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Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson

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Speaker 1: on your twenty four to seven home of the Black

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Speaker 1: and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Well, hello, and welcome to the Drive. I am Dale Lolly,

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Speaker 2: he is habitual shower Matt Williamson, and this is the

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Speaker 2: Drive on the Steelers Audio Network. And Happy Wednesday, Matt.

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Speaker 3: Happy Wednesday to you. Weird week It is a weird day.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: It is also the day before the start of week.

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Speaker 3: Nine, Halloween Eve. No, it's that is well our house

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Speaker 3: at Halloween Eve. It's a big deal at your house,

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Speaker 3: Yes it is. But Week nine ready to kick off tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: And this is playing. It's the Jets and Houston. Yes,

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Speaker 2: Houston Jets. It's not Benny and a Jets.

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Speaker 3: But no, not bad though.

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Speaker 2: I made a big deal for a jet yesterday. What

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Speaker 2: oh fantasy and fantasy. I made a big movie a

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Speaker 2: pair in Bristol, in Saquon, Barkley. I am going for

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Speaker 2: it where it means.

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Speaker 3: I put in for like ten guys in that and

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Speaker 3: got none of them. I put in like six, but

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Speaker 3: I got none of them. I got.

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Speaker 2: I put him for two guys and get both of them.

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Speaker 3: How did that work? I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I've got a better record than you.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know how that worked. I didn't get

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Speaker 3: Tillman or Ridley or how did you? You must have

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Speaker 3: had him in the wrong order. I don't know. I

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Speaker 3: have to look. I had downs ahead of Tillman's that.

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Speaker 2: Was it then, but he went downs went yeah, and

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Speaker 2: then I got Tilman.

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Speaker 3: I got you. Okay, I don't know. Yeah, I don't

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Speaker 3: know how that works. I really don't.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I know is I woke up this morning, I

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Speaker 2: looked at us at all. I got Tillman right? How

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Speaker 2: about that?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I wanted them.

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Speaker 4: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I'll trade them to you.

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Speaker 3: I just thought you shouldn't be out there.

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Speaker 2: I didn't think so either. I don't know if I'll

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Speaker 2: started him or not, but I did have I had

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Speaker 2: to trade away.

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Speaker 3: I think he's a wide receiver three for fantasy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, yeah, I I could see the game,

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Speaker 2: you know, with bye weeks coming up where I had

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Speaker 2: to start. Or if he continues to play like he's

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Speaker 2: been playing.

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Speaker 3: Wow, yeah, I think he could be there one. He

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Speaker 3: could be anyway.

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Speaker 2: As we get into this here. So Steelers didn't practice today, Okay, Uh,

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Speaker 2: they're heading into their bye week. They're gonna practice Monday

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Speaker 2: through Friday next week, so this is this is their time.

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Speaker 2: Way they could have practiced today, Mike Tomlin choosing to Hey,

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Speaker 2: let's let's rest our bumps and bruises here. I'll put

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Speaker 2: guys through a lot of stuff. And typically what he

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Speaker 2: has done with his bye week practices over the years

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Speaker 2: is practice all the young guys who aren't who haven't

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Speaker 2: been playing a lot. Sure, well they've had a lot

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I guess there aren't. That's on a huge contingency

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Speaker 3: at the moment. Yeah, I mean the practice squad guys.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, you know, you want to get the guys

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Speaker 2: Give them the full the players a full week off

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Speaker 2: and Monday night's game kind of skew devil. They usually

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Speaker 2: had practices. If they played on Sunday, they would practice

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Speaker 2: Tuesday and Wednesday, and then the NFL rules say that

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Speaker 2: you have to get the players four days off during

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Speaker 2: the bye week.

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Speaker 3: So are they allowed in the building. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 3: they could come in and do their own thing and

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Speaker 3: work out and stuff, right, Yeah, Okay.

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Speaker 2: They don't have to go away. Yeah yeah, yeah, And

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Speaker 2: some of them won't I mean, if you're talking to

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Speaker 2: t J. Watt after the game on on Monday night,

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Speaker 2: he goes, Hey, we gotta fix some stuff with this,

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Speaker 2: you know, run defense and things like. Guys can't just

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Speaker 3: We've got stuff to do. Yeah, the run defense wasn't great,

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Speaker 3: and I don't think they were particularly thrilled about it either.

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Speaker 2: And as uh Carl Dunbar, a lot of the assistant

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Speaker 2: coaches spoke today and Carl Dunbar was asked about that,

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Speaker 2: the defensive line coach, and he said, he said, you know,

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Speaker 2: some of the players weren't happy about the run defense.

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Speaker 2: He goes, I wasn't happy about the run defense. And

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Speaker 2: when Daddy's not happy, nobody's happy. Yeah, so they're uh,

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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 2: And this is the thing about the bye week, and

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Speaker 2: it comes really a good time for the Steeler season.

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Speaker 2: This is when you do a lot of yourself scouting

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Speaker 2: if you're the coaching staff, and you look back over

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Speaker 2: the first half of the season. Okay, Arthur Smith for examples,

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Speaker 2: looking just this, Okay, what have we done? Do we

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Speaker 2: have any tendencies, Yeah, that teams might try to exploit.

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Speaker 2: And and if do we have any tendencies to do

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Speaker 2: some things that we're not doing as much of that

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and to take it a step further, like you'd think, well,

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Speaker 3: why do you need this long to figure those things out?

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Speaker 3: The week goes by fast, and if it's just Sunday

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Speaker 3: to Sunday, week three to four, whatever goes by fast.

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Speaker 3: I mean you're you're you don't have a lot of

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Speaker 3: time to look at yourself. You know, go go take it,

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Speaker 3: staffs it just depends what the head coach wants to do.

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Speaker 3: Will tell the defense, Hey, game plan for the offense

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Speaker 3: is if you're you know, attacking them, and tell us

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Speaker 3: everything that we're doing wrong or what's really hard to

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Speaker 3: play against or what puts us in a bind. And

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Speaker 3: that's good. I mean the coaches don't really go away.

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Speaker 3: They might get a day here and there, or you know,

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Speaker 3: they're not there maybe as late.

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Speaker 2: I mean they may get like the weekend off or

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Speaker 2: something like that, but they're all week long. They're self scouting.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they got stuff to look back on.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you're evaluating players, Hey what can we do better?

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Speaker 2: What what have we not done?

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Speaker 4: Well?

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Speaker 2: You know, is there something you know, have we been

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Speaker 2: lucky in this situation that maybe that could be.

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Speaker 3: Lucky or good? Yeah, you know, or is this rookie

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Speaker 3: I mean? Yeah, things like that. I think we can

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Speaker 3: trust them now, you know that kind of thing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So there's a lot of that that goes on

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Speaker 2: right now. And to your point, I mean, for a

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Speaker 2: the install for next week's game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you did all the prep.

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Speaker 2: To in this coach staff Monday and Tuesday. You know,

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Speaker 2: they get done with the game on Sunday at whatever time.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes it's one o'clock, sometimes it's much later. And a

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Speaker 2: lot of times, especially if it's a night game on

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Speaker 2: the road. I mean I've seen co which is like

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Speaker 2: looking at film for next week's game on the flight back.

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Speaker 3: I would say some of them, I bet watch the

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Speaker 3: game that just happened on the flight back.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, just where you start working on that

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Speaker 2: next opponent. So Monday for the players is the film

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Speaker 2: evaluation of month of the previous stags happened, Right, you

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Speaker 2: just go over it with the players, But the coaching

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Speaker 2: staff spent the morning doing that on the day guys

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Speaker 3: This is how our teaching points that kind of thing.

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Speaker 2: And then Monday night into Tuesday is when they're building

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Speaker 3: Yeah, how do we attack them? What do we want

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Speaker 3: don't have you do have advanced scouts.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 3: I did a little bit of that where and it's

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Speaker 3: probably easier now to be very honest with you, Like

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Speaker 3: I did a lot of leg work and stuff like that.

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Speaker 2: A lot of the analytical stuff was out there. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean, I'm sure time on punts.

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Speaker 4: And who's right.

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Speaker 3: I mean, things will come a long way. But someone

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Speaker 3: will lay out here's the an idea of what the

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Speaker 3: Jets look like, you know, and do whatever you want

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Speaker 3: with it. You can throw in the toilet, whatever you

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Speaker 3: it just gives you a spine to build it down.

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Speaker 3: But then they start attacking. And such a huge thing

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Speaker 3: in this league that we actually talked should talk about

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Speaker 3: it more, and the whole world should talk about it more.

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Speaker 3: Is play caller Verse, play caller you know, like if

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Speaker 3: you can really figure out, all right, I'm playing the

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Speaker 3: Steelers and I'm a defensive mind. If I can get

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Speaker 3: in the head of Arthur Smith, that might be more

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Speaker 3: important than what George Pickens doesn't like to do or

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Speaker 3: you know what I mean. You know that stuff's really important.

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Speaker 3: You know, play caller Verse, play.

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Speaker 2: Those coaching tendencies and knowing the coaching tendencies and what

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Speaker 2: you know, design an offense, and you know it's just

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Speaker 2: all part of the chess match that goes on.

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Speaker 3: It's funny, he said, chess match. I was just about

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Speaker 3: to say that same analogy. But if there's a chess

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Speaker 3: we'll really get to know each other, of course, but

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Speaker 3: unfortunately we don't start with the same pieces. You know,

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Speaker 3: like I have three queens, man, that guy's got three queens.

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Speaker 3: That's gonna be a problem. Pawns, you know, Carolina comes

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Speaker 3: out of like I got all pawns. I'm i gonna

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Speaker 3: figure something out. I was actually just listening to a

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Speaker 3: podcast this morning from Nate Tice, and they were really

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Speaker 3: praising Arthur Smith to be honest with you and the

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Speaker 3: scheme and mostly post Wilson, and he said one of

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Speaker 3: the things Smith does extremely well is not necessarily even

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Speaker 3: they say he's good at it, but bringing out the

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Speaker 3: strengths of his players. But what he's even better at

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Speaker 3: is mitigating the weaknesses. You know, like Atlanta's quarterbacks were

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Speaker 3: really bad. You know, like he had to work around

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Speaker 3: to what I got. I got a couple pawns at quarterback.

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Speaker 2: He he won seven games every year that he was there. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: with pretty much garbage at quarterback, you know, like they

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Speaker 2: have to get Joe Biden on people. I'm not calling

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Speaker 2: anybody garbage. I'm just saying that the players played like garbage.

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Speaker 3: No, they had some brutal I think they had the

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Speaker 3: worst quarterback situation in the league over that stretch. You know,

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Speaker 3: like it'd be great to have Davante Adams or Brandon

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Speaker 3: Ayuk or whoever. But he's pretty good to working around

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Speaker 3: weaknesses or you know, buffering things well, you know, it's

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Speaker 3: one of his strengths.

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Speaker 2: So about this, Matt I was just tooling around last

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Speaker 2: night on the internet and I was looking at some

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Speaker 2: numbers and stuff, as I like to do for whatever reason.

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Speaker 2: Paul Nuts Russell Wilson is averaging two hundred and seventy

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Speaker 2: one passing yards per game. Yeah, that ranks third in

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Speaker 2: the league this season. Yeah yeah, because he doesn't He's

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Speaker 2: only played two games, so he doesn't show up in

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Speaker 2: all the leaders and all that kind of stuff. So

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Speaker 2: I started looking at the per game basis stuff. It's

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Speaker 2: If I for future opponents who are pre scouting the Steelers,

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Speaker 2: Right now, he's up to five hundred and ninety two

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Speaker 2: Really good stuff. And he's yet to fumble this season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the relations I asked him about the relationship,

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Speaker 3: Kid, they grew up in Brown football, but he was

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Speaker 2: You know, you know, it looks like it looks like

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Speaker 2: talk to Bob Labriola, or of Steelers digestin Steelers dot Com.

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Speaker 2: Bob Labriola, editor of Steelers Digest and the Steelers dot

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Speaker 2: into the bye week at six and two, how you feeling, Bob?

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Speaker 4: Very zen?

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Speaker 5: I'm always very zen during good bye So who knows

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Speaker 4: You never know, Bob.

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Speaker 2: The Steelers, as I mentioned, head to the bye week

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Speaker 2: the back end of this schedule and like, oh they

437
00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:08,840
Speaker 2: good thing, They're six and two. All the division games

438
00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,200
Speaker 2: are down the stretch of Matt and I were just

439
00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,679
Speaker 2: talking about this. Does anybody really think the Steelers finish

440
00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,240
Speaker 2: anything less than three and three in the division.

441
00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:17,800
Speaker 3: It's just what they do.

442
00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,000
Speaker 2: You know, there's you can pencil that in now, and

443
00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,320
Speaker 2: it's probably going to be better than that.

444
00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,920
Speaker 5: Well, I mean, you know, and here I'm going to

445
00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:30,240
Speaker 5: push the sarcasm, but they might as well forfeit both

446
00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,440
Speaker 5: of the games to the Ravens because now they got

447
00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:33,480
Speaker 5: Deontay Johnson.

448
00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,120
Speaker 4: I mean, and oh my god, you.

449
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:40,320
Speaker 5: Know, who knows, maybe the Ravens now will be would

450
00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:41,600
Speaker 5: be able to beat the Raiders.

451
00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:46,879
Speaker 2: Can can Deontay play cornerback for them?

452
00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:47,520
Speaker 4: Uh?

453
00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:51,239
Speaker 5: And of course you know, maybe the worst dudes at

454
00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,919
Speaker 5: all for this of all for the Steelers fans or

455
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,640
Speaker 5: for the Steelers is Deshaun Watson's out for the season.

456
00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,440
Speaker 4: Oh my god. I mean.

457
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,960
Speaker 5: The Browns actually might be decent now, So you know,

458
00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:11,280
Speaker 5: you never know, but you know, predicting records, I don't.

459
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:16,359
Speaker 5: But I'll tell you this. There's six Division games and

460
00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:20,600
Speaker 5: there's not one of them that I would say they

461
00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,880
Speaker 5: have no chance to win. There beat that team at

462
00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:27,760
Speaker 5: that venue. Now, I would say I would get close

463
00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:31,240
Speaker 5: to that for at Kansas City, but the Steelers play

464
00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,359
Speaker 5: them at home. But I'm just talking about in terms

465
00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:37,480
Speaker 5: of teams at venues that really make me nervous.

466
00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:39,040
Speaker 4: None of the North.

467
00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,520
Speaker 5: Division teams at any of the venues really makes me

468
00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:43,119
Speaker 5: that nervous.

469
00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,160
Speaker 2: They've won all those places.

470
00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:50,240
Speaker 5: And they've they've woned all those places in big games

471
00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:57,000
Speaker 5: against good teams. So you know, it's I just think

472
00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:00,480
Speaker 5: it's it's nice that the Steelers are sick and two

473
00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,480
Speaker 5: because it really, in my opinion, sets up a very

474
00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:09,960
Speaker 5: interesting second half of the season. And what makes me

475
00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:15,680
Speaker 5: feel pretty good about it is the Steelers have an actual, real.

476
00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,320
Speaker 4: Legitimate NFL quarterback who is.

477
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:25,040
Speaker 5: Call Are executing a real, legitimate NFL offensive game plan

478
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:25,639
Speaker 5: every week.

479
00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:30,359
Speaker 3: So I mean, you know, imagine that right.

480
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,760
Speaker 5: That that that's not something you could say the past

481
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:33,600
Speaker 5: few years.

482
00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,199
Speaker 2: But Bob, he's washed up. That's what everybody told us.

483
00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:37,600
Speaker 2: I mean, he can't play at all.

484
00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,280
Speaker 4: Well, I mean I know that, you know. I actually

485
00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:47,280
Speaker 4: I don't know. I don't really listen to what they say.

486
00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:48,399
Speaker 4: I did see.

487
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:53,680
Speaker 5: Though, how about this, Mark Schlereth actually apologized for all

488
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:54,960
Speaker 5: the stuff.

489
00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,520
Speaker 4: He said about Russell Wilson.

490
00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,639
Speaker 2: I mean he was, he was leading the charge on

491
00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,240
Speaker 2: some of that stuff. It couldn't have it couldn't have

492
00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,800
Speaker 2: been Denver just screwed him up. It couldn't have been

493
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,280
Speaker 2: their fault. A team that hasn't made the playoffs since

494
00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,920
Speaker 2: twenty fifteen couldn't have been them. Had to be had

495
00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 2: to be the player.

496
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:10,439
Speaker 4: You know.

497
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 5: You know Mark Slareth, I'm sure he made a lot

498
00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,240
Speaker 5: of those comments after he put on his orange and

499
00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:19,760
Speaker 5: blue underwear and you know, grabbed the microphone and started

500
00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:25,879
Speaker 5: screaming into it. So you know, anyway, take it with

501
00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:33,840
Speaker 5: a grain of salt. But you're trying, you're trying to

502
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 5: round me up.

503
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:39,359
Speaker 2: And so I don't know how to deal with the

504
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:43,240
Speaker 2: happy Bob laberolle. I just don't unless it's like ten

505
00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:44,119
Speaker 2: o'clock in it, you know.

506
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:47,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, we.

507
00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,040
Speaker 5: Luckily for you, it only happens one week out of

508
00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:53,600
Speaker 5: the regular season, and this is it.

509
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,280
Speaker 4: You can get back to normal next week. We can

510
00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:58,520
Speaker 4: get back to the normal next week.

511
00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:00,760
Speaker 3: So we're basically at the halfway point. You know, what

512
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,640
Speaker 3: letter grade would you put on the offense and the defense.

513
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,159
Speaker 3: I think we'd all give an A or an A

514
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,280
Speaker 3: plus to the special teams.

515
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:16,200
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, just looking at it now, because really

516
00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,879
Speaker 5: the grade is for the whole body of work, right.

517
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:20,959
Speaker 3: I guess, I mean, I guess we could do it

518
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:25,000
Speaker 3: like how you know, eight games worth or where they

519
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,000
Speaker 3: sit now, let's just do like you know what, where

520
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,120
Speaker 3: do you think where they sit now?

521
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,320
Speaker 4: Well? I like where they sit now.

522
00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, there are some things, you know, I'm not gonna

523
00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:37,560
Speaker 5: I'm not gonna really lose my mind, and you know,

524
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,639
Speaker 5: go all Paul Pauliana on you guys. I mean, the

525
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,080
Speaker 5: offense was out for four in a red zone last week.

526
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:44,040
Speaker 5: That's below the line.

527
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:44,880
Speaker 4: Can't have that.

528
00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:49,000
Speaker 5: Sure, the defense gave up one hundred and almost fifty

529
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,600
Speaker 5: yards rushing, you know, to a team that isn't really

530
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,639
Speaker 5: that good at running the ball, and some undrafted rookie

531
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,320
Speaker 5: name Tyrone Tracy went for one hundred and forty five

532
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,920
Speaker 5: yards a seven point three A did a forty five

533
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:01,800
Speaker 5: yard touchdown.

534
00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 4: That stinks. So and I don't know, I don't know

535
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:08,919
Speaker 4: what you know. Well, let me say this.

536
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:13,640
Speaker 5: I think the issue is they can't stop the run

537
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:15,040
Speaker 5: when they're in their nickel defense.

538
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 3: It's definitely what teams are doing to that's what it appears. Yeah,

539
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,240
Speaker 3: get Benton off the field and right.

540
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,280
Speaker 5: Yeah, and even hey, let me say this. And I'm

541
00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,960
Speaker 5: no expert, and I don't watch film, I watch the game.

542
00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:33,720
Speaker 5: Nobody on the defensive line distinguished themselves, you know, Benton

543
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:38,200
Speaker 5: with Benton, without Benton, when Cam was on the field,

544
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:42,959
Speaker 5: when Ogunjobi was with them, nobody, no group.

545
00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,640
Speaker 3: So I think Queen and Wilson are a little light

546
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,040
Speaker 3: to not be protected well too. And I think teams

547
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,919
Speaker 3: are attacking that as well as the nickel corner in

548
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:52,560
Speaker 3: the run game.

549
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,960
Speaker 5: Yes, but again, whatever it is, I don't disagree with

550
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,560
Speaker 5: anything you're saying, but you've got to come up with something.

551
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,199
Speaker 5: And I don't know that it's a scheme issue. You know,

552
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,879
Speaker 5: because there's only so much you can do if the

553
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,560
Speaker 5: defensive linemen are gonna get moved around like they were

554
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:13,359
Speaker 5: getting moved around against the Giants, you know, short of

555
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,480
Speaker 5: Joe Green in his prime being reincarnated, I mean, there's

556
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:22,199
Speaker 5: nothing you can do about it in terms of scheme.

557
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:27,400
Speaker 5: You know, guys either have to play better or you

558
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:31,280
Speaker 5: can't be in the nickel. And if you're you're not

559
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,320
Speaker 5: in the nickel, then you're gonna have to be able

560
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 5: to cover because you know, that's the thing about these offenses.

561
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,240
Speaker 5: You know, they don't cooperate. You know, when you put

562
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:46,120
Speaker 5: your rup right, when you put your run defense out there,

563
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 5: they throw the ball. I mean, those dirty buckers. So

564
00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,480
Speaker 5: you know, I don't know the answer, but I just

565
00:26:55,600 --> 00:27:00,960
Speaker 5: know that one hundred and fifty seven yards rushing six

566
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,680
Speaker 5: point three average and a forty five yard touchdown from

567
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 5: a team is not acceptable. And that's that's gonna be

568
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:12,720
Speaker 5: a real problem if they can't fix it or you know,

569
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:18,359
Speaker 5: minimize it or something, because so much I believe that

570
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:23,120
Speaker 5: the Steelers defense is it revolves around getting the other

571
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 5: offense in situations where they not only have to throw

572
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,439
Speaker 5: the ball, but they have to you know, hold the

573
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:37,160
Speaker 5: ball for the routes to develop to allow you know, TJ.

574
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,000
Speaker 5: Wat to do his thing, because if it's all two

575
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,440
Speaker 5: step three step drops, you know, I mean, not even

576
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 5: t J.

577
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:49,080
Speaker 4: Watt can get to the quarterback that quick. So you know,

578
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 4: it's it's true.

579
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,000
Speaker 5: What you know, Chuck Nole always said, you know, you've

580
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,600
Speaker 5: got to be able to stop the run. Even though

581
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 5: it was fifty years ago, that's still true today because

582
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:07,199
Speaker 5: teams will are able to manipulate an opposing defense pretty well.

583
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:12,359
Speaker 5: If they're there, they can be successful consistently running the

584
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 5: football on you.

585
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,159
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right, Bob and and and the Steelers defense

586
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 2: is set up for that. The sacks haven't been there

587
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 2: as often this year, largely because the ball has been

588
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 2: coming out so quickly against them, and if you allow

589
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,480
Speaker 2: teams to run the ball, it's going to come out

590
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,560
Speaker 2: quickly the entire game and you're just not going to

591
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:35,239
Speaker 2: be effective with your pass rush those guys. There were

592
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,119
Speaker 2: a lot of guys in that locker room after a

593
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,480
Speaker 2: win that were pretty ticked off about that, including DJ Watt,

594
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:45,440
Speaker 2: including tam Cam Hayward that I got to believe that

595
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,800
Speaker 2: gets fixed. I mean, we talked to Carl Dunbar today

596
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 2: and he wasn't real happy about it. So they'll figure

597
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 2: something out with that, and and you know, if that

598
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 2: means dedicating more guys to the to the run defense,

599
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,040
Speaker 2: or if that you know means uh, you know, changing

600
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 2: some things schematically and how they do it, they'll get

601
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 2: that done. And that that's kind of why the buye

602
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 2: we're talking before the bye week kind of comes right

603
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 2: in the middle of the season at a good time

604
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,400
Speaker 2: because you've played eight games and now you can kind

605
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 2: of self evaluate and see, you know where you've been

606
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:15,960
Speaker 2: deficient at.

607
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know.

608
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:24,440
Speaker 5: The other the other edge of that sword is, you know,

609
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 5: guys still have to win their matchups. Yeah, when a

610
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:33,120
Speaker 5: team is preparing for a game against a defense that's

611
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,640
Speaker 5: t J. Watt, they're already on high alert. We can't

612
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,120
Speaker 5: hold the ball because this guy will kill us.

613
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:40,680
Speaker 4: So there's that.

614
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:42,720
Speaker 5: Now when they can run it on top of that,

615
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 5: you know, that compounds the issue in terms of them

616
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:56,200
Speaker 5: neutralizing your strength. But you know, there can't be a

617
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 5: lot There isn't going to be a lot of practice

618
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,840
Speaker 5: because they're not going to be hitting, not at this

619
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:06,400
Speaker 5: time of the year, and they have so many walking wounded.

620
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 5: You know that they're off Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

621
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 5: because that's the rule.

622
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 4: You know, it's a quick collective bargaining agreement. You got

623
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,480
Speaker 4: to do it. So you know, they're gone, they're they're

624
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 4: they're even they even have a cushier schedule this weekend

625
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 4: than you guys, so because you guys work tomorrow, right, Yeah, okay,

626
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 4: well that's what I thought.

627
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 5: So you know, there's there's only so much you can

628
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 5: accomplish during the buy I mean, you can you go

629
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,880
Speaker 5: into meetings and go over, hey, you guys, you know,

630
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,239
Speaker 5: got to be in the right gaps and you get

631
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,080
Speaker 5: your run fits and you know all that happy stuff.

632
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 5: But I'm sure that that's been going on anyway. I'm

633
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 5: not trying to paint this as an impossibility, but you know,

634
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:59,560
Speaker 5: I just think that there's some sense that, well, the

635
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:04,040
Speaker 5: boys here they can self evaluate and you know, the

636
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 5: next game you play, the issues that you had before

637
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 5: the buye don't be gone because they were dealt with. Well,

638
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,760
Speaker 5: you know, you deal with it as best you can

639
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 5: with what you have. But it still comes down to,

640
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:24,480
Speaker 5: as I said, guy's got to get off blocks better, right, Matt.

641
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:28,120
Speaker 5: I mean there's much more secret to it than that.

642
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,480
Speaker 3: And and to your point earlier I thought ogin Job,

643
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 3: even Benton, not cam so much. But they were getting moved,

644
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 3: you know, I mean, the big people that need to

645
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,480
Speaker 3: hold the fort down in a later front against five

646
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 3: offensive linemen and Nickel or getting moved.

647
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 4: Well there you go.

648
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,760
Speaker 5: And I mean, I don't you can tell them not

649
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 5: to get moved.

650
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 4: Right, but you know what.

651
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 3: Washington is taking notice, no doubt.

652
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:03,640
Speaker 5: Absolutely, So you know, I remember, you know, back in

653
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:10,120
Speaker 5: the Bill Coward days, especially against the Bengals, Cower would

654
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:14,120
Speaker 5: often make what I thought was a pretty savvy tactical

655
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:20,200
Speaker 5: decision and commit to stopping o Jo Sinko and Hushman

656
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 5: Zada and Carl Pickens and let Rudy Johnson do his

657
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:29,800
Speaker 5: thing a little bit, because you know, when you look

658
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:34,120
Speaker 5: at those things, what's what's more dangerous, what's more explosive,

659
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 5: what's less likely to beat us?

660
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 4: You know, if.

661
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 5: Carson Palmer's handing the ball off to Rudy Johnson or

662
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 5: if he's throwing it down the field of those other

663
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 5: three guys, you know, I don't know if if that's

664
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,760
Speaker 5: the kind of Sophie's choice that this defense has to

665
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 5: make too.

666
00:32:54,680 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 4: Again. But they can't continue to give up that a

667
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 4: rushing yardage, not against these nine teams that are coming

668
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 4: or nine games that are coming up.

669
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Speaker 3: But there's no perfect scheme or everybody would run it.

670
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 4: Exactly, you know, And.

671
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 5: If and if it really was a clear cut problem

672
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:20,080
Speaker 5: that had a singular solution, I mean, they could have

673
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 5: done that on the sideline during the Giants game with

674
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:26,600
Speaker 5: all the you know, with the with the pads and

675
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 5: that stuff. So I'm not saying they can't do it.

676
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 5: It's just not going to be as simple as the

677
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 5: bye week is here. Uh, they'll get it fixed.

678
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Bob, what do you what do you make of

679
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,480
Speaker 2: the overall state of the AFC right now? I know

680
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 2: when we came into this season, the AFC was like, oh,

681
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:49,400
Speaker 2: there's there's nine or ten teams that could be competing

682
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 2: for a playoff spot here and we're eight games into

683
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:53,480
Speaker 2: this thing.

684
00:33:54,120 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 3: And Jacks we thought it might be good, just aren't. Yeah.

685
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 5: Yeah, the Chargers pretty much the whole AFC West except

686
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:14,840
Speaker 5: for and the NFL's favorite team, you know, the East something.

687
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 5: You know, Buffalo's is good.

688
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 2: But running away with it.

689
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:18,879
Speaker 3: Yeah, the other three are.

690
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 5: But but there's no right. There's nobody else in that

691
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 5: division at all. The Jets were even talked about. You know,

692
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 5: we saw what that was. You know, the North. We know,

693
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:31,720
Speaker 5: because we're always we're in the north.

694
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:36,759
Speaker 4: The South. You know, I thought that there seemed to

695
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:42,799
Speaker 4: be a big uh expectation or maybe they were the

696
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:45,480
Speaker 4: sexy pick that the Houston Texans.

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00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:49,960
Speaker 5: Uh, you know, we're gonna take that next step, you know,

698
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:53,480
Speaker 5: But as we see so often in the NFL, you know,

699
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 5: teams you don't go from thirteen to three, which they

700
00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:59,280
Speaker 5: were a couple.

701
00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 4: Of years ago, to whatever they or they last year.

702
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:09,279
Speaker 5: Ten and seven, eleven and six, something like that, the Texans,

703
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 5: and then you know, then they don't go necessarily to

704
00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 5: twelve and four or thirteen and three. You know, the

705
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:23,520
Speaker 5: progress isn't linear like that. So, you know, the Texans,

706
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:25,839
Speaker 5: you know, I don't know what to make of them,

707
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 5: but I'm not a I wouldn't be afraid of them either.

708
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,839
Speaker 5: But again, you're not afraid of anybody. But if you're

709
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:34,400
Speaker 5: not cautious, anybody can.

710
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 4: Beat you to That's I mean, that's just.

711
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 5: You know, the Raiders beat the Ravens in Baltimore. The

712
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 5: Browns beat the Ravens with their backup quarterback. You know

713
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:55,400
Speaker 5: it's you just can't You just can't expect really anything

714
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 5: to go your way on a week to week basis

715
00:35:59,080 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 5: in this league.

716
00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:02,080
Speaker 4: An I just don't think you can.

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00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,800
Speaker 3: Lab Do you think this is the best Nause Harris

718
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 3: has ever run in a Steeler uniform? Yes, I do do.

719
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:09,719
Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Well, what he is to me, he is he has

721
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:19,719
Speaker 5: combined you know, a man his size one hundred and

722
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 5: forty two pounds, which he has listed, and I'll just

723
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 5: assume that that's true. You know, he has power, but

724
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 5: then he has the you know, run away from you

725
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,440
Speaker 5: after he runs over a guy too. And I'm not

726
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 5: comparing him to this, please, that's not what I mean.

727
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 5: But the first time I ever noticed that combination in

728
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,799
Speaker 5: a running back was Eric Dickerson. To me, he is

729
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 5: the if you want to talk about the combination of

730
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 5: run over a linebacker and then run away from the

731
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Speaker 5: defensive backs, the guy who comes to my mind is

732
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 5: Eric Dickerson right there, boom him bo Jackson. But he

733
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 5: was kind of like a shooting star before he got injured.

734
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,359
Speaker 5: But Najie Harris is showing some of that in his

735
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:11,920
Speaker 5: own way. And I think that that's a great combination

736
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 5: or trait for running back to have, because you know,

737
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,839
Speaker 5: if you're a defender you're trying to tackle a guy

738
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 5: like that, you've got to bring it or he's going

739
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 5: to run you over. And if you're just playing on

740
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:31,399
Speaker 5: a power guy to run away from you. So yes,

741
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 5: I would say this is his best year and I

742
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 5: think he's one of the better running backs in the AFC.

743
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 4: As I'm going over them in my head.

744
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 5: Real quick, I don't know that he's a Pro Bowl

745
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 5: running back because whether they pick three, yeah, yeah, and

746
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:53,080
Speaker 5: there's reputation people and you know, all that kind of stuff.

747
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:56,920
Speaker 5: But yeah, I I've always been a nause guy.

748
00:37:56,840 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 4: In terms of I like him as a player. I

749
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 4: always have.

750
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:06,640
Speaker 5: I think he is and has been a legitimate number

751
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 5: one running back, you know, and I think for sure

752
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 5: now we could put away the he and Jalen Warren

753
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 5: should be splitting time.

754
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:19,880
Speaker 4: I mean that, to me was one.

755
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 5: Of the most foolish narratives that was going around this

756
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 5: team last year. The year before, you know, get Jalen

757
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 5: Warren the ball more. Get Jaalen Warren the ball more,

758
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,120
Speaker 5: because you run the ball more, but don't take carries

759
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 5: away from Nagiras to give him to Jalen Warren. I

760
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,280
Speaker 5: mean that to me is that never made any sense.

761
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,440
Speaker 3: It just didn't plus his reliabilities off the charts.

762
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 5: Yeah, and you know, we're seeing now a little bit more.

763
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 5: And I've been saying this for a couple of years too,

764
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,839
Speaker 5: just getting Dagi's down the line of scrimmage cleaned every time,

765
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,920
Speaker 5: and let's see what he can do hopefully, you know,

766
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:02,360
Speaker 5: because the past couple of years he might have to

767
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 5: break two tackles just to get to the line of

768
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:08,320
Speaker 5: scrimmage after they handed him the ball. And again, another

769
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 5: thing that's gonna help him, I believe moving forward is

770
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:14,319
Speaker 5: Russell Wilson because if teams want to load up the

771
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 5: box and attack down hill every time Nausey Harris is

772
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 5: in the game, there's gonna be a lot of chase

773
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 5: in Calvin Austin down the sideline, you know.

774
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 3: And he'll check out, check in and all that, you.

775
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 5: Know, or one of your or one of your defenders

776
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,520
Speaker 5: who's not running downhill on the play action might have

777
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:40,000
Speaker 5: to tackle Mount Washington one on one after a quick

778
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:45,040
Speaker 5: waggle or a drag route or something, because all of

779
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:45,520
Speaker 5: a sudden.

780
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 4: Now.

781
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 5: I mean not that Darnel Washington is going to be

782
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 5: targeted a lot, but.

783
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:55,360
Speaker 4: Hey man, I don't want any part of that catches

784
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,360
Speaker 4: the pass turns up field.

785
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,359
Speaker 5: I mean, I don't know what your choices are if

786
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:00,840
Speaker 5: you're a hundred ninety pounds.

787
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,440
Speaker 4: You know, as they say, make a business decision.

788
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 2: Dive in his ankles, Bob, dive his ankles, jump.

789
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 4: Over right, exactly, and hope he jumps over right.

790
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 2: Our guest has been Bob Labriola, editor of Steelers Digested,

791
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:18,399
Speaker 2: Steelers dot Com labs. We always appreciate you coming on.

792
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 2: Enjoy your weekend off.

793
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:26,240
Speaker 5: Yeah, looking forward to some uh college football on Saturday,

794
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:31,120
Speaker 5: which I always enjoy. But now there's no you know, well,

795
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,400
Speaker 5: maybe I'll have to DVR the second half of the

796
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:36,440
Speaker 5: seven thirty game because you know, I want to get

797
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 5: some sleep before going to work on Sunday. And hey, Dale, get.

798
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 4: An extra hour sleep on Sunday this weekend too.

799
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Speaker 2: There you go back, baby, absolutely never never complain about that,

800
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Speaker 2: but we have to go on.

801
00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:50,319
Speaker 3: Here.

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00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:54,399
Speaker 2: He is Bob Labriola, that's Matt Williamson. I am Dale, Lolly.

803
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Speaker 2: You're listening to the drive here on the Steelers Audio Network.

804
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:06,040
Speaker 1: At least he's the drive with Dale Lolly and Matt

805
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 1: Williamson on your twenty four to seven home of the

806
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: Black and Gold in Steelers Nation Radio.

807
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Speaker 2: And we are back on Dale Lolly. He is the

808
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 2: Matt Williamson and Matt. The Pro Football Hall of Fame

809
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 2: announced it's nine semi finalists in the Contributor category for

810
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 2: the Class of twenty twenty five. Art Rooney Junior making

811
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 2: the cut again. This is the second year in a

812
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 2: row for him. Also on the list, Bud Adams, Ralph Hay.

813
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,240
Speaker 2: I don't know what I'm not sure that is. Yeah,

814
00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:39,880
Speaker 2: Frank Bucko Kilroy had to be somebody from back in

815
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:41,800
Speaker 2: the day. Yeah, you had to have a nickname. B

816
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 2: what's your nickname be if you were in nineteen forties

817
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:46,160
Speaker 2: NFL player.

818
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 3: I don't know. People are so it's a pet peeve

819
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:53,880
Speaker 3: of mine. Everyone's just mdub or you know this, you

820
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 3: shorten your name or whatever. We're sweetness gone, you know

821
00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 3: what I mean?

822
00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:00,520
Speaker 2: Like Bucko buco, right, Bucko kill where they get bucco

823
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 2: at Bronco.

824
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:01,839
Speaker 3: You know what I mean?

825
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:05,719
Speaker 2: Like, give me if your name to get you automatically read.

826
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's an easy one, right, like whizz Are White. Yeah,

827
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,120
Speaker 3: that's a great nickname. That's a great nickname. There's not

828
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:13,080
Speaker 3: great nicknames anymore.

829
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, Robert Craft Johnson, Yeah, Robert Kraft is the is

830
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:24,160
Speaker 2: on there, Art Modell, Art Rooney Jr. Seymour's Seawaff, Doug

831
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:26,080
Speaker 2: Williams and John Wooten.

832
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 3: How does Doug Williams get on there as a player?

833
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 3: Was he in the front? I think he might have

834
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,239
Speaker 3: worked for the league. Yeah, I think so, Okay, Yeah,

835
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 3: I would bet Kraft gets in probably, Yeah, I mean

836
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:41,759
Speaker 3: I think he's gonna get in at some point. Art

837
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:43,279
Speaker 3: Modell should be in the Hall of Fame. I would

838
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,759
Speaker 3: say Modell's the other one that stands out.

839
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,080
Speaker 2: Art Modell will never get into the Hall of Fame

840
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 2: because of where the Hall of Fame is located at

841
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:57,839
Speaker 2: a well, Yeah, because there would be protests and at

842
00:42:57,840 --> 00:42:59,879
Speaker 2: this point, Browns fans should be over it.

843
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:04,960
Speaker 3: Yeah they got I mean it's generations ago. But the

844
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:06,160
Speaker 3: Colts are the one that left the mill of the

845
00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:10,440
Speaker 3: night right Yeah, okay, okay, that wasn't him. Yeah, they

846
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:13,720
Speaker 3: started the whole ball rolling on the and the moves

847
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:15,839
Speaker 3: and stuff like that. You don't think he'll ever go.

848
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:18,279
Speaker 2: I don't think he'll ever get in because of the

849
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 2: hatred that Cleveland has for him. But he was instrumental.

850
00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:24,319
Speaker 2: But that's only long a group of editors, you know.

851
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:26,440
Speaker 2: You know, there was a lot of He did a

852
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:27,759
Speaker 2: lot of good stuff for the league.

853
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:29,320
Speaker 3: I would say he was more of an asset to

854
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 3: the league than a detriment. Yeah, no question, not to mention.

855
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,640
Speaker 3: Baltimore is pretty successful franchise too, you know. I mean

856
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:37,960
Speaker 3: where he went worked out well, yeah.

857
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:41,600
Speaker 2: I mean yeah, so I just think he should be in.

858
00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 2: But I think Craft, I think Craft will go too.

859
00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 3: Yeah.

860
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson did not practice Wednesday, but the Ravens aren't

861
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:52,040
Speaker 2: concerned about the availability.

862
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:53,879
Speaker 3: It's just a day of rest, Okay. So I didn't

863
00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:55,879
Speaker 3: think there's anything wrong with him in the Browns loss.

864
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:58,360
Speaker 2: Here's the thing, though, he didn't carry the ball that

865
00:43:58,480 --> 00:43:59,280
Speaker 2: much on Sunday.

866
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 3: No, you also got a new receiver you need to

867
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 3: get used to too.

868
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:02,759
Speaker 2: There's that.

869
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:04,680
Speaker 3: I mean, I would want him to practice this week.

870
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:07,320
Speaker 3: I assume Deante's playing this week. I'm sure we assume.

871
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 3: So it's right in some former fashion. It's not a

872
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:12,800
Speaker 3: far trip from Charlotte to there and on the field

873
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:16,400
Speaker 3: and they didn't. They only ran the ball like twenty

874
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:18,839
Speaker 3: four times on was it that against the Browns? I mean,

875
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:20,520
Speaker 3: I know they didn't give it to Henry nearly enough either.

876
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:22,680
Speaker 2: Eleven times? Right, I mentioned that. I think I mentioned

877
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:26,799
Speaker 2: that once or twice already. Uh, Michael Pierce goes on

878
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:28,360
Speaker 2: ir for the Ravens.

879
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:31,520
Speaker 3: Big space, heating knows that they love.

880
00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:34,520
Speaker 2: He will miss the next four games, which includes a

881
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:35,640
Speaker 2: game against the Steelers.

882
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,640
Speaker 3: Okay, I mean he's their best run stuffer. He's the throwback.

883
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:43,000
Speaker 3: He's damped and doesn't rush the passer, eats blocks, can't

884
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,160
Speaker 3: move him in the middle of the middle field. They've

885
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:48,239
Speaker 3: had those guys since Sam Adams and Sarah Gusa. You know,

886
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:51,719
Speaker 3: they're just humongous human beings that don't do They only

887
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:54,239
Speaker 3: do one thing, and it works out for him.

888
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 2: That Their defense has done well this season overall, has

889
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:01,840
Speaker 2: stopped the running time. Yeah, if they can't stop the run,

890
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 2: and they can't, they obviously can't stop the pass problem. Uh,

891
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:09,720
Speaker 2: they got problems. And defensively, Uh, they've also got Brentner

892
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 2: Urban dealing with a concussion. Travis Jones has an ankle injurys.

893
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:16,200
Speaker 3: Jones's played really well. Yeah, he's another big space eater.

894
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:18,080
Speaker 3: Plus he's dealing with an ankle.

895
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:22,759
Speaker 2: And so they signed Josh Tupo off the practice to

896
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:23,720
Speaker 2: their practice squad.

897
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:24,640
Speaker 3: He's a de tackle.

898
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, uh, they may have to. Uh, they just signed

899
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:29,560
Speaker 2: him Monday. They might as play him this week against

900
00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:30,200
Speaker 2: the Broncos.

901
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 3: Broncos are a physical interior unit too, you know, minors,

902
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:36,920
Speaker 3: and that's a big physical line. It's not a great

903
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 3: matchup for them.

904
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:41,120
Speaker 2: It isn't And you know, I don't know if the

905
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:45,520
Speaker 2: Broncos will test them as much in the passing game

906
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 2: to beat them.

907
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:49,880
Speaker 3: Oh sure, I'm not necessarily predicting a Broncos win, but

908
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:51,799
Speaker 3: it could be a slugfest.

909
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:54,480
Speaker 2: I will say this with with Marlon Humphrey missed last

910
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:58,560
Speaker 2: week's game. Their their slot cornerback situation has been bad.

911
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:00,920
Speaker 3: It has been real bad. Their communication has been bad.

912
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 3: I think they need another pass rusher, you know, just

913
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:07,400
Speaker 3: in terms of pass defense. I mean, they blow so

914
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:10,920
Speaker 3: many coverages and they have had some injuries, you know,

915
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:14,239
Speaker 3: Humphrey Wiggins. They didn't play against Cleveland, but they've had

916
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:16,800
Speaker 3: problems all allies against the past.

917
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:18,320
Speaker 2: They're dead last in past defense.

918
00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 4: Yeah.

919
00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:20,560
Speaker 3: I mean, I bet they could get Clowney off Carolina

920
00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:22,799
Speaker 3: for nothing. They might want him back. Yeah, maybe not.

921
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:25,279
Speaker 3: He played well for him. But I don't think they're

922
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:26,360
Speaker 3: done in the trade market.

923
00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:28,320
Speaker 2: No, I mean, I think if you were going to

924
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:30,160
Speaker 2: do that, you would have just say hey about Deontay

925
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 2: and Clowney or whatever. No, No, but yeah, I don't

926
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:37,880
Speaker 2: know Clowney. Is he still hurt, he's banged up. I

927
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:41,160
Speaker 2: don't know when he's playing or right. It's not season ending? Yeah, so,

928
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:45,160
Speaker 2: but yeah, I mean they're not. The offense is really good,

929
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:49,520
Speaker 2: it is, it's clicking, but defensively they are deficient.

930
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:54,200
Speaker 3: What I think is going on is when you lose

931
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:58,160
Speaker 3: a really respected defensive coordinator become a head coach, and

932
00:46:58,320 --> 00:46:59,880
Speaker 3: several other assistant.

933
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:02,560
Speaker 2: Guys who have been coordinator. Anthony Weaver would have been

934
00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:05,279
Speaker 2: their defensive coordinator for some reason, they let them go

935
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:07,560
Speaker 2: get hired by Miami. I can't I don't know the

936
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:08,279
Speaker 2: timeline there.

937
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:11,719
Speaker 3: Did they hire true And same with the Titans. They

938
00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:16,319
Speaker 3: hired somebody as their defensive coordinator. Yeah, so everybody's kind

939
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:18,839
Speaker 3: of elevated and there isn't really the adult in the room.

940
00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:22,480
Speaker 3: And I don't know I'm not listening obviously their play calls.

941
00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:26,239
Speaker 3: But a young coaching staff has problems like this, you

942
00:47:26,239 --> 00:47:27,719
Speaker 3: know where everyone's kind of looking at each other at

943
00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:29,320
Speaker 3: the palms in the air, you know, like didn't.

944
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:30,799
Speaker 2: Get it in quite in time to get it, get

945
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 2: it communicated to everybody.

946
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:34,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly, they're having issues with that kind of stuff,

947
00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:35,280
Speaker 3: modedual things.

948
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:35,839
Speaker 4: Man.

949
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:39,080
Speaker 2: As Mike Tomlin likes to say, nobody nobody cares about

950
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:41,439
Speaker 2: notar issues, and they're kind of happy you have them.

951
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 3: But Jones and Peers, that's the first I heard that.

952
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 3: I mean, they are a lot of beef in the middle.

953
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:48,560
Speaker 3: I mean, if that's a thing, they could be in

954
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:49,920
Speaker 3: a little bit in trouble. That's their strength.

955
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:52,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, absolutely, let's get to a break. That's going

956
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:54,160
Speaker 2: to do it for our number one of the drive

957
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Speaker 2: here on the Steelers Audio Network. Matt Now will be

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Speaker 2: back with our number two right after this