October 9, 2025 • 50 mins
On this Week 6 coordinator day, hear from Browns OC Tommy Rees, DC Jim Schwartz, STC Bubba Ventrone, OG Joel Bitonio, and LB Carson Schwesinger.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Welcome to this week six Thursday edition of the From
the Podium podcast. I'm Gabe Colara Brown's continued preparations today
for their first matchup with the Steelers of the season
this coming Sunday. On this episode, you'll hear from offensive
coordinator Tommy Reese, defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, special teams coordinator
Bubba Van Trone, offensive guard Joel Batonio, and linebacker Carson Swessinger.
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We'll start with offensive coordinator Tommy Reese, who discussed what
he saw from Dylan Gabriel in his first career NFL start.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Dylan's Yeah, I thought he did a lot of positive things. Obviously,
unique week to prepare for Flores and those guys do
a great job defensively of giving different looks, So there
was a lot that went into it on the front end.
Thought he did a nice job getting himself ready and prepared.
There's always things to clean up, you know, you can
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be a rookie, you can be a fifteen year vet.
There's always going to be you know, plays and things
to clean up. When you look at it, probably it's totality.
Took care of the football, you know, did a nice
job for us coming out of half. Did a nice
job on the second drive of the game. You know,
the third or nine play in the red zone was
really a good job getting through his progression. And then
you know, there's some things later that we want to
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clean up and continue to work on. But you know,
positive feeling after his first one.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Third down play on the second last drive there was
that it was kind of hard.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
To tell what that was, which which one.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Isaia bond yep okay on the right side, Yeah, just
not on the same page of the timing of it.
And those are you know, throws that we expect to
time up and to connect on. But you know, slid
a little bit to our right. There was a little
pressure ball, probably came out a little bit earlier than
we wanted, and you know, just just misfired and miscued
with him and ib on that one. But I felt
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like we had a chance there to convert and keep
it going there, to close it out, but continue to
improve on that.
Speaker 5 (01:56):
More out of the receiving core than you guys have
gotten so fun.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Yeah, I think it's all all of our jobs, right,
It's a it's a total group effort there. We got
to put them in good positions to have success. You know,
we got to be on time, We've got to be
accurate when we have opportunities. We've got to make contested plays.
That's part of the NFL. But you know, as a staff,
we just we want to make sure that we're putting
them in the right spot and giving them the best
opportunities to have success best based on what they do
best and whether it's use of motion or use of
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variations and formations. You know, we got to be on
it to make sure that we allow those guys to
go out there and play their full potential on those lines.
Speaker 6 (02:28):
When you look at the lack of explosive plays in
the past game that you guys have been money able
to generate, do you think that's more of our product
of the way teams are are defense start lining or
playing you guys, Do you think it's more self inflicted
stuff that needs to be cleaned up.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Yeah, there's a lot of probably factors to that.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
We always try to look as internal as possible, right
like what can we do, what are we doing that
we need to improve on, How do we make those plays?
Speaker 4 (02:51):
How do we get them in the right spots.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
How do we make sure when we have them that
we're connecting them, so we're not going to look very
outward on that. I mean, there's certainly schematic things that
you might call play and they're in soft shell and
it's not the right look for it that happens. But
when we have the look and we're not able to
capitalize on that, we're gonna look inward and figure out
how we improve those things.
Speaker 7 (03:10):
Was it by Design and London to try to keep
Gabriel in the pocket as much as possible?
Speaker 5 (03:16):
But the bike and want to keep them.
Speaker 8 (03:18):
In the pocket.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Are you talking about them defensively? Yeah, yeah, I mean
I think that's how they rush. You know, they do
a nice job of trying to condense things inside, you know,
keep wide edges to them. You know, he stepped up
on the one scramble, backed up on an early third down,
probably another couple opportunities there, you know, throughout the game
to step up and go. But they did a nice
job in their rush patterns. They had some twists and
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stunts where maybe you think you have an edge and
then it's taken away. So that's pretty consistent with how
teams want to rush. They want to push the inside
and create edges on the outside, so to really limit
the ability to get out of the pocket.
Speaker 9 (03:53):
You can expect to see growth in the second start.
And then what challenges is Pittsburgh's defense percent.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
To that, Yeah, I mean Pittsburgh defense has been who
they've been for quite a while now and starts with
their front. You know, they have they have an excellent
front across the board. You know, you usually got five covers.
It's a lot of one on one matchups. Linebackers are aggressive,
retooled secondary that has a lot of talent. So you know,
certainly you might know where they line up, but that
doesn't mean it's an easy task. You know, they have
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they have really good players and do a nice job
of playing hard, physical and creating pressure on the quarterback.
You know, they do a nice job with bat at
balls and creating you know, again the ability to push
the pocket inside with who they've got. You know, for Dylan,
I think operationally we look to the biggest areas to improve.
I mean, after one start, there's gonna be things that
he's more comfortable doing. There's gonna be rhythm there that
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he can get on the same page with the offensive
line and the rest of the skilled players, and you
just look to build, you know, the continuity with the
rest of the group. I think every time he steps
out there with those guys, you'll see that can continue
to improve, whether it's communication or physical, you know, just
connecting on things.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
I think that Cotton new he will continue to improve.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
For him.
Speaker 10 (05:02):
Cam got one series there at left back Home and
then Katy was the rest one. Was that sort of
the plan going in to kind of just kind of
get his feet wet and.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
How much more do you expect to utilize.
Speaker 8 (05:15):
Him this week?
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Hard week for Cam, right, I mean you come here
and then all of a sudden you're going to Europe.
So you know, we felt like he did a nice
job during the week. You know, we had a plan
going in the game, get his feet wet a little bit,
see how it continues to go and evaluate it from there.
But you know, he did a nice job for us
a week ago getting ready to play, and you know,
will continue to build on that.
Speaker 11 (05:34):
Steelers are second right now with their ten takeaways. That
defense wouldn't do well in terms of creating those kind
of splades.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yeah, they affect the quarterback, right, I mean they affect him.
Doesn't mean it's a strip sack, or it's a sack
fumble or but they affect him in a way where
they bat balls, they push the pocket, they flush him
into making poor decisions, like they do a great job
of affecting the quarterback, making the quarterback feel unsettled. And
then everywhere the ball, they attack the football when they tackle.
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I mean they're looking to bring you down, but they
are attacking the football as they tackle you. So ball carrier,
skilled players got to do a great job. Lines got
to cover down to make sure we're there for him.
And then you know, we got to do our whole
group protecting the quarterback. And part of that's playing on time.
Part of it is doing a good job with the
edge players and the push inside.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
I mean, as far as Schador is concerned, what have
you guys seen from him? We can't watch practice anymore,
so what kind of growth have you seen in him
since we last saw him play? How's he coming along?
And then I don't know if you can address your
thoughts on how ready he might be to be the
number track. No, you haven't made a decision.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Yet, but yeah, I'll let you know others address all that.
I think you know for sure. We're looking for constant
improvement throughout the season, and he's done that. I mean,
I think you see the growth and the familiarity of
the offense and what we're asking of those guys. You know,
I think the level of preparation it takes week to week,
you know, when you're putting a new game plan together.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
You know, that's a learning curve for all rookies. So
I think he's.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Gotten more use to that, gotten up to speed, doing
a nice job in his preparation and understanding what the
game plan holds. And then when he's had his opportunities
to go operated, he's done a nice job. So again,
all of our rookies, we're playing a lot of them
right We're trying to continue on them on an upward
trend and see how much they can handle on how
to improve them.
Speaker 4 (07:18):
And you know, he fits in with the with the
rest of the group that way.
Speaker 6 (07:21):
On those lines, Is there any credence to you know,
Kevin talked about players development, you know, he even talked
about thinking long hard about moving to Dylan in the
starting world. Is there any credance to you know, a
rookie quarterback maybe or a more veteran quarterback being suited to,
you know, serving a backup role because you know they
had that experience as opposed to you know, you did
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that with Joe last week. You know he's prepared himself
to step in on a moment's notice. There's any credence
to a rookie quarterback, maybe.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Not at that, Yeah, but I think like you're limited
in your reps, you know what I mean, and during
the week and when you're playing a rookie, you want
to get him as many reps as you can. So
I think as you look at it, guys that have experience,
you know, whether it's Flacco or anyone else, Like, it's
easy for those guys having been through the ropes to
understand what it looks like to prepare for a game
without being able to, you know, maximize the reps.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
That doesn't mean it's not possible for a rookie to
do that.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
It's just you got to put in a lot of
work and time to make sure that you're maximizing things
that you might not get a chance to rep.
Speaker 12 (08:18):
Last week when you guys made to move to Gabriel,
Kevin talked about how important Joe's leadership was still gonna
obviously be for you guys. With him now obviously out
of the picture, just who or how in that room
are you sort of picking up the slack of that
leadership being gone and the experience that he has and
how much his day he has, Dylan sort of embraced
larger leadership role as a starter.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Yeah, it's all of us, right, I mean it's myself,
it's Kevin, it's Muss, it's the Shawn in the room,
it's Bailey in the room. You know, it's being there
with Dylan, Like, it's all of us in the quarterback
room pulling together and making sure that we support one another.
I think Dylan does have an innate ability to kind
of touch the other positions. I think he did a
nice shot of that during the game and during the prep.
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Like he's got that confidence to him, so definitely with
the other position groups. You can feel that from him,
feel him kind of stepping into his own and being
comfortable doing so. Look, when you're a quarterback like that,
you've done that your whole life, you know, like that's
just what's natural for you. It doesn't matter if you're
playing Pop Warner or playing now Like that's what comes
easy for you, So sometimes you just need the platform
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for that to come out. And it feels like, you know,
Dylan's you know, really comfortable in his own skin and
comfortable in that role.
Speaker 13 (09:26):
Dude.
Speaker 9 (09:26):
It seemed like David played more against the Vikings and
obviously in his best production of the season. Was it
something about that matchup or just the progression of the
season that allowed that?
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Yeah, more about the matchup, more about the personnel we
were in. You know, they're a team that wants to
keep heavier, like bigger people, not as much nickel, not
as much sub defense, so you know you're playing in
a little more twelve.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
Probably you see Dylan in live action in a real
NFL game a couple of times. Do you feel like
his mobility is something that you can now build on?
You can see how it holds up against NFL competition
and as you had into Pittsburgh, and you even utilize
some of that a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Yeah, we'll see what it holds. You know, like he
has that ability. How much you use it is probably
by a game plan, and certainly part of his strength
is his ability to create and move, So we'll see
how that continues to unfold.
Speaker 9 (10:18):
Good John, Are you amazed at all that he's had
the success without him being here at all from kind
of camp, from the.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Received God, that's a bad precedent. No, I mean, look,
Quinn Shahn's a great player, and uh he's been you know.
Really football is really important to him, and so like
his ability to come in and hit the ground running.
He was here all off season, so I think he
had that part of it already built up, which is
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really crucial to him being able to step in and
then his natural ability is taken over. But he's allowed
he's allowed himself to do that. I mean, he cares
so much about doing things, you know, the way we're
asking him owning the game plan, and once he gets
that part of it, you know, his his ability starts
to take over.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
How did you feel, and we had having a chance
to ask you, but how did you feel about all
of a sudden, now Joe's out of your quarterback grip?
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Yeah, it's the tough part about the business. I think.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
You know, you build relationships with guys, and I was
very fortunate to be with Joe and have that experience,
and we really got along well and saw the game.
I think in a similar fashion. So I'm happy for him,
like as on a personal note, but obviously that's the
tough part of the business, is seeing players leave. So
wish him nothing but the best. He's great.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
So about Jerry, And I know we ask about Jerry
a lot this season, but what do you see in
Jerry and how do you see him maybe getting.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Things turned around?
Speaker 5 (11:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (11:48):
I see a competitive guy right now, competitive fire and
Jerry he's one of you talk about guys that give
it like he's at the very top of the list,
and he is one that loves this game, loves the
preparation of it, art on himself. We have nothing but
a belief in trust in Jerry to get you know,
all this right, and we're gonna keep getting him the
ball and keep counting on him to be a guy
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that makes plays for us, but really really supportive of
the player Jerry is the way he prepares what he's
going to mean to this football team moving forward, and
know that he's going to play well for US.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz discussed the addition of the newest
Browns cornerback, Tyson Campbell.
Speaker 14 (12:25):
Actually, no, my voice is shocked because I've been trying
to imitate Aaron Rodgers hard count for two days and
our practice and walk through.
Speaker 8 (12:37):
And you know, so all right, check.
Speaker 5 (12:43):
After your news.
Speaker 14 (12:45):
Well it would be it would be Tyson. He just
he just put boots on the ground. Yeah, you know,
he's a veteran player. We've got players ready in less
time than that. We sort of you know, we have
our intricacies and we have few things that we do uniquely,
but we also do a lot of things that he's
done in the past.
Speaker 8 (13:06):
Late last night, watched some film.
Speaker 14 (13:07):
Of him, and you know, it's just a matter of
him getting terminology down and holding on the safeties and
the nichols to communicate to him and then if we
also if we need to. We're excited about Tom Jones also.
You know, Dom is sort of you know, he's leaped
every hurdle we've put in front of him since he
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was an undrafted player. He played well in practice, he
played well against Carolina and the practices, played well in
the preseason games. He's big, he's be strong, he plays square,
and he plays physical, all things that we like. So
you know, we'll see where it is. Because I haven't
even met him yet. He just put boots on the
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ground after getting his physical so we'll see where it
is and have a good plan for Sunday. Whoever it is,
but it would be one of those two guys the film.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
What did you see in Tyson that you liked?
Speaker 14 (14:04):
Yeah, well it was after the fact, you know, it
wasn't It wasn't. I mean, that's that's Kevin and AB's
Mayby's thing. And you know, I would say this, we're
really gonna miss Greg. I'm such a good guy. You
guys know him, a great locker room guy, great worker,
great pro productive player, always a positive attitude, brought a
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lot of energy. So we're certainly going to miss him.
So our excitement of Tyson doesn't diminish, you know, in
no way diminishes, you know what we felt about Greg.
But Tyson's got size, he's got excellent straight line speed,
timed well, and he has track experience. I mean, guy's
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a former one hundred meter and two hundred meter state
champion state of Florida, which will get your attention.
Speaker 8 (14:53):
You know, he's a physical player. He's a good tackler.
I'd have to.
Speaker 14 (14:57):
Say, probably wasn't a great fit for their scheme change,
and he's probably you know, a little bit more of
a more of a scheme fit for us. He's a
good press cover guy, challenges guys on the outside part
of the field. Anytime you get a change in head
coach defensive coordinator GM, you know, sometimes decisions and things
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that they liked about a player's skill set in the
previous regime might not fit. And I think it was
that it was that opportunity here. I can't speak for
Aba or Kevin, I know I'm up here, but you
know they can go into the rational. We're excited about
having a good player and a guy that's been productive
in the NFL, and we'll try to get him up
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as quick as we can.
Speaker 10 (15:43):
Play a role in that, you know, being kind of
the leader of that cornerback room.
Speaker 8 (15:47):
How much is getting helping him get entice enough of that?
Speaker 14 (15:50):
Yeah, I mean, I don't know it's going to be
it's gonna be on Denzel's plate to do that. I mean,
it's more just into the culture of the room and
things like that that that'll go.
Speaker 8 (15:59):
But coaches will get him, get him.
Speaker 14 (16:01):
Up and up to speed on things, and and then
like in practice in the games, you know a lot
of the communication comes from corner to or from safety
to corner. So you know, we can keep him ahead
of problems that way. And you know, for probably today
and maybe a little bit of tomorrow, he's going to
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be probably putting things in old terms, and then we'll
see how quickly he can just get it in our
terms and be able to go. But like I said,
we've gotten players ready to play in less time. I
mean there's been some times in preseason games you get
guys like two hours before the game I think, and
you know, get him out there and go.
Speaker 8 (16:43):
So you know, we'll see where that is. But we
certainly have high expectations.
Speaker 5 (16:49):
You've done it for a long time.
Speaker 9 (16:51):
But is there still a shock factor when something like
this happens, especially after the first practice of the week.
Speaker 8 (16:57):
I don't know.
Speaker 14 (16:58):
I mean, maybe the timing probably is an ideal, but
you know, I mean that's just that's just the way
the way things are, you know, no different than an injury.
I mean a lot of times you get get your
first you know, practice of a week, and maybe you
lose a guy on Wednesday and you've got to shift
gears and you gotta get somebody. Maybe you weren't ready
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to ready to play with.
Speaker 8 (17:21):
Or in the game plan ready to play.
Speaker 14 (17:23):
So you know, whether it's a situation like this or
an injury situation or anything else. I mean, that's just
what our job is, and you know we'll we'll do
the best we can as quickly, as quickly as we can.
Speaker 8 (17:37):
I'm optimistic play as much man in Jacksonville as you
do here. Well, I can't say this year, not as much.
Speaker 14 (17:45):
You know, they're they're their Their scheme was a little
bit different, but I think in the past he has
and I like his I like his physical skills on
the outside part of the field. He does a good
job playing the ball. You know, he's got really good size,
he's got catch up speed, and you know he's probably
he's he's a good press, he's a good press corner.
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And there's a lot of things, like I said, there's
a lot of things to you know, to like from
from that skill set.
Speaker 11 (18:17):
I'll drive in the Addison touchdown. I know Donzell talked
about needing to do something different there too, responsibility for
it or whatever, But what what kind of did you
see and did you break down the film and everything
that drive as a whole.
Speaker 14 (18:29):
Yeah, I mean, I don't think I've been able to
keep any food down since since we gave up that touchdown.
And you know, when you get the lead in the
fourth quarter, hallmarker of for great defense is you close
the game out, and we failed in that regard. A
couple of years ago, we had one against Seattle. You know,
you don't have many of them, but they stick with you.
They stick with you, you know, for for a lifetime.
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Probably remember every single every single time that you've given
up on. And you know, the thing that's different in
that Seattle game that after interception and they had the
ball like right around midfield and close to scoring range.
The thing that was most disappointing about this is that
we had we had some cushion to work with and
through different things. We had a couple of mistackles in there.
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We had, you know, some and I don't know, just
say it's just some poor execution of some things. And
we gave up a couple of plays that we shouldn't
have put them in scoring range. And then all of
a sudden we were on our heels and we just
needed one play. We needed a sack, a tip ball, interception,
a third down stop, just needed one play and we
just failed to get it done, and we certainly take that.
Speaker 8 (19:40):
We take that responsibility on us. It's up to us
to close.
Speaker 14 (19:43):
Games out one point lead, three point lead, whatever it is,
fourth quarter, and we're responsible for that, no excuses.
Speaker 13 (19:53):
I mean, Aaron Rodgers a lot over your career, especially
going kind of were you most looking forward to with
this next after a pastor re turnout?
Speaker 14 (20:02):
Yeah, he's one of the great great quarterbacks in the
history of the NFL. You know, there's a lot of
youth unique things. You know, he was I mentioned the
hard count. He's he was one of the ogs hard count.
Everybody used to try to hard count to get guys
off sides to get five yards, and he was one
of the first ones to build in taking deep shots
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off of it, and we really got to be hyper
alert for that that and trying to sub and catching
twelve guys on the field because.
Speaker 8 (20:30):
He's going downtown with those things and.
Speaker 14 (20:32):
Has made a lot of plays over the course of
his career doing that. So you know, up front, we
can't put stress on our secondary just giving him free shots,
free shots with deep passes by being all sides. So
that's been a big point of emphasis for what he
does you know, and and he's got great arm talent,
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but it doesn't always look the way that you know
other people there's you know, classic throw and things like that.
He's just got such a loose arm. He can throw
from six million different angles. He's extremely accurate. You know,
he's he's been he's been an outstanding quarterback, been a
super Bowl winner. We certainly have a lot of respect
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for him, and we're gonna have to play our best.
You know, he's he's he's putting the ball in positions
that his guys can make plays, right. You know, so
you're a point guard and you're getting the guys the
ball and you they're open, and they're hitting layups and
they're wide open jumpers and things like that. Well, that's
the way he's playing quarterback.
Speaker 8 (21:33):
You know.
Speaker 14 (21:33):
I think it's it's somewhere in the neighborhood of seventy
percent of their passing yards is run after the catch,
and it's like, you know that that's a ridiculously high number,
and but that's you know that that's a tribute to him.
Number one, he's throwing accurate passes that allow them to
run after the catch and just knowing where to go.
And just you know, put the ball in your playmaker's hands.
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Anytime a ball is in a playmaker's hands is a
good play.
Speaker 8 (21:58):
And he uses all the game guys.
Speaker 14 (22:01):
You know, he's got running back war and it's averaging
almost thirteen yards a catch. I mean there's a lot
of wide receivers that will be really really happy with
thirteen yards to catch.
Speaker 8 (22:09):
That's a running back.
Speaker 14 (22:11):
And he also has some play extension ability, you know,
and and he's always made some big plays down the
field and play extension. So you know, we're gonna have
to We're gonna have to cover the whole field, and
we have to play really well. We're gonna have to
be able to pressure up front. We're gonna have to
cover in the back end. It's going to take our
best effort, like a scouting quarterback.
Speaker 8 (22:30):
Pretty important this week with that hard count practice.
Speaker 14 (22:32):
Huh yeah, I mean, we we're certainly drilling it, but
there's nothing like you know, the real thing. You know,
when when you know there's three hundred pounders six inches
from your nose and you know it's third down and
one or it's you know, the game situation, and there's
a million calls and things like that we just got
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to carry it over from this to the next. And
you know, our scouting quarterbacks have done a good job
of of doing that stuff.
Speaker 8 (23:00):
And it's not just them, it's the offensive lineman.
Speaker 14 (23:02):
There's a lot of coordinated type movement, you know, guys
like like abruptly moving their heads or flashing their hands
and things like that. We just got to zone all
that stuff out because again, it's not a five yard
penalty the way that they play it. It's a chance
to make a forty yard game or a fifty yard game,
and you know, it's it's obviously it's been a big
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point of emphasis anytime.
Speaker 8 (23:25):
You play a quarterback like Aaron Rodgers, it is.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
Would you say Greg was off to this year, like
he was playing really well, kind of rejuvenated back there
as the start.
Speaker 14 (23:37):
Yeah, Greg's been. Greg's been a good quality player for us.
He's covered well on the outside part of the field.
I thought he improved his tackling and his physical play.
Speaker 8 (23:47):
Like I said, he already always.
Speaker 14 (23:48):
Brought a lot of energy and his relentless positive attitude
was a big you know, it was a big thing
for us and we certainly wish him the best. I'll
always be a and a Greg Newsom, so we wish
him the best in Jacksonville.
Speaker 8 (24:04):
But you know, we're moving on.
Speaker 14 (24:06):
We'll get Tyson up to speed as quick as we
can and we're looking forward to having another good player
on defense with Tyson.
Speaker 5 (24:14):
And that trick play from the touchdown? How disappointing you?
What was like? What did you see you wrongler that?
Speaker 14 (24:20):
Yeah, we're in Manda, man, and it's it's hard, but
it's our job to keep our eyes on our coverage
when when you're getting run action, it's no different than
a play action. And we were so trying to think
of a euphemistic word, we were so eager to to
go make a play.
Speaker 8 (24:41):
And and and.
Speaker 14 (24:42):
And tackle that that we lost our eyes and you know,
gave that up. It's you know, it's it's kind of
not necessarily in a wildcat type play, but there's half
back toss passes, there's reverse passes, there's a million times
like that, and it just really tests your ability to
to keep eyes on on one thing as opposed to
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as opposed to the other. I think you know one
of the things that happened on the last drive too,
you guys know me, I always try to guard against
you know, when you guys get up in arms about
no turnovers, and I try to say, like, look, you know,
we have to worry about you know, playing hard, playing physical,
playing with effort and doing our job and.
Speaker 8 (25:22):
The turnovers will come.
Speaker 14 (25:24):
There were a few times in this game, including on
that last drive, that we had guys trying to make
a play, you know, And you know it's human nature,
you know, the games on the line, they're trying to
make a play, they're trying to do something to help
the defense. But you can also put your defense in
peril when and we when you do that, and we
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paid a severe price for that, you know, giving up,
giving up that giving up that touchdown, and you know,
I mean, we certainly have respect for them. They had
the week before I put up about four hundred yards
on Pittsburgh and I played well.
Speaker 8 (25:59):
It wasn't like we took them lightly. We we knew
that they were a talented group.
Speaker 14 (26:03):
And other than that play in the last drive, we
did a pretty good job of holding them down and
keeping that game in the balance.
Speaker 8 (26:09):
But we we just have to finish that game. You're
going to.
Speaker 14 (26:12):
Get plays in the game where you don't you don't
play your best and and like that play, you got
a lot of time to overcome that. When it's the
last drive of the game, you don't have time to
make it right, you know, you don't get second chances.
And that's the heavy penalty that that we paid, every
every cost that we paid or price price, every price
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that we paid, and you know we did we didn't
do our job to finish the game.
Speaker 5 (26:40):
A lot of very quickly.
Speaker 14 (26:44):
So what's the antidete today is that put the pressure
on the secondary to cover. Yeah, cover quicker, cover longer.
You know, there's there's, there's things. But so did Joe Burrow.
Joe Burrow through the ball extremely quick, you know, like
you said, Aaron Rodgers, I think he might have the
quickest time to throw in the whole NFL right this point.
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And a lot of them are short targets. So you
just have to cover your short zones, your short man
demand really well and try to buy a little bit
of time cloud to picture up a little bit close
some windows. We were very effective going against going against
Burrow doing that. So we're going it's going to take
a lot of the same kind of effort to combat
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that and buy some time for our pass rush to
get home.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Special teams coordinator Bubba Van Tron spoke on the new
CA ball regulations in the National Football League of it.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
What can you say about the Steelers' special teams and
what you guys are up against this weekend with them?
Speaker 8 (27:43):
Yeah, they have a really good group.
Speaker 15 (27:46):
Danny Smith has done a nice job there for the
last I want to say, fourteen years.
Speaker 8 (27:51):
Maybe he's been there.
Speaker 15 (27:52):
I know he coached my brother in fifteen and even
before then, I think, yeah, coach Ross in thirteen fourteen.
But they've They've got a really good group, get contributions
from a lot of positions.
Speaker 8 (28:05):
Uh, they do a good job.
Speaker 15 (28:06):
They're They're a physical group with good size. They play aggressive.
You know, they're the whole core. I mean a lot
of those guys play in all four units. You have
you have Hayward, you got the two rookies, Bruner, you
have Sawyer, Scronic does a heck of a job. Obviously
Killiber is a monster. So they have a lot of
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really good players.
Speaker 9 (28:31):
On that point where rexis foot excellently touches the headline
for the touch back, what's a coaching point there, because
I know he's hustling, but find that necessary.
Speaker 15 (28:40):
Yeah, Yeah, that was that was a tough one. We
talk about that quite a bit, honestly, especially in our
Friday meetings where we're talking about more like situational type
plays and just understanding like the scenario there, it's like
you get a nice play from the gunner to bat
the ball back, just having the understanding and the awareness
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to that the ball is coming back and it's not
rolling toward the goal line to be under control on
the recovery and just having that instinct and awareness to
not dive on the ball and really just let the ball,
let the ball go and down it. You know, I
know he feels bad about it. He's shown good effort,
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but we just need to be better, better aware of
the situation. I thought he did a good job. I
did the one ball that we did not field. I
thought that right made a nice made a nice play.
He showed like he was going left, brought the ball
back to our right. That was the one player that
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I know Gage would like to have back. He got
a late jump on the ball. He was over playing
the offset too much and was late to get over there,
and you know, it was unable to catch the ball.
Speaker 11 (29:58):
In a time that missed fifty. Was there any thought
of possibly seeing it hit the camera wire, like in
real time or anything.
Speaker 8 (30:07):
No, I don't.
Speaker 15 (30:08):
I didn't see it hitting camera wire, even on the
even on the replay, even on the coach's copy, even
on that video that's surfacing. It didn't look like there
was any type of hitting wire, just like it really
didn't though, if you watch the ball, if you watch
the video, it doesn't do that. In my opinion, I
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think Riker is one of the best in the league.
He just hit it a little bit inside out on
the ball and missed the kick. I mean, I mean,
here's the thing. To me, if if it would have
hit like a wire or something, I feel like he
would have reacted.
Speaker 8 (30:46):
He didn't react at all.
Speaker 15 (30:48):
He just he looked like he missed the kick, and
that's how his reaction was.
Speaker 12 (30:52):
Right.
Speaker 5 (30:53):
And look, he's he's.
Speaker 8 (30:55):
Super talented, that kid. He's a really good kicker.
Speaker 3 (30:57):
Sorry sorry, Is there anything to the kicking ball controversy.
Speaker 13 (31:04):
That's out there this year?
Speaker 8 (31:05):
Is there a controversy?
Speaker 15 (31:08):
I mean, so it was voted on in the spring,
all the teams approved it, and I know that this
has been discussed. But like prior to this, season. It's
hard on the it's hard on the training staffs or
the equipment staffs to to prep the balls. You only
have an hour to get the balls ready, whereas like
the quarterbacks, you just bring those balls to the game
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and they're already doctored up and they don't have to
prepare those balls before the game. So why is it
any different for the kickers. So I think that because
we have more time to prepare them, you're probably getting
better results because the balls are better. But it puts
a lot of strain on the equipment guys. Honestly to
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have to prepare those balls. You get three balls to
scrub down in an hour, it's hard a lot of times,
like the first two balls or are good, in the
third ball is junk. So now at least you're bringing
three quality balls to the game.
Speaker 10 (32:03):
You know that, you think the ability to get longer
field goals because more of the balls are just the
evolution of the quarterback for a little bit about part.
Speaker 15 (32:11):
It's probably a combination. It's probably a combination of both.
There's there are a lot of talented kickers in the
league right now. Though I will say.
Speaker 5 (32:19):
He's been making a place for what can you tell.
Speaker 15 (32:21):
Us about him, Yeah, I think the you know, he
factors on the perimeter. He's got the thing that he
brings to our unit to speed. We needed to add
that and he's he's given us that on the outside.
So he's definitely shown up the last couple of weeks
he's been he's been a positive light for us.
Speaker 10 (32:36):
For sure, rookies on the roster and probably more playing
for you than normal. Is is there a point that
too many rookies is too much or is it's just
how it goes.
Speaker 8 (32:46):
It'll be nice enough a couple of years.
Speaker 15 (32:48):
It'll be nice in a few years when all those
rookies develop and you have a nice core unit. But no,
those guys are improving each week. I think we've seen,
you know, significant improvements in all those.
Speaker 8 (32:58):
Areas with uh, with the guys who are.
Speaker 15 (33:01):
Using it on teams and hopefully continue to do that.
Speaker 9 (33:05):
You's a ton of andre about kicking it whatever they
call Pittsburgh Stadium.
Speaker 5 (33:10):
Now, you know, it feels like it's time to time.
Speaker 15 (33:12):
Been I know, I know, I mean it's Hines It's
Heines Field, right, it is it a sure stadium?
Speaker 5 (33:19):
What is that like?
Speaker 15 (33:20):
A Yeah, I'm from Pittsburgh. I love Pittsburgh obviously, don't
like the Steelers. I love going back there to play.
I'm not as from like relative to like the kicking
and all that stuff. I mean, we'll get a feel
for the wind and stuff when we get there. The
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stadium has changed a good bit. I know that the
stands on the on the close or on the open
side have kind of like closed in a little bit
relative to what it used to look like. But we'll
figure it out once we get there.
Speaker 9 (33:52):
Having a guy like Boswell, how does that change strategy,
you know for a team when you know the other
the other he has a guy like that.
Speaker 15 (34:01):
Yeah, No, he's He's had a great career.
Speaker 5 (34:03):
He really has.
Speaker 15 (34:04):
He had a sixty yarder against New York earlier in
the season. He's been extremely accurate, especially in the last
three years.
Speaker 8 (34:11):
He's like over ninety percent.
Speaker 15 (34:13):
So he's been he's been a weapon for them. He's
really been automatic. So being able for to have confidence
in your guy to be able to hit from any distances.
Speaker 5 (34:24):
Is quite a thing to have.
Speaker 8 (34:25):
So he's he's done a great job.
Speaker 5 (34:27):
Chris. But who's more famous?
Speaker 15 (34:30):
You were?
Speaker 5 (34:30):
TJ mccomn.
Speaker 15 (34:32):
TJ for sure, you know we're at the same high school. Yeah,
same high school, and their snapper, Christian Kuintz, is also
the same high school. TJ's hands down the most popular.
Christian is probably more popular than Man Pittsburgh now too,
which is which is fine. Both are really good guys
that I that I know pretty good.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
Announced his initiative of donating a thousand dollars to Cancer
Institute for Research and Treatment for every punt he had
inside the twenty as his coach.
Speaker 5 (35:03):
How what does it say about Corey.
Speaker 15 (35:04):
That he's dedicating some off field stuff but looking at
his on field performance to do it. That's I honestly
did not know that. I'm glad you informed me about that.
Speaker 8 (35:17):
Hopefully.
Speaker 15 (35:17):
Uh, there's a lot of contributions made coming up.
Speaker 4 (35:22):
But now he's he's a he's.
Speaker 15 (35:24):
A great guy, great guy, a great person. Doesn't surprise
me that he would do something like that.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Offensive guard Joel Patonio talked about what it's like to
block for quin John Judkins.
Speaker 9 (35:33):
So, Joe, what was your reaction to see Joe training
just in Scanty?
Speaker 5 (35:37):
Yeah, I was. I was shocked.
Speaker 10 (35:39):
I was actually with my youngest daughter at home and
I was kind of like, uh, scrolling Instagram, and I
was like, this is a fake account, you know, like I
saw an NFL like post. Then you know, I saw it.
I reached out to him. I think everybody was a
little bit shocked. You know, he's like just such a vet,
such a leader. Obviously, you know, we wanted to give
him the rings this year and you try and give
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me hands to you know, rekindle some magic from twenty
twenty three. But then you kind of look deeper into
the picture, like it's it's unfortunate part of the business,
and and I think we want to try and see
what our young quarterbacks have and and he was, you know,
probably a good backup to have, but like in the
grand scheme of things, like they were probably ready to
give the young guys a chance. And you know, they
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got a draft pick, so that's that's their mindset, I think.
Speaker 5 (36:23):
But yeah, we were a little bit shocked.
Speaker 10 (36:26):
But you know, you sit back and you kind of
look at a big picture and you're like, all right,
he has a chance to play now and and go
do his thing. What about just the reaction with g Yeah, yeah,
that was that was late too last night. You know,
I uh, I had got a text for somebody else,
saying we trade a break and I wasn't sure. You know,
obviously he's been here for five years, like done a
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lot for our team, was playing playing really well this year,
and just a great personality, like just a you know,
a guy that you like having around, you know. Coach
Fancy told us this morning, he just said, like, you know,
we we traded him for another corner that you know,
we believe is a good corner in this league. And
so at this point they think, you know, they're they're
trading a starter for a starter, and they you know,
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maybe fits better in our scheme and stuff. But anytime
you lose guys in this league, it's you realize, is
like the business of it, and you know, we'll.
Speaker 5 (37:17):
Kind of see how it goes from there. So it
is a business, but it does a.
Speaker 10 (37:20):
Creative feeling in the locker room, like nobody knows who's
next to any uncertainty at all.
Speaker 5 (37:25):
I don't think so, Like, you know, I don't think so.
Speaker 10 (37:26):
I think if you look at those situations playing, like
I think we traded a player for a player at
the same position, and you know, we traded our quarterback
that was a starter. Who's you know now now gonna
be back when we have a lot of young guys
in that room that they probably want to see get reps.
But no, I think we're I think we're focused that
we have an urgency this week to to try and
get a win.
Speaker 3 (37:46):
So do you still feel like that it's based on
what you're how you're describing those trades, that the commitment
to winning.
Speaker 11 (37:53):
Is still there?
Speaker 5 (37:54):
Yeah, I think yes, I think so.
Speaker 10 (37:58):
You know, we look at it like the NFL's most
cliche thing is a game of inches, and you know,
we're a couple of plays away from being you know,
three and two and a couple another play away from.
Speaker 5 (38:08):
Being you know, on five.
Speaker 10 (38:09):
Unfortunately, I think there's a good team in here, and
I think the organization still feels that way. We have
to find a way to get wins, to put it
on the board. But I don't think anybody.
Speaker 5 (38:19):
In this locker room is not focused on trying to
win the next game. Tough situation last week for Cam Robinson.
Speaker 8 (38:25):
What do you see him doing this week?
Speaker 5 (38:27):
Like?
Speaker 10 (38:27):
Yeah, I mean, you know, you get you get picked
up and there he traded and then you end up
you know, flying to London and and doing that thing.
But I think he's getting more comfortable with the playbook.
Like I think he's understanding what we do. He's played
a lot of football, and so I think he's gonna
definitely feel more comfortable if he gets a shot to
be out there.
Speaker 5 (38:47):
The bank was okay after a long play.
Speaker 10 (38:49):
Yeah yeah, we uh we made it good that they
take care of some of those flights. But we we
made it there and back, so we're filling all right now.
I think Dylan can grow in that second start and
then what kids can you give him about playing next
Dealer's defense?
Speaker 5 (39:04):
Yeah, he did some good things.
Speaker 10 (39:06):
I think you you know, it's like your team you
want to see the most growth from week one to
week two, Like as a quarterback you want to see
a lot of growth as well. I think you play
a full game, you get the experience of calling the place,
checking plays of the line. Like it's easy on paper
like to oh yeah if there's a three technique over here,
but then when you get out there and actually see it,
you know, it makes.
Speaker 5 (39:24):
Those makes those calls real.
Speaker 10 (39:26):
But I think he's taking a big step, Like he's
always had a grasp of the offense and he's continued
to continue to study and and be good.
Speaker 5 (39:32):
So I think, you know, it was a it was
a you.
Speaker 10 (39:36):
Know again London Minnesota Vikings defense, Like it doesn't get
much easier go to Pittsburgh now and playing a playing.
Speaker 5 (39:42):
In a hostile environment.
Speaker 10 (39:43):
I think they realize, like he's played so much football
in college, Like it's a big rivalry game, Like it's
gonna be loud, it's gonna be rambunctious, like they're a
good defense, and we gotta, you know, as an offense,
we gotta give him a chance to play on time
and and protect him.
Speaker 5 (39:56):
To see if you make those plays.
Speaker 3 (39:57):
In terms of the running game, do you guys, I mean,
you really need to get the passing game going so
that you don't face the stack box when sewn right.
I mean, what do you do maybe to get that?
Speaker 10 (40:09):
Yeah, I mean if we can keep you know, I
think everybody's seen Cue. He's he's heck of a player,
and we want to try and get him the balls
as much as possible. So anytime we can do that
is a good thing. And we think it'll open up
the passing game if we if we keep you know,
giving him the ball and then taking those shots.
Speaker 5 (40:27):
But if they want to, you know, load the box.
Then we do have to take those shots.
Speaker 10 (40:30):
We have to find a way protect and and make
big plays.
Speaker 5 (40:33):
Happen to told him up for us.
Speaker 10 (40:35):
After the game, one.
Speaker 9 (40:37):
Of the defensive linemens said something said Nick Chubb.
Speaker 5 (40:40):
Mike Tomlin said, Nick Chubb with reference this week, do
you see? Yeah?
Speaker 10 (40:44):
I mean they're both great players, like great running backs.
You know, I obviously had a lot of experience with Nick,
and you know, I remember his rookie year when he
came in and splashed you know, Oakland game and had
some more carries throughout the year and almost I think
it almost got two a thousand that year. But yeah,
you see, I mean dynamic running backs like like they
they just make plays and they make people miss and
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they find the hole and they run for three of plays,
block for three and they get five. You know, those
type of similarities for sure. I see, I see those.
Speaker 2 (41:13):
Things did y'all You've seen a number of rookie quarterbacks
now going to Pittsburgh.
Speaker 5 (41:19):
Is it your.
Speaker 12 (41:19):
Experience that that experience.
Speaker 5 (41:26):
Causes them not to play their best? I mean, I
think it's just a tough place to play, a tough defense.
Speaker 10 (41:34):
Any anytime you face them, you know, and and so
we we obviously haven't had much success playing there and
you know, my whole career, and so I think it's
just a tough environment in general, you know, and they
have great players on their defense that that make plays
for them, and we have to, you know, do a
job to make it, you know, a little bit easier
for him.
Speaker 3 (41:53):
Because you're watching this film. The Steelers sacked Carson Wentz
six times in Dublin, So is that you know, kind
of a daunting task to go up against Cam and
Analys and and those.
Speaker 10 (42:04):
Yeah, they're great, great front, you know. Obviously t J.
Watts is who he is, and then high Smith and
her Big or are you know, high sposed not for
a little bit, but Herbert it's been playing great on
that side. And obviously Cam Hayward still doing this thing
on the inside. They drafted a first round guy that
you know, fifth round guy. They wrote, take guys on
the inside. So that's the thing. Like, you know, you
have four or five rushers and they like to bring five,
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so you're one on one a lot of the time.
But it's a great defense, a great test for us,
and we're you know, preparing to try and take it on.
Speaker 7 (42:33):
When you've gone against a guy like Cam so many times,
I mean you face it twice a year. You guys
have both been around for a long time. Is there
any like, I guess what's that like? You go against
like a constantly have gone.
Speaker 10 (42:44):
Against so much, Well, there's no surprises, right, Like you
go into the game and you know his best rushes,
he knows how I like to block him.
Speaker 5 (42:51):
Probably they have.
Speaker 10 (42:53):
Some uh, you know, some different wrinkles here and there.
But at the end of the day, it's like, all right,
I know I'm gonna block like seventy percent of the
time in the and and he lines up over me
most of the time as well, So like all that
stuff is familiar, familiar, But then like get in the Sunday,
it's like, you know, it's a big challenge because he's
a great player as well, So there's definitely a little
bit less uncertainty. But obviously the expectations of the actual
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game are are there, and it's it's it's always going
to be a good battle to.
Speaker 11 (43:18):
All that defense and the fact that they already have
ten takeaways.
Speaker 5 (43:22):
What are you seeing out from when a.
Speaker 10 (43:23):
Day doing well on some I mean opportunists, like the
ball finds them, like they get their hands in passing lanes.
It seems like when they need a big play, they've
made it so far this year. You know, we stressed
the turnover battle and they've kind of lived that this
year and that they're making plays. And you know, I
think they're three and one because they have won to
turnover battle and they just find a way to get
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the ball. So we have to do everything in our
power to protect him.
Speaker 3 (43:46):
We're really check, really grated out really well in his
past blocking for this past game, coming off with the
elbow of surgery, what does that say about him to
go out there and play that well, knowing that he's
probably not one hundred percent.
Speaker 10 (43:58):
Yeah, we were happy to have him back. You know,
it was it was a little tough stretch there for him,
but he he came back and he and he played
well and he fought and you know, he knows he
has a a a big battle this week. But it
was just great to have him out there and great
to have him competing. When you talk about being a
couple of inches away from whatever three and two, zero
to five, you look at AFC North, you think to yourself, man,
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this seems wide open given everything that's going on. Yeah,
I mean, you can't help but see the standings obviously,
but right now we're so focused on just trying to
be our our the best version of ourselves, that it's
hard to be like, oh yeah, and you know week twelve,
we're gonna be here. So right now we're just we're
just trying to, you know, put an offense out there
that can compete and and try and find a win
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against the team leading division.
Speaker 16 (44:41):
H what kind of lies the Quinn shot giving you
guys offensively with not just the consistency, but he's showing
the ability to break off those massive runs. I don't
wanna compare him to Nick at all, but like the
fact that it feels like you've got maybe your next consistent.
Speaker 5 (45:03):
Running Yeah, I know, it's great.
Speaker 10 (45:04):
I mean, anytime you can find one of those guys
in this league, it's it helps, you know. We just
keep finding more ways for him to get the ball,
Like there's a couple of little boots and catches in
the flat that he can turn into ten fifteen yard games.
You know, the breakaway runs are awesome, Like it's nice,
Like the third quarter we ran the ball down the field.
But when you can have those thirty yard runs like
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on the first drive of the game or that fifty
yard one that got called back, those are game changing plays,
like the explosive plays like a lot of those come
in the passing game, but if you can get three
or four in the run game in a game, then
I think you're doing something on offense. So it's great
to have him and hopefully we keep finding the way
seeing the ball.
Speaker 13 (45:40):
I wanted to ask you about that thirty two yard
again on it, you know, I mean y'all the off
the line kind of they so opened this massive hole
and it'll allowed puinch On to get up thirty two yards.
Kind of what is going on on the line that
allows y'all to kind of split the Vikings.
Speaker 7 (45:54):
Cots the line there?
Speaker 5 (45:55):
Yeah, it was there.
Speaker 10 (45:55):
I think they're on their base defense and we kind
of ran his zone to the right side, and so
you know, the front sid had a great double team.
I think White pinned the linebacker, Poe reached the nose garden.
I think we were working on the backside like a
B block up to the second level, and I think
we both won our block. So I think everybody on
the line that time kind of won their block. And
when you do that, there's there's big plays that happened.
Speaker 13 (46:18):
Yeah, now I know quintn maybe they were free viking
the linebacker secondary players there and then he kind of
didn't bounced the outside running up the Timelin thing that
What does that say about explosiveness?
Speaker 10 (46:29):
Yeah, I mean it's it's awesome to see, Like I
get I get too excited. Sometimes I threw my hand up,
I think, and I was like, oh, he stills a
long way to go. I was hoping he scored, but
but no, it's great to see him anytime we can
get him on you know, corners and safeties, you know
past the first and second level.
Speaker 5 (46:44):
We we like those matchups.
Speaker 1 (46:45):
Finally, linebacker Carson Sweessinger talked about what he's learned about
the Steelers Brown's rivalry to this point.
Speaker 5 (46:52):
The first time going to Pittsburgh. How what are you
looking forward to knowing?
Speaker 11 (46:55):
You know, I know you guys are learning the history
of this rivalry. And how excited a do you for this?
Speaker 5 (47:00):
Yeah? I'm excited.
Speaker 17 (47:00):
I think it'll be It's always fun to go into
that environment as a as a team, and and it
really brings you together and it'll be exciting to go
and go play there.
Speaker 16 (47:09):
What do you see and when you're you know, watching
that Steeler offense on the film and with with Aaron
Rodgers operating, and what do you see for camp?
Speaker 13 (47:16):
So funny?
Speaker 5 (47:16):
Shure?
Speaker 17 (47:16):
Yeah, you know, they've obviously won games and and and
played a played good offense and I think you know,
they're big and physical and I think when going going
down there, that's one of the keys is for us,
is you know, being able to bring the physicality and
start fast.
Speaker 12 (47:31):
What have you heard about the rivalry with this team
since you've sort of gotten here and sort of lead.
Speaker 8 (47:35):
Up to this game.
Speaker 17 (47:37):
Yeah, I think, I mean you hear stuff here and
there and and things like that, and I think, you know,
one of the big emphasisies just you know, being able
to play our style of football and you know, not
not let that get get too much in our heads
and making sure you know, we we keep our heads
on right and and and don't make any you know
mistakes that are that are gonna cause you know, penalties
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or things like that.
Speaker 11 (47:58):
They don't look to attacked the middle of the season
that much recently.
Speaker 3 (48:03):
Where do you think that is?
Speaker 17 (48:05):
Uh, you know, I think they actually have shown, you know,
to be able to spread the ball around. I think
that there's plays to where they look to get into
the middle of the field.
Speaker 5 (48:12):
So you know, for us, I think we're looking to be.
Speaker 17 (48:15):
Able to cover all all aspects of it, of.
Speaker 11 (48:18):
Person with Greg being traded away, I mean, I know
you didn't have as much time with the other.
Speaker 5 (48:21):
Guys in the block room, but what what.
Speaker 11 (48:24):
Was it like tickets to know him, and especially with
how local.
Speaker 5 (48:27):
He was, like how important staff he was. He was
great for all the rookies.
Speaker 17 (48:31):
I think, you know, he was always a huge supporter
and always always there to help, and so you know,
really happy for him and and happy for for the
guy we're bringing in. I think it's just gonna be
another thing of making sure on my part the communications
there and and be able to get everything across.
Speaker 7 (48:47):
I'm guessing you've been watching Aaron Rodgers your whole life,
so I mean, know, you get to go against.
Speaker 17 (48:51):
Him, but what's that kind of like that Yeah, it'll
definitely be a cool experience, but I think you know,
for me, once the game starts, it's it's just football again.
So you know, I don't really think too much into
that especially once once I'm on the field.
Speaker 3 (49:05):
What about DK Metcalf can just you know how big
he is and I'm sure you're going to go. I
think how wort you with him on Sunday?
Speaker 14 (49:12):
So which where to that?
Speaker 8 (49:14):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (49:14):
I think, you know, it's a similar thing for me.
Speaker 17 (49:16):
Once I'm on the field, it's football regardless of who's
out there. So for me, I'm just making sure I'm
you know, doing my job being where I'm supposed to
be at and and you know, hopefully you know, we're
all in positions to make plays.
Speaker 3 (49:27):
Five games and if you feel it slowed down for
you and you know where where you can just keep
your ramping up.
Speaker 17 (49:33):
Yeah, I think each game I'm feeling more comfortable, and
you know, I think I'm getting better each week and
and I think that's huge is just continuing to to
take those strides and and hopefully you know, limit mistakes
as the leaks go on as well.
Speaker 1 (49:46):
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Podium podcast.
Welcome to this week six Thursday edition of the From
the Podium podcast. I'm Gabe Colara Brown's continued preparations today
for their first matchup with the Steelers of the season
this coming Sunday. On this episode, you'll hear from offensive
coordinator Tommy Reese, defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, special teams coordinator
Bubba Van Trone, offensive guard Joel Batonio, and linebacker Carson Swessinger.
(00:25):
We'll start with offensive coordinator Tommy Reese, who discussed what
he saw from Dylan Gabriel in his first career NFL start.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Dylan's Yeah, I thought he did a lot of positive things. Obviously,
unique week to prepare for Flores and those guys do
a great job defensively of giving different looks, So there
was a lot that went into it on the front end.
Thought he did a nice job getting himself ready and prepared.
There's always things to clean up, you know, you can
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be a rookie, you can be a fifteen year vet.
There's always going to be you know, plays and things
to clean up. When you look at it, probably it's totality.
Took care of the football, you know, did a nice
job for us coming out of half. Did a nice
job on the second drive of the game. You know,
the third or nine play in the red zone was
really a good job getting through his progression. And then
you know, there's some things later that we want to
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clean up and continue to work on. But you know,
positive feeling after his first one.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Third down play on the second last drive there was
that it was kind of hard.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
To tell what that was, which which one.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Isaia bond yep okay on the right side, Yeah, just
not on the same page of the timing of it.
And those are you know, throws that we expect to
time up and to connect on. But you know, slid
a little bit to our right. There was a little
pressure ball, probably came out a little bit earlier than
we wanted, and you know, just just misfired and miscued
with him and ib on that one. But I felt
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like we had a chance there to convert and keep
it going there, to close it out, but continue to
improve on that.
Speaker 5 (01:56):
More out of the receiving core than you guys have
gotten so fun.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Yeah, I think it's all all of our jobs, right,
It's a it's a total group effort there. We got
to put them in good positions to have success. You know,
we got to be on time, We've got to be
accurate when we have opportunities. We've got to make contested plays.
That's part of the NFL. But you know, as a staff,
we just we want to make sure that we're putting
them in the right spot and giving them the best
opportunities to have success best based on what they do
best and whether it's use of motion or use of
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variations and formations. You know, we got to be on
it to make sure that we allow those guys to
go out there and play their full potential on those lines.
Speaker 6 (02:28):
When you look at the lack of explosive plays in
the past game that you guys have been money able
to generate, do you think that's more of our product
of the way teams are are defense start lining or
playing you guys, Do you think it's more self inflicted
stuff that needs to be cleaned up.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Yeah, there's a lot of probably factors to that.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
We always try to look as internal as possible, right
like what can we do, what are we doing that
we need to improve on, How do we make those plays?
Speaker 4 (02:51):
How do we get them in the right spots.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
How do we make sure when we have them that
we're connecting them, so we're not going to look very
outward on that. I mean, there's certainly schematic things that
you might call play and they're in soft shell and
it's not the right look for it that happens. But
when we have the look and we're not able to
capitalize on that, we're gonna look inward and figure out
how we improve those things.
Speaker 7 (03:10):
Was it by Design and London to try to keep
Gabriel in the pocket as much as possible?
Speaker 5 (03:16):
But the bike and want to keep them.
Speaker 8 (03:18):
In the pocket.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Are you talking about them defensively? Yeah, yeah, I mean
I think that's how they rush. You know, they do
a nice job of trying to condense things inside, you know,
keep wide edges to them. You know, he stepped up
on the one scramble, backed up on an early third down,
probably another couple opportunities there, you know, throughout the game
to step up and go. But they did a nice
job in their rush patterns. They had some twists and
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stunts where maybe you think you have an edge and
then it's taken away. So that's pretty consistent with how
teams want to rush. They want to push the inside
and create edges on the outside, so to really limit
the ability to get out of the pocket.
Speaker 9 (03:53):
You can expect to see growth in the second start.
And then what challenges is Pittsburgh's defense percent.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
To that, Yeah, I mean Pittsburgh defense has been who
they've been for quite a while now and starts with
their front. You know, they have they have an excellent
front across the board. You know, you usually got five covers.
It's a lot of one on one matchups. Linebackers are aggressive,
retooled secondary that has a lot of talent. So you know,
certainly you might know where they line up, but that
doesn't mean it's an easy task. You know, they have
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they have really good players and do a nice job
of playing hard, physical and creating pressure on the quarterback.
You know, they do a nice job with bat at
balls and creating you know, again the ability to push
the pocket inside with who they've got. You know, for Dylan,
I think operationally we look to the biggest areas to improve.
I mean, after one start, there's gonna be things that
he's more comfortable doing. There's gonna be rhythm there that
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he can get on the same page with the offensive
line and the rest of the skilled players, and you
just look to build, you know, the continuity with the
rest of the group. I think every time he steps
out there with those guys, you'll see that can continue
to improve, whether it's communication or physical, you know, just
connecting on things.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
I think that Cotton new he will continue to improve.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
For him.
Speaker 10 (05:02):
Cam got one series there at left back Home and
then Katy was the rest one. Was that sort of
the plan going in to kind of just kind of
get his feet wet and.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
How much more do you expect to utilize.
Speaker 8 (05:15):
Him this week?
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Hard week for Cam, right, I mean you come here
and then all of a sudden you're going to Europe.
So you know, we felt like he did a nice
job during the week. You know, we had a plan
going in the game, get his feet wet a little bit,
see how it continues to go and evaluate it from there.
But you know, he did a nice job for us
a week ago getting ready to play, and you know,
will continue to build on that.
Speaker 11 (05:34):
Steelers are second right now with their ten takeaways. That
defense wouldn't do well in terms of creating those kind
of splades.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yeah, they affect the quarterback, right, I mean they affect him.
Doesn't mean it's a strip sack, or it's a sack
fumble or but they affect him in a way where
they bat balls, they push the pocket, they flush him
into making poor decisions, like they do a great job
of affecting the quarterback, making the quarterback feel unsettled. And
then everywhere the ball, they attack the football when they tackle.
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I mean they're looking to bring you down, but they
are attacking the football as they tackle you. So ball carrier,
skilled players got to do a great job. Lines got
to cover down to make sure we're there for him.
And then you know, we got to do our whole
group protecting the quarterback. And part of that's playing on time.
Part of it is doing a good job with the
edge players and the push inside.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
I mean, as far as Schador is concerned, what have
you guys seen from him? We can't watch practice anymore,
so what kind of growth have you seen in him
since we last saw him play? How's he coming along?
And then I don't know if you can address your
thoughts on how ready he might be to be the
number track. No, you haven't made a decision.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Yet, but yeah, I'll let you know others address all that.
I think you know for sure. We're looking for constant
improvement throughout the season, and he's done that. I mean,
I think you see the growth and the familiarity of
the offense and what we're asking of those guys. You know,
I think the level of preparation it takes week to week,
you know, when you're putting a new game plan together.
Speaker 4 (06:56):
You know, that's a learning curve for all rookies. So
I think he's.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Gotten more use to that, gotten up to speed, doing
a nice job in his preparation and understanding what the
game plan holds. And then when he's had his opportunities
to go operated, he's done a nice job. So again,
all of our rookies, we're playing a lot of them
right We're trying to continue on them on an upward
trend and see how much they can handle on how
to improve them.
Speaker 4 (07:18):
And you know, he fits in with the with the
rest of the group that way.
Speaker 6 (07:21):
On those lines, Is there any credence to you know,
Kevin talked about players development, you know, he even talked
about thinking long hard about moving to Dylan in the
starting world. Is there any credance to you know, a
rookie quarterback maybe or a more veteran quarterback being suited to,
you know, serving a backup role because you know they
had that experience as opposed to you know, you did
(07:43):
that with Joe last week. You know he's prepared himself
to step in on a moment's notice. There's any credence
to a rookie quarterback, maybe.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Not at that, Yeah, but I think like you're limited
in your reps, you know what I mean, and during
the week and when you're playing a rookie, you want
to get him as many reps as you can. So
I think as you look at it, guys that have experience,
you know, whether it's Flacco or anyone else, Like, it's
easy for those guys having been through the ropes to
understand what it looks like to prepare for a game
without being able to, you know, maximize the reps.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
That doesn't mean it's not possible for a rookie to
do that.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
It's just you got to put in a lot of
work and time to make sure that you're maximizing things
that you might not get a chance to rep.
Speaker 12 (08:18):
Last week when you guys made to move to Gabriel,
Kevin talked about how important Joe's leadership was still gonna
obviously be for you guys. With him now obviously out
of the picture, just who or how in that room
are you sort of picking up the slack of that
leadership being gone and the experience that he has and
how much his day he has, Dylan sort of embraced
larger leadership role as a starter.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
Yeah, it's all of us, right, I mean it's myself,
it's Kevin, it's Muss, it's the Shawn in the room,
it's Bailey in the room. You know, it's being there
with Dylan, Like, it's all of us in the quarterback
room pulling together and making sure that we support one another.
I think Dylan does have an innate ability to kind
of touch the other positions. I think he did a
nice shot of that during the game and during the prep.
(08:58):
Like he's got that confidence to him, so definitely with
the other position groups. You can feel that from him,
feel him kind of stepping into his own and being
comfortable doing so. Look, when you're a quarterback like that,
you've done that your whole life, you know, like that's
just what's natural for you. It doesn't matter if you're
playing Pop Warner or playing now Like that's what comes
easy for you, So sometimes you just need the platform
(09:19):
for that to come out. And it feels like, you know,
Dylan's you know, really comfortable in his own skin and
comfortable in that role.
Speaker 13 (09:26):
Dude.
Speaker 9 (09:26):
It seemed like David played more against the Vikings and
obviously in his best production of the season. Was it
something about that matchup or just the progression of the
season that allowed that?
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Yeah, more about the matchup, more about the personnel we
were in. You know, they're a team that wants to
keep heavier, like bigger people, not as much nickel, not
as much sub defense, so you know you're playing in
a little more twelve.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
Probably you see Dylan in live action in a real
NFL game a couple of times. Do you feel like
his mobility is something that you can now build on?
You can see how it holds up against NFL competition
and as you had into Pittsburgh, and you even utilize
some of that a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Yeah, we'll see what it holds. You know, like he
has that ability. How much you use it is probably
by a game plan, and certainly part of his strength
is his ability to create and move, So we'll see
how that continues to unfold.
Speaker 9 (10:18):
Good John, Are you amazed at all that he's had
the success without him being here at all from kind
of camp, from the.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Received God, that's a bad precedent. No, I mean, look,
Quinn Shahn's a great player, and uh he's been you know.
Really football is really important to him, and so like
his ability to come in and hit the ground running.
He was here all off season, so I think he
had that part of it already built up, which is
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really crucial to him being able to step in and
then his natural ability is taken over. But he's allowed
he's allowed himself to do that. I mean, he cares
so much about doing things, you know, the way we're
asking him owning the game plan, and once he gets
that part of it, you know, his his ability starts
to take over.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
How did you feel, and we had having a chance
to ask you, but how did you feel about all
of a sudden, now Joe's out of your quarterback grip?
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Yeah, it's the tough part about the business. I think.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
You know, you build relationships with guys, and I was
very fortunate to be with Joe and have that experience,
and we really got along well and saw the game.
I think in a similar fashion. So I'm happy for him,
like as on a personal note, but obviously that's the
tough part of the business, is seeing players leave. So
wish him nothing but the best. He's great.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
So about Jerry, And I know we ask about Jerry
a lot this season, but what do you see in
Jerry and how do you see him maybe getting.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Things turned around?
Speaker 5 (11:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (11:48):
I see a competitive guy right now, competitive fire and
Jerry he's one of you talk about guys that give
it like he's at the very top of the list,
and he is one that loves this game, loves the
preparation of it, art on himself. We have nothing but
a belief in trust in Jerry to get you know,
all this right, and we're gonna keep getting him the
ball and keep counting on him to be a guy
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that makes plays for us, but really really supportive of
the player Jerry is the way he prepares what he's
going to mean to this football team moving forward, and
know that he's going to play well for US.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz discussed the addition of the newest
Browns cornerback, Tyson Campbell.
Speaker 14 (12:25):
Actually, no, my voice is shocked because I've been trying
to imitate Aaron Rodgers hard count for two days and
our practice and walk through.
Speaker 8 (12:37):
And you know, so all right, check.
Speaker 5 (12:43):
After your news.
Speaker 14 (12:45):
Well it would be it would be Tyson. He just
he just put boots on the ground. Yeah, you know,
he's a veteran player. We've got players ready in less
time than that. We sort of you know, we have
our intricacies and we have few things that we do uniquely,
but we also do a lot of things that he's
done in the past.
Speaker 8 (13:06):
Late last night, watched some film.
Speaker 14 (13:07):
Of him, and you know, it's just a matter of
him getting terminology down and holding on the safeties and
the nichols to communicate to him and then if we
also if we need to. We're excited about Tom Jones also.
You know, Dom is sort of you know, he's leaped
every hurdle we've put in front of him since he
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was an undrafted player. He played well in practice, he
played well against Carolina and the practices, played well in
the preseason games. He's big, he's be strong, he plays square,
and he plays physical, all things that we like. So
you know, we'll see where it is. Because I haven't
even met him yet. He just put boots on the
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ground after getting his physical so we'll see where it
is and have a good plan for Sunday. Whoever it is,
but it would be one of those two guys the film.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
What did you see in Tyson that you liked?
Speaker 14 (14:04):
Yeah, well it was after the fact, you know, it
wasn't It wasn't. I mean, that's that's Kevin and AB's
Mayby's thing. And you know, I would say this, we're
really gonna miss Greg. I'm such a good guy. You
guys know him, a great locker room guy, great worker,
great pro productive player, always a positive attitude, brought a
(14:24):
lot of energy. So we're certainly going to miss him.
So our excitement of Tyson doesn't diminish, you know, in
no way diminishes, you know what we felt about Greg.
But Tyson's got size, he's got excellent straight line speed,
timed well, and he has track experience. I mean, guy's
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a former one hundred meter and two hundred meter state
champion state of Florida, which will get your attention.
Speaker 8 (14:53):
You know, he's a physical player. He's a good tackler.
I'd have to.
Speaker 14 (14:57):
Say, probably wasn't a great fit for their scheme change,
and he's probably you know, a little bit more of
a more of a scheme fit for us. He's a
good press cover guy, challenges guys on the outside part
of the field. Anytime you get a change in head
coach defensive coordinator GM, you know, sometimes decisions and things
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that they liked about a player's skill set in the
previous regime might not fit. And I think it was
that it was that opportunity here. I can't speak for
Aba or Kevin, I know I'm up here, but you
know they can go into the rational. We're excited about
having a good player and a guy that's been productive
in the NFL, and we'll try to get him up
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as quick as we can.
Speaker 10 (15:43):
Play a role in that, you know, being kind of
the leader of that cornerback room.
Speaker 8 (15:47):
How much is getting helping him get entice enough of that?
Speaker 14 (15:50):
Yeah, I mean, I don't know it's going to be
it's gonna be on Denzel's plate to do that. I mean,
it's more just into the culture of the room and
things like that that that'll go.
Speaker 8 (15:59):
But coaches will get him, get him.
Speaker 14 (16:01):
Up and up to speed on things, and and then
like in practice in the games, you know a lot
of the communication comes from corner to or from safety
to corner. So you know, we can keep him ahead
of problems that way. And you know, for probably today
and maybe a little bit of tomorrow, he's going to
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be probably putting things in old terms, and then we'll
see how quickly he can just get it in our
terms and be able to go. But like I said,
we've gotten players ready to play in less time. I
mean there's been some times in preseason games you get
guys like two hours before the game I think, and
you know, get him out there and go.
Speaker 8 (16:43):
So you know, we'll see where that is. But we
certainly have high expectations.
Speaker 5 (16:49):
You've done it for a long time.
Speaker 9 (16:51):
But is there still a shock factor when something like
this happens, especially after the first practice of the week.
Speaker 8 (16:57):
I don't know.
Speaker 14 (16:58):
I mean, maybe the timing probably is an ideal, but
you know, I mean that's just that's just the way
the way things are, you know, no different than an injury.
I mean a lot of times you get get your
first you know, practice of a week, and maybe you
lose a guy on Wednesday and you've got to shift
gears and you gotta get somebody. Maybe you weren't ready
(17:19):
to ready to play with.
Speaker 8 (17:21):
Or in the game plan ready to play.
Speaker 14 (17:23):
So you know, whether it's a situation like this or
an injury situation or anything else. I mean, that's just
what our job is, and you know we'll we'll do
the best we can as quickly, as quickly as we can.
Speaker 8 (17:37):
I'm optimistic play as much man in Jacksonville as you
do here. Well, I can't say this year, not as much.
Speaker 14 (17:45):
You know, they're they're their Their scheme was a little
bit different, but I think in the past he has
and I like his I like his physical skills on
the outside part of the field. He does a good
job playing the ball. You know, he's got really good size,
he's got catch up speed, and you know he's probably
he's he's a good press, he's a good press corner.
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And there's a lot of things, like I said, there's
a lot of things to you know, to like from
from that skill set.
Speaker 11 (18:17):
I'll drive in the Addison touchdown. I know Donzell talked
about needing to do something different there too, responsibility for
it or whatever, But what what kind of did you
see and did you break down the film and everything
that drive as a whole.
Speaker 14 (18:29):
Yeah, I mean, I don't think I've been able to
keep any food down since since we gave up that touchdown.
And you know, when you get the lead in the
fourth quarter, hallmarker of for great defense is you close
the game out, and we failed in that regard. A
couple of years ago, we had one against Seattle. You know,
you don't have many of them, but they stick with you.
They stick with you, you know, for for a lifetime.
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Probably remember every single every single time that you've given
up on. And you know, the thing that's different in
that Seattle game that after interception and they had the
ball like right around midfield and close to scoring range.
The thing that was most disappointing about this is that
we had we had some cushion to work with and
through different things. We had a couple of mistackles in there.
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We had, you know, some and I don't know, just
say it's just some poor execution of some things. And
we gave up a couple of plays that we shouldn't
have put them in scoring range. And then all of
a sudden we were on our heels and we just
needed one play. We needed a sack, a tip ball, interception,
a third down stop, just needed one play and we
just failed to get it done, and we certainly take that.
Speaker 8 (19:40):
We take that responsibility on us. It's up to us
to close.
Speaker 14 (19:43):
Games out one point lead, three point lead, whatever it is,
fourth quarter, and we're responsible for that, no excuses.
Speaker 13 (19:53):
I mean, Aaron Rodgers a lot over your career, especially
going kind of were you most looking forward to with
this next after a pastor re turnout?
Speaker 14 (20:02):
Yeah, he's one of the great great quarterbacks in the
history of the NFL. You know, there's a lot of
youth unique things. You know, he was I mentioned the
hard count. He's he was one of the ogs hard count.
Everybody used to try to hard count to get guys
off sides to get five yards, and he was one
of the first ones to build in taking deep shots
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off of it, and we really got to be hyper
alert for that that and trying to sub and catching
twelve guys on the field because.
Speaker 8 (20:30):
He's going downtown with those things and.
Speaker 14 (20:32):
Has made a lot of plays over the course of
his career doing that. So you know, up front, we
can't put stress on our secondary just giving him free shots,
free shots with deep passes by being all sides. So
that's been a big point of emphasis for what he
does you know, and and he's got great arm talent,
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but it doesn't always look the way that you know
other people there's you know, classic throw and things like that.
He's just got such a loose arm. He can throw
from six million different angles. He's extremely accurate. You know,
he's he's been he's been an outstanding quarterback, been a
super Bowl winner. We certainly have a lot of respect
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for him, and we're gonna have to play our best.
You know, he's he's he's putting the ball in positions
that his guys can make plays, right. You know, so
you're a point guard and you're getting the guys the
ball and you they're open, and they're hitting layups and
they're wide open jumpers and things like that. Well, that's
the way he's playing quarterback.
Speaker 8 (21:33):
You know.
Speaker 14 (21:33):
I think it's it's somewhere in the neighborhood of seventy
percent of their passing yards is run after the catch,
and it's like, you know that that's a ridiculously high number,
and but that's you know that that's a tribute to him.
Number one, he's throwing accurate passes that allow them to
run after the catch and just knowing where to go.
And just you know, put the ball in your playmaker's hands.
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Anytime a ball is in a playmaker's hands is a
good play.
Speaker 8 (21:58):
And he uses all the game guys.
Speaker 14 (22:01):
You know, he's got running back war and it's averaging
almost thirteen yards a catch. I mean there's a lot
of wide receivers that will be really really happy with
thirteen yards to catch.
Speaker 8 (22:09):
That's a running back.
Speaker 14 (22:11):
And he also has some play extension ability, you know,
and and he's always made some big plays down the
field and play extension. So you know, we're gonna have
to We're gonna have to cover the whole field, and
we have to play really well. We're gonna have to
be able to pressure up front. We're gonna have to
cover in the back end. It's going to take our
best effort, like a scouting quarterback.
Speaker 8 (22:30):
Pretty important this week with that hard count practice.
Speaker 14 (22:32):
Huh yeah, I mean, we we're certainly drilling it, but
there's nothing like you know, the real thing. You know,
when when you know there's three hundred pounders six inches
from your nose and you know it's third down and
one or it's you know, the game situation, and there's
a million calls and things like that we just got
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to carry it over from this to the next. And
you know, our scouting quarterbacks have done a good job
of of doing that stuff.
Speaker 8 (23:00):
And it's not just them, it's the offensive lineman.
Speaker 14 (23:02):
There's a lot of coordinated type movement, you know, guys
like like abruptly moving their heads or flashing their hands
and things like that. We just got to zone all
that stuff out because again, it's not a five yard
penalty the way that they play it. It's a chance
to make a forty yard game or a fifty yard game,
and you know, it's it's obviously it's been a big
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point of emphasis anytime.
Speaker 8 (23:25):
You play a quarterback like Aaron Rodgers, it is.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
Would you say Greg was off to this year, like
he was playing really well, kind of rejuvenated back there
as the start.
Speaker 14 (23:37):
Yeah, Greg's been. Greg's been a good quality player for us.
He's covered well on the outside part of the field.
I thought he improved his tackling and his physical play.
Speaker 8 (23:47):
Like I said, he already always.
Speaker 14 (23:48):
Brought a lot of energy and his relentless positive attitude
was a big you know, it was a big thing
for us and we certainly wish him the best. I'll
always be a and a Greg Newsom, so we wish
him the best in Jacksonville.
Speaker 8 (24:04):
But you know, we're moving on.
Speaker 14 (24:06):
We'll get Tyson up to speed as quick as we
can and we're looking forward to having another good player
on defense with Tyson.
Speaker 5 (24:14):
And that trick play from the touchdown? How disappointing you?
What was like? What did you see you wrongler that?
Speaker 14 (24:20):
Yeah, we're in Manda, man, and it's it's hard, but
it's our job to keep our eyes on our coverage
when when you're getting run action, it's no different than
a play action. And we were so trying to think
of a euphemistic word, we were so eager to to
go make a play.
Speaker 8 (24:41):
And and and.
Speaker 14 (24:42):
And tackle that that we lost our eyes and you know,
gave that up. It's you know, it's it's kind of
not necessarily in a wildcat type play, but there's half
back toss passes, there's reverse passes, there's a million times
like that, and it just really tests your ability to
to keep eyes on on one thing as opposed to
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as opposed to the other. I think you know one
of the things that happened on the last drive too,
you guys know me, I always try to guard against
you know, when you guys get up in arms about
no turnovers, and I try to say, like, look, you know,
we have to worry about you know, playing hard, playing physical,
playing with effort and doing our job and.
Speaker 8 (25:22):
The turnovers will come.
Speaker 14 (25:24):
There were a few times in this game, including on
that last drive, that we had guys trying to make
a play, you know, And you know it's human nature,
you know, the games on the line, they're trying to
make a play, they're trying to do something to help
the defense. But you can also put your defense in
peril when and we when you do that, and we
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paid a severe price for that, you know, giving up,
giving up that giving up that touchdown, and you know,
I mean, we certainly have respect for them. They had
the week before I put up about four hundred yards
on Pittsburgh and I played well.
Speaker 8 (25:59):
It wasn't like we took them lightly. We we knew
that they were a talented group.
Speaker 14 (26:03):
And other than that play in the last drive, we
did a pretty good job of holding them down and
keeping that game in the balance.
Speaker 8 (26:09):
But we we just have to finish that game. You're
going to.
Speaker 14 (26:12):
Get plays in the game where you don't you don't
play your best and and like that play, you got
a lot of time to overcome that. When it's the
last drive of the game, you don't have time to
make it right, you know, you don't get second chances.
And that's the heavy penalty that that we paid, every
every cost that we paid or price price, every price
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that we paid, and you know we did we didn't
do our job to finish the game.
Speaker 5 (26:40):
A lot of very quickly.
Speaker 14 (26:44):
So what's the antidete today is that put the pressure
on the secondary to cover. Yeah, cover quicker, cover longer.
You know, there's there's, there's things. But so did Joe Burrow.
Joe Burrow through the ball extremely quick, you know, like
you said, Aaron Rodgers, I think he might have the
quickest time to throw in the whole NFL right this point.
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And a lot of them are short targets. So you
just have to cover your short zones, your short man
demand really well and try to buy a little bit
of time cloud to picture up a little bit close
some windows. We were very effective going against going against
Burrow doing that. So we're going it's going to take
a lot of the same kind of effort to combat
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that and buy some time for our pass rush to
get home.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Special teams coordinator Bubba Van Tron spoke on the new
CA ball regulations in the National Football League of it.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
What can you say about the Steelers' special teams and
what you guys are up against this weekend with them?
Speaker 8 (27:43):
Yeah, they have a really good group.
Speaker 15 (27:46):
Danny Smith has done a nice job there for the
last I want to say, fourteen years.
Speaker 8 (27:51):
Maybe he's been there.
Speaker 15 (27:52):
I know he coached my brother in fifteen and even
before then, I think, yeah, coach Ross in thirteen fourteen.
But they've They've got a really good group, get contributions
from a lot of positions.
Speaker 8 (28:05):
Uh, they do a good job.
Speaker 15 (28:06):
They're They're a physical group with good size. They play aggressive.
You know, they're the whole core. I mean a lot
of those guys play in all four units. You have
you have Hayward, you got the two rookies, Bruner, you
have Sawyer, Scronic does a heck of a job. Obviously
Killiber is a monster. So they have a lot of
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really good players.
Speaker 9 (28:31):
On that point where rexis foot excellently touches the headline
for the touch back, what's a coaching point there, because
I know he's hustling, but find that necessary.
Speaker 15 (28:40):
Yeah, Yeah, that was that was a tough one. We
talk about that quite a bit, honestly, especially in our
Friday meetings where we're talking about more like situational type
plays and just understanding like the scenario there, it's like
you get a nice play from the gunner to bat
the ball back, just having the understanding and the awareness
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to that the ball is coming back and it's not
rolling toward the goal line to be under control on
the recovery and just having that instinct and awareness to
not dive on the ball and really just let the ball,
let the ball go and down it. You know, I
know he feels bad about it. He's shown good effort,
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but we just need to be better, better aware of
the situation. I thought he did a good job. I
did the one ball that we did not field. I
thought that right made a nice made a nice play.
He showed like he was going left, brought the ball
back to our right. That was the one player that
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I know Gage would like to have back. He got
a late jump on the ball. He was over playing
the offset too much and was late to get over there,
and you know, it was unable to catch the ball.
Speaker 11 (29:58):
In a time that missed fifty. Was there any thought
of possibly seeing it hit the camera wire, like in
real time or anything.
Speaker 8 (30:07):
No, I don't.
Speaker 15 (30:08):
I didn't see it hitting camera wire, even on the
even on the replay, even on the coach's copy, even
on that video that's surfacing. It didn't look like there
was any type of hitting wire, just like it really
didn't though, if you watch the ball, if you watch
the video, it doesn't do that. In my opinion, I
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think Riker is one of the best in the league.
He just hit it a little bit inside out on
the ball and missed the kick. I mean, I mean,
here's the thing. To me, if if it would have
hit like a wire or something, I feel like he
would have reacted.
Speaker 8 (30:46):
He didn't react at all.
Speaker 15 (30:48):
He just he looked like he missed the kick, and
that's how his reaction was.
Speaker 12 (30:52):
Right.
Speaker 5 (30:53):
And look, he's he's.
Speaker 8 (30:55):
Super talented, that kid. He's a really good kicker.
Speaker 3 (30:57):
Sorry sorry, Is there anything to the kicking ball controversy.
Speaker 13 (31:04):
That's out there this year?
Speaker 8 (31:05):
Is there a controversy?
Speaker 15 (31:08):
I mean, so it was voted on in the spring,
all the teams approved it, and I know that this
has been discussed. But like prior to this, season. It's
hard on the it's hard on the training staffs or
the equipment staffs to to prep the balls. You only
have an hour to get the balls ready, whereas like
the quarterbacks, you just bring those balls to the game
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and they're already doctored up and they don't have to
prepare those balls before the game. So why is it
any different for the kickers. So I think that because
we have more time to prepare them, you're probably getting
better results because the balls are better. But it puts
a lot of strain on the equipment guys. Honestly to
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have to prepare those balls. You get three balls to
scrub down in an hour, it's hard a lot of times,
like the first two balls or are good, in the
third ball is junk. So now at least you're bringing
three quality balls to the game.
Speaker 10 (32:03):
You know that, you think the ability to get longer
field goals because more of the balls are just the
evolution of the quarterback for a little bit about part.
Speaker 15 (32:11):
It's probably a combination. It's probably a combination of both.
There's there are a lot of talented kickers in the
league right now. Though I will say.
Speaker 5 (32:19):
He's been making a place for what can you tell.
Speaker 15 (32:21):
Us about him, Yeah, I think the you know, he
factors on the perimeter. He's got the thing that he
brings to our unit to speed. We needed to add
that and he's he's given us that on the outside.
So he's definitely shown up the last couple of weeks
he's been he's been a positive light for us.
Speaker 10 (32:36):
For sure, rookies on the roster and probably more playing
for you than normal. Is is there a point that
too many rookies is too much or is it's just
how it goes.
Speaker 8 (32:46):
It'll be nice enough a couple of years.
Speaker 15 (32:48):
It'll be nice in a few years when all those
rookies develop and you have a nice core unit. But no,
those guys are improving each week. I think we've seen,
you know, significant improvements in all those.
Speaker 8 (32:58):
Areas with uh, with the guys who are.
Speaker 15 (33:01):
Using it on teams and hopefully continue to do that.
Speaker 9 (33:05):
You's a ton of andre about kicking it whatever they
call Pittsburgh Stadium.
Speaker 5 (33:10):
Now, you know, it feels like it's time to time.
Speaker 15 (33:12):
Been I know, I know, I mean it's Hines It's
Heines Field, right, it is it a sure stadium?
Speaker 5 (33:19):
What is that like?
Speaker 15 (33:20):
A Yeah, I'm from Pittsburgh. I love Pittsburgh obviously, don't
like the Steelers. I love going back there to play.
I'm not as from like relative to like the kicking
and all that stuff. I mean, we'll get a feel
for the wind and stuff when we get there. The
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stadium has changed a good bit. I know that the
stands on the on the close or on the open
side have kind of like closed in a little bit
relative to what it used to look like. But we'll
figure it out once we get there.
Speaker 9 (33:52):
Having a guy like Boswell, how does that change strategy,
you know for a team when you know the other
the other he has a guy like that.
Speaker 15 (34:01):
Yeah, No, he's He's had a great career.
Speaker 5 (34:03):
He really has.
Speaker 15 (34:04):
He had a sixty yarder against New York earlier in
the season. He's been extremely accurate, especially in the last
three years.
Speaker 8 (34:11):
He's like over ninety percent.
Speaker 15 (34:13):
So he's been he's been a weapon for them. He's
really been automatic. So being able for to have confidence
in your guy to be able to hit from any distances.
Speaker 5 (34:24):
Is quite a thing to have.
Speaker 8 (34:25):
So he's he's done a great job.
Speaker 5 (34:27):
Chris. But who's more famous?
Speaker 15 (34:30):
You were?
Speaker 5 (34:30):
TJ mccomn.
Speaker 15 (34:32):
TJ for sure, you know we're at the same high school. Yeah,
same high school, and their snapper, Christian Kuintz, is also
the same high school. TJ's hands down the most popular.
Christian is probably more popular than Man Pittsburgh now too,
which is which is fine. Both are really good guys
that I that I know pretty good.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
Announced his initiative of donating a thousand dollars to Cancer
Institute for Research and Treatment for every punt he had
inside the twenty as his coach.
Speaker 5 (35:03):
How what does it say about Corey.
Speaker 15 (35:04):
That he's dedicating some off field stuff but looking at
his on field performance to do it. That's I honestly
did not know that. I'm glad you informed me about that.
Speaker 8 (35:17):
Hopefully.
Speaker 15 (35:17):
Uh, there's a lot of contributions made coming up.
Speaker 4 (35:22):
But now he's he's a he's.
Speaker 15 (35:24):
A great guy, great guy, a great person. Doesn't surprise
me that he would do something like that.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
Offensive guard Joel Patonio talked about what it's like to
block for quin John Judkins.
Speaker 9 (35:33):
So, Joe, what was your reaction to see Joe training
just in Scanty?
Speaker 5 (35:37):
Yeah, I was. I was shocked.
Speaker 10 (35:39):
I was actually with my youngest daughter at home and
I was kind of like, uh, scrolling Instagram, and I
was like, this is a fake account, you know, like I
saw an NFL like post. Then you know, I saw it.
I reached out to him. I think everybody was a
little bit shocked. You know, he's like just such a vet,
such a leader. Obviously, you know, we wanted to give
him the rings this year and you try and give
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me hands to you know, rekindle some magic from twenty
twenty three. But then you kind of look deeper into
the picture, like it's it's unfortunate part of the business,
and and I think we want to try and see
what our young quarterbacks have and and he was, you know,
probably a good backup to have, but like in the
grand scheme of things, like they were probably ready to
give the young guys a chance. And you know, they
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got a draft pick, so that's that's their mindset, I think.
Speaker 5 (36:23):
But yeah, we were a little bit shocked.
Speaker 10 (36:26):
But you know, you sit back and you kind of
look at a big picture and you're like, all right,
he has a chance to play now and and go
do his thing. What about just the reaction with g Yeah, yeah,
that was that was late too last night. You know,
I uh, I had got a text for somebody else,
saying we trade a break and I wasn't sure. You know,
obviously he's been here for five years, like done a
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lot for our team, was playing playing really well this year,
and just a great personality, like just a you know,
a guy that you like having around, you know. Coach
Fancy told us this morning, he just said, like, you know,
we we traded him for another corner that you know,
we believe is a good corner in this league. And
so at this point they think, you know, they're they're
trading a starter for a starter, and they you know,
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maybe fits better in our scheme and stuff. But anytime
you lose guys in this league, it's you realize, is
like the business of it, and you know, we'll.
Speaker 5 (37:17):
Kind of see how it goes from there. So it
is a business, but it does a.
Speaker 10 (37:20):
Creative feeling in the locker room, like nobody knows who's
next to any uncertainty at all.
Speaker 5 (37:25):
I don't think so, Like, you know, I don't think so.
Speaker 10 (37:26):
I think if you look at those situations playing, like
I think we traded a player for a player at
the same position, and you know, we traded our quarterback
that was a starter. Who's you know now now gonna
be back when we have a lot of young guys
in that room that they probably want to see get reps.
But no, I think we're I think we're focused that
we have an urgency this week to to try and
get a win.
Speaker 3 (37:46):
So do you still feel like that it's based on
what you're how you're describing those trades, that the commitment
to winning.
Speaker 11 (37:53):
Is still there?
Speaker 5 (37:54):
Yeah, I think yes, I think so.
Speaker 10 (37:58):
You know, we look at it like the NFL's most
cliche thing is a game of inches, and you know,
we're a couple of plays away from being you know,
three and two and a couple another play away from.
Speaker 5 (38:08):
Being you know, on five.
Speaker 10 (38:09):
Unfortunately, I think there's a good team in here, and
I think the organization still feels that way. We have
to find a way to get wins, to put it
on the board. But I don't think anybody.
Speaker 5 (38:19):
In this locker room is not focused on trying to
win the next game. Tough situation last week for Cam Robinson.
Speaker 8 (38:25):
What do you see him doing this week?
Speaker 5 (38:27):
Like?
Speaker 10 (38:27):
Yeah, I mean, you know, you get you get picked
up and there he traded and then you end up
you know, flying to London and and doing that thing.
But I think he's getting more comfortable with the playbook.
Like I think he's understanding what we do. He's played
a lot of football, and so I think he's gonna
definitely feel more comfortable if he gets a shot to
be out there.
Speaker 5 (38:47):
The bank was okay after a long play.
Speaker 10 (38:49):
Yeah yeah, we uh we made it good that they
take care of some of those flights. But we we
made it there and back, so we're filling all right now.
I think Dylan can grow in that second start and
then what kids can you give him about playing next
Dealer's defense?
Speaker 5 (39:04):
Yeah, he did some good things.
Speaker 10 (39:06):
I think you you know, it's like your team you
want to see the most growth from week one to
week two, Like as a quarterback you want to see
a lot of growth as well. I think you play
a full game, you get the experience of calling the place,
checking plays of the line. Like it's easy on paper
like to oh yeah if there's a three technique over here,
but then when you get out there and actually see it,
you know, it makes.
Speaker 5 (39:24):
Those makes those calls real.
Speaker 10 (39:26):
But I think he's taking a big step, Like he's
always had a grasp of the offense and he's continued
to continue to study and and be good.
Speaker 5 (39:32):
So I think, you know, it was a it was
a you.
Speaker 10 (39:36):
Know again London Minnesota Vikings defense, Like it doesn't get
much easier go to Pittsburgh now and playing a playing.
Speaker 5 (39:42):
In a hostile environment.
Speaker 10 (39:43):
I think they realize, like he's played so much football
in college, Like it's a big rivalry game, Like it's
gonna be loud, it's gonna be rambunctious, like they're a
good defense, and we gotta, you know, as an offense,
we gotta give him a chance to play on time
and and protect him.
Speaker 5 (39:56):
To see if you make those plays.
Speaker 3 (39:57):
In terms of the running game, do you guys, I mean,
you really need to get the passing game going so
that you don't face the stack box when sewn right.
I mean, what do you do maybe to get that?
Speaker 10 (40:09):
Yeah, I mean if we can keep you know, I
think everybody's seen Cue. He's he's heck of a player,
and we want to try and get him the balls
as much as possible. So anytime we can do that
is a good thing. And we think it'll open up
the passing game if we if we keep you know,
giving him the ball and then taking those shots.
Speaker 5 (40:27):
But if they want to, you know, load the box.
Then we do have to take those shots.
Speaker 10 (40:30):
We have to find a way protect and and make
big plays.
Speaker 5 (40:33):
Happen to told him up for us.
Speaker 10 (40:35):
After the game, one.
Speaker 9 (40:37):
Of the defensive linemens said something said Nick Chubb.
Speaker 5 (40:40):
Mike Tomlin said, Nick Chubb with reference this week, do
you see? Yeah?
Speaker 10 (40:44):
I mean they're both great players, like great running backs.
You know, I obviously had a lot of experience with Nick,
and you know, I remember his rookie year when he
came in and splashed you know, Oakland game and had
some more carries throughout the year and almost I think
it almost got two a thousand that year. But yeah,
you see, I mean dynamic running backs like like they
they just make plays and they make people miss and
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they find the hole and they run for three of plays,
block for three and they get five. You know, those
type of similarities for sure. I see, I see those.
Speaker 2 (41:13):
Things did y'all You've seen a number of rookie quarterbacks
now going to Pittsburgh.
Speaker 5 (41:19):
Is it your.
Speaker 12 (41:19):
Experience that that experience.
Speaker 5 (41:26):
Causes them not to play their best? I mean, I
think it's just a tough place to play, a tough defense.
Speaker 10 (41:34):
Any anytime you face them, you know, and and so
we we obviously haven't had much success playing there and
you know, my whole career, and so I think it's
just a tough environment in general, you know, and they
have great players on their defense that that make plays
for them, and we have to, you know, do a
job to make it, you know, a little bit easier
for him.
Speaker 3 (41:53):
Because you're watching this film. The Steelers sacked Carson Wentz
six times in Dublin, So is that you know, kind
of a daunting task to go up against Cam and
Analys and and those.
Speaker 10 (42:04):
Yeah, they're great, great front, you know. Obviously t J.
Watts is who he is, and then high Smith and
her Big or are you know, high sposed not for
a little bit, but Herbert it's been playing great on
that side. And obviously Cam Hayward still doing this thing
on the inside. They drafted a first round guy that
you know, fifth round guy. They wrote, take guys on
the inside. So that's the thing. Like, you know, you
have four or five rushers and they like to bring five,
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so you're one on one a lot of the time.
But it's a great defense, a great test for us,
and we're you know, preparing to try and take it on.
Speaker 7 (42:33):
When you've gone against a guy like Cam so many times,
I mean you face it twice a year. You guys
have both been around for a long time. Is there
any like, I guess what's that like? You go against
like a constantly have gone.
Speaker 10 (42:44):
Against so much, Well, there's no surprises, right, Like you
go into the game and you know his best rushes,
he knows how I like to block him.
Speaker 5 (42:51):
Probably they have.
Speaker 10 (42:53):
Some uh, you know, some different wrinkles here and there.
But at the end of the day, it's like, all right,
I know I'm gonna block like seventy percent of the
time in the and and he lines up over me
most of the time as well, So like all that
stuff is familiar, familiar, But then like get in the Sunday,
it's like, you know, it's a big challenge because he's
a great player as well, So there's definitely a little
bit less uncertainty. But obviously the expectations of the actual
(43:15):
game are are there, and it's it's it's always going
to be a good battle to.
Speaker 11 (43:18):
All that defense and the fact that they already have
ten takeaways.
Speaker 5 (43:22):
What are you seeing out from when a.
Speaker 10 (43:23):
Day doing well on some I mean opportunists, like the
ball finds them, like they get their hands in passing lanes.
It seems like when they need a big play, they've
made it so far this year. You know, we stressed
the turnover battle and they've kind of lived that this
year and that they're making plays. And you know, I
think they're three and one because they have won to
turnover battle and they just find a way to get
(43:44):
the ball. So we have to do everything in our
power to protect him.
Speaker 3 (43:46):
We're really check, really grated out really well in his
past blocking for this past game, coming off with the
elbow of surgery, what does that say about him to
go out there and play that well, knowing that he's
probably not one hundred percent.
Speaker 10 (43:58):
Yeah, we were happy to have him back. You know,
it was it was a little tough stretch there for him,
but he he came back and he and he played
well and he fought and you know, he knows he
has a a a big battle this week. But it
was just great to have him out there and great
to have him competing. When you talk about being a
couple of inches away from whatever three and two, zero
to five, you look at AFC North, you think to yourself, man,
(44:18):
this seems wide open given everything that's going on. Yeah,
I mean, you can't help but see the standings obviously,
but right now we're so focused on just trying to
be our our the best version of ourselves, that it's
hard to be like, oh yeah, and you know week twelve,
we're gonna be here. So right now we're just we're
just trying to, you know, put an offense out there
that can compete and and try and find a win
(44:39):
against the team leading division.
Speaker 16 (44:41):
H what kind of lies the Quinn shot giving you
guys offensively with not just the consistency, but he's showing
the ability to break off those massive runs. I don't
wanna compare him to Nick at all, but like the
fact that it feels like you've got maybe your next consistent.
Speaker 5 (45:03):
Running Yeah, I know, it's great.
Speaker 10 (45:04):
I mean, anytime you can find one of those guys
in this league, it's it helps, you know. We just
keep finding more ways for him to get the ball,
Like there's a couple of little boots and catches in
the flat that he can turn into ten fifteen yard games.
You know, the breakaway runs are awesome, Like it's nice,
Like the third quarter we ran the ball down the field.
But when you can have those thirty yard runs like
(45:25):
on the first drive of the game or that fifty
yard one that got called back, those are game changing plays,
like the explosive plays like a lot of those come
in the passing game, but if you can get three
or four in the run game in a game, then
I think you're doing something on offense. So it's great
to have him and hopefully we keep finding the way
seeing the ball.
Speaker 13 (45:40):
I wanted to ask you about that thirty two yard
again on it, you know, I mean y'all the off
the line kind of they so opened this massive hole
and it'll allowed puinch On to get up thirty two yards.
Kind of what is going on on the line that
allows y'all to kind of split the Vikings.
Speaker 7 (45:54):
Cots the line there?
Speaker 5 (45:55):
Yeah, it was there.
Speaker 10 (45:55):
I think they're on their base defense and we kind
of ran his zone to the right side, and so
you know, the front sid had a great double team.
I think White pinned the linebacker, Poe reached the nose garden.
I think we were working on the backside like a
B block up to the second level, and I think
we both won our block. So I think everybody on
the line that time kind of won their block. And
when you do that, there's there's big plays that happened.
Speaker 13 (46:18):
Yeah, now I know quintn maybe they were free viking
the linebacker secondary players there and then he kind of
didn't bounced the outside running up the Timelin thing that
What does that say about explosiveness?
Speaker 10 (46:29):
Yeah, I mean it's it's awesome to see, Like I
get I get too excited. Sometimes I threw my hand up,
I think, and I was like, oh, he stills a
long way to go. I was hoping he scored, but
but no, it's great to see him anytime we can
get him on you know, corners and safeties, you know
past the first and second level.
Speaker 5 (46:44):
We we like those matchups.
Speaker 1 (46:45):
Finally, linebacker Carson Sweessinger talked about what he's learned about
the Steelers Brown's rivalry to this point.
Speaker 5 (46:52):
The first time going to Pittsburgh. How what are you
looking forward to knowing?
Speaker 11 (46:55):
You know, I know you guys are learning the history
of this rivalry. And how excited a do you for this?
Speaker 5 (47:00):
Yeah? I'm excited.
Speaker 17 (47:00):
I think it'll be It's always fun to go into
that environment as a as a team, and and it
really brings you together and it'll be exciting to go
and go play there.
Speaker 16 (47:09):
What do you see and when you're you know, watching
that Steeler offense on the film and with with Aaron
Rodgers operating, and what do you see for camp?
Speaker 13 (47:16):
So funny?
Speaker 5 (47:16):
Shure?
Speaker 17 (47:16):
Yeah, you know, they've obviously won games and and and
played a played good offense and I think you know,
they're big and physical and I think when going going
down there, that's one of the keys is for us,
is you know, being able to bring the physicality and
start fast.
Speaker 12 (47:31):
What have you heard about the rivalry with this team
since you've sort of gotten here and sort of lead.
Speaker 8 (47:35):
Up to this game.
Speaker 17 (47:37):
Yeah, I think, I mean you hear stuff here and
there and and things like that, and I think, you know,
one of the big emphasisies just you know, being able
to play our style of football and you know, not
not let that get get too much in our heads
and making sure you know, we we keep our heads
on right and and and don't make any you know
mistakes that are that are gonna cause you know, penalties
(47:57):
or things like that.
Speaker 11 (47:58):
They don't look to attacked the middle of the season
that much recently.
Speaker 3 (48:03):
Where do you think that is?
Speaker 17 (48:05):
Uh, you know, I think they actually have shown, you know,
to be able to spread the ball around. I think
that there's plays to where they look to get into
the middle of the field.
Speaker 5 (48:12):
So you know, for us, I think we're looking to be.
Speaker 17 (48:15):
Able to cover all all aspects of it, of.
Speaker 11 (48:18):
Person with Greg being traded away, I mean, I know
you didn't have as much time with the other.
Speaker 5 (48:21):
Guys in the block room, but what what.
Speaker 11 (48:24):
Was it like tickets to know him, and especially with
how local.
Speaker 5 (48:27):
He was, like how important staff he was. He was
great for all the rookies.
Speaker 17 (48:31):
I think, you know, he was always a huge supporter
and always always there to help, and so you know,
really happy for him and and happy for for the
guy we're bringing in. I think it's just gonna be
another thing of making sure on my part the communications
there and and be able to get everything across.
Speaker 7 (48:47):
I'm guessing you've been watching Aaron Rodgers your whole life,
so I mean, know, you get to go against.
Speaker 17 (48:51):
Him, but what's that kind of like that Yeah, it'll
definitely be a cool experience, but I think you know,
for me, once the game starts, it's it's just football again.
So you know, I don't really think too much into
that especially once once I'm on the field.
Speaker 3 (49:05):
What about DK Metcalf can just you know how big
he is and I'm sure you're going to go. I
think how wort you with him on Sunday?
Speaker 14 (49:12):
So which where to that?
Speaker 8 (49:14):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (49:14):
I think, you know, it's a similar thing for me.
Speaker 17 (49:16):
Once I'm on the field, it's football regardless of who's
out there. So for me, I'm just making sure I'm
you know, doing my job being where I'm supposed to
be at and and you know, hopefully you know, we're
all in positions to make plays.
Speaker 3 (49:27):
Five games and if you feel it slowed down for
you and you know where where you can just keep
your ramping up.
Speaker 17 (49:33):
Yeah, I think each game I'm feeling more comfortable, and
you know, I think I'm getting better each week and
and I think that's huge is just continuing to to
take those strides and and hopefully you know, limit mistakes
as the leaks go on as well.
Speaker 1 (49:46):
I'll do it for this episode of the From the
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