Latrobe

It hasn't tasted good since-

They, they, I think they still bottle it in Latrobe, don't they?

They don't make it here.

It ain't the same.

And truly the biggest factor for Max has just been his health.

I think that we saw him two days in pads and Latrobe really perform well and look like a guy who's going to be a starter sooner than later.

Unfortunately, those two days in pads were the only time we saw him until very, very recently in that preseason game in Buffalo.

So, you know, there's things that a young player has to learn.

And one of the things he mentioned was, I believe it was Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, four days a week, how they have all the rookies come in early for the purpose of development.

And we all know that's been a real onus with this coaching staff.

That's a word that we all heard a bunch out in Latrobe and have heard a bunch since.

Do you have any kind of information or clarity on what that looks like? Is it Mike McCarthy addressing the rookies and then they go with their position coaches? Is it all film-based stuff? Do you have any kind of insight for us on what exactly goes into that extra development time for these young guys?

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As far as what they're gonna do if he doesn't play, and I do think he's gonna play by the way, but if he doesn't, and even if he does and he's on some sort of pitch count, Asante Samuel Jr. had a fantastic training camp, and maybe that's been kinda under-discussed in the weeks since we got back from Latrobe because we can't see as much, we can't talk about him as much, and there have been some other injuries and safety to talk about.

But it's, i- if they were gonna lose a starter for week one, it's one of the positions that I feel isn't as barren as you might think.

Now, if somebody else goes down, if Dean were to go down on the other side, then my God, what are they gonna do? Um, Dalan Evert-Time, who has to, speaking of a ramp-up, he's gonna have to ramp up from being a rookie to a starter, you know, something like that.

And I think the difference between Samuel and the coup- couple guys you just referenced there are these veterans that have been bumped around.

Like, I don't remember what I thought of Levi Wallace when I saw him in training camp for the preseason.

I do remember of what I thought of Patrick Peterson in Latrobe when he was up there, and my thought was, "Uh-oh."

Yes.

Now, Mark Kaboly is-

Did he tell you about us hanging out at the bar at Sharky's in, uh, Latrobe? We had a nice time.

Oh, Sharky's.

Really?