1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Your tunes about drive on Home of the Black and 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: Goal Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back up the all here 3 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: with Matt As. We were talking there about what the player, 4 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: what the making the playoffs means for the Steelers. What 5 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: does mean they get the second place schedule for next year? 6 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: Oh right, yeah, three games that are different. Yeah, so 7 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 1: their their home schedule next year will be the three 8 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:47,160 Speaker 1: a f C North opponents of course, of course the Falcons. 9 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: These are the homes the Falcons, the Bills, the Panthers, 10 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: the Dolphins, the Colts, and the Eagles. Um, no, those 11 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: are the road games. I'm sorry, I read that backwards. 12 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: So the road games are nine road games, three an 13 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 1: f C North opponents, the Falcons in Atlanta, the Bills, 14 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: the Panthers, Dolphins, Colts and Eagles on the road. So, folks, 15 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: real quick, they play the NFC South, They'll play all 16 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: four NFC South teams and the East a f C East. 17 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: And so who are the homes. The homes are the 18 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: a C North opponents. The Patriots don't have to go 19 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: to Fox Brothers, the Jets, Nice, the Saints, the Buccaneers 20 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: and the Raiders. Yeah, so the Raiders, Eagles, Colts are 21 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: who they get for coming in. So those are the 22 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: crossover games. I mean, as opposed to if they lost yesterday, 23 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: they would have different or whatever the lost yesterday, they 24 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: would have had instead Washington, UM, Houston and Whether Division 25 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: when we're talking about there, uh, Denver, Yeah, okay, or no, 26 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: the Chargers Chargers right right. I might rather have the 27 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: Chargers in the right or the Raiders and the Chargers 28 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: I think so, yeah, I mean things are changing, right, 29 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: but if you look at that, uh, they'll play seven 30 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: games against teams that made the playoffs this year, then 31 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: Clues too against the Bengals and two verse. That makes sense. 32 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: So I mean, you know four of those will be 33 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: at home. Four of them are home. That's not bad. 34 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: I haven't studied it much. I just gotta checked out 35 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: the three that were the variable games. Interesting. Yeah, I 36 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 1: mean the Saints will always be tough in my opinion. 37 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: I mean, the Bucks are get them home, you get 38 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: them here. Both those are here, Rights are here and 39 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: Saints are here. So I don't think going to Carolina 40 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: or Atlanta is all that daunting. And you get you, 41 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: I mean you get here, the Jets at home. I mean, 42 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: these are these are games that you look at and go, yeah, right, right, 43 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: some winnable games there. Oh, absolutely, divisions should be tough 44 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: as usual. I mean, these these rosters will look noticeably different, 45 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: and as we're seeing today, some of these teams are 46 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: gonna have different coaches and you know there's a lot 47 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: to change. But um cool. I mean they've had a 48 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: really tough schedule this past year. I mean, even looking 49 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: at it before the year, I don't think that will 50 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: be the case this year. I don't think they'll be 51 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: in the top five or anything. The other thing about 52 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: that schedule is it's on the Eastern time zone. They 53 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: don't they don't leave the Eastern time zone. That's vague 54 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: choose for the Steelers because if you look at their history, yeah, 55 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: their history is not good going to the West coast. No, 56 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: that's a great point. I hadn't thought about that. Just yeah. 57 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 1: I do like looking at those numbers of what miles 58 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: traveled are you gonna have over the course of seventeen games. 59 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: Like there was the one year the Raiders had to 60 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: go east coast, East coast and they they go to 61 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: London and it was oh yeah, I mean they're long 62 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: trips next year or to Atlanta and Miamis. It's great. 63 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: That's great. At the same time zone, you don't leave 64 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: the Eastern seaboard. Yeah, that's vague. The culture as far 65 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: west as you travel, like, yeah, right, and we drive 66 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: there for the combat interesting stuff. Okay. Now it doesn't 67 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: seem like a bad schedule at all. Yeah, so not 68 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: too bad. Um. Also, right now, they currently hold the 69 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: twenty pick in the draft. Obviously that can change based 70 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: on the first eight team splots are locked in. It 71 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: used to be the first twenty were locked in. Now 72 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: there's two more teams. So correct me if I'm wrong. 73 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: Are the Eagles and Niners? I haven't looked at the 74 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: draft order? Are they picking ahead of the Steelers? Then 75 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,119 Speaker 1: the Eagles are with their because they finished nine and seven? Yeah, 76 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 1: so the Steelers are a half game on them or 77 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 1: not they finished nine and eight. I'm sorry. Okay, So 78 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: where did you say the Steelers are at? They're picking twenties. 79 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: I can go down if but if it goes down, 80 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: that means they beat the Chiefs. Oh yeah, you go down. 81 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: You're happy with that now it doesn't record doesn't matter now, 82 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: it's when you're eliminated for the playoff teams, you know, yeah, right, 83 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: that that changes that the top eight team won't change. 84 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: So if you're looking at that draft order, Jacksonville actually 85 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: one and locked up. Yeah, they got the best of 86 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: both worlds. They go with a bang. Lawrence looked his 87 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 1: best and you stay at number one. Why that game, 88 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: you know, for them was a big deal. I really 89 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: thought that Lawrence. I thought they would One of my 90 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: guarantees yesterday on the on the pregame show with Tim 91 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: Ben's was that the Jaguars would be within a score 92 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: in that game at halftime. Little did I know they 93 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: would be up a score at halftime. But but I said, 94 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 1: because I thought that they would put a lot into 95 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: that game. Because they went Trevor Lawrence to go out, 96 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 1: it was something positive. That whole clown mask thing going on. 97 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: I mean it had to be a weird environment for 98 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: the Colts to walk into. They haven't had success there, 99 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: and I think the Lawrence point is huge. I mean 100 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: I still think he's gonna be a total star. Yeah 101 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: so he I mean he had his best, his best game. 102 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 1: He was. I looked at one point, he's like fourteen 103 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 1: and fifteen. Yeah. Um, the Lions are two two okay, 104 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 1: Houston ish three The Jets are four, the Giants are five. 105 00:05:58,040 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: They just got rid of there. They deserve to be 106 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 1: one where they're they're GM today. Did you see their 107 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 1: qub sneaks on third down and all that nonsense. I 108 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: mean they keep telling everybody about how everything's fixed and 109 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: we're tough minded. Well, they don't play like it. They 110 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 1: are most idiots. Yeah. Six is the Panthers. Boy they've fallen. Yeah, 111 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: seven is another Giant's pick. They get two picks in 112 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: the top ten, but no but no quarterback to take 113 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: this year. They also, yeah that too, but you gotta 114 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: pay to top ten draft picks. Well that's that's the 115 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: small potatoes in terms of what they need. But because 116 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: they're not as cheap as they're they're rookie, they're rookie, 117 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 1: salary cap is gonna be pretty high. Yes, right, bet 118 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: Daniel Jones the quarterback there. Yeah, oh yeah. The Falcons 119 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: are eight, it's not bad for them. Broncos are nine, 120 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: the Jets are ten, Okay, so they have to top 121 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: ten picks. Washington is eleven, Yeah, twelve is Minnesota. Simms. Yeah, 122 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: both he ends Spielman. They both got the Browns. Okay. 123 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: The Ravens are fourteen, Eagles at fifteen, Eagles at sixteen, 124 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:16,679 Speaker 1: Chargers at seventeen, Saints at eighteen, and an Eagles at nineteen. 125 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: Right now, those first two Eagles picks are probably Bears, 126 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: then Dolphins in some order, and then their own. Yeah, 127 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: so they're picking what three spots between fifteen and nineteen? 128 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: Did you say? Subject to change? On number nineteen? Fifteen 129 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: was from the Dolphins. Six team was from the Colts. 130 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: Went to the Colts went all in, Yes, traded for 131 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: a quarterback, played him enough that he had to he 132 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: had to give a first round draft pick, and didn't 133 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: make the playoffs. They also threw a third in there too. 134 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: It wasn't just a one and didn't make the playoffs. 135 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: Let's start there for a second, if you don't mind. 136 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: There was about a month ago where I thought, I 137 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: actually sat on the air a few times. I'm like, 138 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: I I think the Colts and the Eagles are actually 139 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: both happy with this trade. It was right when Wentz 140 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: basically hit the se and the Eagles are definitely happy 141 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: with the trade because they're getting the first out of it. 142 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: They're not paying them, and I'm not sure Hurts isn't 143 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: better right now, especially for what they're doing whence it 144 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: is hard to back. I mean he just makes mistakes bad. Yeah, 145 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: he can't help himself, doesn't have the clutch factor, doesn't 146 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: have the clutch factor, and just always has to push 147 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: the one that he shouldn't. Just doesn't know when to 148 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: hold him. He's that poker player that goes all in 149 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: three too many times, you know, and you're bust. You know. Um. 150 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: I wonder if the Colts would take that back if 151 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 1: they could, probably probably because you knowing now what you know, 152 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: you know, if you knew them what you know now. So, yeah, 153 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: we didn't make the playoffs. Were you know, didn't you 154 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: made it last year with Philip Rivers as your quarterback. 155 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: I mean they thought they'd be a playoff team. After 156 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 1: you don't make that, you don't trade away you're first 157 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: round draft pick with the idea that you're not going 158 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. And I don't know if the 159 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: Steelers will go down this route, and I think more 160 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: and more that they won't. And we don't need to 161 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: talk Steeler quarterbacks in the future going forward. But if 162 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: Wentz costs a three in a conditional one, what does 163 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: Cousins or car or some I don't know. I don't 164 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: think cars moving now, but like some of these rumored 165 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:23,719 Speaker 1: to be veterans that could be moving, what do they 166 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: cost too much? Yeah? That's that's my point is if 167 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: if if Cousins is better than Wentz, which I think 168 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: he is, and he they need to first form like 169 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: no thanks, or if they want a second for Jimmy 170 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: or Wentz prices for Jimmy or I mean m and 171 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: the million a year, and I mean these guys are 172 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: expensive to like no thanks. Yeah, I'm not I'm not 173 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: going down that road. What will likely happen and we'll 174 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: talk more about this new is you go out and 175 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: you sign a Trabiski or you sign a Mariota one 176 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 1: of those guys to come in and compete with Mason 177 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: Rudolph for the starting job. End. It's not the time, 178 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: but I looked at their contracts yesterday. Barryotta and Winston 179 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: and Trabisky are making nothing. I mean they're making like 180 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: under five million a year. I mean, if you give 181 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: them seven or eight and I don't have to give 182 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: up any compensation for him, I think that's a round. 183 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: Say come on and compete. We got a playoff team. 184 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: We can playoffs. Right now you can say that we 185 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: got we got a playoff roster. We need a quarterback, 186 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,319 Speaker 1: and we just signed a center that you know and 187 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: love has been around the league, and you know that 188 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,679 Speaker 1: type of thing real quick. On that draft order, Yum 189 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,839 Speaker 1: was righting around like tennish. We know it's not a 190 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,320 Speaker 1: good quarterback draft, but there's a run there of like 191 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 1: five teams that need them. It's right in that name. 192 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 1: Washington's at eleven, who was right before the Jets, Denver, 193 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: And there was one right before them, Atlanta. Okay, so Atlanta, Denver, 194 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: not the Jets. And then I think there was like 195 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: three teams after the Jets, Washington, Minnesota, Cleveland. Could that 196 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: be a picket landing spot? Does that? When the running 197 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: is that, when the quarterback runs starts somewhere in that range, 198 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: somebody will take it. They'll be at least one quarterback 199 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: taken there. I mean even if they're you know, we 200 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: look at those guys like they're best of picking the draft, 201 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: but after Senior Bowl, now they're the fifteen best, and 202 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden it's like, well they were 203 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: draft need he's a quarterback, He's gonna go higher, higher, 204 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,599 Speaker 1: and they should, but that could be the neighborhood. I 205 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: mean again, but in that effects of Steelers, And honestly, 206 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: I think you know, if you're the Steelers, you're you're 207 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: fine with that. Let's let three of those quarterbacks go 208 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:33,839 Speaker 1: before you can sticking the same thing. It's like, I 209 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 1: don't I didn't mean that as bad news, like let 210 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: them go. Who cares? I mean, they're not. That's not 211 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 1: my homes and Watson going in the middle of frost. 212 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:46,559 Speaker 1: I seriously, I really think that the Steelers in their situation. Um, again, 213 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,679 Speaker 1: you've got a playoff roster here. You just proved it. 214 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: You don't have to say, well, you know, we would 215 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: have been in the playoffs if this happened. No, you're 216 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, right, so now you said it's it's 217 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: we talked about this last week. Fixing the defense I 218 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: don't think is a It's not a massive overhaul. I mean, 219 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 1: I don't know how you depending what to it. In 220 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: the Lula lu situations are especially to it's but if 221 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: you if they have great relationship with both those, don't 222 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: think a Lua Lous passes prime or in the two 223 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: it's available, then I think the defense is not a 224 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: real hard fix because they're both under contract. Right, Um, offensively, 225 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 1: you know, it's a couple of you know, an offensive 226 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: lineman or two a sign a veteran center. Start from there, 227 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: and you only have two receivers under contract. I'd really 228 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: talk to Juju and find those guys, and they've drafted 229 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: them extremely well. Maybe it's the third round receiver Juju 230 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: Claypool and Johnson. Maybe they're sitting there at twenty and 231 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:45,199 Speaker 1: the best pick as a receiver certainly has been. It's 232 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: a sweet spot to get those guys. You brought that 233 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: up last week and I never thought of that even approach, 234 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: but like, yeah, I could live with that, Yeah, yeah, right, 235 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: And all of a sudden, now you know, he elevates 236 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: your quarterback because for years the quarterback is elevated receivers 237 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 1: and now you're at the other end of this where 238 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,599 Speaker 1: you need to the receivers that elevate the quarterbacks a 239 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 1: little bit and use the Bengals in an example like sure, 240 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 1: Penny So will be great, but there are a lot 241 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: more dangerous with Chase. They are you know, they just 242 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: start Burrow might I mean he probably elevates everybody he does. 243 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: He might be a little happier if they and he's 244 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,839 Speaker 1: getting sacked fifty times a year, that they're gonna be 245 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,719 Speaker 1: their off season again. But yeah, their their problem is 246 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: going to be and I know it's a deep draft 247 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: an offensive tim Yeah, they're picking right now twenty one. 248 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: If they be, they play the Raiders and goes up right, 249 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: So they play the Raiders. Uh, if they beat the 250 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: Raiders there at home, they're favored by six and a half. Yeah, 251 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: the poor Raiders have to play the first game on 252 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 1: Saturday after after playing that. Yeah, five quarters. So your 253 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: draft picks are only gonna go down. You're not getting 254 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: the first, the second, even the third, or maybe even 255 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: fourth offensive tackle in this draft. You're getting maybe the fifth. Again, 256 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,439 Speaker 1: I don't know of this draft well yet. I wouldn't 257 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: pretend to, but I've paid attention to the top fifty prospects, 258 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: and I've been doing this a long time. I just 259 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: know how these things go, how these things go. It's 260 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: just like the quarterback conversation. It looks like there's five 261 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: or six offensive tackles that are pretty darn solid first 262 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 1: round picks. Some of them are already projected in the 263 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: top half the first every one of them is going 264 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: to go higher than you think right now. I mean, 265 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: if you're reading mcshay's mock draft and the Steelers and 266 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: someone takes a tackle with five, that guy's going at 267 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: sixteen and from it. I just promise you. Bob Labriola 268 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: and I did a mock draft with missing Matthews and 269 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: Steeler It was a Steelers Nation unite thing. So what 270 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: we would do is they would call a Steelers fan 271 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: and they would make the pick for each team as 272 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: we went through it, and as we got we got 273 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: down in the steel I can't remember where the Steelers 274 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: are drafting it. It was like twenty five or somewhere. 275 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: In every pick all the first was not a single 276 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: offensive tackle taken, because that's not fun for a fan. 277 00:14:56,520 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: It's not fun. Yeah, and Bob and I just said 278 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: there looking at each other, and finally Bob says, look, folks, 279 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: this is not how this is gonna go. Sometimes they 280 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 1: get like this is fun at all. We appreciate everybody 281 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: wants the shiny new toy for that for whatever sean 282 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: they're picking for, but that's not the reality, guys. But 283 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 1: all being tackles will be except this year for Steelers fans, 284 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: it could be those lineman that are the sexy picks 285 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: because they've seen what it looks like. I mean, this 286 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: town appreciates lineman going into that game last week. That 287 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: Ravens line is not good, not at all. I mean 288 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: they're just not good. You know, they run the they 289 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: run the ball because of the quarterback. The r p 290 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: O stuff, and you have to pay attention to the quarterback. Well, 291 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: when the Steelers good blocker and they bring but when 292 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: when you have to actually respect the quarterbacks ability to 293 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: run the football on r p O. The rp O 294 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: that's what the RPO is designed for. It's not designed 295 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 1: for I'm gonna either fake the ball to you, fake 296 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 1: hand off to you, and then throw it every time time. Right, 297 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: there's no there's no r for the quarterback. So therefore 298 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: your r PO is about effective as to what it 299 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: should be. One other RPO note that I've been meaning 300 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: to throw out there, and just a really good example 301 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: last night that hits home. You may have not even been, 302 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: you know, in front of TV at this point, but 303 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: Matt Feiler got a call for blocking down field because 304 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: the left side of the line and he was the left. 305 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: He doesn't know a thing. He thinks that he knows 306 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 1: it's an rpl Oh, but he's run blocking and trying 307 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: to drive this ball guy off the line of scrimmage. 308 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: So he does his job and Colin's worth and those 309 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: guys gave him a hard time, like they know he's 310 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: an r p O. He can't push him too far downfield. 311 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: I'm like, run blocking is about pushing people down field 312 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: and establishing physicality. I mean, if you live with r 313 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: p o s and this is the Steeler problem, this here, 314 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: but it's really like a Dolphin problem where it's a 315 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: foundation of your offense. You know, these guys, even if 316 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: you run the ball effectively running r p o s, 317 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: you're still not coming off the ball and blowing people 318 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: away and being physical. And because the right side of 319 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 1: the lines pass blocking, the left side of the lines 320 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,840 Speaker 1: are unblocking. It's a fine line to live on. It 321 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: really is, especially again when the quarterback has no quarterbacks 322 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 1: not a runner. Um. I really thought I was kind 323 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: of shocked. Actually he since you mentioned Filer, the charger 324 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: was right to have Storm Davis storm getting smoked. Yeah, 325 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: it's not storm to have as a picture. He storm 326 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: something else? Storm. Yeah, why wouldn't they move Filer out 327 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: the tackle too, like they have to be able to 328 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: find a guard. The blog has been hurt all year. 329 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: That was one of the beauties of signing Filers. I 330 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: think he's a better guard, but he's a very capable 331 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 1: right tackle. Yeah, and they're not helping Stormy out at all. Again, 332 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: he's just kicking. He's doing his t J. Watt impersonation there. 333 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 1: I mean, as I'm watching that thing, going oh, this 334 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 1: is gonna be a tie. The thing I was rooting 335 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: for was I need Max to smoke this tackle one 336 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: more time, get the ball out and we won't have 337 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: a tough lightning on him. And it was coming. I mean, 338 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 1: a couple of reasons why I thought the Raiders won 339 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: that game was their defensive line was really really good. Um, 340 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,200 Speaker 1: they won the turnover battle I think two to nothing. 341 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: They also won the penalty differential in a big way 342 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: and the stately call and wasn't Herbert's fault. I mean, 343 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 1: that's that's basically where I'm going with that. Think about. 344 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: You know, that's that's a Juanalytics thing. And you know 345 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 1: Brandon State. I get an email every Monday or Tuesday 346 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 1: from this state. It's like edge Sports advantage or something 347 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 1: like that, and they're they're an analytics site and they 348 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: have the the best and worst coaching decisions of each week. 349 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: It's just like a punt index and things like that. 350 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,439 Speaker 1: I mean, there's some twitters on fourth down and the 351 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: best decisions the worst decisions. A Mike tom is dead last. 352 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 1: I know he gets killed for it, and I'm hard 353 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: on him too. I don't agree with the lot of 354 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: stuff he does. But but Brandon Stateley's number one because 355 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: he goes for it on fourth down all the time. Yes, 356 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 1: you can't go for it on fourth down every single time. 357 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 1: And I know we we we talked off the air 358 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: about I was gonna about to bring up go ahead. Okay, 359 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: So again I'm very analytically based. I think it's a 360 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: wonderful tool. But they don't know if it's windy, or 361 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:11,919 Speaker 1: if you're left guard can't block anybody, or you know 362 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 1: your quarterbacks got a bum wheel or Nazi Harris's elbows 363 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: all messed up or blah blah blah blah blah. So 364 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: the Harris call or the stately call Sunday night deep 365 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 1: in his own end, it's fourth and one, just like 366 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 1: the Steeler call. Fourth and down three. They're down three. 367 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: It's really more like fourth than two if you look 368 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: at it. It's not a fall forward, get an inch 369 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: situation for the Chargers, and if you don't get it, 370 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:42,199 Speaker 1: you're gonna at least give up three points in a 371 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 1: real good chance. At seven, he still goes for it, 372 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: which I thought was insane at the same thing against 373 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 1: the Ravens. Yeah, down there, and that that game got 374 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: away from him. The game got away from him. Now. 375 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: I got a big discussion with my buddies, who I 376 00:19:56,080 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 1: think are very, very knowledgeable sports fans, and when Tomlin 377 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:04,959 Speaker 1: didn't go for it on fourth and one, punted, Twitter 378 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: blew up. Apparently I don't pay attention to Twitter doring 379 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 1: Steeler games or doing any game because sweeps you away 380 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: from what's really happening. That's an you should go for, YadA, YadA, YadA. 381 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:18,159 Speaker 1: And I'm sitting there thinking, nine out of ten times, 382 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: I'm with you on that. Analytics folks, But if you 383 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: watch this game, they haven't moved Brandon Williams once all day. 384 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 1: With all respect the Hoss and La Glue, they're doing 385 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: their best and there should be in the mix going forward, 386 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: but they're losing that trench battle. It was fourth and one, yeah, 387 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 1: from their own forty four with forty four seconds remaining. 388 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: If you don't, if you don't get it over, your 389 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 1: season is done. If you punt, you live to play 390 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: again and again exactly. And if it was week twelve 391 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 1: team x Verse team why and I didn't watch every 392 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: game and every snap, I'd feel like you should probably 393 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: go for it there. In this case, No, And I've 394 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 1: I've been hard on Tomlin. I've ripped them in, ripped 395 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: the wrong word. I've criticized him in print on the 396 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 1: air about some of his decisions that way. I was 397 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: a pent behind this one. I said it before the fact, 398 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 1: because there's other things at play. I mean, nobody's moving 399 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: that nose. Who's the kicker on the other sideline, That 400 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 1: guy's gonna he's going to end your seas if it's 401 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,920 Speaker 1: the Chargers kicker, it's that factor that factors in. Okay, 402 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: they need to get fifteen yards at least in this 403 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: in these weather conditions. If it's Justin Tucker, they could 404 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 1: not get a first down. They're gonna trot him out 405 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: there and try to kick your seasons over. You don't 406 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 1: get it, believe that plus what's your play call. You 407 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 1: gotta get host to move Williams an old man bend 408 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: to pick something up, or injured Wing Harris to do something, 409 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,400 Speaker 1: or Benny Snow to do something, or you gotta throw 410 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,159 Speaker 1: the ball in the wind, you know, like you have 411 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: to punt their folks. I mean, and I know, I'm 412 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: glad it's not coming. I just want to address it 413 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: because if the Steelers lost, it'd be all over the place. 414 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:57,159 Speaker 1: That's why they lost. That's a bad decision. No, that 415 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: was the right decision, even if they'd end up they 416 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 1: even get the ball back. Now they got it back 417 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: with seven seconds left where they got the ball back 418 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: and they took it to overtime. They survive and one, 419 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:09,880 Speaker 1: and it's about surviving to play the next you know, again, 420 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: sometimes you gotta kee your head about water. This does 421 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 1: Brandon Staley do that in the first quarter? If it's 422 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: a zero zero a game, that's a good point, you know, 423 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: probably not. That was a little bit of desperation on 424 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: his point. Hey, we're having trouble stopping these guys, and 425 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,639 Speaker 1: you know, I just I just I don't like the 426 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 1: call that far in your own end because you're you're 427 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,640 Speaker 1: seeding points to the other team if you don't get 428 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: it exactly. And it wasn't a gimme, I mean it 429 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: was it was a long fourth, and I don't know 430 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: fourth and ones are created equal. I mean that's a 431 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: big difference just to fall forward a little as opposed 432 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,400 Speaker 1: to I gotta hand this off, get push almost, get 433 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: two whole yards, get ahead of steam up. And the 434 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: last note on the Steeler call is it wasn't like 435 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 1: you were punting it to Mahomes or Peyton manning that right, 436 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 1: That's that's all part of the equation, right. I mean, 437 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 1: if that would have been Lamar, maybe I would have 438 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 1: went for it, or I mean certain probably still would not. 439 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 1: But if they were the ball in my homes and 440 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: that's not giving Brady the ball back into the situation, 441 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: I'll give it to the backup quarterback. It's not doing 442 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: pressuring and you know defense is getting the better. Oh, 443 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 1: by the way, it's pouring rain, and I don't try 444 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: I'll live again. You live to play another series. They're see, 445 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 1: there's easily their season could have been over if he 446 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: goes think about you know, the two fourth down or 447 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: to two point conversions that John Harbaugh went for this season, 448 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 1: one against the Steelers, one of the one against the 449 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: the Packers. If he gets either one of those, or 450 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: if he kicks the extra point and they take it 451 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,959 Speaker 1: to overtime again with his kicker, with his who's a weapon, 452 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 1: Who's an absolute weapon. Right um, you know, they might 453 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 1: be in the playoffs right now. There might be in 454 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 1: the playoffs right now, and there's some second guessing there. 455 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,120 Speaker 1: I don't mean to argue with your Ravens Chargers conversation, 456 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 1: because I do believe going for it is a good trend, 457 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: and Stateley looked really bad in that game. But I 458 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: do all to remember from that game, there were five 459 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 1: fourth downs. He went for it on all five. He 460 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 1: got two of them, and they all were in field 461 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: goal range. So conceivably he could have ended up with 462 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: fifteen points kicking field goals and assuming he makes them, 463 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 1: and that would have been the conservative way to do it. 464 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:20,959 Speaker 1: But the two drives that he did are the two 465 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,199 Speaker 1: fourth downs he converted. They ended up getting touchdowns, So 466 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: when it was said and done, it was fourteen points 467 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: for fifteen points. But that's also doesn't mean it was 468 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: right to do it either. You know what I mean 469 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: That that's not even taking any situation into account. The 470 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,119 Speaker 1: thing that I don't like about it is when people say, 471 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 1: and this is again the analytics people, he's trusting his 472 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 1: team hate to trusting his offense. You're not trusting your 473 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 1: defense in You're sending him message to both sides. Both sides, 474 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 1: we can't stop these guys, so we're gonna have to 475 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: play scared to death of their quarterback because you guys 476 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:58,680 Speaker 1: can't do a thing or the other one messages sent 477 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 1: with every decision. You know. I always go back to 478 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:02,959 Speaker 1: this because it's one of my favorite quotes of the year, 479 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,320 Speaker 1: and it just happens to be from Tomlin. Is well, 480 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: the opponents extremely predictable because they rely on an analytics. 481 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:11,919 Speaker 1: He was talking about the Ravens. We all know what 482 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 1: the analytics are. I mean, it's not like Tomlin has 483 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,959 Speaker 1: never heard of analytics. Like, but if I play the 484 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: Chargers and know they're going for it every time and 485 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: they're gonna go for two, I'm preparing accordingly. Yeah, I 486 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: just think football to me, and I again, I'm a 487 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: baseball guy. I love analytics and baseball. I love analytics 488 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 1: and basketball. If a guy's a forty three three point shooter. 489 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 1: He's probably gonna make it, you know, at the end 490 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 1: of the night and you look up, he's gonna be 491 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 1: either four for ten or five for ten. If he 492 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 1: takes ten three points one of the two. Yeah, be 493 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 1: somewhere in that range. And that's a lot of points. Yeah, um, 494 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: but in this in this case, those are you know, baseball, 495 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: he's played in good weather in the summertime. You know, 496 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 1: you're not playing through a rainstorm. You're not doing those 497 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: kind of things. And basketball's played indoors, indoors. It's a 498 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: good point. You know, football is outside. You play it 499 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 1: whether it's raining, it's snowing, it's the wind is blowing 500 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: a seventy five miles an hour, it doesn't matter. You're 501 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: playing and that stuff is all a factor. And guys 502 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 1: are playing a lot more injuries, you know, and gotten 503 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: it out and again, you know the field, how many 504 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: of those situations, how many of those situations do you 505 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 1: think that Brandon Staley went for the fourth downs in 506 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,120 Speaker 1: marginal field goal range because he didn't trust his kicker, 507 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 1: And say, maybe if he has Tucker, it's a little different, 508 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 1: probably a little different, of course, So you know, yeah, 509 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,199 Speaker 1: he's ultra aggressive, but he also realizes the weaknesses of 510 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,640 Speaker 1: his team. You know, they're all different. I mean, that's 511 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: the thing is there's no book. But if I mean, 512 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 1: if you look at some of the coaches, a lot 513 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 1: of the coaches who made the playoffs, Look who it is. 514 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,439 Speaker 1: It's Belichick, let's read, it's Tomlin. I mean, even like 515 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: Peyton and Harbaugh that just missed, they couldn't have had 516 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: harder years. I mean, they couldn't got a dealt harder hands, 517 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,439 Speaker 1: you know, to deal with, and they were still just 518 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: on the brink. Even Pete Carroll, who I think the 519 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: game's passed him by a little, finished the season strong, 520 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 1: you know, like they didn't. They weren't embarrassed. They rebounded 521 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: and they were okay. You know, I mean these guys 522 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: typically the good, the good coaches get into the playoffs 523 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: or at least in the mix year after year after year, 524 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,199 Speaker 1: and you'll see some of the other coaches they'll have 525 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: a good year, yeah, and then the next thing, you know, 526 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 1: it fades away. To consistently be in the hunt is 527 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: really really hard, it really is. And it's Steelers. Yeah, 528 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:26,120 Speaker 1: kudos and Mike Tomlin for for putting together this one. Um, 529 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: anybody that looks at that roster and says that's you know, 530 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the year, that's all I heard was, 531 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: this isn't a playoff team, you know, I heard five wins, 532 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: six wins are gonna be in the last place. Well, 533 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 1: but when they were one and three, who it's over right, 534 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: blowing up who they draft the number one overall? All right, 535 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,359 Speaker 1: this whole team, there's three good players on the steam. 536 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,120 Speaker 1: They all think, you know, right, Yeah, anyone didn't think 537 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: Tomlin did a great jobs here as bonkers? Yeah, I agree. 538 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: We're gonna take another break when we come back. Well, 539 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 1: we're not gonna do a complete fantasy football focus, but 540 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 1: we'll go over our DFS lineup and uh we'll get 541 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 1: into smore Steelers Chiefs talk. We'll do that right after 542 00:27:59,000 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 1: this