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Scout’s Eye with Matt Williamson: Rest problem persists

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Sports, Football, Nhl, Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baseball, Pirates, Matt Williamson, Mlb, Dk Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers, Steelers, Penguins, Pittsburgh Penguin, Pittsburgh, Nfl, Hockey

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0

Well, hello, everyone.

0:07.5

Matt Williamson here.

0:08.5

How's it going?

0:09.5

Things are good.

0:10.4

Feels like summer out there right now.

0:13.4

Just got word.

0:14.6

I'm going to go down to Steeler Facility on Wednesday.

0:19.8

I'm going to record a video record a video and maybe a free lunch

0:24.4

out of it. And I'll watch some practice. So I didn't do and I didn't think I was going to get

0:29.1

down there for OTAs or mini camp this year, but I'll at least get to see the guys run around a little

0:33.3

bit, see where they're aligning, those type of things. It's certainly of interest to me.

0:38.5

If you're not aware, OTAs opened today, Monday. I'm recording this. I was not there,

0:45.8

but it does sound like Rogers threw a pass to Pittman and okay, you know, we're in it,

0:52.1

and they're doing football stuff down there. So, a little bit exciting.

1:16.5

Don't want to overreact to those things, but I am excited I'm going to get down there, and I want to see the rookies, what they look like in their pads and how they're moving and those type of things, too. Get my first look at the new Steelers, Pittman, I guess, as well, those type of dudes. So what we're here to talk about today is more concerning the schedule.

1:24.4

And I would hope you know this, but I'll go into a little bit of detail, that having a rest advantage is a massive, massive advantage in the NFL.

1:30.9

And it really shows up in a big way when you look at it over the course of a long stretch.

1:37.8

If I only have six days to prepare because I played Monday and you have seven days to prepare,

1:43.5

you win more than me. Not that because

1:47.7

for equal teams, obviously. It doesn't mean the worst teams in the league, beat the best teams in the

1:52.0

league or any of those type of things. But having a rest advantage is a huge deal. Teams coming off

1:58.8

a buy, going short week on the road, all those type of things,

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