1 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: It's the holiday season, ho ho ho, and everything is 2 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: coming up. Dk, excuse me to Kaylon. The Steelers are 3 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 1: nine and six and in the ascension and of one 4 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: three straight and really could win a playoff game or 5 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: maybe even two. And everybody is talking about the Kaylin 6 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: Zacharias Metcalf and the blue haired guy in Detroit who 7 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 1: held a press conference today. Cam was talking about DK Metcalf, 8 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: Rogers was talking about DK Metcalf. The TV shows are 9 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: debating DK Metcalf. All the x jocs are supporting DK Metcalf, 10 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: and it's a bigger distraction for the Steelers than George 11 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: Pickens could ever dream of. The blue haired geek, like 12 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,919 Speaker 1: I said, he held a freaking press conference today. 13 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 2: Dude's a genius. He's gonna get paid. 14 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: And let's be honest, if the Steelers Pope or Steelers 15 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: Jesus or whoever one of them local jokers, if they 16 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: had heckled Jamar Chase and got him suspended, he'd be 17 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: a local folk hero. The Kaitlin Metcalf has suspended two 18 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: games and should be. The Steelers can clinch even before 19 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: their game at Cleveland on Sunday. If Baltimore loses at 20 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:47,119 Speaker 1: green Bay tomorrow nights and green Bay's clinched the playoff spot, 21 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: so ain't good on the play for Jordan Loves. 22 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 2: Banged up, definitely ain't gonna played. 23 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: But Lamar Jackson is doubtful for that game as well. 24 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: It'd be if Baltimore lost tomorrow night, because these Steelers 25 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:09,119 Speaker 1: don't need a chance to have anything go wrong. Cleveland 26 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 1: is kind of a trap game, kind of with Miles 27 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: Garrett coming for the sack record and Chador playing good 28 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: once in a while. But the Steelers almost certainly win 29 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: at Cleveland on Sunday. This is the mark Men show. 30 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: You like it, you love it, you want more of it. 31 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: The debate with the Steelers is who should they rest 32 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: at how much once they clinch. Well, if Baltimore loses 33 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: on Saturday, I'd play Rogers for half at Cleveland and 34 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: then shut him down to the playoffs. Same with cam 35 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: same with Ramsey. Anybody who's injury prone like Highsmith, I 36 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: guess I mean somebody gotta play. Can't rest everybody what 37 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: is practicing. Looks like he might be back soon, unless, 38 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: of course, they stab him in the other lung. 39 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 2: It's an old team. The Steelers it needs. 40 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: Rest more than rhythm clinching asap clinching before taking the 41 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: field at Cleveland Sunday. That would help a lot. I 42 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: haven't changed my position on de Kaylon Metcalf. He's one 43 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: hundred percent in the wrong and got what he deserved. 44 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: I have people saying, what would you do, I'd embarrassed 45 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: to smuck with words like I have done, or have 46 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: them ejected from the premises. And you got all the 47 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: nerds out there saying, oh, I'd slug him, but you wouldn't. 48 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: The split out there between pusillanimous and legit is about 49 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: ninety nine to one. And the blue hair goof, Yeah, 50 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: he's an attention whore, But is he any different than 51 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: the Steelers Pope or Steelers Jesus at the games, in 52 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: the parking lot at Acrashore, the face painters, all those nutbars. 53 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: Is the blue haired goof and Detroit really any different? 54 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 2: I don't think so. 55 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: If you want to go further back, Franco's Italian Army, 56 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 1: same thing. 57 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 2: I don't believe the. 58 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 1: Local locals of that ilk are any different than the 59 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 1: blue haired goof in Detroit, except the player who was 60 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: never dumb enough to engage like the Kaelin zacharias Metcalf 61 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: did with the blue haired Goof. So that's what we 62 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: got on a Friday. I'm at the Schoolhouset, Tavern and 63 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: Clarridge for the Steelers and Browns on Sunday one pm kickoff, 64 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: so please come and join me. 65 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 2: It's insane with the Steelers. 66 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: There's a lot of hope, justifiably so in even more craziness. 67 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: I got a lot else going on. The Pirates signed 68 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: another guy o'hearne. He's not bad. Penguins are in freefall 69 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: and have lost the plot. Got drubbed at Toronto Tuesday 70 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: by Maple Leafs team that started the game only vaguely interested. 71 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: So there is plenty to talk about. Oh Tom got 72 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: fired again, but he'll be back on Monday. So call now, 73 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,920 Speaker 1: get your calls in now. Eight three three four one 74 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: two wxdx. That's eight three to three four one two 75 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: w xdx. You got to give Duck Codgees credit. Yesterday 76 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: at halftime of the Minnesota in Detroit game, he was 77 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: riding on the field in a car with his wife, 78 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 1: the country star at Lady Wilson. Duck Codges might be 79 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 1: the worst quarterback to ever play in the NFL, ever 80 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: start a game, certainly, although hey, Kenny Pickett given a 81 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: run for his money, but Duck Hodges is undoubtedly the 82 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: king of the suitcase pimps. We keep debating who the 83 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: Steelers can and can't beat in the playoffs, but who 84 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: can tell? Now it's over two weeks away. We know 85 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: the games in Pittsburgh. We know every team that's going 86 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: to be in the playoffs is pretty good. We know 87 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: every team has a very good quarterback except Houston, which 88 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 1: has a great defense. 89 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 2: It is so so wait and see. 90 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: If I could pick an opponent, I'd pick the LA Chargers. 91 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: Herbert's been dinged up. Harbaugh cannot smart himself their coach, 92 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: and having beaten the Steelers at LA could work against 93 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: the Chargers because the playoffs are different, and this is 94 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: here in front of an hostile crowd in very likely 95 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: cold weather LA. I mean, they don't have much home support, 96 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 1: but there is a profound difference in the weather. So 97 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: if I could pick one team to play in the 98 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: wildcard round, it'd be the LA Charges. How about Aaron 99 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: Rodgers brought off road vehicles for all the offensive linemen. 100 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 2: I mean, I know, it's just monopoly money. 101 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: The quarterbacks who have played in the league as long 102 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,119 Speaker 1: as Rogers and accomplished what he has. 103 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 2: But still that is extremely generous. 104 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: You put out that much money, it ain't no money 105 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: no matter how much money you do gots. 106 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 2: Rogers also said. 107 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: Something I found hilarious when he commented on the DK 108 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: Metcalf situation. He said that fans wouldn't have the guts 109 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: to say that stuff face to face. Well, the guy 110 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: in Detroit, Aaron, he did exactly that. He said what 111 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: he said right to declin. Metcalf's face got popped for it, 112 00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: and now he's going to be rich, and if he 113 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: gets rich, lots of others gonna try it. So my 114 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: suggestion to NFL players who have rabbit ears is to 115 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: wear earplugs. Obviously, we know a lot now about this 116 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: dope in Detroit, and he is a dope, but I 117 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: just don't think he'd done nothing wrong. 118 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 2: Name's Ryan Kennedy. 119 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: He's been a season ticket holder at Forbes Field in 120 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: the front row for fifteen years. 121 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 2: Those tickets ain't cheap. 122 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 1: People sitting around him have said he never goes too far, 123 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: never says anything out of line, and it's pointed out 124 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 1: that Ford Field security ain't far away at any point 125 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: during games, because again he's sitting in the first row. 126 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 2: He's just lot and annoying. 127 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,839 Speaker 1: He does the full name gimmick, calls the player by 128 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: what he refers to is their government name, in this case, 129 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: to Caitlin zacharias Metcalf. Uh. 130 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 2: He definitely baited Metcalf, but so what. 131 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: He has a prior history with Metcalf, but so what. 132 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: At the press conference he emphasized to use no racial 133 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: slurs or hate speech, and he wants to Kaylan to 134 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: say that and clear that up because I guess he's 135 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: being harassed, his family's being harassed. I think it's tremendous 136 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: that at the press conference he didn't drop the gimmick 137 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,599 Speaker 1: he called him to kaalen. 138 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 2: Yo. 139 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: The bottom line is, there's not one good reason to 140 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:41,959 Speaker 1: not let this guy go to games, to ban him 141 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:46,959 Speaker 1: from Ford Field, not one good reason the NFL needs fans. 142 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: Fans like this are invaluable. I bet Detroit wishes they 143 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: had a thousand more like him. If the stands are 144 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: empty and the TVs don't get turned on, there is 145 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 1: no NFL. If decaelon Metcalf doesn't you know who does 146 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 1: in his place somebody else. The players are the most 147 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: disposable part of the big time sports equation, although all 148 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: those ex jocks with mics will tell you anything but 149 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: to repeat, there's not one good reason to ban this 150 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: guy from games, and there's not one good reason to 151 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:32,679 Speaker 1: feel starry for athletes. They're entitled, narcissistic brats who've been 152 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: placed on a pedestal since high school, junior high, heck, 153 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 1: maybe even Pop Warner football. So f them, F the players, 154 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 1: f the Caitlin Zacharias Metcalf. I'm not saying this guy 155 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: in Detroit, this Ryan Kennedy. He ain't no hero, but 156 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: he didn't do nothing wrong. He didn't do anything wrong. 157 00:10:58,080 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 1: We got Jerry Doulac at the bottom of the hour. 158 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: I'm mark mad and get your calls in now eight 159 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: three three four one two w XDX. 160 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 2: Bring. 161 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 1: I'm not sure what to say about the Penguins. They 162 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: went to Toronto on Tuesday. The Leafs suck. Like I 163 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: said earlier, they appeared to be only vaguely interested. But 164 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 1: Toronto did a bunch of breakaways in one sixty three, 165 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,680 Speaker 1: a couple of empty netters. It was really, you know, 166 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: four to three late when they started putting through the 167 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: empty net, but still a depressing loss for the Penguins. 168 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: That's nine out of ten that they lost. And Dan Muse, 169 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: the rookie head coach, he's lost the plot. 170 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 2: I'm beginning to wonder if he's good enough to coach 171 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 2: in the National Hockey League. He's supposed to be there 172 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 2: to develop. 173 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: The Kevin Hayes line played more than the Ben Kindle 174 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: line of Toronto. The bummy old Vets played more than 175 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: the kids. That was not the mission statement of the 176 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 1: team before the season started. Like I just said, it 177 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: was supposed to be about developments, but not to develop 178 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: Kevin Hayes. That's not the project. Kevin Hayes about as 179 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,079 Speaker 1: good as he going to be in it ain't so good. 180 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: I'm not sure what the project is supposed to be 181 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 1: anymore that that nine to four and two start threw 182 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: them off. 183 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 2: It was fool's gold. 184 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: They got the smell and making the playoffs in their nostrils, 185 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: and they've left everything up since in terms of decision making. 186 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 1: The goaltending is rotten, the defensive corps is rotten. Nothing 187 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: is going good for the Penguins right now. So at Chicago, 188 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: on Sunday. The sid trade stuff is kicking up again, 189 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: not that I think they're going to do it, not 190 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,559 Speaker 1: that I think he's going to demand it, but it's 191 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: kicking off because the Canadian media just couldn't wait for 192 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,319 Speaker 1: it to kick up again, couldn't wait for the Penguins 193 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: in a bad patch so they could try to talk. 194 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 2: A lie into existence. 195 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: Maybe the Penguins could keep losing and yet get Gavin McKenna, 196 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: the Penn State get in the draft, and by the way, 197 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 1: his draft stock is supposedly plummeting. 198 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 2: Well, by plummeting, I mean from. 199 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: The consensus first pick overall to maybe third or fourth. 200 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 2: But I think he goes first overall. 201 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 1: His talent's overwhelming, and if he's not dominating like had 202 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: been hoped at Penn State, that's only because he's seventeen 203 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: years old and he's playing against men at the college level. 204 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 1: That's why he went there to be challenged more than 205 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: he was getting challenged in juniors. 206 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 2: He shouldn't be. 207 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:54,079 Speaker 1: Penalized via draft status for accepting a harder task. As 208 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: for the Buckos, they got another decent player, Ryan O'Hearn 209 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: first base, an outfield or left handed hitter. He's okay, 210 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: a solid bat seventeen home runs last year with Baltimore 211 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: and San Diego. Slash line of two seventy six, three 212 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: fifty three eighty seven ops of seven thirty six got 213 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: him for two years twenty nine mil. 214 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 2: Pirate's overpaid a little a little bit. 215 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: The Pirate's gotta so Lyle and o'hearne and maybe Griffin 216 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: the phenom. Maybe he's ready. So that's not a bad 217 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: off season to date. It's probably not enough to make 218 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: him contend. It's probably not even quite yet five hundred. 219 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: But what they're doing is encouraging now. By the same token, 220 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: I hate to canonize the Pirates because they're finally doing 221 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: what they should have all along. We're gonna have Jerry 222 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: Dulac gone in just a few moment. Whence the Steelers. 223 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: Just what's going on now? It's wild, isn't it? The 224 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: DK thing. We're gonna talk about it for weeks for weeks, 225 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: and a Baltimore wins tomorrow and the games means something 226 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: for the Steelers, then their passing game is absolutely crippled. 227 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: They got Adam Thielen as the number one wide out 228 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: all because the Kaylin Zacharis Metcalf couldn't act like an adult, 229 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: couldn't ignore some dope giving him a hard time. Just unbelievable, unbelievable. 230 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: How many people are defending the Kaylin. How many people 231 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: want the fan banned for life? And he didn't do 232 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: nothing wrong, didn't do nothing wrong. And I guarantee you, 233 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: I guarantee you. Remember Harrison and Ocho Senko said they 234 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: communicated with DK and he said that the fan used 235 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: a racial slur and called his mother the sea word. 236 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: I guarantee Harrison and Ocho, I think Goo never communicated 237 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: with him, just made that stuff up because it sounded 238 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: logical to them. And that's the problem when you give 239 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: an athlete a podcast, particularly athletes who went too bright. 240 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 2: They're not playing by the rules of journalism. 241 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 1: They don't think it's a big deal to make something 242 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: up that sounds logical to them. 243 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 2: But I would bet they made that up up. Next, 244 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 2: Jerry do Lack. 245 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: One oh five nine Steelers play at Cleveland Sunday. 246 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 2: We don't know if it's gonna matter or not. Joining 247 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 2: me not to talk. 248 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: Black and Gold football From the Post Gazette. 249 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 2: It's Jerry Doulac. Jerry is a good or bad. 250 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: If Baltimore loses tomorrow when the Steelers clinch, is it 251 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: good to have two meaningless games right before the playoffs? 252 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 3: Well? Yeah, I don't think the meaningless part matters. I 253 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 3: will tell you Mark, I think if they if they 254 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 3: don't have to play a meaningless game in Cleveland they clinched, 255 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 3: that's all the good for them, because then how to 256 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 3: eliminate any potential praftfalls. So but I get your point 257 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 3: because but I say this, Mark, you know they will 258 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 3: still play their veteran players now won't play in the 259 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 3: full game, might not play more than a half now 260 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 3: the last game. Maybe they'll sit down Cam. And it's 261 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 3: possible they would sit down Aaron Rodgers. But I will 262 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 3: tell you this, and more than likely they will. But 263 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,880 Speaker 3: if the game in Cleveland is meaningless, I think you'll 264 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 3: still see these guys play. And I could tell you 265 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers wants to play. They understand that they are 266 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 3: playing well, and maybe more importantly, he is playing well, 267 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,439 Speaker 3: and I know he doesn't want to disrupt that. So 268 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 3: you're not going to see Aaron Rodgers. If the Ravens 269 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 3: lose tomorrow night, you're not going to see Aaron Rodgers 270 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 3: not play again till the postseason. That's not going to happen. 271 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 3: So Mike Tomlin never believes in these extended layoffs. So 272 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,439 Speaker 3: I think you might be surprised how much some of 273 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 3: these guys play and maybe get rotated more and maybe 274 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 3: come out earlier than normal. But he will, he will 275 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:04,159 Speaker 3: play them, with the possible exception of Cam and to 276 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 3: some degree Aaron Rodgers. 277 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 1: How is the Steelers running game resuscitated out of nowhere? 278 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 2: Jerry? 279 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, Mark, It's easy for me to say 280 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 3: the offensive line, and that's the big reason. And yet 281 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 3: they've had injuries there, so you can't point to continuity, 282 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 3: which they always say is a big key to the 283 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 3: success of the offensive line, because they've had different left tackles, 284 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 3: they've had different left guards, and so that rotation of 285 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 3: players there. Obviously you can't sit here and say they 286 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 3: have that continuity. But those guys who have stepped in, 287 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 3: you know, and and Dylan Cook in particular has been 288 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 3: Mark for a guy who's never started an NFL game 289 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 3: and it started the last two, has been outstanding. And 290 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 3: where that comes from, I mean, who knows, who knows? 291 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 3: And the fact that he did that the last game 292 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 3: without Isaac Saamalo. You know, when a player has a 293 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 3: veteran like Sayamalo next to him, that makes the you know, 294 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 3: makes the adjustment just a little bit easier. But to 295 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 3: not have that veteran like that for the last game 296 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 3: and still play as well as you did. You know, 297 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 3: those those runs by Jalen Warren, those touchdowns, you know 298 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 3: those toss plays, the one off the left side, I mean, 299 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 3: my goodness, Mark, you and I could have run through 300 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 3: that whole untouched. So that that's in its most basic form, 301 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 3: you have to credit the line. But you know, I 302 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 3: mean Jalen Warren. You know he's had he's you know games, 303 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 3: not the big yardage games because that was the season high, 304 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 3: but we've seen him, you know, breakoff runs with his power. 305 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 3: And what can you say about Kenny Gamewell, Mark, to me, 306 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 3: other than Aaron Rodgers, you can make a case that 307 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 3: he could be the team MVP. To me, it's Aaron Rodgers, 308 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 3: Jalen Ramsey, and then Kenny Gamewell for all the big 309 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 3: plays he has made and how well he has. 310 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 1: Played without Kaph for these two games. How do the 311 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: Steelers adjust on offense? What's the game plan? What's the 312 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: depth chart going to be at wideout? 313 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 3: Well, I mean, I think it's pretty obvious what you're 314 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 3: going to see. You're going to see even more of 315 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 3: Adam Feelin and Marcus vald of Scantling. Even though they 316 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 3: played a lot more last game than they did the 317 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,640 Speaker 3: previous game, They've played a lot. I'm surprised how many 318 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 3: snaps they've actually played, especially feeling who's coming in cold. 319 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 3: You know, we saw last year they bring in Mike 320 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 3: Williams and Mark. Mike Williams averaged seventeen snaps a game. Well, 321 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 3: Adam Feelin played more than that on really one day's practice. 322 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 3: He played twenty five for his first game. You know, 323 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 3: obviously Roman Wilson will be activated. But I think the 324 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,719 Speaker 3: one thing I don't want to say that's in their favor, 325 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 3: but certainly the one thing that will help is all 326 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:52,119 Speaker 3: the personnel groupings that Arthur Smith has used to the 327 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:55,159 Speaker 3: point that you know, we've all wondered and complained and 328 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,239 Speaker 3: we're puzzled by you know, okay, where is John hu 329 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 3: Smith who was part of a big trade, Where is 330 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 3: Pat Fryar moved? And so you know you're using Darnell 331 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 3: Washington more and so I think, you know, look at 332 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 3: what they did with Scottie Miller last week, two really 333 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 3: big catches on third and fourth down. So I think 334 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 3: the fact that they have spread the ball around all year. 335 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 3: Kenny Gamwells their leading receiver. I'm not gonna sit here 336 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 3: and say it's not going to hurt him, but I 337 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 3: think the way they have usial life to all these people, 338 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 3: you're probably just gonna seem more the same. You know, 339 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 3: on Sunday you. 340 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 1: Mentioned Rogers is the MVP, and I tend to agree 341 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: with that. And I've said this before about Rogers Jerry. 342 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: I don't feel like he's. 343 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:42,160 Speaker 2: Doing a ton. 344 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:46,160 Speaker 1: He's not spectacular, but he's doing less extremely well. 345 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 2: Is that fair? 346 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 3: I think it's fair, Mark, But we won't take away 347 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 3: the fact that, you know, in two of the last 348 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 3: three games he's had his highest yardage totals of the season, 349 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 3: even though it doesn't seem like it, but that's because 350 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 3: there have been so many big pass plays, big yardage plays, 351 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 3: and so that has certainly helped. But the thing that 352 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 3: I see, and I've seen it since the Buffalo game, 353 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,880 Speaker 3: where he looked, you know, he looked like a guy 354 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 3: who was playing with a cast and had missed the 355 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 3: previous game and just seemed I don't want to say befuddled, 356 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 3: because that's not fair to him. But what you have 357 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 3: seen since then, Mark, is he is in complete control 358 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 3: of that offense. And it's apparent by just watching him. 359 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 3: And so you know, his December record is uncanny. You 360 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 3: know since twenty nineteen, Mark, I went back and looked 361 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 3: this up. He's twenty and three and those three losses 362 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 3: were all last year with the Jets. So this is 363 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 3: a guy even though he started going into his mid 364 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 3: to late thirties and now in this forties, he has 365 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 3: played better as the season has gone on. His record 366 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 3: indicates that, and that's his credit. Even with the Jets 367 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 3: last year, even though they lost three games of December, 368 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 3: his stats the last six games, his mobility, everything, the 369 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 3: last six game is actually what convinced the Steelers that, hey, 370 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 3: this guy's not slowing down at all, and we're seeing 371 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 3: that there's no sign that this guy is forty two 372 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 3: years old. 373 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: We're talking to Jerry Doulack at the Post Cauzette. He's 374 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: brought to us by bud Light. Easy to drink, easy 375 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,919 Speaker 1: to enjoy. What's Cleveland got going. Jerry Schador has been 376 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: up and down. I guess he's been Okay, Garrett's going 377 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 1: for the sack record. There's some nice sidebars for this 378 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: game Sunday, whether it's important or not. 379 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 3: Mark, I don't know that Cleveland has anything going for 380 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 3: him except they did play They did play the Bills 381 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,919 Speaker 3: close last week. The one thing they do have is 382 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 3: their defense, and that has been, you know, for the 383 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 3: most part, pretty good all year. And of course that's 384 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 3: that's highlighted by Miles Garrett. So but you know, I 385 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,640 Speaker 3: mean Shador Sanders. You know, he might do some things 386 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 3: and then you see, you see how he just plays 387 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 3: like a guy who you know, makes rookie mistakes and 388 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 3: tends to play out of control. You know. So I 389 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 3: didn't think the Browns were this bad, to be honest, 390 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 3: But it all revolves around the decisions they made a quarterback, Mark, 391 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 3: and here to me, how about this this? The cruelest 392 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 3: irony of all would be if the game means nothing 393 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 3: and Aaron Rodgers doesn't play the whole game, which he won't. 394 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 3: If the game means nothing, The cruelest irony will be 395 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 3: if Miles Garrett sets the NFL sack record by sacking Mason. 396 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 1: Rudolph after that thing back in twenty nineteen, swinging the helmet. 397 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,120 Speaker 3: At right, right, right exactly. 398 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 1: I've been wondering if the Steelers, if the game's meaningless, 399 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 1: just might never drop back to pass and try to 400 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 1: deny Garrett that sack. I mean, I'm kidding, of course, 401 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: but that's that's fun to think about. 402 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 2: Isn't it. 403 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 3: Yes, it is. And and of course Mason Rudolph wouldn't 404 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 3: let that happen anyhow, I'm sure you'd just throw it 405 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 3: the second, the second, even thought Miles Garrett was closed. 406 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 3: How about how about the old Green Bay Packer quarterback 407 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 3: laying down for Michael Strahan, Oh far right the record? Yeah, 408 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 3: you don't think this old Green Bay Packer quarterback would 409 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 3: lay down and set let Miles Garrett said the record 410 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 3: would do? No, I I do a lot of a 411 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 3: lot of cruel storylines in play, No. 412 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 2: No, no question. 413 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: Hey, that that's that might be the most fun thing 414 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: about the game, the things we just mentioned. Jerry, who 415 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: do you think the Steelers would most prefer to play 416 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: in the wild card round? At least prefer because that's 417 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: certainly a big debate now that it looks almost certainly 418 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 1: like they're going to be. 419 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:36,439 Speaker 3: In I've kind of I'm not gonna sit here and 420 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 3: tell you I've pondered it a great deal, but I 421 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 3: have thought about it, and to me, you know, I'm 422 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,919 Speaker 3: going to assume obviously Denver is going to win the 423 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 3: division of course in the West, and you know, Buffalo, 424 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 3: as good as Buffalo is at home and as well 425 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 3: as they're playing now there, they just don't seem to 426 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 3: be the same team on the road. And we know 427 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 3: what the Bills have done to the Steel lately. The 428 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 3: Texans offense doesn't scare me. Their defense is good to me. 429 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 3: I mean, I would think, you know, possibly the Chargers 430 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 3: would be would be the best bet to to get 431 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 3: them here where you have a chance to advance. And 432 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 3: then after that, I would say the Texans, you know, 433 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 3: Jacksonville should win that division. I shouldn't say should, but 434 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,120 Speaker 3: looks like they will and so and then and then 435 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 3: if Buffalo doesn't catch New England, then they would be 436 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,680 Speaker 3: the third team that I would that I think they 437 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 3: would probably least like to see. So, you know, assuming 438 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,440 Speaker 3: those are the three wild cards, that's kind of that's 439 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,400 Speaker 3: kind of the way I look at it now. 440 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 2: Jerry. 441 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 1: You reported a while back to t J. Watt was 442 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 1: expected to play again this season. Now he's been practicing, 443 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: do you have any further timetable for his return. Uh. 444 00:26:57,359 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 1: I'd like to see him get some game action in 445 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 1: before the playoff, as opposed to resting him. 446 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 2: It'd be different if he had never sat. 447 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,880 Speaker 1: But but but nonetheless, I think if he can play, 448 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 1: he played off to at least a little bit. 449 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 3: Mark, I agree with you, and in him wanting to 450 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,479 Speaker 3: I would think that he might want to. Yes, I 451 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 3: said that he would be back before the end of 452 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 3: the season, and I said last week that he would 453 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 3: return to practice this week, which of course he did. 454 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,120 Speaker 3: But I don't I I did not. I don't want 455 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:28,959 Speaker 3: to say I did not expect him to play in Cleveland. 456 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 3: I did not know if he would play in Cleveland. 457 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 3: And my guess is he will not play in Cleveland. 458 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 3: You know, Mark, it's it's kind of what. I don't 459 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 3: know this. This would be a factor. But with all 460 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 3: the buzz about Miles Garrett and everything you know, does TJ. 461 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 3: Watt want to get caught up in that comparison with 462 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 3: with Miles Garrett in this game? I mean as you 463 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 3: know who knows. I mean, that's as crazy as it sounds. 464 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 3: But he's physically cleared to play. But you know, I 465 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 3: I I'm just going to give a little deference to 466 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 3: what his brother JJ said last week that you know, 467 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 3: he wants to be sure that he in a focus 468 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 3: on being healthy. Well, I mean he is cleared to play. 469 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 3: But whether he plays or not in Cleveland, like I said, 470 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 3: I'm not expecting him to, but I'm with you. I 471 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 3: think maybe maybe play a little bit in Baltimore. Then again, 472 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 3: what shocked me at all because we saw what TJ. 473 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 3: Watt did when he missed all of training camp and 474 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 3: came in in that first game and was, you know, 475 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 3: balls on fire. So we'll see, we'll see. 476 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that if he plays at Cleveland, even 477 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: though him and Garrett and ever on the field, that 478 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 1: comparison would be impossible to avoid. Then again, he's going 479 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: to be there in some capacity. And maybe it's just 480 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: not important. But I'll tell you what is important, Jerry 481 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 1: is the Steelers. For example, at Detroit at Baltimore, they 482 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: got all the calls, everything a referee decided that was 483 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 1: big went their way. Now, don't get me wrong, I 484 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: think the calls were proper, but is the team taken 485 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: on a bit of a team of destiny feel because 486 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: of that? 487 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 3: Well, Mark, I think the thing that people forget is 488 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 3: on that final drive, three straight call slash plays went 489 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 3: against them. That catch that looked like it hit the 490 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 3: ground went against them. That pass interference penalty against Kyle Duggart, 491 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,800 Speaker 3: which was Man, you could have flipped the coin on 492 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 3: that one. And then and then what was the third one? Mark? 493 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 3: There were three consecutive plays. 494 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 2: Oh, there was the Darnell Washington OPI as well. 495 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, yeah, but there were three in a row, 496 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 3: and I'm forgetting what it was, but there were three 497 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 3: plays in a row that kind of went against them. 498 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 3: Shame on me for not remember what that third one is. 499 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:46,960 Speaker 3: And so it would have been easy for the Steelers 500 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 3: to be frustrated at that point in thinking, Okay, what's 501 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 3: going on here on the road. You know that these 502 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 3: calls weren't going in their favor. But yeah, I mean, hey, 503 00:29:56,160 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 3: that penalty, that flag was thrown right away on Amna 504 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 3: Saint Brown on that last play. What I don't understand 505 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 3: is the way the officials handled it. Mark. When there's 506 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 3: any penalty, all they do is call the penalty. They 507 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 3: don't recap the play that was negated because of the penalty, 508 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 3: and why they did that in that instance is still 509 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 3: beyond me. And I'm not sure why the official or 510 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 3: New York failed to felt compelled to explain, Well, it 511 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:29,480 Speaker 3: was a touchdown, however there was past interference. I still 512 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 3: don't get why that happened. That's what was most puzzling 513 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 3: to me after all that delay. 514 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 2: Well one other weird thing too, Jerry. 515 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 1: And this just isn't in that game of Detroit, but 516 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 1: across the league, where are all the opis coming from. 517 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 2: It's like somebody sent out a memo. 518 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I'm sure you know, hey, look this is 519 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 3: nothing new, and I'm sure it happens a lot. I'm 520 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 3: sure the Steelers were probably alerting the officials, say steep 521 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 3: and high on fourteen. He's pushing off every play, and again, 522 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 3: that's nothing new, and maybe that's what happened. I don't 523 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 3: know that, Mark, but you're right, you're seeing it because hey, 524 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 3: I mean, it happens a lot. It happens a lot, 525 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,880 Speaker 3: and I'm surprised as we have gone along that it's 526 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,080 Speaker 3: not been called more because you can call that almost 527 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 3: as much as you could call past interference on every play, 528 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 3: no question. 529 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 1: Jerry has always great input. Enjoy the game. We'll talk 530 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: next week. 531 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 3: Mark, Thank you. Happy Holidays to you, my friend. 532 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 2: Happy Holidays. 533 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 1: That's Jerry Delucke, brought to us by bud Light Up 534 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: next to Trifecta even without Tom. Here Top three lies 535 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: told about the DK Metcalf situation. 536 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 2: One five to nine. 537 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: Jerry called back the third call in a series of 538 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: three that went against the dealers at Detroit was at 539 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 1: high Smith tripping call Athough. I thought he very clearly 540 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: tripped him. In fact, Hi Smith reacted as soon as 541 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,959 Speaker 1: he tripped him, as if he knew he tripped him 542 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 1: in A flag was forthcoming. 543 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 2: Uh the first dollar of the Mark Madden Show. 544 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: Brought to us by our good friends at Shandorovid Shandorovich 545 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: and Fisherman. Now with Tom fired, it's still time the trifecta. 546 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: It's three lies told about the DK Metcalff situation. One 547 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: It's been said the blue haired guy got ejected in 548 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: the past. 549 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 2: Not true. DK Metcalf kicked up a fuss last. 550 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: Year when the guy got under his skin when Seattle 551 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: visited ford Field. But dude did not get ejected. Two 552 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: that the fan use a racial slur and the C 553 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: word when addressing Metcalf this past Sunday, he did not 554 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 1: No one besides James Harrison and Chad Ocho Sinko said 555 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 1: that they got false information or just made it up. 556 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 1: And certainly there's been a lot of assumption, which I'll 557 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:49,200 Speaker 1: get to in a little bit. And number three, Aaron 558 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 1: Rodgers said, fans wouldn't heckle face to face, wouldn't say 559 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: that stuff to a guy's face, But the blue haired 560 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: guy did exactly that at Ford Field. What ain't Rogers 561 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 1: seen the video? Does he think DK smacked the guy 562 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 1: via a zoom call? 563 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 2: Uh uh? 564 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 1: The trifecta brought to list by Danny's Peacher and Hugies 565 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 1: en route eighty eight in Bethel Park. We got Tim 566 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,360 Speaker 1: Benz this coming hour. It's de Mark Madden showing one 567 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 1: oh five nine