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Speaker 2: Rolling along here on this Wednesday afternoon practice is the

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Speaker 2: afternoon approaches the evening. We Shooler and Matt Williamson with

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Speaker 2: you here on Steelers Radio. It's the bonus hour of

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Speaker 2: the drop here as we are in what is probably

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Speaker 2: the final minutes practice here, we got a little seven

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Speaker 2: on seven action going on in front of us. Matt

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Speaker 2: as a looks like the Austin King the Rhone.

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Speaker 3: If you will yep, I read on eighteen yard yep,

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Speaker 3: eighteen yards, eighteen yards an inn here as we will

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Speaker 3: keep you keep you posted with everything that's going on

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Speaker 3: at the end of a practice.

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Speaker 2: As another good day of work for the Steelers here today,

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Speaker 2: another active day, another high energy day, and coming down

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Speaker 2: the home stretch here is Aaron Rodgers will break the

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Speaker 2: huddle and he gets the snap and he's looking left

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Speaker 2: across the middle of the field, well covered by the defense.

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Speaker 2: He'll roll out and just kind of throw this one away.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, realize, I'm really realized.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not gonna have this much time in an

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Speaker 2: actual game setting. And so he just throws that one away,

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Speaker 2: well covered by the defense.

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Speaker 4: It was exactly what you're looking for from the defense there,

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Speaker 4: and Rogers are smart enough that's not to hold it

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Speaker 4: for ten seconds and make them covered.

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Speaker 2: You know, certainly, certainly, we'll bring you a couple more

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Speaker 2: of these reps here. We'll get back to some tweets.

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Speaker 2: We've got some new Aaron Rodgers speaking right before practice.

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Speaker 2: We just got that audio as well too, that we're

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Speaker 2: gonna play some for you in this hour, so plenty

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Speaker 2: to get to Washington Metcalf and Scotty Miller outright, and

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Speaker 2: now Washington will move in motion. Aaron Rodgers takes the snap,

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Speaker 2: he's looking that way, fires for Roman Wilson and broke

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Speaker 2: it up nicely by Brandon Eckles. Although Roman Wilson is

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Speaker 2: saying he was on his back holding them in that.

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Speaker 4: One, he might have a case on that one.

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Speaker 2: Calling for the flag there. But Tarah Austin, Uh, well,

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Speaker 2: I don't know. Ta maybe might be an agreeing with

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Speaker 2: him in the back of this. At first I thought

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Speaker 2: t A was saying no, but it looked more like

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Speaker 2: he was like, yeah, you know, it's a little handsy

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Speaker 2: on that one. Is he is?

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Speaker 1: He?

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Speaker 2: You know, has has a word or two with Brandon

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Speaker 2: Eckles about that rep the first team staying out here

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Speaker 2: Pat Fryremouth checking in now to be part of this drill.

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Speaker 2: The offense will now take the ball at the six

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Speaker 2: yard line, working in towards the end zone here.

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Speaker 4: I wonder how they figure that out. It's a good question, Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I mean.

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Speaker 2: Just different situational stuff.

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Speaker 4: I'm sure I'm in different play calls I want to

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Speaker 4: use from here. I mean, I'm sure it's a play

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Speaker 4: caller conversation between defense coordinator offense coordinator. Like, man, I

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Speaker 4: don't know what to do in this gray area of

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Speaker 4: zoned plan or boy, I signed up a room for

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Speaker 4: me to run this route combination. But let's let's test

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Speaker 4: it and good showing specific play you want to on tape,

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Speaker 4: right yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, absolutely good showing for the defense there.

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Speaker 2: In that period, let's get back. We'll kind of bob

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Speaker 2: and weed between the tweets and what's going on here

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Speaker 2: on the field to close down practice. Matt me tweets

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Speaker 2: us and says, I feel that the window for general

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Speaker 2: manager Omar Khan to get a wide receiver two has

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Speaker 2: closed unless it ends up being a big trade. That

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Speaker 2: being said, are we in the same boat as last year?

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Speaker 2: Are we situated better? And number two, what's your go

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Speaker 2: to order at basking Robins.

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Speaker 2: I haven't been to a basket Robinson a long time. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I have been saying I've been hitting the ice cream

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Speaker 4: after lunch before our show. It's a nice little end

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Speaker 2: I'm with you on that same boat as last year,

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Speaker 2: better situated, I would say, I would say slightly better situation.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but it's familiar. Yeah, I mean there's one big dog.

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Speaker 4: I think Metcalf's a little more trustworthy than Pickings in

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Speaker 4: all phases of football playerdom. I think at this point Wilson,

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Speaker 4: well not Wilson Austin is more trustworthy than he was

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Speaker 4: one year ago. And again he was a crossroads player

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Speaker 4: for me then. But you're sort of in the same neighborhood.

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Speaker 4: I mean, you're still shopping in the same I don't

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Speaker 4: that's gonna be a Steeler move. I mean that's a

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Speaker 4: huge move. But a Christian Kirk, a Romeo Daub, somebody

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Speaker 4: where these teams are at. So these things don't have

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Speaker 4: to happen overnight, you know, no.

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Speaker 2: They don't. But I do also understand the kind of

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Speaker 2: looking at it as I've seen this fish before.

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Speaker 4: You know, yeah, I do too.

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Speaker 2: It feels like a similar situation. I totally get that.

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Speaker 4: I mean, the the ayuk PTSD is real.

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Speaker 2: Notel no doubt. Steel a Nation nine twenty tweets us

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Speaker 2: and says, which rookie is standing out the most and why? Also,

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Speaker 2: today's my ninth wedding anniversary. My wife loves chardonay. Do

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Speaker 2: you have any recommendations?

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Speaker 4: I can't help you on that. I'm not a white

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Speaker 4: wine dude, do you have any I am.

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Speaker 2: Not a white I'm a I'm a cabernet guy and

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Speaker 4: I like dark red.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll do a mall Becker a Merle from time

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Speaker 2: to time, but I'm a cab guy. So whatever she.

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Speaker 4: Likes, I mean to make her happy on your ninth

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Speaker 2: Right, exactly right, and happy anniversary is my wife and

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Speaker 2: I just celebrated our ninth about a week ago. Oh wow,

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Speaker 2: Which rookie is standing out the most and why? I

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Speaker 4: Harmon, right, Yeah, I think that's safe. Right. I mean,

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Speaker 2: He's a wine pick and you didn't have a second round.

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Speaker 4: He's been highly disruptive, just like he was in college.

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Speaker 4: I think, you you know, sometimes you don't know what

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Speaker 4: I think him being here, that's what I paid for.

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Speaker 4: That's what I bought, and that's what I got. You know,

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Speaker 4: that's great. Totally, Yeah, totally.

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Speaker 2: Let's see here a couple more tweets that we can

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Speaker 2: get to. Jeff tweets and says, on a scale of

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Speaker 2: one to ten, concern level for Broderick Jones five.

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Speaker 2: I was gonna say, I I there is there's certainly

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Speaker 4: Yeah, consistency, I need to see more, but trustworthiness.

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Speaker 2: But I were not really going to determine that until September.

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Speaker 2: those things, we still aren't going to know until the

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Speaker 4: I'm excited to watch joint practice with him. I mean,

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Speaker 4: that's a totally I don't know how many preseason reps

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Speaker 4: will get them some and I'm definitely gonna put value

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Speaker 4: in those, but I can't say my opinion has changed

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree.

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Speaker 4: I bet he's comfortable being on the left side exclusively.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but this is one of those things we're going

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Speaker 4: Judging, implying these out of the woods that they're fine there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, right, right, this is something we're going to really

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and Jets have some good as rushers.

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Speaker 2: We'll see that they sure do, they sure do. Uh

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Speaker 2: Swing State Sampson wants to know a little projecting here,

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Speaker 4: kind of Warren's gonna be tough to unseat from a

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Speaker 4: But yeah, I think big Warren guy.

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Speaker 2: I think I think Jalen Warren's been been primed for

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Speaker 2: When is the season starts in tendency's form? Good question.

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Speaker 4: I would say defensive, I guess just because you see

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Speaker 4: Ramsey trade. To me, that a lot of pieces that

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Speaker 4: I don't want to be making a lot of substitutions.

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Speaker 4: Moves a motion man.

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Speaker 2: They'll reset the sticks Fraser quickly getting that ball back

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Speaker 2: I think I think some some uh some Johnson props

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Speaker 4: Yeah. I know some folks that do pretty well with

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Speaker 4: I know you can put like preseason DFS lineups in

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Speaker 2: Yeah, listen, Matt in twenty twenty five, in today's age,

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Speaker 4: For the Steelers are a dog in Jacksonville too.

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Speaker 2: I think so. I think that that would make sense.

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Speaker 2: That the helicopter was a low to the field there.

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Speaker 2: I think that's what the coach was looking up at it.

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Speaker 2: I think he was like, let's wait till this helicopter

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Speaker 2: comes zooming by before we attempt this field goal? All right,

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Speaker 2: Ben Saws from thirty nine yards? That was that thing was, man,

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Speaker 2: You could see the shadow all over the field there.

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Speaker 2: That was a low flying helicopter. As the snap is up,

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Speaker 2: snap is good and Sauls drills it for the offense

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Speaker 2: to get some points.

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Speaker 4: There we are very close to an airport as we.

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Speaker 2: Are right across the street. Be it for practice.

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Speaker 4: I think are not happy that this we got two plays? Yep, Hey,

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Speaker 4: I think you know that's the way it works.

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Speaker 2: That's the way it works. Absolutely better not the way

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Speaker 2: that they wanted to end it, but better week here

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Speaker 2: so far for the offense.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, especially the top dogs Rogers in particular. But yeah,

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Speaker 4: I'm a little more encouraged. I think things are starting

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Speaker 4: to gel. And folks, we warned you. I mean, it

457
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Speaker 4: takes a while for the offense, especially with this many

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Speaker 4: new parts. I mean, I can't stress this enough. They're

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Speaker 4: the only team in the league that is guaranteed to

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Speaker 4: have a new leading passer, rusher, and receiver. I mean

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Speaker 4: that's rare, it's only guaranteed, guaranteed. Yeah, that is definitely

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Speaker 4: going to happen, no matter who gets hurt between now

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Speaker 4: and when.

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Speaker 2: You know, when we did that at the first week

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Speaker 2: of camp, when we were talking about that, I think,

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Speaker 2: what just twelve or thirteen teams that has happened eight

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Speaker 2: seventy eight. So a long law doesn't happen, a period

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Speaker 2: doesn't happen often, So it's gonna take some time. But

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Speaker 2: we're starting to see it all come together. Here another

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Speaker 2: practice in the Books for the Steelers. Give you some

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Speaker 2: final thoughts on that. Maybe get to some more of your

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Speaker 2: tweaks as well too. Also hear what Aaron Rodgers had

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Speaker 2: to say today when we returned so plenty in our

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Speaker 2: Practicing the Books for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Here on a

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Speaker 2: great day for it on a Wednesday. Yeah, really, this

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Speaker 2: week's been awesome weather. It's been so great now doubt, doubt,

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Speaker 2: a lot of a lot of rain, a lot of

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Speaker 2: thunder and lightning and extreme heat there in the first

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Speaker 2: kind of week and a half or so of camp.

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Speaker 2: But this week's been awesome. It's been it's been in

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Speaker 2: the seventies, it's been sonny and.

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Speaker 4: Uh, fields are still in nice shape and yeah.

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Speaker 2: Good shape. A lot of good work that's been happening

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Speaker 2: out here, without a doubt, uh this week so far,

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Speaker 2: and of course at the forefront of a lot of

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Speaker 2: that has been Aaron Rodgers. Absolutely a little frustrated with

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Speaker 2: the way the practice ended today, but I think I

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Speaker 2: think he's turned a.

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Speaker 6: Little bit of a corner last couple of days. Very

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Speaker 6: good way to put crisp. He's been crisp, he's been sharp.

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Speaker 6: Him and DK metcalf, you know, feel like they're starting

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Speaker 6: to come together and gel on the same page. And

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Speaker 6: so before today's practice.

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Speaker 4: A couple.

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Speaker 2: As a John new Smith is down there working the

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Speaker 2: jugs machine as usual, no doubt, but Aaron Rodgers, just

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Speaker 2: before practice, so what about four hours ago, took some

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Speaker 2: time to meet with the media and talk about his

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Speaker 2: experience in camp to this point. Some of those things

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Speaker 2: that Matt and I touched on this offense starting to

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Speaker 2: gel and come together. Here's what QB Won had to

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Speaker 2: say this afternoon.

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Speaker 7: I don't I wouldn't say it was ever fuzzy. I

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Speaker 7: might have said the image was fuzzy. But the players

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Speaker 7: are rolling off good and I feel good about the offense,

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Speaker 7: much better than last week.

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Speaker 4: Mike said he thought you were in command yesterday two minute.

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Speaker 4: Would you have a silver feeling?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, we just got to get the rest back out

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Speaker 8: there so we'd get that call.

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Speaker 6: Did yesterday feel like things were clicking a little bit

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Speaker 6: more for the offense, like maybe that was a moment

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Speaker 6: where the peat was kind of turning?

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Speaker 8: Well, I mean, I think we've we've been clicking the.

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Speaker 7: Last three or four days much better. Our defense, you know,

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Speaker 7: it's obviously we added a lot of pieces to it.

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Speaker 7: Always early in camp with the Pats go on, the

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Speaker 7: defense seems to have the upper edge, and then the

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Speaker 7: second week it starts to turn a little bit.

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Speaker 8: So I feel like we've been playing better the last

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Speaker 8: week and a half.

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Speaker 7: Roman said that he really appreciated like working with you

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Speaker 7: and learning and how to get.

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Speaker 4: Better with you.

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Speaker 2: What if you see in him is just how he

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Speaker 2: works and working to get better with you get the beat.

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Speaker 8: I would say, Roman, just like uh and really all

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Speaker 8: our guys they really care about it.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 7: I noticed that when they came out to out West,

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Speaker 7: just to see their their attention to detail and and

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Speaker 7: their willingness to learn. So Roe, you know, I just

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Speaker 7: gotta get a row out of his head a little bit,

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Speaker 7: you know, cause I think he's he's he's such a

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Speaker 7: good kid. He cares so much about whether it's my

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Speaker 7: approval or he's doing it right. And he just gotta

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Speaker 7: trust himself because he's so damn talented. You know, the

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Speaker 7: more he can play free and not not think out there,

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Speaker 7: the better he's gonna play. So the more he can

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Speaker 7: just trust what he's got and then just go out.

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Speaker 8: And react, the better he's gonna play. Karon, what what

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Speaker 8: he fights you most about?

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Speaker 2: Playing in the genre, It's.

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Speaker 7: Been the relationship with with Arthur, you know, to have

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Speaker 7: a guy that, uh we say yesterday for like uh

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Speaker 7: two and a half hours, you know, just talk and

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Speaker 7: ball and it's not all like X's knows it's you know,

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Speaker 7: it's storytelling from time to time. But he's he's not

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Speaker 7: a rigid guy at all, you know, so anything that

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Speaker 7: ideas that I have or ideas that you know, some

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Speaker 7: of the receivers are given to me.

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Speaker 8: To give to him.

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Speaker 7: You know, everything is taken into consideration, which I really appreciated,

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Speaker 7: and uh, and we're installing it. I mean the last

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Speaker 7: few days we've installed stuff that I've gone back and

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Speaker 7: looked at from the past or other guys have had,

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Speaker 7: you know, similar ideas.

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Speaker 8: Because we have a little open form in my room.

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Speaker 7: Anytime you want to come in and suggest something or

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Speaker 7: get on the same page about something, let me know

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Speaker 7: because I'll I'll take it right to art. But I'm

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Speaker 7: just really enjoying him a lot as persons and just

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Speaker 7: the way he leads in front of the room.

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Speaker 8: And it's been, uh been a lot of fun. So

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Speaker 8: um any advice too.

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Speaker 7: Well, now that he's kind of losing an opportunity to

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Speaker 7: preseason most likely and working as a doctor.

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Speaker 8: And injury, uh yeah, I mean it sucks.

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Speaker 7: It sucks for him for sure, but uh, because he

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Speaker 7: had such a nice camp as a young player and

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Speaker 7: then watching him in mini camp and just seeing his

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Speaker 7: you know, I'll come in of the offense and the uh.

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Speaker 7: But this year is is a growth here, right, I

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Speaker 7: it's a year to uh, to watch and learn and

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Speaker 7: obviously better himself.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 8: This will just be a minor setback for him, you know.

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Speaker 4: Uh, it would have.

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Speaker 7: Been great to see him get some live reps in

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Speaker 7: the preseason, but uh, I'm not sure when he's gonna

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Speaker 7: be back. Hopefully he's back in time to to take

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Speaker 7: maybe the second or third game. But either way, you know,

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Speaker 7: this is a year for him to grow and learn

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Speaker 7: and get his body the way he wants to get

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Speaker 7: him and get ready to to be the guy for.

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Speaker 8: A long time.

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Speaker 2: Aaron, would you want some reps in preseason?

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Speaker 8: Is it something that you think of personal.

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Speaker 4: Value for you with with the new team.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean that's interesting conversation. I think, Uh, Mike

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Speaker 7: and I have that at some point. I'm not I

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Speaker 7: don't think it's in the plan for me to play

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Speaker 7: this week, but uh, whatever Mike wants to do, I'm

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Speaker 7: fully on board. Who wants me to go out there

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Speaker 7: and play, I'll play.

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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 7: If not, then I won't. I've said a lot, you know,

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Speaker 7: with all due respect, then I can say whatever I want.

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Speaker 7: Preseason football is not necessarily real football, uh, because the

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Speaker 7: defenses just don't do a whole lot, and the offenses

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Speaker 7: don't either. So you go out there with a very

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Speaker 7: limited playbook against the defenses playing one eye zone, one

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Speaker 7: I man or two I zone and there's not much pressure.

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Speaker 7: There's oftentimes communication between the coaches about hey, we're not

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Speaker 7: gonna pressure this week, or hey we need to see

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Speaker 7: a little bit of pressure. It's really about the operation now,

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Speaker 7: that is where you can actually gain something when the

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Speaker 7: preseason is you got forty seconds, right, there's a play

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Speaker 7: clock out here, but it's not always adhere to.

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Speaker 8: So you have forty.

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Speaker 7: Seconds to call the play, they get the last scrimmage,

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Speaker 7: they get us in the right situation and to go

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Speaker 7: out and do it. And I think there's something to

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Speaker 7: be gained for that. But as opposed to kind of

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Speaker 7: when I got in the league, I would say there's

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Speaker 7: less schematic stuff that you're gonna see in the regular season.

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Speaker 2: Do you feel like you're at it the kind of

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Speaker 2: rebuilding process that the receivers and what goes into that

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Speaker 2: book on and off.

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Speaker 4: Of the field.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean there's a conversation I think is the

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Speaker 7: most portant thing. So talking through every issue arts done

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Speaker 7: a nice job of allowing me to take some time

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Speaker 7: in some of the meetings to kind of go through.

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Speaker 8: The film with the guys.

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Speaker 7: And they all have position coaches, which is important to

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Speaker 7: get coached up by the position coach. But uh, you know,

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Speaker 7: as parents, right, sometimes you tell your kid a bunch

642
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Speaker 7: of stuff and they only get it when somebody else

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Speaker 7: says it and you're over there like I've been saying.

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Speaker 8: This forever, that's kind of out.

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Speaker 7: As for a position coach sometimes or they tell them

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Speaker 7: the right thing all the time, but it might not

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Speaker 7: be until they are for me or hear from the

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Speaker 7: park or it actually kicks in. And that's just the

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Speaker 7: nature of life and in our business. So it's good

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Speaker 7: for me to speak up from time to time. And

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Speaker 7: also you pull them aside and block room and pull

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Speaker 7: them side on the field, and then you've got to

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Speaker 7: open for him in my room or or one of

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Speaker 7: their rooms after practice.

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Speaker 4: Aaron, when you try to go to Wolfing on that

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Speaker 4: play or.

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Speaker 8: Did that cover tick tick that where you throw them the ball,

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Speaker 8: It's like that was a cover coverage dictated that one.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, you're getting preseason football, isn't the old football?

660
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Speaker 2: Are you able to kind of supplement that with the

661
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,720
Speaker 2: joint practices. Does that is that more of a benefit

662
00:29:58,760 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 2: than preseason football.

663
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Speaker 7: Yes, I believe so for the for the first team,

664
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Speaker 7: because teams are especially most of the joint practices, I

665
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 7: would say, you're not gonna play that team in the

666
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 7: regular season, so they're less worried about showing things that

667
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:15,160
Speaker 7: they want to work on. And even though they're usually

668
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 7: are cameras there and it's filmed, they're less skiddish about

669
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Speaker 7: running the stuff they've been running off camp that they're

670
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Speaker 7: gonna try and do in the regular season against another

671
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Speaker 7: team that you're not gonna play in the regular season.

672
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Speaker 7: So I find I've found those beneficial as long as

673
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Speaker 7: there's not a lot of fights.

674
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Speaker 8: I think they're they're a good work day for the.

675
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Speaker 1: First for the first team, two more guys, two more,

676
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 1: you're getting the right.

677
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:39,520
Speaker 4: A lot of work this camp.

678
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Speaker 7: As far as the reps, I think you've only had

679
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,880
Speaker 7: one day off when you feel you're getting what you need.

680
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:48,040
Speaker 8: I love that one day off, Thank you Mike for

681
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 8: that one.

682
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,280
Speaker 7: But we really got two days off if you look

683
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Speaker 7: at it, because we got rained out that one day

684
00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:53,960
Speaker 7: and did a walk through.

685
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Speaker 8: So I feel good.

686
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,040
Speaker 7: You know, I'm not begging for.

687
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Speaker 8: For off days, but anytime Mike wants.

688
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:01,360
Speaker 7: To lighten my load, I won't.

689
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 8: I won't complain.

690
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 2: Last one guy's good.

691
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:04,400
Speaker 4: Aaron.

692
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Speaker 2: You mentioned that you open your door for your teammates.

693
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 2: Have you seen a lot of guys take advantage of

694
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Speaker 2: that and feel comfortable coming to you with with questions?

695
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, I have, I have.

696
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 7: I think that's an important part of it, just letting

697
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 7: those guys know that there's no dictatorship here. It's not

698
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 7: arts dictatorship or mine. It's we want to talk about

699
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,480
Speaker 7: all the issues and all the things you're seeing, and

700
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 7: whether it's a text message or come into my room

701
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 7: and having a conversation like those are invaluable times to

702
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 7: get on the same page with the guys because when

703
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,280
Speaker 7: I'm out there, I don't want anything to be left unsaid.

704
00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 7: So I'd rather hit it on the front end and

705
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 7: if then something comes happen, in practice, hit on the

706
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 7: back end instead of trusting, you know, get to get

707
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,479
Speaker 7: figured out on its own. So it's been it's been

708
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 7: a good process for us. Ben is the one that

709
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 7: comes in the most. He doesn't really knock anymore, but

710
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 7: that's Ben's personality.

711
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:56,000
Speaker 4: The opportunity for.

712
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Speaker 2: I enjoyed listener to that guy talk, Paul.

713
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, Aaron rod pretty media savvy, and he was a

714
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 4: little bit about the game and been around the block.

715
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 4: And nothing's taking that guy by storm, to say the least.

716
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 4: It's so poised and deliberate and impressive and impressive to

717
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,560
Speaker 4: see him walk around campus, walk around the cafeteria. How

718
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 4: he ends himself on the field, and I think the

719
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,480
Speaker 4: results on the field have been better. They certainly are

720
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 4: going the right way.

721
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 2: And you know, maybe that's one of those things along

722
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,840
Speaker 2: the lines too of you know, listen, Aaron Rodgers is

723
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,040
Speaker 2: in a you know, fresh off the lot ferrari anymore.

724
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 4: No, not at all, right.

725
00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 2: Right, maybe maybe like a you know, like maybe like

726
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 2: a classic kind of a sports car, muscle car. He

727
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,120
Speaker 2: just needs a few miles to get going, you know,

728
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:39,040
Speaker 2: burn off some of the.

729
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 4: Classic seventies vets.

730
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,320
Speaker 2: Exactly exactly right, and you got to burn off some

731
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 2: of the old uh, some of the old oil there

732
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 2: before you before you can really get the thing going.

733
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 4: But yeah, and while we were playing that, he was

734
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 4: holding court in the back of the end zone too,

735
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:53,800
Speaker 4: with a bunch of people around him. I assume he

736
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:55,240
Speaker 4: was signing and chatting with people.

737
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's still out here now talking with somebody on

738
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 2: the far sideline.

739
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 4: Oh, yeah, I'm sure that is.

740
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not sure who he's chatting with over there,

741
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,080
Speaker 2: but looks like somebody important.

742
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 4: Yeah.

743
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,920
Speaker 2: Roman Wilson working the jugs machine here, as are a

744
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,640
Speaker 2: couple of the other wide receivers on the near side.

745
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 2: As things are getting a little quiet here. Practice in

746
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:19,600
Speaker 2: the books now for about twenty minutes or so, and

747
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 2: most of the Steelers have exited the field. I see

748
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 2: Pat Fryarmouth still down there talking to some members of

749
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,000
Speaker 2: the media as well too. Like we said, some of

750
00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 2: the wide receivers working on some jugs machines. But that

751
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 2: will do it for this day of work for the

752
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Steelers. And again, I know we've said this a

753
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 2: few times, but I think people kind of jump in

754
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 2: and out throughout our coverage throughout the day. Two good

755
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,480
Speaker 2: practices so far this week, Matt, and I think it's

756
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 2: really been encouraging to see the offense start to find

757
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 2: their groove a little bit.

758
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 4: Yeah. Again, I think the timing and the passing game

759
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 4: is really showing up. There's a lot less palms in

760
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 4: the air, don't know where to be or what are

761
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 4: you supposed to do? And I think they're starting to

762
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 4: whip into shape a little bit. I think the line

763
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 4: has been much better better, I mean against a formidable

764
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 4: defensive front. The tight ends have been strong every step

765
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 4: of the way. It's hard to judge the running backs.

766
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 4: We were asked recently about the wide receiver position. I

767
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 4: think it's far from perfect, but the non Metcalf wide

768
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,759
Speaker 4: receivers I would say have improved as a group as well.

769
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:21,720
Speaker 2: Completely agree, completely agree. I'm feeling better about the wide receivers.

770
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 2: I'm feeling better about the offensive line. I'm feeling better

771
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:24,800
Speaker 2: about the quarterback.

772
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I wish Howard was going to be

773
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:28,640
Speaker 4: in the preseason game.

774
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,640
Speaker 2: Totally, and Mike Tomlin confirmed broken finger, he's gonna be

775
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 2: week the week. He'll at least be out for now. Yeah, Okay,

776
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,239
Speaker 2: will not need surgery, which is good news.

777
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,000
Speaker 4: Okay, this rowing hand I think it is.

778
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,879
Speaker 2: Yes, is great, pinky for Will Howard out this week

779
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,800
Speaker 2: and his week the week. Mike Toman also said Calvin

780
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,719
Speaker 2: Austin should be perking up soon.

781
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 4: Nice to have here tomorrow. YEP. I wonder what the

782
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,080
Speaker 4: did not participate list will look like tomorrow, he said.

783
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,719
Speaker 2: Derek Harmon is banged up, but doesn't seem like it's significant.

784
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:00,600
Speaker 2: Older guys were just being rested.

785
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,320
Speaker 4: Will Ramsey's nothing even those two days.

786
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,359
Speaker 2: In a row. Will Howard is out and his week

787
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,880
Speaker 2: the week with a pinky, and Calvin Austin should be

788
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:08,800
Speaker 2: perking up soon.

789
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 4: Okay. I don't know why, but I think this is

790
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 4: the one that I think we just won't see.

791
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,840
Speaker 2: For a while. Yes, I would, I would agree with people.

792
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 4: Were asking abou him at this point.

793
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt, no doubt. But that's kind of some

794
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,839
Speaker 2: of the housekeeping there for you. In terms of Mike

795
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 2: Tomlin's post practice remarks, reminder he will.

796
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 8: Will have a.

797
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 2: Full throttle, full fledged press conference tomorrow at noon talking

798
00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 2: about that preseason and Jackson.

799
00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:34,520
Speaker 4: I'll do something to chat about to before practice gets

800
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 4: really rolling.

801
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,000
Speaker 2: Absolutely will, absolutely will. So we got one more segment

802
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 2: to get to when we return. On the other side,

803
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 2: we will put a bow on this thing, cross our teas,

804
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 2: dot our eyes as we drive off of another day

805
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,840
Speaker 2: of a practice coverage. Here Wes Huler, Matt Williams, and

806
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:50,600
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807
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816
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Speaker 2: Final segment here from practice on a Wednesday, as campus

817
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,760
Speaker 2: is UH is coming to a close and getting quiet.

818
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 2: A couple of guys still working on the jocks machines.

819
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:47,440
Speaker 2: A couple dudes out there, Tristan Thompsons, Skyler Thompson.

820
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 4: I'm done being nice about that now. He's QB three

821
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 4: for come on, come on.

822
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:54,960
Speaker 2: Dude, Gosh almost made it.

823
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,680
Speaker 6: Will say his name a lot, Skylar Skyli Skylarkyl, and

824
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:00,000
Speaker 6: I will be think of breaking back.

825
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 2: But who's Walter White?

826
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:04,120
Speaker 4: Then?

827
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,319
Speaker 2: Out here? Where's Jesse Pinkman? I am a bad with

828
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 2: first names in general, as Skyler. Thompson goes over to

829
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 2: sign some autographs. Look at Skyler signing all those autographs.

830
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 4: Look at that Skyler right.

831
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 2: Just a couple of minutes ago, speaking to the media,

832
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,200
Speaker 2: some of the players down around us, one Thornhill said,

833
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:24,279
Speaker 2: and I quote, I think we have a chance to

834
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,759
Speaker 2: be the best defensive all time, seriously, and quote WHOA.

835
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:29,400
Speaker 2: I would just take being as good as like the

836
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 2: two thousand and five or two thousand and eight Steelers

837
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 2: defense would be fine with sure, It would be fine

838
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:33,719
Speaker 2: with me.

839
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,439
Speaker 4: Any of the steel Curtain would be okay by me too,

840
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 4: you know, I mean, top ten defense of all time.

841
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 4: I would probably take at this point tech I'm just

842
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:41,959
Speaker 4: best defense in the league.

843
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 2: Just best defense in the league this year would be fantastic.

844
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 4: Now best defense of all times a little insane, but

845
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 4: I love that feeling, that vibe, and I definitely think

846
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:54,879
Speaker 4: that they are having those kind of talks inside the walls.

847
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:56,439
Speaker 2: And that they know the expectations are high.

848
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:59,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, and I don't think I wouldn't say this fight

849
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:01,800
Speaker 4: in me in it. I don't think being the number

850
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:06,799
Speaker 4: one defense in the league is impossible or in or

851
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,359
Speaker 4: a crazy thought. Yep, Yeah, I mean I think there's

852
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:11,960
Speaker 4: five or six defenses floating around that could be, no

853
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,799
Speaker 4: doubt the best one out there, and they're on the

854
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:14,719
Speaker 4: short and this is one of them.

855
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:18,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I know listen motes and I get questions

856
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:19,799
Speaker 2: about this kind of stuff a lot, and I think

857
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 2: it's because, like we're both in our thirties and a

858
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 2: little bit younger. Yeah, yeah, Madden ranking stuff like every

859
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,480
Speaker 2: every year when that stuff comes out, like someone.

860
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:29,000
Speaker 4: Will just assume people take that as GOSF.

861
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,759
Speaker 2: And they'll be like, Miles Garrett's a ninety nine overall, TJ.

862
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 2: Watson ninety seven overall. What do you guys think about that?

863
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,239
Speaker 2: It's a video game? Yeah, I like the video game,

864
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:37,400
Speaker 2: but it.

865
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 4: Sounds like it's an advanced one, like they don't just

866
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:40,360
Speaker 4: pull it out of the totally.

867
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, Steelers are the number one rated defense and bad

868
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:42,919
Speaker 2: in the show?

869
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:43,399
Speaker 4: Are they really?

870
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 1: Yep?

871
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:45,719
Speaker 2: Okay, Ravens are up there, Broncos are.

872
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:49,880
Speaker 4: Up there in my short list, yep, But Houston Steelers are.

873
00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:50,080
Speaker 8: Yeah.

874
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 2: Houston was on the list. Eagles was on the listening

875
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:53,799
Speaker 2: Chiefs were in the top ten as well too. Yeah,

876
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:56,759
Speaker 2: it doesn't chock me, but yeah, Steelers were the number

877
00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 2: one overall the defense. Uh Mark tweets us and says,

878
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 2: I I mean to ask you, guys, should we can

879
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,439
Speaker 2: be should we be concerned about the lack of live

880
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,319
Speaker 2: work and the running game so far in camp For

881
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 2: an offense predicated on the run, they sure don't seem

882
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:12,680
Speaker 2: to be working on it too much. It's hard fair question,

883
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:14,799
Speaker 2: but it's also a fair question, not just as easy

884
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 2: as like, let's let's line up and you know, run

885
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 2: seven or correct.

886
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 4: Should we be concerned? No, because I do think there

887
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 4: will be a lot of live bullet running game work

888
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 4: to come. Yes, some tomorrow, a lot in the joint practice,

889
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 4: a ton in three preseason games, so let's hold off

890
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 4: on that. It's I understand the question too. I mean

891
00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 4: it's a run first team. You got to stress to run.

892
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 4: It's just not how the CBA is designed either. I mean,

893
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 4: there's that acclimation period you can work on run fits

894
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,360
Speaker 4: and things like that, but run game is a physical

895
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:59,319
Speaker 4: nature that you're not even allowed to do. We did

896
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:02,560
Speaker 4: lose a padded practice to rain. I mean, who's to

897
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:05,719
Speaker 4: say how much they would have done there? But I

898
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,920
Speaker 4: get the question, but let's not overreact. There's there's still

899
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,799
Speaker 4: a lot of run stuff to see. Let's see how

900
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:14,800
Speaker 4: they run the ball in Jacksonville, you know, to be

901
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 4: a good start.

902
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:16,360
Speaker 2: But I think it's a fair question.

903
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:17,280
Speaker 4: It is a fair question.

904
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,320
Speaker 2: Fair question. I get we still got a couple of

905
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Speaker 2: weeks in that process.

906
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:20,919
Speaker 4: We do.

907
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:23,520
Speaker 2: We didn't do an around the league segment today, but.

908
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,919
Speaker 4: Interesting there many news I didn't see much.

909
00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:30,839
Speaker 2: Not really Okay, pretty quiet day today, But Joseph wants

910
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 2: to know from you. Fantasy football question. I'm in a

911
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:36,480
Speaker 2: keeper league and I can either keep Jaden Daniels or

912
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:38,600
Speaker 2: Justin Herbert. Who would you bet on to have a

913
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,560
Speaker 2: better season? And for context, past touchdowns are worth six

914
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 2: points in this league.

915
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 4: Okay, I'm a huge Herbert fan, but this is an

916
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 4: easy one. It's Daniels. Yeah. Like I do a lot

917
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:51,319
Speaker 4: of dynasty work where you keep quarterbacks forever, I mean

918
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 4: if you draft them in a rookie draft, even forever,

919
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 4: and the two highest ranked one ones in dynasty, which

920
00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 4: I agree with our Josh Allen is won. J Daniels

921
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,759
Speaker 4: is too. Lamar three. It hurts his four, but they're

922
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 4: the top four guys in redraft. Uh. For the future,

923
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 4: I think the Washington offense should be even better, they

924
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,280
Speaker 4: invested heavily in their own line. If they Kate McLaurin,

925
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,319
Speaker 4: you had debo to the mix as well. Daniels blew

926
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 4: my doors off in terms.

927
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:20,799
Speaker 2: Of very impressed with him last year.

928
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, and I liked them coming out of the LSU,

929
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,920
Speaker 4: But now I love him, you know, I mean he

930
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:29,280
Speaker 4: he is obviously a phenomenal athlete that goes out saying

931
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 4: but his poise and nothing's too big for him. They

932
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:36,879
Speaker 4: got a star there, and it does. It wouldn't blow

933
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:38,880
Speaker 4: me away much like Stroud a year ago, who was

934
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 4: also second pick and was you know, blow your door

935
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 4: off that the league might catch up a little bit

936
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:44,839
Speaker 4: on fire. Yeah.

937
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 8: Two.

938
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:47,759
Speaker 4: I mean there's three defensive coordinators the NFC spending a

939
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,839
Speaker 4: lot of time breaking down his tape. Right now, I'm

940
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,279
Speaker 4: gonna make him do different things, so it might not

941
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:56,120
Speaker 4: be as good. And Herbert's great, But in terms of

942
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 4: like keepers and things like that, the only guy I

943
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:01,160
Speaker 4: would even consider trading the Angels four is probably Allen

944
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:02,000
Speaker 4: or maybe Lamar.

945
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, one of those guys that you know is putting

946
00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 2: right right right a year after year after year.

947
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:09,080
Speaker 4: And if you guys ever want to shoot fantasy questions,

948
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:10,799
Speaker 4: we can it's starting to be a heavy fantasy season.

949
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, we're coming up on fantasy draft seats. In fact,

950
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:17,400
Speaker 2: got mina, I think two weeks from today. Okay, Lemu

951
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,319
Speaker 2: sixty seven, I think he's one. You might be one

952
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 2: off there, but Lemu sixty seven. He's going with that,

953
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:26,799
Speaker 2: tweets us and says offensive line their performance and their

954
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:28,799
Speaker 2: lack of quality depth. Is that going to be an

955
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 2: achilles heel for the Steelers this season? Could be I'm

956
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:33,439
Speaker 2: not there yet, but it could be. Yeah.

957
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 4: I mean if I wrote I was creative writing major,

958
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:38,560
Speaker 4: and I always do this, Like if I wrote a

959
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:41,439
Speaker 4: story for my professors back in the day of how

960
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:45,600
Speaker 4: things went sideways for the season, that would be high

961
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:47,880
Speaker 4: on my list of you know, an O line injury

962
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:51,399
Speaker 4: or two. Jones takes a step backwards. See Jamal lou

963
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:54,319
Speaker 4: takes a step backwards at his age. No one on

964
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:57,759
Speaker 4: the of the two's really steps up. I think that's

965
00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:59,120
Speaker 4: a very believable story.

966
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 2: Maybe Fraser in Falton, who were good but they're not

967
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:02,920
Speaker 2: all pro right.

968
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 4: Okay, like they're about where they were or whatever. An

969
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:09,920
Speaker 4: injury or two. But I'm also more encouraged by the

970
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:12,839
Speaker 4: two's now than I was a couple of days ago too.

971
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 4: You know, Cook seems to be getting more looks. Spencer

972
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:20,000
Speaker 4: Anderson I think is reliable. I think McCollum's an OK

973
00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:23,240
Speaker 4: two Now. I wish they had last year's OH line depth,

974
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:26,239
Speaker 4: but that was kind of uncanny and it definitely worries me.

975
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:32,960
Speaker 4: So yeah, I mean again, there's the wide receiver position

976
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:37,240
Speaker 4: in O line or two that could make things more difficult.

977
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:39,920
Speaker 2: You know, no question, last one is going to go

978
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 2: to Scott and you kind of touched on this at

979
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 2: the start of the show, but that was almost three

980
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 2: hours ago.

981
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:47,120
Speaker 4: For a while now, so with.

982
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 2: Will Howard out, does it make sense to bring in

983
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 2: another camp arm seems a little late to be helpful.

984
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 2: We know that Skyler Skyler will will now play a ton,

985
00:43:57,120 --> 00:44:01,640
Speaker 2: but any new arm might help you continue to evaluate

986
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 2: your depth offensive lines as well.

987
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,919
Speaker 4: What was Tomlin's wording, as you see out.

988
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:09,360
Speaker 2: Week the week week to week, no surgery.

989
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:12,799
Speaker 4: Okay, I guess that makes it kind of tough, you know, like,

990
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,839
Speaker 4: if you told me he's gonna be out a week now,

991
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 4: just live with what you got. If you told me

992
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:20,759
Speaker 4: he's gonna be out the rest of the preseason. I

993
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:23,359
Speaker 4: think you go get somebody. I don't know who those

994
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:25,759
Speaker 4: names are, to be honest with you. I mean, they

995
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 4: don't have to be huge names.

996
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:29,200
Speaker 2: To be fair. If they bring in another arm here

997
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:30,920
Speaker 2: in the next day or two, that might tell us

998
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:34,800
Speaker 2: that they're leaning a couple more weeks with Will Howard.

999
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:37,040
Speaker 4: That would one or two he's not playing in the

1000
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:39,160
Speaker 4: preseason if they were to sign someone the next day

1001
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:39,800
Speaker 4: or three.

1002
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:42,240
Speaker 2: Sometimes you just got to read the tea leaves.

1003
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,239
Speaker 4: Yeah, this is a tough one too, because ideally you'd

1004
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:48,919
Speaker 4: love a young type of dude, but they're all tied

1005
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,440
Speaker 4: up at the moment. I'm not trading for a quarterback,

1006
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:53,759
Speaker 4: that's for sure. I'm not giving you anything for a

1007
00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:55,600
Speaker 4: quarterback at this point because it's not gonna be a

1008
00:44:55,640 --> 00:44:56,520
Speaker 4: long term injury.

1009
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Speaker 2: And as you mentioned, a lot of the kind of

1010
00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 2: veteran guys that you might even can that are adding

1011
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:02,319
Speaker 2: at this point have just been nabbed in the last

1012
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 2: day or two, you know, Teddy Bridgewater.

1013
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:08,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, and those guys come in competing for twos too. Like,

1014
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:10,560
Speaker 4: I don't need any heat on Rudolph. He didn't do

1015
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:15,360
Speaker 4: anything wrong. I'm very happy with that. Your boy Skyler,

1016
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:19,760
Speaker 4: I think has shown that he can execute an offense.

1017
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:22,919
Speaker 4: I mean, maybe we'll watch the first preseason game be like, oh,

1018
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:24,799
Speaker 4: I can't get anything done with him. Maybe we have

1019
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 4: to go get somebody. But I think you give him

1020
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:28,640
Speaker 4: the benefit of the doubt, at least in Jacksonville.

1021
00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:31,560
Speaker 2: I think so too. I think that's a good kind

1022
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 2: of game plan for this week and then reevaluate Will

1023
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:36,799
Speaker 2: Howard in a few days and go from there.

1024
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,320
Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah, And they know better than we do. Is

1025
00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 4: week to week mean he's not playing the preseason or

1026
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:45,040
Speaker 4: maybe in preseason two he'll be all right because it.

1027
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:46,759
Speaker 2: Is maybe there's some hope that they could get him

1028
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:48,280
Speaker 2: into that a pinky game.

1029
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:49,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, if I'm sitting there looking at my hand,

1030
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,360
Speaker 4: like if I had to have one damaged from the

1031
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:54,400
Speaker 4: throwing hand, that would be it. But it's easy for

1032
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:56,240
Speaker 4: me to say too, it's not my pinky totally.

1033
00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 2: Totally. That will do it for today's program, Good show, Matt,

1034
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:02,480
Speaker 2: good stuff. One more tomorrow before we have a few

1035
00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:06,200
Speaker 2: days off for that preseason game. But of course you

1036
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:09,399
Speaker 2: know that we still have plenty more left on this

1037
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:12,200
Speaker 2: training camp plate. But that will be it for today.

1038
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Speaker 2: Our coverage will resume tomorrow morning at ten am in

1039
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,839
Speaker 2: the locker room with King and Starks as they will

1040
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:20,040
Speaker 2: set the stage for another day here on the campus

1041
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:22,680
Speaker 2: of Saint Vincent College. Big thanks to our guy Justin

1042
00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:24,719
Speaker 2: for producing it for us back at the ranch, and

1043
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 2: thanks to each and every one of Yin's who decided

1044
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:29,920
Speaker 2: to tweet us. And thanks to my guy Skyler for

1045
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,279
Speaker 2: still being down on the end zone signing autographs for

1046
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:36,360
Speaker 2: all the kids around there here still on campus. For

1047
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:39,080
Speaker 2: Matt Williamson, I'm wes Ueler. Take care everybody. We'll talk

1048
00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:40,960
Speaker 2: to you soon. As always, you know where to find us.

1049
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Speaker 2: It's on your twenty four to seven home of the

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Speaker 2: Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network.