1 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: At least. He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: Williamson on Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 3 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 1: M Welcome to the drive. I'm Dale Lolly, he is 4 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: Matt Williamson, and we are giggling mightily about the well 5 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,840 Speaker 1: the latest Indianapolis Colts coaching higher. I was just about 6 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 1: to say, I mean, you're lucky. Well maybe it would 7 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: be more entertaining, and we're pretty entertaining, but Colts Nation 8 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: Radio right now could be a blast. Holy account. I 9 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: guess coach Saturday's putting his mark on the team here 10 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: maybe or yes, yeah, yes, Uh. Parks Frasier the new 11 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator for them there. Uh. I had never heard 12 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: of Parks Fraser. But guess why nobody's ever heard of people. 13 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: People in the Fraser family haven't had a They don't 14 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: know who Parks is because well, he's the offensive. This 15 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: is a guy who, infe was the defensive quality control 16 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: coach at Sanford and Middle Tennessee State, two different programs season, 17 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: which is tough to do. He was an offensively offensive 18 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 1: grad assistant at Arkansas State for two years. This is 19 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: up to two thousand seventeen. He's thirty years old by 20 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 1: the way. Uh. He was the assistant to the head 21 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: coach in nineteen for which organization was that for the Colts. 22 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: For the colt that's for the Colts. Then he moved 23 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: up to offensive Quality control in which is basically the 24 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: g A approteate, which means you go and you get 25 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: the tapes and you yeah right, and you draw on 26 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: the cards and that kind of stuff. Coach needs coffee break, 27 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: a lot of day up and that kind of stuff too. 28 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: Last season he was the assistant quarterbacks coach. Assistant assistant quarterbacks. 29 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: Teams don't have an assistant quarterbacks helping out that. With 30 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: that development of Carson Wentz, Yes, yes, Matt Ryan looked 31 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: at him and said, a little boy, I think I 32 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: got this. Well. This year in he's been their past 33 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: games specialist and assistant quarterbacks coach. Well, the passing game 34 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: has been great, fantastic, and now he's calling the plays 35 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: and is he's officially the offense coordinator. Right. This is 36 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: amazing to me. This is amazing. They have two former 37 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: head coaches on staff and still chose Jeff Saturday, we 38 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: were talking without this off the air. They have Reggie 39 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: Wayne on staff staff. You're going to hire a coach 40 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: a colts legend. You could have just said, right, there's 41 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame type receivers coaching your receivers right now. 42 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: And so they still went and got Jeff Saturday. Saturday. 43 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: Oh by the way, uh Frasier. Also Pete played college football. Okay, 44 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 1: good for him. He appeared in nine games for Murray 45 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: State and started two of them. Good, good extensive career. Wow, 46 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: has there been a So they've got a head coach 47 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: with no coaching experience. Yeah, they've got an offensive coordinator 48 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: with no experience coordinating offenses. I mean, where could this 49 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: go wrong? Just think about though, If you've been really 50 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: doing a good job as running back coach, wide receiver coach, 51 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,959 Speaker 1: lying back, whatever, a coordinator you know, and your your 52 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: units getting better, You're contributing to the game plan a 53 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: positive manner. You've been working countless hours, and then the 54 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: organization goes and hires pretty a really good center, but 55 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: no coach, and then bumps up one of your I 56 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: don't wanta say inferiors, but someone lower on the chart 57 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: than the guy who was getting you coffee last is 58 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: going to tell you if you know what we're doing 59 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: on third and eighth, by the way against the Titans. 60 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: Gus Bradley's on the staff. Oh yeah, right, right, I 61 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: mean they have defensive guys on John Foxes on the 62 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: Foxes God Fox coach under Chuck Noll. Right, he might 63 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: know a little something about football. Yeah, he's won a 64 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: lot of games in this league. Right, it's insane to 65 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: be It's like it's like they just spun a wheel. 66 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: But let's make this guy in the coach right right. 67 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 1: I also might add that, like I saw stuff Oither 68 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: that said, you know, none of these guys had any 69 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 1: coaching Kevin Mawise on the staff. They could have just 70 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: named him. If you're looking for a Hall of Fame 71 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: type center, you already had one. Wow, uh my goodness. 72 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 1: Scott Milanovitch is their quarterback coach. He's been in the 73 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: NFL for nineteen years and he's a quarterback, and he's quarterback, 74 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: and maybe he can maybe he might know something about 75 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,280 Speaker 1: calling the place. Oh no, we're gonna make this instance. 76 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: Maybe he's just too valuable. With Ellinger's progress, there are 77 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: all kinds of Steelers. I didn't realize this until I'm 78 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: looking at this. They're all kinds of Steeler. Ties as 79 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 1: his coaching steel Scotty Montgomery is there. He's the running 80 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: backs coach running backs, but was okay last year, Yeah 81 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: he wasn't Scotty he called he was the Steelers. He 82 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,359 Speaker 1: traded one of the guys away. He was a Steelers 83 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 1: wide receivers coach. Uh, and then he went to Duke 84 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: to be the assistant head coach offensive coordinator. So he 85 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: is actually he's coordinated games. Understand understands that former Steeler 86 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 1: Mike Mitchell is on that staff. He is the assistant 87 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 1: defensive backs coach. Uh. Matt Rage who was with the 88 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,239 Speaker 1: Steelers and has been in the NFL for twenty six years? 89 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,239 Speaker 1: Is he assistant assistant defensive line coach? Do you remember 90 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: what he did here? He was like the g he 91 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 1: was the defensive assistant. I think he was there when 92 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: I was sure. He's been twenty six years in the league, right, 93 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: I know that name? But yeah, um, as I mentioned 94 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 1: John Fox's is uh coach with the Steelers. Uh been around? 95 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: I mean they've Bubba van Trone is of course sary graduate. 96 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: Uh got s Bradley has been in the league for 97 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: thirty three NFL seasons. We don't need you guys. John 98 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: Fox's defense, isn't that bad? John Fox has been in 99 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: the league for forty years. Maybe nobody wants it. It 100 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 1: might not want it, may be the case, but just 101 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: a kiss of death if that's a I mean, I'm 102 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 1: just looking here at Rusty Jones are their performance director 103 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: of sports Performers. Don't even know what that did. He's 104 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: been in the league for thirty five years. They have 105 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: on these giant coaching stuff. That's a huge, Yeah, it's 106 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: just huge. I'm curious, Like, it's not easy getting a 107 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: play from your mind to your lips to the quarterbacks 108 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: mind to his lips to tell ten other folks with 109 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: how many delayed games and you know, unforced you know, 110 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: timeouts and things like that are gonna occur, trying to 111 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: get things in in crucial situations on the road, loud 112 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: down by you know, like that kind of stuff, just 113 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: procedural stuff. Maybe he calls good plays, who knows, but 114 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: never doing anything similar to that is insane to me. 115 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: And then also I assume people have know this much 116 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: of it, But when if you walk around the coaches 117 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: area of a facility most days during the day, you 118 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: don't see any of them because they're all in a 119 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: defensive staff room, an offensive staff room. They got a 120 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: big chew in their farting and smelling and you know, 121 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: spitting and talking with a projector right figuring out how 122 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: the best approach to the opponent. Where I'm going with 123 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: this is now, this young fellow is in charge of that, Yeah, 124 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: just that room of the offensive group. He comes in 125 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: and he has the final say, and he is the 126 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: one they all look to and say, Okay, we'll do 127 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: what you say, sir. This other dude, they get an 128 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: offensive quality control coach, Brian Bratton, who has been in 129 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: the NFL for ten years. Hey, I can do that. 130 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: Oh my god, it's unbelieving. It's yeah, it's just unbelievable. 131 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: What's funny to me is the owner, who we'll call 132 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: him charismatic. We don't be kind to him, but he's 133 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: often come out and said things like I saw a 134 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: lot of mistakes my dad made and drinking was a 135 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: big part of it, and I think there were other 136 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: things involved. That's not I'm not going to run my 137 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 1: organization that way. You know, I'm not gonna just fly 138 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: by the seat of my pants be rash decisions like Wow, 139 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: the more I've looked at this and the more I've 140 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 1: looked at basically ownership. But this team, if they didn't 141 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: luck into Peyton Manning and luck into luck like to 142 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: transcendent players, would they be the Lions. I think they 143 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: don't run a good organization. I don't know the Frank 144 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: Wrights even a bad coach. But I mean somebody had 145 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: to take the fall. I get that because what they're 146 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: putting on the field is miserable. But wow, Well, here's 147 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: the funny thing is, they came out last week and 148 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 1: said that Reich was safe, but the dreaded kiss of death, 149 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: the vote of confidence. I bring all this a fair 150 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: amount of that game in the past week too. I mean, 151 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 1: that's as bad as an offense could be in the NFL. 152 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: I bring all this up again for multiple reasons. Again, 153 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: you just mentioned it was as bad as an offense 154 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: can look in the NFL, as I mean last you've 155 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: ever seen. Yeah, Um, the Steeler's offense has not been 156 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 1: that close, not even close. They functioned, They just haven't finished, 157 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: that's yeah. I mean they've they've moved dysfunctional. Yeah, you know, 158 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: I mean completely. They couldn't even operate, couldn't get you know, 159 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: they get sacked nine times and he dropped back to 160 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: past times, right, right, I mean it was it was 161 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 1: that bad. And they don't have horrific players, no, I mean, 162 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: I know Taylor wasn't there, and they don't have a 163 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 1: left tackle and all that, but there's a lot of 164 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: NFL players on the field. You know. It wasn't like, oh, 165 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: the poor guys were just riddled with injuries and throwing 166 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: in or order the COVID situation wide receiver rest to 167 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: play quarter back. I mean, it wasn't even there's not 168 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: even a good excuse, right, There's nothing there. Uh. And 169 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 1: I also bring it up because there were people who 170 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: during the Steelers by, oh they should fire MT. Canada. Well, 171 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 1: this is there's a trickle down effect to anything like that. 172 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: To the plan was put in place months ago. You 173 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,439 Speaker 1: stick with the plan and and you know, for better 174 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: or worse, you try to tweak the plan. And that's 175 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: what the Steelers did in this bye week. Do you 176 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: get the opportunity during the bye week to take a 177 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 1: step back as a coaching staff, It's very value because 178 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 1: you don't have time to do that from a week 179 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: on a week to week basis. You may have Okay, 180 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: so you play a Thursday night game and then you 181 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: get an extra couple of days in there, but that 182 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: doesn't give you enough time to really dive into things. 183 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: But a good coach, too will tell everyone go home 184 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: and spend twenty your family too, you know. And of 185 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:51,959 Speaker 1: course those other guys are thinking about football and what 186 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: they can do, but go get away from the facility 187 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: for a little. Like the best example I can come 188 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: up with. And folks, I'm not implying that the Steelers 189 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: can win the Super Bowl. But Brady first year with 190 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: the Bucks, they had a really like by like twelve, 191 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,680 Speaker 1: it was really late. They were struggling, and up until 192 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: that point they were a middling team. They had six 193 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: wins or something kind of like right now, yeah, exactly, 194 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: look a lot when the offense look bad and yeah, 195 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,439 Speaker 1: and then I think they basically said tom do your stuff, 196 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,319 Speaker 1: and he had two weeks to kind of do it, 197 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,439 Speaker 1: and then he lose again and then everybody, so look 198 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: a great head coach, Bruce arians is. He didn't do anything. 199 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: He got out of the way. He got out of 200 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 1: the way exactly. Um, you know, Mike Tomlin talking about 201 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: it today, Hey, look we took a step back last 202 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:38,839 Speaker 1: week as we and we did. We dove in to 203 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: everything coaching wise. What can we change, what can we 204 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: get better at? What? What? What have we done well? 205 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: What have we not done well? Accentuate the positives because 206 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: there are it's not so for example, you know, he 207 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 1: was asked, well, what specifically did you like or about 208 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: your offense? If you liked he said, well, I thought 209 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: our our rollouts, moving the buckets and things of that 210 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:05,439 Speaker 1: nature were effective. Yeah, and you know yeah, and so 211 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 1: you know, moving forward, I expect to see more of that. 212 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,959 Speaker 1: Um can that be a foundational thing in your offense? 213 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,199 Speaker 1: Probably not, But it can't roll out every play, but 214 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,199 Speaker 1: you can bump right, Yeah, you can do more of it. 215 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: I did look and see Kenny pick it. I couldn't 216 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: find exact stats on you know, pick it on the 217 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: move or pick it out anywhere, but pick it with 218 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: play action, which is what that is by and large, 219 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: your your you know motion, you're you're you know, handing 220 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 1: the ball or faking the handoff and then rolling out. Uh. 221 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: This season they've done a thirty two times with Picket 222 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: at quarterback three nine seventy five yards. Okay, because that 223 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: brings me to a number I was seventy completion percentage 224 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 1: when he's been when they've used play action or any 225 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: kind of movement. Like, so, Matt, stats are you're starting 226 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: to take here we go. You can use that one man. Well, 227 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: maybe I will, because the Steelers have mitched Robinsky used 228 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: play action on sixteen point three percent of his dropbacks 229 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:12,959 Speaker 1: and pick it on sixteen point eight. Only three quarterbacks 230 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: use it less. So hopefully it's still way more than 231 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: they did with Ben Roethlisberger. It is, but it's it's 232 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:21,199 Speaker 1: it's at the bottom of the league. You know, they 233 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: can do it more. And I think that's what they 234 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:27,199 Speaker 1: self scouted and said. And you know I did make 235 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,599 Speaker 1: mental note of that. Um. You know, they did it 236 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: a lot early with Piket, not so much like the 237 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: last two games, right. I thought it would be much 238 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: more of a foundation of the offense, you know, the 239 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: entire year, because both those guys do move well off 240 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 1: of play action. Um. I think that was something they 241 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: stressed acquiring both quarterbacks a good ball and movement as well. 242 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: So I really want to see those numbers go up. 243 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 1: And of course everyone's like, we gotta run the ball first. 244 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: That would make play action work. No you don't. I 245 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: mean it helps. And Derrick Henry's gaugin you you're gonna 246 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 1: like the same are going to come up to the 247 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: linebackers are going to attack the line of scridge. But 248 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: it's all about the misdirection. Yes, the line moves, the 249 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: line moves to the left, the quarterback goes to the right, 250 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,959 Speaker 1: you know, and certainly some of that, but also think 251 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: about if you're a linebacker on the second level, where 252 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: your eyes are at, since you could crawl as a linebacker, 253 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: you see that ball come out, you react and you 254 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: know you don't go backwards. I know they're gonna throw 255 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: it over my head. I mean, it's just it's somewhat 256 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: of a cheap code. I think the Steelers need to 257 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: use them. There was a play last night in last 258 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: night's Saints Ravens game that they highlighted. Its Cam Jordan 259 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: at the goal line. We're down by the goal line 260 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 1: and Lamar's obviously the quarterback. Uh, there was a fake 261 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: hand off the again the ball fakes. Cam Jordan's just 262 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: froze and say, if you could just he looked like 263 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: he looked like he's playing defense and his own defense 264 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: and basketball. But he's not attacking, he's standing flat footed 265 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: looking to see where the ball is gonna go. That's 266 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 1: what you want, that you want. I mean a flat 267 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: footed the end or front seven player certainly against Lamar 268 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: is trouble. But if you can just make them think 269 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: and put them in conflict for a beat, I mean, 270 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: that's all. This was Cam Jordan's one of the best 271 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: pass rushers in the league. Unblocked, right, nothing nothing standing there, 272 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 1: flat footed, not really watching Lamar to see what was 273 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: gonna happen. Right. Meanwhile, somebody's running a route, somebody else, right, 274 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 1: there's things happening, right. So I mean, these are the 275 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: things that you can do with that. This is why 276 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: you do. You know, when when Matt Canada was hired 277 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 1: as the quarterbacks coach, I can I can remember people saying, well, 278 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: the Steelers gonna use way more motion and things of 279 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: that nature. This is gonna be great. I don't understand 280 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: why it hasn't spiked tremendously. Yeah, and now the now 281 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: the argument as well, they use motion too much, doesn't 282 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 1: do anything? Um, well, it does something, it does. I mean, 283 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: they're indicators, you know what I mean. Um, I don't 284 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: know if they took it to this extreme, but a 285 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: lot of teams historically during the bye I will tell 286 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: the defensive staff right up a game plan as if 287 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: you're playing the offense, you know, and be as honest boy, 288 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: this left guard tells whenever it's gonna be a run 289 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: or you know, you know, every anything. Yeah, because I 290 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: treat them like they're the true opponent. Don't be nice 291 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: and tear him apart and present them both of the 292 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: head coach, you know what I mean. I don't know 293 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: they did that or not, but it's not It's a 294 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: common practice. Yeah, I mean I can understand why. I mean, 295 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: you want to know, you know, in the in the 296 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: head coach then has to look at that and say, okay, 297 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: here's here's what we need to get better at. Because 298 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: everybody's tendencies, you know. There's also the question, Um, Mike 299 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: Tomlin was asked today, are you gonna play anymore of 300 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: the young guys? Who? Yah? Who's I mean? They could 301 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: go to the young quarterback. Oh wait, they already did that. 302 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: Maybe they could play a young offensive tackle. They've already 303 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: done that too. More. This is one thing that Tomlin 304 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 1: did say, and this is kind of what I focused 305 00:16:56,400 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: on brain. Who could even get more? Maybe Connor, you were, 306 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: I mean over who over over Firemouth? Yeah, I mean 307 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: there's a fill in there. That's one of my little 308 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 1: pet project. But that's maybe five more snaps again. Rights. 309 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 1: One of the things that Tomlin said today was that, 310 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: and we've talked about this, that getting rid of trading 311 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: away Chase Claypool, almost getting rid of they got something. 312 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: It's not like the Raiders cutting John Jonathan Neighbor. They 313 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: got rid of him, They traded him for a valuable 314 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: piece coming back. Yeah. Um, is it that tightens up 315 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,680 Speaker 1: the number of of where this where the ball can go? 316 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:39,919 Speaker 1: He said, A lot of those we look at it, 317 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: and a lot of those throws to the places where 318 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: Claypool was was doing his damage. Now go to Pat Firemouth. 319 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 1: Who's better better? Yeah? Uh, you know, now you've opened 320 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: up the door for George Pickens to get more. Uh 321 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 1: you know Pickens right now, if you look at their 322 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: their breakdown on their on the Steelers offensive targets right now, 323 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: Claypool was number two on the team. I'm not sure 324 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: that Claypool deserved to be number two on the team, 325 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,119 Speaker 1: right And I don't think you're saying Claypool is a 326 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: bad player of all the targets at all. But every Monday, 327 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 1: everyone always has this conversation right right, right, and now 328 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: you know where the ball's going. You're like, look at 329 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: the Eagles. There's three guys that are gonna get the football. 330 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: That's perfect, you know it's now with three guys would 331 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: get football and even the Eagles. But Glad Davante Smith 332 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: only four targets this week, right, Okay, but A J. 333 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 1: Brown at thirteen and blew up. Right now, the target 334 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 1: breakdown is Deante Johnson has seventy six. That's not going 335 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 1: to change. No, No, He's going to continue to average 336 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 1: about ten targets per game. His target share will go up, right, 337 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: and he deserves that. He deserves that. Claypoo had fifty okay, 338 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: fire move had those are those are gonna go up? Yeah, 339 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 1: and he missed a game. Pickens is sitting at forty three. Yeah, 340 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: that's gonna spike, that's gonna yeah. He may get his 341 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: may rise per game more than anything. So if he 342 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 1: gets an extra three to four targets per game that 343 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,959 Speaker 1: would have gone the Claypool. That's huge, right, And of 344 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 1: course A Sims is going to get a big Spike 345 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: or whoever's in this whatever, baby. I mean, but they're 346 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: not going to get that cut. You know, they're not 347 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: gonna get fifty targets in in eight games worth. No, 348 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 1: they would have all got to their best players, right, yeah, 349 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: I mean and not the Claypool is a bad player, 350 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 1: but those guys are better, right, you want, that's what 351 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 1: you want. Now. The problem that they have with the 352 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:30,400 Speaker 1: Claypool trade is if an injury happens, sure, that's where 353 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: that's where it gets a little more dicey. But they again, 354 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: they like their depth at wide receiver. That's why they 355 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: felt they could make the trade, including you know, big 356 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 1: Picture Miller and Austin some of these other guys at 357 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: the right and you can always pick up another where 358 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: you're going to get a second round pick for Claypool 359 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: in the off season, probably not? Probably not right? You know. 360 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: So you had a team, Yeah, you had a team 361 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: that was desperate and two teams that were desperate for 362 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,679 Speaker 1: a wide receiver. They kept bidding against each other. They 363 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: happened to be in the same division, and again, you 364 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,719 Speaker 1: wanted to open up those targets. Yeah, they want they 365 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 1: want to get George Pickens the football. Yeah, I mean 366 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: it kills two birds. And one of those birds isn't 367 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: getting Claypole out the door. One of them is just 368 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: getting the other guys more involved, and they were already involved. 369 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: And the the other, you know, Stone of course, is 370 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 1: you get a second und pick that you might be 371 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: your left tackle or you know it's gonna be something good, 372 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 1: you know. So, I mean that's that's self scouting that 373 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: you do. There. Um again, I think you know you're 374 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: you're looking at Claypole averaged four receptions per game for 375 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,880 Speaker 1: thirty eight point nine yards right now, Friar Moves averaging 376 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: four point six receptions for game for fifty two yards, 377 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:38,919 Speaker 1: which is a lot for a tight ends, which is solid. 378 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: Pickens is averaging three point three catches per game for 379 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 1: forty two point three yards. Gon Spike five catches a 380 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: game for the second ath season. Yeah, for sixty yards, 381 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 1: right right. Maybe more so you you've you've potentially improved 382 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: your passing game. He's a deeper threat. He's good after 383 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: the catch. We haven't seen that. That's what I really 384 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: want to see the second half of the run after 385 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 1: the catch, because Deante, I know Deante Johnson is good 386 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 1: at it, right right. I know his numbers are terrible, 387 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 1: but I know he's good at it. And I'm pretty 388 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 1: damn sure that that Pickens is good at it. Yeah, yeah, 389 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 1: same as Sims. Yeah, he's gonna give us an afterthought, 390 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: but he is a lot of wiggle to him, and 391 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,160 Speaker 1: he's got some juice. And if you want, you can 392 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: still use he want a bigger receiver and slot, you 393 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: can still put Boykin in there. I think he might 394 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:26,159 Speaker 1: see some of that. Yeah, that's kind of keep going 395 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: with Connor Heyward is make him a big slot. They 396 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: still have those options to mix and match that. No, 397 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: and you might see a little bit more what you 398 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 1: might see a little more gentry, you know, and try 399 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: to be physical and run the football too. Yeah, I 400 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: mean just taking some of that. 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