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Matt As, there are 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:50.040 probably what nine or ten school buses. If I had 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:50.960 to guess one, two. 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:53.800 Three, four, five, say easily, I can't see the end, and. 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:57.240 I think there's one back there, would make nine school buses. A. 0:00:57.360 --> 0:01:00.840 Why would you need nine school buses forty some players? 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:04.600 Well, you're taking the entire coaching staff and the training staff. 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:06.080 You and I could hop on there if we want 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:06.960 to media people. 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:09.360 You know, our our friends. You know our friends like 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:12.560 Tyler and Alec that work in the video department, a meal, Nate. 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:14.240 All those guys had no. 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:17.000 Over anyone associated with the organization in any way. 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:22.520 It's there, and so everyone takes the buses yea, and yeah, 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:25.560 all these uh it's I would imagine they'll probably be 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:27.480 leaving in about an hour, six calos. 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:29.200 We're not gonna be on the bus. They're gonna being before. 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:31.679 Yeah, yes, we are not going to be on the buses. 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:35.360 But you've got man nine or ten buses line of least, yeah, 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:38.120 and about five or six cop cars ready to give 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:41.199 the old police escort as things are about to get 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:43.679 wild across the way at latrob Memorial tonight. 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:46.000 I would assume they want to get there by five, right, 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:48.680 I mean it starts at six and stretch, and. 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:51.360 I would be I would think within the next. 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:55.600 Penalty road, the busy dressed minutes they dress here, okay, yeah, yeah. 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:57.840 They get on there fully dressed, and and get off 0:01:57.840 --> 0:01:59.760 the bus and right onto the field, and same type 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:02.040 of thing when they return. Matt, I'm sure I've told 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:06.480 you this story before, but the first Friday night lights 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:12.240 after we returned to campus at the end of the 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:16.760 two year Hinesfield hiatus for COVID. Okay, so twenty and 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:19.520 twenty twenty one there was no Saint Vincent training camp 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:23.000 due to the NFL restrictions due to COVID, so twenty 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:24.880 twenty two the first year that it was back here. 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:27.120 That was also the night that Friday Night Lights got 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:28.639 rained out because the weather was so bad. 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:29.280 It was really bad. 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:31.239 So that was I remember that kind of being a 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:33.960 huge bummer because it was like two years without a year, 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:36.560 and then the third year and it finally is back 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:38.359 in Friday Night Lights, and then they had to cut 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:41.960 it short or maybe barely even got anything in before 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:44.600 the rain delays and the weather delays took effect. So 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:47.960 I hadn't even gone over to Friday Night Lights. I 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:50.680 was still here on campus, and there was word like, 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:53.160 oh it got scrapped. It's not happening. They're heading back. 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:55.799 They don't bother. So I am walking out of the 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:58.519 cafeteria to go back to the dorm room, you know, 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:00.400 walk across campus. And this was when and I were 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:02.639 still staying in the dorms. And right as I'm leaving 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:05.400 the cafeteria and making my way across these football fields here, 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:08.320 all the buses pull up to drop the players off. Yeah, 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:12.679 now keep in mind, it is pouring down, pouring down. 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.600 But I guess t J. Watt and Cam Hayward had 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:19.840 planned they had Matt waiting for them where the busses 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:23.640 get dropped off. I'm not kidding, probably six big tubs 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:27.840 full of filled water balloons. 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:31.320 So the first busts of rain. 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:34.160 That's what makes it so funny, because it would have 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:37.040 been hilarious. The first bus rolls off and clearly TJ 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:39.280 and Cam playing this, and they hop off the bus 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.240 and they've got all the water balloons waiting, and they're like, 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:46.040 come on, just fucking water balloons with these guys as 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:49.840 they get off the bus. But it's bumping. All the 0:03:49.880 --> 0:03:52.800 guys are getting hit with the balloons and they're like, okay, yeah, 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:55.760 big deal, I'm soaked. Anyway, that's like a it's like 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:57.880 a drop of water in the Atlantic Ocean, you know. 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:01.080 I mean, so it would have been even better if 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:04.000 it was you know, eighty eighty some degrees. Great idea. 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.360 But I walked right through there as TJ and Cam 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:08.440 were pelting everybody with water balloons. 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:09.840 And I can didn't have the same effect. 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:11.400 Didn't have the same effect. But on their faces, Matt, 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:13.640 they still looked like nine year olds on Christmas morning. 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:15.960 They were having a lot of fun with it. 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:18.120 Certainly, I'm sure they slipped somebody back here a couple 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:20.400 bucks to fill up eight thousand water balloons. 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:23.320 Might have been nine thousands. It was so many water 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:25.880 balloons in the middle of a rainstorm. Those type of 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:28.559 visuals that you get to see out here that stick 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.880 with you for a long time, Matt Today, tonight a 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:35.800 big night here in Latrobe today, though it was quiet 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:38.960 on campus except for some of these Steelers coordinators and 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:41.800 coaches that we heard from really for the first time 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:43.919 of you know, we've heard from Brian Angelico and Patrick 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:47.600 Grant and Danny Crossman, these guys leading up to this process, 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:51.400 but hadn't heard from them yet here in the Saint 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:55.120 Vincent Vincent portion of this training camp. Here's what new 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:58.480 offensive coordinator Brian Angelico had to say this morning. 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:03.560 A wide variety of ways that you guys use a 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.279 quick passing attack to hit all different parts of the field. 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:09.800 How do you go up organizing that in the offense to. 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.719 Mix it up at the right pace and encounter what 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:12.599 defenses are doing. 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:15.560 Yeah, we obviously want to try to spread the field 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:19.120 and we're blessed to have some really good perimeter players 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:21.880 and some of those are called some of those are 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:23.560 run solutions. 0:05:23.040 --> 0:05:24.680 Checks that the quarterbacks can get to. 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:28.080 But it's been good for us, whether it's the quick 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:31.080 game or the bubbles or the screens, but just trying 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:33.720 to get the ball in playmakers hands right. 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.960 How would you evaluate Mason will and Drew what they've 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:38.159 done at KIM to this point. 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:41.440 Yeah, I think they're doing a great job. I think 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:44.159 Tom does a great job in the QB room and 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:47.880 you know, as far as maximizing their time with the 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:51.839 QB school and fundamentals during the special teams, and they're 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:54.040 really taken to the footwork and the training. 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:57.320 So it's been really good to see them now they've had. 0:05:57.200 --> 0:06:01.320 A chance from OTAs in Phase two, they really you know, 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:03.840 now they know the drills, they understand the footwork, and 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:06.479 it's really good to see it grow in training camp 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:08.920 in terms of maximizing their reps. 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:11.440 How beneficial is the two spot and running you know, 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:14.200 the two team periods simultaneously, two. 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:17.000 For everyone, not only the quarterbacks but all our players. 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:20.040 I think it allows us to certainly double the reps, 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:23.039 you know, rather than guys seeing it on film, they're 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:25.760 actually able to do it, so it's been really really good. 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:29.159 How difficult is it to kind of keep track of 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:31.000 both things that require a lot more films? 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:32.320 So, or how do you manage it? 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:33.360 Yeah? 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:35.680 What we typically do is in the two spot, we'll 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:37.840 have a script and they're running the same script that 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:40.839 the other group's doing. And it's cool because when we 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:43.599 watch the tape as coaches, the plays are back to back, 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:47.040 so if you know, one group executed it and the 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:50.080 other group didn't, they can see what it should look 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:51.960 like and then if we repeat it. So it's really 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:54.680 good training and teaching, and you know, you get your 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:58.479 best film through training camp for your cutups, and we're 0:06:58.520 --> 0:06:59.800 able to get a lot of reps. 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:01.360 That's been really beneficial. 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:04.960 Have you personally done the two Spider but involved in 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:06.760 a training camp practice. 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:07.640 That operated that way? 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:10.600 Yeah, you know, places I've been, we've done it. You know, 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.200 I think every everyone you know, all the coaches, they've 0:07:13.200 --> 0:07:16.680 they've experienced it at some point for sure. And Mike 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:19.400 usually goes with the kind of the second field the 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:22.560 younger guys, right, and you're with the Yeah, that's pretty 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:25.239 cool for you as someone who's first time and no, it's. 0:07:25.080 --> 0:07:26.880 It's you know, we talked about that. 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.320 Then there may be times that if Mike goes over 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:32.080 on the ones and I'll be over with the twos, 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:35.080 or Tom may go over with the twos, souh and 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:36.800 Mike will be with the ones. But I think it's 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:40.600 good for you know, Will and Drew obviously to hear 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:43.880 Mike's voice and you know how he calls Thayings and 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:46.720 to articulate that. 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:48.400 Roman Wilson's had a very productive camp as far as 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.480 you know, being involved in you guys team group sessions. 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:53.160 What have you seen from him in this camp that 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:55.160 maybe you didn't see when you first like studied him 0:07:55.200 --> 0:07:57.560 and to get understanding of what you were inheriting. 0:07:57.720 --> 0:07:59.280 Yeah, I think Roome's done a great job. 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:02.040 I think it's really cool like him and Aaron seem 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:05.960 like they're on the same page and and you know 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.520 what their their communication and and where where he needs 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.640 to be with the concepts. So and Rome's really worked 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:16.720 hard in his preparation and film study. So I think 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.600 he's playing a little bit more quieted, mind relaxed and 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:22.920 uh just going out playing football rather than you know, 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:25.800 thinking like you know, when when you're in the OTAs 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:29.280 you know, it's you know, everybody's learning a new system, 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:32.440 and you know, now we kind of call these recalls 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:34.880 where it's you know, we've installed it twice, so let's 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:37.840 go out. And I think players are starting to get 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.240 a little bit more comfortable, and you know, each day 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:41.520 it should get a little bit better. 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:42.520 Right. 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:46.000 Aaron said that in order to be explosive inefficient on 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:48.000 early downs, you need to go under center because a 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:49.920 lot of top offenses are doing that. How are you 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:51.400 seeing that as a trend around the league and how 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:53.360 does it fit with this turn vision reoffensis? 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.960 Yeah, I think you know, the the you know, the explosives, 0:08:57.360 --> 0:09:00.160 the you know, the catchphrases they come off the play 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.079 passes and trying to marriage the run in the past. 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.960 So you know, certainly under center allows that. You know, 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:09.920 it's better action. You can get more downhill with the runs. 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:14.640 So there's a component to that that certainly if you 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:17.240 tie them all together, you know, you can kind of 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:21.080 conflict the linebackers or the second level coverage with their fits, 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:23.440 which allows you to throw the ball over the top 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:23.719 of them. 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:27.120 Your time with Kevin O'Connell in Minnesota kind of help 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:29.760 you develop that specific part, especially working with the tight ends. 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:33.240 You were sure, Yeah, obviously, I have tremendous respect for Kevin, 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:35.320 learned a ton from him, and he's a. 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:36.760 He's a he's a really good friend. 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:39.720 But yeah, obviously that was a great experience, you know, 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:44.480 just seeing how they tied together some of the runs 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:45.319 and play passes. 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:49.720 So it was definitely beneficial for me pretty experienced running backs. 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:55.120 Is picking a number one something that's important to you? 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.400 And how do you envision the time splip between those 0:09:57.400 --> 0:09:58.160 guys working out? 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:02.520 Yeah, we're we're, you know, very fortunate to have you know, 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:03.600 Rico and Jalen. 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:06.480 That'll play itself out as we go. 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:08.599 They're both gonna play They're both going to be a 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:10.600 big part of our success, and they're. 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:13.280 Both very capable of carrying the load. 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:15.679 So it's a good problem to have and we're gonna 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.559 need him both and super super excited that they're with us. 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:20.520 Where's German Bernard at this point? 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:22.400 Has he exceeded expectations? 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:24.400 He where he needs to be or does he need 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:25.079 to catch up? Yeah? 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:26.920 I think germs right where he needs to be and 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:30.720 he's just steady. I love his approach, I love his intentionality. 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:34.600 I love his work ethic, you know, and he's he's smart, 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.400 like you know, Adam's moving him around. He's playing all 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:41.720 three positions on you know, at the receiver position and 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:42.679 handling it. 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:44.520 So it's it's been it's been good. 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:46.240 And you see him every day he'll make a play, 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:48.040 so he's uh, he's doing well. 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:50.199 We're very happy where he's at. Right. 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:53.600 I think last season, Aaron spoke really highly of working 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:56.319 with Zach Frasier, calling him potentially one of the top centers. 0:10:56.080 --> 0:10:56.520 In the league. 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:58.920 Down the line, what have you noticed about Zach being 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:00.600 a young player of this league? 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:04.040 Now he's handled working with such a season quarterback. 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:08.160 Like Aarran Prey, steady and really smart. That's that was, 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:10.480 you know for me to see. You know, I totally 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:12.920 agree with that. You know, he's got command. He makes 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:16.360 the calls up front, uh fair and check something, phrases 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:18.600 right on it, he can relay it. So he's kind 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:21.040 of that the stability that sets it off for the 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:21.559 old line. 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:24.120 And it's really cool to see. Right, how do you 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:28.760 see the offensive line gelling when it comes to especially 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:29.679 like the zone blocking. 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.120 How how are they kind of gelling together and getting 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:33.880 on the same page because this is a new system 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:34.200 for them. 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:34.760 Yeah. 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:38.720 No, the line is a group, is is is a 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:39.360 smart group. 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:40.520 They do a good job. 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:44.280 You can tell that they've they've worked together their communication. 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:47.480 So I've been I've been pleased with the old line 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:50.280 and you know the strides they've made, you know, in 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:54.560 training camp and obviously will continue to be tested versus 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:56.480 our front. We got a really good front. So it's 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:58.640 it's really good to see those matchups. 0:11:58.760 --> 0:11:59.880 It's it's been good. 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:03.720 How have you seen the competition for the third tailback spot. 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:06.760 Yeah, that'll be something that will play out as we 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:09.680 go through preseason games. And that's where we're really excited 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:12.560 to get to those games. You know, those guys are 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:15.960 all getting reps and we'll see where that thing goes 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:16.839 in the next three weeks. 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:19.760 Hide and right fit in that is as far as 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:22.360 third running back or six wide receivers. 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:24.440 You know, his ability to line up all over all 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:25.160 over the formation. 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:28.720 Yeah, I mean, like like with all our players, position flexibility, 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:32.800 the more you can do is certainly beneficial, whether it's 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:36.040 on teams or playing offense, splitting out, playing in the backfield. 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.720 So he'll be he'll be included in the mix, and 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:41.199 you know, we're gonna we're gonna stretch him as much 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:43.680 as we can mentally and just see where this thing goes. 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:46.760 We've seen Aaron go to Pat Fryarmouth a number of 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:49.679 times in the two minute drill and critical situations early on, 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:52.760 just with Pat. What do you envision his role being 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:53.559 would have been some of the. 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:54.440 Early impressions of ten. 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:56.760 Yeah, I think Pat's done a really good job at 0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:58.800 controlling the middle of the field, and I agree with you. 0:12:58.600 --> 0:12:59.400 You know, at. 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:01.440 Any time we get a one on one with Pat, 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:04.880 you know, he's made some plays. So that's been really 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:06.880 really cool to see. And we're just going to keep 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:10.559 pushing the envelope and you know, hopefully that connection continues 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:12.680 to grow because it could certainly be a big help 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:13.040 for us. 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:16.480 Stick sticky with stigma tight end for a second. Dornell 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:20.160 Washington is a very unique body type. How do things 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:20.719 change for. 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:22.400 You guys when you have Pat in. 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:23.560 The game versus Darnell? 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:27.880 Yeah, I mean we really don't. We really try not to. 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:31.920 You know, I think they're both capable, so you know, 0:13:31.960 --> 0:13:35.000 we want to be able to call our plays, but certainly, 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:38.120 you know, try to emphasize in what they do well. 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:42.320 But right now we're just playing ball, and you know, 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:45.160 they both are doing a good job blocking at the 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:47.920 point of attack, and certainly, you know in the passing 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:49.840 game they're very very capable. 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.520 Waiting You young quarterbacks, you know, how much are you 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:56.160 waiting what happens here versus those three opportunities when the 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:59.240 lightser on, the rush is live and that kind of thing. 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.280 Yeah, I mean, certainly there's no there's no better way 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:06.080 to evaluate in game game reps, so that certainly they'll 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:10.000 be critical, But obviously there's a ton that goes into practice. 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:12.880 You know, the operation, the checks at the line, do 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:14.880 they understand the adjustment the audible? 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:16.160 So that's all. 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:19.400 Really really good stuff that they've handled well, and that's certainly, 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:21.880 you know, a big evaluation, it's part of it all. 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:23.800 But ultimately, when you get out there. 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:26.640 And see them play, that's versus a different defense, an 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:29.560 uncommon opponent, and how they react and respond is the 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:30.800 ultimate measuring stick. 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:32.760 What do you think, Drew? 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:36.400 I mean, going from a certain system at Pens stay 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:39.320 different like you might have had a cadence there. 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:41.440 You know, colleges are very different when it comes to 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:41.920 that stuff. 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:43.800 How do you see him not just picking up a system, 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:46.040 but getting the cadence down, making those checks of the 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:47.040 line and stuff better. 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:47.520 Impressed. 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:50.360 You know, his poise, you know, his ability to retain 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:53.320 information and I think you know when he when he 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:55.360 makes you know, when you correct him on something, his 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:58.800 ability to immediately go go back in there and and 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.600 get it right. Like that's that's important. You know, he's 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:04.120 he's like a sponge in that QB room. If you 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:07.360 know Tom tells him something or he's here's Aaron speaking 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:09.600 on something, he can immediately. 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:11.080 Go apply it. So he's done a really good job 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:11.320 with that. 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:16.360 Now that you've seen Riley in Actually, what kind of 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:18.680 impact do you think his role or he might have 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:19.520 in this offense? 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:22.200 Yeah, you know he's he's been able. You know, he's 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:25.480 done a good job playing tight end. He's handled multiple roles, 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:28.160 playing on the line, off the line, in the backfield. 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:31.200 He's capable and you can see him getting more and 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:33.840 more comfortable with each rep. But you know, just like 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.960 with Germ, and pleased where he's at right now, you know, 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:38.680 as we sit in training. 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:41.400 Camp, all right, thank you. 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:45.440 I like that. Maybe we could just start calling him Germ. 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:47.120 I bet that sticks. 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:47.800 I think so. 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:48.440 I would think so. 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:50.360 I think so. And a lot of talk about the 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:53.040 wide receivers. That was Brian Angelico if you miss it 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:56.800 at the start Steelers offensive coordinator. I just like the 0:15:56.840 --> 0:15:58.880 positive stuff, and it is this time of year, and 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:00.400 that's and that's the way you want it to be. 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:03.320 But I think even more so, you know this is yes, 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:05.000 the Steelers have had changed. You know, they had a 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:08.080 few different offensive coordinators over the last handful of years 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:10.920 of Mike Tomlin and and different quarterback coaches and offensive 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:13.080 line coaches and all that stuff, and felt like the 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:17.480 wide receiver coach was changing pretty regularly, but sweeping wholesale change. 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:21.480 New offensive coordinator in Brian Angelico, of course, a offensive 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:24.280 head coach, and Mike McCarthy, Matt There's going to be 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.320 a million storylines that we're going to keep an eye 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:28.640 on throughout this season, as we always do. But I 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:31.680 feel like it's gonna start with and the majority of 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:35.480 it will be around the Steelers offense. Aaron Rodgers, that 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:38.080 young offensive line, in the wide receiver room that now 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.440 finally for the first time in a few years, feels 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:42.480 like you have enough ammunition in that group. 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:44.640 Yeah, I tend to agree with you, and then when 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:47.120 the season ends, it's really going to go towards well, 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:49.240 what we're gonna do at the quarterback position from here, 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:51.640 which is just going to dominate headlines and is going 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:53.800 to fall on Angelico to some degree as well, and 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:57.600 let alone this new staff. So there's kind of put 0:16:57.680 --> 0:16:59.480 up a shot of time here on that side of 0:16:59.480 --> 0:16:59.880 the ball. 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:01.600 It's time for a lot of the rubber to meet 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:01.880 the road. 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:03.680 Yeah, there was encouraging stuff. 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:07.000 It was we'll uh, we'll hear from uh from Patrick 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:08.680 Graham before we get out of here in the next 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:12.240 hour and a half, maybe some Danny Crossman Special Teams 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:15.240 coach as well as again those guys speaking today for 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:19.359 the first time during this training camp. West Shuler, Matt Williamson. 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:21.680 It's all quiet on campus right now, but I do 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:24.840 think in the next half hour or so we'll have 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:26.720 the other match up there. There's some I think that 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:29.000 some of the media guys are hacking out up there waiting, 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:30.800 and some of the team employees, I mean, they're not 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:32.800 getting on the bus just yet. They're kind of loitering 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:35.240 around because you don't half. 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:35.560 An hour time. 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:40.000 I would guess four fifty ish you know, half half hour. Yeah, 0:17:40.040 --> 0:17:42.040