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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven

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Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Steelers Nation, and welcome to another victory Monday.

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Speaker 2: It's the Drive here on Steelers Audio Network. Wes Shuler

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Speaker 2: and Matt Williamson with you for the next two hours

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Speaker 2: of We have got a plenty to get into here. Matt. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: on a bit of a different week, a condensed week.

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Speaker 3: Weird week. We got to juggling everything this week. I

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Speaker 3: know it's been a TV and I were chatting about

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Speaker 3: before you got here. It's like I've been moving this

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Speaker 3: one to this and all the different shows more than

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Speaker 3: any week I can remember.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we did a lot of this a couple of

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Speaker 2: weeks ago when we were of course in Doublin and

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Speaker 2: kind of moved our operation on the road and didn't

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Speaker 2: get back till late Monday afternoon, early evening time. We'll

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Speaker 2: have a little bit of a different week this week

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Speaker 2: is kind of Today will be our day.

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Speaker 3: To recap recap a great game, man, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Twenty three to nine victory for the Steelers over the

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Speaker 2: Cleveland Browns. And then tomorrow we'll start quickly turning the

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Speaker 2: page for this quick turnaround to the Cincinnati Bengals. But

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Speaker 2: Matt it was a twenty three to nine victory for

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Speaker 2: the Steelers. I wouldn't call it completely a blowout, but

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Speaker 2: a decisive I think start to finish performance.

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Speaker 3: I think it was a very business like performance, and like,

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Speaker 3: if you didn't care one way or another about the

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Speaker 3: Browns or Steelers, or if this was the Thursday night

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Speaker 3: game and you're in Chicago or Seattle, you might be

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Speaker 3: like kind of boring game, you know, if you didn't

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Speaker 3: have anything invested, It's like not a ton happening here.

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Speaker 3: But I never was threatened by the Browns, you know,

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Speaker 3: Like I thought the best team controlled the action pretty

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Speaker 3: much from the start and asserted not dominance, but asserted

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Speaker 3: their strengthen that they were the bet or squad for sure.

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Speaker 3: And that played out basically from start to finish. There

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Speaker 3: wasn't any real moments where it's like, oh no, they're

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Speaker 3: coming near that Viking moment in Doublin much of that.

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Speaker 3: One of my biggest takeaways is defensively, I thought they

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Speaker 3: created a lot of havoc and splash and big plays

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Speaker 3: and frankly could have had a lot more. I mean

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Speaker 3: four or five near interceptions, you know, like I'm not

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Speaker 3: even blaming them for it, but what if they would

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Speaker 3: have picked off two of those, you.

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Speaker 2: Know, negated by the TJ. Wattoff sides.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, a couple real, real close to being big,

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Speaker 3: big splash plays on that side of the ball. And

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Speaker 3: then on offense, I thought the opposite in that very

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Speaker 3: few negative plays. I mean not every play was a

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Speaker 3: home runner, you know, but you're getting two yards on

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Speaker 3: second and four or you know what I mean, like

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Speaker 3: very few sacks or turnovers or just tackles for loss

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Speaker 3: or negative plays in general, and on offense. I really

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Speaker 3: think that's this sells the coaching staff short. But really

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Speaker 3: a Rogers thing too, because he's the one on the

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Speaker 3: field at the line of scrimmage, you know, and that

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Speaker 3: that Browns defense is really formidable.

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Speaker 2: Yes it is. Yeah, right, that continues to be something

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Speaker 2: to me that is growing. Yeah, it's it's still not

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Speaker 2: I've been a couple of weeks since I've used this one.

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Speaker 2: It's still not a Mona Lisa for the Steelers offense.

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Speaker 2: But I don't think it's your kindergartener scribbling something that

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Speaker 2: and maybe you throw it away as well.

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Speaker 3: Too, right, and maybe when he's ten years old it

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Speaker 3: looks better. It's exactly fifteen year old. Maybe he's a

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Speaker 2: The run game continues to show some improvement. Again, not

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Speaker 2: a finished product, not great by any means, but they

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Speaker 2: rushed for one hundred yards against a defense that was

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Speaker 2: very stingy in that department. Best run defense in the league.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and multiple quick on that because I didn't do

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Speaker 3: the math, but Mike pursued it and I did a

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Speaker 3: show with him earlier. If you eliminate really the garbage

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Speaker 3: time poor Caleb Johnson, you know, like he's just running

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Speaker 3: into like ten mini boxes, you know, and the Rudolph

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Speaker 3: Neil downs. Steelers basically did got to one hundred yards

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Speaker 3: almost basically in three quarters when in meaningful football, and

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Speaker 3: averaged well over four yards of carry just on that stuff.

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Speaker 3: Yet not the run into the boxes eating up clock time.

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Speaker 2: It's correct, absolutely, and some more of those explosive runs

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Speaker 2: that we had been kind of Jones and for not

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Speaker 3: Explosive play, yeah, chunks.

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Speaker 2: yarder right on that precipice. So I liked what we

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Speaker 2: saw in terms of again, not a finished product, not

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Speaker 2: a work of art, but moving in the right direction there.

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Speaker 2: And I think you can say the same about the

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Speaker 2: past game as well too.

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Speaker 3: I thought so too, Yeah, I mean down the field

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Speaker 3: a little bit more.

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Speaker 2: A little bit more down the field. Another solid performance

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Speaker 2: from dk Metcalf, fourth straight game with a touchdown for him.

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Speaker 2: That first play of the game, which I thought was yeh,

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Speaker 2: was awesome. Darnel Washington a thirty six yarder on the

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Speaker 2: first play from scrimmage. DK Metcalf had a twenty five

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Speaker 2: yarder as well too. I know the benchmark for explosive

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Speaker 2: passes is twenty yards, but you had a twelve yard

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Speaker 2: reception from Connor Hayward, twelve yard reception from Roman Wilson,

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Speaker 2: eleven yard reception from Pat Fryermouth, more of that intermediate stuff.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and two touchdown passes.

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Speaker 2: Two touchdown passes every week down no turnovers for Rogers.

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Speaker 2: And once again, Matt, I know it wasn't the touchdown,

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Speaker 2: but every game that the Steelers have played in this country,

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Speaker 2: in the United States of America, Jack Nicholson, that departed

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Speaker 2: in this country. We don't walk around with automatic weapons

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Speaker 2: in this country. The Steelers have scored points on their

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Speaker 2: opening drive of every single game so far two touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: Is the only opening possession all season that they don't

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Speaker 2: have points was at Croke Park in Dublin against the Vikings.

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Speaker 2: So again, a lot of these things that we talked

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Speaker 2: about heading into the season, Yeah, they're they're they're not

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Speaker 2: valedictorian level success yet, but they are moving in the

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Speaker 3: It's funny because that's about That was exactly what I

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Speaker 3: was going to say too, is some of the concerns.

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Speaker 3: Time of possession is getting better. It's getting better. It's

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Speaker 3: really trending the right direction, no doubt. The explosive play

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Speaker 3: differential getting a lot better. That was real bad before

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Speaker 3: you know, now it's getting better, better, better. The sack

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Speaker 2: Crazy, it was crazy in the wrong department for the

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Speaker 3: So big correcting, and they're you know, some of the

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Speaker 3: should be this team's god given right to lead the

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Speaker 3: team in sacks, lead the league in sacks. Well, they're

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Speaker 3: trending that way in a big way. And you're getting

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Speaker 3: and then there was one other two whatever the throwing

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Speaker 2: Red zones another great one.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel like we're like good analysts because we've

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Speaker 3: kind of nailed what they should do and this is

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Speaker 3: how they should do it, and they seem to be

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Speaker 2: Know, exactly right. And I think this was what you

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Speaker 2: wanted to see against this team that, yes, has a

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Speaker 3: It does.

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Speaker 2: But also, I mean, we know, like the Browns, they

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Speaker 2: a couple of years ago when they were bouncing back

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Speaker 2: and forth between Pickett and Trubisky and Mason Rudolph of like,

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Speaker 2: you can win some games, but it has to go

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Speaker 2: exactly according to this format, to this script. You got

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Speaker 2: them off of that script early on. Dylan Gabriel through

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Speaker 2: the ball. It was fifty two times, right, fifty two times.

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Speaker 3: I think I think you dropped back fifty eight sacked

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Speaker 3: six exactly right. That is not the way. I mean

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Speaker 3: if you told me you dropped back fifty eight times,

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Speaker 3: like that can't be the plan.

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Speaker 2: Can't be the plan, right, And I think we all

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Speaker 2: would have liked the Steelers' chances to win if we

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Speaker 2: would have known that was the case. Quind John Jenkins

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Speaker 2: twelve carries for thirty six yards. Matt, I'm no genius,

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Speaker 2: but I can do the quick math on that one.

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Speaker 2: That's three yards per carry.

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Speaker 3: Yeah for a.

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Speaker 2: Guy that was top five and rushing in the league

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Speaker 2: going into yesterday.

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Speaker 3: Yep.

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Speaker 2: I think just job accomplished across the board.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you beat me to it on him too, exact.

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Speaker 3: The next thing I was gonna say is the two

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Speaker 3: players in this game I feared most were Miles Garrett

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Speaker 3: obviously and Judkins, who I think is their best offensive

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Speaker 3: and best defensive player the show. I do with pursuit,

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Speaker 3: I do with Rob King. He's like, I don't think

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Speaker 3: I mentioned Miles Garrett in the playoff play and Judkins

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Speaker 3: was a non factor in this game.

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Speaker 2: Factor right, twelve carries for thirty six yards. You would

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Speaker 2: have signed in blood for that absolutely before kickoff. And

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Speaker 2: same with Miles Garrett. And how about that, Matt, how

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Speaker 2: about some credit for Roderick Jones.

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Speaker 3: Played really well.

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Speaker 2: I mean, perhaps his best game in the Black and gold,

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Speaker 2: his best game in a Steelers uniform, I think, at

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Speaker 2: least certainly since you know this year when he moved

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Speaker 2: to the left side of the offensive line, and it

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Speaker 2: wasn't just him, it was everybody on that offensive line.

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Speaker 3: No, I mean he got help, no doubt.

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Speaker 2: No doubt ever. And there were there were some moments

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Speaker 2: where Rogers was under duress and had to get rid

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Speaker 2: of that thing quickly to be to be expected.

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Speaker 3: But his sack avoidance was really good.

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Speaker 2: Very good.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he got rid of it quick when the pressure

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Speaker 2: was was was coming and he made just enough moves.

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Speaker 2: And listen, he's not mobile, thirty year old Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 3: Anymore sprint away from people, but.

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Speaker 2: He can he still has the savvy to when he

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Speaker 2: himself that extra half second that.

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Speaker 3: He needs it just he knows where it's coming from.

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Speaker 2: He knows exactly right. His game His game brain is

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Speaker 2: so evolved at this point.

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Speaker 3: Even like how he moved Hayward around for the touchdown pass.

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Speaker 2: He's like, exactly right, exactly right right. A couple a

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Speaker 2: couple of series before that, he was trying to do

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Speaker 2: a similar thing with Pat Freyermouth down the field and

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Speaker 2: I don't think I just don't think Pat saw him.

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Speaker 2: And it was a longer developing play, So that's understandable.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, just to me, you win comfortable. Okay. We

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Speaker 2: could easily look at it and say, maybe you should

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Speaker 2: have beat him thirty to nine or thirty three to nine,

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Speaker 2: But you win comfortable. It's never in doubt.

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Speaker 3: I think one or two of those picks that were

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Speaker 3: super close, it might have been.

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Speaker 2: It could be a completely it could be a completely

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Speaker 2: Back on the drive here as we recap another victory

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Speaker 2: for the Steelers twenty three to nine over the Cleveland Browns.

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Speaker 2: And Matt, how about this Nick Herbig playing the most

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Speaker 2: ago on a Monday this week because it's the short week. Sure,

440
00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,480
Speaker 2: we'll cover it obviously, and when he discussed injury stuff,

441
00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,040
Speaker 2: there was no mention of of TJ. Watt or anything.

442
00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:48,280
Speaker 2: All relatively good news on the injury department. Didn't sound

443
00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,040
Speaker 2: overly optimistic about Calvin Austin for this week, but I

444
00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,399
Speaker 2: think it would be you know, Packers game at the

445
00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,960
Speaker 2: latest Killibrew's the only one who you know. Mike Tomlin

446
00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,399
Speaker 2: said the same thing he said postgame, it's significant injury

447
00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:01,520
Speaker 2: and he's gonna miss some time.

448
00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,240
Speaker 3: I was worried just watching it in game though. It

449
00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,280
Speaker 3: seemed like a defensive back there for a while. It

450
00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:07,600
Speaker 3: was in and out all the time.

451
00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,159
Speaker 2: Yes, you know, like Ramsey got the win knocked out

452
00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:14,040
Speaker 2: of him at one point, missed a couple of sligh

453
00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:20,480
Speaker 2: missed a couple seems like they were all just as

454
00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,720
Speaker 2: Mike Toma would say, bumps and bruises associated with play. Yeah,

455
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,240
Speaker 2: and and nothing that's gonna that's gonna hamper them or

456
00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:26,680
Speaker 2: hurt them.

457
00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,399
Speaker 3: I even thought to him, like glad Ramsey's healthy or

458
00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,280
Speaker 3: played this game, not because he was good, but he

459
00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,000
Speaker 3: could play all those roles, you know, like, oh we

460
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,600
Speaker 3: lost the corner, we lost a slot, we lost the safety. Jalen,

461
00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:37,080
Speaker 3: go do it.

462
00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,560
Speaker 2: That's why his I mean, his value is immense just

463
00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,560
Speaker 2: because he can wear so many hats for that team.

464
00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:42,920
Speaker 2: You need him on the outside, you need him in

465
00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:44,919
Speaker 2: the slot, you need him in safety. He's he's got

466
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,479
Speaker 2: you all of them, right, He's got you covered wherever, uh,

467
00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,720
Speaker 2: wherever you need to be stuff. But yeah, we you

468
00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:52,480
Speaker 2: know you and I kind of spent some time talking

469
00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:54,200
Speaker 2: about what does it look like when high Smith is

470
00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:57,520
Speaker 2: back Herbig has been so good. I Matt, I think

471
00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,360
Speaker 2: the way that they value you would appreciate Herbig right

472
00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:03,199
Speaker 2: now and view him right now can be summed up

473
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,199
Speaker 2: by this. You know this. I'm sure most of the

474
00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,240
Speaker 2: listeners do. But the Steelers introduce one of the units

475
00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,320
Speaker 2: before every home game. Told me I was bring it

476
00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:13,040
Speaker 2: up to so it you know it flip flops, and

477
00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:16,760
Speaker 2: so for the first home game against Seattle, I think

478
00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:18,919
Speaker 2: it makes a lot of sense. The Steelers organization, we

479
00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:21,880
Speaker 2: all know, usually leans toward the defensive side of the football.

480
00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:25,640
Speaker 2: That's kind of the history of the organization. But it's

481
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,840
Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers, you worst first game. You want him to

482
00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:29,160
Speaker 2: get that.

483
00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:30,280
Speaker 3: Points in front of them crowd.

484
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,960
Speaker 2: Yeah. So it was the defense that got introduced for

485
00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,440
Speaker 2: this one, and they introduced twelve guys on that defense.

486
00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:38,440
Speaker 3: Matt Herbi.

487
00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,800
Speaker 2: They included Herbig in there as well too, and they

488
00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,560
Speaker 2: not only showed him that love in the intro to

489
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,840
Speaker 2: introduce him as an extra starter, they also backed that

490
00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:49,800
Speaker 2: up with the way they used him throughout the game.

491
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Speaker 3: A million percent. So here's one stat that came out

492
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Speaker 3: of the game, and this came straight from NFL dot Com.

493
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Speaker 3: This is you know, not because I don't always like

494
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,600
Speaker 3: in my stat pack he don't put pressures in there

495
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,320
Speaker 3: because like, who's calling that pressure not blah blah blah.

496
00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:05,800
Speaker 3: But if it comes straight from the league, I'm going

497
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,840
Speaker 3: to cite it, at least on the air. He had

498
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:11,600
Speaker 3: eight pressures in this game. That's the second time this

499
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Speaker 3: year that he's had eight or more. Two games he's

500
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Speaker 3: had eight pressures.

501
00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,440
Speaker 2: Missed a game with injury as well.

502
00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,760
Speaker 3: Too, right, and he's not a full time player to

503
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,600
Speaker 3: start season. Oh, by the way, there's three players in

504
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,160
Speaker 3: the league that have had eight pressures multiple times this year.

505
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:33,160
Speaker 3: It's him, it's Aiden Hutchinson, and it's Micah Parsons.

506
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:34,280
Speaker 2: It's a pretty good company.

507
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, folks, I've said this a few times,

508
00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,480
Speaker 3: and I'm gonna stress it even more and more now.

509
00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,360
Speaker 3: He's one of the best pass rushers in the league,

510
00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:47,600
Speaker 3: period of sense. Yes, stop, yes, and he can play

511
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,840
Speaker 3: either side. He's fine versus the run. He's not a

512
00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:55,760
Speaker 3: liability versus run. He's an exceptional football player. I love Highsmith.

513
00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,800
Speaker 3: I love what her big can't be off the field much.

514
00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:00,600
Speaker 3: And I love the way they did it too. You know,

515
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,040
Speaker 3: like you gotta lead TJ is definitely the guy you

516
00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:07,480
Speaker 3: sit down. Of course, age, respect all those things, keep

517
00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,280
Speaker 3: all these guys fresh. And I was a little critical

518
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,240
Speaker 3: of the Sawyer pick. But he's doing his job. That's

519
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,600
Speaker 3: your fourth guy is just a power player, inning eater,

520
00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 3: find power, play hard, try to maximize his stuff too.

521
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,760
Speaker 3: I'm sure he's learning from the other three in the process.

522
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,000
Speaker 3: What a great room to you know, grow up in too.

523
00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,040
Speaker 3: But her BIG's a star, folks. He's not like, no,

524
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,000
Speaker 3: he's kind of a cute player. He's the twelfth guy. No, no, no,

525
00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:36,280
Speaker 3: Like if you rank those twelve, he might be third, fourth,

526
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,160
Speaker 3: you know, like he's a great player.

527
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,560
Speaker 2: He's been one of their best five players this season. Yeah,

528
00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,520
Speaker 2: forget like value and position and all that stuff. If

529
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Speaker 2: you just listing, who's the top five Steelers right through

530
00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,520
Speaker 2: five games? Right, yeah, five games?

531
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Speaker 3: If you grade every snap they were on the field,

532
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Speaker 3: who grades the best?

533
00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:54,480
Speaker 2: He's in the top five.

534
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:55,359
Speaker 3: No one beats him.

535
00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,000
Speaker 2: He might be in the top three right right, right one.

536
00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,399
Speaker 3: Just an efficiency per snap. But he's really done that

537
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:01,879
Speaker 3: his whole career. You know, he's been one of that.

538
00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,560
Speaker 3: It's kind of like the Warren conversation, Like he averages

539
00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,879
Speaker 3: a lot more yards per carry than Nausey, But would

540
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 3: he against space defenses and not have you know, third

541
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,240
Speaker 3: and eights to get a draw for six yards, which

542
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,800
Speaker 3: is a valid conversation. But her big It's like, doesn't

543
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 3: matter how many snaps you get him, he still is

544
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,000
Speaker 3: a three hundred hitter. You know. It's not like he

545
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:22,320
Speaker 3: can just pinch it exactly.

546
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Speaker 2: There was a time when you could say, yeah, he's

547
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,879
Speaker 2: having great success, but the sample size is small.

548
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:28,960
Speaker 3: It's not the case, and he benefits from TJ on

549
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,359
Speaker 3: the other side.

550
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Speaker 2: No, he's great, he's outstanding.

551
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:32,760
Speaker 3: Right.

552
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,520
Speaker 2: It reminds me a little bit of that last year

553
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,000
Speaker 2: the Bud Dupree was here and him and TJ were

554
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,560
Speaker 2: playing at such a high level. Yeah, yeah, Bud got

555
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:42,159
Speaker 2: the contract from the Titans to prove it.

556
00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:42,760
Speaker 3: Yeah.

557
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,879
Speaker 2: But then there was this start round rookie out of Charlotte,

558
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,240
Speaker 2: Alex Highsmith, who like every time he was on the field,

559
00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,679
Speaker 2: you were like, that guy's good, he's good. Like that

560
00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,440
Speaker 2: guy's making plays, and you started to think it's okay

561
00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,840
Speaker 2: because he's hoping, he's hopping off the bench's getting match

562
00:25:55,920 --> 00:26:00,000
Speaker 2: ups TJ and all day. Right, But then it eventually

563
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,679
Speaker 2: he became undeniable that like high Smith is pretty good

564
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:05,480
Speaker 2: at this too, and then his second year he has

565
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,560
Speaker 2: double digit sacks and is probably one of the top

566
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,399
Speaker 2: ten or twelve edge rushers in the league.

567
00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, you know, it turn to get paid.

568
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,439
Speaker 2: It's turn to get paid, right It's like that's and

569
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,280
Speaker 2: they deserve its reminding me of Herbig right now. But

570
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,600
Speaker 2: maybe even and this is not a knock on Heighsmith,

571
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,199
Speaker 2: this is credit to Herbig, maybe even a even a

572
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,240
Speaker 2: little bit of a step better than what we said

573
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,240
Speaker 2: as a pass rusher from Herbig or in his early career.

574
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,840
Speaker 3: Exactly, he's a star. I mean, every team's gonna look

575
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,400
Speaker 3: at him like, man, we don't have a really hard

576
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 3: time blocking that dude, and we're gonna you know, it

577
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,240
Speaker 3: doesn't matter who you are. Yes, and it didn't hurt.

578
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:40,080
Speaker 3: But this is one game. The Browns tackle situation fell apart.

579
00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:41,760
Speaker 3: As a game went on. We knew the left tackle

580
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,560
Speaker 3: was gonna be bad. Conklin's a little over eight anyways,

581
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:48,639
Speaker 3: then he gets hurt, you know, but every team has

582
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:49,200
Speaker 3: bad tackle.

583
00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:53,480
Speaker 2: You say this all the time. It's like the worst

584
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:57,320
Speaker 2: group of units around the league, offensive line line, whoever

585
00:26:57,359 --> 00:26:59,479
Speaker 2: you think has the best offensive line in the NFL.

586
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,000
Speaker 2: If you gave their O line coach truth serum, he

587
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 2: would tell you, I still wish we could upgrade at

588
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,240
Speaker 2: left guard, or I still wish our center was better.

589
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 3: Still not the best unit on their team or whatever,

590
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 3: you know, right, yeah, I mean nobody.

591
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,200
Speaker 2: Is lineman, nobody has nobody has lineman. Everyone is looking

592
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,000
Speaker 2: for help in that department. And that makes it a

593
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 2: great place to be for the Steelers to have just

594
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:23,440
Speaker 2: the weaponry that they have after week and boy, Cam

595
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,640
Speaker 2: Hayward's playing at a high level, and Derek Harmon's playing well,

596
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,000
Speaker 2: and Keanu Benton's playing much.

597
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:33,240
Speaker 3: Better role now so much, and you know he might Wally.

598
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 2: You know, he might be the guy on the team

599
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,480
Speaker 2: that I think, and I mean this in the best way,

600
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 2: has done like the biggest one to eighty over these

601
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:40,399
Speaker 2: last couple of weeks.

602
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,280
Speaker 3: His tape was very concerning to start the season.

603
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:44,880
Speaker 2: Very concerning in the lapse of.

604
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 3: The linebackers all the time getting pancake five yards down feet.

605
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:49,760
Speaker 2: And part of that is, hey, you got to control

606
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,119
Speaker 2: what you can control, right Yeah. Plenty of people in

607
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:56,760
Speaker 2: the NFL are not in the most optimal situation. To succeed, right,

608
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,040
Speaker 2: But part of that was also his usage. Without a doubt,

609
00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:04,040
Speaker 2: there's there's a real much rhyme behind that reason too.

610
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,880
Speaker 2: His usage, his deployment I think has been much better

611
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,480
Speaker 2: to suit his skill set since you got Derek Harmon back,

612
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:12,439
Speaker 2: and it's showing.

613
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,199
Speaker 3: It's showing in a big way, right, right, it absolutely is.

614
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:16,879
Speaker 3: And this is true for Cam too. I mean all

615
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:18,919
Speaker 3: those guys and this is this is true for across

616
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:22,679
Speaker 3: the league. Week one, no one's in shape, you know,

617
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,760
Speaker 3: I mean not like this kind of shape. They're in

618
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 3: shape compared to me and you and everybody listening, but

619
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:31,240
Speaker 3: they're not in shape to play sixty snaps against the Jets,

620
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:32,880
Speaker 3: you know. I mean that's a different.

621
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 2: World, one hundred percent.

622
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,439
Speaker 3: And yeah, I mean you're playing max like ten in

623
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 3: the preseason, you.

624
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 2: Know, yes, right, it takes time for everybody. But I

625
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:45,040
Speaker 2: think particularly those guys in the trenches, they're big because.

626
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 3: The fat on their body and they're big, right.

627
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,760
Speaker 2: They're not wide receivers and running backs, sensive backs who

628
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:51,960
Speaker 2: are running routes at least all throughout July.

629
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,160
Speaker 3: And simulate running routes, I mean you could run a

630
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,520
Speaker 3: million sprints. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, but I can't fight,

631
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,680
Speaker 3: you know, Zach Frazier for sixtys in a row, and

632
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:02,120
Speaker 3: I'm never gonna survive.

633
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 2: You know, I thought, I thought my boy Zach Fraser

634
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,760
Speaker 2: had himself a very solid game as well too.

635
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 3: In general, those tackles are coming around too.

636
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 2: Tackles are coming around. They're looking much much better. No

637
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:16,720
Speaker 2: sacks for the Browns. They did have six TFLs, which

638
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,600
Speaker 2: is a little high. But when the Steelers have six

639
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 2: sacks their own uh selves six TFLs as well, I mean,

640
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,240
Speaker 2: and it's just coming from all over the place. Peyton

641
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 2: Wilson with a TfL, Ramsey with two sacks and two TFLs,

642
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 2: TJ half sack, Harmon has a sack, high Smith half sack.

643
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 2: Pierre with a TfL.

644
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,160
Speaker 3: Pierre got thrust into action and been okay too, you know,

645
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,000
Speaker 3: right he again, if that's your fifth corner, your fourth corner,

646
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 3: that's always gonna be active on game day. Fine, you

647
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 3: can get thrust into like the third guy.

648
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:50,000
Speaker 2: Right, Sometimes the number two guy points in his career

649
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 2: as well too. No he is he again, It's it's

650
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 2: all coming together. Cole Holcombe is getting more spin and

651
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,720
Speaker 2: more reps, yeah, than than we've seen.

652
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,280
Speaker 3: Clark was inactive because you didn't need them, you know,

653
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,800
Speaker 3: like right, and Pepper's had an uneven day, but like

654
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 3: he's moved past them.

655
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Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, yes, yes, he did, no doubt. And so

656
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 2: it's a good place to be for the Steelers. Defense

657
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,040
Speaker 2: is performing the best that they have at this point

658
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 2: in the season, as healthy as they've been at this

659
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 2: point in the season, and the.

660
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Speaker 3: Tests are gonna get tougher. Maybe not Thursday, but I mean,

661
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 3: that's not the best offense in the league, but.

662
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 2: They still they obviously still have some guys that can

663
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:27,720
Speaker 2: beat you and can hurt you, and we'll talk plenty

664
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Speaker 2: about that.

665
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 3: They create havoc.

666
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 2: They they yes, no doubt, and that's that is difficult

667
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,680
Speaker 2: for offenses. For quarterbacks. I don't care if you're a

668
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,240
Speaker 2: rookie Dylan Gabriel, if you're a veteran Joe Flacco. That's

669
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,560
Speaker 2: a tough defense to play against. We're obviously going to

670
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,480
Speaker 2: see both opposite ends of that spectrum as well. It'll

671
00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:47,320
Speaker 2: be uh a little over three days from from right

672
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 2: now when the Steelers, I know that is crazy to

673
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 2: say out loud, or kicking off there at pay Course

674
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 2: Stadium against Cincinnati there, of course, coming off a loss

675
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 2: at lambeau Field against the Packers. Plenty more on Cincinnati

676
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 2: tomorrow and as we roll along in the week, but yeah,

677
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 2: I'm starting to feel very good about this defense, more

678
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 2: encouraged by the offense Matt and again at four and one,

679
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,520
Speaker 2: you're only lost being an NFC loss at this point

680
00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,720
Speaker 2: as well too. Ravens lost again there one in five,

681
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 2: you beat the Browns, Bengals lost again. You can really,

682
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 2: I think stick a fork in Cincinnati with a with

683
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,920
Speaker 2: a win on They just have to be. I mean,

684
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:28,920
Speaker 2: they they just have to be at this point.

685
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 3: And we'll get into it. But Flacco helped them a

686
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 3: little definitely, it was better than.

687
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 2: It's definitely definitely helped them a little bit. But hopefully

688
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 2: it'll just stay in that realm and won't be too

689
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 2: much of a health here.

690
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 3: And Hendrickson got hurt.

691
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 2: Hendrickson got hurt too.

692
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 3: And tackle I mean, I don't know what their status is, but.

693
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 2: A short week. We'll get into some more of Thursday

694
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 2: nights of not being kind to the Steelers and Mike

695
00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 2: Collins as of late, but this feel like the good

696
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 2: opportunity the rite opponent to exercise some of those demons

697
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 2: as once again these Steelers get a win out of

698
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,520
Speaker 2: their bye week. Now fifteen and four off the bye.

699
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 2: In the nineteen years that Mike Tomlin can't tell me

700
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 2: has been the boss of the sidelines for the Pittsburgh Steelers,

701
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:20,800
Speaker 2: you cannot tell us that that is a fluke for sure.

702
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 2: More thoughts on this game when we return on the

703
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 2: other side, as we wrap up the first hour on

704
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:30,880
Speaker 2: the other side, that was redundant department of redundancy department

705
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 2: over here, West Shuler, Matt Williamson, it is the Drive.

706
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 2: More on the Steelers victory of the Browns as we

707
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,080
Speaker 2: roll along here on Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers

708
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:47,560
Speaker 2: Audio Network, your.

709
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Speaker 1: Tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven home

710
00:32:50,080 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 1: of the Black and Goal, Steelers Nation Radio.

711
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 2: Feeling good here on the Drive on a Monday, Another

712
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,680
Speaker 2: victory for your Steelers as they moved to four and one.

713
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:19,280
Speaker 2: They do it in their first AFC North clash of

714
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,400
Speaker 2: the season. They'll have another one of those against another

715
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Speaker 2: team from Ohio here in just a couple hours. They're

716
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 2: gonna kick off that thing at pay Corse State the

717
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 2: little week against Ohio here for the Pittsburgh Steelers, as

718
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 2: the Browns continue to not have won a regular season

719
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:41,880
Speaker 2: game in Pittsburgh in over twenty years. Pretty crazy to think.

720
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 2: I think it was the first year that then Hinesfield

721
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:49,400
Speaker 2: opened now Akroscher Stadium. I think I believe was the

722
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,960
Speaker 2: only time the Browns have gotten a regular season win there.

723
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 2: They did, of course, have that playoff wild card game

724
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty one that we do not mention, but

725
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 2: just a insane street of the Steelers at home against

726
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 2: a division foe. Long may it continue, Matt. We do

727
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 2: have a few minutes here till we got to get

728
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,440
Speaker 2: to our buddy Rob king who, Yeah, I know you

729
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 2: do that the recap show with with him and Mike Pursuda.

730
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 2: Did Kinger mention his his love for de Kaylin.

731
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 3: It came up quite a bit. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we

732
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 3: replayed that and you might even know better than I do,

733
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 3: but I guess he talked to d K and DK

734
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 3: said I prefer it, but I go by DK because

735
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 3: everybody mispronounces it. Yes, And then Pursuda, you know, the

736
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 3: typical writer background. He's like, well, it's not the period,

737
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 3: K period, it's just right. Yes, So maybe that's the

738
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:48,640
Speaker 3: thing and Rob robson what's the break up to I shouldn't.

739
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:54,399
Speaker 2: But yeah, Rob Rob talked to to mister Metcalf this week.

740
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, and UH was like, you know, does anybody

741
00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,319
Speaker 2: call you Decaylin? What's the story behind DK? And he said,

742
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,279
Speaker 2: I actually prefer to be called the Kaitlin, but it's

743
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 2: just everyone messed up my name and so DK became

744
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,200
Speaker 2: a nickname. That's what Rob gets for being like a

745
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 2: real savvy journalist. Media Guy's a tough spot because he

746
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:13,400
Speaker 2: is what it is, because he says, I want to

747
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 2: be called the Kaitlin, but everyone else is like, what

748
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:16,080
Speaker 2: are you doing?

749
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, you're in a new uniform. It's time for

750
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 3: a change, you know. I like it.

751
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,040
Speaker 2: You know, we'll get the scoop from Kinger here in

752
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 2: just a few minutes.

753
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,880
Speaker 3: But first I didn't know when he said it, I'm like,

754
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,439
Speaker 3: did you make I didn't know that's was even his name.

755
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 2: I didn't, I didn't.

756
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:35,320
Speaker 3: I don't know TJ's first name, Jordan's I should but yeah.

757
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,319
Speaker 2: Motes used to make this joke that you can tell

758
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,920
Speaker 2: if somebody is important in Wes's life because he knows

759
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 2: their full government name. Oh wow, Trent Jordan Watt, Sidney,

760
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 2: Patrick Crosby, gotcha, Benjamin Todd, Roethlisberger.

761
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,360
Speaker 3: Matthew Craig Williamson, exactly.

762
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, Tyler video Viitemeier something like that. I think it's

763
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:58,320
Speaker 2: TV's middle name. Uh, yes, that's it. You got to

764
00:35:58,360 --> 00:35:59,680
Speaker 2: listen to the US.

765
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 3: I think about it, right.

766
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 2: You know mine starts with the V.

767
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 3: I know it starts of the V. But the name

768
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 3: that I call you is not.

769
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,399
Speaker 2: We'll believe it at that. I did want to run

770
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,759
Speaker 2: this by you before we get to rob King the King.

771
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,560
Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers average time to throw against Cleveland two point

772
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 2: seventy three seconds longer. Yeah, second longest of his Steelers

773
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:30,720
Speaker 2: career so far. Also nearly seven point seven yards average

774
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 2: depth of target. Yes, that is by far his highest

775
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 2: average depth of target this season by more than a yard. Again,

776
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,359
Speaker 2: starting to see some of that stuff that we've been Yeah, well,

777
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:46,319
Speaker 2: this offense isn't sustainable if they continue to Yeah there's

778
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,719
Speaker 2: some truth to that. Sure, but but but slow, more

779
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 2: and more slower than we all want. Sure, this is

780
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:54,760
Speaker 2: a this is a instant gratification world.

781
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:56,799
Speaker 3: Work on all these things at your own pace while

782
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 3: you win.

783
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 2: That's it. And you and I say this all the time, Like,

784
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:04,680
Speaker 2: I get it. I'm not calling people crazy. We love football.

785
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 2: It's by far the most popular sport in this country.

786
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 2: It's religion in this country. Your team plays seventeen meaningful

787
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 2: games a year if you're lucky.

788
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 3: Yeah.

789
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:15,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, the Browns played like three or four meetingful. Now

790
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,959
Speaker 2: this year, the Ravens aren't playing. Probably aren't gonna play

791
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,719
Speaker 2: many more meaningful games. This year. You get seventeen if

792
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 2: you're lucky. I understand why we're so hyperbolic, why we

793
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:30,919
Speaker 2: overreact everything so much. They were not going to win

794
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,200
Speaker 2: a super Bowl or win playoff games playing the way

795
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 2: they did in September. But I don't expect them. They

796
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:37,560
Speaker 2: know that, they know that, and I don't expect them

797
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,320
Speaker 2: to play the way in September they do on Thanksgiving.

798
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:43,440
Speaker 2: I don't expect them to play in January the way

799
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,920
Speaker 2: they do on Thanksgiving. But we're starting to see some

800
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 2: of those indicators, some of those numbers, some of those

801
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:49,360
Speaker 2: trends move in the right direction.

802
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, just in the average ups of target going up,

803
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 3: slash time to throw, he bought more time. I mean,

804
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 3: like Lamar is always the league because he'll have two

805
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,640
Speaker 3: or three plays a game where it's like six seconds,

806
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:06,640
Speaker 3: you know, like just totally screws up the whole thing.

807
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:09,080
Speaker 3: Of course the Steers have never do.

808
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:12,440
Speaker 2: That, but Hoolmes running around for nine seconds before dumping

809
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 2: one off to.

810
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 3: Like I bet Rogers had several over three, you know,

811
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 3: because there was times he was moving around by time

812
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:23,799
Speaker 3: avoiding yeah, exactly exactly, or just rolling out and you know,

813
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 3: comfortable in space and not having to get it out.

814
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 3: So I think that's part of it. One thing we

815
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 3: talked about a lot last week, you know, coming off

816
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 3: that Viking game was well this Anderson Washington, especially the

817
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:38,799
Speaker 3: Anderson thing is that here to stay Well, maybe you

818
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 3: throw off it against a team that is such a

819
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 3: good run defense. Put that guy on Garrett and Max protect.

820
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,400
Speaker 3: You know, Anderson can also pass protect. He's an offensive lineman.

821
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,200
Speaker 3: I think we saw some of that, and what I

822
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:53,040
Speaker 3: think is obvious and it was hard to back up,

823
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 3: but it was just something we've suspected from the start

824
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 3: is if you play Rogers is going to take what

825
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,880
Speaker 3: the defense gives them. You know, like this is a

826
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:04,719
Speaker 3: predominantly single high safety big box. Don't want to be

827
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:08,239
Speaker 3: in Nickel and Dime Brown's defense a lot. So if

828
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:10,440
Speaker 3: I if I got Metcalf against the corner, who's a

829
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,719
Speaker 3: good player that they just traded for two days ago,

830
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,439
Speaker 3: I'm gonna take a shot there. I'm going up top

831
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 3: against single high. If you're gonna give me a lot

832
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 3: of too high, I'm gonna thinking Dunky to death. You know,

833
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 3: like there's no perfect defense, and he knows that better

834
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:21,879
Speaker 3: than all of us, you know.

835
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 2: Exactly right. Uh, if you if you want him to

836
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:27,439
Speaker 2: take the middle of the field, he'll take the middle

837
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:28,800
Speaker 2: of the field. You want him to take deep shots,

838
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,319
Speaker 2: he'll take deep shots. If you got to and over,

839
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,239
Speaker 2: you gotta paper cut him to death. Absolutely, And when

840
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 2: you could open the game the way that they opened

841
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 2: the game, I think that makes that so much more

842
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:39,239
Speaker 2: realistic as well too.

843
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 3: I was played a little bit of lead, you know, yeah,

844
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:42,400
Speaker 3: or not from behind.

845
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 2: Not from behind, and just you know that corn beef package.

846
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 2: It was all run, run, run, run run. We're gonna

847
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 2: we're gonna mash you in Dublin against the Vikings.

848
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:53,959
Speaker 3: But the Vikings want to be a nickel when.

849
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 2: And in the first series against Cleveland, first play from scrimmage,

850
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 2: it's like here they come with that big corn beef again,

851
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,759
Speaker 2: woo over your head for thirty six yards. Now the

852
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 2: rest of the game, the remaining fifty nine and a

853
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,760
Speaker 2: half minutes, every time they come out in that corn beef,

854
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,319
Speaker 2: you're like, I gotta be careful because they might throw,

855
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:16,319
Speaker 2: they might slip Darnell out and whoop right over our head.

856
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,919
Speaker 2: Like that's where you start to be able to play

857
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,439
Speaker 2: that matchup card that we've been talking about for months

858
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 2: as well too.

859
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:25,919
Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know, we opened the show talking about

860
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 3: how the offense had very few negative plays, and to me,

861
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 3: that's such a rogers thing. And again that's cutting the

862
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:37,000
Speaker 3: coaching staff short. I mean, it's not fair to blame

863
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 3: the offensive coordinator with things go wrong, but just give

864
00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 3: the quarterback all the credit when things go right or whatever,

865
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:43,840
Speaker 3: you know. But I think that's a huge part of

866
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 3: it is I'm always going to get you at the

867
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:49,400
Speaker 3: line of scrimmage in the best play for this look

868
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 3: with the people I have on the field with me

869
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 3: with three seconds left on the play clock or ever.

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Speaker 3: You know, they don't let you pause and go to

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Speaker 3: the bathroom and think about it and get a beer,

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Speaker 3: you know, I mean, you got to think about the

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Speaker 3: stuff on the fly. And that doesn't mean your left

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Speaker 3: guard doesn't get whipped right off the bat and you

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Speaker 3: get sacked, or you fumble the snap or the drop

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Speaker 3: pass or a bad things, you're still gonna happen, a

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Speaker 3: holding call, blah blah blah blah blah. But if I

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Speaker 3: can consistently play the right cards in poker to give

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Speaker 3: myself the best chance to beat my opponent, he's always

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Speaker 3: going to get you there for that, you know.

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Speaker 2: That's a great way to put it. He's going to

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Speaker 2: play the odds.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, success well to hold him.

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Speaker 2: He's gonna play the odds every time, whether it's going

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Speaker 2: to be successful or not.

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Speaker 3: Right again, execution errors right now, thing.

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Speaker 2: It's perfect, But more often than not, he's going to

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Speaker 2: have you in the right position.

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Speaker 3: Like we said, I mean, and the guys on defense

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Speaker 3: are on scholarship too, you know, I mean, like they're

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Speaker 3: not bad.

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Speaker 2: They can make him a shorts guy you know, is

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Speaker 2: known for that type of thing. Uh good first hour

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Speaker 2: in the books here kind of recapping everything that happened

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Speaker 2: yesterday at Akroscher Stadium in that twenty three to nine

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Speaker 2: victory over Cleveland. The guy who called the victory over

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Speaker 2: the Browns will join us on the other side. Rob King,

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Speaker 2: the king in the castle, will get his thoughts on

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Speaker 2: the win in the short week. Here for the Pittsburgh Steelers,

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Speaker 2: we'll do all that in our number two West Huler

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Speaker 2: Matt Williamson. It's the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio on

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Speaker 2: the Steelers Audio Network.