1 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: Please. He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: on Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 3 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Drive. I'm Dale Ally here with Matt 4 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:45,599 Speaker 1: Williamson and Matt. The Steelers roster has been reshuffled right 5 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: pretty much recording yesterday. I think at this point it's 6 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: kind of it is what it is. They do have 7 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: one practice squad spot open. That didn't realize they only 8 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: signed fifteen guys to their practice squad on so they're 9 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: kind of holding out a out there for somebody. Now. 10 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: Two of the guys that they signed, one was Kim Simms, right, Steven. 11 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: There was two Sims on the Washton's roster once Cam 12 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: one Stephen. They signed Stephen Sims, a veteran wide receiver, 13 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: older anything, but yeah. They also signed Karl Joseph. Yeah 14 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: like that one former first round draft picks started almost 15 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: fifty games in his career. UM I would expect to 16 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: see him activated to the to the fifty three man 17 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: roster at some point next week. Here's the thing they 18 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 1: don't have to do that. They can wait until Sunday 19 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: next week and bring bring him and somebody else up 20 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: off the practice score game day yeah, bring him up, 21 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: put him on the on the active roster, because you 22 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: get to to those spots and then make a decision 23 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: off that game based on okay, is you know, is 24 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: he because there's no reason to do something. There's no 25 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: reason to have to expose somebody else to waivers without 26 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: because you don't have to. I gonna be honest, and 27 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: some of this news broke and we'll talk about the 28 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 1: guys that were were going on the injured list and 29 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: bring it to any back and these type of things. 30 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: But there's a lot of roster manipulation now that goes 31 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: a little over my head, to be honest with you, 32 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: like different than it used to be where everything was 33 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: kind of cut and dried. Now you can kind of maneuver. 34 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: You can buy a day here and there and you know, 35 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: not expose this guy and keep you know, I don't 36 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: know how this worked with Finny, but maybe it's kind 37 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: of a side not a side deal. But just hold tight. 38 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: You'll be getting a call back here in a minute, 39 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like we're gonna sign you. 40 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: And that's that's a that's a been done for years, 41 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: right we release a guy and say hey, look we're 42 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,399 Speaker 1: gonna we have to put some guys on ir tomorrow. 43 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: We gotta get them through on the active roster, and 44 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: then we're start with us. We're gonna sign you back. Yeah, 45 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,359 Speaker 1: you know that doesn't mean someone else might not call 46 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: and steel and it's not your property. But I mean 47 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,399 Speaker 1: they would have a gentleman. They would have to offer, like, look, 48 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,239 Speaker 1: here's what I got in the table from the Steelers. 49 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: I just worked here the entire preseason. You don't have, 50 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: you know, the Castro or Fanica in front of you 51 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: either on the death chart. You know, I mean, it's 52 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: pretty attractive situation. So I think what they'll end up 53 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 1: doing is maybe waiting until Sunday to act to add 54 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: Karl Joseph to the active roster. That gives him a 55 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: week to practice. Plus it gives you a week to say, okay, 56 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: you can say. The idea can be well we're gonna 57 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: add him. It's we're gonna put him on our fifty three. Okay, 58 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: but what if he's not ready by something to say, well, 59 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: you don't want to do that too quickly, and that 60 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: that all makes sense? Is he what we think he is? 61 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: They've kicked the tires on him in the past and 62 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: he's the legal little bit draft and yeah, exactly, um, 63 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: and really we should have probably mentioned this yesterday when 64 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: the final roster was built. There's really two ways of 65 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: looking at it, Like the forty five is more important 66 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: than the fifty three. And that's how coaches look at it, 67 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: is what forty five do we want to go into 68 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: a game with right now? And Joseph might be one 69 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: of those forty five. I don't know. I mean, I 70 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: guess it's a good possibility because the special team skills, 71 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: you know. Well, and here's the thing, and I just 72 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: wrote about this today on the d K Pittsburgh sports 73 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: dot com. They know what their nickel is. Yeah, I 74 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: mean it's Cam Sutton in the slot, in James Pierre 75 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: coming in playing on the outside. You're leaving both of 76 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: those inside linebackers on the field. Yes, you don't have 77 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: stuff onto it, but you're only playing two defensive linemen 78 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: and to edge and two edge guys. And as we know, um, 79 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: you know, last year Buffalo played in three receiver sets 80 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 1: seventy of the time. That's who they are. They play 81 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: three or more at number one percentage, and they were 82 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: four or more only behind Arizona so they're I mean, 83 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: they're not gonna change either. On the snaps. Actually looked 84 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: up the snaps. They were seventy in the three. They 85 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: did add eighties six snaps last year and four receiver sets. 86 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: So that's about ten a game, a little bit more 87 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: than ten a game. So you're probably gonna see I mean, 88 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: unless they want to come out and play four receivers 89 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: sets the entire game, which won't happen, which won't happen, 90 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: You're gonna be a nickel for the most part. For 91 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: the most part, you will be a nickel. Right, three corners, 92 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: you could even play if they go four receivers, you 93 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: can still play nickel against that. Oh yeah, right, right right, 94 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: you know, without question, especially because they're tight ends, not 95 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: a real threat, and their backs are okay, but they're 96 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: not you know, McCaffrey, you know, in terms of receiving skills. 97 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 1: So what Coarl Joseph? He could he gets thrown into 98 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 1: the mix. Then I think as perhaps the other dime, 99 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: I wonder if I thought that's where you're going, because 100 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: you know Sutton's when he's one corner, so you got milette. 101 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: But you can go dime with three safeties and every 102 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: corners or four and two or you know, right, you 103 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: could use Joseph in the is that other slot you 104 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: can use Millette? Is that other slot corner? Right? Milette 105 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: is back for people who don't realize, right, Um, you 106 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: could use do you want three safety user? Do you 107 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 1: want to? Yeah? That extra guy? Yeah, now you're right. Um, 108 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: so they do have options. I mean it's a little foggy, 109 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: but it's clearer than it was. And miletts a fallback 110 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: land slot. You mentioned him. I mean, if Joseph doesn't 111 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 1: work out at all, you know what Millette is. I mean, 112 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 1: you're probably not super excited about him, but him coming 113 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: back all of a sudden alleviates that slot depth we 114 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: talked about yesterday before he was in the picture. Um, 115 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: so no, it's interesting. Um. What's your take on the 116 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: three guys that went to the injured list? Um, McFarland's 117 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: not super not super surprised about it. They weren't saying 118 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: that there was an injury, but it was obviously there 119 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: was an injury. Um, he didn't practice the entire offseason. 120 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: I'm not criticizing him at all, but I wonder if 121 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: conditioning is part of it too. You know. I mean, 122 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: if you've got a knee injury and you're a three 123 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 1: inn pound guy and then you and then your your 124 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: brother gets killed, exactly, you know, how much working out 125 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: are you doing? Exactly Exactly? Even if he was active, 126 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: it would be for a very few months. So the knee, 127 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: he wondered that if the need hasn't gotten better because 128 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: he got heavy, Oh, that's just a yeah, because it 129 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: becomes a thing. But I I would expect it. He'll 130 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: be ready and the three weeks three week period, Yeah, 131 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: it doesn't sound like it's a serious. Banners a little 132 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: more curious to me because he actually played against the 133 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: Lions first two series against the Lions. Let's get to 134 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: that in one second. But I just one thing we 135 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: taught harped on yesterday. Now, all of a sudden, you 136 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: don't have a defensive linemen. You know that that adds 137 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: up a lot more now, you know, and you still 138 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: have the guys you like, And they maneuvered that well 139 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: without losing anybody they liked. Yeah, to me, the Banner 140 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: situation kind of they kind of tipped her him with 141 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: that last week that something wasn't right when Bann wasn't 142 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: practicing and all of a sudden they move a core 143 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: four over to the right side, and even more was 144 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: there more to the left? Yeah, contingency plans. Yeah, they 145 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: were trying to figure out, Okay, what's this gonna look 146 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: like if he's not ready because is more? Can more 147 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: play right tackle? Okay? Probably not, He's probably more comfortable 148 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: on the left. So let's move him back to the left, 149 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: put a core four in the right where he's started 150 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: fifteen games last year. Yeah, And I think there's a 151 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: lot of ways to guess on that of what that 152 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: means if you're really an optimist. I looked at it 153 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: as they think Damn Moore might be a long term 154 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,119 Speaker 1: starting left tackle. Let's just start that, you know, start 155 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: that timeline now, you know, and leave him there forever 156 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: and he'll have some struggles, but he's more comfortable on 157 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: the left. Why are we messing with it? Even if 158 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: he's ninety percent of what Chooks is right now, he's younger, 159 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: he has higher upside. We'd like everything he's done. Let's 160 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: just leave him there and all of the two other 161 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: guys battle it out, which was the same move they 162 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:35,839 Speaker 1: did a year ago. He's wishing more answers already, I 163 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: mean in September. Yeah, I mean I think that's okay. 164 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: I don't love having two rookies in the starting offensive 165 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 1: line when your first games in Buffalo, I mean left tackle, 166 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: left guard, center is awfully young. Yeah. Yeah, and again 167 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: in Buffalo with the crowd, noise, deep defensive line. Now 168 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: they're gonna be challenges all year. Yeah, it's gonna be. 169 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a challenge for sure. Uh. In terms 170 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: of McFarland, that doesn't I don't even think that factors 171 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: into anything. No, I tend I would expect. I thought, 172 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,439 Speaker 1: I think he'll have a role when he comes back, agreed. Um. 173 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: But if he was going to be a few weeks 174 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: and you need to roster spot, you know, and you 175 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: can you can bring you know, he wanted to keep 176 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 1: a guy like Benny Snell, that's fine. Yeah, And it 177 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: gave you a spot to bring, you know, Milette back. 178 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: If you look at the trade offs there right right, 179 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,199 Speaker 1: the spots that were light where they don't have enough 180 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: offensive lineman, they don't have enough defensive cornered depth. But 181 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: now you do know he's brought back those guys. Do 182 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: you think Snell could potentially be unnoticed when McFarland returns, potentially, 183 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: I think he's a little redundant with blage. It depends 184 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: on how you know, who's a better special teams player. 185 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: From the sounds of talking to Danny Smith yesterday, they 186 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 1: feel like Snell is the better special teams player right 187 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: now because he's been in their system a little bit more. 188 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: And I would have to go back and watch, which 189 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,079 Speaker 1: I don't with special teams, but Snell tackles me. I 190 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 1: don't think McFarland runs down on kickoffs, does he know? 191 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: I mean he's but yeah, I don't know if he wanted. Yeah, 192 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: they tried him in that a little bit, right, but 193 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: they got that's you know, they kept six inside lineback, 194 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:12,439 Speaker 1: so they got he's probably as a crack of the 195 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: line up. Jamir Jones showed in that last game that 196 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 1: he's that could be pretty good at it. Yeah, exactly. 197 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: So they've got they've got their Moletts actually a pretty 198 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: good special teams point. So I think they got the 199 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 1: bodies there to get to make that work. Yeah. I mean, 200 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: even if we talked about yesterday, Mondo and Davis, you 201 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: know those type of dudes too, So they do have 202 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: plenty um, tight ends it can do and things like that. Um, 203 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,719 Speaker 1: I do think there was some interesting stuff with McFarland 204 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: as a change of pace. I mean, he's the curveball. 205 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: He's not the handcuff. He's the curveball. And I do 206 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: think that I also like him better than Ray Ray 207 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,959 Speaker 1: McLoud on the jet suite. That was about to say, 208 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: just more physical. He's gonna break more tackles. He could 209 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: line up in the backfield when Naji is out wide, 210 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 1: and he can still run the ball, you know, So 211 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: I think there's value there. But he's a piece. I mean, 212 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: he's spoken the wheel. You know, you can make that 213 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,079 Speaker 1: work with other eyes, and yeah, really just don't use 214 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: it for you got plenty of good offensive skill guys 215 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: that if he's out there, they aren't, So it's not 216 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: so bad. I'd rather go for wide, you know. And honestly, 217 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: I don't know with the offensive line. I don't know 218 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: because Banner. We didn't see much of Banner in training camp, 219 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: at least not for long stretches. You know, I don't 220 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: know that there are any better or worse off than 221 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: they We're two weeks ago. Who's to say, Um, we 222 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: were kind of taking a leap of faith on banner. Yeah, 223 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: with two it I mean obviously you love that a lot. 224 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: You'd love to have too. It out there, there's no 225 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: doubt about it. But if you're only going to play 226 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: two and you think high Smith is ready to become 227 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: a star, and you like Ingram and you know what 228 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 1: what is what's already a star and in Haywards Starr 229 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 1: Front is gonna be fine, Louis, Louis, you know everybody's 230 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: he's not bad. No, so for most teams in the league, right, 231 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,959 Speaker 1: so I think I think they're okay there. I look, 232 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: you know, if I know a lot of people are 233 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: panicking about this, A lot of what I saw yesterday 234 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: after after much rather he'd be right from week four 235 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: on then it's much it's much different than in week eleven. Two. 236 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: It gets hurt and you put them on. We're gonna 237 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: we have to put him one I R for the 238 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: next three weeks. That's the problem, yeah, right right, you know, 239 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: because by then attrition has already started to happen. You 240 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: may have already lost maybe one or two of those 241 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: other linemen and they're all fighting something and they're weary, 242 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: and I mean they've had it's a lot longer road 243 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: that they've had to sustain till now too. The one 244 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: thing we've thrown out there a few times too, and 245 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: I have a hunch that they are not only recognize 246 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: if I might be holding it back until game day, 247 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: there's you can bomb ingram next to and as to 248 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: Heyward two, we'll still have Highsmith and Watt out there. 249 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: I'm thinking third and eight especially, they don't want to 250 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,319 Speaker 1: run the football. No, no, I mean it doesn't have 251 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: to be third and eight. They come out in four wide. 252 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: That might be your ford lineman. Plus they can all 253 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 1: chase down Allan, you know what I mean. And you've seen. 254 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: If there's one thing that we've seen out of ingram Um, 255 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: he beats blocks and gets in the back on run insistently. Yeah. 256 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: He seems to have good recognition on that kind of 257 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: stuff that he's been around the block enough to like 258 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,079 Speaker 1: even if you put him up against a three pound guard. Yeah, 259 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: he doesn't get blown off the ball. He's a leverage player. 260 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: He's strong. No, I think he handles that well. And 261 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: you know you'll be doing that as a defensive tackle. 262 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: Quote more for passing reasons, of course, but that's a 263 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 1: heck of a pass rush. It's a really good pass. 264 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 1: It might be better than what they had last year. 265 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: It is better in my opinion. Yeah, you know, I mean, 266 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: I mean to it's a great player and you're getting 267 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,599 Speaker 1: them back soon. Yeah. I don't know that he's a 268 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: huge loss against the Raiders either. Yeah, we'll see. Yeah. Um, 269 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: so he just want to be right, Yeah, you want 270 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,319 Speaker 1: to it as close to a hundred percent as you 271 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: can get. Um. I know there's a lot of people 272 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 1: are concerned about what I'm not particularly concerned about. You know, 273 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:50,319 Speaker 1: he's it's not like he's been sitting on his couch 274 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: like bond bonds, right, I mean, holdouts aren't what they 275 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: used to be by any means. He's still working out. 276 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 1: He's still, I assume, extremely mentally sharp. I'm and if 277 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: they he's in the classroom every day, if they installed 278 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: anything new, it's not like they didn't tell him. Yeah, 279 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: don't tell DJ. Yeah we're gonna spring this on him, 280 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 1: right because yeah, he's not under contract, right, so that's 281 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: not a concern, and I'm sure the deal will get done. Yeah. Man, 282 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: it just seems like a formality. I thought i'd be 283 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: done by now, but hey, and even if it isn't 284 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: he's gonna play, he's not. He st can start skipping games. No, 285 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: that's when you miss paychecks, right right, right, So that's 286 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: a formality. In my opinion, I think they're in good shape. 287 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: I mean, the tackle situation worries me much more than 288 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 1: anything else, but it's it's that's been the case no 289 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: matter what happened this year, the tackle situation was going 290 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: to be concerning regardless. Right. I feel better about the 291 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: interior line than I did when camp started. Agreed, Yeah, 292 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: a month ago. I don't think either one of us 293 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: have been like, oh, by September two, we'll be like, 294 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: tackles are set, they'll be great. Son know, I think 295 00:14:55,280 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: they'll be there there there the interior three. He's back too. 296 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: I like that. Yeah, we'll allow them to run the football, 297 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: m hm hm. And here's the thing, I think they'll 298 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: come off the ball. Buffalo's run defense last year was bad. 299 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: It got a little better late in the year, but 300 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: it's bad, and they weren't very good. I watched the 301 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 1: game against they hit their starters out there against green 302 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: Bay last week, and green Bay was ripping off runs 303 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: on and they're aw lines and shambles right now. So 304 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: I gotta believe that, you know, if you slow down 305 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: that pass rush by running the football at those guys, 306 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: they want to get up the field. And sorry, I 307 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: think it's pretty clear how the Bills view their overall 308 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: team is we're gonna throw the ball a ton. We 309 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: put a ton of veterans and resources around Alan and 310 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: he just keeps getting better and a really good offensive coordinator. 311 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 1: We know we're gonna score points. I mean, they're gonna 312 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: score point agains, steer, They're gonna score points against anybody. 313 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: So it's kind of like the you know, kind of 314 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: like the Chiefs. They want to get you into it. 315 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: They want to try to force you into getting into 316 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: a track meet with them. Yeah, to make you want 317 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: to mention right, you know, Like I brought up Peyton 318 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: Manning like those Colts years when he they used first 319 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: round pick after first round pick on ed you and 320 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: James Joseph Died, Dallas Clark, Marvin Harrison, Anthony Gonzalez, Reggie Wayne, 321 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: all skill position guys for for Peyton. We're gonna give 322 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: him all he needs. But the only two things on 323 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: defense we're gonna keep our Freenian mathis you know, we 324 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: play in this dome because teams are gonna have to 325 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: throw to keep up with us, and we're gonna put 326 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 1: up a lot of points. And I think that's what 327 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: the Bills are really searching for. Their pass rush is 328 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: really interesting to me. I sent you some of these notes, 329 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: is that if you look at their sack numbers, it 330 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: was like the middle of the road. But if you 331 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: look at their like ESPN pressures, they were pretty high. 332 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: You know that that they were getting they were generating 333 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: some pressures. But they also led the league last year 334 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: in percentage of sacks that didn't come from their front line, 335 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: linebackers and defensive backs. And the teams tell you, let 336 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: me talk about this all the time. I'm two years ago. 337 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: They used the at eight or ninth pick on at Oliver. 338 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 1: Last year they used their first round pick on Stefon Diggs. 339 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: But then their first draft pick was on a J. Panessa, 340 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: a big, physical defensive end that can bump inside. And 341 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: then this year did the exact same thing with their 342 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: first two picks. You know, we're so and bash them, 343 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: both of whom were oversized d nds that can bump inside. 344 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 1: So they're looking for any of them to become a star. 345 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 1: And they realized that if we can rush the pass 346 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: or we're gonna be really hard to beat, you know so, 347 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:31,479 Speaker 1: but they're not built for the run. It's my point. Well, 348 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: here's the like I'm looking here at the at the 349 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: play by play from last year Steelers on their first drive. Uh, 350 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: they get the ball out their tent. They had I 351 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: think they had a penalty. You know they Ray Ray 352 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: mclage at tackled um at the ten. Yeah, Um incomplete 353 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: the Deonte Johnson. That was a drop. If you remember 354 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: he had a few of them. Yeah, he had three 355 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: in this game early and then they came him out. 356 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:00,080 Speaker 1: That was a drop. Roethlisberger passed the Chiefs claypol for 357 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 1: five yards. Roethlisberger incompleted Deante Johnson another drop. So they 358 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:05,959 Speaker 1: have to they have to get off the field. Defense 359 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 1: gets to stop. It's probably Deante's lowest moment, but they 360 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: got off. They got off the field, and that they 361 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: forced the three and out even though, uh, in that situation, 362 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: you get the ball back. Roethlisberger to Deante Johnson for 363 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: twelve yards. Roethlisberger for four yards to to Juju James 364 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: Conner right guard minus one against just an awful, awful 365 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,639 Speaker 1: run defense. Right, so it's now it's instead of it was. 366 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: It was second and six, it turns into third and seven. 367 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 1: Deante Johnson drops another past he gets benched. They come 368 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: out in their third drive, Connor for three yards, Connor 369 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: for three yards, Roethlisberger incomplete on third and four, advance McDonald. 370 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: They get a pun again. Again, the defense holds up. 371 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: They get their third straight three and out against Buffalo. 372 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: Steve like you should be three rushing attempts. They've had 373 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: three rushing attempts. Buffalo can't get a first down against 374 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: your defense. De that's three straight stops against this great offense. 375 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:09,159 Speaker 1: They're doing nothing with it, um, you know, so you know. 376 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: Then they drive to the Buffalo forty five on their 377 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 1: next on their next possession, they ran the ball Conner 378 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: for three yards, Samuel's got three yards, Samuels for one yard. 379 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: If Naja Harris is getting those carries at those three 380 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: yard games are five yard games, right, And I do 381 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: think the run blocking would probably be a little better too. Yeah, 382 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 1: you know not. The Buffalo is just gonna lay down 383 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: and let your run on them. I mean, they're're gonna 384 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: be freshing. But they're gonna be small, you know, but 385 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: that's what you want. You want them playing the run 386 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: because that's gonna open up those passing lanes over the middle. Yeah, 387 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: without question. Even their linebackers are better coverage players than 388 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 1: downhill thumpers. And you know they're very analytically driven team. Um. 389 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: The one guy didn't mention though, is Star Loutley opted 390 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 1: out last year. His role was to be the big 391 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 1: nose type. But he's been with a couple of teams. 392 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: I mean he's not Casey Hampton. I mean he's and 393 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: he hasn't played in a year. I wonder what shape 394 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: he's in. Yeah. In this second quarter that game, the 395 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 1: Steelers started to get their run game going a little 396 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: bit um on the right before they had to punt again. 397 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: Uh snow gets seven, Benny snow gets to snow gets five. 398 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:15,919 Speaker 1: Was Connor in and out of this game too? Was 399 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 1: this one of his kind of injured? The Steelers have 400 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: to pump, but then they come back. They get a turnover. 401 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: Dawson knocks fumbles Connor for five yards, Connor for three yards. 402 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: Roethlisberger touchdown the James Washington of nineteen yards. So unlike 403 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: the early series. It looked like they changed their philosophy 404 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: of run the ball. Yeah, and they were. I mean, 405 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: you start ripping off, you getting I'm ripped ripping off 406 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: a four yard game, a seven yard game compared to 407 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,479 Speaker 1: hell Steelers round it all year. Yeah, those are actually 408 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: that's an actually positive yard yeah. Um so I think 409 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 1: if you come out and play it that way against 410 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: the Bills this time, you can have success against them 411 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 1: running the football because you have a much better running back. 412 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,159 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, it just opens up 413 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: everything else. All the is you know, everybody last year, 414 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: especially by this time of the year, was sitting on 415 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: the short short passing unbelievably, Yeah, without questions, just pressing 416 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: up against the Steelers, and hey, go ahead and try 417 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 1: to throw the ball deep on us. Sure, and even 418 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: if the Bills jump up on you fourteen nothing in 419 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: six minutes into the game, I wouldn't go away from it, 420 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Defense is good enough that 421 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 1: you're going to get some stops. You're gonna get some stops. 422 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: As great as Josh Allen is, he will take chances, 423 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: to say the least, and he is a huge fumbler. 424 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: I mean that's probably his number one negative right now 425 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,360 Speaker 1: too as a ball carrier in the pocket to you know, so, 426 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: they're a really good team. I mean, they're really hard 427 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: to play against in their building. Week one is with 428 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: the crowd this time with a big crowd, a very 429 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: anxious crowd and a very good crowd. That is going 430 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: to be a challenge for any team. I mean, I'm 431 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: not sure if Kansas City or Tampa would be favored 432 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,640 Speaker 1: in that situation. They're probably dogs going into Buffalo right now, 433 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: but I think the Steelers are better able to equip 434 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 1: the deal with it now than they were then. Yeah, mu, 435 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: I think you're a better team right now than the 436 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: one that we went the Buffalo last year. And in 437 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,360 Speaker 1: that team, I mean, if you look at it, they 438 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:10,679 Speaker 1: were up uh on the Bills. They really kind of 439 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 1: dominated playing the first you know, it should have been 440 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,239 Speaker 1: going into half they were the better team and then 441 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 1: all of a sudden they had the interception at the 442 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 1: end of the half that they kind of turned that 443 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 1: around and the Steelers. That was at midfield. The Steelers 444 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: were driving for another score and if they go up 445 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 1: fourteen at that point it was seven three. If they 446 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 1: score and go up and go up fourteen three. That game, 447 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: it's a different game, it's a different it's a different 448 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: style of game in the second half, to be sure. 449 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: And the Bills are too good to give them a 450 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:42,520 Speaker 1: gift like that. I mean, if they do that again, 451 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 1: they're gonna lose. You can't give a good team a 452 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,399 Speaker 1: free touch, as they found out in the playoffs against 453 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: the Browns. Is right, right, right, I mean an opponent 454 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 1: that's you're equal or better, and I think the Bills 455 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: were the better team. You give them a gifter in 456 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: their building building week one. Yeah, so, but it will 457 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:03,639 Speaker 1: be an interesting challenge without question, and that Bill's defense 458 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:07,360 Speaker 1: is intriguing too. I think that's you know, as good 459 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,880 Speaker 1: as the Bills are, to your point, that's a good 460 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: opening day match up for a team that wants to 461 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 1: hate the term established the run, but get back to 462 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: being a really good running team, you know, to start 463 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: the season. We'll talk more about them, you know next 464 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 1: week is yeah, right right right on Bill's breakdown time. 465 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: But but people are concerned. We started this conversation talking 466 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: about the Steelers secondary. Who's the bills number two corner? Yeah, 467 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 1: it's uh, the dude from Bama. Their corner situation is 468 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 1: a little a little shaky. It's a little shaky. It's 469 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:40,199 Speaker 1: as White and the Pips, right, you know, your right. 470 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: I mean they have some really good players. White's probably 471 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,959 Speaker 1: their best defensive player, but they don't have a lot 472 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: of star power on that side of the ball. Edmonds 473 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: hasn't become a star yet. You know all over wasn't 474 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:54,640 Speaker 1: you know? Um and the second corners defense that we're 475 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,639 Speaker 1: gonna throw waves of the bass rushers at you and 476 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,439 Speaker 1: we get your Davious White in the same ifties are 477 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: good and safeties are good, and but Milano and Emmons 478 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,239 Speaker 1: and those four never leave the field. But you can 479 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: pick on the nickel and in the second corner, right, 480 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: So I mean maybe the Steelers run a lot out 481 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: of three. Why yeah, it doesn't you know, it doesn't 482 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: mean have to come up with you know, huge personnel 483 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 1: and you know Derrick Watt. Yeah, I know, as as 484 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 1: soon as you know the Steelers made those uh roster 485 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: moves yesterday for the first reaction for a lot of fans, 486 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 1: they have no chance of winning up there. Why what 487 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: I mean because yeah, I three guys that went on 488 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: ir Yeah, I don't think that moves necessarily moves the needle. 489 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 1: It's it's first of all, they're already underdogs, all right, 490 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 1: right right about a touchdown. Um, I didn't expect much 491 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: from those three, to be honest with you yet. Yeah, 492 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: I mean I didn't know if Banner would start obviously, Um, 493 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: we talked about it yesterday. I expected to it to 494 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,880 Speaker 1: be a fifteen snap guy. You know, you just you're 495 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: asking a lot of them to throw out out there 496 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: for snaps. I didn't think that was happening. Yeah. I 497 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: think maybe the Steelers looked at that said, well, we 498 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 1: we could do it that way and let him play 499 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: his way back in the shape, or we can just 500 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 1: let him. Let's let him get well, get well and 501 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: get a hundred percent of stuff onto it back and 502 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 1: put him out there and then he, you know, aggravates 503 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 1: in the injury and we're losing for half the season. Again, 504 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 1: I would rather if you could tell me with a 505 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 1: good amount of certainty that by week four he's going 506 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 1: to be the two it that we remember. I'll wait 507 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: three for the surprise me too. If the way Isaiah 508 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,919 Speaker 1: Bugs played in that last game kind of tipped there, 509 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,159 Speaker 1: like he lived with that guy, he was just rusted. 510 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 1: He was disruptive against Carolina starters. No, he was so 511 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: you know all of a sudden, like, hey, we can 512 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 1: get we can get ten snaps out of this guy, 513 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: fifteen snaps out of this guy. I don't think the 514 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 1: Bills out lines great either, and then the Raiders isn't either. Yeah. 515 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: So I I mean if he can be that guy 516 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: and get after the quarterback a little bit stopped and 517 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 1: we've seen him stop the run. Yeah that you say, Okay, 518 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: you know we can we can get what we were 519 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 1: going to get out of two it in this game 520 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 1: out of him while allowing to it to get healthy. Okay, 521 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,360 Speaker 1: people don't realize bugs lad Alabama and sacks is last 522 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: year there yea, they had first round draft picks across 523 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 1: the board. He was theirve sack leader. Guys like Christian 524 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: Barmore couldn't get on the field yet because they had 525 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 1: too many other stuff. I mean there's some pedigree there, No, 526 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,680 Speaker 1: there is there is, And I mean I think he's 527 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 1: more a Lulu than he is Heyward to it. Just 528 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 1: that's yeah, that's fine. I mean he may be your 529 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,400 Speaker 1: future a lululu. I think he is a really good chance. 530 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: He is you know and maybe even next year. Um 531 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,360 Speaker 1: and one thing they do really well with a Lulu 532 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: and all of them, but they're twists and stunts and 533 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 1: how they set up the scheme of those guys to 534 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 1: eat up blocks. He's gonna do really well with that. 535 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: Take blockers with them, those type of things. There's a 536 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: pass rusher. I mean, he may not explode off the 537 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: line like Aaron Donald and be people, but he's gonna 538 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:54,880 Speaker 1: have value. Yeah, he's gonna he's gonna he's gonna take 539 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 1: up some at least cause some disruption. Yeah. I mean 540 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 1: that's double team here and there. You know he already know, 541 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: Heyward's gonna cause disruption, right, so yeah, now their front 542 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: is fine. Yeah, I'm not concerned about that at all. 543 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: I know. People again, I got the question one guy 544 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: on my message board cam Sutton was consistently toasted in 545 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: the preseason. He can't play these consistently toasted. I must 546 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: have watched a different preseason, right, not to mention in fact, 547 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: you they weren't running a lot of those stunts. They 548 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,120 Speaker 1: weren't playing the games up front, unty'll play not at all. 549 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: I mean they were very vanilla coverages to I mean, 550 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: he's not the fastest. I mean he gets in a 551 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 1: foot race with Quez Watkins type, he's gonna lose it. 552 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,199 Speaker 1: But he also has Manko over the top in the 553 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: real world. I mean, where do you think make his 554 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 1: eyes are gonna be. You know it's not perfect, but 555 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,399 Speaker 1: in the pass rush is gonna help. The pass rush 556 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: helps everything. That's what it's I mean, that's what the 557 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 1: defense is built on. The built I think this goes 558 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: out saying the defense is built on pass rush. With 559 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 1: the best goalie in the league at free safety, you know, 560 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 1: if things don't go to plan, Okay, it's been working 561 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: pretty well. Yeah, I trust that, But that's gonna do 562 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: it for this show. So for my partner Matt Williamson 563 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: for Jacob ric here on site keeping us on the air, 564 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 1: I'm Dale Lally. We thank you for listening to this 565 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: edition of The Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.