1 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: He is The Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: on your home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 3 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Drive. On Wednesday here in Pittsburgh, the 4 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: Steelers just finished up their second day of O T 5 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: A S this week. That is number five. That means 6 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: you're halfway done rolling along. I hope everyone had a 7 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: great Memorial Day weekend. We took a day off to everyone, 8 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: put your feet up, relax and let's dig in. Yeah, absolutely, 9 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: let's dig in. We had an opportunity to speak to 10 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: a couple of guys today. One was Cam Sutton, the 11 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: Steelers cornerback. Actually talked to him a couple of times 12 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: this offseason, but we got some some different stuff from 13 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: him today now that he's been you know, in with 14 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: with everybody here and seeing. I don't think it's a 15 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: different role now, different little different lefer, different perspective everything. Yes, 16 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: a year for him too. We both said going into 17 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 1: free agency, priority number one to be to keep him around. 18 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: It gives you a lot of options. I didn't see 19 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,119 Speaker 1: the Nelson release on the you know, on the wall 20 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 1: at that point. Um, but where would they be without absolutely? Uh? 21 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: And uh, you know he's taken on really one of 22 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: the elder spokesmen of that secondary now because he's been here, 23 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: this is his fifth year getting to that point. So 24 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: let's hear from Cam Sutton what he had to say 25 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: with the media today. All Right, everybody, we got Cam here. 26 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: We'll get started with Brook Prior ESPN. Hey, Cam, good 27 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: to see you. When did you when did you get 28 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: an idea that you were a part of the Steelers 29 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: future plans at defense then or they had some tough 30 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: decisions to make in free agency with the limited cap space. 31 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:15,920 Speaker 1: When did they signal to you that they wanted you 32 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: back and that you were going to kind of transition 33 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 1: to that outside corner role full time. Yeah, and you 34 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: know going into the year obviously that's there was never 35 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: a time period not talk about me moving forward with Pittsburgh. 36 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: You know, obviously this has been home to me and 37 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: my family, you know, in the past, obviously through our 38 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: rookie deal, through the through the years and on just 39 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,679 Speaker 1: that sense of you know, I say a family, um, 40 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: that sense of you know, all the work that lead 41 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: up to these moments, putting in throughout the years and 42 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: obviously just maximized opportunities that you know, presented to myself. Obviously, 43 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: you know, things fall different where they made you know, 44 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: throughout free agency and through the course of all season 45 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: and all those things that you can't control. Um. So 46 00:02:57,680 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: you know they said not to say that they fell 47 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: in her, but um, it's not like I didn't work 48 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: for this either, you know what I mean? Like, so 49 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: it's not just just created, you know what. You know 50 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: what I'm saying people to work that we put in 51 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: you know, each and every day. Um, and obviously the 52 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: opportunities that we do have and what we do with them. 53 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: So I'm just kind of just pushing into that role. 54 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: Obviously extending the opportunity that I've had. Um, obviously hoping 55 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: that's leading continuing to everything that I want to be, 56 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: everything we want to be, you know, for his organization. 57 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: Mike pursued that, Hey, Cam, when when they had you 58 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: starting outside last year, you still moved inside in the 59 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: dime You're quote unquote normal spot. Uh do you think 60 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: that will occur again this year? Might that expand are 61 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: you gonna be the replacement for Hilton? And if not you, 62 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: then who takes who picks it up? There? Yeah? Obviously 63 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: it with all season right now, a lot of things 64 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: are necessarily kind of up in the air, you know, 65 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: as as the weeks are in itself, you know, each 66 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: week is a week of life is in its own, 67 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: you know what a mean. So whatever whatever the chips 68 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: may fall, as far as you know, responsibility, you know, 69 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: it's it's obviously throughout times throughout the game where guys 70 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: necessarily are a lot of enough in certain positions, but 71 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: things happen, you know what I mean, between shifts, change motions, 72 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: you know, injuries, whatever you may have it. So you've 73 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: got guys got to be able to play, interchange and 74 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: play different roles. And it's not something outside of our 75 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: scheme or outside of you know, what we do on 76 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: a daily day basis anyways, especially with knowing what every 77 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: guy is doing, you know, knowing your responsibility to know 78 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: what the guys around you do. And that's just that's 79 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 1: what we preach as just being versatile, just being able 80 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: to you know, compete in other different spots, you know, 81 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:38,239 Speaker 1: regardless of if that's just our stationary you know place 82 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 1: at the time being and just take it as it is, 83 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So I don't know what 84 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: their role is as far as you know, guys um 85 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: where the starters are working inside you know, things of 86 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: that or whatever. You know. I just coming here each 87 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: and every day on my head down, you know, like 88 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: I said in the Chips Fall where they make So Jeff, 89 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: can you mention the opportunity? How do you do do it? 90 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: And how ready do you feel you are for this 91 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:06,160 Speaker 1: expanded role? Ready? Ready more than ever, Jeff, Ready more 92 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: than never. You know, I said, just then to work 93 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: that you know that I know you know, and obviously 94 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: the ones that are close with me outside of just 95 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: what everyone sees on a day to day basis, you know, 96 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: not to just say it just me, but everyone's getting 97 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: after it in their own you know what I mean, 98 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: Everyone's in their own element. And as far as it's 99 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: a health and just a mental aspect, you know, I 100 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: feel better than I ever felt before. You know, my 101 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: body is really well. Obviously coming off of a year 102 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 1: where you they had more snaps, you know, more opportunities 103 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: and those than that's just a stepping stone, that's what 104 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: those are things to keep the keep continuing to build 105 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: off of, you know what I mean. So, like I said, 106 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: just the overall excitement, the overall away, just being back 107 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: out with the guys flying around, you know, talking that 108 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 1: talking ball that talking that language again. You know football, 109 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: you smell full obviously football in the air. You know, 110 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 1: everything is kind of just following this place, um as 111 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: the off season continues, leading to the season, but going 112 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: into the year. You know what I mean, I'm coming 113 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: for everything. And that's that's something that I've talked to 114 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: you guys about before and that's not gonna change, you 115 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 1: know what I mean. That's the same mentality, the same 116 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: approach and everything I do, whether it's on out the field, 117 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: you know, that's just you know, that's that's just a 118 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: great in me. That's just a great in the organization 119 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: or teammates and just hungry for it obviously coming out 120 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 1: wins and bring Super Bowls back to the city of Pittsburgh. 121 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 1: Joe Roger, Yeah, Can. When you signed the deal, was 122 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: it with the thought that you were going to return 123 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: to being on the inside or did you they kind 124 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: of tell you that something might open up on the 125 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: outside as the rest to return to the organization who 126 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: had a belief me and thought to come here and 127 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: continue to win games. Like I said, I'm gonna do 128 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: whatever I need to do. You know, in that aspect, 129 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So, uh, we get a 130 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: lot of questions of necessarily just playing inside or outside, 131 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: and let's say I don't. I don't necessarily have that 132 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: specific yet, you know what I mean. That's not to 133 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: say that I don't have a comfortability of playing either 134 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: or or a favor either or you know, but obviously 135 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: right now I've been working outside. You know, that's that's 136 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 1: my approach. I'm coming in for everything, you know what 137 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: I mean. So whether regardless if I'm playing that or not, 138 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna play those positions and until you don't need 139 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: me to play that position. So that's not I'm not 140 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: just gonna dump down my role just because guys are 141 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: guys that we had in the building or experience that 142 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: we had we necessarily lost through free agency, your guys 143 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: not being here. That's just more more opportunity and more 144 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: reason for me to step up and continue to expanding 145 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: that role and embrace that role. And I started ready 146 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: ready for that more than never. Garry Delack, Hey, cam Um, 147 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: I know you haven't had to go through this, but 148 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: the offensive players are veteran like Ben having to learn 149 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: new terminology and whatnot. After all, those years. How difficult 150 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: it is that And again I know you haven't had 151 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: to do it, but how difficult can that be? Um, 152 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: it can be challenging. I'm not gonna sit here and 153 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: say it can be obviously, just a learning the concepts 154 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: and knowing what words matched with you know, whether it's 155 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: formations or sets or um. Obviously the play call it itself. 156 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: So you know, obviously that just comes back to just 157 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: accountabuilding on yourself, you know what I mean. Um, taking 158 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: the time to really get in your book, get into 159 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: take advantage of the all season and just the karate. 160 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: Just working with with the guys around you. Obviously that 161 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: makes the game so much easy for yourself. You're not 162 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: supposed to play this game at a million miles miles power, 163 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. You get to a point 164 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: of comfortability where the game comes to you, you know 165 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: what I mean, The game slows down for you, and 166 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: then what how you move throughout the game? Smooth? And 167 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: that as smooth as fast you know what I mean? Yeah, 168 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: you have you know the terminology fast badge that whatever. 169 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: I'd rather be smooth and fast too. So UM, just 170 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: that that learning to her, that learning, that learning curve 171 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: of you know, having that accountability and a sponsibility to 172 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: put the time into the book. Um, knowing that you 173 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,439 Speaker 1: have changes going into the all season, going into the system, 174 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: and then just honing honing in on that. Obviously understanding 175 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: your your a situation or your role within like you're 176 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: talking about with the offense, whether it means maybe a 177 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: specific spot, but you're talking about receivers who in our 178 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: office could play anywhere from outside inside X wise, you 179 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 1: know what I mean. So um, obviously just moving your 180 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: way through that, you know what I mean, Just getting 181 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: the comfortability of way whatever way it works. You know, 182 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: as far as learning, you can be visual, it can 183 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: be obviously on the field, getting reps, whatever it is. 184 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: You got the right, you got the loss. You've got 185 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: the right guys around you who want to continue to 186 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: push you and keep learning, and you have that same 187 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: mindset of approaching yourself and their own everything will fall 188 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 1: in line. Christopher Carter Kim, how do you feel about 189 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 1: the new room, Because mean, you guys got you guys. 190 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: You know, Steven's gone, Mike's gone, and you got new 191 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 1: guys in. But now you're the veteran with Joe, You're 192 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: you're you've been through the wars where you've lined up 193 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 1: with a j greener is a rookie, and you've filled 194 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: in wherever the team's needed you. Now you're kind of 195 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: the mentor for those guys. What's that? What's that like 196 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: being the guy who's teaching the young guys now are 197 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: working with the young guy. Yeah, man, Obviously, Um, everyone's 198 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: not necessarily always a leader or just that leader coming 199 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: into a role you have to be have to know 200 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: how to follow two most times or sometimes in the situation. 201 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: So I've just been sharpening my tools, you know, since 202 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: day one, you know. So they said, that's that's just 203 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: approach to everything. Just being around the game, being around 204 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: what you love, being around the people that obviously influ 205 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: influential and what you want to do, and it makes 206 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: everything that much more fun, makes that much everything much 207 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: more easier. So, like I said, just that leadership role. Yeah, 208 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: it's it's more of a leadership role because we have 209 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: necessarily more of the experience guy in the room and things. 210 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: That's nature. Um, but leadership qualities, you know, that's just 211 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: that's just how you know, how you come to work 212 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: each every day. You know your approach each and every 213 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: day so obviously they see me out there in this 214 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: time period necessary where a lot of guys are kind 215 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,319 Speaker 1: of just up in the air of being here or 216 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: whatever it is, and a lot of guys are being 217 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 1: back to getting back in the swing of things, and 218 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: that just helps improve their confidence. We know a lot 219 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: of guys throughout the year that you know, they might 220 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: be frontier guys, or they might we might pick up 221 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,559 Speaker 1: guys along the way that we've seen over time have 222 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: to come in and step in and play big minutes 223 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: for us, big time in big time games for us. 224 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: And we can't just say, oh, well we just got 225 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: this guy now, or um, you know, we just picked 226 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: this guy up at this moment in season, we should 227 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 1: we should expect the drop off. No, you know, That's 228 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:56,719 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. So that's it comes back to that 229 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: leadership role of getting everybody on the same page and 230 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:01,719 Speaker 1: wanting not say any more for yourself, but when they're more, 231 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: want more for everybody else around you. And that's how 232 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: you bring everyone together for the one come and go. Yeah. 233 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 1: I mean obviously we know what that is, um, And 234 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: that's that's where were hunting not alone each every week, 235 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: but each and every year Markabling Cam. Um, I'm sure 236 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: you try to stay away from the outside noise, but 237 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: it's pretty hard to not here through the grape vine 238 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 1: and stuff that. You know, the criticism along with this 239 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: team this year that they're going to take a big 240 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: step backwards. Have you heard that? And how do you 241 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: process setting? Is that talked about it all in that 242 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: locker room? Yeah, Man, I don't concern myself that. You know, 243 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: obviously we're we're in an opinionated based world, you know 244 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: what I mean. And I mean you're not you know, 245 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 1: not to say this in you, but in a sense 246 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: of where that pain comes from. You're not stopping what 247 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: I have to do on each and every day basis, 248 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 1: let alone out there on the field with this. So 249 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna concern myself with somebody that's not even 250 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: going to battle with me each and every day, you 251 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: know what I mean. And it's cool, Yeah, and it 252 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: is do nothing obviously feel of the fire, you know 253 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 1: what I mean. Talk is talk is one thing, but 254 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: you know, like I said, you gotta be able to 255 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: respect the guys who are out here, you know, Um, 256 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: like I said, coming and fighting each and every day, 257 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: you know, getting better each and every day, working better 258 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: Eastern today, um, and competing at a high level, at 259 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,959 Speaker 1: the highest level, you know what I mean. So outside, No, 260 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: this is gonna always come, you know what I mean. 261 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: It's like I said, it's all about what you're embracing 262 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: and what matters to you. You know what I mean. 263 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: If it don't matter to you, it it don't matter to you. Obviously, 264 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: if it's affected to you, then it's affected. It affected 265 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: you with some sense of form and fashion because it 266 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: hits you in some way. So obviously it's just an 267 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: understanding or hearing these things but not taking them in 268 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: a sense that um, it's going to deplete our confidence 269 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: or the deplete how our season is going to go. 270 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: We still gotta come, come and come and get get 271 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: out of each and every day. I still gotta take 272 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: each and every week one week at a time. And uh, 273 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:54,959 Speaker 1: like I said, everything else just falls in placement from 274 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: there that time for a few more Uh, Christ and Damps, 275 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: thank cam, Um, hey are you doing not too bad? 276 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 1: Life seems to come quick. It seems like you know, 277 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: you're just a rookie and everything and now yeah, yeah, 278 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: you know you're in a fifth year. I mean, Holly 279 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 1: made the League. Your position can match Joe in terms 280 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 1: of his tenure and his stature and everything. But you 281 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: know you're also you're clearly kind of the you know, 282 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 1: the number two in the in the second area, especially 283 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: on the cornerback. Do you have you evolved now where 284 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 1: you see yourself? Did you see that responsibility you have now, 285 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,679 Speaker 1: especially with Stephen going there? More of the I'm not 286 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: gonna I'm not gonna put Why would I put on 287 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: somebody else's role? I want I want, I want the 288 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 1: role for myself, you know what I mean. That's just 289 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: the like I said, just getting back to your approach, 290 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: getting back to what you want for yourself, you know 291 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: what I mean, what's what you're really to obviously put 292 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: on the line and do for this team, for this organization, 293 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: and then whatever that may be. Like you said, that's 294 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,319 Speaker 1: I've done that over over the course of this time, 295 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 1: and now I'm looking to obviously continue to keep expanding 296 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 1: the maximizing and the roles and opportunities that they're presenting 297 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: for me. Obviously we're on the same page and everyone's 298 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,719 Speaker 1: on the same page as far as what we want 299 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: to achieve together. Obviously we were able to get that 300 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 1: done in the all season and move move forward with that. Um. 301 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: You know, but like I said, when you have that 302 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: karaderie of just guys that just really love football and 303 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: love what they do and you know, want to compete 304 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 1: at a high level, UM, you never want to put 305 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: anything else on anybody else out there on the field. 306 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: You want to be the guy to make the play. 307 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: You want to be the guy that you know, and 308 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: you didn't want to be on the back end everything. 309 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: Why would I want to be on the reaction? And 310 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: I want to be the first one acting. I want 311 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: to I want to hit first, I want to make 312 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: play first. Whatever it is. Maybe, UM, that's just your approach, 313 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: that's just your workout. That's just one more being hungry 314 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: for yourself, being hungry for your livelihood, family, whatever it is, Um, 315 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: whatever motivates you. And you know I got every every 316 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 1: more reason. Is anybody the next person to want the 317 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: same thing, So that just brings out the best and 318 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: everybody everyone if everyone had the same approach. And obviously 319 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: you see so much competition in the world. You see 320 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: so much competition and feels that you know we're partaking in. 321 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: But you have that that unbalanced of you know, some 322 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: guys wanted more to the other some guys, you know 323 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: what I mean, A placing with where they at, you 324 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 1: know what I mean. But obviously that's not that's not 325 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: my mental that's not where I am. And I know 326 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: that I'm hurting myself within that, and and I'm hurting myself, 327 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: you know, within not maximizing what I can do, I'm 328 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: hurting the team as well. So, um, everything awful policy 329 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: will circle at the end of the day, Allen Sanders 330 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: can one of the things that really, you know, was 331 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: one of your calling cards younger, earlier in your career 332 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 1: was your ability to be versatile player who played din, 333 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: you played Nicole, you played outside put a little bit 334 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: of safety. When you think about this group of young guys, 335 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: uh here, how much how important is things like this 336 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: O t A now for them to be able to 337 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: develop some of that versatility that that you had. As 338 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 1: you know, you're kind of moving into a more outside 339 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: roller or starting on whatever, They're gonna have to find 340 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: other guys that are able to do multiple things. Yeah, 341 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: obviously it's time period one and when we're coming off 342 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: a couple of year and everything with no O t 343 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: A s in itself. Um, so come being able to 344 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: have an opportunity to come in this year and and 345 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: and be able to come into physical and work with 346 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: the new guys necessarily instead of going into camp and 347 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: no preseason and things like that. You're obviously able to 348 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: experience more. You're able to put guys in different situations 349 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: to see what guys can do, what guys can't do, 350 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: and that's how you can you continue to build your team, 351 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. We're never going to put 352 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: a guy in a bad situation knowing that he can't 353 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: perfect that technique or that coverage or that route or 354 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: whatever it is. So we're able to see how that 355 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: guy fits in the scenarios of schematics and you know that. 356 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: And that's the constant battle to give or take in football, 357 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, The constant battle of office defense, 358 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: whatever situational getting part of the games. And we looked 359 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: to flourish on those things. Obviously having guys it's time 360 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: period now the community, the communication level um is at 361 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: all time high. You know, even though we don't necessarily 362 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: have everybody here in the physical um, being able to 363 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: have the rookies, let alone here all at the same time, 364 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: you know, this is a terminology necessarily that they might 365 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: not heard from the first time. But just lingal get 366 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,360 Speaker 1: matching the words and putting everything together, let alone the calls, 367 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: and you know, just every day how how to conduct 368 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: yourself every day necessarily necessarily in the building out of 369 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: the building. Um, so everyone's always adjusting on the fly 370 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: year and year out, you know, regardless of situation. You know, 371 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: this is not necessarily no difference as a rookie or 372 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 1: just in a vent, you know what I mean. So 373 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: just that being on the same page, everyone having that communication. Um, 374 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 1: obviously when everyone communicates, you know, we we've seen obviously 375 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: over course of time how impactful that can be necessarily 376 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 1: you know, on the organization or you know, obviously through 377 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: the course of the games, just being on the same 378 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: page and calls, concepts, you know, things like that, and 379 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: that's where your opportunities present itself and you make the 380 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: most of those opportunities to make plays. And I mean, yeah, 381 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,640 Speaker 1: like you said, just that, it really helped this year, 382 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: you know, going into it that we have you know, 383 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: pushing back into normalcy of O T A s and 384 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,879 Speaker 1: preseason and you just have that time to just be 385 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: able to take younger guys and walk through concepts and 386 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: walk through you know, things that are troubling them. You know, 387 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: obviously everyone's not the same learner, you know what I mean, 388 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,919 Speaker 1: So you find that balance necessarily. You're not in this 389 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 1: a being a leader role, but we're all in this together. 390 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: At the end of the day. I'm not just going 391 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 1: to not push out one of my teammates regardles of 392 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: him being on the same ball. Is the same side 393 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 1: of the ball is me? So um, it's it's always 394 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: different points, uh, that we could push off each other, 395 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: pick each other the brains, um and know how the 396 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 1: offense will attack, the defense, defense, the type of the offense. 397 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: So that's just something that we continue to build off 398 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: of them now and pushing into the season. Last one, 399 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:42,679 Speaker 1: Brian Backo that came. You know, you talked about players 400 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 1: being in new roles. You guys also have a new 401 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: coach in the secondary and Grady Brown. How are those 402 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: dynamics working with him? And uh coach Austin. Are are 403 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 1: they taking certain positions? There's one guy worked with the Vets, 404 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: the other guy younger guys, just how how does his 405 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 1: role fit in and what is how is his approach 406 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 1: different than coach Bradley before him. Yeah, Man, GB has been, 407 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 1: he's been been a great addition to us so far. Obviously. 408 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 1: That's that's he's going to continue that. And I don't 409 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,479 Speaker 1: I don't see him not continuing that, you know what 410 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: I mean. Um, it's great too because with him and 411 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: obviously his background and his field, you know, he's he's 412 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: already encountered a lot of guys or whether it's been 413 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: through recruiting or throughout the years, so a lot of 414 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 1: guys had a lot of a small relationship with him 415 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: leading into the year. Um, and he's just expanding that 416 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 1: role of like you said of t A. You know, 417 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 1: it's not necessarily right now taking guys in different rooms 418 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: or you know, learning different things. You know, obviously to 419 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: move around practice, you know, you know, TA might work 420 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: with a certain group and g B might work with 421 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: another group, you know, just to keep practice and individual 422 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,199 Speaker 1: moving fluid. Um, you know, and that's just you know, 423 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:48,120 Speaker 1: that's that's coaching, you know what I mean. But as 424 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: far as just meetings and everything, we're all together, and 425 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: I think that's the best way, you know, necessarily one 426 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 1: obviously starting as an individual group learning and then to Um, 427 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: just being able to come together as a whole defense 428 00:19:58,359 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 1: because I was obviously we all see it to tell 429 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: and see everything the same way out there on the field. Um, 430 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: there's you take out that gray area of well I 431 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: thought this or I thought that, and we we don't 432 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 1: live in that. I thought world or I think world, 433 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So, um, you see ball, 434 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 1: you go get ball. You know what I mean. You're 435 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: able to play faster when guys are on the same 436 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 1: page as we talked about, and they've been, They've been 437 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: doing a great job, and just you know, continue to 438 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: keep pushing that communication around, not necessarily the secondary in 439 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: our group, but just having that first level, second level 440 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: and third level communication throughout everyone out on the field. 441 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,479 Speaker 1: And that's that starts up front and then obviously you know, 442 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 1: setting the front and then getting into you know, the 443 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: mid level of you know, getting the direction of the 444 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: calls or whatever it may be. And then I'm seeing 445 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: them back in you know, some form of fashion we 446 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 1: are you're working with guys on the front, on the 447 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: front level or in the second second level. So like 448 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: you said, you can't just be locked in and and 449 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: not communicate or just have that one time communication before 450 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: the snap and no communication after snap. Um, because you 451 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 1: do obviously see you know that miscommunication happened, or like 452 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: you said, getting back to not seeing the same things, 453 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: and obviously more more things that more bad things obviously 454 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: you know, is out weighing the good things. So um, 455 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 1: that's just a great time now. And they said, leading 456 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: back into having the O, T A S and having 457 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: an all season, we're able to weed out those things 458 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: and be able to become more definitive on certain concepts 459 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 1: or certain things that we see and and how offensive 460 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: offenses to choose to attack us we we can week 461 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 1: out because obviously we see throughout the league, you know, 462 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 1: how much more experience, how much more knowledge, and how 463 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: much the game is changing, they say, on the offensive 464 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: side of the ball. Um, And that's that's beyond rules, 465 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. It's it's getting faster, is 466 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 1: getting you know, more skill guys, and it's all about 467 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 1: matchups at the end of the day. So what matchup 468 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 1: can I create as an offensive guy, um, to get 469 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: us in the best situation to beat the defense. So 470 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: knowing that going into it, I'm all that's on my 471 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: approach anywhere as it itself, So Um, just being that 472 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: guy to you know, you know what I mean, take 473 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: on that role and and expanding that role and pushing 474 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: out on everyone else to be comfortable in you know, 475 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,479 Speaker 1: situation today we faced you know, just because you know, 476 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 1: like body is not matched up in the coverage, it 477 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: doesn't mean he had to panic or you have to work, 478 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So just having that that 479 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: overall confidence and just that sense of understanding your role 480 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: and understanding the guy's rolls around you, you're able to 481 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: play so much faster, some much smooth. All right, everybody, 482 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: thank you for your time. What that was Steeler's cornerback 483 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: Cam Shutton apparently trying to win the chief a word 484 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: which is given person who is most cooperative too with 485 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: the media. He was on fire. Yeah, wind him up 486 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 1: and let him go, Let him go. He was. He 487 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: was what you guys get in like four questions or 488 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 1: so very expansive. It was a lot of stuff. Actually, 489 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 1: it wasn't like it was just you know, athlete talk 490 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 1: or anything like that. He was he was delving into 491 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: some stuff stuff there. I thought that some of the 492 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: more interesting things were about you know, the the offense 493 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: and um, you know, just how how it's going to 494 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: be for this team, learning new verbage and all those 495 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 1: kind of things. And and he even talked about the 496 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: receivers moving around a little bit more this year and 497 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: in doing some things that. We also talked to James 498 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 1: Washington today as well, and he spoke about the same thing, like, Hey, 499 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: we're you know, we're gonna you know, we say you may, 500 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,919 Speaker 1: you may come out and you know as the X, 501 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: but all of a sudden, we're gonna shift in motion. 502 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: And you know that's not where you're gonna be lying. 503 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: You know, they're trying to get matchups, uh, you know, 504 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 1: in the matchups that they want. So it's gonna be 505 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 1: a little different in that respect. I'm sure it will be. 506 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 1: And obviously the defense is noticing right away. Um. I 507 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: thought it was interesting to a lot of people always 508 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 1: want to ask him the same question of you're playing slaughter, 509 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: you gonna play outside, And I think he was very truthful. 510 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: He's like, I'm not quite sure yet, you know, I mean, 511 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: I'm I can do either, and I'm cool with both. 512 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: Five practices and O t A s right right. They 513 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,120 Speaker 1: may even add another corner at some point. Somebody might 514 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: step up justin late mind beating Justin Lane might be 515 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,040 Speaker 1: a star. Who's to say, but it sounds like he 516 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: is very adaptable and willing to do all the above. Yeah, 517 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: and that's kind of what he ye, kind of what 518 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: he's done throughout the course of his career since he's 519 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 1: been here that you know, he's been that guy that 520 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,959 Speaker 1: that has done a lot of different things. You know, 521 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: if you play some safety, you played some slot, you 522 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 1: played the nickel and dime, you played you know, the 523 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: outside at times, and more so last year than than 524 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:26,239 Speaker 1: ever before. So you know, I think there's gonna be 525 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 1: some of that with the offense as well this year. 526 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: You know. So when Juju Smith Schuster talks about woman 527 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: to play more outside this year, and everybody says, well, 528 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: who's gonna move inside? What could be? Anybody? That could 529 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 1: be anybody? Right, we always talk about positions football, and 530 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: sure it'd be great in a way. The whole Sutton 531 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 1: thing is kind of reminiscent of Minka a little bit 532 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 1: in his early career, Like, yeah, he can do a 533 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: lot of stuff and that's wonderful, But if we just 534 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: stuck him at the right corner, or if he just 535 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 1: doesn't make it free safety, maybe he gets better in 536 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 1: one area by such big leaps and bounds that we 537 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: don't need them to do the other things. However, if 538 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 1: the offenses, like the Steelers offense is going to be doing, 539 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 1: is shifting slot receivers outside, and you know, you can't 540 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 1: just sit there at right corner and just you know, 541 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: because that's what they want you to. You're gonna make 542 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: the defense do things they don't want to do. Sure. 543 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 1: I mean, if they're gonna put a fullback out aligned 544 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,959 Speaker 1: over the right corner and then he's wasted, you know, 545 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: so you're you want that versatility too. So it's kind 546 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: of a fine line. I mean, would you rather just 547 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 1: leave a defender in a spot? We talked about this 548 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:35,119 Speaker 1: with Isaiah Simmons and j Okay and all these guys 549 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 1: or kind of have them do tons. It's not easy. 550 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 1: It's not easy. And that's today's NFL. You know, Roethlisberger 551 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: talked about it yesterday. How you know, the the jet 552 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: sweep motion and things of that nature is what everybody's doing. 553 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: What everybody's doing. Everybody saw the Chiefs do it. They're like, okay, 554 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 1: that works. It just puts defenses in conflict. I mean, 555 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: all these things that we talked about. If you can 556 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 1: get a fullback lined up on a right corner, he's 557 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: the right corner all day long, Well, then I'm there's 558 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 1: I'm not throwing at that guy, but I took up. 559 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 1: I'm playing, and I took away one of their best 560 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: took yeah, right right off the Yeah. That's the whole key. 561 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 1: And it's all about, you know, putting these defenders in conflict. 562 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 1: You know, I'm not really right either choice I make 563 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 1: and or making them play action and the jet motion. 564 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: I always use this example. If Tyreek Hill is coming 565 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: in jet motion right at Budd Prix, right outside linebacker, 566 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: the second that ball snapped, he can't rush the passer 567 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: with the same vigor off the ball that he would have, 568 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: or play the run. He's terrified that I might have 569 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: to cover this guy, or he might get the ball, 570 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,639 Speaker 1: or you know, it just makes you hesitated. It's that 571 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:49,120 Speaker 1: one step delay. If a linebacker on the second level 572 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: takes one step up on play action, that might be 573 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,959 Speaker 1: enough to get your beat. Yet the jet sweep action 574 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 1: doesn't count as play action, right, but it really is, 575 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,719 Speaker 1: it really really It's so the Steelers didn't do some 576 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 1: of that last right, but that doesn't count into their 577 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: into their play action snaps, you know, so, but it 578 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: would have counted his handoff if you gave it to 579 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 1: the game, absolutely, So what's really the difference right where 580 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 1: if you you know, if you did a shovel pass 581 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: to him, is he's crossing in front, You're you're causing 582 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: the linebackers to freeze and make a play on the 583 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:22,919 Speaker 1: ball immediately, just like a run play. Yeah, I mean 584 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 1: they're it's certainly fine lines right right right, So I 585 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,080 Speaker 1: think we won't see a lot more of all the above, 586 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: all of the above, but that's gonna do it for 587 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: this segment. So for my partner Matt Williamson here on site, 588 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: I'm Dale Lally. We also want to thank Jacob Brecht 589 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: for keeping us on the air, and we want to 590 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: thank you for listening to this edition of The Drive 591 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: on Steelers Nation Radio.