1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on Home of the Black and 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: Gold Steelers Nation Radio. M M M. Welcome back to 3 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 1: the Drive. I'm Dale Lally here with Matt Williamson. Matt. 4 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: In a previous segment, we talked about the Steelers offense 5 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: against the Alliance on Saturday night pretty good defensively. I 6 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: don't know what you can take out of that, because 7 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: what the Lions were throwing out there offensively was just 8 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: that's gonna be a bad offense on their best day, 9 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: and it was a horrific offense on this day in 10 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 1: terms of weapons and quarterback in particular. Kind of like 11 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: the Bend thing though that I mentioned in the first segment. 12 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: The defense has been very good in the free season, 13 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: but when you see the big boys out there, you're 14 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: kind of forget, like these guys are a lot better 15 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: than the backups, you know what I mean. But Hayden's 16 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: out there running around and make a and you know 17 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,839 Speaker 1: that that front seven. Uh. The one thing I definitely 18 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:31,759 Speaker 1: want to talk about though, is ingram in High Tower. 19 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: Him High Tower, for some stupid reason, would be a 20 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: really good edge pairing by themselves against anyone in the league, 21 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: you know, against one's high smith is a really good 22 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: player and Ingram is still a star. Yeah, I mean 23 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: I firmly believe that. And oh, by the way, Watts 24 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: just looming out there like that situation is going to 25 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: be amazing to me. Yeah, they're gonna be very difficult. 26 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: I know people are looking at the uh and I 27 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: mentioned this, um in my thoughts afterwards, you know, to 28 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: expect Joe Schobert to go out there on four days 29 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: of practice. It looked like, you know, he got beat. 30 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: I just wanted to see him out there. Yeah, he 31 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: got beat on that play. Well, yeah, he's playing about 32 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: probably three quarters speed right now. Oh, he's thinking like crazy, 33 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: right and he's he got thrown in the deep end, 34 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: probably holding a twenty pound dumbell. Yeah, you know, and 35 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: that's and they know that that doesn't mean anything about him. 36 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: And I don't care how he looked. I think there 37 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: was some expectation of what he's gonna go out there 38 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 1: and look great. That's not just really, that's not realistic. 39 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: He's not gonna look like Lambert or him. I know. 40 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: The other thing that I wanted to talk about was 41 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: the Nickel cornerback situation. Yeah, that's a good conversation. Um, 42 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: looks like they've kind of settled on that. Hey, we're 43 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 1: gonna they're gonna well, first of all, Antoine Brooks is 44 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: still hurt. Arthur Malik got hurt in that game, right, 45 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: you almost have to at this point go with Cam 46 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: Sutton inside and James Pierre, And that looked like that 47 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: that was their first option. Yeah, you know, Hayden on 48 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: one side, Pierre on the outside, which Pierre has earned. 49 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: I mean, so it's not like it's totally desperately that No. Right, 50 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 1: I feel a little bit bad for Sutton because I 51 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: think it'd be better off if you left him on 52 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: the outside, and that was one of them. Doesn't mean 53 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: that won't happen during the season, right, And that's what 54 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say to you is do you think, I mean, 55 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: maybe this is optimistic on Brooks's behalf, but if he 56 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: would have played every preseason game, do you think he'd 57 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 1: just have the job right now? Would be the guy? 58 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: So that might still be in the cards even by 59 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,519 Speaker 1: week one, because one of them, he's probably beginning being 60 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: the dime corner, yeah, right on the other side immediately immediately, 61 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: and they're probably gonna use that a lot against the bills. 62 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: On the bills, they'll probably for a fair amount too, 63 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: So Week one really doesn't matter as much, to be 64 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: honest with you, because they're all gonna play in some 65 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: reguard um. Sticking with corner, maybe I'm wrong though, I 66 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: mean I kind of felt like that wasn't the competition, 67 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: but it turned into a competition this lot corner position 68 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: that it was kind of Brooks's job not to lose. 69 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: But you can't grant him that kind of like Kevin's 70 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: just a week and a half and he's in two 71 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: preseason games. You can't just put him in there. He's 72 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: not Hilton that's been around or somebody like that too. 73 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: You can't just say, oh, it's your job. You know 74 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: you've earned it, because he hasn't earned it. But it 75 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: sure looked like it's set up for him to win 76 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: it very lopsided in his favor, and he just has 77 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: that chance to do it. Yeah, the injuries are you know, 78 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: best ability is availability and he just hasn't been. The 79 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: defense is really promising, but I wanted to throw one 80 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: worriesome sad situation is to it. Yeah, I mean he's 81 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: going through something way more important to football and all 82 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: those things. How do you think they handle that? I 83 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: would never play him this upcoming week. Something's not gonna 84 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: do that. No, do you think that they can play 85 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: him a high number of snaps right away in week one? 86 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: I mean there's a lot of time, there's twenty days 87 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: in between or whatever. I don't think so. I think 88 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 1: he kind of gets he's did into it. That's why 89 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: you know when I did my uh my fifty three 90 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 1: man roster um, did you keep an extra d like Kemp, 91 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: an extra defensive lineman. They've kind of earned it too. Yeah, 92 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: I mean that's that I've said all along. That was 93 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 1: gonna be one of the most difficult cuts. You're kind 94 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: of a player. I actually released warmly. Still, I know 95 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: you did the first time around. Did you still do 96 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: it to keep? I kept Bugs and Davis? Okay, yeah, 97 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: I have no qualm with that. I thought it was 98 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: innovative by you, and I wouldn't have thought of it 99 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: the first time. You did that to cut warmly. And 100 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: now that you know, just there's too many of them, 101 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: there's really too too many. But and and you know 102 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: you say, well why why we you know, why do 103 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: you have to keep Carlos Davis? Well, he's a nose. 104 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: I think there's ability there with some with some pass 105 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: rushing ability. Tyson and Lulu's thirty four two. I have 106 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 1: to remember you're you're you're starting nose tackles thirty four 107 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 1: the Yeah, you gotta start that process at some point. 108 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 1: Louder Milks not that. No, you know, Bugs is not that. 109 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: So somebody's got to be that backup guy. And if 110 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: it comes down to, oh, we we gotta keep this 111 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: backup nose tackle, but we're gonna let this semi amissing 112 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: end go in a guy like Bugs, I'm not I'm 113 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: not interested in doing that either. Yeah. Right, that's that's 114 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: not a great solution. And the practice squad does loom 115 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 1: for those guys. But even if Davis never turns into 116 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: a great player in the Lulu retires after next year 117 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: or falls off the cliff or whatever it, maybe you 118 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: just say, well, you have Davis here, so you don't 119 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: have to use a fourth round pick on the nose 120 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: like and and that it's Selfsworth the rosster spot. But 121 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 1: not that he's ever going to be a great special teamer, 122 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: but he's had some special team snaps. Now is better 123 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: at the end. Yeah, that's a good point, and back 124 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: to to it real quick. I mean again, I trust 125 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 1: Tomlin to handle this as well or better than any 126 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: coach in the league. But even just the show Bert 127 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: signing helps that situation too, because you can play Nicol 128 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: you know, basically, and it could be a Lulu next 129 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: to Hayward and let to it come along at his pace, 130 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: get snaps in the first game, just get your feet wet, 131 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: just as a pass rusher and go out there. And 132 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: the third you know you're gonna play third downs in 133 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 1: some second longs, we want you to go get the quarterback, 134 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,679 Speaker 1: get yourself in football shape, and get your mind ready 135 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: for you know your pace, and I know they haven't 136 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: done a ton of this yet, but you also if 137 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: it's third and ten, Ingram could play defensive tackle for you. 138 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: You could really put a NASCAR package out there with 139 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: Hayward in those three ends that is fast and can 140 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: really get after passers, chase down the Josh Allen's of 141 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: the world. Tomlin called Ingram are run bully. Yes, last 142 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: week you get to see that they try to block 143 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: up with a tight heads about it, right, that was 144 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: a mistake. Yeah, he's very impressive. I mean he looks 145 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: like early career Ingram to me. And the situation where 146 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: he's not gonna have to play sixties seventy snaps a game, 147 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: she could just let it all out, you know. You 148 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: know we need snaps at you say hard snaps, Yeah, right, 149 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: right right. And he is hard to move in the 150 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: run game. He's low, he's powerful, he's good hand use 151 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: you know, he's both explosive and smooth. Rarely do you 152 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: see that, you know. So he looks like a star. 153 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: That's what he was, and I think that's what he's 154 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: doing when the change up gears here a little bit 155 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: Matt um Dan Graziano um who I met this year 156 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: at camp. Actually, yeah, I know him a little bit 157 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: from our ESPN overlap. Good guy. Uh. He did a 158 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: power ranking on ESPN of the divisions using espns f P. 159 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:34,839 Speaker 1: I uh there. I guess they're strength of strength of 160 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: skit or strength of team strength. Trying to think what 161 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: it stands for. I think the eyes indicator probably it's 162 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: a football power index of all thirty. They used that, 163 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: but they adjusted off some of those spots for reasons 164 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 1: they explained below. So he has the f he has 165 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: the NFC West as the top division in football. I 166 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,839 Speaker 1: tend to agree, uh, they're if they're overall rating on 167 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: FPI for this division was seven point three. The Rams 168 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: are number one of that division. That was rank in 169 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: the division at the two point nine there are two 170 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: point nine. That's seventh best in the NFL. I think 171 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: that's about where the Rams belong. San Francisco was second 172 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: in the division at two point six. That's eighth best 173 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: in the NFL. That's fair. Seattle is ninth at two 174 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: point five. That's ninth best in the UNFL. So they 175 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: had the seven to eighth and ninth best teams in 176 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: the league according to the FBI. And then the Cardinals 177 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: are twenty one at minus point seven. I might even 178 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: be a little higher on the Cardinals than that, but 179 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 1: they're the one that is I'd feel least confident about 180 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 1: where to rank them out of thirty two teams. I 181 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,079 Speaker 1: think they have not a super high ceiling. But I 182 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: think there's a lot of variants with that team in 183 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: general this year. Um and the coach to be very honest, Um, 184 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: but those top three, I know they're better than the 185 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: ANFC North top three, but I would lump them all 186 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: together like all play this year, and that's that's when 187 00:09:55,800 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: you know people look at the UM the division and 188 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: then they added the seventeenth game this year. But Steelers 189 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 1: gonna play Seattle, Yeah, and the Ravens gonna play the Rams. 190 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: The Niners are playing the Bank. Cleveland gets the Cardinals, 191 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: but again the Cardinals are No, they're not push I 192 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 1: don't want to play that like either divisions happy about 193 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 1: playing each other last Absolutely not. The two best divisions 194 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 1: in the league play each other because he year. This year, 195 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: the a f C North second and they're the only 196 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: competitors to meet to the crown. He is the Ravens 197 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: at plus three points seven the fourth best in the league. 198 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: I would put the Ravens as the number one team. 199 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: And those two divisions matched together, I don't know that 200 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: to the fourth best team in the league. That's that 201 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,719 Speaker 1: offensive that they've got more issues in Baltimore than I 202 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 1: think people are talking. They've got four new offensive line starters, 203 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: and the guy who is returning to the left tackle, 204 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: Ronnie Stanley's coming up coming off of an ankle injury 205 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: that he had to get three surgeries on. I like 206 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 1: Kevin Zeisler, and I like that pickup, and I love 207 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: Alvil in a way of of I don't love that pickup. 208 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: I don't love the pickup. And both those guys at 209 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: this stage of their career for your right guard and 210 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: right tackle. You could say, oh, they're proven. Yeah, they're 211 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: more proven than Chooks or most of the Steelers guys. 212 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: They're more proven. But I promise you are there on 213 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: the downside's you know, it's not that you're not getting 214 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 1: twenty eight or twenty nine year old Kevin Zeitler. You're 215 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: getting thirty two year old Kevin Zitler. And I don't 216 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: think the Giants are the wisest team in the league, 217 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: and they might have the worst offensive line in the league. 218 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: And they caught him, you know. I mean, I like 219 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: the pickup, don't get me wrong, but he's not the 220 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl guard that he was. He also lost l J. 221 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: Fort in the Game of the weekend. He started sixteen 222 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: games for them the last two years and a core 223 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:43,679 Speaker 1: special team or yeah, but yeah, he wasn't make the 224 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: roster absolutely right, its contribute right, Yeah, be a guy 225 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: that was in the rotation and the inside linebacker, so 226 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: four might be lofty. Yeah, the receiver injuries, I don't 227 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: know that they're that team. I wish I don't mean 228 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: political or anything. I wish my quarterback was vaccinated, you know, 229 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: like keep they keep missing time with all these things 230 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: like that too. Like it's just been a kind of 231 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: a disjointed training camp for them in terms of getting 232 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,559 Speaker 1: the you know, they Lamar missed the first part of 233 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,719 Speaker 1: training camp, all the receivers were out there, Lamar comes back, 234 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: all the receivers get hurt, so they're not on the 235 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: field together, right. You know, it's just very been very 236 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 1: disjointed for a team that wants to work. We want 237 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: to be able to pass the football better. Okay, but 238 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 1: those that hasn't matched up and now Bateman's out of 239 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 1: stretch and the Steeler fan of he did not like 240 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: them getting Batman. I thought he was gonna be a 241 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 1: big time maybe even lead their receivers and receptions this year. 242 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins. The last two weeks, you know, is Andrews 243 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: deal withst something out too? Maybe I thought I saw 244 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 1: something about Andrews. So I mean that's injuries in general, 245 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: as you know this time of year are hard to 246 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: put a lot of stock in because when they play, 247 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: if it was real. I'm with you, though, I mean, 248 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: are they the fourth best team in the league. I mean, 249 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: I very much believe the Bills, Chiefs and Tampa ahead 250 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,040 Speaker 1: of them, and I think they're a good team, that 251 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: they're a great team. And if you're the fourth best 252 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: team in the league, he should probably be a great team. 253 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 1: Unless that is that? Then is that the line those 254 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: three teams and then everybody else? Maybe does Buffalo belong 255 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: with those two? I think there would be a clear three. 256 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: I mean, they wouldn't be too they wouldn't be four. 257 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,199 Speaker 1: But I think that the Ravens start the next year, 258 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: which would include the Rams to me, you know in 259 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: Cleveland and green Bay and you know some of these 260 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: other teams like that. You could probably talk some people 261 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: in the ranking green Bay ahead of four Baltimore. Yeah, 262 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: a lot of people would, I think. Yeah, basically they've 263 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: been they've been all. They've won thirteen games two years 264 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: in a row. Yeah, it's pretty good football team. Yeah. Uh. 265 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: In the n FC North, the overall rating for the 266 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:47,719 Speaker 1: division is three point six. Where do they have the 267 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 1: Browns and Steelers? The Browns are six at three point oh, 268 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: so he has the Browns or the Browns and Ravens 269 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: ahead of any West team. Steelers come in at seventeen 270 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,839 Speaker 1: to point one, I think they'll regret that. I think 271 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: they're a better foot there there there. I know they're better. 272 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: To know, i'd have to see the list of who's lair, 273 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 1: but I can't come up with sixteen better teams. Half 274 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 1: the league is not better than the half league is 275 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: not better than the Steelers. No chance of no chance. 276 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,199 Speaker 1: I'll buy that. And that goes back to our first 277 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: second conversation. It seems like the world started. Maybe they 278 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: don't think, Maybe they're not what they're doing. After you know, 279 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: twenty years of the guy being in charge winning every year, 280 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: you know, right, maybe they know what they're doing and 281 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: what kills the division is the Bengals coming at minus 282 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: three point to overall. I bet they're better than that. 283 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: I think the defense is going to go from horrid 284 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: too bad, which is an upgrade. And their line is 285 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: probably very sneakily. They've been good on special teams, very 286 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: sneakily and very good on special teams, which is something 287 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: in the offense should be up. Yeah, decent, So this assumes, 288 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: I mean, I get it. Joe Burrows, you know, if 289 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: they're still talking about him, being a little you know, 290 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: gunshine things a really rough stretch of things too. Everybody 291 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: all day threw and he dropped this past week. But 292 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna stink. No, you know what 293 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: I mean. And I think they're old lines bad. But 294 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: if this were Bengals Nation Radio, I bet would say 295 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: it's probably the tenth words though line, not the thirty second. 296 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: Here's what Garraziono says about the Steelers. Um FPI hates 297 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: the Steelers offense, but rates their defense number three overall, 298 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: behind only the Bucks and the Rams. They may hate 299 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: their offense, I like the offense. I think that will 300 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: change that. That's where the minds will get changed. You know, 301 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: last year it was in that twenty two overall, and 302 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: most of the season it was the top sixteen ish offense. 303 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: By the end of the season it had fallen down. 304 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: They couldn't run the football they could run the football, right. 305 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: Not only could they not run the football, they had 306 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: no threat of running the football. They never running game, 307 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: had no running game. So yeah, I think probably believe 308 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: that's still important. Kind of a big deal. Um, the 309 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: a f C East are they next their third? Yes, yes, 310 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: it's remarkable. Actually, they get the Bills at four point four. 311 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: That's third in the NFL. I think we all agree 312 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: the Bills with the third best team, the Patriots tent 313 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: at one point seven. Mm hm, I get it. I 314 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: think anyone listens. No, I'm I'm higher on the Patriots 315 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: chances of doing something that. I think that the Patriots 316 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: and Steelers play ten times this year in a neutral site, 317 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: I think the Steelers win six or seven of them. Okay, maybe, 318 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: I mean if they have, if they have to play 319 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: them all in New England, then Cam Newton just went 320 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 1: back on the on the COVID listening another one of 321 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: your quarterbacks that is always on the COVID list. There's 322 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: something wrong with them or right, and he looks he 323 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: looks decent in the preseason two. He looks better than 324 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 1: he did. Both tight ends, I believe are banged. Something 325 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: happened Hunter Henry today again again. Jonah Smith's been out. 326 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: You know that's there. It's the problem with tight ends 327 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: is that tight ends getting nicked up because of the 328 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: position that they play. The guys who were hitting them, 329 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: the guys they're blocking are bigger than them, and they're 330 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 1: asked to do things they're not super comfortable at Sometimes 331 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:13,959 Speaker 1: I don't know that their offenses. I mean, I think 332 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: it's gonna be better than what it was, but is 333 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:18,199 Speaker 1: it gonna be markedly? They were the worst offense in 334 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 1: the league last year. I mean, the Belichick factor to 335 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: me is just massive that I'm never going to doubt 336 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: that guy. He's a phenomenal. But they were seven and 337 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: nine team. The Steelers were twelve and four team, right, 338 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 1: And this is gonna play to your point with them. 339 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 1: Whose defense would you rather have? Steelers? Yeah? And even 340 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,439 Speaker 1: these FBI ratings said that the Steelers. He had the 341 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,919 Speaker 1: Steelers with the third best defense. So you're telling me 342 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: that the FPI feels that the New England's offense is 343 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: gonna better than Pittsburgh. So that's where I'm going with this. 344 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: I mean, we both agree ten out ten times. You'd 345 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 1: rather take the Steelers, do you over? I would take 346 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: the Steelers offense right now over what New England has. 347 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,959 Speaker 1: The whole thing me too. Who is a better passing 348 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 1: game Pittsburgh without at without a doubt, who runs a 349 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:05,959 Speaker 1: ball better? That's a conversation. I mean New England, that's 350 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,119 Speaker 1: what they're gonna be build on. But the guy carrying 351 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 1: the ball wasn't close, and I would take and they 352 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,880 Speaker 1: will run the ball well, and I probably would take 353 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: the Patriots run game over the Steelers. But it's not 354 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 1: passing games, the passing games and knockout. It's it's a 355 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,360 Speaker 1: it's a it's a no contest. And I think the 356 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: Patriots d will be a top ten group, but that's 357 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: not close, right. I mean, the Seelers might be one, 358 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: and I get it. Paid the Patriots are always one 359 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: of the better special teams, but the Sewers don't stink 360 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 1: on teams. But I don't, so I don't know how 361 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,640 Speaker 1: the Patriots get a one point seven the Steelers are 362 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: point one? Is the gap that like, it shouldn't be 363 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 1: that big. I kind of like how football outsiders put it, 364 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: to be honest with you, because they thought on paper, 365 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,439 Speaker 1: the Patriots and Steelers were very even. But when you 366 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: look at strength of schedule, they project the Patriots to 367 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: win more games. That doesn't mean they project the Patriots. 368 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: They're projected to win more games because they have a 369 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 1: very easy schedule there projecting the they're projecting, you know 370 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 1: this based on both sides of the football, that the 371 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: Patriots are better team they're also guess we're also projecting 372 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: the Dolphins at one point to eleventh best in the league. 373 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 1: There is no way on God's green Earth at the 374 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins of the eleventh best team in the league, 375 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 1: not even close. I mean, they were like dead even 376 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,440 Speaker 1: in point differential. That's where the Steelers should be at 377 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: in Miami should be. Miami's got a lot more to 378 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: prove than Pittsburgh too. It looked really good this weekend. 379 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: That's great, you know, it's a very big step in 380 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:37,120 Speaker 1: the right direction, tremendous. They have weapons either, they're well coached. 381 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: They're all lines worse than Steelers without a doubt, without 382 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,360 Speaker 1: a doubt. In my mind, there's there's which before which, 383 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: which team? Which which coach trust? Which quarterback to trust? Which? 384 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 1: Which front office do you trust? Right? Coaching staff do 385 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: you trust? And I understand that they should be commended 386 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: for creating turnovers and being an aggressive defense, and that's 387 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: part of how their defense is built. But they their 388 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,320 Speaker 1: turnover differential will be closer to zero than it was 389 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: last year. They were very dependent on special teams quirkiness, 390 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: and I wouldn't trade the Steelers roster straight up from 391 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: Miami's no in any way, shape or form. No, No, 392 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 1: I wouldn't either. I don't think they're really close. I 393 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,719 Speaker 1: like what Miami's doing there, But two years ago they 394 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: were tanking for two. They were the worst team in 395 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:24,719 Speaker 1: the league, right, I mean they're they're building from there. Uh. 396 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: The a f C West comes in at four point oh. Overall, 397 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 1: I guess they're not real fond of the Jets either. 398 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: The Jets are where they at their thirty minus four 399 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: point nine in the a f C West, Kansas City 400 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 1: six point six, that's first in the NFL. The Chargers 401 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:47,399 Speaker 1: are point one there behind the Steelers at seventeen. I 402 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: don't know who I think is a better team, the 403 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,159 Speaker 1: Chargers of the Steelers. There's a lot of unknown with 404 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 1: the Chargers. Second year quarterback, first year head coach. I 405 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: just I expect Justin Herbert. We've seen this a lot. 406 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,080 Speaker 1: Second year quarterbacks kind of take a bit of the 407 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 1: maybe plateau step backwards or even a little small step back, 408 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: take a giant step forward, baby step backwards. There's nothing 409 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: wrong with that. Uh. Denver they have at nineteenth at 410 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: minus point two. Yeah, and the Raiders are twenty five 411 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: at minus two points and the Raiders might get the 412 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: first pick of the Chiefs are so good that they 413 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: bring the rest of the division up. Yeah, there's hope 414 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: around Denver in the Chargers. I think that whatever the 415 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: over underwin number is for the Raiders, I'm betting the 416 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,160 Speaker 1: under because it's probably like seven or eight. It's probably 417 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 1: not four or five, and I think they'll win four 418 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: or five. This is where it starts to get ugly. 419 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: The NFC South is a two point five overall, and 420 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: that includes the Tampa Bay being five point three in 421 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 1: the second best in the league. The rest of that 422 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 1: group is pretty bad. New Orleans they have a thirteenth 423 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 1: at one point. Oh, I'm sorry. I would not again 424 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: roster for roster. They have some real strength. They get 425 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 1: some guys. Their depth is horress. They have quarterback. They 426 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 1: have no quarterback. I might trade no receivers. They haven't 427 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: like I mean, if the Steelers played the Saints ten times, 428 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 1: I'm taking the Steelers to win six probably, and I 429 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: might watch the first game and say I'm gonna change 430 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: at the eight because I don't know. They might be 431 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: a shell themselves this year and by the eighth game 432 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 1: when they have when both teams have five injuries. The 433 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 1: Steelers might win that game nine out ten, you know 434 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: what I mean when they're playing guys that should be 435 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: in the league. But they have some strengths. I think 436 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: their defense is really good. They've got some guys who 437 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: were legit. The offensive lines, you know, outstanding Kamara is great. 438 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: They would kill for James Washington, right, Yeah, Carolina comes 439 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 1: in at minus one point seven. That's twenty three. They're 440 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: a wild card. I don't know where i'd put them. 441 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 1: I don't think they're gonna be very good and I 442 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 1: don't either. I mean, Donald has to take a huge 443 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: step forward for them to be good. And the Falcons 444 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: come in at twenty four minus two point one. That 445 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 1: division is not good, like if they took if they 446 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: had the Saints. I think where they should be at 447 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: more towards the middle of the pack. The Falcons might 448 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: be a five win team again too. I mean, I 449 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 1: know they played a ton of close games, but they'll 450 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 1: beat each other. But yeah, right, the NFC North comes 451 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 1: in minus three point two overall. I was talking about 452 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: my podcast today. I'm really worried about the Bears. I 453 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 1: think they're gonna be horrendous. They're gonna be really bad 454 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 1: and they may be the worst old line in the league. 455 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: That all lines a disaster. Now green Bay comes in 456 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,640 Speaker 1: at fifth in the league at three point one. Yeah, 457 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: they're top five, Minnesota fifteenth at point six. They've been 458 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: really nondescript, boring bad in the preseason, but I think 459 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 1: they're never good year. They just resigned Everson Griffin. I 460 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,120 Speaker 1: don't know if they're gonna be good, because they could 461 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: be like the seventh playoff teams type of this is 462 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: what I mean. But I think largely it's because the 463 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: Bears and Lions most stink. We're gonna get four gimmis. Yeah, 464 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 1: I think the Bears are gonna be really bad. There's 465 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: they get the Bears a twenty two. They get the 466 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 1: Lions at thirty one at minus five point four. That 467 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: completely negates everything that the Green Bay gut. They're as 468 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,919 Speaker 1: bad as Green Bay is good. Yeah. Yeah. Elevan Houston's 469 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: the only thing I put behind him. The NFC East 470 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 1: is seventh. That might put them a little higher. I 471 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 1: know they're funny, they're fun to laugh at because the 472 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 1: last year, but they got hit really hard, right, They're 473 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: gonna be better this year. Minus five point eight overall. Okay, 474 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 1: Dallas comes in at point seven. Wow, the offense is 475 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: gonna be really good. It's gonna be really bad. It is, 476 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,439 Speaker 1: but I think it'll be better. I mean, their special 477 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 1: teams the last couple of last few years have been atrocious, 478 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: like some of the worst in history. I know he's 479 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 1: popular around here. I don't know that McCarthy is a 480 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: good coach. I hate to say that he's going to 481 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:38,120 Speaker 1: drop a f bombs. I finally rushed the I mean, 482 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 1: I don't look too much of the hards, don't get 483 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: me wrong, But he doesn't. I don't get the impression like, wow, 484 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: that's that's the leader. Awesome coach, you know, like you 485 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,360 Speaker 1: sit down with Tomin for two seconds you think, wow, 486 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: that's a really impressive guy. Anyway, Washington comes in at 487 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: twentieth that minus point too. I think they're better than that. 488 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: I don't trust Fitzpatrick all, not one bit. And anybody's 489 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 1: better than last year's quarterbacks. But they don't have a 490 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 1: backup plan, like if things if the wheels come off 491 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 1: with Fitzpatrick, they're done. No, they need uh what's his face? 492 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: To play like he did in the playoffs here. You know, 493 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: the backup, but they're they have skill guys. Now I 494 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 1: think it's a great peak of defense is really good. 495 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: But they're exciting team. I want Antonio Gibson on my 496 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 1: fantasy team, you know, like I think there's but I 497 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: think they have the worst quarterback situation league when you 498 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,119 Speaker 1: talk about big picture, you know, and like how to 499 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: get the next guy because they don't have anybody lined up. 500 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:35,360 Speaker 1: The Giants and Eagles come in at respectively. Uh, they 501 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: are two bad football team. They are. I think the 502 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: Giants d will be good. I think the Eagles starters 503 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,679 Speaker 1: will be better than people think. They're another team with 504 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 1: no depth at all, and they've got so much cap 505 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,679 Speaker 1: space and like Wentz and Aushan Jeffrey and people that 506 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 1: aren't playing football for them. Daniel Jones to me is 507 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: not the answer either. Finally, we have the a f 508 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 1: C South at minus. The Titans are coming coming at 509 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:07,879 Speaker 1: one point to that's twelveth best in the league. Titans, Colt, Steelers. 510 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: It would be a conversation of how do you rank 511 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: those three? The Colts are also above the Steelers at 512 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: point three there sixte yeah again, I saw I saw 513 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 1: the Steelers play both of those teams last year. They honestly, 514 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: we're beating the pants off of the Titans in Nashville. 515 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 1: I know the Titans came back and made it, you know, 516 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: but Steelers are in control of that game the whole time. 517 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know that. Henry runs all over 518 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: the Steelers. He does not know the Colts. I I 519 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: can't put them ahead of the Steelers right now. No, 520 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: their quarterback situation is probably going to be worse than 521 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: last year. Probably. Jacksonville is a minus four point four, 522 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 1: that's twenty nine, and I think they could strive to 523 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,439 Speaker 1: Houston is by far the last minus seven point seven. 524 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: Is that better or is that worse than The Chiefs 525 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 1: are good at one? Yes, yeah, I mean they're they're 526 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 1: the most distinct team in the league. Distinct they stinct. Yeah. 527 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: I just you know, looking at at that, they may 528 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 1: not win a game. They probably beat somebody, wouldn't you think. Yeah, 529 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: I mean I would say that with anyone. But I'm 530 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 1: not sure I've seen much worse rosters. Yeah. Yeah, it's 531 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,360 Speaker 1: just it's not gonna be pretty. No, not at all. 532 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 1: Like the projection on them is five point two wins 533 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 1: for the season. They're not winning five point two games. 534 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 1: No way, it's no way, no way. If we went 535 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 1: through their schedule, we might come up with four winnable 536 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: games and they'll win two of them, and maybe they'll 537 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 1: upset some team that had a quarterback injury or something 538 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 1: that we can't you know, because the way the way 539 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,639 Speaker 1: the world works. But these rankings give the Steelers a 540 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: thirty three point five percent chance of making the playoffs. 541 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: I think that is way low, low, seven out of sixteen. 542 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: I don't think the Jets, Bengals, Jags, Texans have any chance. 543 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 1: That takes four out of the equation already. And then 544 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: I could probably come up five others that I put 545 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 1: behind the Steelers and four others i'd put on the 546 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: same tier. You know, I know somebody's coming out of 547 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 1: the South, yea one team, although they get again four layups, right. 548 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 1: I mean, for example, if you swapped out the Titans, 549 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 1: who I think the best team in the South, with 550 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:20,159 Speaker 1: the Steelers in terms of their divisions, I'd give the 551 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: Titans about a chance of going the playoffs, and I'd 552 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: give the Steelers like a seventy percent chance on the playoffs, right, 553 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:27,399 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? I agree A couple of 554 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: ostern winds and you have a pretty darn good chance 555 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: to win that division. I agree. Um, we're gonna take 556 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 1: another break. 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