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Speaker 2: Steel Practice still ongoing in front of us here, Matt.

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Speaker 2: It's a long one here for the Steelers. It is

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Speaker 2: makes sense. Non pads, so not as physical, and you

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Speaker 2: know you are in the grinded out stage of camp.

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Speaker 2: There's no more warming up to it. There's no more

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Speaker 2: acclamation period, and it's not you know, ninety five degrees

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Speaker 2: like some of these other days have been out here.

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Speaker 2: Looks like we've got some some red zone team period

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Speaker 2: going on to our left here. Exactly as Will Howard

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Speaker 2: is in the game for the Steelers, he will hand

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Speaker 2: it off to Trey Sermon, who is just met by

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Speaker 2: a wall of humanity Logan Lee in there causing some

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Speaker 2: disruptions on that one. Ya Black as well too.

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Speaker 3: These deep guys in general today getting a lot of

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Speaker 3: good quality work. You know, I'm sure that there'll be

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Speaker 3: dudes that we haven't really paid attention to or highlighted

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Speaker 3: because we're not watching the All twenty two. But man,

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Speaker 3: he gave us two hours of high quality work. You know,

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Speaker 3: the backup linebacker, the backup guard that isn't getting a

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Speaker 3: lot of talk. I think these position coaches are gonna

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Speaker 3: get a lot out of this. And been paying an

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Speaker 3: extra attention to Roderick Jones today, by all accounts, had

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Speaker 3: a very rough day at Friday night lights and one

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Speaker 3: on ones and he is, to his credit, battling a groin,

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Speaker 3: but he's in great spirits and he's been dancing around.

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Speaker 3: You mentioned him in the end zone. He's had joking

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Speaker 3: with one of the trainers here before and running laps

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Speaker 3: extra and just watching his body language. It's very positive,

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Speaker 3: it's very upbeat. In one of the Steel tunes, he

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Speaker 3: was an Energy edition guy today, Yeah yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 2: Adders, subtractors, multipliers and hiders.

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Speaker 3: He was.

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Speaker 2: He was an addition to the energy.

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Speaker 3: Yep and laughing and you know, not like he's disengaged,

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Speaker 3: but he's super engaged and really hang with his guys,

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Speaker 3: and maybe he's feeling better.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I hope that's a good sign. Maybe he's you know,

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Speaker 2: like you said, he's feeling good, feeling better about to

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Speaker 2: settle in and uh and get going here.

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Speaker 3: As we as him. Man, no doubt, critical, no.

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Speaker 2: Doubt, and pretty cool here. So this just came across

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Speaker 2: the timeline today obviously the NFL Hall of Fame and

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Speaker 2: shrime at ceremony out in camp right going in was

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Speaker 2: Jared Allen, of course, very successful defensive end. Yeah, pass rusher.

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Speaker 2: I think he's top, if not top ten, top fifteen

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Speaker 2: in sacks and NFL history. And of course his defensive

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Speaker 2: line coach was Carl Dunbar for a large chunk of

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Speaker 2: his career. Carl Dunbar was there at the ceremony today

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Speaker 2: and Jared Allen gave him a big shout out during

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Speaker 2: his speech and said about Carl Dunbar, you got me

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Speaker 2: so pretty cool.

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Speaker 3: Well, he's doing a well a job with the Steelers

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Speaker 3: d line and now he's got some young multible dudes

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Speaker 3: to add to that mix, and that is very cool.

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Speaker 3: And I mentioned this to you off the air that

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Speaker 3: I thought it really resonated with every player, but especially

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Speaker 3: the O line room back in the day, and I

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Speaker 3: would always make sure I brought it up on the air.

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Speaker 3: When coach Munchak was the O line coach, that'd be

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Speaker 3: a day or two every camp like where's munch you know,

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Speaker 3: huh yeah, pretty good coach too. But yeah, he was

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Speaker 3: also like the best guard in the league.

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Speaker 2: It's very rare that you get the combination of both

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Speaker 3: Right, I mean because a lot of those guys don't

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Speaker 2: You know, right, just because you can do doesn't mean

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Speaker 2: you could teach right right, And just because you could

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Speaker 3: Ted Williams was a manager at one point. Can't you

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Speaker 2: No, Ted, like, you know, who has one of the worst.

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Speaker 2: And again there's like you gotta meet the minimum criteria

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Speaker 2: for games, coach and all that stuff, right, But you

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Speaker 2: know who has one of the worst winning percentages as

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Speaker 2: a head coach in NHL history, No clue, Wayne Gretzky.

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Speaker 2: He's the best hockey player everey. I can't teach you

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Speaker 3: You got that or you don't. Nobody else does.

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Speaker 2: The best player ever, maybe the worst coach ever.

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Speaker 3: I mean, there's a lot of examples.

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Speaker 2: I think so.

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Speaker 3: But I'm going to dip my toe in the coaching

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Speaker 2: I just do how to play. I can't teach these

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Speaker 2: that aclusion of practice. See everybody start to come together here.

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Speaker 2: It does sure look like a good work today for

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Speaker 3: Minutes on the on the grass, Yeah right.

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Speaker 2: Two hours and ten minutes, two hours and fifteen minutes.

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Speaker 2: I thought we saw a lot of different.

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Speaker 3: Guys pop Yeah, depth, guys making the case for themselves. Yep.

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Speaker 2: Good to see. Roger can say, imlu back there as

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Speaker 2: we highlighted some more Roman Wilson today, which was encouraging.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he seems to be making more and more plays

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Speaker 2: I thought Pat Shine, James Pierre as well had a

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Speaker 3: Practice, but Washington made some plays. Yeah, some of the

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Speaker 2: The officials are heading off the field, So I would

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Speaker 2: imagine that will do it if they've done their press

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Speaker 3: I think so because I I ate lunch with some

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Speaker 2: I don't know what they're doing what they I know

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Speaker 3: I expect that all the Pittsburgh outlets you'll see some

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Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe there'll be something in there that that we

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Speaker 2: the Steelers the little breakdown and that will do it

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Speaker 2: for practice, Matt as they will start to exit the field,

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Speaker 2: weekend practice, and there's not in fact that tomorrow might

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Speaker 2: be the last. If I'm remembering correctly, Tomorrow might be

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Speaker 2: the last weekend practice of training camp because next weekend

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Speaker 2: you're gonna be in Jacksonville the following week camp wraps.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, tomorrow, Yeah, tomorrow the final weekend practice. It'll

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Speaker 2: be a padded practice tomorrow, at least if they are

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Speaker 3: I'm wouldn't be shocked if tomorrow is the most physical

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Speaker 2: I think, and it'll be right up there with Friday

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Speaker 2: Night Lights as one of the if not the most

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Speaker 3: Looking watching all these years. I think that's probably sets

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I can't wait for that. Tomorrow. But that

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Speaker 2: we'll continue to if we see anything fun or noteworthy

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Speaker 3: Like, look at all these kids coming down. I was

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Speaker 2: That's awesome. I wonder if they're like a youth football organization.

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Speaker 3: They're all together, that's for sure.

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Speaker 2: A lot of TJ want jersey, a lot of TJ.

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Speaker 2: I was gonna say, And look at all the nineties

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Speaker 2: And seventy eight watch jerseys amongst amongst the young kids.

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Speaker 2: That's that's pretty awesome. We gotta love it all right, Matt,

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Speaker 2: let's talk about some of these sack numbers.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they're pretty startup for me.

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Speaker 2: And to paint the picture. And I know a lot

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Speaker 2: of you have heard this because we have so many

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Speaker 2: I know a lot of people have heard us discussing this,

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Speaker 2: but quickly for those who haven't sat conversation, how how

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Speaker 2: it relates to the ecosystem of the Steelers need more sacks,

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Speaker 2: and we've broken down how what they're going to do

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Speaker 3: It's like three guys that weren't here yet last year

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Speaker 2: We've also highlighted how Matt is, for a lot of

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Speaker 2: rightful reasons, optimistic that Aaron Rodgers is going to take

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Speaker 2: less sacks than Russell Wilson and Justin Fields did last

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Speaker 2: yst year. Yes, yes, we've discussed it's very very sack differential.

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Speaker 2: sacks affect drives for an offense. This this is these

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and so we started this conversation, well, frankly, I

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Speaker 3: started this conversation pretty much the day the season ended

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Speaker 3: was they're taking too many sacks. But more bothersome is

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Speaker 3: they're not creating enough despite being what I think is

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Speaker 3: the best pass rushing team in the league and in

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Speaker 3: pressures and batted passes and force fumbles, but the sack

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Speaker 3: numbers just aren't there. And hey, I'm gonna sound like

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Speaker 3: a spoiled Steeler fan too, but it's kind of their

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Speaker 3: god given right to lead the league in sacks or

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Speaker 3: be at the top of the league, and they went

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Speaker 3: an uncanny number of years where that's been true. Time

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Speaker 3: and it isn't, so it's very attainable. I'm not asking

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Speaker 3: them to get twenty more sacks this year. Get me

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Speaker 3: ten more, you know, something like that. And again I'm

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Speaker 3: not asking for huge goals. Get your sack numbers down,

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Speaker 2: it's hot, it's sweaty. They're about to go practice and

437
00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:08,960
Speaker 2: be miserable for a.

438
00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:10,600
Speaker 3: Couple of hours their serious mode, you know.

439
00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,080
Speaker 2: But they see those thirty forty kids in their youth

440
00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:17,399
Speaker 2: football jerseys at the bottom of the hill, right, and

441
00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,879
Speaker 2: like they always light up and they high five of

442
00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:22,040
Speaker 2: them and and you know all these different like sometimes

443
00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,000
Speaker 2: they'll stop and pump them up, and you know what

444
00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:25,280
Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's cool.

445
00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, and nine percent of those kids will never go

446
00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,320
Speaker 3: on to do anything in the world of football. Yeah,

447
00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:34,320
Speaker 3: but they'll remember that their entire life. If it's a

448
00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:36,840
Speaker 3: backup lineman that they don't remember exactly right.

449
00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:38,680
Speaker 2: Still, a Pitts Park Steeler gave me a high five,

450
00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,360
Speaker 2: like that's the that's the coolest thing ever when you're

451
00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,080
Speaker 2: that age. Uh, Matt. Let's go around the league here

452
00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:46,920
Speaker 2: a little bit, not a ton. Yesterday was a busy

453
00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,240
Speaker 2: day around the league as we talk about Michael Parsons

454
00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:53,160
Speaker 2: and Terry mclaurin's trade demands, trade demand, more.

455
00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:54,639
Speaker 3: Rumblings in the last twenty four hours.

456
00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,080
Speaker 2: No, it's it's gone gone quiet on on on those fronts.

457
00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,200
Speaker 2: But the big news of the day Broncos defensive lineman

458
00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:04,679
Speaker 2: Zach Allen agreeing to terms on a four year, one

459
00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,240
Speaker 2: hundred and two million dollar extension that includes sixty nine

460
00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:13,159
Speaker 2: point five million guaranteed. Was a third round pick of

461
00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,160
Speaker 2: the Cardinals back in twenty nineteen, now with the Broncos,

462
00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,159
Speaker 2: and I think you said it well earlier when we

463
00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,000
Speaker 2: just kind of mentioned this briefly, but I think he

464
00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,760
Speaker 2: is he's not mentioned with the big name, no high

465
00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,840
Speaker 2: paid defensive lineman in the NFL, but he might be

466
00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:29,840
Speaker 2: like the next one in line that should.

467
00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,920
Speaker 3: Be Yeah, and again he went to a pretty bad

468
00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,080
Speaker 3: Cardinals team with a bad d line, didn't you know,

469
00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:37,480
Speaker 3: got a lot more attention what's up?

470
00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,720
Speaker 2: And played for a really bad college football team in

471
00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:41,760
Speaker 2: Boston College toot Paint, So it's not like he got

472
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:42,960
Speaker 2: a ton of attention in college.

473
00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,720
Speaker 3: First pick in the draft, right, and these defensive tackles

474
00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,720
Speaker 3: that are just total freaks, but had a good career

475
00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,040
Speaker 3: at the Cardinals and got better and better and better

476
00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,520
Speaker 3: and better despite being kind of the focal point of

477
00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,760
Speaker 3: what people were blocking, but really took everything to the

478
00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,560
Speaker 3: next level with Denver. I think he signed a two

479
00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,080
Speaker 3: year deal with them originally he sounds right, and now

480
00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,400
Speaker 3: the extension. So he's played two years with the Broncos

481
00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,879
Speaker 3: and it's been a top ten defensive tackle both those years.

482
00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:15,479
Speaker 3: And guys like that I love, you know, like, no,

483
00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,800
Speaker 3: the normal fan wouldn't look at him and be like, oh,

484
00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:20,840
Speaker 3: that's one of the better defensive tackles in the league.

485
00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,400
Speaker 3: You know, he wouldn't be on the tip of your tongue.

486
00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,880
Speaker 3: But then he gets a contract like this and ends

487
00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:27,960
Speaker 3: up in two or three Pro Bowls in a row

488
00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,560
Speaker 3: and people start to realize, Man, this guy is a

489
00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,200
Speaker 3: really effective player, that's really hard to play against, that's

490
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,320
Speaker 3: budding at the right time. Like, I know this isn't

491
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,560
Speaker 3: He's not a topic of conversation right now. But the

492
00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:41,880
Speaker 3: Broncos have a guard, Quinn Minor, who is a second

493
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:43,560
Speaker 3: round pick. Yep, small school.

494
00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,040
Speaker 2: We talked a lot about him during the comb.

495
00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:48,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, and he was fun to watch. I mean, he'd

496
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,560
Speaker 3: work out in crazy manners, blah blah blah, small school.

497
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,120
Speaker 3: But I think he's the best guard in the league now,

498
00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:58,600
Speaker 3: you really, yeah, I mean and second round pick Denver's

499
00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,280
Speaker 3: developed him extremely well. He had a lot of ability.

500
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,160
Speaker 3: People would never stay off the top of their tongue,

501
00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,439
Speaker 3: Quinn Miners is the best guard in the league, you know.

502
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,800
Speaker 3: But he's right there, and they extended him a month

503
00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,080
Speaker 3: or so ago or whatever. You know.

504
00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:15,200
Speaker 2: I think they're the Broncos are a little sneaky. They've

505
00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,040
Speaker 2: got might have had the best defense in the NFL

506
00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,200
Speaker 2: last year. I think both agree.

507
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:24,199
Speaker 3: On that, and used the first round pick there and

508
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:25,879
Speaker 3: it could be the best d again.

509
00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,359
Speaker 2: So this is like one of those like there's an

510
00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:32,200
Speaker 2: article on NFL dot com right now about like who

511
00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,480
Speaker 2: challenges the Chiefs thrown in the a f C, who

512
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:37,959
Speaker 2: challenges the Eagles thrown in the NFC. The Steelers are

513
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:40,479
Speaker 2: one of the teams that are that are listed to

514
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:43,080
Speaker 2: could jump into the challenge in the AFS. Like they say,

515
00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:47,080
Speaker 2: we assume, we assume Buffalo and Baltimore, right, we we

516
00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,760
Speaker 2: assume the Detroit Lions was the one that they said

517
00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,479
Speaker 2: in the NFC, which who knows, We'll see if they

518
00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,120
Speaker 2: take a step background. But I also get it based

519
00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,160
Speaker 2: off of who they've been the past the past couple

520
00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,960
Speaker 2: of years. I think the Broncos are another one of

521
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,680
Speaker 2: those candidates as well too. I as a team, who

522
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,000
Speaker 2: could you know, by the time we get to Halloween

523
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:09,040
Speaker 2: or Thanksgiving, everyone's talking about them as like a legit contender.

524
00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,200
Speaker 2: If bo Nix takes a step forward and their defense

525
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:12,959
Speaker 2: is what we think it's gonna be.

526
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think it's pretty easy to look

527
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,960
Speaker 3: at Mahomes, Alan Lamar and those three teams absolutely as

528
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,520
Speaker 3: the favorites. Rightfully so, they have superhuman quarterbacks, They've won

529
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,320
Speaker 3: a ton of games collectively over the last five years.

530
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:31,320
Speaker 3: They've consistently been contenders, you know, no doubt about that. Now,

531
00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,560
Speaker 3: who's number four, Who's in that next tier? I think

532
00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,880
Speaker 3: you look at Denver for sure, Houston. Houston's been certainly

533
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:43,040
Speaker 3: showing signs of that, but they totally revamped their own line.

534
00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:47,280
Speaker 3: I absolutely think the Steelers are in that group. Denver

535
00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,359
Speaker 3: people might be like man, but bo Nicks is nothing

536
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,800
Speaker 3: like Allen or Mahomes right now, I would definitely take

537
00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 3: those guys over next, don't get me wrong. And I'm

538
00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,359
Speaker 3: sure some Steeler fans remember Week two in Denver was

539
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:04,320
Speaker 3: like a rookie. Yeah, I mean he was not. In

540
00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:06,720
Speaker 3: the first month or five six games of the year,

541
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,199
Speaker 3: he wasn't very good. You know. He was a rookie

542
00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,640
Speaker 3: that looked in over his head that they threw right

543
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,880
Speaker 3: in the mix from get go, I mean opening day rookie,

544
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,679
Speaker 3: and to his and Peyton's credit, he just got better

545
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,760
Speaker 3: and better and better. And he's a much better athlete

546
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:26,600
Speaker 3: than people realize. He's a perfect We talked about Drew

547
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:30,480
Speaker 3: Brees yesterday. I mean, Breeze is the prototypical Peyton decision maker.

548
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,679
Speaker 2: Like people didn't really talk about Drew Brees like he

549
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,560
Speaker 2: was Peyton Manning, Tom Brady.

550
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean Peyton got together, but.

551
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:38,880
Speaker 2: I think there could but he still had a ton

552
00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 2: of success, Like I could think that could be Bo Nicks.

553
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,520
Speaker 2: He's not gonna get talked about like Mahomes or Josh Allen. Yeah,

554
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,160
Speaker 2: that doesn't mean he still couldn't win a super Bowl

555
00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:46,080
Speaker 2: and have a ton of success.

556
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,359
Speaker 3: I mean even that draft class with six quarterbacks going,

557
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,680
Speaker 3: I think into what the top fourteen picks or thirteen picks.

558
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,560
Speaker 3: A lot of people myself included, thought man Nix is

559
00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,320
Speaker 3: getting over drafted. Yeah, but Peyton knows exactly what he's

560
00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,720
Speaker 3: looking for. He wants a quick process, are accurate. The

561
00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:05,359
Speaker 3: athleticism and stuff is all plus, and he knows what

562
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,880
Speaker 3: he wants in his offense and that quarterback fits it

563
00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,680
Speaker 3: very very well. They also extended Court and Sutton a

564
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,400
Speaker 3: day or two ago. Denver's doing stuff. Yeah, I mean,

565
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,080
Speaker 3: don't just think they're gonna be eight to nine win

566
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,440
Speaker 3: team and go away. They're hard to play against.

567
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,639
Speaker 2: Clearcuts, second best team in that division. Or do you

568
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,400
Speaker 2: think the Chargers could have something to say there.

569
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,920
Speaker 3: I'm a huge Herbert guy, but I trust Denver top

570
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,760
Speaker 3: to bottom more in the entire roster. Again, I don't

571
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:36,080
Speaker 3: think that the defense isn't predictable as offense year to year.

572
00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,160
Speaker 3: Sure because because the quarterback touched also much so so important. Absolutely,

573
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:43,399
Speaker 3: But I would be shocked if Denver, after adding really

574
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,000
Speaker 3: three new starters to the best defense in the league

575
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,159
Speaker 3: isn't still top five. And that just gives you a

576
00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:50,920
Speaker 3: pretty high floor.

577
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:55,639
Speaker 2: Yeah you know, yeah, I see here. So on ESPN

578
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,520
Speaker 2: dot com, New York Giants best quarterback of camp so

579
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,919
Speaker 2: far has been Russell Wilson, and that's not surprising to me. No,

580
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,120
Speaker 2: he's a veteran, he knows what he's doing. He's a pro,

581
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 2: he's a super Bowl champion, he's got Hall of Fame

582
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 2: type credentials.

583
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 3: Yes, and he's an impressive human being. We were around

584
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,840
Speaker 3: him a lot just one year ago. You know, he shines.

585
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:18,959
Speaker 3: There's leadership stuff there, and here be a shock if

586
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,639
Speaker 3: he wasn't. Honesty, I'm a Winston fan as well, and

587
00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 3: dark apparently is that's where we're pretty good.

588
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,760
Speaker 2: That's where I was gonna go with this. I think

589
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 2: we both health aside, right, but but but ideal health

590
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,199
Speaker 2: scenario for the Giants, Russell Wilson is QB one to

591
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:36,959
Speaker 2: start the season.

592
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:38,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, oh yeah, yeah.

593
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,680
Speaker 2: Would you put an over under like on how long

594
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 2: that might be?

595
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 3: See, I think they're a really interesting team, and I

596
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,440
Speaker 3: don't think it's gonna go well now. I think if

597
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,720
Speaker 3: in their shoes, assuming Dart does some good things here,

598
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,200
Speaker 3: maybe they turned Winston into a pick like sure, we

599
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,080
Speaker 3: don't need I went dark to be the two Jamis

600
00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,439
Speaker 3: has won games in this league. One team might be

601
00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:02,160
Speaker 3: a quarterback injury away from you know, yeah, your quarterback

602
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,400
Speaker 3: gets banged up in Week one or whatever, he might

603
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,640
Speaker 3: be your first call. So the thing is, I think

604
00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 3: the Giants are pretty vastly improved. I mean their defensive line.

605
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 2: Their defensive front is scary.

606
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,560
Speaker 3: It might only be behind the Steeler and the rest

607
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,200
Speaker 3: of the defense has talent and they're O line. Their

608
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,760
Speaker 3: best O lineman missed the whole year. Andrew Thomas, he's

609
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:27,440
Speaker 3: coming back. Neighbors is a star. Say what you wanted

610
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 3: by Russell Wilson. He's gonna be better than Vinnie Cutlet's

611
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:38,000
Speaker 3: or you know the exactly. I mean, he's a professional quarterback.

612
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,600
Speaker 3: They're gonna get better quarterback play. So I think they're

613
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:44,760
Speaker 3: a better team. But boy, they play the worst schedule

614
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 3: in the league.

615
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,440
Speaker 2: By by a landslide in terms of difficulty.

616
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 3: How it looks right now you know about the rest

617
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 3: they're going to have. The teams are. Division is tough

618
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,080
Speaker 3: like it's it's a murder's row. If you pull up

619
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,480
Speaker 3: a giant schedule, it's bad, bad, bad. So my hunch

620
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 3: is Wilson plays five six games. They're a better team

621
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 3: than they were last year. But they're one and five, right,

622
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 3: and coaches on the hot seat, and then you get

623
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,720
Speaker 3: Dart in there and hopefully he survives. But the league's

624
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:21,680
Speaker 3: so nasty this way. Then what if they end up

625
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 3: being a better team than last year with a worst record,

626
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 3: and they have a coaching change and the new coach

627
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 3: isn't married to Dart.

628
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:32,480
Speaker 2: Happens all the time.

629
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 3: It happens all the time, and we don't this isn't

630
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,560
Speaker 3: the guy we want to coach. We want to we're

631
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:39,960
Speaker 3: picking second in the draft. We want to take Drew

632
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,719
Speaker 3: Aller or whoever, you know what I mean. And then

633
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 3: things get off the rails, you know, real quick.

634
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 2: And then you end up trading Dart for a fourth

635
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 2: round pace a year later, less.

636
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 3: On your investment, or I mean, he'd have to blow

637
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,000
Speaker 3: your doors off if you're picking in the top five

638
00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,160
Speaker 3: to not at least consider a quarterback, you know, and

639
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:01,200
Speaker 3: playing its tough teams in the league.

640
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 2: Last one I had for you and was just nice

641
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 2: to see, as much as it might have would have

642
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:10,960
Speaker 2: helped the Steelers if he wasn't one hundred justin fields

643
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 2: today full practice participant had a highlight that I saw

644
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 2: where he pulled the ball down and took off again.

645
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 2: As much as you could say, like from a Steelers standpoint,

646
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 2: it'd be nice if he was a little behind schedule

647
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 2: for week one. That's selfishly bigger picture, I'm happy. I'm

648
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,520
Speaker 2: happy for him that that was nothing serious and that

649
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,200
Speaker 2: and that he's gonna get the opportunity to get training

650
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 2: camp in and hopefully have a season where he can

651
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 2: you know, keep that that career trajectory going up here.

652
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I'm definitely rooting for him. Everyone that was

653
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Speaker 3: around him last year in the Steeler uniform respects them

654
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,400
Speaker 3: like some hard workers. Smart blah blah blah, all that

655
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 3: great stuff. Good talking on him as a clear number one.

656
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 3: Hopefully they can find their quarterback of the future with

657
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:57,360
Speaker 3: Fields and Uh that offensive staff comes over from Detroit,

658
00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,760
Speaker 3: which is a very quarterback friendly system are gonna run him,

659
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 3: I'm sure more than the Steelers. But yeah, I mean

660
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 3: I don't root for anyone to be injured, you know.

661
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:10,560
Speaker 2: No doubt, absolutely not. And good to see somebody around. Yeah,

662
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,600
Speaker 2: and again full back to full participant out there running

663
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 2: and scooting and doing all the justin fields things. And

664
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Speaker 2: we will we will see him sooner rather than later.

665
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I wonder how much he plays in the preseason.

666
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 3: Tyrod Taylor, the backup doesn't need much, you know, But

667
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:30,920
Speaker 3: you also don't want him getting better. No, no, absolutely not.

668
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:32,840
Speaker 2: Let's get to our last break here, but come back

669
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Speaker 2: on the other side, we'll hear a little bit of

670
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 2: what Move Nice and Slay had to say.

671
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:38,560
Speaker 3: We put off autographs going on.

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Speaker 2: There's still a lot of autographs. I I love it

673
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 2: as uh as these kids are. They're getting their money's

674
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Speaker 2: worth down there on the sideline, that's for sure. We'll

675
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Speaker 2: wrap things up on the other side here a little

676
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Speaker 2: bit from Sleigh and Move before we get out of here.

677
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Speaker 2: It's all part of our ongoing training camp coverage. West

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687
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Speaker 2: Practice. In the books, the field's about clear, final autographs

688
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:46,200
Speaker 2: being taken. Couple players still kind of out there with

689
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,360
Speaker 2: their kids and their family, but for the most part,

690
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:50,960
Speaker 2: it is going quiet here on the campus of Saint

691
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Speaker 2: Vincent College. But two guys who are not quiet today

692
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 2: and aren't quiet really ever, both on the field and

693
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Speaker 2: when they speak, Pat Fryarmouth and Darius Slayh. A couple

694
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Speaker 2: of minutes of these two veterans of the Steelers offense

695
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 2: and the Steelers defense giving their thoughts on Friday night, lights,

696
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 2: last night, and just everything that's transpired to camp to

697
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Speaker 2: this point. Take a listen.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's awesome. I Mean, this is by far the

699
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,920
Speaker 4: biggest I've seen it since I've been here and it

700
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 4: was just awesome to see the fans and it can't

701
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 4: get to juiced up for the season, So I'm excited.

702
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:25,320
Speaker 2: Do you talk about the biggest crowdy?

703
00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:30,280
Speaker 4: Oh, like just in general? Oh just like driving in,

704
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,320
Speaker 4: everyone was packed out in the streets, you know. I

705
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 4: saw people tail get at the house over there and

706
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 4: jumping in, like sitting in the pool watching us. Like

707
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 4: it was cool and like everyone out here, it was

708
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 4: just an awesome experience. And you know, expect nothing less

709
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 4: from Steelers fans. I think, you know, everyone has a

710
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 4: lot of high expectations for us, and we do as well.

711
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:51,320
Speaker 4: And I think we had a lot of big time

712
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,280
Speaker 4: players in our team, and I think everyone's excited to

713
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 4: see how obviously with Aaron coming in and DK and

714
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:57,880
Speaker 4: and Jalen and Johnny, we're just seeing how we're all

715
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 4: clicking together. And we got a lot of exciting things

716
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 4: on the team right now and a lot of a

717
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,480
Speaker 4: lot of exciting times ahead. So we're looking forward to

718
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 4: that and I think the fans feel that as well.

719
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 2: Did seem like anything to you, doctor Crown?

720
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Speaker 4: He was he was asking me today like what to

721
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:12,920
Speaker 4: expect and all that, and I was like, dude, it's

722
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,120
Speaker 4: literally like going to play for like a state championship

723
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 4: out of high school. And you know, he was like,

724
00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:19,840
Speaker 4: all right, cool, and then he came and he was like,

725
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:21,759
Speaker 4: this is awesome. So he loved it and it was

726
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:23,319
Speaker 4: just great to be a part of that. I'm sure

727
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:26,399
Speaker 4: he appreciated it, you know, being later in his career

728
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 4: just kind of experiencing that, and I think he's been

729
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:28,799
Speaker 4: loving it so far.

730
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,279
Speaker 1: Seem like there's an excellent shiel playing, like the guys

731
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,279
Speaker 1: would extra should be ex something just to kind of

732
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Speaker 1: like show up.

733
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, for sure. Obviously, you know, we practiced in

734
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 4: front of fans like every single day in camp, but

735
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 4: you know, here, it's like an extra juice. Once the

736
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 4: music turned on, everyone was dancing.

737
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:43,720
Speaker 3: I was loving it. I was dancing.

738
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,640
Speaker 4: It was it was great, It was it was awesome.

739
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 3: He confused the guys when after a minutes.

740
00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, obviously we didn't execute how we wanted to,

741
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,560
Speaker 4: but you know, we got to continue to build on that.

742
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:57,960
Speaker 4: It was our first two minute all of camp, and

743
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:01,440
Speaker 4: so you know, obviously we wish it ended differently, but

744
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 4: you know, we're working towards, you know, the end goal.

745
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 4: Of week one and being able to shoot and then

746
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 4: so there's gonna be some ups and downs and we'll

747
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 4: get corrected. So we've always been pretty good at two minutes. Yeah,

748
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,239
Speaker 4: we're coming together for sure, you know. I think you

749
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,360
Speaker 4: see a daily improvement and there's gonna be ups and

750
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:21,839
Speaker 4: downs and all that that comes with it. And it's

751
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,640
Speaker 4: been great. I mean, it's just been it's been cool

752
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:26,080
Speaker 4: to learn from Aeron. I think everyone's appreciated it. It's

753
00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,080
Speaker 4: been a grind to get on the same page with everyone,

754
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 4: but you can see it starting to progress and starting

755
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 4: to get there, and that's the exciting part about camp.

756
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 4: We have what two more weeks, three more weeks of

757
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:37,880
Speaker 4: in games then we're ready to go. And so I

758
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 4: think we're all getting getting there to the point where

759
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 4: you know, we're getting on the same page and its

760
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Speaker 4: and it's feeling fun.

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Speaker 5: My first time being at a high school, well no,

762
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Speaker 5: I've been. My last time inn it was in Detroit,

763
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:49,839
Speaker 5: went to high school stadium before. But yeah, man, it's

764
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:51,440
Speaker 5: to be way back, definitely, after being in the lead

765
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Speaker 5: for thirteen years, it's been a been a good fun man.

766
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Speaker 5: It was a good man. The crowd showed up pretty nice, man.

767
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,399
Speaker 5: It was a nice fun my first experience with Joy

768
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Speaker 5: and I loved it.

769
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Speaker 2: Give me you excited? Non excuse me?

770
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 3: No you get.

771
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 2: What are you expected out here? After? You know?

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Speaker 3: Oh?

773
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:09,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.

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Speaker 3: I was.

775
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 5: You know, I didn't know what to expect. I just

776
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 5: know that they was talking about it big and heavy.

777
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:14,719
Speaker 5: I was like, man, I'm looking forward to it.

778
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:15,280
Speaker 2: I was excited.

779
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,320
Speaker 5: I almost traded like a game day for me, you know,

780
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 5: just because it's my first appearance and I want to

781
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 5: make sure I show the you know, you know that

782
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 5: I'm supposed to belong here and until the fans getting

783
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 5: what they see. So I was making sure I treated like.

784
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Speaker 3: A game rep.

785
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,319
Speaker 2: Does it kind of get you excited for the season

786
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 2: of Steel Nation in Personaire?

787
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, I'm always ready for the season, man, because

788
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:34,719
Speaker 5: it's always a great opportunity, and I'm blessing I'm fortunate

789
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 5: enough to play this game that I love to do,

790
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 5: so I'm always thankful just to be able to do it,

791
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 5: but I'm more thankful to be able to do it

792
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:39,919
Speaker 5: in some great fans.

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00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,120
Speaker 2: Did they feel like I'm in the drill? Is that

794
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,319
Speaker 2: another step to showing how good you guys are? As

795
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:45,799
Speaker 2: a defense, I mean.

796
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:47,240
Speaker 5: As a part of the situation of football.

797
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:47,400
Speaker 2: Man.

798
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 5: So we got continue to keep working it, man, and

799
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:50,200
Speaker 5: keep doing it both sides of.

800
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:50,719
Speaker 3: The ball, all of us.

801
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 5: We're going to be great at that situation, so cause

802
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:54,800
Speaker 5: that's when you win and lose games at So we

803
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:56,800
Speaker 5: got continue to keep working out. Our first time actually

804
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 5: drilling it. Uh, we did a great job. But you

805
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,400
Speaker 5: know we got continued that all in the year.

806
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:04,319
Speaker 2: Taylor play.

807
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 5: Oh great, man, We're a great We're a great trio. Honestly, man,

808
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,439
Speaker 5: we're a great dudes. Man, great guys. We work hard,

809
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 5: we worked together, we help. We're here for each other.

810
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:16,359
Speaker 5: Maybe we want nothing but the best for each other

811
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 5: no matter who's out there. All I know is one

812
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:20,359
Speaker 5: thing we're gonna do all together is compete and try

813
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:21,560
Speaker 5: to do our best to be one of the best

814
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 5: in the game.

815
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:29,360
Speaker 2: Out there. Well, yeah, for sure the other guys. You know,

816
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:30,440
Speaker 2: I'm always juiced up.

817
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,400
Speaker 5: When I'm getting put these clicks on, so uh to

818
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 5: see other guys get amped up and witness uh some

819
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:35,560
Speaker 5: great players out here.

820
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:35,799
Speaker 3: Man.

821
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:37,800
Speaker 5: On a live action kind of light. It's kind of

822
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:39,959
Speaker 5: good man, with a great atmosphere with this better field

823
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 5: game like so just seeing the guys on the light, man,

824
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 5: it's a good feeling. We man definitely been in a

825
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:44,880
Speaker 5: new atmosphere.

826
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 2: High energy last night, high energy today. You could feel

827
00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 2: it from Pat Fryermuth. You could feel it from Sleigh

828
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:53,880
Speaker 2: Slay don't call me Darius.

829
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's got some too to man.

830
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Speaker 2: And that's my favorite when you when he when he

831
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,879
Speaker 2: was on the drive with you with Dale, this is slick.

832
00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's like, all right, let's go. Coming off a

833
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,880
Speaker 3: super Bowl victory and an amazing career. I mean, I

834
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,160
Speaker 3: urge people just even look at like his career stats

835
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 3: like PBUs and.

836
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 2: Forget because I mean he obviously was a part of

837
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,400
Speaker 2: a very successful Eagles team that went two super Bowls

838
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 2: and one another. People forget how good he was in

839
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 2: Detroit before he.

840
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Speaker 3: Got the follow your number one one of the best. Yeah,

841
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,800
Speaker 3: absolutely big place slag. And I will say not that

842
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:29,080
Speaker 3: he started slow, but these last few days he's really

843
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,879
Speaker 3: been shining here too. I mean, they got three big

844
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,840
Speaker 3: time corners and Joey's missed a little time here with

845
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 3: the thumb. I think it is a thumb. But if

846
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,479
Speaker 3: that would be the case in the regular season, it'd

847
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 3: be okay, which is amazing. I mean, Porter to me

848
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 3: was almost like Pickings last year, like you.

849
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,520
Speaker 2: Couldn't afford to lose that guy, right right, right, Matt.

850
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 2: We got like a minute or two left here, so

851
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 2: I apologize. We did get a handful of tweets, but

852
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:56,560
Speaker 2: we did. Maybe we'll save some of them for tomorrow

853
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 2: or get back into some Twitter stuff tomorrow. But this

854
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 2: one was funny from scut I had to get too

855
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:02,800
Speaker 2: real quick. He said. I keep hearing Rock Taylor his

856
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 2: name coming up. He seems to be having a solid camp.

857
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 2: You guys think if he shows out in preseason, I

858
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:10,359
Speaker 2: wonder if there's a spot on the roster for him. Also, Wes,

859
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:12,239
Speaker 2: are we going to see you sport a kilt in

860
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:16,040
Speaker 2: Ireland in September? Oh no, listen, I'll do whatever the

861
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 2: Irish want me to do if that's what's going on there.

862
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,640
Speaker 2: As long as there's Guinness involved on, somebody has to

863
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:23,360
Speaker 2: a wide receiver.

864
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,840
Speaker 3: I say, somebody asked about Rock Taylor every day, and

865
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Speaker 3: I get that there's traits there, and I'm not discrediting

866
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:30,920
Speaker 3: the guy, but I guess I give him, excuse me,

867
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Speaker 3: I guess I give him the best chance of the

868
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Speaker 3: this is mean, but the no names, you know.

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Speaker 2: The undrafted agents.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, the guys aren't making big money or

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Speaker 3: of any pedigree or any of that kind of thing.

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Speaker 3: So I'm certainly interested. He's on the radar.

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Speaker 2: We're going to start to find out answers to those

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Speaker 2: questions a week from today in Jacksonville. Yeah, we do

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Speaker 2: finally get some in stadium action, but obviously plenty to

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Speaker 2: get rock Taylor.

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Speaker 3: Starts taking reps against Lake Slay. You know that they're excited.

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Speaker 2: About him, right absolutely, and that'll be something else. We

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Speaker 2: continue to keep an eye on tomorrow. We're anticipating another

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Speaker 2: big practice, big crowds, pads on tomorrow. Weather report looks good,

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Speaker 2: although as we've said, maybe I should not proceed knock

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Speaker 2: on wood because that can change very rapidly here in

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Speaker 2: the Laurel Highlands. But that will do it for today's

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Speaker 2: coverage as another day in the books here on the

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Speaker 2: campus of Saint Vincent College. We will be back same

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Speaker 2: time tomorrow, Matt and I at two o'clock to bring

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Speaker 2: you practice. Then, of course, our coverage here on your

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Speaker 2: twenty four to seven home when the Black and Gold

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Speaker 2: starts at ten am. Every single morning that the Steelers

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Speaker 2: have practice. Big thanks to Matt and to our producer

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Speaker 2: Justin back at the ranch for holding us down. Everybody

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Speaker 2: take care and we'll talk to you tomorrow. As always,

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