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Steelers Preseason Week 2 Recap: A loss to the Buffalo Bills · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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Speaker 1: Head folks, Welcome into the Irish Steelers Podcast, the podcast
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Speaker 1: for Pittsburgh Steeters fans on the Island. Barlin, Michael McQuaid
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Speaker 1: delighted to be joined by Dave McKee. Dave, how were
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Speaker 1: doing another week of preseason Diamond, We're getting closer.
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Speaker 2: II Field been good, Mike, Yeah, that's up basically cutting
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Speaker 2: down the days in the weeks now. Obviously last night
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Speaker 2: was another opportunity to watch them and you know, sort
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Speaker 2: of get a good sense of what was going on.
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Speaker 2: But no, I'm sort of like yourself of this rate.
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Speaker 2: We'll get the next couple of weeks down and before
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Speaker 2: you know it's where we watched the Staters football regular season.
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Speaker 1: So it makes it so much easier when you see
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Speaker 1: a big slaunching matches pop up on the telecast, which
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Speaker 1: was on Virgin Media, so shout out to them. The
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Speaker 1: second of Fleet preseason games on Virgin Media last night,
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Speaker 1: and and the last one against the Lions I believe
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Speaker 1: is all next week. We'll talk about that in a bit.
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Speaker 1: Jimmy is not here my electric folks. My WiFi was
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Speaker 1: not working this morning, so apology to shout out the
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Speaker 1: Jimmy as well. Have obviously breaking the down Steelers losing
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Speaker 1: a preseason game against the Bills nine to three, falling
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Speaker 1: to zero and two in the preseason, the Bills actually
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Speaker 1: improved the one on one. Have you any immediate takeaways
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Speaker 1: from that?
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Speaker 2: You know, it wasn't a great performance less you know,
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Speaker 2: there's no point in painting it over. I mean, an
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Speaker 2: opportunity to watch the Steelers and an occasion is great,
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Speaker 2: but that game was nothing the head home about. You know,
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Speaker 2: it's a game that will fade quickly into the best
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Speaker 2: as far as I'm concerned. And to be fair of
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Speaker 2: the Bills, you know their past Russ is no choke.
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Speaker 2: It was good to see, you know, a few old
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Speaker 2: faces on the other side, Mitch Trubscue, but all honestly
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Speaker 2: make gets. It was one I was struggling to stay
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Speaker 2: up for. Good to see Russell Wilson and the Black
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Speaker 2: and Gold. Eight out of ten, forty seven yards, no touchdowns,
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Speaker 2: no pecks. Pretty ovious performance. But it doesn't doesn't have
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Speaker 2: to be great for you know, for our first time
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Speaker 2: in pods. Got to say a bit more. Justin Phils
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Speaker 2: lapping for seventeen ninety two yards. Had a big game
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Speaker 2: on the ground as well, of course, we knowbody brings
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Speaker 2: to the table, he's gonna he's gonna bring a lot
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Speaker 2: of scrambling and outside the pot. Had one really nice
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Speaker 2: completion I think where he skipped, you know, the sack
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Speaker 2: found desk with Patrick on the key completion on third down.
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Speaker 2: Shout out to my guy neck Kurbig as well came
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Speaker 2: up with a sack on on Metsch as well. We
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Speaker 2: all know how early in the game. We all know
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Speaker 2: how much I love neck Krbig. You know he's already
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Speaker 2: asking for licendary status in Petsburgh as far as I'm concerned.
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Speaker 2: But overall, Michael, it's it's hard the right home and anything,
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Speaker 2: and I'm just waiting for week one at this rice.
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Speaker 2: Of course, we've got one more week against the Detroit Lance,
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Speaker 2: you know, a team that I'm pecking't actually to do
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Speaker 2: the Super Bowl this year, albeit to hope we're We're
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Speaker 2: going to be a team that'll that will play them
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Speaker 2: and hopefully beat them, but at least well we'll get
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Speaker 2: a chance to score with another top class opponents. So
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Speaker 2: roll on next week and you know, if we if
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Speaker 2: we win, great, If not, you know, we I think
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Speaker 2: we finished the pre season three and oh, last year
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Speaker 2: and we didn't win the Super Bowl. So it doesn't
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Speaker 2: mean of course it means something. It's a big getting
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Speaker 2: the medicine, the Hank, but it doesn't mean anything realistically.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and look sort of going on Nick, her big need,
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Speaker 1: her big, it seems is going to be had for
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Speaker 1: a while. So you know, obviously with him the best.
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Speaker 1: Were you to see Nick Helples like your game last night.
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Speaker 1: I am very much as well in the camp of
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Speaker 1: you know, it's a preseason, it's not the super Bowl.
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Speaker 1: Obviously you want to get every rap under you and
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Speaker 1: get as much experience as you can. But at the
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Speaker 1: end of the day, this is the team that's learning.
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Speaker 1: And I've seen some things this morning where people are
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Speaker 1: talking about the offense with Justin Fields and Russell Wilson.
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Speaker 1: I guess we'll talk about in a few minutes. And
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Speaker 1: before we do that, let's hear from coach Mike Pomlin.
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Speaker 1: After yesterday's result.
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Speaker 3: You know, still not what we're looking for. It was
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Speaker 3: better in some areas, but still JV and too many others.
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Speaker 3: An area of improvement I thought was net punting. The
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Speaker 3: field position component of play got flipped this time around.
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Speaker 3: We're much better in this game than we were in
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Speaker 3: the last one. Still not winning enough possession downs on offense,
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Speaker 3: particularly early in an effort to establish rhythm and gain
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Speaker 3: plays and develop personality and so forth. When you're not
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Speaker 3: winning possession downs at the early portions of the game,
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Speaker 3: all of those things really get steamy. Included in that,
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Speaker 3: but also separate from that. I just thought we did
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Speaker 3: we didn't do a good enough job of protecting the quarterback.
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Speaker 3: We got to do a better job in past protection
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Speaker 3: than we did, not only in possession downs, but just
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Speaker 3: in general. And I was really upfront with the group
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Speaker 3: about it in that regard that can't be a problem
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Speaker 3: for us. We got to be better than we were
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Speaker 3: tonight in that area. On defense, particularly in the second half,
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Speaker 3: I thought our young people wore down some. They were
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Speaker 3: able to control the game and minimize our opportunities because
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Speaker 3: they were running the football. Some our secondary people in
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Speaker 3: the in the crack replaced gaps and so forth. You
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Speaker 3: don't have a chance to have really good run defense
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Speaker 3: unless your secondary people are really on it. I thought,
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Speaker 3: I thought we had a lot of area for improvement,
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Speaker 3: particularly in the second half, in terms of some of
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Speaker 3: those things. And that's why their run total was what
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Speaker 3: it was and and really limited some of our possession
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Speaker 3: opportunities in the second half. But we'll meet tomorrow, man,
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Speaker 3: we'll comb through it in great detail. That's just a
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Speaker 3: need your assessment of some things. From a health standpoint.
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Speaker 3: Jalen Warren had a hamstring in game. I don't know
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Speaker 3: the extent of it. He'll be evaluated. I'll have more
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Speaker 3: information for you obviously over the next couple of days.
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Speaker 3: Peyton Wilson was being treated for a concussion. Anthony Everett
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Speaker 3: had a hamstring as well some other bumps and bruises.
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Speaker 3: But I think in most instances those guys return to play.
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Speaker 3: But again, I'll have more detail for you next time
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Speaker 3: we come together around the health of some people's kind
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Speaker 3: of limited opportunities.
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Speaker 4: And it's a pre season, but would you like to
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Speaker 4: see your first team offense producing points?
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Speaker 3: Absolutely? You know, in order to do that, you gotta
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Speaker 3: win possession downs, and we're just not winning enough of
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Speaker 3: those right now. And so you know that problem.
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Speaker 1: Lingers coach Tomlin on the Iris Hitters podcast, And do
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Speaker 1: you before you listen to some of the players' reactions
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Speaker 1: to the scheme, you know this is a team and
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Speaker 1: I really like our quarterback the minute. In terms of
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Speaker 1: that combination of Russell Wilson and Justin Fields as the
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Speaker 1: top two there, I like the fact that they are
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Speaker 1: there and they're going to grow this season. We know
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Speaker 1: the story, but now it's been told so many times
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Speaker 1: that Russell Wilson comes out of Denver, improved in his
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Speaker 1: last season in Denver and now has in my opinion,
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Speaker 1: an opportunity of a lifetime in Pittsburgh. And then Justin Fields,
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Speaker 1: a guy in my opinion that was not respected no
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Speaker 1: of Chicago, now has that opportunity as well. They've got
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Speaker 1: a brand new See, it's gonna take time to bet
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Speaker 1: in like we're talking about potentially, you know, you're seeing
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Speaker 1: reports of them scrapping the preseason entirely and focusing them
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Speaker 1: more on scrimmages and team and teams in different camps. Well,
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Speaker 1: last night, in my opinion, it was an example of
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Speaker 1: why you need the preseason. You need these guys to
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Speaker 1: go out and get represent you know, certainly for me,
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Speaker 1: I agree that of course you want to see and
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Speaker 1: improving on the offense. You want to see the offense
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Speaker 1: work better, but it's gonna take time. I'd much rather
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Speaker 1: get a win week one than worry about week two
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Speaker 1: or weeks three preseason. For me right now, it's see
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Speaker 1: these guys, see these players, see what they have to offer,
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Speaker 1: and then you know, anything else the buonuts.
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Speaker 2: No, you're you're spot on. I mean I was. I
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Speaker 2: was sort of reading some of the comments this morning
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Speaker 2: as well, and you know, there's a lot of over exaggeration.
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Speaker 2: But as you say, we've got a new offensive coordinator,
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Speaker 2: he's still sort of embedding himself into that position offensively.
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Speaker 2: You know that with the schemes and stuff like that,
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Speaker 2: you'll expect, you know, justin Field and Russell Wilson when
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Speaker 2: the regular season comes, they're going to be well under
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Speaker 2: their progressions as well. And it's gonna be one of
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Speaker 2: those where they don't have to They're gonna have to adopt
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Speaker 2: it the same as anything. You know, you're gonna have
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Speaker 2: to adopt these changes. But I'm going to sort of
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Speaker 2: just back up everything you said there. You know, the
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Speaker 2: preseason is just an important time where you get obviously
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Speaker 2: the new guys in the roster coming in playing their
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Speaker 2: own snops as well. It's it's not a time to
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Speaker 2: sort of over exaggerate and you know, panic And as
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Speaker 2: I said there a couple of minutes ago, we get
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Speaker 2: finished three and over the preseason. Last year, we came
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Speaker 2: out of preseason thinking we're the best team in the world,
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Speaker 2: you know, the greatest team ever, and it just doesn't
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Speaker 2: work like that. So I'm just gonna yeah, next who
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Speaker 2: knows next time. But and yeah, Rome wasn't building the
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Speaker 2: day that. I was saying like, it's it's going to
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Speaker 2: take time for this to work out, and yeah, that's
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Speaker 2: preseason is important. I'm just going to back you up
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Speaker 2: on that one as well. You know, they're talking about
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Speaker 2: scrapping the preseason, but actually, I don't want to see that.
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Speaker 2: I think it's important that we get guys in early
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Speaker 2: and obviously getting their game time before for that week one.
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Speaker 2: So I don't know, I really know what they would
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Speaker 2: fill that void with. I don't know if you have
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Speaker 2: any opinions in that, like what what do you think
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Speaker 2: they would even fill it with.
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Speaker 1: I see and this is just our sort of talk.
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Speaker 1: It's it's obviously not official, but you see it on
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Speaker 1: various different shows during the week where they're talking about maybe,
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Speaker 1: you know, changing up the preseason, and I guess team
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Speaker 1: scrimmage is a big one we've seen this week with
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Speaker 1: the Bills and seems to be you know, good feedback
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Speaker 1: coming out of that from from both sides that they
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Speaker 1: really enjoyed their time there. That's not something that happens
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Speaker 1: with the Stags year on year deal. And you know,
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Speaker 1: it's if it's going to become the new norm where
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Speaker 1: you are getting those guys to visit and you're you know,
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Speaker 1: you're you're looking at those different reps, they become key
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Speaker 1: and they almost turn into like a mini preseason by themselves. Look,
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Speaker 1: we all just want to see more football and not
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Speaker 1: the thing before we talk about the QBS very quickly
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Speaker 1: that's here from Russellosi.
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Speaker 5: Well, we always want to win. I mean, I think
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Speaker 5: that's the you know, that's our mission every time. Obviously
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Speaker 5: we didn't get to do it tonight. You know, it
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Speaker 5: was good to be in the black and gold, you know,
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Speaker 5: just to have the honor to wear the jersey and
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Speaker 5: to be out there with with with with our teammates. Man,
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Speaker 5: it's just it's a blessing for sure, you know. And
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Speaker 5: just to be in the stadium again and playing, putting
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Speaker 5: my cleats on it and getting ready to go but
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Speaker 5: we always want to be able to step on the
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Speaker 5: fielding on the white lines and find a way to win.
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Speaker 5: We didn't get to do that tonight.
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Speaker 4: I know it's limited opportunities and it's just a preseason,
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Speaker 4: but would you like to see the first team offense
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Speaker 4: score more points because you have I don't think you
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Speaker 4: have in two games.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I think I think for us, you
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Speaker 5: know today, you know, we just stayed on schedule. I
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Speaker 5: think the biggest thing is staying on schedule. We had
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Speaker 5: too many I think we had too many third and longs,
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Speaker 5: you know, you know in the first two drives, you know,
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Speaker 5: in particular, and we did some good things on offense,
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Speaker 5: you know, but at the same time, we just got
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Speaker 5: to give ourselves the best chance possible to be successful.
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Speaker 5: And that's that's uh, third and shorts and third and mediums,
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Speaker 5: and we you know, we we converted you know in
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Speaker 5: one you know, one of those you know later in
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Speaker 5: the in the in the first second quarter or whatever
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Speaker 5: it was. And Van did a good job sitting over
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Speaker 5: the middle. But I think I think the best thing
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Speaker 5: we can do is it put our heads down and
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Speaker 5: keep getting to work.
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Speaker 6: I know it may not have been obviously, danversall that
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Speaker 6: you are looking for, But for you in the first half,
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Speaker 6: were the thing that you didn't like in positives?
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I thought I was trying to play in rhythm,
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Speaker 5: trying to get the ball out when we could, and
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Speaker 5: then and then uh, also just trying to hang in
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Speaker 5: there and the third down, like I mentioned earlier, the
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Speaker 5: van you know, those those plays, he did a good job.
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Speaker 5: GP did a really good job in his choice route.
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Speaker 5: We thought he was in on that go ball. You know, Uh,
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Speaker 5: that was a sweet catch, but you know, I thought
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Speaker 5: he'd double toe taped that one. But you know, I
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Speaker 5: think I think the best thing that we can do
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Speaker 5: is you know, the best part about you know, it's
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Speaker 5: in my thirteenth year, you know, and every preseason is different.
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Speaker 5: You know, it's as high, there's lows, there's you know,
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Speaker 5: you have great practices, which we have a lot of.
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Speaker 5: We've had a lot of lows. Guys have been working
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Speaker 5: their tails off every day. We had a great practice
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Speaker 5: on Thursday whenever it was So there're a lot of
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Speaker 5: good that goes unseen sometimes and there's some things that
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Speaker 5: we also have to fix and get right. And so
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Speaker 5: that's the diligence that we have to have. We have
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Speaker 5: a sense of urgency, you know, every week, every every
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Speaker 5: day you step into the into the building, every day
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Speaker 5: you step into the white lines. And that's what we're
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Speaker 5: gonna do.
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Speaker 7: The biggest thing that's getting in the way right now,
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Speaker 7: it's just it's just the chemistry. And you guys have
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Speaker 7: a lot of guys on rookie contracts on the offense
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Speaker 7: and in trying to get you guys together. You think
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Speaker 7: that's the biggest impediment right now.
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Speaker 5: No, I don't. I don't think.
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Speaker 4: Uh.
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Speaker 5: I think the best thing we can do is just
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Speaker 5: stay on schedule. Yeah, I think that's the biggest ants.
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Speaker 5: That's football, no matter you know, if you have you know,
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Speaker 5: all vets and all you know, all rookies. I think
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Speaker 5: just think that the reality is that you got to
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Speaker 5: stay on schedule in this game, you know, And that's
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Speaker 5: that's the biggest thing. You don't want to be in
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Speaker 5: third and longs, you know, from for a good amount
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Speaker 5: of the game. So we just got to do that
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Speaker 5: better and I think we'll give ourselves a better chance.
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Speaker 7: We said in the locker room that you got to
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Speaker 7: feel like you guys are making really good progress right now.
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Speaker 7: Do you agree with that assessment.
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Speaker 3: From I do?
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Speaker 5: I mean, I just, you know, the practices, the things
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Speaker 5: that we do, the extra work the guys, the amount
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Speaker 5: of time guys are spending. You know, it's I'm really
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Speaker 5: excited about this football team. I really am. I just
12:21
Speaker 5: you know, you can't blank and I you know at
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Speaker 5: uh you know, you know, they all matter, They all matter,
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Speaker 5: They always matter. Every game matters, every time you know,
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Speaker 5: the balls kicked off, it matters. But also understand, you know,
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Speaker 5: to to process, to understand what we're doing really really well,
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Speaker 5: and then continue to do those things, and then the
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Speaker 5: things we're not not doing so well, let's fix them
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Speaker 5: and then and then then then you give yourselves the
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Speaker 5: best chance. But you can't run from uh, you know,
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Speaker 5: fixing the little details and and so you know work.
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Speaker 5: We're closer than we know. I think, you know, to
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Speaker 5: be honest with you, I think that uh, you know,
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Speaker 5: I just I really love the work ethic of the
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Speaker 5: guys that we have. You know you mentioned Pat Fryermouth.
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Speaker 5: I mean just the detail that he puts into it.
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Speaker 5: GP obviously such a special player. Calvin Van has really
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Speaker 5: risen up to the casion on love Scotty Miller. Obviously,
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Speaker 5: our backs or physicals can be you know. And I
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Speaker 5: think I think of our offensive line. You know, we're
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Speaker 5: young but talented, and I think that's a that's a
13:16
Speaker 5: great thing to have. So guys have a one two
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Speaker 5: and we have that, and then obviously we have a
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Speaker 5: great defense. So I think that the best thing that
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Speaker 5: we can do is look at the film, study it.
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Speaker 4: You know.
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Speaker 5: I'm just grateful to you know, every time I get
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Speaker 5: to play this game. Man, there's just so much gratitude
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Speaker 5: and enjoy, you know.
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Speaker 4: For me.
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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson on the Irish Theaters podcast. One of the
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Speaker 1: biggest takeaways for me, Dave is obviously Wilson had that
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Speaker 1: slight injury just before training comes starting at He injured
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Speaker 1: his cough, I believe. And the biggest takeaway from me,
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Speaker 1: well eighty percent the completion we had last night. Anyway
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Speaker 1: you look at it in terms of the stots, but
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Speaker 1: he said he felt graty, felt strong, and he feels
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Speaker 1: like he sort of got past that injury immediately. When
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Speaker 1: you're looking at a situation when you the game in
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Speaker 1: two or three weeks time, that's what Staters Nation wants
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Speaker 1: to hear and we hope to see, you know, depending
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Speaker 1: on whether they play next week or not. You know,
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Speaker 1: a bit of movement there in terms of starting. It'll
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Speaker 1: be interesting to see what happens.
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Speaker 2: Just on Russ as well. I've sort of been following
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Speaker 2: his Instagram stories as well. He's putting in the arts
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Speaker 2: and training ground, you can see it, and he does.
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Speaker 2: He looks he looks a lot better this year than
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Speaker 2: he did last year, you know, at the stage of
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Speaker 2: sect then a year older. So I'm really excited to
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Speaker 2: see how he goes. You know, I think there is
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Speaker 2: already talk about potentially. I mean, it just shows how
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Speaker 2: really over exaggerating sports fans are. You know, they'll see
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Speaker 2: thing and they'll just say, oh, we need to change it.
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Speaker 2: And I'm already seeing people saying, look, Justin Fields needs
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Speaker 2: to be the number one. I still have Russ down
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Speaker 2: as my number one going in the week one. I
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Speaker 2: think we still need to give him a chance. Albeit,
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Speaker 2: you know, Justin Fields has been impressing, but I'm liking
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Speaker 2: how he's looking so far. As I say, it's going
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Speaker 2: to take a bit of time for him to adjust
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Speaker 2: to the offense. We've got a couple of key targets
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Speaker 2: as well that are coming back, you know, a couple
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Speaker 2: of injuries from from the offseason as well. So I'm
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Speaker 2: just I'm ready just to see a bit, you know,
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Speaker 2: I'm ready to say that out like in competitive football,
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Speaker 2: That's what I'm ready to say. So we can just
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Speaker 2: get this week, you know, put this week in the
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Speaker 2: in the back window and the in the backside, and
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Speaker 2: I think after next week, you know, we'll know fully
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Speaker 2: now where we are and what we are and who knows,
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Speaker 2: you know, what what happens with you know, free agency.
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Speaker 2: You know, there's a lot of talk about that, but
15:24
Speaker 2: we've just got a sort of knuckle down and deal
15:27
Speaker 2: with the guys we've got.
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Speaker 1: I will tell in terms of all that stuff, we've
15:30
Speaker 1: seen coach Thomland talk about the need for protecting the
15:33
Speaker 1: quarterback better and now something that's going to take time,
15:35
Speaker 1: hopefully over the next few weeks. So we get ironed
15:37
Speaker 1: out and fully gone there and let's see what happens.
15:40
Speaker 1: There was a really great play in the fourth quarter
15:42
Speaker 1: when fields had a lot of pressure, find the way
15:44
Speaker 1: to get out of the pocket, make a run and
15:46
Speaker 1: get a pass down the field. It'll be interesting to
15:49
Speaker 1: see how that develops over time, but I think a
15:51
Speaker 1: bottle like that is healthy. You've got a Super Bowl champion,
15:55
Speaker 1: albeit a few years ago. Now when Russell Wilson, a
15:57
Speaker 1: guy that is determined justin fields, is probably one of
16:00
Speaker 1: the most motivated guys in this league in terms of
16:02
Speaker 1: where he is right now, he's probably watching Killer Williams
16:05
Speaker 1: in Chicago's thinking of himself. I'm as good as, if
16:08
Speaker 1: not better than that. So I can't wait to see
16:09
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen. Just before we go there, let's hear
16:12
Speaker 1: from your guy to Herbert.
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Speaker 4: Said one does that show that the body? Then when
16:17
Speaker 4: coach Commins says the strength of the back is the
16:19
Speaker 4: back because you finished off what it looked like LARRYO
16:22
Speaker 4: and Key maybe it started.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean LARRYO got there first, and then I
16:26
Speaker 6: was there next, and he was starting to slip out
16:28
Speaker 6: a little, and then Keanu came over the top and
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Speaker 6: finished some Uh. So I think that's just a perfect
16:32
Speaker 6: picture of what we are in Pittsburgh. We're striving to
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Speaker 6: be and that's collective that's aiming to do something great here.
16:40
Speaker 7: Technical rookie, last year, you had several different moves. You
16:42
Speaker 7: seem like you could talk through them and think through
16:45
Speaker 7: them a lot. What things are you able to see
16:47
Speaker 7: now this year that you maybe didn't see the last year.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think just recognizing like alignments and pre snap things, uh,
16:54
Speaker 6: you know, stuff I wasn't keen to h last year.
16:57
Speaker 6: And I think that just uh that's coaching and being
16:59
Speaker 6: around guys like TJ Alex, you know, and seeing how
17:03
Speaker 6: they go about their business and just trying to take
17:05
Speaker 6: mental notes of that day.
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Speaker 1: Marcus Golden was was here and that he's out already.
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Speaker 7: I mean, how ready do you feel to step into
17:12
Speaker 7: that role, especially knowing that there's all a kind of
17:13
Speaker 7: experience even behind.
17:15
Speaker 1: You at this point.
17:16
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean I think there there's never gonna be
17:18
Speaker 6: a true time when you're like okay, like I'm ready,
17:21
Speaker 6: Like I mean, it's when the lights come on, you
17:23
Speaker 6: gotta show up, So you just gotta stay ready so
17:25
Speaker 6: you don't got to get ready.
17:28
Speaker 4: Tomlin gave you what mister Herbig to night as you
17:31
Speaker 4: came off the field.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, that's probably like top five best feelings in the world,
17:35
Speaker 6: I'd say.
17:37
Speaker 2: After two games. So it's the feeling from the defensive
17:40
Speaker 2: side of how you guys an execute.
17:42
Speaker 6: There's a lot of lot of good stuff on tape,
17:44
Speaker 6: a lot of stuff that we need to clean up,
17:46
Speaker 6: you know, uh, need to be better on the on
17:48
Speaker 6: the edges, need to be better at tackling, wrapping up,
17:51
Speaker 6: getting the whole gang to the ball. So there's obviously
17:54
Speaker 6: ups and downs, but not like we're we're trending.
17:59
Speaker 1: Good to hear from her, big deal of like every
18:01
Speaker 1: time you hear that month speaking most of a smile
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Speaker 1: on your face.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, of course, of course, Mac, he's he's one of
18:09
Speaker 2: a kind already, and he's following TJ. If t J
18:12
Speaker 2: wats footsteps. I can tell came up with a big
18:14
Speaker 2: sack last night. I think it was maybe a bit
18:16
Speaker 2: more motivated because he was playing a quarterback and we
18:19
Speaker 2: sacked him probably a lot and and and and OTAs
18:22
Speaker 2: and stuff last year. So yeah, I'm buzzing for him.
18:26
Speaker 2: Hopefully it gets a bit of a bit of a
18:27
Speaker 2: better opportunity this year. I mean, who knows, with injuries
18:30
Speaker 2: and stuff. Injuries happen in this league, and if it does,
18:32
Speaker 2: I know he'll definitely stop up. So yeah, it's it's
18:36
Speaker 2: it's it's good to hear from him, And of course
18:38
Speaker 2: I'm sure he's chomping at the bit for a week
18:40
Speaker 2: one as well at this threat.
18:42
Speaker 1: And definitely a more you know, it's it's a full
18:44
Speaker 1: on schedule in that second half as well, so I'm
18:46
Speaker 1: sure there may be opportunities firms, So we will see
18:48
Speaker 1: what happens there in that sense. Just before we go
18:51
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19:08
Speaker 1: this season, final preseason game. Again it's a Lion's team.
19:12
Speaker 1: The third game is always a bit different there and
19:15
Speaker 1: we don't really know what to expect at this point,
19:18
Speaker 1: come in a week beforehand. What would you like to
19:20
Speaker 1: see generally in terms of that last game for me
19:22
Speaker 1: is just get the reps, get everybody out healthy, and
19:25
Speaker 1: then take that two weeks.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, get get everybody out healthy. And I said it
19:29
Speaker 2: last week and I've said it again. That's the most
19:32
Speaker 2: important thing of course, getting competitive snaps is good, but
19:35
Speaker 2: we've got to get everybody out half. Hi mean, the
19:37
Speaker 2: last thing you want is a key injury in week
19:39
Speaker 2: three of the preseason. You're sort of thinking yourself, you know,
19:42
Speaker 2: I don't really I don't really see many of the
19:45
Speaker 2: stars getting much more attention to it. But yeah, I'm
19:48
Speaker 2: that's what I want to see. No injuries, a bit
19:51
Speaker 2: maybe a bit more you know, offensive creativity. You know,
19:54
Speaker 2: Arthur Schmith, he's got two weeks now to look at
19:56
Speaker 2: us and and hopefully drop something new, whether it comes
19:59
Speaker 2: or not. I mean, just the offensive line maybe wasn't
20:03
Speaker 2: including last week. Last week, I hadn't said that the
20:05
Speaker 2: Bill's pass rush is pretty serious. So that's what I
20:08
Speaker 2: want to say. I just want to see a bit
20:09
Speaker 2: more you know, aggression maybe you know, on not offensive line.
20:13
Speaker 2: But as I said, the main thing is no injuries,
20:16
Speaker 2: and if we go into Week one injury free, ready
20:19
Speaker 2: to travel to Atlanta and hopefully get the win. That's
20:22
Speaker 2: the main thing. So that's really what I want to say.
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20:29
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20:31
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