1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: You know, the morning I wanted to ask you about 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh's receiving a passing game. Obviously, Smith, Schuster and Brown 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: get a lot of attention and deservedly so they're both 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 1: over a thousand yards, but it seems like um Ben 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: is also doing a really good job getting the ball 6 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: to McDonald and obviously Jesse James and their tight ends 7 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: and they're running backs. The question is how dangerous is 8 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: their overall passing game. Yeah, it's very very dangerous. Yeah, 9 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: they they do a great job and um they do 10 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 1: a great job of passing the ball, protecting the quarterback, 11 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: and getting the ball to all their multiple receivers. UM 12 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:50,279 Speaker 1: with UM I would say, very good variety of schemes, 13 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: and you know that they get to a different way. 14 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: So not only do they they get them get everybody 15 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: the ball, but they make you cover them vertically on 16 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: catching run plays, UM Tera screens and things like that. 17 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: They just do a good job, very well coached. Um 18 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 1: they had a great guy pulling the trigger and they're 19 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: they're great players. So they're they're extremely talented, and they're 20 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: they're an offensive they're very explosive offensive team. As you know, 21 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: we know by the number of the amount of production 22 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: that they have. Great, thank you, Yep, you're welcome, all right, 23 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: next question of them Bizarre Fall by Tom Curran, Hey, coach, 24 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: I just wanted to ask you mere impressions about John 25 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: Simon and what he's been able to do and you 26 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: know how he's able to earn some more snaps there 27 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: on Sunday. Yeah, Johnson a really good job for us 28 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: since he's come in here. Um pick things up very quickly, 29 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: contributed for us right away defensively and in the kicking game. 30 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: And you know, has has really done a solid job. 31 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: He's experienced, smart, and you know, has has very good 32 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: football instincts. He's got good awareness and um, you know, 33 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: even though he hasn't had as much experience in our 34 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: system as some other people have, his instinctiveness to kind 35 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: of just do the right thing on the football field 36 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: at the right time consistently is um keeps showing up 37 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,799 Speaker 1: and so Um, he's been a great addition. I'm play 38 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 1: we have him. Thanks good, Yeah, you're walking out. The 39 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: next question Tom kernsy Hey, Bill, Um, just looking at 40 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: guards per carry against over the last few weeks and 41 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: really dating back most of the year, you guys have 42 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: had a lot of games where with his cash plays 43 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: and and long runs against you. What can you ascribe 44 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: that too, because generally you have some very very good 45 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: fundamental tacklers. Well, the run games about team defense? Um, 46 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: obviously it starts with coaching. So we've got to a 47 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: better job of coaching all aspects of it and executing it. Um. 48 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,679 Speaker 1: It's really it's not one play. It's not one, but 49 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: it's it's a combination of our overall execution and consistency 50 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: and starts with coaching. Does it feel eminently fixable? I 51 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: mean when you look at the arts, but carry it's 52 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: gone up since um, really the Jets games Jets Tennessee, 53 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: um Vikings and then then this pass game. But do 54 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: you feel as if, look, they're just hitting us with 55 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: some big runs that are skewing the numbers. We have 56 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: the capability to fix this? Well, of course we feel 57 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: like we can fix it. Yeah, well that's good. It's 58 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: going to be on a short conference call. Guys. If 59 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: there's no other questions, I'll give you a little five star. 60 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:22,720 Speaker 1: Anyone has there's one microtrag me back to you. Um, yeah, Bill, 61 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 1: I just wanted to ask you about the Steeler defense 62 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: and what kind of um uh problems they present in 63 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: terms of taking the ball away. Yeah, they're they're a 64 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: very disruptive team. They have a real good scheme. UM 65 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: A lot of pressures, so a lot of fumbles and 66 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: strip sacks they do. They pursue very well. UM. So 67 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: they get placed from behind where they knocked the ball out. 68 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 1: And they use multiple coverages, so man zone, blitz zone, 69 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:04,119 Speaker 1: UM some blitz man, different combinations, UM of split split 70 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: into post safety coverages. So it's easy for the offense 71 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: to make a mistake and UM stop when they should 72 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 1: keep going, go, when they should throttle down, convert when 73 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: they shouldn't convert, um not convert when they should convert 74 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: based on the rotation or the or the corner and 75 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: safety alignments. And then if you make a mistake, they 76 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 1: need to throw it right to them. And so UM 77 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 1: they they they're very multiple on defense, and you know, 78 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 1: probably one of the most multiple teams we've seen all year. 79 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: And we'll have to you know, everybody's gonna have it's 80 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 1: gonna get any take good team execution offensively upfront from 81 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: our skill players, UM and just everybody working together to 82 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: do a good job on UM. You know, on all 83 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: those in all those areas you mentioned disruptive Bill bud 84 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: Dupree and T J. Watt Um, I would assume those 85 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: are two guys on the edges, um on the outside anyway, 86 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: that lead the charge for them. Uh yeah, but it's yeah, 87 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: it is and and they're good. Um, it's a lot 88 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: more than that, but yeah, right, they're really Uh the inside, 89 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: the inside guys are good. They do a real good 90 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: job of, um, creating penetration and forcing the quarterback back 91 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: to the um. So the edge rushers, the edge rushers 92 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: do good job of forcing the quarterback up into you know, 93 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: the inside part of the pass rush. Their blitzes gonna 94 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 1: create a lot of movement so forth. So they're I mean, 95 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: they do a good job everything. I mean, you know, 96 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: I don't know what the exact sack breakdown is, but 97 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 1: it's not like one guy's got twenty sacks. I mean, 98 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of people on that defensive it's quarterback, um, 99 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: and there's a lot of times that the guy who 100 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: hits the quarterback is get them because somebody else penetrated 101 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: and somebody else, you know, created an opening for him. 102 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: So um, again, we'll we have to deal with all 103 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: of them. That's a very very impressive group. But certainly 104 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: thank you, not getting away from mult Watton Dupree. Those 105 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: those two guys have been you know, they're both having 106 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: a great year, right, Thank you, Yeah, you're welcome. We'll 107 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: took two final questions Henry McKinney and Evan Wiz. Hey, Bill, 108 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: I haven't got two questions for you this morning. Juju 109 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: Schuster Smith has has really popped in terms of production 110 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: this year, and I wondered, you know how impressive that is, 111 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: especially considering he's kind of competing for touches with a 112 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: guy like Antonio Brown. Well, again, I think both those 113 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: players compliment each other. And um, you know you're you're 114 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: worried about one player and the other one gets you, 115 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: and vice versas so and and they got plenty of 116 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: guys besides them too. So those two in particular are 117 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: both Um they have great great speed, quickness, catching ability, 118 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: instincts and run after catch. So whenever, whenever they get 119 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: the ball, it's a problem. And there's a lot of 120 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: different ways they can get the ball with their skill 121 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: set and certainly their their offense, Coach Pickner's offense and 122 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: and the quarterback. Um, they can get them the ball, 123 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: so they're Yeah, they compliment each other. Well, it's a great, 124 00:08:53,600 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 1: very explosive team. Last question them as are coach, I 125 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: just wanted to ask you, But they're offensive line, Steeler's 126 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: offensive line. You mentioned it a little bit earlier, but 127 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: it seemed to be one of the best groups in 128 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: the league every year. Obviously they have a ton of talent. 129 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: But what does coach Munchak do with those guys from 130 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 1: a coaching standpoint that impresses you? Well, yeah, they're they're 131 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 1: very sound, UM, techniques good. They do an excellent job 132 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: of protecting the quarterback. UM, especially inside UM with talenty 133 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 1: Foster to Castro. I mean, that's probably the players in 134 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: the league at those positions. Um, you know. And so 135 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: they I mean they're strong, they're they're big, they're really long. 136 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: These guys have real long arms. So it's hard to 137 00:09:55,520 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: it's hard to get into them. UM. And they're very 138 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 1: They play well together. Obviously they've they've been playing together 139 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: for a long time. UM. So they have good, um, 140 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: you know, obviously good chemistry with each other and a 141 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: good um you don't feel for each other, and they 142 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 1: don't make a lot of mistakes. It's very seldom there's 143 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: a guy that you know, runs runs through free or 144 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 1: runs through the runs through the line. Um, they get 145 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: a hat on them, they block them, and you know 146 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: you're it's a struggle to even get close to the quarterback. 147 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:42,559 Speaker 1: Thanks Henry McKinnon. Did you have a final question? I did, Sorry, 148 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: I tried to sneak it in there. Um, the I 149 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: just wondered, Bill if if it's a little strange seeing 150 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,599 Speaker 1: this offense. Without leaving on Bell, I know, you know 151 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: they've gotten great production from their running backs, but he's 152 00:10:54,679 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: a guy who sat out this year or so. Yeah, 153 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: well yeah, you said he's not there. So, but they're 154 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: very explosive as it is. I don't want to I'll 155 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: talk about the guys that are there, and they got 156 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 1: plenty there and they're right at the top of the 157 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: league and scoring and production and everything else. So um, yeah, 158 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: it's tough. Thank you, thank you. Okay, yeah, you're welcome.