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And now here are your hosts, 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:35.600 Rob King, Craig Wolfle, and Matt Williamson. 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:41.200 Hello, everybody, thanks for being with us. Following this year's 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:44.400 twenty to ten victory over the La Chargers. Our first 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:48.000 reaction is brought to you by First National Bank. Let's 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:52.960 get started, member FDIC. Before we plunge into any specifics, 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:56.760 let's get a first reaction. Craig Wolfley, let's start with 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:59.240 you your thoughts on what you saw on Sunday with 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:01.920 this year's twenty to ten victory that moved them to 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:02.960 three and zero in the season. 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:04.160 Oh, I love it. 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:04.360 You know. 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:06.560 It's just one of those afternoons where you got a 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:08.880 bludgeoning on both sides, you know what I mean. You 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:12.680 got it a great rushing attempt, a team with rushing attempts, 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:14.839 and you got a team with great rushing yardage. 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:16.200 And he got all this coming together. 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:18.600 And I was laughing in the before the game, we 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:20.280 were talking about going this game could be over in 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:21.280 about thirty five minutes. 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:23.880 Yeah, you know, and the first quarter was over so fast. 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:25.959 But you know, you look at this and I thought 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:29.039 it was just a great show of determination by the Steelers. 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:31.880 Stay after it, stay after it, keep cracking the rock 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:35.160 and vctually the rock got split in the second half 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:38.000 and they took over a momentum and never relinquished it. 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:41.120 It was just a great team effort from top to bottom. 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:41.880 You know, Matt. 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:47.120 Before the game, Mike Tomwin used a boxing analogy and 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:50.920 he said it was an opportunity for him to educate 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:55.640 his young players on Hagler Hearns. The great fight between 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:58.640 those two guys, Marvin Hagler and Tommy Hearns. 0:01:58.760 --> 0:01:59.280 That was over. 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:02.520 And I think this second round unbelievably action pack but 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:06.360 swinging punches, and you know, it made me think of 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:09.240 and I use this analogy with Wolf earlier, the boxer 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:12.560 who goes to the body early and softens up his opponent. No, 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:16.200 you're not scoring any points by doing that. The officials, 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:19.440 the people sitting ringside that are scoring about they are not, 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:23.120 you know, duly impressed with that. They're more impressed with 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:26.080 the headshot. But man, you get into those later rounds 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:28.959 and all of a sudden, those body blows mean something 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:32.480 that you know, the the opposing fighter drops his hands 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:34.200 to protect his mid drift and now you can go 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:34.880 for the knockout. 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:37.079 That's what it felt like the Steelers did to me. 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:42.000 They weakened the Chargers by going after him, going after him, 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:43.800 going after him in some ways, and then late in 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:45.200 the game they're able to finish them off. 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:48.359 Yeah, well said, And I think both head coaches had 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:51.480 the same approach. You know, we're gonna come in banging away. 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:53.760 If we have to punt, that's okay, three and out. 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.120 But we're gonna be physical. We're gonna use a lot 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:58.200 of heavy personnel, a lot of extra tight ends on 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:02.000 the field, sometimes extra offensive. I'm in big power backs 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:06.120 and you know, efficient quarterback play. You know, Baldon hit 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.240 the ground from either one of these quarterbacks very often. 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:10.359 In the first first half either there was a lot 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:13.480 of very high completion rate. But then the second half 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:16.519 rolls around, and to be fair, you know, some of 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.760 the Chargers star players are dropping like flies. You lose 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:23.080 Alts later, Bosa, Herbert, it's gonna hurt you. But I 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:25.000 also think some of that's due to the Steelers being 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.800 the more physical team in any way. You cut it 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.880 when you when you produce two hundred and fifty four 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:34.120 yards in the second half, and I think they produced 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:36.080 negative five in the second half. 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:38.560 Yeah, I mean that sort of sums it up right. 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:41.520 Let me do the math of that pretty good. 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:44.080 And by the way, when you say you know two 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:47.040 guys wanting the same approach, well, Hagler Hearns wanted the 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:47.840 same approach to it. 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:48.680 I'd rather have been. 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:51.440 Hagler right right by the time that fight was over. 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:53.840 And so yeah, it was. I thought this was a 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:56.760 good test, good physical tests. And I think it's pretty 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:59.800 clear that you know, and again, this is something I 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:01.960 taught about at the beginning of the broadcast. You know, 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:04.920 you have a hardball coach team with Greg Roman as 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:08.440 the offensive coordinator. Sounds like the you know, the Ravens 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:11.720 from several years ago, except it's a different hardball same Roman, 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:14.440 same style. They want to play the same way Wolf 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:18.160 and so every week presents a different challenge. This as 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:20.800 a team that wanted to go toe to toe with you, 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:23.680 they were a little different challenge in what Denver was 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:26.359 and what Atlanta was, and they tried to go toe 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:28.479 to toe with the Steelers and they got knocked out. 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:29.160 You know. 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:31.599 The interesting thing, it's a lot of people credit this 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:35.160 to Mike Tyson, but really the quote goes to George Formasa. 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:36.880 Everybody's got a plan until I get hit with the 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:40.160 right hand, you know. And that's basically what happened. George 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:44.240 Foreman materialized in the form of Steelers offense and defense 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:46.920 and just put the right hand right in the mouth 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:49.440 of the La Chargers. And they did a great job. 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:53.560 When you think about defensively speaking, five sacks, seven quarterback hits, 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:57.720 a strip sack, sevendfls, you know, tackles for loss, my goodness, 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:00.800 and as Matt talked about earlier, you're talking about a 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:03.760 minus five for an offense that was just running on 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.960 high octane, coming into a creature. You got to take 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:08.960 your hat off and give it to him, as Hines 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:12.120 Ward would say, and give them, you know, a little 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:16.240 salute there. They tried hard, but they they got mangulated, 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:17.680 and I got to tell you, I think it was 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.960 just a great team effort again from the Steelers, from 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:23.800 everybody putting their hand in the pile and the proverbial 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:27.360 you know, uh, get that effort going and be part 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:29.280 of it, because they went after it and they did it. 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:33.400 Matt, Yeah, I mean, there's not a lot of in 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:37.120 depth analysis needed for this one. You know, good just 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:41.800 got these guys. Their intentions were very similar. It looked 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.440 like a very even fight going into the half. Maybe 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:46.800 even the Chargers, I know they lead on the scoreboard, 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:49.440 were the potentially better team in the first half, but 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:52.920 it was a feeling out process. And Johnston's touchdown was 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:56.960 a coverage bust. I mean, that wasn't to me poor 0:05:57.000 --> 0:05:59.920 play necessarily, it was a miscommunication by the second are 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:04.479 porter pretty much shut him down for ninety percent of 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:08.560 this game. Dobbins, who was their big time playmaker, did 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:11.800 very very little, and Steelers won in the trenches. And 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:15.400 while I thought Herbert was highly efficient, he still wasn't 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.239 enough in his condition to elevate the team. 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:21.000 So, Man, I'm gonna come back to you because I've 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:22.680 heard you say some things in your podcast. 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.920 It reminds me of what we're saying, both of you guys. 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:27.840 Reminds me of my and I have to be very 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.800 careful here, because if you're quoting Blazing Saddles, you have 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:33.400 to be very careful. But my favorite line in that 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:36.320 movie is when they're sitting around at a bar and 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:39.080 I think the guy who plays Higgins in Magnum p 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:42.440 I says something like, hey, and as you know, as 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:45.080 we speak to think Louis Pastewers over there in France. 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:47.840 And somebody goes, never mind that stuff. Here comes Mango. 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:51.080 And I feel like, you know, okay, here comes life 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:53.159 at you. I feel like this is the Steelers defense. 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:53.479 Matt. 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:56.120 You can have a plan, and you could talk about 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.960 all kinds of flowery stuff, but you know Mongo's coming. 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:01.920 There's up in the run. They're stopping the pass or 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:05.760 getting after the passer. Through three games, you know, and 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:08.520 this is a good defense, A good defense from a 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:12.560 year ago that added really good players and are getting 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:16.400 maturations from guys. I mean, you think about, you know, 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:21.400 adding Queen, adding to Shaun Elliott, adding Dante Jackson, getting 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:24.040 Trice back after you got hurt all last year, having 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:27.400 her big in year two, improving Leal a young player, 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:31.120 improving louder Milk a young player, improving Peyton Wilson in 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:33.679 the draft. I mean, it is a very good defense. 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:38.680 It's added a lot of very good pieces to supplement 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:41.120 that defense or enhance that defense. 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.400 Yeah, and unlike Mango being a pond in the game 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:48.920 of life, I mean, the defense has Queens and Rooks 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:51.320 and Horsey guys and all kinds of guys that can 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:53.440 do a lot of things for you on the chess board. 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:56.400 And what even if it doesn't show up in the 0:07:56.680 --> 0:08:01.600 box score, is obviously the straw that starts. And clearly 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:05.440 Harbaugh game planned around not letting him wreck the game, 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:08.200 even though his right tackle Alt is very promising, and 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:10.480 when he left him alone, you'd beat up on Alt. 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:14.240 And Hayward was phenomenal, and all the role players are 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:17.200 really really stepped up. I thought this was Queen's best game. 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:21.160 I thought it was Bishop's best game. There's another chess reference. 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:23.160 I didn't even do that. 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:25.840 Well, I'm playing checkers, Matt Wadela. 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:29.160 I actually brought Queen and Bishop up because I thought 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:31.840 they were the two that I was most worried about. 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:34.160 Through two games, and they happen to be chess pieces. 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:40.080 Wolf Is defense is emerging as I mean, it's already was, 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:42.840 you know, in that group that you would have to 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:46.560 discuss as the better groups in the league. I don't 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:50.199 think it's far fetched to think that this team, this defense. 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:52.840 You know, you got to stay healthy, some things have 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:55.599 to go right for you, obviously, and it's going to 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:58.760 be tested as we get further into the season. I mean, 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:00.760 you got Dallas, and you have Filhladelphia, and you have 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.760 Kansas City, you have all the AFC North opponents. But 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:08.360 it is looking like a good unit, that very good 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:11.280 unit that has stepped up even beyond that this season. 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:12.600 Well, there's no question about it. 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:15.120 I really thought from the start, the first thing I 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:19.400 got excited about was watching Kennu Benton go after Bradley Boseman. 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:21.840 You know, I mean I thought that was right away 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:24.320 a statement made that said, hey, you know, this is 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:27.000 not going to be a you know, an all day 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:29.080 afternoon for you to be able to do as you want. 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:31.440 I mean, when you can turn a nine point nine 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:34.959 yards per carry rusher like JK. Dobbins, you know, a 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:37.880 first down a carry guy unbelievably so on turn him 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:40.960 into two point nine, that just says you've done something. 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:44.320 Really run well in the front end of the defense, 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:47.000 and they have, indeed, and they've gotten better. Yes, And 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:50.360 I think you know, I'm a little worried about Alex Highsmith. 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:51.319 You know, you wonder. 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:54.760 I hope he's going to be okay because that threesome 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:57.920 of those three musketeers coming after it. Those three guys, 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.920 they are just pro and their ability to harass a 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:04.960 quarterback and make him uncomfortable. And if you saw what 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:09.520 Captain Cam did to Zion Johnson of the left guard, 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:12.559 I gotta tell you something. When you see a fourteen 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:16.000 year guy take a young, strong buck like Zion Johnson 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:18.120 and walk them back into the lap of the quarterback, 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:20.960 drive him right into him with power in that one 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:24.800 hand stab, I mean, my goodness, that is just unbelievable. 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:28.200 So I thought the defense just continued to pile great 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:31.199 play upon great play, and even sometimes when they were 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:34.079 getting gashed a little bit they'd come back and do something, 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:36.800 and then of course the offense. So overall this is 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:40.280 just to me, it was just such a great show 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:44.199 of what they're made of to be able to stand 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:46.960 up and under the pressure that San Diego was going 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:48.920 to put them under. And I thought the guys again 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:50.960 just showed themselves to be true pros. 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:54.880 And Rob Herbig's so remarkable because I think every time 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:58.440 he's put a Steeler helmet on, preseason, rookie year, whatever, 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:01.480 he makes a play. I mean, like you can't help 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:03.800 but notice him. Whether he's out there four snaps or 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:08.000 twenty snaps or whatever, he greatly influences the game every 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:08.800 time he's out there. 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:13.280 Yeah, I mean, I think his productivity per snap level 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.120 has got to be through the roof. And you know, 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:20.280 again we talk about that in terms of what would 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:22.319 that mean if you were taking every snap, would you 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:25.120 wear down? What would happen over seventeen games? Would that 0:11:25.200 --> 0:11:28.280 slow you down? Or would your level of productivity increase 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:31.440 or stay the same. We don't know that because he 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:34.200 hasn't had that opportunity, But I think when you look 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:36.160 at a guy like Herbig, when you look at a 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:38.640 guy like Peyton Wilson. When you look at the depth 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:41.120 they have it to d line and you hope that 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:44.040 Dante Jackson and Corey Trice are okay as well, because 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.840 I think the biggest question for me you have you know, 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:50.600 you have CAZy as your third safety, you know, behind 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:54.280 Elliott and Fitzpatrick. So you've upgraded your starters. 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:54.600 In my opinion. 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:57.640 You know, if you're gonna have one question about depth, 0:11:57.640 --> 0:11:59.920 that might be in the secondary. But Trice seems to 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.280 have calmed some of those fears as far as having 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:05.959 a third corner. Hopefully Cam Sutton you know, will come 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:09.400 back from his suspension and add a little more depth 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:13.080 at that cornerback position maybe safety. But no team, no 0:12:13.240 --> 0:12:17.240 team looks at their roster and says, we have, you know, 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:20.600 incredible depth at every position on the roster. Oh yeah, 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:22.840 we got another dozen guys on our practice squad we 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:25.240 can call up who are also future All pros. I mean, 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:27.760 you can only have so much depth. And I think 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:29.959 this to this depth ball, it looks like it's getting 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:34.360 tested on both sides with injuries, is pretty admirable as 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:35.360 we sit here in Week. 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:38.680 Three, and a huge key to playing great defense is 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:42.200 playing less defense. You know, they the offense is at 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.599 least getting first downs, maintaining the football, allowing them to 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:48.720 get a breather. I think that is absolutely huge for 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:49.320 this unit. 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:51.320 I mean, for example, TJ. 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:54.640 Watt, anyone who's watched Steelers has regularly seen him take 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:57.640 himself out of games, you know, get two plays off, 0:12:57.679 --> 0:13:00.800 go back in and stay as fresh as possible. I mean, 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:03.439 and that's wonderful. I think he's playing like eighty eight 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:06.240 percent of the snaps because he's not wearing down because 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:07.839 they're out there for three plays and he goes to 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:10.360 the sideline and watches the offense get a few first 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:11.440 downs and run the football. 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:13.880 Well, the beautiful thing about it is, I mean you 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:17.319 think about the ten possessions that LA had, Five of 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:19.199 them were three and ounce. Yeah, you know, I mean, 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:21.720 it speaks right exactly what you're saying, Matt. 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:23.719 Yeah. I mean they had hard tanking first downs in 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:24.360 the second half. 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:24.720 Yeah. 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:27.400 I think that these are all great points. And I 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:30.320 also think that, you know, that's that's for winning football. 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.320 And we could talk about the formula for winning football 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:36.320 in a minute, but just statistically speaking, I mean, again, 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:40.440 when I go back through my memory banks and think 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:43.160 about you know, those Steelers teams of the mid two 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:46.440 thousands and early to you know, two thousands and wearing 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:50.040 teams down and getting that lead and Renegade is pumping 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:53.000 and there's six minutes left and you have a thirteen 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:56.560 point lead, and Joey Porter and James Harrison and those 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.600 great head drudgers, they know what you have to do 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:02.640 and they you know, they are able then to get 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:05.559 after the passer. Well, think about how often that's happened 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:05.960 in TJ. 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:09.480 Watt's career. Not often enough, you know. 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:12.040 One hundred percent. It's something Dale I've talked about on 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:14.880 the Drive for years, is late in games, when the 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:17.960 whole planet knows you're rushing the pass or the Steelers 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:20.320 have not been in that situation very often, and they 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:23.280 still produce a monstrous pass rush especially. 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:24.760 Why and you know what else, Let's you got to 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.520 give credit to that offense because in the second half, 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:31.920 per Arthur Smith, the damn broke you know, I mean 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:34.520 they were banging on that rock and banging on that 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:37.200 rock and they split that rock and that was sheer 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:40.720 force of will and determination and guys all you know, 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:43.080 with the same mindset going after it. 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:45.600 And kudos to him. That was a heck of a job. 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:49.280 And I thought when you lit up, they got Kelvin 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:53.280 Austin went that fifty five. You're like going, yeah, that's 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:55.480 what we want to see right there. I know, as 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:57.880 a hog, as a fat guy, you're like going take 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:00.480 it all the way, baby, Don't make me run fifty 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:02.560 some yards only to have to put my hand in 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:05.240 the dirt and and have to do some goal line 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:06.320 short yardage stuff. 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:08.000 You know, well, good stuff. 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:12.280 Plenty of key players and moments to dive into. The 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:14.440 Steelers win twenty to ten to improve to three to 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.160 zero on the season. 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You're listening to the point After on 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:56.480 the Steelers Audio Network alongside Craig Wolfley and Matt Williamson. 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:57.120 I'm Rob King. 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:58.640 We thank you for being with us as we are 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:02.320 discussing the finer points, the point after points of this 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:04.920 year's twenty to ten victory over the LA Chargers that 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:07.640 has improved this Steelers to three and zero on the season. 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:10.800 So great start guys for the Steelers. And you know 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:14.360 a lot of questions about what happens after George Pickens, 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:19.480 probably some concerns among fans when Van Jefferson took an 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:21.800 eye injury and was out for most of this game. 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:26.760 But Calvin Austin, Scotty Miller, wolf these are guys who 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:29.520 stepped forward in the passing game for the Steelers and 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:31.880 helped out justin fields. We'll get the plenty of fields 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:34.600 in a moment. But I thought both those receivers really 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:36.120 had their moments for the Steelers. 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:36.680 Oh they did. 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:40.080 Indeed, you know, there's been so much handwringing about wide 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:43.000 receiver number two and so forth and how it's going 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:45.160 to be, and you know, both guys stepped up and 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:47.560 did a nice job. And how do you not love 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:50.080 Scotty Miller when the guy comes up and makes the 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:52.400 most of a couple of catches. And this is also 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:55.360 the guy that stepped in and became a holder, you know, 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:58.160 and saved helped save the day. And then you know, 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:00.440 he also did a little bit of gunner work back 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:02.920 a couple of games ago. So the fact that you've 0:17:02.920 --> 0:17:07.120 got somebody that can be literally a human Swiss Army 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:10.280 knife and useful in a number of roles, he did 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:13.800 a great job. And then Calvin Austin, look at speed Kilts. 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:16.720 Everybody knows that you've got some speed man. You gotta 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:18.560 let it go, and he let it go, and it 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:22.159 was great to see what a great boon that is 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:25.399 for the passing game because that type of guy, that 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:27.200 type of action that can rip the top off of 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:30.720 coverage and give everybody else room to maneuver underneath on 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:33.280 the windows there. And George Pickens needs it, and I 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:35.520 think the Steelers offense needs it. I think it was 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:36.840 there at the time it was needed. 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:38.680 Matt, Yeah. 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:41.760 And Pickens to me almost reminds me of what where 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:45.119 His impact on the game isn't showing up in the 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:47.879 box score time and time again, but his tape is 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:51.159 so good and the opponents fear him so much that 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:53.520 it opens up a lot of room for other receivers. 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:56.800 And I agree with everything Wolfe said. Austin's a more 0:17:56.840 --> 0:18:00.239 accomplished receiver maybe than Cedar. Fans know, especially you know, 0:18:00.240 --> 0:18:03.440 coming out of school. He's not just a gadgety type guy. 0:18:03.520 --> 0:18:06.160 He can line up outside the numbers against press coverage 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:09.680 and run real routes. And I love that Miller is 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:11.919 a total jack of all trades. Hey, coach, what do 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:13.600 you need me to do? Sign me up. I'll do 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:16.040 whatever you need. And that take it a step further. 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:19.520 I thought Friarmouth this was his best usage. It was 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:23.040 the highest percentage of routes run he has all year, 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:26.920 and his big and physicals as offense is you can 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:29.280 get away with a Miller or Austin who might not 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:32.240 be a hammer blocker, and you still got Roman Wilson 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.280 Luman in the sidelines, you know, and wonder what happens 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:34.760 with him, you know. 0:18:35.520 --> 0:18:37.359 Well, I'm going to get to the blocking things, but 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:41.320 I want to mention something here, wolf that Matt brought 0:18:41.400 --> 0:18:43.879 up in his Matt's stats. I was going to pretend 0:18:43.880 --> 0:18:45.760 that I did the researcher. I couldn't remember who I 0:18:45.760 --> 0:18:47.679 got it from, but we all know it's from Matt 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:50.680 right and the great work he does in supplying us 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:55.440 with some of these great stats. So last week Pickens 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:59.560 had two catches fifty seven yards and a touchdown called 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:03.399 back to penalties, and also drew a thirty seven yard 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:07.760 pass interference call. So there's ninety four yards of offense 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:10.760 in addition to the catches that he had last week 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:13.640