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Speaker 1: Your tune's about drive on your twenty four to seven

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Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal, Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: What's going on Steelers Nation Radio? Good afternoon, It's the

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Speaker 2: Drive here on the Steelers Audio Network. Was Shooler and

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Speaker 2: Matt Williamson with you on this Monday. Matt, as we

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Speaker 2: are on the eve of initial fifty three man roster

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Speaker 2: deadline day, which is tomorrow at four pm. Now that

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Speaker 2: doesn't necessarily mean that all the teams at three point

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Speaker 2: fifty nine are going to release their initial fifty. It

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Speaker 2: could happen in the morning, It could happen in the afternoon,

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Speaker 2: but the latest they can have them turned in is

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Speaker 2: tomorrow at four o'clock. So we're, you know, about twenty

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Speaker 2: four hours away.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, So there could be well, we've already seen

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Speaker 3: like small trades around the league, signing here and there.

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Speaker 3: There's always a little bit of active, a fair amount

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Speaker 3: of activity the weekend before that Tuesday, this Monday that

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Speaker 3: we're recording on, something might happen. Excers could make a trade,

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Speaker 3: they could cut a couple they already cut people. Was

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Speaker 3: it three or four days ago? Yeah, I mean something

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Speaker 3: like that right after the Thursday night or so they

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Speaker 3: kind of made their first wave. They don't have to

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Speaker 3: do anymore, but they could do another wave as well.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, it will be keeping you all tuned coore

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Speaker 3: of course, and there will be a final fifty three

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Speaker 3: at four o'clock tomorrow, maybe sooner, as you mentioned. And

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Speaker 3: I always urge that fifty third guy, he's not always safe,

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Speaker 3: not even close, not even close. I mean, because waivers

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Speaker 3: goes by and there's a day or two and that

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Speaker 3: that that what we well, we hear at four o'clock

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Speaker 3: on Tuesday might not be the same roster that you

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Speaker 3: go into New York with.

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Speaker 2: It might not be the same roster you have by

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Speaker 2: the end of the week.

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Speaker 3: Right right, right, Yeah, that changes a lot one.

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Speaker 2: Hundred and that's a good, I think thing to kind

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Speaker 2: of clarify as well too. It's almost like getting drafted,

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Speaker 2: you know, just because you got drafted doesn't mean you're

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Speaker 2: gonna have a long, lengthy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's kind of similar. If you're one of those

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Speaker 2: bottom guys, Hey, you make the team tomorrow, you should

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Speaker 2: be happy with yourself. You should do a little you

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Speaker 2: know whatever, treat yourself to your favorite dinner or something

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Speaker 2: like that. To have a somewhat of a celebration, but

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Speaker 2: don't go too crazy with it because things can change quickly.

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Speaker 3: Don't think I'd be buying a Lamborghini or the nicest

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Speaker 3: house in Peters Township's quite yet. Yeah, yeah, wait play it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So let's get into some We'll do a lot

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Speaker 2: of different things today on the show, Matt, there's some

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Speaker 2: moving and shaking around the league. I know you and

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Speaker 2: I want to start getting into some fantasy football stuff this.

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Speaker 2: I've also got a ton of different overs and unders

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Speaker 2: for you both as they relate to the Steelers individually

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Speaker 2: and then just the other teams around the NFL and

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Speaker 2: the NFC North at large. So a lot of different things.

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Speaker 2: But let's kind of start there with you know, being

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Speaker 2: twenty four hours ish, give or take. Also depending on

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Speaker 2: when everyone's listening to this, if they're listening to it

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Speaker 2: start on the defensive side. Okay, I think, and maybe

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Speaker 2: I'm wrong. You can tell me if I'm wrong, But

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Speaker 2: I think the most kind of intriguing roster as we

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Speaker 3: Yeah, because I think the defense in general is more exciting,

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Speaker 2: You know, are they just going to stick with the

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Speaker 3: But to me, really tough decisions on that side of

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Speaker 2: To me, the cornerback conversation, particularly because it feels like

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Speaker 2: start there, Ramsey Slay, Joey Porter Junior absolute locks. And

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Speaker 3: So if any of those dudes go down, he becomes

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Speaker 2: Yes, it does. Yeah, and that's where that really you

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Speaker 3: I think so. I mean, there's gouna be like four

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Speaker 2: right right, it's one chair for Beanie or Corey Trice.

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Speaker 2: It doesn't make a ton of sense, and each feels

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Speaker 3: Being their strengths and weaknesses are both so obvious, so.

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Speaker 2: Obvious, right, And for Beanie, I think the biggest thing

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Speaker 3: I think Trice is the battle better special teamer.

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Speaker 3: That's the key.

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Speaker 2: But the biggest thing holding him back and working against

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Speaker 3: I mean, the reliability is nil. We haven't seen much

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Speaker 3: I would think you'd bump Trice up the next week

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Speaker 3: because I think Trice is the better corner and they're

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Speaker 3: definitely the better prospect. And that's the thing about Trice

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Speaker 3: he shouldn't be a prospect at this stage of his career,

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Speaker 3: and Ramsey's in the middle and reporters on the outside.

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Speaker 3: So you don't want to lose the traits you've invested in.

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Speaker 3: And by all accounts, people love him in the building

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Speaker 3: super hard work or not. The Beanie isn't. But I

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Speaker 3: think those things break the tie over Bishop, don't you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think you and I I'm trying to

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Speaker 2: so must have been at the end of the previous week.

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Speaker 2: Did a kind of initial fifty three man roster prediction,

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Speaker 2: And at that time I said I'm going to give

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Speaker 2: But what's transpired since then is we've heard more and

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Speaker 2: more good things about Corey Trice and how they think

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Speaker 2: he's going to be all right, and we've seen less

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Speaker 2: and less of Beanie. Now there were some reports that

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Speaker 2: You know, he was just not a pure DNP coach's

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Speaker 3: OK, for practice, they don't have to disclose that stuff.

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Speaker 2: And they don't have to disclose that stuff to us

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Speaker 2: this time of year. So again, maybe it's still not

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Speaker 3: I thought someone might have called it omar Are on

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Speaker 3: Wednesday and said, we'll give you a seventh round pick

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Speaker 3: for Beanie doesn't play him so he doesn't get hurt.

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Speaker 2: And you and I think talked about that on Friday show,

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Speaker 3: Just trying to figure out why would he have a

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Speaker 2: A lot of different things are possible this Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: As you've said, teams are still moving and shaking with

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Speaker 2: their roster. Teams do not have to disclose their injury

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Speaker 2: report like they do in the regular season. We'll start

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Speaker 2: getting to that next week when when teams have to

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Speaker 2: do that. And yeah, so there is still some unknown there,

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Speaker 2: but with what we do know, it feels like Corey

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Speaker 2: Trice has the has the inside.

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Speaker 3: I would say he's got the up leg on Bishop.

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Speaker 3: I guess there's still is a chance they would only

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Speaker 3: keep five because the top four are so strong and

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Speaker 3: so versatile. Pierre's going to be on. He's going to

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Speaker 3: have a helmet every week that he could get you

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Speaker 3: out of a game if you decided we either keep

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Speaker 3: one more O lineman or we're gonna keep one more

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Speaker 3: D lineman while Harmon's hurt, you know, something like that.

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Speaker 3: We'll get the D line down the road here. But

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Speaker 3: that's the only thing I could see why you wouldn't

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Speaker 3: keep six. But I'm guessing that there's gonna be six

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Speaker 2: I think so. I think so, And that to me

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Speaker 3: But I still think you'd like that insurance insulation a

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Speaker 2: Yep, there are too many corners that you want to

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Speaker 2: kind of sticking with predictions thoughts ahead of this first

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Speaker 2: roster release. Yeah, yeah, I do think we should probably

437
00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,679
Speaker 2: start with kind of some of that breaking ish news

438
00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,320
Speaker 2: from Jerry Dulac this morning when he was on the

439
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Speaker 2: DV morning show with our friends right down the hallway.

440
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,320
Speaker 2: He said that the Steelers Planet quarterback is for Skyler

441
00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,840
Speaker 2: Thompson to make the fifty three man roster, with Will

442
00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:51,680
Speaker 2: Howard headed to I.

443
00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:56,960
Speaker 3: Are okay, I'm in favor of that, and it took

444
00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:58,760
Speaker 3: me a lot of getting used to to be in

445
00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,679
Speaker 3: favor of it, But the fact that Howard just hasn't played,

446
00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,400
Speaker 3: I think makes that a pretty easy decision, matched with

447
00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:10,000
Speaker 3: Skyler Thompson playing as well as he did now. Mike

448
00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,440
Speaker 3: Student and I talked about this right at the postgame

449
00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,480
Speaker 3: show after the Carolina game, and basically this came down

450
00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:19,239
Speaker 3: to this conversation. If it gets to this point, who

451
00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,160
Speaker 3: do you think they have a better chance to win

452
00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,840
Speaker 3: one game? With Thompson or Howard? I think you have

453
00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:26,960
Speaker 3: to say Thompson. I would agree, you know, just because

454
00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,320
Speaker 3: it's an unknown who would I rather have in the

455
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:33,600
Speaker 3: organization for the duration of the rest of their careers?

456
00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,639
Speaker 3: Right to frame it, But you don't lose them, you know,

457
00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:41,160
Speaker 3: I mean in this case, I mean the third guy

458
00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:42,640
Speaker 3: is going to be an act of anyway. I mean

459
00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,360
Speaker 3: we're again, we're getting down to anyone loses their top

460
00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:49,280
Speaker 3: two quarterbacks, the season's probably in jeopardy to begin with.

461
00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:54,440
Speaker 3: But you keep the best guy, and if you're not

462
00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,479
Speaker 3: gonna if you can keep them this way, you can

463
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Speaker 3: keep them both, I guess is the short way of

464
00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,920
Speaker 3: putting it. And you keep the guy that's better right

465
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,600
Speaker 3: this minute, so cool, Yeah, that's fine with me.

466
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Speaker 2: I think that that makes a lot of sense. Yeah,

467
00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,760
Speaker 2: I do, and the way you framed it is accurate,

468
00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,760
Speaker 2: Like nobody wants to envision those doomsday scenarios, but.

469
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:15,720
Speaker 3: It happens around the league. Though.

470
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,959
Speaker 2: We've seen the Steelers use three quarterbacks of a season

471
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,280
Speaker 2: not too long ago, right, you know, right here in

472
00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:21,880
Speaker 2: this parish.

473
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Speaker 3: I think two years ago the league started sixty nine

474
00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,640
Speaker 3: different quarterbacks and several teams had four.

475
00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,200
Speaker 2: So that's like an average of like two point two

476
00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,760
Speaker 2: quarterbacks per team, right, you know, right? And I think

477
00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,080
Speaker 2: it has been five four or five seasons since the

478
00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,960
Speaker 2: Steelers have used the same quarterback from start to finish.

479
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Speaker 3: Oh, I bet I haven't thought about that happened. It's

480
00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:43,880
Speaker 3: been a lot.

481
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Speaker 2: It's been since, I believe, you know what my choice,

482
00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,240
Speaker 2: it might have even been twenty eighteen because nineteen Ben

483
00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:51,280
Speaker 2: had the elbow.

484
00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:54,520
Speaker 3: Injury that they've gotten seventeen games, yeah, full season.

485
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Speaker 2: Out of and then a star and then in twenty

486
00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,200
Speaker 2: I think Ben just missed like eight game or two

487
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:02,159
Speaker 2: nothing crazy in twenty one if i'm and again, this

488
00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:03,639
Speaker 2: is all off the cuff, so if I get this

489
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Speaker 2: twenty one, I think they rested Ben in the final

490
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,240
Speaker 2: game of the season, so that's kind of a little

491
00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,960
Speaker 2: bit of a kind of chair. But yeah, regardless, I

492
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,919
Speaker 2: think twenty eighteen might have been the last time they

493
00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:17,840
Speaker 2: had the same quarterbacks start every single game of the

494
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Speaker 2: regular season, if I am remembering that correctly. But regardless,

495
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,320
Speaker 2: I think you're absolutely right. It makes sense he earned

496
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,000
Speaker 2: that way, and I think so played really really well.

497
00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:28,960
Speaker 2: You know, he's a reason why around the block talking

498
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Speaker 2: about him the last few days.

499
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Speaker 3: As you mentioned the other day, he has started games

500
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Speaker 3: in the league and this is not his first go round.

501
00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,000
Speaker 3: And I think we all brushed it off when they

502
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,280
Speaker 3: signed him, you know, in the middle of summer or whatever.

503
00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,720
Speaker 3: But he wasn't a bad prospect coming out of college either.

504
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,120
Speaker 3: I think it was a fourth or fifth round pick,

505
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,639
Speaker 3: and there's some ability there, and he must be good

506
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,600
Speaker 3: in the quarterback room and you know, be a team

507
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:51,760
Speaker 3: player or they wouldn't even consider it, you know. I mean,

508
00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,760
Speaker 3: like your backup quarterbacks have to get along, and there's

509
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,680
Speaker 3: a social part of it. How to help out the

510
00:23:58,240 --> 00:23:59,200
Speaker 3: starter of the best you can.

511
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you gotta be you know, just having those eyes

512
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,160
Speaker 2: for him as well too, someone who's been there done

513
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 2: it for a while as.

514
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:10,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, and and even if you don't get the number three,

515
00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:14,200
Speaker 3: if Rogers misses week four, you feel a little better

516
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,880
Speaker 3: activating Skyl or you know, putting him as you're two

517
00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:18,320
Speaker 3: as opposed to Howard.

518
00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,040
Speaker 2: You know, I think that's the biggest thing is, yeah,

519
00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:22,000
Speaker 2: Rogers does go down, even if it's he's going to

520
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,160
Speaker 2: be out for a week, then all of a sudden,

521
00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:25,719
Speaker 2: you're one play away from having to go to your

522
00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:26,359
Speaker 2: third quarterback.

523
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:27,760
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, And you don't want to play the

524
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,480
Speaker 3: guy that's never taking a snap for it.

525
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:31,520
Speaker 2: Not even in a preseason, right, I can't do it. It

526
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,280
Speaker 2: actually becomes, I think, very simple when you come more.

527
00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,160
Speaker 2: We talked through it.

528
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:37,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, folks, I know a lot of you

529
00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,359
Speaker 3: guys love Howard and I'm excited about him too, and

530
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,640
Speaker 3: you should be. But think about fast forward to week

531
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Speaker 3: four and Rogers gets hurt at the end of week

532
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,160
Speaker 3: three and you're sitting there going the backup quarterback has

533
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,240
Speaker 3: never taken a snap in the league.

534
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Speaker 2: And if it's week four, he's in Ireland too.

535
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,119
Speaker 3: He's not think of that, yeah yeah, right, So I

536
00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,560
Speaker 3: mean just think of the uneasiness of the coach staff

537
00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,800
Speaker 3: and you'd have to call the plays you don't want

538
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,840
Speaker 3: Rudolph to take hits. Then you just don't want to

539
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,119
Speaker 3: get them, you know, like it's just a big ripple effect.

540
00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,199
Speaker 3: So that makes all the sense in the world. And

541
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:10,680
Speaker 3: he is injured, you can stick them on injur reserve.

542
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:11,600
Speaker 3: You're not even making it up.

543
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,919
Speaker 2: I think it all works out very well. Running backs.

544
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 2: I think again, this is an easy kind of scary

545
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,200
Speaker 2: the three. The only question is who and how many

546
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 2: do they keep for the practice squad.

547
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:29,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I'd love to keep Low and Sermon somewhere

548
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,920
Speaker 3: in the mix. But as decent as they were, I

549
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,360
Speaker 3: was gonna say impressive, that's a big word. You could

550
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:36,879
Speaker 3: also find someone like that off waivers. I mean, you'll

551
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,680
Speaker 3: probably have two one the practice squad. Only having three

552
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,879
Speaker 3: running backs is a little lighter than some teams because

553
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,320
Speaker 3: you don't have that Benny Snell that can also play

554
00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,320
Speaker 3: teams for you, you know, you know, we already talked

555
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,399
Speaker 3: about defense where they're getting some of their core special

556
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,040
Speaker 3: teamers and it would be another tight end, another wide receiver,

557
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,919
Speaker 3: but they don't have the running back that's active on

558
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,560
Speaker 3: game day that you don't really want in the game.

559
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 3: But you could live with it. The Benny Snow, you know.

560
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,240
Speaker 2: Exactly yeah, you know someone who's going to at least

561
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:06,040
Speaker 2: you know you.

562
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,679
Speaker 3: Don't want to have to put Connor Hayward there if

563
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 3: you have to, or you know right.

564
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,199
Speaker 2: And you know you you could, but that would be

565
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,600
Speaker 2: the kind of I think break glass in case of

566
00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:15,240
Speaker 2: having to break glass.

567
00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:19,000
Speaker 3: That's like gets hurt. Right, Yes, he can carry the ball,

568
00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 3: that doesn't make it a good idea.

569
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:24,760
Speaker 2: Exactly right, exactly right wide receivers and again this one

570
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,000
Speaker 2: could still feel maybe a little incomplete. Yeah, I think

571
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,240
Speaker 2: there is still even though it's feeling less and less likely.

572
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 2: Is the days roll along still a possibility they could

573
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,720
Speaker 2: add to that room? They could, but until then it

574
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,200
Speaker 2: feels like a pretty pretty set five. Is that fair

575
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:39,560
Speaker 2: to side?

576
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,439
Speaker 3: I think so. I think Miller's over woods and I

577
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 3: only think it's close anymore.

578
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,879
Speaker 2: And Aaron Rodgers was singing, you know Scotty Miller's praises

579
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,560
Speaker 2: on Saturday as well to practice to the media. I

580
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,480
Speaker 2: just I don't think that that's the only way I

581
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,960
Speaker 2: think it becomes a conversation is if they if they

582
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,880
Speaker 2: add somebody, then it's do they do they keep five? Still?

583
00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,840
Speaker 2: Do they keep six? But right for now, it's feeling

584
00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:01,600
Speaker 2: like a little bit of a foregone conclusion.

585
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 3: Yeap. The one thing I don't well, there's two things

586
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,360
Speaker 3: I don't love about this position is I wish there

587
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:09,040
Speaker 3: was a clear number two or somebody that's somewhere in

588
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,120
Speaker 3: Metcalf's class. But we obviously that's Pie and this guy

589
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,800
Speaker 3: probably McLaurin signed that it's not gonna be him. And

590
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 3: I don't love that your next three most valuable offensive

591
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,440
Speaker 3: players there are all little you know, they're they're they're

592
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:25,800
Speaker 3: a little sam zy, you know what I mean.

593
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,840
Speaker 2: They are They are a little Yeah.

594
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,440
Speaker 3: I mean they're gonna be used differently, but they're they're

595
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,720
Speaker 3: a little and fast. You know, I wouldn't mind one

596
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:33,600
Speaker 3: of them being six to two.

597
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 2: I completely agree. Yeah, yeah, to have just some kind

598
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,640
Speaker 2: of different skill sets and body types. And I'm with

599
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 2: you on that. And I think that's why we've kind

600
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,240
Speaker 2: of highlighted that. I think we've had this conversation about

601
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,159
Speaker 2: some wide receivers that they could add to the room. Yeah,

602
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,439
Speaker 2: a little guy right now, that's one of those. Unless

603
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 2: something happens, I think we're Yeah, we are where we.

604
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 3: Are, and we're far away from this conversation. But I

605
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,920
Speaker 3: if if they were to add one first off scronics

606
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,520
Speaker 3: making the team guys, Yes, he's one of the special team.

607
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,199
Speaker 3: Just assumed everbody knew that, But maybe they don't. Is

608
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,200
Speaker 3: Miller safe if they were to trade for another guy,

609
00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:12,760
Speaker 3: would they keep? It becomes the question, Yeah, I lean

610
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,360
Speaker 3: towards yes, but that means somebody else isn't. I mean

611
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 3: you can't keep everybody, Is that right? You lose Mark

612
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:23,440
Speaker 3: Robinson or Brunner or Trice or louder Mill. Yeah, yeah,

613
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 3: one of the offensive linemen we even got to yet,

614
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,480
Speaker 3: you know, so somebody would obviously suffer. The obvious choice

615
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 3: would be a wide out. But I think Miller's done

616
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:32,640
Speaker 3: enough that you still keep them.

617
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,640
Speaker 2: At this point, I would agree that can be subject

618
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 2: to change as we roll forward. Tight ends another one

619
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,520
Speaker 2: that feel like a lot so easiest groups feel.

620
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,120
Speaker 3: Very cut and dry, especially on offense.

621
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,920
Speaker 2: It's the four. I mean, it's the four done, Darnell.

622
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 2: It's gonna be Connor Hayward.

623
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 3: Yep. I do wish they had.

624
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 2: JJ Gallbreath make the practice squad.

625
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, he hasn't blown me away enough. I was hoping, Remember,

626
00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,760
Speaker 3: like I think his first name is Doug Raider, Like,

627
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:02,640
Speaker 3: there was a couple of guys like that that I thought,

628
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 3: Kevin Wright, I knew it wasn't Doug that was I

629
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 3: knew wasn't going to make the team. But like, if

630
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 3: you had to call him up week four or whatever,

631
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,920
Speaker 3: you'd feel better about it. I don't know that Galbreth

632
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 3: floats my boat that way. I mean, maybe you know,

633
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,840
Speaker 3: par Ham would have been a nice guy, you know,

634
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 3: somebody like that. You know, just one more good practicing squater.

635
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 2: Five six years in the yeah, something like that.

636
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,080
Speaker 3: And maybe that guy comes to me another team on

637
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 3: your practice squad, maybe if you you know, and we

638
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,240
Speaker 3: could talk. We'll definitely talk practice squad when that part come.

639
00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 2: Yes, we will. We will do that later in the

640
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:34,320
Speaker 2: week for sure.

641
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 3: O line's not.

642
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,560
Speaker 2: Easy either, No, it's not. I think like six or

643
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 2: seven of them are pretty easy. Yeah, but then how

644
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 2: many do you keep and how far do you keep going?

645
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,320
Speaker 3: I know, so I'd love to keep more than you

646
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:51,040
Speaker 3: really need starting five. We know, obviously it's kind of unfortunate.

647
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,600
Speaker 3: But I think McCollum is definitely on the team.

648
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:54,160
Speaker 2: I think so too.

649
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 3: I mean, he's the only real center capable guy. Yeah,

650
00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,680
Speaker 3: Sharping has done it, but you don't want to. It

651
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 3: kind of reminds me of like hasten Hower when he

652
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,200
Speaker 3: was here. He could only really do one thing.

653
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Speaker 2: And I know people soured on McCallum in the last

654
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Speaker 2: few days because his performance Thursday and Charlotte wasn't great. Yeah,

655
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Speaker 2: but I thought he was very solid in the two

656
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Speaker 2: games that he had to fill in for Zach Fraser

657
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 2: last year. And I'll put that over what we saw

658
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 2: Thursday night.

659
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Speaker 3: Absolutely, and I was gonna say that too, like comparing

660
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,760
Speaker 3: him to hasten howerd he's better than that, you know

661
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:27,440
Speaker 3: what I mean? Like I thought Haas was just a center.

662
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:32,000
Speaker 3: He was undersized and really wouldn't have made the team

663
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,360
Speaker 3: if anyone else could do it, you know what I mean.

664
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Speaker 3: You get like if you had a Herbig or a

665
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:41,360
Speaker 3: BJ Finney that could play all three spots, then that

666
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:44,360
Speaker 3: center only in a Haas situation doesn't make it, where

667
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:48,000
Speaker 3: McCallum might. You know, we know Anderson's making the team.

668
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 3: I mean he's he's got maybe even the left guard

669
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,440
Speaker 3: next year. I think maybe there's a solid chance that

670
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 3: could happen. Yeah, Yeah, then it gets a little sticky.

671
00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,640
Speaker 3: Calvin Anderson hasn't played in a long time, and people

672
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 3: probably like, no one even talks about this guy. I

673
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,120
Speaker 3: thought he was their third best tackle when he got

674
00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:11,160
Speaker 3: injured in camp. And if you look at his contract,

675
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 3: they signed him to a two year deal this offseason, yep,

676
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,240
Speaker 3: which pretty much tells you all you know, you know,

677
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 3: like you don't cut those guys. They gave him some

678
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:20,560
Speaker 3: sort of signing bonus. I don't know how much it was,

679
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 3: and so he got some kind of guaranteed money and

680
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,680
Speaker 3: he signed a two year deal. So I think he

681
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 3: makes a team unless he's more injured than I know.

682
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 3: And that's one I have no clue what his injury

683
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 3: situation is exactly.

684
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 2: And again that's another one that we're in the dark on.

685
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 2: And yeah, we'll probably get more information next week, but no,

686
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 2: that'll have to be next week.

687
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 3: I think Pete is probably going to help you there

688
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 3: because he's played left tackle and left.

689
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,160
Speaker 2: Guard and that would put you at nine, right.

690
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 3: Uh, that would be the fourth.

691
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 2: Fast Anderson, McCallum, and Pete. That sounds like a.

692
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 3: Law firm cook. I wouldn't like to lose. I think

693
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 3: there's something that squad. Yeah, but maybe it comes on

694
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 3: to Cook verste maybe because if Cook might have.

695
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 2: The more upside, but Pete's got the more flexibility versatility

696
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 2: right now.

697
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,280
Speaker 3: So when Pete got there, he was playing only left tackle,

698
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 3: but last we saw him he was only playing left guard.

699
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 3: Did they think he couldn't play left tackle and his

700
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:20,240
Speaker 3: guard only? Then he might be expendable. Yeah, because Anderson's

701
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 3: ahead of him. Is Calvin Anderson ahead of both of them?

702
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 3: A tackle still? I don't know. And I also kind

703
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,520
Speaker 3: of like Jones, the big kid that played a lot

704
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:33,520
Speaker 3: of right tackle on the on the second team. Yeah,

705
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:37,600
Speaker 3: he screamed practice squad, But all ten of them I

706
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 3: think have a case.

707
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 2: I think so too. And then and then the practice

708
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,800
Speaker 2: squad conversation as well becomes very interesting for me for

709
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 2: the offensive line of what do you want that group

710
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 2: to look like?

711
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 3: And smart teams around the league and stash as many

712
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,320
Speaker 3: alignment as you can to try to develop.

713
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 2: Exactly right, that's a place where you should keep an

714
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:57,480
Speaker 2: extra body.

715
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,560
Speaker 3: Or two, went in doubt, keep the extra alignment.

716
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,800
Speaker 2: Yes, over a running back, we can go find one

717
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 2: of those.

718
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 3: Times somewhere there's somebody on the street that's unemployed. You

719
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 3: could find it running.

720
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:07,760
Speaker 2: Yes, I think that's a good kind of set the

721
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 2: stage there, Matt for tomorrow in the deadline. Oh wow,

722
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:15,240
Speaker 2: forget the special guys.

723
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:16,640
Speaker 3: I think the three or the three.

724
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 2: I think the three or the three and especially you

725
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 2: know they released his name is escaping me now of course,

726
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 2: but they's a long snapper last week. So that's good

727
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 2: that for for Christian Koontz. And yeah, I think it's

728
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 2: I think it's been Cam Johnston and obviously Chris bos Well. Yeah,

729
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 2: I know they would save you know, and again Omar

730
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,320
Speaker 2: is a cap guy. This stuff always plays into the conversation.

731
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Speaker 2: They save a little bit of schedder with Weightman over

732
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 2: Cam Johnston. But I think they were so high on

733
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:46,479
Speaker 2: Cam Johnson and the weapon that he could have been

734
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 2: last season. They barely I mean they got to see

735
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 2: him for for three quarters of a you know, of

736
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,560
Speaker 2: the opening game before he was out. Yeah, and like

737
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 2: you mentioned, like when guys get when when a punter

738
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,960
Speaker 2: gets a three year contract like that, like he.

739
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 3: Got the top paid hunters in the league.

740
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 2: And I don't think you give up on that guy

741
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 2: after one year just because of injury.

742
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 3: If you look terrible in camp, then different. If he's

743
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 3: not the same guy we we bought before the injury

744
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:13,319
Speaker 3: then boom, But I saw no indication he is right.

745
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:13,839
Speaker 3: He looked fine.

746
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 2: To mate, he looked like he had a by on

747
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:15,759
Speaker 2: a leg out there.

748
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, which which is how he looked two camps

749
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:18,640
Speaker 3: ago last.

750
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Speaker 2: Matt Steeler's practice concluding not too long ago, Mike Tomlins

751
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 2: speaking on a couple of things, a couple of these

752
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 2: injuries and roster questions that we have been kicking around.

753
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 2: He just not too long ago discussed some of those

754
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 2: as well too. A couple of minutes of some Mike

755
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:40,560
Speaker 2: Tomlin conversation today when we turned on the other side, Wesholer,

756
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:42,960
Speaker 2: Matt Williamson, we will hear what coach had to say

757
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 2: about some of these injuries and some of this roster

758
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:48,280
Speaker 2: stuff at practice today when we return on the other side.

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Speaker 2: It is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio on the

760
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Speaker 2: Steelers Audio Network.

761
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Speaker 1: You were tuned about Drive on you twenty four to seven,

762
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal. Steelers Nation Radio.

763
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,400
Speaker 2: Driving along here on a Monday, a little bit of

764
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 2: the kind of calm before the storm this week before

765
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Speaker 2: we it's a weird week. We get going.

766
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:21,320
Speaker 3: It is a weird week.

767
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,319
Speaker 2: But with that it's also I don't know, it is

768
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 2: like the last time to breathe in a way as

769
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,680
Speaker 2: well as we kind of have this.

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Speaker 3: I like how they do it now. There's a nice

771
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:38,320
Speaker 3: break between preseason game and regular season game.

772
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 2: And peeling back the curtain. Like you and I and

773
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 2: I think all the shows here on Steelers Nation Radio,

774
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,000
Speaker 2: we all like to be transparent and you know people

775
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 2: know more about us than just football things. Yeah, we

776
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 2: will be We will be taking taking Friday off as

777
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 2: well for the kind of extra long weekend exactly.

778
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Speaker 3: But we'll give you four this week, but we will do.

779
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,880
Speaker 2: We will be doing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday this week

780
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 2: and then obviously we will be hitting the ground running

781
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 2: with everything next week. We have Mike tomin press conference Tuesday,

782
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:09,880
Speaker 2: and then of course practice.

783
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 3: You have all the practice.

784
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 2: All that bad stats packet is ready to shine, baby.

785
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 3: I started that like two months ago.

786
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 2: I know you said it to me, like I think

787
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,280
Speaker 2: after the first preseason.

788
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:29,319
Speaker 3: Tapping into bullet point here and there too.

789
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,680
Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely absolutely. But to close down this first hour

790
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:36,839
Speaker 2: of the show, uh practice earlier today, a lot of

791
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:40,880
Speaker 2: injury availability questions from Mike Tomlin, a lot of you

792
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:44,839
Speaker 2: know fifty three man roster questions for Mike Tomlin. Here's

793
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:48,439
Speaker 2: what the head coach had to say, just not too

794
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 2: long ago, within the last hour or so.

795
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Speaker 4: We've had the last several days just working on our

796
00:36:53,760 --> 00:37:00,360
Speaker 4: football conditioning, communication, both verbal and non verbal skillslative to

797
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 4: our positions, and just trying to become more situationally aware

798
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 4: in certain circumstances. The rules of the game change, Uh,

799
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 4: how you play lions to gain and so forth, and

800
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,359
Speaker 4: so uh, we'll always be chasing that in terms of

801
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,359
Speaker 4: working to capitalize on those moments, and capitalizing on those

802
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 4: moments is first understanding them and your roles in them.

803
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 4: And so just from that perspective, I thought it was

804
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 4: another good day. Got guys continuing to work back to

805
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 4: us that have been on some of those day to

806
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:32,760
Speaker 4: day lists. And that's a positive thing because obviously sayings

807
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,640
Speaker 4: running through hour glass, I'll pause it opened up for questions.

808
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 3: But let's latest on Will Hard.

809
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:40,479
Speaker 2: I notice he's wearing the bracelet that he lacks.

810
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's he's had some positive reviews meeting with the

811
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:48,319
Speaker 4: hands specialists. Uh, we've increased his level of activity, We've

812
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:51,959
Speaker 4: altered the brace that you mentioned and so he's moving

813
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,879
Speaker 4: in the right direction in terms of full participation very soon, Mike.

814
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:57,439
Speaker 2: When you talk about coverage people as you have throughout camp,

815
00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,680
Speaker 2: here's is Brandon Eckles one of those guys and how

816
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 2: can he fit into that group too?

817
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 4: That I think he's had a great camp in preseason.

818
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 4: He's been highly competitive. Uh, he's played top down, he's

819
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:09,319
Speaker 4: kept the ball in front of him. He's certainly he's

820
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:11,880
Speaker 4: an asset to us. Uh. We'll get more detail in

821
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 4: terms of how we dividing the labor up as we

822
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:14,959
Speaker 4: get closer to game week.

823
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Speaker 3: At there's points that you mentioned, the nonverbals, the communications

824
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 3: student that short that you mentioned your op league statements,

825
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:23,440
Speaker 3: how specifically if they gonna apply to the secondary and

826
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Speaker 3: how does that come along here as you get ready

827
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Speaker 3: to unveil that.

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00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:29,719
Speaker 4: Uh. Irregular season feels really good. And that's why I

829
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 4: was important to maybe get them in the stadium. Uh

830
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 4: there last week. It wasn't about how much they played,

831
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:37,839
Speaker 4: but just getting them in the stadium and and letting

832
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,279
Speaker 4: them do that under the lights and and so. But

833
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 4: I feel real good about the process, about the progress.

834
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:43,719
Speaker 2: Uh.

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00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 4: We got some new people not new to the National

836
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:49,280
Speaker 4: Football League, but new to us A and so getting

837
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,719
Speaker 4: on the same page as a major component. H What

838
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 4: like who you like to not like about the legion.

839
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,040
Speaker 2: Of your a young offensive lineman, the guys that you

840
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,800
Speaker 2: guys had started to close to nada in the Princeville.

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00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 4: You know, I just think it's progressed. I don't know

842
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 4: that I've looked at it in terms of likes and dislikes.

843
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 4: For me, it's about seeing daily progress, both individually and collectively,

844
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 4: and largely when you take a step back and look

845
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:13,560
Speaker 4: at the trajectory of the group through through development, it's

846
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,399
Speaker 4: been moving in the right direction. What do you still

847
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 4: judge the quality of a camp or preseason at the

848
00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:19,240
Speaker 4: end of the regular season?

849
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 3: Always?

850
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 4: Uh, certainly I make some notes relative to the here

851
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 4: and now, our ability to stay healthy and you know,

852
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 4: have functional days in the midst of battle and weather

853
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,960
Speaker 4: and so forth. But largely the evaluation of the process

854
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 4: comes based on how we perform over the journey.

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Speaker 3: Mike, what was it?

856
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 2: What was the level of competition you feel like you

857
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:42,880
Speaker 2: got for spots.

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Speaker 4: Whether or I as I'm as I mentioned when we

859
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 4: checked into Latrobe, I thought we had a really good

860
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:51,560
Speaker 4: ninety and I think that's the that's the the the

861
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,480
Speaker 4: key component of of of having tough decisions.

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00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 3: Uh.

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00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,919
Speaker 4: We felt really good about the ninety to ninety Uh

864
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,799
Speaker 4: confirm that with the quality of their play in competition

865
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 4: day in and day out. So certainly we got some

866
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:05,359
Speaker 4: challenging decisions to make.

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Speaker 3: Like when you don't have.

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Speaker 2: A group that works together the offense, defense, you haven't

869
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,799
Speaker 2: had all your starters. You see them work every day.

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Speaker 2: Do you feel confident in what you're getting or is

871
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:14,839
Speaker 2: there still a little bit of a I'm gonna kind

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Speaker 2: of see.

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Speaker 3: What we get on week.

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Speaker 4: You can trick yourself into being confident. You can hide

875
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Speaker 4: underneath your desk. I don't worry necessarily about how I

876
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Speaker 4: feel the emotional component of it, because it's just that

877
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Speaker 4: it's about putting these guys in position to work individually

878
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 4: and collectively and being urgent about that work and understanding

879
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:37,160
Speaker 4: that everybody's got the same number of days and the

880
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:40,440
Speaker 4: answers to those questions. Those bills are gonna come due

881
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Speaker 4: in a short period of time.

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Speaker 3: Okay.

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Speaker 4: With Timith progressing on, where is he kind of standing

884
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Speaker 4: this return? I I like his level of competition and participation.

885
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Speaker 4: I think he was almost a full participant today, and

886
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Speaker 4: so it's it's moving in the right direction.

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Speaker 2: Mike, you you mentioned urgency. Have you seen the level

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Speaker 2: that you like and how does it manifest itself?

889
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 4: Dron practice I could always use and want more. Certainly

890
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Speaker 4: you're anticipating Nick to be available for weekly. Who's at

891
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 4: don't know yet. We'll know as we get closer to it.

892
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Speaker 2: What spots are still being considered or discussed the most

893
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Speaker 2: and you get down to the eleven now.

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Speaker 4: We're here all of them. Anyway, as far as you're

895
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Speaker 4: punting competition, do you feel like you've got two quality

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Speaker 4: guys there no matter which way it goes. Certainly, and

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Speaker 4: felt that way at the beginning of the process. That's

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Speaker 4: why I expressed it all right, thanks you as.

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Speaker 2: All of them, Matt Williams, all of them right.

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Speaker 3: Always competition sound like some good high Smith news.

901
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:37,120
Speaker 2: Sounds like some good high Smith news. You know. Mike

902
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Speaker 2: Tomlin's saying that he was close to a full participate

903
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Speaker 2: I believe was happening. And then ray Apolo I saw

904
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Speaker 2: on Twitter, asked high Smith about it in the locker

905
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Speaker 2: room after practice. Rayfa Apoulo the post because that, of course,

906
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Speaker 2: and high Smith said I'll be ready to you know,

907
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Speaker 2: not exact quote, but something along the lines of, I'll

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Speaker 2: be ready to go week one.

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Speaker 3: So good, okay, encourage it. They were feeling good about that,

910
00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,360
Speaker 3: feeling good. I hadn't thought about her Big until they

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Speaker 3: brought him up, but I did forget that he left

912
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Speaker 3: the Tampa game. And yeah, you know, but I assumed

913
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Speaker 3: he'd be ready to roll.

914
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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly right. So high Smith says he expects to play.

915
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Speaker 2: Sounds like, you know, maybe some some good news potentially

916
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Speaker 2: on her Big as well too, But obviously we'll wait

917
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Speaker 2: to those initial injury reports next week to get our

918
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Speaker 2: kind of first glance at everything.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I mean sometimes roster construction will tell you

920
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Speaker 3: a little bit too of you know, who they expect

921
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Speaker 3: to play a week one and who they don't. You know,

922
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Speaker 3: if they keep an extra they keep an extra outside

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Speaker 3: linebacker Leah or one of those guys we didn't even

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Speaker 3: bring his name up.

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Speaker 2: He's right, right, right, exactly, a great point. There'll be

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Speaker 2: some tea leaves stuff there as well too, from how

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Speaker 2: the fifty three man roster shakes out tomorrow. Of course, again,

928
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Speaker 2: those are due by four o'clock, and so Matt and

929
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Speaker 2: I will have the roster by the time we go

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Speaker 2: on air, and plenty to react to as it relates

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Speaker 2: to that. But that's it for the first hour of

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Speaker 2: the show. Matt, I saw this this morning. Cody tweeted us,

933
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Speaker 2: and he says that he's really enjoying our around the

934
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Speaker 2: league segments. He likes it when we sprinkle in some

935
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Speaker 2: college football talk. Two takes up the Steeler Talk just

936
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Speaker 2: enough to catch up on what else is going on

937
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Speaker 2: around football. Well, how about this, There's a couple of

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Speaker 2: significant things going on around the NFL today. Here, we'll

939
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:11,320
Speaker 2: do a little around the league when we return on

940
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Speaker 2: the other sides. I work for you, well, Shooler, Matt Williamson.

941
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Speaker 2: Halfway home. Hour in the books, another hour to go.

942
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Speaker 2: It is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio on the

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Speaker 2: Steelers Audio Network.