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Speaker 1: Like, we've had two good days of practice this week.

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Speaker 1: Consistency is always the key with anything that you're doing. Again,

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Speaker 1: we're preparing for a good football team and uh Stealers

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Speaker 1: Uh well, coach very talented and definitely have weapons all

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Speaker 2: So uh with that, I know you have a lot

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Speaker 2: of questions. So I opened up the floor.

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Speaker 3: What was your first order of business when you found

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Speaker 3: out that Nick most Who's.

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Speaker 2: Gonna be here?

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Speaker 1: Uh? You know, excited number one that he's back in

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Speaker 1: the building. We all know that he makes us a

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Speaker 1: better football team, not just a better defense. So uh,

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Speaker 1: business as usual regards for his preparation, but understand that

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Speaker 1: he brings a little bit more to the game plan.

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Speaker 4: What did from an energy perspective?

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Speaker 3: What is he kind of brought even the short times

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Speaker 3: with that?

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Speaker 1: I mean, everybody's excited that he's back in the building.

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Speaker 1: I mean, coaches, players, You saw the energy uh that

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Speaker 1: we had on Monday when we came in and just

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Speaker 1: magnified you know when he got here. So uh, once again,

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Speaker 1: excited that he's back and looking forward to him being

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Speaker 1: on the field.

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Speaker 3: The Steelers this offseason made a big deal about trying

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Speaker 3: to be more explosive offensively for for all you've seen

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Speaker 3: from Picket in the preseason, have you seen that that's something.

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Speaker 1: I think they living up to that. Yeah, for sure. Uh,

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Speaker 1: he's pushing the ball down the field quite a bit.

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Speaker 1: Definitely have weapons and uh pickings and you know, I

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Speaker 1: think he is phenomenal in in everything that he does.

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Speaker 1: For his catch radius, you throw the ball anywhere close

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Speaker 1: to him, he's pulling it in so uh solid run

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Speaker 1: game and they compliment that with play action down the field.

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Speaker 4: Did they do any uh work with the team today

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Speaker 4: or was it just individual stuff too? Uh?

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Speaker 2: He was just individual yep?

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Speaker 3: Or do you think it's a realistic stap count for him?

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Speaker 2: Uh, It's it's hard to say.

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Speaker 1: And I I think each player is different, and and

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Speaker 1: I say that in in a uh meaningful way. He's different.

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Speaker 1: So it's not really trying to put a limit on

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Speaker 1: what he can do. It's just trying to get a

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Speaker 1: feel and once we get into the game and then

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Speaker 1: go from there.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Obviously then I I in training camp hasn't kind

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Speaker 4: of gone through the sore that everybody else goes through.

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Speaker 3: Is that at all concerned.

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Speaker 4: That you might be able to play a lot of snaps,

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Speaker 4: but there might be something on the back end that

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Speaker 4: he would deal with.

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Speaker 1: Well, I think you always have to judge that with

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Speaker 1: all your players. A guy that hasn't been here, as

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Speaker 1: you stated, guys that have multiple years in the league.

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Speaker 1: You're always trying to foresee things. We got a quick

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Speaker 1: Thursday night game. That's things to think about, you know,

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Speaker 1: for his reps on the on the front end as well.

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Speaker 1: So yes, we have thought about that.

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Speaker 3: Canada, how does he use his He's got three different backs,

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Speaker 3: how does he use them? How does he used them

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Speaker 3: in the preseason? What do you know about Canada?

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Speaker 1: Uh, great coach, good offensive mind. Played them last year.

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Speaker 1: I thought they do a great job uh, and and

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Speaker 1: everything they're doing. You know, Harris is more uh in

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Speaker 1: between the tackles, a power runner, UH, but I think

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Speaker 1: he has the ability to be able to get on

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Speaker 1: the outside as well. So uh, I think he does

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Speaker 1: a great job in using all three of those guys.

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Speaker 1: And you know, when you look at uh their game,

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Speaker 1: I think is the simplicity of it from a standpoint

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Speaker 1: you inside in between the tower cause they get on

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Speaker 1: the outside with uh the jet sweeps the bounce play.

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Speaker 1: So we gotta do a great job of setting edges

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Speaker 1: this week, say the least us.

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Speaker 2: We're not practicing today.

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Speaker 3: Is there any concern.

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Speaker 1: About Uh No, I'm not concerned at all.

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Speaker 2: I don't think he'll be ready to play, so it's

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Speaker 2: not a issue with me.

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Speaker 3: What about Kuponga?

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Speaker 4: I mean, uh, I know that he missed today cause

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Speaker 4: of a personal matter, But was the the the knee

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Speaker 4: is shitsh problematic?

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Speaker 2: Uh?

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Speaker 3: In yesterrday practice at all?

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 1: Again, yeah, as you stated, it is personal, so I

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Speaker 1: won't go into detail about that. I just understand and

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Speaker 1: know when guys like that uh aren't here, Boat's uh

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Speaker 1: uh Mooni's out.

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Speaker 2: Huff is not here.

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Speaker 1: It just gives us a opportunity to get other guys reps,

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Speaker 1: as we've seen, and at some point in times those

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Speaker 1: week or week ten. So uh, I look at it

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Speaker 3: With those two safeties not practicing.

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Speaker 4: How's Jay Brown and everything?

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Speaker 1: I think giants getting better. I think he's becoming a

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Speaker 1: little bit more comfortable in the things that we asking

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Speaker 1: him to do.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: I think you saw that in preseason again, Uh, the

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Speaker 1: transition with a lot of these rookies, just understanding how

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Speaker 1: we do things and most importantly, just trying to operate

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Speaker 1: under consistency because at some point in time, I hope

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Speaker 1: it's no time soon they will hit that rookie wall.

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Speaker 3: Have you met Melsa before he arrived.

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Speaker 2: At Mini camp? Manitory mandatory mini camp.

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Speaker 3: When he was here, coach Forrester was talked about the

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Speaker 3: first extended drive that an offense gets in the first

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Speaker 3: regular season game is as tired as as he'll see

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Speaker 3: them all year because it's their you know, first real

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Speaker 3: strain that a regular season game that cannot be replicated

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Speaker 3: even in preseason because it's same. Is it the same

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Speaker 3: for the defense?

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Speaker 1: Uh?

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Speaker 1: And I think uh Kyle does a great job in

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Speaker 1: how we practice and trying to orchestrate those different looks

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Speaker 1: and uh, you know there's times that we've gone, you know,

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Speaker 1: ten play drives, twelve play drives, just.

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Speaker 2: Trying to create that game like similarity.

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Speaker 3: You pick it has gone five drives and five touchdowns

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Speaker 3: in the preseason. Obviously you looked at him this preseason.

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Speaker 3: But you looked at his film last year. How's he

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Speaker 3: different from last.

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Speaker 1: Year over when he saw the I I think he's

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Speaker 1: a little bit more comfortable and uh in the offense

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Speaker 1: and what they asks him to do. He makes great

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Speaker 1: decisions with the ball. Again, I think they have a

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Speaker 1: solid run game, which I think really takes a lot

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Speaker 1: of the burden pressure off of him having to constantly

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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 2: They create a lot of balance in what they do. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I think again the play action down the field has

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Speaker 1: definitely been a difference and it it jumps out at

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Speaker 1: your own tape.

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Speaker 2: So uh.

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Speaker 1: And the receivers again they have and the pickings and

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Speaker 1: Johnson I think are outstanding. Are Thank you guys, Appreciate

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