Sanders, you know, yeah right, 177 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: and and so yeah, I mean I think that you know, 178 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: you can look at it that way, is okay. They 179 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 1: didn't bring in another scat back. They looked at another 180 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: another thumber here, and maybe that's just what was available. 181 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: It's just the best guy to boarder. I have a 182 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: hard time believing there wasn't something like if they wanted 183 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: to go get a if there was another type they wanted. Yeah, 184 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: is not that special, you know right. I mean again, 185 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: eleven catches for d eighteen yards in his career. Like 186 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: they're just looking for somebody to hold a roster spot there. 187 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: And I think they want to be able to run 188 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,959 Speaker 1: drills today, you know, and maybe he does something good 189 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: wise here and I'll kill the other guys exactly exactly, 190 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:16,599 Speaker 1: But you know, I though we talked a lot. I 191 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: guess it was yesterday till my days run together. Um, 192 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: the two undrafted kids, though, I want to see him 193 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 1: in games worn in particular. But Mateo and Warren, I 194 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: think they have a chance to make this team or 195 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,119 Speaker 1: at least make an impact in the coming years. Yeah. Absolutely, 196 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: I've really liked what I've seen of Jalen. Warren and 197 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin talked about him after practice yesterday. Was asked 198 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 1: about him. He said, hey, look he showed up in 199 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: great shape. Uh, he looks. We're down a couple of 200 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: backs here and so he's getting more reps and he 201 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: typically would have, and he's he's accepting all that. UM 202 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: fans reacted here to Anthony Miller, I believe that is 203 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: catching how many balls we got here? At least four? Yeah, 204 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: they're doing the they're doing the thing where they catch 205 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: the punt returners, catch a bunch of balls here and 206 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 1: keep them all in their arms and catch the next one. 207 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: So he's tucking the balls away here. I think he's 208 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: got he's up to four and I think there's four 209 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: in his mits as we speak, and he's getting ready 210 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: to do he's loading them up here so you can 211 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: try to catch the fifth one. They've done this for years. 212 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, but it's fine and their fans like it, 213 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: and it's got to be extremely hard. So he has 214 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: the right arm open. We don't know he's got one 215 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 1: of that. I caught it and went down so knocked 216 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: him over. But he's got five in his his mits 217 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: as we speak. Danny Smith watching it. He's another guy. 218 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: It's just had a great camp. I think. Yeah, I 219 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:32,559 Speaker 1: know you wrote you wrote about him today on d 220 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: K Pitch. You know what six? Oh he has six point. 221 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: He flung him out there and he had one Captain 222 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: Caveman hitting away under his fur or whatever. But I did. 223 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:44,839 Speaker 1: There's an article went live today about Miller, and it's 224 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: pretty much all positive. I mean, especially when you consider 225 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: they picked him up for nothing, and I hadn't realized 226 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: this either. They gave a million bucks this yere, you know, 227 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: like they liked that little stint he was here last year, 228 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: even though he only caught I think one pass or 229 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: two passes. Yeah, but that in pet that one catch 230 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 1: that he had I remember it was on a crossing 231 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: pattern in the past, was down in front of him 232 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 1: in the and it was a little in front of him. 233 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 1: He caught the end of the football, the back end 234 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 1: of the football, Yeah, and held onto it and kept going. 235 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: But you get tackled for a two yard game. But 236 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: that was just their passing game last year more than anything. Um. 237 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 1: But you know, you look at his highlights tapeighlights on 238 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 1: that article are pretty impressive. And there's a lot more 239 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: I could have picked from contorting the balls. Trabiskie trusting 240 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:32,599 Speaker 1: him was the quarterback on a lot of those, and 241 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 1: Daniels was one of the offensive linemen. You know. So 242 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: you pluck those guys out of a not so great situation, 243 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: put him you know, presumably in a better situation, they 244 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: all have a familiarity with one another. I think there's 245 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: value in that. Um. I think he's a pure slot. 246 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: You know, in today's NFL that pigeon holds you a 247 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: little bit. But this team doesn't have a pure slot. 248 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're just looking at pure slots, and 249 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: I think that'll be Claypool's job. He's the best of 250 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: the group and he's not see in him live. I 251 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 1: knew he was bigger than Welker, and you know some 252 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 1: of them certainly bigger than But he's pretty put together. 253 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,319 Speaker 1: I mean, his upper body is thick, he's got long arms, 254 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: big hands. So he's growing on me quick. And I 255 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: kind of look at him as the fourth receiver right now. 256 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: I do too, I think, And I think that's how 257 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: they view him because he's been kind of running in 258 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: that grouping with with things. UM. I guess Austin could 259 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,679 Speaker 1: influence that though. Yeah, but he's a big you know, 260 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: he's different. Yeah, they don't have somebody like him on 261 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: the roster. Miller is a bigger guy than than Austin. 262 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: Austin brings a little bit more of that. He's he's 263 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:38,439 Speaker 1: to me is more of the Anthony McFarland or Calvin Austin, 264 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: which one of those guys you want to use in 265 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: that role to do jet sweeps And agreed. The only 266 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: thing I'd fight you on is I still believe, and 267 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 1: this is just based off college tape, that Austin can 268 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: line up outside the numbers and run out routes and 269 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: goes and you know receiver stuff. Yeah, that's why I 270 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: love to pick um the Miller. What's showing up here 271 00:12:58,120 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: with two with Miller as I focused on in the 272 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: last a couple of days and going back and watching 273 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 1: those highlights from two thousand and eighteen nineteen. You know, 274 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,559 Speaker 1: early in his career, he's very passionate, you know. I 275 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 1: mean he's he's got a million comments, you know, great 276 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: end zone dancer. Oh that's funny he is. But I 277 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: mean even here, he catches those punts and he he's 278 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: charging up the crowd, he charging up his teammates, and 279 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: he likes football. He wants to block, you know. I 280 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: mean he gets frustrated when things aren't going well. So 281 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: competitiveness and tenaciousness, they're nice little qualities from him. I 282 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: think he's a keeper for sure. Yeah, And you're looking 283 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: at him, he's you know, oh, he's just he's just 284 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: a slotgoun He's five eleven two h pounds, right, I 285 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: mean he's you know, he's put together more like a 286 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: running back than he is a little receiver. I do 287 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 1: think he is just a slot guy. But he's a 288 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 1: very sturdy one that can handle the pounding and he 289 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: will block, which I think is big for this team. 290 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: You know, So he was a nice fine And again, 291 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 1: I don't know how the pecking order exactly is going 292 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,559 Speaker 1: to shape up. But there might be days you want 293 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: to throw four receivers out there, or you're down fourteen 294 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: with you know, with eight minutes left on the clock 295 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: and it's just throw throws road time, or Claypool doesn't 296 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: adjust the slot perfectly well, or you just want to 297 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: keep a revolving door based on who you're playing that 298 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: week or what kind of slot. I think that's gonna 299 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: be the big part of it. You know, who's the 300 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 1: other team, who's your opponent that week, and who they 301 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: have playing in the slot. Yeah, I mean some at 302 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: a corner, a little corner, is it a safety? Is 303 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: it is a you know, they bring a linebacker out 304 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: of times to to cover that even when you're in 305 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: three receiver sets, a lot of teams do, and that 306 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: you know he's gonna win those just starts stop a special. 307 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: It's really good. Yeah. It really showed up in the 308 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: red zone the last couple of practices too, with you know, 309 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: little jerk routes and things like that, whip routes, things 310 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 1: like that. Um, and again, I mean if you're if 311 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: you're dealing with a Mike I'm a picking on Mike Hilton. 312 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: He's just the smallest corner. I could come up with 313 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: a thought in my head that people would know. Um, 314 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: that type of slot is a lot different than a 315 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: pounds safety. You know, it plays a slot or an 316 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: overhang linebacker. And maybe Claypool would struggle against one and 317 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: not the other, and Miller would thrive against that one. 318 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 1: You know. So it's just another option, absolutely, and I 319 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: think this team does have a lot of of options 320 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: at that receiver position. You still like to see your 321 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: numbers one and two guys get out there. Um, nothing 322 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 1: against you know, George Pickens and what he's done to 323 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: this point, but which has been great. He's still a rookie. 324 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: He's still rookie, right And you you know, you'd like 325 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: to have that guy that's been there and done that. 326 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: And again, I don't think you stress enough that Anthony 327 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: Miller has a rapport with Mitch Drabinsky, right. I mean 328 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: they came in the league similar times, and they had 329 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: success together. They some of their best football was on 330 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: the field together. Um, and again there's some of those 331 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: highlights I watched. It just showed the Trabinsky trusted him 332 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: before the snap of the ball. Yeah, I got one 333 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: on one here, I'm going there no matter what. And 334 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: there was some contested catches or there was even times 335 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: Miller bailed out Trabinsky on a bad throw or whatever, 336 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: and you can towards his body like you said, and 337 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: catch you know, the point of the ball on the holaday. 338 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: And so you know, I'm not putting him in Canton 339 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: or anything anything right now, but I think he's a 340 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 1: fine edition that's gonna help his team. Yeah, I think 341 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: the key for him, you know what, can he contribute 342 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: on special teams and as we mentioned, he's just back 343 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: there catching punts. Uh, you know, can he be that 344 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: guy because ray Ray McLeod did that last year. Uh, 345 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: somebody has to take that job. I assume he's not 346 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: gonna to tackle anyone on special teams. I think he's 347 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: probably probably not, but his body type tells me that 348 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: he could probably do it if you had to. Toughness, competitiveness, strength, 349 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: body type all indicate he could. Yeah. It does means 350 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: good at it, but right, right, right, yeah. I had 351 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 1: a conversation about that today with Ulysses Gilbert Um, you know, 352 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: just about the whole special team's aspect of things, kind 353 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: of piggybacking well for what we talked about yesterday when 354 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 1: they were working on some special teams drills and and 355 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: I said, people think you just run down there, willy 356 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: nilly and just go make the tackle. He's much more 357 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: to it. Oh yeah, it's like your hair's on fire 358 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: and he just lying on the field. Right. This is 359 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: that the the berserkers running down the right, right right 360 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: attack the monastery or something. I hate to say that 361 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: when we're out here in the same things of college, 362 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: but those proserkers may have had a little more strategy 363 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: and give him credit for two it might have. Vikings 364 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: are pretty wise folks. Absolutely, Uh, we're gonna take a break. 365 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lolly you're listening 366 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 1: to the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We are 367 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: high above the practice field here, We're pretty high above it. 368 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: Uh at that stat of the college. The Steelers going 369 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 1: through their stretch period right now. As practice gets underwegh 370 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: a little bit more here. We'll start to give you 371 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: a little more play by play of talk to you 372 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: about what tell you lets you know what's happening here 373 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: in front of us. But we're gonna take a break. 374 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 1: We'll be back with more right after this. Please. He's 375 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 1: the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on Home 376 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 1: of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back, 377 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,439 Speaker 1: I'm Dale. All we do with Matt Williams if we 378 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: are alive from Steelers training camp here at St. Penncent College. 379 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,439 Speaker 1: Steelers finishing off their stretch here. Just guys just breaking 380 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: off here to go to their position groups. Uh. They'll 381 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: go do some team drills and then get into the 382 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 1: main portion of practice. Managers noticed they have US NFL 383 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 1: officials here at practice. Well they do huh okay, Uh, yeah, 384 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 1: I was a little Bertie told me that the Steelers 385 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: will be finishing up practice today with their first two 386 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,400 Speaker 1: minute drill. Good. Uh, so that'll be a lot of fun. 387 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: We'll have the uh, we'll have that to bring you 388 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: some information from as we watched that happen. I've been 389 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 1: told they're gonna start, you have to go, they're gonna 390 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,160 Speaker 1: have to go fifty three yards in one nineteen with 391 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 1: one time out, and you need a touchdown to win it. 392 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: Good okay in situational football. Um. Before I knew that 393 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: or even notice the refs, I was about to say it, 394 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: open the segment. I want to see crisper offensive performance. 395 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,159 Speaker 1: These guys aren't pads. I don't want to hear you 396 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: can't block t J. Watt or Cam Hayward or whomever. 397 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: We've been at camp now long enough, and I know 398 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 1: they're down some high quality skill position dudes, but namely 399 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks. I want to see them be a little 400 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,479 Speaker 1: sharper today. You know we've been done with Yeah, I'm 401 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: done with excuses. You know, I'll see you know, we've 402 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: talked to Tarrell Austin today and uh myself, Mike Pursuita 403 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 1: and and another reporter, and Mike said, hey, is uh 404 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 1: are you gonna He's gonna tell t J to scale 405 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 1: it or doll it back a little bit to allow 406 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: the offense to get some stuff done. He's like, hey, 407 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 1: we're out here working to goa you gotta work around us. Uh. 408 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:20,640 Speaker 1: You know what's pretty uh pretty disruptive. Yeah, and that's 409 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: what you expect from the I mean you hear stories 410 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: are like the Rams pulling Aaron Donald out of practice 411 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 1: so they can get things done. And I'm sure the 412 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,679 Speaker 1: Steelers might get to that point at some point, you know, 413 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: with the live stuff and plus you keep his body fresh. 414 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: But I tell you better. I mean, do you think 415 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 1: the Browns are gonna sit Myles Garrett on third and eight? 416 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: I mean, that's not the way it works when you 417 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: play him. This is this is a league. Yeah, you 418 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: better figure it out how to block that guy and 419 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: how you get him. Um, just don't let him destroy it. 420 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 1: The thing that I'm taking out of this is that 421 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: the Steelers defense might be pretty damn good. That seems 422 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: like everyone looks at things half empty as opposed to 423 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: have full. But the defense is whipping the offense is. 424 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: But at this point, I mean, there's just no way 425 00:19:57,840 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: around it. I Mean the quarterbacks look, I want to 426 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 1: say lost, but they're not in command and not you know, 427 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: taking things up a level. The blocking looks bad. They're 428 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 1: very short on quality weapons right now because of holding 429 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: dudes out. But in the meantime, why aren't we talking 430 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 1: about man, This defense is destroying people out there and 431 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 1: looks great. And then Lulu Lario gun job and make 432 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,400 Speaker 1: a Fitzpatrick out there. Yeah, good point. And they still 433 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: have plenty of star power, and you know they're not 434 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 1: they're not complaining about not having their top guys. You've 435 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 1: still gotta figure out ways to block T J. What 436 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: and Kim Heyward. You know, by the way, Chris Wormley 437 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 1: at seven sacks last year, Yeah, and Alex Highsmith at six. 438 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: I mean, it's still a formidable defense. That it's just 439 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: one example, but I've noticed Mile's jack really diagnosing things 440 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 1: very quickly, and screens are long developing plays he's attacking on. 441 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: And they also wonder again not make excuses for the offense. 442 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: I'm done with that. That Canada's offense is a little 443 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 1: bit unique and if you face it every day in practice, 444 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 1: it's a lot easier than it is once a week 445 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: or you know, once a year or whatever. And the 446 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: other thing is too, is is that the offense has 447 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 1: so many young and new faces in the defense. Even 448 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 1: though the guys, some of those guys are backups, they're veteran, 449 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: like the monte Caz has played a lot of football 450 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: in the NFL in the Yeah, these are guys that 451 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: are that that have played, whereas a lot of the 452 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 1: younger the offense is a lot of younger guys who 453 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: are still trying to figure this thing out. And there's 454 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,880 Speaker 1: been a handful of plays, you know, as to be expected. Again, 455 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: I'm not being critical in this regard where one of 456 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: the eleven does something wrong, you know, on offense and 457 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: the play blows up. Okay, great, we're working that out 458 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: in early August here, that's what that's while we're here. 459 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 1: But they're also I'm sure the coaches are stressing well, 460 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: not only are one is one guy screwing up this 461 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 1: assignment once in a while. It's not all the time, 462 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: but three of you are playing slow. You know, it's 463 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 1: not second nature. You're out there thinking and that stuff 464 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: will get better. And I think the quarterbacks are playing slow. 465 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: The one thing that they have done well, they've looked 466 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: good when they've rolled the pocket absolutely, and and those 467 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: kind of things. Play actions still work in progress. But 468 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: when they've rolled the pocket, been productive, They've been productive, 469 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: they completed those passes, and I think we'll see a 470 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: lot of that. That helps the old line. It shortens 471 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: your reads to half a field. Both all these guys, 472 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: you know, particularly Trabisky and Picket, I think through quite 473 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: well rolling right or left, and that was a requirement 474 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 1: when they went out and got him. Yeah. Um, you 475 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 1: know the knock on miss Robiskie early in his career 476 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: was some of the his I guess accuracy, Um, some 477 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 1: decision making too. Yeah. I haven't necessarily seen accuracy be 478 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: a huge huge issue. Yeah, he's he's missed on some passes, like, 479 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 1: for example, the one that was intercepted yesterday. I don't 480 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 1: know if that was on him or if that was 481 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,640 Speaker 1: on Anthony Miller because I saw it me. Anthony Miller 482 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 1: come over and talked to Frisman Jackson afterwards. I think 483 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,080 Speaker 1: Fan Frisman was saying, hey, you need to run that 484 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: a little bit deeper. Um, Now, could the past have 485 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: been better? I think yeah? Yeah. But we're also spoiled 486 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: here for years with Ben Roethlisberger, who had pretty immaculate accuracy, 487 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 1: like he could throw the ball pretty much anywhere. He 488 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: wanted to. If there's anything about Ben's game that I 489 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: think is underrated in NFL history, is how good of 490 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: a pure passer he is, you know. I mean people 491 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: talk about guys like my homes. Now Ben's at that level, 492 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: you know, in terms of not setting your feet at 493 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:33,120 Speaker 1: different arm angles, unbelievable accuracy, putting the ball exactly where 494 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: you want it, having more than just a fastball, having 495 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,919 Speaker 1: many pitches, every every bag in your every club in 496 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: your bag. He hits well, you know, and these guys 497 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: aren't gonna throw the ball as well as you know 498 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 1: in his prime Ben, that's for sure. And that I 499 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: think that Miller plays the same one I'm thinking about. 500 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,640 Speaker 1: But there was one or two plays near the end 501 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: of practice yesterday where two receivers are just too close together. 502 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 1: That's not a quarterback mistake. I mean, that's there's no 503 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,719 Speaker 1: way that the route combination was designed that way because 504 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: it's easy to defend. You don't want these people in 505 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 1: the same area, so, you know, And that's the other 506 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 1: problem that you have when you have a bunch of 507 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 1: young receivers out there are guys who just haven't been 508 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 1: in there. Like everybody in the offense right now, who's 509 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 1: working with that first team, with the first unit is 510 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,360 Speaker 1: either a guy who's not not a starter. I'm talking 511 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: about skill position guys who has who hasn't been here 512 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: or hasn't been hasn't played in the league, right, right, right. 513 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:29,160 Speaker 1: I mean there's just a lot of news, a lot 514 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,199 Speaker 1: of newness, and there's a little while till you know, 515 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: to opening day, and that's why you do these practices. Um. 516 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 1: I do think as I've started the show, I want 517 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: to get to the point though, where Mitch is elevating 518 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: those guys a little bit more. He's starting to be comfortable. 519 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: He want him to look like an NFL starter. You 520 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: know that this guy's running the wrong route, pull him aside, 521 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 1: and next time he doesn't. And with all respect to 522 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 1: the great bend throws we've seen here, which are an 523 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 1: unbelievable laundry list, I want to see a throw here 524 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,639 Speaker 1: and there we I'm like, whoa that was throw? You 525 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 1: know what I mean? From any of them? Yeah, I 526 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 1: haven't seen many quarterback throws where I just say, Wow, 527 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 1: what a throw that was? Yeah? And then I mean, 528 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: I don't know that that's necessarily you have to have 529 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: that you don't, But you'd like to see it, you'd 530 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: like and seven on seven and Ralphs versus Air and 531 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: stuff like that. Yeah, I want to see whoa he 532 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: dropped that in there? Or boy, what what the heat 533 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,480 Speaker 1: he threw on that ball on on the run or 534 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: without his feet set? You know, I just want to 535 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 1: see some more wild moments. Yeah. Has Mason Rudolph looked 536 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: the best to you? But the guys, Yeah, I think so. 537 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,959 Speaker 1: I think so. Yeah. I mean, he's not gonna challenge Robisky. 538 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: I don't think he is what he is, and I 539 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 1: attribute a lot of it to fall two things. Rudolph 540 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 1: has worked very hard, and he's gotten better since he's 541 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: been here. I'm not thinking anyway from him, but it's 542 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: it's a pretty good argument that familiarity is so important. Yeah, 543 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And he's also you know, 544 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: last week he was working with the twos. This week 545 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 1: he's working with the threes. He's playing. You know, he 546 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: might be the only guy in the in the three 547 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: group of threes out there, who's actually played in an 548 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 1: NFL game offensively or defensively. Yeah, And so he should 549 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,640 Speaker 1: show up in the in those situations, you'd be you'd 550 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 1: be shocked if he didn't, but he didn't get the 551 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: mooded for bad play. You know, it's just we need 552 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: to give Kenny more valuable reps. There's a big he's 553 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 1: a big investment. Yeah. The people who say they need 554 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: to get rid of Mason Rudolph, I don't know that 555 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: that's going to happen. I mean, I think it doesn't 556 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:20,959 Speaker 1: make much sense to me right now. I think he's 557 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: a valuable member of this team. I think, you know, 558 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 1: having a backup who has started games in the league 559 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: is well to me, it's more valuable than having a 560 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 1: too that don't that had never started the game in 561 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: the league. And by no means am I predicting it 562 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 1: will hold up. But so you're suggesting they're trading their 563 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 1: best quarterback right now. What I mean on what August 564 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: second or third? He's their best quarterback right now. I 565 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 1: don't think he will be, but he is right now. Yeah, 566 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 1: I mean, that's all. That's all part of it. The 567 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: Steelers that looks like they're getting about ready to go 568 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 1: do some seven shots here the offense. Now they're going 569 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: to the receivers and quarterbacks going in the middle of 570 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: the field to work on some routes here. The defensive 571 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: players are all over in the other few. Uh, the 572 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: offensive linemen are down at the far end zone. I 573 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: would assume that's where they'll do seven shots that they 574 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: on the end zone to our left. Um, so we 575 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 1: will have a bit of a restrictive view there, but 576 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 1: they'll try to bring you what's going on with that. Uh, 577 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: the offense needs to do a better job in that situation. 578 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: And uh, it looks like they're practicing go routes to 579 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks left and they're they're asking one receiver just 580 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 1: to kind of hang with them and make contested catches. 581 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 1: But as we mentioned before with Miller, contorts his body, 582 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: comes back to the football a little bit, wasn't a 583 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,439 Speaker 1: bad throw, plucks it off the defensive back, you know, 584 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: and quotes shoulder there and continues up the field without 585 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: losing speed. It's not easy to do. I was, boy, 586 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: come with a nice adjustment to a back shoulder through. Yeah, 587 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: show show a little size and physicality, go up and 588 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 1: get it. Okay, okay, I think you got both feet 589 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 1: in there. And I say, I'm not sure what they're 590 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: telling the quarterback to do. Is this just a back 591 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 1: shoulder trill? Might be shoulder because the first one wasn't 592 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,680 Speaker 1: actu older. It's to threw me off at the last 593 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: three have been on go routes, you know, like this 594 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: guy's with you, so I'm gonna throw it back shoulder, 595 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: you go adjust to it. Pickings to me is built 596 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,679 Speaker 1: for this. Yeah, this is what he should just be 597 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,680 Speaker 1: a stud at um we'll see here. And frankly, I 598 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 1: think Claypool struggled with this kind of stuff last year, 599 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 1: but should be good at it. Yeah, and that's the 600 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: type of thing that could make or break a season 601 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 1: for him to you know, stay off the ground a 602 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 1: little more and go up and get these type of 603 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 1: contested catches would be big for Claypool. Yeah. Deante Johnson 604 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 1: running that last rep there. Yes, he is doing team drills, 605 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,880 Speaker 1: should individual drills. He's working hard here by the Yeah, 606 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: he's not. He's not taking the day's off. He's out 607 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: there getting work in. Let's see here, Okay, he's just 608 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: that one wasn't really a back shoulder. That was more 609 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: of a just a lofted up our fifty fifty type. 610 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,239 Speaker 1: Let the let the receiver go get say that one 611 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: kind of a a back shoulder, Yeah, Pickens may look 612 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: easy though too. Yeah, just real smooth flipping his hips 613 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: against the grain, which is harder to do than people think. 614 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 1: The receiver in twenty one so screws me up. Yeah, 615 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 1: that would be Uh, he's the new guy, Javon McKinley, 616 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: if that's something. I mean, I like this receiver group 617 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: as a whole. I think they get some talent there 618 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 1: that if I'm another team, I'm gonna be on I'm 619 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: gonna be on the phone with the Steelers seeing what 620 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: they've got at Austin moves in a different year than everybody. Yeah, 621 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: I mean, like the Dallas Cowboys just lost James Washington. 622 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: We haven't talked about that at all. They've my podcast today, 623 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: my co host mentioned it, Ceedee Lamb's the only receiver 624 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: on their team that it's caught a pass in the NFL, 625 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: Right right right, It might be an issue that's a 626 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 1: problem right now. They did? You know they did draft 627 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 1: one early with third round or second I think yes, 628 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 1: But he's a small school guy, Like asking him to 629 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 1: make that jump is is a bit of a you know, 630 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,800 Speaker 1: you're guessing in many ways big time. Uh. You know, 631 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: it looks like James Washington is out six to ten weeks, 632 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,320 Speaker 1: so he will be back at some point to season. Still, 633 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 1: I mean that's when Gallup returns around that time too. Yeah, 634 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 1: I mean, if they're lucky, you know, they they have 635 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 1: designs on winning the or the NFC or NFC East, 636 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: even um, you can be buried by that time. Yeah, 637 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 1: it's a really interesting year for them. Again. I mentioned 638 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 1: the we did an a FC NFC East preview today 639 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: on my podcast and uh and what I referenced is 640 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 1: actually an article I'm reading for Steelers dot Com is 641 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,560 Speaker 1: just going division by division. A lot of nerdy stats 642 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: in there and little overviews and guys they've added, they've 643 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: changed up to Williamson's stats. And I can admit I 644 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 1: was shocked how good on paper Dallas was last year. 645 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,080 Speaker 1: They were twelve and five. I thought they were more 646 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 1: like a ten win team. In terms of points per game, 647 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 1: they were number one yards per play, They were third 648 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 1: the best uh what you we'll call turnover ratio in 649 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 1: the league. They had eight bazillion penalties though. I just 650 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 1: don't know if they'll be better. I mean like they 651 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 1: lost more and they gained, uh practice to some mountain 652 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: up here. Manthony Miller was smooth and all. Trabisky put 653 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: it right on him. Um is this Tyler Vaughan, Now, 654 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, that's gonna real chef. That's he didn't sell 655 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 1: it quite as well. No, he didn't sell the olt 656 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,000 Speaker 1: quite as well. Miller really sold the out like and 657 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 1: didn't change speech. That was much pretty good. There's Stephen 658 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 1: Sims on that one. He's a little limited going from 659 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 1: the out to the upright right, Okay, Okay, again he 660 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:39,719 Speaker 1: moves a different speed here, his feet just sor so quick. Okay, 661 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: it's not bad by Boykins heard us on boy I'm sorry, 662 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: it's not bad by fifteen for a big body, petty 663 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,720 Speaker 1: white and he's kind of a heavy legged guy compared 664 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: to these something these dudes. But here's the little guy. 665 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 1: Tyler Snead had to weight on that one a little 666 00:31:53,440 --> 00:32:00,240 Speaker 1: too much. Boom. I didn't love him. Come on his 667 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 1: brakes there, yeah, so and so a lot of people 668 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 1: look at that. So Drabisky couldn't come up with him 669 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 1: on that one. Sometimes it's it's the receiver not running 670 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 1: the route right. That was real nice by him. He 671 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,479 Speaker 1: was also a real fluid coming out of the ALP. Johnson. 672 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: This is that'sant is real smooth, but that's what he 673 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: sells that. Yeah, I hate comparisons, you know, I was laughing, 674 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:25,440 Speaker 1: well running backs he compare. Does he remind you of 675 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 1: Jim Brown or you know, he reminds me of Lawrence Taylor. 676 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 1: That kind of looks like a b running that route. Yeah, 677 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 1: you know, I mean he's real light on his feet. 678 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 1: He was real nice. Yeah, he's a technical receiver. The 679 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,800 Speaker 1: foot drag to them is second nature. Yeah right, I 680 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 1: think about it the complete the play, you know. Now 681 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 1: we're doing it with tight ends on pushing, pushing the 682 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 1: coach up the field in about ten yards, breaking that 683 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 1: thing across the grain, get it to him and in stride. 684 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: Nice drop by Hayward going up and yeah, he and 685 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,800 Speaker 1: Sternberger running pretty well for tight ends. Respect that from Heyward. 686 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,959 Speaker 1: He's a smaller tight end body. He's such a unique 687 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: tight end. He flashes a lot of different ways here. Yeah, 688 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:06,960 Speaker 1: they're using them all over the field, which is interesting. 689 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: We're gonna take another break here before we get the 690 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,600 Speaker 1: seven shots. He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lolly. 691 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 1: You're listening to the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. 692 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,400 Speaker 1: We are live from training camp practice here at St. 693 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:21,120 Speaker 1: Penncent College. We'll be back. It's more right after this. 694 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,800 Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on 695 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:29,880 Speaker 1: your home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 696 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 1: Welcome back. I'm Dale Lolly here with Matt Williamson and 697 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 1: well we get a little breaking information here today. So 698 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,280 Speaker 1: the Steelers just completed seven shots there while we were 699 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 1: away at break. Offense winning this one today four to three. 700 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 1: I would say, you guys, your listeners missed a good one. 701 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 1: That was the best by far. The offense has looked 702 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 1: that I've seen seven shots, and what was I calling 703 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: for at to begin the practice. I don't see a 704 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 1: little more crisper, get the ball out, hit these guys 705 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:02,600 Speaker 1: on time. The offense has a lot of vantages in 706 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 1: this league. You know, you get to dictate the flow 707 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:08,879 Speaker 1: of the play, and that absolutely was the case here 708 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,439 Speaker 1: in seven shots. You know, Trabinsky hitting Miller on quick 709 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:15,360 Speaker 1: little out route, Hayward on like an inside shovel. That 710 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,200 Speaker 1: worked a lot better, and he would have probably been 711 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: able to put his head down and run through a 712 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 1: tackle if need be. Um, So I thought that was promising, 713 00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:26,400 Speaker 1: you know, it was pickings unfortunately dropped what should have 714 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,359 Speaker 1: been a touchdown. He's he's still he's still unhappy about 715 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,520 Speaker 1: his body body language is not. That was actually a 716 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:35,479 Speaker 1: pretty good throw by rolling to his left. Uh where 717 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,319 Speaker 1: the offense wins at five to two instead of four three. Yeah, 718 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:40,880 Speaker 1: I thought Trabisky was excellent there. Yeah, they did a 719 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:42,840 Speaker 1: nice job. The first one was batted down to the 720 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,920 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage yet spent something we've seen a lot of. 721 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,920 Speaker 1: But then he got a quick out, uh to Anthony 722 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 1: Miller out of the slot to his left. Miller just 723 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 1: beating the dB at the line of scrimmage. And uh, 724 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:54,839 Speaker 1: if you watch again and go back and watch that 725 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:57,640 Speaker 1: tape that Met put out there today, does that a lot? 726 00:34:57,719 --> 00:34:59,200 Speaker 1: I think there was one of those on that on 727 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 1: that video. Miller right there catching a nice slant too. Yeah, 728 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:04,400 Speaker 1: so he keeps showing up over and over. Then he 729 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,240 Speaker 1: had to roll out the pickings that Pickens dropped, um, 730 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:11,399 Speaker 1: and he didn't hold the football. It was on time, yeah, 731 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,160 Speaker 1: right the right before the back pylon, and Pickens couldn't 732 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,440 Speaker 1: hold on. Uh. Then they switched off to Mason Rudolph. 733 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 1: So three attempts there for Mitch Robiskie. Uh, The first 734 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 1: one was an incomplete pass to gunnar Rolschewski. Uh was 735 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,520 Speaker 1: the past was actually completed, but the defensive back forced 736 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,720 Speaker 1: Ozchefski out of the back of the end zone. Couldn't 737 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:32,840 Speaker 1: get both feet down. On the second one, uh he Uh, 738 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:36,000 Speaker 1: Mason Rudolph rolls out to his right, Uh, kind of 739 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,279 Speaker 1: throws back across his body to the middle of the 740 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:41,320 Speaker 1: field to uh to uh Steven Sims who made the 741 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,319 Speaker 1: catch on the ground. Uh. And then uh. The third 742 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,360 Speaker 1: one for Mason Rudolph was a quick little again this 743 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,239 Speaker 1: kind of the same pattern that Miller ran out of 744 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 1: the slot. Uh, you know, the quick out to the pylon. 745 00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:55,719 Speaker 1: And that was Jalm Warren, Yeah, the running back with 746 00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:58,320 Speaker 1: I think he aligned in the backfield there and I 747 00:35:58,320 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 1: thought he was. I thought he was in the short slot. 748 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 1: You might be right. I'm gonna defer to you on 749 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 1: that one. And then we saw Kenny Pickett come in 750 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 1: and do a little in that, a little inside flip. 751 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 1: But they seem to like a lot in this one. 752 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,680 Speaker 1: To Connor Heyward that he gets into the end zone 753 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 1: again not tackling today because they don't have pads on, 754 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,120 Speaker 1: so we assume he gets into the end zone on 755 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,200 Speaker 1: that one. So the offense wins at four to three. Yeah, 756 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,760 Speaker 1: and um, it could have been five to as you mentioned. 757 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:21,920 Speaker 1: And I thought that the offense was very sharp in general, 758 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:25,319 Speaker 1: especially Trabisky. That's great. Uh Mitllark keeps showing up over 759 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,160 Speaker 1: and over. But what we got going on now, though, 760 00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:30,600 Speaker 1: is we have you know, true one on ones, you know, 761 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 1: I mean just a back or receiver alone with a 762 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:37,439 Speaker 1: corner running routes, you know, with a three man drill 763 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:42,359 Speaker 1: with a quarterback a receiver in corner. So they're keeping 764 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:45,160 Speaker 1: up the competitive stuff here, you know, and getting a 765 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,280 Speaker 1: lot of one on one matchups like we saw yesterday. 766 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,239 Speaker 1: But you don't need pads for this one, no, no, 767 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: um yeah, So yeah, the offense list it's time they 768 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:58,000 Speaker 1: should start winning these As you said, Trabisky should start 769 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,080 Speaker 1: throwing these guys open and starting to get a you 770 00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:02,839 Speaker 1: for touch and all that stuff too. And maybe we're 771 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 1: seeing it. I mean again, so far, what we've seen 772 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 1: in this practice has been the most promising yet in 773 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 1: my opinion. Well, I guarantee that the gauntlet, the challenge 774 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,440 Speaker 1: has been laid down, like I'm sure, yeah, and I 775 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:16,360 Speaker 1: know a little Bertie told me yesterday that Mike Tomlin 776 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:19,640 Speaker 1: was uh, well getting on Kenny Picket a little bit 777 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:22,840 Speaker 1: about the internal clock stuff. Good. I mean, that's what 778 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,440 Speaker 1: we've been criticizing for him really since before he was drafted, 779 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,800 Speaker 1: and it's shown up here that stuff doesn't get fixed overnight. 780 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,040 Speaker 1: But um, that's the number one thing he needs to 781 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,960 Speaker 1: work on, absolutely, and that's a young quarterback issue they 782 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:40,080 Speaker 1: all have. But I think we're now several days into this. 783 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:42,640 Speaker 1: I think Tomlin wants to see Pickett start to get 784 00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,719 Speaker 1: better at that. I wonder you know they split that 785 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:48,000 Speaker 1: Usually they'll have the starter take four reps and seven 786 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:52,479 Speaker 1: shots the first four reps, then the second guy does three, 787 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:54,560 Speaker 1: with the last in the last. The previous two days 788 00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:57,719 Speaker 1: that have been four for the starter, three for the backup, 789 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,840 Speaker 1: and then one for the last up. Four two and 790 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,359 Speaker 1: one is how split it up. Today it was three 791 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:06,800 Speaker 1: three and one. Maybe it keeps switching it. Maybe you 792 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:08,800 Speaker 1: go to three two and two or you know, yeah, 793 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,480 Speaker 1: well I think maybe today and again again, as I mentioned, 794 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:15,440 Speaker 1: Mason Rudolph taking the second team snaps today above Kenny Pickett, 795 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:17,600 Speaker 1: who had taken him the last two days. I wonder 796 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,520 Speaker 1: if that's because they're gonna do some two minutes roll 797 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,399 Speaker 1: today and they want they want the veteran, they want 798 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,400 Speaker 1: Mason going out there and running some two minutes row. Now, 799 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,160 Speaker 1: it makes some sense and it would be interesting to 800 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,320 Speaker 1: see how much action they get in the two minute. 801 00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:30,040 Speaker 1: But this is a good drill here though. I mean 802 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,399 Speaker 1: they're going from the twenties, so it's not red zone. 803 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,200 Speaker 1: It's high red zone, not a tunnel. Room to work 804 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,400 Speaker 1: and running one on one route against press man coverage 805 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,440 Speaker 1: out there again on by Cody White making a shoulder 806 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:44,880 Speaker 1: catch here. He's just a guy doesn't go away. I know, 807 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:47,400 Speaker 1: he's like a termite or something. You always forget about him. 808 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:50,000 Speaker 1: I mean he does have some NFL experience. He's good 809 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,960 Speaker 1: on special teams. Crazy, hard worker. Yeah, he's the guy 810 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:56,879 Speaker 1: that's out here working every day, uh constantly. Even did 811 00:38:56,880 --> 00:39:00,120 Speaker 1: the same thing last year. Um just works just like 812 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:03,560 Speaker 1: a nap. That is always the guys. Coaches love them. 813 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:05,600 Speaker 1: The coaches love them. And then if there's one injury 814 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,239 Speaker 1: or whatever, and it's like, we gotta figure out who 815 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,360 Speaker 1: to put in there on the fly. The guy that 816 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,239 Speaker 1: works like crazy that I trust is going to go 817 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,120 Speaker 1: in there. Maybe he's not the fastest or the best. 818 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,399 Speaker 1: But I mean that's who I trust, trust is big 819 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:17,920 Speaker 1: would get a flag on that one looks like I 820 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:19,359 Speaker 1: think it was a defensive hold. Yeah, I think it's 821 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:21,680 Speaker 1: a defensive hold as well. On that would have been 822 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:26,080 Speaker 1: uh Carlin's platel he's the former D I think he's 823 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,799 Speaker 1: a D two guy that transferred to South Carolina last 824 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 1: year for his final year. Used that he's a rookie. 825 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,640 Speaker 1: He's the fifth year at South Carolinas, Like transferred from 826 00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,360 Speaker 1: a D two school to UH to South Carolina and 827 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,800 Speaker 1: started right away South Carolina. So that's kind of impressive. 828 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:42,399 Speaker 1: That's impressive. Bigger size cornerback. Some of these, the the 829 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,959 Speaker 1: the undrafted rookie corners that they brought in are bigger guys, 830 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,640 Speaker 1: size guys outside type. And I mean they've got to 831 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:51,520 Speaker 1: just slot guys all over the place. I say, I 832 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:54,640 Speaker 1: don't think they're necessarily in the market for uncovering the 833 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,000 Speaker 1: next Mike Hilton, that they have plenty of those guys 834 00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:01,160 Speaker 1: if you could uncover the UMH got a little breaking 835 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:02,959 Speaker 1: news here. I'll get to it here in a minute. 836 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,840 Speaker 1: As this app takes forever to load, but involves a 837 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,040 Speaker 1: former adversary of the of the Steelers. I'll bring it 838 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:11,319 Speaker 1: up here in then as soon as I get to it, 839 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:16,680 Speaker 1: I'm talking about not Odell News, but so a receiver. 840 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,200 Speaker 1: And it looks like Marquise Brown may have got himself 841 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,320 Speaker 1: in a little bit of trouble off the field. So 842 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:26,560 Speaker 1: Hopkins already suspended. Um, that's you know, Kyler's best bud. 843 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:29,520 Speaker 1: He's out with COVID right now, yeah, right right right. 844 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:31,520 Speaker 1: That over runner was eight and a half on the 845 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:34,960 Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. Oh, I like the under a lot. That's 846 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,520 Speaker 1: an organization I don't trust. And they're little when they 847 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:39,680 Speaker 1: the end of the season is nothing like the beginning. 848 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,280 Speaker 1: It doesn't do them any favors. When the seventeen games. 849 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,319 Speaker 1: I apologize his phones being slow, but there's some sort 850 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:50,440 Speaker 1: of marnst get to some sort of U. Boat's a 851 00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:54,719 Speaker 1: nice grab their pickings. Of course, that was nice. He 852 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,080 Speaker 1: kind of went up in the Marquise Brown here went 853 00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:01,799 Speaker 1: up in the air, kind of contorted his body sore. 854 00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:05,320 Speaker 1: It was criminal speeding charges. I don't know criminal speeding charge. 855 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:09,480 Speaker 1: I just saw him legal. So the criminal speeding charges 856 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:14,759 Speaker 1: tells me he might have been going like yeah, it 857 00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:18,440 Speaker 1: looks like he was a clock that going. Uh sound 858 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:20,960 Speaker 1: found on Loop one oh one driving in the H 859 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,800 Speaker 1: O V lane. He was arrested. Uh, it doesn't say 860 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:28,960 Speaker 1: how fast he was going. Yeah, this isn't that probably 861 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:32,680 Speaker 1: is not a suspension like that. Yeah, a little bit 862 00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:36,200 Speaker 1: of overreaction to speed demon. He likes to go fast. 863 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:38,560 Speaker 1: He's like, Ricky, Bobby, I want to go fast. I 864 00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:40,400 Speaker 1: want to go fast. Anyway, that was a really nice 865 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,640 Speaker 1: play by Pickens, while you were unfortunate to get a 866 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,600 Speaker 1: chance to see it because you were doing my busy work. 867 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,960 Speaker 1: They're trying to find this market's brown nonsense. But he 868 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,759 Speaker 1: went up in the air, bent his body at the 869 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:52,000 Speaker 1: waist really good at that. So he kind of like 870 00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:56,800 Speaker 1: put his butt in the corner's chest, yeah, which then 871 00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,799 Speaker 1: allowed him to really reach his hands out and give 872 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:04,200 Speaker 1: that corner no chiefs, right, and he plucked up all 873 00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:06,800 Speaker 1: way away from his body, got two feet in easily 874 00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:10,160 Speaker 1: right inside the pile on beautiful. Yeah, he's he's he's 875 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:11,960 Speaker 1: going to be pretty spad. He's gonna be pretty good. 876 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,120 Speaker 1: We talked about the drop past there that that has 877 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:16,799 Speaker 1: not been a major issue. He's still kicking himself over it. 878 00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:19,040 Speaker 1: He's not happen I mean, right, I mean that's gonna way. 879 00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:20,800 Speaker 1: I bet he goes in the locker room throwing helmets 880 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:22,600 Speaker 1: because he dropped the past. I think he really wants 881 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,080 Speaker 1: to be great, yes, not just good, right right right, 882 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:26,680 Speaker 1: because he's tasted it. I mean he was the best 883 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,520 Speaker 1: receiver in the country is an eighteen year old. Yeah, 884 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:33,840 Speaker 1: so very again it too. To me, it's almost like 885 00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:35,840 Speaker 1: the Steelers got stuff onto it again on the on 886 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,160 Speaker 1: the offensive some things here, you know, to it. They 887 00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:39,839 Speaker 1: get to it the same year that they drafted Brian 888 00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:43,480 Speaker 1: Shay's here, and it's almost a gift in the second 889 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:45,520 Speaker 1: round that this guy would have been a first round 890 00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:48,640 Speaker 1: here if he hadn't even hurt less. Same thing with Pickens, 891 00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:51,799 Speaker 1: same with Pickens. And fortunately for the Steelers, there's a 892 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:54,760 Speaker 1: lot of receivers in this draft and basically every draft. 893 00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:59,360 Speaker 1: So if it's Pickings or player X, maybe each team 894 00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,759 Speaker 1: just decide the other one was a little safer, you know, 895 00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:03,759 Speaker 1: and you reap the benefits and you get a guy 896 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,239 Speaker 1: you know, it's an easy no brainer for you. And 897 00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:09,440 Speaker 1: he was the tenth receiver taken this year. Uh and 898 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:13,000 Speaker 1: made note of that and call him today like people saying, well, 899 00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:15,920 Speaker 1: you just get you just get another Deonte uh Deonte 900 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,239 Speaker 1: Johnson was the eleventh receiver taking his year. He went 901 00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:20,040 Speaker 1: in the first pick of the second round, our second 902 00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:24,080 Speaker 1: pick of the third round, Metcalf tenth year. Yeah. You 903 00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,080 Speaker 1: can pretty good players that now. So then the next 904 00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:29,320 Speaker 1: year they take Chase Claypool. He was the eleventh receiver taken, 905 00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,319 Speaker 1: and he was taken in the middle of in the 906 00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:33,800 Speaker 1: middle of the second round. This year there's eleven, the 907 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,240 Speaker 1: eleventh receiver tak or the tenth receiver taken with George 908 00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:39,480 Speaker 1: Pickens in the middle of the second round. The receivers 909 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:41,839 Speaker 1: are getting pushed up the board a little bit. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 910 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,319 Speaker 1: good point. And I know we're up against it here, 911 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:47,720 Speaker 1: but the top ten receivers in any of these drafts 912 00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:50,080 Speaker 1: are all the big time prospects. Nowadays, it's just like 913 00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:52,279 Speaker 1: the tenth best guard or you know backer. You know, 914 00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:54,600 Speaker 1: these guys can all play. We're gonna take a break. 915 00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:57,040 Speaker 1: He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lally. You're listening 916 00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,919 Speaker 1: to the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We will 917 00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,560 Speaker 1: be back with more live coverage here from St. Vincent 918 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:03,960 Speaker 1: College right after this