1
00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,960
Speaker 1: At least, is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt

2
00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,840
Speaker 1: Williamson on your twenty four to seven home of the

3
00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,119
Speaker 1: Black and Gold in Steelers Nation Radio.

4
00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,400
Speaker 2: And we are back. Welcome back. This is our number

5
00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,320
Speaker 2: two of the Drive here on the Steelers Audio Network

6
00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,040
Speaker 2: and a little time for some fantasy football focus here

7
00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,040
Speaker 2: and we're going to take a look at the practice

8
00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,040
Speaker 2: reports for this Weekendeh, better idea that stuff all? Right?

9
00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,200
Speaker 2: Who's in? Who's out? Because there are some high there's

10
00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:38,320
Speaker 2: some high profile players that aren't guaranteed. Those guys I

11
00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:38,840
Speaker 2: put together.

12
00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,080
Speaker 3: We mentioned how there's there's postseason ones, the one that

13
00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,240
Speaker 3: I got invited to. You can only use a player once.

14
00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,159
Speaker 3: So I put together my lineup for week one. But

15
00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,080
Speaker 3: you got to save some of the big dogs. And

16
00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:52,800
Speaker 3: it's kind of fun. Yeah, I urge.

17
00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:56,440
Speaker 2: People to give it a shot. Uh So, the Philadelphia

18
00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:01,200
Speaker 2: Eagles released Ian Book, who was served as their third

19
00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,440
Speaker 2: quarterback last week, but they then signed him back to

20
00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:09,200
Speaker 2: their practice squad today. That kind of indicates that they

21
00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,280
Speaker 2: feel like Jalen Hurts should be cleared to play. Yeah,

22
00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:13,959
Speaker 2: it's sure trending that way.

23
00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, and it probably means we like you

24
00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,240
Speaker 3: Ian but we don't need you this week, right, you know.

25
00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's kind of reading the tea leaves in that one.

26
00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:26,039
Speaker 3: From what I understand, McGee McKee would be Overpicket if

27
00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:27,520
Speaker 3: they were to start. Pick is still dealing with that

28
00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,479
Speaker 3: rib issue. But I think you're gonna get hurts. Yeah,

29
00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,800
Speaker 3: but what we push push and put his head and

30
00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:35,320
Speaker 3: harms away.

31
00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,959
Speaker 2: He worried about that. It's spent a little while now, right, Uh,

32
00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,480
Speaker 2: Malik Willis with that boost your saquon rankings in the

33
00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:46,679
Speaker 2: fantasy world, He's already i mean number one. Yeah, there's

34
00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:51,279
Speaker 2: nowhere to go about, right. Yeah. Malik Willis and Jordan

35
00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,480
Speaker 2: Love both got a full practice in Thursday for the

36
00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,320
Speaker 2: Green Bay Packers, so it looks like they'll have both

37
00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,960
Speaker 2: of their top two quarterbacks of vail with Love. That's

38
00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,680
Speaker 2: an elbow issue. I'd be shocked if he doesn't play. Yeah,

39
00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:10,320
Speaker 2: you know, yeah, we'll see. But you know, is how

40
00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,239
Speaker 2: effective is he? Again, it's an elbow issue. They said

41
00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,960
Speaker 2: it was a funny bone type thing. But you take

42
00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,800
Speaker 2: a helmet to the to the rolling bar. Yeah, throwing

43
00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,760
Speaker 2: the ucl it can it can go numb on you

44
00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:22,200
Speaker 2: a little bit.

45
00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,720
Speaker 3: A lot of the things that the quarterbacks will say.

46
00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:28,320
Speaker 3: In an injury like that is, Yeah, it bothers me.

47
00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,240
Speaker 3: But what I can't really do is control the football right.

48
00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:32,359
Speaker 2: Grip it the way I want.

49
00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, it doesn't come out of my hand. I can't

50
00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,040
Speaker 3: feel it come out of my hands the same way.

51
00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,440
Speaker 2: So Peyton Manning dealt with the last couple of years

52
00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,600
Speaker 2: in the league and started with his neck and went

53
00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:41,680
Speaker 2: all the way down. Yeah.

54
00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:43,359
Speaker 3: That a lot of these guys like when I throw

55
00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,079
Speaker 3: an out, I really want to feel the control of

56
00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:46,480
Speaker 3: it or and I can't.

57
00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,000
Speaker 2: Sometimes the ball flutter a little bit on it, kind

58
00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,200
Speaker 2: of hoping that I get it right. Yeah. You know, quarterback,

59
00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,799
Speaker 2: if it's a new injury like that, you've done as much,

60
00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:57,760
Speaker 2: you haven't done it as much, and your brain might

61
00:02:57,840 --> 00:02:59,679
Speaker 2: still think that you can. That's the thing is like

62
00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,320
Speaker 2: us have to trick your brain or like brain trust me.

63
00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,360
Speaker 2: I can't throw that. It doesn't feel right, That's how

64
00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:06,040
Speaker 2: they describe it.

65
00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, And I wonder you know, if you're if you're

66
00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,359
Speaker 3: Jordan Love preparing for this game, are you ripping out

67
00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,960
Speaker 3: route after out route to get used to it? Maybe not,

68
00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,079
Speaker 3: And maybe you're just you know, baby in it. I

69
00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,000
Speaker 3: don't know that's interesting watching either.

70
00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:18,760
Speaker 2: Uh.

71
00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:19,079
Speaker 3: A J.

72
00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,600
Speaker 2: Brown held out of practice today for the Philadelphia Eagles.

73
00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,079
Speaker 2: He's dealing with a knee issue, but he's expected to play.

74
00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,480
Speaker 2: But this is a Thursday for a Sunday game. Yeah right,

75
00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,440
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, it is a concern to see

76
00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:35,440
Speaker 2: him on there. As mentioned that Hurts practiced again today,

77
00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:40,480
Speaker 2: So yesterday was his first day of practice back day

78
00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,160
Speaker 2: the second day. He must have went well, but he

79
00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,280
Speaker 2: still has a clear concussion protocol. You still have to

80
00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,400
Speaker 2: get go to the independent neurologist and be cleared. Okay,

81
00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,840
Speaker 2: that's where the You just don't know.

82
00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,920
Speaker 3: This, right, But at least he's we've gone through concussion

83
00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,440
Speaker 3: protocol a lot over the years. At least he's taking

84
00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:57,080
Speaker 3: the steps.

85
00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:57,400
Speaker 2: Yeah.

86
00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,000
Speaker 3: I mean, if he wouldn't have been out there today,

87
00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:00,680
Speaker 3: it's have been arm bells going on.

88
00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:07,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. For sure. Let's see here, Marshaun Lattimore

89
00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,480
Speaker 2: with that hamstring issue. He practiced today, So that's uh, okay,

90
00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,480
Speaker 2: he gets Mike Evans. How fun is that? Right? And

91
00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,840
Speaker 2: he's actually had a lot of success against Evans over.

92
00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,839
Speaker 3: The years, more so than you would think, you know,

93
00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,640
Speaker 3: like Latimore has had a really good career. Evans had

94
00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,719
Speaker 3: a Hall of Fame career, but Latimore might have won

95
00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:27,720
Speaker 3: that battle over the years. You know, if if you'd

96
00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,919
Speaker 3: give an edge the two he seems to get in

97
00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:30,440
Speaker 3: his head.

98
00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,360
Speaker 2: Gets in his head a little bit. And I think

99
00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,960
Speaker 2: a lot of times and maybe, you know, for whatever reason,

100
00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:38,480
Speaker 2: Evans ends up wanting to fight him more than play.

101
00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:40,120
Speaker 3: That's what I was going to say too, Like Evans

102
00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,159
Speaker 3: is a class act. I mean, you don't see him

103
00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,240
Speaker 3: throwing hands or taking cheap shots of people throughout a

104
00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,159
Speaker 3: really long, good career unless he's lined up against that guy.

105
00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, and it just seems he turns into uh, it

106
00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:56,360
Speaker 2: gets in his mind. Yeah. We got the news out

107
00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,520
Speaker 2: of the Chargers practices this from yesterday. Since they haven't

108
00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,479
Speaker 2: completed their practices yet. Rashaun Slater was back getting a

109
00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,039
Speaker 2: full practice yesterday. It's huge for them because they were

110
00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,040
Speaker 2: playing alt on the left side and he wasn't on

111
00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:10,880
Speaker 2: the rookie. He was good over there.

112
00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,240
Speaker 3: No, and Slater really is a top three left tackle.

113
00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,800
Speaker 3: He's been really, really good. And I'm not super impressed

114
00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,000
Speaker 3: with Houston, but their edge guys are about as good

115
00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,000
Speaker 3: as the gear Hunter and Anderson as a really good pairing,

116
00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,600
Speaker 3: They have good corners, they got good edge guys. I'm

117
00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,599
Speaker 3: sure they'll address up the middle of the defense. But

118
00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,640
Speaker 3: the defense in general is pretty good. But that kind

119
00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,400
Speaker 3: of plays against the Charger strengths too. But if Later's

120
00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:36,320
Speaker 3: not out there, that'd be a problem.

121
00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,920
Speaker 2: Yeah. Quentin Johnston with a thigh issue and an illness

122
00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,680
Speaker 2: misspractice yesterday for them.

123
00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,560
Speaker 3: He's kind of important all of a sudden. Yeah, I mean,

124
00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,360
Speaker 3: after a really garbage rookie year. To be honest with you,

125
00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:48,840
Speaker 3: he's been productive.

126
00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:53,440
Speaker 2: You know. Gus Edwards and JK. Dobbins both limited yesterday

127
00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,719
Speaker 2: for the Chargers while dealing with ankle issues. Do you

128
00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:00,200
Speaker 2: think Zeke gets involved. I didn't sign him for no reason. Yeah, right,

129
00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:02,760
Speaker 2: It's not just for posterity, because I mean, who's win

130
00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:08,960
Speaker 2: a race right now, Zeke or Gus Edwards for me? Right?

131
00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,560
Speaker 2: Or the four of us in there right? Yeah, I

132
00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:17,560
Speaker 2: don't know. It's not great. Yeah, looking at some other

133
00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,040
Speaker 2: stuff here we mentioned I think we mentioned it yesterday

134
00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,000
Speaker 2: in the in the area that the forty nine ers

135
00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,200
Speaker 2: have said they're gonna release Javon Hargrave. I don't know

136
00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:28,360
Speaker 2: if we did talk about it. You and I have

137
00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,479
Speaker 2: talked about it. We talked about it off the area. Yeah. Yeah,

138
00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,080
Speaker 2: it's gonna be a June first designation. So they're gonna

139
00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,000
Speaker 2: spread his contract out over the next two years. There's

140
00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:37,520
Speaker 2: a lot of those coming down the pipe here. Yeah.

141
00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,039
Speaker 2: John Lynch said he wants to They're open to re

142
00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:44,080
Speaker 2: signing him. If I'm Javaughn like well, they also have

143
00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,359
Speaker 2: new defense coordinate. I'm not interested in coming back on

144
00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,080
Speaker 2: less money than I signed with you for because now

145
00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:54,479
Speaker 2: that now the way the way that goes is he

146
00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,719
Speaker 2: got injured. He heard no, Yeah, but he has to

147
00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,400
Speaker 2: then go back into that locker room on a lesser deal, right,

148
00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,520
Speaker 2: And everybody knows, and everybody knows, and he's been a

149
00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:03,400
Speaker 2: good player for them.

150
00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,920
Speaker 3: I've been a good player period over career. He's had

151
00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,160
Speaker 3: some good contract right.

152
00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,120
Speaker 2: I would one hundred percent be interested in bringing back

153
00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,480
Speaker 2: to von Hargrave. If I'm the Steelers, I would be

154
00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,920
Speaker 2: very very interested. I mean to me, it would kill

155
00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,840
Speaker 2: almost a couple problems. And I know it's not off

156
00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:24,120
Speaker 2: season roster building time, but they don't want Casey Hampton

157
00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,760
Speaker 2: on the nose anymore. And while Hargrave looks like that

158
00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,200
Speaker 2: he's got the huge button. He's thick, and he's you know,

159
00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,160
Speaker 2: but he's an off the ball, upfield guy and he

160
00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:34,280
Speaker 2: could hold the point. Fine.

161
00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,720
Speaker 3: He's still playing really well. I don't know if this injury.

162
00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:39,040
Speaker 3: Last I saw him, he was playing really well. It's

163
00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,880
Speaker 3: always you know, your doctors have to get involved. But

164
00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:43,920
Speaker 3: I don't know if Ogan Joby's going to be back

165
00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:46,520
Speaker 3: one hundred percent, because he's a pretty good calf hit.

166
00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,400
Speaker 3: You know, he's had injuries over his career. But if

167
00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,040
Speaker 3: you had Hargrave at the nose, move Benton to Ogan

168
00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,640
Speaker 3: Jobi's spot, you might be better on two spots, you know.

169
00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,160
Speaker 3: And I think at this stage of Hargrave's career he

170
00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:02,840
Speaker 3: wouldn't be the Eagles contrac or certainly or the Niners contract.

171
00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's not super young. He came into legally thirty one.

172
00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,280
Speaker 2: Yeah he's thirty one, you know, to your deal. You know,

173
00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,720
Speaker 2: if the Steelers had known what was going to go

174
00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,800
Speaker 2: down with steff on to it, they probably find a

175
00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:19,560
Speaker 2: way to resign Jevon Hargrave.

176
00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:21,440
Speaker 3: I've said just a million times on the air that

177
00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:26,080
Speaker 3: he was probably the one recently that I felt me.

178
00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,120
Speaker 3: But I also think they agreed, you know that That

179
00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,720
Speaker 3: really breaks my heart to see him go. Yeah, homegrown

180
00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:33,959
Speaker 3: talent that you got a lot out of. It was

181
00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,480
Speaker 3: a good marriage between player, scheme, system, all the above

182
00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:38,920
Speaker 3: just couldn't afford.

183
00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,880
Speaker 2: You know, you're already paying I mean Hayward and to it,

184
00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,200
Speaker 2: we're both making ten plus million a year. You couldn't

185
00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,520
Speaker 2: have been had a big contract. You couldn't have right,

186
00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,520
Speaker 2: you know, forty million dollars tied up in your defensive line.

187
00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:51,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, that one hurt to see him walk out the door.

188
00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,079
Speaker 3: A lot of them you see coming a mile away.

189
00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,559
Speaker 3: That one was like, man, I wish you could figure

190
00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:56,880
Speaker 3: out some way to finagle it.

191
00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:58,880
Speaker 2: Did not let him go. Yeah, and then as it

192
00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:02,880
Speaker 2: worked out, you know, to it's gone out that year

193
00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,079
Speaker 2: and now Javon Hargraves is a star for the Eagles,

194
00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,199
Speaker 2: and then then you know it's.

195
00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:11,240
Speaker 3: Like, yeah, but schematically and price, I think they would

196
00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:12,560
Speaker 3: make a lot of sense, a lot of sense at

197
00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,560
Speaker 3: least call them on Fresh News.

198
00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,480
Speaker 2: You do that. Well, you're not going to do it now? Well,

199
00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:21,280
Speaker 2: I know obviously they haven't. They haven't released him yet.

200
00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,480
Speaker 2: That would happen sometime prior to the starter free agency.

201
00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,720
Speaker 2: They would. That's that's what I wasn't sure about it.

202
00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,240
Speaker 2: The other wait till free agency opens or if he's

203
00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,240
Speaker 2: if he's released before that, you just do yeah, because

204
00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:34,959
Speaker 2: they would they would have to do that. The forty

205
00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,760
Speaker 2: nine Ers have announced that they're going to do it. Yeah,

206
00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:40,199
Speaker 2: it does. Can't do it yet. They can do it

207
00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,560
Speaker 2: once everything's set here and they have to They'll do

208
00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,560
Speaker 2: it when they have to comply with the salary cap. Yeah,

209
00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,120
Speaker 2: which is well before free agency opens. Well, you have

210
00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,520
Speaker 2: to be compliant by the time free agency opens on

211
00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,800
Speaker 2: that new league year date. So going to extend party

212
00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,480
Speaker 2: in the meantime, it would happen sometime before that that

213
00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,679
Speaker 2: they would release, probably about a week before. Because you

214
00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:01,560
Speaker 2: don't do until you have to. Yeah, I mean, there's

215
00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:02,480
Speaker 2: no reason to do it now.

216
00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:06,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, but they hypothetically the Steelers could sign him before

217
00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:07,040
Speaker 3: free agency open.

218
00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,280
Speaker 2: Absolutely, And the beauty of that is it doesn't hurt

219
00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,320
Speaker 2: your compis it doesn't comp there's a lot of ut

220
00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,840
Speaker 2: like about it. Yeah, so that would make me very sense. Yeah.

221
00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,280
Speaker 2: Fresh news year that JK. Dobbins officially listed as questionable

222
00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:20,520
Speaker 2: for the wild Card round game.

223
00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:23,800
Speaker 3: It's a big deal, like you said, Edwards, and I

224
00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,199
Speaker 3: don't know Zeke's ready or not. But those guys are

225
00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:27,280
Speaker 3: pedestrian runner.

226
00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, these are the Saturday games Josh Palmer ruled out.

227
00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:35,000
Speaker 2: Hmmm that hurts that, Yeah, it does. They don't have

228
00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,160
Speaker 2: a ton of firepower. They are been putting up more

229
00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,360
Speaker 2: points and they're playing well right now, but it's kind

230
00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,600
Speaker 2: of a thin line in terms of their weaponry. Yeah,

231
00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,120
Speaker 2: Quinton Johnston officially limited, questionable, I should say, especially if

232
00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,600
Speaker 2: he's not. Yeah, so I don't see anything yet on

233
00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,400
Speaker 2: Gus Edwards, but man, you don't want to have to

234
00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,480
Speaker 2: go into a playoff game with Gus Edwards as your

235
00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:58,160
Speaker 2: name back. Absolutely not. And you're and you're missing Palmer,

236
00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:01,400
Speaker 2: you know, potentially Johnston is. Yeah, that's not good.

237
00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,959
Speaker 3: I mean Disley's been okay, Smart's been okay. They're not

238
00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:06,400
Speaker 3: feature players.

239
00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:09,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, Maconkie is. But if they can focus all their energies,

240
00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,040
Speaker 2: they being the Texans, can focus all their energy. Hey,

241
00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:13,640
Speaker 2: we're gonna take this guy away from them. I mean

242
00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:15,520
Speaker 2: Stingley will be on him a lot. I don't know

243
00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,120
Speaker 2: if he'll follow him the slot probably not where mcconkye

244
00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:19,480
Speaker 2: does a lot of work. But that doesn't mean you

245
00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,200
Speaker 2: can't have a lot of bracket coverage out of the

246
00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,840
Speaker 2: slot with Stingley locking down someone else on the outside.

247
00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:26,320
Speaker 2: I would almost I would go to Stingley and say, hey,

248
00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:28,880
Speaker 2: follow him around, can you do that? Can you get

249
00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,320
Speaker 2: because I'm sure he'll say you go into the No

250
00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,720
Speaker 2: matter if you're an outside corner or not, there are

251
00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,880
Speaker 2: times when somebody you move into the hash and and

252
00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,080
Speaker 2: somebody's outside of you're effectively in the slot. Yeah. Yeah,

253
00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,679
Speaker 2: you can do it with guys, and if he's their

254
00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:48,120
Speaker 2: best guy, I want my best guy on him, particularly

255
00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,840
Speaker 2: because Mconkie's not one of these smaller slot type guys.

256
00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,800
Speaker 2: Oh no, Like he's a six six foot six foot

257
00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,199
Speaker 2: one guy who just happens to both that happens to

258
00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,079
Speaker 2: play out of the slot.

259
00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:01,920
Speaker 3: I really think Stingley's a top three corner right now,

260
00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,880
Speaker 3: and he's playing better than ever and certainly could handle it.

261
00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,360
Speaker 3: One of the reasons they don't do a lot of that, though,

262
00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:12,040
Speaker 3: is then you're gonna get Joe Mixon running, or not

263
00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,360
Speaker 3: Joe Mixon, you're gonna get you know, Dobbins or whatever

264
00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,880
Speaker 3: running at your slot corner. Right, Okay, So what yeah,

265
00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,079
Speaker 3: I mean, it's it's a playoff game.

266
00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,760
Speaker 2: You know, right, Yeah, do you put your best guys

267
00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,160
Speaker 2: on their best guys and say, oh, let's have at it.

268
00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:25,920
Speaker 2: I wonder if it's could be a low scoring game.

269
00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,600
Speaker 2: I would almost bet that it is. Yeah. I mean

270
00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:33,160
Speaker 2: Texans aren't blocking anyone. I mean the Chargers defensively don't

271
00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,400
Speaker 2: give up a ton of points and they don't necessarily.

272
00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,200
Speaker 2: I know they scored more than thirty the last three games,

273
00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:38,760
Speaker 2: but who they play.

274
00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:40,760
Speaker 3: But they're not a high fly on so they're not

275
00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,400
Speaker 3: built that way yet. Yeah, that's for sure step one.

276
00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,680
Speaker 3: And Houston does not block or protect anybody.

277
00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:48,800
Speaker 2: Yeah. I think that's to be a problem that could

278
00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:53,199
Speaker 2: be in the teams. Yeah, it could be so interesting.

279
00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,920
Speaker 2: It may make somebody like a Disley, We're a stone

280
00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,040
Speaker 2: smart more interesting for yeah, see purposes, right, I mean,

281
00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:02,760
Speaker 2: did they get they got to throw the ball to somebody.

282
00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,920
Speaker 2: They get thirteen targets between the two of them. It's possible, possible. Yeah. Again,

283
00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,000
Speaker 2: the controlled stuff you're gonna take, You're gonna try to

284
00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:12,120
Speaker 2: take Maconkey away and they can't. Really, I don't know

285
00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,679
Speaker 2: what the dom is out is really worrisome. Yeah, I

286
00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,160
Speaker 2: mean he's been good. Yeah, so keep an eye on that.

287
00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,640
Speaker 2: One of the success stories of the year. Absolutely. Yeah.

288
00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,880
Speaker 2: Nobody talks about him as a possible comeback player of

289
00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,440
Speaker 2: the year. And I understand he missed some time, right,

290
00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:26,680
Speaker 2: but he came back for who's who's come back for

291
00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:28,640
Speaker 2: more than that guy? Yeah. I think he signed like

292
00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:30,720
Speaker 2: for a million bucks, you know, just yeah, give me

293
00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:32,800
Speaker 2: a job. I'll do anything. I'll wash dishes, I'll do

294
00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,480
Speaker 2: a nine hundred yards this year, yeah, miss good. Yeah,

295
00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:39,439
Speaker 2: revitalize his career. Yeah, So I think he's a free

296
00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:41,439
Speaker 2: agent after the year he is. Yeah, one next deal,

297
00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,840
Speaker 2: kind of approve it and he'll be in the mix

298
00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:45,840
Speaker 2: with somebody did. But he didn't. He got because he

299
00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:46,920
Speaker 2: did get hurt again.

300
00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,360
Speaker 3: That's what it said. I was like, I almost said, well,

301
00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:51,000
Speaker 3: he'll be a starter for someone next year. I'm like,

302
00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,320
Speaker 3: maybe not. Maybe it'll be him in a fourth round pick,

303
00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:54,239
Speaker 3: you know, or something.

304
00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,520
Speaker 2: Like that, or him and Jaylen Warren, you know, Yeah,

305
00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,560
Speaker 2: somebody who's a high end numbered I'm not saying here,

306
00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:00,679
Speaker 2: but I'm saying a high end number two guy, him

307
00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,719
Speaker 2: Enrico dowd av Yeah, something like that. Yeah, right, it

308
00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,360
Speaker 2: would make a ton of sense. Yeah, because he's still effective.

309
00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:08,480
Speaker 2: I don't know that I can give trust trust him,

310
00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:13,160
Speaker 2: trust trust him right, good point. Yeah. Anyways, that's going

311
00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,480
Speaker 2: to do it for the fantasy football focus here today,

312
00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:17,160
Speaker 2: Matt and are gonna take a break. We'll be back

313
00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:23,680
Speaker 2: with more right after this. At least.

314
00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:27,280
Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

315
00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,440
Speaker 1: your twenty four to seven home of the Black and

316
00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:34,000
Speaker 1: Gold in Steelers Nation Radio.

317
00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,320
Speaker 2: And we are back. I am Dale Lolly, he is

318
00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:41,520
Speaker 2: the Matt Williamson and this is the Drive on the

319
00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,800
Speaker 2: Steelers Audio Network. And of course you can hear the

320
00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,520
Speaker 2: Drive every Monday through Friday from four to six right

321
00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,560
Speaker 2: here on these very airwaves. You can also download the

322
00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:53,920
Speaker 2: Steelers mobile app, get the show on there, and you

323
00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,680
Speaker 2: can watch or listen on YouTube as well. Leave us

324
00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,000
Speaker 2: your comments. A lot of people on the comments section

325
00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,960
Speaker 2: and don't get the Steelers much of a chance this week, Matt. Yeah,

326
00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,760
Speaker 2: it seems to be a national perception, a local perception.

327
00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:06,440
Speaker 2: No chance.

328
00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,520
Speaker 3: Wouldn't even play the game, yeah, I mean we were

329
00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,120
Speaker 3: just talking about even like Houston Chargers, and I think

330
00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:13,440
Speaker 3: Houston's in a really bad spot.

331
00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,400
Speaker 2: But as we were talking through it, I'm like, you

332
00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:16,800
Speaker 2: could win the game. Yeah, right right.

333
00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:18,720
Speaker 3: I mean I think Denver is a chance in Buffalo.

334
00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,840
Speaker 3: I mean, like, these are all good football teams. This

335
00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:21,680
Speaker 3: is a playoff football.

336
00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:24,800
Speaker 2: It's win in the playoffs, it absolutely is. We're going

337
00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,920
Speaker 2: to change up gears here a little bit. And because

338
00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,560
Speaker 2: the season is, the regular season is now over. Yeah

339
00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:31,920
Speaker 2: how about that? Is this though? I'm psyched.

340
00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,920
Speaker 3: I mean we got college football tonight, college football tomorrow.

341
00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,800
Speaker 3: I mean the street continues starting tonight up until.

342
00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:41,320
Speaker 2: I'm enjoy tomorrow night in elimination games, watching you know,

343
00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:45,560
Speaker 2: watching Ohio State, Texas. Yeah, from Baltimore, I'm recording a

344
00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,120
Speaker 2: night show with a great way to spend an evening. Yep,

345
00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,040
Speaker 2: gording a night show to night with Mike and Meryll

346
00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:53,680
Speaker 2: and then go home and dig into Penn State game. Yeah,

347
00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:58,000
Speaker 2: whats some prospects? Absolutely Unfortunately for Notre Dame, a lot

348
00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,240
Speaker 2: of their good defensive prospects are out, are they Yeah,

349
00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:02,280
Speaker 2: they're banged up defensive.

350
00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,280
Speaker 3: I thought, so, Yeah, they get some dudes. They got

351
00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,520
Speaker 3: some dudes. They got a corner, like a lot corner.

352
00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,040
Speaker 2: A couple of defensive linemen are not high round picks,

353
00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:13,400
Speaker 2: but would be interesting. The Mills kid to me, I'm

354
00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:17,000
Speaker 2: watching him. I'm like, he's not He's And again we've

355
00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,040
Speaker 2: talked about this is a great defensive tackle draft. Yeah,

356
00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,240
Speaker 2: there's some dudes that you can get in those later rounds,

357
00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:25,360
Speaker 2: like a guy like that to be like, I could

358
00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:26,360
Speaker 2: see him being a Steeler.

359
00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,200
Speaker 3: I mean, if you're thinking more nosyish type guys.

360
00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,080
Speaker 2: Nose are an end that. Yeah. Yeah, but I'm talking

361
00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:37,640
Speaker 2: like fourth, fifth round, sixth round guys. He'll make somebody's team. Yeah, yeah, No,

362
00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:39,920
Speaker 2: it's a it's a rich prop. It's a good crop.

363
00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,800
Speaker 2: Speaking of rookies, Yeah, looking here at the thirty third team,

364
00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,120
Speaker 2: we just said about that, we're pumping them up today.

365
00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,840
Speaker 2: Marcus mosher On earlier today and Tyler Brooks for them,

366
00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,560
Speaker 2: has put together the All Rookie team for the NFL

367
00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,040
Speaker 2: this year. Actually a pretty good class. I said.

368
00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,440
Speaker 3: The offense in particulars kind of historic. Yeah, it's a

369
00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:00,560
Speaker 3: really good group. Defense isn't terrible either.

370
00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:04,600
Speaker 2: So looking at the quarterback he chose Jayden Daniels, I

371
00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,320
Speaker 2: think you have to you can make a case O

372
00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:06,879
Speaker 2: for Nicks.

373
00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,600
Speaker 3: You could, And I just saw this and I don't

374
00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,679
Speaker 3: think of them in the same light. But if you

375
00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,760
Speaker 3: just look at Nicks or Daniels and Williams throwing stats

376
00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,400
Speaker 3: are really not that different, you know, like everyone's talking

377
00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,159
Speaker 3: about one of them is this transcendent new player and

378
00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,400
Speaker 3: the other one's a total bust already. I'm like, he's

379
00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,600
Speaker 3: up a little bit. But Daniels is clearly the better

380
00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:27,040
Speaker 3: player and better prospect right now.

381
00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:28,800
Speaker 2: I mean his team went twelve and five too. That

382
00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,440
Speaker 2: doesn't way out kick their coverage. Yeah, second pick the

383
00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:35,240
Speaker 2: draft last year. Absolutely, his second team guy was Nicks. Agreed,

384
00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,840
Speaker 2: so agreed. But I mean, if you think about it,

385
00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,920
Speaker 2: like Drake May wasn't bad. Oh, I mean as bright

386
00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000
Speaker 2: a future as all of those guys. Yeah, yeah, really,

387
00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,720
Speaker 2: it wasn't a bad year for the rookie quarterbacks. Pennic.

388
00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,000
Speaker 3: It's still an incomplete but he looks okay. And McCarthy's

389
00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,560
Speaker 3: still sitting out there. He gonna be a starter for

390
00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:52,239
Speaker 3: somebody next year.

391
00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, This class this year not nearly is does deep

392
00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:56,760
Speaker 2: or star studded.

393
00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:58,920
Speaker 3: No, No, I'm not sure that there'll be a late

394
00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,320
Speaker 3: round guy. But to Rattler played a little, you know

395
00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:03,200
Speaker 3: what I mean, But they're six starters probably.

396
00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,680
Speaker 2: Ratler actually showed some getting better improvement, getting better. Ye. Yeah,

397
00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:12,159
Speaker 2: at running back. Pick two, you had Bucky Irving and

398
00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:13,040
Speaker 2: Tyrone Tracy.

399
00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:14,600
Speaker 3: I would put him in that order. Is that what

400
00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:19,359
Speaker 3: he did too? Yeah, and they're both impressive. I mean

401
00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,360
Speaker 3: they're not the biggest guys in the world. Irving's really

402
00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:26,479
Speaker 3: hard to tackle and Tracy's a converted wide receiver wide receiver.

403
00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,440
Speaker 3: They both I think have bright futures.

404
00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,119
Speaker 2: Yeah. On his second team, he had Ray Davis with

405
00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,080
Speaker 2: the Bills and Brayln Allen with the Jets. I thought

406
00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:37,199
Speaker 2: it kind of shows you that rookie running back class

407
00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:41,200
Speaker 2: was not as good this year. Well, this year's class

408
00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,440
Speaker 2: was really deep blowed away. Yeah, really deep. It's interesting.

409
00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,880
Speaker 3: Like one of the conversations we had with Marcus Unlocked

410
00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,719
Speaker 3: on Dynasty was he was asking me, who are some

411
00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:52,719
Speaker 3: of your targets next year? You know who you went

412
00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:56,600
Speaker 3: trade for in Dynasty this year? I said, no running backs,

413
00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,359
Speaker 3: because there's too many of them coming. They're all going

414
00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:02,639
Speaker 3: to like lose share almost, Like how many running backs job.

415
00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,760
Speaker 2: Is as safe this year as it will be opening

416
00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,119
Speaker 2: day next year. Not many? Not many. It's gonna be interesting.

417
00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:09,720
Speaker 3: And I could see the Steelers going in that. Well, yeah,

418
00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:11,800
Speaker 3: it makes a lot of sense. I mentioned this to

419
00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,040
Speaker 3: you guys today. I was listening to a podcast with

420
00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,680
Speaker 3: mel Kiper. He's like, I have I have thirty five

421
00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,880
Speaker 3: draftable grades on running backs. Yeah, I mean you'll get

422
00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,680
Speaker 3: undrafted free agents. It might make teams.

423
00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,160
Speaker 2: It's gonna be a it's gonna be a good class. Uh.

424
00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:28,520
Speaker 2: Wide receiver. The guys were Brent Gray, Class, Brian Thomas,

425
00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,359
Speaker 2: and Malik Neighbors. I think the first team guys. The

426
00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,680
Speaker 2: other guys are great. The second team guys were Lad

427
00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:35,320
Speaker 2: McConkie and Marvin Harrison.

428
00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,480
Speaker 3: Do you think Harrison's disappointing? He should be fourth on

429
00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:41,520
Speaker 3: that list, But I'm not sure that means he's disappointing.

430
00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,199
Speaker 2: He had an OK year. Yeah, it wasn't it was.

431
00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,960
Speaker 2: I mean there was a little bit too much hype

432
00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:48,679
Speaker 2: around him. If he had been in it on it,

433
00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:50,879
Speaker 2: if he had been in New York, If you flip

434
00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,320
Speaker 2: flopped where he went and where Neighbors went, would their

435
00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,600
Speaker 2: numbers be similar. The targets might be the target. It's

436
00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,800
Speaker 2: all from wide receivers. It's all about the targets. Yeah,

437
00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:02,120
Speaker 2: That's why I like Lad McConkey a lot going into

438
00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,360
Speaker 2: the draft last year. But when he landed with the Chargers.

439
00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:07,200
Speaker 2: I'm like, he's going to be great this year because

440
00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:08,600
Speaker 2: they don't have anybody else to throw to it.

441
00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:10,560
Speaker 3: He's pro ready and right right, I mean if they

442
00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,000
Speaker 3: signed Higgins or something, it's usually it might go down.

443
00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:13,440
Speaker 2: Right.

444
00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,480
Speaker 3: Thomas is the one that really blew me away. Like

445
00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:17,879
Speaker 3: I liked them a lot, but I didn't think his

446
00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,680
Speaker 3: situation was wonderful. I didn't think he could just transcend

447
00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:22,000
Speaker 3: the matter. Whose quarterback is?

448
00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,880
Speaker 2: They got a dude? Yeah. This year's wide receiver class,

449
00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:31,000
Speaker 2: from my initial looks at, it doesn't have the stars

450
00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:33,920
Speaker 2: as this and I don't know that it's quite as

451
00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:35,879
Speaker 2: deep as we've seen in some recent years. I think

452
00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,119
Speaker 2: there's still players they have caught my eye, and some

453
00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,760
Speaker 2: of those beyond first round guys, but I don't know

454
00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,159
Speaker 2: that there's twenty that are gonna you know.

455
00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,560
Speaker 3: I get the feeling this position will always be rich. Yeah,

456
00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,879
Speaker 3: you know, every year you can get a receiver on

457
00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,159
Speaker 3: Day two, day three. But I definitely don't think it's

458
00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:54,840
Speaker 3: as strong as this class. Yeah, and this is going

459
00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:55,639
Speaker 3: to be a really good.

460
00:20:55,480 --> 00:21:00,480
Speaker 2: Class at tight end Rock Bowers, Yeah, it was pretty easy.

461
00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,879
Speaker 2: It's the best rookie year ever. Uh, second team er

462
00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,000
Speaker 2: A J. Barner with the Seahawks.

463
00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,480
Speaker 3: Pretty big drop off, Like, I can't think of anybody

464
00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,880
Speaker 3: else that's any other rookie tight ends.

465
00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,879
Speaker 2: It really excites you. I can't think of anyone.

466
00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,520
Speaker 3: Who It was the second one draft that I can't

467
00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:17,960
Speaker 3: even remember who that is off the top of my head.

468
00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:20,520
Speaker 2: This looks like a really good class.

469
00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is gonna be pretty good. Familiar with the

470
00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,480
Speaker 3: Penn State kid than I do. He'll probably go in

471
00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,640
Speaker 3: the first round. Yeah, Michigan's got a guy. Yeah, she's

472
00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:28,880
Speaker 3: really good for the class there.

473
00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:31,359
Speaker 2: Uh, the offensive hours is the best tight end in

474
00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:34,800
Speaker 2: the league. I think it's kid in the league. No,

475
00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:38,000
Speaker 2: I don't. I don't yet either, but he's again, it's

476
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,719
Speaker 2: all about it's all about the target. That's the thing.

477
00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,000
Speaker 2: It's all about the target. The numbers are better than

478
00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:46,720
Speaker 2: the player. Yeah, offensive tackle. You're looking at Joe Alt

479
00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,160
Speaker 2: and Roger rosen Garten. Who the Steelers will see this week?

480
00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,000
Speaker 2: It's I won't. I don't want to say. I know

481
00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,040
Speaker 2: that I would have gone rosen Garden there.

482
00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:57,359
Speaker 3: The thing is, I don't know who else would be.

483
00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,240
Speaker 3: It was such a strong class. There were a lot

484
00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:03,280
Speaker 3: of injuries that a lot of guys swapping sides. Latham

485
00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,119
Speaker 3: didn't really quite live up to it. I think the

486
00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:14,160
Speaker 3: future who was Yeah, he's decent too. Yeah, I think

487
00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,600
Speaker 3: this will go down as a good tackle class. It's

488
00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:19,600
Speaker 3: just not Chapter one didn't go as planned.

489
00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,280
Speaker 2: The interesting thing is his second team guys are DJ

490
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,280
Speaker 2: Glaize with the Raiders and Amarius Mims with the Bengals.

491
00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:27,080
Speaker 3: Both of them didn't play a ton of snaps either.

492
00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,879
Speaker 3: They weren't opening day starters, took bad play from the

493
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,399
Speaker 3: Raiders and an injury, and then Mims got hurt again.

494
00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,639
Speaker 3: There's still a lot upside with those guys.

495
00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,760
Speaker 2: Yeah. Again, let's seck tackles in a year or two

496
00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:45,239
Speaker 2: from this, right, Yeah. Uh, the Guards, Dominic Pooney from

497
00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,720
Speaker 2: the forty nine ers. McCormick on there, Mason McCormick, Okay,

498
00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,080
Speaker 2: I think that's worthy. I think that's that's should be there.

499
00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:56,560
Speaker 2: Your second team was Jackson Powers, Johnson and Isaiah Adams

500
00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,840
Speaker 2: with the Cardinals. They picked the right too. Yeah, and

501
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:02,720
Speaker 2: bet he took a Steeler center too. I'll bet that

502
00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 2: could be the case here. But uh, the interior offensive line,

503
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,560
Speaker 2: I don't know, is great this year, this upcoming year. Yeah,

504
00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,080
Speaker 2: I understand it's a bad center class. Yeah, I don't

505
00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:17,359
Speaker 2: think the offensive line this year as a whole is great.

506
00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,879
Speaker 3: Even the top guys seem to have warts. You know,

507
00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:22,800
Speaker 3: like Banks is a little bit short.

508
00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:24,600
Speaker 2: You know, they're looking at a lot of the tackles

509
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:25,960
Speaker 2: when he might have to kick in the guard.

510
00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:27,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, that kind of there seems like a lot of

511
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,679
Speaker 3: those in general, a lot of tackles to guard.

512
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, where there's not the alt it's like that's entagle. Yeah.

513
00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:35,480
Speaker 2: So the Steelers may have made the right move long

514
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:39,320
Speaker 2: term taking three offensive linemen this year. I agree. I agree.

515
00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,080
Speaker 2: I think that's that's where the value is at. Yeah,

516
00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,920
Speaker 2: and again, Mason McCormick is your fourth round pick. And

517
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:46,600
Speaker 2: I don't think you'd want to go into this draft

518
00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,679
Speaker 2: wanting a center either. No, they don't. They don't need one. Yeah, uh,

519
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:55,679
Speaker 2: they starting or the top center Zach Frazier should be.

520
00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,080
Speaker 2: Barton was really good too, though he's not even his

521
00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:02,840
Speaker 2: second team guys in the second team guy Tanner Bordolini with.

522
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,399
Speaker 3: The Colts wasn't not an opening day starter, was not.

523
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,560
Speaker 3: He did play well, but I'm surprised.

524
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,800
Speaker 2: It's not Barton. I am too, and Bordelini was a

525
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,639
Speaker 2: guy that you know, we looked at early in the

526
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,399
Speaker 2: draft process because of course the Steelers were in the market.

527
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,359
Speaker 2: We dug into centers. You know. Again, hard to go

528
00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,560
Speaker 2: wrong with those Wisconsin offensive linemen.

529
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,240
Speaker 3: He's pretty athletic guy, too, good combine and like everyone,

530
00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:29,120
Speaker 3: we'd like those top three centers, including Powers Johnson the best.

531
00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,280
Speaker 3: But then it was like, well, if you gets shut

532
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,880
Speaker 3: out on those guys, take Bordolini in the fourth take

533
00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,359
Speaker 3: for McCormick was in my next favorite.

534
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:42,720
Speaker 2: Actually yeah yeah. Edge rushers Jared vers Chop Robinson. Robinson

535
00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,439
Speaker 2: came on really strong. Yeah, he's much more than a

536
00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,080
Speaker 2: finesse player. I thought he was kind of in a

537
00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:50,119
Speaker 2: Dockway type and he's not. He's a good player. The

538
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,800
Speaker 2: second team layout too late two and Jonah Ellis with

539
00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:54,440
Speaker 2: the Broncos.

540
00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,440
Speaker 3: Okay, Ellis is buried, but he's been good. I thought

541
00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:00,199
Speaker 3: lay two would be a little better. I thought he

542
00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:01,280
Speaker 3: was a little more pro ready.

543
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:03,240
Speaker 2: Not he's disappointing, but I think it's a little but

544
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:07,840
Speaker 2: be a little further along. The defensive tackles to and

545
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,879
Speaker 2: Andre Sweat with the Titans and Braden Fisk with the Rams.

546
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,840
Speaker 3: Very different, very different different. I didn't see Sweat coming.

547
00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,960
Speaker 3: I was very critical of the Titans using a very

548
00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,400
Speaker 3: early second round pick on him.

549
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,040
Speaker 2: He's been really good. Yeah, and Fisk has been really good. Yeah.

550
00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,040
Speaker 2: Steelers had some interest in him as well, a lot

551
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,400
Speaker 2: of people as well. You know, he's got shorter arms,

552
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,320
Speaker 2: does seem to matter. He's got a high motor. He

553
00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,360
Speaker 2: does hat eight and a half sacks this year. Yeah,

554
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,720
Speaker 2: eight and a half. If you've got a motor and

555
00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,480
Speaker 2: you're smart, is good, get off and right, you're gonna

556
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,479
Speaker 2: get sacks. Cale van Noy is a perfect example of that.

557
00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,200
Speaker 2: Like Cay, van Noy doesn't do anything that wows you know,

558
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:52,439
Speaker 2: it's highlight real sacks isn't like DJs, but he is relentless.

559
00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,919
Speaker 2: He just keeps coming and do your job. Yeah. Uh.

560
00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,120
Speaker 2: The second team was Byron Murphy and Jerson Newton, who

561
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,080
Speaker 2: also were highly draft of guys. Yeah.

562
00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:05,159
Speaker 3: I could see the second team guys having better careers

563
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,200
Speaker 3: than the first team guys. I mean there's a lot

564
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,080
Speaker 3: of talent there too. Yeah, all four of them are.

565
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,760
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, and that Bud Well, this is a great

566
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:18,560
Speaker 2: defensive tackle. Is yea love to get one the off

567
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:23,520
Speaker 2: ball linebackers Edgrian Cooper. He was better than I thought too,

568
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,120
Speaker 2: especially the season. War On made a lot of plays

569
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,640
Speaker 2: and Peyton Wilson, I said, I only who else would

570
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,560
Speaker 2: be in the mix besides Cooper.

571
00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,959
Speaker 3: Cooper kind of runs away with best of the group. Okay,

572
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 3: I mean it's it's odd that he's the number three

573
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,399
Speaker 3: slash rotational guy, but he had a good season.

574
00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:43,119
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. The second team group was Tyrese Knight with

575
00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:47,560
Speaker 2: the Seahawks and Omar Speeds with the Rams. Okay, fine, yeah,

576
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,760
Speaker 2: not a great class coming in. We knew that. Yeah,

577
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,160
Speaker 2: but the Steelers do have a keeper there in Peyton

578
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,680
Speaker 2: Wilson who kind of the same thing with Braden Fisk.

579
00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:58,119
Speaker 2: All his arms are too short, doesn't seem to bother him. Yeah, yeah,

580
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,960
Speaker 2: you know, he makes plays, he does. He's also six ' four.

581
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,199
Speaker 2: He's not five to ten with short arms. He's six

582
00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,000
Speaker 2: four with shorter arms. Have an odd build for linebacker

583
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 2: in general. Yeah, if you're six to four and you

584
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,200
Speaker 2: have short arms for being six four, you're still pretty

585
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 2: long arms. Right right at cornerback Nate Wiggins and Quinyan Mitchell.

586
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,600
Speaker 3: Wiggins is doing his best work of late too, So

587
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 3: I agree with that. Not a bad corner class. They

588
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 3: didn't go super high. I assume they'll call Degene a corner.

589
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:30,800
Speaker 3: Does he call him? Is he a second team?

590
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,639
Speaker 2: He did not. For the second team, cornerbacks are Kamari

591
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:35,920
Speaker 2: Lassiter and Tharib Steel with the Chargers.

592
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:40,920
Speaker 3: Okay Lassiter is It's funny there's a couple of dudes

593
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:45,560
Speaker 3: Kyle Hamilton Lassiter that didn't run great at the Combine

594
00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 3: and have gone on to be immediate contributors. I think

595
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 3: the scouting world's changing, Like we don't ask you to

596
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 3: get in in a stance and run forties like we

597
00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,439
Speaker 3: all with pads on, right, How we.

598
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,119
Speaker 2: Actually have that there? Yeah, the next gen stuff changes

599
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 2: some of that. I think it's changing it fast. Yeah,

600
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,199
Speaker 2: and they do. Actually one of the things that they

601
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:10,360
Speaker 2: do at the Senior Bowl is they do time guys

602
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,680
Speaker 2: during practice. Yeah yeah, you get some time. Yeah fast.

603
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,439
Speaker 2: One of the things I do track when I'm down there,

604
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,439
Speaker 2: as we will say, make it it's available, and so

605
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,439
Speaker 2: I'll look at Okay, here was the fastest guy of

606
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 2: the week at different positions and things of that nature.

607
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,239
Speaker 3: I mean it's real speed, it's not track. I mean,

608
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,639
Speaker 3: I'm not a track expert. But they'll all tell you

609
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,640
Speaker 3: the most important things are start. Well, you don't get

610
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,879
Speaker 3: to do that in the NFL pads on. I mean

611
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:31,639
Speaker 3: it's kind of goofy.

612
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,320
Speaker 2: How do you run when you know when you have

613
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,360
Speaker 2: to flip your hips and yeah, do it that way.

614
00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,520
Speaker 2: Those first couple of steps coming out of the blocks

615
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 2: is super important world. Yeah. Absolutely, But not a bad

616
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 2: cornerback draft. No last this year. No, do they do

617
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 2: slots or something? I said the gene didn't get mentioned

618
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:52,040
Speaker 2: slot defender. Yes, and that would be a Cooper Dejeane.

619
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 2: The first team guy, Andrew Phillips from the Giants.

620
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,600
Speaker 3: Nice career too for nice season two. Giants Actually didn't

621
00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:58,560
Speaker 3: have a bad rookie class.

622
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,200
Speaker 2: No, nor did the Steelers pay now and they have

623
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:02,880
Speaker 2: a couple of and you're still your first round picks

624
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 2: still hasn't gotten on the field or or your three.

625
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, so there's people down to the facility today. We're

626
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 3: pretty happy about Lee.

627
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:15,160
Speaker 2: Yeah at safety, Malik Mustafa from the forty nine ers

628
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:20,360
Speaker 2: and Cameron Kinchin from the Rams. Good enough great? Yeah? Yeah. Uh.

629
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,800
Speaker 2: The second team guys were Kaylen Bullock with the Texans

630
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 2: and Tyler Nuban with the Giants.

631
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,480
Speaker 3: We got another Giant that came in and played early.

632
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:32,400
Speaker 3: They were all second to fourth round picks, and we're fine. Yeah,

633
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 3: I don't know if there's ain't stars in that game.

634
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,960
Speaker 2: And you can find guys like that, yeah, yeah, in

635
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 2: those you know, second to fourth rounds that can come

636
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,600
Speaker 2: in and be your slot or come in and be

637
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,360
Speaker 2: a safety or slot safety or whatever it may be.

638
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 3: And I might be interested in this class for the

639
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 3: Steelers a slot safety. Yeah, you know, I think that

640
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,560
Speaker 3: would be something of appeal. Yeah, bigger than Beanie.

641
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 2: Yeah. I think Beanie Bishop has shown enough that, you know,

642
00:29:55,920 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 2: as he continues to mature and get more playing time, Right,

643
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 2: he can be my down the field guy, like I

644
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:03,880
Speaker 2: think he'll be on the team next year. Yeah, but

645
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 2: I need my my run stopping, my run stopping slot

646
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,000
Speaker 2: that's going to be out there maybe more. Yeah, I agree.

647
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 2: I think that'll be something to address. So that's something

648
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 2: to keep an eye on. That's one thing. You know,

649
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,720
Speaker 2: when I'm looking at some of the safeties in the

650
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 2: draft class, how much how much slot did they play

651
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,880
Speaker 2: in in in college? More and more? Yeah, right, It's

652
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:27,800
Speaker 2: not uncommon anymore.

653
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 3: It's not like you're a strong or a free and

654
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,920
Speaker 3: a lot of these guys are also very slot capable. Yeah,

655
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 3: I can see always being the market for that guy. Yeah,

656
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,000
Speaker 3: Brian Branch is a perfect example. Oh yeah, I mean

657
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 3: that's the home run. Yeah, but they don't go in

658
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 3: a round one, right, you know you could get that

659
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 3: guy in the third round who's one of the best

660
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:45,920
Speaker 3: in the draft at it or you know, sant Is Drull,

661
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 3: he's had a really good season.

662
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,360
Speaker 2: I'm actually shocked he's not on here. I am too,

663
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 2: and now I think about it, he's pretty good. He's

664
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 2: better than most of the corners. Yeah, I'd love to

665
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 2: have him. Oh yeah, it's perfect fit. We've we've done

666
00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,160
Speaker 2: a good job of identifying the slot.

667
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,800
Speaker 3: We liked, Jean saying is thrill Like if you go

668
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 3: back and check out our Mack drafts and what March April,

669
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 3: a lot of those.

670
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 2: Dudes hit that we end up picking for the Steelers.

671
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 2: A lot of dudes hit, and a lot of them

672
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 2: became Steelers. Yeah, a lot of them became Steelers. A

673
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 2: lot of them are playing very well in the NFL.

674
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,200
Speaker 3: There were a lot of guys we liked a lot. Yeah,

675
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 3: Thomas the receiver in Jacksonville was a guy. Sometimes we

676
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:25,840
Speaker 3: grabbing the first round the jeane a lot, a lot. Yeah,

677
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 3: these guys have been good.

678
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I might know a little bit about what

679
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 2: we're talking about. And I'm like the draft starting to

680
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:33,960
Speaker 2: night kind of I am too, And I'll watch the

681
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,760
Speaker 2: game snight with that in mind. But we still got

682
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 2: a game to talk about here. The Steelers are not done,

683
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 2: and we have plenty to talk about in terms of

684
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,080
Speaker 2: what's going on with this football team. We'll do that

685
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,200
Speaker 2: when we return. He is the Matt Williamson. I am

686
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 2: Dale Lolly, and this is the drive on the Steelers

687
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 2: Audio Network.

688
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 1: At least, he's the drive with Dale Lolly and Matt

689
00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,040
Speaker 1: Williamson on your twenty four to seven Home of the

690
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,240
Speaker 1: Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

691
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 2: And we are back. I am Dale Lolly. He is

692
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 2: the Matt Williamson and well, this is the drive on

693
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 2: the Steelers Audio Network. And Matt, for the Steelers to

694
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:22,760
Speaker 2: win this game, they have to win the turnover battle. Yeah.

695
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 2: I tend to agree.

696
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 3: I mean winning in the margins, but especially the turnover

697
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 3: battle first and foremost, definitely don't lose it.

698
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, you can't lose it. And I mean, ideally you

699
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 2: need to win it. And I'm not saying you need

700
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 2: to win it convincingly. It doesn't need to be five

701
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:40,880
Speaker 2: to one or five to nine or anything like that.

702
00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,120
Speaker 2: But it can't be one to one. It can't be

703
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 2: you know, one and they have two. It could be,

704
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,440
Speaker 2: but it's where those turnovers happen to.

705
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:53,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, I just think the the current state of the

706
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:55,360
Speaker 3: Steeler offense isn't going to be like we had a

707
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 3: couple of turnovers, but we came back and threw for

708
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 3: four hundred yards and ripped you up.

709
00:32:58,720 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 1: You know.

710
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 2: It's just not where they're at right now.

711
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 3: And I do think the defense though, on the other hand,

712
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,040
Speaker 3: is highly capable of creating them.

713
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, and maybe even scoring on.

714
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 3: Defense or special teams or blocking and kick you know,

715
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 3: or something like that too, you know.

716
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 2: I mean that would go a long way. Yeah. I

717
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 2: look at the some of the things that have happened

718
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,320
Speaker 2: here over the last month for the Steelers, and that's

719
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 2: the thing to me that stands out the most. If

720
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 2: you look at that first that ten and three start,

721
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:34,680
Speaker 2: they were plus fifteen in turnover margin. Crazy, right over

722
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 2: the last four games, it's been plus one. Now the

723
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 2: offense in two of those games won against the Ravens

724
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 2: and the other one against the Chiefs. Turn the ball

725
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 2: over twice in each of those games. If you look

726
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,120
Speaker 2: at it, that they only had four games all season

727
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:49,840
Speaker 2: when they turned.

728
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,800
Speaker 3: The ball over twice, So not only a turn Now,

729
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 3: some of it's the opponent, you mean, But some of

730
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 3: it's just bad luck. Some of it's fumble luck that

731
00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 3: we've talked about a lot. Some of it's just untimelyvers

732
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,080
Speaker 3: And you're not gonna get away with it against Philly,

733
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 3: in Kansas City and Baltimore and these teams, I mean,

734
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 3: or in the playoffs for that matter, it is not.

735
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 2: The Chiefs an't gonna get away with it. The Bills

736
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 2: aren't going to get away with it. You know.

737
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:15,799
Speaker 3: You start having untimely turnovers or careless unforced errors, you

738
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:16,759
Speaker 3: get bounced pretty quick.

739
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 2: In the playoffs. Absolutely, if you look at it, the

740
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 2: Steelers had eleven turnovers as a team in their losses, okay,

741
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,919
Speaker 2: in the seven losses in the set. In the ten

742
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 2: wins this season, they turned the ball over seven times.

743
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 3: That adds up. I mean, it's so much better than

744
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 3: it used to be. You know, when we did this

745
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,879
Speaker 3: in twenty twenty three, twenty twenty two. Well, they threw

746
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:43,279
Speaker 3: a pick, probably not gonna win, so you've advanced it

747
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,360
Speaker 3: that way, but it's still like the most crucial stat

748
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:49,279
Speaker 3: in football, and to the Steelers as much as any

749
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:49,919
Speaker 3: team out there.

750
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:56,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's also a narrative out there that that Russell

751
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 2: Wilson isn't playing well right now, and while he is,

752
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 2: isn't playing as well as he was earlier in the season.

753
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,640
Speaker 2: I understand that. Sure do we forget that he didn't

754
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 2: have George Pickens for three of those games? I know it.

755
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 2: We just throw that out the window, and Russell Wilson

756
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:14,400
Speaker 2: has to elevate everybody when all season long, all I've

757
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 2: heard from Steeler fans is, boy, their receivers beyond George

758
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:21,439
Speaker 2: Pickens aren't very good. Yeah, you can't have it both ways. Yeah,

759
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 2: it's not very good. The Steelers tried to address that

760
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 2: over and over again. Yep.

761
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 3: And he's definitely at the top of the list of

762
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:32,320
Speaker 3: players you could at least afford to lose or players

763
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,839
Speaker 3: that can not have a good game right right right,

764
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:37,720
Speaker 3: And no one's happy with how he played in Week eighteen,

765
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 3: No including him flooky of course. Yeah, but he needs

766
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 3: to show up and be one of the best players

767
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 3: in this game. I mean, there's just no question about that,

768
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,239
Speaker 3: even if the stat line doesn't reflect it. I mean,

769
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:51,320
Speaker 3: if he's drawing dpi's downfield, if he's drawing consistent double coverage,

770
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,360
Speaker 3: if he scares the heck out of him and is

771
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 3: highly engaged in making plays, you'll be in it.

772
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:58,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, have a real difference maker. And here's the thing

773
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,800
Speaker 2: about Pickens, And I mentioned this earlier in the week.

774
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 2: You know, he's he's taking it as an affront to

775
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,880
Speaker 2: a personal slapping the face that he hasn't made the

776
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,520
Speaker 2: Pro Bowl. We've been you know, hasn't been considered in

777
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 2: that in that uh you know realm yet Yeah. Yeah,

778
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 2: and three of the other AFC North wide receivers now,

779
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 2: Chase is one thing. He's making it the best of

780
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 2: business right now, right. I guarantee you if you gave

781
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 2: George Pickens truth ser Yeah, and you said was a

782
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:33,560
Speaker 2: Flowers and Judy, Jerry, Judy made it in the division,

783
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,320
Speaker 2: I guarantee you, Well, I'm a better player than those guys.

784
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:39,120
Speaker 3: And I think he's right, Yeah, especially Judy. I mean,

785
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 3: Judy to me is a distant third. Pickens is. I mean,

786
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:44,480
Speaker 3: Greg cos elsay this all the time. He's a top

787
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 3: three or four talent at the position in the league.

788
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 3: And he's progressed pretty well. I mean in considering how

789
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:53,359
Speaker 3: raw of or out runner he was. Consistency and volatility

790
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 3: are still issues obviously, but I who knows. If he

791
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 3: doesn't get hurt, maybe he's a Pro bowler. Yeah, I

792
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 3: mean I like his chances over Judy. He would have

793
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 3: been over a thousand yards, yeah yeah, a couple more touchdowns,

794
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:10,880
Speaker 3: yeah right, But he gets an opportunity in this game.

795
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:15,120
Speaker 3: After the Pro Bowl teams were announced last.

796
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 2: Week, every eye in America on him, every eye in

797
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 2: America on you, their guy who was named to the

798
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 2: Pro Bowl. He ain't playing in this game. I'm gonna

799
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 2: go out and show I should have made it over him.

800
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,239
Speaker 2: I guarantee you that's going through Jordan, like I'm gonna

801
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,759
Speaker 2: go out there and dominate this game. I sure hope so,

802
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 2: because he can dominated, and not that he doesn't go

803
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,359
Speaker 2: into every game doing but everybody, they were all human.

804
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 3: I mean, you have a little something extra, you know,

805
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:41,399
Speaker 3: and something like this, and he played his worst game

806
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 3: the last we saw him.

807
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 2: I don't think that's the player, No, nor do I. I

808
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 2: expect him to bounce back in a big way. I

809
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 2: do too.

810
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:49,799
Speaker 3: I do too, and I you think they'll get him

811
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 3: involved early and often.

812
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 2: I mean they did try to get him involved early

813
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 2: in the last game against the Bengals, and they threw

814
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 2: him the quick out. He lost the yardage on it.

815
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 2: They ended up having to punt. They didn't have the

816
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 2: ball much the rest of the half.

817
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, I would like seeing more, but there wasn't a

818
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 3: ton of opportunities. Yeah, there's only so many snaps to

819
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:08,839
Speaker 3: go around. I can sit here and complain that. Boy,

820
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:10,880
Speaker 3: I'd like them have gotten pickings of ball more in

821
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,759
Speaker 3: the first half. After that, I'd like Warren to got

822
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 3: more attempts, you know, Like there's only so many snaps.

823
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,480
Speaker 2: They only ran like twenty plays in the whole first half. Yeah,

824
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:20,520
Speaker 2: like it, that's not enough.

825
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,040
Speaker 3: And they ran the ball a lot, which I don't

826
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 3: think they'll run the ball's highest percentage.

827
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:25,000
Speaker 2: Of this game. I don't think so either. I would.

828
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 2: I would attack a little bit more in this game,

829
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,040
Speaker 2: and I would take those shots early. I want to

830
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:31,480
Speaker 2: try to get a lead in this game. And I know,

831
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:35,560
Speaker 2: you know from talking to Arthur Smith their game plan

832
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 2: against the Ravens the second time around. If you remember,

833
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:40,840
Speaker 2: they had that that pass play that they threw to

834
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 2: Scronic that kind of kickstarted the offense with the with

835
00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:48,239
Speaker 2: their second drive. That was supposed to be the first

836
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 2: play of the game for that offense. That was the

837
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 2: now they could go off. That was the script. Was

838
00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 2: that play that they they Hey, this is gonna work.

839
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 2: Nobody's gonna expect Scornic here. We're going to throw the

840
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,719
Speaker 2: ball to score. And it turned out to work. Yeah,

841
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 2: they couldn't do it from their own three. That's what

842
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 2: you're saying.

843
00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:08,400
Speaker 3: Okay again, scripts are great, but they get altered.

844
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,760
Speaker 2: Very quickly too. Yeah, you know. I mean it's.

845
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,400
Speaker 3: This is our approach to the game, and maybe a

846
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 3: script sometime isn't. I'm going to run this play here,

847
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 3: and then I'm gonna run this one. Then I'm gona

848
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:19,400
Speaker 3: run this one no matter what.

849
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,279
Speaker 2: That's what that's the pushback I got in that when

850
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:23,360
Speaker 2: I mentioned it before. Well, you can still run that

851
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 2: play from the three. Well yeah you can, but what

852
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 2: happens when you get the holding penalty in the you know,

853
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:32,439
Speaker 2: or somebody doesn't drastically go wrong? Yeah? Right, when you're backing. Yeah,

854
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:33,919
Speaker 2: you got First of all, you got to get out

855
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 2: of your own end zone. Your quarterbacks standing in his

856
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 2: end zone taking a snap. Yeah, that's not good. No,

857
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 2: every team in the league basically runs the ball in

858
00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 2: that situation to get some room.

859
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:45,879
Speaker 3: And then I know you don't want to you know,

860
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,040
Speaker 3: your goal to be a punt, but you don't want

861
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:49,960
Speaker 3: your punter with his heels on the back of the

862
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 3: end zone either.

863
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:52,239
Speaker 2: I mean, a lot of bad stuff happen. A lot

864
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 2: of bad things can happen in that situation early in

865
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,359
Speaker 2: a football game. Yeah, you can't win a football game

866
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:00,040
Speaker 2: necessarily early in the game, but you can lose it,

867
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:01,880
Speaker 2: is it right? And that would be one way to

868
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:04,600
Speaker 2: do that because now you're okay, you just gave them

869
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,719
Speaker 2: two points and or they recover a fumble in the

870
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 2: end zone or something like that, holding holding end zone.

871
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:12,400
Speaker 2: Now you're doing a free kick. They're gonna get the

872
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 2: ball at the thirty five to forty yard line again,

873
00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 2: and right back on defense.

874
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 3: Now, I don't think anybody would fight us that Steelers

875
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 3: need to start quick, absolutely. I mean, the slow starts

876
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 3: are hard to overcome, and that really worries me in

877
00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:31,000
Speaker 3: this environment against this team. Now, I'm not saying they

878
00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 3: have to walk down and score the first time they

879
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:32,919
Speaker 3: get the ball.

880
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:36,319
Speaker 2: That'd be nice. I mean one of the things that

881
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:40,440
Speaker 2: you need to do in a playoff game in another

882
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:43,319
Speaker 2: team stadium, one of the big things that you have

883
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 2: to do is they're gonna come out fired up. Oh yeah,

884
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 2: the place is gonna the fans are going to be

885
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:49,799
Speaker 2: fired up. It's a night game. They they're gonna have

886
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 2: been in the parking lots all day long. They're gonna

887
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,840
Speaker 2: be fired up. It's the Steelers. They hate the Steelers.

888
00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:56,399
Speaker 2: They hate the Steelers. There's gonna be an emotional wave

889
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 2: early in that football game that you're gonna have to

890
00:40:58,520 --> 00:40:59,719
Speaker 2: deal with. You're gonna have to deal with. You have

891
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 2: torn that wave and ride it out. And you do that,

892
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,600
Speaker 2: as I said yesterday, I think you do that by

893
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 2: putting your defense on the field and getting a stop.

894
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:12,000
Speaker 2: We're getting a strip sack or getting a turnover, two

895
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:13,840
Speaker 2: or three first downs on offense. Isn't just going to

896
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:16,319
Speaker 2: quiet that. No, that doesn't quiet anything down. Now. It's

897
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,720
Speaker 2: going to be a long, prolong battle. Yeah, And once

898
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:21,759
Speaker 2: that wave is over, things start to settle back in

899
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,080
Speaker 2: a little bit you're gonna get. It wouldn't surprise me

900
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,319
Speaker 2: to see the Ravens come out playing as well as

901
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 2: there as they've played in recent weeks. Sure, and then

902
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:32,120
Speaker 2: that that that emotional high kind of wears off a

903
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 2: little bit, and you're in your home crowd and everybody's

904
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 2: cheering you on. You're you're the gladiator. You've walked out,

905
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,759
Speaker 2: everybody's cheering for you. There's that emotional wave, but you

906
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:41,480
Speaker 2: have to ride you have to ride it out. You

907
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 2: have to hold your own early to win it late. There.

908
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:46,400
Speaker 2: I mean, you've been in that building. I haven't.

909
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,839
Speaker 3: I'm sure there will be a distinct home field advantage. Yes,

910
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 3: I mean there's just no question. Yes, in that environment,

911
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:55,440
Speaker 3: as you said, night game Steelers is as big as

912
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:56,480
Speaker 3: the Ravens ever have one.

913
00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:01,959
Speaker 2: Yeah at home, you know, But in this particular game,

914
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 2: in these in this with these two teams, when these

915
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,920
Speaker 2: two teams have met over the years, home field advantage

916
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:10,799
Speaker 2: hasn't really been It hasn't been a massive advantage for

917
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:11,319
Speaker 2: either team.

918
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,920
Speaker 3: No, it hasn't. I'm not exactly sure why. I mean,

919
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:14,680
Speaker 3: you've been in the building.

920
00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:15,879
Speaker 2: I think it's just a comfort level.

921
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 3: Okay, I know what I'm getting into when I walk

922
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 3: in here. Yeah, there's actually some former Ravens on the

923
00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:22,839
Speaker 3: team and all that kind of stuff.

924
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,920
Speaker 2: Steelers are fifteen and fourteen all time at M and

925
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:28,399
Speaker 2: T Bank Stadium, and there wasn't like a stretch where

926
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:30,319
Speaker 2: the Browns were terrible. You just walked in there and

927
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 2: they've been a good football team for a long time

928
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:34,719
Speaker 2: and you still held your own down there.

929
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know that. I'm sure they'll handle that fine. Yeah,

930
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,200
Speaker 3: or at least have been there. It doesn't make it easy.

931
00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:42,759
Speaker 2: It doesn't make it easy. And you know what you

932
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:44,920
Speaker 2: can't do is you can't make the big mistake early

933
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 2: and yeah, have a punk block, allow the exactly, allow

934
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 2: the crowd. That's another way to take the team that

935
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 2: home field event. Make a play on special teams, you

936
00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 2: block upon or something. I keep coming back to special team. Yeah, yeah,

937
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:00,240
Speaker 2: that goes a long way.

938
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 3: Scornik or Pierre smashes you know. Okay, you have you

939
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:07,240
Speaker 3: three and out. Your punt gunner runs down and blasts

940
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:10,319
Speaker 3: their Soso punt returner and ball comes out, you know,

941
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,880
Speaker 3: like or block a punt or block a kick or

942
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:17,960
Speaker 3: boy Tucker misses. The Ravens have a nice drive. The

943
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 3: first time of the ball, he misses a thirty eight

944
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:24,799
Speaker 3: yarder and the whole place is like, oh boy, I'm

945
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,080
Speaker 3: not your friend anymore. You are our best play year ago,

946
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:27,319
Speaker 3: you know.

947
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:31,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, the Steelers have won for the last five in Baltimore. Yeah,

948
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 2: and six of the last eight. This goes, this goes,

949
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 2: This takes you all the way back to twenty seventeen.

950
00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:42,000
Speaker 2: This is there's a lot of Lamar in there. Yeah,

951
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,560
Speaker 2: those were good football teams that the Ravens are put

952
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:46,359
Speaker 2: out there on the field in full out of Cam

953
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:48,040
Speaker 2: Hayward in there, and there's a lot yeh yeah right.

954
00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:50,920
Speaker 2: In fact, some would say that they've been the most

955
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,880
Speaker 2: talented team in the league over the you know, since

956
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:55,279
Speaker 2: twenty twenty.

957
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,440
Speaker 3: Really since draft and Lamar are They've been as successful

958
00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:58,640
Speaker 3: as anyone not the Chiefs.

959
00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 2: And the Steelers have won six of eight in Baltimore.

960
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,480
Speaker 2: And yet all we hear is the Steelers can't possibly

961
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:05,479
Speaker 2: win this game. Yeah.

962
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:07,919
Speaker 3: I don't think the road thing is brutal for them,

963
00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:11,879
Speaker 3: you know. And yes, the Ravens have a massive home

964
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:16,120
Speaker 3: field advantage. I said that against anybody, But I don't

965
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:18,960
Speaker 3: think that it's back to the Harbaugh things. Like my

966
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:21,319
Speaker 3: reward is I get Tomlin and the Steelers great, you know,

967
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 3: like I've seen this show before.

968
00:44:24,239 --> 00:44:27,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, so it's gonna be interesting. I can't wait. We'll

969
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 2: continue to break it down tomorrow. We've got one more

970
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:32,600
Speaker 2: day to get through this and get ready to play

971
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:38,400
Speaker 2: Steelers at Ravens eight o'clock Saturday night. Can't wait yet.

972
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:41,040
Speaker 2: I've seen every Steeler raven game. I've been in the

973
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 2: building for every single one of them, and they're always

974
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,600
Speaker 2: ever worth the price of admission. Always. These are the

975
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:50,040
Speaker 2: former Browns, these are the Cleveland Browns. That's what has

976
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:52,200
Speaker 2: made this rivalry what it is. Actually it's a better

977
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 2: version of the old Browns. Yeah, I mean, no question absolutely,

978
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:57,919
Speaker 2: But Matt, that's going to do for the show today. Yep.

979
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:01,879
Speaker 2: We'd like to thank Mark Mosher for dropping by. Check

980
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:03,719
Speaker 2: his workout on the thirty third Team. You can also

981
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:07,319
Speaker 2: hear him with Matt on the Locked On Network. For

982
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 2: my partner Matt Williamson, for Justin Miller here on site

983
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:13,640
Speaker 2: running the Justin Miller hotline and the soundboard here, and

984
00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 2: for Tyler Viittmeyer making sure our video gets out there

985
00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 2: onto YouTube. Check that out there. I am Dale Lallie.

986
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:22,239
Speaker 2: We thank you for listening to this edition of the

987
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:24,640
Speaker 2: Drive on the Steelers Audio Network.