1
00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:07,680
Speaker 1: S r fulcome back. I'm Dale Ali here with Matt Williamson.

2
00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,440
Speaker 1: We are live from St. Vincent College as the Steelers

3
00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,000
Speaker 1: practice right here in front of us, Matt. They just

4
00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:15,520
Speaker 1: finished up backs on backers. We've got a live live

5
00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,800
Speaker 1: eleven on eleven inside run drill here. I just saw

6
00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,320
Speaker 1: a nice play from Devon Bush there, uh to track

7
00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:23,760
Speaker 1: down Benny Snell getting down the line of scrimmage, shifting

8
00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,239
Speaker 1: through some of the uh the trash there and and

9
00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:28,960
Speaker 1: the getting him for about a one yard game. Boo

10
00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:33,639
Speaker 1: boo booh boy. Yeah, that little inside draw that did

11
00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,080
Speaker 1: not work. That was about a three yard loss. I

12
00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:41,440
Speaker 1: might want to toss that one off. But yeah, so

13
00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,800
Speaker 1: seeing it a little bit of that today, um, that

14
00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,440
Speaker 1: was the uh No, this is real football. That was

15
00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:50,480
Speaker 1: That was Kendrick Green out there with the first first unit.

16
00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,320
Speaker 1: That really does split. Yeah, they're splitting that up very

17
00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:58,400
Speaker 1: very evenly. Thus far. Um we got in the backfield

18
00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:02,240
Speaker 1: there down it looks like Anthony McFarland in the backfield

19
00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,160
Speaker 1: takes the handoff. Can he pickett getting the number two

20
00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:09,280
Speaker 1: snaps today? From I think that was true in seven

21
00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:15,840
Speaker 1: shots too, Yeah, it certainly was. Yeah, So it was

22
00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,319
Speaker 1: a short game there for for McFarland picked this hole

23
00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:21,040
Speaker 1: there well and stuck his head down and got it,

24
00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,800
Speaker 1: got what was available. I might have picked up four maybe.

25
00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,679
Speaker 1: So we're we're seeing a lot of stuff here, seeing

26
00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,160
Speaker 1: a lot of Uh. If you haven't been to a

27
00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:35,360
Speaker 1: Steelers training camp in a few years, um, don't be

28
00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,080
Speaker 1: surprised by the live tackling here. You know, not every

29
00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,440
Speaker 1: team does it. They're playing live here, and I mean

30
00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,360
Speaker 1: he's aren't all the top guys, but they got a

31
00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,680
Speaker 1: couple of reps Stephen Sims in motion. McFarland takes the handoff.

32
00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:52,440
Speaker 1: Nice little run there from Farland inside a little sidestep

33
00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,480
Speaker 1: there for about a two yard game. But that was

34
00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:57,920
Speaker 1: a nice two yard game and he looked pretty good

35
00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:02,440
Speaker 1: doing it too. Yeah, am I looking for here? Who

36
00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,680
Speaker 1: You're looking for? A lot of stuff happening quickly. It

37
00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,280
Speaker 1: was Karl Joseph. Carl Joseph, as I say, he came

38
00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,200
Speaker 1: up from the safety spot, and it's kind of as

39
00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:14,560
Speaker 1: you would think as a real sturdy, strong safety type.

40
00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,919
Speaker 1: And it wasn't really nice run by MacFarland, fifty feet

41
00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,160
Speaker 1: lateral agility. But when it was Joseph's turn to shut

42
00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,519
Speaker 1: it down, he stuck in he slammed the door. That

43
00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,760
Speaker 1: was nice to see. Jalen Warren, who was the star

44
00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,720
Speaker 1: of backs on backers. Yeah, well see what he does

45
00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,240
Speaker 1: here with this rep but fake end up little play

46
00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:37,400
Speaker 1: action alright, alright, they'll play action pass two Miles Boykin

47
00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,839
Speaker 1: for about a twelve yard game there from Kenny Pickett's Yeah,

48
00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,880
Speaker 1: stuck it in there, little in cutting round. I mean,

49
00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,560
Speaker 1: typical band play action. Get that thing out and throw

50
00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:48,480
Speaker 1: right over the linebacker's heads. We haven't seen a lot

51
00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,120
Speaker 1: of that lately, but I think you'll see a lot

52
00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,560
Speaker 1: of it going forward. As you mentioned, Pickett getting second

53
00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:57,120
Speaker 1: team snaps today over Mason Rudolph. Um, so that's a

54
00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,280
Speaker 1: little change right right, this see something different? Right Hey,

55
00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,440
Speaker 1: I mean Rudolph, don't take that to you know, to

56
00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:02,959
Speaker 1: me a whole lot. I don't know that it means

57
00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,760
Speaker 1: a whole lot, but yeah, I mean pick it. Uh.

58
00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,320
Speaker 1: You know, if they're gonna make this a competition, I

59
00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,760
Speaker 1: really and I really think the competition is for number two.

60
00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:13,480
Speaker 1: You got to give him a shot with some of

61
00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:17,560
Speaker 1: the two's. Oh yeah, that makes sense to me as well. Um,

62
00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:19,840
Speaker 1: Trabisky needs all the work you can get with the ones,

63
00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,760
Speaker 1: you know, sort and these these reps out will not

64
00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,799
Speaker 1: be an easy project, but it at least tells me

65
00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,040
Speaker 1: that he's doing picket, I mean, is doing nice work

66
00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,040
Speaker 1: in the room. You know, he must be getting it.

67
00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,880
Speaker 1: And we'll jet sweep action there to uh Calvin Austin.

68
00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,160
Speaker 1: I think, let's see some of that. But I guess

69
00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,400
Speaker 1: my hunch's Pickett is passing the tests mentally in terms

70
00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,840
Speaker 1: of learning and putting the work in. So we'll bump

71
00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:46,320
Speaker 1: you up and you can, you know, get a little

72
00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,200
Speaker 1: bit better and higher quality reps. I mean, Mason's looked

73
00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,720
Speaker 1: the best of the three quarterbacks in the first the

74
00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,640
Speaker 1: first week of practice. Yea, that shouldn't surprise anyone. I

75
00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,360
Speaker 1: think that. I mean, he's been the guy who's been there,

76
00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,560
Speaker 1: who's been here and knows Matt Cannon's offense and you know,

77
00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,240
Speaker 1: does all that stuff, and he's out there again, um

78
00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,200
Speaker 1: you need Strangely, you don't see this a lot a

79
00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,160
Speaker 1: lot last year, but they're out there with a heavy

80
00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,520
Speaker 1: personnel package with two tight ends in the back, a

81
00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,800
Speaker 1: bigger back. It made a little hole there. He picked

82
00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,720
Speaker 1: up six seven eight maybe something like that, but his

83
00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:17,599
Speaker 1: head down was that Jalen Warren again or is that

84
00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:22,039
Speaker 1: Mateo Durant? That was I thought it was Durant, but

85
00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,919
Speaker 1: I hesitate to jump all in board. That was Warrant.

86
00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,080
Speaker 1: That was Warrn. Okay, load to the ground real. I

87
00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,840
Speaker 1: mean his legs are big, yeah, thick legged. Um. That

88
00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,440
Speaker 1: was a nice run yards last year at Oklahoma State.

89
00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:36,719
Speaker 1: So he's not a throwaway guy. I mean no, I

90
00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,320
Speaker 1: think both those guys Durant him Warren or shouldn't be

91
00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,479
Speaker 1: that we don't bring them up enough. But just because

92
00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,760
Speaker 1: they weren't drafted doesn't mean that they didn't probably wartime

93
00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,680
Speaker 1: and that was a nifty power run. I mean that

94
00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:47,960
Speaker 1: was he stuck it up in there quick, didn't dance,

95
00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,240
Speaker 1: burst through the line of scrimmage, stuck his head in

96
00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:52,200
Speaker 1: the chest of a defender and got a couple more

97
00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,120
Speaker 1: we attle false start there, right guard seventy two, the

98
00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,240
Speaker 1: fall the right guard. That that is uh, Jordan Tucker.

99
00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:03,120
Speaker 1: Jordan Tucker and not so great and he's getting cold. Yeah,

100
00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:05,800
Speaker 1: and here comes Joe Hagan to replace him. Yeah, you

101
00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,680
Speaker 1: can't have that. Yeah, killing the drill. It's like he's

102
00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,120
Speaker 1: going to I guess you must have to run jog

103
00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,400
Speaker 1: or something here too. Yeah, apparents if you want to

104
00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,400
Speaker 1: call it that, take a little run there after a

105
00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,920
Speaker 1: rough start about it. Yeah, I feel you feel shame? Yeah, yeah,

106
00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,400
Speaker 1: he was running down to the He ran about fifty yard,

107
00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,919
Speaker 1: jogged about fifty yards, runs back. Nice description and not

108
00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,000
Speaker 1: quite the accurate description for what he's also three man,

109
00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,599
Speaker 1: nice snifty run there by Mateo Duran. Yeah, these these

110
00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,040
Speaker 1: two backs might be a lot of fun this preseason. Yeah,

111
00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:37,960
Speaker 1: I think yeah, I think they gets they get some juice,

112
00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:42,360
Speaker 1: they've juice and they are hungry. Absolutely, they run hard

113
00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,320
Speaker 1: every time we get the ball. He saw that that

114
00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,159
Speaker 1: lane to the outside and just cut it back foot

115
00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,520
Speaker 1: in the ground and it was got downhill immediately right

116
00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,360
Speaker 1: and again both those guys and backs and back are

117
00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,800
Speaker 1: showing up here. He goes seventy two back out there

118
00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,480
Speaker 1: after his little back out. John, he felt shame, Yeah,

119
00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,600
Speaker 1: felt shame, Joey coming back off. You're listening to our

120
00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,880
Speaker 1: live average here from uh Steelers training camp at St.

121
00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,720
Speaker 1: Princent College. It says Steelers Nation Radio. You're listening to

122
00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,600
Speaker 1: the drive. He's Matt Williamson. I am dl Lelli Steelers

123
00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,880
Speaker 1: come back out. Mason Rudolph breaks the huddle. We got

124
00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,880
Speaker 1: uh we got Jalen Warren behind him again here and

125
00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:20,920
Speaker 1: Anthony McFarland also got McFarland in two back set, kind

126
00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:24,520
Speaker 1: of acting like it was a wing lay. Yeah. Nice,

127
00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,719
Speaker 1: really nice played by that. That That would be Mark

128
00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,520
Speaker 1: Robinson coming up and making that play with the steers

129
00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,600
Speaker 1: for about a one yard game on that one. Shut

130
00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:33,960
Speaker 1: that down pretty quick. I thought it was gonna be

131
00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,240
Speaker 1: a much better run. Yeah, he really read that well

132
00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:39,080
Speaker 1: and attacked it. Not the biggest guy out there, but

133
00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,640
Speaker 1: I mean that that's okay. That today's you know, true linebackers. Yeah,

134
00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,040
Speaker 1: and if you can read like former running back as well.

135
00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:49,240
Speaker 1: So right, so now we got the Mateo Durant back there.

136
00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,600
Speaker 1: Little little pony action here. Now now Mason Rudolph steps

137
00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,279
Speaker 1: back up, get the fullback out there to the left,

138
00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:59,880
Speaker 1: Derek Watt on the wing, kind of a use check

139
00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:01,880
Speaker 1: the type of move with him. Yeah, he comes across

140
00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:06,039
Speaker 1: and picks up the backer. Nice job by the defense

141
00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:10,080
Speaker 1: against about a one yard game there. But yeah, you

142
00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,760
Speaker 1: mentioned you mentioned Watt coming across the formation as the

143
00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,720
Speaker 1: running back was taking the hand off. He did a

144
00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,480
Speaker 1: good job, but the line gut beaten. Yeah, and that

145
00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,680
Speaker 1: was a backup offensive line, so let's yeah, you'll get

146
00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:22,920
Speaker 1: carried away with that. That was not your first team unit,

147
00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,000
Speaker 1: but the defense getting the better of that for the

148
00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:27,680
Speaker 1: most part. I thought, you know, a couple of good

149
00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:29,920
Speaker 1: runs there from the offense, a couple of the backup

150
00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,000
Speaker 1: or the undrafted Brookie running backs, and now that will

151
00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,600
Speaker 1: end it for that period. Yeah, and I know that

152
00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:37,920
Speaker 1: they threw a play action pass, but my hunches that

153
00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,880
Speaker 1: was a run period. Yes, that was largely runs, So

154
00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:42,840
Speaker 1: I'm at the defense probably knew the wrong was Yeah,

155
00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:44,440
Speaker 1: when you know the run, when you know the other

156
00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:46,920
Speaker 1: teams running that, that makes a big difference. And I

157
00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,800
Speaker 1: think sometimes they burn you nowadays and we'll throw throw

158
00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,080
Speaker 1: off a play action just so you don't try to

159
00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,800
Speaker 1: kind of keep you honest. But when the defense knows

160
00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,200
Speaker 1: that the period is inside run, well you're gonna get

161
00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,440
Speaker 1: a lot inside run. I can remember the early Bill

162
00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:05,960
Speaker 1: Cower always used to do the goal line drill, and

163
00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,200
Speaker 1: I can remember the first time I think it was

164
00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,480
Speaker 1: Ken wizzen Hunt was the offensive coordinator and actually threw

165
00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,800
Speaker 1: out of the goal line. Drill was always about running, running, running,

166
00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:16,080
Speaker 1: run the ball and the endzo you would create that mentality,

167
00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:18,320
Speaker 1: and wizzen Hunt called for a play action pass at

168
00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,120
Speaker 1: the gold line and they completed it. In the defense

169
00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,760
Speaker 1: went crazy like you're allowed to do that. The Bengals

170
00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:25,640
Speaker 1: might do that, you know, the Bears might do that

171
00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:29,800
Speaker 1: against you or whatever. Right, it's it's allowed. We get

172
00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,000
Speaker 1: a little special teams period taking place here in front

173
00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,240
Speaker 1: of us now. But uh, I kind of like what

174
00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,480
Speaker 1: they're doing here too. I mean, this is a kickoff

175
00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,480
Speaker 1: for coverage or gun or drill where you really need

176
00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,240
Speaker 1: to beat two tacklers. More like a kickoff coverage drill.

177
00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:44,880
Speaker 1: They're running over the third tackler with a head of

178
00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,680
Speaker 1: steam and they're not going around him and then chopping

179
00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,840
Speaker 1: their feet after that contact. I mean, that's a hard

180
00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:51,559
Speaker 1: thing to do, is try to run over a dude

181
00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,600
Speaker 1: chop your feet right before the return guy. You know,

182
00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,440
Speaker 1: so not easy, not as easy as it looks. No,

183
00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,240
Speaker 1: certainly not um And gotta be able to change direction quickly,

184
00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,480
Speaker 1: gotta be willing to take somebody on. And this is

185
00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:07,280
Speaker 1: a special team is all about want to It's all right,

186
00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,760
Speaker 1: who really wants it? And there's some technique, of course involved,

187
00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,720
Speaker 1: and a lot of us don't understand the techniques of

188
00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:13,960
Speaker 1: special teams because we don't study it, but there's a

189
00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:15,320
Speaker 1: few in the world do and it can make all

190
00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,520
Speaker 1: the difference. But if you have the requisite size, speed,

191
00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:20,360
Speaker 1: but all the one two in the world, you're probably

192
00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,120
Speaker 1: gonna be a very useful special teamer. Yeah. And they

193
00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,400
Speaker 1: got wide receivers out there, linebackers out there, they got

194
00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,240
Speaker 1: all sorts of positions, you know, working on running down

195
00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,960
Speaker 1: the field and getting off blocks and making tackles. Absolutely.

196
00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:37,720
Speaker 1: Um seven shots. It was uh, the the the offense

197
00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,720
Speaker 1: only scored twice. That's been something of a common team

198
00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,160
Speaker 1: two for five. So it was an inside handoff to

199
00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,200
Speaker 1: Nausea Harris off of and he got a lot of

200
00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,040
Speaker 1: that on his own. Yeah, Calvin Austin had some jest

201
00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,640
Speaker 1: sweep motion there and they kind of followed that or

202
00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,400
Speaker 1: when the opposite of that, I should say, on that one,

203
00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,080
Speaker 1: and he fought his way into the end zone. Uh.

204
00:09:56,120 --> 00:10:00,760
Speaker 1: Then we saw we saw Mitch Robiski throwing complete uh

205
00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:05,440
Speaker 1: with coverage from Cam Sutton on George Pickens. Um couldn't

206
00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,280
Speaker 1: really separate from Camp Sutton. There's that concern you at

207
00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,680
Speaker 1: all with him with Pickens? Yeah, No, not yet. Yeah,

208
00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,520
Speaker 1: I mean, and there there was some hand fighting there

209
00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:15,040
Speaker 1: and it was a back shoulder throw and he couldn't

210
00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:16,880
Speaker 1: get couldn't get turned around. It was a good play

211
00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:18,839
Speaker 1: by camp Suton, and I say, that's a quality NFL

212
00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:22,160
Speaker 1: defensive back. And you know, I think over the course

213
00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,400
Speaker 1: of the next month or so, Pickens will get more

214
00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,280
Speaker 1: than his share out of all the cover guys against him.

215
00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,720
Speaker 1: Then we saw another hand off to Naja Harris, this

216
00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:33,800
Speaker 1: time following the jet sweep motion of Gunnar Olschewski, and

217
00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,920
Speaker 1: uh we saw roberts Plaine come up and kind of

218
00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,080
Speaker 1: with a little bit of help, like explain, hit him first,

219
00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,360
Speaker 1: kind of A couple of guys wrapped around his wrapped

220
00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,080
Speaker 1: around his waist and a couple other guys came in

221
00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,040
Speaker 1: to clean him up stop him just short of the

222
00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,120
Speaker 1: goal line. On that one, I'm watching it live. I

223
00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,440
Speaker 1: thought Nasey could have hit it quicker. Yeah, I thought

224
00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,440
Speaker 1: he was kind of stuttering his feet and you know

225
00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,760
Speaker 1: if maybe if he was live, he would just dove

226
00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,040
Speaker 1: low and stretched the ball out and got in um.

227
00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,679
Speaker 1: But he did get I don't say he got out

228
00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:01,680
Speaker 1: muscle because it wasn't one on one thing, but he

229
00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,560
Speaker 1: didn't get in the end zone and the defense was

230
00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:09,280
Speaker 1: very sturdy there. Yeah. Uh. Then we saw another incompletion

231
00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,720
Speaker 1: to uh Anthony Miller Um. He was well covered on

232
00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:14,240
Speaker 1: that when there was a lot of traffic in there.

233
00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,720
Speaker 1: But then we saw Kenny pick At come in. He

234
00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,720
Speaker 1: threw incomplete to Miles Boykin. Uh. Then he threw incomplete

235
00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,040
Speaker 1: to a Connor Heyward. Hayward kind of slip coming out

236
00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:24,520
Speaker 1: of his break. I don't know if that pass would

237
00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,800
Speaker 1: have been completed had that not happened. But then we

238
00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,680
Speaker 1: saw Mason Rudolph come in for the final rep. He

239
00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:34,319
Speaker 1: had an inside flip to a Jay Sternberger. I think

240
00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:35,880
Speaker 1: we're gonna see a lot of those, you know, the

241
00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,800
Speaker 1: ones with if your playing fantasy against that quarterback and

242
00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,120
Speaker 1: he gets credit for a touchdown for flipping the ball

243
00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:45,760
Speaker 1: ahead for two ft um. But I also think that

244
00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:47,840
Speaker 1: that is a highly effective play. The Chiefs have made

245
00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,440
Speaker 1: a living doing that. By the line, by the goal line,

246
00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:52,920
Speaker 1: a lot of misdirection. A tight end just kind of

247
00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,400
Speaker 1: goes across the formation gets that quick. Sometimes you'll see

248
00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,840
Speaker 1: two tight ends come across. The second guy will get it. Yeah,

249
00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,080
Speaker 1: I say it really puts a lie backer or even

250
00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,760
Speaker 1: a defensive linement and conflict that's unblocked and you can

251
00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,640
Speaker 1: I assume the quarterback has the the option to going

252
00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,000
Speaker 1: to the first guy or the second guy, but if

253
00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,200
Speaker 1: you can hold up for that extra split second, give

254
00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,840
Speaker 1: it the second guy. That's really hard to defend because

255
00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,040
Speaker 1: there you're kind of getting them as they're going downhill

256
00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:19,400
Speaker 1: and the defense is leaning the wrong way. Yeah. Absolutely,

257
00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,720
Speaker 1: and I think the good you know, the other thing

258
00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:24,480
Speaker 1: that the defenses have to be concerned with is does

259
00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,600
Speaker 1: the offense and try to slide somebody in behind those linebacks.

260
00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,400
Speaker 1: You have that motion that inside, that inside motion, but

261
00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,160
Speaker 1: then you sneak somebody off the backside and behind them

262
00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,400
Speaker 1: as well. Um, there's all kinds of things you can

263
00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,920
Speaker 1: do off of those. Yes, these offensive coordinators are just

264
00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,960
Speaker 1: so good as they Canada's very well versed in that.

265
00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,360
Speaker 1: But he's also very creative too, So I think you'll

266
00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,920
Speaker 1: see some people call it trick plays or whatever, and

267
00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,640
Speaker 1: I hope you want to look at like, oh there,

268
00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,240
Speaker 1: that's too finessy and just getting the end zone. Yeah,

269
00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,840
Speaker 1: find a way to get into the end zone. But

270
00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,720
Speaker 1: the offense doing so twice today on seven shots from

271
00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:00,839
Speaker 1: if you get if you're at first and goal from

272
00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:05,400
Speaker 1: the two and you scored on two of those on

273
00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,280
Speaker 1: on the seven, two out of seven, Okay, you made

274
00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,800
Speaker 1: it into the end zone. No, that's not terrible. You'd

275
00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,000
Speaker 1: like see a little better from the terrible. You know,

276
00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,200
Speaker 1: if if you have seven shots from the two, chances

277
00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,160
Speaker 1: are you might just line up and run every note

278
00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,720
Speaker 1: like power sets or anything like that. They're not doing

279
00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:20,199
Speaker 1: that right now. I would say, they're not trying to

280
00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,360
Speaker 1: just blow them off the ball either, and just you No,

281
00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:24,839
Speaker 1: you're not gonna go over the top or something. You're

282
00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,000
Speaker 1: not gonna right, You're not gonna get too crazy with

283
00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,280
Speaker 1: your stuff. But there is live tackling going. There's still

284
00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,400
Speaker 1: live tackling, and there's a battle on contact to force

285
00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,199
Speaker 1: the other man either into the end zone or vice versa.

286
00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:36,680
Speaker 1: And so we did see some of that. That was

287
00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:40,240
Speaker 1: good to see absolutely. Of course, then they did the

288
00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,480
Speaker 1: backs on backers and we just talked about the the

289
00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,959
Speaker 1: eleven on eleven stuff. Pick it again, getting the second

290
00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,960
Speaker 1: team snaps in that um Again, I'm not gonna read

291
00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:51,680
Speaker 1: too much into that at this point. I just think

292
00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:53,679
Speaker 1: that they want to give him an opportunity to run

293
00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:56,959
Speaker 1: with some of the two's there, but he's a good sign. Yeah.

294
00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,280
Speaker 1: He had the only pass of that period, of that

295
00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,199
Speaker 1: eleven on of him period, it was a play action

296
00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,760
Speaker 1: on his first play. Two miles boy can for about

297
00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,280
Speaker 1: a thirteen yard game. I like to look at that again.

298
00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,760
Speaker 1: Play action again, comes out, quick hit the guy over

299
00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,040
Speaker 1: the middle. Maybe something happens after the catch, you know.

300
00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,800
Speaker 1: So I like the play design there. Yeah, we know

301
00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:19,160
Speaker 1: he can do that. Yeah, you know, I think yeah,

302
00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,680
Speaker 1: I think that's when people talk about him being uh

303
00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,960
Speaker 1: nfl ready, that's what they're talking about, Like he's got

304
00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,440
Speaker 1: that part of his game. Read the defense, you know,

305
00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,120
Speaker 1: do the ball fakes cadence, you know, and all the

306
00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,640
Speaker 1: timing and all that kind of stuff is good. Um,

307
00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:36,040
Speaker 1: it's a little different if he has to double clutch

308
00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,080
Speaker 1: it and the play doesn't go to the script, or

309
00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,440
Speaker 1: if the you know, someone's pushing him into the pocket.

310
00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:42,680
Speaker 1: But we'll see. I mean, just the fact that he's

311
00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,800
Speaker 1: out there getting number two reps makes me think that

312
00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:48,800
Speaker 1: the coaching staff thought he had a successful first week.

313
00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,760
Speaker 1: He's processing things well enough that that they feel like

314
00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:53,560
Speaker 1: he can a lot of that time. A lot of

315
00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,280
Speaker 1: times it's a classroom work he makes. Is he making

316
00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:58,360
Speaker 1: the same mistake twice like he made the mistake. We

317
00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,360
Speaker 1: take it up, We put it on the board for him,

318
00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,160
Speaker 1: he sees it, We do it the next day and

319
00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,320
Speaker 1: he doesn't mean correct. That doesn't mean he throws an

320
00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,360
Speaker 1: ad R touchdown on that play, but he doesn't make

321
00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:10,000
Speaker 1: the same and that's huge. That's what they're looking for here.

322
00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,360
Speaker 1: He is Matt Williamson. I am deal all. You're listening

323
00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,480
Speaker 1: to our live coverage here from St. Vincent College. Steelers

324
00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:19,800
Speaker 1: still going through a special teams period here. Uh, not

325
00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,080
Speaker 1: a lot for us to to describe here going but

326
00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,680
Speaker 1: still it's more physical, it's more spirited on the field.

327
00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,680
Speaker 1: You know, we are checking out the usage and what

328
00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,960
Speaker 1: these teams are trying to accomplish. So, I mean these

329
00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,920
Speaker 1: sides of the ball were trying to accomplish. So it's

330
00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,520
Speaker 1: been fun. Yeah, absolutely, something a little bit different. We

331
00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:36,920
Speaker 1: haven't gotten to see this since last January. That's been

332
00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:41,800
Speaker 1: a while since we've seen live football type atmosphere game.

333
00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:45,480
Speaker 1: This week is that Thay night already to real football

334
00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:47,640
Speaker 1: against two different teams and two different uniforms. And so

335
00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:49,800
Speaker 1: it's right around the corner, right around the corner, can't

336
00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,400
Speaker 1: wait for all that. Will certainly be watching all that

337
00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:56,200
Speaker 1: and continue watching the Steelers. Here we're gonna take a break. Uh,

338
00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,600
Speaker 1: you're listening to the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio.

339
00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,560
Speaker 1: We are live from Saint Vince of College as the

340
00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:07,000
Speaker 1: Steelers take part in opening day of padded practices. Big day,

341
00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,960
Speaker 1: Big days at St. Princent College. But we'll be back

342
00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,440
Speaker 1: with more right after this. When you want Black and

343
00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:20,240
Speaker 1: Gold football talk, you want s n R. He's the

344
00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:24,960
Speaker 1: Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on Home of

345
00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:32,800
Speaker 1: the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. We are back.

346
00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,000
Speaker 1: I am Dale Lolly here with Matt Williamson. High above

347
00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,640
Speaker 1: the practice, not that high above the practice. We're just

348
00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:42,640
Speaker 1: above the practice field. Here we can see everything is perfect.

349
00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,000
Speaker 1: Like there's only one NFL press box in the league

350
00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:50,400
Speaker 1: that is this low. Who's up, Nashville. Nashville is just

351
00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,240
Speaker 1: this low. I mean, this is a perfect type to

352
00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:54,960
Speaker 1: watch for a game. I would think you get some

353
00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,360
Speaker 1: sideline action. Yeah, that's why. That's why that's one of

354
00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,400
Speaker 1: my favorite stadiums. And it's not the one that you

355
00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,160
Speaker 1: would think it will be one of my favorite stadiums.

356
00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,120
Speaker 1: That's what I'm all about how can I see that

357
00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,320
Speaker 1: if I don't need my binoculars. Yeah, yeah, that is good.

358
00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,960
Speaker 1: Nice work by the d there on coverage and uh,

359
00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,399
Speaker 1: Pickens made a play while we were a break yet again,

360
00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:15,880
Speaker 1: you know, being over the middle physical really looks apart

361
00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,560
Speaker 1: seeing seeing him a lot being used between the numbers,

362
00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,600
Speaker 1: not necessarily aligning there, but in breaking routes, you know,

363
00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,480
Speaker 1: backside digs, things like that that we just haven't seen

364
00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,560
Speaker 1: from this passing game in a while. I get more

365
00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,560
Speaker 1: and more intrigued with him every time I watch him.

366
00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,720
Speaker 1: Um Nile's Jack made a player two there too while

367
00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:38,400
Speaker 1: we were gone, And I guess this isn't massive news,

368
00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,440
Speaker 1: but rarely gets fooled from what I've seen, and he's

369
00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:43,840
Speaker 1: been around the block. He knows what offenses in the

370
00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,120
Speaker 1: league you're trying to accomplish, you know, reads screens real

371
00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,720
Speaker 1: real quickly and diagnoses that stuff really well. So that

372
00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:52,920
Speaker 1: in itself has a lot of value. And I'm sure

373
00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,440
Speaker 1: he's contributing to not only Bush but everybody in terms

374
00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,120
Speaker 1: of you know, be aware of this alert for this,

375
00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,920
Speaker 1: you know, all these things that you'll see. What else

376
00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,199
Speaker 1: I'm seeing right now is the lone Scott's out there

377
00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,960
Speaker 1: with the with the number two defense. Um, you know

378
00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,720
Speaker 1: this is the guy has some size. Uh he's six

379
00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,360
Speaker 1: six five two forty six. He looks six five two

380
00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,000
Speaker 1: six he does. I mean he's not super thick. You know,

381
00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,119
Speaker 1: he's got kind of a narrow weights, long arms, a

382
00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:29,320
Speaker 1: little gangly, but he's getting getting some ATENSI they used

383
00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:31,880
Speaker 1: Derek Watt like I think people would lose their minds

384
00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,560
Speaker 1: like a little screw, little scream to Derek Watt, like

385
00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:38,399
Speaker 1: what's going on? That was Kenny Pickets again getting uh,

386
00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,320
Speaker 1: Kenny Picketts getting the number two snaps today. With that,

387
00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,040
Speaker 1: now we'll get under the three team snap or third

388
00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:48,440
Speaker 1: team snaps here. Mason Rudolph covered changing offensive lines here

389
00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,640
Speaker 1: as well. Um, we're getting a lot of good work

390
00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:56,000
Speaker 1: here though today. Physicality, you know, I mean line play, Yeah,

391
00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,200
Speaker 1: and they're not destroying each other out there, but they're

392
00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,960
Speaker 1: still mixing it up. Seeing little bit of pass rushes

393
00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:02,480
Speaker 1: now and you're gonna get a chance to see the

394
00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,520
Speaker 1: offensive line step up and do those kind of things

395
00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,439
Speaker 1: as those you uh, and then that quarterback and you

396
00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,720
Speaker 1: know when guys clearly beat Yeah, I mean where you

397
00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,639
Speaker 1: didn't always know that before. So Rudolph in the shotgun,

398
00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,800
Speaker 1: takes the snap, gets it out, play a nice rush.

399
00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,480
Speaker 1: Romando couldn't get the ball to Hayward. I got the

400
00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:23,720
Speaker 1: ball to Hayward, but Hayward couldn't couldn't haul in the

401
00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,560
Speaker 1: catcher in the left flat. Interesting though, Hayward and Watter

402
00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,480
Speaker 1: to the last two you know targets. Yeah, right, what's

403
00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,280
Speaker 1: how about that? If you're gonna get nobody on you

404
00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:36,679
Speaker 1: take the you know what I mean? Right right exactly?

405
00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,760
Speaker 1: This is a third down drill. By the way, everything's

406
00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,160
Speaker 1: third down and some kind of distance, typically something inside

407
00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,320
Speaker 1: of ten yards. Uh, So you're not seeing a lot

408
00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,600
Speaker 1: of down the field stuff that they're trying to just

409
00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,880
Speaker 1: get to the sticks. In this instance, see a little

410
00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:55,800
Speaker 1: raider coming across the across the formation and the snap

411
00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:00,919
Speaker 1: that was bad at the down. Yeah, Rudolph the passer.

412
00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,000
Speaker 1: But we've seen a few balls bad in the last

413
00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,720
Speaker 1: week or so. Yeah. I think the defense certainly taking

414
00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,399
Speaker 1: taking note on trying to get their hands up in

415
00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,679
Speaker 1: passing lanes and do those kind of things here. Um

416
00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,360
Speaker 1: certainly seems like a theme of of camp thus far.

417
00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,160
Speaker 1: I guess if you're if you're not really pass rushing

418
00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,480
Speaker 1: you probably should get your He might not explode off

419
00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,720
Speaker 1: the ball like you do on a Sunday afternoon in

420
00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,680
Speaker 1: November or whatever. But I absolutely think it's a point

421
00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,440
Speaker 1: of emphasis that I mean, Cam Heyward, leader of the team,

422
00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,720
Speaker 1: clearly has worked on that, I mean the last couple

423
00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:39,160
Speaker 1: of years, right, And I have no clue there's any

424
00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,760
Speaker 1: truth to this. I just wonder if there's a J. J.

425
00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,720
Speaker 1: Watt influence. I mean, I've never seen anyone swapp balls

426
00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,520
Speaker 1: better than JJ Watt. And I'm sure he spends the

427
00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,920
Speaker 1: off season with his brother and then you know, grab

428
00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:51,560
Speaker 1: a few Steelers too, and they all get to know

429
00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,760
Speaker 1: each other and hey, here's a couple of my tricks

430
00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,000
Speaker 1: of the trade. And I don't know, but they swat

431
00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,960
Speaker 1: a lot of balls down now. Yeah, definitely something that

432
00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,400
Speaker 1: they've been really trying to do a lot out of,

433
00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:02,960
Speaker 1: uh in this camp thus far. We'll see if that

434
00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:06,600
Speaker 1: continues as you try to I mean, you know, your

435
00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,880
Speaker 1: natural reaction as a pass rusher is to go get

436
00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,919
Speaker 1: the quarterback and you know, getting your hands up in

437
00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,920
Speaker 1: those situations. You have to see the quarterback in those situations.

438
00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,399
Speaker 1: I think that's a big part of your eyes have

439
00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:19,960
Speaker 1: to be on the QB. The other thing people don't

440
00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:21,400
Speaker 1: think about is if you get your hands up, you're

441
00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,120
Speaker 1: not protecting your ribs. There's another one, and that's when

442
00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:31,080
Speaker 1: Wolf hits what it takes right into your solar platally

443
00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:35,320
Speaker 1: take something out there for that. Yeah, yeah, a couple

444
00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,120
Speaker 1: of bad of balls now for it's not a fair

445
00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:41,000
Speaker 1: amount of team though so far what we've got going here,

446
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,560
Speaker 1: I'm assuming we're going to go to another special team

447
00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:44,800
Speaker 1: and that we'll do it for that when now we're

448
00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,359
Speaker 1: setting up a first down marker here, so no, no,

449
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:51,680
Speaker 1: we're a little more team here. Yeah. First first one

450
00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,600
Speaker 1: defense against the one offense. I would imagine this would

451
00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:58,040
Speaker 1: just be a first down type of deal. Yeah, first, intense, good,

452
00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:00,720
Speaker 1: a little bit of any I don't think Mike tom

453
00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,560
Speaker 1: and I know he likes to do some. This could

454
00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,199
Speaker 1: be a two minutes drow was they're setting the ball

455
00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:06,720
Speaker 1: up on a thirty eight here, but I don't know

456
00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:08,439
Speaker 1: if it's gonna be hard. And they don't tell us

457
00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,919
Speaker 1: these things, but they named the period. See this, this

458
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,639
Speaker 1: is the one thing I do lose being on the sideline.

459
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,800
Speaker 1: If you're on the sideline, I could ask somebody and

460
00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,080
Speaker 1: one of the guys who have the play sheets. Hey,

461
00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:20,720
Speaker 1: what is this? Yeah, I mean they script all this stuff, folks.

462
00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,000
Speaker 1: So defense knows this is gonna be two minute period,

463
00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,240
Speaker 1: it's gonna be first and ten period whatever. And I

464
00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,120
Speaker 1: guess you're down there. You can cheat off someone's paper.

465
00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:30,040
Speaker 1: We get a little uh eleven personnel here, hands off

466
00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:34,920
Speaker 1: the Benny Snell and that went for some one. Yeah.

467
00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,359
Speaker 1: Is that Tyson in the middle there? Yeah, it was no, No,

468
00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,040
Speaker 1: that was not no. That's how warmly at and ninety

469
00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:46,680
Speaker 1: seven yea. And Highsmith made a nice play there too. Yeah.

470
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,520
Speaker 1: But they're definitely they're definitely in the base defense right now.

471
00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:53,359
Speaker 1: So it looks like it's first down, run drill again.

472
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,439
Speaker 1: Maybe maybe they'll throw the next one. It may just

473
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,399
Speaker 1: be first and ten overall. It could just be first

474
00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,840
Speaker 1: and whatever. Yeah, um, let's see how they well, we

475
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,679
Speaker 1: get the fullback up and said the more of a

476
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,040
Speaker 1: heavy person to personnel here, two receivers. Maybe it's just

477
00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:10,040
Speaker 1: the first and ten heavy personnel. Could be the defense

478
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 1: people don't play action, they'll play action. You get that.

479
00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,879
Speaker 1: That's a pressure. I don't know. That might have been

480
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:17,400
Speaker 1: a sack. I don't know if it would have been he's,

481
00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,840
Speaker 1: but he might have eluded. There was a pressure either

482
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:25,639
Speaker 1: way by warmly see when I mentioned how they script

483
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:29,480
Speaker 1: different periods, especially once you really get into camp. One

484
00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,160
Speaker 1: side of the ball asked the head coach, you know, like, man,

485
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,920
Speaker 1: we really need work on our OKI package, our three four,

486
00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,920
Speaker 1: or we really need red zone, we really need third

487
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,480
Speaker 1: and long, and sometimes you often says, well, we don't.

488
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,520
Speaker 1: You know, there could be a lot of fights over that, right,

489
00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,719
Speaker 1: And I'll be honest. I mean the three years I

490
00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,960
Speaker 1: was with Pitt with Walt Harris, our head coach, defense

491
00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,080
Speaker 1: didn't win many of those battles in the in the

492
00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,480
Speaker 1: coach's meeting rooms. So we hat double tights here personnel.

493
00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,160
Speaker 1: We're seeing more and more. I don't want to look

494
00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,200
Speaker 1: into this because this really just be the defense saying

495
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:02,920
Speaker 1: we want to we want to play our three four

496
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 1: out here because we don't get it very often. But

497
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,639
Speaker 1: just today, then again, I'm just looking into it slightly.

498
00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:15,639
Speaker 1: You're seeing fullbacks and I'm counting Haywards fullback end. This

499
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,160
Speaker 1: is a tight end, but he's not a traditional tight end.

500
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,679
Speaker 1: You're seeing what and Hayward on the field, you're seeing

501
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:26,320
Speaker 1: you know, raider Sternberger. Those guys not just alone, it's

502
00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,320
Speaker 1: not spread everything out go wide tons of speed on

503
00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,920
Speaker 1: the field, um, you know, tighter, denser formations. And maybe

504
00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:34,920
Speaker 1: it's just what they're working on today on the field

505
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,320
Speaker 1: now because Anthony and Farland is in the backfield. Yeah,

506
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:42,800
Speaker 1: a little fake handuff drabinsky, little play action and that's

507
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:47,720
Speaker 1: a first down. Yeah, that was that was our boy,

508
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,240
Speaker 1: Anthony Miller catching the first down catch there, but a

509
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,160
Speaker 1: nice little play action fake And there was a lot

510
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,960
Speaker 1: of window dressing in front of That's who I was

511
00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:58,040
Speaker 1: keying on. There was a lot of window dressing in

512
00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,920
Speaker 1: front of his face is like an unblocked edge defender.

513
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,200
Speaker 1: And he brushed every passed everything off well, even though

514
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,919
Speaker 1: it wasn't his responsibility to cover those dudes. And he

515
00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,880
Speaker 1: would have had a shot on the quarterback. I mean,

516
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,879
Speaker 1: he at least would have been, you know in that mix.

517
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,160
Speaker 1: So nice work by Miller and nice work by Avery,

518
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 1: a couple of new dudes. Yeah, you were listening to

519
00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:21,159
Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio here on well, Steelers Nation Radio, you

520
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,120
Speaker 1: are the drive getting lots of stuff here, picking holding

521
00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,840
Speaker 1: onto the ball too long, that's a sack. Yeah. Protections

522
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:28,920
Speaker 1: and protection did not hold up, it's supposed to be

523
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,320
Speaker 1: play action. There's a long developing play. I'm not even

524
00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,720
Speaker 1: sure I could give Kenny heat on that one because

525
00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,000
Speaker 1: there were people in his grill immediately. Yeah, that's the

526
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,240
Speaker 1: second team line out there working against well, some guys

527
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,160
Speaker 1: who've played some NFL snaps. I see Robert splain. Yeah,

528
00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,880
Speaker 1: Davis come a little more proven rd Avery on one

529
00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,600
Speaker 1: one outside line out there. So there's some guys out

530
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,240
Speaker 1: there with some pedigree. Yeah, that front seven on defense

531
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,800
Speaker 1: is all NFL players. Yeah, Devin Bush out there with

532
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,280
Speaker 1: with Robert splane in this situation. Uh, get the Nickel

533
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:02,800
Speaker 1: package out there. Yeah, some receivers on the field, so

534
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 1: he's in the shotgun. Um, who's like, that's Kenny though, right? Yeah,

535
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,960
Speaker 1: little inside hand off there too. Uh. Bush played that well.

536
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,160
Speaker 1: He hit that hole pretty quick, and you know, hard

537
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,920
Speaker 1: to tell if he would have made the tackle because

538
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:20,800
Speaker 1: he was a little opposition on the back, but he

539
00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,520
Speaker 1: got two arms around him. Yeah. I would assume if

540
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 1: he would at least would have changed his course of

541
00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,040
Speaker 1: at least slowed him up enough for somebody else to

542
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:29,800
Speaker 1: tack kind of two hand tagged him. You know, you

543
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,639
Speaker 1: assume he'd make that plan. Yeah, so that was again

544
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:37,960
Speaker 1: Anthony McFarland on that run. Now he's coming out, so

545
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,880
Speaker 1: he's stern see Sternberger out there. It was nice, nice

546
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,359
Speaker 1: little run though body. I mean, he has obvious traits

547
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,919
Speaker 1: in terms of speed and explosiveness. This is the finer

548
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,000
Speaker 1: points of running back play go back here, we got

549
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:50,960
Speaker 1: what we got the full back out there, we get

550
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:57,760
Speaker 1: tight end the full back and a hand off to

551
00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,199
Speaker 1: jay Len. We're all no little play action to Jaylynn.

552
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 1: You see a lot of that. We're what motions to

553
00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,480
Speaker 1: the right wing and then in their protection scheme, he

554
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:12,560
Speaker 1: blocks down across the formation and pick it rolls off

555
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 1: behind him the opposite way. You know. So the whole

556
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,080
Speaker 1: all the big guys are kind of shuffling their feet right,

557
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,800
Speaker 1: you know, knowing that Kenny's gonna do a roll out

558
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 1: to the right, but almost like a power run play,

559
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 1: you have one guy going across the grain to kind

560
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,959
Speaker 1: of pick up whatever seeps through. I assume, Yeah, you

561
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,320
Speaker 1: have Zach Gentry out there for this, for this snap

562
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: pick it takes the direction for mecannon and now he's

563
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,600
Speaker 1: going into the huddle to tell everybody else what to

564
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,200
Speaker 1: play is here? They break the huddle. See Steven Sims

565
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 1: down here on the low side. It looks like Tyler

566
00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:50,920
Speaker 1: Vaughan's out wide with and oh, let's one there. There's

567
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,280
Speaker 1: still a five yard game, six yard games. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

568
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,439
Speaker 1: that was Gunner, right, yeah, gunneral Schefski with the made

569
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,679
Speaker 1: a big contested catch out on the ball, took a

570
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,080
Speaker 1: little shot. Was that Gunner or that Snead Wasner? He

571
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,240
Speaker 1: was Gunner? Yeah. I stuck it in there though, No,

572
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 1: he did right. He certainly was not Bashville. No, he

573
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,240
Speaker 1: put the foot, came down and he stuck it in there.

574
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 1: But I like what Norwood did there too. Yeah, they're

575
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 1: closing on him, and I think, you know, three out

576
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,119
Speaker 1: of four times that might draw the ball loose right now,

577
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:21,000
Speaker 1: he hit him, hit him hard. But nice play on

578
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:29,160
Speaker 1: both ends. Um we got here front. Oh, nice little

579
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:33,320
Speaker 1: jump Pteo Durant breaking it there. But nice little jump

580
00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 1: by Mateo Durant. And they caught the defense by surprise

581
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 1: on that draw too. Fifty the dude you're talking about, Scott,

582
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,640
Speaker 1: he came in Okay, maybe he would have made a

583
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: play in the real world, but I mean he also

584
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 1: looked a little high and didn't chop his feet real

585
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 1: well either. Yeah, that's learning here. I mean, he's probably

586
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 1: maybe the first first day he's getting some varsity snaps.

587
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,680
Speaker 1: So and if it's live, maybe he goes more aggressively

588
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: there because he kind of can't just blow the guy

589
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,280
Speaker 1: up in the back. It's one of the things it's

590
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 1: just hard about practice right tempo. They tell them, you

591
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:06,720
Speaker 1: don't know what they're telling him to do here. There,

592
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 1: he's a new guy and he blasts somebody. I mean,

593
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 1: I think I think Rudolph expected something a little different there. Yeah,

594
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 1: have been nice for him not to stick with that

595
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 1: play and to add libit, you know, because he looked

596
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,040
Speaker 1: like he was trying to throw it out to the

597
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,800
Speaker 1: to the back, Warren. You said, then he double clutch

598
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 1: it and through it again to him behind the line

599
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:27,840
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, like he faked a handoff him. Warren went

600
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 1: to warm who was to his right side immediately instead

601
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,560
Speaker 1: of coming across his face, went to the right. Yeah.

602
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,720
Speaker 1: I wonder if somebody did something wrong there, they just

603
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,840
Speaker 1: set because otherwise, why would why would Rudolph fake the

604
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 1: handoff in that situation? Yeah, good point. It was a

605
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:45,160
Speaker 1: fake to nobody. Nobody right, right, Uh, let's see he's

606
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,520
Speaker 1: Warren in the backfield again. Rudolf under center, uh Sefsky

607
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:54,120
Speaker 1: Oschewsky going from left to right and well, start defense.

608
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,240
Speaker 1: Is a nice shot on that was shutting that run down.

609
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:57,800
Speaker 1: They had two tight ends of the right, they went

610
00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,560
Speaker 1: weak to the left and ut kind of blew that.

611
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 1: Ulyssi Skilberg goes up and makes the play on that one.

612
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,960
Speaker 1: Looks like Norwood in there again as well. So Norwoods

613
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 1: got a chance to be a pretty good player. And

614
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 1: maybe he already is you know, maybe he may be

615
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 1: out of the woods already and be a contributor. Absolutely.

616
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,560
Speaker 1: We'll see one more player as we take our live

617
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,840
Speaker 1: practice coverage here from St. Vincent College here on Steelers

618
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,680
Speaker 1: Nation Radio. Uh, we see Connor Hayward there on the

619
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 1: wing to the right of the formation. Um again, Rudolph

620
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 1: under center, Hayward going now from right to left wing.

621
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,360
Speaker 1: We get a receiver in a slot on that side

622
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:37,080
Speaker 1: as well. It looks like Snead this time and by Rudolph. Yeah,

623
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 1: HiT's hits Tyler Vaughan right down the middle of the sea.

624
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 1: What's interesting plays You might watch that play and be like, boy,

625
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,080
Speaker 1: what if he leads him there. But I think he

626
00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,840
Speaker 1: throws that behind him on purpose purpose because the safeties

627
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 1: were both on either side. I don't say it was

628
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,479
Speaker 1: quadruple coverage, but there were four defenders all around him,

629
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 1: and really that's where the ball needed to be. That

630
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,880
Speaker 1: was a veteran throw from what I saw just on

631
00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 1: first glance, because trying to save your receiver, you don't

632
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 1: want a hospital ball to him right in the middle field. No,

633
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,040
Speaker 1: not the first day of live hitting. No, like he

634
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 1: made him slow down by throwing it on his near

635
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 1: hip there, and you know, I just had to save

636
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 1: it and you get the yardage, but you don't get

637
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 1: the big play. But I mean, going for everything there

638
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,200
Speaker 1: probably ends up in an incompletion or worse. Yeah, on

639
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 1: first down, that's not a bad You live to do

640
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,640
Speaker 1: it again. You just picked up a first down another

641
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,440
Speaker 1: right in the middle of field. Boom. I mean that

642
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 1: was a nice that was a nice play. Yeah, we're

643
00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,280
Speaker 1: gonna take another break. He is Matt Williamson. I am

644
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,400
Speaker 1: Dale Lolllett. You're listening to our live coverage here from St.

645
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 1: Vincent College. Is practice takes place right here in front

646
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 1: of us. The only place you can hear this kind

647
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: of coverage radio on the Drive. We're here from two

648
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: to five every day the Steelers practice, So why would

649
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: you be anywhere else. We'll be back with more right

650
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 1: after this Black and Gold football leaves here seven. You're

651
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:59,240
Speaker 1: listening to s N on. This is the Drive on

652
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio. I am Dale Lelly here with Matt Williamson.

653
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:06,400
Speaker 1: We are live overlooking practice here at St. Vincent College.

654
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:10,160
Speaker 1: I'd say they probably have about probably one more team

655
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:13,280
Speaker 1: period after this when they're their last special teams that

656
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 1: period right now. That's usually how things happen. They have

657
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: a couple of special teams periods uh, and they work

658
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 1: for a break for some people to know. Yeah, but

659
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: you gotta get Danny Smith this time two with these

660
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,479
Speaker 1: guys and they you know, this is when he kind

661
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,640
Speaker 1: of goes over a lot of the the stuff that

662
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,160
Speaker 1: he wants to highlight and this is gonna be tough

663
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,840
Speaker 1: time for him in camp. And like, you gotta work

664
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 1: with them all. They all, i mean, the bottom of

665
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,800
Speaker 1: the roster dudes. One every special team snap they can

666
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,479
Speaker 1: possibly get. Some of the guys are actually gonna have

667
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 1: to have handy probably don't. They're trying to win a

668
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 1: third receiver job or something like that. You know. So

669
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: I bet he would love to narrow the field down

670
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 1: like they used to and get rid of fifteen twenty

671
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 1: guys or whatever and really concentrate on the dudes he's got.

672
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:01,440
Speaker 1: And it's also again I know much less about special

673
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 1: teams than offense or defense, but it's gotta be tough

674
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: to do drills that are close to live, you know

675
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,000
Speaker 1: what I mean. There's you're not gonna blow up a

676
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 1: punt return. You're not doing a real punt and kick

677
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:17,080
Speaker 1: returns here that now they will do that on occasion. Yeah,

678
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 1: you'll see them getting you know, jammed at. You can't

679
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 1: do you can't do twenty five of those propractice no, right,

680
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 1: right right. And it takes a lot of these guys,

681
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,840
Speaker 1: I mean even just running forty yards down field or

682
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 1: whatever to make a punt coverage or you know, kickoff coverage.

683
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,320
Speaker 1: So he's got a tough gig and it's hard to

684
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 1: probably evaluate technique and tenacity and all that. Preseason games

685
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 1: are where I think his tape is really, you know,

686
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 1: most valuable, and that's where you can really make a

687
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 1: roster if you're a young guy, um, which could be flukey.

688
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 1: You might just get lucky and nobody blocks your The

689
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 1: dude blocking you on the Panthers or Eagles or whatever

690
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,080
Speaker 1: isn't very good, you know, and you make a play,

691
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: but you get noticed. It is how you get noticed

692
00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: if you're trying to make the roster as one of

693
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 1: those uh younger players, or if you're not a starter,

694
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 1: you better be good on on special teams, or or

695
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: you're an ultra prospect that they want to wait on

696
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 1: and have long term. You know, you're a tackle that

697
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 1: they know needs a year or whatever. But yeah, I

698
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,279
Speaker 1: mean it's a very rude awakening this time of year

699
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,400
Speaker 1: for young players if they're not you know, embracing the

700
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,480
Speaker 1: special teams. And let's be honest, a lot of these

701
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 1: guys that just haven't done it. They were the star

702
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,600
Speaker 1: on their college team and so common. I used to

703
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,840
Speaker 1: Benny Snell reference all the time. Was he a superstar

704
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:33,440
Speaker 1: in college kind of you know campus? Yeah he was

705
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 1: for four years. Right, He's never gonna return kicks or

706
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:40,239
Speaker 1: run down on kickoff coverage or punts, but here there's

707
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,359
Speaker 1: no choice. So you're really learning something new and you're

708
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 1: still trying to make a name as a back of course,

709
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,120
Speaker 1: you know, I mean that's your bread and butter. Yeah,

710
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:48,759
Speaker 1: I mean, you want to carry the football. That's kind

711
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 1: of what you got. That's what got you here, right

712
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,080
Speaker 1: right right. You know they they thought you'd be a

713
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:56,680
Speaker 1: good special teams player, right right. But you know, as

714
00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,839
Speaker 1: a scout, you still look into those things. You know, like, hey,

715
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,840
Speaker 1: we're not going to go into Kentucky and you know,

716
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:03,839
Speaker 1: deep down, we're not taking Benny Snell in the top

717
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 1: three rounds, so he's gonna have to contribute on special teams.

718
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:08,839
Speaker 1: So you go talk to the strength coach, the head

719
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,719
Speaker 1: coach is running back coach Trumever, what's his mentality? Yeah,

720
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 1: you think you'll embrace it or not. And you know,

721
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,360
Speaker 1: and you hope they don't lie to you or you know,

722
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,400
Speaker 1: you hope that you know your source. There's somebody you trust.

723
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 1: And Benny's that great kind of guy. He'll love it, okay,

724
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 1: and he did. Yeah, absolutely, Uh is pretty good at it.

725
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,799
Speaker 1: Steelers have a number of guys that are you know,

726
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,319
Speaker 1: that's their that's their pathway to this roster um. And

727
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 1: you wonder about some of the receivers. You know, there's

728
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,360
Speaker 1: a guy like Miles boy can make it over and

729
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 1: Anthony Miller because of that. Actually, more I think about it,

730
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 1: like I've been raving about these top five receivers, you know,

731
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 1: including Pickens, Austin Miller. I think all those guys have

732
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 1: the team made. Claypool Deonte, of course, I don't know

733
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 1: if any of them are good on special teams or not.

734
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:59,560
Speaker 1: Not not was in college and he was season, but

735
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:01,440
Speaker 1: you're not going ask him to do that now. You

736
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 1: don't have the Hayward Bay or White, you know, so

737
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,760
Speaker 1: you don't have to find him. I'm not being critical,

738
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 1: but you don't have to find him elsewhere. You might

739
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 1: you know, that might be great for that fifth safety

740
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,440
Speaker 1: that no one's thinking about, but he's a great special teamer.

741
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,880
Speaker 1: Or if you got like Jy Sternberger right now, who's

742
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 1: who's starting to kinda get some popular with Pat Friar

743
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 1: muth Out, that's your pathway to making the team. You know,

744
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,000
Speaker 1: that's you better be real sturdy. It seems like a

745
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:29,279
Speaker 1: little thing, but even like field goal and you know,

746
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:32,799
Speaker 1: extra point protection, well, you can't have someone screaming off

747
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 1: the edge blocking kicks. You know, like you better be

748
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,839
Speaker 1: conscious of that stuff if you're Sternburger, because if you're

749
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:40,479
Speaker 1: active on game day, you're probably gonna help out that way,

750
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 1: right right, touch down to Gunner Olszewski. Yeah, so they

751
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: got seven on seven going now, but it's a skeleton

752
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:51,160
Speaker 1: pay attention. Seven on sevens that doesn't count to me.

753
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,400
Speaker 1: There's no pass run complete passes in this situation. I

754
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 1: don't know about that. He was pretty open anymore. So,

755
00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: I mean again, i'd like to see that again. I'm

756
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,839
Speaker 1: bad at practice. I like to rewind. But anyway, but

757
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 1: he's the DVRs for it. But he sits there and

758
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 1: he pats the ball, you know. I mean, you know,

759
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,360
Speaker 1: he's not under pressure at all. So they should complete

760
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,759
Speaker 1: a high percentage of these. Absolutely. That's why when you

761
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 1: know when when again, the charting of the quarterbacks is ludicrous,

762
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 1: make a good quick decision. That was nice. Yeah that

763
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,160
Speaker 1: was better. And you see Pickings again on an in

764
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:27,200
Speaker 1: breaking route in traffic, being physical and then fighting to

765
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:31,319
Speaker 1: the end zone. Yeah, it looks like he loves the game.

766
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 1: He does. He really does. He's thick too. I mean,

767
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be a tough tackle. Yeah, he's bigger,

768
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 1: big guy. Um, that is gonna be gives you a

769
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: good catch radius. Um, catches everything, even if he has

770
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,040
Speaker 1: to do catch it on the way to the ground.

771
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 1: On the ground, his concentration on those things is what

772
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,879
Speaker 1: stands out to me. Yeah, and doesn't give up on it,

773
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:59,879
Speaker 1: and a lot of natural hand eye coordination. Uh, he's spectacular. Yeah,

774
00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:01,400
Speaker 1: we get some one on one's going on the other

775
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 1: side of the field over there. Man, I don't know

776
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 1: if you caught that. Oh I did not. I wish

777
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,200
Speaker 1: I could see that a little bit better though, too. Yeah. There,

778
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 1: that's actually a more valuable drill than for us. But

779
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 1: to Dale's point, the one on ones are lineman verse lineman.

780
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,239
Speaker 1: I mean it's just one on ones, like it's a

781
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 1: senior bowl in the end zone type of thing. Yeah,

782
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:22,279
Speaker 1: that's what the that's what scouts like yourself like to watch. Yeah,

783
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,279
Speaker 1: especially because we haven't got any of that yet. I mean,

784
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 1: I can't tell who's who, but I'm kind of see

785
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 1: you over there to see that. What they do is

786
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 1: they put the five lineman offensive lineman there and they'll

787
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 1: have the they put shoulders shoulder like they usually line up,

788
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,439
Speaker 1: and right now they guess somebody's on the nose. They're looking.

789
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 1: See he looks like he jumped off side there, But

790
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,200
Speaker 1: they're one on one battles snapping it just like the

791
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:48,240
Speaker 1: Senior Bowl situation. Vans watch this practice on NFL network

792
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: or FPN or whatever. Would you like my binoculars? I

793
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:56,399
Speaker 1: have my binoculars. That's okay. That was, But there would

794
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,000
Speaker 1: be more to glean out of that one. There would

795
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 1: be the but they're doing the other note here too,

796
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:03,680
Speaker 1: is there the seven on seven stuff is red zone

797
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: while they're in the twenty four there snapped there? Yeah,

798
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:12,279
Speaker 1: he comes again there have the right guard held up. Yeah,

799
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,440
Speaker 1: not a bad job. They also don't call holding on

800
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 1: this place. They do not, so you can you can

801
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 1: cheat it a little. It's only holding if it gets called.

802
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:26,080
Speaker 1: R Why out there catching another ball? I think watch

803
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 1: touch the ball more in this practice than any day

804
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:33,760
Speaker 1: in Steeler history. Um wait, Pressley harv and I'm watching

805
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,520
Speaker 1: him over far in the far far afield. There he

806
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:40,959
Speaker 1: is kicking the snot sometimes he just explodes off his foot,

807
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 1: I mean, just makes a a different type of noise

808
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 1: and just hangs in the air for five second hang time,

809
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 1: just keeps climbing. It really is. Now you can boom it,

810
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 1: I mean hopefully the consistency is there, and the confidence

811
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 1: and all that, but I know they're still high hopes

812
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: for him. Absolutely, they're not going to give up on him,

813
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,400
Speaker 1: I know, unless Steeler fans have. But the Steelers are

814
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: not going to do so just because he's a punter.

815
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 1: They expect him to come in and be flawless because

816
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 1: they used the draft pick on him. There's an acclamation

817
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 1: for seventh round, like Daniel that wasn't Rey guy was

818
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 1: the first round, right, I mean, you know, I get

819
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 1: it is tough to kick in Pittsburgh, especially if you're

820
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 1: a kid from the South. Yeah, no doubt about it.

821
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: I mean, if there's such a thing as a punter

822
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:28,279
Speaker 1: prospect project, it's him, you know, I mean, up in

823
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 1: the air with that stuff before you got the big leg.

824
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,279
Speaker 1: But yeah, we're gonna take another break here as we

825
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 1: wrap up our two of our coverage here on Steelers

826
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 1: Nation Radio. This is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio,

827
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,319
Speaker 1: the only place that you can get live coverage from

828
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: Steelers training camp as it happens. Nowhere else you could

829
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:49,480
Speaker 1: do that. Nowhere else you can do right where this

830
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 1: is it exactly what we see. We're honing our our

831
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:54,800
Speaker 1: play by play chops. I don't know that either. I

832
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:56,440
Speaker 1: know either one of us is gonna be ready for

833
00:40:56,640 --> 00:41:00,319
Speaker 1: UH to jump in and do a live game here anytimes. No,

834
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 1: I think those guys in the booth jobs are very safe.

835
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,399
Speaker 1: Billy hill Grove is safe, and the Wolf and those

836
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 1: guys eight their jobs. I have a much better appreciation.

837
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 1: I've never tried it for what they do. That's the

838
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 1: first time I've ever done it. Yeah, I kind of

839
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,839
Speaker 1: regret it. Tim Ben's asked me to help do a

840
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 1: high school game a couple of years ago, and I'm like,

841
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 1: I don't know any of these players. I don't want

842
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,920
Speaker 1: to do it, and maybe it's been fun just to

843
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:23,800
Speaker 1: sit up there yesterday about that. I don't know what

844
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 1: the pecking order was in that we both got asked

845
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 1: and neither one of us could do it. Yeah, I

846
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:29,719
Speaker 1: had other conflicts. It wasn't like I didn't want to

847
00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:31,759
Speaker 1: do it, but I didn't know one player. And that's

848
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:33,839
Speaker 1: the thing. Like he called me Sat Friday night, Hey

849
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 1: can you do this? And I'm like, I don't know

850
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 1: anything about that, right, I don't know who these people are, right, Yeah,

851
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 1: I mean maybe whatever, But but there's a reason these

852
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 1: the announcing teams take a week of prep and they

853
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:50,560
Speaker 1: meet with teams, and you know, right absolutely, I know

854
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:52,360
Speaker 1: it's not Monday Night football, but so I wanted to

855
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 1: have some clue what I mean. You know, I pretty

856
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:57,320
Speaker 1: firm grasp on the numbers here with the Steelers, and

857
00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,279
Speaker 1: I still found myself looking down every once a while.

858
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:00,880
Speaker 1: I do it more than I think I would, just

859
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: because it's not second nature from like a play by

860
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:06,759
Speaker 1: play perspective, talking about him. It's just a little bit

861
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:11,480
Speaker 1: different world that one. Connor Heyward letting one slip through

862
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:14,280
Speaker 1: his hands there right over the middle. Get Mason Rudolph

863
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:16,680
Speaker 1: is using the middle of the field. Yeah, it's definitely

864
00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:18,839
Speaker 1: a trend with this passage game that you didn't see

865
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,359
Speaker 1: in games last year, and Rudolph in particularly, You're right,

866
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,560
Speaker 1: he's letting him fly in the middle of field. And

867
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:26,080
Speaker 1: that wasn't his fault, No, absolutely not. But we're gonna

868
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:28,680
Speaker 1: take a break. He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Alli.

869
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: You're listening to the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio.

870
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 1: We'll be back with our final hour right after this.

871
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 1: When you want black and Gold football talk, you want

872
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 1: s n R.