1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:01,720 Speaker 1: I'm Mark Madden. 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 2: There's a taste in my mouth and it's no taste 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 2: at all. You can follow me on Twitter at Mark 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 2: madden x. Gonna be a bit distracted today we got 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 2: Liverpool at Arsenal English Premier League, starting at three pm. 6 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 2: I'm certainly hoping for the best. The big game is 7 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 2: four days away. It seems like it should be tomorrow. 8 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 2: This is dragging out forever, what with it being on 9 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 2: Monday Night football. The pressure is mounting. What's it gonna be? Steelers? 10 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 2: What's it gonna be? And the Penguins play tonight at 11 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,639 Speaker 2: home against New Jersey. I'm gonna go to that. The 12 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: Devils were supposed to be legit this year, big time contenders, 13 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 2: but they're behind the Penguins in the Metro Division by 14 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 2: three points. Devils come into the game having lost two 15 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 2: in a row, worst goal differential in the conference at 16 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 2: minus nineteen, maybe because they lost nine nil to the 17 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 2: New York Islanders on Tuesday. Looks like people maybe gonna 18 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 2: get fired in New Jersey, our buddy Tom Fitzgerald, the 19 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:18,400 Speaker 2: GM may be Sheldon Keith the coach, but the Steelers 20 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 2: are certainly the soup de jure. Well that in the post. 21 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 2: Is that folding? But that's easily solved read the trip. 22 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 2: That's who I write for, and I'm great. But a 23 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 2: lot of talent is out of work and that sucks. 24 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 2: But as I'm going to talk about later, if they're 25 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,839 Speaker 2: truly talented, they'll find work somewhere else. 26 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: If not, well, there's always Barber College of Guinea. 27 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 2: Malkin very probable to play tonight for the Penguins after 28 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 2: being out what now thirteen fourteen games with an injury 29 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 2: Stuart Skinner and gold Billy Coyven and sent to Wilkes, 30 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 2: which I'm against, but yet I understand. 31 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: So let's bring on Tommy Radio. 32 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,959 Speaker 2: Tom who faces the most pressure in that playoff game 33 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 2: on Monday, And it's gotta be somebody with the Steelers 34 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: because you know, Cam talked about the Steelers playing with 35 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 2: has money. Actually, I think that's more true with Houston. 36 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 2: They've won a playoff game in each of the last 37 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 2: two years. They are legit contented, but I'm not sure 38 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 2: their fan base expects them to be arriving. Yes, yet, 39 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 2: then again, there's always pressure to top what you've done 40 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 2: last year. 41 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think there probably is a fair amount of 42 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 3: pressure starting to build with Houston, especially with them coming 43 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 3: into the playoffs with the nine game winning streak, like 44 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 3: you should be a super Bowl contender. 45 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 2: Good point, good point. But they're gonna have fired Nmiko Rylan. 46 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 2: No chance lose Monday Night. 47 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 3: No, No, this is still an ascending organization overall. Even 48 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 3: if they do, I would say fall short this year 49 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 3: by losing to the Steelers. As far as pressure on 50 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 3: the Steelers side of things, you can't say anybody on 51 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 3: the coaching staff because, as you alluded to it the 52 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 3: open of the show today, their jobs are all safe 53 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 3: right now. So how can they truly be feeling pressure 54 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 3: in this game on Monday Night. I'm gonna go with 55 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,679 Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers just because this would be such a great 56 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 3: legacy thing for him at the end of it, to 57 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 3: win a playoff game after winning the division, and then 58 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 3: I might see him walking away. I'd at least really 59 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 3: entertain that possibility. Yeah. 60 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 2: I don't know if the most pressures on Aaron. He's 61 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 2: the quarterback, so pressure's automatic by nature of the position. 62 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 2: But I feel like he's not gonna screw up at 63 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 2: the very least. I think if they lose the game, 64 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 2: it will not be seen as his fault. I have 65 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 2: a bad premonition. No Tom Rogers get hurt that pass 66 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 2: rush smites him. If any pass rush gonna smite it's 67 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 2: this pass rush. 68 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, without question. Now Rodgers is really good at protecting 69 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 3: himself though, So this ball is gonna come out at 70 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 3: like what two point three two point two seconds for 71 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 3: most of the night. But yeah, but I'm not sure 72 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 3: that it'll serve the cause of winning. Well, no, I 73 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 3: don't know, but it'll serve the cause of keeping him alive. 74 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 3: The more than I'm thinking about this pressure question mark 75 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 3: almost has to be TJ. Watt, right. I mean, you're 76 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 3: an all time greater supposed to be, but you have 77 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 3: zero play off wins to your resume right now. That 78 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 3: has to change. 79 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 2: And Wat's not had any TJ. Watt type games this year. 80 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: I mean a big play here and there, but he's 81 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 2: only had one multiple SAC game the whole season. And 82 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:16,679 Speaker 2: we've largely ignored the Wotton Metcalf have had years. Neither 83 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 2: one at that price, neither one has had a truly 84 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 2: dominant game like where you could say, Okay, that guy 85 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 2: water Metcalf, that guy won the game. And WAT used 86 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 2: to have them all the time and metcalf two in Seattle. 87 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, it's funny. It's like the high priced 88 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 3: talent for the Steelers aren't performing to the level of 89 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 3: their contract. But there's a lot of guys I think 90 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 3: that a good point too, that are outperforming their contracts. 91 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 3: I mean, Aaron Rodgers is the low hanging fruit because 92 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 3: he took a lot of money off to stay or 93 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 3: to come here, but he's playing so well compared to 94 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 3: what he's getting paid high Smith Way. That's the point I. 95 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 2: Mean, I mean, what's you know on forty one million 96 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 2: average a DK thirty three thirty three excuse mean, you 97 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 2: gotta stand and deliver in a situation like this, and 98 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 2: you know would make a statement not but the one 99 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 2: that that the listeners want to hear. Tom. But what 100 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 2: if Anderson and or Hunter, the edge rushers for Houston 101 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 2: have a big game coming off the edge and. 102 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 3: Watch quiet, which is of course a possibility. But I 103 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 3: really find it hard to believe that the Houston offensive 104 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 3: line is going to keep the Steelers pass rush quiet 105 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 3: in this thing. I'm not saying that the Steelers offensive 106 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 3: line is going to dominate Watson. 107 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 2: A lot of mediocre offensive lines this year it ain't 108 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 2: got a lot done. 109 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 3: Do you think that he would be masked though by 110 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 3: if like high Smith was getting sacks and Herbig was 111 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 3: getting back again. 112 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 2: If that what get it done? Forty one mil. I'm 113 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 2: not gonna ever continence because this guy had a bad game. 114 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: It's okay because the other guy had a good game. 115 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 3: You don't feed into the ripple effect thing that people 116 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 3: would go off of. 117 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 2: You know what, Heismith ain't doing making forty one million A. 118 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 3: Get outperforming his contract, Porter Junior, he's on his rookie deal. 119 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 3: He's playing like the best player on that defense. 120 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: Those guys are outperforming their contract. TJ. 121 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 2: Watt is not living updated on at all, not even close. 122 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 3: Nor DK on the offensive side of the ball. If 123 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 3: Ramsey's fading too as far as his high ticket is concerned. 124 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: They just made a mistake bringing him in. 125 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 2: And I really flipped upped on him because at one 126 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 2: point I thought he was the defensive MVP. You know what, 127 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 2: I'm not being fair here. He's just out of gas. 128 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 2: That's all he held. He had a gas And it 129 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 2: wouldn't shock me if Flake Rogers has the needle hit 130 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 2: e in this game. 131 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: I mean, these guys. 132 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 3: Are old Cam too. 133 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 2: I don't know. 134 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 3: Rogers will have a cocktail waiting for him if the 135 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 3: needles close to e so he can get that close 136 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 3: to at least half a tank. 137 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 2: Uh well, if the Steelers win, who's the MVP on 138 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 2: the night? 139 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:36,839 Speaker 1: That is cliche Talk. 140 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,479 Speaker 3: Radio, And then the cliches answer was, Rogers is the quarter. 141 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 2: I think we've had great success doing it for a 142 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 2: few weeks now. Yeah, I would say Rogers is the 143 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 2: obvious choice. Maybe Porter erases Collins. 144 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: Maybe Barner Gain. 145 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 2: Well, I have but I'll be blunt and you may 146 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 2: have picked up on this if you're listening closely. I 147 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 2: have like zero faith in DK or Watt. I just 148 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 2: don't think they're big game guys. Well, I think Wat's 149 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 2: not a big game guy, and I think DK just 150 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 2: this is a bad fit for him here with this 151 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 2: Neanderthal offense. 152 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 3: By the way, how about Arthur Smith Tennessee? Interested that's 153 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 3: wild to me. I don't know why they would do that. 154 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: I would drive him there. 155 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 3: Well, they're comfortable with him because he was the the 156 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:16,119 Speaker 3: OC there. 157 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 2: Uh, Tom, I before we go to break, I got 158 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 2: a text from a friend of mine, and this is 159 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 2: a call back to a call I took on the 160 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 2: show in two thousand and one. Back then, I got 161 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 2: asked if I would trade a Steelers playoff loss to 162 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 2: New England for a Liverpool win over Manchester United. 163 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 3: Oh one, that's like the championship game, right, yeah, when. 164 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 2: They lost to Brady and Bledsoe, And I said yes 165 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 2: I would, and the Steelers lost in Liverpool won Filer 166 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 2: and Gerard with. 167 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 3: The two goals. 168 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 2: The text today asked me if I would trade a 169 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 2: Liverpool win over Arsenal today for a Steelers lost to 170 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 2: Houston Monday night. And I say to my friend who 171 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 2: texted me, I would and from your lips to God's 172 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 2: years one oh five. 173 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: To nine the X. 174 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 2: I'd like to amend my statement from earlier when I 175 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 2: said I would trade a Steelers loss Monday night for 176 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 2: Liverpool win over Arsenal today. 177 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: I would also take a draw. 178 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 2: We got New Jersey visiting the peng was tonight with 179 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 2: New Jersey underachieving and like I said, losing nine to 180 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 2: nil to the Islanders on Tuesday. My god, I know 181 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 2: what New Jersey problem is. They're not very good. The 182 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 2: uses the brothers Jack and Luke. They're overrated. Jack's on 183 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 2: the US Olympic team the center, but he ain't no 184 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 2: franchise player like they think he's above average. 185 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: He's pretty good. 186 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 2: But New Jersey is a vanilla team and so is 187 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 2: the goaltending with Mark Struman Allen, the Penguins got Skinner 188 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 2: and Shilloffs. If that was a tag team match, Mark 189 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 2: Stroman Allen against Skinner and Shilloffs, it. 190 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: Wouldn't get on TV. It would be the Dark Match. 191 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 2: And there in a roll five straight wins defense versus 192 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 2: Detroit and five goals versus Columbus coming back from four 193 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 2: to one down. So right now, total package baby, looking 194 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 2: for a six straight win, the joy of six, Nikki six, 195 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:20,959 Speaker 2: six Burg six guns, Sally Oral six. Let's get six, yo, Tom, 196 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 2: what do you make of the new lines? H assuming 197 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 2: Malkin plays, and we think not on thousand percent sure, 198 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,719 Speaker 2: but we think. Are you surprised Malca didn't go back 199 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 2: between mant and Brazil. 200 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 3: I was surprised, and initially like knee jerk reaction, I 201 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 3: was disappointed by the decision, but I'm really intrigued to 202 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 3: see Geno skate on the wing with Kendall right like that, 203 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 3: That's the one thing that you could have done that 204 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 3: I'm like, Okay, you know what. I don't agree with 205 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 3: it necessarily, but I'm entertained by this. Let me see 206 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 3: how it looks. 207 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 2: I think it's worth a try because Novak scored a 208 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,199 Speaker 2: few goals lately playing between the Twin Powers, but by 209 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 2: the same toe could once he gets. 210 00:09:58,640 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 3: I gotta be honest. 211 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 2: If he don't score tonight and Gino looks okay, I 212 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 2: put him back at center for the Penguins game Saturday 213 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 2: at home against Calgary. Yes, and I'm not sure about 214 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:10,479 Speaker 2: Gino at winning just too slow. 215 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 3: And I just I want to keep the Twin Towers 216 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 3: scoring goals too. And I mean Gino was doing right, 217 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 3: but they have been with Novak between, no question. But 218 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 3: who was going to have a better chance of having 219 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 3: that last and entire season Gino center, no question. 220 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: I think Novak's rotten, okay, but he is. 221 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 2: I mean, I don't want to bench a guy even 222 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 2: if he's rotten. 223 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: If he's playing well in the moment. 224 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel that, but they can't hesitate to win. 225 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 3: He starts to slip a little bit. I hope that 226 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 3: doesn't happen, but it's inevitable. I get him out of it. 227 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:41,599 Speaker 2: I said, I'd get him out after one game. I 228 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 2: might get him out of there in the second period tonight. 229 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 2: Drop the fourth depending how Gino feels. No, if he's 230 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 2: on the fourth line, you can't play it. That's true 231 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 2: to he's not a fourth line, and you can't drop 232 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 2: to the fourth line. The fourth line is too good 233 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 2: right now the way it is. We certainly say that 234 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:59,199 Speaker 2: enough anyway, Malkin with Chinnikoff makes sense. The Russian thing, 235 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 2: but kinda light. He'll be odd manor not. They'll be 236 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 2: out there speaking spot Nick and he'll be clueless. 237 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,439 Speaker 3: Ndall Kendall has just been so great all year long. 238 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:08,559 Speaker 3: He's truly my favorite player. 239 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: Okay, but I'm a big fan of Ben Kindall. 240 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 3: He only has one goal in the last fifteen Okay, yeah, 241 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 3: that needs to come along one and. 242 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 2: You know you got I mean, he's playing so good 243 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 2: two hundred foot. You excuse that a lot like that 244 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 2: past the chinnakof. He's making plays, but you can't act. 245 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: Like it's not there. 246 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 3: No, of course not. He he has to score goals. 247 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 3: But again, it's easier to excuse it when it's an 248 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 3: eighteen year old playing as dominant as he is. Two 249 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 3: hundred foot wise. I mean that's just so rare. Mus 250 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 3: got it right with the defense pairs. I got to 251 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 3: give credit there. Kulak and Latang are good together. I 252 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 3: didn't think they would be. 253 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 2: I mean, Kulak's not the offensive force Latang is, but 254 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 2: that's kind of his style. But they've done okay as 255 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 2: a pair. And Shaye and Saint Ivany are an excellent 256 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:53,079 Speaker 2: bottom pair, and I would just leave them together period, 257 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 2: and I bet MWS doesn't, but right now really good 258 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 2: and really understanding of what's required in that pair. 259 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 3: And SHA's been doing that all year, right like when 260 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 3: Shaye was playing with Shy. 261 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: He's a Swiss army night. 262 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, Like I think he can just play with anybody 263 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 2: and play okay, like you would want your defense to 264 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 2: eventually be good enough when he's the worst guy on it. 265 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 2: But right now, I'm not saying he's not replaceable, but 266 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 2: but boy, he he just gets it done. 267 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 3: Like you said, no matter who he's paired with. And 268 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 3: Watherspoon was Carlson. I mean you were saying, I think 269 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 3: it was a week or two ago, you'd give Waterspin 270 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 3: a little run in the press box, maybe a little reset, 271 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 3: But he's pay well again. 272 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 2: He's picked it back up along with Carlson. Their bad 273 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 2: play coincided, which makes me wonder who to blame if it. 274 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,719 Speaker 3: Was Carlson's fault, like was kind of holding him back. Yeah, 275 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 3: but uh yeah, I'm a big Saint ivany fan. 276 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 1: Tom. 277 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 2: Your job for tomorrows show is research because I wonder 278 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,439 Speaker 2: if there actually is a Saint ivany. 279 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 3: Like anywhere in the world. 280 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, if there's, like, if there was, what do they 281 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:55,079 Speaker 2: call what happens when the Catholic Church sanctify? 282 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: Is that right? 283 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 3: I think that sounds right. 284 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,479 Speaker 2: Is it like actually an ivany E that got sanctified 285 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 2: to become and I become, like as it was spinal tap, 286 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 2: there actually was a Saint Hubbins. I believe he was 287 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,559 Speaker 2: the patron state of sensible footwear. We got some sad news. 288 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 2: Tom glen Hall passed ninety four years old. Hall of 289 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 2: Fame goaltender an EJ contemporary a few years older. 290 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: Listen to this resume. 291 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 2: Two Cups free VEZNS is the Best Goalie, Rookie of 292 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 2: the Year, Playoff MVP, and First Team All Star seven times. 293 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 2: He played five hundred two consecutive games, which is still 294 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 2: an NHL record and didn't wear a mask when he 295 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 2: did it. 296 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: Can you imagine not wearing a mask? 297 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 3: No, I can't. That's exactly what I did when I 298 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 3: didn't really know who Glenn Hall is. And you brought 299 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 3: that up just now, so I went to google that 300 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 3: exact thing. Did this guy play without a mask? Unbelievable 301 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 3: to play that position like that. 302 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 2: I remember when he's playing for the Saint Louis Blues, 303 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,559 Speaker 2: he had that run like a lot of old timey 304 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 2: vets did, like Glenn Hall, Zachplont, Doug Harvey at the 305 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 2: end with the Expansion Blues when they made the first 306 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 2: three Expansion Stanley Cup finals under Scotty Bowman, and he 307 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 2: had put on the mask I think a few years 308 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 2: before the Expansion, but I remember in that in the 309 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 2: in the third final in seventy the Bruins final, he 310 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 2: got drilled right between the eyes by Fred Stanfield. From 311 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 2: the point he got hit so hard the puck lake 312 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 2: flew up into the balcony at the area and like 313 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 2: but he you know, he was okay after a pause. 314 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 2: But thank god he had adopted wearing a mask by then. 315 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 2: And it's worth noting, and I always, you know, make 316 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 2: note of this when it comes to talk about how 317 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 2: great a goaltender EJ was. You know, back then the 318 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 2: league was only North American and really only Canadian, but 319 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 2: there were still only six teams. They each had one goalie, 320 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 2: so you either had a job or you didn't. And EJ, 321 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 2: Glenn Hall guys like that mega respect because that might 322 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 2: have been the toughest job in the sporting world to 323 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 2: get at the time, goalie for an original sixteen. 324 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 3: I mean, do or die moments? Do these guys get 325 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 3: in front of a puck with their full face and 326 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 3: just wear one without the mask on, like Glatt and 327 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 3: Goon like you know what I mean. At the end, 328 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 3: he's in front and they're all putting the sticks in there. 329 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 3: I can tell you for a fact I would not 330 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 3: have I wouldn't have either, But I bet you EJ 331 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 3: and Glenn Hall would have. Well I probably did. Oh no, 332 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 3: they definitely, yes. I mean I saw a little bit 333 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 3: of that. 334 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 2: So Glen Hall rip total badass and we shouldn't forget 335 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 2: like people talk, well, their shots weren't like they are 336 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 2: now with the with the composite sticks. Yeah, okay, Bobby 337 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 2: Howell could have shot a puck through a brick Wall 338 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 2: literally and Glen hall ej them guys. They faced him 339 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 2: and Stan mckeed a bunch of other big shooters without 340 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 2: a mask. Those guys all took a few in the 341 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 2: melon and kept excelling. So, like I said, Glenn hall 342 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 2: ri ip oh one other thing Tom with the Penguins, 343 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 2: and we I should have brought this up earlier. Uh 344 00:15:56,080 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 2: since we yesterday. Harrison Brunick got sent back to junie. 345 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: It's not like his. 346 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 2: Career and talent moving forward to compromise, But the Penguins 347 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 2: mangled that with their indecision keeping him in Pittsburgh and 348 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 2: activating the first year of his contract, but then scratching 349 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 2: him interminably, the phony baloney move with the loopholes sending 350 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 2: him to Wilkes. At one point he only played five 351 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 2: games in seven weeks, then went to World Juniors with Cannon. 352 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: We played okay, but only okay. 353 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was truly a terrible job by the Penguins 354 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 3: with him, And it's really weird that the second they 355 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 3: like activated that contract, like the second they burned was 356 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 3: it the eighth game, the ninth game, whatever it is, 357 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 3: that's when they started to just start scratching him and 358 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 3: go in the other direction. So why didn't you just 359 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 3: decide then send him to Kamloops. 360 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 2: The worst decision they could have made was no decision, 361 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 2: and that's the decision they they made. 362 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: Lots more Steeler tuck. By the way, today I think 363 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: we have a few. 364 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 2: Rejoins, But today Elvis would have been ninety one, the 365 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 2: father of it all, the king, and David Bowie would 366 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 2: have been seventy nine, who I saw in an airport 367 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 2: in London and was told to stay the f away 368 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:08,159 Speaker 2: from what five ninety X. 369 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 3: Tonight's the Pens take on the Devils. 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And I think 397 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,199 Speaker 2: he maybe not only didn't get the room like he 398 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 2: should have being that, but maybe didn't get ownership in 399 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 2: his corner as well. I do feel bad for McDaniel though, 400 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 2: because of that, because he probably to part got fired 401 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 2: because he didn't fit the stereotype, but also because by 402 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 2: all accounts, he did not want to move forward with 403 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 2: Tua and was pressured to by ownership. But would I 404 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 2: get a kickout of most about. 405 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: All these coaching changes. It's the same old story, Tom. 406 00:18:55,880 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 2: We're recycling the coaches, recycling the quarterbacks. Nobody takes a chance, 407 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 2: and that's why the NFL has never been worse. People 408 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 2: won't acknowledge that because there's too many people, you know, 409 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,199 Speaker 2: in enthrall to the NFL in the media. But you 410 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 2: don't see many good games. There are You see exciting games, 411 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,680 Speaker 2: like close games. But case in point, that Steelers went 412 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 2: over Baltimore Sunday night. Was got a good game, not 413 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 2: by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, the first 414 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 2: half was dire, but it turned out to be an 415 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 2: exciting game. But there's very few great games and zero 416 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 2: great teams and like I said, an all time low 417 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 2: caliber play. 418 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 3: And back to what you were saying about, how we're 419 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 3: back into just this recycle of head coaches again. As 420 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 3: the coach Carosel spins in the NFL, what do you 421 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 3: think about the candidate Davis Webb, the thirty year old 422 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 3: that's getting a lot of attention from these teams. He's 423 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 3: Denver's passing game coordinator. Now that's pretty extreme in the 424 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 3: other direction, but I don't necessarily hate it like Billicule 425 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 3: young Sean McVay was when he got hard. By the way, 426 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 3: I'm saying like, maybe this is something networks out take 427 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 3: a chances on recycle. 428 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 2: If it fails, well, I mean, how many times had 429 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 2: some of these recycled nimrods Gotta fail? But before the 430 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,440 Speaker 2: trend becomes before the majority of teams looking for coach 431 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 2: take a chance on somebody new and different, I'm give 432 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 2: you a case in point. I see all over Twitter. 433 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 2: I'd hate to see Brian Flores go to the Ravens. 434 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 2: That's the last thing the Steelers should want in the 435 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 2: AFC North. Let me tell you I would drive Brian 436 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 2: Flores from Minnesota to Baltimore. Well, if I were Steeler fan, 437 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 2: I just don't care. I would drive him from Minnesota 438 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 2: to Baltimore if I met Liverpool beating Arsenal today. But 439 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 2: in terms of him being the head coach of Baltimore, 440 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 2: why would you fear that he's never succeeded as a 441 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 2: head coach. 442 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 3: I would actually fear the other Miami coach that just 443 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 3: left more if he had to Baltimore and Ben he 444 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 3: winds up in Cleveland. That's not a bad call if 445 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:51,640 Speaker 3: he's not a head coach, though, if he doesn't land 446 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 3: a head coaching gig Mark, there's only like three or 447 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 3: four teams that shouldn't fire their offensive coordinator to hire 448 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 3: Mike McDaniel to be theirs. He's one of the best 449 00:20:58,200 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 3: offensive minds you got. 450 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 2: If you were here, would you want to be a 451 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,640 Speaker 2: head coach or would you want to be a coordinated 452 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 2: would you want to go backwards career wise? 453 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 3: If you got the right amount of money. I think 454 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,640 Speaker 3: he still wants to be a head coach. I think 455 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 3: he thinks he's a great enough head coach, and he 456 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,399 Speaker 3: had some success with the Dolphins and it was kind 457 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 3: of the roster construction that held him back and signing 458 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 3: to it a fifty million a year when he probably 459 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,439 Speaker 3: wasn't on board for that. Bet you he wants to 460 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 3: prove Miami wrong in that aspect. But my god, as 461 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 3: an oc, he will evolve any offense, including the Steelers. 462 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 3: Do you imagine the Steelers running game that actually would 463 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 3: commit with McDaniel. It be insane. 464 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: They wouldn't run his offense. 465 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 2: That's a good point, Okay, he would just be held 466 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,880 Speaker 2: prisoner by Tom Win or if Rogers sticks around, prisoner 467 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 2: by Rogers. Nobody should want to come to Pittsburgh that 468 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 2: has any options. Rogers only came here because it was 469 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 2: the only option. And if he comes back, that'll be 470 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 2: why too, mark my words. No, it will be an 471 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 2: hilarious day if he goes to another team. If Rogers 472 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,880 Speaker 2: plays for Lake Minnesota next year, that will be beyond. 473 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 3: Funny after all of this talk about like I mean, 474 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 3: the video after the game against the Ravens with I 475 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 3: love you Mike Tom and I love you Aaron. Thanks 476 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 3: for coming here. You're kidding me. I'm glad you were here, 477 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 3: like blah blah blah blah blah, and then turn around 478 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 3: and be like, yeah, you know, Pittsburgh was fine. But 479 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 3: Minnesota that's the next level. 480 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 2: And I don't think Minnesota's gonna want him. In fact, 481 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 2: I don't think any other team's gonna want Aaron Rodgers. 482 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 2: I don't think he impressed enough this year to draw 483 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 2: the attention. At forty three, he's going to be of 484 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 2: a legitimate contender. But Rodgers is a mercenary, well not 485 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 2: a mercenary that actually far from it, because he took 486 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 2: so little money, what thirteen million to play for the 487 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 2: Steelers this year, but he will try to latch onto 488 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 2: a super Bowl someplace else because he wants to do 489 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 2: what Brady far et cetera did If I was Minnesota, 490 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 2: though far didn't farv didn't win, Brady is the target. 491 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,679 Speaker 3: If I was Minnesota, though, I would be more impressed 492 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 3: with the season that JJ McCarthy turned in despite the 493 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 3: injury problems that he had. I mean, he showed I 494 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 3: think enough signs mark where I'm like, Okay, he can 495 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 3: be built into a good I think so. I've always 496 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 3: thought that so because of the future. He's young, he's athletic, 497 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 3: I mean, that's part of his games. He can run. 498 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 3: I wouldn't be more impressed with what I saw of 499 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 3: Rogers and Pittsburgh to be like, let's bring that in 500 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 3: for a year. I'm looking at what JJ did and 501 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 3: I'm saying, we went nine to eight with him in 502 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,119 Speaker 3: and out of the lineup. We can win eleven and 503 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,199 Speaker 3: twelve games next year with him. But you know what 504 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 3: else is gonna suck with Rogers. We're gonna wait how 505 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:16,959 Speaker 3: long for him to make a decision, all the way 506 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 3: up until June again, right, and. 507 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 2: They don't have the guts because the whole organization, including 508 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 2: Tom whin is scared to death to Rodgers, they will 509 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:24,880 Speaker 2: wait as long as he takes like they did this 510 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 2: past offseason. 511 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 3: Yeah, without question, they'll put it as long as that. 512 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 3: Do you think this chance it goes longer? Now? Like 513 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 3: you remember, he came at what mini camp last time. 514 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 3: I bet you could go all the way up to 515 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 3: Saint Vincent this time. 516 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 2: And it will destroy our industry because it destroyed it 517 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 2: this past offseason. I'm talking about talk radio in Pittsburgh, 518 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 2: which is relatively destroyed anyway, with me being no exception. 519 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 2: There's a report that Tennessee's interest in Arthur Smith as 520 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 2: the head coach. I would be glad to be rid 521 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 2: of Arthur Smith. That the change to him doesn't matter. 522 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 2: I see very little difference in his offense in the 523 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 2: Matt Canada offense, which goes to show that Mike Tomlin 524 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 2: is the guy dictating. I mean, Arthur Smith just like 525 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 2: Matt Cannony. He's calling the plays, but Tom Win wants 526 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 2: a certain style. Yeah, and you know he's in on 527 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 2: the scripting. Every team scripts x amount of plays for 528 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 2: the first half. You know Tom was in on that, 529 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 2: and that sets the tone for the entire game. 530 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 3: You know, if Arthur Smith left, I wouldn't miss him 531 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 3: even for one second. I don't know why Tennessee would 532 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 3: want ye, I don't know why either, but I would. 533 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 3: I wouldst welcome it. They don't got Derrick Henry except 534 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 3: for here's the thing. I wouldn't welcome it because of 535 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 3: as you established, when I had this fantasy about, oh, 536 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 3: what could Mike McDaniel do to this running offense for 537 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 3: the Steelers. No one will get hired that will revolutionize 538 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 3: this offense. If Arthur Smith does go to Tennessee, it's 539 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 3: just gonna be. Let's find the you know, xerox version 540 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 3: of Arthur Smith and bring him in here. Tom, are 541 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,199 Speaker 3: you familiar at all with the work of David Bowie. 542 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 3: He would have been seventy dollars, Yeah, definitely, Okay, name 543 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 3: three songs under pressure right, Well that's Queen with David 544 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,439 Speaker 3: bow of course. See now you got me behind it. 545 00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 3: But I know, uh, Starman, Starman great, so it is 546 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 3: a great. Yeah. Of course. 547 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 1: Elvis would have been ninety one today. 548 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 3: Jailhouse Rock, burn and Love Viva Las Vegas. 549 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 2: You only know Burne Love because because I saw playing 550 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 2: it when. 551 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 3: You asked me to play and I started singing it 552 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 3: though to be sad. That's true, that's true, full disclosure. 553 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 3: And how could you not know Elvis? Right? I also 554 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,159 Speaker 3: know David Bowie from Zoolander, you know, when he's the 555 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 3: judge for the walk Off. 556 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 1: Which was great. 557 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:26,360 Speaker 2: Actually, uh yeah, my big regrets concert wise, never saw 558 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 2: Zeppelin because you know, death intervened with Plant's son and 559 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 2: and of course the drummer John Bonham. Never saw Bowie. 560 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 2: I was like convert to really love Bowie. Yeah yeah, 561 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 2: uh another regret. I saw Dylan, but just just I mean, 562 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:45,640 Speaker 2: but but I will say, here's how much I love 563 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:46,199 Speaker 2: is it? 564 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 3: Challamet or challa may? I like saying what's he? 565 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:50,439 Speaker 1: What's he? How do you pronounce it? 566 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 3: Though? I think. 567 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 2: At any rate, I think he's more fun. I think 568 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 2: he's the premier actor of his generation. Oh my god, 569 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:58,719 Speaker 2: I want to see Marty supreme. 570 00:25:58,840 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: I I do too. 571 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,400 Speaker 2: But I watched the Dylan movie just because I think 572 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 2: a lot of Chalomet, Chalamet, and and he was great 573 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 2: and the movie was great. I also never saw Elvis. 574 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 2: If he would have held on, I bet I would 575 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 2: have seen him in Vegas. Never saw Sinatra. 576 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 3: Those are my regrets when Simatra die, forgive me when 577 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 3: I was just a kid. Okay, so that was not 578 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 3: going to really. 579 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,400 Speaker 2: You know. One of his last conscience was in Pittsburgh. 580 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:23,360 Speaker 2: One of Elvis's last conscience also in Pittsburgh. 581 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,160 Speaker 3: Both of them went right to the end, right, performing 582 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 3: Sinatra and Elvis. I mean Elvis was kind of a 583 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 3: shell of himself at the end, right, he was still Elvis. Yeah, right, 584 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,640 Speaker 3: The presence on the stage was he was still Elvis. 585 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 2: By the way, I would like to further amend tom 586 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 2: my statement earlier that I would trade a Steelers lost 587 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 2: to Houston for Liverpool went over Arsenal today. Then later 588 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,160 Speaker 2: I amended and said that I would also accept the draw. 589 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 2: The draw would have to be coupled with the win 590 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,400 Speaker 2: over Burnley in the FA Cup on Monday. And uh, 591 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,880 Speaker 2: really the corresponding fixture to the Steeler game is Burnley 592 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 2: on Monday, right, But Burnley's like either a dub layer 593 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 2: triple A team. So indeed, if I can bargain with God, 594 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 2: I would like either the draw or the win over 595 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,120 Speaker 2: Arsenal in a game that starts my guard in about 596 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 2: ten minutes. 597 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,920 Speaker 1: And I'm a nervous wreck one oh five to nine from. 598 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 3: The one oh five nine the Ex Weather Center. It's 599 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,200 Speaker 3: gonna be partly cloudy to mostly cloudy today. High of 600 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 3: fifty four, mostly cloudy tonight, dropping down to an overnight look. 601 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,360 Speaker 2: The first dollar of this terrific show brought to us 602 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 2: by our good friends at Shenderovid Shenderovich and Fishman. They 603 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 2: got your back, not your wallet. Pirates signed a bunch 604 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 2: of players to avoid arbitration. I'm not sure this is 605 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 2: breaking news because these guys weren't going nowhere. Dennis Santana, 606 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 2: who's their closer at this point, he got three point 607 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 2: five O'Neil Cruz signed for three point three. That strikes 608 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,919 Speaker 2: me as a well he signed for lower than frickin' 609 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 2: Dennis Santana and Joey Barts. 610 00:27:58,600 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 1: Also sign. 611 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 2: Where's his figure? Two point five to three? And Justin Lawrence, 612 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 2: whoever that is, signed for one point two two five million. 613 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 2: So the Pirates inking those guys prior to arbitration. Uh, Tom, 614 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:16,440 Speaker 2: what do we got for the trifectum? 615 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 3: For today's trifectam mark, I'm looking at the Steelers and 616 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,159 Speaker 3: the Texans offenses. I got three advantages I see the 617 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:26,720 Speaker 3: Steelers offense having over the Texans offense only three. Only three. 618 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,160 Speaker 1: Oh wait, offense versus offense versus offense, Oh. 619 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 2: Guy, I thought you mean offense for the Steelers over 620 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 2: defense from Houston. 621 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 3: There's no advantages yet, none at all. No, the Texans 622 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 3: defense is so by far the best unit on the 623 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 3: field on Monday Night. It's a huge gap before you 624 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 3: even get to the Steelers defense. 625 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 2: Arguably the best unit in the league side of the ball. 626 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 2: I would say either them or Cleveland's defense. Cleveland's defense 627 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 2: was a little over statistically, but I think they were 628 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 2: more put upon because of the lack of offense with 629 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 2: Cleveland number three. 630 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 3: The Steelers running backs slash running game is by far 631 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,959 Speaker 3: better than the Texans running backs and running game. Houston's 632 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 3: got a bottom five running game in the NFL, and 633 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 3: it's Woody Marks, a fourth round rookie who's their main back, 634 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 3: a washed up Nick Chubb. I mean, they just have 635 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 3: nothing back there, as opposed to Warren and Gainwell, who 636 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 3: are really good and the best players. As far as 637 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 3: the Steelers' offense is concerned, if they want to have success, 638 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 3: it has to go through those two. As far as 639 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 3: I'm concerned, so there's a huge advantage there, and then 640 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 3: feeding off of that. Number two, the offensive line, I mean, 641 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 3: the Texans offensive line is terrible as opposed to the Steelers, 642 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 3: which I think we're all really pleasantly surprised before that 643 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 3: has developed. 644 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 1: I am just worried that. 645 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 2: The rush ends for Houston could blow up the tackles 646 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 2: because Fatanu was really at the fact that rookie having 647 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 2: been heard all of last year, and Dylan Cook is 648 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 2: let's be honest, that JABEBRONI playing over his head. 649 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 3: We had all hangs on Fetanu, doesn't it. He has 650 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 3: to be able to go one on one with Anderson, 651 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 3: with Hunter who igre unless. 652 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 2: You want to play like the jumbo package with an 653 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 2: extra tight end all the time. 654 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 3: And even then, even though it's gotta be on Cook's side, 655 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 3: So Fetanu has to step up big time. The number 656 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 3: one advantage I think the Steelers have in this game. 657 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 3: I think they have the quarterback advantage here. I like CJ. Stroud. 658 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 3: I think in the future you obviously want him. He's 659 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 3: a great franchise quarterback still with years to come. But 660 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 3: in a vacuum this game, I think I want Rodgers here. 661 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 1: I disagree. 662 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 2: That's somebody one I disagree with because I think Rogers 663 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 2: is going to be under siege and I think that 664 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 2: will negate the advantage that he would have over Stroud. 665 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 3: But I think Stroud's going to be just as much underseage. 666 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 3: I don't really their line is terrible as much, No, 667 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 3: as much. 668 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 2: No. 669 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 3: I also think Stroud's number one weapon, Nico Collins, could 670 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 3: be completely deleted in this game because of Joey Porter. 671 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: James Delete, delete, delete. 672 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:44,480 Speaker 2: The trifecta brought to us by Danny's Petron Hogies, Pittsburgh's 673 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 2: original oven bake Togy since nineteen sixty. That's Danny's en 674 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 2: Route eighty eight in Bethel Park. Tom. I like with 675 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 2: every Steeler game, we've talked too much about it. There's 676 00:30:58,120 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 2: no new ground to cover. 677 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 3: There's still two games are two days until that's the point. 678 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 2: We're going to talk about it tomorrow and Monday during 679 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:07,680 Speaker 2: the show. But again, and I'm going to talk about 680 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 2: this at length in a few moments, but I think 681 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,360 Speaker 2: it comes down, can a TJ. 682 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,720 Speaker 1: Watt go out there and just win the game? Can 683 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: a DK Metcalf go out there and just win the game? 684 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 2: And I'll be honest, even though I'm kind of picking 685 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 2: the Steelers to win. And of course, oh Tom, we 686 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 2: don't have to make our official. 687 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: Prediction till Monday, right exactly. 688 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 2: We can push it back, and of course we can 689 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 2: absorb whatever advice mister Friday Afternoon gives us. 690 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 3: How do you do this week? 691 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 1: I don't know. 692 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:34,800 Speaker 3: I have to double check that. I don't know off the 693 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 3: top of my head when I was right here, don't know. 694 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 3: Do you want to fire me? Not till you're next 695 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 3: day off. You're spot on with Wat and Metcalf, though, 696 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:43,120 Speaker 3: and you and. 697 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:44,960 Speaker 2: I have no faith even though I'm kind of half 698 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 2: assed right now picking the Steelers to win, I have 699 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 2: no faith in those two. 700 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 3: The contract given Watt was just a horrific mistake. 701 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 2: I think people are starting to come around to agree 702 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 2: with me on that, and I think it'll be even 703 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 2: more so after Monday's game, win or. 704 00:31:57,760 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 3: Lose and the Metcalf contract. I don't want to say 705 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 3: is Asthma much of a mistake, because I can still 706 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 3: see a couple of years of him being a decently 707 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 3: productive play. 708 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:07,479 Speaker 2: It's a mistake given the offense he's been popped into. 709 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 2: It makes no sense to have a receiver like that 710 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 2: in this offense without a number two wide out to 711 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 2: grab some coverage away from him, Like you know, in 712 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 2: this case, Stingley's gonna cover him. Yeah, their Pro Bowl cornerback, 713 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 2: and they might even double with Stingley on metcal. 714 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 3: And they could also I was talking to Williamson about 715 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,400 Speaker 3: this last night. Like Lassiter, the other corner is not 716 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 3: just as good as points behind, but they could even 717 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 3: know we were behind. But that's behind Lassiter. On the 718 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 3: other side, Mark is good enough to take dk Metcalf two. 719 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:41,160 Speaker 3: And here's the other thing. 720 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:41,840 Speaker 1: That's what I mean. 721 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 3: So they could even just right left it like Stingley 722 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 3: doesn't have to follow him and they can still talk. 723 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: I'm kind of bummed because who the freak do I cover? 724 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 3: Well, here's the thing too, Like you're talking about giving 725 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 3: him thirty three million dollars a year. He's not a 726 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 3: number one wide receiver in that light he's making justin Jefferson, 727 00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 3: Jamar chase me. He's not that pair. 728 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 2: We can fused that from the day he got there. Yeah, 729 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,160 Speaker 2: we did, and the Steelers confused at the organization. He 730 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 2: is their best receiver. He is not a number one 731 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,600 Speaker 2: level NFL receiver, and I'm not sure he even was 732 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 2: that in Seattle. I would never have compared him to 733 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 2: the names you just said, you know, justin Jefferson, et cetera. 734 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:18,880 Speaker 3: He's not even the best receiver on the field on 735 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 3: Monday night, A Nico Collins is better than DK metcalf Is. 736 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 3: I would one hundred percent take Nico. Nico is a 737 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 3: developing and blossoming true number one wide receiver in this league. 738 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 2: Tom, I want to talk a bit more this hour 739 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 2: about the Post Gazette. 740 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 3: You know, it's kind of funny. 741 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 2: I don't want to be cynical about it, because again, 742 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 2: I do feel for the people who lost their jobs. 743 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 2: But like I said earlier, if they're good, they'll get 744 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,560 Speaker 2: work somewhere else. That said, there's not a lot of 745 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 2: jobs in this profession. There's less every day as a 746 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:50,320 Speaker 2: matter of fact. But I talked to another form of 747 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 2: postcause at employee today, not one affected by this strike, 748 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 2: one who has since moved on. Not strike, but the 749 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,920 Speaker 2: paper folding folding, and he said, nobody made people choose 750 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 2: careers in journalism. And you know, even you know, when 751 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 2: a lot of people affected by this strike started, there 752 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 2: were signs that the industry was moving, yes, in this direction. 753 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 2: But what bothers me the most about this is I 754 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:19,040 Speaker 2: think it won't be long before most of the coverage 755 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 2: of the teams come from the teams themselves, and of 756 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,839 Speaker 2: course that'll be as slanted as it gets, but that's 757 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:28,760 Speaker 2: the direction in which we're headed, and with young people 758 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:33,600 Speaker 2: wanting nothing but home team optimism, they will acquiesce to that, 759 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 2: they won't demand more. 760 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 3: I mean, you saw that debacle a couple of weeks 761 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:39,520 Speaker 3: ago in Seattle, right with the Seattle Craken head coach, 762 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,719 Speaker 3: where the team reporter was the only one that was 763 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,960 Speaker 3: allowed to ask him questions after that game, And I 764 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,319 Speaker 3: mean they and even then only briefly, so they just 765 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,480 Speaker 3: got crushed for that. So they had to come out 766 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 3: and do the pr spin on the other end of it. 767 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:52,880 Speaker 3: But that was so purposefully done. That was such a 768 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,200 Speaker 3: trial balloon type of thing from them, to see if 769 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,680 Speaker 3: we could get away with this. Teams are going to 770 00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,839 Speaker 3: COVID did that, though, don't you think like COVID really 771 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,320 Speaker 3: accelerated teams in that direction where they could keep everything 772 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:03,520 Speaker 3: in house and controlled. 773 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:08,239 Speaker 2: I think COVID also decelerated what legitimate media does to 774 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:11,239 Speaker 2: cover but then again, like the trib who I work 775 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,520 Speaker 2: for full disclosure, but they got it right, you know, 776 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 2: they they downsized when the digital age was upon us, 777 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 2: but they still have a print edition every day. They know, 778 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,240 Speaker 2: with sports in particular, it's more about opinion than fact, 779 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 2: you know, like because people get their news off Twitter. 780 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 2: And they also figured out quicker than others that you 781 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,560 Speaker 2: don't have to send reporters on road on the road 782 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:35,840 Speaker 2: with the teams all the time. 783 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:37,640 Speaker 1: The people don't know the difference. 784 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,239 Speaker 2: They send guys I think still on the road with 785 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,720 Speaker 2: the Steelers, but not with the Pirates re Penguins, because again, 786 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 2: people don't know the difference. 787 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 1: That takes so much expense out of the coverage. 788 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:52,000 Speaker 2: Like the post Gaze is sending Jason Mackie to spring 789 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:58,480 Speaker 2: training for six weeks, footing that transportation, footing housing, footing 790 00:35:58,560 --> 00:35:59,839 Speaker 2: food in just. 791 00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:00,799 Speaker 1: Jason as well. 792 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,840 Speaker 2: And don't get me wrong, I'm sure he'll do a 793 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:04,799 Speaker 2: bang up job if that's still in the cards. Well 794 00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:08,719 Speaker 2: when spring training the paper might be shuddered by the 795 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 2: time he's supposed to go. 796 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, but there's no need to do that. 797 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:14,719 Speaker 2: Like there's maybe two breaking stories that come out of 798 00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:18,000 Speaker 2: a spring training and other than that, it's just day 799 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:18,800 Speaker 2: to day notes. 800 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,040 Speaker 3: So you could literally at the beginning of spring training 801 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:22,680 Speaker 3: send them down right for a couple of days for 802 00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:24,359 Speaker 3: the start of it. Then you're back for a few 803 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,080 Speaker 3: weeks they haven't come back down in the middle or something. 804 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,160 Speaker 2: But then no, then there's the trans I mean, you're 805 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,200 Speaker 2: upping the trans quotion if you go back and forth 806 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:31,320 Speaker 2: unless she makes it drive. 807 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:33,680 Speaker 1: So the point is you don't need to do it. 808 00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:37,440 Speaker 2: And like I was talking a retired old timey newspaper 809 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 2: guy about the Penguins thing and then talking about exactly this, 810 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:42,400 Speaker 2: how much the Postcauzette spends on spring training coverage. 811 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,480 Speaker 3: He goes, well, that's the way you do it. I go, 812 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:49,719 Speaker 3: not anymore. Not anymore again, spring training coverage too. I mean, 813 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,239 Speaker 3: how valuable is that? Really? Like how many people are 814 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:55,560 Speaker 3: craving that at that moment, especially in this freaking town. 815 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,680 Speaker 2: I'll tell you what, I'm craving the first goal in 816 00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:59,759 Speaker 2: this goddamn Liverpool Arsenal game. 817 00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:03,319 Speaker 3: So I'm not a nervous I just, oh god, come on, 818 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:03,920 Speaker 3: you Reds.