1 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:07,119 Speaker 1: This is The Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson 2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 1: on your home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 3 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Drive. I'm Dale Lolly here with Matt Williamson. 4 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: It's a Monday in Pittsburgh. The Steelers playing their third 5 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: preseason game on Saturday. This is our first chance to 6 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: get together since then. Matt, So, I thought we'd spent 7 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: a lot of time in this opening segment talking about 8 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: what we saw there, and man, did we see a lot. Yeah, 9 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: we sure did. Lot's going on right now. You know, 10 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: kids are back at school. Mine go back tomorrow. It's 11 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: been two years since they've been back to school. It 12 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: seems like that school wonderful. The uh, the ben you know, 13 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: dress rehearsal, whatever you wanna call it, is in the books. 14 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: We got one more left to go. I thought, overall, 15 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: the team played great. I thought it was a very 16 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: dominant performance. I don't care about the last ten minutes 17 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: of the game. Got close, frankly at all. And some 18 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 1: people did I know, I guess, and if you did, 19 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: you might have a problem. Yeah. But anyway, I thought 20 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: they not that the Lions are great. I thought the 21 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: Lions would put up more fight and play more of 22 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: their guys considering what they have to You know, I 23 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: thought they would be a new head coach trying to 24 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: establish established something. I mean, what do you Jared Goff's 25 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: that valuable anyway, those quarterbacks, I guess he is have 26 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: any chance of competing. But the Steelers really whipped them, 27 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: in my opinion, when when it mattered, just totally dominated 28 00:01:57,960 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: in both phases. Yeah they did. If I mean, if 29 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: you look at the first half stats in that game, 30 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: it was ridiculously one side, um two five yards to 31 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 1: sixty five. That's just dominant of first half. I don't 32 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: care if you if it's they were playing a high 33 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: school team gaining by four to one, I mean that 34 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: it was not even close. Actually almost five to one, 35 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: almost five to one, right, I mean that was a 36 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: butt whooping. There was a woman, and I thought in 37 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: general some bis really stood out. Um. Now we go 38 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: position by position or you know, however you want to 39 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: handle it, it doesn't matter me. The thing that I've 40 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: started to see now, like I was watching Good Morning 41 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: Football today, I just turn it on this morning and 42 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: they started talking about the Steelers, and I think what 43 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 1: that did was changed that suddenly now the national perception 44 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 1: on the Steelers. They're starting to catch up to where 45 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: we were at. We've been at all along, like this 46 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 1: isn't a bad football team. Maybe they're not gonna stay 47 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 1: and maybe they won't win four games this year. And hey, 48 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 1: I'm a huge analytics guy. People know that, but there 49 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: was a lot of things analytically you'd look at this 50 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: team like, well, that's the team I'm gonna pick, that's 51 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: gonna go back the most. Yeah. Fine, but they don't 52 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: play games on paper. And you know, your your star 53 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame quarterbacks, now you're removed, and we just 54 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: saw him, And maybe drafting running back in the first 55 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: round doesn't mean you're a bunch of idiots, you know, 56 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: like actually playing it out and seeing three games, including 57 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame game when they were one of 58 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: the only shows and the only show in town, and 59 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: this one and where they just dominated, and you can 60 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: see the plan coming together finally, and we're closer to 61 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: within the national folks. But all of a sudden, it's 62 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: stock up on the Steelers. Maybe they are a playoff team. 63 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe they are, Maybe they are, maybe they are. Uh, 64 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: let's talk about Roethlisberger. He's the I'm not gonna say 65 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: elephant in the room because that's the biggest story, right, 66 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: He's the bigger He's the guy that everybody wanted to see. 67 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: Eight of ten for a hundred thirty seven yards, two 68 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: touchdown passes, a perfect one fifty eight point three passer 69 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: rating in that game. Um, he had he had one 70 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: bad pass. He threw the one on the flat to 71 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: Naja Harris. It was high. Yeah. Other than that, he 72 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: was on the money with everything. And I thought the 73 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: incompletion to Ebron, I think that I think the defender 74 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 1: got arm. Defender factored in without question. Everyone wants to 75 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: kill Lebron. Oh, another draw from Ebron that was vintage 76 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 1: Ben Matt was vintage band was a good throw. It 77 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: was an extended play. Those are the throws that you've 78 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: talked about all offseason. I want to see if he 79 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: can make those throws, those arm throws under dress. That 80 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: was one of those, right right, that's not set and planting, 81 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: driving the balls, you know, getting your shoulders around exactly. 82 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: So the results don't matter in this instance. And if 83 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: poor Ebron he played a really good game my opinion, 84 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 1: but waste yards in the game, and everybody wants to 85 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: kill him for well, he should have caught that ball, right. 86 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: I'm sure we'll get to the tight ends. The sight 87 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: ends were noteworthy, so we'll get to him. He actually 88 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: blocked a little too, you know, but all all people 89 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 1: want to remember his boy, he dropped the ball. He 90 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: could have made a play on it. Either way, It 91 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: doesn't make a difference. But and passed that test to me. 92 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: The one throw I did want to bring up in 93 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: a negative light though, the deep one to Deonte Johnson. 94 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: And I guess he addressed it after and thought that. 95 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 1: You know, his ball died a little bit. I thought 96 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: he was just a little late with it, you know. 97 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 1: I mean I think if he probably put a little 98 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: too much air under it. Yeah, and I think that's 99 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: minca play in deep middle. He might have picked it off, 100 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. It was well, the safety 101 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:23,799 Speaker 1: had to come a long way like when he when 102 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: when I don't know what Jeff odo was the was 103 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: Jeff said, if you watched that from start to finish, 104 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: like Deante Johnson just ran by him. Yeah, that's why 105 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 1: ran by him, and the safety is on the other 106 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 1: side of the field. Yeah, that's why I thought the 107 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: bald to come out. Yeah, I just I don't know 108 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: that that that Johnson was the first read on that 109 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 1: plane and all of a sudden, I think that I 110 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: think the safety rolled to that, to the other side 111 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: of the field at the snap, you know, all of 112 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 1: a sudden he said, Oh my goodness, he like a couz. 113 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: He just released him like he had safety help over 114 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: the back end, and like, okay, I could you know, 115 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: I'm in zone here, I'm just gonna rely and Johnson's 116 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: running and yeah, and again I'm not bashing bed at all. 117 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: He played great. He certainly passed the test. But that's 118 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: the that's the type play in the NFL that ends 119 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: up being six, you know what I mean. They screwed up, 120 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,039 Speaker 1: you guys. That's a very good receivers. You know, runs 121 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: past these dudes. Balstra came out quicker. But it wasn't 122 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 1: the past. First of all, it wasn't down the sideline. 123 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 1: Down the scene. I loved the area of the field 124 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,679 Speaker 1: they attacked. That was my favorite part of the whole thing. Yeah, 125 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: but overall, Ben played great. And that's where the man 126 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: that's where the route was too deep down the scene 127 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: like exactly. That made I'm glad you mentioned any challenge 128 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: both teams, you make that if it's a single high safety, 129 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: look you make that safety pick one side or the other, 130 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: and now you've got the one on one down the 131 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: scene exactly. So I thought that was highly encouraging the 132 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: areas of the field day attacked, especially with that throw. Frankly, 133 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: when he threw the first touchdown, the friar look good, 134 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: good about that's fine, mission accomplished. And then he had 135 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:57,559 Speaker 1: the second one and walked right down the field again. 136 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: You know so, I mean he was very good. I 137 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: didn't think Race, Rudolph or Haskins were bad either. I 138 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: mean it's kind of more of the same from them. Yeah. Um, 139 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: I thought Rudolph was pretty efficient. Didn't get the ball 140 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: in the end zone, I thought, you know, as but 141 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: I thought he threw a good ball to Juju Smith 142 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: Schuster that could have been a touchdown. Um, Juju just 143 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: couldn't come down with it. The three shots from the four, 144 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: I think that was just kind of hey, let's see 145 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: if we can make something happen here. Um again, I 146 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: thought he as I said all along, he's the number 147 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: two because his number three. Um, it is what it is. 148 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: But I think that's what, yeah, you saw. Compare folks, 149 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: the backup quarterbacks you've seen now for for Dallas, Philadelphia, 150 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: Detroit Man the Steelers backups might be the two of 151 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: the best backups in the league. Like they might have 152 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: the best They could probably have a top five backup 153 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: situation in the agreed if you take like if you 154 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: don't count right, right right, exactly agree with you. A 155 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: couple of observations that Adam made that we talked about 156 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: in the postgame show was we were pretty happy with 157 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: Rudolph and Haskins, but then you realize when Ben comes 158 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: in there, like this is a totally different animal, you know, 159 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: Like those guys have been playing well for backups and 160 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: for them, it's just different, right And Ben walks out 161 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: there and just, oh, this is a defense we're going 162 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: to play against. Boom boom, boom. Make it easy, you know, 163 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 1: And it's just way better than the second touchdown. Passing 164 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: through to Friarmouth is like, Okay, he's got him covered 165 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: on the front side, but I'm gonna just throw this 166 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: to his back shoulder and let him adjust and go 167 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: get because I trust him have done this in practice. 168 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: I know the Rudolph for has because even throw that football. No, no, 169 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: I'm sure they wouldn't even attempt it again. That's that 170 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: that stat of the things that aren't attempted. The other 171 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: thing I had Tom mentioned that I'm at least open 172 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: to to listen to, is Rudolph in the red zone 173 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: is I'm not sure he's the red zone reindeer yet, 174 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, it's things are a lot 175 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:02,959 Speaker 1: harder there than I think a lot of people realize. 176 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: The ball is to come out a little quicker, your 177 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: accuracy has to be a little better. And he's not gonna, 178 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: you know, arm strength throws into those tiny holes if 179 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: it's not perfect. So I do think that's an area 180 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 1: that has contributed to him not putting touchdowns on the back. 181 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: You're not scheming things up yet and that too. I mean, 182 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: you know, you get down into that situation in week six, 183 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: you know, Okay, we're gonna attack the slot corner here 184 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: with this concept and things of that nature that are 185 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,319 Speaker 1: gonna get guys a little more opened up without question 186 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 1: or you know, Claypole or Friarmouth, it looked like big 187 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: time red zone guys. You're gonna scheme things up for them. 188 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: For one on one, get them matched up on the 189 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: shore five ft nine corner, and as the coach said 190 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 1: this after the first game, was we kind of want 191 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: to put our guys in tough situations where they have 192 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: to win. You know, they just block the guy in 193 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: front of you, beat him in a pass for us, 194 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: you know, beat one on one. So yeah, it will 195 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 1: get easier schematically, but it gets better defenders. The other 196 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:00,160 Speaker 1: thing we wanted to see going into that game him 197 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: was the offensive line together. Um it was okay, it 198 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: was okay. I thought overall the line played well. Um again, 199 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 1: not superstars, but I do think the Lions defensive fronts decent. 200 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: A lot of it's young. Yeah, I just don't know 201 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: that a lot of people recognize, like Detroit's too. Strongest 202 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 1: areas are the two lines. Yeah, offensive and defensive lines 203 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:28,199 Speaker 1: and the other that they've got. Yeah, especially if Swift 204 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: doesn't playing it off and off in those guys. But yeah, 205 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: they're they're two lines of scrimmage are good, especially the 206 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 1: offensive line. They played most of their dudes, um Steelers 207 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: a line. I don't have a strong opinion yet on 208 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: trade Turner other than I'm happy they picked him up, 209 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 1: but just watching him in games. There's not a lot 210 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: to go off of yet, and I think they're probably 211 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: happy with them and confident. Banner was sort of a 212 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 1: mixed bag and his out there and didn't play a ton. 213 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: I think more who replaced them is more and more 214 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: promising all the time. Yeah, I think he's certainly goes 215 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: in the positive column. First game at right tackle, played 216 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 1: a lot of snaps. I think they are telling us 217 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 1: all that we need to know about them, that they 218 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: have high hopes for him. Um center of green. He 219 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 1: gets off the ball really well. He's a good athlete, 220 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: very inconsistent in past protection though you know, he lets 221 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: people in on him and then he's in trouble. He 222 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 1: can get bullied a little bit. That's what he needs 223 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: to work on. We expect him to come out here 224 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: and be Webby or Dermanti, you know what I mean. 225 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: I think Dotson's our best lineman. He might be. He's 226 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: pretty consistent and pretty darn good. Yeah. So, you know, 227 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: I think, as you've said all along, you know, they 228 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,199 Speaker 1: may get to the end of the season realize, well, 229 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: we need to upgrade these two spots, but these three 230 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: spots we feel okay about. They're gonna get answers. And 231 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: that's every team in the league. That's every team in 232 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 1: the league. There. I mean, they're like, I keep getting 233 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: the question whether Steeler is gonna trade for an offensive 234 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: lineman here to know those nobody has an excess of, oh, 235 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 1: starting quality offensive lineman and if they do, they're keeping them. 236 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: We got Setter eight stars, and where it's gonna shop 237 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: him around the league? That doesn't happen. You know, there 238 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:04,959 Speaker 1: might be a running back or a receiver, but no, 239 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: um chocks. I wanted to mention too. I didn't think 240 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: it was the best game. I thought it was fine, 241 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: not wonderful. And again, the old line depth I think 242 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 1: is a strength. The Haigs and Phinney's and uh Hoss 243 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: and those guys had cowards. They they have depth. I 244 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: just don't know if their starters are great, but I 245 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: think they're gonna be okay. I think what helps the 246 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: line a lot again is Roethlisberger. Yeah. I also like 247 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 1: the use uh like when they play action, it froze 248 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: to defense like that there was it worked, There was 249 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: there was no pass rush. He had a nice pocket 250 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: to you that second longer or whatever, which is an eternity. Um, 251 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: but you know, I think when you look at it, 252 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: especially with the Roethlisberger in the game, UM, they were 253 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: converting third downs. Both touchdown passes were on third downs. 254 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: Um they converted a couple other downs third mediums, you know, 255 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 1: third and six, third and seven. Um, the defense knows 256 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 1: you're throwing there. Oh yeah, I mean the secestories out 257 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: of it, you know, I think that, you know, overall, 258 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 1: I think Roethlisberg got hit once, and I think so. 259 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: I think I hit once, but on such a second 260 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: touchdown pass, So fine, he was out there a fair amount. 261 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 1: We throw ten twelve pass or something like that. Hit once, Yeah, 262 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: that's fine with that. You could deal with that. UM. 263 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: Side note, And I think I brought this up before 264 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: I was fiddling down fiddling around with third downs last 265 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 1: year's numbers, and the Steelers defense faced one of the 266 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: league's fewest amount of third downs. Steelers offense was on 267 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: the field with third in third down a very high 268 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 1: amount of because they failed so often first and second 269 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: a second, I think they won't be in third nearly 270 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: as often because of nausey UM and Ben is good 271 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,199 Speaker 1: in those situations. You want to stay out of them. 272 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: I mean, you are predictable and that's when you get 273 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: you did more difficult coverages and blitzes and all that. 274 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: But he's been around long enough that I do trust 275 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: that third and six isn't the end of the world 276 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: the Steelers either, you know. Naja Harris brought up something 277 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: It was interesting after the game. Um he was asked, 278 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: if you know if his blocking is coming along, how's this, 279 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 1: how's his blitz pick up and things of that nature, 280 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,559 Speaker 1: and his reply was, well, I don't know. You see, 281 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: I'm getting better, but I don't know how much teams 282 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: are gonna blitz Ben Roethlisberger. And he kind of meant 283 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: that in a confident way. And if you look at 284 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: the numbers from last year against the blitz, pretty good, 285 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: weren't that. Yeah, Roethlisberger average like seven point two yards 286 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 1: per pass attempt against the blitz overall is like six 287 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: point three when when he wasn't blitzed, Like you don't 288 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 1: blitz veteran Blitzing veteran quarterbacks he is typically a bad 289 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: idea because they know where they're hots and stuff are 290 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: at there gonna get the ball out. I think that 291 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: he might see a higher blitz percentage if he's holding 292 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: the ball in the pocket a little longer. Blitzing him 293 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: wasn't smart because the ball is coming out so fast anyway. 294 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 1: But you're a percent right, I mean, even Mahomes. I 295 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: mean some of the or to your quarterbacks tend to 296 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: kill the blitz more than people realize. I mean, you 297 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: blitz the young guys that don't know where it's coming 298 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: from and where to go with the ball, But blitz 299 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: pick up if done right. I mean, they're all built 300 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: into the plays. They're all accounted for. And if you're 301 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: gonna bring five six guys, Ben's gonna find something he 302 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: likes pretty dark. And yeah, the Steelers receivers are talented 303 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: enough that you're leaving everybody one on one. If you're 304 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: gonna blitz, you're gonna bring extra guys. That's not a 305 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: good recipe for success. And I really think that way 306 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: more often than not. Now, they're five eligibles will all 307 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: hurt you, you know what I mean, I mean, including Harris. Yeah, 308 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: if he's well, let's let's talk about that. Let's talk 309 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: about the two rookie rookies pass catchers, yes, um, and 310 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 1: then start with the running back situation. Yeah, I mean 311 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 1: they obviously have a plan with naj Harris. He saw 312 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: him split wide. You saw him you know, a bit 313 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: more diverse with Ben. The forty plush yard catch that 314 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: he had was a play action handoff to him. He 315 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: then ran a wheel route around around the outside of 316 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: that and comes back across the formation and hits off 317 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: to the races, picked up a block from Eric Eyburn 318 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: on the edge. Some something's good besides the drop. And 319 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 1: then if you watch the run, you know he got 320 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: an extra I don't know, ten, ten to fifteen years 321 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: at the end of that by joking the last to 322 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: get the last defender put him the guy broke his 323 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: ankles up in the open field. Yeah, that's kind of 324 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: what I wanted to stress with that play was. First 325 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 1: of all, it was well designed. Um that's gonna be 326 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: a foundation that they do. It wasn't a super diverse 327 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: wide receiver route you know from outside the numbers or whatever. 328 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: But what stood out to me just watching Harris is 329 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: and you can see it in practice, I'm sure, but 330 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: it's different in the game when he actually has space 331 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 1: and a little bit of build up speed. He is 332 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: such a powerful runner strider And that's what I was 333 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: gonna say too, a little bit of Derrick Henry there, 334 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: like yeah, Like, once he it's that crease and starts 335 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: opening it up, he's gonna run over most defensive backs 336 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: in the league and still didn't have to really down 337 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 1: shift to fake people out. You know. So I don't 338 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: care if he doesn't run a four or four flat, 339 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 1: but you give him that space where he starts to 340 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: really hit his stride, he's gonna do a lot of 341 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: damage in the open field. Yeah, you know. I mean 342 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: you think most you know, cornerbacks are pounds. They're gonna 343 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: go low on. I'm gonna want to tackle that right 344 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 1: right and try to bump him out of bounds, and 345 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: then they're not gonna get the better of that, and 346 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: they're to gang tackle him in the open field, which 347 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: isn't easy. Yeah. I thought he was really impressive, just 348 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 1: as a thoroughbred breaking loose. Yeah. Uh. Friarmouth. Roethlisberger compared 349 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 1: Friarmouth after the game to Heath Miller. Okay, I think 350 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: he's more athletic than Heath Miller. I do too, I 351 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: think he maybe it's this recency biased. I mean, the 352 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: last we saw Heath was on his last leg. I mean, 353 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 1: I mean I saw I saw every game of Heath 354 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: Miller's career. I don't know that he was his nimble 355 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 1: contorts to the ball as well, or catches it away 356 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: from his frame, you know, adjust to bad balls or 357 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: you know not or balls that only he can get, 358 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: you know, and things like that, like you mentioned with 359 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: the touchdowns, How do you cover that? I mean, he 360 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: was a really good red zone weapon to Penn State 361 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: and really takes pride in it and at a minimum 362 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: will do that from day one here. I'm sure red 363 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 1: zone he's gonna be out there a lot, if not more. 364 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: But his ability to not have to stop his feet 365 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: to contort two balls and you know as that big 366 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: and with that big a catching radius is rare. Yeah, 367 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: it was. It almost looked like Travis Kelsey to it 368 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: to a certain degree. I mean, could that kind of 369 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: nimbleness like you see something Kelsey maybe a little bit 370 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: younger Kelsey, but you know, I don't know if he 371 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: still does that. But I mean he's got light feet 372 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 1: for big guy, you know, that size to be able 373 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: to run like that um and just beat guys um. Now, 374 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: the Lions were playing a lot of man to man 375 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: in Um Okay, yeah, right, you're gonna play man to 376 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: man against this team. Good luck? Yeah right, right, luck 377 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: with that. No, it's gonna be tough to put five 378 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: quality man coverage players against whatever five the Steelers put out, 379 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 1: even because Abron's getting right so well nag, I mean yeah, 380 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 1: I mean, they're they're hard to play against, especially with 381 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 1: seven orchestrating it. But you know, Frember with only the 382 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: two catches and they're both touchdowns and that's wonderful. Um, 383 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 1: he still has some work to do as a blocker 384 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:30,880 Speaker 1: on the contrary to popular belief, he did not come 385 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: in as a polished killer Heath Miller blocker. That's that's 386 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 1: where he doesn't measure up the Miller at all, at 387 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,399 Speaker 1: all at all. But as a receiver, I think his 388 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: ceiling is higher. Yeah, I agree, really impressive. Yeah, that 389 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,120 Speaker 1: leads me. You know, I did a second fifty three 390 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,880 Speaker 1: man on Sunday and I get a couple of comments 391 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 1: from people they should just they need to cut Derek 392 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: Watt if they're not gonna like I'm not gonna use that, 393 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 1: They're going to use Derek want Folks on offense, on offense, 394 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: and he's a great special teamer he's going to be 395 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: the that extra blocker we've seen. I've seen this time 396 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: and time again over the course of this training camp. 397 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: UM where they you know, use him on the wing 398 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: essentially in an H back position, right, Um as a 399 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 1: as an extra blocker in the run game. UM. I 400 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: don't know if there's any reason to show it to 401 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 1: this point, there's not. And that's you know, so people 402 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 1: wanting to well he and the reasoning, well, he's he's 403 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: the third highest paid guy in the offense. I don't care, 404 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: and I don't really care. Right, First of all, he's 405 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: not making No, he's making three. Let's let's let's get 406 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: there's not much money spent on the offense the top guys. 407 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: So let's not get carried away with with what you know, 408 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: they don't they don't need him. No, they're going to 409 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: need him because again, as you mentioned, Friar Moose is 410 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 1: not a finished blocker. He founds not a blocker. Somebody's 411 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 1: got a block right, I mean think about like I'm 412 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: just spitballing of the top of my head here. But 413 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 1: if you're on the five yard line first and five 414 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: and the first goal on the five, you can put 415 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: Harris what Ebron, Friar Muth and Claypool out there. And 416 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: if they come out with like a jumbo package against that, 417 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: all those guys, but what is going to kill over 418 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: kill a big, heavy linebacker or slash ed drusher type 419 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 1: trying to guard him. And if they're gonna be light, 420 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: those guys can all at least do something in the 421 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: blocking room, right, I mean, they're none of them are 422 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 1: non blockers. They're not great blockers for tight ends. And 423 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: you're running backs to it in thirty pounds. Yeah, and 424 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:26,920 Speaker 1: good luck with that. And Derek could go right in 425 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 1: front of him and lead the way out of the 426 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 1: by the eye, you know. I mean, there's just he's 427 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 1: gonna be useful because it's a different wrinkle the teams 428 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,919 Speaker 1: will have to prepare for. He's really good on special teams. 429 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 1: And is he one of their best five? No? I 430 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: mean that means a better players on the sideline, but 431 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 1: not the best five can be out there every staff 432 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: either there's a lot of value to that. I mean, 433 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 1: the Saints are notorious Ford or or legendary Ford under Payton. 434 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: Let's just put all these different personnel groupings out there 435 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: early on to see what kind of matchups you get 436 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: and then you start exploiting the ones you like. Yeah, 437 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: I think so. Um, you know, I think that it 438 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: can be a very diverse offense, you know. I the 439 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,439 Speaker 1: line doesn't need to be great, doesn't even it just 440 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: needs to be good enough. You and I are can 441 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: take your leave Pro Football Focus, you know, without question. 442 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: And I don't put a lot of stock in this, 443 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: but I was a little shocked to hear. I don't 444 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 1: know if you've heard this or not, that Steeler's offensive 445 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: line number one run blocking in preseason this year for 446 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus. Again, grain assault, don't give him a 447 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 1: serious grain as salt. Yeah, and they're not playing against 448 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: Fletchercox every snap, and you know, but it's above average. 449 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: They're coming off, they're coming off the fall, and they're 450 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 1: moving bodies, you know. I mean, that's what we had 451 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:46,679 Speaker 1: not seen for two years. I think the running backs 452 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 1: also helped that, without question, I mean, and I think 453 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 1: at this point, Um, it's Naja Harris, it's Klin Balage, 454 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: it's Anthony McFarland and the rest don't mean much to me. No, 455 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:01,919 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know what you did with your 456 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 1: fifty three and I'm sure we'll get in. It was 457 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: those three and that was it. I think they're the 458 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 1: ones that deserve it right now, because you can still 459 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: put Snow or whoever on the practice squad and if 460 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: someone picks him up, so find you'll find another one. Yeah, 461 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 1: that's what I was gonna say. Is Adam asked me, 462 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: do you think there's anyone outside the team that makes 463 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: his team? And I thought, maybe the last running back 464 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 1: is in a different uniform right now, and maybe the 465 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,199 Speaker 1: last receivers in a different uniform right now. I don't think. 466 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: I think Matthew Sexton do you think he gets it? 467 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 1: Is they're happy with winning that I don't want Ray 468 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: Ray to make. He's had three punt returns into preseason 469 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: and two of them have gone for over thirty yards. 470 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 1: That's an eye opener for coaches, an eye opener. And 471 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 1: I don't know enough about Sexton that I haven't studied them, 472 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: studied them or seen nearly his made snaps as Ray Ray. 473 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: But if he could just be the switcher ish slot 474 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: only that that's better than what Ray Ray brings the 475 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:57,679 Speaker 1: offense to me. And he's a bigger guy, and he's 476 00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,880 Speaker 1: bigger than that. He's a bigger guy that can run. 477 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: I think there's something as not just a four or 478 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: six quick little guy. No, he's a four three, But 479 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: he's not a little guy. He's six ft hundred ninety pounds. 480 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: He's not you know, he's not somebody's gonna get just 481 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: knocked off his feet every time somebody breeze on him. 482 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 1: And that's encouraging. I didn't realize that they thought of 483 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 1: him in that light. But good. I mean that's what 484 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 1: we wanted from that. I thought there was a group 485 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 1: of five of those guys are so that we wanted 486 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:27,439 Speaker 1: someone to step up, and I guess he hasn't been 487 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 1: the guy that stepped up. Again, I think if you're 488 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 1: looking at it from a standpoint of which guy gives 489 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: you the most on game day, that's the guy. But 490 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: they have other guys that can go down and be 491 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 1: gunners and things of that nature, especialty players. Yeah, but 492 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 1: he claim to fame was he was the number one 493 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 1: point returner. If you're not the number one point returner 494 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: can be on the roster, yeah, or if it's even close, Yeah, 495 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 1: Then what else do you bring to the table? Interesting? No, 496 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 1: I mean we pretty much touched on all the offense. 497 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,639 Speaker 1: I mean there wasn't does anyone else of note? I 498 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: mean the depth guys to me, I don't want to 499 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 1: say they're not super important, but they play a lot 500 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 1: of players. I mean Washington got a featured role almost. 501 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 1: I mean I thought that was great. Um. I kind 502 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 1: of feel like what we saw there was pretty close 503 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: to the usage and the players that will be getting 504 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 1: snaps if Claypool were to miss the game with injury. 505 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: I mean, not everyone's healthy for every game, you know, Yeah, 506 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 1: but maybe more wat sprinkled in. Yeah, maybe more what 507 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:30,360 Speaker 1: sprinkled in? Um? Yeah, I think you know they're saving 508 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: some things. There's some things that that that they've done, um, 509 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: you know, in terms of rollouts and moving the pocket 510 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 1: and you know, even coming in unbalanced and things of 511 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: that nature. They're not gonna show Buffalo right now if 512 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: you want to surprise. But you know, if you're the Bills, 513 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 1: are you looking at that tape going, I don't know 514 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: if we want to play these guys in week one? No, 515 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 1: I'm sure you don't. Um. And there's more we we talked. 516 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: We we speak of it very generally. You're gonna see 517 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 1: more motion, We're gonna see more unique commotions too, you 518 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 1: see orbit motioned and you know, not just a guy 519 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 1: going across the line of scrimmage trotting along like we 520 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: saw a night too. You're gonna see a lot of 521 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,959 Speaker 1: different types of motions and things. Um. I heard an 522 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: interview with Nate Tys, who now does stuff with the 523 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: Athletic and you know, uh, Mike Tyson's kid, and he 524 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,679 Speaker 1: was at Pitt a year or two after I was, 525 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 1: and knows Mack Canada. Well, he's been on staffs with him, 526 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 1: and he's like this guy, it's just a total mad scientist, 527 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 1: you know what. He looks at the game differently than 528 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: anyone else that Tys had been around, who's been around 529 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 1: a lot of good coaches, including his dad, And he 530 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 1: says he always looks at the rules and says, how 531 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,399 Speaker 1: can I break the rules? How can I look at it? 532 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: Just definitely than everybody else. You know, He's like the 533 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: upside down, you know, and he just looks at the 534 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 1: trying to look at it totally different. So I think 535 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,080 Speaker 1: we're just seeing the tip of the iceberg with his creativity. Yeah, 536 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: I think so as well. So it's it's it should 537 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 1: be interesting. Um, you know, I don't even know to 538 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: this point that that we've seen everything even in training 539 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: camp settings. They're not going to do a lot in 540 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 1: front of fans, right because that stuff gets reported. Yeah. Um, 541 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: there were some things that we saw in O T 542 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: A s and things of that nature that we didn't 543 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: see in training camp. And this is true for all teams. 544 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: But even after their last game, that's when they're really 545 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 1: gonna start doing stuff that they start to ramp things up, right, 546 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,479 Speaker 1: They're they're Rosterephalo specific things that we're gonna use this 547 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 1: week against what you believe the Bills are. Yeah. Um, 548 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: that's the situation. You know, stuff in the playbook, youven 549 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 1: practice like the ideas you know, right for a team 550 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: like Buffalo or a team like Tampa. Uh, teams that 551 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 1: brought back most of their guys, you know what you're 552 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: getting from them, you know what you're you know what 553 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: you're gonna get. Yeah, that's that's That's where the Steelers 554 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:40,479 Speaker 1: have been at now for the last I don't know 555 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: to three decades, Like, you know what you're gonna get 556 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:44,880 Speaker 1: out of Pittsburgh. They're not changing anything. Well now they have. 557 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 1: Now they have, Yeah, it makes it tougher for It's 558 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:50,199 Speaker 1: one of the advantages I think the Steelers have in 559 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: Week one, you know, and I'm sure we'll talk bills 560 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: to death, but why would you change much. I think 561 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: they'll try to run the ball a higher percentage, but 562 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 1: not they're not the league. We know that. You know, 563 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders will be John Brown, yeah, go go yeah, 564 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: absolutely he is. Matt Williamson, I'm Dale Lally. You've been 565 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: listening to addition of the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. 566 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: We'd like thank Jacob Brecht for keeping us on the 567 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: air over the course of the show, and we'd like 568 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 1: to thank you for listening to the Drive on Steelers 569 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 1: Nation Radio.