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Speaker 2: Good evening, Steeler Nation, how we doing well? That's good
Speaker 2: us too. I only have heard that in a while,
Speaker 2: our number three of the drive here as we roll
Speaker 2: into the evening, it is Saturday night here in Latrobe.
Speaker 2: He next Saturday is going to be a crazy day
Speaker 2: with a little Saturday night lights a week from today.
Speaker 2: As as Matt and I have got your final hour
Speaker 2: of coverage here for today for this week, and uh
Speaker 2: and we once again have an update that you've all
Speaker 2: been waiting for the painting robot is out there and
Speaker 2: it's doing a good job so far. It's got into
Speaker 2: the film room, but got better every single day. It's uh,
Speaker 2: it's once again putting down nice, nice, big and uh
Speaker 2: invisible white lines. I said and visible. That sounded like
Speaker 2: invisible because I said it so fast. I see them
Speaker 2: nice big and visible lines. Uh, and so far, so good.
Speaker 2: They're I think they're looking at it now over on
Speaker 2: the far side. But it's the last couple of lines
Speaker 2: that it's painted have been have been uh, have been
Speaker 2: very successful. Yeah, yeah, I didn't realize this. I guess
Speaker 2: I probably should have known. But like they they repaint
Speaker 2: the lines and the numbers after every practice, Is that true?
Speaker 2: I mean that's what that's what they've been doing so far.
Speaker 2: They just painted those those numbers yesterday, didn't they or
Speaker 2: maybe doing one field at a time.
Speaker 3: Maybe I'm just wondering if this is just a sample
Speaker 3: to see if the thing works.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, I think definitely for this.
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, but like the guys paying him now
Speaker 3: for Monday practice.
Speaker 2: True, but like the guys on the far side of
Speaker 2: the field are doing the on the third field or
Speaker 2: doing the numbers right now?
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I don't think they do it every day.
Speaker 4: You're probably right, but they've been out.
Speaker 5: Here this year.
Speaker 3: I'm just thinking historically, I don't remember this happening every day.
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, that's that is That is a good point.
Speaker 2: We'll keep We'll keep you, of course, updated on all
Speaker 2: the important moving and shaking here across the campus on
Speaker 2: the grounds of Chuckn'll Field before we before we get
Speaker 2: up out of here about an hour from now. But Matt,
Speaker 2: what do you say we get into some tweets here
Speaker 2: like we like we like to do to kick off
Speaker 2: the five o'clock hour. Pittsburgh Conversation says it's way too early,
Speaker 2: but before preseason starts. What is more likely A or B?
Speaker 2: A Drew Aller pans out and we don't need to
Speaker 2: use a first round pick on quarterback next year, or
Speaker 2: B he doesn't pan out and we're drafting a quarterback
Speaker 2: in round one next year.
Speaker 4: Oh B, I think it's b Regards Wardless.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Again, I other than if you tell me right now,
Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers misses a substantial amount of time this season
Speaker 2: due to injury. I don't know how any of us
Speaker 2: are going to be confident enough and gonna have enough
Speaker 2: sample size and Will Howard or and Drew Aller to
Speaker 2: pretend like we know about that, you.
Speaker 3: Know, right, yes, I mean hypothetical. Maybe the quarterback class
Speaker 3: isn't as.
Speaker 5: Good as you thought. A lot of dudes stay in.
Speaker 3: You're not in a position to get the guy you love,
Speaker 3: and you didn't add anyone in free agency. The draft
Speaker 3: rolls around and oh my gosh, this wide receiver that's
Speaker 3: so good. There you take him and say, let's roll
Speaker 3: with aler for the year. Now, that's still agreeing with
Speaker 3: your point. I almost don't know unless he plays eight
Speaker 3: plus games this year, which isn't at all the strategy.
Speaker 3: How does he prove to you that, oh, we got
Speaker 3: this taken care of, so you gotta lean that way.
Speaker 3: And I liked how Jerry do Like mentioned it the
Speaker 3: other night because I agree with this side of it
Speaker 3: as well.
Speaker 5: He thought. And the Steelers basically said.
Speaker 3: This, they weren't going to draft a quarterback in this
Speaker 3: most recent draft unless they thought that player's upside is higher.
Speaker 5: Than Will Howard.
Speaker 3: Yes, correct, they might take the same approach that we're
Speaker 3: not taking a quarterback in next year's draft unless we
Speaker 3: think his upside is higher than Drew hours, but a
Speaker 3: first round quarterbacks probably is or is further along, or
Speaker 3: at least it's another bite at the apple. I'd have
Speaker 3: a hard time believing there's not a quarterback need. Yeah right,
Speaker 3: and I can't imagine, I mean, unless they would sign
Speaker 3: Baker Mayfield or something, you know, and just push a
Speaker 3: can down the road.
Speaker 2: Matt tweets and says, Hey, guys, hope you're looking forward
Speaker 2: to your day off tomorrow. What are the odds that
Speaker 2: if a Sante Samuel keeps playing the way he does
Speaker 2: that Joey Porter Junior could potentially be a trade candidate
Speaker 2: he could fetch a first round pick would be big
Speaker 2: in next year's draft. I love JPJ. It just seems
Speaker 2: like the Steelers and him might have some differences in
Speaker 2: the valuation. Also, what's your favorite food that you look
Speaker 2: forward to eating when you go out to La Trope?
Speaker 5: Crab legs?
Speaker 4: Crab legs at dinner tonight.
Speaker 5: So as we hang up here campus.
Speaker 4: The food here on campus is very good.
Speaker 2: It is sushi days, a lot of fun they do,
Speaker 2: like a barbecue day that is fantastic. Uh man, I
Speaker 2: love the It's just it's wolfly day here rightfully. So
Speaker 2: but I love the Fat Guy Delight at Sharky's, which
Speaker 2: is the sandwich that Wolf created.
Speaker 4: We had one the other night. It is a cheese
Speaker 4: steak wrapped in a pizza.
Speaker 2: That is that is Craig Wolfly to the Tea Baby,
Speaker 2: and I that's sound.
Speaker 5: Like Sharky said.
Speaker 3: In Wolf's book, he listed his ten favorite foods and
Speaker 3: that was number nine.
Speaker 4: That was number nine. Yep.
Speaker 2: And I could eat stuff like that all the time
Speaker 2: when I was younger. Not so much now, but I
Speaker 2: make sure to have I make sure to have a
Speaker 2: Fat Guy Delight, a Fat Guy Special.
Speaker 4: It's Sharkies every year.
Speaker 2: And man, the the sweet and hot wings at Dino's
Speaker 2: are just delightful.
Speaker 4: Those are the two.
Speaker 2: Things Sharky's, Sharky's Fat Guy Delight, and in the sweet
Speaker 2: and Hot wings from Dino's I'm always looking for.
Speaker 5: I'm looking with these scrab legs here was pretty soon
Speaker 5: before I hit home.
Speaker 2: But I don't think. I don't think there's any way
Speaker 2: that they're trading Joey Porter Junior.
Speaker 3: It's crossed my mind too, and I've hesitated even bringing
Speaker 3: up on the air because I don't think that's something
Speaker 3: they're actively looking to do. But we've seen contract negotiations
Speaker 3: get ugly in the years in where it would be
Speaker 3: hard for me to think that there's that much of
Speaker 3: a detachment, especially with the option of the franchise tag
Speaker 3: at your disposal a year from now. You don't have
Speaker 3: to get this done right this minute. But we've also
Speaker 3: raved about the corner depth. But I think that's what
Speaker 3: they wanted. I don't think they created this depth to
Speaker 3: exactly dip away from it, you know, and Dean's about
Speaker 3: thirty years old. Everett probably isn't ready right this minute.
Speaker 3: You do have Ecals, you do have Ramsey, Samuel's playing
Speaker 3: really really well. I think it's just a good problem
Speaker 3: to have. But I mean I'll trade anybody, I mean,
Speaker 3: throw out something on Tampa Bay calls and says, we'll
Speaker 3: give a vitavey in a fourth for Porter.
Speaker 5: And throw in one of your d linemen, you know
Speaker 5: what I mean. Yeah, I mean.
Speaker 2: I still don't know that. I don't know if i'd
Speaker 2: do that. But it is a lot older. Yeah, you
Speaker 2: would get older, right, And it's just a position that
Speaker 2: it seems like for the first time in a long time,
Speaker 2: you really feel.
Speaker 5: Like it's the first time they're really happy, but you'll
Speaker 5: like what.
Speaker 4: You got in there.
Speaker 2: Speaking of which Ian says, I can't remember a time
Speaker 2: in recent Steelers history that the dB room is this deep.
Speaker 4: Can you? Also?
Speaker 2: Keanu playing three tech instead of nose tackle is a
Speaker 2: very welcome change. Thanks for the weekend.
Speaker 3: Grind Boys couldn't agree more on Benton. I think Black
Speaker 3: and Joseph Day should handle that job better than he did,
Speaker 3: and I think it's better for Benton to make the move.
Speaker 4: Completely agree.
Speaker 3: I don't love the safety depth. I mean, we just
Speaker 3: talked to corner depths really really strong. I think Savage
Speaker 3: is a bit of a wild card there. The fact
Speaker 3: that Ramsey can do corner and safety also adds to
Speaker 3: the safety depth, but I wouldn't say the safety room
Speaker 3: is remarkably deep.
Speaker 4: No, I think that's I think that's fair. Yeah, I
Speaker 4: think that's fair.
Speaker 5: I do. I am excited about Spears getting.
Speaker 2: Though, absolutely, Yeah, absolutely, he's and he started to get
Speaker 2: a little big of a bigger bites of the apple
Speaker 2: out here so far, so I bet.
Speaker 5: He plays a lot in the preseason.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm I'm excited to keep an eye
Speaker 2: on him as as we go further and further along
Speaker 2: into this process.
Speaker 4: A couple of tweets about Wolf.
Speaker 2: As I'm sure doesn't surprise anybody, Wallace tweets and said
Speaker 2: had a feeling Wolf would be inducted into the Hall
Speaker 2: of Honor. When I heard it this morning, I had
Speaker 2: I had to cry. There's been tears in my eyes
Speaker 2: when you guys tell your stories about him. I never
Speaker 2: got to meet him, but I did get to talk
Speaker 2: to him on the phone calling into the show a
Speaker 2: few times. Those who knew him as well must be
Speaker 2: having some feelings too.
Speaker 4: No, absolutely sure, it was without a doubt.
Speaker 2: I jumped on earlier this afternoon for a segment with
Speaker 2: with Ed Troop and Brian Bacco and those guys, and
Speaker 2: that was kind of while practice was going on, Yeah,
Speaker 2: and they were asking me about some practice stuff and
Speaker 2: things like that, and then they asked me about Wolf,
Speaker 2: and it was kind of the first time, you know,
Speaker 2: I talked about it there for the first time before
Speaker 2: we did on the show, and I was getting.
Speaker 4: Getting a little emotional.
Speaker 2: They're kind of with just you know, not being really
Speaker 2: expecting to talk about it in that moment.
Speaker 4: Not that I was upset that they asked me, obviously.
Speaker 2: But yeah, no, without a doubt, a lot of a
Speaker 2: lot of happy tears around that, and certainly will be
Speaker 2: September twenty seventh at Akrachuer Stadium against the Bengals when
Speaker 2: that becomes official and Wolf's family they be gathered there.
Speaker 4: Absolutely.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Nate tweets and talks about his favorite Craig Wolfly
Speaker 2: broadcasting moment.
Speaker 4: So basically, Matt, this is a good story.
Speaker 2: I don't know if I've ever told you this, and
Speaker 2: it's it's what Nate was was was tweeting about here,
Speaker 2: and he said he always had the infectious laugh that
Speaker 2: made his show so fun to listen to.
Speaker 4: So glad he's in the Hall of honor. Wolf hated it.
Speaker 2: Our longtime OG listeners, they remember, there was once upon
Speaker 2: a time on this radio network where we could play
Speaker 2: any music we wanted to.
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, yeah, so you.
Speaker 4: Know, coming in and out of breaks, we could play
Speaker 4: a C.
Speaker 5: D C and and Motley way to the Top till
Speaker 5: you're rock and rolling.
Speaker 2: Guns and roses and and and kind of you know
Speaker 2: all that stuff. Well, Wolf obviously was very disappointed that
Speaker 2: was the case. So when that first happened, I used
Speaker 2: to joke with it when we weren't allowed anymore. I'd
Speaker 2: be like, Wolf, I could play you five seconds of
Speaker 2: whatever song you want, but that's it, you know. I
Speaker 2: I was like, you know, because that's all we could get.
Speaker 2: After that, you got to pay the licensing fee for it.
Speaker 2: We could get five seconds.
Speaker 5: I didn't realize that it was even the rule.
Speaker 2: And so Wolf was like he was like, he was
Speaker 2: like one day, one day he was like, I need
Speaker 2: you to give me the first five seconds to start
Speaker 2: me up by the rolling Stones and you know how
Speaker 2: there is it's that guitar.
Speaker 3: Bright Oh yeah, Burn.
Speaker 4: So what I would do was so we did that
Speaker 4: right at the start of the show, and then all
Speaker 4: throughout the course of the show and the following week,
Speaker 4: at random times when Wolf was just in the middle
Speaker 4: of a thought or a monologue, I would play the
Speaker 4: little burn.
Speaker 2: And so Wolf would be like, you know, he'd be
Speaker 2: talking about uh Broder, he'd be talking about Dan.
Speaker 6: Moore Junior, or you know, Kean or not Keanu Betton,
Speaker 6: Kevin Dotson, you know, like something and a g and
Speaker 6: I would just randomly hit that button and would just turn.
Speaker 2: And Wolf would start cracking up. He'd be dying. He
Speaker 2: thought it was hilarious. Good get him off his train
Speaker 2: of thought, which was you know, it was pretty easy
Speaker 2: to do with our guy Wolf. He he could he
Speaker 2: could be distracted pretty easily, certainly.
Speaker 4: But yeah, no, that was that was a lot of fun.
Speaker 4: I enjoyed.
Speaker 2: I enjoyed producing that guy's shows for a few years
Speaker 2: that I got to do it. That is, that's for sure.
Speaker 2: The some people in the radio business are a little
Speaker 2: bit of divas, Matt, you certainly or not. That's why
Speaker 2: I love working with you too. Wolf was a Wolf
Speaker 2: was the opposite.
Speaker 3: Of it now and he's a celebrity, you know, right, yeah,
Speaker 3: recognize ever where he goes.
Speaker 4: Funny, funny, quick little Wolf story for you. There was one.
Speaker 2: This was not too long ago. This was uh, this
Speaker 2: was like probably a year and a half, two years ago.
Speaker 4: Wolf.
Speaker 2: One day, we're getting ready to do the show, right,
Speaker 2: and I'm like, I'm like, Wolf, we got Max, We're
Speaker 2: all connected, you know, like sixty seconds here, and I
Speaker 2: look over and Wolf's kind of like panicked. He's got
Speaker 2: his he's got his headphones on and he's like, I
Speaker 2: can't He's like messing with the volume dial.
Speaker 4: He's like, I can't. West. He's like my my headphones
Speaker 4: are working. I can't hear. My headphones aren't well wait,
Speaker 4: hold on, no, what's going on? We're you start the
Speaker 4: show thirty seconds, but my headphones aren't working. I'm not
Speaker 4: gonna be able to hear Max. I go over to
Speaker 4: him unplugged. Yeah, headphones, I go wolf.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you can't hear you gotta plug those in.
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, fantastic, fantastic.
Speaker 2: We'll hit some more tweets if we can, as we
Speaker 2: were all great googlely moogly cad zooks. Well, well, we'll
Speaker 2: maybe hit some more tweets. We'll keep you posted with
Speaker 2: the line painting robot, it's over on the sideline getting
Speaker 2: a refill now sounds good? Brother, Listen here, brother, Caliente,
Speaker 2: Pizza and draft. My favorite was when they do you
Speaker 2: remember the one time he did the commercial and they
Speaker 2: left the.
Speaker 5: Three two one?
Speaker 2: Yes, it's Craig here, brother.
Speaker 4: Gotta love it.
Speaker 2: We'll never stop telling those stories and we h we
Speaker 2: love that you uh, you all love.
Speaker 4: Hearing them as much as we love retelling them. That's
Speaker 4: for sure.
Speaker 2: Plenty more ground to cover here on our final day,
Speaker 2: final hour of this acclamation period. We are with you
Speaker 2: until six o'clock West ruler Matt Williamson High a top
Speaker 2: Chuck nolefield on the campus of Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
Speaker 2: It's all part of our ongoing training camp coverage Steelers
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Speaker 2: Back on the drive here as we roll along in
Speaker 2: the bonus hour in Matt, I want to play a
Speaker 2: little conversation with our friend Mike Persuda and one of
Speaker 2: the newest Steelers who we haven't really discussed.
Speaker 4: Much Robert Tanyan, Oh, Yeah, as he is.
Speaker 2: He's you know, there's gonna need to be a third
Speaker 2: tight end who yes, emerges, there's a spot there.
Speaker 4: There's a spot there.
Speaker 2: And he's obviously has experienced in the past with Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 2: has experienced in the past with plenty of this coaching staff.
Speaker 4: Thirty two years old, veteran.
Speaker 2: Tight end and an interesting piece of you know, potentially
Speaker 2: filling out that tight end room.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and you kind he got him for nothing late
Speaker 3: in the process, and maybe he can resurrect a career
Speaker 3: that was pretty successful in this league. And I'm sure
Speaker 3: I don't know the man, but I'm excited to hear
Speaker 3: what he's say. I'm sure he has a professional approach
Speaker 3: because he lasted quite a bit without being you know,
Speaker 3: the ultra talented guy. Sure, And what I and you
Speaker 3: need to dig into is what's his values on special teams?
Speaker 3: Is he on kickoff return or where's he help there?
Speaker 4: Those things will be seen.
Speaker 2: Here is what Robert Tanyan had to say earlier today
Speaker 2: after practice to our very own Mike Persuda.
Speaker 7: Welcome to Camp Combo Blocks you buy upmc our guest
Speaker 7: today tight end Robert Tanyan Robert. Your name was brought
Speaker 7: up to Mike McCarthy by the media today. Mike McCarthy
Speaker 7: spoke glowingly about the chance to work with you again.
Speaker 7: Does it feel like old times on Europe?
Speaker 8: Yeah, it does. I mean he got me at a
Speaker 8: twenty three, twenty four year old and now I'm thirty two,
Speaker 8: you know, eight, nine, ten years later. So it's cool
Speaker 8: to spin back and be you know, a veteran, a
Speaker 8: leader for this group of guys and just you know,
Speaker 8: navigate the and help the young guys navigate and get
Speaker 8: better every day. And along the way, I'm getting better too,
Speaker 8: and you know, I'm not gonna stop learning. And obviously
Speaker 8: we have a great quarterback, a great defense to lead us.
Speaker 8: So I'm I'm happy to be a part of it
Speaker 8: and I'm looking forward to it.
Speaker 7: I can see why Mike McCarthy was enthusiastic about having
Speaker 7: you around. You're showing up here, yeah, with regularity. You
Speaker 7: back healthy.
Speaker 5: Do you feel Yeah? I feel feel as good as.
Speaker 8: You ever have, feel great, feel young, another burst of energy.
Speaker 8: We've got a great offensive group, a great locker room.
Speaker 8: I mean, this camp is a great time to just
Speaker 8: you know, mold together, the camaraderie and stuff, just hanging
Speaker 8: out at night and you know, building that foundation off
Speaker 8: the field that leads on the field. And I mean,
Speaker 8: I've said it a hundred times very since I've been here.
Speaker 8: I love this group of guys. I've only been around
Speaker 8: them for you know, a couple of weeks in OTAs
Speaker 8: and now a couple of weeks here. But I love
Speaker 8: this group of guys and I can't wait to be
Speaker 8: a part of it and see where we're going. And
Speaker 8: obviously our eyes are sitting on a Super Bowl. When
Speaker 8: you got a great defense like that, a veteran quarterback
Speaker 8: obviously of Aaron's that, I mean, you have a great
Speaker 8: place to go.
Speaker 7: We saw another two minute drive ending a touchdown directed
Speaker 7: by Aaron Rodgers today.
Speaker 8: Did any of that look familiar to you? I mean,
Speaker 8: that's that's that's his thing. Two minute and obviously even
Speaker 8: the no huddle when it's not too minute, we will
Speaker 8: we just run the offense like two minute, And I
Speaker 8: think that is a focus. You know, you can see
Speaker 8: us doing two minute a couple of times a day,
Speaker 8: whether it's walked through or it's or it's full speed.
Speaker 8: And I mean, like I said, when you have someone
Speaker 8: like that who's played almost twenty years, who's seen every defense,
Speaker 8: who's played in almost every offense. I mean we got
Speaker 8: to we gotta be able to play up to his
Speaker 8: his speed and his mind. And what better way to
Speaker 8: do it than in practice, full speed and with the
Speaker 8: bolts flying.
Speaker 7: Last thing for you, Robert, this camp very different to
Speaker 7: people who've been around here a long time, such as myself.
Speaker 7: The early start times, yeah, the emphasis on two minutes,
Speaker 7: the tempo, and the speed with which you guys are working.
Speaker 7: Is this what you expected?
Speaker 5: And do you.
Speaker 7: Understand the method behind these the point of these new methods?
Speaker 4: Yeah, of course.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 8: I mean every every coach has their different their different views,
Speaker 8: and every offensive coordinator has their different things. But ultimately,
Speaker 8: you got to play fast, and you got to be
Speaker 8: in every position in practice before you get in the game,
Speaker 8: so the game slows down and then in the game
Speaker 8: it's quote unquote easier. But uh yeah, I mean once
Speaker 8: everyone buys in, and I mean everyone is buying in,
Speaker 8: and uh once you kind of get every all the
Speaker 8: chemistry rolling together and everyone's on the same page, I mean,
Speaker 8: good things are to come. Like I said this, this
Speaker 8: group of guys is amazing, mature, the veterans are obviously great.
Speaker 8: From Cam TJ on the other side, Uh yeah, I'm
Speaker 8: excited to be a part of it and and and
Speaker 8: just help lead and be an older vet and yeah,
Speaker 8: I'm just I'm just pumped. I'm just going along for
Speaker 8: the ride and enjoy every day.
Speaker 7: Robert, appreciate your time. Welcome to Saint Vincent College.
Speaker 8: Appreciate you, Thank you.
Speaker 2: That was Mike Persudo with new Steelers tight end Robert Tanyan. Matt,
Speaker 2: you had mentioned any potential special teams acumen for him.
Speaker 2: He has logged over seven hundred special team snaps in
Speaker 2: his NFL career, including one hundred and eight last season
Speaker 2: with the Kansas City Chiefs. He played twenty six percent
Speaker 2: of their special team's plays in Kansas City last year.
Speaker 3: Okay, so I don't think he'll probably be on like
Speaker 3: punt team, but he's probably on like kickoff kickoff.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah, So certainly an opportunity for him with a familiar quarterback,
Speaker 2: familiar coaching staff, to be that third tight end. And
Speaker 2: I think you're right, especially if he can can carve
Speaker 2: out a role for himself on special teams. Final segment
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Speaker 2: Final segment for us here on the drive on this Saturday,
Speaker 2: as we will have a quiet campus, we'll all go
Speaker 2: home and see our own beds much needed, and then
Speaker 2: be back for a big day on Monday. Matt, of course,
Speaker 2: Mike McCarthy, it's been a different We've outlined this many times.
Speaker 2: It's been a different training camp so far than what
Speaker 2: we're used to seeing. I'm very excited to see what
Speaker 2: that looks like over these next couple weeks when you
Speaker 2: get the pads to go on, when you get closer
Speaker 2: to preseason games and all that stuff. But certainly a
Speaker 2: lot for us to just kind of digest I think
Speaker 2: every single day out here.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that part's been really interesting, really fun, and I'm
Speaker 3: curious how that correlates to when the pads come on.
Speaker 3: You know, I'm sure there'll be more changes that were
Speaker 3: not accustomed to or didn't see coming, you know.
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, So here's what Mike McCarty had to say today.
Speaker 9: Give us a highlight of what do you expect Monday
Speaker 9: to be like when you're in pastor the first time?
Speaker 10: Oh shoot, when we talked about that Monday, we got
Speaker 10: a lot of work to do today. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 10: I think everybody's looking forward to Monday.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 10: Today is really you know, trying to really put a
Speaker 10: lid on what we accomplished in the spring. You know,
Speaker 10: we had we had some review as far as the
Speaker 10: concepts and things like that at the end of the game.
Speaker 10: Emphasis the last two days, you know, actually last three
Speaker 10: days I've been very pleased with. So I just want
Speaker 10: to wrap that up today and put a bow on it.
Speaker 10: And then you know, then the players will be off
Speaker 10: tomorrow and and then then we'll get going, you know,
Speaker 10: and we'll jump up really right back into that I
Speaker 10: would I would call a normal flow. You know, third
Speaker 10: down will be the fact big. It's just you know,
Speaker 10: come Monday, and Monday's not a full practice. You know,
Speaker 10: we're still on a limited time frame. But then you
Speaker 10: know we'll be it'll be good to get the pads
Speaker 10: on and get into some more realistic football.
Speaker 11: Mike, you've been running some of those eleven on eleven periods,
Speaker 11: two different groups side by side on the field. What's
Speaker 11: kind of the process and the method between having those
Speaker 11: groups running incorrectly during.
Speaker 10: Te Well, I mean really my methodology goes back to
Speaker 10: you know, six through twenty ten. I would say, you know,
Speaker 10: during the pre you know CBA twenty eleven, you know
Speaker 10: you were able to practice you know longer, you know,
Speaker 10: you didn't have limits, So you know, it was a
Speaker 10: it was a great experience for me as a as
Speaker 10: a first time head coach. You know, had some great mentors,
Speaker 10: you know as far as putting together a program, and
Speaker 10: you know Marty Schottenheim or Paul Hackett, you know, Ray Rhoads,
Speaker 10: and you know, and and then I think just going
Speaker 10: into your first season, you know, you just really pay
Speaker 10: attention to the numbers and it really wrong. It's a
Speaker 10: long edge, but really wrong. I'm going with this is
Speaker 10: you know, I used to do the number three thousand
Speaker 10: was something that was always in my mind because you
Speaker 10: could get you know, a thousand reps in the in
Speaker 10: the in the off season program. And you know, once again,
Speaker 10: the basis is more from my years as a quarterback coach,
Speaker 10: because you know, you you look at your opportunities, how
Speaker 10: many reps you can get, how you're gonna dissect that,
Speaker 10: cut that down and you know, apply that through the
Speaker 10: off season, grow that into the training camp. And then
Speaker 10: if you look at it, you know, it's the offense
Speaker 10: and defense usually average around eleven hundred you know plays
Speaker 10: a year. So I've always looked at the ratios of
Speaker 10: you know, how much red zone do you work on
Speaker 10: versus how much you actually used during the season. Don't
Speaker 10: have a great year on red zone and maybe we're
Speaker 10: gonna you know, do some more of that the next year.
Speaker 10: You know, Rob from Peter to pay Paul. So it's
Speaker 10: just you know, it's it's a it's a game of numbers,
Speaker 10: you know, football is numbers. Mathematics is I think very
Speaker 10: important is to pay attention to I always have, you know,
Speaker 10: so then you know, twenty eleven was kind of a Waskie.
Speaker 10: You didn't have the off season. So then from twelve on,
Speaker 10: you know, I had a standard, a goal of what
Speaker 10: I was trying to get done with the football team,
Speaker 10: and worked out pretty good in twenty ten. So I
Speaker 10: tried to really try to use that as a standard
Speaker 10: of training and just adjusting with that through the changes
Speaker 10: in the CBA. So with that is how do you
Speaker 10: get more reps? You know, how do you utilize the
Speaker 10: sports science and be played the GPS into it. So
Speaker 10: and every lot of people do it. I'm sure it
Speaker 10: was very big in college football way back when I was.
Speaker 10: When I was in college football, they called it two spot.
Speaker 10: You know, you have to you know, two offenses going
Speaker 10: through defense and so forth, and you know, trying to
Speaker 10: maximize the you know, the opportunity for the young players.
Speaker 10: So so with those mock games are in two spot.
Speaker 10: But the most important thing about that is the quality
Speaker 10: of those reps. They frankly reviewed it again today in
Speaker 10: the team meeting you know, those reps count. I mean,
Speaker 10: they're kind of I have a goal that I'm trying
Speaker 10: to hit. You know, we're just not out there correcting
Speaker 10: some things, going through the motions, so that those those
Speaker 10: reps are very important. And frankly, that's why I'm with
Speaker 10: the younger players. I'm trying to get as much time
Speaker 10: with the young players and getting them ready for the
Speaker 10: preseason game because those young guys are going to play
Speaker 10: for us. You know, it's it's it happens every year,
Speaker 10: and you preferly you hope they don't play till November December.
Speaker 10: But guess what, those are really important games. So that's
Speaker 10: the facts of the of the matter of how you
Speaker 10: train your team, the things you look about, looking around
Speaker 10: the corners and trying to make sure it goes. But
Speaker 10: you know, the two spot gives us a chance to,
Speaker 10: you know, to get the numbers up where they where
Speaker 10: I feel they need to be. Long answer, phil Abuster,
Speaker 10: there where do you.
Speaker 1: Feel that the offense is right now?
Speaker 4: As far as picking up the office?
Speaker 12: Do you feel that they're right where you thought they
Speaker 12: should be or further ahead?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 10: Mentally, mentally, I think we're in a good place, solid place.
Speaker 10: You know, we're not you know, we're not ready to
Speaker 10: take the exam yet, but you know we're definitely in
Speaker 10: a good place, so, you know, and then to be honest,
Speaker 10: you know, it's it's about knowing what to do, you
Speaker 10: know when to do it. But you know, the real
Speaker 10: real challenge starts, you know, starts Monday, you know when
Speaker 10: the dvs and then you know, the second the perimeterive
Speaker 10: players can really put their hands on each other. You know,
Speaker 10: the line of scrimmage has to be established, whether it's
Speaker 10: the run blocking unit, the pass rush, past protection unit,
Speaker 10: pass rush and so forth. So that's you know, those
Speaker 10: weren't the time clocks really get you know, established, and
Speaker 10: and and we're close closer to the fire of real football.
Speaker 12: Mike, we've asked you a lot about the uh We've
Speaker 12: asked you about the QB School.
Speaker 4: I'm just curious about.
Speaker 5: The origin of it.
Speaker 12: How did you develop your methodology of training quarterbacks and
Speaker 12: some of the drills and.
Speaker 5: These along those lines.
Speaker 10: I mean, really the credit goes to Paul Hackett. You know,
Speaker 10: I learned it from Paul, you know, eighty nine through
Speaker 10: ninety two at the University of Pittsburgh. You know, we
Speaker 10: obviously did it in a in a collegiate you know,
Speaker 10: college setting. But you know when we when we went
Speaker 10: to Kansas City, I was able to out you know,
Speaker 10: Paul's the offensive coordinator and I was you know, hired
Speaker 10: as a quality control coach, and you know, we started
Speaker 10: that that year in ninety three and then it was
Speaker 10: you know, it's just it was a really a great
Speaker 10: group of guys, you know, so you know, with Joe
Speaker 10: Montana and Dave Craig, you know, Matt Blendon. So it's uh,
Speaker 10: it's it's something I've I've always believed in.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 10: The CBA kind of you know, wiped out some of
Speaker 10: the opportunity for the you know, because the old age,
Speaker 10: you know, you would start that in the middle of
Speaker 10: March and you were able to get four weeks of
Speaker 10: quarterback school before before the off season program started. You know,
Speaker 10: I think it was legal back then, but if it isn't,
Speaker 10: I think the Statute of Attentions and I think I'm safe,
Speaker 10: but no, it was a So that's kind of how
Speaker 10: I grew up, you know, That's that's that's what I
Speaker 10: believe in. And uh, you know, and Aaron, and I
Speaker 10: think Aaron was sheer because I've seen him talk to
Speaker 10: the younger players all the time because he's he's last
Speaker 10: guy that I coached that went through it, you know,
Speaker 10: because twenty eleven is when that offseason, you know, opportunity
Speaker 10: kind of went away. So it was just a really
Speaker 10: a great time to really have the you know, the
Speaker 10: day to break down you know, everything for the quarterback
Speaker 10: because you know, let's be honest, you go to practice
Speaker 10: every day that we're trying to squeeze in time in
Speaker 10: the beginning in between periods, and you know, every position,
Speaker 10: the old line, they get plenty of individual time to
Speaker 10: do their thing and go through all their drills and
Speaker 10: so forth. And but once you know, in all the
Speaker 10: other positions do too, but the quarterback always has to
Speaker 10: work with the running backs. They always have to work
Speaker 10: with so you know, where's their time to really work
Speaker 10: on their specific you know, details of fundamentals. So we
Speaker 10: you know, we kind of squeeze it in there in
Speaker 10: the beginning of practice and then you know, kind of
Speaker 10: squeeze it in as we can as special teams.
Speaker 5: To bring him here and what tracked you to, Tanya
Speaker 5: to bring him? How is he? How is he helps
Speaker 5: some of the young quarterbacks. He seems to be a
Speaker 5: security blank for them already.
Speaker 10: Now, Roberts a hell of a player, you know, just
Speaker 10: haven't been around him as a rookie, so and just
Speaker 10: we've always watched his career, you know, after my time
Speaker 10: with him in Green Bay. But but you know, he's
Speaker 10: you know, he he had it right away. You know,
Speaker 10: he's very instinctive player. You know, he's very very natural
Speaker 10: in the past game you can see the particularly how
Speaker 10: he attacks them, you know, the middle reads, the post routes,
Speaker 10: you know, the the alley routes, and and uh, you
Speaker 10: know so much of that is uh is about you know,
Speaker 10: the timing, the body, the body language, you know, t
Speaker 10: in tune with the clock of the quarterback. So you know,
Speaker 10: I I I think we're extremely fortunate to have Robert here. Bobby,
Speaker 10: I think the guys like to call him. But uh,
Speaker 10: he's uh, you know, he he's a really good fit
Speaker 10: for how we want to play with you.
Speaker 9: Being the offensive play color, how how do you decide
Speaker 9: how much time practice needs to be you with your
Speaker 9: and the play sheet, your voice and Aaron's ear versus
Speaker 9: were with the younger quarterbacks in the.
Speaker 10: Defense or things a little bit of a moving target.
Speaker 10: I think you can understand that. I mean, I'm I'm
Speaker 10: I'm trying to you know, you got a number of
Speaker 10: things like all head coaches do. And I'm sure he
Speaker 10: was here, say in the pastor trying to watch young
Speaker 10: guys and in individual drills and and so forth, butt this,
Speaker 10: you know, same breath. You know, I have an accent,
Speaker 10: so I got to make sure they hear my voice,
Speaker 10: you know, through the headset. I'm enjoying my accent.
Speaker 6: Knocks.
Speaker 10: Don't have to worry about it, you know, I can
Speaker 10: just let it. I can just let it go, you know. So,
Speaker 10: but just make sure you get the mechanics because I'm
Speaker 10: always worried about the next game. So communication, boundary, communication,
Speaker 10: those things are important. But I also have you know,
Speaker 10: the job of a head coach too, you know, especially earlier.
Speaker 10: You want to practice, you know, you make sort of
Speaker 10: flow with the drills, and so just keeping an eye
Speaker 10: on all that, so you know, may vary a little
Speaker 10: bit practice to practice.
Speaker 12: Mike, how would you describe the attitude of the young
Speaker 12: quarterbacks you historically at the quarterback school. I mean, you know,
Speaker 12: they come in, they got to this level, the opportunity
Speaker 12: because they're good at what they do. And then you
Speaker 12: spend a I mean obviously judged by work communicating, you
Speaker 12: just spend it very a lot of time meticulously sort.
Speaker 4: Of breaking them down.
Speaker 12: And how is are they sort of like what are
Speaker 12: you doing here? Or is it more of a hey
Speaker 12: they were opening the coaching and obviously, well.
Speaker 10: I think you know the reality of it is, you know,
Speaker 10: we all started somewhere at some time, and you know,
Speaker 10: you have a foundation in what you're believe in. I've
Speaker 10: watched the development of quarterbacks change. You know, the external
Speaker 10: training and and opportunities the quarterbacks have is is definitely
Speaker 10: a lot different today and it was thirty thirty years ago.
Speaker 10: I mean, you know, just the things they're doing with
Speaker 10: these kids in high school is pretty remarkable. Frankly, the
Speaker 10: training opportunities that they have. Uh So, being in tune
Speaker 10: with that, and there's some there's some outstanding quarterback you
Speaker 10: know programs out there that they're training them, you know,
Speaker 10: away from the schools, and it's become a pretty profitable business,
Speaker 10: you know, so with that, and I think just being
Speaker 10: in tune with you know, how people were teaching, you know,
Speaker 10: the throwing profile, the footwear, profile, and and and just
Speaker 10: being able to communicate, you know, with with the quarterbacks
Speaker 10: when they get here, because you know, everybody's it's just
Speaker 10: like anything in football. You know, everybody doesn't teach the
Speaker 10: exact same footwork as a pass rush in their stance.
Speaker 10: You know, he doesn't teach the same footwork as a
Speaker 10: defensive back. You know, it's it's you know, some people have,
Speaker 10: you know, a certain training they believe in. It's no
Speaker 10: different for myself and how we're doing it here, and
Speaker 10: it's and it's, uh, you know, we're very fortunate just
Speaker 10: from a pure quarterback training standpoint and obviously other things
Speaker 10: to have aeron here because you know, going back to reps,
Speaker 10: you know, this is what nineteen eighteen, nineteen years as
Speaker 10: a starter, I mean you're talking about God has twenty
Speaker 10: thousand live reps, you know, on top of the off
Speaker 10: season programs and so forth. So his his ability to
Speaker 10: communicate to the young guys, and they're they've been I've
Speaker 10: been impressed. I mean he made a comment to Drew
Speaker 10: yesterday in the morning meeting, and Drew went right out
Speaker 10: there and tried the footwork and the technique with his eyes.
Speaker 10: So it's a you know, you know, I'm the old
Speaker 10: he says, Hey, don't do too much, you know, but
Speaker 10: it's it's good to see him pushing and giving these
Speaker 10: guys in education of my lifetime.
Speaker 9: We got not one more we saw Dante Ken working
Speaker 9: off to the side yesterday or any of those guys
Speaker 9: on pup close to return next week.
Speaker 10: Not today, Yeah, not today. We'll see. We'll see how
Speaker 10: you know, tomorrow and everything goes. But yeah, I don't
Speaker 10: really have anything report on those guys.
Speaker 2: Mike McCarthy speaking on this Saturday, and that will do
Speaker 2: it for the acclamation period.
Speaker 4: That will do it for us today.
Speaker 2: Matt, It's been a fun first couple of days, but
Speaker 2: I'll be really looking forward to Monday and an uptick
Speaker 2: and everything going on.
Speaker 3: Phase one is in the books, you know SNR as
Speaker 3: well as for the McCarthy's first ever training camp.
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