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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven

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Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Steelers Nation, and welcome to the Drive here

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Speaker 2: on the Steelers Audio Network. Wes Shooler and Matt Williamson

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Speaker 2: with you for the next two hours on a Tuesday,

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Speaker 2: and Matt dare I say a victory Tuesday as the

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Speaker 2: Steelers get it done twenty eight to fifteen over the

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Speaker 2: Miami Dolphins. That score line was comfortable, but I think

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Speaker 2: it was even more comfortable than that as it played out. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean middle of the third when the Steelers scored

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Speaker 2: that fourth straight or I guess that was maybe early fourth.

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Speaker 2: Then right where they scored their fourth possessions, right, I

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Speaker 2: mean it was it was start the buses. This game

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Speaker 2: is over. Yeah, the Dolphins are cooked and maybe at

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Speaker 2: the Steelers' best, most complete, most impressive sixty minute performance

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Speaker 2: from start to finish.

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Speaker 3: I agree wholeheartedly. Now, I don't mean to start negative.

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Speaker 3: There was a stretch there where the Steelers defense was

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Speaker 3: being a little lax and a little soft and Waller's

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Speaker 3: catching balls left and right, and it's six seven play

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Speaker 3: drives touchdown, Like, let's not get too comfortable here, but

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Speaker 3: other than that, and even at that point, never once

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Speaker 3: the Steelers actually scored their first touchdown did I think

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Speaker 3: they weren't in control of the game. And that's a

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Speaker 3: big thing to me, Like what like they the Steelers

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Speaker 3: were beating the Bills at the half, but they were

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Speaker 3: not in control of the game correct at all? And

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Speaker 3: maybe the scorer favored them, but they were not in

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Speaker 3: control the game.

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Speaker 2: Even the Packers game, right, they were up I think

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Speaker 2: nine at halftime. Yeah, and it felt like this is a.

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Speaker 3: Lot better team at the time. Yeah, but they were

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Speaker 3: the better team basically start to finish. Did a lot

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Speaker 3: of good stuff on both sides of the ball. Rogers

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Speaker 3: is super impressive and he's bringing elevating everyone with them.

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Speaker 3: One we should open time possession day. One time won

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Speaker 3: the play.

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Speaker 2: Differential right double whammie?

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Speaker 3: Yes, how about that?

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Speaker 2: See more total plays than their opposition and over thirty

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Speaker 2: three and a half minutes a time of possession. We've

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Speaker 2: been screaming and yelling.

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Speaker 3: I got you. I bet you're happy about you, Like

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Speaker 3: I'm not gonna stop talking about It's one game, but

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Speaker 3: I am happy.

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Speaker 2: And I also you know I you and I both

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Speaker 2: you do like a billion different shows and things throughout

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Speaker 2: the week. I do like a million different shows and

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Speaker 2: things throughout the week. I had the Mike Tomlin press conference.

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Speaker 2: It'll be a weird week this week. It's already Tuesday.

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Speaker 3: We have so much. We didn't talked about all the

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Speaker 3: things that happening on the league and Tomlin and injuries,

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Speaker 3: let on this game.

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Speaker 2: We've barely started to touch on this game and have

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Speaker 2: to get around the NFL. But we have Mike Tomlin updates,

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Speaker 2: so we have so much to get to and we'll

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Speaker 2: quickly be turning the page to the Lions. But I

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Speaker 2: do that Mike Tomlin press conference. It's recap show with

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Speaker 2: Jerry Dulac, and Dulac was talking about how, you know,

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Speaker 2: how impressed he was with how the Steelers defense just

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Speaker 2: felt in command, felt in control, and I was like,

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Speaker 2: I think there's a direct parallel there to what we've

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Speaker 2: all been screaming about. Fourteen more plays the Steelers' offense ran,

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Speaker 2: and that even includes kind of that garbage time stuff

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Speaker 2: at the end, so that could have been way more lobsided.

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Speaker 3: Right, A lot of the final numbers favor Miami more

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Speaker 3: than they even should, and.

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Speaker 2: Even without what even without Harmon, even with losing her

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Speaker 2: big in the course of that game.

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Speaker 3: No, I mean, Pierre's a legit starter. Okay, right, right right,

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Speaker 3: Samuel will talk about but you know.

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Speaker 2: No one puts Pierre in the corner.

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Speaker 3: They were inactives came out. I'm like, oh no, this

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Speaker 2: They were fresh, they were ready to go, and I

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Speaker 2: think they finally they felt I think the defense felt

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Speaker 2: that like this, it's nice to get to the end

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Speaker 2: of the third midle the middle of the third quarter

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Speaker 2: field already for forty some plays, not to end up

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Speaker 2: playing in sixty seventy some plays. I think you can see.

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Speaker 2: I think you can draw a direct correlation on thousand

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Speaker 2: person with how the offense was able to control the

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Speaker 2: football and finally give the defense that position of advantage

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Speaker 2: we've been talking about.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been lacking so bad, and I know we've

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Speaker 3: brought it up. I bring it up all the time

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Speaker 3: and people probably get sick of it, but I feel

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Speaker 3: like I still haven't stressed it enough. I mean, how

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Speaker 3: big a disadvantage that is? I mean the play differential

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Speaker 3: you're asking your defense to play versus the offense. It's

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Speaker 3: great that we're finally trending the other direction. Yeah, it is,

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Speaker 3: and you can see the difference. I mean the energy,

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Speaker 3: the amount of players that get to the ball in

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Speaker 3: the fourth quarter, I mean the way they hit, the

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Speaker 3: way they take on blocks. I mean, people get tired.

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Speaker 3: These are human beings.

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Speaker 2: So often, even in some of the games that they've

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Speaker 2: held on to win, Matt it felt like they were

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Speaker 2: the nail, not the hammer. Hold on for your life,

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Speaker 2: holding on for dear life. Yeah, second half, particularly in

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Speaker 2: the fourth quarter, shoe was totally on the other foot.

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Speaker 2: They were the hammer and the Dolphins were the nail.

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Speaker 2: Couldn't wait to get back on those buses and get

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Speaker 3: I don't know if you felt the same way and

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Speaker 3: then you were there. I'm watching, but I really did

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Speaker 3: think the Miami team, especially their defense and special teams,

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Speaker 3: in the first half, were really hitting. They were they

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Speaker 3: were flying around. They did not show up flat or

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Speaker 3: disinterested or we're out of this thing. But then it

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Speaker 3: starts to settle in and it's cold, and we're not

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Speaker 3: doing much and our quarterbacks are not very good. I

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Speaker 3: can't look in the huddle and look at Rogers and

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Speaker 3: be like I got this, and defense has been on

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Speaker 3: the field a lot, and it's like, let's go home.

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Speaker 2: Back to South each year. Come on, guys, it's been

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Speaker 2: fun up here for the weekend.

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Speaker 3: But we've had a good run. We've won four in

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Speaker 3: a row, we've saved some jobs, baby, but it's time

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Speaker 2: We've got some good social media content out here. Yeah yeah, right,

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Speaker 2: backing in and get out of here. And yet twenty

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Speaker 2: eight to three, it felt over. They were able to

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Speaker 2: score those two touchdowns, miss on both of the conversions,

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Speaker 2: so it ends up being a twelve point four quarter

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Speaker 2: from Miami. But Matt you mentioned him briefly as much

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Speaker 2: as I think my first kind of thirty thousand foot

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Speaker 2: complementary sixty minutes. The second thing kind of been on

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Speaker 2: my list of talking points and takeaways here twelve out.

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Speaker 2: I mean I literally left the stadium about twelve thirteen

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Speaker 2: hours ago. Is wow. Aaron Rodgers once again, much like

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Speaker 2: he was last week, I thought was the most best

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Speaker 2: is a you can go a million different directions who

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Speaker 2: is the best player out on the field last night?

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Speaker 2: But I think the most important I think the MVP

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Speaker 2: for the second straight week was Aaron Rodgers and Matt

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Speaker 2: It just it feels like it's becoming Aaron Rodgers season.

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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers time. He's not gonna be that quarterback anymore

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Speaker 2: that throws the ball all over the yard in September

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Speaker 2: forty five times, four hundred yards, four touchdowns. I just

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Speaker 2: don't think that's his game. Even if you put him

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Speaker 2: in the Dallas Cowboys offense, I don't think that that's

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Speaker 2: his game. What is his game, though, is December is cold,

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Speaker 2: is is doing everything to elevate the you know the

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Speaker 2: high tide that raises all ships. The catch in Miami

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Speaker 2: with too many men on a third down and getting

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Speaker 3: The rest didn't even catch.

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Speaker 2: But the rest didn't even right like this, this is

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Speaker 2: the time where I think you really want Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 2: to show his value, his experience, his fortitude, and that

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Speaker 2: was on display for the second straight week once again.

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Speaker 2: Last night.

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Speaker 3: We could do two hours on him. I mean I

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Speaker 3: really could, But so I was going to touch on

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Speaker 3: a few things that we haven't already. Is the more

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Speaker 3: you see him like shears have gone through a lot

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Speaker 3: of quarterbacks since Ben go through a lot of quarterbacks and.

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Speaker 2: Not Cleveland Brown's level.

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Speaker 3: No, it's been a revolving door over these last couple

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Speaker 3: of years. Everybody knows. And there's been times for better

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Speaker 3: or worse. Too often for worse. During that stretch where

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Speaker 3: you're like, okay, quarterback X Traubisky, you pick it, whoever?

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Speaker 3: Starting to understand the team, him in the league and

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Speaker 3: what's expected of him and blah blah blah. The way

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Speaker 3: I feel with this guy is I think the people

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Speaker 3: that departed, you know, like I don't want to be

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Speaker 3: a product of my environment. I want my environment to

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Speaker 3: be a product to me. And Rogers, years after a

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Speaker 3: quarterback couldn't get a job in this town, Yeah, I

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Speaker 3: mean it's like now they're catching on what he demands.

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Speaker 3: And I was on a show with Rob you know,

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Speaker 3: look at Rogers' personality and the way he holds himself

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Speaker 3: and think, boy, he's cocky, he's brash. You know, maybe

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Speaker 3: he's not always kind everybody. And I've said that's probably

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Speaker 3: true because he's earned it. But I just think he's

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Speaker 3: always right. And Rob's like, did you watch him on Jeopardy?

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Speaker 3: He like blew everybody out. Like the guy's like never wrong,

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Speaker 3: Like heg gps, there was twelve guys on the field.

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Speaker 3: Of course he's right. Of course he's right. I mean, like,

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Speaker 3: I think everyone's realized that maybe he asked us to

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Speaker 3: do goofy things or doesn't always see the way. But

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Speaker 3: he's so wise and he's so smart, he's always right.

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Speaker 2: It's a great call. It reminds me a little bit

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Speaker 2: of like you hear about some of these guys like

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Speaker 2: the Tom Cruises and the Leonardo Dicaprios of the world. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: that when they're on a movie set, it has to

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Speaker 2: this and if somebody steps out of line, if one

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Speaker 2: lighting guy is standing in the wrong spot, it's like,

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Speaker 2: blow the whole take up. We're doing this again.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: It's like the Running Back mixes a missus a block,

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Speaker 3: it runs the wrong round and the.

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Speaker 2: Movie comes out and it grosses three hundred million dollars

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Speaker 2: and wins a bunch of awards. And here's Tom Cruise.

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Speaker 3: Brando is super hard to work with then real eccentric.

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Speaker 2: Because he was right Tarantino like notorious pain in the

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Speaker 2: backside to work with. Seen the movies right right right,

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Speaker 2: and I think you're spot on. I think there's definitely

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Speaker 2: some of that. And what I love too is in

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Speaker 2: the postgame Aaron Rodgers too.

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Speaker 3: Everything he says, everything he does.

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Speaker 2: He goes out of his way to talk about Kenneth Gainwell.

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Speaker 2: You know nobody wanted this guy. He signed for pennies.

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Speaker 2: Look at him now, Connor.

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Speaker 3: He he says things that they want to hear, like

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Speaker 3: I want to make I want gain Well. I want

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Speaker 3: to help him get a huge contract. That guy talking

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Speaker 3: about a good way to motivate your teammates and stuff too. Hey, Kenny,

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Speaker 3: I can make you four more million a year if

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Speaker 3: you stick with me.

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Speaker 2: Listen to that guy th Wall, you're right, right, right right,

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Speaker 2: Tuesday on the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio on the

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Speaker 1: About Drive on your twenty four to seven home of

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Speaker 1: the Black and Goal, Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Back on the drive here as we roll along on

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Speaker 2: to talk to our friend Chris Adamski, of course covers

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Speaker 2: the Steelers Blitz with our guy Tom opp froman at

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Speaker 2: noon every day here on the Steelers Audio Network. Chris,

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Speaker 2: thank you for taking the time plenty going on here.

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Speaker 2: It's a weird Tuesday, is We do have some Mike

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't think there's any question about that generally speaking.

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Speaker 2: One went from feeling like it could go either way

437
00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,639
Speaker 2: to feeling like they could go ahead and start the

438
00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,240
Speaker 2: buses and get the Dolphins back to the airport pretty quickly.

439
00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:39,400
Speaker 2: And a big part of that, Chris, as it has

440
00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,359
Speaker 2: been listen, it feels like every time that we're in

441
00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,480
Speaker 2: here on a Monday or a Tuesday or whenever talking

442
00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:48,680
Speaker 2: about a Steelers win, talking optimism. You know, glass looking

443
00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:52,159
Speaker 2: more half full than half empty. It feels like that

444
00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:56,600
Speaker 2: glass is always revolving around Aaron Rodgers twenty three of

445
00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,760
Speaker 2: twenty seven, two hundred and twenty four yards, two touchdowns,

446
00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,080
Speaker 2: no turnovers. I mean, like I'm I'm thinking back in

447
00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:08,080
Speaker 2: my mind, Chris, and like the opening drive, he took

448
00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,560
Speaker 2: a sack that he probably shouldn't have. Other than that,

449
00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,800
Speaker 2: Other than that, I think ninety nine percent of the game.

450
00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:17,119
Speaker 2: It's tough to say perfect, right, because nobody's perfect but

451
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:21,040
Speaker 2: very feat but he was. He was just just about perfect.

452
00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:22,399
Speaker 2: And that's a great way to put it, Matt. He

453
00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,639
Speaker 2: just minimizes air so much and he even catches you

454
00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,879
Speaker 2: on third down with twelve guys on the field when

455
00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:29,040
Speaker 2: the when the refs missed it.

456
00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, that that that was pretty That was pretty neat

457
00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,920
Speaker 4: to see. Especially but by the way, I thought that

458
00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,520
Speaker 4: the whole replay review couldn't throw a flag. I thought

459
00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,600
Speaker 4: that or the eye and the sky couldn't do that.

460
00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,160
Speaker 4: I but you know, it seems like every week there's

461
00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,120
Speaker 4: a new either rule or wrinkle or something that comes

462
00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:46,520
Speaker 4: out or that or something I learned. I guess I

463
00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,280
Speaker 4: should say maybe I'm only one that you could get

464
00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:50,679
Speaker 4: a flag thrown, because I thought they made a big

465
00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,040
Speaker 4: deal about saying you couldn't add a flap. But regardless, Yeah,

466
00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,399
Speaker 4: it was what he had four incompletions, and I know

467
00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,600
Speaker 4: one for sure was a drop and there was a

468
00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,840
Speaker 4: throwaway in there. So I don't know how if you

469
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,000
Speaker 4: ever missed anybody without going back and watching all twenty

470
00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,000
Speaker 4: seven throws, now you missed anybody one of the sacks

471
00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,320
Speaker 4: he took on purpose out of you know, here he

472
00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,520
Speaker 4: just gave himself off essentially, so out of this, even

473
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,560
Speaker 4: the sacks he took. So yeah, trying to find a

474
00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,399
Speaker 4: negative play of that, and you know, I tend to

475
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,280
Speaker 4: maybe it's on me and like I'm being kind of

476
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,399
Speaker 4: talking into this now that I don't say roll my eyes,

477
00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,120
Speaker 4: but sort of like, oh, it's well, they've they've got

478
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,800
Speaker 4: his you know, he got two veteran receivers are in

479
00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,600
Speaker 4: there now, guys that have a combined what it would

480
00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:33,919
Speaker 4: be now the twenty one seasons of NFL experience to

481
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,280
Speaker 4: match him between MVS and Adam Feelen, and they have

482
00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,960
Speaker 4: a combined two catches together after two games, so I'm like,

483
00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:41,679
Speaker 4: how much of an impact that they're really making? But

484
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,320
Speaker 4: and Rogers is saying, like, well, they're they're being these

485
00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,719
Speaker 4: professional route runners. It's opened things up and whatever. And

486
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,159
Speaker 4: I tend to be skeptical of that, I guess to

487
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:50,960
Speaker 4: a point and say it's not that simple, or you

488
00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,080
Speaker 4: got to produce more, I guess. But at the same time,

489
00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,200
Speaker 4: these have been if you go back to back games,

490
00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,520
Speaker 4: I would say, with again sinking back to September, it

491
00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,720
Speaker 4: seems like three years ago in terms of two games

492
00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,080
Speaker 4: in a row where the passing game looks this crisp

493
00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,919
Speaker 4: and you know, you combine big plays mostly you know,

494
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,080
Speaker 4: the previous game against Baltimore, but still a couple on

495
00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,960
Speaker 4: this one, and just efficiency and everything else that the

496
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000
Speaker 4: passing games looks as good as it has since. They've

497
00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,920
Speaker 4: kind of did this sort of line change with the

498
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,920
Speaker 4: with their receivers by getting the three new or three

499
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,320
Speaker 4: but two brand new veterans in and putting Scotty Miller

500
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,960
Speaker 4: back in the lineup and and swapping out Keishawn Williams

501
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,520
Speaker 4: and rowand Wilson at the off the passing offense has

502
00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,080
Speaker 4: looked as good as it has all seeds, and so

503
00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,400
Speaker 4: there's got to be probably some correlation there, right, So.

504
00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,800
Speaker 3: Reporter question for you. I used to ask Dale these

505
00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,800
Speaker 3: all the time because I've never been the person that

506
00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,760
Speaker 3: holds the mic and asks the questions and does the

507
00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,960
Speaker 3: interviews like you guys do in the scrum, like when

508
00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,760
Speaker 3: you're eighty years old and retired, Crisp, I.

509
00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:50,200
Speaker 2: Hope it retires before he's eight.

510
00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,159
Speaker 4: Do you think we'll see I?

511
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,439
Speaker 3: Do you think Rogers is like a tell your grandkids

512
00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,439
Speaker 3: type of guy? You know, like it's it seems like

513
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,120
Speaker 3: his quotes, the way he interacts with you guys, let

514
00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:09,440
Speaker 3: alone his teammates is so unique and so impressive and oh,

515
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:10,800
Speaker 3: by the way, he's had a great career.

516
00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:14,200
Speaker 4: You know. Yeah, that's what. Yeah. Unique is a good

517
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,359
Speaker 4: way of putting it, for sure. And you're right in

518
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,240
Speaker 4: terms of visits because we thought in a way and

519
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,280
Speaker 4: I kept you know, last year, and it's funny now,

520
00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,359
Speaker 4: I don't know if I'm recncy biased now or if

521
00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:25,119
Speaker 4: I was getting ahead of myself last year or what

522
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,560
Speaker 4: you know. There are several times when I'd referenced Russell

523
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:33,040
Speaker 4: Wilson's Yeah, Russell Wilson and that's not I'm not trying

524
00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:34,639
Speaker 4: to belittle him at all, but he's not in the

525
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,560
Speaker 4: same class in terms of all time generation. We're talking

526
00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,639
Speaker 4: you've got fifty years an how or whatever right here.

527
00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,160
Speaker 4: I mean Russell Wilson might make the Hall of Fame.

528
00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:43,760
Speaker 4: That's told another debate for another day. I'm not going

529
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,720
Speaker 4: to get into that or not. But it's just he's

530
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,000
Speaker 4: not wholly a candle to the unit. You can't compare

531
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:49,520
Speaker 4: the career. You're not a debate. No one with the

532
00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,959
Speaker 4: baby with a better career and who's more established than

533
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,800
Speaker 4: everything like that. So Rogers being here and you're right,

534
00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,000
Speaker 4: it's he does. And you know he has that because,

535
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 4: let's face it, pretty much everybody in his roster was

536
00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,639
Speaker 4: you know, it doesn't remember in the NFL watching NFL

537
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,600
Speaker 4: as a kid without Aaron Rodgers in it, right, I mean,

538
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,800
Speaker 4: other than Cam Hayward and you know Boswell or whatever.

539
00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,320
Speaker 4: I mean, there's not many guys. Letting the guys that

540
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,119
Speaker 4: have been bringing in over the past few weeks here

541
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:22,360
Speaker 4: at Wide Receiver, you know, their first memories is probably

542
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,480
Speaker 4: you know, some of the first memories of Aaron Rodgers

543
00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,800
Speaker 4: playing the Super Bowl, beating the Steelers actually, so you

544
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,359
Speaker 4: have that that combination of that earned respect on the

545
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,639
Speaker 4: playing field with you know, his he clearly you know,

546
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,320
Speaker 4: this cerebral guy and he I think he clearly thinks.

547
00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:38,320
Speaker 4: I don't know if he kind of psycholed you background

548
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:39,840
Speaker 4: or your has or what, but you can tell he

549
00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,840
Speaker 4: even though he interacts with us in the moment, you

550
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:48,120
Speaker 4: know whatever, everything, I like just hang on, you know, yeah, yeah,

551
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,879
Speaker 4: he he he kind of knows who what buttons to

552
00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,119
Speaker 4: push with certain receivers and stuff, and he gets he

553
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,080
Speaker 4: obviously has a temper on the field and he gets frustrated.

554
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:58,840
Speaker 4: And I think maybe that's part of his calculation too,

555
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,760
Speaker 4: is he knows that and he buys himself capital with

556
00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:05,080
Speaker 4: all of his teammates by bonding with him off the field.

557
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 4: I think that's part of his grand kind of plan.

558
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 4: Is you know, each of those each of those receivers,

559
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,280
Speaker 4: the line, you know, even defensive players, whatever, he makes

560
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 4: sure he tries to get to know them, tries to

561
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:16,600
Speaker 4: you know, whether I can needle this guy, I can,

562
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,359
Speaker 4: you know, like I can tough love that, you know,

563
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,160
Speaker 4: whatever it is, because he knows that when he's competitive,

564
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,800
Speaker 4: he's on the field, we all see it. Right, he screams.

565
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,359
Speaker 4: If somebody runs the wrong route, or somebody you know

566
00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,479
Speaker 4: or whatever drops the pass it might be in some scenario,

567
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,320
Speaker 4: or doesn't know where to line up or whatever it

568
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,760
Speaker 4: might be. He he gets mad, right, and he knows

569
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,160
Speaker 4: he's gonnat mad. But because he's he has the resume,

570
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,359
Speaker 4: and he has the respect of everybody, and because he

571
00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,280
Speaker 4: he makes it a point to go and get to

572
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,720
Speaker 4: know every one of those guys and establish that personal relationship,

573
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:47,960
Speaker 4: you know, when he explodes them on the field. Instead

574
00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,520
Speaker 4: of saying, oh, this guy has embarrassed me on national TV,

575
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:52,719
Speaker 4: he says, Okay, you know what, he's the leader. He's

576
00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:54,119
Speaker 4: trying to get me to do the right thing. It's

577
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,439
Speaker 4: for the team. I screwed up here. I need to

578
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,640
Speaker 4: be better and I deserved it, you know what I'm saying.

579
00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,920
Speaker 4: He's bought his bought himself some some of that good

580
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,679
Speaker 4: will with this teammates. And I do think you know,

581
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,159
Speaker 4: everybody knows, you know that some of that. He's hosting

582
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,679
Speaker 4: Jeopardy for crying out loud. You know, he is smart.

583
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,280
Speaker 4: I think he I think that's part of his part

584
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 4: of his intelligence is he's he likes to get to

585
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 4: know people, and and I think it's kind of a

586
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,640
Speaker 4: challenge to him, right, both reporters, players, coaches, you know, everybody,

587
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,840
Speaker 4: just to get to know them and and see what, hey,

588
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 4: how can I how can I connect with this individual?

589
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 4: And you know that that will help the team down

590
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:28,320
Speaker 4: the road.

591
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,040
Speaker 2: Hey, you know those cow guys, they're pretty bright. I

592
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 2: tell you out there out there out there in Berkley.

593
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 2: You gotta be.

594
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,040
Speaker 4: Bright, Cap you mean California? You right?

595
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, of course, go go? What are the Vulcans?

596
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:41,480
Speaker 4: Right?

597
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,959
Speaker 2: Isn't that what the cow pas.

598
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:46,879
Speaker 4: As our friend market boy? So it's the it's the

599
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,440
Speaker 4: harbor of them on? Right? Is that what he went there?

600
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 2: That's certainly not the case qualified with us here on

601
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 2: the drive. Uh, let's let's talk about some of those

602
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 2: you know, you mentioned Steelers being without Derek Harmon there.

603
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:08,840
Speaker 2: It sounds optimistic that that might be the last absence

604
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,439
Speaker 2: for him in this kind of stretch here dealing with

605
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,960
Speaker 2: that knee injury. He's from Detroit, you know, Michigan guy

606
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,200
Speaker 2: obviously started his career at Michigan State for a few

607
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:20,440
Speaker 2: years before he finished at Oregon. Does it seem hey,

608
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,159
Speaker 2: you know what they say happens when you assume, But

609
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 2: does it seem likely Maybe we'll, we'll, we'll, we'll go

610
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,200
Speaker 2: with there. Does it seem likely that Derek Harmon will

611
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,360
Speaker 2: return to action this Sunday in his hometown.

612
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:37,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, that was probably about as a declarative without totally

613
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 4: percent committing to it. As you'll hear Mike Tomlin about

614
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,520
Speaker 4: a guy who's coming off, especially a three game injury

615
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 4: like that, not somebody who just got dinged up there

616
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 4: in the last game or something. He was he I

617
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,200
Speaker 4: think he even said, we're looking forward to getting back,

618
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 4: you know, he was pretty he said, you know, essentially

619
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 4: that if if that was Cam Hayward, just just to

620
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 4: throw a name, you know, obviously it's the stream exit

621
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 4: a veteran that he trusts and he knows and knows

622
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 4: what he's doing. It had the same injury and only

623
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 4: with one limited practice and whatever he was doing moving

624
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 4: around and to walk through or before the game or whatever,

625
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 4: he would have played. It certainly sounds like that for sure.

626
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,720
Speaker 4: He said it was because he was a rookie and

627
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 4: he didn't get much reps. I didn't think it was

628
00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,600
Speaker 4: fair to him or to us to throw him out there,

629
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 4: which would whatever I mean, they won the game, so

630
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,680
Speaker 4: it all all worked out, and and he even mentioned

631
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,400
Speaker 4: that having to Detroit, the homecoming and everything that's coming week,

632
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,240
Speaker 4: obviously the game's going to be a lot to Derek

633
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 4: Harmon on the Sunday to get to play in his

634
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,120
Speaker 4: hometown as a rookie in the NFL. So yeah, for

635
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 4: the Steelers to go and we talked, I mean, obviously

636
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 4: it didn't play out this way the rush defense or

637
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,560
Speaker 4: the rush production from the opponent in this past game.

638
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:41,880
Speaker 4: But to get emerged from the three game strets without

639
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 4: Harmon with two to one, and you know he's not

640
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,960
Speaker 4: their MVP, I get it, and I'm going to overplay it,

641
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,400
Speaker 4: I guess. But to get him back and man an

642
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,560
Speaker 4: injury fort by the end of last week. Man, it's

643
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,480
Speaker 4: and it's still not completely resolved by any stretching the imagination,

644
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 4: but that was one of them deeper in terms of

645
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 4: depth and breadth of the of the quality of players

646
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 4: and how many players are on the list, and you know,

647
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,280
Speaker 4: there this is a lot of attrition even for you know,

648
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,160
Speaker 4: every event, all team, every season has it when you

649
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 4: get to this point in late December here mid December.

650
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:11,320
Speaker 4: But uh, the Steelers, this is that was one of

651
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 4: the longer, lengthier injury reports that I've seen in a while.

652
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Speaker 4: So it's sounds like there's a chance to you know,

653
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 4: to get to James Pierre back. And you know, even

654
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 4: problem was more optimistic about Samala. I thought maybe yesterday

655
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Speaker 4: after the game getting the field, that I didn't think

656
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:29,680
Speaker 4: Samala was gonna gonna play this coming week. But Tomlin

657
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 4: went out of his way and when asked about let's

658
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 4: see who's he asked about Spencer Anderson, whether he would

659
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Speaker 4: do the A asked, and that actually about and Uh,

660
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 4: he had a lot of a I'm not ready to

661
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,640
Speaker 4: roll out Samalo yet he didn't have to do that.

662
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 4: I don't think he would do that if he didn't

663
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 4: believe in himself that there's a pretty good chance Samala

664
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Speaker 4: could play against the lines.

665
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Speaker 3: Chris, last thing I got for you is Sante Samuel

666
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 3: and Dylan Cook both got thrust into action at really

667
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,960
Speaker 3: difficult positions, you know, like one bad play and everyone

668
00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:00,040
Speaker 3: thinks you're terrible. I mean they're they're hard positions to

669
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 3: find their premium positions. And I've only watched the TV copy,

670
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 3: but I thought both played way over expectations and very

671
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,640
Speaker 3: very well not just good for replacements. Is that the

672
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 3: buzz you were getting to around, you know, from the

673
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 3: team and everybody as well.

674
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I thought it. You know, Samuel obviously there are

675
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,760
Speaker 4: two totally different profiles a career at this point in

676
00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 4: terms of the players, but they both there was reason

677
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 4: to I mean, the Steelers have kept cooked around. What

678
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,720
Speaker 4: is this is the third season he's been with the organization,

679
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Speaker 4: so you're going you know, back to back to May

680
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 4: twenty twenty three when they and he's been on the

681
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:37,880
Speaker 4: fifty spen a whole year in the fifty three, so

682
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 4: that as well as a rookie, but as the first

683
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,560
Speaker 4: year player that year, so that showed that they they

684
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 4: had they see something in him and they like him.

685
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,640
Speaker 4: And he got hurt last year, so you kind of

686
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,960
Speaker 4: wondered where he was at in his career. And he's

687
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,000
Speaker 4: a little bit older for being being a soiate inexperienced player.

688
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 4: But I mean, you said it best, you did. You

689
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 4: didn't know you would notice a left tackle a lot

690
00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 4: more than you wouldn't. Yeah, yeah, but unless you're just

691
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,280
Speaker 4: you know, the washing for him. So that's a good sign.

692
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 4: And yeah, I do think I mean, the Steelers have

693
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 4: loved doing that over there over there the past couple

694
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,240
Speaker 4: of days. I mean, going away is the main example,

695
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 4: of course, of a guy that kind of a different background.

696
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 4: You know, he was a junior college quarterback before he

697
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 4: goes to the University of Montana and he ends up here,

698
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 4: and he's obviously athletic, and you know, I don't know

699
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 4: if he'll ever be a starter for them or for

700
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 4: the Steelers in terms of that, but I do think

701
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 4: for sure that you know, he could if he finishes

702
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 4: out this season. And you know, we'll see what's going

703
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:31,959
Speaker 4: on with Pete. There's a lot of moving parts here

704
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 4: because of Samo hadn't played his pika back to the

705
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:35,800
Speaker 4: left guard, and yeah, you know, we'll see how this

706
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 4: all all shakes out, and that might be an option

707
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,480
Speaker 4: then if if Samo they can't play, and maybe keep

708
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,040
Speaker 4: cooking left tackling and Pete Fiell's in the guard at

709
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 4: least when Spence Anderson's doing his uh, mister eligible thing.

710
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:49,560
Speaker 4: But yeah, and then and then Samuel him he began

711
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 4: to play every snap I thought was significant. You know,

712
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 4: it's a guy who hadn't played football for fifteen months

713
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,200
Speaker 4: or whatever, and he didn't play much on defense last

714
00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,440
Speaker 4: week at all, and he was out there every single snap,

715
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 4: and I thought something they might monitor or watch, you know,

716
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 4: you never know when you have the type of surgery

717
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 4: and injury he had. And I'm sure they obviously vetted him,

718
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 4: and he was here from the practice squad and he

719
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 4: was practicing and he played some games. All he did,

720
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 4: but you still kind of wondered if they would have

721
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 4: you know, I don't say exposed him that way, but

722
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,360
Speaker 4: he exposed them to Yeah, maybe DoD mean the right

723
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 4: expose him in terms of playing every snap like that,

724
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 4: and he and he and he he made it through.

725
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 4: Now again the opponent, I don't know if it was

726
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 4: the biggest tests in the world in terms of that,

727
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 4: and they got out. He got two really good wide

728
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 4: receivers in Detroit, so that's that'll be a whole other test.

729
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 4: But uh, yeah, we've you know, I think Samuel they

730
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 4: put it said, they definitely are hopeful they have a

731
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 4: future you know, multi year starter and Samuel'll be able

732
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,040
Speaker 4: to keep here. And this is the audition here these

733
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 4: these next few weeks. But I think is more curious

734
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 4: as in the short term because everybody, I'm sure you

735
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,720
Speaker 4: guys agree. I mean, James Pierre was was playing really

736
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:53,840
Speaker 4: well for what he's been so far for them, and

737
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 4: if he's clear to come back, it's It's one of those,

738
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:58,480
Speaker 4: I guess, the good problem to have, right if you

739
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 4: have two guys you believe in to play outside Corner.

740
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 4: I'm really curious to see if Pierre does play, how

741
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 4: they how they distribute that. I I mean, I was,

742
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 4: like I said, Samuel have played. I think I think

743
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,840
Speaker 4: he only played after Pierre got hurt. And against Baltimore

744
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,319
Speaker 4: you wouldn't have played all on defense, and as fast week,

745
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,239
Speaker 4: you played every snap. So if you haven't both do

746
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,880
Speaker 4: you do a time shared? Is one of them, definitely

747
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:19,880
Speaker 4: ahead of the other. I you know, you could do

748
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:21,920
Speaker 4: sub packages. I don't know how you do it, but

749
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 4: I'm curious to see if, assuming Pierre is able to play,

750
00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:26,560
Speaker 4: That's one of the things I want to be watching

751
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 4: for in practice and certainly Sunday afternoon and Detroit.

752
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,320
Speaker 3: It's definitely a great problem to have at Corner, and

753
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 3: I think they should probably be open to the idea

754
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:40,839
Speaker 3: that one or both could be the opening next year. Yeah,

755
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,240
Speaker 3: I mean, even looking ahead for the future seasons.

756
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,800
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I guess is Pierre, I think it

757
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 4: would have been an expiring car.

758
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,160
Speaker 3: I think they're both yeah, yeah, so I don't know

759
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:51,360
Speaker 3: if that.

760
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, And obviously if you pick one then the other

761
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 4: might have a better, better option to go somewhere else.

762
00:34:57,719 --> 00:34:59,640
Speaker 4: Then maybe if they they're both putting on good tape

763
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 4: out there. But yeah, I think they and that, and

764
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,360
Speaker 4: that would be big because if you you know, this

765
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:10,040
Speaker 4: is something that as of you know, September, you didn't

766
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 4: have Samu at all, and Pierre, you're you're thinking just

767
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 4: a specialty, a good special team roster. Yeah, so, I mean,

768
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 4: I know, the whole slave thing didn't work. Yeah, that's right,

769
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 4: the whole slave thing didn't work out. And but you know,

770
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,560
Speaker 4: all of a sudden now instead of having to especially

771
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:27,400
Speaker 4: you know, go back to week you know, six or

772
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 4: seven or eight or whatever it was, and slave was

773
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 4: struggling and in a one year to do you anyway,

774
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 4: you're thinking they going to invest a high draft pick

775
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 4: in a corner next year and at the luxury and

776
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:36,800
Speaker 4: then all of a sudden with all the draft capital,

777
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,319
Speaker 4: who knows the quarter, but whatever it is, you got

778
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 4: holes to fill. Otherwise, if you feel like one of

779
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,719
Speaker 4: these guys can be your starter next year across from Torter.

780
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:44,239
Speaker 4: You don't have to spend a draft pick, a high

781
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:46,320
Speaker 4: premium pick on a corner that that gives you a

782
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,600
Speaker 4: lot more flexibility to other things the roster, right.

783
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 2: Yeaheah hey from the from the Island of Misfit Toys

784
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 2: to maybe now a strength of position. It's it's funny

785
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 2: how quickly that can happen in this league. And certainly

786
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:00,120
Speaker 2: I'm with you guys, a good problem to have it

787
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 2: this way as opposed the other way around. Kris Adamski,

788
00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 2: great stuff from him as always. Make sure you're listening

789
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,959
Speaker 2: to him on the Steelers Blitz at noon with Tom

790
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 2: here on the Steelers Audio Network. Thanks for the time

791
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 2: as always, partner, and we'll see in Detroit.

792
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 4: All right, we're talk then, Thank guys.

793
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,680
Speaker 2: There he goes, Chris Adamski, great stuff from him.

794
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 3: Ah meant to ask him something I got.

795
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 2: The remember someone tweeted us and I'm forgetting who, but

796
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:27,000
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna go back and look because it'll take

797
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:28,880
Speaker 2: me too long. But someone tweeted us last week and

798
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:29,799
Speaker 2: was like, why do you call him?

799
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 4: Buzz?

800
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 2: I got the story last night? I asked him in

801
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:34,840
Speaker 2: the cafeteria. So I was gonna have him tell it,

802
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 2: but we wait for him.

803
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:36,279
Speaker 4: I guess.

804
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:40,279
Speaker 2: Well, long story short. He it was when he was

805
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:43,520
Speaker 2: in college, he with the Penn State and he was

806
00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 2: writing for the student newspaper. Got asked to do some

807
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 2: radio stuff at the radio station. So it was like

808
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 2: his first day at the radio station, and they were

809
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:55,160
Speaker 2: in the middle of a trivia contest competition, and so

810
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,319
Speaker 2: they threw him in as the last seed because they

811
00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:58,920
Speaker 2: were like, we need one more person to make it

812
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,759
Speaker 2: an even number. Give this kid the bracket. Put him

813
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:03,799
Speaker 2: in the last seat, and he upset like the guy

814
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 2: who had been hosting at the radio station for years

815
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:09,640
Speaker 2: and was like the sports guy exactly. Yeah, So like

816
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:11,840
Speaker 2: here comes you know, like nineteen year old Chris Dansky,

817
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,120
Speaker 2: like taking down this thirty year old full time sports host.

818
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,800
Speaker 2: And one of the producers was like, he's a buzzsaw.

819
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 2: This kid is a buzz saw, and they started calling

820
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 2: him buzz off. Off of that, it just kind of stuck.

821
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 3: Okay, okay, that's how those things tend to happen, right,

822
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 3: It earned it then, Yeah, he sure did.

823
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 2: He shared did, and thankful to him for the time.

824
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,840
Speaker 2: As always Matt, let's get to another break here. We

825
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:34,920
Speaker 2: got to come through some more, some numbers, some more

826
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,359
Speaker 2: thoughts obviously from this twenty eight to fifteen victory last

827
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 2: night on Monday Night Football over the Dolphins. Before we'll

828
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,800
Speaker 2: do some around the league stuff, some Tomlin stuff in

829
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,400
Speaker 2: our number two, so plenty to get to as we

830
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,239
Speaker 2: roll along West Huuler, Matt Williams, And it is the

831
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,320
Speaker 2: Drive on Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network,

832
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 2: your tunes about.

833
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 1: Drive on your twenty four to seven home of the

834
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 1: Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

835
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,720
Speaker 2: Matt, you want to know a statistic that I wrote

836
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,440
Speaker 2: down here bookmarked last night that's still making me smile

837
00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 2: thirteen fourteen hours later. Third quarter yardage?

838
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:21,120
Speaker 3: Oh wow, I have this one too.

839
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, Steelers one hundred and sixty three Dolphins minus twenty.

840
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 3: Minus twenty up sacks. And I mean that's when they

841
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,280
Speaker 3: just totally controlled the game. You know that many drives

842
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:37,000
Speaker 3: in a row with a with a touchdown, dominant drives,

843
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:40,440
Speaker 3: just getting chunk yardage after chunk yardage, rarely going backwards,

844
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,359
Speaker 3: sending Miami backwards. They just took control at that point

845
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:44,200
Speaker 3: they did.

846
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:47,960
Speaker 2: I mean, it was it was like the the prize fight,

847
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 2: where you know, in the eighth round you can start

848
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,359
Speaker 2: to see, all right, one of these guys is beating

849
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 2: up by the other one and they're kind of holding

850
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 2: and anything can happen here still, but man, this seems

851
00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 2: like it's going one way. That really paints it paints

852
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:01,719
Speaker 2: a picture sure of that dominant third quarter by the

853
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Steelers.

854
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 3: And I know he complained about it earlier, but the

855
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:06,759
Speaker 3: fourth quarter really didn't matter.

856
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:08,280
Speaker 2: No, you know it didn't.

857
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,640
Speaker 3: I mean it didn't irrelevant.

858
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 2: Start the buses time already. And I was joking with you,

859
00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 2: like before we were recording, the Dolphins were in no

860
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 2: hurry there in the fourth quarter. I mean I heard

861
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 2: Aikman was obviously yet but I hear I heard Aikman

862
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:25,280
Speaker 2: was crushing them on the broadcast.

863
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:28,720
Speaker 3: Which I was taking. Show no urgency at all here.

864
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,839
Speaker 2: Something onside kicks until till the very end.

865
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:33,280
Speaker 3: All that s playing fast.

866
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:35,359
Speaker 2: Hey, it was nice of them to keep milking time

867
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:36,799
Speaker 2: off the clock and get us all out of there

868
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 2: a little bit earlier late on a late on a

869
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 2: Monday night from Miami. But Matt I did want to

870
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 2: in the first hour here too, and we touched on

871
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,800
Speaker 2: a little bit with a dam Ski but man Sante

872
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 2: Samuel Junior, and his first meaningful action in about fifteen months.

873
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:55,280
Speaker 2: Like like Buzz said, because he played one snap against

874
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 2: Baltimore last week, I think he played one hundred percent

875
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 2: of the snaps for the defense, all fifty for the

876
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:06,320
Speaker 2: Steelers defense, plus five special teams snaps for a Sante

877
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:11,320
Speaker 2: Samuel fifty five snaps in total. Matt he had the interception,

878
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 2: which obviously stands out, but even if you take that

879
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,919
Speaker 2: out of the equation, I thought he really looked the part.

880
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:18,839
Speaker 2: He really looked comfortable. He looked like a guy who's

881
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:20,960
Speaker 2: been part of his defense all season, not one who

882
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,840
Speaker 2: just kind of hop back into the picture after major

883
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 2: surgery a couple weeks ago.

884
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think one of the Waller touchdowns was

885
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 3: against him late. You know, he kind of got out

886
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 3: muscled by a bigger than stuff.

887
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:34,480
Speaker 2: You know, I mean asking the point guard to cover

888
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:35,080
Speaker 2: the power for.

889
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,360
Speaker 3: It exactly down in the paint. Yeah, not out in

890
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:41,399
Speaker 3: the outside the three point land. But he never showed

891
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,200
Speaker 3: up in a negative way that they picked on him

892
00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:45,799
Speaker 3: in any way. He definitely contributed to something we haven't

893
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,759
Speaker 3: talked about yet. I thought the Steelers defense as a whole.

894
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,439
Speaker 3: Often when we come the day after game day, we're

895
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 3: talking about the Steelers defense. If it's in good tone,

896
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 3: it's because a splash. And they had some splash. They

897
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 3: had his pick and I had four sacks, But I

898
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 3: never thought like the pass rush took over. I mean,

899
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,719
Speaker 3: those sacks were not meaningless, but they were. They didn't

900
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 3: influence the game as much as they often can in

901
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 3: my opinion. But the other thing that you and I

902
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 3: have talked about a lot is the defense lately has

903
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,960
Speaker 3: been making the opponent play left handed. And what I

904
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 3: mean by that is taking away your bread and butter

905
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 3: and your best guys. And yes, a Chan had some

906
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:30,359
Speaker 3: numbers when it was all said and done, and I'm

907
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 3: with Chris, I would have ran them ball every time.

908
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:34,600
Speaker 3: They didn't choose to do that. But in the end,

909
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:35,880
Speaker 3: he didn't destroy you.

910
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:38,400
Speaker 2: I mean, had twelve carries that right now, he had

911
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 2: six receptions.

912
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, but he always does no matter what the game

913
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 3: script is. You love him in fantasy because no matter what,

914
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 3: he touches the ball. But I mean, if you told

915
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 3: me his his stat line and his impact on the

916
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 3: game before the game, I would sign me up for that, yes,

917
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 3: but more importantly was Waddle. I mean, Wattle's clearly their

918
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:58,279
Speaker 3: best wide receiver and two for twenty six, two for

919
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 3: twenty six, and he's had a really good year, and

920
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:02,920
Speaker 3: they do We commended them going into this game that

921
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,800
Speaker 3: they get the ball in the right people's hands, in

922
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 3: the right circumstances. What's one of the things their offense

923
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:11,880
Speaker 3: does best. And Waller end up putting up really good numbers,

924
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 3: but a lot of it was garbage time. And it

925
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 3: was impressive too though, I mean he plays well, he's

926
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:16,879
Speaker 3: a good player. He's a good player too.

927
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 2: But it was it was empty calories, there were them.

928
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:23,399
Speaker 3: But my point is Samuel and Porter in particular had

929
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 3: a lot to do with take it away Waddle and

930
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 3: that goes a long way for playing this team.

931
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:31,319
Speaker 2: Glad you mentioned Porter air two. Yes, man, I think

932
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 2: since about Halloween ish time he has been so quietly

933
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:39,560
Speaker 2: good he had I mean, he really If you're kind

934
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:43,239
Speaker 2: of this is a completely different conversation. This is something

935
00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 2: we'll do during the offseason. But if you're if you're

936
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,439
Speaker 2: asking me to go to the grease board and write

937
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:50,480
Speaker 2: down the things I'm most excited about about this team

938
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,440
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty six, he'd be very high on that list.

939
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:54,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, he might be a top five.

940
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 2: I think he's I think he's getting close to to

941
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,959
Speaker 2: to turn good into great.

942
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I agree with you.

943
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:05,359
Speaker 2: And because he has just been so these last five

944
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:08,640
Speaker 2: or six games. He has been so reliable, so solid,

945
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,319
Speaker 2: not only in coverage but in the run game too,

946
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 2: Like he's a sure tackler there on the edge.

947
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:16,440
Speaker 3: Fewer penalties, fewer negatives.

948
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:18,480
Speaker 2: Right, I'm glad you said that too, because I mean,

949
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:21,759
Speaker 2: remember after the Thursday night loss, and which was ugly

950
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:24,879
Speaker 2: for everybody in Cincinnati everyone. I think he had two

951
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:26,840
Speaker 2: or three flags in that game, which it seems like

952
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:28,880
Speaker 2: that happened to him a couple of times early in

953
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:32,480
Speaker 2: his career. He was chasing Higgins and those guys. Everyone

954
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:34,480
Speaker 2: was bringing that up, is this guy's never going to

955
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:36,480
Speaker 2: be good enough, he's always going to take too many penalties.

956
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 2: And since then it's it's a complete.

957
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 3: One eighties way better. Yeah.

958
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, and encouraged by that big time.

959
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,600
Speaker 3: We've probably brought it up. And some people will contradict

960
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,880
Speaker 3: this by saying, well, that's just because everybody's running on him,

961
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:52,560
Speaker 3: but really the line of demarcation especially for like advanced

962
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:54,920
Speaker 3: stats like EPA and things like that, and they're just

963
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:58,200
Speaker 3: looking at your pass defense when they moved Ramsey to

964
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:02,000
Speaker 3: safety full time and the rip effect of oh, by

965
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:03,560
Speaker 3: the way, you I don't want to say you locked

966
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:06,759
Speaker 3: into Pierre and Samuel, but you opened the door for them. Yes,

967
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 3: and Porter's improved and you grab dugger who wasn't in

968
00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:14,040
Speaker 3: the mix, like it all really finally fell into play.

969
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:14,279
Speaker 4: Really.

970
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:17,960
Speaker 3: I mean, this secondary for years feels like a bunch

971
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,800
Speaker 3: of puzzle pieces that don't quite go together. Or you

972
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:22,920
Speaker 3: build it and it's like, that's not what's on the box,

973
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:25,440
Speaker 3: you know what I mean, Like that's all what I

974
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:26,920
Speaker 3: signed to Applebee's.

975
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:28,160
Speaker 2: And they throw the meal down in front of you

976
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:29,880
Speaker 2: and you're like, wait, that looks different than in the

977
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:30,719
Speaker 2: commercial that.

978
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:33,120
Speaker 3: Big max not like perfectly on top of each other.

979
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:35,360
Speaker 3: It's all squashed and you know someone sat on it.

980
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:39,320
Speaker 3: But now it's like, now I understand the secondary and

981
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:42,240
Speaker 3: it's in a really good place for all those reasons.

982
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:44,919
Speaker 3: You know, Pierre, Samuel Ramsey in the right spot, et cetera,

983
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:45,319
Speaker 3: et cetera.

984
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:47,759
Speaker 2: Guy, there's the meat, there's the potatoes, there's the veg

985
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:50,840
Speaker 2: right right, there's the ice cold water. I'm with you.

986
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:53,480
Speaker 2: It's it's really come together nicely and a lot of

987
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:56,560
Speaker 2: those guys deserve credit hour in the books. Another hour ago,

988
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:59,040
Speaker 2: more on this game, more on what Mike Tomlin had

989
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:01,479
Speaker 2: to say today, and weekly press conference, and of course

990
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:04,880
Speaker 2: we will go around the league and recap Week fifteen

991
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,800
Speaker 2: across the National Football League. We'll do all that and

992
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:09,960
Speaker 2: more when we return for Hour number two. Halfway Home

993
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:12,839
Speaker 2: on the Drive Euler Williamson, Steelers Audio Network