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The Colin Coward Podcast, 11 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: presented by the Fan Duel Sports Book. Hi, everybody, Welcome 12 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: into the Friday Morning Podcast. Former Steeler Ike Taylor always 13 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: outspoke cut a cigar brand too. Maybe I can wedge 14 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: a few of those in the mail. I'm going to 15 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: talk about big bend, talking about coddling. But first, fake questions, 16 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: real answers. There's stuff I want to talk about but 17 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: don't want to wait for you to ask me. Fake questions, 18 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: real answers. Here we go. Dear Colin, you've been hard 19 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: on Trey Lance. Come on, it's only been a handful 20 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: of practices. What say you first? Of all, what say you? 21 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 1: Is my line? AnyWho? Grant Cone is viewed as Trey 22 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: Lance's biggest defender. Grant's been covering the Niners for years. 23 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: His tweet yesterday, Trey Lance was six of fourteen with 24 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: an interception. Deebo Samuel was missing, but the offense looked awful. 25 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: It's something, folks. If I was just going to make 26 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: stuff up on Trey Lance, why wouldn't I make stuff 27 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: on more profoundly dynamic superstar athletes. What I'm hearing is 28 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: accuracy issues are a concern. This is practice. You can't 29 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: go six for fourteen. I know that Lynch and Kyle 30 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 1: Shanahan have contacted people who can, let's say, teach coach 31 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: or elevate throwing motions. They're concerned he's inconsistent. And Grant 32 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: Kohn's tweet is another reminder. And he's a Trey Lance fan. Actually, 33 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: so am I I'm rooting for the kid. Dear Colin, 34 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: did you see Kyler Murray at a press conference defending 35 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: himself after that addendum in his contract that said he 36 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: needs to watch four hours minimum of film when he 37 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: goes home. Yes, and I defend Kyler Murray again. You 38 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: can't be as great as Kyler Murray has been in 39 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: the NFL. Not watch film now? Is he a film junkie? No? 40 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: Is he a film monster? No? Drew Brees was, Russell 41 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: Wilson is Tom Brady, Peyton Manning well known in NFL 42 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: circles as guys who are borderline obsessed by film. But 43 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: it should be duly noted they had to be. As 44 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 1: I've noted before, Cam Newton, big Ben Brett Farve, Michael Vick, 45 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray often more athletic, slash instinctive quarterbacks, rely less 46 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: on film. But the idea here that Kyler watches none 47 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: of it and the Cardinals are putting in his contract 48 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: He's got to watch some of it. No, they just 49 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: want more. So far, so good with Kyler Murray. My 50 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: bigger concern is why the hell is that in the 51 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: contract and how did it get out? Feels like the 52 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: owner wanted to embarrass him because he was bitter he 53 00:03:55,000 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: had to pay him two years early. Dear Colin Sportico 54 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: released a report that shows the Raiders had the highest 55 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: gate revenue of every NFL team? Are you surprised? I 56 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: actually was kind of shocked. Then I thought about it. 57 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: I've always had this feeling there's a specific number of 58 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,799 Speaker 1: teams based on your fortune five hundred companies in a city, 59 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: in the average income in your metro area, there's a 60 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 1: number of teams you should have. Like Phoenix right now 61 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: has won too many pro teams. There's just not enough 62 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: fortune five hundred companies to support an NHL team, an 63 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 1: NBA team, an NFL team, and a baseball team. And 64 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: it shows. I think Pittsburgh has won too many pro 65 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: sports teams. NFL team, hockey team. Fine, they can't afford 66 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: to be competitive in baseball. They also have a university downtown, 67 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: two pro teams, and a universities about what they are 68 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: Las Vegas had none until the hockey team showed up. 69 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: A lot of money, no state tax, a lot of visitors. 70 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: That's why, even though you don't view the desert as 71 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: hockey territory, it crushed. Similarly, the NFL was going to 72 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: predictably roll eight home games in the Desert. Vegas was 73 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: underserved more than any American city for the last fifty 74 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: years because of this stigma of gambling. Once it was legalized, 75 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: here comes the pro teams. They were like a starving 76 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: child finally given a couple of sandwiches. Not a surprise, 77 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: they've wolfed them down. Dear Colin, I think it's a 78 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: conflict of interest when you go on Fox and iHeart 79 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: Radio and say Draymond green deserves a MAX contract. You 80 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: know he works for the volume. Whoa he does? Oh yeah, 81 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: he does. Well, he's asking for a MAX extension, which 82 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: is different than a MAX contract. But there are things 83 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: that are important to note. His net rating during the 84 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: playoffs was seven point five better than Steps and Clays. 85 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: That matters because that takes into account both your offensive 86 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: prowess and your defensive ability. It should also be noted 87 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: in the forty five regular season games that Draymond Greene played, 88 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 1: the Warriors defense was statistically the best since the two 89 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: thousand and four Spurs, when he didn't play. It was 90 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 1: ranked thirteenth this year in the NBA. He is a 91 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: complete difference maker on the defensive side and a catalyst offensively. 92 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: But here's something to remember. When we entered the NBA Finals, 93 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: I was one of many broadcasters who said I thought 94 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: the Celtics defense could be the best in the last decade. 95 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: By the end of that series, the belief was by most, 96 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: including me, the Warriors were better defensively. That was really 97 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: two people, Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Greene. He matters. He's 98 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: Dennis Rodman with skill on the offensive end. Annoying if 99 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: he's against you, a catalyst, if he's with you. Now 100 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: we know in pro sports you generally give max contracts 101 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: and max extensions to those heading into their prime or 102 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: in their prime, and Draymond's heading out of it. But 103 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: let me ask you, there's lots of factors to consider. 104 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: Is Zion Williamson worth a max contract? He's never available, 105 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: He's never won a single playoff game. Draymond's been a 106 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: catalyst for four championships. There's a lot to consider here. 107 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: Westbrook's making forty seven million a year. How he'll soon 108 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: be on his fifth team in five years. Steph loves 109 00:07:55,400 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: Draymond catalyst offensively, best playoff net rating, best defense in 110 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: the league, which he spearheads. I don't know. Feels like 111 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: he's worth a lot of money to me and wildly 112 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: popular among fans. Dear Colin, what do you make of 113 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: the story that the Saudi Arabian LIV Tour is going 114 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: to hire Charles Barkley as an analyst? Well to be honest. 115 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: It's hard enough to be great at one thing, forget two. 116 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: Randy Moss failed at basketball, Michael Jordan failed at baseball. 117 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 1: Barkley star basketball player and star analyst. That's almost unheard of. 118 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: Many of the great analysts were average players. So can 119 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: you go three for three on golf? Here's the thing, 120 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: It's not a natural fit. Either was Dennis Miller, the 121 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: talented comedian on Monday Night Football or Tony Kornheiser, the 122 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:58,319 Speaker 1: talented columnist. Anytime it feels like an odd fit, it 123 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 1: usually is. And David Ferty's funny enough. Do you need 124 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 1: two funny guys? If you're watching the live tour, there's 125 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: got to be somebody that can inform you and somebody 126 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: who can entertain you. I think David Faerty is really sharp, 127 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: but he's known for his sense of humor. I'd go 128 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: with a straight man for Faerty over Charles Barkley. Dear Colin, 129 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: what do you make of the news that Jet Blue 130 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: Airlines is buying Spirit Airlines? Well, I've never flown Spirit Airlines, 131 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: mostly because the airplanes are yellow. I know, I know 132 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: that seems odd, but there's a reason Delta uses blue 133 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: and red, and so did United for years and American. 134 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: When you get on a plane, appearance and colors matter. 135 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: I mean if you walked down the tunnel onto the 136 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: plane and the pilot met you with a tiedye shirt 137 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: on that was untucked, would you feel as safe? I 138 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: worry about an airline that when the executive sat in 139 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: a room and decided on the color, some guy with 140 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: power and a voice raised his hand and said, Hey, 141 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 1: what about wacky bright yellow? And everyone agreed. Years ago, 142 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 1: European airline Luftanza had yellow as a primary color. They 143 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: rebranded and switched to blue. Why it's a more soothing color? 144 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: How's their business been fantastic? I mean, think about the 145 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: color yellow with transportation cabs were yellow? Did you ever 146 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: feel safe? Yellow signifies caution? When I see a yellow airline, 147 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: I think, ooh, caution. Moved to white, gray, blue or red. 148 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: Colors matter. Gray is experience, Blue is soothing, Red is power, 149 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: White is clean. Yellow caution tape. You put it around 150 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:08,199 Speaker 1: victims at a crime scene. Big News. 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Now he's doing some work 170 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: for the Steelers. He's at camp in Latrobe, which I love. Okay, 171 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 1: so let's start with this. Okay, you said you're scouting, right, 172 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: What is your role? Um? Evaluating the players, give them 173 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 1: my intake pretty much whatever position. So omar in the 174 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: scouting department, they give me some guys and look at 175 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: and I got to present our presentation to him. So 176 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 1: just giving them, uh my player standpoint on in my 177 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 1: verbal language, because you know, the scouts that got their 178 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: own little verbal language, that got the own own book, 179 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: they got their own where it's saying stuff. So I 180 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: just said how I said to you, I would say 181 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,839 Speaker 1: how I said to my homeboys. I would say Howard 182 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 1: said in the barbershop. So you know, some of my 183 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: vocabulary is a little bit different from there. It's college. 184 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: So but I think they like it. I think they 185 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: liked the change of it. I think they liked the 186 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: sway that come with it. And I try to say 187 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: things to where anybody can understand, whether you're five years old, 188 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: whether you're somebody who's eighty seven years old. I just 189 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 1: try to paint that picture as well as possible. So 190 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: that's what I'm bringing around. That's what I'm bringing to 191 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: the table. I love that, and I love organizations that 192 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 1: do that. Rams have brought in Andrew Whitworth to just 193 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 1: watch the young guys play, say Sean, watch his feet, 194 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: watch his hands. Basically, just as a consultant. This is 195 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 1: what I see one year. I love that. I think 196 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: that's such a smart because players, I always say, you 197 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: can't lie to players correct, Like a cornerback needs to 198 00:13:55,040 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 1: have courage and a short memory, and an athlete. It's 199 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: better at than a scout at seeing lack of courage, 200 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: so you can see fear right correct. What do you 201 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: look at when you look at a dB, like obviously 202 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: Minka Fitzpatrick is a very good player. What do you 203 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 1: what jumps out to you that maybe a scout wouldn't notice. 204 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: I'll look at how he responds after a bad game. 205 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: That's the first thing I want to see and show. 206 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: Give me his worst game, and they'd be like, why 207 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: because I want to see his game after that. That's 208 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: gonna let me know everything about him. Or give me 209 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: his worst first half or his first his worst first quarter. 210 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 1: Why because I want to see how you respond after that. 211 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: Because I know when I was playing, that's exactly what 212 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: my teammates wanted to see from me. Okay, you got 213 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: your ass. What the first half or the first quarter? 214 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: How are you gonna respond? Okay, now I gotta get 215 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: these boys what they're looking for. So that's exactly what 216 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: you want to see from a defensive standpoint. How do 217 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 1: you respond in adversity? And like you say, kylin Man, 218 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: you just got to have a short member. It's easy 219 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: to say that. A lot of guys tend to hold 220 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 1: on to it. The great ones let it go. So 221 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: how long would it take you to know? As a 222 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: dB Kenny Pickett Trubisky, what would be the tells? How 223 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: long would you know? And could you go to the 224 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: staff and say, hey, listen, man, this kid's release is faster? 225 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: Is it quick? Do you know instantly? Is it a 226 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: series of throws? Is it a dozen practices? It's that playbook? 227 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: You know it's it's that playbook and just letting it 228 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: go because it's it's a lot of guys in the 229 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: league were okay arms. They just know where everybody's supposed 230 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: to be because they understand the coverage and what beasts 231 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: the courage and they just let that thing fly. So 232 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: that's you can have a quick release and still holding 233 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: because you're really hesitating because you ain't trusting your reads 234 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: on the coverage, And you can have a guy who 235 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: has an okay arm and knows everything about the courage 236 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 1: and knows everything about the playbook and release that thing 237 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: a second fast. So between these two and it's the 238 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: first train to count between the two. So I'm just 239 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: looking at the release, not even the release. How fast 240 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: can you diagnose with defense? We're in one two who 241 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: commands the huddle the best? You know? But when I'm 242 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: looking at Mitch and Mason and Kenny Man, all of 243 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: them got love for each other. So all of them, 244 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: all of them, damn in the same situation college. We all, 245 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: we all trying to we all trying to show this presentation, 246 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: not only to the coaches, staff, to each other and 247 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: my teammates on who should be number one. But it's 248 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: all love from that quarterback situation. So that's a good 249 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: thing to see. Listen, Um, Big Band's gonna make the 250 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame two super Bowls. But I agreed with 251 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: Cam Hayward. I bristled when he talked about coddled. And 252 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: I've talked about this a lot in the last week. 253 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: Don't confuse rich or wealthy with coddled. Athletes are richer today. 254 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 1: I've never seen guys put more money into their bodies, 255 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: eat better, compete, harder, play hurt more often. I don't 256 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: think athletes at all. In fact, I think most athletes know, 257 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: they're grateful as hell, they know this money train ends. 258 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 1: I almost never watch a football game in America. Maybe 259 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: other sports are different and think he's dogging it. I 260 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 1: think football players from high school on are used to 261 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 1: hard coaching. Sometimes basketball players aren't. So what I found 262 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: ironic was, and I'm not trying to pick on Ben, 263 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: but Ben was pretty well known. His off seasons weren't Brady's, 264 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: they weren't Russell Wilson, right, they weren't Breeze. And my 265 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: takeaway is the truth is the fans didn't call him out, 266 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 1: the media didn't call him out. Mike Tomla didn't really 267 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 1: call him out. My takeaway is Benn at times became 268 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: a superstar in a small market. Could I argue he 269 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: was a little coddled sometimes all quarterbacks at that level 270 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 1: of college, how many years been played? Eighteen? It's hard 271 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,879 Speaker 1: to play at this level for eighteen, you know what 272 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: I'm saying. So it's hard to have a regular job 273 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: for eighteen, let along professional job for eighteen. But those 274 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 1: guys in that situation, you gotta understand they gotta be 275 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: wired a little bit different, you know, whether this off 276 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 1: season like some guys like you say, Tom Brady off season, man, 277 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: he want to make sure he'd take care of his 278 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: body and make sure he's eating as healthy as you can. 279 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: He got the avocado ice cream. He's doing everything right. 280 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: Sevenyn't have to have to worry about that. Tom Brady 281 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 1: would never be seven or seven would never be a 282 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: Tom Brady. So they're wired a little bit different, you know, 283 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: for forbidding this off season you want to chill with 284 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: his family, drink a few rules and kick kick back 285 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 1: and go camping and play goal. That's just how he was. White. 286 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: Now later on in his years, they're probably caught up 287 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: to him because seven couldn't be the seven or mode 288 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 1: which once scramble made plays and extended plays. But the 289 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: man played for eighteen years. You might even like how 290 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: he played his eighteen years, but he still played at 291 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: a high level for a long time for eighteen years. Um. 292 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: You know, I said, Mike Tomlin is like a grown 293 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 1: up um, but he's also a former player, and I 294 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: always feel like he's pro player. He'll give players a 295 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 1: little leeway. I feel the same way with Pete Carroll, Um, 296 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: as you know, some pro athletes take advantage of that. 297 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 1: I think there's times that Pete Carroll's been taken advantage of. 298 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 1: I think there's been some instances where Mike's been taken 299 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: advantage of. Um. You know, Antonio Brown. I think to 300 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:37,679 Speaker 1: me was I think when when Ben lashed out, he 301 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 1: was he lashing out if he had taken Antonio browt 302 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 1: out of the Steelers all time, Maybe that comment doesn't 303 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: come out like when when Ben said that, Do you 304 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 1: think it was directed at anybody in particular? I mean 305 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 1: he mentioned his college coach in Kaoor. He didn't mention Tomlin. 306 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: Do you think Ben was frustrated with how Tomlin sort 307 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 1: of let Ab do his thing? I mean the podcame 308 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: call to cut on Black. I mean, I mean seven 309 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: you did Joe things, you had it. You had a 310 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: long leash as well too. You know Ab had a 311 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:14,880 Speaker 1: long leash as well too, And I think you really don't. 312 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: I think us athletes it hurts when we know it's 313 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 1: coming to an end. We just get mad at the world. 314 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, Like damn about to retire 315 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: in my thirties. You know, I've been the man since 316 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: I was seven years old. I've been having a red 317 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 1: carpet treatment since I was seven. Now y'all bought to 318 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: just sweep that off from under me. I can never 319 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 1: get this moment. I can never get this high. And 320 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: what I mean by high is seeing and hearing the 321 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 1: crowd six to eight thousand sharing your name. I can 322 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: never get on this stage again. So for a lot 323 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: of athletes, it becomes frustrating. They become mad. It's anxiety. 324 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,359 Speaker 1: They don't know what to do with it. Now, you 325 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 1: just got to face reality. And some faced reality longer 326 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 1: than others, me faster than others, and some just never 327 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: can get it, like me, Ryan Clark and Troy Park 328 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: with me and Ryan Clark always talk about Troy Paulamla. 329 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:14,200 Speaker 1: He was Michael Jackson and we was to Jackson five. 330 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: So we understood as soon as we retire, like man, 331 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: reality been. It's been sat in with us because we 332 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: acknowledge how special Troy was and how good of a 333 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: person in the player he was. When we were tat Man, 334 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 1: it was just like, Okay, what's our next move. It 335 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: was never reaching for the red carpet. It was never 336 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: reaching for the spotlight. A lot of guys can't adjust 337 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: to that college, you know, so seven in that in 338 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: that standpoint for me seven Howard said, you can't the 339 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: plot can't call the kettle black. Yeah, yeah, he got 340 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 1: some rope. He had his issues. You look at that 341 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 1: division now, Burrow looks like a star. Lamar's totally dynamic. 342 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: Here comes to Shawn Watson, right, you know this, like 343 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: you can't have fourth best quarterback in the division like 344 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: that ship don't fly, not this one. So Burrow, Lamar 345 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: and Deshaun are going nowhere? Correct? How long? How long 346 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: do you give Kenny Pickett? How long does it go? 347 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 1: Because in this league Ballichick loss Brady, it is overnight, 348 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 1: not the same franchise. How long of a runway will 349 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett getting your opinion? Now? He got it right now? 350 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: He gotta sit right now. He's behind Mitch and Mason 351 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: like he working with a third like you know, we're 352 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 1: looking at that Mitch, but Mason like, how long wait 353 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: a minute, y'all got me left up. That's how that's how, 354 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: That's how Mason look at it. So I wouldn't right now. 355 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: I wouldn't start if we had to play, I wouldn't 356 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:49,919 Speaker 1: start it right now. My first new opinion. I wouldn't 357 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: start Kenny. I would start Mitch first, then Mason, then Kenny. 358 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 1: That's that's the route I would go. And only reason 359 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,119 Speaker 1: why I would do that is because I want I 360 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,479 Speaker 1: want the game to slow down to him in his reads, 361 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 1: you know, And this is his first train account. This 362 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 1: is all well other than makes ruodof this is their 363 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: first train accompt. But I just need to see I 364 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 1: need to build his confidence, you know, unless I change 365 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: my offense. If I just want to throw him in there, 366 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: which I don't think he's ready right now, and I'm 367 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 1: talking about Kenny Pickett. If I just want to throw 368 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: him in there. Hey, we're about to run the ball 369 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 1: and Naga, you're about to get your five hundred carras 370 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: a tight ends. We're gonna run two tights, We're gonna 371 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: run play action pass defense. We're gonna rely on y'all heavily. 372 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: So it just depends on Mitchell trubiscuity of MoMA. I 373 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 1: think mister bisch is gonna start for the season, and 374 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,719 Speaker 1: really ain't really nothing you can do about it. I 375 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:42,919 Speaker 1: thought it was behind the eight ball when they drafted 376 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 1: Lamar when Baker was over that Cleveland and Lamar was 377 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 1: getting the MVP. I thought it was already behind the 378 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: eight ball. Everybody was getting mad at me when I 379 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 1: was saying, man, we need to drop the quarterback because 380 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: I'm looking at I'm looking at Lamar Jackson and I'm 381 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 1: looking at Baker Mayfield at the time, like these boys 382 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: getting to the playoffs in Pittsburg came beat so that 383 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,639 Speaker 1: I've been looking at this point. So now it's really 384 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 1: catch up. You know, you got some guys who are 385 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: well seasoned. You got Joe Coop and k Joe Burrow. 386 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: He just he just lost in the Super Bowl. Lamar 387 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: come back. We already know what he's doing. He's already 388 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 1: a former league MVP. And de Sean Watson, man, you 389 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 1: dropped you dropped the man in Cleveland. He's never had 390 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: the offensive line. He's never had that. He's never had 391 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 1: that one two punch at the running back position. He's 392 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: never had tight ends like that. He's never had a 393 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: defense like that. So we can only imagine they won't 394 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 1: ask the Sean to do too much if he does 395 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 1: come back early, other than hand the ball off, getting 396 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: your rhythm late in the season and what to go 397 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,439 Speaker 1: from there. But now Pittsburgh were just they stuck in 398 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 1: the pickle, and I felt like they just putting themselves 399 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 1: in the whole couple of years ago. Yeah, yeah, No, 400 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: I felt two years ago they should have gone and 401 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: gotten the quarterback. And you know Ben was a little 402 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: sensitive to it. Um. You know, it's it's funny like 403 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: I remember when Lebron was in Miami, he wanted to 404 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: draft Chavaz Napier because he had a really good tournament, 405 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,399 Speaker 1: and they did and it didn't work out. I think 406 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers wanted Randall Cobb well because he was his friend, 407 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: he liked him, but they overpaid for him. I think 408 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,920 Speaker 1: you should listen to a quarterbacks opinion, but I don't 409 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: think players should be telling you who to draft. And 410 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 1: I do think and I can and I think the 411 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: Steelers are well run. Ike, But a couple of years ago, 412 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: I would have just said Ben Bradshaw got replaced too, 413 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 1: Aikman got replaced too. Like so you and I are 414 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 1: on the same page. They should have They really should 415 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: have been aggressive two years ago. No one. I was 416 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 1: thinking three, Colin, I was thinking three you give you 417 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 1: give Ben maybe one more two more years and you 418 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:49,719 Speaker 1: get the young well, the young quarterback would have been, 419 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: would have been ready to row, would have been ready 420 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 1: for this competition between Lamar de Sean and Joe Burrow. 421 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 1: That's just that's just my thoughts. So you gotta keep 422 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: up to what if you're not dominating and you're the 423 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: older quarterback in your division. As an organization, you got 424 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,960 Speaker 1: to keep up to your division, especially at that quarterback position. 425 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,439 Speaker 1: You have to. You know, just look at the AFC West. 426 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: You gotta keep up with the quarterbacks. You know, the 427 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: AFC North right now, you got to keep up with 428 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks. What a couple of years behind there. So 429 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: I do think. Um, I remember when I was in college, Chenie, 430 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: Washington was home of the Seahawks, and I can remember 431 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: going every summer to camp and I tell this story 432 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: about once a year that they had a program. This 433 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: is twenty five thirty years ago, right right in college, 434 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:50,400 Speaker 1: right thirty years ago, in fact, no, thirty seven years ago, 435 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: and number forty one first day of practice, safety number 436 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:02,640 Speaker 1: forty one from Colgate is eating up Seahawk veteran receivers. 437 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: And I'm like my buddies and I are like, who 438 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 1: the F is that it was? Eugene Robinson. So it's 439 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 1: funny and we were like Colgate has football. He was 440 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:19,400 Speaker 1: so much better than everybody else in the Seahawks secondary. 441 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 1: So go back to your career, and this is probably 442 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: why the Steelers have hired you in this role. Go 443 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 1: back to your career when a rookie, as you're in 444 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:36,160 Speaker 1: the patrobe. Now, when a rookie came in that popped immediately, 445 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: you knew immediately. How long does it take to know, oh, 446 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 1: that dude can play, that dude can start the week one. 447 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 1: So for the Pittsburgh still listening, how we think about 448 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 1: it is just play on one of us. It's still 449 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 1: we don't look take the height size forty times, be 450 00:27:55,680 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: hands feet to all that out of him. It's here, Pittsburgh. Now, 451 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: what the hell is the Pittsburgh still like? On the 452 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 1: defensive side, somebody who just want to FaceTime and smash 453 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 1: faces and make sure your mom and your granddad and 454 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: your grandma asking themselves, should my baby be playing this sport? 455 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 1: On the defensive side, that's what we're looking for. On 456 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 1: the offensive side, it's ground impound offense alignment who just 457 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,120 Speaker 1: want to get in bar fights. That's all they want 458 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 1: to do. And that's been that's been the recipe to success. 459 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,919 Speaker 1: If you look at the Rams, the Rams offense aligned, 460 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,199 Speaker 1: they ain't no but dogs. If you look at if 461 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 1: you look at their defense, their defense got no but 462 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 1: dogs on the defense. So as for Ne's as this 463 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 1: league is going, your Super Bowl teams are winning off 464 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 1: the defense. And that's the personality. And what is the 465 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 1: personality for the La Rams. It starts with Aaron Donald 466 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,800 Speaker 1: And what you think Aaron Donald gonna do? If somebody 467 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: to pick on them at the bar? I feel sorry 468 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 1: for what do you think that Jayalen Rams are gonna do? 469 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:00,719 Speaker 1: If somebody to pick on them at the bar? I 470 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: feel sorry for what you think of Vin gonna do 471 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: at the time. If somebody to pick on I feel 472 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: sorry for him. So when you when you when you 473 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: do that, you get players and you build around them players. 474 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: We as players call that six o'clock O defense. You 475 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: get your a dog detackle, you get your dog middle linebacker, 476 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 1: you get your dog safety, and we can build around that, 477 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 1: you know. So for for the Pittsburgh still is they 478 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: just my personal pager. We saw I saw AB and 479 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 1: I got I got I got mad When Ab started 480 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 1: getting a lot of playing time because he was making 481 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: my games easy. He was making my games easy because 482 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: in practice, in practice, you just saw and at the 483 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 1: time it was Antonio Holmes, Mike Wallace, Manu was Sammons, 484 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: he b was the fourth receiver. And this is what 485 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: I did like about, you know, Pittsburgh. They asked their 486 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: best corner, and at the time, I was the best corner. 487 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: Who is our best receiver? Hey be? So you ask 488 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 1: your best detactle who is the best lineman, You ask 489 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 1: your best you know, linebacker, who's the best running back? 490 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 1: And you get it. You get it from a player's perspective. 491 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 1: You don't get it from an evaluation, a scout perspective. 492 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 1: You're getting it from a guy who actually got to 493 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 1: go against these guys every day in practice, So you're 494 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 1: getting an honest opinion. So that's what I like. But 495 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 1: what I see right now, and I'm gonna going on 496 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: to tell you this George Pickens kid from Georgia, he 497 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: gonna set he gonna set the tone for this team. 498 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 1: I'm telling you college this kid, this kid gonna set 499 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 1: the tone for this organization. He gonna set the tone. 500 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:47,280 Speaker 1: That's a guarante. He gonna set the tone. That's a guarantee. 501 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 1: He's the receiver, super fast, tough, uh catching radius and 502 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,120 Speaker 1: you've already seen it at practice. I saw I saw 503 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:01,280 Speaker 1: that Georgia. I saw that Georgian on the podcast I 504 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 1: do the on the podcast me and Mark Burger do 505 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: believe network man I saw I said this, I said, man, 506 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 1: I said, look, Pittsburgh gonna drive George picks And they 507 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,200 Speaker 1: said why. I said, First of all, they're gonna get 508 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,320 Speaker 1: it still out of them because they had a acl 509 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: surge your folks, so they're gonna figure that's a still. 510 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:23,200 Speaker 1: Second of all, he does something that you can't coach. 511 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: And what's that from a wide receiver? Oh? I love blocking? 512 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:31,320 Speaker 1: What wide receivers said, they love blocking. Not too many 513 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:35,120 Speaker 1: wide receivers love blocking. Hans Ward Santonio Homes, they love 514 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 1: block it. So now you now you juju love block it. 515 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 1: So now you get a receiver who's that dynamic, who's 516 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: that versatile, who's that athletic, who very who's very twitchy 517 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,360 Speaker 1: and hold on you like doing something that you won't 518 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 1: receive the ball in. Nah, I'm just glad to be 519 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 1: playing football. I'm happy to be on the team. How 520 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: can I help my teammates. That's something you can't coach. 521 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 1: So let's say Trubisky starts the season and I would 522 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: start him too, and Baltimore Cincinnati they start fourn No. 523 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,840 Speaker 1: And you know, Mitch, I think is an athlete. I 524 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 1: don't know. If he's a great thrower of the football, 525 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: he's fine. The Steelers haven't been a reactionary franchise. But 526 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: do you think there's any chance if Mitch the old 527 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,720 Speaker 1: line has struggled in recent years, if Mitch in this 528 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: offense just lacks a little bit of a vertical component, 529 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 1: lacks a little bit of it, and all of a 530 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 1: sudden you luck up in your three games back and 531 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:48,120 Speaker 1: it's October twenty first, do you think there's any chance 532 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 1: that Tomlin, knowing his personality, would say it's the kid's turn. No, 533 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 1: Because they go they go by quarters. Pittsburgh go by quarters. 534 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 1: So every nine got to be like every five games 535 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 1: now because you added the game. But they grade themselves 536 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:09,280 Speaker 1: every quarter, So every four games they grade themselves. You know, 537 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: so you want to go two and two for pittsburghers 538 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 1: three and one at the time. If you go at 539 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 1: three and one every quarter, that's twelve and folks you 540 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,520 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, So you go two and two. 541 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,600 Speaker 1: Depends on what everybody else is doing. It's cool. But 542 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 1: if you're beating AFC teams, then you know, we're putting 543 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 1: ourselves in a good situation. Now, if you're losing to 544 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:31,480 Speaker 1: AFC teams, now we're behind the eight ball. So it's 545 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: when it comes to that, it's scenarios like, Okay, we're losing, 546 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: but we're losing to NFC teams. We're winning, but we're 547 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 1: beating AFC teams and we haven't even got to our 548 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 1: division yet. Let's see who Baltimore, the Cincinnati Bengals of 549 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: Cleveland or are they playing. If they're playing, you know 550 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:52,040 Speaker 1: NFC teams, we're good. We find if they're three and 551 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,400 Speaker 1: one they play NFC team, we cool. So they ain't 552 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,480 Speaker 1: hit the AFC yet. So that's that's the scenario. Wise, 553 00:33:57,560 --> 00:33:59,400 Speaker 1: you got to look at now if they playing, if 554 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: we all play and AFC teams college, then you gotta 555 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 1: look at it. You might got to consider going in 556 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:08,080 Speaker 1: a different direction when it comes back to that quarterback position. 557 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:11,759 Speaker 1: But my personal opinion just looking at the scenario and 558 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 1: the scenario is okay, which teams in our division are 559 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 1: playing AFC and NFC teams depending on the record. So generally, 560 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,600 Speaker 1: if you lose the Super Bowl, half the teams that 561 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 1: made the playoffs last year over the last twenty years 562 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,759 Speaker 1: will not make the playoffs this year. We know that 563 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:35,520 Speaker 1: to be true. Two teams will double their win totals, 564 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:38,560 Speaker 1: but coaches will be fired. There's some shit that's the 565 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 1: same every year in the NFL. So Bengals lose the 566 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:47,239 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, historically that team doesn't make the playoffs. Do 567 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:53,399 Speaker 1: you think it's a one year thing. Joe Burrow, Joe 568 00:34:53,440 --> 00:35:00,479 Speaker 1: Burrow different man, He's different Joe Joe Burrow, Joe Brows 569 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 1: one of the best. Lloyd we he just one of 570 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 1: the best. He he topped three to me. Joe Burrow 571 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 1: top three. Who said he's not pressure situations. You know 572 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. He comes out of pressure situation. Getn't 573 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,040 Speaker 1: sacked a total between the playoffs and the regular season 574 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:28,960 Speaker 1: seventy one times. Did he blame anybody? He got his 575 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,680 Speaker 1: butt up, He held his hand out the offensive lignement, 576 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:35,319 Speaker 1: picked his butt up, didn't say a word. We talked 577 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 1: about Jamar Chase and his drop balls in training camp. 578 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:43,120 Speaker 1: Right as soon as the regular seas. Start with what 579 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:46,160 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow said, Oh I thought Chase couldn't catch. I 580 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 1: thought y'all said Chase couldn't catch. So from a quarterback 581 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 1: standpoint to a player standpoint is and our quarterback going 582 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,439 Speaker 1: on that partium And he taken up for us because 583 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 1: he listened to So he got a lot of intangibles. 584 00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:00,279 Speaker 1: You gotta see, you gotta see. And I tell people 585 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:03,239 Speaker 1: all the time, just watch the sideline and see how 586 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,040 Speaker 1: other players talk about their teammates. That's gonna let you 587 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 1: know how they feel about them. And now and now, 588 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:12,920 Speaker 1: what did the what did the Cincinnatic Bankers do? They 589 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:18,879 Speaker 1: upgraded their offensive line this offseason, That's exactly what they did. 590 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:22,160 Speaker 1: So they know as long as they got Joe cool, 591 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,960 Speaker 1: they got opportunity to make the super Bowl. That's the 592 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:28,879 Speaker 1: expectation now. And then if you just look at Joe 593 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 1: Burrow's background for when he was at Ohio State, then 594 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 1: he had to go to LSU like he's always been cool, 595 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,560 Speaker 1: come on, man, collected, you know, so he's and he 596 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:43,080 Speaker 1: and he does what most quarterbacks are afraid to do. 597 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:47,280 Speaker 1: He thought that thing deep. He loved at fifty fifty, 598 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:50,400 Speaker 1: He loved at fifty fifty ball because he trust his receivers. 599 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:54,040 Speaker 1: And when you have that trust between te Higgins and 600 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,520 Speaker 1: Jamar Chase and you keep feeding them and feeding them 601 00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,600 Speaker 1: them deep balls, whether it's a back show to fade 602 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:04,120 Speaker 1: or on over top of him. Defensive coordinators many like, 603 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:07,839 Speaker 1: hold on, I got one good cornerback. Ain't got too 604 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:10,240 Speaker 1: mold because then you got Tyler boy sitting in the middle. 605 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:15,160 Speaker 1: But that all starts with Joe Burrow. He just if 606 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:20,760 Speaker 1: you can do a Joe Namath and the Tom Brady 607 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,719 Speaker 1: and mixed them together, you got a Joe Burma. That's 608 00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:25,959 Speaker 1: what I feel. I feel like he's the Midwest version 609 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,360 Speaker 1: of Joe Namath. I absolutely do yes. I don't know 610 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:34,680 Speaker 1: nothing bother him. He's just too cool. Like he cool 611 00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 1: outside of football. You see in that concerts got a 612 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,320 Speaker 1: shave his own, got the swag, the swaggle dripping, and 613 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:44,040 Speaker 1: ain't got a stog in his mouth. So that's that's 614 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:49,359 Speaker 1: just Joe. But he made college. He made that historical 615 00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:55,359 Speaker 1: picture after the national championship when Coach Oh said, don't 616 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,759 Speaker 1: hit that thing too hard. Joe talking about that stoy. Man, 617 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,719 Speaker 1: that man hit that stoke. Yeah, man, that's a leaving 618 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:07,160 Speaker 1: dirt pitch. But as Jodo, you know it's funny. So 619 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,879 Speaker 1: I was saying today on the air, Russell Wilson wore 620 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:14,719 Speaker 1: his jersey to practice and people just crushed him. And 621 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,920 Speaker 1: I said, listen, man, everybody's got a brand. Brady wears 622 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:21,200 Speaker 1: TV twelve. I'm like the Kardashian started it. Everybody's a brand. 623 00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:24,319 Speaker 1: Everybody wears their own stuff. It doesn't bother me, but 624 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:28,240 Speaker 1: it is interesting. Joe has an edge to him. He's cool. 625 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:31,520 Speaker 1: Ben had a little bit of an edge to him. 626 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,920 Speaker 1: Nameth Farv had an edge to him. A lot of 627 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,799 Speaker 1: guys don't like Russell. They think he's corny. I think 628 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:42,359 Speaker 1: he's fake. And I said they might takeaway is just 629 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,279 Speaker 1: be who you are. I'm good with it. You can 630 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: win a lot of different ways. When but Russell gets 631 00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:51,759 Speaker 1: dogged by players hard, what do you make of it? 632 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,040 Speaker 1: My personal player? I just think they think Russell will 633 00:38:55,080 --> 00:39:00,560 Speaker 1: be trying to hold like comes thank you, bro, like 634 00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:03,640 Speaker 1: just going on show the people you you you who 635 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:07,120 Speaker 1: you are. And I don't even know Russ. This is 636 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,920 Speaker 1: just speculating, but I just think they think rust be 637 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:14,040 Speaker 1: trying too hard. You know TV twelve, Wayne never saying 638 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,600 Speaker 1: he's trying too hard. Joe Burrow, Wayne Ever saying he 639 00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:20,200 Speaker 1: trying to Patrick wi Holmes Wayne never, Aaron Rodgers, Wayne 640 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,720 Speaker 1: never say trying to. I like that that's just him. 641 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:28,520 Speaker 1: You know. Um, I don't know Russ. I really can't 642 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,719 Speaker 1: go in depth to it. But you know, if a 643 00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:35,000 Speaker 1: few people saying that, they're saying that because they see 644 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:43,520 Speaker 1: another side my personal opinion, that's interesting you think they Yeah, 645 00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:48,319 Speaker 1: like if if if if, if too many people saying it, 646 00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:52,400 Speaker 1: they're like, come on, rest bro, just just really be you. 647 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,080 Speaker 1: You know, that's that's my person. We're not saying this 648 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:58,719 Speaker 1: about Joe Burrow, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady like or they 649 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,800 Speaker 1: need to be. They just need to be they teammates. 650 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:02,920 Speaker 1: Ain't saying or they just need to be. We're not 651 00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:06,120 Speaker 1: speculating or they just need to be them. Now we're like, oh, yeah, 652 00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,920 Speaker 1: that's him. We know Aaron Riders here, don't give an elf. 653 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:12,080 Speaker 1: He's gonna he's gonna be in depth and everything he said. 654 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,759 Speaker 1: He's gonna try to manipulate immunment. He's very calculated. We 655 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:19,160 Speaker 1: know Patrick mahomes Man, he just cool, laid back whatever. 656 00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:22,520 Speaker 1: We know, TV you like to have fun, he liked 657 00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:24,719 Speaker 1: to kick it. He's a week guy. He's one of 658 00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:27,759 Speaker 1: the boys. And and we just know that. We just 659 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:31,160 Speaker 1: know them three personalities and they ain't nobody saying it. 660 00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:33,040 Speaker 1: If you ask the team, they they're like, oh, yeah, 661 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,280 Speaker 1: that's that's just them. That's him on and off the field. 662 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,960 Speaker 1: But it's just too much speculating on you know, Russ, Like, 663 00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:45,880 Speaker 1: come on, rights, bro, for real, that's just my custimation. Yeah, no, 664 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,360 Speaker 1: I get it. What kind of guy is Kenny Pickett? 665 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:52,279 Speaker 1: What do we know about him? You see him? He 666 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:58,239 Speaker 1: got that Kenny got that uh that's soon to be 667 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:02,640 Speaker 1: rock star look like him, Henty hen't he know? Hen't 668 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,359 Speaker 1: even know who he is? Right now? What I mean 669 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,120 Speaker 1: by that? Like, boy, you bought to be a star? Boy? 670 00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,359 Speaker 1: You know, you don't even you You're the Pittsburgh kid. 671 00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:14,880 Speaker 1: This this you the baby like you, You're the biological 672 00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:18,359 Speaker 1: You don't get more biological than having the kid at 673 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,880 Speaker 1: that quarterback position is going to the University of Pittsburgh 674 00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,880 Speaker 1: and get drafted by the Pittsburgh like you home grown. 675 00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,560 Speaker 1: He don't, he don't even know it. He just trying 676 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,799 Speaker 1: to play football. But once you know it, and once 677 00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,000 Speaker 1: he get it and once he figured it out becauld. 678 00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:38,359 Speaker 1: The city already embracing him like miss can't miss can't 679 00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:40,799 Speaker 1: even though a bad pass miss miss thar bad pass man, 680 00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:45,000 Speaker 1: they already called it to Kenny just because you know, 681 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,399 Speaker 1: and you know how it is man high expectations. They're 682 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,359 Speaker 1: ready to see the young boy. They saw the young 683 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:54,200 Speaker 1: boy at Hinesville at the time when the Pittsburgh you know, 684 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:56,520 Speaker 1: the first round draft pick. So they just they just 685 00:41:56,680 --> 00:42:00,800 Speaker 1: offer ready not right now though, but the city, the 686 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:04,120 Speaker 1: city is ready to embrace. But that kid he giving you. 687 00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:06,960 Speaker 1: He gives you everything. He got wide eyes and he 688 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:10,880 Speaker 1: ready to learn. He's staying out to practice late. Um. 689 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:14,279 Speaker 1: He's signed in autographs like he's not best, he just 690 00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:18,640 Speaker 1: he just get it. You know. He's a yanser. He's 691 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:22,080 Speaker 1: a yser. That's what he is. He's a yser. And 692 00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:24,759 Speaker 1: the years or is you know, if I don't know, 693 00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:27,000 Speaker 1: if you like p mack, p mack got a show 694 00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:29,360 Speaker 1: and that they just talked different around him. You know, 695 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,480 Speaker 1: down time. They don't say downtown, they say down time. 696 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,040 Speaker 1: They don't say what y'all doing, they say what Yan 697 00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:40,520 Speaker 1: is doing? You know, So it's they talked differently. They 698 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:43,520 Speaker 1: talked different. Like you go to certain parts of they 699 00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:46,200 Speaker 1: got some calling hill the Pittsburg. They called each other Ike, 700 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,560 Speaker 1: I mean like homeboy, like I thought everybody was calling 701 00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:51,919 Speaker 1: my name. I went to a like a little hood 702 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,879 Speaker 1: basketball game. I went and everybody was saying, what's up, Ike, 703 00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:58,399 Speaker 1: And I'm like, man, whatever, everybody over here name right there? 704 00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,479 Speaker 1: Like nah, that's what we call each other, like the broke, 705 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:03,839 Speaker 1: Like what's up, bro? I said? Oh, so, y'all terminology 706 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,120 Speaker 1: is all the way different than Pittsburgh, Like yeah, it's 707 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:10,239 Speaker 1: always but my my my thing, the one world out. 708 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,239 Speaker 1: I like when they say down time, hold on what 709 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,439 Speaker 1: you say we're going downtown. No, we're going down time, 710 00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:23,960 Speaker 1: but they mean downtown crazy. Well, so you're a few 711 00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:27,279 Speaker 1: days of practice in. I hope the old line for this. 712 00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:29,680 Speaker 1: I hope the old line gets better. For the Steelers 713 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:34,160 Speaker 1: hasn't been great, Seriously, thinks has not been good? Right? 714 00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:42,319 Speaker 1: Oh good? Oh man? I hate to be negative. Uh. 715 00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:48,239 Speaker 1: I mean we gotta get edge ready, baby, getting ready? Yeah, 716 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:52,120 Speaker 1: you gotta get it ready? All right? How's your cigar 717 00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:55,719 Speaker 1: brand doing? Man? Really good? Better than I ever could 718 00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,279 Speaker 1: expect it. Uh, I don't know. I gotta see I 719 00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:00,000 Speaker 1: gotta see some. I don't know if I've seen yourself, 720 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:05,120 Speaker 1: my brodom. One of the kinds a colin we I 721 00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:07,880 Speaker 1: hit cigars now I've been reading to eighty nine. I 722 00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:09,960 Speaker 1: hit the cigar fish. Y'all know the thing that gave 723 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:13,359 Speaker 1: me a ninety four. Like man, I'm saying, but they love, 724 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:16,640 Speaker 1: they loving the stolen. It's a one of a kind 725 00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:18,839 Speaker 1: stick kind of like I put one in your hands. 726 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:20,520 Speaker 1: So when I see you on your ig and you 727 00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:23,080 Speaker 1: post it, or you're on vacation and you're only eat 728 00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,200 Speaker 1: big as yachts and you're getting nice little tan and 729 00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,160 Speaker 1: got your beer going, you got a one of a 730 00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:32,719 Speaker 1: kind cigar. You're bout. Okay, tell our audience what they're called. 731 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:37,080 Speaker 1: So you can go to Howard g cigars dot com 732 00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:40,120 Speaker 1: and it's the Ike Taylor cigar, but it's called one 733 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:43,520 Speaker 1: of a kind. So take the d off and put 734 00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:48,040 Speaker 1: an e at the end. One of h ah kin 735 00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:52,680 Speaker 1: ki n e. I love it. I love seeing you. 736 00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:55,520 Speaker 1: I appreciate you doing it at they're scouting for the Steelers, 737 00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:57,920 Speaker 1: my man, and good luck to you. Hey, thanks for 738 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:18,120 Speaker 1: having me on the volume. Make sure to check out 739 00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:21,800 Speaker 1: the Draymond Green Show. 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