WEBVTT - Week 4

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<v Speaker 1>Matt Williamson.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for joining us for the Point After on this

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<v Speaker 2>Steelers Audio Network alongside, as you heard, Matt Williamson and

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<v Speaker 2>Craig Wolfley. I'm Rob King, Thanks very much for being

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<v Speaker 2>with us. Steelers losing their first game of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>They lose on the road twenty seven to twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>to the Indianapolis Colts. Our first reaction is brought to

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<v Speaker 2>wolf Let's get started with you your thoughts on this

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<v Speaker 2>twenty seven to twenty four defeat.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I'd have to say from the very first throw

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<v Speaker 3>of the game, when Anthony Richardson threaded that ball over

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<v Speaker 3>the top, but Joey Porter's fingertips in front of Mika

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<v Speaker 3>and it just dropped in that thirty two yarder, which

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<v Speaker 3>you know, it's like you talked about in the We

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<v Speaker 3>talked about in the open was the fact that he'll

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<v Speaker 3>make the spectacular throw and then kind of clang the

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<v Speaker 3>ordinary throws. From that moment to the moment that, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the very first play when Justin Field's.

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<v Speaker 4>Got on the center and.

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<v Speaker 3>Zach stepped on his foot and the thing kind of

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<v Speaker 3>went sideways, you had this uneasy feeling that things were

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<v Speaker 3>not gonna go very smooth, and it certainly kind of

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<v Speaker 3>turned out to be that way, and certainly for the.

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<v Speaker 4>Steelers, when you dig.

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<v Speaker 3>Yourself a seventeen to nothing hole, you got a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of whole filling to do and they just came up short,

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<v Speaker 3>though they.

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<v Speaker 4>Made a valiant I try it bringing it back, Matt.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, reiterate a lot of the same things. I mean

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<v Speaker 5>that the start was rough. I mean just I'm sure

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<v Speaker 5>it was this way live, but watching it on TV,

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<v Speaker 5>it looked like the Colts were playing at a different

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<v Speaker 5>speed than the Steelers. On both sides of the ball.

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<v Speaker 5>They were flying around, they were generating chunk, plays time

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<v Speaker 5>and time again on the first couple drives, and before

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<v Speaker 5>you knew it was seventeen nothing, and then too many

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<v Speaker 5>mistakes from that point on, you know, I mean botch

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<v Speaker 5>snaps in the field's loss of twenty yards, slash fumble

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<v Speaker 5>and turnovers and failed fourth down attempts. That being said,

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<v Speaker 5>when I rewatched it, I had more optimism than I

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<v Speaker 5>thought rewatching the game, I mean early or late.

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<v Speaker 4>And here's why.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, when's the last time we've seen over four

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<v Speaker 5>hundred yards of offense or where would the offenses of

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<v Speaker 5>the last five years have ben Ben? If I told

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<v Speaker 5>you they're losing seventeen nothing, they can barely run the ball,

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<v Speaker 5>they're losing the turnover battle substantially, and they handed the

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<v Speaker 5>Colts two possessions on failed fourth down attempts, I would

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<v Speaker 5>have told you they lost fifty to nothing. And they

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<v Speaker 5>came back and stormed back and played quite well. I

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<v Speaker 5>think there's much positive as negative to take away from this.

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<v Speaker 4>Game, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that if I look back at this game,

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<v Speaker 2>I think I can isolate any number of plays and

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<v Speaker 2>think if any one of those had gone this steerer's way.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, and you can't look clean.

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<v Speaker 4>Play the game.

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<v Speaker 5>Like Wolfe said, what if Porter just tips that ball

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<v Speaker 5>and it's one, It's different, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Right Well, I'll even say this, what if what if

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<v Speaker 2>Richardson throws that ball where he wants to? Because I

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<v Speaker 2>can't imagine he was saying, Hey, I'm gonna have my

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<v Speaker 2>receiver climb the ladder thirty two yards downfield and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna put it into a tiny hole where he's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>leap and make the grab. I think it's sailed on

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<v Speaker 2>it because when I look at Richardson, it looks to

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<v Speaker 2>me like most of his throws, most of his Aarin

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<v Speaker 2>throws have been high this year. I think if he

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<v Speaker 2>drilled that in the way he wanted to, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think he ever saw Porter was a Porter undercutting that route.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I don't remember.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So you know when I see and then Joey

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<v Speaker 2>had an opportunity get to get an interception would have

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<v Speaker 2>been a tough one, made a great break on the

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<v Speaker 2>ball to Pittman that that Flacco through in the end zone.

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<v Speaker 2>You know the force fumble by Jalen Elliott that I

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<v Speaker 2>thought Patrick Queen and maybe a couple of other Steelers

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<v Speaker 2>had an opportunity to recover. And I'm not trying to

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<v Speaker 2>single out guys and say these are terrible plays by guys,

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<v Speaker 2>because these things happen in the course of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the third and twelve or the third and ten,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, after the Hayward near sack of Flacco, the

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<v Speaker 2>third and ten in first down by the Colts, who

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<v Speaker 2>are very good on third down, that leads to that

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<v Speaker 2>drive being kept alive. Of course, there's the play they

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<v Speaker 2>call on Minko, which I think a lot of us

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<v Speaker 2>thought was a was a questionable call it best, but

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<v Speaker 2>just that one play on the third and ten to

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<v Speaker 2>get the first down, the fields play that you mentioned

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<v Speaker 2>pickings trying to get more and extending and and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe should have tucked that well in retrospect, obviously should

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<v Speaker 2>have tucked that ball away. You know, even at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the game, the fumble, they're the snap that

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<v Speaker 2>was errant. You know, Naji Harris, should he still bad

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<v Speaker 2>of boundary? He was looking to get more. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>any one of those plays, any one of those plays

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<v Speaker 2>goes to Steelers' way, and I think they win the game.

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<v Speaker 2>And it just felt like it felt like the beginning.

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<v Speaker 2>The first impression you get is my goodness, are they

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<v Speaker 2>being outplayed? And then after that moment when they were

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<v Speaker 2>being outplayed, I didn't think they were outplayed at all,

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<v Speaker 2>and I thought they had ample opportunities. You know, you

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<v Speaker 2>get that first impression and it just feels so lopsided.

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<v Speaker 2>Like Wolfe said, you had this big hole to dig

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<v Speaker 2>out of. It felt like if any one of those

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<v Speaker 2>plays went the Steelers way and they just didn't, it

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<v Speaker 2>just and it didn't feel like the It didn't feel

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<v Speaker 2>to me like you could have said that on the

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<v Speaker 2>other end, there weren't any plays where, oh my gosh,

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<v Speaker 2>how did that Colt skuy miss that tackle or how

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<v Speaker 2>did he drop that interception? Or why didn't he scoop

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<v Speaker 2>up that fumble? It just in the end it to me,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a little bit of kind of one of those games.

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<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>The interesting thing, First of all, Matt is exactly correct.

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<v Speaker 3>There was as much positive as there was negative. Then

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<v Speaker 3>just that the negative happened up early and they got

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<v Speaker 3>buried by it. Number one thing that kind of I

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<v Speaker 3>was reflected on as I watched a film both the

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<v Speaker 3>offensive and defensive line for the Steelers. The pad level

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<v Speaker 3>seemed a bit high, don't know, why don't know exactly

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<v Speaker 3>what I was kind of marking it against. But to me,

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<v Speaker 3>there was just a lot of instances of some of

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<v Speaker 3>those things going on, and I think as a game

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<v Speaker 3>more on, they got more into a groove. I thought

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<v Speaker 3>they were much better in the second half than the

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<v Speaker 3>first half. The fact of the matter is, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I thought Justin Fields did a great job of marshaling

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<v Speaker 3>a you know, a comeback, and it's unfortunate they got

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<v Speaker 3>caught in a couple of situations, one being the snap,

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<v Speaker 3>the other being that fumble. By the way, I still

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<v Speaker 3>contend I think his forearm was on the ground when

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<v Speaker 3>he got touched and the ball came loose after that.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know, that's for another day, in another time.

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<v Speaker 3>But certainly, and we could be splitting hairs there literally

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<v Speaker 3>on that thing, you know. But the point being is,

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<v Speaker 3>I thought they marshaled the great comeback and went after it.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know what, this could serve a better purpose

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<v Speaker 3>down the line than it did, you know, for the

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<v Speaker 3>Steelers yesterday, you know, and just.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna jump in her real quick man. And the

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<v Speaker 2>reason when I look at that Fields play, you know

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<v Speaker 2>they're in field goal range. So if you're justin fields

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<v Speaker 2>and you see the pressure coming and you do what

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<v Speaker 2>we saw Flacco do once or twice, and that's just

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<v Speaker 2>you know, fling the ball away. Remember that play where

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<v Speaker 2>we just got outside of the tackle box and threw

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<v Speaker 2>it to the right and there was absolutely nobody around,

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<v Speaker 2>but they ruled the.

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<v Speaker 6>Gout outside of the tackle box.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, if you just simply throw that ball away,

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<v Speaker 2>and again easy to say, simple, and but you know

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<v Speaker 2>you're in field goal range and you lost by three points,

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<v Speaker 2>you wind up getting, of course no points because you

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<v Speaker 2>you turned the ball over it.

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<v Speaker 6>That's why that play loomed large to me.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'll also say this about fields and about pickings

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<v Speaker 2>and about Nagy and some of the decisions they make.

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<v Speaker 6>It's very easy.

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<v Speaker 2>Look when they don't work, you shouldn't have done it.

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<v Speaker 6>And it's a cruel world. But that's the way it goes.

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<v Speaker 2>However, if Pickens, you know, breaks that tackle, goes into

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<v Speaker 2>the end zone, extends that football, it hits the pylon

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<v Speaker 2>and it's a touchdown. If Nage shakes out of a tackle,

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<v Speaker 2>gets up the sideline, picks up a first down, you're

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<v Speaker 2>one more pass away and you boot one and Boswell

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<v Speaker 2>gets you into overtime or maybe more cauld you still

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<v Speaker 2>have a time out in your pocket. I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>if Fields gets out of that rush situation, pulls off

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<v Speaker 2>a miracle, finds a guy breaking downfield, but none of

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<v Speaker 2>those things happen. And so when none of those things happen,

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<v Speaker 2>the results are negative plays that if you had avoided them,

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<v Speaker 2>might have made the difference. And I think I would

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<v Speaker 2>contend would have made the difference in this game.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, just recently, last time, you said a lot of

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<v Speaker 5>really good game of inches examples in this game that

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<v Speaker 5>went those Colts away and not the Steelers, And sometimes

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<v Speaker 5>in that regard is just not your day. But I

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<v Speaker 5>also think that the Colts were sort of a desperate

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<v Speaker 5>team too. I mean, the energy that they played with

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<v Speaker 5>to start this game can't be forgotten or discarded. I

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<v Speaker 5>mean they came out flying on both sides of the ball.

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<v Speaker 5>I thought their speed, their intensity was really really good.

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<v Speaker 5>And I give credit to downs, Pittman and Flacco. I

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<v Speaker 5>mean it seemed like every one of those throws, especially

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<v Speaker 5>on third downs, weren't wide open. I mean, you talk

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<v Speaker 5>about threading the eagle and living on the razor's edge

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<v Speaker 5>as a passer. I mean Flacco has gotten like that

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<v Speaker 5>late in his career where he doesn't care anymore. I

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<v Speaker 5>was on the couch last year. I'm gonna come in

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<v Speaker 5>with the Browns and just throw it all over the yard.

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<v Speaker 5>Something bad happens.

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<v Speaker 4>Who cares?

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<v Speaker 5>And they were very precise in those instances. And you know,

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<v Speaker 5>in this league, when a quarterback and receiver humming, it

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<v Speaker 5>almost doesn't matter what the coverage is at times.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's a great point, and I do think that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the urgency is something we talked about that

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<v Speaker 2>I just kind of made mention of it in the open.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope we mentioned it a couple more times throughout

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<v Speaker 2>the course of the broadcast. But it just feels in

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<v Speaker 2>the NFL when a team, you know, doesn't think they're

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<v Speaker 2>a one and two team. The Colts came out after

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<v Speaker 2>that win against the Bears and said, look, we're not

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<v Speaker 2>a one and two football team.

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<v Speaker 6>We're a better football.

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<v Speaker 4>Team than that.

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<v Speaker 6>And they believe that, and they believe that they are.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, AFC South contenders, well man two and two,

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<v Speaker 2>you can see AFC South contender from there one in three,

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<v Speaker 2>boy oh boy, that's even in that division. That's a

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<v Speaker 2>bad hole to be in. So I do think that

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<v Speaker 2>in a game, in a league in which the competition

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<v Speaker 2>between teams is so slender, we see upsets every single week,

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<v Speaker 2>that the close play is not going your way or

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<v Speaker 2>and or the other team having that extra sense of

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<v Speaker 2>my goodness, this is a huge game for us. That urgency. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>if I do think those things are enough, are factors enough?

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<v Speaker 2>You lose the turnover battle two to nothing? Factors enough?

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<v Speaker 2>When for most teams that's enough, that's gonna that is

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<v Speaker 2>gonna tilt for most I should say that's gonna tilt

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<v Speaker 2>it one way or the other. I'm glad Matt mentioned that.

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<v Speaker 2>That sense of desperation.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, there's no question about it. Look, I've long said

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<v Speaker 3>many many times, not every player enters the ire in

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<v Speaker 3>end with the same mental RPMs as they did the

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<v Speaker 3>week before. That's just a fact of life. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>those guys on the field, they have lives too, and

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<v Speaker 3>there's a lot of things going on off the field

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<v Speaker 3>in their own personal lives. It can be negative, it

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<v Speaker 3>can be positive. The fact of the matter is you

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<v Speaker 3>have to block those things out and go and do

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<v Speaker 3>your job, and part of that is getting yourself mentally ready,

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<v Speaker 3>and that means an excitation level to match what the

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<v Speaker 3>intensity going around you is. And not everybody does it

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<v Speaker 3>the same way. Not everybody does it well, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>And so a lot of times you see these the

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<v Speaker 3>disparity and what's going on, that's just simply a function

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<v Speaker 3>of some people not being at the same level of

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<v Speaker 3>intensity that they were before. You know, and you'll see

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<v Speaker 3>that that's the human nature of this game. That's why

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<v Speaker 3>you play the game every week. You know that that

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<v Speaker 3>long time saying, you know that that's why they play

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<v Speaker 3>the game, It's true.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And you know, again, it sets up an interesting

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<v Speaker 2>matchup for the Cowboys because I think the Steelers might

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<v Speaker 2>suddenly feel that way this Sunday, like, well, wait a minute,

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<v Speaker 2>a minute, we don't want to undo the entirety of

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<v Speaker 2>our three and oh start. Then again, Dallas, they feel

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<v Speaker 2>like they're getting something going. The mentality part of the play,

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<v Speaker 2>I think is going to come in and perhaps be

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<v Speaker 2>a significant portion of what we see on Sunday night.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, Matt, there's a lot to like about the Steelers' performance,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think we're gonna get to that. But now

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<v Speaker 2>you're a three and one football team and We're obviously

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<v Speaker 2>going to be talking a lot about the quarterback position,

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<v Speaker 2>and we could talk about that next segment, but again,

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<v Speaker 2>this team is three and one now, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you kind of have to hit the reset button.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, but you mentioned the quarterback position, and that's where

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<v Speaker 5>I wanted to go next to is that through three starts,

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<v Speaker 5>they never asked fields just to take the team over

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<v Speaker 5>in a bend like manner or you know, and I'm

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<v Speaker 5>not comparing him to Ben that's a bad example, but

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<v Speaker 5>this game got to the point where, ok, justin you're

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<v Speaker 5>the guy, you need to take this thing over, and

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<v Speaker 5>he proved pretty capable of doing that.

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<v Speaker 4>I thought that was encouraging. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, I think that's a great point because of the

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<v Speaker 3>fact he didn't shy away, and you know, there was

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of mistakes he made. Yeah, but you're gonna

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<v Speaker 3>have that. Yeah, you know, I mean even Bended, who

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<v Speaker 3>by the way, was in attendance there.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it was good to see him. I wish they

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<v Speaker 3>could have rushed them out at halftime, maybe, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>get him suited up.

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<v Speaker 4>Well.

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<v Speaker 2>We will definitely be tackling a little bit of the

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<v Speaker 2>quarterback position, some other plays, some other elements of miss game,

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<v Speaker 2>looking forward a little bit to the game coming up

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<v Speaker 2>on Sunday and against the Cowboys when we continue on

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<v Speaker 2>the Point After on this year, there's audio Network.

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<v Speaker 6>I thought the Steers had well, they did.

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<v Speaker 2>They had a great chance to win the ballgame right

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<v Speaker 2>then and there, Wolf, And it just felt like there

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<v Speaker 2>were times in which the momentum was really going into

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<v Speaker 2>Steelers favor, and that was.

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<v Speaker 3>One of them, no question about it. And of course

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<v Speaker 3>you go to the man, the myth, the moth as

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<v Speaker 3>I like to say, And the fact is he did

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<v Speaker 3>a great job of in that little curl and then

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<v Speaker 3>fighting his way backwards into the end zone. Great job.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what tied end play is all about, coming through

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<v Speaker 3>when things are a little bit tight, and he did,

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<v Speaker 3>indeed do it and I really thought that might be

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<v Speaker 3>one of the catalysts to you know, coming back and

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<v Speaker 3>being able to complete the whole comeback with little victory.

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<v Speaker 4>But it came up short.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Matt, when you get yourself behind seventeen to nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to go back to one more part of

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<v Speaker 2>this game that I thought was a big reason that

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<v Speaker 2>the Colts won. You had Flacco in trouble, incomplete pass,

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<v Speaker 2>you just cut the lead to seventeen to ten. Then

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<v Speaker 2>Cam Hayward, I thought he had Flacco. I wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 2>been surprised as he called him in the grasp, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and said he's down. We got to protect these quarterbacks.

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<v Speaker 2>Somehow he shrugs it off. So instead of third and

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<v Speaker 2>say sixteen or seventeen, it's third and ten. And then

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<v Speaker 2>the completion to pick up the first down, I thought

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<v Speaker 2>that was just a backbreaker. And then to go down

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<v Speaker 2>and you get the call on Minca, which again I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't hear what Jens Terotor said. I have not had

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<v Speaker 2>an opportunity to watch the game back, so I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if they thought that was a good call. It

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<v Speaker 2>felt to me like Minca was trying to pull up

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<v Speaker 2>ad Mitchell wanted no part of catching that ball, and

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<v Speaker 2>I thought that was kind of a tough call against

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<v Speaker 2>the Steelers. But that drive, to me, you had all

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<v Speaker 2>the momentum going. It felt like you'd overcome the fumble,

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<v Speaker 2>they missed a field goal. It felt like everything was

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<v Speaker 2>going your way. I should point that out. They did

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<v Speaker 2>miss a field goal, so I said, everything seemed to

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<v Speaker 2>go against the students. They did miss a field goal,

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<v Speaker 2>so that was that could have been significant in this game.

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<v Speaker 2>But I thought that drive was kind of the one

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<v Speaker 2>where they, oh, we have to reset and we're back

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<v Speaker 2>down to being back to being fourteen down again.

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<v Speaker 4>Could agree more.

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<v Speaker 5>And I'm glad you mentioned the missed field goal because

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<v Speaker 5>I think people know that I count miss field goals

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<v Speaker 5>and miss fourth dound opportunities as turnovers, and that was

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<v Speaker 5>really the only negative and that that department for Indie

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<v Speaker 5>all day. I'm pretty sure Jeane's terator thought it was

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<v Speaker 5>a no call. I mean I was watching it live

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<v Speaker 5>and I was paying attention, but I think that was

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<v Speaker 5>his opinion. I tend to agree. But the Kyward and

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<v Speaker 5>Menca plays are two more examples like you did to

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<v Speaker 5>start the show of the game of interest. Things that

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<v Speaker 5>went against them, and the timing was just brutal because

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<v Speaker 5>it did detract.

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<v Speaker 4>From the momentum, there's no question. Yeah. And the thing

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<v Speaker 4>about it is, let me just say this.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, what is he supposed to do when you're

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<v Speaker 3>when you're rolling safety over the top like that coverage?

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<v Speaker 4>How do you pull off? If you don't, you gotta

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<v Speaker 4>have air brakes? And he tried. Oh yeah, I mean, oh, he.

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<v Speaker 3>Could have laid him outright big time and he was

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<v Speaker 3>definitely he didn't hit through him. Man, He actually ricocheted

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<v Speaker 3>backwards because he pulled off, which actually was more detrimental

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<v Speaker 3>to him than it would have been to the receiver.

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<v Speaker 3>But the fact is when you do that, I just

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<v Speaker 3>I think you put such a state of confusion on

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<v Speaker 3>the defensive backs because now there it's it's again, where

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<v Speaker 3>is that? The gray area is all over the place

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<v Speaker 3>as far as what do you hit and how do

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<v Speaker 3>you hit?

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<v Speaker 4>Well.

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<v Speaker 2>The other thing, too, was the actions of a d

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<v Speaker 2>Mitchell I thought made it look again worse like that ball.

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<v Speaker 2>If ad Mitchell laid out and dove for that ball,

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<v Speaker 2>would you have gotten a hand on it?

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>But he pulled up and pulled his hands back, but

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<v Speaker 2>make it fitzpatches. The game is not played in slow motion.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't have an opportunity to see that. Adi Mitchell

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<v Speaker 2>is pulling his hands back, wants no point of trying

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<v Speaker 2>to make the catch. He thinks he's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>arriving there, you know, relatively close to the time the

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<v Speaker 2>ball is arriving there, and he wants to jar it loose.

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<v Speaker 2>And now ad Mitchell decides that those those hands are

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<v Speaker 2>instead of extending him, he wants to put him in

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<v Speaker 2>his pockets. I mean, I thought that added to making

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<v Speaker 2>it look bad, the fact that ad Mitchell didn't, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>sell out to try to catch that ball.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I tend to agree.

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<v Speaker 5>And that being said, I mean I think that still

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<v Speaker 5>is called in this league more often than not. Player safety,

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<v Speaker 5>all those things. But I mean, to Wolfe's point, Mica

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<v Speaker 5>could have struck him. I mean, he didn't strike him

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<v Speaker 5>at all. There was a collision, there was a glorified bump,

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<v Speaker 5>but he was pulling back. I mean, you know, we're

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<v Speaker 5>splitting airs.

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<v Speaker 6>I guess I get.

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<v Speaker 2>I think if you're gonna make a call in this

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<v Speaker 2>game against Minka, I might have been more okay with

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<v Speaker 2>the one in which richardson slid that was not called

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<v Speaker 2>and Mica again was trying.

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<v Speaker 6>To pull up and what happened.

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<v Speaker 2>He was injured on ka because he I think he

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<v Speaker 2>made a little bit of contact with the with the head.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you're gonna tell me that's a penalty in

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<v Speaker 2>today's NFL, maybe throw your hands up and say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess that's a penalty anyway.

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<v Speaker 6>It is what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>It went against him. You know, I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think we ever want to be in a

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<v Speaker 2>position to blame the officials because there are plenty of

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<v Speaker 2>things the students could have done.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh no, I think we could be in position to

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<v Speaker 3>blame something. I know, he's a player back in my day. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>there's a couple of times I really wanted to blame

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<v Speaker 3>the official.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so I wanted to point out a couple of guys.

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<v Speaker 2>And we started this segment with the firing with touchdown

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<v Speaker 2>reception and Matt, I'll start with you in this one.

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<v Speaker 2>He just continues to be a steady eddie and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he's getting a lot of receptions and when you you know,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously health for him is a factor, But when you

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<v Speaker 2>think about scheme and you think about quarterback play. You

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<v Speaker 2>were just talking about Pittman, right, and why is Pittman struggling?

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<v Speaker 2>And this is a guy who you went from eighty

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<v Speaker 2>eight catches to ninety nine catches to old one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>catches last year and he hasn't found any tracks this year. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>you've got one of the most inaccurate quarterbacks in the league. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 2>for the Steelers, Justin Fields has been very accurate the

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<v Speaker 2>game plan. You know, we know Arthur Smith likes to

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<v Speaker 2>target the tight end and Friarmuth, you know, nice big

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<v Speaker 2>contract extension. He's gonna be here for a while, and

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<v Speaker 2>he has just been a steady part of his game plan.

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<v Speaker 2>This is his first touchdown of the year, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>four catches in each of the first three games and

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<v Speaker 2>now five catches in this one.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, And I think quarterback has a lot to do

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<v Speaker 5>with the Pittman situation. Pittman thrived with Minshew and Flacco,

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<v Speaker 5>but not the other guys. So maybe one of those

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<v Speaker 5>things isn't like the other. And you beat me to

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<v Speaker 5>it on friar Mouth. He's the only tight end in

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<v Speaker 5>the league this year that has four or more catches

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<v Speaker 5>in each game. And I think there's something to be

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<v Speaker 5>said for a steadiness of reliability. I think were some

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<v Speaker 5>of the words you used there and the middle of

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<v Speaker 5>the field presence, and I think he's worth every dollar.

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<v Speaker 4>And not to throw a negative.

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<v Speaker 5>Spin on it, though, but I felt in this game

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<v Speaker 5>more than the others. Sure it would have been nice

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<v Speaker 5>to have a better number two receiver.

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<v Speaker 4>Interesting, can I say this.

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<v Speaker 3>I do enjoy the fact that because we were talking

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<v Speaker 3>tight ends, anybody that didn't see Darnell Washington's run.

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<v Speaker 4>He caught that ball.

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<v Speaker 3>Twenty yards and you know, he he down that roll

0:21:21.600 --> 0:21:23.840
<v Speaker 3>up and he straight armed the guy. He hurtled the

0:21:23.880 --> 0:21:25.679
<v Speaker 3>guy and then he ran over a guy. It was

0:21:25.720 --> 0:21:29.080
<v Speaker 3>a trifecta of busting tackles. It was a beautiful thing

0:21:29.119 --> 0:21:31.159
<v Speaker 3>to see. I hope that leads to more. I think

0:21:31.240 --> 0:21:34.600
<v Speaker 3>it's very important that you have Mooth doing what he did,

0:21:34.640 --> 0:21:36.760
<v Speaker 3>and now you've got Darnell Washington again. That's going to

0:21:36.800 --> 0:21:40.080
<v Speaker 3>bring more credence and more explosiveness I think to the

0:21:40.160 --> 0:21:43.000
<v Speaker 3>offense when you go twelve or thirteen personnel.

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<v Speaker 5>And one more nugget. I thought nause is a receiver

0:21:45.720 --> 0:21:46.720
<v Speaker 5>was good stuff too.

0:21:46.800 --> 0:21:48.600
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but I was going to get to that because

0:21:48.640 --> 0:21:51.600
<v Speaker 2>that's the second straight week, and I'll get back to Darnell. Well,

0:21:51.800 --> 0:21:53.760
<v Speaker 2>let's get back let's finish off the tight end position,

0:21:53.800 --> 0:21:56.440
<v Speaker 2>because you know, earlier in the season, I can't remember

0:21:56.440 --> 0:21:58.480
<v Speaker 2>it's on this show or another where I thought, you know, hey,

0:21:58.600 --> 0:22:01.840
<v Speaker 2>Darnell can this could be a guy who leaps up.

0:22:01.720 --> 0:22:02.960
<v Speaker 6>To thirty catches this year.

0:22:03.000 --> 0:22:06.480
<v Speaker 2>And people, you know, I got some some arched eyebrows

0:22:06.480 --> 0:22:08.639
<v Speaker 2>of that comment. But it only takes a catch and

0:22:08.680 --> 0:22:12.439
<v Speaker 2>a half a game to get to thirty, you know,

0:22:12.560 --> 0:22:15.040
<v Speaker 2>relatively speaking, somewhere around that number.

0:22:15.160 --> 0:22:16.080
<v Speaker 6>A little bit more than that.

0:22:16.880 --> 0:22:19.120
<v Speaker 2>But you know, Darnell with two receptions in this game,

0:22:19.200 --> 0:22:21.320
<v Speaker 2>needs a few more to get to my thirty. But

0:22:21.400 --> 0:22:24.360
<v Speaker 2>if they're gonna if he's gonna score touchdowns and he's

0:22:24.359 --> 0:22:26.720
<v Speaker 2>gonna show this kind of ability in the open field,

0:22:27.320 --> 0:22:31.440
<v Speaker 2>he's a massive target. He is proven to be pretty dark,

0:22:31.480 --> 0:22:35.159
<v Speaker 2>sure handed. I think he's you know, wolf, he's an

0:22:35.160 --> 0:22:35.880
<v Speaker 2>interesting guy.

0:22:36.119 --> 0:22:36.639
<v Speaker 4>Oh he is.

0:22:36.760 --> 0:22:38.240
<v Speaker 3>I mean, you take a look at the size of

0:22:38.280 --> 0:22:40.800
<v Speaker 3>the power. When he started turning up north and south

0:22:41.119 --> 0:22:43.399
<v Speaker 3>and those defensive backs started to close on him, they

0:22:43.400 --> 0:22:45.160
<v Speaker 3>didn't want any part of all. You know, I mean,

0:22:45.240 --> 0:22:48.560
<v Speaker 3>that is a big man coming at you and you

0:22:48.560 --> 0:22:51.120
<v Speaker 3>know what to hurdle a guy. Yeah it sounds, yeah,

0:22:51.119 --> 0:22:53.560
<v Speaker 3>it sounds incredible, but that's because the guy doesn't really

0:22:53.640 --> 0:22:55.480
<v Speaker 3>want to take him on. You know, I'm you're going

0:22:55.560 --> 0:22:57.840
<v Speaker 3>low and hoping you get a nice bang on him

0:22:57.880 --> 0:22:59.720
<v Speaker 3>and take him out of bounds. But you know, the

0:23:00.080 --> 0:23:02.600
<v Speaker 3>right arm, he just put the guy down with you

0:23:02.640 --> 0:23:05.480
<v Speaker 3>talk about an angry straight arm. That was a beautiful job.

0:23:05.560 --> 0:23:08.119
<v Speaker 3>So again it was really a nice one to two punch.

0:23:08.160 --> 0:23:10.600
<v Speaker 3>And again I go back to, you know, the gronk,

0:23:10.640 --> 0:23:13.840
<v Speaker 3>the Hernandez type of offense that was available back in

0:23:13.840 --> 0:23:16.159
<v Speaker 3>the New England days. I think you could have a

0:23:16.280 --> 0:23:20.000
<v Speaker 3>similar things going on here between you know, Mouth and

0:23:20.800 --> 0:23:21.680
<v Speaker 3>Mount Washington.

0:23:21.960 --> 0:23:25.240
<v Speaker 2>Well, it sounds wonderful to me. Now let's get back Matt.

0:23:25.280 --> 0:23:28.240
<v Speaker 2>Then to that point you're making about Nagy and about

0:23:28.280 --> 0:23:31.720
<v Speaker 2>the second receiver that that number sort of legitimate number

0:23:31.720 --> 0:23:34.520
<v Speaker 2>two threat. And then you know, we can't let this

0:23:34.600 --> 0:23:37.399
<v Speaker 2>go completely without talking about George Pickens. But you know,

0:23:37.920 --> 0:23:41.000
<v Speaker 2>seventy four catches for Nagy in his rookie season, then

0:23:41.000 --> 0:23:44.239
<v Speaker 2>it was forty one, then it was twenty nine, and

0:23:44.280 --> 0:23:47.119
<v Speaker 2>now in back to back weeks we have seen him

0:23:47.560 --> 0:23:50.479
<v Speaker 2>targeted more frequently. Now he's not on pace to have

0:23:50.640 --> 0:23:52.520
<v Speaker 2>seventy four again, but he's on.

0:23:52.480 --> 0:23:54.520
<v Speaker 6>Pace to have forty five or fifty.

0:23:55.040 --> 0:23:58.480
<v Speaker 2>And you know, he's a guy who's very capable in

0:23:58.520 --> 0:24:02.439
<v Speaker 2>the receiving game. For fifty four, the thirty two yarder

0:24:02.960 --> 0:24:05.240
<v Speaker 2>was I believe the second longest of his career.

0:24:06.280 --> 0:24:07.679
<v Speaker 6>You know, he is a guy again.

0:24:07.960 --> 0:24:11.119
<v Speaker 2>So Arthur Smith doesn't have that number two receiver, but

0:24:11.200 --> 0:24:14.040
<v Speaker 2>he does have a lot of the elements that it

0:24:14.119 --> 0:24:17.560
<v Speaker 2>appears that he likes when he's running an offense, which

0:24:17.600 --> 0:24:20.000
<v Speaker 2>is tight ends that can catch the ball, running backs

0:24:20.000 --> 0:24:22.520
<v Speaker 2>who can catch the ball, and he's got the acumen

0:24:22.880 --> 0:24:26.360
<v Speaker 2>to kind of screen scheme around the fact that they

0:24:26.440 --> 0:24:29.880
<v Speaker 2>don't maybe have that quote unquote you know, number two

0:24:29.960 --> 0:24:31.480
<v Speaker 2>receiver one hundred percent.

0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:34.760
<v Speaker 5>And that's by design. I mean, that's a coach front

0:24:34.800 --> 0:24:37.720
<v Speaker 5>office communication that, Hey, if we're going to be short somewhere,

0:24:38.280 --> 0:24:40.720
<v Speaker 5>I can make do without Brandon Ayuk, you know what

0:24:40.800 --> 0:24:43.119
<v Speaker 5>I mean. I mean, it would be great if I

0:24:43.160 --> 0:24:45.720
<v Speaker 5>had him, that would complete things. But with the tight

0:24:45.800 --> 0:24:48.600
<v Speaker 5>ends and the running backs, I can make do with

0:24:48.680 --> 0:24:51.040
<v Speaker 5>my scheme and a good running game, which I'm sure

0:24:51.080 --> 0:24:55.240
<v Speaker 5>we'll get to. Is also a little worrisome As for nause, Yeah,

0:24:55.280 --> 0:24:56.840
<v Speaker 5>he got a ton of balls as a rookie, but

0:24:56.880 --> 0:24:59.360
<v Speaker 5>the degree of difficulty was really low. I mean they

0:24:59.359 --> 0:25:01.879
<v Speaker 5>were just two point one seconds. Ben wanted to get

0:25:01.880 --> 0:25:04.639
<v Speaker 5>it out of his hands, dumped it to him, and really,

0:25:04.720 --> 0:25:08.560
<v Speaker 5>since then, I thought his receiving skills are untapped here

0:25:08.600 --> 0:25:11.240
<v Speaker 5>because as a prospect coming out of Bama, he would

0:25:11.280 --> 0:25:15.800
<v Speaker 5>run semi wide receiver routes. He has a huge catching radius,

0:25:15.880 --> 0:25:18.560
<v Speaker 5>really soft hands, catch the ball away from his frame,

0:25:18.600 --> 0:25:20.720
<v Speaker 5>and he can run over defensive backs in space.

0:25:20.760 --> 0:25:21.920
<v Speaker 4>So I think that's here to stay.

0:25:22.720 --> 0:25:22.960
<v Speaker 6>Well.

0:25:23.000 --> 0:25:26.800
<v Speaker 2>I like that, and I also like George Pickens, who

0:25:27.359 --> 0:25:30.119
<v Speaker 2>you know, had his first one hundred yard game. But again,

0:25:30.359 --> 0:25:33.440
<v Speaker 2>you know, sometimes we have to be careful with statistics

0:25:33.520 --> 0:25:36.159
<v Speaker 2>because you know, you go, first of all, look at

0:25:36.160 --> 0:25:38.560
<v Speaker 2>who he played in his first two weeks, outstanding cover

0:25:38.640 --> 0:25:42.720
<v Speaker 2>corners and you know, kind of a dubious you look,

0:25:43.000 --> 0:25:45.000
<v Speaker 2>very good numbers in the first week, right, very good numbers,

0:25:45.800 --> 0:25:47.800
<v Speaker 2>but he also got you know, called for kind of

0:25:47.840 --> 0:25:50.840
<v Speaker 2>a dubious offensive pass interference in the call. Otherwise that's

0:25:50.840 --> 0:25:54.679
<v Speaker 2>his first hundred yard game. Last week he has a

0:25:54.760 --> 0:25:57.480
<v Speaker 2>long pass or two weeks ago in Denver, has a

0:25:57.520 --> 0:26:00.840
<v Speaker 2>long pass going against her tan called back because of

0:26:00.840 --> 0:26:04.719
<v Speaker 2>a penalty that was you know, committed by an offensive lineman,

0:26:04.840 --> 0:26:08.399
<v Speaker 2>and then has a touchdown callback so and then had

0:26:08.440 --> 0:26:11.359
<v Speaker 2>an OPI in that game, a DPI in that game.

0:26:11.400 --> 0:26:15.600
<v Speaker 2>So he has had an influence beyond what the numbers

0:26:15.840 --> 0:26:18.480
<v Speaker 2>next to his you know, line score or his line

0:26:18.480 --> 0:26:19.920
<v Speaker 2>score next to his name are going to say.

0:26:20.040 --> 0:26:21.200
<v Speaker 6>He has had a bigger influence.

0:26:21.200 --> 0:26:23.359
<v Speaker 2>So I was really happy to see him have his

0:26:23.359 --> 0:26:27.160
<v Speaker 2>first one hundred yard game despite the fumble. I thought, again,

0:26:27.200 --> 0:26:30.119
<v Speaker 2>he was really really evident for the Steelers.

0:26:30.720 --> 0:26:31.760
<v Speaker 4>No question about it.

0:26:31.800 --> 0:26:33.960
<v Speaker 3>You know, the thing about this young man, he is

0:26:34.000 --> 0:26:36.720
<v Speaker 3>so gifted, has so many attributes. He's just got to

0:26:36.720 --> 0:26:41.399
<v Speaker 3>functionally put them together in a way that really packages

0:26:41.480 --> 0:26:44.720
<v Speaker 3>the great characteristics that he brings to bear in each

0:26:44.720 --> 0:26:47.040
<v Speaker 3>and every game. And one of them is an unbelievable,

0:26:47.240 --> 0:26:50.920
<v Speaker 3>unbelievable ability of tracking the ball. You know, I don't

0:26:50.920 --> 0:26:53.640
<v Speaker 3>know how he does it. Sometimes it's like a he's

0:26:53.640 --> 0:26:56.040
<v Speaker 3>got some type of homing pigeon thing going on with

0:26:56.080 --> 0:26:56.680
<v Speaker 3>that ball, but.

0:26:56.920 --> 0:26:57.520
<v Speaker 4>He sees it.

0:26:57.640 --> 0:26:59.880
<v Speaker 3>He's able to squeeze the sharman and do a great

0:27:00.080 --> 0:27:02.800
<v Speaker 3>job of bringing that ball in. I think he's learning

0:27:02.840 --> 0:27:06.679
<v Speaker 3>the nuances of being an offensive past receiver in the

0:27:06.720 --> 0:27:09.240
<v Speaker 3>sense of when you know, at the top of the stems,

0:27:09.520 --> 0:27:12.680
<v Speaker 3>how much of a little shall we say, a little

0:27:12.720 --> 0:27:15.280
<v Speaker 3>push you can get away with, and not to extend

0:27:15.320 --> 0:27:19.159
<v Speaker 3>his hands and things that you know, top flight receivers

0:27:19.200 --> 0:27:21.760
<v Speaker 3>practice on a weekly basis, and I think the young

0:27:21.800 --> 0:27:23.960
<v Speaker 3>man is coming together. He's just got to make sure

0:27:24.240 --> 0:27:27.480
<v Speaker 3>that he keeps his his cool and he stays collected.

0:27:27.520 --> 0:27:29.119
<v Speaker 3>You know, he used to have a coach. You say,

0:27:29.480 --> 0:27:32.119
<v Speaker 3>you know, to be to be a player, you've got

0:27:32.160 --> 0:27:33.640
<v Speaker 3>to be hot in the heart and cool in the head.

0:27:33.880 --> 0:27:35.960
<v Speaker 3>And that's exactly what it is. You've got to maintain

0:27:36.080 --> 0:27:39.160
<v Speaker 3>that coolness about you. And that's just something that will

0:27:39.200 --> 0:27:41.320
<v Speaker 3>benefit you as a as a wide receiver.

0:27:41.840 --> 0:27:44.320
<v Speaker 2>Okay, we still haven't gotten to the quarterback position, which

0:27:44.359 --> 0:27:47.879
<v Speaker 2>we will. We haven't attacked the run, the running of

0:27:47.920 --> 0:27:50.200
<v Speaker 2>the Steelers which was not I think where they expected

0:27:50.200 --> 0:27:53.359
<v Speaker 2>it to be in one category, but was encouraging in

0:27:53.359 --> 0:27:57.160
<v Speaker 2>another category. And we also had the defense we haven't addressed.

0:27:57.200 --> 0:27:59.159
<v Speaker 2>So we still have plenty to get to. On the

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<v Speaker 2>point after on this there's audio network back.

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<v Speaker 4>To the point after on DVD.

0:28:06.720 --> 0:28:11.159
<v Speaker 7>Roco gets the snack looking left under press or at down.

0:28:11.240 --> 0:28:14.760
<v Speaker 7>He goes, it's Hayward and it's her big teaming up

0:28:14.920 --> 0:28:17.000
<v Speaker 7>with a sack that Steelers needed.

0:28:18.800 --> 0:28:20.879
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0:28:25.119 --> 0:28:29.080
<v Speaker 2>at Pittsburgh Foodbank dot org. They needed that sack, but

0:28:29.240 --> 0:28:33.440
<v Speaker 2>it felt like they needed more wolf from this defense

0:28:33.880 --> 0:28:34.640
<v Speaker 2>at times.

0:28:34.760 --> 0:28:35.320
<v Speaker 6>Yesterday.

0:28:35.400 --> 0:28:38.080
<v Speaker 2>They needed to come up with a turnover second consecutive game.

0:28:38.280 --> 0:28:43.040
<v Speaker 2>They haven't done that. No turnovers, a couple of sacks

0:28:43.080 --> 0:28:45.320
<v Speaker 2>that you know, but they needed one that made a difference,

0:28:45.760 --> 0:28:47.760
<v Speaker 2>and that was a big one. But they could have

0:28:47.840 --> 0:28:49.640
<v Speaker 2>used one or two more and didn't get them. And

0:28:49.880 --> 0:28:52.640
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure this is a performance to Steelers defense giving

0:28:52.720 --> 0:28:55.120
<v Speaker 2>up twenty seven points, coming in as the highest ranked

0:28:55.400 --> 0:28:58.200
<v Speaker 2>defense in the league as far as scoring in yards

0:28:58.200 --> 0:28:58.520
<v Speaker 2>per game.

0:28:58.560 --> 0:29:00.800
<v Speaker 6>They're not going to be pleased with this overall effort.

0:29:00.800 --> 0:29:02.440
<v Speaker 4>I wouldn't think, no, not at all.

0:29:02.480 --> 0:29:04.760
<v Speaker 3>And there's not a man in the defensive unit doesn't

0:29:04.800 --> 0:29:06.480
<v Speaker 3>think they could have up their game in some way,

0:29:06.520 --> 0:29:08.640
<v Speaker 3>shape or form. Look, it was a heck of a

0:29:08.720 --> 0:29:10.800
<v Speaker 3>job by Flacco when he checked in and which, by

0:29:10.840 --> 0:29:13.200
<v Speaker 3>the way, I still want to see his birth certificate

0:29:13.240 --> 0:29:15.120
<v Speaker 3>because I think that guy's been thirty nine for the

0:29:15.160 --> 0:29:16.760
<v Speaker 3>last five years that I've seen him play.

0:29:17.080 --> 0:29:19.160
<v Speaker 5>You know, It's just well, if I recruited him at

0:29:19.160 --> 0:29:25.480
<v Speaker 5>Audubon High School way back when, Okay, I don't know.

0:29:25.600 --> 0:29:27.320
<v Speaker 4>I mean it seems like longer ago than that.

0:29:27.400 --> 0:29:30.200
<v Speaker 5>He seems like he should be at guys in the league.

0:29:30.200 --> 0:29:31.000
<v Speaker 4>Guy still recruited.

0:29:31.200 --> 0:29:35.040
<v Speaker 3>Oh but you know it was a great sack, you know,

0:29:35.120 --> 0:29:37.080
<v Speaker 3>and they needed some more. They could have had some more.

0:29:37.400 --> 0:29:40.360
<v Speaker 3>He had some. I would say this if anybody saw

0:29:40.520 --> 0:29:43.880
<v Speaker 3>the holding call that didn't get called on Braiden Smith

0:29:44.200 --> 0:29:45.560
<v Speaker 3>on the touchdown pass.

0:29:45.400 --> 0:29:47.360
<v Speaker 4>That Flacko through. I think it was Flacko through it. It

0:29:47.440 --> 0:29:48.320
<v Speaker 4>might have been Richardson.

0:29:48.960 --> 0:29:51.520
<v Speaker 3>And near the beginning of the game when he literally

0:29:51.520 --> 0:29:54.040
<v Speaker 3>put a seat belt on TJ.

0:29:54.160 --> 0:29:55.560
<v Speaker 4>Watt, I couldn't believe it.

0:29:55.640 --> 0:29:58.000
<v Speaker 3>I mean, he swam over the top of Braiden Smith

0:29:58.160 --> 0:30:00.320
<v Speaker 3>and Braiden just turned around and grabbed him with both

0:30:00.360 --> 0:30:04.080
<v Speaker 3>hands around the waist from behind. Now, I understand that

0:30:04.160 --> 0:30:06.440
<v Speaker 3>I've done that before, but I've been called for that,

0:30:06.560 --> 0:30:07.240
<v Speaker 3>you know what I mean.

0:30:08.120 --> 0:30:10.640
<v Speaker 4>So to me, it was really irked me.

0:30:10.760 --> 0:30:13.120
<v Speaker 3>That you would go with some of the calls that were,

0:30:13.480 --> 0:30:16.160
<v Speaker 3>you know, kind of dubious in my mind, like the

0:30:16.200 --> 0:30:18.160
<v Speaker 3>make a hit and so forth. And yet how can

0:30:18.200 --> 0:30:21.040
<v Speaker 3>you miss the number one sack monster in the league,

0:30:21.120 --> 0:30:25.040
<v Speaker 3>that being TJ. Watt getting you know, tackled from behind

0:30:25.240 --> 0:30:27.680
<v Speaker 3>by the right offensive tackle when the side judge is

0:30:27.720 --> 0:30:28.600
<v Speaker 3>standing right there.

0:30:29.880 --> 0:30:30.160
<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

0:30:30.280 --> 0:30:34.040
<v Speaker 2>Unfortunately, Yes, that there's some things that could have happened

0:30:34.080 --> 0:30:37.960
<v Speaker 2>out there. They didn't happen, so unfortunately the Steelers losing

0:30:38.000 --> 0:30:39.120
<v Speaker 2>twenty seven to twenty four.

0:30:39.400 --> 0:30:40.440
<v Speaker 6>Matt, there's a couple of things.

0:30:40.600 --> 0:30:42.600
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna get you guys both on the quarterback play,

0:30:42.640 --> 0:30:45.120
<v Speaker 2>but I want you to lead off on the rushing

0:30:45.160 --> 0:30:50.800
<v Speaker 2>attack because I loved the fact that they unleashed fields

0:30:50.800 --> 0:30:55.040
<v Speaker 2>with some more design runs ten for fifty five two touchdowns.

0:30:55.840 --> 0:30:58.640
<v Speaker 2>I also loved the fact that cord Aero Patterson had

0:30:58.680 --> 0:31:01.720
<v Speaker 2>seven point two yards per carry, but Nagy was really

0:31:01.760 --> 0:31:05.160
<v Speaker 2>bottled up thirteen carries just nineteen yards for the Steelers'

0:31:05.240 --> 0:31:05.720
<v Speaker 2>lead back.

0:31:06.720 --> 0:31:08.280
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I don't have a lot to add. I mean

0:31:08.320 --> 0:31:14.800
<v Speaker 5>that patterson injection of energy was great, much like Warren

0:31:14.920 --> 0:31:18.000
<v Speaker 5>used to provide, and I'm sure will again sooner than later.

0:31:18.080 --> 0:31:21.640
<v Speaker 5>I'm glad you mentioned fields and the designed runs because

0:31:21.640 --> 0:31:23.640
<v Speaker 5>it's such a weapon and they haven't really had to

0:31:23.680 --> 0:31:25.880
<v Speaker 5>dip their toe into that water all that much through

0:31:25.920 --> 0:31:28.480
<v Speaker 5>the first three games. And I don't one hundred percent

0:31:28.560 --> 0:31:30.520
<v Speaker 5>blame nausey. I mean, I didn't see a lot of

0:31:30.600 --> 0:31:33.640
<v Speaker 5>running room there. I mean, he's had a lot of workload,

0:31:33.800 --> 0:31:35.640
<v Speaker 5>and he's got to be a little sore and hurting

0:31:35.680 --> 0:31:37.920
<v Speaker 5>a little bit at this point through the season. But

0:31:38.040 --> 0:31:41.280
<v Speaker 5>that's what that's why he's here. I mean, he's a reliable,

0:31:41.360 --> 0:31:46.560
<v Speaker 5>durable pounder. And I do think though, that the rules

0:31:46.560 --> 0:31:49.040
<v Speaker 5>are different for him when he's in the game compared

0:31:49.040 --> 0:31:52.360
<v Speaker 5>to Quartererill Patterson or even Warren in the past. That

0:31:52.880 --> 0:31:55.760
<v Speaker 5>defense is definitely key the run and play the run

0:31:55.800 --> 0:31:57.560
<v Speaker 5>a little bit different when he's in the backfield.

0:31:57.920 --> 0:32:00.160
<v Speaker 3>I just think that Naj is a lot more the

0:32:00.240 --> 0:32:02.480
<v Speaker 3>year than the other guys are. I mean, Corterell, when

0:32:02.520 --> 0:32:06.040
<v Speaker 3>you look at him, his ability to see the cutback,

0:32:06.080 --> 0:32:09.400
<v Speaker 3>he hit the cutback and several times, and I'm not

0:32:09.440 --> 0:32:11.600
<v Speaker 3>so sure that I think it's like Matt said, there

0:32:11.760 --> 0:32:15.239
<v Speaker 3>there might be different rules for him because Dodgy is

0:32:15.240 --> 0:32:17.920
<v Speaker 3>the demolition man. I mean, this guy, he just blows

0:32:17.960 --> 0:32:21.400
<v Speaker 3>into the hole and things start flying, and sometimes it

0:32:21.440 --> 0:32:23.960
<v Speaker 3>works good, sometimes not so good. But I will say

0:32:24.000 --> 0:32:27.240
<v Speaker 3>this again, over the first three games, we've not seen

0:32:27.360 --> 0:32:30.920
<v Speaker 3>anybody compete harder than Naji Harris. The guy has really

0:32:30.960 --> 0:32:33.840
<v Speaker 3>done a great job of trucking along there and doing

0:32:33.880 --> 0:32:37.400
<v Speaker 3>some real yeoman's work and wearing down a defense and

0:32:37.440 --> 0:32:39.760
<v Speaker 3>so forth. And I think it was a nice complimentary

0:32:39.760 --> 0:32:42.160
<v Speaker 3>thing to get Patterson out there with a little bit

0:32:42.200 --> 0:32:44.840
<v Speaker 3>of cutback. And it's a shame that he wasn't able

0:32:44.840 --> 0:32:46.720
<v Speaker 3>to finish the game because I got a feel and

0:32:46.800 --> 0:32:48.440
<v Speaker 3>things could have been different with him.

0:32:48.800 --> 0:32:50.680
<v Speaker 4>And the old line was far from perfect and run

0:32:50.680 --> 0:32:51.800
<v Speaker 4>blocking to right.

0:32:51.920 --> 0:32:54.680
<v Speaker 2>And I think complimentary is a great word to use,

0:32:54.680 --> 0:32:56.680
<v Speaker 2>because I've been mulling this over a lot, you know,

0:32:57.400 --> 0:32:59.080
<v Speaker 2>And I think we've talked about this a little bit.

0:32:59.160 --> 0:33:02.680
<v Speaker 2>Jalen Warren with him credible numbers and the one I

0:33:02.720 --> 0:33:04.880
<v Speaker 2>always bring up. The thing I always bring up is

0:33:04.880 --> 0:33:07.560
<v Speaker 2>the Cowboys situation. I know it's tough because Pollard was

0:33:07.560 --> 0:33:09.640
<v Speaker 2>coming off a broken leg, but it was a couple

0:33:09.680 --> 0:33:11.720
<v Speaker 2>of years ago where is Equel Elliott was the main

0:33:11.760 --> 0:33:14.400
<v Speaker 2>guy and Poward was averaging about six yards of carry

0:33:14.920 --> 0:33:17.560
<v Speaker 2>and you know you're watching Cowboys games thinking, man, they

0:33:17.560 --> 0:33:19.720
<v Speaker 2>should give them ball more to Pollard. I mean, he's

0:33:19.800 --> 0:33:22.400
<v Speaker 2>just so explosive every time he gets the ball. But

0:33:23.360 --> 0:33:26.320
<v Speaker 2>it's a little bit different. Maybe when you're getting thirty

0:33:26.360 --> 0:33:28.680
<v Speaker 2>carries or twenty five carries a game, maybe some of

0:33:28.720 --> 0:33:32.040
<v Speaker 2>that explosiveness ebbs and maybe it doesn't only ebb on,

0:33:32.320 --> 0:33:34.840
<v Speaker 2>you know, in a per game basis, but in a

0:33:34.880 --> 0:33:38.360
<v Speaker 2>cumulative basis as well, so that if it accumulates that

0:33:39.120 --> 0:33:41.040
<v Speaker 2>week eight or week nine, you've been taking more of

0:33:41.040 --> 0:33:43.760
<v Speaker 2>a beating, maybe you're slower, and maybe that average rush

0:33:43.840 --> 0:33:47.680
<v Speaker 2>comes down. So the complimentary running back situation, it's it's different.

0:33:47.680 --> 0:33:49.240
<v Speaker 2>I mean, obviously it used to be in the league.

0:33:49.360 --> 0:33:50.640
<v Speaker 2>You know, you had your bell cow and he was

0:33:50.680 --> 0:33:52.280
<v Speaker 2>going to get the ball twenty five yards and you

0:33:52.360 --> 0:33:53.520
<v Speaker 2>might spell him occasionally.

0:33:54.000 --> 0:33:55.560
<v Speaker 6>Now I have a hard.

0:33:55.400 --> 0:33:58.840
<v Speaker 2>Time sometimes figuring out what's what, who's who, and what

0:33:58.920 --> 0:34:02.600
<v Speaker 2>numbers are real when you have a tandem running back situation,

0:34:02.680 --> 0:34:03.960
<v Speaker 2>as many teams in the league now have.

0:34:04.760 --> 0:34:07.760
<v Speaker 5>So to expand on that, Rob, I really thought Nause's

0:34:07.800 --> 0:34:10.160
<v Speaker 5>best season, whether the stats bear it out or not,

0:34:10.280 --> 0:34:13.680
<v Speaker 5>I don't care, was last year when he was about

0:34:13.719 --> 0:34:16.680
<v Speaker 5>sixty percent of the touches, you know, and Warren is

0:34:16.719 --> 0:34:19.759
<v Speaker 5>a great compliment and is missed. I'd love to see

0:34:19.800 --> 0:34:22.480
<v Speaker 5>him back in the action sooner than later. Patterson was

0:34:22.560 --> 0:34:27.680
<v Speaker 5>very impressive as well. Side note, Patterson and Darnell Washington

0:34:28.120 --> 0:34:30.440
<v Speaker 5>are way bigger than people think they are. And by

0:34:30.440 --> 0:34:32.800
<v Speaker 5>the way, there are huge human beings for their respective

0:34:32.800 --> 0:34:36.960
<v Speaker 5>positions and unique individuals. But I would like to see

0:34:37.440 --> 0:34:39.919
<v Speaker 5>I mean, once Patterson got hurt too, I mean, nause

0:34:40.040 --> 0:34:42.440
<v Speaker 5>wasn't of success before that, but once Patterson came out

0:34:42.440 --> 0:34:44.719
<v Speaker 5>of the game, he was really the only show in

0:34:44.760 --> 0:34:47.600
<v Speaker 5>town too. I mean, it was an ideal situation for Nausey.

0:34:48.000 --> 0:34:51.160
<v Speaker 3>And let's remember one thing, Rob talking about the offensive line,

0:34:51.200 --> 0:34:53.640
<v Speaker 3>I mean, you got a young guy, Mason McCormick making

0:34:53.640 --> 0:34:56.200
<v Speaker 3>his first start. You got a center making his fourth start.

0:34:56.520 --> 0:34:59.440
<v Speaker 3>You got the right guard that ended up playing Spencer Anderson,

0:34:59.640 --> 0:35:02.479
<v Speaker 3>who's the second year guys playing next to a guy

0:35:02.480 --> 0:35:05.680
<v Speaker 3>that's in his second year, Rodert Jones. So I mean

0:35:05.840 --> 0:35:08.080
<v Speaker 3>there's a lot of youth in this offensive line that

0:35:08.480 --> 0:35:10.839
<v Speaker 3>lacks a lot of experience in game brains, and so

0:35:10.960 --> 0:35:12.640
<v Speaker 3>for them to go out and slug it out, hey,

0:35:12.640 --> 0:35:15.759
<v Speaker 3>I thought they played hard. They played very hard now

0:35:16.040 --> 0:35:17.920
<v Speaker 3>as effective as they can be. No, I think a

0:35:18.000 --> 0:35:20.319
<v Speaker 3>lot more good is coming, but it's one of those

0:35:20.360 --> 0:35:22.120
<v Speaker 3>things you got to get some experience too.

0:35:22.400 --> 0:35:22.560
<v Speaker 6>Well.

0:35:22.600 --> 0:35:25.200
<v Speaker 2>You better get experienced fast, because you know now with

0:35:25.280 --> 0:35:28.279
<v Speaker 2>the news that James Daniels looks like he's out for

0:35:28.360 --> 0:35:31.400
<v Speaker 2>the year, Faltano is out, it sounds like for the

0:35:31.440 --> 0:35:35.920
<v Speaker 2>regular season. Nick Herbig Nate Herbig was lost earlier in

0:35:35.960 --> 0:35:40.920
<v Speaker 2>the year for the season. These are difficult losses for

0:35:41.000 --> 0:35:44.120
<v Speaker 2>a team that seemed to have wolf enviable depth at

0:35:44.160 --> 0:35:47.960
<v Speaker 2>the offensive line, and that depth is getting low now

0:35:48.040 --> 0:35:50.360
<v Speaker 2>because you've got three guys out for the year.

0:35:50.520 --> 0:35:52.840
<v Speaker 3>There's no question about it. And these guys are gonna

0:35:52.880 --> 0:35:54.840
<v Speaker 3>have to be stalwarts. They're gonna have to play, and

0:35:54.880 --> 0:35:57.840
<v Speaker 3>they're gonna have to get better. But I got confidence

0:35:57.840 --> 0:36:00.319
<v Speaker 3>that they will, having watched these guys since they've come

0:36:00.360 --> 0:36:03.560
<v Speaker 3>here and to watch them gradiently work through training camp

0:36:03.640 --> 0:36:06.279
<v Speaker 3>in the in the first second year guys, and then

0:36:06.320 --> 0:36:09.879
<v Speaker 3>the rookies this year, it's sitting. It's hard to call

0:36:10.000 --> 0:36:12.480
<v Speaker 3>Zach Frasier a rookie, but he is a rookie, you know.

0:36:12.520 --> 0:36:15.400
<v Speaker 3>And Mason McCormick did a pretty darn fine job for

0:36:15.440 --> 0:36:17.960
<v Speaker 3>a young guy out there. He had some a couple

0:36:17.960 --> 0:36:20.480
<v Speaker 3>of plays that you'd like to take back, but everybody

0:36:20.640 --> 0:36:22.920
<v Speaker 3>has got plays that you want to take back. The

0:36:22.960 --> 0:36:25.040
<v Speaker 3>fact of the matter is these guys have to gel

0:36:25.040 --> 0:36:27.240
<v Speaker 3>and they have to make sure they're on the same page.

0:36:27.280 --> 0:36:29.319
<v Speaker 3>And you got a lot of youth with a lot

0:36:29.360 --> 0:36:32.280
<v Speaker 3>of enthusiasm, shall we say. And when you have guys

0:36:32.280 --> 0:36:35.319
<v Speaker 3>that you know, Brojo was sheriff in the pile pretty good,

0:36:35.440 --> 0:36:37.120
<v Speaker 3>you know, but you got to be careful because you've

0:36:37.120 --> 0:36:40.120
<v Speaker 3>got to be selective about it, and you can't miss

0:36:40.160 --> 0:36:42.320
<v Speaker 3>fire and hit somebody in the back. That's that's a

0:36:42.400 --> 0:36:45.480
<v Speaker 3>judgment thing, but that's youth. That's guys trying to help,

0:36:45.560 --> 0:36:48.160
<v Speaker 3>trying to you know, get down there and protect their teammate.

0:36:48.520 --> 0:36:50.360
<v Speaker 3>And I saw at one point in time where Brojo

0:36:50.440 --> 0:36:53.040
<v Speaker 3>got into it and Mason pulled them off. Then several

0:36:53.040 --> 0:36:55.879
<v Speaker 3>plays later it's it's Mason's into it with somebody and

0:36:55.920 --> 0:36:59.319
<v Speaker 3>you got Brojoe going pulling him off. So this is

0:36:59.320 --> 0:37:03.439
<v Speaker 3>a collect this is an inexperienced offensive line that needs

0:37:03.480 --> 0:37:05.920
<v Speaker 3>to get better. Will get better. I have every confidence

0:37:05.920 --> 0:37:07.960
<v Speaker 3>in the world, and we'll see what happens here.

0:37:08.000 --> 0:37:10.920
<v Speaker 5>Coming up with the Cowboys and rob along those lines.

0:37:11.280 --> 0:37:14.920
<v Speaker 5>Something GM's fear most are cluster injuries. You know, like

0:37:15.040 --> 0:37:18.120
<v Speaker 5>last year at the end of the season, linebacker and safety,

0:37:18.160 --> 0:37:20.200
<v Speaker 5>they're just pulling guys off the street, you know, to

0:37:20.280 --> 0:37:22.680
<v Speaker 5>get through game day. And you can kind of do

0:37:22.760 --> 0:37:25.359
<v Speaker 5>that at that position. You can't with offensive linemen. There

0:37:25.360 --> 0:37:28.160
<v Speaker 5>aren't quality offensive linemen that are unemployed right now. So

0:37:28.760 --> 0:37:31.200
<v Speaker 5>it does look like Cmal who's not far away, which

0:37:31.239 --> 0:37:33.839
<v Speaker 5>is great and his better leadership would go a long

0:37:33.880 --> 0:37:37.719
<v Speaker 5>way too, but they might be, you know, a one

0:37:37.800 --> 0:37:40.160
<v Speaker 5>more injury away from Defcon three.

0:37:40.040 --> 0:37:44.000
<v Speaker 2>Or don't say yes, Yeah say it, Matt, You're absolutely right,

0:37:44.120 --> 0:37:46.759
<v Speaker 2>and you know when you think about the injuries, he said,

0:37:46.800 --> 0:37:49.799
<v Speaker 2>And look, the Colts have no sympathy, right nurse. They

0:37:49.840 --> 0:37:52.680
<v Speaker 2>lost Juju Brentz, they lost Kenny Moore, their Pro Bowl corner.

0:37:52.880 --> 0:37:57.000
<v Speaker 2>They're down their top three pass rushing defensive ends who

0:37:57.200 --> 0:37:59.919
<v Speaker 2>accumulated twenty six and a half sacks to Forrest Buck.

0:38:00.440 --> 0:38:02.520
<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know they listen, they've got their share

0:38:02.520 --> 0:38:05.839
<v Speaker 2>of injuries. But you know, stepping outside of that game

0:38:05.880 --> 0:38:10.960
<v Speaker 2>and looking forward, you know, with you feel great about, Hey,

0:38:10.960 --> 0:38:13.319
<v Speaker 2>we got three really good edge rushers. We have nine

0:38:13.440 --> 0:38:16.480
<v Speaker 2>or ten really good offensive linemen we feel good about. Yeah,

0:38:16.480 --> 0:38:18.920
<v Speaker 2>we got to bring somebody along at that cornerback position. Well,

0:38:18.920 --> 0:38:22.560
<v Speaker 2>that's somebody. Corey Trice is hurt. He got you know,

0:38:22.840 --> 0:38:26.600
<v Speaker 2>high Smith is out an outside linebacker. Herbig wind up

0:38:26.600 --> 0:38:28.719
<v Speaker 2>finishing the game with the taped ankle. You're down three

0:38:28.760 --> 0:38:33.040
<v Speaker 2>offensive linemen. It's it's it's a bad run that needs

0:38:33.040 --> 0:38:35.720
<v Speaker 2>to end. On the injury front for the Steelers.

0:38:35.400 --> 0:38:37.240
<v Speaker 4>Hopefully number two running backs not a problem.

0:38:37.440 --> 0:38:38.279
<v Speaker 6>Yes, exactly right.

0:38:38.320 --> 0:38:40.719
<v Speaker 2>I forgot to even mention that Warren Warren has not

0:38:40.960 --> 0:38:43.480
<v Speaker 2>really been able to be a factor this year because

0:38:43.480 --> 0:38:46.279
<v Speaker 2>of his injury. So that's another big loss. And then

0:38:46.360 --> 0:38:49.200
<v Speaker 2>now Cordero Patterson. And again there's a position you felt

0:38:49.239 --> 0:38:53.719
<v Speaker 2>great about. Three running but Naji Jalen Warren and cord

0:38:53.719 --> 0:38:56.719
<v Speaker 2>Aero Patterson. Wow, it's hard to do much better than that. Well,

0:38:57.520 --> 0:39:00.319
<v Speaker 2>hopefully these guys, some of these guys are are healthy.

0:39:00.360 --> 0:39:03.319
<v Speaker 2>You're going to get healthy or can come back soon.

0:39:03.440 --> 0:39:06.600
<v Speaker 2>So before we get too far to the end of

0:39:06.640 --> 0:39:08.839
<v Speaker 2>the game or end of the show. Can't fit it in, Matt,

0:39:08.880 --> 0:39:10.759
<v Speaker 2>I did want to ask about fields because everyone's going

0:39:10.800 --> 0:39:13.399
<v Speaker 2>to be asking the question, should he get the start again?

0:39:13.440 --> 0:39:15.399
<v Speaker 6>On Saturday. He's three and one.

0:39:16.160 --> 0:39:18.920
<v Speaker 2>Statistically, this was his best game twenty two of thirty

0:39:18.920 --> 0:39:21.160
<v Speaker 2>four a touchdown, he had a one oh four rating,

0:39:21.160 --> 0:39:23.719
<v Speaker 2>and again when they talk about rating, that does not

0:39:23.880 --> 0:39:27.439
<v Speaker 2>include the two touchdowns he ran for in this game,

0:39:27.480 --> 0:39:29.720
<v Speaker 2>so you can add that to his resume as well

0:39:29.960 --> 0:39:33.040
<v Speaker 2>for his overall value. So it's going to be interesting.

0:39:33.080 --> 0:39:35.279
<v Speaker 2>We don't even know for sure if Russell Wilson's going

0:39:35.320 --> 0:39:38.800
<v Speaker 2>to be healthy for this game, but Fields doesn't seem

0:39:38.960 --> 0:39:41.880
<v Speaker 2>like he's done anything to lose the job. Now, again,

0:39:41.920 --> 0:39:44.480
<v Speaker 2>this is Mike Tomlins's decision. But I think the other

0:39:44.520 --> 0:39:48.239
<v Speaker 2>thing when you're evaluating Fields, you are trying to make

0:39:48.280 --> 0:39:52.319
<v Speaker 2>the ascertain. You're trying to ascertain if he is a

0:39:52.360 --> 0:39:55.040
<v Speaker 2>guy who is getting better week after week, is he's

0:39:55.080 --> 0:39:58.800
<v Speaker 2>stacking up blocks so that you know things you're moving

0:39:58.800 --> 0:40:00.799
<v Speaker 2>in the right trajectory in this guy is going to be,

0:40:01.360 --> 0:40:03.920
<v Speaker 2>you know, a real player for you as you go

0:40:04.000 --> 0:40:06.000
<v Speaker 2>along and as you win week by week, but also

0:40:06.040 --> 0:40:08.520
<v Speaker 2>a guy who's got upside as the season rolls on.

0:40:09.360 --> 0:40:14.560
<v Speaker 5>So I would very much understand either decision Wilson Versfield's,

0:40:14.920 --> 0:40:18.520
<v Speaker 5>assuming Russ is ready, and frankly, I wouldn't be critical

0:40:18.560 --> 0:40:20.759
<v Speaker 5>of either decision. I'm not sure where I would go.

0:40:21.200 --> 0:40:24.200
<v Speaker 5>I'm not in the building every day. But the latter

0:40:24.239 --> 0:40:27.440
<v Speaker 5>half of your question, I think is very apparent that

0:40:27.520 --> 0:40:31.640
<v Speaker 5>he gets better rapidly. Fields we're talking about, and especially

0:40:32.200 --> 0:40:34.280
<v Speaker 5>I'm sure a lot of folks around here didn't study

0:40:34.320 --> 0:40:36.440
<v Speaker 5>his Bear's tape or study him as a Bear as

0:40:36.520 --> 0:40:39.160
<v Speaker 5>much as I did. He's a night and day different

0:40:39.160 --> 0:40:42.440
<v Speaker 5>player than that. Yeah, I mean, he is way more comfortable,

0:40:42.760 --> 0:40:45.719
<v Speaker 5>He's way more in control, He's much more accurate. The

0:40:45.760 --> 0:40:48.920
<v Speaker 5>ball comes out of his hands quicker and crisper. He

0:40:49.080 --> 0:40:53.160
<v Speaker 5>is getting a lot better at a rapid pace. Ask

0:40:53.200 --> 0:40:55.080
<v Speaker 5>any Bears fans to watch him in a ceiler uninform.

0:40:55.600 --> 0:40:58.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I think, well, if this is one of

0:40:58.360 --> 0:41:02.360
<v Speaker 2>those instances in which Mike Tomlin seems to have great

0:41:02.400 --> 0:41:05.400
<v Speaker 2>feel for the right decision to make, I agree with Matt.

0:41:05.719 --> 0:41:09.680
<v Speaker 2>I'm I think it's again. If I'm guessing, I think

0:41:09.719 --> 0:41:12.280
<v Speaker 2>it's going to be Fields. But I think Mike Tomlin's

0:41:12.320 --> 0:41:15.560
<v Speaker 2>got a great feel for knowing when to make a

0:41:15.600 --> 0:41:16.200
<v Speaker 2>move like this.

0:41:16.760 --> 0:41:20.600
<v Speaker 3>In my experience in and around this league, the best

0:41:20.600 --> 0:41:23.960
<v Speaker 3>coaches are the coaches, in my mind, that still trust

0:41:24.000 --> 0:41:26.960
<v Speaker 3>their gut instinct. You know, there's kind of like the

0:41:27.000 --> 0:41:30.000
<v Speaker 3>thought process that's more universal, people like, oh, you do this,

0:41:30.120 --> 0:41:30.400
<v Speaker 3>do that.

0:41:30.640 --> 0:41:32.120
<v Speaker 4>But it's the coaches.

0:41:31.760 --> 0:41:34.600
<v Speaker 3>That rely on that gut instinct that in my mind,

0:41:34.960 --> 0:41:37.719
<v Speaker 3>it rises to the level of that's what makes great

0:41:37.760 --> 0:41:41.520
<v Speaker 3>coaches great because they can make those decisions and intrinsically

0:41:41.560 --> 0:41:44.600
<v Speaker 3>they they have knowledge about something that maybe some of

0:41:44.640 --> 0:41:48.200
<v Speaker 3>his dummies like me don't seem to understand. But he's got,

0:41:48.320 --> 0:41:50.680
<v Speaker 3>you know, some insight to it. And I really believe

0:41:50.680 --> 0:41:52.960
<v Speaker 3>that justin like, just like Matt said, if you go

0:41:53.040 --> 0:41:54.960
<v Speaker 3>back to a Chicago tape and then you look at

0:41:54.960 --> 0:41:56.400
<v Speaker 3>this when you see.

0:41:56.320 --> 0:41:57.839
<v Speaker 4>Him throw the ball on time.

0:41:57.880 --> 0:42:01.080
<v Speaker 3>Now, sometimes he gets a little bit long in the

0:42:01.120 --> 0:42:03.759
<v Speaker 3>tooth sitting in the pocket, but that's again that's been

0:42:03.760 --> 0:42:06.200
<v Speaker 3>whittled down. He was before over three seconds, and then

0:42:06.239 --> 0:42:08.719
<v Speaker 3>he got it down below three, and then round two

0:42:08.719 --> 0:42:11.440
<v Speaker 3>and a half and so forth. They roll with him,

0:42:11.440 --> 0:42:14.080
<v Speaker 3>which I love because now you change, you know, the

0:42:14.120 --> 0:42:17.920
<v Speaker 3>points of the launch point for him, and defensive lineman

0:42:17.960 --> 0:42:20.040
<v Speaker 3>can't find, you know, just fire off to the X

0:42:20.360 --> 0:42:23.960
<v Speaker 3>sitting seven yards deep. And the fact is he is

0:42:24.560 --> 0:42:27.920
<v Speaker 3>very very good at tucking that ball and running And

0:42:27.960 --> 0:42:30.120
<v Speaker 3>I love the fact that you can go wildcat with

0:42:30.200 --> 0:42:33.319
<v Speaker 3>him in there in a sense, just tucking that ball

0:42:33.360 --> 0:42:35.480
<v Speaker 3>and go and you pull the guard around, he leads

0:42:35.560 --> 0:42:37.760
<v Speaker 3>up and you get behind one of those big burly

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<v Speaker 3>guards and you get whatever yarded you can get. And

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<v Speaker 3>I think that adds to the offense and the fact

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<v Speaker 3>that he's throwing the ball well and practicing ball security.

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<v Speaker 3>Now he had an issue with it that kind of

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<v Speaker 3>crept up on him in this fourth game a little bit,

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<v Speaker 3>But for the most part he's been doing marvelous as

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<v Speaker 3>far as protecting the ball. I don't see anything that

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<v Speaker 3>would you point to and say, hey, you got to

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<v Speaker 3>get him out of here. Because of that.

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<v Speaker 2>Interesting stuff and interesting this game an important game. Look,

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<v Speaker 2>the Steelers want to validate this three and one start.

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<v Speaker 2>They're at home. It's a great traditional rivalry against Dallas.

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<v Speaker 2>Dallas at two and two, they don't want to fall

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<v Speaker 2>any further behind the team we all knew would be

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<v Speaker 2>leading the NFC East, and of course that's the Washington

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<v Speaker 2>Commanders with a three and one record. You know, so

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<v Speaker 2>interesting game for both teams, great rivalry games. Sunday night,

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