1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on Home of the Black and 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: Goal Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back. I am Dale Ali, 3 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: he is Matt Williamson, and this is the Drive on 4 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio. And Matt um So, Mike Tomlin. Uh, 5 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: the Steelers win yesterday fourteen over the Cleveland Browns to 6 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: get to nine and eight, and people me, I don't 7 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: want to hear about this Mike Tomlin winning. It's the 8 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 1: second longest winning streak in for a franchise. This goes 9 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 1: beyond Tomlin. But Tomlin has never had a losing season. 10 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: All we heard before this, well that was a Ben 11 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: Roethlisberger stats forgetting the fact that in they didn't have 12 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger. They were in two with Roethlisberger quarterback, eight 13 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: and six with Mason Rudolphin dock codges. Look at what 14 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: happened to to losing two out of the three losing 15 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: season or two and the last two and the last 16 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: last three seasons. Belichick's had a losing record without Tom Brady. Right, absolutely, 17 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: but by no means what I say all that success 18 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: for Brady stats only, I mean this is I mean, 19 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: great quarterback coach combinations through history is a two way 20 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: street I mean, if you have one without the other, 21 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: you kind of hit your head in the ceiling a 22 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: little bright. Um, Ben wasn't phenomenal at the end of 23 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: his career either. You mentioned the year without him. Sure 24 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 1: it helps, I mean, there's no question about it. But 25 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: that's a lot of years in a row and never 26 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: stub your Oh. I think it's very impressied. Sean Payton 27 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: wasn't didn't have winning seasons every year that he had 28 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: Drew Brees, No, of course not. You know, um, Mike 29 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: McCartney or McCarthy had losing seasons with with Rogers, Rogers. 30 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, every Hall of Fame quarterback never 31 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: has losing season. Right, It's not how it works. It's 32 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: not how if you look at right now, Okay, here 33 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: the here, the head coach is currently in the NFL. 34 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:11,679 Speaker 1: As we sit here, this is gonna include some guys 35 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 1: who have gotten fired. So yeah, Bill Belichick sitting atop 36 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: the pile with three nine career wins. He's got a 37 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 1: six sixty six winning percentage. Pously Andy Reid is now 38 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: number two with two hundred and sixty six wins a 39 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: six thirty three winning percentage. I thought he might rival 40 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: Belichick for percentage. His chief numbers are probably over oh yeah, 41 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: without question. You got Pete Carroll then with a hundred 42 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: and seventy two wins with a five eighty five winning percentage. 43 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: He's won seventy two, one two and one. That's in 44 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: seventeen years, winning season this year as well. Yeah, And 45 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 1: then he got Tomlin with a hundred and seventy one. 46 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: He's won seventy one, one oh two and two. It's 47 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: a six five winning He's one game behind Pete Carroll, 48 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: one game behind, but a much better. But his coach 49 00:02:57,760 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: one fewer years as well. It makes sense he was 50 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: obviously has less time. Mike McCarthy has a six oh 51 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: eight winning percentage. He's one sixty five, one oh six 52 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: and two. Um, it's Peyton on that listers. He does 53 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: not because he wasn't act. Yeah, he's not on here. 54 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 1: Hardball hardbar comes in with a hundred and fifty eight wins. 55 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: He's one one oh three and oh that's a six 56 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: oh five winning percentage. Then you get down to run 57 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: RIVERA is the only other coach currently in the NFL 58 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: with more than a hundred wins. I didn't think would 59 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: bring his name one oh one and to a five 60 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: fifteen winning percentage. So Harbor and better who was but 61 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: who was between the right above Harbor McCarthy. I don't 62 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: think he's a Hall of Famer, but I think all 63 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: the others are. And but you could make the case 64 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: that from McCarthy, he's got a Super Bowl, he's sixty 65 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: five wins. I think he might get fired when they lose. 66 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: They have terrible yesterday, I mean, but fair enough. I 67 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: mean he also did have Aaron Rodgers and you know, 68 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you can't talk of both ads your out 69 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: of him. But I don't think he's at the same 70 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: level of those as those other guys. Frank and I 71 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: would have Payton at that level too. Um one thing 72 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: I was going to look at and maybe even know 73 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: this off the top of your head or we could 74 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: figure it out in two minutes. But so the Steelers 75 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: were once again the a f C team closest to 76 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: making the playoffs. Is that three of the last five 77 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: years or is it four or six? Something like like 78 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: every time they haven't played a meaningless game since I 79 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 1: believe two thousand and twelve. Yeah, that they were out 80 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: of it, that they were out of it going into 81 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 1: the last week of the season, which is remarkable, remarkable 82 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 1: and right, you know, the Rams just won the Super Bowl. 83 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 1: They have been into it, they have been in it 84 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: for six weeks, you know, because you're bound to have 85 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: mcveigh's talking about getting I can't take this, I can't 86 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: I'm done. I can't take this losing, and you're just 87 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: bound to get hit by injuries in one of those years, 88 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 1: you know. I mean, the league's ruthless, so I do 89 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: think though, Yeah, they have not gone to the playoffs 90 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: every year during that stretch, but they were the close 91 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: just one almost every time. I think we were the 92 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: one one off, which I mean it's better than being 93 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: off without a doubt. I mean there's something to be 94 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,359 Speaker 1: said about that, you know, the fact that he gives 95 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 1: you a chance every year. I would say this too, 96 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: that if he didn't have that track record, I don't 97 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: think they get to a winning season this year, you 98 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: know what I mean. Building. I think the players. I 99 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: think the players believe in it, right, like, hey, I've 100 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: been down this road. Here's five years worth of an 101 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: examples of you know, things didn't go our way early. 102 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 1: Stick with it. We're not out of this. It's a 103 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: Marathon all those type of things. Yeah, I think it's 104 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: very impressive. I think, you know, you look at this 105 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: and that longevity. Again, I just mentioned that, you know, 106 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: uh um, Sean McVeigh, great young coach. Everybody we want 107 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 1: the next Sean McVeigh. He started six years old. He's 108 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 1: already talking about moving to the you know, taking a 109 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: year off because he's he's burned out by this. Yes, 110 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: side note, I wonder if it's going to be a 111 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: trend that, you know, Peyton jumps off the ship whenever 112 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: it starts to sink or you know, the Rams are 113 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: the best example ever and good for them. They want 114 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl. But hey, owner, let's sell all of 115 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: our first round picks for Jalen Ramsey and all these dudes. 116 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: And then it's like, now the going is getting tough. 117 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: I got to dude that I'm gonna get out. I'm 118 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: gonna get out of town. Good luck for the next dude. Yeah, 119 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 1: you pick up dinner. I'm leaving, you know, but I'm 120 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 1: gonna leave you. I wonder if some of these coaches, yeah, 121 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: because you walk away. Okay. Mcveigh's he's sixty seven and 122 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: forty one now. His career that's fantastic, all right, great 123 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: he took over a struggling team with golf that wasn't 124 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: doing well, so he didn't inherit greatness. But if you 125 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: jump ship like that, if you jump ship, if you're 126 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: Sean Payton and you jump ship when the going gets oh, 127 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: I know, Bree is gone. I'm getting I'm out of 128 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: a total disaster. Maybe I can sweak out one more year, 129 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 1: but I don't want to go. I don't want to 130 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: go five and twelve. You know, like there's all this 131 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:03,239 Speaker 1: talk about harbors interviewing around the NFL right now from Michigan. 132 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: Why doesn't he tell the Panthers owner, Hey, I got 133 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: a plan. Let's trade all of our first round picks 134 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: max and our credit cards like crazy, and hey the 135 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: owner might be on board, Like that sounds good. Now 136 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: it comes back to your argument. You know, if you 137 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: win a if you win a super Bowl, then it 138 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: was worth it. But look at how many teams don't 139 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl by going all in and then 140 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: for a perfect example, and then you're you're you're in 141 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: that cycle of oh, here we go again. You know, 142 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: it's it's over here, and we get we getta rebuild again. Yeah, 143 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: but back to that conversation a little bit, like with 144 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: Harbaugh or McVeigh, like they always hardball, will always have 145 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: a college job waiting for him. He could go all 146 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: in with the team, sell all your assets. Maybe one 147 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: super will maybe not. If it doesn't work by I'm 148 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: gonna go to USC or whatever and wherever I want, 149 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: you know, And McVeigh is the same way my son 150 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: was asking about. It's like why would he hang it up? 151 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: Like Mike, he holds all the cards, he's thirty sick, 152 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: he can chill. He's you know, hang out with his 153 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: girlfriend or whoever for a year, maybe go to the 154 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: booth or not get paid a ton to do it. 155 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: Your your name is gonna be mentioned for every job opening, 156 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: like yeah, and it's happening with Sean Payton right now. 157 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: You can pick you can hand pick your next pot. 158 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: I'm not taking the Texas job because it's one of 159 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 1: thirty two. You'll pick the one that you absolutely want. 160 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: Maybe Tomlin hangs it up. If you take this one, 161 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: you know, you just wait around for the one you 162 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: like best. And you're only thirty six, Like you have 163 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: all the cards in the world. So if you've banked 164 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: a few millions, and and you have a lot of 165 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: earning power going for you're doing chunky super commercials and 166 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: coaching is hard. It is where's you out? That's you know? 167 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: That's to me is the is the biggest testament to 168 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: to Tomlin, to hardball guys like that so many last 169 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: ten years to do it and continuously do it and 170 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: have some of the ups and downs. Like Belichicks the 171 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: last the last few years have been a little more 172 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: downisht on him. But for a long time there Okay, 173 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: we're gonna win twelve games this year and you know it. 174 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: And you know what, going into the division every year 175 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: every year, I mean for decades. Yeah, that's not hard. Well, 176 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: it's not as hard. It's not as hard as going 177 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: into this going Okay, I think we got nine win 178 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: talent um. If we can get to ten, that means 179 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: I did a great job. If you know, if we 180 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: have we have average talent, but I can coax us 181 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: into the playoffs by winning nine or ten games. That's tough, 182 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: that stuff. I meant more, it's tough in terms of 183 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 1: your body, your lack of sleep, You don't have a life, 184 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,319 Speaker 1: your family doesn't know who you are, You know that 185 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: type of thing, right, just it wears people out. Like 186 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: Vincent Pardi, I think, was the Packers coach for nine years, 187 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,959 Speaker 1: like I gotta step away, and he goes to Washington 188 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: a little bit, and Madden lasted like eight years or 189 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: something less than that. I mean, there's so many examples 190 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: where it starts to be ten years or so. It's like, 191 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: I'm not sure I can physically do this much longer. 192 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: That's why I think, you know, I think that the 193 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: Rooneys have done a good job of not just hiring coaches, 194 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: but hiring the right coach is a guy who's going 195 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: to be in it. You know, Bill Cawer was fifteen 196 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: years when when when he stepped away. Um, whenever the 197 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: day comes, I'm sure the Steeler's next side coach won't 198 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: be a fifty eight year old. No, it's not gonna 199 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: be a retrend. It's gonna be somebody a young, a 200 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: lot of energy, plans on doing this a long time 201 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: if they can, because that's what they that's what they want, 202 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: and and so you know, Tomlin fits that Bill. I 203 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: don't know that Mike is ever going to get tired 204 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: of coaching football. Yeah, this is what he does. Yeah, 205 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: I thought the same in McVeigh, But I mean, again, 206 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: who knows it's they all can write their own check though. 207 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:44,079 Speaker 1: I mean McVeigh. McVeigh could be pulling there and Donald 208 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: here and trying to get you know the way, Wait, 209 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: we just won the Super Bowl. I might retire and 210 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: then they throw a bunch of more money at you 211 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: give me another or he knows deep down Stafford's retiring 212 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:55,719 Speaker 1: and Donald doesn't want to do it much more, and 213 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 1: it's like Ramsey's not gonna stay. And but this was 214 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 1: specifically when the Steelers gave Mike Tomlin his last contract 215 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: extension and what two years ago now, you know, um, 216 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 1: they talked about Art Rooney. The second said, we know 217 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger's near the end of his career. Um, you 218 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: know Kevin Kevin at that point, Kevin's you know, a 219 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: year to year at that point. We know, yeah, we know, 220 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 1: and Mike knows he uh that that's the case. But 221 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 1: he wants to be the guy to lead us into 222 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: the next uh whatever it is for Steelers. Didn't don't 223 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: maybe you know what I mean, Like I did it. 224 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: I have a tremendous resume. I could probably get in 225 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. Without it, I've got rings, miss 226 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: my family, like a year off. Imagine what Tomlin would 227 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: be like in the booth would be unbelievably. He'd have 228 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 1: a job tomorrow as doing that stuff. But to say, 229 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna so you know, I'm gonna move 230 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: away from Brady, Gronk and all those dudes, and I'm 231 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: gonna give it a shot. I'm much for most would uh. 232 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 1: And that's what the Steelers did, That's what he did. Yeah, 233 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: So you know, I think that when you know, when 234 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: you look at this, I do think that that I 235 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: do think that that nineteen consecutive uh losing non losing 236 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: seasons does mean something. Again, second longest weak in NFL 237 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: history matches the Patriots. Uh, you know, if you look 238 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: at what they've done over that period, Yes, they've they've 239 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: won a couple of Super Bowls. They've been doing another one. Yeah, 240 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: I know, it hasn't happened in a while. People forget 241 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: during that stretch for the Patriots, they went ten years 242 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: remember without winning a Super Bowl. Yeah, Brady's had three 243 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: different dynasties basically. Yeah, I mean there was a stretcher 244 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 1: they were they won the they won the Super Bowl 245 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: in two thousand and four, they didn't win another one 246 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,199 Speaker 1: for the next decade. It wasn't just Steelers of the 247 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: seventies ripping through year after years. So you know, we're 248 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 1: people in New England saying, oh, we gotta get the 249 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 1: standards no longer the standard for Bill. We gotta get 250 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 1: rid of him. To Bill and Tom, they've lost it, 251 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: and then we'll pick up Randy Mosson Well was from there. 252 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: But I mean not I'm not gonna say I'm gonna 253 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: i'd be critical. But now there's the next step. Though, 254 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 1: if mar coach Somlin and you're gonna take on this 255 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: massive overhaul of the organization and the football team, I 256 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:14,959 Speaker 1: expect you to be better next year than this though 257 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: I don't know that they'll win more games, but I 258 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: expect the football team to be better when we when 259 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 1: the season ends and you and I do the last 260 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: drive of the regular season, I expect them to be 261 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: better than they were right this minute. But I think, 262 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: looking at it right now, I feel like this team 263 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 1: was better than last year's team, even though last year's 264 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: team made made the playoffs. And I'm not saying they 265 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: would beat the Bills but I think they would be 266 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: more competitive in the postseason than they were a year ago. 267 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: I think they stopped to run. They can run the football, 268 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: they have some identity. Yeah, and I do think today's 269 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: Steelers are better than three or sixty five days a 270 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: year ago. I wholeheartedly agree. Yeah, And I didn't know 271 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 1: that would be the case. Not that they were great 272 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: a year ago, but you knew there was going to 273 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 1: be issues this year. And but if they're not better 274 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: next year, and maybe that doesn't result in playoff victories, 275 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: well then it's a result based business. No one's no 276 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: one's teflon, you know, right, absolutely? Um, But I you know, 277 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: if this team takes a similar step next year to 278 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: the one that took this year, I mean remember at 279 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: the beginning of the season, we're talking about this offensive line. 280 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: We don't know if it's any good or not? What 281 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: do they have a quarterback? We don't know? Uh, can 282 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: they stop to run this year? We don't know that 283 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: they they were dead last last year and stopping to run? 284 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: Will you fix some of those things and I'll fix 285 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: you know, continue to take their steps forward? Right, you 286 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: should definitely bring in more than your loss. Yeah, looking 287 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: at the a f C. Okay, Kansas City, Kansas City 288 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: is still gonna be good. The quarterbacks are you know, 289 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: I think Cincinnati's gonna be Cincinnati's going to be good. 290 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: Buffalo is gonna be good. Those three teams. But then what, well, 291 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: I think Buffalo might go backwards. They could take a 292 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: step back. They don't have any catch base. Yeah, and 293 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: they're getting a little older, and you know, guys like 294 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: Payer and and you know some of those guys are 295 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: getting a little bit older. On Miller a good contract. 296 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: You know, Alan's costing a fifty million, Like I get 297 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 1: the Chiefs all the credit in the world because this 298 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: was their rebuild here, which is right, well, they've got 299 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: because they get the best player on the planet. But 300 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: they took a step back, saying we might have to 301 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: take a step back, trade Tyreek for picks because this 302 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: day is coming. We can't afford him, can't afford him. 303 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: But I want to see what it looks like when 304 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: when Kelsey falls off the cliff. Things like to find 305 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: another guy too for you know, um, but I look 306 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: at this who the other who the next teams? You know, 307 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: I thought it might be the Chargers this year. I'm 308 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: not sold on them. Now, I still worry about the 309 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: coaching and why is Herbert in the game so long? 310 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: And why is that clearly the game so and all 311 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: that things like that. You know, Um, they also aren't 312 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: I'm not making fun of the Chargers, but from ownership 313 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: all the way down to who sleeps the floors there 314 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: don't have a great track record. Yeah, the same thing 315 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: with like Jacksonville. Can Jacksonville b as you know, are 316 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: they the new surprise team or the new uh you 317 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: know rulers of the NFC or a FC South? Well 318 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: maybe maybe maybe for next year, but then they get 319 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: to start Lawrence and all those contracts that they signed 320 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: guys to this pass off season for jackson right now, 321 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, now you're gonna start cutting the 322 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: Christian Kirks and guys in that nature because you can't 323 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: afford them. We've seen this before in Jacksonville. Like Jacksonville, 324 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: I'll be highly critical if they don't own the South. 325 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, the next three issues, because I think Tennessee's junk, 326 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 1: Indianapolis is junk in Houston's junk. I mean it sets up. 327 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: That doesn't mean you're a contender, But if you can't 328 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: own that division for the next handful of years. Shame 329 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: on you here in trouble. And I think they're set 330 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 1: up to but they never have, right, I mean they 331 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: did when they had Fred Taylor and Jimmy Smith when 332 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: they first started with Tom Colin did a different owner 333 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: and yeah, built a team from scratch and he he 334 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: was still employed by the Jags. That remembers those days. 335 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: Probably not many, not many, But the a f C 336 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: is harder than the NFC. Like if I were Peyton 337 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: or somebody that are hardball, I'd rather go to the NFC. Yo. Yeah, 338 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: without a doubt, without a doubt. I'm just you know, 339 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: I'm looking at the Steelers schedule for next year. Now. 340 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: This year, according to Football Outsiders, the Steelers played the 341 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: second toughest schedule in the league start to finish, start 342 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: to finish. The Jets were number one, the Steelers are 343 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 1: number two. The Jets won seven games of Steelers one nine. Interesting, Okay, okay, 344 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 1: next year's schedule it looks so favorable. Oh my god. 345 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 1: So the homomut will change, of course, you know, but 346 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 1: teams Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, of course, of course, Arizona. Can 347 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 1: I have a new head coach new GM and head 348 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 1: coach as of today's official will Kyler even be what 349 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 1: if it's early the season, he's even there, right, Yeah, 350 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:38,440 Speaker 1: I mean they were one of the worst five teams 351 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: in the league this year, Green Bay. It looks like 352 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is going to retire, sure feels that way, 353 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: or he wants us to talk about him. I mean 354 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: when he doesn't, he says, now, I'm gonna hold onto 355 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: this Jersey this last game. Jersey tells me he's done. Yeah, 356 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:55,360 Speaker 1: Jacksonville here, if you're gonna play jackson we'd rather play 357 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 1: him here, no doubt. There's a couple of those teams 358 00:17:57,960 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: where it works out. And plus you have one more 359 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 1: home games. You're New England here. Yeah, you know, they're 360 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: always they're never gonna be a pushover no matter what. 361 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 1: But but they're off. I mean they're that didn't see 362 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 1: it was a better in New England right now? San 363 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 1: Francisco here, that's the beauty that one. Yeah, you don't 364 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: want to have to go there. We've seen what that 365 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 1: looks like a number of times and it's never good. 366 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 1: And then the Titans here. Besides the Bengals, I think 367 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 1: the Niners, the hardest team on your schedule as it 368 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: stands today, and it's here. But you've got them both 369 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: here the away games. This is like they can you 370 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 1: go seven? Can you go six and two? Seven and 371 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 1: one on the road? Right, But potentially you got the Ravens, 372 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: the Bengals, the Browns, Houston, Indianapolis. I think India will 373 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 1: be better than the nightmare they were this year. I 374 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 1: don't know if they will because they're probably gonna be 375 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 1: starting rookie quarterback. It's gonna be c. J. Straus, Rice Young, 376 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: or they're gonna be the team calling the Bears to 377 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,919 Speaker 1: get the one more than anybody, without a doubt. They 378 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: can only move up three spots. Then you get the Raiders, 379 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 1: who knows what, I don't know what. They're gonna have 380 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:04,239 Speaker 1: a different quarterback. The Rams, they may have nothing. They 381 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 1: may have Baker Mayfield and a new coach and retired 382 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 1: Aaron Donald and right in Seattle, yeah, I mean at 383 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: Seattle is always hard. But the Niners. First thoughts when 384 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: I saw it was, boy, it's nice not to have 385 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: the Bills and Chiefs on here like they do seem 386 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,639 Speaker 1: every year. You know what I mean, where you're you 387 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: know where you land in the division. I'm sure since 388 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: you'll be great. I don't know if the Ravens will 389 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 1: be anything constructed the way they are not. If he 390 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: doesn't play this week, I bet he's not a Raven. 391 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: Yah Lamar still a Raven next year. I don't know. 392 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 1: If he doesn't played this week, I bet he's not. 393 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 1: I would tend to believe there's major changes. I'm sure 394 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 1: that hardball will have that as a respectable team, and 395 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 1: it's not gonna be like, oh, what's the roll it 396 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: out kill the Ravens. But the teams outside of the the 397 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:51,360 Speaker 1: division other than the Niners are who you want to play. Absolutely, 398 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:55,120 Speaker 1: I mean this sets up for you know, again, this 399 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: is a three thousand foot or thirty thousand of you 400 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: that nobody's drafted anybody. Nothing is taking place as currently constructed. 401 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 1: I like their chances to win ten eleven, twelve games 402 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 1: looking at that schedule. Yeah, and again, who know, we 403 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: have no clue how that will play out, or maybe 404 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: the Raiders will be the best team in the league 405 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: and go undefeated. Who when the off season? Yeah, right, right, right, 406 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: But given that schedule was nice, little more momentum. Yeah, 407 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 1: given how much this year's rookie class played in the 408 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 1: expectation that those guys are going to take a step forward. 409 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: I like their chance. Again, if if I had to 410 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: go to to Vegas right now and they said you 411 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: gotta bet the Steelers over under right now, it's ten 412 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: and a half, I'm going over. Or here's a better question. 413 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 1: As it stands January nine, I think make the playoffs 414 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: next year. Yes, I would lean towards US two and 415 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 1: the a f C stinks to get to the I 416 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: don't think Miami is gonna fall apart. Maybe maybe the 417 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 1: Jets of those it's the beauty of it. I mean, 418 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,400 Speaker 1: the Jets may have their car and team or yeah, 419 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: you get the n f C South next year. That's 420 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,679 Speaker 1: the beauty of the wonderful thing. Yeah, you should be 421 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: able to go at least win three of those four games. 422 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 1: West isn't what it looks, yeah right, I mean yeah, 423 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: this time last years like the West would be terrible. 424 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: Cardinals are a joke. This could be an exact opposite 425 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: of this year. Though. We're okay, you go out and 426 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: you you sweep the NFC South, but you don't get 427 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 1: enough you know, conference wins to win any tiebreakers. Who 428 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 1: in the schedule. When it gets gets down to it, 429 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,360 Speaker 1: if you're not the division winner next year, the head, 430 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: the head is gonna kill you. Yeah. Who's going to 431 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: knock you out of the playoffs? There? The Raiders, maybe 432 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: the Raiders. You would think the Jags probably win their division. 433 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: I'm here to tell you right now, that game in 434 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: Las Vegas next year, and I don't even know when 435 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: it's going to be right now, I bet there's a 436 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:48,679 Speaker 1: lot of black and gold. I'm gonna say, Steeler fans 437 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: in Las Vegas and have a good time. That's gonna 438 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 1: be like a home game. Is that the best destination 439 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: game for there's yeah, yeah, without a diet, that's the 440 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: one that everybody's gonna circle. But that's here. Yeah, and 441 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 1: he's okay, you know it's Vegas, Vegas. That's gonna be. 442 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 1: They're gonna be fifty thousand Steeler fans there next year. 443 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 1: Absolutely absolutely, And again they can play that on Christmas 444 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 1: Day and there will be fifty Steers. I'm still gonna go. 445 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun. I find it funny. Mark Davis, 446 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 1: the Raiders owner, was complaining about that after Sunday's game. 447 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: H this is our Saturday night's game, because that was 448 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: mostly uht Ers fans right now. Yeah, and he's like 449 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 1: this kid, forty Niners did they play? They played? I 450 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: don't know. It wasn't the Niners. That was two weeks ago. 451 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: That two weeks ago, and there was a lot of 452 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 1: Niners fans. Yeah, whoever, they played this way, it doesn't 453 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 1: matter Anyways, he's complaining about after after the game it 454 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: was this division game, Chiefs Chiefs, about about all the 455 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 1: Chiefs fans are in the building and this this is 456 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: happening every week and they can't have that shore to 457 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 1: put your team in Vegas. It's the easiest city in 458 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 1: the country to get to. They just want the whole 459 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: world to come there, and no funny want to go 460 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,159 Speaker 1: to Oakland, right right, It's a lot easier to get to. 461 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 1: There's other things to do in Vegas. If you haven't 462 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 1: heard Mark, you know that the only thing you're doing 463 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: in Oakland is trying not to get shot right, right 464 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 1: or exactly? Yeah, you don't. You even't think people from 465 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: outside of I joke. Oakland's a fine place. I love 466 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 1: there's some there's some great views and all that stuff. Yeah, 467 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: but Vegas is attractive to the Vegas. Yeah, Vegas a 468 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 1: much different destination than of our listeners are doing right now, 469 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: that schedule comes out in their first thoughter, Hey Bob 470 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: and Jimmy, which one do you want to go? We're 471 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: going to Vegas. I don't think there's a lot of 472 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 1: fighting over it getting if they'll they'll be cheap flights. 473 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: There'll be forty five flights to Vegas in like the 474 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: three days leading up to that game that Thursday night 475 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 1: or whatever, the first Sunday game, right, this would be 476 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: too hungover for Sunday. Yeah, that's gonna be that's gonna 477 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: be crazy, like so that's to be like a home game. Yeah, yeah, 478 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 1: and some of those venues aren't brutal to go. Indianapolis 479 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 1: might be the same they took over Indianapolis this year. Um, 480 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: you know, we'll see about Los Angeles. There'll be a 481 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: bunch of Steeler fans in l A. I'm sure sure, 482 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: but yeah, it's just the schedule sets up again. We'll 483 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 1: do schedule shows and we get a pretty cheap ticket 484 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: to the Houston game too, I would imagine. So yeah, yeah, 485 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:27,119 Speaker 1: there'll be there'll be a lot of Steeler fans on 486 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 1: the the road games next year. Uh, and they should. 487 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: I think that I think this team is headed in 488 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: the right direction, and that schedule sets up really nicely 489 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 1: for that given who they play. Of course, again we 490 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 1: don't know they get played that. That game against the 491 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:44,880 Speaker 1: Raiders could be the third straight road game and they 492 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: just went to Seattle in l A and E's heard 493 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 1: on the team. Things change is lamar Raven or so 494 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: many of variables. Of course, we all know that analyzing 495 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 1: future schedules is hard to do, even when you know 496 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: everything in its week one. But we know who they're 497 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 1: playing now, you know, absolutely. Yeah, so looks looks promising. 498 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: But there's about three or four teams in the league. 499 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: The Lions come to mind where I think most of 500 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: the pundits and the analytics folks will be like what 501 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: they did last year. With how the off season sets 502 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:19,440 Speaker 1: up and where they've progressed too, and all their off 503 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: season resources, they could be the team that takes the 504 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 1: biggest jump. Yeah, you know, I'm gonna talk about that next. 505 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: We're gonna we're gonna skip the fantasy football focus in 506 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 1: the next In the next thing, we'll do some fantasy 507 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: football later in the week. Here as we get closer 508 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: to the playoff games. But I do want to talk 509 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: about that what you just mentioned, Matt. We'll do that 510 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: when we come back. He is Matt Williams and I 511 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 1: am Dale Lally. And you can now listen to Steelers 512 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: Nation Radio anytime anywhere through your smart speaker. 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