1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Steelers schedule preview show on w d 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: V Pittsburgh with Mike Pursuit of Dale Lally and Matt Williamson. 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: Here's your host, Stand Severn. Good evening again, Welcome to 4 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: the Steelers schedule. No longer a preview, We've got it 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: for you. I'm Stan Severn and my partners in crime 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 1: include Mike Presuda of the DV Morning Show, Dale Lolly 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 1: of dk on Pittsburgh Sports and Steelers Nation Radio, and 8 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: his partner on s n R Matt Williamson. And welcome 9 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 1: to everyone listening on w DV E and Steelers Nation Radio. 10 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: We've got the schedule for you. It is out now. 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 1: Let me read it and then we're gonna get reaction. 12 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 1: We're gonna hear from Art Rooney the second uh. You're 13 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: gonna have an opportunity to begin buying tickets for regular 14 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 1: season games. Let's get to it. The first two games 15 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: were released earlier today by all teams. Once again, I 16 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: think the eighth year in a row, the Steelers will 17 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 1: open on the road. The Pirates are at him that day, 18 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: September eleven, at Cincinnati one o'clock kickoff. Then the home 19 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: opener the following Sunday, September eight, the New England Patriots 20 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick comes to town. Then a short week a 21 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: Thursday night game at Cleveland, not much time to rest up. 22 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: That will be Thursday, September two at Cleveland, a nighttime 23 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: game eight fifteen on Amazon Prime. The Jets will then 24 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: come to Hinesfield Sunday, October two, a one o'clock game. 25 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: Then it's on to shuffle off to Buffalo on October 26 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: the ninth. That is a one o'clock game in Buffalo. 27 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: Then Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday October 28 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: a one o'clock game at hines Field, then two games 29 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: on the road at Miami October twenty three, a Sunday 30 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: night game a twenty kickoff on NBC. Then they go 31 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: to Rely to play the Eagles the following Sunday, October. 32 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: Then they get their bye week comes after eight games, 33 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: so really smack dab in the middle as much as 34 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: you can be in a seventeen game schedule. Then their 35 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: home for two weeks in a row. Sunday, excuse me, November, 36 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: the New Orleans Saints are in town. Then Sunday, November 37 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: twenty at home primetime game Sunday night the Cincinnati Bengals 38 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: for the second game of their two games Bengals on 39 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: Sunday night November, then a Monday night November at Indianapolis, 40 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: followed by a shorter week. Sunday they're in Atlanta to 41 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: play the Falcons, a one o'clock game in Atlanta. Sunday 42 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: to Seber eleven, the Baltimore Ravens are in town. That's 43 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: a one o'clock game at Hinz Field. Flex scheduling comes in, 44 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: so hold on there. Although the Steelers are already scheduled 45 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: to play a max of five prime time games. After 46 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: the Baltimore game. On Sunday, December eighteen, there at Carolina 47 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: in Charlotte, a one o'clock game. Then the Raiders come 48 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: to town on Christmas Eve, Saturday December. That's a nighttime 49 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: game Saturday night, Christmas Eve, so you'll have to have 50 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: your church services infield, I guess, And of course that's 51 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: the anniversary weekend of the Immaculate Reception. Then following that 52 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: they get an extra day to prepare New Year's Day. Sunday, 53 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: January one, they're at Baltimore to play the Ravens. Schedule 54 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: will be a one o'clock kickoff, and then the last 55 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: game of the season. It will either be Saturday or Sunday, 56 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: January seven or eight against Cleveland at Hines Field. So 57 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: we don't know if that will be a Saturday or Sunday, 58 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: and the time has yet to be determined. So guys, 59 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: there it is. Michael. Let me start with you just 60 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: a general overall comment on what that schedule looks like, 61 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: you know, Sam, believe it or not. I anticipated eight 62 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: home games at nine road games. Uh. Nice. A veteran, 63 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: I understand that broke down that way, but I always 64 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: tend to look for possible competitive advantages or disadvantages. I 65 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: knew they were playing in Miami, I didn't know when 66 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: they'd be playing in Miami. And I'm here to tell you, guys, 67 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: playing in Miami, if you're a team from the Northeast 68 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: on October is a whole lot better than playing down 69 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: there in September. It is still nasty hot down there 70 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: in September. Yeah, and that's even better, and it's you know, 71 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: very tough to to replicate the conditions. I know it 72 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: gets steamy at Latrow, but it's a different kind of steamy. 73 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: So I think they get a break there that they 74 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: don't have a competitive disadvantage. And then the Raiders game, 75 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: I think everybody was anticipating that would be in December 76 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: because they're playing it fifty years and the day after 77 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: the Immaculate receptions. So the Raiders get to come to 78 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: lovely Western Pennsylvania in December and Stan. Wouldn't it be 79 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: a shame if the tarp came off the night before? 80 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: Where advice? You know, I'm addicating this story. Think but hey, 81 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: accidents happening? Where is dirt Donardo when you need? Yeah? Uh, 82 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: day all your thoughts. Well, you know, we knew that 83 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: there were gonna be the nine road games this year, 84 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 1: and so you look at where those games fall. To me, 85 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: that the tough thing, uh that you mentioned there, you 86 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: play the Patriots in Week two and then you gotta 87 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: turn around four days later and be in Cleveland. Uh, 88 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: that's a tough turnaround. I know it's a division opponent 89 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: and you know they know each other, but it's not 90 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: the It's it's the first meeting between the two teams 91 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: this year, So that that's a tough one. And then 92 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: I look at you know some of those other you know, 93 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 1: back to back night games, Uh, you know against Cincinnati 94 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: here and then indian in Indianapolis the following Monday night. 95 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: Those will be two tough games as well. Uh. You know, 96 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: there's there's a lot there and this is this is 97 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 1: gonna be a difficult schedule, um, no matter how you 98 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 1: do it. And again, nine road games. You knew that 99 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: going into this, so you know you have to keep 100 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: your head above water on the road if you're going 101 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: to uh try to compet eat this year, and they're 102 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: going to try to compete this year, whether people believe 103 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: that or not. Well, you're looking at this and you 104 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: look at the first six games, and five of them, 105 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: um are legitimate contenders, the Jets being the only exception. 106 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 1: Matt your thoughts. Yeah, you know, when when the schedule 107 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: comes out, I usually look for weather rest. Some things 108 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: you guys have mentioned, like if you're going to Denver 109 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 1: early in the season, brutal, going to Miami as Mike 110 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: mentioned early in the season, brutal. That stuff is not 111 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: too bad to me. Um. To kind of reiterate with 112 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 1: Dale mentioned though, I mean a short week on the road, 113 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 1: divisional game Week three at Cleveland. I don't like the 114 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: sound of that, except unless it's a short trip trip, 115 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: but I don't think their quarterback is going to be there, 116 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: you know. I mean, Deshaun Watson is likely to face 117 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: some suspension. You'd rather play them early than late, I think, Um, 118 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: you look at this just the teams. There aren't many 119 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: gimmeas or the gimmes. I think the easiest team they 120 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: play is Atlanta, but that's on the road. And I 121 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: really dislike this is wrote or home night game, home 122 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: night game or road night game on Monday night at Indie, 123 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: and we know how those go. I mean, if you're 124 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: at Indie Monday night, you get home at four in 125 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: the morning or something ridiculous, and then you're on the 126 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: road the next week. So that's supposedly your easiest game, 127 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: but that's hard on the body. Well, when you stop 128 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: and consider this, um, it's a very difficult start. Um uh. 129 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: You know, looking at uh, even at Miami. Miami is 130 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: gearing up to be a playoff team this year after 131 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: a strong finished, new coach and and all that kind 132 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: of stuff. And I don't know what it is. They 133 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: never play well in Philadelphia. It really doesn't matter how 134 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: the Eagles are, what they're like. If they're winning, losing. 135 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: They just don't play well there. Yeah, they never have. 136 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: We've seen some really ugly games in Philadelphia, you know, 137 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: Levin Sack game and things of that nature. And and uh, 138 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: the Eagles will rush to pass her a little bit. 139 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: And of course getting ready for to play Jalen Hurts 140 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 1: is different as well. And you know, and you look 141 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: at that schedule. Uh. The other thing that jumps out 142 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: to me is both games against Baltimore in December or 143 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: after December eleventh. Um, you know, so those are usually 144 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: pretty physical games. So you play the Ravens on December eleventh, 145 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: then they gotta go to Carolina, hosted the Raiders in 146 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: that game on Christmas Eve, and then play in Baltimore 147 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: on New Year's Day. Uh, you know, that's that's gonna 148 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 1: that's gonna be a tough little stretch. Air that doesn't 149 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: necessarily look like it's super you know, super tough. But 150 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 1: those games after the raven games are always difficult ones. 151 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: But I always see things like that on the schedule, 152 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: like the same team twice in a really short span. 153 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: I immediately think injuries, Well, what if Lamar's out for 154 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: that Heyward or Watts or whomever, you know, like We'll 155 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: see what that comes to, but that could really favor 156 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: one team or another. If it's an injury situation, we 157 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: always the case, and of course the Steelers had injuries 158 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: early um last year. Guys. One of the things I 159 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: think we can mention here for what it's worth. Uh, 160 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: we talked about the short trip to Cleveland. The Steelers 161 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: will fly the fewest number of miles of any team 162 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: in the NFL, six thousand, four hundred. Seattle, on the 163 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: other hand, flies twenty nine thousand, and of course that's there. 164 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 1: Their nearest division game is eight hundred miles away San Francisco. 165 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: And for what this is worth, and of course it's 166 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: based on this past season's records, so take of this 167 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: what you will. The team with the toughest schedule for 168 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 1: this year the Super Bowl champion Rams and their opponents, 169 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: and that was true of the Steelers last year. That 170 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: was the Steelers last year. The I think this is significant. 171 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: The Steelers, by the way, or tied for twelve. The 172 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: Browns are tied for seventeen, the Ravens are twenty three. 173 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: But the Bengals have the third most difficult schedule based 174 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: on last year's opponents. And I've been saying this a lot. 175 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: You know, good for them, kudos, but they played a 176 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: last place schedule last year. This year they play a 177 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: first place schedule and they're not you know, they're they're 178 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: the when they had there. They're they're good year, Mike. 179 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: Any thoughts for we here from Art Rooney? Yeah, I 180 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: love playing the Bengals week one. I think it's fantastic. 181 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: I don't know if they're ready to defend. I'm not 182 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,959 Speaker 1: saying they're gonna have a bad year, but if Sinnati's 183 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: gonna get caught up in its own pressed clippings or 184 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: a little too self assured, you figure it would be 185 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: in the opener, right. The Bengals have had success against 186 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh last season, went all the way to the super Bowl. Uh, 187 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: they're gonna go for bigger and better things. I love 188 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: lining up week one. I think Mike Thomas gonna embrace that, 189 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: use that as a theme of training camp and really 190 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: beat the drum and get the you know, the iron 191 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: sharpening iron and uh, get everybody honed to a fine 192 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: edge and dale the Philadelphia thing. The history is there, 193 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: but you and I both know all Mike Tomlin's gotta 194 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: do is go to Pat's King of Steaks. Get about 195 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: steaks for the boys. That should be the Saturday night 196 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: meal and they're good to go. Yeah, yeah, you know, yeah, 197 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 1: that's what they have to. I've seen you eat three 198 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 1: in one setting, Mike. That's my record, brother. Something to 199 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: shoot for, something that we as Mike Tom was, we 200 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: aspired to that. UM said, if you're not getting better, 201 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: getting worse, there you go exactly. UM. I love the 202 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: term self assured about the Bengals. We can talk about that. Um. 203 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: Just a short while ago, Uh, Missy Matthews, the Steelers 204 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: side round reporter on the Steelers Radio network, had a 205 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: conversation with the team president, Aren't Rooney the second alright? Aren't? 206 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: The two thousand two schedule has been released. I have 207 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: to start with week one, the eighth straight season starting 208 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: on the road. Is there anything we can do to 209 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:55,319 Speaker 1: start at Hinesfield? Well, we we've been on the road 210 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: a lot, that's for sure. I think we need to 211 00:11:57,679 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: talk to the Pirates about their schedule. I think that 212 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: contributes to it a little bit. But you know what 213 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: we have. We're opened up against another tough FC opponent 214 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: like last year Division game. So super Bowl attendance and 215 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,719 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, the Bengals will be it'll be 216 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,319 Speaker 1: a big game for them, so it'll be a challenge. 217 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: Christmas Eve will be very special, a night game, the 218 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: Raiders coming to town a day after the fiftieth anniversary 219 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,439 Speaker 1: of the Immaculate Reception. What do you envision that night 220 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: being like, you know, we're excited about it. We've been 221 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: talking about that for a while. Franco has been talking 222 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: to me about it for a while now. So we're 223 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: gonna have some celebrations to mark the occasion on on 224 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: Friday out at the historical marker right there outside the stadium. 225 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: And then uh, you know, we'll have Franco and some 226 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: of his teammates in town to celebrate the occasion on 227 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: on Christmas Eve night and maybe even some Raiders will 228 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,199 Speaker 1: be in attendance. You never know. Okay, we'll stay tuned 229 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 1: for that. Any other special themes throughout the season, or 230 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: maybe uniforms that you can give us a hint about 231 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,839 Speaker 1: or maybe tell us about. We're gonna be u uh 232 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: announcing our our schedule as far as a an alumni 233 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: weekend which will probably be in the middle of the season. Uh, 234 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: in our Hallow Honor game, which will also probably be 235 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: in the middle of the season. So you know, a 236 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: lot of a lot of different pieces that will be 237 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: coming out with soon. But certainly that the immaculate reception 238 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: anniversary is in terms of things to celebrate, it's kind 239 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: of the highlight of the home schedule. Absolutely five primetime games. 240 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 1: Stealers are not strangers to that. But there is that 241 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: one little stretch back to back primetime games week eleven 242 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 1: and twelve. Is that probably the toughest stretcher. What do 243 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 1: you think overall where the schedule gets a little crazy? 244 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: You know, I would say in general this the schedule 245 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: is fairly balanced and and other than that little section, 246 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: we have two primetime games in a row. Uh, you know, 247 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: I can't complain too much about the way that it 248 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: lays out. Uh, you know, we don't have any real 249 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: long trips, so so that helps. And uh So all 250 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: in all, it's you know, it's just travel wise, it 251 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: worked out pretty well. In terms of something new, the 252 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: NFL is doing the TVD the Steelers Week eighteen game 253 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: against Cleveland. Um, do you like that they're kind of 254 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: waiting to see, you know, what teams are in the 255 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: playoff hunt and whatnot. Or do you like how they 256 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 1: used to do it where they changed it when they 257 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: needed to. Well, the sooner we can find out we 258 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: don't have a Sunday night game, the better that weekend. 259 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: But unfortunately that goes down to the end of the 260 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: season usually for that information. So you know, it's everybody's 261 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: in the same boat. So we we can't complain and they, 262 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: you know, they wind up putting on a you know, 263 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: an important game and you know, I guess last year 264 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: that turned out the big game that was pretty important 265 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: to us. Indeed, it was the season went down to 266 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 1: over time. So hopefully it doesn't come down to that again. 267 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: I'm with you on that. Thanks for your time, Art, 268 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: great great to be with you, Mr Matthews with Art 269 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: Rooney the second. By the way, Steelers fans, the schedule 270 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: is now out and a limited number of individual game 271 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: tickets for the season will be available to the general 272 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: public through Ticketmaster beginning Friday tomorrow at noon. We've also 273 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: got the preseason schedule for you, and then we'll begin 274 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: to analyze the Steelers schedule, which we've read. It's available now. 275 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: The whole schedule is out, and maybe we'll do it 276 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: section by section, maybe in groups of fours. That's the 277 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: thing about this seventeen game. It just throws the math 278 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: absolutely does. Yeah, take my shoes off to count that high. 279 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: All right, I'm stand savan long with Mike Presuita dale 280 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: Ally and Matt Williamson. Thanks for being with us on 281 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: w d v E and Steelers Nation Radio. Back to 282 00:15:54,480 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: the Steeler Schedule preview show on dv E. Well, we're 283 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: giving you the seventeen game schedule over an eighteen week period. 284 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: We're gonna analyze a quarter by quarter or quarter and 285 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: a quarter by quarter. But the preseason Steelers open Saturday 286 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: August at Hines Field against the Seattle Seahawks as a 287 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: seven o'clock kickoff. The following Saturday, they're in Jacksonville playing 288 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: the Jaguars, another seven o'clock kickoff, and then they close 289 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: out the preseason member only three games now Sunday August 290 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 1: at hines Field against the Detroit Lions. That's a Sunday 291 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: afternoon game, a four thirty kickoff. Matd you brought an 292 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: interesting point with with three preseason games. We know with 293 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: four how they used to play it. With only three? 294 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: Do they treat in two in terms of what players 295 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: they play. Do they now change that with only three 296 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: preseason games. See my thoughts are across the league. Yes, 297 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: because the last preseason games August and it's not until 298 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: September eleventh until the opener, so you have a long 299 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: stretch there for people to mend small injuries or whatever, 300 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 1: you know. So the Steelers are are interesting because where 301 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: do you play the quarterbacks. It's different if Ben was 302 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 1: your starter and you knew it and he's up in 303 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 1: age and you're saving them. I think it's interesting how 304 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,159 Speaker 1: they'll figure out these first three preseason games. But I 305 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 1: think across the league you treat the third preseason game 306 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: like you used to treat the third preseason game as 307 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: a dress rehearsal, at least for a half or so, 308 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: because there's a nice gap there between. Then in week 309 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: one two weeks if you get the roster, don Mike 310 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: um you change your philosophy there and play Warriors starters 311 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: in that quote last game the third which used to 312 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: be the fourth. Yeah, I think usually uh Mike Tomas 313 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:54,360 Speaker 1: does that on a perceived need basis, And with all 314 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 1: the young guys they have on the offensive side and 315 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 1: new guys, new guys on defense, I think there's gonna 316 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: be in need, Mike, my big good curiosity going to 317 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: the campus. How they figure the quarterback thing out. I 318 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 1: know they didn't draft Kenny Pickett to lead the band 319 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: at halftime, but the boy, particularly when you look at 320 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: that opening run of at Cincinnati, New England, at Cleveland 321 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: on a Thursday night the Jets, and then at Buffalo, 322 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: how long will they take to determine who their starter is? 323 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: Do they actually want it to beat Robiscuit at least 324 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,479 Speaker 1: temporary temporarily or are they all in on picket? And 325 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 1: my concern is do they spend so much time trying 326 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: to figure out who's the guy that they don't actually 327 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: prepare the guy as well as they otherwise might have 328 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: if they just decided who was the guy? Yeah, Mike, 329 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: I mean that was my argument against drafting a quarterback 330 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 1: this year in the first round, because you've got a 331 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 1: new starter coming and who you have to get ready, 332 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:53,960 Speaker 1: presumably a new starter assuming it's not Mason rudolph Um, 333 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 1: So you've you've essentially got to yeah, well okay, but 334 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: yeah you have to get two. You know, two of 335 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 1: those guys have never taken a snap in your system before, 336 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 1: so there's some learning to do there, and how do 337 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 1: you how do you divvy up those those snaps, uh, 338 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:10,439 Speaker 1: you know at O T A s and mini camps, 339 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 1: let alone training camp and then the preseason with three games. Uh, 340 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: you know that that that becomes a bit of a 341 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: difficulty there. You know, you and I were around in 342 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,919 Speaker 1: nineties six when they had a three man race for 343 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: the for the starting job and that lasted all behalf 344 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 1: with Jimmy Miller down in Jacksonville. So you know, it's 345 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: gonna be interesting to see how Mike Tomlin does this 346 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: with these guys. I would assume that the offense, the 347 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,640 Speaker 1: starting offense, plays a lot in this preseason and then 348 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: you you know, you you maybe rest some of the 349 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: more veteran defensive guys, the cam Heywards, the Tyson and Luluse. Uh, 350 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 1: you know, even making Fitzpatrick and T. J. Watt. You 351 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: don't need to see those guys on the field a 352 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 1: whole lot, but you do need to see, you know, 353 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks out there with the starting offensive line, and 354 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: you've got two new members presumably the starting offensive line, 355 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,640 Speaker 1: and you've got new offensive line coach and new coaches 356 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 1: across the whole offense. You know, the offense is remarkably young. 357 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know this for a fact, but 358 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: there can't be many younger offenses in the league. He's 359 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: the oldest guy in the offense. One of last thing 360 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: about the quarterbacks, we want to get back to the schedule. 361 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:19,719 Speaker 1: I think the real intrigue of this camp. I'm going 362 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 1: to operate on the presumption, and I believe this that, 363 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 1: barring injury, of course, Mitchell Trobinski will be the starting 364 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: quarterback in Cincinnati on September eleven. I think one of 365 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 1: the intrigues here is they want to find out I 366 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: think if Kenny Pickett progresses enough to be the backup. 367 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 1: If so, that then allows them to make a move 368 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: on Mason Rudolph. But if Kenny Pickett has you know, 369 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 1: behind the curve at least initially, can they take the 370 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,439 Speaker 1: chance in trading Mason Rudolph as the backup. But if 371 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: they think Pickett's progressed enough just to be the backup, 372 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: they can trade Rudolf or whatever they can get. You 373 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: go out and sign a veteran, you know, arm to 374 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: be your third string clipboard. I you know, maybe the 375 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: guy they drifted the seventh round as a practice squad guy. 376 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 1: But I think that that's what one of the major 377 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,919 Speaker 1: things about this preseason is all about in terms of 378 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 1: making you know, who's gonna make the team. Yeah, I 379 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: definitely that's something to look for. Yeah, yeah, I mean 380 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: you gotta take a practice reps too. If pick it's 381 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:21,400 Speaker 1: number three, he's not gonna be getting practice reps. You're 382 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 1: not getting him ready. It's not gonna be advancing to 383 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 1: compete for the starting job. So yeah, it's gonna be fascinating. 384 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: Particularly Dale myself will be out there on the field 385 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:36,479 Speaker 1: charting those red zone drills. Robisky went twelve for fourteen. Uh. 386 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: The meeting list of mindless stats will be pouring out 387 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: of our content available sources. And we're gonna be treating 388 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 1: to like the Super Bowl, aren't we, Dale, Tuesday afternoon? Yeah, 389 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 1: you know, And I've talked about that before in the drive. 390 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: How you know, like the two thousand camp battle between 391 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: Cordel Stewart and uh Miller Right, no, no, no, that 392 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: was Ken Graham, Kank Graham. Yeah, and people were charting, 393 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 1: you know, completions and all that stuff. And I can 394 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 1: remember a couple of our our Cove sports you know, well, 395 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: Ken Graham was fourteen and twenty or you know, fourteen 396 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 1: and sixteen today. I'm like, but everything he does, he 397 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: checks down like that matters too. If you're just checking 398 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 1: down and seven on seven drills, that that shows me nothing. 399 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: I want to see you throw the football down the field. Yeah, 400 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 1: and I want all the schedule, I mean every meetingless. 401 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: They start out with three legitimate playoff contenders. Obviously one 402 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,199 Speaker 1: is the a f C champion. We'll see about the Browns. 403 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 1: Stand well, we'll see about the Browns. And I'm just 404 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:47,160 Speaker 1: saying on paper at this point, we again, is their 405 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: quarterback playing on paper or is he not playing on paper? 406 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 1: He's gonna be signing. Maybe he may be being served 407 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: with papers. Library Still, can I get a book here? 408 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,360 Speaker 1: I still hate Thursday games on the road, though, even 409 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: if it's only two hours up the road and it's 410 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:06,199 Speaker 1: a backup quarters. Remember that played in Cleveland, Um, But 411 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: they open up against three pretty tough opponents and three 412 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: games in eleven days. That's the thing that sticks out 413 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: to me. Three games in eleven days. Yeah, that's gonna 414 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: be a tough stretch, There's no doubt about it. And again, 415 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: you know that two of those teams are playoff teams 416 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: a year ago. We'll see what the Browns are, um, 417 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 1: you know, but then you do get a little bit 418 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 1: of a rest there after that. You know, that's the 419 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: bonus of playing three games in eleven days, And if 420 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: you're gonna do that, I think you'd rather do that 421 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,159 Speaker 1: to start the season as opposed to doing it in 422 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: week twelve and then playing three games in eleven days 423 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: because you're still healthy. Yeah, you're going into the season 424 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 1: presumably feeling as good as you're gonna feel all season long, 425 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: as opposed to getting into you know, late November, and 426 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 1: you know, now you're beating up a little bit. I 427 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 1: guess you could look at it two ways. You know, 428 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: stand I didn't realize three games in eleven days, but 429 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: it's also three games in five days, right, you know, 430 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: if you look at it that way, if you at 431 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,199 Speaker 1: least you know what you're getting into to start the 432 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: season in terms of health and all those type of things. 433 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 1: And Dale and I were talking off the air, you know, 434 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: like the guys you rest. Now that list is a 435 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: lot smaller than it used to be. I mean, obviously 436 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 1: Ben's moved on, but there's no pouncings into Castros and 437 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 1: Villaneuava's and those types anymore. It's Cam and a couple 438 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: other defensive players. But there's not a ton of guys 439 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: on this roster that you're really saving their bodies because 440 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 1: of age and wear and tear, you know, compared to 441 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:36,880 Speaker 1: other years. And there's certainly some age on the Steelers 442 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,159 Speaker 1: team with some of the people today. For example, is 443 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: Tyson a Lulu's birthday. He's thirty five. Cam will be 444 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 1: thirty three. But they are young on offense. Um does 445 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: that serve as a bonus because they do to at 446 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:56,159 Speaker 1: least offensively, to be a younger team. I think, you know, 447 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 1: that can be a positive and negative. I think you know, 448 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: they don't know what they don't know on offense. Um. 449 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: You know, they get a lot of young guys there, 450 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: first and second year guys who are going through this 451 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: all at the same time. You know, it's not like 452 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: it was before where you always had that veteran offensive 453 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: line in the veteran quarterback to to lean on, and 454 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,679 Speaker 1: then you kind of put everybody around them, you know, 455 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: the young guys, so they're gonna grow into this whole 456 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,880 Speaker 1: thing together. They don't know that that, you know, Hey, 457 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 1: in in Sunday, October nine. You're going to Buffalo. You're 458 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,879 Speaker 1: at Buffalo. You're not supposed to win that game. You know, 459 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: you're you can't compete against the Bills. They don't know that. 460 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 1: The other thing about it too, I mentioned at the 461 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: start of the show. Things I look for right away 462 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 1: when I see a schedule for the first time is 463 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: weather and rest. But I also think you want to play. 464 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: I think there's two way looking at it. You know, 465 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: a new coach, a new quarterback early in the year 466 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 1: as your opponent, you would think that's a big advantage, 467 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: but you don't really know what they're gonna do. You know, 468 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 1: like the Steelers will have a better feel for the 469 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: Bengals offense, and the Bengals will have a feel for 470 00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: the Steelers offense in Week one, you know what I mean. 471 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 1: It'd be different if it was Ben in the same 472 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: old court. You know, coaches and system. But there's a 473 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 1: little bit of mystery there with new quarterbacks and coaches too. 474 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: You know what else we don't know, and I think 475 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 1: this is always very important. We don't know the schedules 476 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 1: of the other teams. Who did they play the week before? 477 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: Are they coming off a Thursday game. Are they coming 478 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: off a big win or a big loss? You know, 479 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 1: you know, those those kinds of things. Well, let's move on. 480 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: They finish up that first quarter against the Jets and 481 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: they will have, you know, an extra three days to 482 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: get ready for that. They have the Jets and then 483 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:39,879 Speaker 1: they go to Buffalo, then Tampa's here, then at Miami 484 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 1: and at the Eagles. Um, you know again, uh, you know, 485 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 1: we know about Buffalo, they may be the best team 486 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 1: in the a f C. Tampa, we understand Brady will 487 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: be coming back. At Miami, they've really geared up, they 488 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: think they can win now. And then they're at the 489 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: Eagles before they get to buy And again, I don't 490 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 1: know how the Eagles have made a number of offseason moves, 491 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 1: but um, the Steelers just traditionally haven't played well there. Yeah, 492 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 1: you know, I look at that stretch and that might be, um, 493 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,400 Speaker 1: the most difficult stretch of the season, I think when 494 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 1: you look at that, because yeah, I mean three of 495 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 1: those four on the road, which you know won't be easy. 496 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: You mentioned, you know that one is a Sunday night 497 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: game in Miami, so again you're not getting back Monday 498 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: until four am, five am in the morning and then 499 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 1: you have to turn around and go to Philadelphia the 500 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: next week. So that will be a very difficult stretch. Um, 501 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 1: you know, a game against the Bills and Buffalo. If 502 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: you're gonna play the Bills, you'd I think you'd rather 503 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 1: play them October nine as opposed to December nine. You know, 504 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 1: they go up there when when the weather is like that. 505 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: And uh, you know to Matt's point about the you 506 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: know the the new systems are new quarterbacks. I mean 507 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: you look at that schedule. They don't play a team 508 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: with a new head coach until Miami. That's the that's 509 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: the one that that that stands out there. That's the 510 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 1: first new head coach that they play. And then they 511 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 1: play the Saints and Tampa Tampa same system. You know 512 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: what that's gonna look like. But Miami he's bringing in 513 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: a whole different He bring in the RAMS type system. So, um, 514 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 1: you'll have you have gotten a look at what they 515 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: are by that time. Yeah, and that Eagles game does 516 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,400 Speaker 1: stand out two stand you mentioned you know, they don't 517 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:29,360 Speaker 1: play well in Philly for whatever reason. Um, but they're 518 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: a hard team to prepare against too, kind of like 519 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,159 Speaker 1: the Ravens. They run the balls. They're always very, very 520 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 1: good on the line of scrimmage. They have a very 521 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: deep defensive line now just picked up Jordan Davis. That's 522 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 1: going to be a physical game no matter what. And 523 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 1: they run the ball so much. They're like the Ravens 524 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: that if you're not used to playing against them, it's 525 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: a little different than the average week. And then one 526 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: more note I wanted to mention here too, is I 527 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: like that the bye is in the middle of the 528 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: year or late. You know, I don't want an early by, 529 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: so I'm fine with that, but boy, I wish one 530 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: of the road games was knocked out after the bye. 531 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 1: You know, it makes so much easier their home in 532 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: the next two weeks on the next two weeks after 533 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: the bye, like so really it's I mean, in that respect, 534 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,640 Speaker 1: it's a very you know, if you don't leave Pittsburgh, 535 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: you don't leave the state of Pennsylvania for over a month, 536 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: right right, because you're at Philadelphia, have the bye week, 537 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 1: and then you have two back to back home games. 538 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 1: Goes back to stands point. I mean, there's very little 539 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 1: mileage put on easier and they don't go far. Miami 540 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: is the farthest road trip, and a lot of that 541 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: is because of you know, they're they're they're you know 542 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: they're playing um, you know, the NFC South. It's Stan 543 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: severeign Matt Williamson, Mike Presuda, Dale Lali. The Steelers Reveal 544 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: Schedule Revealed show on w d V and Steelers Nation Radio. 545 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 1: Back to the Steelers Schedule preview show on one or 546 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: two point five d V e Steelers fans. The two 547 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: schedulers now out and a limited number of individual game 548 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,480 Speaker 1: tickets for the two season will be available to the 549 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: general public through tick Master beginning Friday tomorrow at noon Ticketmaster. 550 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 1: There you go, Stan Severeign, Dale Ali, Matt Williamson, and 551 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: Mike Presuta. Mike. There's no easy portion of an NFL schedule. 552 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 1: But even though they play Baltimore twice in the second 553 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 1: half of the season, if you will half the first 554 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 1: eight games, they have three home games, five on the road. 555 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: There are five home games will be in the second half. 556 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: Do you look at the second half as slightly easier 557 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: than the first half? Yeah, probably slightly. Stand I know, personally, 558 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: I'd rather have my home games later because in theory, 559 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: you're gonna be in the stretch and in contention, and 560 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 1: the games are gonna be, at least perceptually a little 561 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 1: bit bigger, and you'd rather have him home at least 562 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: I would think so. But I wanted to touch on 563 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 1: something you guys hit last segment with the unknown factor, 564 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:00,120 Speaker 1: the Steeler's offense. I think this is gonna be a 565 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: fascinating study in camp. And I know I was I 566 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: was joking about keeping the goal line drill stats and uh, 567 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: you know, third down and things like that, But what 568 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 1: is this really gonna look like? Dale? I know we 569 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 1: were there every day last year at Hines Field and 570 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 1: we saw a lot of stuff we never saw the 571 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: regular season, or we saw it very infrequently. I think 572 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 1: this is gonna be, uh, the full frontal Matt Canada. 573 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: And I think he's got the pieces to be able 574 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 1: to exploit what he wants to do. And I think 575 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 1: the teams that they play are gonna be in for 576 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 1: I don't want to say a rude awakening, but particularly 577 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,960 Speaker 1: the teams that are used to playing the Steelers fairly regularly. 578 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna look a lot different on offense 579 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 1: this year. Yeah, I definitely think it will too, Mike, 580 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 1: And you know, just from the quarterback change alone. I mean, 581 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,479 Speaker 1: you knew where Ben Roethlisberger was going to be. And 582 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,720 Speaker 1: that's not I'm not breaking any new ground there or 583 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: anything like that. I mean just wasn't all that mobile 584 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: and you knew the ball was coming out quickly. Um. 585 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: You know, you look at what they've added, uh in 586 00:31:56,080 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 1: the draft with a guy like Austin Um who's a 587 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 1: you know, kind of a shifty, speedy guy. Uh. You know, 588 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: you look at what they added at the wide receiver position, 589 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 1: you know, in terms of in the second round as well, 590 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: and you know the new pieces on the offensive line. 591 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 1: I think this is gonna look much different both you know, 592 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,200 Speaker 1: both quarterbacks that they brought in our mobile guys. Uh, 593 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna see a lot of the things 594 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: that presumably, you know, we saw last year as you 595 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 1: mentioned in training camp and then didn't see again for 596 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: much of the season. Well it's assumed, well it's it's 597 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,280 Speaker 1: not assumed. It's presumed that Kenny Pickett is a good 598 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: fifth of the match Canada offense. Is Mitch Robinsky, Matt, 599 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 1: I think so. I mean just in terms of physical traits, 600 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,000 Speaker 1: I mean, he's a very good athlete, A big, strong guy. 601 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,200 Speaker 1: One thing I do know about Pickett that I'm uncertain 602 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:52,240 Speaker 1: with Trabinsky. Everyone talks about Pickett in his small hands 603 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 1: and all that, but he's very good with ball fakes 604 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: and things like that. Ball skills. I think that's gonna 605 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 1: be very important in this. You know, a jet and 606 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:06,239 Speaker 1: motion fake, the handoff, you know the deception things in 607 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:10,360 Speaker 1: the pocket, and and you know directly after the snap. UM. 608 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 1: To be honest, and I'm not avoiding the question, but 609 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 1: I didn't didn't exactly know what Canada wanted until this 610 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 1: offseason because he inherited Ben. I mean, how important is running? 611 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 1: I think that there's certainly a a bottom line that 612 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 1: there has to be with an ability to move. But 613 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 1: I think both these guys are really adept at ball fake, 614 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: rollout deception and will fit those things well. I don't 615 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 1: know if they're gonna run for a ton of yards, 616 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: but they're gonna be on the move a lot. Well. 617 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,040 Speaker 1: When you look at the end of the season, of course, 618 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: and this is what they like to do. UM three 619 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 1: of the last five games against division teams the last weekend, 620 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,400 Speaker 1: that's what they like to do. And you know, playing 621 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 1: sometimes at the same time, Uh, so nobody can stand 622 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 1: bag the last weekend of the season. Um, is that 623 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: a good thing to get Baltimore Weiss in the last 624 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:09,600 Speaker 1: five weeks. Yeah. Yeah. Made the point earlier that it's 625 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:11,680 Speaker 1: all about health when it's that short of a window, 626 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:13,800 Speaker 1: because you know, sometimes the guy's hurt, he missed this 627 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: one game, but he comes back to play the next one. 628 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 1: If Cleveland has an injury in UH on September two, 629 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:24,160 Speaker 1: it's a good chance that guy might be healthy January seven, eight, UH, 630 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:28,160 Speaker 1: the Ravens game, it's it's gonna depend on availability, maybe 631 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 1: as much as anything else, both of those Ravens games. Yeah, 632 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 1: I mean if you look at how they finished last 633 00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:35,319 Speaker 1: year after this, after they started, i mean they were, 634 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,399 Speaker 1: you know, they were they had a two or three 635 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,200 Speaker 1: game lead in the in the division when they eight 636 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,320 Speaker 1: and three or whatever, and then it didn't win another 637 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:44,239 Speaker 1: game after they after Lamar went out, So you know 638 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 1: that is it's huge. I mean, who's who's gonna have 639 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: who's gonna have their quarterback and who's not down the 640 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,000 Speaker 1: stretch you know, we're any key player for that matter. Well, 641 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 1: this is hard to figure. And Matt made the point 642 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,840 Speaker 1: early on when we see that the Browns of the 643 00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:59,719 Speaker 1: third game, even if it isn't on Thursday and it 644 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,319 Speaker 1: is in Cleveland again. Uh, you know you want to 645 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 1: look at the opponent schedule to see where they're kind 646 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,239 Speaker 1: of scanning through those. Now, I'll tell you what. The 647 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:11,319 Speaker 1: Brown's gotta their their first the first month of their 648 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:15,520 Speaker 1: season is really cake. Uh. The Steelers game is easily 649 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:19,040 Speaker 1: the hardest game for them. If you've got it up 650 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:20,719 Speaker 1: there while you lives, I'm trying to get at the 651 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,480 Speaker 1: home while you are. I did a little bit of 652 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,160 Speaker 1: recon work at the break to just seeing where these 653 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:26,480 Speaker 1: teams were going to be at the beginning of the 654 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,759 Speaker 1: steal schedule. I have gone all the way through it. 655 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:32,239 Speaker 1: The Patriots are at Miami for a brutal, nasty game 656 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:35,560 Speaker 1: in week one. Yeah, they have trouble before they come here, 657 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,520 Speaker 1: so I mean, I mean, I know it's a week remove, 658 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,200 Speaker 1: but it's a road game and a terrible place to play. 659 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: Maybe they're a little weary, I don't know. And then 660 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,960 Speaker 1: the Browns on that short week in week three their 661 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,800 Speaker 1: home the week before, so you're starting like they're traveling. 662 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:53,799 Speaker 1: There's their schedule to start the season. Brown's Panthers now 663 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,200 Speaker 1: the only way that game is interesting is if they 664 00:35:56,239 --> 00:36:00,160 Speaker 1: release Baker Mayfield and he signs with the Panthers. I'm 665 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 1: thinking that's what the league schedulers thought about. Then the 666 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,960 Speaker 1: Browns host the Jets, then they host the Steelers. Then 667 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 1: the Browns travel to Atlanta. You can't ask for a 668 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 1: much easier starting schedule. That's Jacoby said. That doesn't if 669 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:15,879 Speaker 1: it's Jacoby ver said, it's not because then they host 670 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:19,279 Speaker 1: the Chargers, then they travel to Baltimore. UM, you know, 671 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:22,800 Speaker 1: so if it's Jacoby Brissett for let's say six games, 672 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,000 Speaker 1: what's their record gonna be coming out of that? I don't. 673 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,480 Speaker 1: I don't know. It's gonna be great, an easy game. Well, 674 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,040 Speaker 1: like you said, you know, you challenge me. Do we 675 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:34,759 Speaker 1: consider them contenders? Do we consider Baltimore contenders? They were 676 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:38,200 Speaker 1: a sub five hundred team. I do. They were historically 677 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:41,600 Speaker 1: injured last year, and I just have extreme faith in 678 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:43,839 Speaker 1: that team. UM, I may even pick them to win 679 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:45,400 Speaker 1: the division. To be honest with you, I think they 680 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 1: and that's a strong organization, strong head coach. I think 681 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,640 Speaker 1: last year was the exception, not the rule. I let's 682 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:55,520 Speaker 1: put it this way, guys, I count on them being 683 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,279 Speaker 1: in it at the end. Oh yeah, when I when 684 00:36:58,280 --> 00:36:59,799 Speaker 1: I go into a season, I want to go back 685 00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:02,600 Speaker 1: some you said, Mike, and I did highlight it. Um. 686 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:07,680 Speaker 1: I loved the term self assured about the Bengals. Um, 687 00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,520 Speaker 1: good for them, you know, kudos for what they did. 688 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:14,000 Speaker 1: They were still a ten and seven football team. Um. 689 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,440 Speaker 1: And I'm not trying to take anything away from him, 690 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:19,760 Speaker 1: But I don't know. I'm if you're in a super Bowl, Uh, 691 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:23,160 Speaker 1: you know you did something special. But have the Bengals 692 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:27,520 Speaker 1: really arrived. I'm not saying it was flukish, but I'm 693 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,880 Speaker 1: just wondering about the mindset down there. They played a 694 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:34,279 Speaker 1: very competitive game against the Rams. Um. I I just 695 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:39,760 Speaker 1: not all to me, not all the eyes are crossed, 696 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:44,000 Speaker 1: our eyes dotted, the teas crossed, the conversation we I'm 697 00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:46,640 Speaker 1: sorry to interrupted to quote Labs a couple of years 698 00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,480 Speaker 1: ago when everybody was annoying the Browns. He's like, let's 699 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:52,640 Speaker 1: see how they do with five prime time games and 700 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,759 Speaker 1: they get home late at night. They gotta go on 701 00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:57,080 Speaker 1: the road the next week. And you know, I'm sure 702 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:58,840 Speaker 1: I don't have the Bengal schedule in front of me, 703 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,040 Speaker 1: but I'm sure it's more to May ending you mentioned 704 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,680 Speaker 1: it's the first place schedule. That's three games against first 705 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,279 Speaker 1: place teams as opposed to and the very toughest based 706 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,239 Speaker 1: on last year's right, right, right, I mean it's in 707 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,560 Speaker 1: and as Dale mentioned, no one, they're not seeking up 708 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:14,120 Speaker 1: on anybody and expectations and you know, how do they 709 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,759 Speaker 1: handle success? Uh, these are all things you don't know 710 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:19,880 Speaker 1: until you know. And I liked what they've done in 711 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:22,480 Speaker 1: the off season. I think they had two glaring weaknesses, 712 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,040 Speaker 1: and you know, they were a super Bowl team last year, 713 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,360 Speaker 1: so it's relative. But I thought the offensive line was 714 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,840 Speaker 1: really poor and they went after that in veteran free agency. 715 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,120 Speaker 1: And I thought their defensive backfield was poor and they 716 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:34,560 Speaker 1: went after that in the draft. So I think they're 717 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,879 Speaker 1: trying to push the right buttons. But they're still in transition. 718 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,560 Speaker 1: And uh, I think Dale center earlier some people might 719 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:44,880 Speaker 1: not be surprised by them or sleeping on them maybe, 720 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,279 Speaker 1: as was probably the case a couple of times last year. 721 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:50,759 Speaker 1: So uh, I got nothing but respect, but I'm not 722 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,560 Speaker 1: gonna put them in the easy past to the NFL 723 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:56,200 Speaker 1: fer their final six games. Guys. Okay, they play the 724 00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:59,800 Speaker 1: Steelers Sunday, November twenty on a as A as a 725 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,560 Speaker 1: day night game. They're on the road again the next 726 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:07,879 Speaker 1: week in Tennessee. Then they host the Chiefs, then they're back. 727 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,160 Speaker 1: Then they're back on the road to play the Buccaneers. 728 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,799 Speaker 1: Then they had to New England to play the Patriots, 729 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:16,160 Speaker 1: and then they finish up at the Ravens at home. 730 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:20,040 Speaker 1: That's a pretty that's a pretty solid seven games stretch there, 731 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,680 Speaker 1: of you know how many you winn into those. That's 732 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,799 Speaker 1: a good point. While you were talking there, continue to 733 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,319 Speaker 1: do a little bit of work here. That Sunday October 734 00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:34,680 Speaker 1: game at Philly, the Steelers will played eight games in 735 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,399 Speaker 1: a row. The Eagles will be coming off the there 736 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:40,239 Speaker 1: by for that game, which you hate to see, you know. 737 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:44,040 Speaker 1: And then the same is true for Week eleven when 738 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:46,399 Speaker 1: they play the Bengals. The Bengals will be coming off 739 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,279 Speaker 1: there by for that game. That's a big deal. They 740 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,960 Speaker 1: got two weeks to prepare for the Steelers, both those teams. 741 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:55,200 Speaker 1: The good thing is that since any game will be here. Yeah, 742 00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:59,000 Speaker 1: we've talked a lot about the moving parts um for 743 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:02,200 Speaker 1: the Steelers new moving parts including I don't know it 744 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:06,799 Speaker 1: to be a quarterback controversy um. In advance I kind 745 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,680 Speaker 1: of feel for Mitch Drabinsky because the first pass that 746 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,120 Speaker 1: hits the dirt or the first pass that hits an 747 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,279 Speaker 1: opponent's hands, guess what's gonna happen, you know, number one 748 00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:19,359 Speaker 1: draft pick, local hero, you know, the whole routine. How 749 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:23,000 Speaker 1: likely is it that the Steelers given all the new 750 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:26,200 Speaker 1: elements to their offense at least how likely is it 751 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:28,120 Speaker 1: they get off to a good start. Will it take 752 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:32,200 Speaker 1: him some time to round in the form? I think 753 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,520 Speaker 1: Trabinsky will be the guy stand I'm with you, and 754 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,920 Speaker 1: I know again they didn't draft pick it to watch, 755 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:39,200 Speaker 1: but to just throw him right in. They weren't gonna 756 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: throw Ben Roethlisberger right in and her hand got forced 757 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:45,640 Speaker 1: by injuries to uh Charlie Batch and Tommy Maddox. With 758 00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:49,640 Speaker 1: the so much youth on the offensive side of the ball. 759 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:51,960 Speaker 1: And one of the things I like about Traubinsky is 760 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,000 Speaker 1: he is gonna have to sing for his supper. He 761 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:57,320 Speaker 1: came here two re established his career. You know, is 762 00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,239 Speaker 1: he gonna be a backup or is he gonna be 763 00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:01,759 Speaker 1: a guy at stall arts in the league. If not here, 764 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,160 Speaker 1: then somewhere else. So he's been through a lot of 765 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,880 Speaker 1: ups and downs and and a lot of uh tumult 766 00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:10,799 Speaker 1: in Chicago. I think the year off basically last year's 767 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,839 Speaker 1: the backup in Buffalo was a good reset for him, 768 00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:14,680 Speaker 1: and I think he's gonna hit the ground runner and 769 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,880 Speaker 1: if Kenny Pickett beats him out, uh, that will would 770 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:19,880 Speaker 1: signify to me that Kenny Pickett had a hell of 771 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,680 Speaker 1: a camp and they were really spot on rating him 772 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:24,759 Speaker 1: as highly as they did. Yeah, I'm with you, Mike 773 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:28,359 Speaker 1: on that one. I think Rabinsky again, That's that's why 774 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,200 Speaker 1: I probably wouldn't have drafted a quarterback here, because the 775 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:34,399 Speaker 1: great thing about it is if Drabinsky is good, then 776 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:36,799 Speaker 1: you've got a quarterback. If he's not good, then you're 777 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,000 Speaker 1: gonna be in position to draft a quarterback next year, 778 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,040 Speaker 1: better position than you were this year. Although they did 779 00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:44,080 Speaker 1: get their number one guy, so I get why they 780 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:46,719 Speaker 1: did what they did. Uh, And you're basically taking two 781 00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:49,040 Speaker 1: bites out of the apple, uh, you know, for for 782 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:52,160 Speaker 1: a new starting quarterback. But I I'm with you, guys. 783 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,440 Speaker 1: I think Drabinsky starts the season. Is the is the starter, 784 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:56,440 Speaker 1: and we'll see how long that goes. Based on the 785 00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:59,719 Speaker 1: premise that they're not a super Bowl team this year. 786 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,200 Speaker 1: I think that's fair to say. Then this was a 787 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:05,200 Speaker 1: year to find out about Drabinsky, no harm, no file. 788 00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:07,640 Speaker 1: I mean, nobody wants to go seven and ten. I 789 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:10,360 Speaker 1: mean I understand that, and the tradition and the history 790 00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,840 Speaker 1: around here suggests that, you know, they're thinking themselves a 791 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:17,560 Speaker 1: playoff team. That's a that's a legitimate contention. But this 792 00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:20,239 Speaker 1: was a year to buy some time to make decisions 793 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,319 Speaker 1: as they build is what they're doing. They're building they 794 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:27,399 Speaker 1: hope a contender as early as next year. Yeah, I'm 795 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:29,080 Speaker 1: on board with all that too, And I would have 796 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:32,200 Speaker 1: leaned towards quarterback next year or Trabinsky, you know, I mean, 797 00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:34,240 Speaker 1: if if that hits, that's why I really was pushing 798 00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:37,640 Speaker 1: for the Trabinsky signing or someone of that ilk um. 799 00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:42,880 Speaker 1: But that being said, when rolled around on last Thursday, 800 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,600 Speaker 1: there wasn't names screaming at it. Jordan Davis wasn't sitting there, 801 00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:48,960 Speaker 1: or there wasn't a ton of names to say, well 802 00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:51,400 Speaker 1: this guy is so much better than pick it. But 803 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,880 Speaker 1: if they were willing to trade up to get Picket, 804 00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:58,880 Speaker 1: why not trade enough for Davis? Well, you know what 805 00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:02,359 Speaker 1: I mean? Well that that was my question. If we're 806 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:04,480 Speaker 1: going to trade up for picking and you and then 807 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:06,120 Speaker 1: you find out you can get him later and you 808 00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:09,959 Speaker 1: could have traded down. Why not trade up for Jordan Davis. Well, 809 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:12,600 Speaker 1: they didn't trade up, so they weren't willing to do it. 810 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:18,920 Speaker 1: Maybe the price was too high. They were talking to Houston. 811 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,279 Speaker 1: According to reports out of Houston, the GM down there 812 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,719 Speaker 1: said they were talking with the Steelers about somebody, but uh, 813 00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:27,319 Speaker 1: it never came to fruition. Uh. I would have gone 814 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:29,719 Speaker 1: Malik Willis just because he was the guy that you 815 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:32,040 Speaker 1: could marinate if you were going to draft a quarterback. 816 00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:34,160 Speaker 1: But I got no problem with having two good ones 817 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,960 Speaker 1: at that position. Uh, you don't want to run out there. 818 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:39,840 Speaker 1: And Uh, if if they get to a year and 819 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:41,200 Speaker 1: a half from now and they think both of them 820 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,120 Speaker 1: were good and they want to move one, that's that's 821 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:46,239 Speaker 1: a good problem to have. My other concern and and 822 00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:51,080 Speaker 1: and this was highlighted by their declining the option on 823 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:54,919 Speaker 1: Devin Bush. Uh. Yes, a moment ago Stan who else 824 00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:59,080 Speaker 1: was out there? Uh, Devin Lloyd, the inside linebacker from Utah. 825 00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:01,800 Speaker 1: They seemed to will be continually running out of inside 826 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:06,239 Speaker 1: linebackers here, and that's a pretty important position in their defense. Um, 827 00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:08,239 Speaker 1: I might have gone in that direction on round one, 828 00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:13,040 Speaker 1: but again, the quarterback position takes priority, and one way 829 00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:14,960 Speaker 1: or another, they should have this figure it out for 830 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:17,759 Speaker 1: the foreseeable future. Now. Well, by the way, just in 831 00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:21,040 Speaker 1: case you're counting, we're four months away from the beginning 832 00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:25,399 Speaker 1: of the regular season on Sunday, September the eleventh, at 833 00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:29,440 Speaker 1: Cincinnati at Paul Brown. Stay me's a one o'clock kickoff. 834 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:34,920 Speaker 1: It's been really fun being with everybody. Matt, Williamson, Dale, Lolly, 835 00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:39,560 Speaker 1: Mike Presuta, thanks for being here. Um. We'll continue with 836 00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:43,120 Speaker 1: programming not only on w d V but also on 837 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:45,719 Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio, and of course all the games can 838 00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:49,680 Speaker 1: be heard on your flagship station for the Pittsburgh Steelers 839 00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:54,040 Speaker 1: Radio network, w d V Pittsburgh and also ESPN Pittsburgh 840 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:57,000 Speaker 1: AM nine seventy. Guys, been my pleasure. Nice to be 841 00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:59,880 Speaker 1: with you. Always a pleasure, all right, Thanks to everyone, 842 00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:03,799 Speaker 1: So thanks Mike, Thanks everyone listening on dv E and 843 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:09,560 Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio. H