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Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

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Speaker 1: your twenty four to seven home of the Black and

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Speaker 1: Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Drive. I am Dale LOLLI he is. Well,

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Speaker 2: it's not Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 3: Oh my goodness, it is the Rob King. You get

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Speaker 3: the V in front of your name now because you

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Speaker 3: are the play by play announcer for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Congratulations, Rob,

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Speaker 3: well deserved. I couldn't be happier and we're happy to

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Speaker 3: have you here with me in.

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Speaker 2: The studio today.

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Speaker 3: I also might dad, you're gonna be at to real with

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Speaker 3: Matt and I. Yeah, at training camp starting Thursday.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. I'm so glad. I'm not.

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Speaker 4: I mean, look, I'm grateful, I'm honored all that stuff.

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Speaker 5: You know, I've said this to a couple of people.

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Speaker 5: You know, you don't replace Bill Hillgrove.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you succeed Bill Hillgrove if you follow Bill hillgro

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Speaker 4: If you're the next guy and and and that's you

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Speaker 4: can't even think about living up to that kind of legacy.

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Speaker 5: He's got just a great legacy.

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Speaker 2: I always tell him he's the voice of God.

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Speaker 5: You know what, I got to tell you something.

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Speaker 4: So we played a little bit of phone tag Bill

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Speaker 4: and I this morning, and I'm looking forward to to

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Speaker 4: talking with him and getting some thoughts on on the

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Speaker 4: role that I'm just thrilled to be joining.

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Speaker 5: And when I got his voicemail, I literally laughed out loud.

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Speaker 4: It's such a great voice. He just got the it's

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Speaker 4: the voice of voice. I mean, it's just I literally

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Speaker 4: I didn't leave a message.

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Speaker 5: I just laughed out loud.

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Speaker 4: So, I mean, look, I'm honored. I mean, this is

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Speaker 4: it's a thrill for me. Man, It's like a dream

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Speaker 4: come true. Of course, they're only thirty two, and there

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Speaker 4: aren't many Steelers out there, you know, there's only one

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Speaker 4: as far as I'm concerned, and so you know, to

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Speaker 4: be part of that and to continue. You know, I've

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Speaker 4: been here for twenty four years in Pittsburgh. I tell people,

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Speaker 4: but I wasn't born here, but I got as got

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Speaker 4: here as fast as I could and have never left

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Speaker 4: and never wanted to leave, and never do want to leave.

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Speaker 4: I think it's the greatest place on the planet. I

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Speaker 4: love the people, I love the fans. I could go

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Speaker 4: on and on about how much I love the people

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Speaker 4: and the fans at Pittsburgh and to be you know,

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Speaker 4: this job, the people that have come up to me

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Speaker 4: that I don't even know and shaking my hand and

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Speaker 4: said good luck. I mean, it's just it's everything about

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Speaker 4: it has just been wonderful and I can't wait to

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Speaker 4: get started.

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Speaker 3: You know, Matt and I were talking about this last

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Speaker 3: Friday when, you know, after the news broke, and I said,

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Speaker 3: you know, I've been this is going to be my

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Speaker 3: thirty second year covering the Steelers, and you'll be the

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Speaker 3: third play by play guy. And it's really much like

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Speaker 3: the Coach because it was Jack Fleming right before Bill.

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Speaker 2: I had one over one.

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Speaker 3: Year of overlap with Jack, and of course Jack went

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Speaker 3: way back and Bill for the last twenty five years

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Speaker 3: and now and now we're up getting maybe twenty five years.

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Speaker 2: Can you get twenty five years out of this show?

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Speaker 4: I'm hoping that there's a there's a young broad cast

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Speaker 4: or young media guy out there right now he's gonna

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Speaker 4: say the same thing. Well, I caught the end of

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Speaker 4: Bill and then I caught Rob's long career.

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Speaker 5: Let's hope.

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Speaker 4: But you know, it's interesting because people have said and

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Speaker 4: you can't really think about that right, Like, you know,

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Speaker 4: if you're replacing a great writer on a newspaper or

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Speaker 5: You just have to be you. I'm a big believer

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Speaker 4: You have to be who you are, especially in this

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Speaker 4: towny this town, the BS meter is sharply tuned. Man,

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Speaker 4: they'll they'll spotch you if you're a fraud. You just

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Speaker 4: you have to be you. But it doesn't matter really

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Speaker 4: what job you take with the Steelers. You know what

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Speaker 4: Mark Cohn big shoes to fill, Mike Tomlin when he

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Speaker 3: Oh, there's no doubt. I mean, Steeler fans are great

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Speaker 3: and in their vociferous with you know, with with with

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Speaker 5: Oh I did the call on show with Charlie this year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yes, But that's what makes that that's what that's

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: I know sometimes you know, some fans may think that

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Speaker 4: No question, I mean, no question, the fans are passionate.

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Speaker 4: The fans are into it. And again, as somebody who

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Speaker 4: the noon game at the why the hoops game?

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Speaker 5: Probably a little.

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Speaker 4: Too seriously, I get that, you know who still gets

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Speaker 4: rankled on the golf course more than I should. I

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Speaker 4: should just be grateful to be playing. It's always been

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Speaker 4: always been sports for me. And Pittsburgh's all sports. I mean, look,

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Speaker 4: I've covered the Steelers, I've covered the Penguins, I've covered

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Speaker 4: the Pirates. The Pirates, you know, when they were great,

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Speaker 4: people are into it, and I can't think of a

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Speaker 3: Well you've had, You've gotten your feet wet in this

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Speaker 3: right a couple of years ago when Billy had his

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Speaker 2: You know, it's just a different feel.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it is. And you know the other thing.

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Speaker 4: I was talking about this on the DV Morning show

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Speaker 4: last Thursday, the pulling into the Jets game I did.

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Speaker 5: I mean, the team bus came in and they're on

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Speaker 2: But I've been moving by Santa Claus.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, right, it's great. And you know, as

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Speaker 4: every single night, you know, there's but football is that

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Speaker 5: Just before the boil.

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Speaker 4: It's you don't want to put your finger in that

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Speaker 4: And then Sunday it just erupts. It's just and then

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Speaker 5: It is. Somebody's got something to say about the Steelers.

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Speaker 2: Oh, there's no doubt. I mean everywhere I go.

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Speaker 3: You know, if if people recognize me, oftentimes they do.

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Speaker 3: What's what's you know, what about what's what's a quarter

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Speaker 3: You know, the questions are always there, twenty four hours

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Speaker 2: Days a year.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's three sixty five, it is, and it's I mean, look,

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Speaker 4: I remember, you know, so many times doing a high

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Speaker 5: It was.

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Speaker 4: It's phenomenal. It's not lost on me. Again, what an

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you do.

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Speaker 2: Billy was one of those.

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Speaker 3: Billy was always gracious with everybody that approached him and

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Speaker 2: He is Rob King.

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Speaker 3: I'm Dale Lolly. You're listening to the Drive here on

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

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Speaker 3: Welcome back. I am Dale Lolly here with Rob King today.

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Speaker 3: This is the drive on Steelers Nation Radio. And uh, Rob.

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Speaker 3: When you look at this Steelers team and I keep

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Speaker 2: You know, is that position better? Upgraded? Worse? You know what?

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Speaker 3: one of the best quarterbacks all time in fourth quarter comebacks.

440
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Speaker 3: He's I think he's tied for seventh or eighth on

441
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Speaker 3: the list right now on the all time list with

442
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Speaker 3: more years to go here, I think he has thirty

443
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Speaker 3: four career fourth quarter comebacks.

444
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Speaker 2: Not every quarterback is built to do that either.

445
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Speaker 3: You look on that list of the top ten fourth

446
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Speaker 3: quarter comebacks, Aaron Rodgers is nowhere to be found on there.

447
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Speaker 3: There are certain you know, some quarterbacks do better in

448
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Speaker 3: those situations than others.

449
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Speaker 4: Right, of course, sub quarterbacks are in those positions more

450
00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,959
Speaker 4: than others. And I think Mike Tomlin has some comfortability there, Yeah, right,

451
00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:32,320
Speaker 4: he does.

452
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Speaker 3: And then the team, because the team knows that they're

453
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Speaker 3: playing those kind of get they get comfortable and they

454
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Speaker 3: don't get tight in those situations.

455
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Speaker 4: Right, this is our kind of game. Yeah, you get

456
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,399
Speaker 4: that sort of mentality, and I do agree with that.

457
00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,760
Speaker 4: I also do think that, you know, one of the

458
00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:51,080
Speaker 4: reasons that you don't wind up with as many one

459
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Speaker 4: score games, or one of the ways one of the

460
00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:54,760
Speaker 4: avenues in which you could wind up with one score

461
00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,960
Speaker 4: game is something that we saw, you know, when Ben Roethlisberger,

462
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Speaker 4: And I bring this up lot Ben Roethlisberger's early years

463
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:04,760
Speaker 4: in which you know, let's say you win a game

464
00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,520
Speaker 4: sixteen to six or something, right, but it might be

465
00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,480
Speaker 4: you know, it's nine six going into the fourth quarter.

466
00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,199
Speaker 4: It might be a close game then, but you have

467
00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,240
Speaker 4: that ability to win games in the fourth quarter. But

468
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Speaker 4: there are other scenarios too that turn no one score games,

469
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Speaker 4: one score games into non one score games. So we

470
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Speaker 4: see this, like so I said, runs back in baseball,

471
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Speaker 4: and interestingly for many years, and I think it's still true.

472
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Speaker 4: Most teams are about five hundred right in one run games.

473
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Speaker 4: You'd think, well, the Yankees, they just know how to

474
00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,760
Speaker 4: win those games. Okay, well they probably do. But your

475
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,760
Speaker 4: record's still going to be thirty and thirty in one

476
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Speaker 4: run games. And you might be the worst team in baseball,

477
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Speaker 4: but your record's still going to be thirty and thirty

478
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Speaker 4: in one run games.

479
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Speaker 5: Now, part of that is because that's just the way

480
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Speaker 5: it goes.

481
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Speaker 4: But also part of that is because when you get

482
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Speaker 4: into let's say the Yankees are up six to five

483
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Speaker 4: in the seventh, thinking well, we're not going to bring

484
00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,240
Speaker 4: in our best relievers now, right, because we're not leading

485
00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,560
Speaker 4: the game. So if you're the Pirates, you're not bringing

486
00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,440
Speaker 4: in Holderman, you know, bed Naarr and Chapman. So you're

487
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Speaker 4: another team, your team Max, Well, we're not going to

488
00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:13,960
Speaker 4: put our best guys in there. Well what are the

489
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,320
Speaker 4: Yankees going to do against your not best guys? What's judge.

490
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Speaker 5: In his lips? Right? So now, and the same thing

491
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:21,960
Speaker 5: is true in football.

492
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Speaker 4: So let's say you you know, uh, you wind up

493
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Speaker 4: getting ahead even by a touchdown, right, And now you've

494
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,159
Speaker 4: got arrested defense out there, and now the other teams

495
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:33,600
Speaker 4: got to throw the football.

496
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Speaker 5: They've got to throw.

497
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Speaker 4: They got to take their game plan and throw it

498
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Speaker 4: out the window. And now you got TJ. Watt, and

499
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,240
Speaker 4: you got Alex high Smith and he got Cam Hayward,

500
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Speaker 4: and they're saying, who we're We're gonna be able to

501
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Speaker 4: rush the passer. Now you get a turnover, Now you

502
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Speaker 4: kick a field goal, and what happens. It's no longer

503
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Speaker 4: a one score game. So so there are a lot

504
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Speaker 4: of things that can affect those numbers. And I think

505
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Speaker 4: the kind of scenario that I discussed and what we've

506
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Speaker 4: been talking about, I think that's going to happen more

507
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Speaker 4: for the Steelers.

508
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think there'll be much more competitive offensively to

509
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:05,480
Speaker 3: make those kind of things happen.

510
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Speaker 2: And I did that. I ran the numbers.

511
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Speaker 3: I believe it was a twenty twenty season when whatat

512
00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:16,480
Speaker 3: first led the league in sacks. And I think this

513
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,600
Speaker 3: he played with more than a touchdown lead. The Steelers

514
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:21,680
Speaker 3: played as a team with more than a touchdown lead

515
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:23,239
Speaker 3: for about one hundred and three minutes that year.

516
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Speaker 5: It's incredible. It's incredible.

517
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Speaker 3: It's not even you know, just barely over one full game,

518
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Speaker 3: not two full games worth of more than an eight

519
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,440
Speaker 3: point lead, and he led to league in sacks. If

520
00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,160
Speaker 3: you get that defense more leads, it's going to lead

521
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Speaker 3: to more sacks, which leads more.

522
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Speaker 2: Turnovers, you know all that stuff.

523
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Speaker 3: So yeah, I completely agree with that point that you know,

524
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Speaker 3: this team, they're not going to average the I mean, look,

525
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Speaker 3: they have seventeen point nine points per game last year.

526
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Speaker 3: The league average is about twenty one and a half

527
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:57,760
Speaker 3: twenty two points per game. If they can be league

528
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Speaker 3: average on offense, it makes all the difference in the world.

529
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Speaker 3: That's you know, three or four points per game gets

530
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Speaker 3: you out of some of those one score games.

531
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Speaker 4: And I also think that if the Steelers wind up

532
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Speaker 4: at league average in points per game, that it's going

533
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Speaker 4: to be in a little bit different way. I still

534
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,880
Speaker 4: think the time of possession exactly. I think it's still

535
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Speaker 4: going to be control of the clock. Arthur Smith still

536
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,720
Speaker 4: likes two tight ends, he still likes running the football.

537
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Speaker 4: I think they're going to be more dangerous in the

538
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,120
Speaker 4: past game. I think Russell Wilson's gonna throw a lot

539
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Speaker 4: more touchdowns. And we've gotten accustomed to.

540
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Speaker 2: The thirteen last year.

541
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that I'm gonna say I think the

542
00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,960
Speaker 4: Steelers will double that total this year in the passing game.

543
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Speaker 4: But I also think that running game is going to

544
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Speaker 4: continue to be a bread and butter. And again, when

545
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:49,880
Speaker 4: you talk about the bread and butter for the team offensively,

546
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,200
Speaker 4: when you talk about things coming together, when you talk

547
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Speaker 4: about Omar Khan and what Andy Widel did in Philadelphia

548
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Speaker 4: and this group coming together led by Omar Khan, talking

549
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Speaker 4: about you know where you where you're gonna add, Well,

550
00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,200
Speaker 4: look where they've added offensive line.

551
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Speaker 5: Let's go.

552
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,760
Speaker 4: Let's you know, and you got Najie, and you got

553
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 4: Jail and Warren, you got a great one two punch.

554
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:14,119
Speaker 4: Why would you not try to control the clock. Rest

555
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:18,000
Speaker 4: And again, when you control the clock, you're resting your defense. Right,

556
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:21,399
Speaker 4: you're demoralizing the other team. And not only are you

557
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,960
Speaker 4: resting your defense, the offense is over there. The other

558
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,879
Speaker 4: offense is getting fidgety and they're not getting in a.

559
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Speaker 3: Risk looking at the clock. Okay, now we're down the score.

560
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Speaker 3: There's we got maybe one or two possessions.

561
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Speaker 5: Now we got a quarter change, and now here we go.

562
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Speaker 4: Okay, now it's been you know, seventeen minutes since I've

563
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Speaker 4: been out on the field.

564
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Speaker 3: Yeah, they've had this eight minute drive, right, you know,

565
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,159
Speaker 3: those those things matter. And Matt had a great stat

566
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Speaker 3: last week. I don't know where he found it at,

567
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:50,560
Speaker 3: but Arthur Smith's offenses in Atlanta, whether it was Quartero Patterson,

568
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,440
Speaker 3: whether it was Tyler Algier, whether it was b Jean Robinson.

569
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Speaker 3: You got three different kind of runners there running into

570
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Speaker 3: eight man fronts.

571
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Speaker 2: All of that averaged over four yards per carry.

572
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:06,520
Speaker 3: Different styles of running backs all averaged under Arthur Smith

573
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,680
Speaker 3: over four yards running into a loaded box.

574
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Speaker 5: The Steelers were good at that a couple of years

575
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 5: ago too.

576
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Speaker 4: They had good numbers and running against you know, just

577
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 4: because it's an eight man box. Doesn't mean you can't run,

578
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:22,920
Speaker 4: but you also have what Arthur Smith didn't have, and

579
00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:27,280
Speaker 4: what the Steelers haven't had, is an experienced, veteran quarterback

580
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Speaker 4: that you crossed to get to the line of scrimmage

581
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Speaker 4: and say, okay, well we're going to throw the ball,

582
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Speaker 4: and I know where I'm going to throw the ball,

583
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,480
Speaker 4: and i know what I'm going to do here because

584
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,320
Speaker 4: I've got the experience and the talent too as well.

585
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,639
Speaker 4: I'm sure Arthur Smith is saying, oh, now they got.

586
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,240
Speaker 2: I got a quarterback.

587
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, now they got them, you know so, I mean, obviously,

588
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:51,720
Speaker 4: look that makes we know this. It makes a huge difference.

589
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:55,440
Speaker 4: There's a reason guys are paid fifty million dollars a year.

590
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 4: It's the most it's the most important position in sports.

591
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,640
Speaker 4: It is it is you make it. You can make

592
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:05,320
Speaker 4: the biggest impact there. And it's not just talent, although

593
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,080
Speaker 4: talent is a big part of it. I mean, look

594
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:10,639
Speaker 4: up in Buffalo, Buffalo, you know, looking forward to that

595
00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 4: second preseason game. I'm looking forward to that and diving

596
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 4: a little more into the Bills. I mean they are

597
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:19,520
Speaker 4: just hemorrhaging Pro bowlers. Yeah, I mean the last couple

598
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:20,200
Speaker 4: of years.

599
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,120
Speaker 5: We lost two this year. We lost two this year.

600
00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 5: We lost another one this year.

601
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Speaker 4: But you've got Josh Allen and Josh Allen he's like

602
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 4: the eraser at the end of a pencil.

603
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Speaker 5: You know, he can make.

604
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 4: Now, this is going to be a big challenge for

605
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,119
Speaker 4: him this year because he's got less talent around him.

606
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,960
Speaker 4: But the great quarterbacks we saw a pen Roethlisberger. Ya,

607
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 4: We've seen greatness up close what it can do to

608
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:44,560
Speaker 4: lift the team. You know, you can win any game

609
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 4: that that guy's out in the field. So where Russell

610
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 4: Wilson's going to be? I think this is gonna be

611
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 4: fascinating because he went from a great situation in Seattle

612
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 4: to what was wound up not being a good situation

613
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Speaker 4: in Denver. I mean, a head coach that was one

614
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 4: and done and a head coach that just didn't seem.

615
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Speaker 5: To care for him.

616
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 4: So I think I think Russell Wilson's going to be

617
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,480
Speaker 4: you know, not that I would ever think he needs

618
00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 4: extra motivation. You know, Ben Roethlisberger doesn't need extra motivation. Now,

619
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,120
Speaker 4: a little bit of a you know, a little bit

620
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Speaker 4: of an age, a little bit of a chip on

621
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Speaker 4: your shoulder.

622
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Speaker 3: Oh, those guys are gonna utilize absolutely there. He said

623
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Speaker 3: it in his first press conference when when he was

624
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 3: introduced that you know he's thinking about his long term legacy. Yes,

625
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 3: you know, before he went to Denver, people oh, he's

626
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,560
Speaker 3: a slam dunk Hall of Famer, slam dunk, slam dunk.

627
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 3: And now all of a sudden, you know he's in

628
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,800
Speaker 3: Denver for two years. The first year was awful, right,

629
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 3: the second year was not bad. But again, to your point,

630
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,600
Speaker 3: you had a coach there that didn't He wasn't there

631
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,080
Speaker 3: when you brought him in. Right when Wilson was brought in,

632
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 3: he didn't.

633
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:47,440
Speaker 2: They weren't. They was well and water.

634
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Speaker 3: And so now he's looking at this going, I got

635
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 3: a chance to reclaim my legacy here. If I go

636
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,320
Speaker 3: out and have a good year, people start talking about

637
00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 3: me as a Hall of Famer again. There's definitely a

638
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 3: chip there in a show.

639
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 4: Right for sure, for sure. And I think that's a

640
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 4: good chip. And I think it's going to be It's

641
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 4: gonna be really interesting to see because I think if

642
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 4: the Steelers get you know, people are like average quarterback play,

643
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 4: I think the Steelers can shoot for more than that.

644
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:21,280
Speaker 4: If you can get above average quarterback play. I don't

645
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,400
Speaker 4: see why this team, you know, you talked about it

646
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,959
Speaker 4: with Matt. I just think they're except for a receiver.

647
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,560
Speaker 4: And we'll see. The season hasn't started yet. I think

648
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:34,000
Speaker 4: across the board, this is just a team that's they've improved,

649
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 4: and they've taken their weaknesses and I think improve their weaknesses.

650
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 4: And and you know, if you're gonna look at this

651
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 4: team and say, well, where where are they having some issues?

652
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,760
Speaker 4: And and you know there's the additions to me are twofold.

653
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 4: Like you go out and get a Patrick Queen, I

654
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:55,360
Speaker 4: mean you've added terrific football player, just a terrific player.

655
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 4: I think they've shored up the back end of their

656
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:02,080
Speaker 4: defense as well. And you know, when you're gonna run

657
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Speaker 4: an offense, presumably that's gonna utilize tight ends. I mean

658
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Speaker 4: they just keep picking up tight ends, more and more

659
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 4: tight ends because that matches your.

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Speaker 5: System as well and what you want to do offensively.

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Speaker 4: So not only are you making splash, but I think

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Speaker 4: you're making with a guy like Patrick Queen, but you're

663
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Speaker 4: making shrewd pickups as well, because the personnel you're picking

664
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Speaker 4: up match the system you want to try to use.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely absolutely, he is Rob King. I'm Dale Lolli. You're

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Speaker 3: listening to the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We're

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Speaker 3: gonna take a break. We'll be back with more right

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Speaker 3: after this.

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Speaker 3: shop dot Steelers dot com. And with training camp this week,

679
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Speaker 3: you might want to do that. Gets yourself some new

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Speaker 3: Steelers gear, you get the Steelers Training Camp, Sideline apparel,

681
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Speaker 3: all that good stuff out there and as you head

682
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 3: to Latrobe and of course the Steelers also have their

683
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Speaker 3: shops set out set up at Latrobe as well.

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Speaker 2: Get it.

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Speaker 3: You can wear it out there on the hillstop, maybe

686
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Speaker 3: get someone to sign it.

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Speaker 5: Rob, I think so that's what I think you should do.

688
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Speaker 2: It's a great place to do stuff like that.

689
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Speaker 5: Get some apparel, get an autograph, great stuff.

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Speaker 3: Get multiple to get multiple Never wash that shirt again,

691
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Speaker 3: that's right, Never.

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Speaker 4: Wash that shirt again. Why would you You don't want

693
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Speaker 4: to wash off an autograph.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, he is Rob King sitting in for the vacationing

695
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Speaker 3: Matt Williamson. Matt will be back on Thursday when we

696
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Speaker 3: kick off the drive out in La Trobe. But I

697
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Speaker 3: can't wait to do that. Always one of my favorite

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Speaker 3: times of the year. Like I said before, this is

699
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Speaker 3: my thirty second training camp in Late Trobe. I think

700
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Speaker 3: I've been at Saint Vincent College enough. I should I've

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Speaker 3: earned a.

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Speaker 5: Degree, Yeah, some sort of degree. Yeah.

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00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 4: Listen, you could have probably knocked off some classes while

704
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Speaker 4: you're out there, right, if.

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Speaker 5: You'd know it. It's going to be thirty two years.

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Speaker 3: Well, you know, I've been a little busy when I'm

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Speaker 3: out there, but yeah, that's true. Yeah, So, I mean

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Speaker 3: I'm looking forward to seeing We've seen this team throughout

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Speaker 3: the process this offseason OTAs and then Mini camp and

710
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Speaker 3: and now you get to see him at training camp

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Speaker 3: and and it ramps.

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Speaker 2: Up really quickly. Two weeks before the first preseason game.

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Speaker 5: Incredible. It's incredible.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and you know, I know we're going to get

715
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Speaker 4: into sexier topics, but can I talk punding for that? Absolutely,

716
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 4: So we're and the reason I wanted to talk about

717
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,120
Speaker 4: it now because we're just talking about the offense and

718
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Speaker 4: the expectation that it's going to be better. So I'm

719
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Speaker 4: going to try to put this in terms that I

720
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Speaker 4: think are relevant to what yardage means. What you know,

721
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Speaker 4: you talk about hidden yardage, And I think one of

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Speaker 4: the things that Steelers did is I don't think it's

723
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Speaker 4: any coincidence. Maybe it was, but I don't think it

724
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Speaker 4: was any coincidence that they had the kickoff rule. We

725
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,480
Speaker 4: were down in Orlando they passed the kickoff rule. It

726
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Speaker 4: was that day or the next day. It was that

727
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Speaker 4: cord Aro Patterson, Yeah, it was that day. So the

728
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,919
Speaker 4: greatest kick returner maybe an NFL history. So looking for

729
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Speaker 4: more yards in that regard, I think they've got. I

730
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Speaker 4: think Tyler Mattakaevitch is a very interesting pickup. They have

731
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Speaker 4: Miles Killerbrew. I think they're special teams. They've always wanted

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Speaker 4: to be special, to be solid on special teams. But

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Speaker 4: when you think about punting, I'm going to put it

734
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Speaker 4: to you in this term. So, Cameron Johnson is a

735
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Speaker 4: guy that he had a net of forty four yards

736
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Speaker 4: per game last year. Percy Presley Harvin, I can stop

737
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Speaker 4: calling him Percy Harvin. Now, the old Ride receiver, Presley

738
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Speaker 4: Harvin averaged thirty nine point two. Again, that's not all

739
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Speaker 4: on the punter, but let's just say for argument's sake,

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Speaker 4: right now, it's on the punter. Okay, that's a four

741
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Speaker 4: point eight yard difference per punt. Harvin averaged about, well,

742
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Speaker 4: he didn't average about he averaged exactly five point two

743
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Speaker 4: punts per game. So five point two punts per game

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Speaker 4: at four point eight yards per game is twenty four

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Speaker 4: point nine to six net yards twenty five yards.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, right.

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00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 4: So the Steelers ranked twenty fifth in the NFL in

748
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 4: total yardage. If you gave them twenty five yards a game,

749
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Speaker 4: if you pbscribed that to their offense and just said

750
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Speaker 4: you're gonna be twenty five yards better than offense, now

751
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 4: you're nineteenth in yards. So we talk about the Steelers

752
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 4: just getting to average, Well, where's that improvement gonna come offensively? Well,

753
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Speaker 4: you just picked up twenty five yards by changing your

754
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Speaker 4: punter twenty five yards per game.

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Speaker 5: That's significant. That's enough.

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Speaker 4: Again, let me reiterate that that's enough to move your

757
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Speaker 4: offense twenty fifth in the league to nineteenth in the league.

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00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 4: We're looking to get this to A's offense to average. Right, Well,

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00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,680
Speaker 4: you just picked up six of the nine spots you

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Speaker 4: need by changing your punter. You haven't even talked about

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Speaker 4: the offensive improvements.

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Speaker 3: It also helps your defense with the field position battle.

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Speaker 3: You know, if you're gonna play a game in the margins,

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Speaker 3: to try to win in the margins, to win those

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Speaker 3: one score games, being good at the punting position is

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Speaker 3: huge in that because the one problem that I have

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Speaker 3: with Preshley Harven we would talk about this every year

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Speaker 3: at training Matt and I were doing the radio show.

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Speaker 2: We're doing the Drive during.

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Speaker 3: Training camp practices the last two seasons, and you're watching

771
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Speaker 3: Presley Harvin out there punting the ball, and you're like,

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Speaker 3: sixty yard punt, sixty five yard punts, seventy yard punt

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Speaker 3: in perfect conditions. It would get to be November and

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Speaker 3: all of a sudden, those sixty yard punts, those fifty

775
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 3: yard punts are now going forty, they're going thirty five

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Speaker 3: it has to be consistent. The consistent and see, to

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Speaker 3: me is the biggest thing that you're going to get

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Speaker 3: out of camera in Johnston, I know looking at his

779
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Speaker 3: career numbers in Philadelphia, not the best of weather, all right.

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Speaker 3: Houston's a little different story, but he also kicked at

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Speaker 3: Ohio State and college. He knows how to kick in weather.

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Speaker 3: And you look at his career numbers, his lowest career

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Speaker 3: average for gross average forty six point four yards.

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Speaker 2: Harvin's never come close to that.

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Speaker 3: So this is a guy who knows how to kick

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Speaker 3: in the elements, and that's going to help your defense

787
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Speaker 3: when you're backed up. If he's punting from his ten,

788
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Speaker 3: you're not going to be giving the other team the

789
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Speaker 3: ball at the fifty where they need fifteen yards to

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Speaker 3: be in field goal range. And so you're playing things

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Speaker 3: a little bit more different now. You know, maybe they

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Speaker 3: get it at the thirty five instead of the forty

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Speaker 3: five or the fifty, and your defense is a little

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00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 3: It changes the way you play defense a little bit more.

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Speaker 3: And if he's kicking from his thirty, now you're flipping

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Speaker 3: the field and you're putting them down inside their own

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Speaker 3: twenty again. To your point, the hidden you yardage going

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Speaker 3: to mass for this team.

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Speaker 4: You can also change momentum as a punter. Not all

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Speaker 4: the time, not every kick, but there are times, and

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Speaker 4: you know, I don't want to completely come down hard

802
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 4: on Harvid, but there were times where.

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Speaker 5: I felt like, boy, a big kick here would be

804
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Speaker 5: would be huge.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, And it didn't seem like those big kicks came

806
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Speaker 4: at the huge moment often enough, so we've gotten used

807
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Speaker 4: to seeing him. We'll see what happens with the Cameron Johnson.

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00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:31,040
Speaker 4: But you know, imagine a scenario in which a team

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Speaker 4: is now they stopped you three and out, and they're

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Speaker 4: down three, and you got the ball at your own twenty,

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Speaker 4: and they're thinking to themselves, we're.

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Speaker 5: Gonna have the ball to forty.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we're two first downs away from maybe one first

814
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 4: down away from tying this game. And now you unleash

815
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Speaker 4: a banger and that ball rolls out of bounds at

816
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 4: the twelve yard line. It completely changes the momentum of

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Speaker 4: the feeling flating for the offense. I mean, think about

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00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:55,400
Speaker 4: how you're feeling as a fan, right, I mean, you're thinking,

819
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 4: oh my goodness, gracious, I thought we're gonna have the

820
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 4: ball to forty what some of that same emotion is

821
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 4: going to be on the sideline too.

822
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Speaker 5: So I think it's a big deal. I do.

823
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Speaker 4: And I think you add Patterson to that and I

824
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,399
Speaker 4: think it's a big deal as well. It'll be very

825
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 4: interesting to see who the punt returner is and whether

826
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,239
Speaker 4: that can be a positive, because that has not been

827
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:16,920
Speaker 4: a positive for this year. There's too often the punt

828
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Speaker 4: return game.

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Speaker 3: Calvin Austin was pretty good in that in that role

830
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:24,279
Speaker 3: last year. He was close a couple of times to

831
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:27,920
Speaker 3: breaking some uh. Talk to him at from you needed

832
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,480
Speaker 3: that one extra, one extra guy. He's like, yeah, I know,

833
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,759
Speaker 3: I was there. It was there, and somebody got me

834
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Speaker 3: by the Yeah, you.

835
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Speaker 4: Know I don't want close though, No, And I agree

836
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Speaker 4: with you. I think Calvin Austin has promise as a

837
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,919
Speaker 4: punt returner for sure. I think he's a dangerous guy

838
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:42,560
Speaker 4: when the ball.

839
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Speaker 5: Is in his hands. I'm interested, Yeah, I'm watching.

840
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm moving a little forward in my seat when

841
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,359
Speaker 4: he's got the ball. So I do think that that's

842
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 4: going to be an area in which, because let's face it,

843
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,919
Speaker 4: you know, coaches always say, yeah, three facets of the game,

844
00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:01,279
Speaker 4: but not every team pays as much. No, they don't

845
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 4: treat them all the same. But I think the Steelers'

846
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 4: movements in the offseason, and again Omark Cohn, I think

847
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:10,399
Speaker 4: these are shrewd moves that have made the Steelers more

848
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 4: effective in an area of the game that's not as

849
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 4: sexy to talk about his offense and defense. But when

850
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 4: you think about in total, you know Chris Boswell being

851
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 4: just absolute money as a kicker. And now you've improved

852
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:26,840
Speaker 4: the punting game, You've returned the kick returning, You've improved

853
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 4: the kick returning game. Hopefully you can get something more

854
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,399
Speaker 4: out of that punt return game, perhaps that being an

855
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:37,200
Speaker 4: asset for your team. I mean, listen, it's fun to

856
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:40,360
Speaker 4: see those, you know, halftime highlights when you're watching the

857
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,040
Speaker 4: game and see somebody returning to punt for a touchdown.

858
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Speaker 5: On the other team.

859
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Speaker 4: Not not the other team the Steelers are playing, any

860
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 4: other team around some of those, Yeah, we don't want

861
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 4: to see that. So anyway, I just thought that that

862
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:53,799
Speaker 4: I think it's relevant. I think it's going to be

863
00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:56,520
Speaker 4: a factor. I think it's going to be a factor

864
00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:58,719
Speaker 4: in helping the Steelers win games, and I think it

865
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:00,960
Speaker 4: could even be a factor in winning a game or

866
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 4: two for the Steelers.

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Speaker 2: There's no doubt about it.

868
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Speaker 3: Just you know, you look at some of the things

869
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:09,880
Speaker 3: that they have done to again winning the margins, blocking kicks,

870
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 3: things of that nature that that change the momentum of

871
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:20,200
Speaker 3: a game. You know, that double thud right is something that, yeah, right, that.

872
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 2: That teams don't want to hear.

873
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Speaker 3: And the Steelers are Miles Killiber is one of the

874
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:26,600
Speaker 3: best in the league, maybe ever blocking kicks at the

875
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:30,319
Speaker 3: NFL level. They've found ways. Danny Smith has done a

876
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 3: great job of scheming up ways to get guys free

877
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:37,759
Speaker 3: to the punter. I think Danny will find ways to

878
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:40,200
Speaker 3: utilize and take advantage of.

879
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:40,920
Speaker 2: This kickoff role.

880
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,600
Speaker 3: And I can't wait to sell be fascinating to watch.

881
00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:46,279
Speaker 4: I can't So the first game is coming up to

882
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:49,959
Speaker 4: Texans on August first, right in the Hall of Fame game,

883
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:51,800
Speaker 4: and I cannot.

884
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:54,279
Speaker 3: Wait watching preseason games to see how teams handle this.

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00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:56,080
Speaker 4: You know, I was talking with I think it was

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00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:59,600
Speaker 4: Miles Killerbrew after one of the practices about like, who

887
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 4: do you it out there?

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00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 2: Yeah?

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00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:02,719
Speaker 5: I mean what does that look like?

890
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 3: Now you're gonna see some bigger bodies on kicks from

891
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 3: what you used to see.

892
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 5: I mean, I think if you're you know, it's.

893
00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:11,400
Speaker 3: Almost gonna be like you're gonna almost have to match

894
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 3: what the offense puts out there for for the coverage units,

895
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 3: and then you're gonna dictate to the other team who

896
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,960
Speaker 3: they put on the field, because if I, if I

897
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:20,560
Speaker 3: have a couple of.

898
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Speaker 2: Either athletic tight.

899
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:27,319
Speaker 3: Ends or athletic offense or defensive lineman that I can

900
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:31,319
Speaker 3: put out there, you almost have to match that if

901
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,520
Speaker 3: you're the if you're the defensive team, like, do I

902
00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 3: want a bunch of little guys out there when they've

903
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:37,920
Speaker 3: got some bigger bodies out there and one of those

904
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 3: guys pancakes one of my guys and creates a seam

905
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 3: like it's it's gonna be fascinating to watch how this works.

906
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:47,360
Speaker 4: You wonder if the Spencer Anderson, I think drafts for

907
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:49,440
Speaker 4: pretty much every game last year, did he get a

908
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 4: snap on offense?

909
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:51,799
Speaker 2: I don't believe they don't think he did.

910
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:55,080
Speaker 5: But could he be a guy if you're that.

911
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 3: We've seen the Brett Kussells and guys of that nature

912
00:42:58,080 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 3: do this stuff over there.

913
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 4: You're just six offense some linement, are you gonna be utilized?

914
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,560
Speaker 4: On kick return I mean, I can't.

915
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:08,960
Speaker 3: Could could have the Marvin Leal find a role, you know,

916
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:10,399
Speaker 3: doing stuff like that.

917
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:12,960
Speaker 2: Just hey, go blow somebody up and give me a scene.

918
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:17,400
Speaker 4: And are there gonna be more big returns? Is it

919
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,239
Speaker 4: one scene for it? It seems like it is.

920
00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 5: Doesn't it.

921
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:22,719
Speaker 3: I mean, that's what they're trying to get that that.

922
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:23,719
Speaker 3: I can't excitement.

923
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:24,399
Speaker 5: I can't wait.

924
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:26,800
Speaker 4: I think it's going to be fascinating. And I think again,

925
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:30,760
Speaker 4: the Steelers are ahead of the curve here. They're They've

926
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:34,320
Speaker 4: got the best kick returner maybe in NFL.

927
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 2: He's aggressive with it too.

928
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:37,799
Speaker 3: I mean you go back and watch some of his

929
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:40,640
Speaker 3: highlight he's taken it from you know, nine yards deep

930
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:42,040
Speaker 3: in the in the end zone. He'll he'll take it

931
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 3: because he feels like he can break any and he's

932
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 3: a big due.

933
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:46,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's gonna say, by the way, that's not a

934
00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:48,160
Speaker 4: little wiggly guy there.

935
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Speaker 5: That's a guy that will run you over.

936
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:50,000
Speaker 4: Yeah.

937
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:51,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's a big man. He is a big man.

938
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 3: That's it's gonna be fun to watch. I can't wait

939
00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:58,200
Speaker 3: to see how different teams attack this and utilizing Again.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna be watching preseason games just to kickoffs, right,

941
00:44:01,239 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 2: who does that?

942
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:05,279
Speaker 4: I agree, and I think it's gonna be I think

943
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:06,920
Speaker 4: it's gonna be a work in progress, you know, I

944
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 4: don't doubt. I don't know if any team is going

945
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:14,959
Speaker 4: to be able to really see what And I would

946
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:17,520
Speaker 4: imagine there's gonna be different theories about there out there

947
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Speaker 4: about who to use.

948
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Speaker 5: Now.

949
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 4: Maybe maybe there will be a uniform theory that will

950
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:24,640
Speaker 4: work for every team. I don't know, but I suspect

951
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:27,320
Speaker 4: it's one of the areas in which teams are gonna say, Okay,

952
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,959
Speaker 4: well we're gonna try this grouping of personnel, and another

953
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,960
Speaker 4: team's gonna say, we're gonna try this grouping of personnel,

954
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:36,520
Speaker 4: and hey, you put big bodies out on the field

955
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:40,560
Speaker 4: for kick coverage. Maybe we're gonna have smaller, faster guys

956
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,000
Speaker 4: to run reverses on you over commit, cyon or I

957
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:43,560
Speaker 4: see you later.

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Speaker 5: It's gonna be fast, It'll be fun. It's gonna be fun.

959
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Speaker 5: I can't wait.

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00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, I can't wait either.

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Speaker 1: Rob.

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Speaker 3: That's gonna do it for our number one, Rob and

963
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Speaker 3: I will be back for our number two of the

964
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Speaker 3: drive right after this.

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