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Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson show

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Speaker 1: on your twenty four to seven home of the Black

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Speaker 1: and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. I am Dale LOLLI he is the Matt

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Speaker 2: Williamson and this is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back for our number two and it is time

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Speaker 2: for the Fantasy Football Focus. As we do every Wednesday,

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Speaker 2: we will go around the league talk about who is

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Speaker 2: in and who is out of practice this week and

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Speaker 2: maybe give you some suggestions on ways to pivot and

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Speaker 2: things of that.

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Speaker 3: Yeh yeah, yeah, as we always do.

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Speaker 2: Let's dig in the first news of the day. Justin

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Speaker 2: Jefferson limited in Wednesday's practice. That's not a bad signs.

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Speaker 3: Right, That offense hasn't change. I'm I have concerns. I

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Speaker 3: think the world's gotten a little too excited about Josh

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Speaker 3: Dobbs a little bit. But I do think that's a

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Speaker 3: well coached team, and you bring that guy into the fold,

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Speaker 3: that offense can be pretty good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Devin White with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Speaker 2: did not practice on Wednesday. They play in San Francisco

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Speaker 2: this week.

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Speaker 3: I think they're like a thirteen point dog. Oh man,

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Speaker 3: they can go bad.

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Speaker 2: Now, he's not great and he will get manipulated. But

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Speaker 2: he also makes splash plays and he can.

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Speaker 3: Run with McCaffrey and kid in the middle of the field.

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Speaker 3: Stuff you get from the Niners. I think Niners are back, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: and nasty.

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Speaker 2: Alexander Madison with that concussion, did not practice the game play. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it doesn't bode well for him. We'll see. If he

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Speaker 2: gets to limited tomorrow, then there's a possibility.

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Speaker 3: But I think party is the only one that's played

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Speaker 3: all year after the week after being concussed. Really, Okay, yeah,

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Speaker 3: I guess you did. It's interesting. Yeah, but Chandler would

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Speaker 3: be the guy I think.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Mike Evans with a quad was limited in practice on Wednesday.

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Speaker 3: Having a great year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he really is contract year for him.

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Speaker 3: It is.

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Speaker 4: Then.

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Speaker 2: I don't know what you do with you. I mean,

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Speaker 2: you want to sign a thirty year old receiver to

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Speaker 3: I think they should trade him to the deadline.

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Speaker 2: I mean, well, they're still in it.

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Speaker 3: They're still in it. Yeah, that's a weird weird division.

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Speaker 2: Mentioned. Pat Farmuth limited to today. Makea Fitzpatrick did not practice.

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Speaker 2: Deontay Johnson pookin the Kua was limited today with a

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Speaker 3: They're coming off a bye. Don't remember him missing any time.

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Speaker 3: Maybe you got he's a.

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Speaker 2: Big, physical wide receiver. He kind of reminds me of

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Speaker 2: Juju a little bit in that. Yeah, he throws the

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Speaker 2: body around, the thickness, the way you throw the body around.

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Speaker 2: I just hope that for his sake, he doesn't have

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Speaker 3: Slow trajectory right from a four or five guy to

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Speaker 2: Jamal Agnew did not practice today for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Speaker 2: That is no big deal.

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Speaker 3: This one. Halls Jons is the one to kind of

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Speaker 2: Tyson Campbell, with a hamstring, did not practice on Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: He left that game against the forty nine ers right

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Speaker 2: around halftime. Yeah, that's really when the game kind of

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Speaker 3: This isn't super fantasy relevant, but I think the jag

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Speaker 3: secondary and O line might be more problematic than people

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I mean he's their best guy.

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Speaker 3: But he's our best guy.

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Speaker 3: Do they have this week? Uh Tennessee, Tennessee the division game.

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Speaker 2: Will Levis has afoot He is practicing in full today.

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Speaker 3: He's taking a beating.

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Speaker 2: They don't going to continue then, and he's a young quarterback.

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Speaker 2: And there then yeelers and made a couple of rows,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, this is gonna be a tough trial period for him.

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Speaker 2: Matthew Stafford with thumb practice today.

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Speaker 2: Antonio Gibson with a toe injury did not practice on Wednesday.

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Speaker 3: I think he may have something going on too, though.

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Speaker 2: I didn't see. Maybe not here. Curtis Samuel with a

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Speaker 3: Sounds like he's going to be back. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Nico Collins with the calf injury returned to practice on one.

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Speaker 2: Up about this. So a few weeks ago, Frank Reich

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Speaker 2: relinquished his play calling duties to focus on being a

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Speaker 3: Yack that organization. They're so reactionary, and I think it's ownership.

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Speaker 2: Here's the thing though, so early in the season we

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Speaker 2: a lull the last few weeks. Yeah, now Reich is

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Speaker 2: taking back. I expect Adam Felin to blow up again.

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Speaker 3: Oh okay, you're thinking about that perspective.

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Speaker 2: It's a fantasy perspective that I would expect. It wouldn't

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Speaker 2: surprise me if all of a sudden now you start

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Speaker 2: to see Adam Feelin get ten targets again.

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Speaker 3: So I heard this morning that they were doing as

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Speaker 3: Higgins at the trade deadline. Well, I don't know why

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Speaker 3: the bat would move on first either, and you know,

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Speaker 3: but they're just so aggressive. And I think it's because

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Speaker 2: It's amazing to me. David Tepter was a was a

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Speaker 3: And they're like the two most reactionary.

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Speaker 2: Exactly, like they learned nothing.

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Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, shiny thing, go get me that. I mean,

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Speaker 3: we were talking about this today on on my podcast,

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Speaker 3: it dawned on me while we were talking about Carolina,

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Speaker 3: it's like Josh McCown. People have talked about him as

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Speaker 3: and you know they don't end up taking them, Like,

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Speaker 3: I bet half the organization won its Droud, And I

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Speaker 3: bet that there's some strife in that building as all.

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Speaker 2: That wouldn't be surprised.

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Speaker 2: Keep an eye on Thieling for a DFS.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a good call. Yeah, scheme him up because

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Speaker 3: he'll be cheap. It'll be the last few weeks yet

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he'll be pepper with with targets. Andrew Thomas, the

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Speaker 3: He left last game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he was out before that though with a hamstring injury.

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Speaker 3: It was just the last year for everything about that team.

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Speaker 2: Uh kJ Osborne with a concussion return to practice on Wednesday.

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Speaker 3: Good. That looked worse than just yeah, ugly ugly DJ.

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Speaker 3: I mean I think Addison's hurt now and Osborne's unusable. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: So they're looking for answers.

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Speaker 2: They really are.

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Speaker 3: Not that he's relevant, but I would turn to Mingo

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Speaker 2: Also sticking with the Panthers here, Brian Burns, their edge rusher.

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Speaker 2: He has a concussion, but he practiced in full today.

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Speaker 2: It looks like he's going to be back against the Cowboys.

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Speaker 3: Wow, they're a bad team.

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Speaker 2: Deonta Foreman, with an ankle, was limited in Wednesday's practice.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's been really good. I mean, I know you're

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Speaker 3: Herbert's has not been activated.

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Speaker 2: He's not been activated yet, but this could be the

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Speaker 3: Yeah. They may field just coming back. Field is coming back.

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Speaker 3: He has been good. If Herbert's activated. I don't love

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Speaker 2: Like some of these carries were, they're just getting crushed

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Speaker 3: I don't like I don't like the matchup this week.

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Speaker 2: Jaire Alexander with that shoulder injury's still not practicing uh

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Speaker 2: the short week a little bit.

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Speaker 3: A couple of things wrong with them.

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Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, uh trailing Burk's with a concussion, did not

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Speaker 3: Realize this from the steel around for and he's been

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Speaker 3: for him in a way. But they're odd because I

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Speaker 3: didn't notice this until I studied the Titans. For the Steelers,

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Speaker 3: none of their receivers play like even eighty percent of snaps.

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Speaker 3: They play like Westbrook a Keene and Phillips, and even

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Speaker 2: Uh. Damian Pierce with an ankle did not practice on Wednesday.

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Speaker 3: Everything you hear is Singletary. Singletary.

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Speaker 2: Singletary is the dude.

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Speaker 2: They get a nice match up this week. Who they

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Speaker 2: I don't get it.

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Speaker 2: But they could like, no, Aaron, we're out of this.

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Speaker 3: He's even there. He show flies it on game data, right.

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Speaker 3: Maybe maybe he's been rough.

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Speaker 2: That was actually the second surgery to repair his torn

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Speaker 3: You can't do it.

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Speaker 2: I don't know how they didn't figure out that earlier.

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Speaker 3: That's labor wires not great this week notable guys. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Oh, there you go. The Cardinals claimed Michael Carter off waivers.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he shouldn't have last long. No, they probably an

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Speaker 2: Yeah. TJ Hockey interested in him.

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Speaker 3: Connor used to get all the work.

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Speaker 3: No, and they didn't only came back for one game.

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Speaker 3: And maybe it's only because one game, but the dude

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Speaker 3: they've been playing what's his name? Again?

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Speaker 2: The played six different guys, the guy.

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Speaker 3: One thought was a hot waiver wire pick up six

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Speaker 2: Hawkinson a limited participant in Wednesday's practice. He's dealing with

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Speaker 2: Bengals Ravens game, because why not?

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Speaker 3: Why not? And so you're thinking, what defense do you want?

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Speaker 3: Whatever's cheap and.

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Speaker 2: You don't have to play either one.

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Speaker 3: If I forgot how to do whatever you want to do, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: let's kick it around.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, maybe we'll try that. But that's going to

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Speaker 2: I certainly have not James Ferrier or Jack Lambert most

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Speaker 3: Mmm, I have no way. Would you know that off

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Speaker 2: But Ferrier was always on the field.

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Speaker 3: It was pretty close. Who played more snaps against the Browns?

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Speaker 2: other pretty good guys.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, Crew wasn't too shabby either. No. No, I

442
00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:25,840
Speaker 3: want to.

443
00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,000
Speaker 2: Talk about this today, Matt, because obviously the Steelers have

444
00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,840
Speaker 2: run the football much better in recent weeks. So I

445
00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:32,800
Speaker 2: was looking around the internet today for some things to

446
00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,800
Speaker 2: talk about, and I came across the Pro Football Focus

447
00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:40,000
Speaker 2: NFL offensive line rankings ahead of Week eleven. Uh so,

448
00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,480
Speaker 2: let's we haven't Steelers started I think very low when

449
00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:44,920
Speaker 2: we looked at this a few weeks ago. They were

450
00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:45,520
Speaker 2: like twenty ninth.

451
00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:46,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, verly low.

452
00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,560
Speaker 2: So let's take a look at this and see what

453
00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,639
Speaker 2: they have to say. So at this point, your thirty

454
00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,160
Speaker 2: second ranked offensive line, and there's no changing this one

455
00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:55,959
Speaker 2: is the New York Jets.

456
00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,399
Speaker 3: No Jets. I would say the Giants are pretty hideous.

457
00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,480
Speaker 2: There might not be a single good offense of Limon

458
00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,240
Speaker 2: healthy in the city the city of New York.

459
00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,760
Speaker 3: If Thomas isn't, then there is. Tennessee's pretty bad too.

460
00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:08,120
Speaker 3: It's off the top of my head.

461
00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,080
Speaker 2: Tennessee is at number thirty one. They're down a spot.

462
00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,399
Speaker 3: They had a rough week, Yeah, really rough week. So

463
00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:16,960
Speaker 3: the Giants aren't the worst or the second worst. They

464
00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:17,600
Speaker 3: don't block anything.

465
00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,520
Speaker 2: They're thirty. They're gotting two spots. They were up, they

466
00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:22,400
Speaker 2: were up to twenty eight.

467
00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:27,960
Speaker 3: Wow, they're horrific and they shouldn't be that bad. I mean, like,

468
00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,120
Speaker 3: to their credit, they've drafted two tackles high. We liked

469
00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:33,440
Speaker 3: Michael schmidz. You know, John Michael Schmid's at center. He's

470
00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,000
Speaker 3: been hurt. The guards look soft and now you know

471
00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:36,640
Speaker 3: that's all you got.

472
00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,600
Speaker 2: It's bad. Yeah, at twenty nine, up two spots. The

473
00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:40,520
Speaker 2: Carolina Panthers.

474
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Speaker 3: They shouldn't be as bad.

475
00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,320
Speaker 2: They have two tackles and then crap inside.

476
00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, but they're paying Bozeman and I forget the other

477
00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:48,840
Speaker 3: guard that. Yeah, I mean they're making money.

478
00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:49,560
Speaker 2: Yeah.

479
00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:51,919
Speaker 3: The thing that makes you crazy for them is Icky

480
00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,200
Speaker 3: looked really promising and then this year he's like, yeah, yeah,

481
00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,040
Speaker 3: you can't miss on that.

482
00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:03,520
Speaker 2: At twenty eight up one spot. The Arizona Cardinals.

483
00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,920
Speaker 3: I don't know their line real well other than Paris Johnson.

484
00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,199
Speaker 2: Kelvin Beachum at left, tack left from left to right,

485
00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:13,000
Speaker 2: Kelvin Beachum, Carter O'Donnell. Fro Hold is at center.

486
00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,480
Speaker 3: At Carter O'Donnell. He sounds like a made up guy.

487
00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,000
Speaker 2: Will Hernandez and Paris Johnson junior.

488
00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's pretty rough. The inside's bad. Yeah. Yeah.

489
00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,720
Speaker 2: Frohold actually played high school football with James Daniels. Oh

490
00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,560
Speaker 2: really Yeah, so he's better than the guards. Yeah, well

491
00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:31,960
Speaker 2: he's playing at center now at twenty seven down one spot.

492
00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,440
Speaker 2: The Rams we've.

493
00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,280
Speaker 3: Seen him in a while. They're not great. I mean

494
00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,600
Speaker 3: they're not good on paper. Yeah, are people like I

495
00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:42,040
Speaker 3: know dots in grades? Well for them, yeah, yeah, it doesn't,

496
00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:43,840
Speaker 3: and I like Amelia.

497
00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,760
Speaker 2: At twenty six down three spots, these guys might be lower.

498
00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:50,879
Speaker 2: The New England Patriots.

499
00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, they've had a lot of shuffling, and.

500
00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,199
Speaker 2: Here's what they've said, Trent Brown at left tackle, Cole Strange,

501
00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:00,880
Speaker 2: David Andrews, City sal and Mike Onowenu it should be better.

502
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,320
Speaker 3: That it should be better, and it sounds better on

503
00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:05,800
Speaker 3: paper than they're performing. Yeah, the guys just don't get

504
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:09,479
Speaker 3: open the playmakers either. Yeah.

505
00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,960
Speaker 2: At twenty five up two spots, Seattle.

506
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,440
Speaker 3: Tackles have been hurt, but I think they're both bad.

507
00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:15,720
Speaker 2: They're both Yeah, they're both back.

508
00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:16,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's okay.

509
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,040
Speaker 2: At twenty four up one spot the Bears.

510
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,320
Speaker 3: I think it's rounding back into shape, you know, right,

511
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,240
Speaker 3: starting to get his feet under them, and the left

512
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:28,360
Speaker 3: tackle Jones isn't bad.

513
00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:34,000
Speaker 2: At twenty three down four spots, the Cincinnati Bengals.

514
00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,879
Speaker 3: Maybe should be lower. They were a real problem this

515
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,600
Speaker 3: past week and they don't run the ball particularly well protection.

516
00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:43,280
Speaker 2: Still, I saw a thing that Orlando Brown is giving

517
00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:48,359
Speaker 2: up the most quick pressure in the league, really, of

518
00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:51,440
Speaker 2: any left tackle in the league in two point five

519
00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:52,280
Speaker 2: seconds or less.

520
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:53,000
Speaker 3: He's the worst.

521
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,680
Speaker 2: He's the worst because he doesn't move well. It doesn't

522
00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:57,439
Speaker 2: move that's going to turn out. And I know they

523
00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,399
Speaker 2: got him cheaper than what everybody expected, but that was I.

524
00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:01,480
Speaker 3: Don't think it's a good investment.

525
00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:02,680
Speaker 2: No, I don't think so either.

526
00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:04,719
Speaker 3: Williams is a free agent after the year. I assume

527
00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:05,560
Speaker 3: he won't be back.

528
00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, they get a draft tackle.

529
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,120
Speaker 3: Better doesn't say you better draft tackle pretty high.

530
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, but they also might have to draft a wide receiver.

531
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:12,880
Speaker 3: I don't know if Higgins be back.

532
00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:13,200
Speaker 4: Yeah.

533
00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,120
Speaker 3: The stuff around Burrow is gonna start crumbling soon.

534
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:20,360
Speaker 2: Yeah. At twenty two down one spot are the Chargers.

535
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:22,520
Speaker 3: They should be way better than that. I don't know

536
00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,440
Speaker 3: if they are not, but I mean they got good

537
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,920
Speaker 3: players Slater and you know it, Zion.

538
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,360
Speaker 2: Slater at left tackles, Zion Johnson at left guard, Will

539
00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:33,280
Speaker 2: Clap at center, Jamari Sailor at the right right guard,

540
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:34,960
Speaker 2: and then Trey Pipkins at right tackle.

541
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:39,840
Speaker 3: So the they have a good center that Linsley had

542
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,440
Speaker 3: to say, they're missing somebody, okay, Yeah.

543
00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:45,640
Speaker 2: Yeah. At twenty one down a spot is Washington.

544
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,760
Speaker 3: Oh, they should be way lower. I mean they don't

545
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,680
Speaker 3: have any good players. They got all journeymen. Yeah, and

546
00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,879
Speaker 3: they allowed a million sacks. This year, it's got a

547
00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:56,440
Speaker 3: little better, but they're bad.

548
00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:02,120
Speaker 2: At twenty up four spots, San Francisco, it's Trump, Williams

549
00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:03,000
Speaker 2: and a bunch of dudes.

550
00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,639
Speaker 3: Yeah, I say this all the time. I mean Miami

551
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,600
Speaker 3: and San Francisco or they run the same scheme. They

552
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,160
Speaker 3: want one guy and then they say, well, the other

553
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,119
Speaker 3: four will just coach up with scheme and we're not

554
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,520
Speaker 3: going to invest in. We have Trent Williams, we have Armstead,

555
00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:17,200
Speaker 3: and Williams has been hurt.

556
00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, we haven't gotten to the Steelers yet, folks.

557
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,080
Speaker 3: No, I take Steers everyone you mentioned.

558
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,800
Speaker 2: In nineteen down three spots. It is Jacksonville and falling fast.

559
00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,120
Speaker 2: Falling fast.

560
00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,439
Speaker 3: I mean they had to block Chase Young and Bosa

561
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,240
Speaker 3: and hard Grave off of by all.

562
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,399
Speaker 2: The stuff that the Steelers had to do opening the season.

563
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, but no, the Jags are not looking good

564
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:38,280
Speaker 3: up front.

565
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:42,760
Speaker 2: At eighteen down a spot the Green Bay Packers. Now,

566
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,800
Speaker 2: they didn't do anything in the run game this past week,

567
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:46,760
Speaker 2: but I thought they passed blocked pretty well real well.

568
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,840
Speaker 3: I thought they gave Love a lot of opportunity to

569
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,560
Speaker 3: make things happen. They're a well coach group. I don't

570
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,880
Speaker 3: know their OWD line is, but they do all right.

571
00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:55,360
Speaker 3: They're a line coach.

572
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:59,920
Speaker 2: I mean at seventeen up five spots New Orleans.

573
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:01,560
Speaker 3: They're getting healthier.

574
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 2: I think Rams compete so Pete at left tackle, James

575
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,480
Speaker 2: Hurst at left guard, Eric mccoyt center, Caesar Luiz at

576
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,080
Speaker 2: the right guard, in Ryan Ramsack at UH.

577
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,240
Speaker 3: A lot investing those guys too. They're all all high

578
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:13,919
Speaker 3: miss very much.

579
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,160
Speaker 2: That's a name offensive line. As offensive lines.

580
00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,040
Speaker 3: Go, it does. Yeah, Ramchack's been around a long time

581
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,560
Speaker 3: or done really well. Yeah.

582
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:27,880
Speaker 2: At sixteen up two spots the Pittsburgh Steelers, it seems fair.

583
00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,359
Speaker 2: Here's what they have to say about it. Broderick Jones

584
00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:32,760
Speaker 2: appears to have won the right tackle starting job, not kidding.

585
00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,400
Speaker 2: The rookie started through there once again. Despite the Chuks

586
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:39,359
Speaker 2: of Corps four being active against the Packers. Isaac Sayamalu's

587
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 2: eighty two point three pass blocking great against Green Bay

588
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,560
Speaker 2: was tied for the fifth best mark among guards in

589
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:48,159
Speaker 2: Week ten. Best Player they list the best player for

590
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 2: each team. I bet people didn't know this. James Daniels

591
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,160
Speaker 2: is on a streak of good play. His eighty six

592
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,720
Speaker 2: point one pass blocking grade since Week three leads all

593
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,080
Speaker 2: NFL offensive linemen in that Spain. Wow, not even guards,

594
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,720
Speaker 2: not even guards offensive lineman. We've been saying for a

595
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,359
Speaker 2: long time that the guards are who we thought they are.

596
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,040
Speaker 2: Now yeah, and maybe they're even better.

597
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,880
Speaker 3: I mean again, I don't put Pro football Focus as gospel,

598
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,480
Speaker 3: but those two are playing really well.

599
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,120
Speaker 2: They're pulling the eye test.

600
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,120
Speaker 3: It does, it does, and certainly Jones as well.

601
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:18,480
Speaker 2: And that's what you have to do, folks when you

602
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,399
Speaker 2: look at the Pro Football Focused grades. Yeah, it's got

603
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,280
Speaker 2: to pass your eye test too, like, because there's stuff

604
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:25,879
Speaker 2: on there that just doesn't make sense a.

605
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:26,400
Speaker 3: Lot of times.

606
00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:32,200
Speaker 2: Right at fifteen down two spots the Cleveland Browns.

607
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,840
Speaker 3: They're so banged up, so the inside's good.

608
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,080
Speaker 2: Garrett Garon Christian or Jared Christian, I don't know how

609
00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,200
Speaker 2: he pronounces it it left tackle, Joeltonio at left guard,

610
00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:46,119
Speaker 2: Ethan Posic at center maybe why this week a right guard,

611
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:47,840
Speaker 2: and then Day one Jones at right tackle.

612
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 3: Maybe maybe maybe even if he's there though, I mean

613
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,280
Speaker 3: he looks okay with the left tackle is a problem.

614
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:57,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, neither Jedrick Wills nor Day one Johnson losing Jedrick

615
00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:58,119
Speaker 2: Wills is not a loss.

616
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,000
Speaker 3: He's not good, He's not great, But I mean that

617
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,040
Speaker 3: means you're playing somebody worse.

618
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,840
Speaker 2: It means yeah, uh, they weren't available, so daring Christian

619
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,560
Speaker 2: played left tackle and James Hudson slotted in at right tackle.

620
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,320
Speaker 2: You might see that again this week.

621
00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:12,159
Speaker 3: I see that again this week, or Hudson will be

622
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,400
Speaker 3: the sixth guy who plays a lot right now. Yeah,

623
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,639
Speaker 3: that's the problem. Tackles are a big deal for them.

624
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,560
Speaker 2: Christian's performed admirably. His sixty nine point six PFF grade

625
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 2: was the best mark from a Cleveland left tackle all season.

626
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,880
Speaker 3: I agree that Wills has been kind of a bust. Yeah,

627
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:29,040
Speaker 3: I surprise they picked up his.

628
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,560
Speaker 2: fIF year's might be better off moving the right side.

629
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,040
Speaker 3: I don't know, he's not been good.

630
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:37,080
Speaker 2: No, their best player, Botonio is botonio seventy five point

631
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:41,520
Speaker 2: zero pass block grade ranks seventh among guards this season. Well,

632
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,800
Speaker 2: but guessing is probably if if Daniels has been number

633
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,359
Speaker 2: three in the league among all offensive linemens since Week three,

634
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:50,439
Speaker 2: Buttonio is probably be behind him.

635
00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,320
Speaker 3: I would imagine, And I think solom Alway has been

636
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:53,919
Speaker 3: going up and up and up and up. Yeah, his

637
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:58,240
Speaker 3: first two weeks weren't great Isaac's but they've they've done

638
00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 3: though the form though. Oh yeah, yeah, those are two

639
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,680
Speaker 3: lines going in opposite directions. I agree, yea, I agree.

640
00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,640
Speaker 2: A fourteen the Raiders, no change in.

641
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,919
Speaker 3: That seems high for them.

642
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 2: Miller's a solid player. Illuminars not great, but he's okay.

643
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,679
Speaker 3: One thing about the Browns though, that that team holds

644
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,200
Speaker 3: the football. Pass protecting for them is a little harder

645
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:20,840
Speaker 3: than most teams.

646
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, they don't pass protect particularly well.

647
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 3: No, and they're asked to do it longer. At thirteen

648
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,679
Speaker 3: up two spots. Is Denver coming into shape? I mean

649
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,560
Speaker 3: they run the ball with they went and signed to

650
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,639
Speaker 3: guard I forget which one in McGlinchey. They spent a

651
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,359
Speaker 3: lot of money on their powers. Yeah, Minors is a star.

652
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:39,680
Speaker 3: He's a really good player, but they are a mash

653
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,560
Speaker 3: your face Saints. Like imagine if the Steelers would have

654
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,720
Speaker 3: taken Minords instead of like Green or.

655
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:46,880
Speaker 2: Instead of Kendrick Green. Was that the same year? That

656
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 2: was the same year.

657
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 3: I remember there was six five or six centers that

658
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:51,240
Speaker 3: they There were some good ones.

659
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's one that I don't like to play that on.

660
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,480
Speaker 2: If game. Yeah, but we loved we did, we did.

661
00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 2: I like Green too as well, so I can't. I

662
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:01,160
Speaker 2: can't rewrite history on that one.

663
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 3: But I love right right. I mean, if you would

664
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 3: have taken Humphrey is the one everyone's talking about, I mean,

665
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 3: but then you would Friar. Yeah.

666
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 2: Yeah. At twelve, Tampa Bay down a spot, Okay, I

667
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 2: mean the interior is still problem.

668
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:17,840
Speaker 3: Prob.

669
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:18,960
Speaker 2: They don't run the ball at all.

670
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,760
Speaker 3: No, they don't. They don't. At eleven, they're playing some

671
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 3: young guys to it up.

672
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:24,479
Speaker 2: A spot is Houston.

673
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're getting healthy. Yeah. I mean, like when the

674
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,240
Speaker 3: Steelers saw him was all these backups people remember, but

675
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 3: now it's tons.

676
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 2: What they've settled on here is interesting though. So they

677
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:37,840
Speaker 2: got tons left tons left tackle, Titus Howard's at left guard, Oh,

678
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:42,120
Speaker 2: Michael Adeater at center, Shack Mason at right guard, George

679
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 2: fan is the right tackle.

680
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:45,280
Speaker 3: Okay. So Kendrick Green's out of the line.

681
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 2: So they basically took their top two. Kender Green's heart,

682
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:48,520
Speaker 2: he's done for the year.

683
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, true.

684
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,960
Speaker 2: So the left side of their line. Basically they said

685
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 2: we're gonna put these two, our two best guys on

686
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 2: the left side of the line. We're gonna run that way,

687
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:56,040
Speaker 2: I would imagine.

688
00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 3: I would imagine. And the right guard Mason is a

689
00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 3: good player too. Yeah. Four uh.

690
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:02,600
Speaker 2: At ten is Buffalo.

691
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 3: It's been fine. I don't think it has weaknesses. It's

692
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 3: been fine.

693
00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 2: At nine is Miami. I don't know about that.

694
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean this isn't a we we all know

695
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,240
Speaker 3: there's line shortages in the league. I mean, if you

696
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,160
Speaker 3: if we were talking about the ninth best wide receiver

697
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 3: crew would be like, wow, that group's really good. We're

698
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,760
Speaker 3: talking about the ninth best line cruger.

699
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 2: I mean Austin Jackson and Lester Cotton on the right side.

700
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:29,600
Speaker 3: It's real bad.

701
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, that is not good.

702
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,720
Speaker 3: And Armstead, bless them, he apparely plays. He's yeah, he's

703
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,280
Speaker 3: sold together with the duct tape.

704
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 2: At eight is Kansas City. That's down a spot.

705
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, I wouldn't worry one bit about them, though they're

706
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:42,240
Speaker 3: pretty strong.

707
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 2: It's seven up two spots is Dallas.

708
00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:48,959
Speaker 3: They're mashter face too. I really like the younger Smith Tyler.

709
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:53,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, that they just played the Giants Like I was

710
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 2: looking at the Pro Football Focus because it's part of

711
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,440
Speaker 2: the stat sheet that the NFL sends out and they

712
00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 2: put the top graded pro football focused guys on there,

713
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,280
Speaker 2: like everybody who has a score of ninety or better,

714
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 2: like nine Cowboys on there this week.

715
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 3: So like all those grades, should you should have an asterisk?

716
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:10,560
Speaker 3: If you played the Giants.

717
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 2: You play the Giants like you should.

718
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,719
Speaker 3: It should be for the nfcast, you play him twice.

719
00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 2: At six down three spots is Atlanta.

720
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 3: It's a good group. Yeah, I mean they have a

721
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,200
Speaker 3: lot of vested in it too. Jake Matthews is doing

722
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 3: the iron Man thing like his dad and uncle and brother,

723
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,560
Speaker 3: mom and Anton. Yeah. And five up a spot is Minnesota.

724
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,680
Speaker 3: It's I love their tackles and they're good. They're interiors,

725
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 3: not as bad as he used to be.

726
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 2: At four up one spot, he might surprise people. The Eagles.

727
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,440
Speaker 3: I just kind of pencil them in at one, but

728
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:46,680
Speaker 3: maybe the Lions are better.

729
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:52,760
Speaker 2: And you know, at three up one spot is Indianapolis.

730
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,800
Speaker 3: I know Nelson's back to being Nelson. Kelly got hurt

731
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 3: in that last game.

732
00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:01,320
Speaker 2: You still got Will Fryes starting it right guard like

733
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 2: they're still and Bernard Raymond at left tackle is a

734
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 2: little better. Yeah, but did you see what?

735
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 3: I can't help myself. But when Kelly got hurt. They

736
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 3: brought in fresh and French and fries. You love stuff

737
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 3: like that. Yeah, except it was fries was next to

738
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,240
Speaker 3: they had the switch positions, would have been.

739
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 2: Better at two. No change is Baltimore. I don't. I

740
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 2: don't know about that.

741
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a little high. I mean I would still

742
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:28,600
Speaker 3: take the Chiefs and Eagles.

743
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 2: And that's not even that's not even having Ronnie Stanley

744
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 2: at left tackle.

745
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:33,520
Speaker 3: So they're not including him.

746
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 2: No, that's McCary, John Simpson at left guard. John Simpson

747
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 2: could walk into this room right now, and he's the

748
00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 2: worst guy.

749
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,880
Speaker 3: Yeah. Mccary's valuable though, because he's like he could play.

750
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 2: All he could play everywhere.

751
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 3: And there's there's a perfect six man.

752
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 2: Linder Baum at center, right guard is Zeitler, and Morgan

753
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 2: Moses the right tackle. That's not better than the Eagles line.

754
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 3: It's not better than the Eagles or Chiefs. No, I

755
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 3: bet no problem with the Lions being one. I might

756
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 3: have the Colts ahead of that time. Maybe not.

757
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:01,560
Speaker 2: I think it's but the Lions are number one.

758
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think Linderbaum's back to playing really well though.

759
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 2: I think I saw he was like their eighth highest

760
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 2: graded good center. Yeah, so that's what Again, their grades.

761
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,120
Speaker 3: It probably means he's not the thirtieth best center, but

762
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,479
Speaker 3: right right, Yeah, anyways, that's good little exercise to do

763
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 3: that once a month.

764
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, just to take a look and see how things

765
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 2: have changed and who's playing. And I don't pay attention.

766
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 2: Nobody pays attention to all the offensive line.

767
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 3: Playing, especially once the injuries starts settling into who they missing,

768
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,320
Speaker 3: and you know, it's hard to keep up with that stuff.

769
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,560
Speaker 2: But it's no coincidence that the Steelers now have been.

770
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 2: That was one of the things that Mike tom And brought.

771
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,240
Speaker 2: He was asked tuesday, you know, why wasn't the line playing,

772
00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 2: you know, running the ball better or why would they

773
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 2: Why didn't that carry over? He said, well, we had

774
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 2: some injuries up front. We had first of all, we

775
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 2: had a new guy in there at left guard. Then

776
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 2: we had some injuries. Our left tackle got hurt, then

777
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 2: our right guard got hurt. People forget James Daniels missed

778
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,200
Speaker 2: miss a little time, missed a little time last year,

779
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 2: you know, so it took a little bit longer for

780
00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 2: that to kind of settle in. Now it's settled in.

781
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 3: Well, I think they figured out their identity too, and

782
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:05,760
Speaker 3: you're seeing a lot less zone runs a lot more pulling. Obviously,

783
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,439
Speaker 3: Jones helps because he's a freak, you know, but that's

784
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,959
Speaker 3: not the only reason. I mean everyone talks about Jones

785
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 3: have been the starter for two weeks and now running

786
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,319
Speaker 3: ball like crazy like, yeah, that helps, but it's not

787
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:15,799
Speaker 3: only the reason. Yeah right, all.

788
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 2: Right, anyways, we're going to get to a break. He

789
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Speaker 2: is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lolly. You're listening to

790
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Speaker 2: the Drive. You're on Steelers Nation Radio. We'll be back

791
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Speaker 2: to finish up the show right after this.

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Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson show

793
00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,400
Speaker 1: on your twenty four to seven home of the Black

794
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Speaker 1: and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

795
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,359
Speaker 2: Welcome back. I am Dale Lolly. He is the Matt

796
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Speaker 2: Williamson and this is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio,

797
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 2: your one stop shop for all things football and NFL.

798
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:50,839
Speaker 3: We talk.

799
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 2: We don't just talk Steelers, we talk to the NFL

800
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:53,880
Speaker 2: as well, because it all matters.

801
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:55,799
Speaker 3: Yeah, putty in perspective, I mean, you don't want to

802
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 3: have the look at everything through entirely through black and

803
00:34:58,239 --> 00:34:58,800
Speaker 3: gold glasses.

804
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 2: That's where you start running in the problems. You know,

805
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,759
Speaker 2: if you don't look at what everybody else is doing,

806
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 2: it's hard makes it hard to judge what you're.

807
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,879
Speaker 3: Doing, especially like that line conversation we just had. Yeah,

808
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,319
Speaker 3: you know, like I don't expect you guys listening to

809
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 3: know the ins and out of.

810
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,720
Speaker 2: Who started for the situation. That's kind of why sometimes

811
00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 2: we'll go over the other teams started their starting lineups,

812
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:21,120
Speaker 2: especially if it's a team that the Steelers don't play

813
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 2: a lot, because you probably don't watch a lot of.

814
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 3: Those games, yea.

815
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 2: And even if you do, it's on in the background.

816
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 2: Well you're not, you know, focused on it like you

817
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:29,839
Speaker 2: are the Steelers.

818
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,800
Speaker 3: Certainly, like when they played the Rams, like the defensive

819
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 3: guys of the right now steels the Rams, like who

820
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 3: these dudes.

821
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:36,839
Speaker 2: One other thing to keep in perspective is wins and

822
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 2: losses when it comes to quarterback play. Yeah, and that's

823
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 2: one of the things that Mike Tomlin folks. You know

824
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,279
Speaker 2: he was asked about that yesterday with Kenny Pickett. You know,

825
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 2: if you look at it, I think it's the Steelers

826
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:51,160
Speaker 2: are actually I just I just wrote this for Steelers dog.

827
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:52,719
Speaker 2: I should know this off the top of my head.

828
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:57,080
Speaker 2: But the Steelers are twelve and five in Pickett's career

829
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:58,479
Speaker 2: in games he both started and.

830
00:35:58,360 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 3: Finished, started and finished.

831
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:01,400
Speaker 2: That's a full seasons worth of games.

832
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean he has some remarkable stuff as most

833
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 3: people know, about fourth quarter comebacks and one score game

834
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,640
Speaker 3: victories and stuff like that too. But you're right, I

835
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,840
Speaker 3: mean that's a full season. You'll take twelve thirteen wins,

836
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 3: you know, absolutely.

837
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 2: Yeah. So, and he's beaten some good teams along the

838
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:17,920
Speaker 2: way to do that. He beat the Ravens a couple

839
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,279
Speaker 2: of times, beat the Browns. Maybe he'll do that again

840
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:21,120
Speaker 2: this week. We'll see.

841
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 4: Uh.

842
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,040
Speaker 2: But we talked to Kenny Pickett today over at the

843
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 2: up mc rooney Sports Complex. Here's what Pickett had to say. Kenny, Here,

844
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,200
Speaker 2: quarterbacks measured all by wins and losses.

845
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:32,880
Speaker 4: That's the most important thing, you know.

846
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 5: As long as we keep doing that, I feel good

847
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 5: with where we're headed and direction that we're going. And

848
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 5: your numbers a better against the NFC and others. Uh Yeah, no,

849
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:47,800
Speaker 5: I mean it's divisional games are big. You want to

850
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 5: you want to play your best against the division.

851
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:50,240
Speaker 4: Obviously, you want to play.

852
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 5: Your best every game, but by those division games, you know,

853
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 5: matter more, Kenny. Yesterday, Mike t said that there's expectations

854
00:36:58,120 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 5: for you to play a little bit better in.

855
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:00,000
Speaker 3: The second half.

856
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:01,960
Speaker 6: See that you were in the world quickly. But when

857
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 6: you hear a challenge like that post by or head coach.

858
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 5: Star, yeah, I don't need you know, the external motivation.

859
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 4: Pretty motivated internally, you know.

860
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,879
Speaker 5: I want to play you know great every game, I'm

861
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 5: pushing for that.

862
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,319
Speaker 4: I'm always working towards that, So I'll keep keep going

863
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:15,640
Speaker 4: that way.

864
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:18,720
Speaker 6: Saying a little bit, but there's how much episode ships

865
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:20,439
Speaker 6: is there in these types of games?

866
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,279
Speaker 4: Obviously every game to stay game, but division hostile.

867
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,520
Speaker 5: Environmental Yeah, divisional games is usually going on the road,

868
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,400
Speaker 5: like you said, hostile environment. So it's a good opportunity

869
00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 5: for our team to come together, you know, working all

870
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 5: towards the same goal and get a win.

871
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:34,879
Speaker 4: So at the end of the day, that's all we're

872
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:35,360
Speaker 4: focused on.

873
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 5: We gotta come more days of practice to get the plan.

874
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:39,759
Speaker 4: Right and then go for it. Go over to tape.

875
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,239
Speaker 7: In these games, is there more to be gleaned from

876
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:46,240
Speaker 7: either seeing one on ones or throwing more off.

877
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:50,919
Speaker 4: The winner's opportunity. I'm not sure what you need more

878
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:51,080
Speaker 4: and what.

879
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 7: Are there shots you're not taking or not seeing and

880
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,040
Speaker 7: is that where more could be gleaned.

881
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,479
Speaker 4: I mean, yeah, you know, yes and no. There's times

882
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:02,320
Speaker 4: we want to take shots.

883
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,240
Speaker 5: There's other times when we're trying to do some other things.

884
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 5: It's kind of whatever the concept is and what we're

885
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,200
Speaker 5: hunting and what we're what we're you know, trying to

886
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 5: do within each play. So obviously you want to take

887
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:13,799
Speaker 5: those one on one shots when they're there.

888
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:15,399
Speaker 7: The third down in DJ, was that one?

889
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 4: The third down to DJ in my third quarter?

890
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,880
Speaker 5: Yeah, he beat the guy off the line and adjusted

891
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:22,399
Speaker 5: his route. You know, that was he did a great

892
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 5: job of, you know, putting his hand up. Obviously I

893
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 5: didn't see him change the route, but still he's you know,

894
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:29,879
Speaker 5: he had the green line to do that. He beat

895
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:31,759
Speaker 5: him so bad off the line that email box and

896
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:33,839
Speaker 5: put his hand up, you know, I just didn't see

897
00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 5: him adjust the route.

898
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 2: What's the biggest challenge to facing stimulative pressures where teams

899
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 2: you have to make those kind of quick decisions, but

900
00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:41,880
Speaker 2: not only you, but the receivers also have to be

901
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:43,040
Speaker 2: able to see that at the same time.

902
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, it all works together.

903
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:45,800
Speaker 5: It's not just the line protecting the meat and the

904
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 5: ball out of the receivers got to get their eyes

905
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 5: around as well. So it's really three three phases when

906
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 5: you're when you're talking about getting the footall out of

907
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,759
Speaker 5: my hand. We're all working together on that and it's big.

908
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 5: It's big in practice to see it and then go

909
00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 5: execute the game.

910
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:58,680
Speaker 2: How much closer do you feel like you guys are

911
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 2: being on all three of those phases compared to where

912
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 2: you guys work.

913
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:03,279
Speaker 5: Yeah, we're way ahead, way ahead, and I think the

914
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:04,719
Speaker 5: ball is getting out of my hand a lot faster

915
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,480
Speaker 5: this year, you know, helping them to help them line

916
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 5: out receivers doing a great job of getting open something

917
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,440
Speaker 5: we've got to continue to do, especially against great defense

918
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:14,720
Speaker 5: like the one we're facing this weekend. What's the impact

919
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,320
Speaker 5: if Pats had to go on some Yeah, it's huge, huge.

920
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 4: You know, we'd love to get him back this weekend.

921
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:22,800
Speaker 5: You know, there's another another aspect that you know, defenses

922
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 5: had to respect him work in the middle and doing

923
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 5: different things for us to really helping wave him back.

924
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 6: Is that something that you guys want to get involved

925
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 6: touring the game plan and throwing in the middle, easing

926
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:32,880
Speaker 6: the middle of the field.

927
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,360
Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely, know, but if we're one on one the

928
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 5: outside and it's clean out there, you know, that's where

929
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:41,680
Speaker 5: you know, we could take our opportunities. Whenever the defense dictates,

930
00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 5: that's what we want to attack.

931
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 4: So we just got to continue to work that way.

932
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 6: I know, obviously TJ isn't on the scout team, but

933
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 6: how much does it help having a guy like that

934
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:50,440
Speaker 6: in the building when you're preparing to go against someone.

935
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,399
Speaker 4: Like Miles Garrett, It's it's big, it's big.

936
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 5: You kind of, you know, practice against him in the

937
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 5: spring and camp you kind of understand what you need

938
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:58,839
Speaker 5: to do to try and slow those guys down as

939
00:39:58,880 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 5: much as you can.

940
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 4: And I have them affect practice him effect.

941
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:05,239
Speaker 5: Practice and then obviously in the game Miles, so you know,

942
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,600
Speaker 5: unbelievable player, elite talent that we gotta try to try

943
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 5: to minimize.

944
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:09,759
Speaker 4: As much as we can.

945
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 6: But then that same name, just how challenging is what

946
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,880
Speaker 6: they do stematically defensively for your guys.

947
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:17,200
Speaker 5: It's very challenging. They do a lot of different things

948
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 5: that you know can put you in some bad situations.

949
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:22,200
Speaker 5: You just gotta try to minimize that as much as you

950
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:25,400
Speaker 5: can schematically or you know, trying to do things that

951
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 5: to get the ball out of my hand, what have you,

952
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 5: whatever it may be to help our guys out up front,

953
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:31,120
Speaker 5: you know, and get open quick and try and get

954
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:31,840
Speaker 5: the bo out of my hand.

955
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:32,920
Speaker 4: To a row.

956
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:34,839
Speaker 7: You know, scored on the first drive and then lay

957
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:36,399
Speaker 7: ter in the game. You really got the running game

958
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,960
Speaker 7: go when you haven't played with the leg how related

959
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 7: before I do the two teams out, I.

960
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:42,040
Speaker 4: Think it's big. It's big to start fast.

961
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:44,520
Speaker 5: You know, we started fast at home and we want

962
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 5: to definitely try and do that on the road. It's

963
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 5: just a great way to start the game and and

964
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 5: kind of have a you know forward staff that for

965
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:53,839
Speaker 5: making that first punch, So wanna continue.

966
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:57,399
Speaker 4: To do that, you get, Is it any different place

967
00:40:57,440 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 4: than it was when you saw these guys a week too?

968
00:40:59,280 --> 00:40:59,520
Speaker 4: I do?

969
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 5: I think, Uh, you know, we're maturing, we're growing up,

970
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 5: We're getting the running game going, trying to get that

971
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,319
Speaker 5: balance that we're always searching. We're continuing to continue to

972
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:08,759
Speaker 5: push for that. But I think where we're at right

973
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:10,359
Speaker 5: now with the running game was it wasn't a much

974
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 5: better place than we played them in week two.

975
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:15,360
Speaker 6: Kenny, You've seen firsthand how defensive guys can.

976
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:16,680
Speaker 4: Change the game like TJ.

977
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:19,560
Speaker 6: The league in VP board obviously the way so, but

978
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,960
Speaker 6: that's typically a quarterback aboard. Do you think maybe having

979
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:25,920
Speaker 6: played with like that, defensive players should maybe get some

980
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,399
Speaker 6: more recognition.

981
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 4: In the mainstream.

982
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:30,120
Speaker 5: Were like that, Yeah, dude, I think they're their game changes.

983
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 5: You look at the plays they make in the moments

984
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:31,960
Speaker 5: they make.

985
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,600
Speaker 4: I'm just talking from for our guy TJ. He makes game.

986
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:37,480
Speaker 5: Changing plays in those most crucial moments.

987
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:39,320
Speaker 4: You know, I think.

988
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,319
Speaker 5: That that that needs to you know, carry a lot

989
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 5: of weight. It's just how like how quarterbacks play in

990
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:45,359
Speaker 5: the fourth quarter and in two minutes something like that.

991
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 5: You know, he does that on the other side and

992
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:50,920
Speaker 5: changes games. So you know, glad we got ninety.

993
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 4: He said yesterday we asked about that. TV said, you know,

994
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,160
Speaker 4: for me and Kenny, the stats don't matter. Bec the

995
00:41:58,239 --> 00:41:59,879
Speaker 4: scores and the league that's the only way watch.

996
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:02,879
Speaker 2: Do you feel that way? Do you look at say

997
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:04,360
Speaker 2: I really really do?

998
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:08,279
Speaker 4: Back here says we have more than I do I do.

999
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:10,920
Speaker 5: The winning winning is you know, you gotta win it

1000
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 5: all costs in in this in this game, That's all

1001
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:14,520
Speaker 5: I truly care about.

1002
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,280
Speaker 4: Of course, you want to light up the stash sheet.

1003
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,640
Speaker 5: But as long as we're getting the wins, I know,

1004
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 5: I'm okay with that.

1005
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,239
Speaker 4: I sleep good with with getting to win.

1006
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:27,879
Speaker 5: So keep pushing and keep having that mindset, stay together as.

1007
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,400
Speaker 2: A group, and it will be at That was Steelers

1008
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:34,400
Speaker 2: quarterback Kenny Pickett earlier today with the assembled media, including myself.

1009
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:38,440
Speaker 2: Good So yeah, absolutely, Matt, that's going to do it

1010
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:39,360
Speaker 2: for our show today.

1011
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, tomorrow we got a big game. You know, look

1012
00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 3: into more more practice reports of course some more looking forward.

1013
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:49,879
Speaker 2: To this Thursday night. I haven't been to juiced up

1014
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,799
Speaker 2: for many of the Thursday night games.

1015
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 3: And watch Yeah, this one's awesome, I mean night's game.

1016
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 2: I want to watch like these are big ones.

1017
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Speaker 3: That's good stuff. I'm psyched. Well on back to you tomorrow.

1018
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:02,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, these are gonna be like playoff games.

1019
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:04,200
Speaker 3: Kind of need to get that starting to get that feel.

1020
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it is, absolutely is. But that's going to do

1021
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Speaker 2: it for our show today. So for my partner Matt Williamson,

1022
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 2: for Brian Lamartine here on site keeping us on the air,

1023
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Speaker 2: I'm Dale Lallie. We thank you for listening to this

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Speaker 2: edition of the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.