1 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: He is The Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: on Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 3 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Drive. I'm Dale Lollly here with Matt Williamson. 4 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: It's a Wednesday here in Pittsburgh. That means it's the 5 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: first day of practice back for the Steelers on the 6 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: practice field. I should say he is Matt Williamson, I'm 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: Dale Lolly and uh I already say that. I can't 8 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: remember I did, but yeah, so many things bouncing around 9 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 1: my mind here yesterday I forgot their introduced us today 10 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: about that. Yeah, um, big week in the NFL, Matt, 11 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: it is, um, if you start owing to the percentage 12 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: of making the playoffs, your percentage goes down. Now, maybe 13 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: that changes this year because with the extra game, but 14 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: it's not gonna che's dramatically. It might go to twelve. Yeah, 15 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 1: it could go down. We don't know, right, you know, 16 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: but it's unprecedented the year of course. Yeah, you're right. 17 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,559 Speaker 1: So the Steelers find themselves at want to know facing 18 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: the Raiders, want to know. That's why this, you know, 19 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: getting that first win in Week one, it's so important. 20 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: You're not one of these teams facing you know, hey, yes, 21 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 1: your favorite against the Raiders, but you've lost the Raiders 22 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,639 Speaker 1: in the past. I mean, it can lose to anybody 23 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: in the NFL. It's the NFL. Um. But you look 24 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: at the Browns and the Ravens that are already OH 25 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: and one, and yeah, there's sixteen more games, and it 26 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: win in week two, isn't It doesn't help you get 27 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 1: in the playoffs anymore than win in week twelve, you know. 28 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 1: But they're all the same. But OH two as a whole, yeah, 29 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: especially a tough division. So you look at like Thursday 30 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: nights games the O and one Giants versus the O 31 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: and one Washington Football Tap. You know, a lot of 32 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: people were picking Washington to win that division. Um, if 33 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: they start oing too, they're in trouble, you know, and 34 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: they don't have that quarterback's it. They're different levels of 35 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: OH and two as well, Like you're O and two 36 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: without without your starting quarterback for the next sixty eight weeks. 37 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: Whatever it is, that's different, it is. I mean, if 38 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: Green Bay trips up again, it's not like, man, they 39 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: got no chance. Yeah, you know what I mean, especially 40 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: to consider it. But there's a lot of those matchups 41 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: this week the Patriots are at the Jets. They're both 42 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: oh and one. Now, you would expect the Patriots to 43 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: win that game, but they lost a game at home 44 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: to the Dolphins. It's a big one. Um, you got 45 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: the O and one Bills headed to the Dolphins. All 46 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: of a sudden, all of a sudden, the Dolphins. Dolphins 47 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: win that game, two game lead, and the essentially over 48 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: the Patriots and the Bills and they've beaten them both. 49 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,239 Speaker 1: They hadn't thought of that Miami angle. But that's a 50 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: huge game for Miami. And you've talked about before. Going 51 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: to Miami in the years this time of year is 52 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: not not a great thing. No, it's hard. And you know, 53 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: the Bills didn't play a lot of other guys in 54 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,959 Speaker 1: the preseason. You know, they're you know, they played a 55 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: ton of snaps against Steelers. So it's definitely a losable 56 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: game too. I mean, not all are in the NFL, 57 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: but it now, you're right, I mean, do you just 58 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: look at each division. I mean, the Wests, both those guys, 59 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: all both those divisions are undefeated. Somebody's gonna stumble right away, 60 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: and like we're in the hole. And I really think 61 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: THEFC North is a perfect example. I mean Cleveland or 62 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: and or Baltimore loses since he's got a very winnable game. 63 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 1: Steelers are a very winnable game. You know, you're really yeah, 64 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,519 Speaker 1: the games behind the divisional foe already. The Colts this 65 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: week host the Rams' I mean we talked about their schedule. 66 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: What a tough schedule that was the first five weeks. 67 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: They do have a game, I think it's in a 68 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: couple of weeks against the Titans. They play each other. 69 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: The Titans are winless right now, They're gonna go to Seattle. 70 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: At least that division looks bad, you know, in that division, 71 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: it wouldn't worry me that much. But still but still like, yeah, 72 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: Tennessee's at Seattle. Yeah, I think both like who's gonna 73 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: win a game? Like Jacksonville and that in the same division, 74 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: shoul host the Broncos. They play a tough game too. 75 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: I don't care who Hughes plays, They're gonna be a dog. 76 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: Well Houston plays, they get they get Cleveland there in Cleveland. Yah, 77 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: so they're like they're like twelve point underdogs in that game. 78 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: I think that's way too many points. But that's a 79 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: lot us have played well Um, so there's a if 80 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: you go by Vegas, the a f C South might 81 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: have one win, one win, and it's by Houston two 82 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: weeks into the season, actually the worst team in the league. Wow. Yeah, 83 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,600 Speaker 1: I mean you're right. I mean it doesn't take long 84 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 1: before the league starts taking shape. Yeah, I mean I 85 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 1: think it's the point here is sure. Oh and two 86 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: is not a death no. I mean you can come 87 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 1: back and win ten in a row, and we see 88 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: teams do that. I mean, a team like the Ravens 89 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: absolutely could get it together and figure things out. But 90 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: there's a really good chance for rowing two. And there's 91 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: a reason that this goes up to fifteen or down 92 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: to ten whatever. So long, that's still probably only one 93 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 1: team this year making it out of that digging their 94 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: way back out of the hole. The Vikings are at 95 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: the Cardinals, their own one. They were a team that yeah, 96 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: Vikings didn't Yeah. Now Green Bay goes to they played Detroit. 97 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: I think you know they host Detroit. I should say 98 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: that's one that you would expect favorites. Yeah, and you 99 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: would expect to bounce back there. The Ravens, however, they 100 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: host the Chiefs. Good luck with that. They're probably the 101 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,559 Speaker 1: best example of all. Yeah, I mean two tough games 102 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: and you look back and be like, man, we were 103 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 1: equal footing with our first opponent, couldn't get the win, 104 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: and now we're gonna be a dog at home. I said, yeah. 105 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know what the spread is in 106 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 1: that game. I saw their their injury reports, like Ronnie 107 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: Stanley didn't play, Marquise Brown didn't practice. I mean they 108 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: get some issues. Yeah, they get some issues. I mean 109 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 1: they're coming off on Monday night or so they're gonna 110 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 1: always um side on the cautious side of things. Still, 111 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: they have a short week. I mean, so the Raiders, 112 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: of course, the Raiders going to the road Baltimore is 113 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: to travel back home to Baltimore and you know, heal 114 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: their wounds. So yeah, I mean it's tough. This league 115 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,359 Speaker 1: is not forgiving. The other one I wanted to mention 116 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 1: was that the Cowboys are at the Chargers. Hmm. Interesting, 117 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: you know, and the Chargers just went to Washington and won. 118 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: The Cowboys, of course, lost their their opener in Tampa, 119 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: like back to back road games eight open the season. Now, 120 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: they did get a little extra rest coming up of this, 121 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 1: but I mean they played pretty well against Tampa, and 122 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: they could be owing two for their troubles. Yeah, you know, 123 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: without without eas easily could be you know, fortunately for them. 124 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 1: I mean Philadelphia one in Week one, the Eagles played 125 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: the forty Niners at the game of one of tho teams. 126 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: But you know, two weeks into this and you could 127 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: have some already have some separation in some of these divisions, 128 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 1: including the Steelers in the NFC North. Yeah right, and 129 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: you know the NFC East that we were just talking about. 130 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,039 Speaker 1: One of those teams will probably get a win on Thursday. 131 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: I doubt they tie, you know, and Philly already does. 132 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: So that looked like a terrible division, I mean by 133 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: record last year. I mean one of those teams went 134 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: and probably none deserved to get in. But all of 135 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: a sudden it gets pretty crowded. I mean. So it's 136 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: a good point because, like even when you started the show, 137 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: it's like, man, it's Wednesday already, and I feel like 138 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: the week's getting away from me already, Like yeah, I'm 139 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 1: not positive who's playing who yet. Wednesday is always that 140 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: transition day where you go, you put and you move 141 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: up to the next day. And this is the first 142 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: Wednesday of a real year of a regular season, so 143 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: I'm not quite used to it. You know, I'm a 144 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: little behind. I feel like for next week and it's 145 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: right around the corner. There's a game tomorrow. There's a 146 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: game tomorrow. Yeah, it's great the rest for the weary. 147 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: Here I mentioned the Steeler's injury report. They're in pretty 148 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: good shape. Uh not so for the for the Raiders, No, 149 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: they're not. Um. They've got some injury problems. That signing 150 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: guys to their practice squad. Denzel Good who we mentioned 151 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: Good out for the year, and it's a blow for them. 152 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: It's a blow for them. I mean, just talk about 153 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: their old line for a minute. Colton Miller looks like 154 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: a star started strong word, but a stalwart NFL player tackled. 155 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: You used the first round pick on I'm really athletic. 156 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: They've developed them night sleep. They just gave him a 157 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: big contract. He's a good player. The interior that shuffled 158 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: around like crazy in the off season. You know, Hudson's gone, 159 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: Gabe Jackson are gone. And Gabe Jackson might not have 160 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: been quite what he used to be, but he's a 161 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: quality starting guard for the Seahawks and they're happy to 162 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: have him, and Arizona is thrilled to have Hudson, so 163 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: they were counting on Good and Incognito. Incognito was inactive 164 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: last week. I'm not exactly sure what's wrong with him 165 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: or where he's now. Goods out for them out for 166 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: the season. The interior looks really weak where it used 167 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: to be very strong. And I even got in the 168 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: right tackle yet. I mean the first round pick Alex Leatherwood, 169 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: who was a good player. I mean, he's a good prospect, 170 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 1: probably not a first round prospect, and he got whipped 171 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,319 Speaker 1: last week and looked very, very bad, and it only 172 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: gets tougher for him and all of them. Really, It's 173 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: not like the interior is an easy matchup here. Welcome 174 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: to Pittsburgh. Here's yeah. Have you met Mr Watton, Mr 175 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: Hayward in crowding noise was in your favor on Monday night? 176 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: It won't be, you know. I mean, so that old 177 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 1: line to me, the Raiders d it's pretty darn bad, 178 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: you know, And it's been bad since Scrutin has been there. 179 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: It's been that for a long time. But I think 180 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: they're on line to be my most worrisome thing. If 181 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: I was scrutin. Yeah, they blew up their offense. The 182 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: Steelers have pretty much a brand new offensive line this year. 183 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:22,959 Speaker 1: They did it that of necessity. She just kind of 184 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 1: got old. Yeah, the Raiders blew their's up on their own. 185 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: I mean, Hudson and Jackson aren't young, and you know, 186 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 1: but you didn't have to move on from them. They 187 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: didn't have massive cap issues. You know, it wasn't pouncy retiring, 188 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: you know, things like that. I Mean, the only thing 189 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 1: I can think of, Matt, is that they looked at 190 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: this draft and said, we think, we think this is 191 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,839 Speaker 1: this is a really good offensive line draft. So we're 192 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: gonna move on from some of these guys, and but 193 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: not the whole thing. Right, and even the Denzel Goods 194 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: of the world probably aren't common names, are listeners. They're 195 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:54,839 Speaker 1: probably higher on them. We are, you know, if we 196 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: were locked into the Raiders, we might like a couple 197 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,079 Speaker 1: of their younger guys better than the national percept. It 198 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: was the case with all teams, but it seemed unnecessary, 199 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,319 Speaker 1: especially Hudson. Yeah, like the second he got let go, 200 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: I was high. This was before the draft. He immediately 201 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: got scooped. Steler should get involved with him. I mean, 202 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: he actually didn't get it was announced that he was 203 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: gonna be he was gonna be released, and then all 204 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 1: of a sudden, apparently, I would guess, some teams started 205 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 1: calling him like, hey, if you don't want a bid 206 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: for this guy, we'll take him at that cost right now, 207 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: and we'll give you a pick. And it was a 208 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 1: third rounder because Arizona gave it a third round pick 209 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: for him because he's super high character. It's sort of 210 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,559 Speaker 1: like a Pounds in a way. I mean, super intelligent, 211 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: great track record. I'm like, man, that'd be a great 212 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: short term replacement for Poundsy. I don't know if I'd 213 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: get on a third round pick all things considered, you know, 214 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 1: trying to I mean, that's the third round pick the 215 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 1: Steelers used on Kendrick Green exactly so. But I mean, 216 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 1: he's not washed up and nobody wanted him to type 217 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: of deal. I don't know why you moved on from him. 218 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: That made no sense to me at all. Yeah, I don't. 219 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: I don't get it, especially in today's NFL, where you know, 220 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: I'm constantly being asked what offensive tackles can the Steelers 221 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: go out and get, and I'm like, none, none, there's 222 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: nobody there. He's done. I mean, here's one long shot 223 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: name Dillard, the former first round pick from the Eagles. 224 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:18,439 Speaker 1: Because they just signed Melatta, he's been heard. I mean, 225 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: they're not high on him. You know, they gave another 226 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: guy a chance after him, but what they're not gonna 227 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: trade for him and you know, plug him in right away. 228 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: And he hasn't proven a thing, you know. I mean 229 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,719 Speaker 1: I just pulled out one name and they're hard to 230 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: come up with. I mean, every everybody you know mentions uh, 231 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: you know Mitchell Schwartz and and uh um. I was 232 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: on the way funny rest of Micheal Schwartz. I was 233 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,559 Speaker 1: on the way here listening to the Athletic Podcast with 234 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 1: Robert Rays. Mitchell Schwartz is the every Wednesday guest. He 235 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: isn't He's not he's not lifting weights. He's watching tape 236 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,599 Speaker 1: and getting on with his He's getting on. That's the 237 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: thing that people need to understand about this. Just because 238 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: of veteran player is out there and not signed right now, 239 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: doesn't mean they're ready to play football does That doesn't 240 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: mean they want to play football right He's got a 241 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: lot of millions in the bank and a lot of 242 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 1: store bones and joints and things. And he's happy talking 243 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: to Robert every Wednesday about football getting paid to do that. 244 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: He's right, all right, he's getting a lot of these 245 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: guys don't want to deal with They want to come 246 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,719 Speaker 1: back and deal with COVID stuff. You know that the 247 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: new teammates, different rules. There's there's all kinds of things 248 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,079 Speaker 1: going on there with the with the COVID situation that 249 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: you just don't I don't want have to deal with that. Yeah, 250 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not speaking for alvil in the way, 251 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,559 Speaker 1: but nor am I picking on him. But I wondered 252 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: watching that game, and I actually thought about today, like 253 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 1: if you gave him truth serium, what he'd rather just said, 254 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: maybe I should have just hung it up and moved 255 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: Only got eight million dollars. I mean, they've gave him 256 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: a two year, fourteen million dollar contract. Eight million of 257 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: it this year is guaranteed. They can't move on from 258 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 1: him and the other options, and they don't. That's why 259 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:02,960 Speaker 1: I keep saying, Well, when the Steelers play the Ravens 260 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: villain the way, it won't be the starting right tackle. 261 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: They got nobody else who else is gonna play the position? 262 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 1: And money talks. I mean, they're they're pretty much married 263 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,839 Speaker 1: to him, You're right, and Stanley's not practicing on the 264 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: other side, you know, but I'm sure he'll play. But 265 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,599 Speaker 1: still no, I mean I sat there wondering, like, do 266 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: you think he's thrilled to the situation. He was just 267 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: on Monday night kind of getting embarrassed. He's with new teammates. 268 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure he's bodies of all those guys by now too. 269 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: But is it is it worth it? Yes, it's eight 270 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,439 Speaker 1: billion dollars? But is it a good situation? Now? It's 271 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 1: not the same, you know, it's not the same. It's 272 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: not it's not what you had. It's not you know. 273 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:41,319 Speaker 1: I I don't know. But there's just no surplus of 274 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: offensive especially tackles, Like if you're looking for a guard, 275 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: you could probably find a service of the guard out there. Yeah, 276 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: I'm sure, but they're they're about what forty guys walking 277 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: the face of the earth who are legitimate starting NFL tackles, 278 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 1: and not all of them are healthy right now, I mean, 279 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: to your point, look what the Bears did. I mean, 280 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 1: they draft Jenkins who traded up for he immediately gets hurt, 281 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: which that may have been looming. There were some rumors 282 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: and Steelers don't like him as much as I thought 283 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: they would, and I wonder if there were some things 284 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 1: there that we didn't know. So they cut Leno, who's 285 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: gets scooped up by Washington immediately. And he's one of 286 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 1: those forty I mean, he's an okay tackle um and 287 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: so all of a sudden, you've got nothing because Jenkins 288 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: has hurt. Leno's gone. They called Jason Peters, and I 289 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: mean he's forty years old. Forty years old. I mean 290 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: he's going to the Hall of Fame in my opinion. 291 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: I mean, he's one of the best tackles of this generation. 292 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 1: And he's usually thirty pounds overweight. Now he's like fifty 293 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: pounds overweight, you know, just kind of following all over himself. 294 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: And because he's such a ridiculous athlete, he still gets 295 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: away with it. But that's desperate. That's desperations be playing anymore. 296 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: I just think, you know, I I watched and rewatched 297 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: the game several times, and I saw a lot of 298 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: people killing chokes of Core four for his game, and 299 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, I'm watching him like he's no better or 300 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: worse than everybody else on that line. Right, Like I'm watching, 301 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: like there were plays where where they're running r p 302 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: o s. So he's allowing his guy to to run 303 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: by him because it's it's supposed to be wrong. Oh 304 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: you want to run up field, Go ahead, run up. 305 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: You know I'm gonna push you outside and get the 306 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 1: running back of lane. And then Roethlisberger decides to throw 307 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: the football. So it looks like he got blown by. 308 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: That's not the case because of a couple of things 309 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: I would have mentioned. First of all, this offense runs 310 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: a lot more RPOs than I think most people understand. 311 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: Roethlisberger said yesterday or after the game that that entire 312 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: last drive was r p os. The entire last drive. 313 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: That's like ten plays in a row where people are so, oh, 314 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: why aren't they running the football here? The quarterbacks sees, 315 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: he sees what he's I'm not gonna run into a 316 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: nine man box because well, you know, the Bills think 317 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: we're running the football here to trying to kill the clock. Yeah, exactly. 318 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: It's funny. Like I watched the Chargers game. They killed 319 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: the clock by throwing at the Keenan Allen. Yeah, I 320 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 1: mean that's what teams do. Now, that's what team do now, 321 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 1: Like easy completions is same thing. There's don't go to bounce, 322 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: you get down. You know, pick up three yards is 323 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 1: not no different than hand it off and probably less 324 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: chance or fumble. Um, but they do run a ton 325 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: of r p os And it's Chukes the answer. I 326 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: still don't know that answer. I'm not saying he's great, 327 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: but the people thinking that, well, they need to replace him. 328 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: I don't know that's the you know. I mean, it'll 329 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: be interesting when Banner is eligible how that works out. 330 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: And Chukes has at least two more games of being 331 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: the man at right tackle. Um, could you move back 332 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: to the left? Maybe? Uh? Is he their worst lineman maybe, 333 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: But it's not a gap. It kind of looks I 334 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: mean it's like, you know, a dodgeball the movie Dodgeball 335 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: work the same. You know, he in your best player 336 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 1: thinks he's a pirate and he's and and he says, 337 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: I don't know, we don't know who our best players yet. 338 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: Well that's just kind of it, right. So No, they're 339 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: looking I mean, the guards look like they're solid players, 340 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: but I mean they're scrambling on the offensive line. That's 341 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: the secret I'm sure Tomlin would tell you that as 342 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: other teams around the league, I mean a unique if 343 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: you saw some of the stuff that happened in Week one, 344 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 1: you know, McKay Beckton goes down there. There were a 345 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: number of tackles that got hurt in Week one that 346 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:13,880 Speaker 1: I mean. A team like the Jets is a great example. 347 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 1: I mean, they their GM Douglas, his first pick was 348 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 1: was backed in last year, and so this year they 349 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: take Zack Wilson of course, and then trade up for 350 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: a guard, you know, and then they also signed Morgan 351 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: Moses Moses. So it's like we've got three fifths of 352 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: a line here and the other two are not terrible. 353 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: We're starting to at least build something, and then you 354 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: lose the best, most important piece, and now all of 355 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,479 Speaker 1: a sudden you're back in the bottom seven or eight 356 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: lines again, you know. And let alone the teams that 357 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 1: didn't address it, like the Giants. Tomorrow night in Washington 358 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: could be ugly. You want to see a bad offensive Linebotes, 359 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: pick your feet up, crack of beverage and watch the 360 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: Giants try to defend Chase and those guys, and feel 361 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 1: bad for Daniel Jones, right and they would kill for 362 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: the Steelers line. The line is great. I actually fear 363 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 1: for Daniel Jones life tomorrow. He's gonna take a beating. 364 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: To take a beating. I there's no way around it, 365 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 1: especially that Washington teams. You know they just lost. Um, yeah, 366 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: it's that could be ugly. Building a good offensive line 367 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 1: is hard to do. You know another example, teams just 368 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: played Washington. They signed Filer, they signed Corey Linsley, the 369 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 1: biggest contract of centers ever got. They kind of luck 370 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: into Rashawn Slater fall into them in the earlier you know, 371 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: in the first round. That's a ridiculous number of resources 372 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,239 Speaker 1: for three out of five starting spots, you know, I mean, 373 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: and it looks like it's paying off through one game, 374 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: but you know what you have invested in that, you know, 375 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 1: I mean that most teams can't just do that, right, 376 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: you know, Seils couldn't have done that if they wanted to. Yeah, 377 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 1: and I mean, and that's kind of like you know, 378 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 1: the Chargers, Um, I know that everybody's cheek um, but 379 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: they've been picking in the top ten a lot. They're 380 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 1: kind of like Jacksonville a few years ago, you know, 381 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 1: where how did they build that roster. Well that's what 382 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: happens when you lose insistently over a decade. Yeah, you know, yeah, right, 383 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:05,679 Speaker 1: we're getting all these top ten picks. Well, they get 384 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: a lot of stars, I would hope. So yeah, I 385 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: bet Kevin Colbert would land on a lot of top 386 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 1: ten picks. Yeah, maybe get them right every year. Same 387 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: with the Browns. You know, but the little how the 388 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 1: Browns built us up, well you have twenty years of 389 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: you know, utility. Yeah, absolutely interesting stuff though, and again 390 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 1: it's it's only one week, and overreactions certainly occur now, 391 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: but oh two is a problem, and you know, I 392 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: mean things start to come to light and we're already 393 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: seeing injuries and it is a tough grind. I mean, 394 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: we've got sixteen more games, which is awesome. Yeah, I know. 395 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: You know, for example, the Ravens, Okay, things ease up 396 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 1: a little bit for them. They played the Chiefs Chiefs 397 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,439 Speaker 1: this week, then they go to the Lions. You go, okay, 398 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,440 Speaker 1: that the probably coin that game. But you know, then 399 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: they had the Denver If they played Denver this week, 400 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: they would lose in Denver. I would pick the bronze 401 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 1: games in Denver. Uh, then they get host the Colts 402 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 1: at home. That's part of that, that tough schedule the 403 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: Colts had. Then they host the Chargers. Chargers are better 404 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: team than them right now. I mean that's our first 405 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: five game. That's that's a pretty difficult first five games. 406 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: It could go south bat on them. You think Boss 407 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: looking look at his chops right now, going, oh, I 408 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: get without question, and then you know von Miller, Oh yeah, 409 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 1: that's not an easy slate at all. Again, it's the 410 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:30,920 Speaker 1: only one game. And when the Pirates lose one of 411 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: the pens, nobody cared. But that was a game. Here's 412 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: the loss hurts them. Yeah, it's it's it's you know, 413 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: everybody penciled that in as Oh they'll they'll win that game, 414 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: their favorite on the road by four points, which means 415 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 1: Vegas thought they were seven points better than than the Raiders, 416 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: which was true in June. Yeah not so yeah, not 417 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: so much on Monday night and when you mentioned canceled 418 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: practice and all these terrible things that happened to him 419 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 1: and emotions of that building, and yeah, you can't stub 420 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 1: your toe at all. That's why that that win by 421 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 1: the Steelers in Buffalo in a game everybody had them 422 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,360 Speaker 1: penciled in to lose. Now, it's kind of like cows money. Yeah, 423 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 1: you're yeah, I mean you know, if you lose the Raiders, 424 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 1: it's what you gave it back. Yeah, that's what you 425 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 1: can't do. That's what they can't stub their toe in 426 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: this one. You have to carry that momentum over and 427 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 1: even since you next week, Like, it doesn't mean you 428 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: have to be three. You know, three, you know was 429 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 1: a hard Yeah, but boy, if they could get there 430 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: and that we're really getting ahead of ourselves now. I 431 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,160 Speaker 1: mean you have a room to stub your toe once 432 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: throughout the year in a game you should have you know, 433 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: should have won or whatever. Yeah, I know everybody was 434 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: talking about that Steelers schedule this year and how you know, 435 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: if you look at that schedule, they need to they 436 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: need to stack some wins early because the schedule down 437 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,640 Speaker 1: the stretch is so difficult. Well, you got the first 438 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: one and one that nobody expected you to win in Buffalo. 439 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 1: Now you get the Raiders at home, you get the 440 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: Bengals at home, then you go to Green Bay in 441 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 1: week four? Does that look quite I mean I expect 442 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,640 Speaker 1: the Packers to be better than what they were Steelers 443 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: are a dog in Green Bay right now, but that 444 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: could come off the rails. That could come off the rails, 445 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: and what's green Based problem right now? They're missing some 446 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: linemen and they're starting with the offensive lines of problem. 447 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: That's why they lost that game to the Saints. The 448 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: Saints got after them defensively. I think it was two 449 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: years ago you and I were talking about, you know, 450 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: just Steelers versus offensive line matchups, not even mentioned the teams, 451 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: but like, these are these bottom lines as soon as 452 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 1: be in that game. You just know that as a 453 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 1: fact at that point, and it's probably that's the way 454 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,159 Speaker 1: it is right now. I think it's even better now. 455 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: I think if you go down their schedule, their defensive line, 456 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:33,880 Speaker 1: their defensive front gives them a chance to win every 457 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 1: every one of those football games on their schedule. And 458 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: people know I'm a big strength of schedule believer, but 459 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 1: I'm even looking at the schedule now. I mean, what 460 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: if Baltimore comes off the rails, you got them twice. 461 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: I mean, if their their season goes south Chicago and 462 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: Detroit look like terrible teams, you know, you might get 463 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: Green Bay a good time while they're still trying to 464 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,360 Speaker 1: figure things out and they're back. The R's not there, 465 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: and you know what I mean, at least you're playing 466 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: the Broncos here, right, not win them right. Um, you 467 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: get the Seahawks here, You're not going to Seattle. Those 468 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: are two awful places. Yeah, you do have to go 469 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: to l A to play the Chargers. Uh, but the 470 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: Titans at home? You go to Minnesota? Does that look 471 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: so tough? Now? There are lines of real problem right now. 472 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: And again the Scheels could lose t J. Watton camp 473 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 1: Hey were by that absolutely things could have don't know. 474 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: But Tennessee is another one. Oh line was the disastrous 475 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: you know because some of the teams that Indy you 476 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: thought was I think he's not on this guy. Okay, 477 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:33,120 Speaker 1: Tennessee was right. So no, I mean, the schedule is hard, 478 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,199 Speaker 1: and it's a big reason I picked against the Raiders too. 479 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: They have a really hard schedule. But you know some 480 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 1: of these strength of schedule in the offseason is not 481 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: strength of schedule once you know there's some weak O 482 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: lines on here. Yeah, for sure, but we're gonna take 483 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 1: a break. He is Matt Williams. We got yeah, we do, 484 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: got Bob Labriola coming up. He's Matt Williams and I'm 485 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: Dale Lally. You're listening to the Drive here on Steelers 486 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: Nation Radio. When we come back, we'll have bab Bob 487 00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: Labriol on right after this