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Speaker 1: I'm Dale Ally here with Matt Williamson. Were live from

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Speaker 1: the Steelers at a sessions here at the U P M.

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Speaker 1: C Rooney Sports Complex starting hour two. Here Matt and Uh.

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Speaker 1: Over the weekend, the Brown signed David and Joeku to

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Speaker 1: a four year, fifty six point seven five million dollar deal.

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Speaker 1: Now he was on the franchise tag, so they lowered

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Speaker 1: down to three point three to eight million dollars, so

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Speaker 1: it helped them this year, yes, but their caps always

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Speaker 1: odd to me. I mean a couple of teams. I

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Speaker 1: always talking about Saints, but I mean the Browns seem

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Speaker 1: whatever they want. You know. The Watson deals a massive one,

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Speaker 1: but they're not paying them a lot in paragraph five

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Speaker 1: stuff this year. Um, I understand the the Joku move

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Speaker 1: little like our safety conversation, where the right ones can

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Speaker 1: be real bargains. And I don't know if the Joku

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Speaker 1: money from the Joku. But the franchise tag for tight

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Speaker 1: Ends isn't that bad, you know, And it's not much

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Speaker 1: different than like the Isoma contract or, let alone the

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Speaker 1: And you'd say which one about n Joku? But I

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Speaker 1: and tight Ends do take a while, as we often

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Speaker 1: get it, but he's not a sure bat, that's for sure. Well,

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Speaker 1: here's the thing I'm looking here at the at the contract.

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Speaker 1: And while it was a four year, uh, when I

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Speaker 1: say four year fifty four point seven five million dollars,

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Speaker 1: he counts three point three to eight million against their cap.

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Speaker 1: Next year that goes up to eight point seven nine

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Speaker 1: Like he has better hit his stride by then or

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Speaker 1: this is not a good deal. Now his base salary

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Speaker 1: And then in twenty nineteen that that cap numbers nineteen five.

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Speaker 1: great players. They're great players. Amari Cooper also cost you

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Speaker 1: He's a good player, not a great one. I'm just

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Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Like in a way, you're

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Speaker 1: the playing Mrs Lincoln right right? Right? So boy, and

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Speaker 1: working on my get off because that's where it starts

427
00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,919
Speaker 1: with the past rushing, you know, art being a pass rusher.

428
00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,720
Speaker 1: Just really working on refining my move so where that's

429
00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,040
Speaker 1: the cross, chop, the swipe, the spin, just really really

430
00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:18,080
Speaker 1: honing in on come on, I gotta gotta bring it

431
00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:20,760
Speaker 1: out more this year to just really honing in on,

432
00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:22,840
Speaker 1: you know, really a couple of moves that I can

433
00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:24,879
Speaker 1: just really use to my advantage and so that I

434
00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,160
Speaker 1: can work those different moves. Because not all tackles set

435
00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:28,800
Speaker 1: the same or punch the same. You've gotta have different

436
00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,119
Speaker 1: moves or different tackles and so that's something I just

437
00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,040
Speaker 1: tried to learn more. And I'll use different moves when

438
00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,040
Speaker 1: I study different guys because some guys shoot their hands hash,

439
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,400
Speaker 1: some guys shoot their hands low. So use different moves

440
00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,000
Speaker 1: for certain guys and just run games. Just continue to

441
00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:42,920
Speaker 1: be more physical. I think that was something that really

442
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,360
Speaker 1: I want to get better at going to my second year,

443
00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,840
Speaker 1: because I think that's where a lot of people were like, uh,

444
00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:49,200
Speaker 1: you don't I don't think you can play the run.

445
00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,359
Speaker 1: I think I really show people that I can and

446
00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,560
Speaker 1: just proving myself that I can because I know I can,

447
00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:55,800
Speaker 1: And just really this year, I feel like I've got

448
00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,119
Speaker 1: more more physical as well. I've gained gained a few pounds,

449
00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,200
Speaker 1: so putting on more muscle, and so that's want to

450
00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,919
Speaker 1: continue to be all around player. I just don't you know,

451
00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,080
Speaker 1: of course, you don't want to get sacks. That's that's

452
00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:08,119
Speaker 1: really the most point thing. But meant that check bo man,

453
00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,320
Speaker 1: we know that. Also. I also want to be known

454
00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:12,680
Speaker 1: as you know, hard nos football player that's playing the

455
00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,200
Speaker 1: run and being physical because you know, last year, um,

456
00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:17,960
Speaker 1: you know, we we weren't where we wanted to be

457
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,880
Speaker 1: as a defense in the run. And I think this year.

458
00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,280
Speaker 1: We've got a lot to prove and that's something just

459
00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:23,760
Speaker 1: a key area where I want to be able to

460
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,439
Speaker 1: do my job when it comes like, hey, when they

461
00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,159
Speaker 1: run the ball over here, like they're not getting around this.

462
00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,240
Speaker 1: That's the growing that I have. And so I just

463
00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,760
Speaker 1: continue to be more physical and something that I have,

464
00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:34,520
Speaker 1: something that you know, sticking with that, something that that

465
00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,040
Speaker 1: Moates and I have discussed, you know a few times

466
00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,440
Speaker 1: since the season ended. We're doing this show three or

467
00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,800
Speaker 1: four days a week. Still throughout the offseason, we regurgitate topics. Sometimes.

468
00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:44,679
Speaker 1: One of the things we've talked about is is that

469
00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,879
Speaker 1: run defense, and it's it's been a big topic amongst fans,

470
00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,840
Speaker 1: amongst media right about how that needs to improve this year.

471
00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,960
Speaker 1: But what we've said is five straight years now the

472
00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,320
Speaker 1: Steelers have led the league in sacks. I mean you

473
00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,480
Speaker 1: last year getting up to that number six. We all

474
00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,000
Speaker 1: know Cam Heyward and t J. Watt tying Michael Strahan's

475
00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,240
Speaker 1: single season stack record. It comes from a bunch of

476
00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,800
Speaker 1: different ways for the Steelers in five straight years doing

477
00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,720
Speaker 1: so it's I got to imagine for you guys, if

478
00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:10,919
Speaker 1: you can stop the run, if you can improve in

479
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,520
Speaker 1: that department and have more predictable situations where it's it's

480
00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,239
Speaker 1: starting eight and you know you're pinning your ears back

481
00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,200
Speaker 1: and getting after the quarterback. The team has led the

482
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,399
Speaker 1: league in sacks for five straight seasons, but it feels

483
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,480
Speaker 1: like maybe that could even go to another level. Oh,

484
00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,720
Speaker 1: it definitely could. Just like you said, like that, we

485
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,199
Speaker 1: have someone to improve on knowing the run game from

486
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,639
Speaker 1: last year, and I think everybody being hell head this

487
00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,200
Speaker 1: year and having guys back is going to be could

488
00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,960
Speaker 1: be a huge advantage. Force. Um just really like coach.

489
00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,000
Speaker 1: Bringing in Coach Flores has been awesome for us as well.

490
00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,280
Speaker 1: He's so intelligent and I can see why he's been

491
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,480
Speaker 1: a head coaching this league just because how intelligent he is.

492
00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,360
Speaker 1: He's been great so far. I've learned so much from him,

493
00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:45,960
Speaker 1: just from not only from a run game standpoint, but

494
00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,280
Speaker 1: also from a past row standpoint, you know, learning uh,

495
00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,399
Speaker 1: different protections from the old line, learning stuff like that.

496
00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:52,400
Speaker 1: So he's he's great. He's been great force so far,

497
00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,240
Speaker 1: really adding value to our defense, and I just, um,

498
00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,040
Speaker 1: I'm excited to just see the leap that we take

499
00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,320
Speaker 1: this year because I know if we can, just like

500
00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:01,159
Speaker 1: you said, if we can put them in third and

501
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,600
Speaker 1: long situations, Like teams don't want that against us, and

502
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,240
Speaker 1: that's what we gotta get to is getting them in

503
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:07,960
Speaker 1: the situation. So it's really about winning the first and

504
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,320
Speaker 1: second down, uh, and stopping that running and making negative

505
00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,760
Speaker 1: plays in the backfield on the run game. And now,

506
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,920
Speaker 1: I haven't talked to you since you've shared the locker

507
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,440
Speaker 1: room with the raining Defensive Player of the Year by

508
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,840
Speaker 1: the name of t J Watt, But just talk about man,

509
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,760
Speaker 1: what's that been like seeing him on a day to

510
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,000
Speaker 1: day basis as well? Now that he's won that award

511
00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,600
Speaker 1: and obviously you're going into this third year, do you

512
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,280
Speaker 1: feel that you guys can take what you've already been

513
00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,480
Speaker 1: doing to another level? Oh for sure, I feel like

514
00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,119
Speaker 1: both of us can. I think about t J, like,

515
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,440
Speaker 1: you know, he's the same person every day he comes

516
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,960
Speaker 1: in and works and he says the same Montress may

517
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,840
Speaker 1: just continue to get one percent better every day. And

518
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,280
Speaker 1: it's just cool to be able to play alongside of

519
00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,640
Speaker 1: a guy like that who really loves football and loves

520
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,399
Speaker 1: perfecting his craft. And that's the reason he's the best

521
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,320
Speaker 1: at what he does because he comes out here every

522
00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,000
Speaker 1: day and he works. And so just like I said earlier,

523
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,359
Speaker 1: I just try to take things from from from his

524
00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,880
Speaker 1: game and try to you know, model them into my game.

525
00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,080
Speaker 1: And so well, it's learning more about the cross job.

526
00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,120
Speaker 1: And for example, like a lot of times last year

527
00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,520
Speaker 1: wins and Rush's but wasn't either, I wasn't been in

528
00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 1: the corner enough of the quarterback was step up and

529
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,640
Speaker 1: I'll just kind of run right by him a few times.

530
00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,480
Speaker 1: And so this learning from t J. You know what,

531
00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:10,840
Speaker 1: what what is a little thing that you do to

532
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,320
Speaker 1: really get your hips around the quarterback? Quarterback steps up

533
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,200
Speaker 1: like you can still get them. And so learning little

534
00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:16,960
Speaker 1: things like that from something I'm gonna take like a

535
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 1: look looking forward to um modeling into my game this year.

536
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,040
Speaker 1: And it's just been cool, uh to be able to

537
00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,520
Speaker 1: continue to learn from him and uh just be teammates

538
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,760
Speaker 1: with him and excited for what we got a story

539
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:34,440
Speaker 1: this year. Let's go certainly about we love getting after

540
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,760
Speaker 1: the quarterback here. Baby. You got to you mentioned a

541
00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:39,480
Speaker 1: few minutes ago when you were talking about you know,

542
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,840
Speaker 1: growing into your third year and one percent better and

543
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,200
Speaker 1: you use that word growing into a leadership role as

544
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,280
Speaker 1: well too. What's that look like for you, because you know,

545
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,920
Speaker 1: every football team is always looking for that next generation

546
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,080
Speaker 1: of leaders to emerge. Obviously you've got Cam Heyward who's

547
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,320
Speaker 1: great with that. T J. Watt Bridge in the gap

548
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 1: there as well too, But that's always is that something

549
00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,879
Speaker 1: that you're cognizantly you know in year three it's we

550
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,640
Speaker 1: heard how that works. But now you're kind of looked

551
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:03,359
Speaker 1: at as one of the veteran guys all of a sudden,

552
00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:06,440
Speaker 1: as opposed to being younger. Is that something like how

553
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,199
Speaker 1: how do you work on leadership? Or is that just

554
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,880
Speaker 1: something that's maybe come natural to you and your football correct? Yeah,

555
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:13,720
Speaker 1: I just feel like I've always really truly been a

556
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,439
Speaker 1: lead by example guy. Um and no matter you know

557
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,680
Speaker 1: what year. Like in college, I was always by example guy.

558
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 1: But the order I got my college career and I

559
00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,000
Speaker 1: feel like, no, now, going to my my third year,

560
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,160
Speaker 1: I feel like my I can use my voice more now.

561
00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,120
Speaker 1: I feel like, uh, just so far the dots I've been.

562
00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:29,680
Speaker 1: You know, if younger guys have had a question, I

563
00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:31,520
Speaker 1: want to be someone that they can come to and

564
00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,879
Speaker 1: that they can just soak knowledge from. Just also is

565
00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:35,920
Speaker 1: like learning from them as well, just really and really

566
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,240
Speaker 1: teaching them any questions that they had. Just Hey, this

567
00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:39,639
Speaker 1: is what I went through my rookie year and I

568
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,560
Speaker 1: want to help you with that, and so I just

569
00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,480
Speaker 1: really that's what it is, just having more of a

570
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,320
Speaker 1: vocal voice because I feel like I've always been a

571
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:47,199
Speaker 1: lead by example guy. I always work hard, but I

572
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,840
Speaker 1: really want to step into more of a vocal leader

573
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,040
Speaker 1: this year for the defensive for the team, and so

574
00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,679
Speaker 1: I look forward to doing that now. The last one

575
00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:55,680
Speaker 1: I have for you is we know that we also

576
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,760
Speaker 1: had a switch in terms of coordinate is this offseason

577
00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball, going from Keith

578
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,560
Speaker 1: Butler to Terrell Louston? Just talk about, Man, what's that

579
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,200
Speaker 1: been like for you in terms of your acclamation period um,

580
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 1: adjusting to how he communicates, to some of the wrinks

581
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,399
Speaker 1: that he's had, Um, how do you feel with this

582
00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:11,680
Speaker 1: thus far? T has been great. So far. I've always

583
00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:13,199
Speaker 1: liked him as a when he was a coach here

584
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,719
Speaker 1: last year and coaching the DBS, and I just you know, always, oh,

585
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:18,560
Speaker 1: you know, am are the way that he coached those guys,

586
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,479
Speaker 1: and from when they announced he's gonna be deef as

587
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,560
Speaker 1: a coordinator, I was really excited because I know you know,

588
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 1: he's a great coach and he's gonna he's gonna he's

589
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,080
Speaker 1: gonna build up good schemes for us to win games

590
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:28,440
Speaker 1: and win games on the defense side of the ball

591
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,720
Speaker 1: this year, and he's been he's been awesome, especially helping

592
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,320
Speaker 1: us a lot in the game coverage as well. I think,

593
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,199
Speaker 1: you know, we've been working and working on that uh

594
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 1: these o t a periods because we didn't really work

595
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,159
Speaker 1: on it, uh like earlier as much as we did

596
00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:40,639
Speaker 1: last year, and so sometimes we get out there and

597
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 1: coverage and it's like sometimes we you know, I didn't

598
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:44,760
Speaker 1: know what to do at times, and so uh going

599
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,320
Speaker 1: out there uh this year and practicing that stuff early

600
00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,159
Speaker 1: while because we can't really like we're not pad right now,

601
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:50,440
Speaker 1: so it's something like we can do one on ones

602
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,960
Speaker 1: and stuff like that, and just really refining that area

603
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:54,479
Speaker 1: of the game has really really cool so far. And

604
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,400
Speaker 1: you know, him beating a defensive back coach the past

605
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,480
Speaker 1: few years, he's really been able to being able to

606
00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:01,000
Speaker 1: take tips from him and guards to that. So he's

607
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,760
Speaker 1: been great so far. To me, I'm excited for the

608
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,960
Speaker 1: way we're gonna look this year. Last one I've got

609
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 1: for you when we sat down, you know, you had

610
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 1: mentioned to Moates and I how you're gonna be heading

611
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 1: out to Latrobe for the first time in about two months.

612
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,119
Speaker 1: And it is like our our colleague Dale Lally, I

613
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:22,359
Speaker 1: believe the number was twenty, right, nine of the ninety

614
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,280
Speaker 1: guys out here. Of that's twenty of the players have

615
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,640
Speaker 1: have been to Latrobe, which is which is well less

616
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,120
Speaker 1: than half there. Do you think it's a good time

617
00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,480
Speaker 1: for everybody to be getting back out there together in

618
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,199
Speaker 1: the dorms all that stuff when you do have, you know,

619
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 1: for the first time in a long time, some real

620
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:42,040
Speaker 1: substantial turnover in the organization, right, I mean Ben Roethlisberger's retired,

621
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:45,120
Speaker 1: Kevin Colbert is no longer general manager, new defensive coordinator

622
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:46,480
Speaker 1: and no t a has been on the staff, but

623
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:50,240
Speaker 1: new d C. Brian Flores, new quarterbacks, right, all this stuff.

624
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,359
Speaker 1: Is it maybe a good time to be heading back

625
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 1: there just for the continuity to get everybody on the

626
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,359
Speaker 1: same page. Yeah, I think it'd be cool, you know,

627
00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 1: because we're it's not like we're you know, here in

628
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,399
Speaker 1: the city, like we're out in La Trobe and uh,

629
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 1: it's football out there, that's about it. That's what the

630
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 1: guys say that have been there so far. But I

631
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: think it would be good, a really good a few

632
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,199
Speaker 1: weeks for us out there, just to really lock in

633
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,720
Speaker 1: and get prepared for the season. And uh, you know,

634
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,920
Speaker 1: I'm I'm excited because it's my first time, the first

635
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,159
Speaker 1: time going and I know that the fans are crazy

636
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,359
Speaker 1: out there and so every day it's gonna be wild.

637
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 1: So like it was, it was really cool Hines Field,

638
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,240
Speaker 1: but it was different because they were kind of in

639
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: the stands and there's not much interaction. But I've heard

640
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Speaker 1: they're like, you know, they're they're gonna be up and down.

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Speaker 1: They're right on pice. Practice practice won't be until thirty

642
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Speaker 1: one o'clock and they're around walk into the locker room

643
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Speaker 1: practice for your practice. They will be out there full force, screaming.

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Speaker 1: They they tailgate out in the field until the gates

645
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Speaker 1: are open and they're allowed in. My dad's really excited,

646
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Speaker 1: he's definitely he's definitely looking forward to be interacting with

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Speaker 1: all the fans too and everything. He'll be a superstar.

648
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Speaker 1: No boy, Seriously, people really do like it's crazy, Like

649
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Speaker 1: he'll walk he'll walk around and like Mr Highsman, like, yeah,

650
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,600
Speaker 1: people know him because you you see his Twitter account.

651
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Speaker 1: He's very active. He's got a lot of he's got

652
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Speaker 1: He told me he'll tell me like at the game,

653
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Speaker 1: like I'll talk to him, be like hey, yeah, miss

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Speaker 1: him my Twitter friends a day. He's got a lot

655
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Speaker 1: of he's hip. He travels home in a lot like

656
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Speaker 1: we used him on the road before. Man like absolutely, man,

657
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Speaker 1: awesome do come they come to almost all of them.

658
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Speaker 1: So I'm him thankful for that's seven you want right there, Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: Alex hi Smith. Busy week, busy time of the year

660
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Speaker 1: for you, a lot going on. We appreciate you taking

661
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Speaker 1: Alex Highsmith on earlier today with West Euler and Arthur

662
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Speaker 1: Moates and uh you hear how um kind of a

663
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Speaker 1: cerebral approach Alex Highsmith takes. Yeah, he's studious. Yeah right,

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Speaker 1: young guys soaks things in. Uh. You can see why

665
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,920
Speaker 1: the Steelers would like that kind of player. Where they

666
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Speaker 1: got him in the third round to two years and

667
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 1: three years ago. Now, um, and you look at again

668
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 1: the steady production increases year after year. He's a self

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Speaker 1: made guy. Walk on it at Charlotte, Yeah right right.

670
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Speaker 1: I remember that raised a few eyebrows when they made

671
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Speaker 1: that selection. You know, small school guy, not a high

672
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Speaker 1: pedigree like you said, he was a walk on at

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Speaker 1: a small school. To even add add to that, and

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Speaker 1: I remember a couple of traits that really stood out

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Speaker 1: to me just studying him really after they drafted him,

676
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Speaker 1: because I knew a lot less about him before they

677
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Speaker 1: drafted him, as after was one trait I think that

678
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Speaker 1: they don't know if they admitted publicly, but get off

679
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,720
Speaker 1: is really important to their guys. You know that a

680
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 1: lot of these guys have really good ten yards splits,

681
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Speaker 1: They have great get off the snap, these edge pass

682
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Speaker 1: rushers and studious you know, I mean Watt and Highsmith

683
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 1: both are very hard workers, their master craftsmen in terms

684
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Speaker 1: of all the different pass rush moves and hand placement,

685
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Speaker 1: stringing things together and even the stuff that wasn't in

686
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Speaker 1: that interview. You know, him and Moxy were talking off

687
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Speaker 1: the air about boy, you're really working on your cross

688
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: chop and things like that, you know, I mean, he

689
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Speaker 1: really is putting the time in on those things. And

690
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Speaker 1: it just gives you a good spot to start with

691
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Speaker 1: with that get off in athleticism, and then you can

692
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Speaker 1: take it a couple steps further when you really work

693
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Speaker 1: hard on your trade, which both these edge guys do. Yeah, absolutely,

694
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Speaker 1: and you start to reach that that age where the

695
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 1: athleticism matches up with the knowledge and the athois athleticism

696
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Speaker 1: is not gonna last forever, right, yeah, right, right, so

697
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Speaker 1: then you get by on knowledge the last few years

698
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Speaker 1: of your career. But yeah, he's starting to see Alex

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Speaker 1: Highsmith come into his own. We're gonna take a break.

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Speaker 1: He is Matt Williams and I am Dale Lally. You're

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Speaker 1: listening to the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We

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Speaker 1: back with more right after this. Welcome back on Allowing

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Speaker 1: Me with Matt Whynson. We are live from Steelers the

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Speaker 1: sessions here the UPMC really Sports Complex and Matt, I'm

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Speaker 1: looking here at in the article one CBS Sports dot Com.

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Speaker 1: It's up by Jason Lacamphora ranking the divisions this year.

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Speaker 1: It's funny, quite coincidence, because I gotta asked this question

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Speaker 1: on yesterday's podcast that I did, and I had a

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Speaker 1: hard time ranking them. To be honest with you, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he puts he puts a a f C West at

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Speaker 1: number one. I don't know if I would necessarily put

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Speaker 1: the a f C West at number one because the

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Speaker 1: way I'm the way I'm looking about is how good

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Speaker 1: they are, not like what's the most competitive or any

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Speaker 1: of that's like top to bottom? What's the best division

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Speaker 1: in football? Like if you put Denver or Oakland or

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Speaker 1: should say Las Vega Vegas in the f C North,

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Speaker 1: would either one of them be the favorite to win it? Well,

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Speaker 1: let's I mean, I think what you're saying is the

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Speaker 1: f C North in the West are clearly the top two.

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Speaker 1: I agree. So I don't know, Like if I were

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Speaker 1: willing top to bottom in each division, let's power rank

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Speaker 1: those eight teams. Then who's eight? I think the Raiders. Okay,

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Speaker 1: who's seven? I think it's the Brown Steel. The Browns

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Speaker 1: have DeShawn Watson or not. Let's say he's gonna play

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Speaker 1: half the year, then they're seven, so we'll give him

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Speaker 1: half of the Shawn Watson there seven. They might be eight,

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Speaker 1: they might be eight. I think they're eight. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think so with Brisset their eight. With Watson, I think

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Speaker 1: they're six. Okay, so let's call them ete Okay, because

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Speaker 1: I think there's gonna be a big chunk without them,

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Speaker 1: and certainly this beginning of the year will be without them.

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Speaker 1: You know, who's to say what teams have what in

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Speaker 1: week ten? Anyway, So if we go into the assumption

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Speaker 1: that Watson's not their opening day, because the rest of

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Speaker 1: stuff is going to change throughout the year anyway. So

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Speaker 1: let's say the Browns are eight, the Raiders are seven,

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Speaker 1: the Steelers are six. I guess the Steelers are Denver.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sold on Denver. I think Denver is ahead

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Speaker 1: of the Steelers. I'm not sold on that they haven't

743
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Speaker 1: won more than seven games in half a decade. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think some people would put Denver in the conversation

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Speaker 1: of one, and I think that's way too high. But

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Speaker 1: I think they're ahead of the Steelers. But I'll give

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Speaker 1: you Denver at five. So Denverse five, Steelers, six, Raiders, seven,

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Speaker 1: Brownies eight, which is really good. I mean, you think

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Speaker 1: about the six, seven, eight teams, there's no other divisions

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Speaker 1: that could compete with that. I mean, that's the bottom

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Speaker 1: of the divisions here. Awesome. That means that's why they're

752
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Speaker 1: in this coast. Four teams might win the NFC East,

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Speaker 1: right right, I think they'd be competing or would be

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Speaker 1: NFC playoff teams even you know, with three wild card teams.

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Speaker 1: Al right, So do you have a preference who's four

756
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,400
Speaker 1: or who's one. Sometimes it's easier to work back awards.

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00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 1: I think the Chiefs are one until proven otherwise. I

758
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,200
Speaker 1: think they were one. I think they deserve that. But

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Speaker 1: I think Baltimore and Cincinnati or two and three mm hmm.

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00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:14,800
Speaker 1: I think the Chargers are better than both those teams.

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Speaker 1: They weren't last year. They weren't last year. They were

762
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Speaker 1: not a Baltimore wasn't good either. I'm just going Okay,

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Speaker 1: So what the Bengals did last year was they went

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Speaker 1: into Kansas They they went into Kansas City and beat

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Speaker 1: Kansas City. They did they did? I mean, obviously they're

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl team. Um, you know the Ravens. I

767
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 1: expect to bounce back this year. This will be controversial,

768
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Speaker 1: and I bet you don't agree with me. My top

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Speaker 1: four would go Ksey, Chargers, Ravens, Bengals. Okay, so then

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Speaker 1: you would think the f C West is the better division. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: because I have the I have the three four six

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Speaker 1: with the Chargers franchise. You gotta show me there's a

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Speaker 1: little bit of Cleveland Cincinnati there. Yeah, I mean that's

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00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:06,719
Speaker 1: they should be a playoff team already. Are they ever

775
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,960
Speaker 1: gonna get They had the opportunity last year to do

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Speaker 1: something about that on the field against the against the

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Speaker 1: division rival, and couldn't get it done right. And it's

778
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Speaker 1: a young coach, and I think Cincinnati similar that way,

779
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 1: young quarterback, young coach. But they proved it and then

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Speaker 1: one of their team didn't. But I think if the

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00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:26,959
Speaker 1: Chargers played the Bengals a hundred and eleven times right now,

782
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Speaker 1: the Chargers win, Okay, So I would go the West

783
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Speaker 1: slightly over the North. Okay, but it's a battle. We

784
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Speaker 1: think the North there's number two. Oh yeah, who's three

785
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Speaker 1: NFC West for me? But Seattle is bad. Seattle is

786
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Speaker 1: really bad. And and I don't know that. Um. I

787
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 1: think Arizona is really hard to trust too. I think

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Speaker 1: they're going to take a step back this year. I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure Arizona is any different than that Bengals Chargers

790
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Speaker 1: conversation we had, and that though I trust them to

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Speaker 1: really be a winner. And I don't know what San

792
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 1: Francisco is right. If they start trade lance, they could

793
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,319
Speaker 1: they could win twelve games, they could win six, they

794
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,799
Speaker 1: could I think they have a little bit of that

795
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Speaker 1: Raven Steelers factor. Well, maybe I'll take that back, because

796
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:15,920
Speaker 1: every Shanahan years either has been Final four or picking

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00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 1: in the top of the few, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 1: Then I was gonna say they seem like an eight

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Speaker 1: or nine win team no matter what. But maybe I'm

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Speaker 1: wrong about that, you know, because history hasn't stood up

801
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Speaker 1: to that. I saw ustat the other day. The trade

802
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,840
Speaker 1: lance in his career since since he went to college

803
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 1: is throwing three fifty nine passes or something since he

804
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: went to college. I mean, that's right, right right, that's interesting. Yeah,

805
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 1: and Jimmy's not going to be in the equation. It's

806
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: not like he was at Alabama sitting behind right right right. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I still think they're the third division though, Okay, who's four?

808
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 1: He is the FC East. I get that. It's a

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00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 1: pretty solid drop off though, from those first two to

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Speaker 1: the next. Agreed, Agreed, because I think Buffalo would be

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Speaker 1: one on all of our power rags. But then the

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00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,239
Speaker 1: rest of it is the rest of it's okay, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't think the Jets are a garbage team anymore.

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00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 1: But that's kind of like the Lances, right, they have

815
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:18,359
Speaker 1: an awful schedule too, and neither one of us hie

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Speaker 1: on New England. And I had a lot of questions

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Speaker 1: about Miami. Yeah, see I which East Division? I might

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Speaker 1: put the NFC South over the FC. I can see that,

819
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Speaker 1: especially like if Mayfield landed in Carolina. At least I

820
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Speaker 1: think you get to like a seven win team then yeah, right, right,

821
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Speaker 1: an NFL quarterback, because I think the Saints are a

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Speaker 1: playoff team. The Bucks might be the best in the NFC.

823
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Speaker 1: Um they added a team Hicks today. By the Falcons

824
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:51,280
Speaker 1: are really bad. They're horrible. They're the last. They're thirty

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00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 1: two to me, here's a dark horse. Though. What about

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Speaker 1: the NFC East, Yeah, I'm not buying. See, I think

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Speaker 1: Philly and Dallas are play type teams. I think Dallas

828
00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 1: might be the biggest disappointment this year. Yeah, I have

829
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,400
Speaker 1: my worries about them, but I think their bottom feeders

830
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 1: are a little better than they've been in that. Washington

831
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 1: to me is like a seven to nine win team,

832
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Speaker 1: and I think the Giants aren't one of the worst

833
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:22,400
Speaker 1: teams in the league anymore. Again, guilty until proven innocent, right,

834
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 1: a couple of these divisions though. I mean, NFC North

835
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,320
Speaker 1: has two bad teams, even though I think one is

836
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 1: going the right direction, and a f C South has

837
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 1: two bad teams you know, are just that are just

838
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:40,920
Speaker 1: bad and probably aren't going to change soon. So who's

839
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:44,439
Speaker 1: the worst division the league? Well, according to looking looking forward,

840
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Speaker 1: he is he NFC North sixth. He has the NFC

841
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 1: South fifth, NFC North sixth, a f C South seventh,

842
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:55,279
Speaker 1: in the NFC East eight. Hm, I don't think i'd

843
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:58,479
Speaker 1: have the NFC East eight. I'm starting to really warm

844
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Speaker 1: up to the Colts though, in terms of the a

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Speaker 1: f C South, Like, I think that's a ten or

846
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Speaker 1: eleven win team in that division, especially considering they're playing

847
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Speaker 1: in the a f C North. They be the battling

848
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Speaker 1: for third place. Yes, they're not much different than the

849
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Speaker 1: Steelers or Browns on the Brown's best, That's the thing

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Speaker 1: to me, I think people needed to keep the Steelers

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Speaker 1: could take a step backward and wins this year, but

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Speaker 1: be a better team than they were last year. I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be shocked if that's how it actually transpires, because

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Speaker 1: I don't think they're a bad football team. Keep seeing,

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Speaker 1: you know, these things out there. They're gonna be picking

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Speaker 1: top ten or they have the Steelers picking in the

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Speaker 1: top twelve. I mean, even if their fourth and division.

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Speaker 1: They're not the Jags, Texans, you know, Giants, Bears, and

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Speaker 1: there's some bad ones out there, and not to mention,

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Speaker 1: and maybe the Steelers will be this team, but they

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Speaker 1: haven't been lately. That there's gonna be two teams that

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Speaker 1: we're counting on to the middle of the road that

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Speaker 1: are gonna be junk after three injuries, you know what

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Speaker 1: I mean? And and to me, I mean that's the

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Speaker 1: Duck Hodges year. Yeah, and they still went a and eight,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Yeah, I just look at

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Speaker 1: this team, and you know, I agadn't bring up the

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Speaker 1: fact that Mike Tomlin in his career is fifty two

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Speaker 1: and fifty against teams have finished the season with the

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Speaker 1: winning record of the winning records those teams. Is amazing.

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Speaker 1: That's the best of any coach in the league. And

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Speaker 1: I bring it up because today General Schefski said, and

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Speaker 1: we'll hear from him and the next yeah. Uh. He

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Speaker 1: told reporters that, um, you know, the coaching staff in

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Speaker 1: New England talked very highly of Mike Tomlin as a coach,

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Speaker 1: and they didn't and they didn't do that about a

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Speaker 1: lot of guys. I'm sure they didn't. I mean, I bet,

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Speaker 1: deep down Belichick does not respect that many coaches. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I always go back to the Bill wallph

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Speaker 1: saying that, you know, we're fighting against eight teams here, folks,

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Speaker 1: And I'm sure Belichick looked at that the same way.

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Speaker 1: And maybe it's not the same eight teams every year,

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Speaker 1: but there's really only eight teams give or take that

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Speaker 1: I truly fear or respect or could be on our

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Speaker 1: level as the Montana Niners, you know, And I'm sure

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Speaker 1: Belichick looked at the same way. And I think the

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Speaker 1: Steelers have been that all along. They've been one of

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Speaker 1: those eight. Yeah, I mean, and if you when you

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Speaker 1: look at the track record, I mean they've they've had

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Speaker 1: this second best record since since Belichick has been head coach.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's a lot that we said for that right. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna take another break. He is Matt Williamson, I

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Speaker 1: am Dale Lully. You're listening to the drive here on

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Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio. We'd want a special show here, as

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Speaker 1: we've done did last week. We'll continue this week Tuesday

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