1 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on 2 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: to the Drive. I'm Dale Lilli here with Matt Williams 4 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: and in his Friday. That means we are just a 5 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: couple of days away from the Steelers traveling to Green 6 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: Bay to face the Cookers. Matt, I want to talk 7 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: a little bit more about that game, dive into this 8 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: a little bit more deeply, maybe into some of the numbers. 9 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,279 Speaker 1: I I was doing some research, as I often do, 10 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: and I've looked up the the official the officials in 11 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: this game. You've been on a kick here and that's 12 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,919 Speaker 1: a good one. Yeah, the crew in this game is 13 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: not great in terms of if you're looking for, uh, 14 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: it might flow. It would be a big one because 15 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: this crew is called. Sixty penalties in three games. Yeah, 16 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: it's a lot. That's a lot of that's a lot. 17 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: I mean, you get near ten A game is for 18 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 1: any team is hard to overcome. And I mean if 19 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: they're equal, great. I'm sure both these coaches are warning 20 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: their team in advance. You know that we're probably gonna 21 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: see a lot of flags. But and I mean it 22 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 1: does make it harder to watch as a fan, and 23 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: it just influences a game more than I would like, 24 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: that's for sure. Yeah, it's you know, I said the 25 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: same thing last week. You know, when they were gonna 26 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: play they clip Blakeman's crew. They're notorious. They called a 27 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: lot of holding penalties. Well, as we saw, they had 28 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 1: eight eight called holding penalties going into that game. They 29 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: called seven in the game against the Bengals and Steelers, 30 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: who had combined one holding penalty in their first two games. Yeah, 31 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: I mean consistency would be nice. Um, but again, you 32 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: know the humans, it's the human factory. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, 33 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: I mean it works both ways though. I mean it's 34 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: not like in a way if the Steelers getting called 35 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: for holds, well, they they can't overcome it, wass well 36 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: with other offenses, but their defense should draw more holds 37 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: than other, right, you know what I mean. So there 38 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: were a couple of times last week I thought Cam 39 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: Heyward got had a pretty legit case of several and 40 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: it wasn't called more than usual too. You know, there 41 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: were several of them. I think they're easier to see 42 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:25,679 Speaker 1: when you're out on the edge as opposed to the 43 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: guy coming up the middle. Yeah, I agree with that too. Um, 44 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 1: but yeah, I mean it's certainly no noteworthy that there 45 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: could be a lot. I can't figure out at this 46 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: point if that helps or hurts the Steelers more in 47 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: a game like this, But I guess if you're the underdog, 48 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: probably even sings a little bit, you would think. You 49 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: think a couple of other notes here that some of 50 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: these I got from you, Some of these I can 51 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: on my own. Um, Packers opponents this season are converting 52 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: fifty three percent of their third downs and a hundred 53 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: percent of their red zone a hundred percent of their 54 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: red zone trips. I mean, Week one is crazy for 55 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: all Packers stats. So Packer stats, I was a little 56 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 1: less hesitant to recite all week that I've dug up. 57 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: But still, those are big, big numbers. You know that. Uh, 58 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: they need to get budde better on money downs too. 59 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: I mean, there's just no way around that. And there's 60 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: some inconsistencies with this defense, and I bet they have 61 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: some tendencies at this point through three games that you know, 62 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: Canada and Tomlin and Ben and these guys are looking 63 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: at going well and third and longs. This is the 64 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: coverages they like to play and you know, I mean 65 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: those things. You start to really get these tendencies at 66 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: this point in the season two and those are negatives 67 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: without question for Green Bay. I mean, the last two 68 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: weeks of Steelers have been combined right around on hed 69 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: down conversion. So, um, my problem is they just get 70 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: to too many third downs. It's not the conversions there, 71 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: run too many third downs. You're just always on edge. Yeah, 72 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: they're running the ball more and first down in any 73 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: team in the league. And you wouldn't think by that. Yeah, 74 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: I thought that. When I read that one, I was like, man, 75 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: I gotta put this in the stat pack that I'm doing, 76 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: because that blew me away. I didn't think that would 77 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: be the case, especially because early in the season Naugy 78 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: wasn't getting you know, crazy amounts of touches. Um. I 79 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. 80 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 1: It's not working well, is it? Because again, I had 81 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: their stats last week and I didn't guess their numbers 82 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: weren't horrible. I didn't run them again this week, but 83 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: when they've run Harris on first down, they've averaged four 84 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: point nine yards of carry. That was going into the 85 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:28,359 Speaker 1: last week team and I don't think you heard it 86 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 1: last week. No, I mean, I guess that is it 87 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: kind of interesting, is to run the ball in first 88 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: time more than most teams or in every team. One 89 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: of the analytic things that I half believe in is, 90 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: if you look at the last five ten years, throwing 91 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 1: on early downs is is the most efficient way to 92 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: move the football in the league. But I think some 93 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: of that is because, well, we're gonna get their base 94 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: four three or a base three four. Nobody plays that 95 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: stuff anymore, you know, I mean first alan is still nickel, 96 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,039 Speaker 1: and you're getting the same varieties. You do get more 97 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: predictable coverages. You know that people have third down packages 98 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: on defense that you don't see the first but probably 99 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 1: less so than a couple of years ago. Um, you 100 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: don't want to be predictable, run run past, you know, 101 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: old school type of deal. But the fact that they've 102 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: had success running the ball on first downs something, you 103 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: know what I mean, you know, I guess um, I 104 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: would imagine it's in general, just as a side thought, 105 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: you don't want to be first or thirty second in 106 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: any of those categories of frequency of doing something unless 107 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: it works really well, Unless you're the Ravens running the ball. Yeah, 108 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. But if you're running the 109 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: I guarantee the Packers defense coordinator and every Packers player 110 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: knows the Steelers lead the league and first down rushing 111 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,679 Speaker 1: percentage you know doesn't. And again it's it's a small 112 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: sample set, so you know, I don't know that you 113 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: can say, you know, make a generalized statement weather they 114 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 1: were always the Steelers always run the ball in first down. Well, 115 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: let's see what it is this week, right, So I 116 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: don't know because it's a small sample size too. If 117 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: you do it three more times or three fewer times, 118 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: you might be twenty in the league. Right, That's that's 119 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: the difference. Uh. This one, however, I don't know if 120 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: you caught this one. You made note that Marquez Valdes 121 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: scantling twenty one point six yards per catch. Yeah, it's 122 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: we'll see if he's we'll see if he plays it 123 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: or not. This week. Did you see what his catch 124 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: rate was, BET's very low, six out of sixteen. He 125 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: is a notorious drop. Yeah, and Rogers threw the ball 126 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: really poorly in Week one. I imagine some of those 127 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: were Week one, but I don't know, you know of 128 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: sixteen targets when each came. But Rogers didn't play well 129 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: in Week one. They were playing from behind. But that's 130 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: who he is. I mean, he's a total hit or 131 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: miss guys. It's a it's he's like, he's like Dave 132 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: Kingman in baseball. He's gonna either strike out or hit 133 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 1: a home run. Absolutely, And and he's big, and he's fast, 134 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: and he looks great and he teases you. He makes 135 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: Rogers crazy, I think. But I mean that's one of 136 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: the things though, Like everyone around here really focuses on 137 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: the Steelers great. Of course they should, but there's a 138 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: lot of players like this in the league that will 139 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: be like this their whole career. Like, I don't think 140 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: Deonte is going to be a heavy drop guy throughout 141 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: his career. Hasn't dropped the passage year, and he didn't 142 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 1: play last week, but the first two games didn't have 143 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: a drap, right. I think Ebron is you know, I's 144 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: got a longer track, He's got a track record of 145 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: different teams, different systems, and this guy is out of scantling. 146 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: But um, the Steelers are also allowing some deep completions too, 147 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: so it would be better if he's not in the equation, right, 148 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: then you don't have to I hope. Yeah, they don't 149 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: have another We'll throw him, There's no question about that. 150 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: I was watching, I was listening to some great co 151 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: Sell stuff and he was talking Rogers, and Greg said 152 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: something along the line of every quarterback I've ever seen, 153 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: and Greg when doing like fifty years, no one att 154 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: acts one on one matchups with the ferocity of of Rogers. 155 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: And that's what Valdo Scantley is. Everyone's gonna roll coverage 156 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: his atoms if he's one on one. Rogers is aggressive 157 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: with one on one situations, and there's no He's a 158 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: great army, trusts his arm and he trusts his accuracy. Yep. 159 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: I mean he's gonna put it back shoulder if he 160 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: has to, or lead him right where he needs to. 161 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: I mean it's remarkable. Yeah, how about this. Steeler's opponents 162 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: of blitz just twelve point nine percent of the time 163 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: this season, by far the lowest in the league. The 164 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: Packers this season it blitz thirty two times, which is 165 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: tied for the eleventh most. Do they back off in 166 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: this game? I think everybody does. I think the book 167 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: has been written that you need to you know you're 168 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: you're more versed in basketball, but what is it you 169 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: shoot people out of his own defenses or whatever it is. 170 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,679 Speaker 1: You know, like, if you're gonna get the heavy, heavy tendencies, 171 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: you gotta make him pay for playing that way. My 172 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: thoughts on it like, I don't know, how do you 173 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: how do you do that? Though? You know everybody's talking 174 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: about why don't the Steelers throw to the middle of 175 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: the field, Well, nobody's blitz sing, which means the middle 176 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: of the field is more crowded. I mean that's the 177 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: defensive approach I assume. And every week says, well, Benson, 178 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: get out of his hands anyway, is a chance of 179 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: us getting home? Are slim? We'll stay here, tackle to catch, 180 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 1: and we want one more tackler close to the line 181 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,679 Speaker 1: of scrimmage. And it's not like it's a Lamar's by situation. 182 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: You know, some of those guys who don't blitz off 183 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: and because they run ready past you, we're just gonna 184 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: hang crowd the middle of the field. And and that 185 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: is absolutely one of the reasons why the Suitters don't 186 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,599 Speaker 1: throw the middle field very awesome. There's a lot of 187 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: bodies and often an extra and because they haven't hit 188 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: the passes to the outside consistent, So why would you 189 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:36,679 Speaker 1: why would you not do that? You don't want to 190 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: give up Okay he's gonna get if you give up 191 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: an eight yard slant, that turns into a forty yard 192 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: game because you know, somebody misses a tackle. That's not good, right, 193 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: So you put the extra body in the middle of 194 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: the field, you force for Roethlisberger to throw the ball 195 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: outside the numbers, and you know, and yeah, and it's 196 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: working obviously for defenses. One thing that we haven't talked 197 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: to We've we've brought it up, of course, but we 198 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 1: haven't talked a ton about it because is I wanna 199 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: go on these radio shows? I'm sure the same way. 200 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,719 Speaker 1: Why are the steals from in the middlefield? Well, it's 201 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: a problem. I mean how many times I said in 202 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: the last year and a half they need to attack 203 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: more blades of grass. But one way that they could 204 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: do that, we just don't see as much as they 205 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: used to. How about how often did Ben traditional five 206 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: step drop backfoot hits on time a BS coming out 207 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: of his break on just a a very generic out 208 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: route and everyone's afraid of him beating him over the 209 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,319 Speaker 1: top boom, there's twelve yards, Like they don't try that 210 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: stuff much at all, part of its arm strength throws. 211 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: But I think Ben can make the throw. I don't 212 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 1: think it's Matt Schob fluttering it out there. It's gonna 213 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 1: go pick six at the you know. I think it's 214 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: some of the trust factor we've seen. We've actually seen 215 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: him throw some of those back shoulder throws and the 216 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,959 Speaker 1: receiver just kept running. There's some of that, yeah, I mean, 217 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 1: I think some of it is absolutely of the receivers. 218 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: I absolutely think the more that I've watched this passing game, 219 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: and I just was just talking with standing in the 220 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: parking lot of my way up here, and we kind 221 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: of went down this this hole about you know, the 222 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 1: passing game, and I think both of these people are 223 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 1: listening realized this. But when go watch a special one 224 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: Bill Walsh, you know, I mean, when I devised this route, 225 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: it needs three point one seconds to develop for Jerry 226 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 1: Rice to get open, and three point one seconds at 227 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: this spot in the field the exact time, and at 228 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: three point one seconds, Montana's back Foot's gonna hit like 229 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: drops match routes, and that always when I found that out, 230 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: I'm like, Wow, that's unbelievably precise. I mean, it's down 231 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:39,559 Speaker 1: to the point one second and the ball needs to 232 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: be six inches in front of numbers. That's knowing your 233 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: personnel and yeah, how quickly they need to do stuff. 234 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,440 Speaker 1: The Steelers don't have that at all right now. Yeah there, 235 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: as I was talking through that just a half hour ago, 236 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, Bend's on playing in rhythm. The receivers aren't 237 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: coming out of their breaks at the same spot every time. 238 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: You know, like the timing and of them in the 239 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: passing game isn't there. And it really knows that this 240 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: week because Rogers said after Week one when they were awful, 241 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: He's like, I threw the ball fine, but my timing 242 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: rhythm was junk. I was rusty. It was not this 243 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: and now and now it's back, you know. I mean 244 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 1: that that's what the whole passing games about when they 245 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: write this stuff up. It's based on timing and rhythm. 246 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: I think so much of it stems to our conversation 247 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: from yesterday where the the offensive line just isn't trusted 248 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 1: right now right to you know, if you again, if 249 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: as Merrill Hodge said, you know, if if you hear 250 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: the quarterback and you walk to the line of scrimmage 251 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: and you have no trust whatsoever that they're gonna block 252 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 1: it up. Or if you're Naj Harris and you're walking 253 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: up to the line of scrimmage to get the you know, 254 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 1: I'm getting the ball this time. Okay, they're gonna am 255 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: I gonna get hit three yards in the backfield. You 256 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: just don't trust, you know, what's what's you don't trust 257 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: what's the play is designed to do to work because 258 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: you think that there's going to be a breakdown immediately. 259 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: But you have to but you have to. But it's right, yeah, 260 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: I mean, if you're a surfer, you realize there's great 261 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: whites in the water, but you gotta get over that, 262 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: you know, or whatever it is, you know, I mean 263 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 1: you're you're falling back in one of those trust things 264 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: and you're falling backwards. Well you know the time existing 265 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: doesn't do it right right exactly. Um. A couple of 266 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: notes that stand brought up that we're on that sheet 267 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: that I sent you guys, was of the Steelers throws 268 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 1: or behind the line of scrimmage. That ain't cutting it. 269 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 1: I mean, that's too easy. I mean, that's kind of 270 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: this is the wrong way of phrasing it. But that's 271 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: not trying to get better at what you're bad at. 272 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 1: You know that you can't be that percentage of behind 273 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,559 Speaker 1: the line of scrim The problem is is that, I mean, 274 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: I can't think of too many where they've gotten I mean, 275 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: there's gonna be one here or there where they've gotten 276 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 1: stopped for a loss, right, I mean, it's a cheap. 277 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: If you're getting four or five yards out of it, 278 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: you're gonna keep doing it. And so much of it 279 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 1: is and I wonder, and no one will ever tell 280 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: you the true answer, but I wonder what percentage of 281 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,439 Speaker 1: their play calls are r p O s. It's really high, 282 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,719 Speaker 1: and they're all settling for singles, you know what I mean, 283 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: which at this point, it's better than strikeouts and foul balls. 284 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: And if it's taking care of the football, you know, 285 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: if you're if the defense is at full strength and 286 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: you want to play that way, Okay, I get it, 287 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 1: I get it. But when the defense wasn't at full 288 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: strength of last two weeks and you're not attacking down 289 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: the field at all, and you're playing things close to 290 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: the vest as we saw, it didn't work. And too 291 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: much of a I almost feel like the offense is 292 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: too much of things, too much of holding the ball, 293 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: too much of getting it out quick, too much of 294 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: those you know, like the balance factor. And it's not 295 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: what percentage you run and what percentage you throw. The 296 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: balance of how you play or keeping you know, defenses 297 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: off balance isn't there at all. You know, then everybody 298 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: is to blame for it. How about this step for you. 299 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: Kim Heyward has the fourth most pass breakups in the 300 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: NFL thus far. He has three. Every player tied or 301 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: ahead of him is a defensive back. That makes sense. 302 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: You throw it a corner down, Yeah, right. J J. 303 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: Watts one of those dudes that was near the top 304 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: of the league. Yeah. I mean, and I see what 305 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: Hayward is doing here. Uh, you know, particularly the last 306 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: couple of weeks, is like, okay, you're gonna double me. 307 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get my hands up and bat the past 308 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: up past And the one he didn't get. I give 309 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: him all the credit in the world for causing the 310 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: Burrow interception. I mean that was Burrow rushing and throwing 311 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: too much, putting too much air under it, and throw 312 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: it over. Cam had to throw it over Cam and 313 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: his big hands and throw it over the tree. Um. 314 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: I don't think he's gotten the credit because we all 315 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 1: know he's a top five defensive tackle. He's appropriate, but 316 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: he looks the sacks and tackles and things, and how 317 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 1: he affects the game goes beyond those things. Yes, one 318 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: thing he's awesome Matt first of all is taking blockers 319 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: with them, so looping ends and stuff can make plays. 320 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: He's like a snow yes, He's like you're shoveling. You're 321 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: you're shoveling your snow on your front line, on your 322 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: front your front sidewalk, and you're just kind of taking 323 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 1: it and just put You're not stopping to you know, 324 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: unload your shot. You're just pushing the snow and it 325 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: keeps getting more and more snow on there, snow right right. 326 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: That's what Cam does exactly. You know, he picks up 327 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: this blocker, then he picks up that He's taken that 328 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: one with him. He's like taking two guys with him 329 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: and just kind of moving them where he wants to move. 330 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 1: He really does, and I expect him do a lot 331 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: of that this weekend or you know, because their line 332 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: isn't great. There's actually in Kenny Clarkson do a fair 333 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: amount of it the Green as well. But that's the 334 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: side issue. Where I was going though, is I think 335 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 1: Cam's playing even better now than in previous years. He 336 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: keeps getting better, and I think this has been his 337 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: best year. I think he just keeps getting stronger, stronger 338 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: and more dominant, smarter, you know, I mean just the 339 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: way he plays. But you wouldn't know it by stats 340 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: except for this one. I guess you know which. Not 341 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: everyone knew that's that. I didn't know that's that. But man, 342 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: I keep thinking what if to it were next to 343 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 1: him or I mean, there's just you're buying time right 344 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: now until two it comes back, because when that happens, 345 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: that's a wrecking machine. I mean that combination and obviously 346 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 1: just a healthy Highsmith and Watton all those guys goes 347 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: a long way too. But Cam is more than doing 348 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 1: his job and this year, and I think we've said 349 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: this Monday, I don't know that anyone's using more energy 350 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 1: than him. I mean, he runs the ball every play, 351 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: He's fighting doubles like crazy, you know that, the whistle 352 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: and he practices every Wednesday. And there's a reason for 353 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 1: him doing things like that. It's to set it's to 354 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: set the example for everybody else on that defense. Look, 355 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 1: this is how we play um. Even though the place 356 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: twenty yards away from me, I'm going to run over 357 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: there because that takes you know, it just it's just 358 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:56,680 Speaker 1: the energy that takes me to run over there. Yeah, 359 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 1: maybe I won't make the tackle, but what if that 360 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: guy breaks that tackle, I'm gonna be there to clean 361 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,360 Speaker 1: it up. Or my guy picks up a loose ball 362 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 1: and I can set a block, or you know whatever. 363 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 1: You know what I mean, I'm gonna be near the football. 364 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: It's one thing, you know, I've noticed this a couple 365 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: of times about the offensive line, and I hate to 366 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: keep pounding the drum on them and packing on them, 367 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 1: but I've noticed on more than one occasion where they 368 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: thought the ball was out and so then everybody just 369 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: kind of starts to stands and looks around, and that's 370 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,360 Speaker 1: and they're not doing anything anymore. It's a good conversation. 371 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 1: Good conversation because really, I think amongst three hundred pound 372 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: defensive lineman, the Steelers guys get to the football as 373 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,719 Speaker 1: well as any I've ever seen. And credit coach Mitchell 374 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 1: and Tomlin and the whole defensive staff. Yeah, I mean 375 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 1: and the current guys without question, and Cam sets the 376 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 1: tone and you've been there and way more than I have. 377 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: I mean, there's times on the sidelines you're watching practice 378 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 1: and it's like Jurassic Park in terms of the ground 379 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: just your coffees, you know, and everywhere, and those guys 380 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: are running at you like Clydesdale. And think I've told 381 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: the story before. One time where I'm standing on the 382 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: sideline and Levy on Bell caught to pass along the 383 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: sideline and then into it and Hayward came charging at me, 384 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,959 Speaker 1: standing five ft away, bells five feet away from me, 385 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 1: and I saw those two guys you know, coming in 386 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: and like, you know, I like peed myself a little 387 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,360 Speaker 1: bit is coming at him and then shaking. Couldn't imagine 388 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: getting hit by the two of those on the run 389 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: like that, right, And they just keep building speed and 390 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:32,919 Speaker 1: building speed. But you know the term on offense, they 391 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: used the term looking for work, you know, like Okay, 392 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 1: my guy's not here, I'm gonna go look for work. 393 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go find somebody. I'm gonna go find color 394 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: of a different color and I'm gonna hit him no 395 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: matter what if it's not my assignment. They could do 396 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: better job of that, And that means you're getting off 397 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: the blocks. You know, you're you're getting you know, just 398 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: because you blocked your guy and you think the balls 399 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 1: out doesn't mean you can't now go hit somebody else, 400 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: right right, you know, I mean, I like, talk to 401 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: Wolf and Okay, this guy stunts, and I don't have 402 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:05,360 Speaker 1: anybody to block. Well touches standing this dude up. I'm 403 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: gonna drill them in the rib. But I mean, like, 404 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: I got a free opportunity to go and flick some 405 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: pain on somebody instead of tone. What's better than that? 406 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: You know, So they could do more of that. They 407 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: could do a lot more than that, more than of that. Um, 408 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: some of the Packers injuries. Uh we mentioned Valdes Scantling. Um, 409 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: they're worth shaped than the Steelers. They're trying up in 410 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: the secondary a little bit too here. Um, King's probably 411 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 1: not gonna play. Yeah, that's a concussion. Um, he's not 412 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:36,719 Speaker 1: a great player, but they're searching for his replacement right now. 413 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 1: He's in the first round pick on the corner who's 414 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: still learning. Yeah, and they have great it's just like 415 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: the receivers about a scantling conversation. They have a a 416 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,959 Speaker 1: great corner, they have a great receiver that are amongst 417 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 1: the best in the league. But they are the other 418 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 1: guys wouldn't play for the Steelers, you know. I think 419 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 1: I think the Steelers can have some offensive success in 420 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,479 Speaker 1: this game. I'll be hard to say that, but this 421 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: is the game I point. Okay, so these first three 422 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: games they've they've been what they've been. Think Buffalo is 423 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: a good defense. I think the Raiders have shown that 424 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: they've they've got a pretty good defense. Let's see what 425 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 1: Let's see what they do against this this Green Bay defense, 426 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 1: which I think is probably the middle of the packle 427 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 1: of that, I would say it's the fourth one of 428 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: the three of the four they're gonna play after Sunday. 429 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: They have some good players. They better get it gone 430 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,719 Speaker 1: because next week they played Denver. So now you've never 431 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,880 Speaker 1: gonna get Baltimore. They can handle that. The side note 432 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: probably talking about the um Kenny Clark really worries me 433 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: because I was doing more research on him just in 434 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: the last twenty four hours. They wanted him to be 435 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 1: more of a three technique because he's he's not a tradition, 436 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: He's not Casey Hampton on the nose. And he was 437 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: fine with it. And then in week two they just 438 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,680 Speaker 1: switched him and said go over the center and beat 439 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: his butt and he kicked the crap out of Alex 440 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,399 Speaker 1: Mack last week who's on his last legs? And he 441 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 1: really did number on Rag now a week two? Who's 442 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: not pretty good? Last day is a great center? And 443 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:04,479 Speaker 1: it basically was just head up on the center, just 444 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: like we're talking about Cam Heyward, get your big long 445 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 1: paws on them and drive them back and just be disruptive. 446 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: And Green is gonna have to be able to handle 447 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 1: power because they're gonna do that to him over and 448 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: if they did the Rag now, they're gonna do it 449 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,360 Speaker 1: the Green like crazy. Well, you know that the question 450 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 1: is can they do that when they're in their nickel 451 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 1: as much he doesn't usually leave the field, you know, 452 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 1: I mean he's their best guy, yeah, yeah, but can 453 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,679 Speaker 1: they Are they gonna try to do that? You know 454 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: when if they Steelers keep them in nickel most I 455 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: mean I think ideally the way they draw it up 456 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: is we can put on and they can't do it now. 457 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: But on throwing downs, Clark's gonna be a nose and 458 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: either Gary or Zo Darius will kick inside and then 459 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: the other one stays outside with Preston. And then you've 460 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: got a lot of speed, and you've got you know, 461 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 1: a lot of guys that can run, and Clark's not 462 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 1: as much of a liability. They're missing. There's an Aius 463 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 1: Plark though right now. But you can still double that guy. 464 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,919 Speaker 1: Oh you can doubt always imagine Clark gets a lot 465 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: of doubles. Yeah, but we talked about this earlier. Meryll 466 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: brought it up. They've been stinking at double teams. I 467 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: went back and watch some of that too, Like you 468 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 1: see a gardener center double dude, and this is just experience. 469 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 1: They both let them go go in to look for 470 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: the next guy, and the defenders like thanks. You know 471 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 1: they had under control. They doubled them properly. But step 472 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: two was one of you sticks with them and one 473 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,639 Speaker 1: goes and gets to the linebacker or whatever. Will they 474 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: both go get the linebacker, free them up, and there's 475 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 1: nausea getting hit to yours behind the last gripment. Wouldn't 476 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,679 Speaker 1: surprise me if we see things should get cleaned up. 477 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 1: Maybe I'm not going to predict the change right away 478 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 1: in the starting lineup, but it wouldn't surprise me if 479 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: if maybe, do you think Finney and Hoss might see 480 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: action if they're struggles yet, wouldn't surprise me to see 481 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: some guys get yanked. I could see that, just more 482 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 1: experienced football players that understand how to double in this 483 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 1: league and those type of things, because they can't afford mistakes. No, 484 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,159 Speaker 1: it just again, it's the same. What you can't afford 485 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 1: is for guys to make the same mistake over and 486 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: over and over again. That will drive coaches nothing. That's 487 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 1: the worst thing in the world. I mean, that's their 488 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: least favorite thing in the world. It doesn't matter how 489 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: I coach you, how many times I show you on 490 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 1: tape or we do it out on the field, and 491 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: you keep doing it. I know, I'm telling you what 492 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 1: to do and and you're not doing it. That's problem. 493 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: He is Matt Williamson. I'm Dale Lally. You're listening to 494 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,239 Speaker 1: the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We're gonna take 495 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: a break. When we come back, we'll go uh and 496 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 1: look at the rest of the slate around the league. 497 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 1: It's an interesting one. It certainly is. We'll do that 498 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 1: right after this