1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: Hey, Penguins, the objects in your rearview mir are closer 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: than they appear. Six to two defeat at the hands 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 1: of the Vegas Golden Knights last night, a Vegas team 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: that has been on a bit of a losing spell 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: six of their last seven heading into that game against Pittsburgh. 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: But you certainly couldn't tell that based on last night's game, 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: and something that has been such a bedrock for the 8 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: Penguins all season long, they're goaltending well that abandoned them 9 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: greatly last night in Las Vegas. Now they soldier onto 10 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: Utah with the team on this five game road trip 11 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: that was probably the most winnable game in their rearview 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: meear Hopefully they can get two points against Utah on 13 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: Saturday night, or else things can get very dicey for 14 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: the Penguins, who are now just two points clear of 15 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: a playoff spot of the Columbus Blue Jackets. One thing 16 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: was painfully clear to me last night too when the 17 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: game ended in the Penguins lost six to two. This 18 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: team desperately needs its captain back, Tom Auferman in today 19 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: again for Mark Madden got me for the whole show, 20 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: not just the pregame show eight through three, four one, two, 21 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: ninety nine, thirty nine. 22 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 2: Vibes are down right now. 23 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: As a Penguin fans call in vent if you want 24 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: to get it off your chest, I'm sure anxiety is 25 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: through the roof the standing certainly dictate that seventy nine 26 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: points for the Pens. That's tied with the New York Islanders. 27 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: They play tonight against the La Kings, so can do 28 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 1: a little scoreboard watching and rooting for the Kings against 29 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: the Islanders. The Red Wings and the Bruins hold the 30 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: last two wild card spots seventy nine points for Detroit 31 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: and seventy eight for the Bruins. Both of those teams 32 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: lost last night, so that's good news for the Penguins. 33 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: Columbus lost last night but picked up a loser point, 34 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: just two points in back of the Pens in the Islanders, 35 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: and the Flyers went to Minnesota and won on a 36 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: back to back, so they have. 37 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 2: Seventy three points right now. 38 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: Kind of starting to believe a little bit if you're 39 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: filled if you're Ottawa as well with seventy three points, 40 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: so things are getting tight like we all knew they 41 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,399 Speaker 1: would when it came to this Eastern Conference. Playoff race, 42 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: and you don't want to say that it was a 43 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: total missed opportunity by the Penguins last night, but that was. 44 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 2: A team that they should have beaten. 45 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: Maybe that's unfair to say when you didn't have Gerard, 46 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: when you didn't have Brazil, when you didn't have Malkin, 47 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 1: and of course you didn't have Sidney Crosby. But there's 48 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: good players on this team other than those four that 49 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: I just named, and they've shown a lot of resilience 50 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: in the absence of their captain over the past few games, 51 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: in the absence of Gino over the past few games. 52 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: Needed it again last night showed signs of it, no doubt. 53 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: Fought back admirably and almost really struggling to get anything 54 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: going offensively in that game. A lot of stuff just 55 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: kept on the perimeter by the Vegas Golden Knights, but 56 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: they were able to get some nice goals pretty much 57 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: in the same way, going to that left post on 58 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: Hill and banking a shot in Ricard Raquel and then 59 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: Ben Kendall with the two goals for the Penguins last night. 60 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 2: It was three two heading into the third period, and. 61 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: That's when things just went sideways for the Penguins and 62 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: Artur she Loves has been really good this year, and 63 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: if you could just forget about the shootout woes, where 64 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: he is arguably one of the worst goaltenders in the 65 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: NHL at shootouts, or at least put it this way, 66 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: the drop off from his play in regulation and overtime 67 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,679 Speaker 1: to shootouts is it's massive, because if you forget the shootouts, 68 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: he's been a very good goaltender and someone that you're 69 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: very excited about when it comes to the future of 70 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 1: the Penguins twenty four years old, him pairing with Muroshav 71 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: for the foreseeable future. 72 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 2: That's a great goaltending tandem in the making right there. 73 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: But you only face sixteen shots last night against Vegas 74 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: and you only stopped eleven of them. 75 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 2: That's not good. That's downright terrible. 76 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: And she Loves has been a lot better than that 77 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: this year, and I'm not putting all of those on him, 78 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: but at some point you just have to make a save, 79 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: right and eleven for sixteen is a terrible shooting percentage. Now, 80 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: if Penguins fans want to feel a little bit better 81 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 1: about last night and the goaltending performance that played out 82 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: against the Vegas Golden Knights. Well, they have to look 83 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: no further than our old buddy Tristan Jarry, who is 84 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: in Edmonton. And no matter how this season plays out, 85 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: and don't get me wrong, I'm gonna be really disappointed 86 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: if the Penguins don't make the playoffs. You can taste 87 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: the playoff hockey again right Pittsburgh, and you want it badly. 88 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: You aren't even supposed to be close to this point 89 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: this year. If anything, you would have been flirting like 90 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: in the spot that the Senators and the Flyers were 91 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: or excuse me, are right now on the outside looking 92 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: to maybe get hot and get in. 93 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 2: You didn't think you'd be one of the teams sitting 94 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 2: in the cat bird seat. 95 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: But if it does go south, one thing that I'm 96 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: gonna walk away with as a bit of a silver 97 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 1: lining is a bit of a relief is getting out 98 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: of that Tristan Jarry contract. Because last night in Dallas, 99 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: Oilers Stars Oilers desperately needing points more so than the 100 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,919 Speaker 1: Penguins do for their playoff positioning. Tristan Jarry in net 101 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: faces twenty seven shots, stops twenty zero point seven four 102 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: to one save percentage. 103 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 2: That trade is. 104 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: Getting better and better and better. And I cannot believe 105 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: still that Edmonton was willing to do that and Jari 106 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: was playing okay in Pittsburgh's That's why this trade was 107 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: allowed to happen. That's why someone in the position that 108 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: Edmonton's in, a team that has been in the Stanley 109 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: Cup back to back years, has scapegot to their goaltending 110 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: is the reason why they didn't overcome the Florida Panthers 111 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: in the Stanley Cup despite mcjesus not showing up for 112 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 1: Game sevens. They have decided that it was Skinner's fault. 113 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: They need goaltending. They said, Jari's our guy, even though 114 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: he was sent to Wilkes last year because he cleared 115 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 1: waivers and nobody wanted them. I mean, that's how decent 116 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: he was playing at the beginning of the year for 117 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: the Penguins. But the Oilers ain't the Penguins, and they 118 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: don't play with Dan Muse's system and structure, and they shouldn't, 119 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 1: to be quite honest with you, They've got skilled they've 120 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: got two of the greatest players on Earth. They score 121 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,239 Speaker 1: and score and score more. Playing goalie, there is about 122 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: making that big save, winning games four to three, six 123 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 1: to four, but making the save when your team needs it, 124 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: when your team takes the lead, weathering that pushback storm 125 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 1: from the other team, being solid on the PK. Tristan 126 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: Jarry is none of the above for Edmonton. He is, 127 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 1: without a doubt, the worst goaltender in the league since 128 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 1: arriving in Edmonton. So if there's at least a little 129 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: silver lining for you Penguins fans no matter how this 130 00:06:53,680 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: season plays out, it's that right there, Tristan Jarry. He 131 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: might be out of the league by the end of 132 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: the year and the Penguins are out of that contract. 133 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 1: And that is just masterful work from Kyle Dubis eight three, three, 134 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 1: four one two nine thirty nine if you have thoughts 135 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: on the Pens. The Steelers made a move yesterday. Jakwan Brisker, safety, 136 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: formerly of the Chicago Bears, played his four years out 137 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: in Chicago, Drafted in the second round, now hits the market, 138 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: gets a one year, five point five million dollar deal 139 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: from the Steelers. 140 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 2: And I love that move because I think. 141 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: That signals something that I said on yesterday's show, and 142 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: I've been saying on you know, Steelers Nation Radio and 143 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: the show I do there every day, Jalen Ramsey needs 144 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: to get into that slot, and probably not in base defense. 145 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: I'm sure Ramsey's never going to come off the field. 146 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: He averages ninety five percent at least snaps for his 147 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: entire career on the defensive side of the ball. But 148 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: when you're in nickel, Jalen Ramsey's best suited I think 149 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: in the slot. Get him close to that line of scrimmage, 150 00:07:58,200 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: and I can hear you saying, ah, yeah, no, he 151 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: got burned by Jackson Smith and Jigbo last year, and 152 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: he got burned by Jamar Chase and this and that, 153 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: and sure, okay, and that might happen this year. I'm 154 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: not gonna say it won't, but I think he impacts 155 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: the game so much more from that position. So this 156 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: signals to me that that's what the Steelers are thinking too. 157 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: You know the Darnell Savage signing, that was Chuck Clark, 158 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: that was just a depth piece. This is a legitimate 159 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: starter and he really hits this perfect habitable zone. If 160 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: you will, if you'll take a turn from your high 161 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: school astronomy class of the type of safety that they 162 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: needed to bring in because they needed someone that was 163 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 1: starter caliber, but someone that wasn't to the level where 164 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: you have to go up to him and say, hey, 165 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: you gotta sit on the bench for base defense. So 166 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: Ramsey can get out there, and he's gonna get all 167 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: but hurt about it. That ain't gonna be brisker. He's 168 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: gonna be willing to okay base package. I understand's Jalen Ramsey. 169 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: He'll be out there. Can't take him off the field 170 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: most of the time. We're gonna be in nickel. I'll 171 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: be out there once we are. So I like this 172 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 1: signing the Pittsburgh Steelers. I really like all the signings 173 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: by the Pittsburgh Steelers, but you still technically don't know 174 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,319 Speaker 1: who the quarterback is, even though we all kind of 175 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: wink wink, nudge, nudge, No, it's going to be Aaron Rodgers. 176 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: And I don't know how even the most diehard Steeler 177 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: fan out there can't be just the slightest bit annoyed 178 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: by that that everything's moving, the train's getting down this track. 179 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 2: We get excited. Oh, I like all these signings that 180 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 2: they're making. 181 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: Then you sprinkle in this brisker move and it's like 182 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: things are really starting to come together. But we just 183 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: have no answer from Aaron Rodgers yet, and do we 184 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: really really want the answer to be yes? I mean, 185 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: at this point, I think the Steelers have to have 186 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: the answer be yes. Kyler Murray signing with the Vikings yesterday, 187 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: best quarterback on the market, off the board now, and 188 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 1: everybody knew that was gonna happen. He was going to 189 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,079 Speaker 1: go to Minnesota. So at this point, yeah, I guess 190 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:46,959 Speaker 1: the Steelers they have to have Aaron Rodgers come back. 191 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: They got no other choice, or else it's running it 192 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: with Howard and Rudolph and maybe that's your bag, but 193 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: the Steelers don't want to do that. And if Rogers 194 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: were to say he's going to retire, they wouldn't do that. 195 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,959 Speaker 1: They would pivot to like a Flacco or somebody else. 196 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: Cousins is still out there, so right now it's it's 197 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: gotta be Rogers, I guess. But it didn't have to be. 198 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: And maybe they should have been more aggressive in pursuing 199 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: some other options before they went off the board, because 200 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: even when he says yes, it's still a forty three 201 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: year old man coming back to try to end a 202 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: decade long playoff drought eight three three four thirty nine 203 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: speaking of that playoff drought. Mike Tomlin spoke yesterday, We're 204 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: gonna hear what he had to say at a gala event, 205 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 1: and Chris Damsky's gonna join us a little bit later, 206 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,319 Speaker 1: gonna play a segment that mean he him that's terrible 207 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 1: English that he and I did on Steelers Blitz, the 208 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,079 Speaker 1: show that I do with him every day on Steelers 209 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:47,079 Speaker 1: Nation Radio, Steelers Audio Network talking about Jon Jakwan Brisker 210 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: and the signing. 211 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 2: Since I can't speak, I'm gonna hit the brake. One 212 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 2: of five ninety X Expand your coverage of the Mark 213 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:55,839 Speaker 2: Mann Shows. 214 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: Back by the personal injury experts Schenderovich, Schendrovitch and Fisherman. 215 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: They've got your back, not your wallet. Tom Opferman in 216 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 1: today for Mark Madden. Last night, Mike Tomlin spoke for 217 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 1: the first time, unless I'm an idiot and I'm forgetting something, 218 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: I know He's shown up at a couple of Georgia 219 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: gymnastic events and I think a college basketball game along 220 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: the way, just on the sidelines, but for the first 221 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: time speaking publicly at an event, accepting an award for 222 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: community impact, the Patricia R. Rooney Award at the Ireland 223 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: gala for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And here's what your former 224 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: still so weird to say that former head coach of 225 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers had to say for the first time 226 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: in the wake of stepping down. 227 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 3: You know this often said, you know, we're not here 228 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 3: for a long time. 229 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 4: We're here for a. 230 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 3: Good time, like you have to choose, and you know, 231 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 3: I think our experience here in Pittsburgh and with the 232 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 3: Great Steel Organization exemplifies that. Man, we were here for 233 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,079 Speaker 3: a long and really good time. 234 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 4: There's been an. 235 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 3: Honor to serve the greatest organization in sport. It's been 236 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 3: an honor to be a part of this great community, 237 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 3: to call it home, for our kids to call it home. 238 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 3: We're in somewhat of a nomadic business, and so we 239 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 3: don't take that for granted that our kids get an 240 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 3: opportunity to call Pittsburgh home. There's been an honor to 241 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 3: serve the community in which we live. It's values that 242 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 3: we hold and it will continue. We appreciate the recognition, 243 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 3: but as my wife said, we certainly don't do it 244 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 3: for that. We've been extremely blessed man, and we just 245 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 3: like to share those blessings. 246 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 4: We thank you. 247 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:49,599 Speaker 2: Well, there it is, Pittsburgh. 248 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: That's the statement, and that's I think all you're gonna get. 249 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 1: Because he was supposed to speak to the media at 250 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 1: that event and about twenty people showed up but decided 251 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,079 Speaker 1: nay on taking questions. 252 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 2: So that's going to be your definitive statement. 253 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: And I honestly wonder, you know, there was so much 254 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: speculation about Mike Tomlin when he stepped out, about oh, 255 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: step away for a year and then he'll come back 256 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: and he'll pick his job in the NFL. 257 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 2: Or is he going to jump into this job cycle? 258 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 2: Is he going to sit on the TV desk? And 259 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 2: could he just potentially fade away in the background. 260 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: Maybe that's at his best interest right now and become 261 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: more of like an urban legendy type of figure, like, oh, 262 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: pop up at that gymnastics meet and he'll go viral 263 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: on Twitter and be like, Hey, there's Mike Tomlin. You 264 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 1: don't really see him out very often. I don't know 265 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: who knows what happens with him and his future. But 266 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: that's what he said. A whole bunch of nothing, a 267 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 1: whole bunch of classic, just vintage Tomlin, especially with the 268 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 1: whole you know, you're here. 269 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 2: For a good time, not a long time, but we 270 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 2: were here for both. 271 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 1: It's basically like he's writing in our yearbook at the 272 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: end of high school, last day before summer. It's basically 273 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 1: like we wrote, hags to us see a Steelers fans 274 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: had a good time in a long time. What a long, 275 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 1: strange trip. It's been eight three, three, four one two 276 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: ninety nine thirty nine. We're gonna talk to Chris Adamski 277 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:10,599 Speaker 1: and just a little bit, he and I do the 278 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: Steelers Blitz on Steelers Nation Radio. We had a nice 279 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: segment today about Jawan Brisker in that signing and kind 280 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: of what it means the ripple effect for the Steelers defense, 281 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: and just to preview that a little bit here, it's 282 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: exactly what they needed to do. And maybe they're not done. 283 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: Maybe they will still address safety in the draft. They've 284 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: got a billion picks. If they wanted to literally take 285 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: almost every single position, they could, so maybe there's still 286 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: another dominant to fall when it comes to that safety room. 287 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 2: But they don't have to now. 288 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: And if they go through the draft and maybe there's 289 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: just a token pick in the sixth or seventh round, 290 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 1: that's okay. That room's solid and the flexibility that it 291 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: now allows them to put Jalen Ramsey in the slot, 292 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: because before the Brisker signing, if they had to play 293 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: a game, he was just gonna have to play safety. 294 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: But now you allow him to go into that slot 295 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: role where I think he's better served Jalen Ramsey at 296 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: this point in his career. Now another thing that I've 297 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: seen some people be a little bit weary of on 298 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: Twitter in the wake of this signing as well, Brisker 299 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: is not as much of a freeze, more of a 300 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: strong and so as Deshaun Elliott free safety, strong safety, 301 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: those terms, those identifiers, they're not really a thing as 302 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: much anymore in the modern NFL. 303 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 2: Something you'll see. 304 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: Now with Patrick Graham and a new regime on that 305 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball is gonna be just that 306 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: where those guys are gonna do elements of what you 307 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: used to see free safeties and strong safeties do. Strictly, 308 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: you know, you have to do a bit of both 309 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: at those positions, at the split safeties. 310 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 2: So even though he has. 311 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: More of that typical strong safety skill set, he's a 312 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: lot like Elliott, I guess in ways, I still think 313 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: it's a really good fit for the Pittsburgh Steelers. I 314 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: think it was a great signing for them, and I 315 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: think they're doing a really good job in free agency 316 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: right now. 317 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 2: I'm excited to see where they go with the draft. 318 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: They've given themselves some flexible ability in the draft. 319 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 2: Now. 320 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: I would still take a wide receiver with number twenty one. 321 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: I would just attack that position, but they have allowed 322 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: themselves now to say, hey, maybe that's the second round pick. 323 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: We'll take this dtackle that we like in the first round. Again, 324 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: we'll take a safety that falls to us in the 325 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 1: first round. We can allow ourselves to if we like 326 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: Ty Simpson, take him, although I don't think that's gonna happen. 327 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: So there's some flexibility now that the Steelers have presented 328 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: themselves when it comes to how they can draft and 329 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: if they really wanted to and if they have to, 330 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: if they like a tackle, if they like a guard 331 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: that's there, they could take him. 332 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 2: Plug him in right away. To start more on this 333 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 2: Ja Kwan Brisker signing. Next, Chris A. 334 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: Dansky's gonna join us. It's tom out from an Infra 335 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: Mark one five nine. 336 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 4: The X. 337 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: We're gonna get to dan Ski in a minute here. 338 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: But there's some breaking news that I have to get to. 339 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: John Rothstein reporting sources Jeff Capel will return to Pitt 340 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 1: next season. I honestly have no idea why JFK was 341 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: coming back to coach Pitt basketball. I guess people will say, oh, 342 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: we was gonna put a good recording class, call a 343 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 1: good user. Yeah, Jeff Caple has to coach those kids, though, 344 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 1: And it's just it's a move that seemed like it 345 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: was a consensus from everybody you talk to, from people 346 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 1: in the no to just some dude walking down the 347 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 1: street in the South Side, that yeah, Pitt's gonna fire 348 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: Jeff Caple. But nope, apparently not, he will come back. 349 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 1: I can't imagine it's a money issue. It was being 350 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: reported that the money was there, the Boosters were ready 351 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: to buy him out. We talked about that with Tim 352 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 1: on the show earlier this week. The whole topic of well, 353 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 1: if the money's there to buy him out, is the 354 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: money there to buy better players on the roster. 355 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 2: Why hasn't that been the case? 356 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: Valid argument, But it seemed like everything was headed down 357 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:47,360 Speaker 1: the path of new coach for the Pitt basketball team. 358 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: But I guess not. It's an extremely unseious program now. 359 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: And I thought that Alan Green might bring some more 360 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: seriousness to the table, but so far, no good. 361 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 2: Right, let's get to a dam Ski. 362 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,719 Speaker 1: People really don't care about pit basketball anymore in this 363 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: town because the program's dead, and what was once such 364 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: a great thing is now drawing maybe two thousand and 365 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: three thousand people at most at the Peat, which used 366 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: to be a staple a thunderdome on the college basketball map. 367 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: Now it's nothing. Now it's like going in and watching 368 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: a Flint Tropics game. 369 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 2: Chris A. 370 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: Damsky and I we do the Steelers Blitz together on 371 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio. We talked a ton about Jaquan Brisker. Today, 372 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go find a bridge, so let's take a 373 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: listen to this segment. 374 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 2: Chris. 375 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 1: We debated after the Jamel Dean signing, where will Jalen 376 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 1: Ramsey play in the slot free safety? We agreed that 377 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 1: getting him back into that slot position would really behoove 378 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: the Steelers. 379 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 2: Unfortunately, if we played a game. 380 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 1: Tomorrow and this is tomorrow like last week, we would 381 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: have to play him at free safety. There's just no 382 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,360 Speaker 1: one there that could fill that role. Well that has 383 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 1: changed with the Jaquan Brisker signing. 384 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, this is the legitimate NFL safety, a playmaker. He's 385 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 5: been a playmaker since his time in college. Tom you 386 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:08,959 Speaker 5: might remember where he went to college. I do, yeah, 387 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 5: and so at Penn State he was He's around the ball. 388 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 5: He's had he's had a four sacks season as a safety. 389 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,199 Speaker 5: Think about that for a second. That kind of shows 390 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 5: the versatility that I won and just what he's able 391 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 5: to do. And you could look at some of the 392 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 5: pro football focus. He's lined up on the on the 393 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 5: D line. Now, obviously he's not like any free point stance, 394 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 5: you know, a nose tackle or something like that, but 395 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 5: he he lines up that way a lot, and he's 396 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 5: almost not equally split piece. Plays extensively as a box safety, 397 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 5: as a free safety, as a slot corner, which nowadays 398 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 5: it's almost like that's almost like the standard for safeties 399 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 5: are almost all kind of verstle that way. But he's 400 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 5: been more so than most and you almost have to 401 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 5: do that, but he certainly has the experience in doing 402 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,360 Speaker 5: that and can play different places. Again, another puzzle piece 403 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 5: you can move around, but he's as an interception each 404 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 5: season of his career. He's his average of force fumble 405 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,199 Speaker 5: per season throughout his career. So he's you know, the 406 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,120 Speaker 5: time he's been a reb been around the ball, he's 407 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 5: been able to he's been making plays. You kind of did, 408 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 5: did you feel like you see Bears games? He feels 409 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 5: like he's noticed a lot. Maybe it's just me, because again, 410 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 5: it depends date thing. 411 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:11,199 Speaker 4: I don't know. 412 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 5: I don't think so, but I feel like when we 413 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,400 Speaker 5: watched the Bears, Brisker's usually one around the ball making 414 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 5: a play of some sorty. 415 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 4: He seems like he's always noticing him out there. 416 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt. 417 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 1: And you know he's a second round pick by the Bears, 418 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 1: and this is just the expiration of his rookie contract. 419 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: Why he is now a free agent. He's been in 420 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 1: the league for four years. He started every game for 421 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 1: them last year on a team that. 422 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 2: Was pretty damn good. 423 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: I don't have to remind you, folks what Bears football 424 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 1: was all about last year. Oh and by the way, 425 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: remember how many freaking turnovers the Bears had as a 426 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 1: defense when they can't or when the Steelers went there. 427 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,120 Speaker 1: That was the main theme of what we talked about, 428 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: was like this team, you know, for as much as 429 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: they have some holes in the defense, they turned it 430 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 1: over a hell of a whole lot and Jakwan Brisker 431 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 1: was a part of that. That secondary was full of 432 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: just dogs out there hunting those bones. And I you're 433 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,640 Speaker 1: getting a young guy, this is his now fifth year 434 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: in the NFL. You're giving him a second contract, But 435 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: it's just kind of a prove it deal still with 436 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: the one year, five million And that to me is 437 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: why it was such a slam dunk. And now that's 438 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: kind of a double edged sword there, right, because why 439 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: was he so cheap? Why was he so available? Is 440 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: also questions that need to come into the equation. But 441 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: I saw him moster for the Bears. I'm close and 442 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,120 Speaker 1: personal against the Steelers. Some highlights that have been coming 443 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: out now since the signing has been made. 444 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,199 Speaker 2: Looks like a really solid player. 445 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 1: Not going to be the superstar on your defense, right, 446 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: not gonna be the all pro on your defense. But 447 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: I'm shocked the market was what it was for him, 448 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: and I'm extremely satisfied that it's only one year, five 449 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: million dollar kind of prove it ish deal. It's like 450 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: the same thing you gave us Sante Samuel junior. Basically, Yeah, 451 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: I do think I mean going to a bigger picture 452 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 1: about that. I think that that's kind of where safety 453 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 1: is now. I think these things kind of go in cycles. 454 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 5: Of course, there's a lot of talk every year, been 455 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 5: a last decad about running backs and how they're not 456 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:56,120 Speaker 5: getting money. 457 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 1: Though, like if you're not the top dog safeties yet, 458 00:21:58,680 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: you're kind of patchwork. 459 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, which is why this year's draft is kind of 460 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 5: unique because the're so many. They talk about Caleb down 461 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 5: the best player could be Hamilton next. 462 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 4: Yeah. 463 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:07,919 Speaker 5: Yeah, it could be the number one overall pick if 464 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 5: he went by player. But you're not gonna do that 465 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 5: because I guess that does kind of reinforce it safety 466 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 5: for whatever reason, right or wrong or different. That's that's 467 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 5: where the NFL and the personnel people are. I think 468 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 5: that's one reason why you kind of have the like 469 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 5: the contract you talk about it, there wasn't a as 470 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 5: big of a market as you might expect for somebody. 471 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 5: He's made a play, made plays and he's been a starter. 472 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 5: You're a part of a good defense. There's he's always 473 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 5: a player I admired again and go back to college, 474 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 5: but even in the pros, it seems like he's around 475 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 5: the ball a lot. Like I said, he's lined up 476 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:37,679 Speaker 5: all over the place throughout. 477 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 4: He's had a couple of hundred tackle seasons. 478 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,919 Speaker 5: Again for a safety, I mean he's known as a 479 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 5: good tackler, can be physical, and so he's physical and 480 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 5: has ball skills and and remember a lot. I keep 481 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 5: going back to safety talking about the Steilers solidifying that 482 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 5: I think. I mean, they tried so many things last 483 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 5: year and it was circumstanced. Elliot getting hurt was a 484 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 5: was part of it. When you make a late summer 485 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 5: trade like they did make a Patrick Records started here 486 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 5: at safety for several years. You make a trade bring 487 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 5: in a Ramsey who obviously eventually went to safety, but 488 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 5: you went from the Chuck Clark to the bril Peppers 489 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 5: on Thornhill was here first, and it just seemed like 490 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 5: you were constantly kind of shuffling through that. So I mean, 491 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 5: and Brush is a guy who never not started a 492 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 5: game in the NFL. I mean, he's he's clearly a 493 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 5: starting caliber safety. I think again, they're going to be 494 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,360 Speaker 5: creative and how they used the secondary, I think again 495 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 5: it's kind of modern NFL. Patrick Graham comes in here, 496 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 5: I'm sure they'll be, and a guy like Brisire be 497 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 5: one one of the those puzzle pieces that you can 498 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 5: use to put somewhere and maybe free up Ramsey to 499 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 5: be a playmaker here, whatever it might be. There's a 500 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 5: lot of different things to be kind of fun to 501 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 5: kind of design this defense now, and brisk rads a 502 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:41,479 Speaker 5: prominent piece to that. 503 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, no question about it, he does. 504 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 1: And I saw the Darnell Savage signing and it's like, Okay, 505 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 1: that's Chuck Clark, right, that's Jabriel Peppers. I think you 506 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: brought that up on the show earlier this week, and 507 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: that's nothing that you can say. Move Jalen Ramsey back 508 00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: to that slot. Let him be kind of that Swiss 509 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,399 Speaker 1: Army knife player, let him freelance a little bit sometimes. 510 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: But now you have that guy in Jakwan Brisker, and 511 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of people on Twitter their initial 512 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,879 Speaker 1: reaction was, Okay, Brisker's more of a strong just like Elliott. 513 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: Doesn't that kind of leave us in the same place here. 514 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 1: Those positions in today's NFL aren't really a thing anymore. 515 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: For a lot of defenses, they just split safety and 516 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 1: they do kind of their you know, boat they each 517 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: do a little bit of both. And that's something that 518 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: I think you're gonna see now with the Steelers getting 519 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 1: the new defensive coaching staff in place and Patrick Graham 520 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,679 Speaker 1: heading up this defense. Is that And you were kind 521 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,199 Speaker 1: of saying this when it comes to the kind of 522 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: art type that you're looking for out of safeties nowadays, 523 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:44,719 Speaker 1: where you kind of want to be like that hybrid 524 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 1: that can jump up into the slot and can jump 525 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 1: up into the box and bang. I mean, Kyle Hamilton 526 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: is the like the guy made in the lab for 527 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: this now right, Like he's probably the top in the league. 528 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 2: He needs to redo his team. 529 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 1: He should go to Vegas, he should try to get 530 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: out of Baltimore and go to Vegas. But Ayle Hamilton 531 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,639 Speaker 1: is like that prototype of what you want with safety. 532 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: But as far as that free safety and strong safety 533 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: designation is concerned that that kind of a Mike Tomlin 534 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 1: thing that was still around because Mike Tomlin was still around. 535 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 1: So as the defense modernizes a bit in some areas, 536 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 1: you shouldn't expect to just have like a oh, he's 537 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: a strong and we have too strong, so who's our 538 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: free Still they're kind of just split safety. So there's 539 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 1: no FS or SS designation, and that's that's kind of 540 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:27,919 Speaker 1: a league wide thing right now. And I know that 541 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: that's the case because I saw Matt Williamson talking about 542 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,439 Speaker 1: that last night, and he's very smart. 543 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 4: He's very smart. 544 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,119 Speaker 5: Yes, And if what it's worth, I mean brisker this 545 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,639 Speaker 5: past season for instance, and this is PFF data, but 546 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 5: I mean stuff like this. You can talk about their 547 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 5: subjectivity grades and stuff. I believe they chart where everybody's 548 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 5: lined up. He lined up with free safety more often 549 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 5: than in the box last season. So okay, now it's close, 550 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 5: but it's five hundred and eight snaps at free four 551 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 5: hundred and twenty one in the box is essentially strong safety. 552 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,360 Speaker 5: So it is not certainly not pigeonholed at all as 553 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 5: a as a strong to do it, Yes. 554 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 2: Because that's what you need out of safety and as. 555 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 4: You need out of all. Yes, exactly. 556 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,400 Speaker 5: We can go to Sean Elliott and I'm sure you'll 557 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 5: see he's you know, it's not like he's always lined 558 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 5: up that's strong. You know, he played in the farther 559 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 5: back too, and things like that, and they and they 560 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:15,639 Speaker 5: would play around it, and it's going to be snapped 561 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 5: a snap and and especially when you have a player 562 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 5: like Ramsey, you're gonna end up moving him a little 563 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 5: bit and things like that. So and that's you're right, 564 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 5: it's the leewand match wright. Of course, the league wide 565 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 5: trend of doing that. Overall, it's a lot more multiple. 566 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 5: You want all your players different abilities, and think about 567 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 5: the coverage ass now of the inside linebackers, think the 568 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,360 Speaker 5: outside linebackers and the Steelers scheme. 569 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 4: I mean, they've always had a little bit of. 570 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 5: Coverage responsibilities, but safety is probably more than anybody you 571 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:44,439 Speaker 5: want to be able to do it because I mean, 572 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 5: there's so much, so much about matchups now. I mean 573 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 5: we heard Mike McCarthy talk about the offensive side of that. 574 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 5: And you're trying to get you know, your whatever it 575 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,119 Speaker 5: might be your number two wide receiver on their on 576 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,119 Speaker 5: their lowest ranked corner, you know, the third corner or 577 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 5: whatever it is, get a matchup there you like. And 578 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 5: and so you're trying to they're trying to exploit the 579 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 5: mashups a defense. You're trying to confuse the offense. But 580 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,679 Speaker 5: confused the quarterback, we don't know what this coverage is. 581 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 5: Things like that, he's he's always going back to you know, 582 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 5: things like that. So you want somebody like that, and 583 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,159 Speaker 5: Brisker fits handing glove in that way for sure. In 584 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 5: terms of the versatility, in terms of he like I 585 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 5: talked about, he's a good tackler. He's been good enough 586 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 5: in coverage from being a safety, he's been a playmaker. 587 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 5: He's around the ball, ball hawk in that kind of sense. 588 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 5: And so you see a lot of things you like 589 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 5: that you can use in different ways. 590 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: One element that he brings to the table without question 591 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: is physicality. And he is a thumper and you mentioned 592 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: his tackling ability. It comes with some omph behind those tackles. 593 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:44,359 Speaker 1: And Sean Elliott is a thumper. And I wouldn't call 594 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 1: Joey Porter Junior a thumper per se, but he's a 595 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: really impressive tackler. And I remember that was something that 596 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 1: people were worried about coming out of Penn State, is 597 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: what is he going to do as a tackler. It's like, 598 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,160 Speaker 1: this is Joey Porter senior son. He'll figure it out. 599 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: He'll be good. He's going to be willing to get physical, 600 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,160 Speaker 1: and he's he's been an outstanding tackler. Dare I say 601 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 1: at the cornerback position, and Jalen Ramsey's a thumper too 602 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,439 Speaker 1: at corner. That's why it was easy for him to 603 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: make that easy for him, But it really was. It 604 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 1: looked easy for him to make that transition to free 605 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 1: last year and play safety because he hits, he's physical, 606 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: he can bring that thumping element, he can creep up 607 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: into the box, he can help and run support playing safety. 608 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: So you have a very physical secondary. I mean, these 609 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 1: guys are gonna hit. They're gonna hit hard. You're gonna 610 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 1: feel it. And that's not always the case with teams. 611 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: You know, teams break through with their running backs to 612 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: that second and third level, get past the defensive line 613 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:36,400 Speaker 1: and the linebackers they're usually the ones putting the safeties 614 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 1: into the dirt. 615 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 2: They're usually the ones running over the cornerbacks. And with the. 616 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 1: Steelers that's just not the case. You could get past 617 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 1: the wave of Benton and Hayward and you could stiff 618 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: arm Patrick Queen and speed away from him and Elliott's 619 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: gonna bam smack you into the turf. So it's an 620 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: extremely hard hitting secondary right now, and I like that 621 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 1: they have an identity like that already forming. 622 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, and that's something that the previous coaching staff always 623 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 5: values that's true too, that's a carryover. Yeah, that's been 624 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 5: that and obviously the personnel, the general manager and essentially 625 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 5: the same. 626 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 4: So I mean, I don't think that's changed. 627 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 5: I mean, everybody want you don't want to have Nobody 628 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 5: said I would have a week defense there really is this, 629 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 5: you know, all finesse and yeah, I mean some prioritize 630 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 5: speed and things like that, but I mean, and again to 631 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 5: reinforcem we talked about earlier, just for an example, and 632 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 5: this is and even charting this, even if you're doing 633 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 5: a great job, chart it's nebulous now because people move around. 634 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 5: And that's part of the part of modern football is 635 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 5: that just Shawn Elliott even last year lined up more 636 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 5: at quote unquote free safety than in the box by 637 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 5: very one hundred and thirteen snaps hundred nine. Know he's 638 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 5: hurting everything else by four snaps. 639 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 4: It was close. 640 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 5: But that's just the point that you're you're you're not 641 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 5: asking the guy this is the spot you're in. You're 642 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 5: always covering this area of the field, that that doesn't 643 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 5: happen anymore. That's certainly at the NFL level, everybody's going 644 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 5: to be asked to do different things. You need people 645 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 5: with varied skill sets. You're trying to do your chest 646 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 5: match against the offense. And again, I think Brisker is 647 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 5: a player that really fits into that. And you could 648 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 5: see you can help in the running game, you can 649 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 5: help in the in the in the passing game, defensively. 650 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 5: So yeah, I think there's there's a lot to like 651 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 5: about this. And you kind of wonder when they when 652 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 5: they make the Savage signing, is that it then? And 653 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 5: it's like, because you could, you know, especially the draft, 654 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 5: you know, you could say, okay, I think their secondary 655 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 5: set and add to safety and they're out another dB 656 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 5: and in the draft, you could have talked yourself into that, 657 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 5: right if Ramsey was going to play. Yeah, yeah, so 658 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 5: but now you're right now, and I know you're. 659 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 2: I really do now. 660 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: The interesting thing here, there's so many little elements to 661 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 1: this that are so fun to talk about. One element 662 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 1: that I think is just a humongous factor when it 663 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: comes to this signing and putting Ramsey in that slot 664 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 1: is getting those instincts back at the line of scrimmage, 665 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: you know, allowing him to do more than just make 666 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: sure nobody gets over my head and make sure that 667 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 1: I keep a lock on centerfield. And by the way, 668 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: he was good at that, but not great at that. 669 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 1: And I understand the Devil's advocates side of things when 670 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 1: it comes to Jalen Ramsey potentially getting cooked by a 671 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: Jackson Smith and Jigba out of a slot like we 672 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: saw last year against Seattle. We saw him get cooked 673 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 1: by Jamar Chase a couple of times too. I'm willing 674 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: to take that. I'm willing to live with that risk 675 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 1: because I think the reward of Ramsey up in that 676 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: slot position is just it it's so much greater. So 677 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: them making this move for Brisker, I think it really really, 678 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 1: it really is a tell of where they are planning 679 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,920 Speaker 1: to go as well. But the thing that is so 680 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 1: interesting here is what do they do in base defense? 681 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: Now they'll be in Nickol a lot and dime some too. 682 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 1: Nicol will be the most percentage of snaps that they play, 683 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: and that's just the NFL these days. 684 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 2: But when they are in base. 685 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: Does Brisker come off the field and Ramsey slide to 686 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: safety or do you go up to the future Hall 687 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 1: of Famer in Jalen Ramsey and say, hey, why don't 688 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: you come over here and stand next to me Patrick 689 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 1: Graham for a snap or two, and then we'll get 690 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,440 Speaker 1: you back out there and nickel And again, like seventy 691 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: five percent of the time will be a nickel, eighty 692 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 1: percent of the time will be a nickel. But I 693 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 1: think that's an interesting thing that they're going to have 694 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 1: to work out here. And Brisker kind of does fit 695 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: the mold of a guy where I describe as he's 696 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 1: a starter, but not a starter that can just kind 697 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 1: of dictate what he does and should have the grump 698 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 1: face on if he's told to sit on the bench 699 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 1: for bass. So I want to be surprised if Ramsey 700 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 1: stays on the field one hundred percent of the time, 701 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: and Brisker is kind of the in and out guy. 702 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 5: Yeah, Now Ramsey never played if you were than ninety 703 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 5: five percent of the snap, So it. 704 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 2: Would be a drastic change for drastic. 705 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:37,560 Speaker 4: At some point. 706 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 5: Now he's in his eleventh season, it'll be he's thirty 707 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 5: one to thirty two years old, is what we're looking at. 708 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 4: Until he's thirty one. 709 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,240 Speaker 5: And it'll be thirty two by the by week six 710 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 5: or seven or so late October, So it is I 711 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,400 Speaker 5: do kind of wonder to go back to your beginning 712 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 5: of your point there, I'm am willing to still bet 713 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,320 Speaker 5: I know he's again thirty thirty one, thirty two and 714 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 5: eleven season, but I'm still willing to bet on him 715 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 5: as a foot player, willing to believe in but when 716 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 5: to ride that, I'm going to believe in his instincts, 717 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 5: getting him closseer to line of scrimmage, closer to the 718 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 5: ball again and more even you know, more so than 719 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 5: bricek us this term now twice. But he's a playmaker around. 720 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 5: He makes plays on the ball, he makes plays in general. 721 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 5: I want to get Ramsey more involved in being there. Now, 722 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 5: you're right, there's there's a little bit of risk there 723 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 5: in terms of like the one on one covers. Now 724 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,560 Speaker 5: he's not that guy anymore than he was, I think 725 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 5: that's for sure. But I do think getting him more 726 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 5: involved in the play, closer to the ball, closer to 727 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 5: the line of scrimmage, good things can happen with that. 728 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 5: So you're right in terms of moving in that position. 729 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:38,960 Speaker 5: And I do still believe in him being a player, 730 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 5: even if he's not the same coverage guy, the same 731 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,240 Speaker 5: speed guy that he was when he was younger. I 732 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,719 Speaker 5: still think he's a football player. It can make plays, 733 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 5: and I you know, we saw how You're right. It's 734 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,240 Speaker 5: a different it's subtly different, but it's definitely different. I mean, 735 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 5: it's not even subtly different. That you know, the unselfishness 736 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 5: we all talked about, and I think everybody recognized that 737 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 5: and acknowledge in terms of his willingness to play different positions, 738 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 5: willingness to move things like that. 739 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,480 Speaker 2: That's a good point that you know. 740 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 4: It's different to say okay to yeah right, but. 741 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: That's a good point. There's a signal there though, of unselfishness. 742 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 5: Yes, I think he's shown that and established that, and 743 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 5: I think he you know, Chris Adamski on the Steelers 744 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,760 Speaker 5: Blitz with me moah, I'm the host of that show. 745 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,759 Speaker 1: Thanks for him lending his ip to us to play 746 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 1: that back here on the show. Great stuff about Chakwan 747 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: Brisker there. I can't believe Jeff Cape's back at Pitt. 748 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: I'm like refreshing Twitter, hoping this is some joke, but nope, 749 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:35,719 Speaker 1: it's legit. Alan Green ad released the statement. We'll get 750 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,279 Speaker 1: more into that around the corner and we'll hit the 751 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,000 Speaker 1: trifecta as well. If you want to call in and 752 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,799 Speaker 1: weigh in on Jeff Capele coming back for his ninth 753 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,399 Speaker 1: season at Pitt eight three three, four thirty nine, it's 754 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: Tom Offermann Infra Mark Madden one of five ninety x 755 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:51,400 Speaker 1: Tom Offermann Infra. 756 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 2: Mark Madden the news of the day in Pittsburgh. 757 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: I guess is Jeff Caple back for his ninth season 758 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:58,439 Speaker 1: as pitt head men's basketball coach. 759 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 2: And you know, Pitt basket it is just such a 760 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:01,719 Speaker 2: dead program right now. 761 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,879 Speaker 1: So does most people in Pittsburgh right now listening even 762 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:05,440 Speaker 1: care about that? 763 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 2: Who knows. But it is just. 764 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,400 Speaker 1: A really astounding decision by Pitt. 765 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,600 Speaker 2: And this really is all on Alan Green. 766 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 1: You know, I see people throwing out the buyout of 767 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,400 Speaker 1: fifteen million, and that's what probably caused Pitt to flinch. 768 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: It caused Alan Green to flinch. But all of the 769 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 1: reporting leading into this was that that money was there 770 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:30,400 Speaker 1: if they wanted to go through with firing Jeff Caple, 771 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:32,719 Speaker 1: that the fifteen million was going to be there to 772 00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:37,000 Speaker 1: pay him out. So this is all on the ad 773 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:41,760 Speaker 1: he thinks that Jeff Caple's worth bringing back. He released 774 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,200 Speaker 1: a long statement just a bunch of blah blah blah. 775 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:47,839 Speaker 1: I ain't reading all of that, but good luck, and 776 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,000 Speaker 1: he clearly thinks that it's worth another shot. You've got 777 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,799 Speaker 1: a top fifteen recruiting class coming in. But here's the 778 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,000 Speaker 1: thing with that, And maybe I'm off base here, but 779 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 1: in today's day and a where money just talks for 780 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:05,000 Speaker 1: college basketball, do you need to keep the coach to 781 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,920 Speaker 1: guarantee that you're gonna keep these good recruits? Don't you 782 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,960 Speaker 1: just need to keep the bag. Don't you just need 783 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:11,920 Speaker 1: to make sure that they keep getting the direct deposits 784 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:15,080 Speaker 1: to the bank account, Like that's the most important here. 785 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,239 Speaker 1: I'm sure they would prefer to play for a coach 786 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:18,879 Speaker 1: that they like. But yeah, you have a nice little 787 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:20,960 Speaker 1: meeting with whoever you hire. I'm sure he wins them over. 788 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,120 Speaker 1: They're skilled players. It would behoove the new coach to 789 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,080 Speaker 1: win them over. And oh, by the way, your check's 790 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:29,960 Speaker 1: still gonna clear. Like that's the most important here. So 791 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,879 Speaker 1: who's to say you don't let him go, you bring 792 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,440 Speaker 1: somebody else in. You continue to pay the players that 793 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: you're about to play for this recruiting class, and they 794 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:37,920 Speaker 1: want to come to pit. 795 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:40,320 Speaker 2: Under this new coach. 796 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe they would have walked, but you 797 00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:47,120 Speaker 1: can't allow yourself to be held hostage by the potential 798 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:50,600 Speaker 1: of a couple of freshmen coming in who have four stars. 799 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,759 Speaker 1: To keep a guy who is the definition of mediocre 800 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,399 Speaker 1: one twenty seven and one twenty seven in his career 801 00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:01,400 Speaker 1: a pit in eight seasons, five hundred exactly. It's just 802 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:04,840 Speaker 1: a terrible decision as far as I'm concerned, and it 803 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:06,400 Speaker 1: leads me to the trifecta today. 804 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:07,000 Speaker 2: I had a. 805 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:08,879 Speaker 1: Different one planned, but I'm gonna go with this now, 806 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,319 Speaker 1: a little audible at the line of scrimmage, here are 807 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 1: three just sucky ass decision made by Pitt. Number three 808 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:18,600 Speaker 1: in the trifecta, Jeff Caple coming back here. It's fresh, 809 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 1: but it adds itself to this list, and maybe I'm 810 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:23,839 Speaker 1: a little bit biased there because it is so fresh. 811 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,480 Speaker 2: Number two pushing Jamie Dixon out the door. 812 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,000 Speaker 1: Now, a lot of you might say that's number one 813 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,360 Speaker 1: because that was the start of the downfall of the 814 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:32,360 Speaker 1: pit basketball program. 815 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:33,960 Speaker 2: But at the time, you know, I could see, you know, 816 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:35,000 Speaker 2: you nail the next hire. 817 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,480 Speaker 1: Okay, you could jump start some things a little bit, 818 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,640 Speaker 1: but they did not nail the next hire. They have 819 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:43,719 Speaker 1: hired crap since then, but number one for me's got 820 00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:47,960 Speaker 1: to be firing. Dave wants that the stash I would 821 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,000 Speaker 1: have just grown old with wants that he could have 822 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:51,960 Speaker 1: gone eight and four his entire career. I would have 823 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:55,760 Speaker 1: been fine with it. Loved that guy. Great pitman should 824 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,680 Speaker 1: still be stocking those sidelines today. He should be like 825 00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:02,200 Speaker 1: Pitt's Bill Schneider. But I guess that wasn't good enough. 826 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:08,000 Speaker 2: For US US eight through three, four, nine thirty nine. 827 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,280 Speaker 1: If you have any thoughts on Jeff Capele staying at Pitt, 828 00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:13,600 Speaker 1: I got some Steelers questions too that I want to 829 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,520 Speaker 1: throw out there. We'll do that to start the three 830 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:18,560 Speaker 1: o'clock hour. Tim Benz coming up at three point thirty. 831 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,320 Speaker 1: He's at the A ten tournament. We'll get his thoughts 832 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:25,239 Speaker 1: on this Jeff Capel thing, Penguins, Steelers. We'll do a 833 00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:27,640 Speaker 1: bunch of Tim bens pot Porix at the bottom of 834 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:30,560 Speaker 1: the hour. Back in just thirty seconds with some Steelers thoughts. 835 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:32,600 Speaker 1: Tom Offermann in for Mark one to five ninety x