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And now 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:21.880 here are your hosts Merril Hodge, Matt Williamson and Mike Persuda. 0:00:23.920 --> 0:00:27.320 Good evening and welcome to another edition of Steelers Preview 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:29.680 right here on your Steeler slagship one of two point 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:34.040 five dve and the Steelers Audio Network on Mike Persuda 0:00:34.520 --> 0:00:37.400 joined us always on these Thursday night parties by Matt 0:00:37.440 --> 0:00:42.520 Williamson of the Steelers Audio Network at Steelers dot Com. 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:45.440 Our buddy, Merril Hodge, our factor back. We'll be joining 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:47.640 us for segment number two as we get you ready 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:51.320 for the home opener the Steelers and the Chargers Sunday 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:56.520 at Actorshre Stadium. And Matt, the news that everybody was 0:00:56.520 --> 0:01:00.520 probably waiting for came out a while ago. Russell Wilson 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:05.039 Limited in practice again today for the Steelers. All arrows 0:01:05.080 --> 0:01:07.319 pointing to Justin Fields getting another start. 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:09.440 Yeah, and I don't think this should come as a 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:13.120 huge shock. They definitely are not rushing him back. I 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:17.000 get the impression next week has a pretty strong chance 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:20.800 to get Wilson back in the lineup, and if it 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:23.480 were me, I would immediately insert him when he was ready. 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:27.440 We'll get another game of Fields and we'll see. I 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:29.760 think Fields has played well. I mean, I don't think 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:31.800 he's swept anyone off their feet though. 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:35.040 Nor do I, but he's not turned the ball over 0:01:35.240 --> 0:01:37.880 and he has walked off the field a winner both times, 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:41.120 which is the oh yeah right right of the exercise. 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:45.920 He certainly sounded today like a guy who is expecting 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:49.919 to start on Sunday. Justin Fields asked after practice today 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:53.720 if he came to Pittsburgh to kind of reboot or 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:56.200 restart his career, and if he did, how that's been 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:56.960 going so far. 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:00.920 I think it's definitely a blessing being here. You know, 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:03.280 it's kind of bittersweet when I first got here that, 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:06.080 you know, I was happy to come to an organization 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:08.040 like this, and you know, I couldn't even be more 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:10.600 happier now. So I just got to get the opportunity 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:13.600 to go out there Sunday and meet my teammates onto 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:15.080 the field and help it come on to. 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:18.480 Be glad I get the opportunity to go out there 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:21.359 Sunday and lead my teammates. This will be the third 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:25.200 such opportunity, and uh, it's got a lot of people 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:28.560 wondering if this might get to the point where Fields 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:32.720 gets a whole bunch of opportunities. Is there any concern 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:35.760 that the longer you're inactive, the depth chuck could change. Now, 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:37.240 I'm just focused on on me every day. 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:39.040 Just focus on me being fully healthy, and I have 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:41.639 full confidence in our football team, and that's really what 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:42.640 really matters to me. 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:49.160 Russell Wilson, Uh not worried that he could lose this 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:52.160 through in activity. You said a moment ago, Matt, you 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.440 would play him when he's healthy. I would. I would 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:58.480 play him when he's healthy. But at what point? Is 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:01.600 there a point where they get to four and oh, 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:04.040 five and oh and you start righting? You know what, 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:04.799 it's a. 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:06.920 Good problem that has working the way it's working. It's 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:09.320 working the way it's working. I mean when I was 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:11.639 saying that just a minute ago, I was saying in 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:13.800 the back of my mind. Well, what would Fields have 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:17.280 to do Sunday to change that opinion? You know, if 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:23.040 Wilson's ready to roll during practice post chargers, what would 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:28.280 Fields have to do to say, well, maybe we'll go 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:32.240 back to you and probably something that not that he's 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:35.920 incapable of, but is out of the stratosphere would be 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:38.520 my answer to that. I mean, really dominate on the ground, 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.360 not turn the ball over again, which he's been phenomenal at. 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:45.400 His accuracy percentage is way up, and then his Bears days. 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:48.200 I mean, so he's become somewhat of a different player. 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:50.200 But it's only been two games stretch too. 0:03:50.640 --> 0:03:53.240 And it's only been one touchdown in two games. And 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:56.839 there's that for the offense. And you're right, you know penalties, Hey, 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.760 they're penalties, Yeah, yeah, a lot of times they're critical 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:02.720 to the result of the play. Oh, that would have 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:05.800 been a touchdown if there wasn't holding. It also might 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:06.240 have been a. 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:09.200 Side fumble return for a touchdown. 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:13.280 I'm saying specifically the fifty one yard touchdown to George Pickens, 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:15.280 which was a gorgeous throw. 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:16.880 Oh, that was a heck of a play. Like, it's 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:18.000 a shame that didn't count. 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:20.360 It was, no doubt. But if there's not holding there, 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:21.800 I think he's getting. 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:24.400 Tackled potentially, or he doesn't get the ball off, or 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:28.760 he scrambles or whatever, or you know the other pickings. One, well, 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:31.280 if he doesn't pick two players, he probably isn't wide 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:32.159 opening the end zone. 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:35.240 It might have been at least right, Yeah, coverage right. 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:40.159 The rest of the practice participation report for today, Roman 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:44.120 Wilson gets upgraded from limited to full. That also occurred 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:46.560 last week. Yeah, he didn't get in the lineup yet. 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:48.200 Do you have any hope that he sees the lineup? 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:51.320 He said he wants to play. You know, it's not 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:54.760 his call. I'm starting to wonder on him. The other 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:57.159 receivers aren't exactly lighting it up. No, but how much 0:04:57.200 --> 0:04:59.360 time can a rookie miss? And again, now this goes 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:02.400 all the way back to the first padded practice of 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:04.720 training camp, right, and you know he's been working his 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:06.040 way back the last couple. 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:07.960 Of weeks because you know, coaches are about trust and 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:09.760 how to trust. You know, that's gonna be a hard 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:10.320 thing to gain. 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:12.640 That's a tough one there. And the Isaac say Moula 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:16.080 did not practice for the second consecutive day, So it 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:18.960 doesn't appear as if he's going to be getting a 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:21.320 helmet on Sunday. You never know because he's a veteran, but. 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.680 That sounds highly unlikely. But maybe next week. I mean 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:27.440 that sounds out of the question from what I understand. Yeah, 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:29.840 for the Chargers, much different story for them. 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:35.360 Quarterback Justin Herbert Ankle didn't practice yesterday, limited today. Sounds 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:37.480 like he's trending toward playing, But I wonder will he 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:38.760 be affected. 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:40.800 Right and Damn and I had a really good conversation 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:44.520 to Drive about this because don't forget he had planned 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:45.480 or fasciitis. 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:47.520 I don't know if it's the same foot or not. 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:48.680 I have no idea, but. 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:52.080 That's something I bet he still feels as well. 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:53.720 Kept him out of camp about three weeks. 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.000 Yeah, and there was a lot of takers he can 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:59.160 be ready for week one. He hasn't looked great despite 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:01.200 being two and ozer. He's missed some throws and I 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:03.080 wonder if his lower body is bugging him. 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:07.080 Safety Alloyd Gilman, one of their starters on the back end, 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:11.279 limited for a second consecutive day, and edge rusher Joey 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:15.040 Bosa hip limited for a second consecutive day. Gilman didn't 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:20.000 play last Sunday against Carolina Bosa did Bosa probably, you know, 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.080 working through what he's got to work through. 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:25.760 Gilman's a quality player, though, I mean he's a legit 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:26.640 starting safety. 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:30.880 That would be loss. The remarkable thing about this game, Matt, 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:35.600 is that Jim Harbaugh has arrived in Los Angeles and 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:40.159 taken over, and to me, the Chargers look like what 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:44.400 you might expect if the Baltimore Ravens in the University 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:48.360 of Michigan. Yea had a kid, Yeah, I mean Herbert 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:51.520 as a quarterback. There's a lot of ex Ravens coaches. 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:54.960 There's a lot of ex Ravens players. Yes, they are 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:57.680 running the ball way more than they are throwing it. 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:02.080 They are running it with great frequency and success as 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:04.760 well as frequency. Yes, I mean they got three number 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:07.640 one picks on that offensive line. They have a three 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:10.400 hundred pound defensive line. But he's playing full back. The 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:12.840 full back is crazy, right. They played two tight ends 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.960 as much as the Steelers do and JK. Dobbins two 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:19.200 hundred and sixty six rushing yards. Here's all you need 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:20.520 to know about JK. Dobbins. 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:21.280 Uh. 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:23.960 He averaged seven point seven yards to carry against the 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.760 Panthers and his average went down. 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:29.680 Went down to nine point nine for the season. 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:31.960 I mean, he looks like the guy he was coming 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:34.280 out of Ohio State, which is my favorite back in 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:34.920 that class. 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:40.119 And I'm happy for him because he was a really 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:43.280 good player that injuries were just the only negative on 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:45.080 the guy. I don't know if you know this, but 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:48.000 anyone with five hundred carries in the history of the game. 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.320 He now has the best yards per carry average. I 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:52.000 did not know that. 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:54.600 Yeah, just these two games have put him over that. 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:58.120 I mean playing for the Ravens helps because lamar Gus 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:00.720 Edwards had a nice yards per carry out average too, 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:03.000 And he's kind of just a guy. But he's another 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:05.600 former raven We're gonna see a lot of They feel 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:07.120 like the Ravens a lot. 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:10.400 So they have Justin Herbert. But I mean, yeah, he 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:12.600 hasn't thrown for one hundred and fifty yards yet. No, 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:16.560 his stat lines look like Justin Fields or Kenny Pickett's 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:19.480 did last year. Yes, Now, this is a guy who 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:23.200 averaged two hundred and seventy five passing yards and change. 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:24.920 Yeah in his first four seasons. 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:29.360 Yeah, I mean like even his attempts are down from 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:32.080 hat almost fifty percent, almost from what he's used to 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:33.479 his whole career. 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:33.840 Up till now. 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:38.520 Now, I think what we have to acknowledge for the 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:41.680 Saints and for the Chargers is they got to play 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:44.920 the Panthers. I mean, the Panthers are not an NFL 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:47.960 team right now, and really bad, I mean like really bad, 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:49.560 like hard to imagine that. 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:53.160 They made never look competitive exactly exactly. 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:56.199 So that being said, I'm sure the Chargers could have 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:58.320 dropped more points on him at the end too, but 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:02.880 that was not a challenge that team. 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:04.360 We've got a lot more to get to. 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:04.760 Uh. 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.440 Here on Steelers Preview, we're just getting warmed up, so 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:10.320 you're gonna want to keep it here. Steelers Preview is 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:12.960 brought to you in part by the Steelers Pro Shop. 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:15.520 Gear up with the latest game day necessities at the 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:19.160 Official Steelers Pro Shops. 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You're listening the Steelers preview right 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.400 here on your Steelers flagship one of two point five 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:57.560 DVE and the Steelers Audio Network. 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:01.200 Back to the Steelers preview you show on DV. 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:07.000 Welcome back my pursuiter and Matt Williamson getting you ready 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:10.080 for the Steelers and the Chargers Sunday Actorschuer Stadium right 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:12.480 here on your Steelers flagship one of two point five 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:16.040 DVE and the Steelers Audio Network. Time now to welcome 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.360 in our Factor back. Merril Hodge joining us as he 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:22.079 always does. And Merrill, Uh, I know we got a 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:24.359 lot to talk about as it relates to the Steelers 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.839 and the Chargers, but I gotta start with my tape 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:31.640 review of the Chargers and the Carolina Panthers. Oh Man. 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:35.880 Five plays into the game, there was a flag thrown 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:39.720 for illegal hands to the face, I know, and it 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:44.040 was thrown on the one the only the man, the myth, 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:48.920 the legend, Jadeveon Clowney. I saw that and I immediately 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:50.000 thought of you, Meryl. 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:52.040 Y, I love at you. 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:53.960 They actually later in the game, did you see they 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:56.120 just start dropping him into coverage. I'm like, that's how 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.760 I'm like that. Geam's a mass already. 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:04.720 We too, have you see just reaching memory? Yeah? 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.400 No, no, no, it's really if I racked my brain, 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:09.839 not competitive my brain. 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:13.600 Yeah, it's and they had they've only had a year 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:14.319 to well that. 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:17.080 Well, listen, we we do a whole show on that, 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:20.880 on that team and what they've done and the decisions 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:21.400 they've made. 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:23.800 But that that's gonna hot in for for years. 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.960 All right, So before we let that go. Should I 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.840 be wary of Carolina now this week because you always 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:33.000 worry about a professional who's been embarrassed or are there 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:38.280 some professionals who are just destined to continue being embarrassed? Yeah? 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:39.760 Well, based on well, you know, I say this the 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:43.080 one bright spot they you know, bention Bryceyeng is a 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:46.880 good move. They mean, that gives them some hope offensively, 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:48.800 you know, they can do some things. They're not going 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:51.839 to be as limited And what's unfortunate for Bryce Jong 0:11:51.880 --> 0:11:54.839 and you didn't bring this on itself. Anybody would want 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:57.600 to be the first round overall pick in the National 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:01.360 Football League. But he's just limited skill set is just 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:04.520 it just it doesn't transition to the National football It 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:06.719 just doesn't. And no matter how hard he works or 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:09.160 what he does, he's going to be five to nine. 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:10.840 He's not going to change from five to nine. And 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:14.160 that is always going to be an arduous challenge no 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:17.240 matter who coaches him, and how that you can function 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:19.560 offensively consistent enough. 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:22.599 To win, to win and win consistently, let alone a championship. 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:26.400 Does watching that game make it difficult to really get 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:29.760 a good bead on the Chargers a little bit? 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:31.800 Yeah, you know, a little bit. Yeah, you know. 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:35.000 I you know, I watched the first two games, and 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:38.800 you know, and the Raiders weren't, you know, the Juggernaut. 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:41.000 You know, they played so much better against Baltimore. So 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:44.880 they they haven't played two great offenses. And I'm not 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:47.719 saying the Steelers are a great offense right now, either. 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:50.319 You know, they they are I think a. 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:54.160 Little better than the two that we just talked about. 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:55.800 Other than the Raiders, I think they get better. They 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:58.880 got better quarterback play there, you know, than the other two. 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:01.840 I mean the two they got the best quarterback play. 0:13:02.000 --> 0:13:04.600 And you know he does he knows how to play 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:06.559 in the game. You know, he's not elite, but he 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:08.520 knows how to play and he knows how to play 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:09.079 that position. 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.280 So between the the both. 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:13.439 Of them, though, I think I got a good feel 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:16.120 for what it comes down to. I think they're the 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:19.839 box players. Listen their edge players, and we talked about 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:21.880 this on the morning show. I think this game could 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:24.480 be like a an edge game. I mean, if you 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:27.199 want to watch the best edge players, you can give 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:30.720 them all in one arena. I mean combination. I can't 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:33.680 beat two better, I mean a combination of four better. 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:38.120 I guess for me that you don't see that often. 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:43.720 You know where those dynamic things enter entering game. But 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:49.680 their edge rushers are incredible. Steelers are incredible. So the 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:54.000 Chargers do haven't better better tackles than then did Seattle. 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:56.840 Then they got a better chance of you know, dealing 0:13:56.880 --> 0:14:00.200 with them and you know, keeping them up bathing the 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:01.120 first two opponents. 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:03.599 Well, let's talk about that. I agree with that. I 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:06.920 think that's a highly compelling matchup. I'll be at the 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:10.120 game Sunday. I may have my binoculars trained on the 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:12.959 two offensive edges no matter who has the ball, and 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:16.880 just watch it that way. But is there a favorable 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:22.000 matchup TJ. Watt against anybody both against Troy Utan who 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:26.560 making his second career start, Khalil Mack against anybody who's 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:27.920 got the edge edge. 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:33.200 Well, listen, either one of those guys, you know, can 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:36.480 give a rookie a problem Platanu. I will say this though, 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:41.640 you know, he's fundamentally so much better than Jones, just 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:44.400 something you know, from deep pits to hands, just so 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:48.000 much better. You know, he gets a little nodicon, you know. 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:49.760 I didn't realize he had not played right tackle. So 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:51.880 that's a big ask for a kid who's never played 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:54.120 right tackle and just make that transition in the NFL. 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:58.040 I don't know if people can appreciate it because just 0:14:58.080 --> 0:14:58.880 because he played. 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:00.400 Left doesn't mean you can play right. Just because he 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:02.040 played right doesn't mean you can play left. 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.640 You know, It's it's like linebacker, It's like but Khalil 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:07.359 Mack is the most incredible player. 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:08.880 I've ever evaluated. Coming out of college. 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:11.640 He could play inside, outside and defensive end, and he 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:14.200 looked like all world at all three, which was just 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:17.920 like incredible. But he'll open his hips up a little 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:20.760 bit at times and ill him the corner a little bit. 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:23.240 And with these guys, you can't give anything. I mean, 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:25.560 you got to be your most buttoned up against these 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:29.960 two because they're so good. They have so many different 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:34.080 ways to attack you. So but you know, I'm sure 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:37.440 that from a scheme wise, Arthur Samathy in that idiot, 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:39.680 he knows what he's doing. I mean, that's one thing 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:43.800 if you watch us. He knows how to protect quarterback. 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:46.320 He knows how to maximize the guys he's got. You know, 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:50.160 I don't I don't see that putting just the build 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:53.680 in a position where he's gonna be vulnerable very much. 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:55.320 Now, there's gonna be times you gotta ask guys to block. 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:57.440 I'm not saying that, but you can do some stuff 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:01.520 scheme wise and play calling wise that can hold those. 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:03.000 Guys at bay a little bit. 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:04.560 But there's going to be those times where you've got 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:07.600 a block and you didn't have to make that happen. 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:12.280 So obviously, these edge players, they are really really good. 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:15.960 And I'm really impressed with the Chargers tackles but staying 0:16:15.960 --> 0:16:18.080 out a third and long is going to be pivotal 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:21.920 for both these teams. Which team is more better equipped 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:23.080 to stay out a third and long? 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:27.000 I think the Chargers are them, you know, and I've 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.440 just kind of watched them, you know, their running game, 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:31.200 they you know, they built on the running and you know, 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:33.960 their first week they were just inside zone, inside zone. 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:35.440 You know. Then they brought. 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:39.240 Some some whams stuff and that might have been specifically 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:40.840 for what the Panthers had. 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:43.600 I don't know. That one's hard to tail, you know, 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:46.680 but they added a little to their running game. But 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:47.600 they're very versatile. 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:50.600 You know, they do seem to want to attack you 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:54.160 inside zone wise, seems to be their their strength and 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:58.800 what they like right now. It's worly lead too, and 0:16:58.840 --> 0:16:59.600 they're passing game. 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:02.560 You know. The week one it was a really a quick. 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:05.119 Contective and almost I almost thought that they're treating a 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:07.480 quarterback like he was a rookie the. 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:09.840 Way that they had dialed stuff up. Now that evolved. 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:11.040 Then they then they opened it. 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:14.680 Up a little more against the Panthers and they started 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:17.240 doing half field reads, a little some more explosive stuff, 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:21.320 a little more run action stuff and taking shots. 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:25.160 Down the field with the Steelers, I think they will. 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:31.360 Be somewhere closer to the Raiders just because of their 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:33.960 head dressers. You know, you know on that quarterback in 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:37.200 that in that pocket too long, you know, the ball's 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:37.920 got to come out. 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:40.480 And you know when they do. 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:42.600 Like they were, the run action stuff when they take 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:45.040 their shots, I think that's what you'll see because you 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:48.399 can get max protection and you can give either or 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:50.359 see you can double both guys and just get a 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:53.320 two receiver route, which the which I That's what I 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:54.920 anticipate when they take shots they'll do. 0:17:56.160 --> 0:18:00.280 Let's talk about the Chargers tackle, specifically Joel Up the 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:04.399 rookie right tackle. Uh they call him control all the 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:07.840 lead out there. That's pretty good. Uh handle Max Crosby? 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:09.200 Can he handle? T? J? Watt? 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:14.560 Hey? Where was that kid from Notre Dame? Okay? 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:16.800 His dad was a. 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:18.680 Big, real good player in the league for ten years. 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:22.080 John, Oh yeah, okay, Okay, I was. There's actually so 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:23.679 many good tackles. That's why I asked. I'm like, I 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:28.000 get I get these these guys lost because the kid 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:30.560 in Oregon State, which who was the right tackle? That's 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:34.040 what I was I was thinking him actually who was 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:34.360 a beef. 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:37.320 Yeah, had switch sides too. He was a left at 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:38.680 Notre Dame. They're playing him at right. 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:40.520 Yeah yeah, because I was like, well he was a left, 0:18:40.560 --> 0:18:43.480 yeah name, So I was like, that's that's somewhat interesting. 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:47.720 But anyway, let's say it. CJ. 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:51.080 Watt is a special football player. I know you were 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:54.879 talking about not me and not letting him hit the 0:18:54.920 --> 0:18:59.240 quarterback and sag quarterback. But he's gonna play every down. 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:01.600 I mean, I'm love what TJ. What does when he 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:02.440 doesn't get a sack. 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:04.320 Quite honestly, the plays. 0:19:04.080 --> 0:19:07.000 He makes when he doesn't make the tackle, the things 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:10.960 that he does that helps, that's just good sound football. 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:15.000 That's what I love about him. That he's gonna set 0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:16.840 the edge, he's gonna. 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:19.879 Make tackles, he's gonna blow things up, he's gonna constantly penetrate, 0:19:19.920 --> 0:19:21.520 he's gonna be He's just a constant. 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:23.320 He's a disruptor on. 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:28.680 Every play and that will be even now, I'm jarge 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:31.480