1 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: He's The Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on 2 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome 3 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 1: to the Drive. I'm Dale Lolly here with Matt Williamson. 4 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: It is a Monday here in Pittsburgh. It's a nice 5 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 1: monday in here in Pittsburgh. But well, not so nice 6 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: if you're a Steelers fan. And uh, well, watched that 7 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 1: game last night, uh against the Miami Dolphins. I just 8 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: got back from Miami myself, and uh, well, there were 9 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: a lot of disappointed Steeler fans on that flight back 10 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: from Miami. Um, Matt, Steelers lose sixteen to ten. Kenny 11 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: Pickett throws a pair of interceptions in the closing four 12 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: minutes of the game, and uh, the stuff kept watching 13 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: that game thinking they're gonna pull this out, They're gonna 14 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: pull us out, and it just didn't happen. It didn't happen. 15 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: And I think there's a lot of positive I'm sure 16 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 1: Pickett is gonna learn from his mistakes as a whole. 17 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: He hurt the team because of those two interceptions. I'm 18 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: not gonna include the Claypool one. But you know, and 19 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: I guess you probably haven't watched the TV copy. But whoever, 20 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: the the hired expert you know, rules guys said that 21 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: should have been a past interference call and I didn't 22 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: think that at the time, but I guess I was wrong. 23 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: That would have been a huge play, changing things for 24 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: the Steelers, but too bad picks from him. Um four 25 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: and I counted five. Everyone's saying four dropped interceptions by 26 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: the Steelers. I thought there was much good in this game. 27 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: But that's why you lose your MINDUS three in turnover differential. 28 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: You're not going to beat a team like Miami on 29 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: the road Sunday night. Yeah, I mean the amazing thing 30 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: is is they were minus three and the turnovers and 31 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: had a chance to win it. Yeah right right, you know, um, 32 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: it just doesn't use only happened. I thought the defense 33 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: played another fantastic game. I mean that's two in a row, 34 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: you know, to at least what should be good offenses. 35 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: I understand that Tampa Bay is maybe a bit broken 36 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: right now, but that Miami offense. You know, I'm listening 37 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: to the UH. The the radio booth in Miami at 38 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: the hard Rock Stadium is quite a ways away from 39 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: the UH from the regular press box, and I gotta 40 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: tell you. I'm listening to the to the Dolphins pregame 41 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: show and they're talking about what a great matchup Pittsburgh 42 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: is for this Miami offense because score with anybody. They're 43 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: one of the top offenses in the league. This should 44 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: be a route because the Steelers have trouble scoring well 45 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: guess what trouble scoring as well? Um that way early 46 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: when they put thirteen points up early in that game. 47 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: Some of that was a little self inflicted by the Steelers. Again, 48 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: you mentioned the Claypool interception gave them good field position, 49 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: and you know, I thought that was a key hidden 50 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: thing in the game. Was was kind of the field position, 51 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,119 Speaker 1: you know, the Steelers average starting position, and that game 52 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: was their their own twenty two. Five of their eleven 53 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: meaningful possessions started that their eighteen. We're closer. Uh. That's 54 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: just not a good not a good way to uh 55 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: recipe for success, especially when you have an offense like that. 56 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: But the defense, um after that first quarter really locked 57 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: the Dolphins down. Yeah. I had the exact same thoughts 58 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: on it, and I'm glad you brought up field position. 59 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: That's been a problem all a year. I mean, the 60 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: offense starts deep in their own end compared to the 61 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: rest of the league, and the defense is often put 62 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: in compromise situations throughout the league. To the year to um, 63 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: Harvin's one punt didn't help things, either from a field 64 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: goal or from a field position perspective. Agree though, I 65 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: mean that first couple of drives I had Buffalo vibes 66 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: like this could be a blowout to his humming. McDaniel 67 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: really has a great plan. They're attacking up the numbers, 68 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: up the seams with these speed guys, and the Steelers 69 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: are a little overwhelmed. And I do think that playing 70 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: against Hill and Waddle is a lot different than watching 71 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 1: them on tape, that they can catch you by surprise 72 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: with their speed. I mean, Lamar Jackson's a guy like 73 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: that too, that you can't simulate it in practice, but 74 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: you're a right. I mean, it looked to me watching 75 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 1: on TV that they crept their safeties up a little 76 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: bit more and took away the middle of the field 77 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: a little bit more, and I thought they were phenomenal 78 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: with their communication. This goes back to Tampa too. I 79 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 1: don't care how Tampa's play and this is just a 80 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: Steeler nugget is passing Hill off from Bush to Edmonds 81 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: to a corner or whatever. I mean, just their communication 82 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: in zone I thought was tremendous these past couple of weeks. 83 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: No matter who playing, what corners are out there, and 84 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:04,919 Speaker 1: it's smart. I mean, like, if you get in a 85 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: trail position with Water or Hill, you're doomed. But if 86 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: I can hang with them for my zone and then 87 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: pass him to the next guy and not have a 88 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 1: lot of gaffs in between, you can make it competitive. 89 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: And again, the defense tackled very very well. Yeah, I 90 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 1: thought they disguised some things pretty well as too. You know, 91 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: there are a couple of times where they showed like 92 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 1: it was gonna be man and then played zone behind it. Uh, 93 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: things like things of that nature that really uh that 94 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: you know. The play that stood out to me, I 95 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: think it was the the ten yards and I ended 96 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: up being a nine yard catch by Hill and he 97 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: thought he was gonna be off to the races and 98 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick came up and tripped him up, and you know, 99 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: they ran him on a crossing pattern there, and he 100 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: thought because immediately you know, out of the out of 101 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage, um Levi Wallace was pressing 102 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: him and then trailed him and then immediately back off 103 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: of it. And I think they, you know, I think 104 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: the entire Miami off I think too. I thought it 105 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 1: was a Mandaman defense the whole you know, everybody, and 106 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,839 Speaker 1: they just they you know, they just mixed it up 107 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: right there at the line of scrimmage like that, did 108 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: a nice job with that stuff. Um. You know, that's 109 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: the seventh time now they've played Tyreek Hill and he's 110 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,679 Speaker 1: never had a hundred yard game against him. Yeah, that's amazing, 111 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: it really is. I mean, he scared the heck out 112 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: of me coming in. I guess, you know, some of 113 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: the things I said aren't true because a lot of 114 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: those guys have played against him obviously, including twice last year. Um, 115 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: but still got to give the defensive coaching staff a 116 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: lot of credit. I think they're making changes throughout the game. 117 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: They're coming up with good game plans. The communication of 118 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: the back seven has been tremendous and really solid play 119 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: from guys that are too often maligned, like Bush and Edmonds. 120 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: You know, like the single those guys out with some 121 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: splash from Minca. Now they could just get a pass rush. 122 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: Where where could you get that from Yeah, you know, 123 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: we can would be saying that soon. T J. Watt 124 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: was really ramping it up yesterday, uh in pregame warmups. Um. 125 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: You know, I think some of that was kind of 126 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 1: by design. Obviously they'd like to get sacks and they'd 127 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: like they'd like to get to uh to to ah um. 128 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: But a lot of that was, Hey, we're gonna we're 129 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: gonna rush three. Sometimes we're gonna rush four because we're 130 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: playing coverage on the back end here and we don't 131 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: want you know, we don't want. We can't. You're not 132 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: gonna blitz because you didn't. You don't want to leave 133 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: guys on an island with those two receivers. Um. You know, so, 134 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: but one quarterback hit in that game just isn't enough. Um. Now, 135 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: they did flush to a couple of times and you 136 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: know he ran, but they really need to get t J. 137 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: What back. Yeah, I mean, it's couldn't be more obvious 138 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: week after week his impact and how much he's missed. 139 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: I mean, high Smith was getting high Smith was getting 140 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: the want treatment yesterday. That's what I was gonna say. 141 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: He was getting more attention than ever, you know, I mean, 142 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: which I think it's one of my favorite things about 143 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: really watching All twenty two is because it's kind of 144 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,239 Speaker 1: like we say, teams don't lie if they treat him 145 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: like that. They were afraid of high Smith and it 146 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: wasn't you know, I mean he was. I think teams 147 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: are looking at Highsmith like an upper tier player. Now 148 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: you know people that really know, Yeah, and that's gonna 149 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: bobe well here when they do get what back? Um, 150 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: you know, somebody is going to get one on one matchups. Um, 151 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: now do you do you want that to be high 152 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: Smith or do you want that to be want? You know, 153 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: can you not pay as much attention to the to 154 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: the guys in the interior? Um? You know, so you 155 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: know that that's another thing that's coming soon. Um, you know, 156 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 1: not soon enough, maybe now at two and five, but 157 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:42,719 Speaker 1: late for the season, but it might be. And the 158 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: and uh we have to talk about Picket now. Uh. 159 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,079 Speaker 1: You know we've talked about some of the good things. 160 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: He did some good things in this game. Oh yeah, 161 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: they moved to football again. This is now two and two. 162 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:59,439 Speaker 1: Of his three starts, they've had three fifty plus yards, 163 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,239 Speaker 1: they've had their they've had their two best yardage games 164 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 1: in terms of moving the football with him at quarterback. 165 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 1: But also in those two games against Buffalo and against 166 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: the Dolphins, they've scored thirteen points combined. You know, that 167 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 1: doesn't it doesn't match up with the yardage totals that 168 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: they're putting up. No, it doesn't, And I think it'll 169 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: get better. I don't think all of its red zone woes. 170 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: I think there was a lot of that in Buffalo, 171 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: where you know, first game red zones tough. You know. 172 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: I think some of these were untimely turnovers and late 173 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: in the game there was third and one that turned 174 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: into what third and sixteam because the two penalties back 175 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: to back. I'm gonna blame Pickett for that, but he 176 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: made two really bad um decisions that cost a team 177 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: in a big way, and he was more I'm not 178 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 1: the slightest bit worried about him. I mean, this game 179 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: even further confirmed that he is the answer. Thrill that 180 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: he made on fourth and six to Friar Muth, Yeah, 181 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: Armouth was not open, not even remotely open when he 182 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:06,319 Speaker 1: threw that ball on fourth and six with the game 183 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: on the line. It was not even remotely open. He 184 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 1: wasn't even open when the ball got there, right, But 185 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,719 Speaker 1: I mean perfectly throw him pass and you know for 186 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: twenty one yard at twenty one yard game on fourth 187 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: and six. I mean, Pickett has a little bit of 188 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: gun slinger in him. I'd just like to see him 189 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: do it a little bit more, pake some shots and 190 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: I don't know if that's play calling him. Who knows. 191 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: Now that guys, there are guys running open. You know, 192 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: people are blaming Matt Candida for this. Uh there, It's 193 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: not like everybody that at the snap of the football 194 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:43,679 Speaker 1: is running within five yards of the line of scrimmage. 195 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: Right there are guys running down the field who were 196 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: getting throughout that game. We're getting single coverage down the 197 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: field now. I don't know if he got gun shy 198 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: after the after the Clay Poole interception because you know, 199 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: but you know, take a shot. That was the difference 200 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: in the game. Miami had five plays of twenty or 201 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: more yards in this game and the Steelers had two. Yeah, 202 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 1: I was gonna say, the explosives just aren't there. Unfortunately, 203 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: I don't think you'll get a lot out of the 204 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,199 Speaker 1: running game, even when it was at its best last year. 205 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: You're not gonna break off fifty yard runs. But you 206 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: could break off chunk runs and the running games starting 207 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: to slow, slow, slowly come around, and I think, nag, 208 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,959 Speaker 1: he's moving better than before. But you're right. I mean, 209 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: with these weapons, you have to have explosives down the field. 210 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: And again, you didn't see the TV copy, but you 211 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: were there live. You have different vantage point than I did. 212 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: They did a big thing about Zavian Howard. They showed 213 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: like eight to ten plays of him. Boy, he's just 214 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 1: locking everybody down. Steelers aren't even gonna throw his way. 215 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: Maybe that's true. I mean, I'll watch the All twenty two. 216 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: Maybe Howard was awesome in this game, but I would 217 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: have gone after him more, just like all the other 218 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: teams did. And the secondary in general, to me, was 219 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: very vulnerable and I think they could have attacked the 220 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,959 Speaker 1: corners more aggressively. And side note, I'm not you know, 221 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: whining about this or anything. I thought Miami was very 222 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: grabby on the back end. Yeah, um, I just I 223 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:17,559 Speaker 1: saw quite a bit of single high and Miami was saying, 224 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: you know, manning up on those on the receivers as 225 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 1: they do, that's what they do, right, and you know, 226 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 1: just not enough shots down the field. You know, again, 227 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 1: the first, the first series of the game. Um, you know, 228 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: they did have Deante Johnson opened down the sideline and 229 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 1: Pickings overthrew him, Um, you know on a third and 230 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,439 Speaker 1: three or whatever it was, and then everybody starts, well, 231 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 1: make Canada run run pass. Well, yeah it was third 232 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: and three. It's not like it was third and nine 233 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: three and the play was there. It was open, Pickings 234 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,959 Speaker 1: just missed him. Now after that, I thought he settled in, 235 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: you know, and and you know, made you know, some 236 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: nice passes there. But again, I think sometimes they're making 237 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 1: things too difficult on themselves because they're playing you know 238 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: there there each every drive is it has to be 239 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: a four team play drive. Yeah, right again, and it's 240 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,520 Speaker 1: so that that's what the league wants you to do now, 241 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: you know, but we'll we'll give you the short stuff. 242 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: And you know, he was very accurate in the middle 243 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: of the field if you go look at the next 244 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 1: generation numbers, but didn't attack that area very often. I mean, 245 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: it wasn't enough throws up the seam and in the 246 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: middle of the field they were short, so there wasn't 247 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: real productive There was definitely one on one matchups that 248 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,839 Speaker 1: were turned down. I have some Candada issues. Don't get 249 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: me wrong. I mean no, I'm not defending him at all. 250 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 1: I'm just but right open receivers are just simply put 251 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 1: this at his feet and say, let us at Canada problem. 252 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,439 Speaker 1: I don't believe that for a second. No, I think 253 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:50,559 Speaker 1: a lot of it's a rookie quarterback problem that every 254 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: rookie quarterback suffers. And nobody wants to hear this. But 255 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: um Pickett helped them lose more than he helped them 256 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: win yesterday. And again I'm not worried about him big 257 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: pick sure, but this is what happens with rookie quarterbacks, folks. Yeah, 258 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: And that was kind of my That's what the crux 259 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 1: of my piece was on my ten thoughts on Steelers 260 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: dot Com. Was like, hey, folks, not every rookie quarterback 261 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 1: comes in, it goes thirteen and oh uh that's just 262 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: enough the way it goes, um, you know uh. And 263 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: and he, you know, Ben Roethlisberger when he came in, 264 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: had a very veteran group around him. Oh established offense, 265 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: you know with and he's the new part. Yeah, he was. 266 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: He was the only new part. Everybody else was and 267 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: so they made it easy for him. Well, this. You know, 268 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: this offense isn't gonna be like that, uh necessarily. Um, 269 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: you know, there are going to be young guy mistakes 270 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: out there. Uh you know, been Elway, Bradshaw, Manning, on 271 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: and on and on and on and then then you know, 272 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: adding a young offensive line, which again I thought, okay, 273 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: they're playing well. Yeah, they played reasonably well in this game. 274 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: I thought that I thought they opened up more holes 275 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: in the running game and here's hit them, which which 276 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: was was nice. But uh, you know, again, you dropped 277 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: back the past forty four times, you give up two sacks. 278 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: You can live with that, right, right, right, He wasn't 279 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: under constant arrest. There were some stretches that weren't great, 280 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: but you know, yeah, um, but yeah, I mean so 281 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: there are some positives there. And again the fact that 282 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: Piket put them in position twice in the game's closing 283 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 1: minutes to win the game. Mhm um, you know, can't 284 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: be over. And you know, and those two drives, those 285 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: two drives started at the eighteen and the thirteen, right right, 286 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: I mean very back position, very backed up in the 287 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: final four minutes and you go down the field twice. Um, 288 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 1: you know, so there that's a positive. Now you just 289 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: have to finish him off. I really think, you know 290 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: that the offense or both of both sides, a lot 291 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: of the process is right and it will come around. 292 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: Just the volts haven't been there yet, and I'm not 293 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: saying they will be, but I I'm still encouraged that 294 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: both sides of the ball are going the right direction. Yeah, 295 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: I feel like this offense is really close the blowing up. Um. 296 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: You know, Now, whether blowing up means it scores, you know, 297 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: twenty seven points or whether they're blowing up means they 298 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: score thirty five, um, that that remains to be seen. 299 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: But I think it's really close to clicking. Um. You know, 300 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: they're they're they're they're having too much success in spurts 301 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: to not put it all together. And I think some 302 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: explosive plays, taking some shots down the field, maybe maybe 303 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: throw the ball at the fourteen down the field a 304 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: little bit more. Yeah, he's all right, Yeah, might might 305 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: change their luck a little bit. And Pat Farremusa star, 306 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: yeah right. And I don't have any different feelings on 307 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: Claypool or Deante, but those other two to me are 308 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: stars in the making. And we'll go past those guys 309 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: if they were stocks, you know, I mean that they're 310 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: long term foundational players with the quarterback um. Again, I'm 311 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 1: encouraged there. Results weren't great. Some of the timing of things, 312 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: you know, penalties and h interceptions or lack of taking 313 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 1: the ball away when it was there cost him his game. Yeah. 314 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: I thought the holding penalty on Dan Moore and it 315 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: was a little I didn't see that as a little 316 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:29,640 Speaker 1: chinsey on that one, but it is what it is. Anyways, 317 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: we're gonna take a break. He is Matt Williamson. I 318 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: am Dale Lally. You're listening to the drive here on 319 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:40,120 Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio. Did you know, Matt that you can 320 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: listen now to our show on your smart speaker? Oh yes, 321 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 1: play Steelers Nation Radio from my heart and Alexa will 322 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: take care of the rest. He is Matt Williamson. I'm 323 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: Dale Lally. We'll be back with more right after this.