1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson 2 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: on your twenty four to seven home of the Black 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 4 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 2: And welcome to the Drive. I am Dale Lollie. He 5 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 2: is de Matt Williamson, and it is a Friday, Matt. 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 2: We've got a football game in the hopper already. 7 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 3: Friday the thirteenth. 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 2: Friday the thirteenth. There you go, No that I didn't 9 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 2: even realize that one. But uh, we're getting a little 10 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 2: more clarity now. In regards to the Steelers quarterback situation. 11 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 2: Mike Tomlin addressed the media today after practice. The Steelers 12 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:49,639 Speaker 2: practice earlier in the morning on Fridays, and well, gave 13 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 2: a little update on the situation. And here's what he 14 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 2: had to say. 15 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 4: All right, and we had a really good Friday, a 16 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 4: lot of situational things to cover, a lot of teaching 17 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 4: and learning, not only regarding the game plan and game 18 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 4: plan specifics, but just situational ball in general. You know, 19 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 4: we're just doing global teaching and learning. It's still at 20 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 4: the very early portions of this journey. That's the season, 21 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 4: and so you know, we got things to learn in 22 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 4: terms of getting ready for this game, but just in general, 23 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 4: We've got things to learn as well. Regarding Russell's availability, 24 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 4: I'm gonna list him as questionable and so obviously if 25 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 4: his availability is questionable, then starting is less so. But 26 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 4: we've been in that mindset all week. 27 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 5: Man. 28 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 4: Like I've said, we've been focused on getting justin ready 29 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 4: to play, and we'll continue in that mindset as we 30 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 4: push forward toward game time. 31 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 3: Questions when it comes like your offensive line situation, how 32 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 3: have you been handling the distribution of reps during practice, 33 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 3: especially Troy getting more reps? 34 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 4: Now, you know, I think the only thing different this 35 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 4: week is Troy is more available. Obviously his his availability 36 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 4: is not in question, and so I've been more thoughtful 37 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 4: about how to distribute reps. And at the end of 38 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 4: this thing, we'll determine who plays and how often. 39 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 2: You learn about Troy's ability to jump out in the train. 40 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 4: You know, he's been here the whole time. It's not 41 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 4: his injury is different than Roman, you know, if if 42 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,239 Speaker 4: you will, Roman got hurt in the very oiler portions 43 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 4: of the process. He's been a component of a large 44 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 4: of a large component of the process, and so it's 45 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:18,639 Speaker 4: a different discussion. 46 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 3: How has Probert worked on the left side. 47 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 4: Roder has been working on right and left since the spring. 48 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,519 Speaker 2: All right, you got a chance to meet Paul Schemes yesterday, 49 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 2: and what was that like for you? 50 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 5: To talk a little of the video. 51 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 4: About how much you respect I'm about I'm a big fan. 52 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 4: I'm not only a big fan of the product that 53 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 4: he's putting out, but from what I hear, I'm a 54 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 4: big fan of his approach. He's a young guy with 55 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 4: a very mature approach, and the consistency of his performance 56 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 4: is probably the biggest indication of that. And so man, 57 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:48,959 Speaker 4: I am a big fan. 58 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 2: All right, Okay, there you hear it, Mike Tomlin A 59 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 2: big fan. 60 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 3: Of How about that? 61 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 2: You know that was coming the excellent areciates excellence. 62 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 3: That's I don't know much about baseball but he sure 63 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 3: seems like an impressive young pitcher to me. Yeah. 64 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, And you heard what he had to say about 65 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 2: Russell Wilson this week. Questionable to play in this game. 66 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 2: And if he is questionable to play in the game, 67 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,399 Speaker 2: he is more than questionable to start the game. Yeah, 68 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 2: And so that is the expectation. The Steelers worked all 69 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 2: week long with Justin Fields, getting the starters reps and 70 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 2: that will be the case on Sunday. 71 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, and somewhat to be expected. It's a long season. 72 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 3: Why rush Wilson back? I mean, I think his short 73 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 3: area quickness is really really important at this stage of 74 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 3: his career to find throwing lanes, and if that's compromised 75 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 3: with a calf, that's a problem. We saw Cousins first hands, firsthand, 76 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 3: not being one hundred percent in my opinion, not being 77 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 3: able to protect himself as well as he should in 78 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 3: the pocket. Move around, you'll get out of the way 79 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 3: a pass rush. So why rush it? You just want 80 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 3: a game with fields? I think you can win another one. 81 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I really think that because the quarterback rollouts 82 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 2: and things that nature are such a big part of 83 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 2: Arthur Smith's game plan that if your quarterback has limited mobility, 84 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 2: it really limits what you can do with this offense. 85 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 2: If this were the Todd Haley offense, for example, you know, 86 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 2: catch it and throw it, catch it and throw it. 87 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 2: It's a little different. Yeah, yeah, you know, you know, 88 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 2: if you're just looking to get rid of the football 89 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 2: quickly and distribute it, it's a different animal than I 90 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 2: think what they want with Arthur Smith's offense. 91 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I wonder. I keep going back to Atlanta 92 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 3: and I know they're different injuries, but they're about the 93 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 3: same age. Yeah, and Cousins is really really good to 94 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 3: play action. They didn't even think he was athletic mobile 95 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 3: enough to run play action, you know, Like, do they 96 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 3: regret putting them out there in week one? I mean, 97 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 3: was that the wrong decision for Atlanta? If you can't 98 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 3: do what the player. 99 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 2: Does, signing into that contracts much much different story. 100 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 3: I mean they're married to that one. Yeah, that one, 101 00:04:56,839 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 3: there was no discussion about anymore. But if Wilson. The 102 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 3: other thing I don't know is if he were to play, 103 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 3: is there a higher percentage that it could get much 104 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 3: much worse, you know, and ruin. 105 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 2: Your year, And that's what they're trying to avoid here. 106 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 2: Of course, they want him to be out there and 107 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 2: be at full speed and be able to you know, 108 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 2: full go, and they have a viable option. 109 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, it's Duck Codges behind it, right, if. 110 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 2: This was that kind of situation where your backup is 111 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 2: in no offense to Duck Hodges. He did everything good, 112 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 2: everything that they asked him to do him more. Yeah, 113 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,679 Speaker 2: But if that's your set, if that's your backup option. 114 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 2: If this is twenty if this is twenty five other 115 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 2: teams in a row, right, Yeah, you're gonna put the 116 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 2: starter out there regardless, no matter what, because he's still 117 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 2: going to be better than your backup. But a compromised 118 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 2: Russell Wilson right now isn't better than a better option 119 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 2: than Justin Fields, right. 120 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 3: I mean, Fields is a hard player to play again, 121 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 3: h I mean, does he have his works? Yes, there's 122 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 3: a lot of things he needs to work on. But 123 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 3: I'm sure I'm not sure. But if you ask thirty 124 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 3: two defensive coordinators would you rather play Wilson or Fields? 125 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 3: There might be some that say I'd rather play Wilson 126 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 3: because Fields is a hard guy to play against because 127 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 3: of his style play. 128 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 2: Yeah. And the great thing about this, Matt, this was 129 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 2: not the plan. No, the plan was for Wilson ideally 130 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 2: to start all seventeen games and playoff games and all 131 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 2: that kind of stuff, and you wouldn't have known as 132 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 2: much about Justin Fields moving forward. That's true, He's gotten 133 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 2: a lot of Now they're getting a good look at 134 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,359 Speaker 2: Justin Fields. They're gonna have to make a decision on 135 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 2: these two quarterbacks at the end of this season, which 136 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 2: one they want to or if they don't want to 137 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 2: move on with either one of them. Yeah, well, now 138 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 2: you're getting they're getting an opportunity to take an extended 139 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 2: look not just at Justin Fields now, but then they're 140 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 2: gonna get an extended look at Russell Wilson as well, 141 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 2: and you're gonna be able to compare and contrast, like, Okay, 142 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 2: we could do this with Justin, we can do this 143 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 2: with with with Russell. What do we want to move 144 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 2: forward with? 145 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, and this one's gonna cost this much, this one's 146 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 3: gonna cost this much. And I think we could be 147 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 3: a really good offense if we pick Option A and 148 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 3: get a slot receiver, you know, because or if we 149 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 3: pick Option B, let's get another tight end or you 150 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 3: know what I mean, Like, how are we going to 151 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 3: design this thing? Assuming Arthur Smith still the coordinator, which 152 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 3: I would imagine he will be, and you know, maybe 153 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 3: bring back both, maybe bring back neither, you know, maybe 154 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 3: it's like, nah, we can do better, or I don't know. 155 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 3: I don't think there's a discussion at the moment of 156 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 3: if they both were one hundred percent, who would be 157 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 3: the starter? 158 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think it's still Wilson. 159 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 3: I think it's still Wilson, and deservedly so, and he 160 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 3: would be my choice as well. But what if this 161 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 3: goes three or four weeks and you're four and oh 162 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 3: in Fields is really playing well. Every step he gets 163 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 3: better and better. You might have a discussion midseason. Who knows, 164 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 3: you know, it could happen. 165 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 2: I would I don't know what that. 166 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 3: Much trying to create contrads, Yeah, I don't know what 167 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 3: that would look. 168 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 2: Like though for me. I don't you know, you know, 169 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 2: if he goes out and throws I've taught you know, 170 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 2: if he has a game similar to the one he 171 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 2: had last year against the Brontover Yeah, where he throws 172 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 2: four touchdown passes and throws for three hundred yards. I 173 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 2: don't know that that's going to be going to happen though, 174 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 2: because they don't know. They don't need to play that 175 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 2: way necessarily. And oh, by the way, Fields lost that 176 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 2: game to Russell Wilson. 177 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 3: Look at Yeah, okay, yeah, I mean so no, he 178 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 3: would have to do astronomical things in my opinion, I mean, 179 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 3: it would be nothing like Week one. 180 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 2: He's certainly capable of making wild plays. 181 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, that's never been a problem. 182 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, but you want to continue to see him protect 183 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:39,199 Speaker 2: the football and you know, do the things necessary to 184 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 2: win football games. This is a guy, after all. And 185 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 2: this is no knock on on Justin Fields because quite frankly, 186 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 2: Chicago didn't build around him very well. No, but last 187 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 2: week was his eleventh career winning thirty nine starts. 188 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 3: Yes, great, that's a fact he was on the Chiefs. 189 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 3: But I mean he's never won three games in a row. Yeah, 190 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 3: I mean, so two in a row is a bit 191 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 3: accomplishment here. You know, let's babystep this thing, you know. 192 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 3: I mean, I don't think Denver's a very good team. 193 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 3: I expect the Steelers to at least be highly competitive, 194 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 3: if not control the game, and we'll go from there, 195 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 3: you know, right, Yeah. 196 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 2: And then you'll make those other decisions down the road. 197 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 2: But I still do think that Russell Wilson is the 198 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:23,079 Speaker 2: Steelers starter. I don't know that Fields can change that 199 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 2: in one more start. 200 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,719 Speaker 3: I'm not happy Wilson's injured, of course, But to your 201 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 3: former point, when they made these quarterback situations and looking 202 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 3: at Wilson's durability history, I was thinking, I wonder if 203 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 3: you'll never get a good look at Fields you know, 204 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 3: they'll practice with him every. 205 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 2: Day and because he has been a very durable guy 206 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 2: over of course, right, what if Wilson does start every game? 207 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 3: And yeah, I'm sure fields will get in games here 208 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 3: and there, But what if he didn't get a real good, 209 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 3: accurate assessment of fields for postseason? You know, do we 210 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 3: want them or not? 211 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, So they're getting that look and you know, we'll 212 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 2: see again. They got time to make decisions about some 213 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 2: of these things, uh, in the future, but they're they're 214 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 2: getting as much information as they can right now, which 215 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 2: is a good thing. Which is a good thing, and 216 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 2: all through km and winning games along the way, all 217 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 2: sorts of things. 218 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's not Atlanta or you know, one of these 219 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 3: teams that are getting beat bad with their plan. Yeah. 220 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 2: Right, So in terms of some of the other stuff, 221 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 2: looks like Patrick Queen should be good to go for 222 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:28,079 Speaker 2: this game. That was kind of a precautionary thing yesterday. 223 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 2: Really outside of the quarterback situation and Isaac Sayamalu, they 224 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 2: should be relatively healthy here. And you heard Mike Tomlin 225 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 2: asked about the offensive line situation and yeah, and this 226 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 2: is not a secret. I mean he was asked about 227 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 2: this and said that, Yes, he's been taking first team 228 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 2: uh snaps at right tackle. We could see Troy Fatano 229 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 2: at right tackle in this game and not Damn Moore 230 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 2: on either side, not Broderick, I should say, on either side. 231 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 2: It could be Damn Moore at left tackle and Troy Fatanu. 232 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,319 Speaker 3: I'm kind of expecting that at this point, you know. 233 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 3: I mean, and maybe a step back couldn't be good 234 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 3: for Broderick, or maybe he just concentrates. 235 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 2: One's still dealing with that elbow injury. 236 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he has a brace on it, and 237 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 3: I don't know how much that effects is played, but 238 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 3: I don't think it helps at all. It's also his 239 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 3: outside hand for right tackle. And I know people are 240 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 3: disappointed by hearing that news. You know, put the two 241 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 3: first rounders out there. Don't take a quality football player 242 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 3: off the field if you don't think he's the best option, 243 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 3: if you think he is the best option just for 244 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 3: the future, trying to win games. I mean, it's a 245 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 3: very Tomlin esque thing. What do we have to do 246 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:48,599 Speaker 3: to win this upcoming game. We'll worry about all the 247 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 3: other big picture stuff and that'll all present itself. Yeah, 248 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 3: it'll come around, and. 249 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 2: It doesn't mean that they don't like Broderick Jones. It 250 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 2: doesn't mean they're benching Broderick Jones or anything of the sort. 251 00:11:58,040 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 3: It just means that's what I want to be saying. 252 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 3: They benched him, you know, Yeah, I mean he's a bust. 253 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 2: They want to get Fatanu on the field. They want 254 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 2: to get because he missed a good portion of the preseason. 255 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 2: They liked what they saw in the time that he 256 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 2: spent in the preseason, and they want to you know, 257 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 2: they feel like he is the future there at right tackle. 258 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 2: But right now, at least at this moment, Proderck Jones 259 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 2: isn't a better left tackle than Damn. 260 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 3: Moore, not for Week two endeavor on the fifteenth of 261 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 3: September of twenty twenty four. They don't believe that to 262 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 3: be true. 263 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,959 Speaker 2: Yeah, doesn't mean it won't be the case right two 264 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:36,959 Speaker 2: weeks from now, three weeks from now, we don't know. 265 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 2: But he does need the time to, you know, settle 266 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 2: in at that spot. He's been practicing here and there 267 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 2: on the left side. But again, and people, I've heard 268 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:52,199 Speaker 2: people they're doing Broderi Jones at disservice by playing him 269 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 2: on the right side. You got to be able to 270 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 2: have a offensive line you can line up and win 271 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 2: with in Week one, what were they supposed to do? 272 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,839 Speaker 3: Back up right tackle? Yeah, or you're starting right tackle 273 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 3: if he's out right like Damn Moore can't play left 274 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 3: right tackle? 275 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 2: Oh, by the way, your back up with Spencer Anderson 276 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 2: who's not playing it left hard os hurt. You have 277 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 2: to do what you need to do to win on 278 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 2: a particular week. So that Matt Rogers Jones had to 279 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 2: go to right tackle. 280 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, Carnell Lake had to play corner one time. 281 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 3: You know, al played left. 282 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 2: Tackle to kick out and play left tackle for a 283 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:24,079 Speaker 2: season exactly. 284 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 3: And it's not always the way you draw it up. 285 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 2: Is that fair to him? 286 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 3: You know? Right? 287 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 2: I mean, but that's the one year, the fact that 288 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 2: he didn't make first team All Pros because he kicked 289 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 2: out the left tackle right, So fair no, But he 290 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 2: did what he needed to do for the team. 291 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 3: This is a tough sport, this is a tough league. 292 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 3: It probably won't go this way, but I still think 293 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 3: there's a path where gets in the game. And he's 294 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 3: really good. He's a right tackle from here on out, 295 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 3: and they loved him in the first round. You and 296 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 3: I loved him in the first round, and he's a 297 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 3: good player from this moment on until he decides to 298 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 3: retire one day. And in the meantime, Jones is doing 299 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 3: a lot of work at left tackle, and before you 300 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 3: know what, they say, man, he's really getting good. That 301 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 3: elbow's healthy. Let's insert him in the lineup because now 302 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 3: we think he's the better player than Dan Moore. Yeah, 303 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 3: and it'd be nice if Samalu was right next to 304 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 3: him too. I mean, I mean the veteran left guard 305 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 3: presence between a rookie center and a second year pretty 306 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 3: raw Roder Jones. Do I want Spencer Anderson being the 307 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 3: glue between those two, you know what I mean? And 308 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 3: Spencer Anderson can do t more reps at right tackle. 309 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 2: And people are suggesting last week, well they need to 310 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 2: put you know, Fatan who's healthy. Now put him at 311 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 2: right tackle. We'll Broder Jones over to left tackle. Then 312 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 2: you've got four new starters on your offensive line. 313 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a lot of room for error there. Yeah. 314 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 3: I mean, like, if you want to create pass how 315 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 3: you could lose the Broncos, that's a pretty good time 316 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 3: to do it. Yeah, I mean, you choose that adventure. 317 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 3: You could get down in the scary woods before you 318 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 3: know it, you know. 319 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, so you know you don't want to blow everything up. 320 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 2: You need some stability because you're worried about down the road. 321 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 2: You have to win this week. What do you need 322 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 2: to do to win this week? And that's the way 323 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 2: it has to be. 324 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, so, I I mean if Jones having or 325 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 3: Moore's having a bad game, Jones might come in or 326 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 3: I do think to see them. Olu factor is important too. 327 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 2: I think that's a big part. 328 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he's an absolutely really important blue guy. Yeah. 329 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 2: I mean again, you don't want to have you if 330 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 2: you made that move now, Yeah, it's a lot of 331 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 2: mo You'd have Brodrick Jones making his first career start 332 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 2: at left tackle, next to Spencer Anderson who'll be making 333 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 2: his second career start, next to Zach Fraser who's making 334 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 2: his second career start, and your right tack will be 335 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 2: making his first career start. Yeah that's again, Is that 336 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 2: is that the path you want to go down? Is 337 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 2: that what you really want to see right now? 338 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 3: And the Denver front isn't the joke? You know, like 339 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 3: that is going to be a problem. I'm sure that 340 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 3: scheme things up like crazy to challenge you mentally and 341 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 3: timing wise. Yeah. 342 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 2: But by the way, it's a road game and very 343 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 2: allowed venue. 344 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, not an easy place to play to begin with. 345 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 3: Your center. Isn't Webby in his tenth year to stabilize everything. Yeah, 346 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 3: he's a really promising prospect with a. 347 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 2: Quarterback who's a new guy in the system. I mean, 348 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 2: there's a lot of new there, and there's too much 349 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 2: new to throw into a situation like. 350 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 3: That, And it's a new offense. This isn't the same 351 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 3: offense that Ben ran for ten years or whatever that 352 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 3: everybody knows like the back of their hand. I mean 353 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 3: they're still learning, you know. In the stadium, as coach 354 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 3: likes to say, nobody thinks. 355 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 2: Very few people think about things like that right way. 356 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 3: It's real easy just to fantasy football it up and 357 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 3: put it in your lineup, or well. 358 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 2: These guys are first round picks. He should just plug 359 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 2: him right. 360 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 3: Plug them right in. But there's human element and a 361 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 3: communication element and all that stuff too, and Dan more 362 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 3: smart and you know what you're. 363 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 2: Getting, and he's a stabilizing factor out there. The guy's 364 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 2: made fifty career starts. 365 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 3: When I talk about coaching, I mentioned the word trust 366 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 3: all the time. Yeah, you got to trust them. I 367 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 3: mean some of these there's really volatile prospects that their 368 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 3: best day is great, but I can't trust you every 369 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 3: snap yet. 370 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 2: And that's the thing with young players. 371 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 3: You know. 372 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 2: The thing that coaches love about the veteran players when 373 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 2: you while you see them go with the veteran oftentimes 374 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,399 Speaker 2: is because you know exactly what to expect, gets a 375 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 2: nice level. Sure, you know, it's not the peaks and valleys. Yeah, 376 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 2: sometimes the young guys that the peaks can be really good, sure, 377 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,199 Speaker 2: but the valleys can be really low, absolutely, or they 378 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 2: make a total mental air or levis in the end 379 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 2: of that game. 380 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 3: You can trust them now, yeah, get you beat? Yeah, 381 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:27,919 Speaker 3: yeah exactly. We're quarterback killed that too. Yeah, so no, 382 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 3: I totally get the move. I hope people don't overreact 383 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 3: like crazy, and oh they will. Well, of course, That's 384 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,679 Speaker 3: why I'm mentioning it. Because our listeners smarter than that, 385 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 3: you know. 386 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 2: That's why I should listen to this show and maybe 387 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 2: not so much the talk radio in Pittsburgh that it 388 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 2: gets a little yeah, yeah, it's very very emotional type 389 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 2: responses to a lot of stuff. Don't get too emotional 390 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 2: with this stuff. You just have to look behind the 391 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 2: scenes and look give it some thought on the why 392 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 2: might they want to do that? 393 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, yeah, I mean again, all those new starters 394 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 3: on a new offense with the new quarterback. It's kind 395 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 3: of what do you need to know? Yeah? 396 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, Let's get to a break, you know. He 397 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 2: is the Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lolly. You're listening 398 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 2: to the Drive here on the Steelers Audio Network. When 399 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 2: we return, we'll be joined by Missy Matthews' nice she 400 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 2: should be here in the studio with us because we're 401 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 2: on video now as well as doing the audio part 402 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 2: of the show. And well she would live on up 403 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 2: the room a heck of a lot better than we 404 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 2: did a two. Yeah, we'll talk to Missy right after this. 405 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: In the list is the Drive with Dale Lolly and 406 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,199 Speaker 1: Matt Williamson on your twenty four to seven home of 407 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 408 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:45,439 Speaker 2: And we are back. I am Dale Lolly, he is 409 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,919 Speaker 2: the Matt Williamson and we are now joined on the 410 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 2: phone by the Missy Matthews. She gets a D before 411 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 2: her name as well. Of course, Steelers sideline reporter and Missy, 412 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 2: glad to have you here joining the drive. And first off, 413 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 2: are you ever surprised or has it reached a point 414 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:07,879 Speaker 2: where you just expected when you see a crowd like 415 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 2: what we had last weekend in Atlanta? 416 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 6: I mean, I think maybe sometimes I do feel like 417 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 6: I'm just accustomed to it and used to it. But 418 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 6: I always go back to that game against the Chargers 419 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 6: in the Soccer Stadium in LA Yeah, and just how 420 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 6: insane that was. But it was a smaller venue, but 421 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 6: it was just incredible to me the amount of Steelers 422 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 6: fans that were there. But I do you think when 423 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 6: you know the other team's using the stiling count, then 424 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 6: you're like, oh wait, yeah, that is actually kind of crazy. 425 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:40,919 Speaker 5: And TJ. 426 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,160 Speaker 6: Watt knew exactly what he was doing by getting them 427 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 6: all route up and. 428 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 5: Then they just took over that stadium. 429 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 6: All he had to do, you know, wave his arms 430 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 6: up and there they go. 431 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 3: So Missy, I don't go to road games, I mean, 432 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 3: and I watch them on TV, but more often than 433 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 3: not in those type of situations, do you really think 434 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,200 Speaker 3: it affects the football game the product? I mean, I 435 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 3: think it definitely did. On Sunday I do. 436 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 6: I think there's something to it. I'm not saying like, Okay, 437 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 6: if Steelers Nation's really loud, uh when the other team's 438 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 6: on offense, it's a sure thing. But I think it 439 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,160 Speaker 6: has to mess with you a little bit. It would 440 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 6: be like, you know, another scheme taking over Akrosuer Stadium 441 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:20,160 Speaker 6: that would. 442 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 2: Just go to be demoralizing. 443 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 3: Yeah. It's like someone you didn't invite your party shows 444 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 3: up at your house, right. 445 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 2: Like they take over the party. Yeah, all of a sudden, 446 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 2: they're calling for toasts and stuff, right right, right? 447 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 6: Yeah. I think for the Steelers, you usually you know, 448 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 6: that's not something you think about when you're playing a 449 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 6: home game, but it's, you know, the home crowd advantage. 450 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,400 Speaker 6: It sounds cliche, but I do think it probably means 451 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,199 Speaker 6: even more on the road when you aren't expecting it, 452 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 6: even though you know your fans are great. 453 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 5: But yeah, I don't know, it's so crazy to me. 454 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 6: I am interested to see, though, what Denver looks like, 455 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 6: because you know, it's the excitement that we thought we'd 456 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 6: see last week for Kirk Cousins and a new coaching 457 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,199 Speaker 6: staff down at Atlanta's Shirt's there. I had read some 458 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 6: of their articles about how they're doing a whole campaign 459 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 6: this week called see you Sunday kind of we're all 460 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 6: going to meet an empire field, you know, on Sunday 461 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 6: and blah blah blah. It's like, you guys are probably 462 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 6: doing this because you thought Russ Wilson was going to 463 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 6: be the quarterback and that's what this is. 464 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 2: Really now that's been taken away from them. 465 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 6: Yeah, and now you yet you don't have that chip. 466 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 6: But I'm sure they already sold the tickets because it 467 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 6: was week two. It's not like people were probably waiting 468 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 6: to see if they want or lost in Seattle before 469 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 6: deciding if they wanted to go. 470 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 5: It's a home opener, so I don't know. 471 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 6: I'm hoping it's an electric crazy environment. 472 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 2: One thing we know they will do, because this seems 473 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 2: to happen all the time on the road, they'll have 474 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 2: some kind of towel giveaway or something before the game 475 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 2: for the for the fans coming through, because everybody does 476 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,919 Speaker 2: that because they know what it looks like on TV 477 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 2: when all you see is the is the yellow towels 478 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 2: swirling in the stands on the in a road venue. 479 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 2: So they all get like the last week in Atlanta, 480 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 2: they gave away white towels. It's yeah, yeah, because it 481 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 2: kind of evidence. 482 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 6: It's like you're waving the way flag that they looked 483 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 6: flat right, it looks more like flag, At least from 484 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 6: the sidelines, it looked more like flags than towels, because 485 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 6: I think, you know, it's there's an art to waving 486 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 6: a towel, and I feel like most fan bases don't 487 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 6: get that lait. 488 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 2: In the second half, Kirk Cousins might have wanted to 489 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 2: have one of those who just said I'm done. I 490 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 2: don't want to get hit by TJ. 491 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 3: Watter anymore. 492 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, please don't touch me. 493 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 2: Missy are you? Are you taking a bottle of oxygen 494 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,640 Speaker 2: with you to run up and down the sidelines this week? 495 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 5: So I have been there before. 496 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 6: Funny enough, Well maybe it wasn't funny at the time. 497 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 5: This is when I think we'll blew out one of 498 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 5: his knees. 499 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,919 Speaker 6: Oh the last time we were in Denver and he 500 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 6: couldn't be on the sideline for safety or so they. 501 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 5: Had to put him in the booth. And that's kind of. 502 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 6: Actually how I got the opportunity to be on the sidelines, 503 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 6: ironically enough, but I don't remember it being an issue. 504 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, the only one Cam Hayward talked yesterday, and Cam 505 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 2: of course has asthma uh and he said that, you know, 506 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 2: the first the first few plays out there are a 507 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 2: little rough on him, and then after that he kind 508 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 2: of gets a second win and it kind of passes. 509 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 2: So that's definitely something you want to keep an eye 510 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 2: on during this game. And see, obviously we know for example, 511 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 2: like Ryan Clark couldn't play out there. I don't know 512 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 2: if any of the other guys on this particular team, 513 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:37,399 Speaker 2: and that doesn't seem to be the issue that it 514 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 2: used to be. So I wonder if there's been some 515 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 2: breakthrough athemtically in terms of dealing with guys who have 516 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 2: the sickle cell trade. 517 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 6: Interesting, yeah, probably, And I think Max was saying there's 518 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 6: like the cans of oxygen now like you would almost 519 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 6: like spray it that you can get. 520 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 3: I don't know, everyone has their own type of thing. 521 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 6: Yeah, okay, yeah, so I don't know, and aware it 522 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 6: does like Sun's funny would be holding it. I'm hoping 523 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 6: that it's not something I'm reporting on on Sunday because 524 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 6: you obviously that's not a great thing. But I'm sure 525 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 6: you know, every team has so many people on staff 526 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 6: to worry about different things. I'm sure there is somebody 527 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:25,439 Speaker 6: who is specifically worrying about that type of situation and 528 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 6: how to help guys. And I'm sure it was a 529 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 6: topic of conversation at some point in a team meeting, 530 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 6: because it's everybody might not have played there at some. 531 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 5: Point, and obviously for rookies, different people like that, it's 532 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 5: a definite no. So hopefully it's not an issue. 533 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 3: So how did the rookie class acclimate themselves on the 534 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,360 Speaker 3: sidelines in Week one? You know, Zach Frasier in particular, 535 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 3: to me, is somewhat of interest, you know, being the 536 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 3: the guy touches the ball every snap, you know, the 537 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 3: center of a highly communicative position. They seemed like the 538 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 3: rookie class was comfortable and ready to be, you know, 539 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 3: major league players. 540 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 6: I mean, how, I don't know what else you could 541 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 6: say about Zach Frasier. 542 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 5: I think he just, you know, I said this before. 543 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 6: I just feel like he has that Dave a castro 544 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:15,199 Speaker 6: like very serious, almost like serial killer vibe, where like 545 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 6: people only care about football. 546 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:18,159 Speaker 2: That's a good way to describe it. 547 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 3: That doesn't always fly in every walk of life, but 548 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 3: on the football field, it's a good yeah. 549 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 6: Yeah, Like I don't know, Like, you know, Dave eventually 550 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 6: had to get used to like talking to the media 551 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 6: and being able to like smile. 552 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, he went from a guy who his rookie season, 553 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 2: it was like it was like dentistry. When you were 554 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 2: talking to him, You're just trying to pull teeth to 555 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:41,680 Speaker 2: get to get answers, and he just didn't. You could 556 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 2: tell he didn't enjoy doing he didn't like to do it. 557 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 2: Like three years later, he wins the Chief Award for 558 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 2: being the guy who's the best with the media. 559 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 3: I could see Frasier, I can see has that feel 560 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 3: to him. 561 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 6: Yeah, I feel like he. I also get like being 562 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 6: a rookie and like your head spinning no matter how 563 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 6: prepared you think you are, So maybe that plays into it. 564 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 6: But I just feel like he I just the day 565 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 6: they draft the day after they drafted him, and he 566 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 6: came to the practice facility, I, you know, jokingly. 567 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 5: Said to somebody, do we think this is going to 568 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 5: be a day to Castro. I'm going to ask you 569 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 5: twelve questions. 570 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 6: You're going to say four words? I don't know, And 571 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 6: it kind of felt like that he gave me a 572 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 6: little bit more. And I was even surprised after the 573 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 6: game in the locker room in Atlanta, it was more 574 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 6: expansive sentences. I'm not going to say that he was, 575 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 6: you know, elaborating, but I guess you have to feel 576 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 6: pretty good. You get your first NFL start minus that botch, 577 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 6: snap the handoff, and you know, being able to come 578 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 6: home with a win. But I thought that, you know, 579 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 6: he was just locked in and well not that there's 580 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 6: there's not just one more offensive rookie, but Tori Fatano, 581 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 6: he just looked like he was going crazy not being 582 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 6: able to play. I can say that competently, but he did, 583 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 6: I mean just moved. You know, the O line moves 584 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 6: as a pack. They sit at the very edge of 585 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 6: the bench. If you're looking at the field, they're always 586 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 6: on the left, and he just he's stuck by those 587 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 6: guys and by Isaac say umalos So. And I think 588 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,120 Speaker 6: Peyton Wilson we saw some things that we've seen from 589 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 6: him and will continue to hopefully see. 590 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 5: And build on. 591 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 6: So yeah, I don't know, I don't know. Maybe Roman 592 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 6: Wilson will play. 593 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 5: This week, who knows. 594 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 6: I kind of feel like he might have to wait 595 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 6: his turn. Just with how much time he has. 596 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 2: Missed, kind of kind of feel like we're going to 597 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 2: see Fatanu this week in some form or fashion. It'd 598 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 2: be interesting to how he looks in that first NFL game. 599 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't want to say I'm surprised, but I 600 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 6: maybe he got healthier quickly, quicker. 601 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 5: Than I thought he would have. 602 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 6: And I just you know, so much time was missed, 603 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 6: not that it was in days, but I think for 604 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,359 Speaker 6: a rookie, and you think of that first game he 605 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 6: had in those sacks that they gave up. But it 606 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 6: seems like based on when you hear from coach Tomlin, 607 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 6: he talked about it like on Tuesday, but even today, 608 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 6: I know, Joe, you were probably there whenever he spoke 609 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:13,200 Speaker 6: after practice. 610 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 5: It's kind of that like. 611 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 6: I treat everybody fairly, but not everybody the same type deal. 612 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 6: When he talked about you know, it's a different discussion 613 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,880 Speaker 6: when you're talking about Troy playing or Roman Wilson being 614 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 6: able to jump on the moving train. But I also 615 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 6: don't disagree that they are very different. 616 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,679 Speaker 3: So, Missy, there's a lot of turnover. Almost half the 617 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 3: roster didn't return in some way, shape or form, I mean, 618 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 3: did any of the new guys stand out to you 619 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 3: from a vocal standpoint or the way they can't handle 620 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 3: themselves with their teammates. On game day, we saw some 621 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 3: defensive backs, you know, making big plays that are new. 622 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 3: I mean, Patrick Queen's the green dot guy. Did anybody 623 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 3: stand out to you? 624 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 5: I mean, I. 625 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 6: Think that obviously Dante Jackson and Deshaun Elliott being able 626 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 6: to get picks in their first game the Steelers is great. 627 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 6: You can never it's not a bad thing, and you 628 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 6: can never have enough. And clearly the turnover battle and 629 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 6: winning it is a key to success for the Pittsburgh 630 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 6: Steelers and I think will continue to be. It's it 631 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 6: sounds simple, but it really helps them when you look 632 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 6: at it, since last season they're seven and one when 633 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 6: they force two or more turnovers. 634 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 5: But I think maybe. 635 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 6: People don't realize how vocal de Sean Elliott is. 636 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 2: Did you guys have him on yesterday? Yeah? 637 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 6: I caught, Yeah, I caught part of it. But he 638 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 6: is just I mean, he's he almost has like that 639 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 6: Ryan Clark energy where he's always talking and talking louder 640 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 6: than other people, but like in a good way. And 641 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 6: I think meshing with Imega Fitzpatrick, who is more soft spoken, 642 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,479 Speaker 6: uh talks one needed, not that you know, he can 643 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 6: get guys fired up, but they're kind of polar different 644 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 6: polar opposites, excuse me, but they also work so well together. 645 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 6: So I'm interested to see, you know, how that defense 646 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 6: continues to mash and build and you know Patrick Queen, 647 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 6: what he's able to do just in terms of impacting 648 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 6: a game as well. 649 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's going to be very interesting. Of course, the 650 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 2: Steelers playing in Denver this weekend. Missy will be on 651 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 2: the sidelines. You able to hear her on the broadcast 652 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,720 Speaker 2: on these very airwaves and miss will let you go 653 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 2: and maybe we'll get some updates on the flight tomorrow 654 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 2: and what's happening in the back of your brawl. 655 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 5: Well, the good news is that we're leaving early. Yes, 656 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 5: we will be in Denver before it starts. 657 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 2: Oh well, well, I didn't realize that. I thought we 658 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 2: got down around noon their time, which is about two 659 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 2: o'clock times. 660 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,240 Speaker 5: Again, I don't know, it's a. 661 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,360 Speaker 2: Oh there we go. So I might be able to 662 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 2: have a pop or two and watch the. 663 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 6: Game, so right, yeah, I don't know if I necessarily 664 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 6: want to watch the. 665 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 5: Game with Wes. 666 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 3: But you know, no, don't invite him. 667 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,920 Speaker 2: No, no, West can't come. He'll be wearing a West 668 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 2: Virginia jersey and I'll have to throw him out of 669 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 2: the bar so. 670 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 5: On the plane. 671 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 6: There you go. 672 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 2: He might have to get out of the plane at 673 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:13,360 Speaker 2: thirty thousand feet like dB Cooper. Anyways, I'll do. 674 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 5: There you go. 675 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,040 Speaker 2: Our guest has been Missy Matthews. We appreciate you stopping by, Missy. 676 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 2: That'll be in every Friday things. You have that to 677 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 2: look forward to the rest of the year. He is 678 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 2: Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lolly. You're listening to the 679 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,240 Speaker 2: Drive here on the Steelers Audio Network. We'll be back 680 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 2: with more right after this. 681 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson 682 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 1: on your twenty four to seven home of the Black 683 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 1: and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 684 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 2: And we are back. I'm Dale Lolly. He is the 685 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 2: Matt Williamson and we'd like to thank Missy Matthews for 686 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 2: stopping by as well as she will over. 687 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 3: The course of the season and end of the show. 688 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, and Matt, there was a game last night to 689 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 2: kick off Week two in the NFL and all off 690 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 2: season long. You heard the Dolphins talking about how they 691 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,240 Speaker 2: needed to they were tired of being a little brother 692 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 2: in the Bills Dolphins situation. They needed to be tougher. 693 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 2: Jordan Poyer joined the Dolphins this offseason from Buffalo and 694 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,719 Speaker 2: talked about it. We always felt you guys were soft 695 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 2: and coming out of that game last night. And this 696 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 2: has nothing to do with the Tuist situation. 697 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 3: No, we wish him the best, of course, and that's 698 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 3: potentially tragic. Yeah, right. 699 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:39,720 Speaker 2: The Miami Dolphins are sa w FT exclamation point soft. 700 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 2: They are very much soft football team. 701 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 3: A lot of reasons. Here are a lot of things 702 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 3: to take it away. I mean, I thought they had 703 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 3: poor energy from a start. I mean, which is amazing. 704 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,960 Speaker 3: It's at home. You know, everyone on the planet's watching 705 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 3: huge game. Josh Allen's come to town. 706 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 2: From big rival esupposally say this is the year you 707 00:32:59,040 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 2: and knock them off. 708 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,840 Speaker 3: Buffalo looked like the better and certainly more physical team 709 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 3: from the start. A couple things with the Dolphins, like 710 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 3: how long can you ignore offensive linemen in the draft? Yeah, 711 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 3: I mean, your best guy, Armstead has never played a 712 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 3: full season. He's hit and out of that game. We 713 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 3: were talking off the air. They had no interior run 714 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 3: presence at all. Now, which is especially important because the 715 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,960 Speaker 3: way teams are going to play you is off the ball. 716 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 3: Everyone's gonna be deathly afraid of Waddle and Tyreek, of course, 717 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 3: and they should be, because they're frightening as could be. 718 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 3: But Buffalo played deep, came up and smacked people and 719 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,480 Speaker 3: tackled and got a lot of people to the ball, 720 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 3: and Miami had no physicality to beat up on lighter boxes. 721 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 2: And Buffalo's defensive line is good dominated Miami's offensive line, 722 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 2: so they're getting there with four guys. Yep, they could 723 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 2: play coverage on the back end. You don't have a 724 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,720 Speaker 2: banger of a running back. You're running one hundred and 725 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,479 Speaker 2: eighty five pounds. Devin a Chan right in there and 726 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 2: over hit twenty nine touch using that game too many? 727 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:02,560 Speaker 2: It's way too many, right. 728 00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 3: My fantasy team was happy about it. 729 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 2: And you had Jeff Wilson there, who's are a bigger back, 730 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:09,400 Speaker 2: and they didn't. 731 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:12,839 Speaker 3: Use them, right, I mean, I mean they should have. 732 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 2: They should have a Nausea Harris type back. 733 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean they're not hard to find. I mean 734 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 3: not Nausey's hard to find. But you could get a 735 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,279 Speaker 3: fifth round. They should have the guy that. 736 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:27,600 Speaker 2: Bill's Allen or someone like that, David ray Davis who 737 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:28,239 Speaker 2: they just played again. 738 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,040 Speaker 3: He's a fifth round pick on him. And I understand 739 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:34,280 Speaker 3: the speed and all that stuff, and you know, draft 740 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,800 Speaker 3: to guard once in a while in the third round. 741 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 3: That's a big, physical guy, and they're just not built 742 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,399 Speaker 3: that way at all. And now I feel like they 743 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,879 Speaker 3: have to play this way, you know, with deception as 744 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:49,560 Speaker 3: opposed to being really innovative, and they are. He's a 745 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:52,919 Speaker 3: really interesting play caller, but now you have to start 746 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:56,239 Speaker 3: questioning they have to play that way with all these 747 00:34:56,440 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 3: motions and different you know, miscons You know, mister. 748 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,720 Speaker 2: Rich is why I don't feel like he's a great 749 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 2: head coach. He's I think he's okay. I think he's 750 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:06,240 Speaker 2: a play caller. 751 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,400 Speaker 3: He's a tremendous offensive designer and play caller. 752 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 2: But when it comes to making decisions like that, yeah, 753 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,440 Speaker 2: about the overall how you want to play football, I 754 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:18,719 Speaker 2: don't know that that's the guy I want doing that. 755 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,040 Speaker 3: I really had a problem with the way they handled 756 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:22,920 Speaker 3: the end of the first half too. I mean, it 757 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:26,080 Speaker 3: was let's just play slow, Let's just get through this 758 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 3: let's just get through this, let's get to I mean, 759 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,759 Speaker 3: you're losing an important game and you've got timeouts and 760 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:33,719 Speaker 3: you're using them at the very end as opposed to 761 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,640 Speaker 3: playing fast trying to score. I don't get it. And 762 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:41,160 Speaker 3: the commentators made a note of it. And you know, 763 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,480 Speaker 3: Waddle and Hill late in the game or even much 764 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,399 Speaker 3: of the second half, aren't in there because they're losing 765 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,320 Speaker 3: so bad. But they're not even engaging with their teammates. 766 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,279 Speaker 3: They're over on the side and you know, doing their 767 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,279 Speaker 3: own thing, and you're trotting out a lot of backups, 768 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,800 Speaker 3: and you know, they're I think they're still looking for 769 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,840 Speaker 3: a third receiver of some sort. And the old lines. 770 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,000 Speaker 3: It's going to be a major problem. 771 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,160 Speaker 2: It really is. And and then of course you lose 772 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,239 Speaker 2: to a tag of Iloa, you know in that game. 773 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,120 Speaker 3: Who knows for how long or you know what that. 774 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:13,080 Speaker 2: It's another concussion for him, and I believe that's five. 775 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:19,239 Speaker 2: And yes, he didn't have anything last year, but but this, 776 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,600 Speaker 2: you know, and it was such a needless play by 777 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,560 Speaker 2: Tua in that situation. He had the first down, only 778 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,520 Speaker 2: has to do his slide feet first and nobody can 779 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:31,840 Speaker 2: touch him. Instead, he dives. He's already passed the first 780 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 2: down marker and he dives head first and he kind 781 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:38,960 Speaker 2: of gets kneading ahead. It's just I hope that's not 782 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:40,919 Speaker 2: how his career ends, right. 783 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,600 Speaker 3: It really was not a good visual or inspire any 784 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,719 Speaker 3: confidence that, oh he'll be fine, you know, and I 785 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:51,279 Speaker 3: hope that's not the case. And hesitated even say it, 786 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:55,920 Speaker 3: but I mean, like, it wasn't a nasty jack hatum collision. 787 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 2: To that, it wasn't the biggest hit. 788 00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:00,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, and if that's going to cause a concussion, well 789 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:04,200 Speaker 3: after a year since your last one, I hate talking 790 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,200 Speaker 3: medical stuff, but that would scare the heck out of 791 00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 3: me too. Yeah. Yeah. And there's also a flip side this. 792 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,719 Speaker 3: I like what Buffalo's doing, Yeah, yeah, no doubt. Yeah. 793 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,280 Speaker 3: I mean Buffalo's starting to embrace that they play in Buffalo, 794 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:18,120 Speaker 3: New York. And there you see a sixth offensive lineman 795 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,920 Speaker 3: out there. They're spreading the ball around. They're good on 796 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,520 Speaker 3: both lines of scrimmage. And he's a good head coach 797 00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:24,560 Speaker 3: and knows how to win this league. 798 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:26,560 Speaker 2: We'll put it this way. Josh Allen threw for one 799 00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:29,760 Speaker 2: hundred and thirty nine yards. Yeah, he threw nineteen passes 800 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:31,720 Speaker 2: in that game, and he wasn't running around like crazy, 801 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,080 Speaker 2: you know, he ran the ball twice. 802 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's amazing. 803 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:38,440 Speaker 2: Who carries for two yards like this was not again 804 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,360 Speaker 2: to I hate to bring fantasy into this, but yeah, 805 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,040 Speaker 2: if Josh Allen is your fantasy quarterback this week, you're like, 806 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:44,760 Speaker 2: what the heck? 807 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:46,160 Speaker 3: It's a funny story. 808 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:47,960 Speaker 2: They did what they needed to do to win, and 809 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,040 Speaker 2: then that was dominate the line of scrimmage on both 810 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:50,680 Speaker 2: sides of the ball. 811 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, but what's funny. My eighteen year old son and 812 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,200 Speaker 3: I were watching the game together last night and I'm like, 813 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,600 Speaker 3: you have anyone this game for your fantasy league. He's like, 814 00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 3: I have Josh Allen and I have. 815 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,440 Speaker 2: A chan Oh. Well it worked. 816 00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:03,760 Speaker 3: Out, of it worked out. But in the real world, 817 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:06,239 Speaker 3: Alan did a much better job at what he was 818 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:08,319 Speaker 3: supposed to do than a chany, you know, but his 819 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:12,080 Speaker 3: fantasy team suffered with Alan because he really didn't have 820 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:13,839 Speaker 3: to do anything, you know, I mean, just don't turn 821 00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:17,920 Speaker 3: it over there. It's another feather in the cap of 822 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:22,440 Speaker 3: run the ball, be physical, don't extend yourself more than 823 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:23,960 Speaker 3: you have to, and you can still win games in 824 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:27,080 Speaker 3: this league. Tackle block, you know, fundamentals, you know, things 825 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:28,799 Speaker 3: that have lasted since the beginning of time. 826 00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:32,319 Speaker 2: Fundamental football still matters. And for the people who think, well, 827 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:33,799 Speaker 2: this is a passing league, you have to be able 828 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:35,919 Speaker 2: to throw it all over the yard, it didn't bode 829 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,680 Speaker 2: well for that because that's the way the Dolphins are built. Yeah, 830 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:41,120 Speaker 2: that's what they're built to do. And you can shut 831 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:44,760 Speaker 2: that down. And it's defense still matters in this league. 832 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,600 Speaker 3: And good offensive line play travels, you know, and it 833 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:49,880 Speaker 3: gives you a floor. You know, there's going to be 834 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:52,480 Speaker 3: weather and things of that nature coming up. I mean, 835 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:54,600 Speaker 3: it's a long season and things aren't going to go 836 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:58,279 Speaker 3: your way. And I'm not making anything light of the 837 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,440 Speaker 3: two of injury, but the last two years we've seen 838 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,600 Speaker 3: sixty eight and sixty nine quarterbacks. If your quarterback is 839 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,680 Speaker 3: gonna stub his toe or anything and all of a sudden, 840 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:08,719 Speaker 3: your offense is totally dysfunctional. 841 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,520 Speaker 2: Now you're playing with Skyler Thompson and yeah, he stinks. 842 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:14,200 Speaker 3: Couldn't complete a pass. I mean they were open receivers 843 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,640 Speaker 3: against Prevent and he can't complete a pass. Yeah. I mean, 844 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:18,120 Speaker 3: if that's what you're gonna try it out there, you're 845 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:18,640 Speaker 3: in trouble. 846 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:22,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't seasons. I didn't understand that either. Again, 847 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,960 Speaker 2: a team with a quarterback who hasn't an injury history 848 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:28,719 Speaker 2: and they go with Skyler Thompson as their backup. They 849 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:30,359 Speaker 2: did it with Mike White last year, and I wasn't 850 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,239 Speaker 2: a big Mike White fan. I'm like, what are you doing? 851 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:32,640 Speaker 3: Yeah? 852 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:36,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Like the backup quarterback situation matters in this league. 853 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:39,359 Speaker 3: It does, and they're pretty light on it, to be honest. Yeah, 854 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,400 Speaker 3: And I know they're paying their guy a lot, which 855 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:45,000 Speaker 3: that's another whole avenue. You know, is it going to 856 00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:48,360 Speaker 3: be a really poor contractual situation now because he's getting 857 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:50,720 Speaker 3: guaranteed money and you gave him a big signing bonus. 858 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,440 Speaker 3: And I hope that's not the case. Nor do I 859 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:56,440 Speaker 3: hope his career has ended or compromised to any degree. 860 00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,600 Speaker 3: But it sure doesn't look good for the short. 861 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,279 Speaker 2: Term at least, No, it doesn't. 862 00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:02,680 Speaker 3: And you know, they're always better to begin in the 863 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,680 Speaker 3: season in the end, right Well, don't talking to the 864 00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:07,520 Speaker 3: beginning season much longer. And you're not going to be 865 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,200 Speaker 3: all at your best right now, that's for sure. 866 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:12,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, And you lost a game at home to the 867 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:17,319 Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills. I think it wasn't competitive, wasn't No. You know, 868 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:20,600 Speaker 2: it's seven to seven after a quarter and you're thinking, oh, 869 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,560 Speaker 2: maybe this will be a good game, and then yeah, 870 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:25,680 Speaker 2: you know, seventeen to three in a second quarter and 871 00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:26,920 Speaker 2: it ends up thirty one to ten. 872 00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:30,279 Speaker 3: There's some bad decisions, there were some bad interceptions, looked 873 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:34,120 Speaker 3: like bad communication and just bad physicality by Miami. 874 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,879 Speaker 2: Just bad play all around. That's a team. 875 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:37,879 Speaker 3: Don't love their defense either. 876 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:39,960 Speaker 2: By the way, No, the defenses they. 877 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:43,360 Speaker 3: Could have used, Christian Wilkins sawft. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they 878 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,560 Speaker 3: could have used some beef in the middle and some physicality. 879 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:48,480 Speaker 3: And you know, James Cook's a good player, but he 880 00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:49,520 Speaker 3: shouldn't run all over you. 881 00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:52,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, defense still matters in this league. And if you 882 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,879 Speaker 2: don't believe so, run back to tape of that game 883 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,439 Speaker 2: last night and you'll see why that is the case. 884 00:40:57,680 --> 00:40:59,360 Speaker 3: And Buffalo didn't do I mean, I didn't stay the 885 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,719 Speaker 3: all twenty two, but it sure looked like they want 886 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:06,000 Speaker 3: up front, came up and tackled, played pretty basic defense 887 00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:08,400 Speaker 3: too high shell. You know, we don't have to confuse 888 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,120 Speaker 3: you're doing that stuff. We're just gonna play hard and 889 00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:14,799 Speaker 3: nose football tackle the catch, hit the quarterback, you know, 890 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:17,839 Speaker 3: winn in the trenches. Yeah, Oliver and Rousseau and those 891 00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:18,680 Speaker 3: guys are good players. 892 00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:21,720 Speaker 2: Amazing you could still do that in today's NFL. Yeah, yeah, 893 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,480 Speaker 2: it's all about offense. You can throw the ball all 894 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,879 Speaker 2: over the place. Well, the Dolphins threw the ball thirty 895 00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:29,160 Speaker 2: nine times yesterday and scored ten points. 896 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,600 Speaker 3: So I was thinking about this like much in that game. 897 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,239 Speaker 3: And I know it's an odd conversation, but if a 898 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:40,359 Speaker 3: genie came out of a bottle, yeah, perfectly normal, right right? 899 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,560 Speaker 3: Halpens every day, and you swapped the Steelers play caller 900 00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:47,360 Speaker 3: for the Dolphins play caller, and you made him play 901 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:52,200 Speaker 3: with three tight ends and not ridiculous team speed, and 902 00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:54,440 Speaker 3: you asked Arthur Smith to play with a bunch of 903 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:58,200 Speaker 3: finesse guys who would do it better playing left handed? 904 00:41:58,239 --> 00:41:59,960 Speaker 3: You know what I mean? And I don't have an answer, 905 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,640 Speaker 3: but you know, like, if you hired him to be 906 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,400 Speaker 3: the next head coach here and Tomlin retires, would he 907 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:08,240 Speaker 3: just go out and get every four to two player 908 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:10,359 Speaker 3: he can get? You know what I mean? 909 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:10,600 Speaker 6: Like? 910 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,560 Speaker 3: Or is that a Miami thing? 911 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:12,840 Speaker 6: You know what? 912 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,040 Speaker 2: It almost has to be a Miami thing. And we've 913 00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:16,080 Speaker 2: talked about that before. 914 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,480 Speaker 3: It worked here as well as Miami, right, you know, right. 915 00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:21,759 Speaker 2: And Miami needs to realize that they play games in 916 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,840 Speaker 2: Buffalo and New England and and. 917 00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:26,600 Speaker 3: They're the odd jects. Yeah, right, geographically. 918 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,960 Speaker 2: And that's why when they went into that game yesterday 919 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:32,759 Speaker 2: or last offseason in the playoffs and they got to 920 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:36,160 Speaker 2: go to Kansas City and it's minus six, they can't win. 921 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:38,759 Speaker 3: Yeah, Like, I'm sure Arthur Smith would love to play 922 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:42,480 Speaker 3: around with Wattle and Tyreek, Yeah, of course, But I 923 00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:44,640 Speaker 3: bet he'd also be like, we better draft a guard. 924 00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, how about some offensive linemen? Yeah, we're winning by 925 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:49,560 Speaker 2: six in the fourth quarter. How do we close this 926 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,560 Speaker 2: team out? Right, it's not by throwing ends a rounds 927 00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:55,120 Speaker 2: to Tyreeks and bombs the Wattle, you know, Like, how 928 00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:58,840 Speaker 2: do we close teams out in Buffalo? In Buffalo in December? 929 00:42:58,960 --> 00:42:59,720 Speaker 3: Exactly? Yeah. 930 00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:04,919 Speaker 2: So anyways, interesting game, interesting outcome, we hope too, is Okay. 931 00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,960 Speaker 3: Do you think Buffalo is a contender? I think they're 932 00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:09,800 Speaker 3: the best team in division. 933 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:11,920 Speaker 2: I think they're the best team in that division. I 934 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,160 Speaker 2: think they can be very difficult to play against. I 935 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:18,200 Speaker 2: still don't love the pass catchers, right, which is a problem. 936 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,759 Speaker 3: But they have a superman, superhuman aid quarterback which they 937 00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:22,600 Speaker 3: which helps. 938 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:26,239 Speaker 2: Yeah, but we'll see. That's why we play the season out. 939 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:30,359 Speaker 2: It's a long season, and the Jets and Dolphins were 940 00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:34,400 Speaker 2: supposed to be the people to usurp the Bills. This 941 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:36,240 Speaker 2: season didn't look like it early. 942 00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:36,600 Speaker 5: No. 943 00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:39,160 Speaker 3: I didn't think Miami was super impressive in Week one either. 944 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:42,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, so we'll see how that goes. But he is 945 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:44,840 Speaker 2: Matt Williamson. I am Dale, Lollie. You're listening to the 946 00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:47,880 Speaker 2: drive here on the Steelers Audio Network. That's going to 947 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:49,359 Speaker 2: do it for our number one, Matt and I will 948 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,400 Speaker 2: be back with our number two right after that.