WEBVTT - Press Pass: Doug Pederson

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<v Speaker 1>All right, good morning. UM, I just want to update

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<v Speaker 1>you a little bit on some injuries again. You know

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<v Speaker 1>about Zach and Leo are both out. We're gonna hold

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<v Speaker 1>Michael out of today's practice obviously with the nose fracture

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<v Speaker 1>and the quad contusion there, and also hold Isaac out

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<v Speaker 1>today with the with the peck strength, just to give

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<v Speaker 1>him extra rest. Right, Yeah, it's it's just not it's

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<v Speaker 1>not it's still still sore basically, Um, excuse me, it's uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it just not it's healing, but the strength

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<v Speaker 1>it's not strength yet. The strength is not back necessarily.

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<v Speaker 1>So um, we just want to kind of give him,

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<v Speaker 1>give him this week and and just sort of monitor that,

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<v Speaker 1>get him, get him all the treatment he can and

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<v Speaker 1>and uh, get him, get him through the buy and

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<v Speaker 1>then and then we'll see. So where he's at after that,

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<v Speaker 1>Please send by the game. Who set him back to

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<v Speaker 1>the options are starting that first five? I don't think so,

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<v Speaker 1>not at all. Um. You know, again, he he's he's

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<v Speaker 1>had a lot of reps in there and and uh

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<v Speaker 1>his preseason reps in there, and and uh, uh it

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't it wouldn't set him back. And he again he's

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<v Speaker 1>he's one of those kids. Very sharp kid, a studious kid.

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't wouldn't set him back at all. He's fine, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, just just getting treatment on it and and

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<v Speaker 1>uh but but he came out of the game good.

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<v Speaker 1>He's good to go. Carson came out good, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a little sort today. But they're all sore, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>only two days removed from from the game. So um,

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<v Speaker 1>just uh, just normal normal game wear and tear. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the biggest the biggest thing really, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>what you see on film, is that the the aggressive style.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, they're they love to to get after the

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<v Speaker 1>pastor they'll they'll they'll bring those two middle backers. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Shazier and Timmins will bring both of those guys.

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<v Speaker 1>And um, you know, one thing you notice too is

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<v Speaker 1>they love to keep their eyes on the quarterback and

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<v Speaker 1>vision on the quarterback. And so it becomes um for

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<v Speaker 1>any quarterback, you know, where where you're looking in the

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<v Speaker 1>progression of plays. Um, you know, you gotta gotta be

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<v Speaker 1>able to look you look off and and do some

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<v Speaker 1>different things that way. And then uh, um you know,

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<v Speaker 1>because it's really when teams that play man I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to say it's easy, but man coverage is man coverage.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what you're gonna get. When it's zone, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit harder. You gotta be a little more

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<v Speaker 1>detailed and precise in your routes and your progressions. Four

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<v Speaker 1>tee stealers three stealers start. But is different than yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they were, they were a little similar. This the Steelers

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<v Speaker 1>actually play a true thirty four. I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll see more of that front with it with this group,

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<v Speaker 1>and um, you know, still play their under front and

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<v Speaker 1>overfront and and mix it up a little bit and

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<v Speaker 1>there in their base packages. So uh yeah, as far

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<v Speaker 1>as the three games this is, this is more of

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<v Speaker 1>a thirty four look you see. You know that that's

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<v Speaker 1>That's one of his strength obviously, is he wants to

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<v Speaker 1>get better every single day. And uh again, in here

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<v Speaker 1>this morning, he and chasing the quarterbacks and and and

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<v Speaker 1>starting in on Pittsburgh, and um, I mean, his his

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<v Speaker 1>his own motivation. He he wants to be he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to be good. I mean, he wants to be one

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<v Speaker 1>of the top quarterbacks in the National Football League at

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<v Speaker 1>some point and and um, you know he he looks

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<v Speaker 1>at excuse me. He looks at the games and goes,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, man, I could have I could have done

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<v Speaker 1>that better on that player. My eyes could have been here,

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<v Speaker 1>I could have sped my feet up on this this drop.

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<v Speaker 1>And those are all things that come with playing and

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<v Speaker 1>with time. And again, you know he attacks every day

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<v Speaker 1>that way. Um, and it's a it's a true sign

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<v Speaker 1>of a professional that that uh uh he can he

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<v Speaker 1>can handle his craft and wants to develop his craft

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<v Speaker 1>that way. With Ben, well, you know, the first couple

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<v Speaker 1>of games, I mean obviously, uh, he's such a smart guy.

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<v Speaker 1>He's such a I mean they're they're on a they're

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<v Speaker 1>on a almost a different level they're but they're on

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<v Speaker 1>the same page, you know, offensively with his receivers and backs,

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<v Speaker 1>and you see him get the ball out of his

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<v Speaker 1>hand extremely fast, and um, you know, you're they're not

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<v Speaker 1>not getting to the quarterback. Uh, defenses aren't getting there

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<v Speaker 1>just because of that. And you know, he's so smart

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<v Speaker 1>and and uh, it's fun to watch him really and

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<v Speaker 1>how he manages that that offense and how he kind

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<v Speaker 1>of commands uh that team and and uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody rallies around him and and you know obviously a

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<v Speaker 1>big leader and and uh you know, as you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a he's a tough guy to to get to

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<v Speaker 1>because because of that, you know, is quarterback. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you think about Ben Well, you know, um, I think

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<v Speaker 1>because of his size. Um, you know, he's hard to

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<v Speaker 1>bring down. I think the way he uh, I know,

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<v Speaker 1>the older you get, the more you have to you know,

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<v Speaker 1>put put emphasis on your offseason programs and and your

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<v Speaker 1>diet and exercise and all that kind of stuff and

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<v Speaker 1>and um and then and then just how how mentally

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<v Speaker 1>sharp you can be, and and knowing your offense inside

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<v Speaker 1>and out and knowing your personnel and moving the guys

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<v Speaker 1>around getting the ball out of your hand. It's much

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<v Speaker 1>like what Peyton does at the end of end of

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<v Speaker 1>his career. He was he was getting that ball out

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<v Speaker 1>of his hand extremely fast. And and that's tough. That's

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<v Speaker 1>tough when you when you go up against you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a pass rush like we have, getting the ball out

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<v Speaker 1>of your hand. Um, it can it can frustrate a defense.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's that's that's what we try to pride

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<v Speaker 1>ourselves offensively, the same way you know with Carson, get

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<v Speaker 1>the ball out of your hand and just keep pressure

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<v Speaker 1>on the defense. Starter. You referenced Steers and Big Band

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<v Speaker 1>and what they did when he was a rookie as

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<v Speaker 1>type of example, what did you see back then, um,

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<v Speaker 1>that that they did well for reading? Yeah, you know

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<v Speaker 1>obviously the size, the arm strength, UM. Carson probably a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit better, UM athlete, Um, you know, moving around

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit. Um. And and then the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>you know they had great, great defenses around Ben, and

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<v Speaker 1>and a running game and special teams and and um

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<v Speaker 1>you can utilize all three of those and and and

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<v Speaker 1>help your young quarterbacks that way. UM. You've seen it,

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<v Speaker 1>you know time and time again with with teams that

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<v Speaker 1>have that formula can be successful early with a young quarterback. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Ben is you know, one of the best

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<v Speaker 1>quarterbacks in the league of extending plays. And um, the

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<v Speaker 1>one thing he does well is is many things he

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<v Speaker 1>does well, but one of them is he keeps his

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<v Speaker 1>eyes down the field. And and it's something that uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, UM, as defensive backs, you sometimes you get

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<v Speaker 1>caught looking into the backfield and sort of let your

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<v Speaker 1>coverage down and and and you know this is a

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<v Speaker 1>week with the with the weapons they have on offense,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta just you gotta just stick to your guy

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<v Speaker 1>and maintain discipline that way throughout the entire play. More

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<v Speaker 1>utilized Guyberg you got. You got to maintain an advantage

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<v Speaker 1>sort of the unscouted look that a defense may not

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<v Speaker 1>have seen on film. Um, you're seeing a ton of uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, drop eight into coverage down Their teams are

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<v Speaker 1>throwing the ball so much down there. You know, the

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<v Speaker 1>run game becomes real important. Uh down there, the RPO

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<v Speaker 1>things with the quarterbacks become become important down there. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, our our our decision making, our timing, our accuracy.

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<v Speaker 1>We talk about this stuff every day. Um. And and

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<v Speaker 1>particularly in the red zone where where Carson has to

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<v Speaker 1>be on point. Um. And then utilize in your strength,

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<v Speaker 1>utilize your personnel. You know, a DGB, a tall receiver,

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<v Speaker 1>Jordan a tall receiver the other day, the screen inside

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<v Speaker 1>the five, things like that, so you kind of keep

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<v Speaker 1>things mixed up and use your personnel that way. Well, um,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're counting, Matt Tobin is a third tight end

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<v Speaker 1>right now. Um. Yeah, well it just yeah, it helps you.

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<v Speaker 1>It helps you obviously in the run game. You got

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<v Speaker 1>bigger bodies protecting the edge. But at the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>you can still throw the football with with him in

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<v Speaker 1>the football game, and uh um, it's it's an advantage

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<v Speaker 1>I think sometimes, um, you know, with Trey Selik or

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<v Speaker 1>with Art's in there. Um, it creates a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a matchup and and you can you can you

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<v Speaker 1>can kind of set the defense based on based on

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<v Speaker 1>the personnel and the and the formation called, and and

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<v Speaker 1>that can give you an advantage as well. Talk off

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<v Speaker 1>during the week about necessarily on the field, you go

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<v Speaker 1>out in the field expose himself just because he really

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<v Speaker 1>could help himself. And I'm wondering, do you think that

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<v Speaker 1>there's a way to rewire quarterback. I think it's hard

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<v Speaker 1>to rewire him. Um. I think you just need to

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<v Speaker 1>constantly keep talking with him and uh um, showing him,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, going back and showing him those plays on

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<v Speaker 1>tape and and just just making him aware and conscious

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<v Speaker 1>of Hey, you know again, as I mentioned before, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't need the extra yard right here. It's okay to

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<v Speaker 1>throw the ball away, it's okay to you know, step

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<v Speaker 1>out of bounds or slide and and just keep showing

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<v Speaker 1>him over and over and over again because not only

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<v Speaker 1>his longevity, but obviously for the team as well. And

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<v Speaker 1>you want to make sure that your quarterback is UM,

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<v Speaker 1>especially your starting quarterback is the guy that's protecting themselves

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<v Speaker 1>the most. Where you're finding the back to the three

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<v Speaker 1>tights can sometimes use two modelsive linement at boil and

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<v Speaker 1>back to the Sometimes you satisfied with that or you

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<v Speaker 1>see yourself adding a full background. UM. You don't ever

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<v Speaker 1>want to take offensive players off the field and put

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<v Speaker 1>d lineman an offensive lineman on the field. But at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time, you can create some bigger size, bigger bodies,

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<v Speaker 1>you know in the run game. UM down the road

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<v Speaker 1>as we go, if you know, if we can develop

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<v Speaker 1>a fullback at some point, we will do that. We can.

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<v Speaker 1>We're constantly looking at that at that position, not only

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<v Speaker 1>around the National Football League but on our roster. But

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<v Speaker 1>right now the three tight end set with Matt Tobin

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<v Speaker 1>in there has has proven beneficial. We're getting out of

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<v Speaker 1>it what we need to and we just got to

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<v Speaker 1>continue to develop. That package is pretty much caught up

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<v Speaker 1>after all the time you know in this stas because

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<v Speaker 1>you want to you know, yeah, yeah for sure, and

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<v Speaker 1>and he's he's he's in a good position right now

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<v Speaker 1>and having four running backs available, you know, on game

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<v Speaker 1>day is also it helps Ryan, it helps Darren. It

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<v Speaker 1>gives them a break and they're not they're not, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>um taking the pounding every single play. But at the

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<v Speaker 1>same time, Windell gives you that to him and Kenyon

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<v Speaker 1>Barner both give you that explosiveness that you want to

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<v Speaker 1>tell back. And and uh, you know one thing Windell

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<v Speaker 1>has two it's got great hands and the ability to

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<v Speaker 1>catch the ball out of the backfield. So it's something

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<v Speaker 1>that we can we can continue to work follow Is

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<v Speaker 1>that something you can see going forward? Just like, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think so. And and uh, you know you're seeing

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<v Speaker 1>you're seeing, um, two of those guys on the field

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time, you know, two those half back

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<v Speaker 1>type bodies at the same time. And and uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the more the more opportunities to put athletes on the field, um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, to create matchups in this whole leagues about matchups.

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<v Speaker 1>The better for us offensively with the bats a guy

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<v Speaker 1>gets at hand the hand it's a little both. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>if a guys, if a guy's rolling, you know, in

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<v Speaker 1>the run game, we want to keep keep feeding him,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, unless it's a big run then we give

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<v Speaker 1>him a break. And and and make make the change.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, you want to, you want to. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like it's nice to have that guy on the

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<v Speaker 1>bed you can put in at anytime. DGBS two catches,

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<v Speaker 1>both came on the first drive Monday night. Really wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>even targeted like five minutes. What do you see from him?

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<v Speaker 1>I guess he was in a formation. What are you

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<v Speaker 1>not seeing when you see? Yeah, well that that that

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<v Speaker 1>penalty was actually on Nelson more than that was on

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<v Speaker 1>him because he ended up coming in motion. But those

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<v Speaker 1>are things we can fix. You know. We actually had

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<v Speaker 1>um DGB targeted a couple of times from a play

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<v Speaker 1>call standpoint in the red zone. It's just that the

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<v Speaker 1>play design went to the other side of the field

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<v Speaker 1>and Carson went the other way. Um. You know, we

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<v Speaker 1>just continue to keep working with him. We've increased his

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<v Speaker 1>his workload the last last week and we want to

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<v Speaker 1>continue to do that and move him around. The more

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<v Speaker 1>comfortable he gets with our system. You gotta know where

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<v Speaker 1>he's at. I mean, you see, you see what they've

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<v Speaker 1>done with him, and you're moving him around the field

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<v Speaker 1>in different spots and single them up, put him in

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<v Speaker 1>bunch packages, stack packages. I mean they you know, one

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<v Speaker 1>thing Todd does is does well is he moves his

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<v Speaker 1>personnel around and you know, he takes advantage of that.

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<v Speaker 1>He knows what he has and um, you need to

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<v Speaker 1>know where where he's at. But they've got some explosive

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<v Speaker 1>guys on offense that, um, I think if you put

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<v Speaker 1>all your attention to one guy, another one can can

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<v Speaker 1>can can beat you. So you got to pay attention

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<v Speaker 1>to all those guys. How was that back? Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>think you just you just put on the tape and

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<v Speaker 1>you just watch him and how how he competes. And um,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes body language on film can can raise an eyebrow,

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<v Speaker 1>good or bad. And in his case, it was good

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<v Speaker 1>body language, meaning you know how he um, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>um completes a deep throw or in his case, he

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<v Speaker 1>makes a nice run and he gets up and he

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<v Speaker 1>excited and motivating and the guys you can just see

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<v Speaker 1>the guys sort of rally and it's you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't see at all unless you watch a TV copy

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<v Speaker 1>obviously of the game. But those are things that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of stand out and you kind of raise the eyebrow

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<v Speaker 1>that that this kid has that fight in him, has

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<v Speaker 1>that drive in him, and that competitiveness that you want

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<v Speaker 1>out of that quarterback position. Yeah, you saw it, you

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<v Speaker 1>saw it. I mean I can remember even going back

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<v Speaker 1>and I think it was the first game of the

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<v Speaker 1>season against Montana and just not really knowing much of

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<v Speaker 1>him at the time. But but here and here's this

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<v Speaker 1>this kid out of North Dakota State, you know, playing Montana,

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<v Speaker 1>and you watch the game and you're kind of going

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<v Speaker 1>something special here. It would be this would be a

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<v Speaker 1>good test for us. This will be a great opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>for our players to go against a fine football team. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, the Steelers have great tradition, great history, They're

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<v Speaker 1>They're a good football team and coach Tomlin does a

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<v Speaker 1>great job getting those guys ready to play. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think I think from our standpoint is this will be

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<v Speaker 1>a you know, it's only it's still early in the season.

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<v Speaker 1>Does it make or break your season? No, it doesn't.

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<v Speaker 1>But at the same time, it's a good it's a

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<v Speaker 1>good benchmark for us and in our in our you know, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>success of the year. I wish I was there now. UM,

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<v Speaker 1>I actually spending spend quite a bit of time. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to. I want to I want to get in

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<v Speaker 1>there and I want them to. Um. That's where all

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<v Speaker 1>the dialogue begins, so I can I can hear what

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<v Speaker 1>they're thinking. The quarter backs, particularly Carson Um after practice

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<v Speaker 1>when we're watching film, a chance to get in there

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<v Speaker 1>and watch practice tape and and things like that, and um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, as often as I can, I'm gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>in those be in those meetings. Yeah, yeah, all quarterback. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a tight room. Which a tight room. I just

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<v Speaker 1>let I let I let John, I let the quarterback

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<v Speaker 1>coach run the meeting. Um. If I interject, I interject,

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, I the way it works is I

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<v Speaker 1>send my message through Frank, Frank, through the through the

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<v Speaker 1>position coaches, and at the same time, I, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if I want to interject something, I'll interject. And and

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<v Speaker 1>just making sure there's one voice in the in the

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<v Speaker 1>meeting room and they're not hearing from now, they're not

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<v Speaker 1>hearing three different answers from three different people. The message

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<v Speaker 1>is the same. Thanks guys,