WEBVTT - Week 4

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<v Speaker 2>Good evening and welcome to another Thursday night edition of

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<v Speaker 2>Steelers Preview right here on your Steeler slagship, one of

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<v Speaker 2>two point five DVE and the Steelers Audio Network. Mike

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<v Speaker 2>Persuda and Matt Williamson getting you ready for the Steelers

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<v Speaker 2>and the Colts on Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis. Our factor back,

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<v Speaker 2>Merril Hodge, will be joining us shortly. We always give

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<v Speaker 2>the ball to Merril a few times in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of the program so he can matriculate it.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, down, He handle the major workload.

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<v Speaker 2>And then we stick it in the end zone. The

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<v Speaker 2>close things off of Matt. Here we are previewing game

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<v Speaker 2>number four and we don't have a loss to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about yet.

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<v Speaker 3>Gotta love it. I mean, they've been playing Steeler football

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<v Speaker 3>while they're working on this offense or very very physical.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's the best defense in the league. I

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<v Speaker 3>loved how they closed out the Chargers in the second

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<v Speaker 3>half last week too. I mean it was not even

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<v Speaker 3>competitive at the end. I mean, they've been taking care

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<v Speaker 3>of business in a big way. Four and O goes

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<v Speaker 3>a long way to having, you know, postseason dreams.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. And the Colts, this just didn't don't look like Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>Johnny Unitas Colts. They don't look like the Peyton Manning Colts.

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<v Speaker 3>No, their defense, to me is really troubling. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>the offense at least is dangerous. Well, they got a

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<v Speaker 3>running back, they got a running back, they got a

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<v Speaker 3>no line, they got a quarterback that they can't run,

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<v Speaker 3>but doesn't that much.

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<v Speaker 2>You can heave it up and sometimes it comes down

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<v Speaker 2>to the right guy.

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<v Speaker 3>Completing passes is an issue, though, challenging, challenging.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get to the news of the day as well

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<v Speaker 2>as we always do. To start the show, the practice

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<v Speaker 2>participation slash injury report about what you would expect. Russell

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<v Speaker 2>Wilson limited, Roman Wilson ankle full participant, do we finally

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<v Speaker 2>see him this week.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I was about to run that by. Don't think

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<v Speaker 3>it'd be a terrible idea.

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<v Speaker 2>The other significant entries here Jalen Warren knee didn't practice,

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<v Speaker 2>Alex Highsmith groin didn't practice, Isaac Samalu peck limited, Michael

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<v Speaker 2>Pruett knee didn't practice, the rest there were some guys

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<v Speaker 2>resting and whatnot, But looks like the lineup is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be relatively what it has been.

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<v Speaker 3>Any hunch on Ciamalu or Warren, I don't think towards negative.

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<v Speaker 2>Glad you asked, we'll get to see a malo in

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<v Speaker 2>a minute Warren, I would think not just based on

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that he has not practiced, but I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if he's still a young player who needs to

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<v Speaker 2>practice or if he's graduated. Is he over that to

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<v Speaker 2>a veteran status and he knows what he's doing the

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<v Speaker 2>way Cordero Patterson ran the ball.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah you're in okay?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, fine, And as recently as twenty twenty two he

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<v Speaker 2>had a couple hundred yard games for Arthur's Atlanta when

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<v Speaker 2>he got.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot that year. Yeah, so you'll be okay. I

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<v Speaker 3>think he can do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, for the Colts. They got some concerns as well.

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<v Speaker 2>H Kenny Moore in their nickel hip, didn't practice for

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<v Speaker 2>the second consecutive day. His backup Chris Lammon's knee ankle

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<v Speaker 2>didn't practice for the second consecutive day.

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<v Speaker 3>Good player.

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<v Speaker 2>Kenny Moore's one of those blitz capable nickels.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, he's a great nickel.

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<v Speaker 2>He can rush off to the edge. I think he might

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<v Speaker 2>be the best defensive back.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh.

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<v Speaker 3>I definitely think he is. And he's more than a nickel.

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<v Speaker 3>When they have two corners out there, he's out there.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean he plays every snap. Yeah, So it's a

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<v Speaker 3>very good nickel guy. We'll see what develops there.

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<v Speaker 2>Quitty Pay, one of the edge rushers they rely on quadricep,

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<v Speaker 2>didn't practice second consecutive day. They did get right tackle

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<v Speaker 2>Braden Smith back to full participation after he shot out

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday with a knee. Defensive end Taekwon Lewis showed up

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<v Speaker 2>today as it did not practice calf wrist. That's a

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<v Speaker 2>new entry to the Colts participation report. And uh sener

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<v Speaker 2>Ryan Kelly Neck didn't practice.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a new one. That is so good news on

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<v Speaker 3>the right tackle for them. Bad news on the center.

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<v Speaker 3>Kelly is a quality player too. He's had a good career.

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<v Speaker 3>He's a real solid player, reliable, you know, it does

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<v Speaker 3>all line calls, all that stuff too, So that would

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<v Speaker 3>be a loss.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this offensive line returns intact you mentioned pretty good one. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>the Colts didn't have Braden Smith playing last year when

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<v Speaker 2>they played the Steelers and basically shoved the ball down

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<v Speaker 2>to Steelers' throats with Trey Sermon as the running back.

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<v Speaker 2>Jonathan Taylor. Jonathan Taylor didn't play, but Steelers got a little.

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<v Speaker 2>They have some amends to make in Indianapolis. And meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 2>status quo at the quarterback position. I mentioned Wilson limited again,

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<v Speaker 2>Justin Fields is going to get his fourth consecutive start,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's feeling, uh comfortable, confident. Everything seems to be,

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<v Speaker 2>uh feeling better day by day here, but Justin Field

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<v Speaker 2>still not thinking ahead, not thinking long term, not thinking

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<v Speaker 2>past anything. But Sunday, I.

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<v Speaker 5>Mean, yeah, i think I'm pretty comfortable. I think, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>I think that comfortableness or confidence is growing easton every week.

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<v Speaker 5>But I think I've been comfortable for a while. But

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<v Speaker 5>of course, you know, the more in game reps you

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<v Speaker 5>could feel and get you know, definitely brings more confidence

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<v Speaker 5>to you know, anybody and everybody who's out there.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's a week to keep going by and you

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<v Speaker 2>continue to start to feel a little more like your.

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<v Speaker 5>Job because it feel a little bit more like my job.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm just here to do my job. So that's it.

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<v Speaker 2>You feel like starting in the later year on the table.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh. You know.

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<v Speaker 5>The thing is, as I always say, we don't know

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<v Speaker 5>if we're gonna get tomorrow. So I'm already I'm I'm

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<v Speaker 5>only worried about today, and I know this week that

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<v Speaker 5>I'm up to start for the pace of irritating, and

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<v Speaker 5>you know, that's all I'm focused on.

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<v Speaker 2>So he wouldn't take the bait.

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<v Speaker 3>No, you're trying, but good mindset to have, and he's

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<v Speaker 3>been getting a lot better. So I was asked many

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<v Speaker 3>times last week, you know, what would Fields have to

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<v Speaker 3>do against the Chargers for you to change your mind

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<v Speaker 3>that Wilson should be the starter. Not just my decision,

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<v Speaker 3>of course, but I think you and I have both

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<v Speaker 3>been in the mindset that Wilson should be inserted back

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<v Speaker 3>in when he's ready.

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<v Speaker 2>Correct.

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<v Speaker 3>But after watching Fields with the Chargers, I've had second

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<v Speaker 3>thoughts I mean not to the point where I would

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<v Speaker 3>one hundred percent say you're you know, you're the starter

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<v Speaker 3>and no questions asked. But another game like that where

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<v Speaker 3>he throws with anticipation from the pocket wins doing quarterback stuff,

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<v Speaker 3>not just reliant on movement and things of that nature.

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<v Speaker 3>I think he's made a lot of strides and without

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<v Speaker 3>making the big mistakes either.

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<v Speaker 2>He did make one big when he was actually beating

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<v Speaker 2>himself up over that interception again today, as he.

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<v Speaker 3>Pointed out, if it wasn't a great throw, if it's

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<v Speaker 3>the end of.

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<v Speaker 2>The half and you're trying to make a play, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>maybe you can get away with force in one and

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<v Speaker 2>you live with the result. But first down after a

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<v Speaker 2>turnover like that, or not a turnover, but they got

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<v Speaker 2>a punt and a penalty. They were in plus field position.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I didn't think it was bad decision, but

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<v Speaker 3>it wasn't a great throw. I mean, it may bounce

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<v Speaker 3>up in the air. I mean chances I wouldn't beat

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<v Speaker 3>yourself too much over that one there, justin.

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<v Speaker 2>But maybe that, you know, is a little bit of

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<v Speaker 2>a insight into his mindset. You know, this this guy

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<v Speaker 2>who's a turnover machine in Chicago and he's now taking

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<v Speaker 2>his one mistake. If it was that personally, yeah, not

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<v Speaker 2>a bad thing.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, if you just look at sacks and interceptions

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<v Speaker 3>his three years in Chicago per dropback, he was the

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<v Speaker 3>worst quarterback in the league. This year he's the tenth best,

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<v Speaker 3>tied with Pat Mahomes. I mean, you'll take it. I'll progress.

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<v Speaker 2>I also thought we saw some second and third reads. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>no question, hit maybe more than he had the previous

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<v Speaker 2>two games. So as you said, doing quarterback things.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean looking off safeties, you know, looking right

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<v Speaker 3>and then knowing you're going left the whole time, throwing

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<v Speaker 3>with anticipation. That has not been a strength of his

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<v Speaker 3>in Chicago either. So I thought he took great strides.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm excited to talked to Beryl about it and see

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<v Speaker 3>what he thinks do on that.

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<v Speaker 2>Another well worth following. If you listen to Mike Tomlin

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<v Speaker 2>on Tuesday, you heard him say that in the event

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<v Speaker 2>Isaac Saamalo is not available at left guard, tom is

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<v Speaker 2>going to continue to rotate Spencer Anderson and Mason McCormick

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<v Speaker 2>at that position. Now it was Anderson and then McCormick

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<v Speaker 2>against the Chargers, but based on the way McCormick practice today.

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<v Speaker 2>The order of that rotation may be subject to change.

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<v Speaker 4>You're getting you ready to start this week.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see what happens. I'm ready for whatever they tell

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<v Speaker 1>me and if they say that, and yes, I'm ready.

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<v Speaker 3>For WUSE today.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, most one's rep day.

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<v Speaker 1>I definitely got some today.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's a reflection how you play against the Chargers. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>To be honest, it's not up to me to make

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<v Speaker 1>those decisions. But I'm excited and ready to play, and

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<v Speaker 1>whatever they.

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<v Speaker 2>Do, I'm ready. I think this guy's forcing their hand, Matt.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they're playing so well they got to get

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<v Speaker 2>him in there. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I think this isn't a knock on Anderson at all.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just they really like this guy, you know, I

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<v Speaker 3>mean kind of not to the Fraser level, but like

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<v Speaker 3>he's forcing himself into the into the lineup, as you mentioned,

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<v Speaker 3>and maybe forever, you know, for a long stretch. Who knows.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, played over twenty snaps last week. Some of

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<v Speaker 3>it is the sixth guy. And I was also thinking too,

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<v Speaker 3>if you are going to keep using the six to

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<v Speaker 3>zero line package, maybe he's the guard and Anderson is

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<v Speaker 3>the outside guy because he has played some tackle.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, so, uh, something to keep an eye

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<v Speaker 2>on practice tomorrow and then leading into the game on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>We are just getting started here on the previews, so

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to the preview, Mike Pursuda and Matt Williamson

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<v Speaker 2>getting ready for the Steelers and the Colts on Sunday

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<v Speaker 2>in Indianapolis. Time now to get the ball to our

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<v Speaker 2>factor back Merril Hodge, who joins us at this time

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<v Speaker 2>each and every week that we do a program, and Merril,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to get into the Colts a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>But in the previous segment, Matt and I were kicking

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<v Speaker 2>around justin fields and how as Matt put it, he

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<v Speaker 2>did more quarterback things in that game against the Chargers.

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<v Speaker 2>He looked a little bit more like a guy who

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<v Speaker 2>knows how to play the position and less like a

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<v Speaker 2>guy who relies on his legs.

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<v Speaker 3>Winning from the pocket.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, as much, if not more than his arm. What

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<v Speaker 2>did you see? What do you think of fields to

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<v Speaker 2>this point? And is this uh still uncertain when Russell

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<v Speaker 2>Wilson gets healthy as to who takes over the rains

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<v Speaker 2>or or keeps the reins.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, that's a lot, a lot to unpack. Let's

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<v Speaker 4>let's just start. Let's start with with Justin himself and

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<v Speaker 4>then then let's back up and acknowledge, like, really where

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<v Speaker 4>this all starts. You know, Arthur Smith deserves a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of credit. You know he clearly understands, you know, the

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<v Speaker 4>National Football League and his personnel and how you developing

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<v Speaker 4>and grow a guy. You know, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 4>most people know, justin Phiel's history, you know, when he

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<v Speaker 4>came out of Ohio State. You know, I remember watching

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<v Speaker 4>him and there was in my notes I put, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 4>he is just raw. You know, he doug you know,

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<v Speaker 4>tape like tells. I can't come up with words like

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<v Speaker 4>that until I watch tape because then it just takes

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<v Speaker 4>spells things to you. But he was just raw out

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<v Speaker 4>of Ohiose State, you know, because you see him do

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<v Speaker 4>some things that were like, you know, you questioned it,

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<v Speaker 4>but it was based on an experience. So then you

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<v Speaker 4>go to the National Football League and you get exactly

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<v Speaker 4>what you don't want a quarterback to have, and that

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<v Speaker 4>is a new offensive coordinator every year. I keep mind,

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<v Speaker 4>this is his fourth new offensive coordinator, but it's the

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<v Speaker 4>first coordinator that has done exactly what you need to

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<v Speaker 4>do with the guy who is raw. You know, the

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<v Speaker 4>way they run the football and then the way they

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<v Speaker 4>try to throw off of it, it's like a lot

0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.360
<v Speaker 4>of it, the majority of it is either or you know,

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<v Speaker 4>you do hard run action and then you give a

0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:50.880
<v Speaker 4>guy an opportunity for either or then use your legs.

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<v Speaker 4>And I always I've always felt, okay, I'll give you

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<v Speaker 4>the greatest. Probably one of the best development developed quarterbacks

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<v Speaker 4>from that cop set in NFL history is probably Steve McNair.

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<v Speaker 4>It's exactly what they did to Steve McNair, although they're

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<v Speaker 4>sat in a year and then they did it and

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<v Speaker 4>he became an NFL MVP. So you know, what Arthur

0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:15.800
<v Speaker 4>Smith is doing to him is the perfect scenario. And

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<v Speaker 4>it's actually where his skill set is. It's not beyond that.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, he's I've seen him play from the pocket

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<v Speaker 4>and do some really incredible things and then I've done here.

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<v Speaker 4>He've seen him do some things that are like truly damaging,

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<v Speaker 4>and those damaging things cause you to lose, and he's

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<v Speaker 4>kept him out of that environment, and I just applaud

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<v Speaker 4>with well coaching. He's got number one. And then for

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<v Speaker 4>Justin to evolve. So what he's got to do is

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<v Speaker 4>he's got to get a little better every week. So

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<v Speaker 4>he threw us a little more anticipation this week, and

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<v Speaker 4>that's probably the area that he lacks the most. That

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<v Speaker 4>is a real I think one of those ingredients that

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<v Speaker 4>if you have that in the NFL, you can really

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<v Speaker 4>be elite and it allows you to be really good.

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<v Speaker 4>Like I'll say that, Actually, I was just talking about

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<v Speaker 4>the guy who I thought, well, that I've seen come

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<v Speaker 4>out of college has had the most the best anticipation

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<v Speaker 4>I've ever seen from college coming in the NFL is

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<v Speaker 4>Andy Dalton. Now, obviously nobody would consider Andy Dahlon the leap,

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<v Speaker 4>but I will tell you this from an anticipation aspect, well, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>there's a few throws of anticipation that we're like that.

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<v Speaker 4>But anyway that that ingredient is is where like Justice

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<v Speaker 4>doesn't have right now, now that that that can be

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<v Speaker 4>an area, I'm not completely sold that you can't help

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<v Speaker 4>a guy with that, a guy who has the gift.

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<v Speaker 4>I know reason I brought Andy deal don't know, because

0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:46.600
<v Speaker 4>he just has that gift. He just had that gift.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what really made him a unique player and a

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<v Speaker 4>successful player. It was. It was really successful for Cincinnati.

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<v Speaker 4>But if Justin and Justin lacks that that little bit

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<v Speaker 4>of anticipation that I'm not sold that you can't develop it.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think you can't give it to somebody but

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<v Speaker 4>I think you can develop it based on the level

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<v Speaker 4>he has. So he's never gonna be like an Andy Dalton,

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<v Speaker 4>but I think you could do some things that would

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<v Speaker 4>help him be just a little better. And if he

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<v Speaker 4>gets that that that that part of his game a

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<v Speaker 4>little better, that'll help their passing game and that'll help

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<v Speaker 4>them them grow. And I think that Arthur is being

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<v Speaker 4>patient with that and how he's going about, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>designing things and giving him opportunities to show that. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>one of those actually the touchdown throw he made, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>because go back to Arthur, the way he's attacked in

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<v Speaker 4>the middle of the field, the way he's using tight ends,

0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:46.960
<v Speaker 4>wide receivers on linebackers, those are those are great matchups.

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<v Speaker 4>Once you control the middle of the field, you control

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<v Speaker 4>the entire field from a passing perspective, and he has

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<v Speaker 4>started to do that. You've seen a little baby gross

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<v Speaker 4>with justin fields. And then to finish it up, like

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<v Speaker 4>I have coached at almost well coach every level, but

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<v Speaker 4>a head coach and a coordinator, I can just tell

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<v Speaker 4>you this from a coaching perspective, like what coaching had

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<v Speaker 4>on it's hard to disrupt your team. It's unless unless Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>the guy who's on the sideline is not Ben Roethlisberger. Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>so that's not the guy you're going to Okay, so

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<v Speaker 4>that you have to always consider who is the guy

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<v Speaker 4>that I'm going to replace him with? And I don't

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<v Speaker 4>think it's an upgrade. I don't. I don't think you

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<v Speaker 4>disrupt your team for that scenario. Now, I'm not sitting

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<v Speaker 4>in those meetings. I'm not saying Mike won't do that,

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<v Speaker 4>but I just I would be surprised at it because

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<v Speaker 4>I need the way Justin's developing and the evidence that

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<v Speaker 4>you've seen. It would be hard to disrupt the team

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<v Speaker 4>by doing that.

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<v Speaker 3>So you mentioned the word raw concerning fields, especially early

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<v Speaker 3>in his career and still Anthony richardson Holy smoke, So

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<v Speaker 3>that you talk about a rock quarterback, what are your

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<v Speaker 3>thoughts on him?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, let me just tell you this. Well, I was

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<v Speaker 4>at the combine when Anthony richards they ran four four.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not going to say what. Coach in our box

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<v Speaker 4>stood up and said, oh my gosh, he made a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of money, but he's no longer with the staff.

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<v Speaker 4>And as soon as he said that, I'm like, well,

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<v Speaker 4>let's make sure we don't pay him, because a four

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<v Speaker 4>to four is absolutely no indication that the guy can

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<v Speaker 4>play quarterback if you'd watched any tape on this guy.

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<v Speaker 4>But unless I already evaluated him before I got the combine,

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<v Speaker 4>So like, what they did in our underwear is irrelevant

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<v Speaker 4>to me. In fact, some of the biggest mistakes in

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<v Speaker 4>our evaluation process are done at the combine. When somebody

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<v Speaker 4>in authority who has no idea what they're talking about,

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<v Speaker 4>has no idea what they're looking at. They trump a

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<v Speaker 4>football guy and go, oh, he just ran a four

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<v Speaker 4>to four.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what that's gonna do to us, and he

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<v Speaker 3>had the best combat in quarterback history.

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<v Speaker 4>Irrelevant, We're not playing. We're not playing on our underwear.

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<v Speaker 4>We're not playing on our underwear. You've got to recoverages,

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<v Speaker 4>you gotta anticipate. We'll give you a great example. So

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<v Speaker 4>I had I had thoroughly evaluated him. There was one

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<v Speaker 4>game I didn't watch. It was the Utah game, and

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<v Speaker 4>somebody brought it to my attention and they're like, well,

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<v Speaker 4>if you've watched that Utah game, then he goes none

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<v Speaker 4>of that. He didn't play in the NFL. And okay, now,

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<v Speaker 4>first of all, one game doesn't doesn't tell you can

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<v Speaker 4>play in the NFLKA that's dumb anyway, Okay, if you

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<v Speaker 4>if you said that, okay, well that question, ay, I

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<v Speaker 4>wouldn't hire you because if you're gonna take one game

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<v Speaker 4>and say that translates to the NFL, Okay, well that

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<v Speaker 4>question you even know about the NFL. But I'd watch

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<v Speaker 4>like a majority of the games. But I didn't watch

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<v Speaker 4>that Utah game. So I'm like, well, okay, in all fairness,

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<v Speaker 4>before I can make any evaluations or a judgment, I'm

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<v Speaker 4>gonna go watch the Utah game. So I watched the

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<v Speaker 4>Utah game. I'm like, oh my gosh, if this okay,

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<v Speaker 4>I want to say his completion percent is in college

0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:08.080
<v Speaker 4>was around fifty percent. Okay, okay, so the game, this

0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:11.000
<v Speaker 4>particular game, he wasn't much better. He was a little better,

0:19:11.040 --> 0:19:14.919
<v Speaker 4>but you know what was interesting. He did make a

0:19:14.920 --> 0:19:20.200
<v Speaker 4>lot of completions, but there was absolutely no run after

0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:25.600
<v Speaker 4>the catch. That just go okay, when I saw that,

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<v Speaker 4>You're exactly right, I need to watch this because that

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<v Speaker 4>is one hundred percent stamp of approval. He can't play

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<v Speaker 4>in this league. He is not accurate enough and he

0:19:34.280 --> 0:19:36.480
<v Speaker 4>is not smart enough. Now he ran from like a

0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:39.639
<v Speaker 4>sixty yard touchdown run. So everybody was I'm like, hell,

0:19:39.680 --> 0:19:42.439
<v Speaker 4>you listen, he could do that in the NFL. Okay,

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<v Speaker 4>that's not how you're gonna want to sold them. I

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<v Speaker 4>will promise you this. I know a guy who played

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<v Speaker 4>in ten Super Bowls. He won pick I will promise

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<v Speaker 4>you seven. I think I promise you if you put

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<v Speaker 4>his total rushing numbers together in ten Super Bowls, I

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<v Speaker 4>guarantee it can come up to fifty yards. That's Tom

0:20:03.119 --> 0:20:07.160
<v Speaker 4>Brady in Tan sumbows. You don't have fifty year. That's

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<v Speaker 4>not how our league is play. You've got to win

0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:11.399
<v Speaker 4>from the pocket. You gotta be good in the pocket.

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<v Speaker 4>And he struggles from the pocket, you know, I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>now him, he makes some throws on Sunday, you'll be like,

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<v Speaker 4>oh my gosh. And here's what happens. There's somebody who

0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:23.600
<v Speaker 4>thinks I will fix that. I'm gonna make you smarter.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I'm gonna make him more accurate. I'm gonna

0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:28.960
<v Speaker 4>make him a quarterback because look at that arm. Have

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<v Speaker 4>I ever told you the John Gruden story about the guy,

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<v Speaker 4>the guy from Clemson quarterback.

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<v Speaker 3>Watson, No, no, no, he went to he was the first

0:20:43.400 --> 0:20:48.600
<v Speaker 3>round pick for the Raiders, Russell John Mark.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, told you Tomarcus Russell. Okay, this this is this

0:20:51.800 --> 0:20:54.960
<v Speaker 4>is a great Okay, John Gruden tells this story. Okay, listen,

0:20:55.000 --> 0:20:58.160
<v Speaker 4>this is John Gruden telling the story. Okay. They they

0:20:58.160 --> 0:21:00.800
<v Speaker 4>want to get a quarterback. They bring into Marcus. First

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<v Speaker 4>of all, they go to Hooters. My first question when

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<v Speaker 4>I heard it, I was like, why do you go

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<v Speaker 4>to Hooters for lunch? Okay, they go to Hooters for lunch. Okay.

0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:08.760
<v Speaker 4>Now I find out this because John has a great

0:21:08.760 --> 0:21:12.040
<v Speaker 4>relationship with the owner of Hooters. They're in Tampa, so

0:21:12.119 --> 0:21:14.800
<v Speaker 4>they go there. So this is what your Marcus Truss.

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<v Speaker 4>The orders for lunch. Three coronas and three orders are wings.

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<v Speaker 4>That's lunch. Okay, three coronas. Okay, now you're gonna go

0:21:23.560 --> 0:21:24.119
<v Speaker 4>do a work.

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<v Speaker 2>That sounds like a nice lunch to me. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what you.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, Okay, Hey, hey, don't judge. Okay. So so they

0:21:33.520 --> 0:21:37.960
<v Speaker 4>go to the meeting. They're in the meeting and John goes, hey,

0:21:39.000 --> 0:21:40.600
<v Speaker 4>you know, they just be Notre Dame too, and he

0:21:40.680 --> 0:21:44.080
<v Speaker 4>shredded Notre Dame apart, destroyed Notre Dame. Maybe door to

0:21:44.160 --> 0:21:47.679
<v Speaker 4>dame look embarrassing, embarrassed. He goes, hey, like, what was

0:21:47.680 --> 0:21:50.280
<v Speaker 4>one of your favorite plays that that you that you

0:21:50.440 --> 0:21:53.400
<v Speaker 4>ran at l s U. And he's like, ah, you're

0:21:53.440 --> 0:21:55.200
<v Speaker 4>a coach. I just threw it to the open guy.

0:21:56.280 --> 0:21:57.600
<v Speaker 4>He goes, well, why don't you just draw one of

0:21:57.640 --> 0:22:01.640
<v Speaker 4>those plays up? It was coach? I really don't. I don't.

0:22:01.760 --> 0:22:04.360
<v Speaker 4>I didn't really do all that. I just the open guy.

0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:08.440
<v Speaker 4>He's like, so you can't draw a play, like, what

0:22:08.440 --> 0:22:09.160
<v Speaker 4>what LSU?

0:22:09.280 --> 0:22:10.320
<v Speaker 3>Do your favorite play?

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<v Speaker 4>Just drawing up? He is a coach, I just do

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<v Speaker 4>the open guy? Okay, all right, draws a playoff? Doesn't

0:22:19.680 --> 0:22:22.080
<v Speaker 4>even know how to draw a playoff? Okay, he goes

0:22:22.160 --> 0:22:24.879
<v Speaker 4>Then he's trying. He's telling the story. Then we go

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<v Speaker 4>out on the field and he makes one throw and

0:22:27.760 --> 0:22:30.240
<v Speaker 4>he's like, holy cow, who cares about lunch in that meeting?

0:22:32.320 --> 0:22:35.000
<v Speaker 4>That's what coaches, I mean, that's what some coaches do.

0:22:35.240 --> 0:22:38.800
<v Speaker 4>They completely lose their mind in things. You can't dance,

0:22:39.760 --> 0:22:43.400
<v Speaker 4>you can't you think you can you can change this kid.

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<v Speaker 4>You think you can make him want it, you can

0:22:45.520 --> 0:22:48.000
<v Speaker 4>make him smart, you can make him accurate, and all

0:22:48.080 --> 0:22:53.280
<v Speaker 4>these things that are required. And I'm like, oh, my gosh,

0:22:53.359 --> 0:22:56.080
<v Speaker 4>he's one of the greatest stories. I've never forgot that story.

0:22:56.119 --> 0:22:59.040
<v Speaker 4>And well you in fact, Okay, so now let's last forward.

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<v Speaker 4>When I'm watching take they're playing the New York Football

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<v Speaker 4>Giants in New York. He's in the shotgun. He does

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<v Speaker 4>a seven step drop out of the shotgun. The right tackle.

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<v Speaker 4>I will never forget it as long as I live.

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<v Speaker 4>It's one of the greatest visuals I've always have. I

0:23:16.080 --> 0:23:19.320
<v Speaker 4>presdent in my mind. The right tackle. Okay, the defensive end.

0:23:19.520 --> 0:23:23.200
<v Speaker 4>He goes up field like fifty far right right. Just stop,

0:23:23.600 --> 0:23:26.639
<v Speaker 4>he just because he's going where the quarterback is, the

0:23:26.720 --> 0:23:29.520
<v Speaker 4>right tackle stops blocking. He's like, I can see in

0:23:29.520 --> 0:23:33.160
<v Speaker 4>his body thing. He's like, what are you doing? Where

0:23:33.200 --> 0:23:36.480
<v Speaker 4>are you going? Right? Yet he turns around and sees

0:23:36.480 --> 0:23:41.480
<v Speaker 4>his quarterback get sacked right, He's like, he's I can't

0:23:41.480 --> 0:23:45.119
<v Speaker 4>even describe right, But he bowed his head and he

0:23:45.160 --> 0:23:47.560
<v Speaker 4>put his hands on his hips, and he's like, you

0:23:47.560 --> 0:23:51.879
<v Speaker 4>can see this, like what are you doing? Like what

0:23:52.119 --> 0:23:56.440
<v Speaker 4>are you doing? Like I've never seen it in my life.

0:23:56.520 --> 0:23:59.320
<v Speaker 4>I've never seen it in forty years of playing. Instead

0:23:59.320 --> 0:24:01.000
<v Speaker 4>of this thing, I've never seen a quarterback take a

0:24:01.040 --> 0:24:03.680
<v Speaker 4>seven step drop out of the shotgun. I've never seen it.

0:24:04.960 --> 0:24:08.360
<v Speaker 4>And that was the at the beginning of the end

0:24:08.840 --> 0:24:10.960
<v Speaker 4>to the guy. And I don't know what got us here.

0:24:11.000 --> 0:24:13.040
<v Speaker 4>I'm not saying Richard is that guy.

0:24:13.920 --> 0:24:14.919
<v Speaker 3>He's got a lot of work to do.

0:24:15.320 --> 0:24:15.760
<v Speaker 2>Just say.

0:24:17.880 --> 0:24:20.520
<v Speaker 4>He's not far off. He is not far off. I

0:24:20.520 --> 0:24:22.200
<v Speaker 4>mean I just saw it, you know. Last week he

0:24:22.280 --> 0:24:25.119
<v Speaker 4>did an RPO and he holds onto the ball and

0:24:25.160 --> 0:24:28.560
<v Speaker 4>holds onto the ball until right at the and he's

0:24:28.600 --> 0:24:30.959
<v Speaker 4>running and he's just line screens and he throws it.

0:24:31.440 --> 0:24:33.719
<v Speaker 4>What he's got like all his office, his linemen down

0:24:33.760 --> 0:24:36.439
<v Speaker 4>fields is run blocking. And then he looks back like

0:24:36.880 --> 0:24:38.960
<v Speaker 4>he looks when you look back, and he looked confused,

0:24:39.720 --> 0:24:41.480
<v Speaker 4>and I was like, how can you be confused?

0:24:41.960 --> 0:24:43.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he did that a couple of others. He did

0:24:43.840 --> 0:24:46.399
<v Speaker 2>that a couple other times, like that last minute decision

0:24:46.400 --> 0:24:48.520
<v Speaker 2>all I'm going to stop running and throw it, and

0:24:48.560 --> 0:24:50.200
<v Speaker 2>it was at the goal line and he got picked

0:24:50.200 --> 0:24:51.080
<v Speaker 2>off in the end zone.

0:24:51.320 --> 0:24:52.480
<v Speaker 3>That was horrendous.

0:24:52.480 --> 0:24:56.399
<v Speaker 2>He just yeah, a little uh, it's a little fast

0:24:56.440 --> 0:24:58.280
<v Speaker 2>for him right now, but uh flips.

0:24:58.400 --> 0:25:01.560
<v Speaker 3>He throws everything eight thousand miles an hour two right right.

0:25:02.520 --> 0:25:05.040
<v Speaker 4>Unless he can throw the ball, there's no question about that.

0:25:05.359 --> 0:25:06.639
<v Speaker 4>But I gotta be honest with you, and this is

0:25:06.680 --> 0:25:09.400
<v Speaker 4>really quick. Okay. I know people that have a better

0:25:09.480 --> 0:25:12.080
<v Speaker 4>arm than Peyton Manny and then they right guard in

0:25:12.119 --> 0:25:15.760
<v Speaker 4>the National Football all of the better arms. Okay, they

0:25:15.760 --> 0:25:20.400
<v Speaker 4>can play quarterback. No, no, it doesn't so much more

0:25:20.440 --> 0:25:23.240
<v Speaker 4>to it than that. And everybody thinks they can fix it.

0:25:23.359 --> 0:25:26.360
<v Speaker 4>And but that's not the kids you gotta beat. I mean,

0:25:26.640 --> 0:25:29.399
<v Speaker 4>it's twenty eight. If you shut twenty eight down, ye,

0:25:29.800 --> 0:25:30.560
<v Speaker 4>running game down.

0:25:31.440 --> 0:25:32.400
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, he's legit.

0:25:32.800 --> 0:25:38.280
<v Speaker 4>Okay, yes, they're running game is Yes, it is bona

0:25:38.320 --> 0:25:44.200
<v Speaker 4>fide legit. But I don't I don't. I don't see them.

0:25:44.440 --> 0:25:45.399
<v Speaker 4>That's the only guy that can beat you.

0:25:45.800 --> 0:25:47.880
<v Speaker 2>So these guys are Denver with a running back.

0:25:50.560 --> 0:25:56.720
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, well, better receivers, better line, yeah, I mean a bad.

0:25:56.880 --> 0:26:01.120
<v Speaker 4>They have a yeah, well you know what they don't have.

0:26:01.200 --> 0:26:03.359
<v Speaker 4>You know, they have that running game. But if you

0:26:03.400 --> 0:26:05.760
<v Speaker 4>looked at the like how you have to win in

0:26:05.840 --> 0:26:08.480
<v Speaker 4>the NFL. Okay, And it's actually why the Steelers are

0:26:08.520 --> 0:26:10.640
<v Speaker 4>so good, okay, And they're going to be in every game,

0:26:10.640 --> 0:26:12.680
<v Speaker 4>They're not going to be out of here, and how

0:26:12.720 --> 0:26:14.480
<v Speaker 4>good they will be and where they will go will

0:26:14.520 --> 0:26:18.280
<v Speaker 4>be predicated on how let's say Justin Phil stays playing.

0:26:18.800 --> 0:26:21.640
<v Speaker 4>How can he evolve and grow? Okay, how can he well?

0:26:21.640 --> 0:26:25.439
<v Speaker 4>Where can he get better? What is his peaks valleys? Okay?

0:26:26.240 --> 0:26:28.760
<v Speaker 4>Is the Steelers are two things. First of all, they

0:26:28.840 --> 0:26:31.399
<v Speaker 4>run the football really well, not oppositive line regards of

0:26:31.440 --> 0:26:35.560
<v Speaker 4>the injuries. I don't know if we're talking about Roderick Jones,

0:26:35.600 --> 0:26:38.920
<v Speaker 4>but I got some thoughts on him that we can

0:26:39.080 --> 0:26:42.360
<v Speaker 4>if we have time. Their offici lines doing a great job,

0:26:42.600 --> 0:26:44.600
<v Speaker 4>and they're run the football. They're controlling the temple of

0:26:44.600 --> 0:26:47.400
<v Speaker 4>the game. Okay, that's one of the most critical components.

0:26:47.600 --> 0:26:50.399
<v Speaker 4>But their defensive tackle rotation and the way they're playing

0:26:50.600 --> 0:26:54.360
<v Speaker 4>inside is like the foundation of football. Yeah.

0:26:54.359 --> 0:26:56.360
<v Speaker 2>I wanted to get to that side because I think

0:26:56.400 --> 0:27:01.760
<v Speaker 2>they've just been elite, uh up front and really the whole,

0:27:01.880 --> 0:27:03.520
<v Speaker 2>the whole unit. It was funny we were talking to

0:27:03.720 --> 0:27:06.720
<v Speaker 2>Terrell Austin, the defensive coordinator today. You know, they have

0:27:07.000 --> 0:27:10.680
<v Speaker 2>five turnovers that they've generated in three games, but they

0:27:10.680 --> 0:27:13.600
<v Speaker 2>didn't get one last Sunday and they don't think they're

0:27:13.600 --> 0:27:17.000
<v Speaker 2>getting enough. And Austin said he thinks the turnovers are

0:27:17.000 --> 0:27:19.840
<v Speaker 2>gonna come because they're playing so well, and once they do,

0:27:19.960 --> 0:27:20.920
<v Speaker 2>they'll be dominant.

0:27:21.720 --> 0:27:22.680
<v Speaker 3>Tips and overthrows.

0:27:22.720 --> 0:27:27.520
<v Speaker 4>Yes, week, Yeah, I can tell you this that. Yeah,

0:27:27.600 --> 0:27:32.840
<v Speaker 4>like turnovers, they can surely elevate. They can make a

0:27:33.000 --> 0:27:35.800
<v Speaker 4>really good defense look elite, and they can make an

0:27:35.880 --> 0:27:40.919
<v Speaker 4>average defense look great. There's truth with those turnovers, but

0:27:41.000 --> 0:27:43.280
<v Speaker 4>even without them, like the rock solids and see, that's

0:27:43.280 --> 0:27:45.159
<v Speaker 4>what I like about him, Like they don't have to

0:27:45.160 --> 0:27:47.880
<v Speaker 4>rely on those because you can't trust those. You're trying

0:27:47.920 --> 0:27:50.280
<v Speaker 4>to get them, but you better trust that you do

0:27:50.400 --> 0:27:53.119
<v Speaker 4>the foundations of football and do it well and that

0:27:53.320 --> 0:27:55.520
<v Speaker 4>and that's what they do. Well, that's what I like

0:27:55.560 --> 0:27:58.639
<v Speaker 4>about them, Like they like they're trenches. You see. This

0:27:58.800 --> 0:28:01.800
<v Speaker 4>goes back to when they won Super I was at

0:28:02.000 --> 0:28:04.800
<v Speaker 4>ESPN and I would with my matchup show, I'd like

0:28:04.840 --> 0:28:08.199
<v Speaker 4>to I'd like to call coordinators, offense coordinators and just

0:28:08.240 --> 0:28:10.720
<v Speaker 4>see what they thought about the steel of defense. So

0:28:11.560 --> 0:28:14.040
<v Speaker 4>luxury I had is like I could call so like

0:28:14.320 --> 0:28:20.000
<v Speaker 4>thirty you know, two of the greatest minds in our game,

0:28:20.960 --> 0:28:22.639
<v Speaker 4>and how do you look at this steel of defense?

0:28:22.680 --> 0:28:24.800
<v Speaker 4>And you got Troy pala mall, you had all these linebackers.

0:28:24.920 --> 0:28:27.879
<v Speaker 4>Keep in mind, you know all the things that they

0:28:27.960 --> 0:28:29.959
<v Speaker 4>did every one of them. This is not and I'm

0:28:29.960 --> 0:28:31.920
<v Speaker 4>not one out of five or two out of five.

0:28:32.040 --> 0:28:35.040
<v Speaker 4>To every single one that I would talk to, and

0:28:35.080 --> 0:28:37.879
<v Speaker 4>I would talk to dozens of them, They're like, Marin,

0:28:38.080 --> 0:28:41.360
<v Speaker 4>you know what if you we can't it's the three

0:28:41.400 --> 0:28:44.840
<v Speaker 4>guys in the dirt the problem. We got to take

0:28:44.960 --> 0:28:49.040
<v Speaker 4>five guys to block three people. Well, that tells you, right,

0:28:49.080 --> 0:28:52.160
<v Speaker 4>they're our problem. We can't take care of those guys.

0:28:52.160 --> 0:28:54.200
<v Speaker 4>What makes you think we can take care of those linebackers?

0:28:54.200 --> 0:28:58.520
<v Speaker 4>And Troy pala mall that's a problem. And then that's

0:28:58.520 --> 0:29:01.240
<v Speaker 4>actually what my eyes to like, you know, I played

0:29:01.280 --> 0:29:02.960
<v Speaker 4>in this league and study for a lot. I was

0:29:03.000 --> 0:29:06.400
<v Speaker 4>like like wide my scope to just different things in

0:29:06.440 --> 0:29:08.520
<v Speaker 4>ways to look at games. So when I look at

0:29:08.880 --> 0:29:12.160
<v Speaker 4>football now, if you said where do you want to

0:29:12.160 --> 0:29:15.120
<v Speaker 4>start your defense? What is like what would be the foundation?

0:29:15.760 --> 0:29:19.320
<v Speaker 4>If you pick inside linebacker, DEFENSI attack or safety? Like,

0:29:20.240 --> 0:29:23.400
<v Speaker 4>where'd you build it? Man? Tackle? If you had to

0:29:23.960 --> 0:29:25.320
<v Speaker 4>like this, this guy is going to be like a

0:29:26.160 --> 0:29:29.000
<v Speaker 4>you know, an Aaron Donald.

0:29:28.680 --> 0:29:30.760
<v Speaker 2>Was gon I was gonna say, especially if it's Joe Green,

0:29:30.840 --> 0:29:33.280
<v Speaker 2>but Donald's not bad example.

0:29:33.920 --> 0:29:38.040
<v Speaker 3>Listen or Joe Green, Cam Hayward, Right, what.

0:29:39.800 --> 0:29:42.320
<v Speaker 4>You're exactly right. Can Hayward is a beast him. But

0:29:42.440 --> 0:29:44.880
<v Speaker 4>you know, like when the Steelers turned the corner, I

0:29:44.960 --> 0:29:48.720
<v Speaker 4>know they talked about when like Franco really took him

0:29:48.720 --> 0:29:53.360
<v Speaker 4>over the top, but the guy who stabilized him was

0:29:54.240 --> 0:29:57.680
<v Speaker 4>Joe Joe Green. And still the way those guys are

0:29:57.680 --> 0:30:01.480
<v Speaker 4>playing up front, and it's hard to handle those guys,

0:30:01.520 --> 0:30:03.240
<v Speaker 4>you know, and then those edg dresses and that becomes

0:30:03.280 --> 0:30:05.800
<v Speaker 4>a little easier. You know, if you got edge guys

0:30:05.800 --> 0:30:08.040
<v Speaker 4>and you have the guys worry about inside, well I'll

0:30:08.080 --> 0:30:10.680
<v Speaker 4>just double them. I'm gonna tackle over there. I'll get

0:30:10.680 --> 0:30:12.280
<v Speaker 4>a tight end in the back and we can do

0:30:12.360 --> 0:30:15.400
<v Speaker 4>some stuff. Take care of the edge, you guys. I mean,

0:30:16.040 --> 0:30:19.320
<v Speaker 4>now watch a little different because that's not like even

0:30:19.320 --> 0:30:20.840
<v Speaker 4>put two guys on that that's not going to take

0:30:20.880 --> 0:30:24.120
<v Speaker 4>care of him. But and high Smith at the times.

0:30:24.120 --> 0:30:28.560
<v Speaker 4>But what they have in the trenches is is you know,

0:30:29.000 --> 0:30:31.360
<v Speaker 4>that's how you win championships with people like that.

0:30:31.960 --> 0:30:33.600
<v Speaker 3>Merrily, you teased that I got to get your broder,

0:30:33.720 --> 0:30:34.280
<v Speaker 3>Jones thought.

0:30:34.360 --> 0:30:38.480
<v Speaker 4>So before you go, okay, you know what, I watched

0:30:38.520 --> 0:30:40.360
<v Speaker 4>him in the Denver game. I think we talked about it,

0:30:40.400 --> 0:30:43.280
<v Speaker 4>where you know, he just was, but personally he's been sloppy.

0:30:43.640 --> 0:30:46.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you got a little uh slight question about his

0:30:46.360 --> 0:30:47.320
<v Speaker 2>technique last week.

0:30:50.960 --> 0:30:53.760
<v Speaker 4>Honestly, honestly it was just like I did. I stopped it.

0:30:53.840 --> 0:30:56.720
<v Speaker 4>I'm like, this is this is borderline empathetic for a

0:30:56.760 --> 0:31:00.120
<v Speaker 4>first round pick, for a guy that I means in

0:31:00.160 --> 0:31:02.840
<v Speaker 4>his second year to play this sloppy and be this

0:31:02.960 --> 0:31:05.560
<v Speaker 4>out of control and this lacks a daisical and like

0:31:05.640 --> 0:31:08.320
<v Speaker 4>this unprofessional. I'm like, gosh, I would be just like

0:31:08.640 --> 0:31:12.240
<v Speaker 4>mosing my mind if I was a coach and uh

0:31:12.280 --> 0:31:14.320
<v Speaker 4>and the benched him, and then you know, I I

0:31:14.360 --> 0:31:16.000
<v Speaker 4>think I might have heard it through you you know,

0:31:16.160 --> 0:31:19.880
<v Speaker 4>some some comments he made. And what I did like

0:31:19.920 --> 0:31:23.920
<v Speaker 4>about his comments is that which is critical for anybody

0:31:23.920 --> 0:31:27.920
<v Speaker 4>in any scenario of of struggle or distress is your

0:31:27.960 --> 0:31:32.160
<v Speaker 4>take ownership. And when I heard that, I was like, Okay,

0:31:32.160 --> 0:31:37.120
<v Speaker 4>wait a minute, Okay, that's there's hope there. That's there's

0:31:37.160 --> 0:31:39.080
<v Speaker 4>hope that the kid will get it before it's too late,

0:31:39.120 --> 0:31:40.320
<v Speaker 4>you know. And they ship him off.

0:31:40.240 --> 0:31:43.720
<v Speaker 2>And he's really he's really young merrill, but he strikes

0:31:43.760 --> 0:31:46.880
<v Speaker 2>me as a mature guy, like I think, well, I

0:31:46.920 --> 0:31:49.640
<v Speaker 2>think he gets it. He's just got to work on it.

0:31:50.120 --> 0:31:54.600
<v Speaker 4>I listen, Okay, if he got it, I would say,

0:31:54.600 --> 0:31:56.160
<v Speaker 4>you're exactly right. He got it, and he got it,

0:31:56.160 --> 0:31:58.520
<v Speaker 4>and he transitioned it in the first game. And shoot,

0:31:58.560 --> 0:32:02.200
<v Speaker 4>he crippled Moosa on the first play. I mean he

0:32:02.200 --> 0:32:04.720
<v Speaker 4>he pulled him up like a tent and his feet,

0:32:04.760 --> 0:32:07.960
<v Speaker 4>hits and hands were completely different fundamentally and how he

0:32:08.040 --> 0:32:09.920
<v Speaker 4>approached it because I think that's when he hurt him.

0:32:09.960 --> 0:32:11.600
<v Speaker 4>And I think Bosa came back and played one more

0:32:11.640 --> 0:32:14.040
<v Speaker 4>play than he was done, but it was that first

0:32:14.040 --> 0:32:19.040
<v Speaker 4>play of the game. Yeah, he just like slapped him

0:32:19.040 --> 0:32:20.080
<v Speaker 4>around like he was nothing.

0:32:20.160 --> 0:32:21.880
<v Speaker 2>Now, I did have a hip going in. He was

0:32:21.960 --> 0:32:26.120
<v Speaker 2>a little bit limited in practice leading up to the game,

0:32:26.200 --> 0:32:30.880
<v Speaker 2>but yeah, we buried him. I mean that was impressive feet.

0:32:30.680 --> 0:32:33.160
<v Speaker 4>Hips to hands though, I mean, like completely different than

0:32:33.160 --> 0:32:36.520
<v Speaker 4>what what we had been had been seeing, what I'd

0:32:36.560 --> 0:32:38.200
<v Speaker 4>been seeing, I mean, and he played like that the

0:32:38.200 --> 0:32:41.040
<v Speaker 4>whole game. I mean, he was your I mean, he

0:32:41.080 --> 0:32:44.720
<v Speaker 4>was really good, you know, and I can only get better,

0:32:45.640 --> 0:32:48.840
<v Speaker 4>you know, So that's what you could he just got

0:32:48.840 --> 0:32:52.360
<v Speaker 4>to hope for, is that he that that that the

0:32:52.440 --> 0:32:55.520
<v Speaker 4>light switch went off and that he could become a

0:32:55.560 --> 0:32:57.520
<v Speaker 4>pronoun and he just works on every day and he

0:32:57.520 --> 0:33:00.280
<v Speaker 4>tries to get better at it every single day because

0:33:00.280 --> 0:33:02.960
<v Speaker 4>he he put it on display. He's had sparks you

0:33:03.000 --> 0:33:04.840
<v Speaker 4>know where you've seen it, but he'd put on display

0:33:04.880 --> 0:33:07.560
<v Speaker 4>for almost the entire game. And I was like, wow,

0:33:08.960 --> 0:33:11.560
<v Speaker 4>I mean, just it's rare that you see stuff like that.

0:33:11.680 --> 0:33:14.239
<v Speaker 4>You know, I'm pulled to the kid because, shoot, if

0:33:14.240 --> 0:33:16.720
<v Speaker 4>he plays like that, you know, and there was Lankey

0:33:16.800 --> 0:33:19.920
<v Speaker 4>that they were the centers playing. You know, he's he's

0:33:19.960 --> 0:33:22.040
<v Speaker 4>a frecking maller. He was like that West Virginia. He

0:33:22.080 --> 0:33:23.680
<v Speaker 4>was just a mall He had a tough dude man,

0:33:24.960 --> 0:33:26.840
<v Speaker 4>And then that's what you gotta have. Gotta have guys

0:33:26.840 --> 0:33:29.200
<v Speaker 4>in the trenches that are tough. You know, he stepped on.

0:33:30.800 --> 0:33:32.920
<v Speaker 4>I played with Mike Webster, Okay, he was my roommate.

0:33:32.920 --> 0:33:34.880
<v Speaker 4>You know. I played with DERMONTI Dawson. You know, a

0:33:34.960 --> 0:33:38.960
<v Speaker 4>tounch yo kid. You know Terry Long. I was scared.

0:33:39.200 --> 0:33:40.600
<v Speaker 4>I was scared. You in the huddle with Terry Long,

0:33:40.640 --> 0:33:45.760
<v Speaker 4>I was like, gosh, my team. I'm glad that brother's

0:33:45.760 --> 0:33:46.280
<v Speaker 4>on my team.

0:33:46.640 --> 0:33:50.240
<v Speaker 2>I can tell you as uh as your old coach

0:33:50.320 --> 0:33:52.680
<v Speaker 2>Chuck Mull used to like to say, Meryl the choir

0:33:52.760 --> 0:33:57.640
<v Speaker 2>boys belonging to church on Sunday. He great stuff again.

0:33:57.800 --> 0:33:59.960
<v Speaker 2>Glad we got, glad we got you wound up about

0:34:00.400 --> 0:34:03.400
<v Speaker 2>Richardson and running the ball. Can't wait to do this

0:34:03.440 --> 0:34:06.400
<v Speaker 2>again next week before the Dallas Cowboys game.

0:34:07.440 --> 0:34:09.680
<v Speaker 4>Oh my gosh, that's right. We ain't gonna we ain't

0:34:09.680 --> 0:34:11.240
<v Speaker 4>gonna be saying go Cowboys on this show.

0:34:13.440 --> 0:34:15.840
<v Speaker 2>Great stuff Meryl you next week, see you guys.

0:34:16.040 --> 0:34:16.880
<v Speaker 4>Take care resk.

0:34:17.160 --> 0:34:19.400
<v Speaker 2>Merril Hodge, Right, you know, I wish he'd brings I

0:34:19.400 --> 0:34:22.360
<v Speaker 2>wish he'd brings some energy and some excitement and passion

0:34:22.400 --> 0:34:23.279
<v Speaker 2>to these segments.

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<v Speaker 3>That was dynamite.

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<v Speaker 2>Still got one more to go, so you're gonna want

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<v Speaker 2>to keep it here. Uh with Matt Williamson on Mike Pursuda.

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<v Speaker 2>You are listening to Steelers Preview right here on your

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<v Speaker 3>Back to the Steelers Preview show on DVE.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back Mike Pursuda and Matt Williamson getting you ready

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<v Speaker 2>for the Steelers and the Colts on Sunday in Indianapolis.

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<v Speaker 2>And Matt, I'm gonna stick with my assessment of the Colts. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that I gave to Meryl there a little while ago,

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<v Speaker 2>uh Denver with a better running.

0:35:00.840 --> 0:35:05.920
<v Speaker 3>Back way worse defense. I think their defense is really

0:35:05.960 --> 0:35:08.360
<v Speaker 3>bad and I wanted to go down this road with Merrill,

0:35:08.360 --> 0:35:12.319
<v Speaker 3>but he was rolling. I mean, they are more than

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<v Speaker 3>any other.

0:35:13.320 --> 0:35:16.880
<v Speaker 2>Just so people understand. He rolls a lot. So we

0:35:16.960 --> 0:35:18.759
<v Speaker 2>have ideas about where we want to take him, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's really up to him where he runs. Oh yeah, yeah,

0:35:20.640 --> 0:35:22.399
<v Speaker 2>great back set vision. They know where to go.

0:35:22.719 --> 0:35:24.560
<v Speaker 3>I didn't think JaMarcus Russell was going to come up,

0:35:24.600 --> 0:35:27.560
<v Speaker 3>but I'm glad he did. I mean, this defense is

0:35:27.600 --> 0:35:30.680
<v Speaker 3>the most vanilla or predictable in the whole league. Their

0:35:31.239 --> 0:35:33.879
<v Speaker 3>old school legion of Boom Cover three, and they don't

0:35:33.880 --> 0:35:37.080
<v Speaker 3>differ from it that much by NFL standards. But to

0:35:37.160 --> 0:35:39.480
<v Speaker 3>do that, to run the same defense over and over

0:35:39.600 --> 0:35:42.799
<v Speaker 3>the same scheme, you have to be extremely talented, and

0:35:42.880 --> 0:35:45.640
<v Speaker 3>they just aren't, you know, especially with Buckner out. I

0:35:45.640 --> 0:35:48.160
<v Speaker 3>don't see many difference makers on the defense. I really

0:35:48.239 --> 0:35:50.919
<v Speaker 3>like the law to kid the rookie the first round pick,

0:35:51.440 --> 0:35:52.840
<v Speaker 3>but other than that, I don't see a lot of

0:35:52.840 --> 0:35:55.239
<v Speaker 3>difference makers. One of the best guys More's been on

0:35:55.280 --> 0:35:59.280
<v Speaker 3>the injury list, and the offense is intriguing and frightening

0:35:59.280 --> 0:36:03.279
<v Speaker 3>to me. But if you limit the explosives, Richardson's all

0:36:03.280 --> 0:36:06.319
<v Speaker 3>over the place, but he might chuck a touchdown pass

0:36:06.480 --> 0:36:09.400
<v Speaker 3>or certainly get free as a runner. And as Merrill mentioned,

0:36:09.440 --> 0:36:11.800
<v Speaker 3>Taylor is frightening and they have a good o' line.

0:36:12.040 --> 0:36:14.160
<v Speaker 3>But if you can make them matriculate the ball down

0:36:14.160 --> 0:36:16.879
<v Speaker 3>the field, I think you're gonna have a lot of success.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and the Indie run defense has been Oh man,

0:36:21.360 --> 0:36:23.879
<v Speaker 2>it was two hundred and thirty seven yards a game

0:36:23.960 --> 0:36:26.480
<v Speaker 2>the first two weeks, five point one to carry. Now

0:36:26.520 --> 0:36:29.000
<v Speaker 2>they did limit the Bears to sixty three yards on

0:36:29.080 --> 0:36:31.600
<v Speaker 2>twenty eight carries with a long run of nine.

0:36:31.840 --> 0:36:33.160
<v Speaker 3>The Bears are one of the worst running games in

0:36:33.160 --> 0:36:33.480
<v Speaker 3>the league.

0:36:33.480 --> 0:36:35.000
<v Speaker 2>By the Bears can't run, Yeah, but.

0:36:34.960 --> 0:36:36.480
<v Speaker 3>Then they threw for almost four hundred yards.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you saw the clip going around

0:36:38.719 --> 0:36:41.560
<v Speaker 2>on Twitter slash x where the one running back ran

0:36:41.600 --> 0:36:42.440
<v Speaker 2>into his blocker.

0:36:42.800 --> 0:36:45.640
<v Speaker 3>I didn't notice that. But they're running game is a mess.

0:36:46.280 --> 0:36:47.479
<v Speaker 3>Teams will run on Indy.

0:36:47.560 --> 0:36:50.279
<v Speaker 2>I don't trust Indy to stop the run. And the

0:36:50.320 --> 0:36:55.320
<v Speaker 2>time of possession is bonker staggering. Yeah, they're averaging less than.

0:36:55.840 --> 0:36:57.960
<v Speaker 3>They're twenty one minutes, twenty one minutes and.

0:36:57.960 --> 0:37:01.480
<v Speaker 2>Thirty six seconds. And this all off a game against

0:37:01.520 --> 0:37:03.879
<v Speaker 2>Chicago where the Colts said the ball for twenty four

0:37:03.920 --> 0:37:07.120
<v Speaker 2>minutes and fifty nine seconds. They were under twenty the

0:37:07.160 --> 0:37:07.919
<v Speaker 2>first two games.

0:37:08.040 --> 0:37:11.440
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Yeah, so a lot of those that like they're

0:37:11.520 --> 0:37:13.920
<v Speaker 3>twenty minutes in change or twenty one minutes and change.

0:37:14.440 --> 0:37:18.160
<v Speaker 3>The thirty first team in time of possession is three

0:37:18.239 --> 0:37:21.200
<v Speaker 3>minutes higher than them. Like they're not only last, but

0:37:21.239 --> 0:37:25.200
<v Speaker 3>they're so far and last they think that they're in

0:37:25.200 --> 0:37:27.440
<v Speaker 3>the race. I mean, like they're so far out of

0:37:27.440 --> 0:37:30.560
<v Speaker 3>this thing. And you mentioned the second game they played

0:37:30.600 --> 0:37:34.680
<v Speaker 3>the Packers with Willis as a quarterback, and the Packers

0:37:34.760 --> 0:37:36.600
<v Speaker 3>might as well said we're gonna run every play and

0:37:36.600 --> 0:37:38.680
<v Speaker 3>put it up on the scoreboard and they had no

0:37:38.760 --> 0:37:39.640
<v Speaker 3>answer whatsoever.

0:37:39.840 --> 0:37:43.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. The weird part about that is Jonathan Taylor's got

0:37:43.200 --> 0:37:44.800
<v Speaker 2>back to back one hundred yard games.

0:37:45.000 --> 0:37:45.560
<v Speaker 3>He's really good.

0:37:45.600 --> 0:37:48.800
<v Speaker 2>You would think that would imply some control of tempo,

0:37:49.320 --> 0:37:52.040
<v Speaker 2>some control of the clock, right, But they can't do

0:37:52.120 --> 0:37:55.080
<v Speaker 2>anything else other than Richardson hits a big pass every

0:37:55.080 --> 0:37:55.520
<v Speaker 2>once in a while.

0:37:55.560 --> 0:37:57.840
<v Speaker 3>They just don't complete passes and they can't get off

0:37:57.880 --> 0:37:59.120
<v Speaker 3>the field on the defense.

0:37:58.760 --> 0:38:00.480
<v Speaker 2>Throw a lot of them down the field. They get

0:38:00.640 --> 0:38:01.399
<v Speaker 2>very many of them.

0:38:01.480 --> 0:38:03.759
<v Speaker 3>No, I mean he chucks it and that's dangerous. I

0:38:03.760 --> 0:38:06.480
<v Speaker 3>mean the receivers are good. I do think they had

0:38:06.520 --> 0:38:10.920
<v Speaker 3>a slight revelation last week and realized we go as

0:38:10.960 --> 0:38:14.080
<v Speaker 3>Taylor goes, and even like on throwing downs, he was

0:38:14.120 --> 0:38:17.040
<v Speaker 3>out there. He hardly ever left the field and he's

0:38:17.239 --> 0:38:18.600
<v Speaker 3>the foundation of the offense.

0:38:20.120 --> 0:38:22.640
<v Speaker 2>Are what to expect segment is brought to you by

0:38:22.760 --> 0:38:27.480
<v Speaker 2>Brian Patton in Associates. It's all about the benefits. What

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<v Speaker 2>I expect is the Steelers I think are going to

0:38:32.080 --> 0:38:34.360
<v Speaker 2>stop the run. I got great respect for Jonathan Taylor.

0:38:34.400 --> 0:38:35.920
<v Speaker 2>You know me in the Big tenth. I've been a

0:38:35.960 --> 0:38:38.560
<v Speaker 2>fan for a long time. I think Steelers are playing

0:38:38.560 --> 0:38:41.719
<v Speaker 2>elite defense right now. Yeah, I think they're going to

0:38:41.800 --> 0:38:46.160
<v Speaker 2>stop the run. You not slam it shot, but i'd

0:38:46.200 --> 0:38:49.600
<v Speaker 2>see Taylor getting fifty sixty yards. I don't think he's

0:38:49.600 --> 0:38:52.319
<v Speaker 2>going to get the long runs that the Steelers were

0:38:52.320 --> 0:38:56.640
<v Speaker 2>giving up last year. They're going to put the Colts

0:38:56.640 --> 0:38:59.480
<v Speaker 2>in a bad spot. And I think this one you

0:38:59.520 --> 0:39:01.680
<v Speaker 2>talked about and how the Chargers game is Stells took

0:39:01.680 --> 0:39:03.359
<v Speaker 2>it over in the second half, it's still only one

0:39:03.400 --> 0:39:05.279
<v Speaker 2>by ten, right, I think this one gets out of

0:39:05.280 --> 0:39:06.160
<v Speaker 2>hand in the second half.

0:39:06.239 --> 0:39:10.600
<v Speaker 3>Do I have a little more fear of Taylor in

0:39:10.640 --> 0:39:12.359
<v Speaker 3>the running game? And if I were them, I would

0:39:12.440 --> 0:39:15.759
<v Speaker 3>run Richardson more that they haven't designed enough runs for

0:39:15.840 --> 0:39:18.920
<v Speaker 3>him in my opinion, because he's a dynamite runner. I

0:39:18.960 --> 0:39:20.600
<v Speaker 3>mean he's two hundred and sixty pounds runs a four

0:39:20.600 --> 0:39:23.280
<v Speaker 3>to four. I know that doesn't help him play quarterback,

0:39:23.320 --> 0:39:26.560
<v Speaker 3>but it makes him a dangerous runner. I also think

0:39:26.600 --> 0:39:28.759
<v Speaker 3>he's gonna make mistakes. You know, we talked about how

0:39:29.360 --> 0:39:31.960
<v Speaker 3>they haven't turned They didn't get the turnover last time.

0:39:32.560 --> 0:39:34.800
<v Speaker 3>He throws a lot of balls high over the middle.

0:39:34.880 --> 0:39:37.120
<v Speaker 3>I mean, Minka is just looming back there. He throws

0:39:37.160 --> 0:39:39.759
<v Speaker 3>everything eight thousand miles an hour. I mean it gets

0:39:39.800 --> 0:39:42.600
<v Speaker 3>a lot of tips. I think fumbles and sacks are

0:39:42.600 --> 0:39:44.160
<v Speaker 3>in play too. I think there's gonna be a lot

0:39:44.200 --> 0:39:45.840
<v Speaker 3>of negative plays from the quarterback.

0:39:46.719 --> 0:39:49.880
<v Speaker 2>And you mentioned Minka. It's you know, if they do

0:39:50.000 --> 0:39:53.040
<v Speaker 2>shut the rundown conventionally, if they don't have to overload

0:39:53.080 --> 0:39:55.959
<v Speaker 2>the box, then he's gonna be larking back there.

0:39:56.040 --> 0:39:58.400
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, to be the ball hawk. Yeah one, and

0:39:58.440 --> 0:40:01.120
<v Speaker 3>they'll take deep shots. I mean, Pierce is a deep

0:40:01.160 --> 0:40:04.600
<v Speaker 3>threat and they will throw it deep for sure. I

0:40:04.680 --> 0:40:06.719
<v Speaker 3>just think this is a get right game too for

0:40:06.719 --> 0:40:09.640
<v Speaker 3>the Steelers offense. I mean, or another step forward for

0:40:09.640 --> 0:40:13.400
<v Speaker 3>the Steelers offense. So what would that look like specifically?

0:40:14.400 --> 0:40:15.400
<v Speaker 3>You're talking about score?

0:40:15.719 --> 0:40:17.840
<v Speaker 2>Oh no, I'm just only just gonna get right running

0:40:17.840 --> 0:40:20.200
<v Speaker 2>down their throats. Do you think you will see another

0:40:20.239 --> 0:40:25.080
<v Speaker 2>step forward from fields? I think will the complimentary receivers

0:40:25.080 --> 0:40:26.120
<v Speaker 2>step up in this game?

0:40:26.160 --> 0:40:27.759
<v Speaker 3>I think it's a Pickens explosion.

0:40:27.920 --> 0:40:28.120
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:40:28.280 --> 0:40:31.000
<v Speaker 3>I don't see a corner that handles him at all.

0:40:31.600 --> 0:40:33.920
<v Speaker 3>I think Friarmuth maybe has his best game of the

0:40:34.000 --> 0:40:36.239
<v Speaker 3>year as well. I think those linebackers are right for

0:40:36.320 --> 0:40:40.080
<v Speaker 3>the Pickens, and I also think that they will control

0:40:40.120 --> 0:40:42.000
<v Speaker 3>the line of scrimmage with their line and run game.

0:40:43.960 --> 0:40:47.840
<v Speaker 2>And conversely, if Taylor doesn't run, Colt's got a problem.

0:40:48.000 --> 0:40:50.960
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean the explosions on offense when the Colts

0:40:51.040 --> 0:40:53.560
<v Speaker 3>have the ball worry me, you know. I mean, because

0:40:53.600 --> 0:40:56.319
<v Speaker 3>they can make big plays. And I also think they

0:40:56.320 --> 0:40:59.800
<v Speaker 3>could consistently grind out yardage with Taylor too, So I

0:40:59.840 --> 0:41:01.520
<v Speaker 3>think I can see a little more points in this

0:41:01.600 --> 0:41:03.799
<v Speaker 3>game than we have in the You know, there's been

0:41:04.040 --> 0:41:06.120
<v Speaker 3>very little when Steeler the games through three weeks, and

0:41:06.160 --> 0:41:08.680
<v Speaker 3>I'm not saying to me thirty five to thirty, but

0:41:08.719 --> 0:41:12.080
<v Speaker 3>I'm thinking it's more like twenty thirteen something like that.

0:41:12.160 --> 0:41:13.840
<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking like twenty seven to ten.

0:41:14.400 --> 0:41:17.520
<v Speaker 3>Something along those concern Yeah, I'm not.

0:41:18.120 --> 0:41:20.520
<v Speaker 2>I gotta be honest with you. I've been in this

0:41:20.600 --> 0:41:23.040
<v Speaker 2>spot every once in a while now. That Denver game.

0:41:23.560 --> 0:41:26.879
<v Speaker 2>I watched that Denver Seattle game and I thought there's

0:41:26.880 --> 0:41:28.120
<v Speaker 2>no way the Steelers could lose it.

0:41:28.320 --> 0:41:30.440
<v Speaker 3>Almost no way. Yeah, the NFL. You never know.

0:41:31.239 --> 0:41:34.120
<v Speaker 2>I was. I wasn't expecting a blowout and it wasn't

0:41:34.520 --> 0:41:38.279
<v Speaker 2>you know. It was a close game. But never while

0:41:38.320 --> 0:41:41.279
<v Speaker 2>watching the Steelers play the Broncos did the thought occur

0:41:41.360 --> 0:41:43.880
<v Speaker 2>to me that the Broncos might score a touchdown. I

0:41:43.880 --> 0:41:45.239
<v Speaker 2>think the Colts might get won.

0:41:46.640 --> 0:41:48.640
<v Speaker 3>Even the Falcons game, it got to the point where

0:41:49.000 --> 0:41:51.439
<v Speaker 3>you got them right where you want them. The Chargers game,

0:41:51.520 --> 0:41:53.839
<v Speaker 3>absolutely in the second half is like they're not scoring

0:41:53.880 --> 0:41:56.440
<v Speaker 3>another touchdown. I mean unless something weird happens, you know.

0:41:56.719 --> 0:41:58.400
<v Speaker 2>And in the offense, I think the run is going

0:41:58.440 --> 0:42:02.000
<v Speaker 2>to set up a lot of things for Pittsburgh. I'm

0:42:02.040 --> 0:42:05.680
<v Speaker 2>still not having second thoughts about the fields. I want

0:42:05.719 --> 0:42:08.359
<v Speaker 2>to see what this looks like with Wilson. Merrill talked

0:42:08.400 --> 0:42:11.840
<v Speaker 2>about anticipation, but Russell Wilson's got that, oh he does. Yeah.

0:42:12.840 --> 0:42:14.879
<v Speaker 2>I want to see if he's the guy that can

0:42:14.920 --> 0:42:18.280
<v Speaker 2>take this to the next level without risking the ball

0:42:18.840 --> 0:42:22.160
<v Speaker 2>and risking turnovers and risking negative plays, which he hasn't

0:42:22.200 --> 0:42:24.880
<v Speaker 2>been immune to. But he's just got so much more experience,

0:42:25.160 --> 0:42:28.279
<v Speaker 2>and particularly the later we get in this process. As

0:42:28.320 --> 0:42:31.279
<v Speaker 2>Mike Thomas says, when the road narrows and depression builds,

0:42:31.560 --> 0:42:33.600
<v Speaker 2>I kind of like to been there, done that experience

0:42:33.600 --> 0:42:34.320
<v Speaker 2>of Russell Wilson.

0:42:34.360 --> 0:42:36.360
<v Speaker 3>I one hundred percent agree. And I'm just more intrigued

0:42:36.400 --> 0:42:38.440
<v Speaker 3>with fields every time I watch him, to be honest

0:42:38.480 --> 0:42:43.480
<v Speaker 3>with you, and I mean, the anticipatory stuff probably will

0:42:43.480 --> 0:42:45.600
<v Speaker 3>never be his strength, you know, but he did throw

0:42:46.800 --> 0:42:49.319
<v Speaker 3>like an NFL quarterback really well in that pass game.

0:42:49.440 --> 0:42:51.440
<v Speaker 2>The other thing I wonder about is how many weeks

0:42:52.400 --> 0:42:55.520
<v Speaker 2>absent for Wilson are too many? Is there a line

0:42:55.520 --> 0:42:58.320
<v Speaker 2>of demarcation here where if he doesn't play against Dallas

0:42:58.400 --> 0:43:00.359
<v Speaker 2>or he doesn't play against the next game, now you've

0:43:00.360 --> 0:43:02.960
<v Speaker 2>missed two months or approaching two months and can you

0:43:02.960 --> 0:43:03.839
<v Speaker 2>get back into groove?

0:43:03.920 --> 0:43:05.960
<v Speaker 3>And Meryl kind of mentioned it too. I mean, if

0:43:05.960 --> 0:43:08.120
<v Speaker 3>you're five and oh, if you're six and oh, how

0:43:08.120 --> 0:43:09.280
<v Speaker 3>do you make a quarterback switch?

0:43:09.560 --> 0:43:11.319
<v Speaker 2>I mean, well that's why I head coaches good.

0:43:11.480 --> 0:43:12.799
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, right right, right right?

0:43:12.840 --> 0:43:14.680
<v Speaker 2>You decide the other guy's better and you make it.

0:43:14.800 --> 0:43:17.920
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, the super respect and you do it. This isn't hockey.

0:43:17.960 --> 0:43:21.680
<v Speaker 2>You don't keep winning lineup together, right, No, seriously, I mean,

0:43:21.800 --> 0:43:25.000
<v Speaker 2>if you think the other guy's better, you play them.

0:43:25.160 --> 0:43:26.960
<v Speaker 3>I mean I deep down think they do think he's

0:43:27.000 --> 0:43:28.760
<v Speaker 3>better Wilson.

0:43:29.200 --> 0:43:33.080
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but I think, uh, it's funny the field stuff.

0:43:33.080 --> 0:43:35.960
<v Speaker 2>People started talking about this after they won the opener

0:43:36.360 --> 0:43:38.480
<v Speaker 2>and then after the second who's the quarterback? And you

0:43:38.480 --> 0:43:40.520
<v Speaker 2>know the national shows they should go with fields. I'm thinking,

0:43:40.800 --> 0:43:41.839
<v Speaker 2>what are you talking about?

0:43:41.880 --> 0:43:44.239
<v Speaker 3>What are you seeing all the national shows like, oh,

0:43:44.280 --> 0:43:46.720
<v Speaker 3>they've decided in the fields. I mean, that's not what happened.

0:43:46.800 --> 0:43:48.120
<v Speaker 2>Now we're starting to see some stuff.

0:43:48.120 --> 0:43:53.000
<v Speaker 3>As you said, I'm very intrigued. I mean, quarterback things

0:43:53.000 --> 0:43:56.600
<v Speaker 3>were good. That's gonna do it for us tonight. I

0:43:56.640 --> 0:43:59.880
<v Speaker 3>want to thank Meryl for joining us as he always does. Well,

0:44:00.160 --> 0:44:02.640
<v Speaker 3>we got him on a club friendly contract. Oh Yeah,

0:44:02.680 --> 0:44:07.120
<v Speaker 3>for the workload we give him. He's on for him too.

0:44:08.600 --> 0:44:11.719
<v Speaker 2>Thanks to Justin Miller for keeping us fired up and

0:44:11.800 --> 0:44:15.680
<v Speaker 2>on the air. Thank you for finding us, however, and

0:44:15.800 --> 0:44:18.080
<v Speaker 2>wherever you found us, We're going to do it again

0:44:18.280 --> 0:44:21.919
<v Speaker 2>next Thursday, before the Steelers get ready to take on

0:44:22.200 --> 0:44:26.640
<v Speaker 2>the Dallas Cowboys. Until then, for Matt Williamson on Mike Persuda,

0:44:27.000 --> 0:44:30.240
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