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We don't go to the office, We build it. 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:51.400 Good afternoon, Steeler Nation. It's the Drive on the Steelers 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:54.120 Audio Network. What Shouler and Matt Williamson with you here 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:58.600 for the next three hours on this Tuesday, as another 0:00:58.680 --> 0:01:02.840 day of practice. The practice overall these second in pads 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:04.920 is in the books. And Matt, it was a hot 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:06.720 one today. It's hot out there right now. 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:08.880 Yeah, it seems to be getting warmer, that's for sure. 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:10.880 I mean, I didn't think when I came in watching 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:13.839 practice it was scorching, but starting to heat up, starting 0:01:13.840 --> 0:01:16.640 to feel I'm not ready called the dog days or 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:19.959 anything of that nature, but it is. You know, we're 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:22.240 into this thing now and it's a padded practice, and 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:25.520 it's no longer we haven't seen much. I can't you 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:27.319 know before you know what this thing's will be over. 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:29.240 We're near in the halfway mark. 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:32.720 We absolutely are. It happens very fast, and not just 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:35.240 the pace of the Mike McCarthy practices that are very fast, 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:39.360 but certainly these three weeks that just always seemed to 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:45.039 fly by. And it was another frantic practice today, high paced. Yeah, today, 0:01:45.080 --> 0:01:48.720 a lot going on, Matt, and I'd figure we'll start theirs. 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.320 That's probably what we'll do now that we're into again 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:54.800 more more substantial and lengthier practices. One hundred and ten 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:57.880 minute practice today, so just a little under two hours 0:01:58.160 --> 0:01:59.640 and a lot of ground covered. 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:01.920 I found out last night doing the Night Show with 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.520 Jerry that that's an NFL rule. Yes, So it goes 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:07.600 from acclimation to like yeah, yeah, to one hundred and 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:09.600 ten and then I think they can go up. I 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:11.880 don't know how many hundred and tens are allowed. Okay, 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:13.960 if you go over, it's a violation or whatever. 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:16.080 Yeah, and then I think at some point it can 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:18.040 be like one hundred and thirty minutes or something you 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:18.359 can get to. 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:20.239 I'm not sure what happened for that two hours. 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:22.200 Well I'm there in this thing. Yeah, but there's different 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:24.760 phases more than just pads and no pads. 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:28.720 Yes, yeah, yes, absolutely, absolutely everything is collectively bargained nowadays, 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:31.520 it seems in the structures and the time allotment in 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:35.120 practice is certainly no different, Matt. I had a couple 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:38.320 of observations for you, in fact, three specific players that 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:39.840 I wanted to talk to you about. 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:41.359 All that's a good place to start that I. 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:44.880 Thought really stood out today and have started to overall 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:50.400 carve out good camps for themselves. Let's start first, we start. 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:51.760 To that point, we'd be like, well, he's having a 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:52.600 good camp, you know. 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:55.119 Yes, you know, six practices in. It's starting to become 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:57.840 a trend, right, and one trend that I'm really liking, Matt. 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:00.200 And I know all of our listeners will like this, 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:02.840 and I know it warms your heart. But the first 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:04.760 round pick, he's the first one I want to talk 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:09.799 about here, mad Maxie Honacher looks the part. He already 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.840 he there hasn't seemingly been any rookie moments, not only 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:17.600 just in stature and watching him out there move around 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.480 as he look the part, but we've the last two 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:21.400 days seen him do a lot of one on one 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:25.160 pass rush stuff with everyone you know, from TJ. Watt 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:29.639 to Herbig and everyone in between, and man, not only 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:31.959 has he holding his own, he's really standing out as 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:34.200 a guy who might be one of their best offensive 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:36.120 linemen already or at least real soon. 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:39.880 Yes, and this is gonna sound loftier than it should, 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:43.560 but just bear with me for a second. That because 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:47.080 something that I repeated before I ever saw him any 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:49.440 Steeler helmet or pads or mini camp or any of 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:52.080 those things too. And everyone knows we were really high 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:56.119 on this guy pre draft. But it's Greg Cosell and 0:03:56.480 --> 0:04:00.440 or I forget who else. It might have been Dane. 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:01.160 I'm not sure. 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:03.840 There's two two of the analysts that I really like 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:07.320 that that you know or super draft oriented, and they 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:09.880 both said the same thing about Max and they said, hey, 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:12.920 he's not this guy and maybe he'll never be like 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:13.560 this guy. 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:15.160 And we know he doesn't played a. 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:19.160 Ton of football in his career, but he looks like 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:22.159 one of those elite and I don't use that word 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:26.880 very often, elite offensive tackles like a Walter Jones. 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:27.800 You know what I mean. I mean like Hall of 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:28.599 Fame type guys. 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:32.000 Just the way he holds his body, the way he moves, 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:34.720 what he was gifted with. 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:37.040 You know, from the womb, the stuff you can't coach. 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:39.560 Yeah, and obviously he's worked on his feet and you 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:41.800 know his size and strength and stuff too, and come 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:42.160 out of the. 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:43.760 Wom looking like that. 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:47.479 But he has the traits, I guess is the way 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:53.000 that the elite guys have. Now that's great. JaMarcus Russell 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:57.320 had elite traits, right. It's a wonderful start, don't get 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:01.080 me wrong. But just these last two days, and I 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:03.400 don't want to overreact to two days, they've done those 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:05.520 one on one line drills, which I think are the 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:08.480 highlight of these practices. Thus far, we've not seen backs 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:09.120 on backers. 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:12.560 But that's a full go. He's looked. 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:15.279 He's lived up to that, you know, just in terms 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:19.200 of quickness off the ball, knee bend, ankle flexion, to 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:23.360 be a real nerd, strength, stature, ability to redirect after 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:26.840 he's you know, maybe beaten, on the first move quickness. 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:28.480 I mean, he's. 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:32.280 Faced several different players and today is no exception. And 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:35.559 does he win every rep. No, But I haven't seen 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:37.640 a true weakness in his game. You even see him 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:41.320 lose like clear, you know, Sawyer often tries to go 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:44.800 right through them. What yesterday tried to bull rush him 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.200 right up the middle. None of that was, None of 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:50.000 that's worked at all on him. He just squats down, sits, 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:52.919 absorbs it, and then starts dishing out punishment with his 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:55.800 hands and starts to manhandle him when he's you know, 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.520 got got him in the middle of his frame. Guys 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:01.840 that are beating him with technique like what I saw 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:04.719 it once and then not again. Yep, her big with 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:08.360 his speed and explosion and bend. Okay, he kind of 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:10.840 pushed him up the arc on a rep, but it 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:12.159 was high up the arc. 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:14.200 And he was realized, right. 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:15.800 I mean, you could tell that was a different type 0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:19.480 of challenge for him. Let's just say he looks the part, yes, 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:21.000 And I couldn't be more excited. 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:23.360 This is what I had hoped. 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:26.880 And semi envisioned whenever we did a million mock drafts 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:30.560 before he was ever a Pittsburgh Steeler, and I think 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.440 they may go down in a week draft class and 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:35.600 look at this and be like, how did that guy 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:38.880 fall that twenty one first roun Yeah, I mean with 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:41.680 the trades premium position in premium trade. 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:46.160 Yeah, I'm with you. He's he's been very impressive. I 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:49.240 unfortunately yesterday I shared this with everybody, and you know, 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:51.279 you knew it. I was a little late to practice 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:55.000 yesterday because my youngest daughter and we just had some 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:57.080 stuff going on at home and you know, needed needed 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.240 to wait, so kids happened, you know, you know things 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:01.279 things happened when you have kids, and had to wait for, 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:03.440 you know, for some reinforcements to get there before I 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:06.920 could leave the house. So I missed that portion of 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:11.160 practice yesterday. The defensive lineman did one on ones, but 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:13.320 you would kind of painted the picture for me and 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:16.520 for our audience about how impressive Max was at his 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.720 first go round for that. So today I was all, uh, 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:22.680 all ready to go, and all all eyes were on 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:24.480 that drill for the for you know, the ten or 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:25.960 twelve minutes that that was going on. There was a 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:30.360 lot of other and you know, just in general, all 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:32.560 those guys on the offensive line or I think very 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:36.640 intriguing stories for their own reason, but especially Mad Max. 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:38.400 Wanted to get my first real look at him in 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:41.600 a contact, one on one situation and it did not 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:44.600 disappoint man. He looks the part, and I think the 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:47.960 Steelers might have an absolute stud on their hands. And 0:07:48.320 --> 0:07:49.480 in Big Mad Max. 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:53.200 They did some team stuff as well, where he'd come 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:54.320 off the ball in the run game. 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:56.000 Didn't disappoint there either. 0:07:56.560 --> 0:08:00.000 And these aren't you know, low down the line guys 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.480 playing again, I mean it's DJ Watt often, you know, 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:04.800 because Max is going to rotate at this point with 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:08.080 Cook at the right tackle position if people aren't aware 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:11.040 of how that's going. But I mentioned the labs while 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:13.360 we were watching this too. I'm like, sure, seems like 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:16.160 Cook's getting more and more snaps on the left side. 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:18.680 Is he in the process of becoming the swing tackle, 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:20.960 which very well could be the case. Like, I don't 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:24.840 know if Max knows's assignments. He's never been in the stadium. 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:26.320 As coach used to say, you know what. 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:28.320 I mean, seventy thousand people screaming right. 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:29.160 Lights and right. 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:30.800 I mean that doesn't mean that you can go to 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:32.920 Baltimore and trust him and all those things. 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:35.840 But I gotta think they have. 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:39.680 To be considering just say Cook, you're the three and 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:42.160 go from there or Broderick or whatever. But I mean 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:44.960 they may have a pair of bookends that rivals like 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:45.600 the Chargers. 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:48.960 You know, that would be a good position to find 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:52.000 yourself in. So that was the first guy specifically that 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.000 I wanted to talk about. Let's stay on the offense 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:55.880 because two of them are offensive players, ones on the 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:57.720 defensive side of the ball, So we'll stay on the 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:01.000 offense here. The other is Darnell Washington. Yeah, Mount Washington, 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:03.680 who Matt. I want to be very careful when I 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:06.000 say this, because it's not like he's walking around here 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:09.520 and noticeably dropped a bunch of weight, But he does 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:13.880 look like he's trimmed down just a little slightly, and man, 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:17.480 I think, man, he's moving fluidly and getting out in routes. 0:09:17.640 --> 0:09:20.360 And again, not that he lost a ton of weight, 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:23.720 not that he is like noticeably thin or anything like that. 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:26.560 Yeah he's not two forty, yeah, exactly right, exactly right, 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.120 But he just looks a little more trim and a 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:31.720 little more mobile, little more fluid out there, and he's 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.280 looked he's looked really good running around, maybe a little 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:38.080 extra burst to his game and and wow, I think 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:40.440 he's going to just be a weapon and punish some 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:41.240 people this season. 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:43.920 So Brian Backo was just sitting there with us for 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:45.680 fifteen minutes or whatever, and we kind of had this 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:50.120 conversation while practice was going on. And to Brian's you know, credit, 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:53.240 you kind of believe some of these things with a 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:54.720 grain of salt, And he was the same way, and 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:57.080 he's like, I guess he asked Washington, you know what 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:00.400 you weigh and he's like, it doesn't tell you the 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:04.440 numbers and all those things too. But also Washington said 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:07.600 something along the lines of, more than any off season, 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:11.000 I've been really working on my conditioning, which smells a 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:14.160 lot like best Shape your life cliche, you know, right right, 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:16.160 I mean that's what players his age. 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:17.840 I'll buy it, though, yeah. 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.720 Because I mean Rob's every practice I've watched with Rob, 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:22.560 he says it over and over. He's like, he looks 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.559 different to me. He looks skinnier, and just focusing on him, 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:29.479 his waiste in particular seems trimmer, you know, like he looks. 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:31.840 More ripped. 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.160 I mean again, you know, like he's it probably got 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:36.640 a little bit of the the baby weight off him, 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:38.559 a little bit, some of the softness, and he never 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:40.560 had like a gut or anything. He's just an enormous 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:42.679 human being. But you could just see that he's a 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:45.480 little more tapered. He's a little leaper. That's that's the 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:47.320 word I was looking for for the last minute or two. 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:50.360 And you're right, I think he moves better. I mean, 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:54.320 he's never going to be fast by by tight ends. 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:55.640 We're never going to call him twitchy. 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:59.719 No, but there was times where his feet would stick 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.720 in the g for a while. Bronosaurus steps on the 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:06.160 end and takes a second to get going. Now he 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:09.160 seems to open it up quicker, and we've all seen 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:11.719 him open it up. His top speed is okay, you know, 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:13.800 I mean he's again, he's offaly, just gonna run down 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:16.360 the scene, pass safeties all day long. But I think 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:18.559 he's moving in and out of his breaks a lot better, 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:21.880 seems to control his body a lot better. And I 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.840 was already impressed with those things for his size. You know, 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:26.200 he's one of my favorite players on the team. 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:29.120 Yes, No, he certainly is. I think anyone who's listened 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:30.760 to our show over the last couple of years. Knows 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:31.720 how fond you are. 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:34.040 Yeah, you're picking two of my favorites. By the way, 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:36.040 I you know that the soft. 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:37.680 Ball I might have I might have been thinking that 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.680 on purpose or something around here. But yeah, he just 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:42.880 he he looks like a guy who is really ready 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:44.880 to take a big step forward in terms of his 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:48.000 pass catching and offensive contributions, not just in the run 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:50.959 game obviously, where we know that he excels, but that 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:53.920 tapered look has me thinking that he's, uh, he's gonna 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:56.120 cause some problems for some defenses this year for sure. 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:58.280 So those are the two guys on the offensive side 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:00.400 of the ball that I thought, you know, really throughout 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:03.040 these six practices have stood out, but especially today. 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:04.480 Yeah, and then the last. 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:07.840 I hope they're like long term fixtures, ten year stealer 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:10.920 type guys. Way getting ahead of myself, but just got 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.280 a contract I first round pick a couple months ago. 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:14.840 And if you're set there at tight end in the 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:18.480 offensive line for a long time with very high end 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:20.920 players and guys that are tough to play against, and 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:23.319 they're going to grow and learn and build together that 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:26.600 chemistry and camaraderie that's a real strength. 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:29.240 Man, those two mashing people on double team one yard, 0:12:29.400 --> 0:12:32.000 you know, runs off tackle and things of that nature. 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:32.959 Have fun with that. 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:33.959 Yeah, good lord. 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:35.920 The last one man on the defensive side of the 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:39.040 ball is a newcomer. He's a veteran, but we're getting 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:41.560 our first look up and close at him. It's Jammel Dean. 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:42.360 Oh right. 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.640 I just feel like he is making plays in every 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:49.640 single drill, every single team period. He is. He's always 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:53.920 breaking up passes, he's always tightly contesting coverage. He's just again, 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:55.640 you know, you get to this point in camp where 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:58.199 it's like they keep noticing that guy, keep noticing that guy. 0:12:58.840 --> 0:12:59.240 That guy. 0:12:59.400 --> 0:13:03.079 It's like every every day Dean is flying around, getting 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:04.800 his hands on footballs, making plays. 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:07.600 Yeah, couldn't agree more. Don't have as much to add 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:10.400 on him. And I'll be honest, you know, from where 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:14.040 we sit in the press box, it's harder to watch defense, 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:15.800 but there's a lot of team stuff that happens right 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:18.760 in front of us. So early portions of practice, which 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:20.760 again they didn't do a ton of the first half 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:22.840 hour forty five minutes, they did a lot of indie 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:27.160 stuff that wasn't real applicable to scouting a player necessarily, 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:31.040 but he does get his hands on the ball. He 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:34.160 runs really really well. His size is obvious and he 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:36.559 plays big two, especially when the ball's in the air, 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.160 when he's banging with receivers at the line of scrimmage. 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:41.120 I am curious to see what kind of player he 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:44.680 is on outside runs things like that, which probably won't 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:46.880 be till the regular season. He has a little bit 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:48.959 of a history, and I always like to warn people 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:51.360 on this because like if you look, if you pull 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:54.160 up his profile on NFL dot com or ESPN or whatever, 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:57.240 you'll be like, oh, he played fifteen out of seventeen games. 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:01.360 He has a habit of leaving, you know, and I 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:04.080 don't know why. Maybe it's just total coincidence. It's and 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:07.880 I don't think it's like this, you know, moaning and 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:10.480 belly aching about it is. He's has There's been many 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:14.079 games that he has well, several games that he has 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:17.080 started but not finished. But I think if you get 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:20.120 the most out of this dude, you're gonna be really happy. 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:22.840 And even if he does happen to miss some time, 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:25.200 the depth of corner is really really good. 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:29.160 No, we're feeling very strong about that position group and 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:31.080 I think you've got a nice balance of guys at 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:34.800 different points throughout their careers. You know, good point Joey Porter, 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:39.360 Jude working on that second that second contract. You've had 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:42.680 guys like Ecoles and Samuel's who aren't crazy long in 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:44.440 the tooth but have certainly been around the league for 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:47.800 a while. You've got some young rookie like Daylon Everett. 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:50.880 You've got the savvy Vetts and Jamel Dean and Jalen Ramsey. 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:51.640 I really like. 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:53.560 Think they look to Ramsey in that room. 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:56.840 Absolutely, I would. I I think I really like the 0:14:57.000 --> 0:14:58.480 just kind of balance. 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:00.800 Yeah, Man, he really stood out last training camp. 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:03.440 Boy did he ever? He's uh, he's he's an alpha 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:04.480 out there, that's for sure. 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:05.880 He plays hard and we'll. 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:08.040 Be we'll be excited to get him back in the fold, 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:11.040 hopefully here sooner rather than later. But yeah, those were 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:13.360 the three Matt that, like I said, really over the 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.040 course of these six practices, but especially today, I felt 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:18.680 like those guys were standing out. And Yeah, just wanted 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:20.360 a few minutes to talk about how much fun you 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:22.920 and I really had watching watching mad Max and those 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:23.840 one on one drills. 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.680 Man, Yeah, impressive and I'm sure it won't all be 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:28.360 that way. Sure there'll be some days like I'll have 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:30.200 what he'll have rookie moments. 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:32.560 I no question about it. But I don't know how 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:34.480 you can't be excited about him from what you've seen 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:36.480 or what you know about the player and the person 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:36.960 right now. 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:39.160 I told you this earlier, but you know, I'm sure 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:40.520 it's the same way with you. We've all got our 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.080 group chats with our buddies and all that stuff every 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:45.000 single day out here so far to this point. You know, 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:47.320 my friends are always like, Wes, what's going on? Wes who? 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:49.800 Looks good? Wes who? And I'm like, guys, it's it's 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:52.440 day number two. Like, yeah, yeah, they're they're in They're 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:54.760 in helmets and shorts playing Patty Cake out here. All right, 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:55.400 let's calm down. 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:56.720 It's awesome that people were excited. 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:58.520 But yeah, yeah, But today I texted him and I 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:00.160 was like, all right, boys, it's it's time for the 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:03.760 first real uh, you know, Wes observation for you. And 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:05.840 I was like, mad, Max is gonna be an absolute 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:08.640 stud and I think he's gonna end up being one 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:11.000 of the best right tackles in the National Football League 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:14.000 here potentially in the next couple of years. If he is, 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:16.400 If this is the starting point for him, then the 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:19.040 sky is the limit. Without let's get to our first 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:22.200 break here of the show this afternoon. We will catch 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:25.200 up with our buddy Alan Saunders of Steelers now here 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:28.320 in the first hour of the show. Plenty to get 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:31.000 to as we roll along on another busy day. You 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:32.960 also know, to start the five o'clock hour, we'll be 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:35.080 hitting the tweets, So get those tweets in at wes 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:38.200 Leeler at Williamson, NFL if you want to get involved. 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:41.360 We met a couple of our loyal tweeters last night, Matt, 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.160 A couple of people came up to us and said hello, 0:16:43.200 --> 0:16:46.400 and yeah, it was It was a lot of fun 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:49.160 and it's been It's been good to uh to get 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:51.120 to to put some faces to some of these some 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:53.160 of these names that we interact with. 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Wes Shuler and Matt Williamson. 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:13.439 With you, Matt, we have some we have some I 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:17.760 guess extension news around the NFL from today, A couple 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:23.360 couple of big pieces of business being done here with 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:25.960 some of the names that we've been discussing throughout the 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:30.960