1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson 2 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: on your twenty four to seven home of the Black 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 4 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 2: And welcome to the Drive. 5 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 3: I'm Dale LOLLI he is the Matt Williamson and Matt 6 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 3: it is a victory Monday, as we both predicted last 7 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 3: week when we made our game fix on this one, 8 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 3: and honestly, it kind of played out exactly how we 9 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 3: kind of laid. 10 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 2: It out, I'll be honest. 11 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 4: And when I made my prediction, I felt a lot 12 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 4: more confident than a kickoff. I mean, because I thought 13 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 4: Wilson would be fine, you know, I mean, yeah, it'd 14 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 4: be back to practice on Friday. We did it on Thursday. 15 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 4: Rob Field in Friday. Thanks for Rob. That was fun. 16 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 4: I'm thinking about man, all the old line changes. This 17 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 4: isn't gonna go great. Cousins is back. I thought this 18 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 4: was a very impressive win. 19 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 3: You were living in your fears a little bit. 20 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 4: As kickoff came closer and closer and starting quarterback wasn't 21 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 4: going to be there. Yes, and I thought, especially the defense, 22 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 4: but the coaching staff, this was a big win. Impressive. 23 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, the Steelers go to Atlanta, they win eighteen to ten. 24 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 3: They smother the Falcons, particularly in the second half, and 25 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 3: really over the course of the game. Atlanta had eight 26 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 3: or I'm sorry ten possessions in the game. On eight 27 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 3: of their possessions one or fewer first. 28 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 4: Downs doesn't surprise me. And one of them was the 29 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 4: first one Steelers looked a little out of sorts and 30 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 4: then took them some time. 31 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, and then we're fine. 32 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 3: And then the other one was at the end of 33 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 3: the first half. Yeah, when they're in a two minute 34 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 3: But outside of that. 35 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 4: I mean, it was smothering. Yeah, and they won up front, 36 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 4: they won on the back end. You know, London didn't 37 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 4: kill them. Pitched it didn't kill him. 38 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 2: I didn't think. 39 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 4: Cousins played very well, but Steelers had a lot to 40 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 4: do with that, of course. 41 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 2: Yeah. 42 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 4: I thought the defense was outstanding. And we kind of 43 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 4: hinted at this or even probably said it last week, 44 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 4: that there's a chance that that's the best defense in 45 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 4: the league this year. 46 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 2: I think they could be. It could be, you. 47 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 3: Know, yeah, and when the offense, now, let's be honest, 48 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 3: the offense didn't score a touchdown, right, right, Okay, can't 49 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 3: have that again, insistently, right, but what it was able 50 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 3: to do was generate first downs and possessed the football. 51 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 3: Steelers win the time of possession in the game thirty 52 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 3: five over thirty five minutes to twenty four minutes. And 53 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 3: that played into what I was talking about last week. 54 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 3: I don't want Kirk Cousins getting into knocking the rust off. Yeah, yeah, 55 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 3: you know early in the first half, because you're not 56 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 3: you know, you're three and out, three and out, three 57 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 3: and out. Let That happen in the fourth quarter and 58 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 3: by that time the Steelers passed for us had started. 59 00:02:59,160 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 2: I mean, TJ. 60 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,119 Speaker 3: Watt was just killing right. 61 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 4: And I think Atlanta only ran fifty six plays, which 62 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 4: is low, and I thought the Steelers' depth was really 63 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 4: important to. 64 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 2: Say fifty is that? 65 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 5: What was that? 66 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 4: I think they snapped the ball sick fifty. I don't 67 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 4: know that's a pro football focus number whatever, don Man. 68 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 4: Not very many, not enough, not enough, not enough to 69 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 4: get into a rhythm. I mean, I thought their best 70 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 4: player by far was b Jon Robinson, and he was scary, 71 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,679 Speaker 4: but he wasn't out there enough getting you know, he 72 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 4: was out there all their snaps basically, but he wasn't 73 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 4: out there being able to be used like nause was 74 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 4: you know where it really starts. 75 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 2: To count late in the game. 76 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 4: And you know, frankly, the Steelers' depth I thought was 77 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 4: really important. And I don't want me to get ahead 78 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 4: of ourselves at all, but like, the biggest thing that 79 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 4: scares me next week is the altitude you know, go 80 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 4: into Denver, not the team, but the Steeler team is 81 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 4: so deep right now. You can bring in the montrevious Adams, 82 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 4: you know, I mean, Ogunjobi and Cam didn't have to play. 83 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 4: They played like thirty some snaps or something. That's great. 84 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 2: I mean, that's exactly where you want to be. 85 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, and you know they were able to rotate 86 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 3: guys in fresh and stay fresh and and you know, 87 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 3: I thought the offensive line really kind of set the 88 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 3: tone on their side of the ball. Again, it wasn't 89 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 3: a massive rushing output. 90 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 4: No, it wasn't a perfect performance on offense, but they 91 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 4: were running. 92 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 3: By in the second half. They're running into eight man 93 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 3: boxes the entire second half because at that point Atlanta 94 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 3: had figured out, hey, they're not going to throw the 95 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 3: ball down the field a whole lot. 96 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 6: Here. 97 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 3: You saw what the game plan was, and the game 98 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 3: plan was justin field has managed the game. 99 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, don't turn the. 100 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 3: Ball over, quick throws, get it out. We're going to 101 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 3: run the football, and they were able to do that 102 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 3: and continually generate first downs and and fields. Was part 103 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 3: of that with his legs as well. But the offensive 104 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 3: line I thought wore the Falcons out. 105 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 2: Yeah. 106 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 4: I thought it was a good O line game overall. 107 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 4: And it wasn't perfect. It wasn't a dominant game, but 108 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 4: I was worried it was going to go the other way. 109 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 2: You know, a lot of young guys, guys, guys making 110 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 2: it first start. Yeah, on the road. 111 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 4: I would have loved to Seeamal would have been part 112 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 4: of the mix, you know, just as a veteran presence 113 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 4: and all that. I thought Projerct Jones played a real 114 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 4: good game. For whatever reason. I was just talking to 115 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 4: Wolf quite a bit and he brought this up, and 116 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 4: I thought he said it. Well, He's like, for whatever 117 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 4: reason is can't we just say that Dan Moore's playing well? 118 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 4: You know, Like, no, you're never allowed to say that, 119 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 4: and so like once you're in the dogouts, you're. 120 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 2: Never allowed to get better, never allowed to get better. 121 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 4: He played very well and he had a good preseason. Yeah, 122 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 4: you know, so give the guys credit. Absolutely, Line played 123 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 4: well and I think it'll only go up. 124 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's you know, you've got some depth there. 125 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 3: We'll see, you know, maybe say Malou's able to come 126 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 3: back this week. It's been a couple of weeks now 127 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 3: since he went you know, suffered that injury. 128 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 2: Probably next week. 129 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, but massive tight end contributions to in both days 130 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 4: and run empathy. 131 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 3: My my favorite sequence is when they went to four 132 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 3: tight ends on the field tight ends split them all 133 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 3: out wide in Denver or sorry Atlanta. 134 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 2: It's just like time out. We don't have a check 135 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:02,359 Speaker 2: for that. 136 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah, I mean the later in the game. I 137 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 4: don't know how many snaps there in fourteen, but the two. 138 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, they spread them out wide again and Field just 139 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 3: ran up the middle for a first home. 140 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 4: Yeah. I mean that's a hard thing to deal with. 141 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 4: You definitely didn't practice it thirteen in itself. 142 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 2: It's hard to deal with you even have four tight 143 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 2: ends on their roster right alone. 144 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 4: Yeah right, I mean there was again. This was one 145 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 4: of the things Smith was criticized for by the fantasy 146 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 4: community is you're not using all your guys as much 147 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 4: as they should. But especially earlier in the year you're 148 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 4: moving guy. So many different personnel packages, so many substitutions, 149 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 4: so many fresh bodies coming in. And frankly, the Steelers 150 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 4: don't have three eighth pick in the draft. Guys that 151 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 4: need to get the football over and over and over, 152 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 4: you know, I. 153 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 2: Mean, so use them all. 154 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 4: Get everything ounce you can out of all every snap 155 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 4: they are out there. 156 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 2: Yeah. 157 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 3: I mean again, the Steelers only threw the ball twenty 158 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 3: three times yesterday, but one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, 159 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 3: eight different guys caught the ball. 160 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:01,559 Speaker 2: Okay, that makes sense. 161 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 3: I mean you had seventeen completions, eight guys caught the ball, 162 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 3: and that was with Pickens having six catches and Fararmuth 163 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 3: having four. It was spread around a. 164 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 4: Little bit kind of how we thought this would go 165 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 4: all season. Like of course it would be different with Thayuka, Davante, Adams, 166 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 4: et cetera, et cetera. And we've had those conversations and nauseum. 167 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 4: But you know, Pickens is gonna get him. 168 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 2: You know. 169 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 4: Friarmouth I think is going to be probably second on 170 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 4: the pecking order. That was sure seemed that way, and 171 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 4: then everybody else just chip in, you know, just chip in. 172 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 4: When you get a good matchup and we'll scheme it 173 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 4: up to you to get you the football and maximize 174 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 4: your touches. 175 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, I know, you know, people look, well Van Jefferson 176 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 3: had one catch for one yard. He was on the 177 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 3: field more than any other receiver. They had more routes 178 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 3: than any had more routes, and honestly, Field's completely missed him. 179 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 3: I don'll throw early in the game, and they really 180 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 3: didn't go back to him. 181 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 4: But he was a big part of the blocking. Oh yeah, 182 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 4: well yeah, no, I mean everybody contributed and defense. It's 183 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 4: pretty easy to see the star, yeah, you know, and 184 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 4: the brightest star was unbelievable in this game. But the offense, 185 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 4: it was a group effort and they all did enough, 186 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 4: you know. 187 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 2: And that's what the thing when you scheme things up, 188 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 2: it goes such a long way. 189 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, instead of just saying to guys, hey, 190 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 3: we need you to win your one on one matchup 191 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 3: and then we'll get you the ball. No, you scheme 192 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 3: it up, and it's a different way to approach things. 193 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 3: I think a lot of times the Steelers have used 194 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 3: in the past. 195 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, and I was on the pre pregame show and 196 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 4: actually like five or six people brought it up to 197 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 4: me since I'm like, it used to kind of be 198 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 4: battleship football. You know, it's like B two miss G three, 199 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 4: you hit my battleship, you know, as opposed to Smith, 200 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 4: where this play sets up the next one, but sets 201 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 4: up the next one. This series sets up something later 202 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 4: in the third quarter. You get the same look and 203 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 4: you run something different out of it that looks the same. 204 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 4: He's really good at that, and I think people will 205 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 4: start catching on. I mean, I got tweets yesterday. This 206 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 4: offense looks just like it did last year. You don't 207 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 4: know what, you have no idea what you're talking about. 208 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 4: I mean, it didn't score time the points. It's so 209 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 4: much different. 210 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, think about it, just from the perspective 211 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 3: of how many times the Steelers were what second and 212 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 3: three and outs last year in the league. 213 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,080 Speaker 2: Definitely bottom three or four. I think the Jets were 214 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 2: the only team that were worse. 215 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 4: I think that's true. I just don't know it's exactly 216 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 4: thirty one. Off the top of my head. They think 217 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 4: you're right. 218 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 3: They had two three and outs yesterday on ten on 219 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,599 Speaker 3: ten possessions. Yeah, if that's last season, they would have 220 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 3: had eight. 221 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, right, right right. I mean that's and they lose. Yeah, 222 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 4: and you probably lose even if that defense plays that well. 223 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 4: I mean, it's that big a difference. 224 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 3: That's what people are complaining about the offense. The first 225 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 3: half they punted once, Yeah, the second half they punted twice. 226 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 4: One of which was a kicker Putton. Yeah. 227 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 3: Right now, you turned the ball over on downs, but 228 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 3: you possessed the football on every possession you did. 229 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 4: Your defense fresher. I mean, it's just such a ripple effect. 230 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 4: I mean, we could talk so much about number of plays, 231 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 4: time of possession, and we have since the drive has 232 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 4: been in existence, that it has such a ripple effect 233 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 4: over any team. The defense is fresher. You know all 234 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,559 Speaker 4: those things. You go out in your cam Hayward and 235 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 4: you barely get a sipagateor eight and gotta be back in. 236 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 2: That's hard. That's hard. And oh, by the way, you 237 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 2: did that with your backup quarterback. 238 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 4: And I think, and frankly, I think time of possession 239 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 4: and play numbers are more important to this team than 240 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 4: the Chiefs or the Bills. 241 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 2: You know what I mean. You have to you gotta 242 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 2: grind it out, especially if with fields at quarterbacks. 243 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 3: I think if it's Russell Wilson, I think we see 244 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 3: a different game plan. But to me and I have 245 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 3: not confirmed us with anybody, and maybe they wouldn't admit it, 246 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 3: but he fumbles the first snap of the game about 247 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 3: I think it was about the third snap of the game. 248 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 3: He bobbled it and then pitched it out to nausea 249 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 3: Harris and I think that and his first two throws 250 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 3: were completely offline, and I think I think they look 251 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 3: and so we gotta we. 252 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 2: Gotta play this pretty close to the vest here because. 253 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 4: We especially to play to win, especially once they realized 254 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 4: Atlanta's not going to move the ball on really well. 255 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 4: I mean the first series was like, oh, Atlanta's moving 256 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,959 Speaker 4: the ball pretty well. You like to me, one of 257 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 4: the biggest plays of the game was and I didn't 258 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 4: agree with at the time. You know, everyone talks about 259 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 4: Tomlin's too conservative. When he went for that fifty seven 260 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,959 Speaker 4: yard field goal, I'm like, if he misses this this game, 261 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 4: I think the game goes totally different because Atlanta was 262 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 4: moving the ball. If you give it to him at midfield, 263 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 4: I'm like, that's a hard kick, even in a dome 264 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 4: for a great kicker, like, that's a gutsy call trying 265 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 4: and he nailed it, And I'm like, man, I would 266 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 4: not have done that. 267 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 2: I would have put he killed it. 268 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 4: I mean he was on the players of the game, 269 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 4: of course, but I forget where we're going there. That 270 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 4: was kind of a sidetrack. But I mean. 271 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 2: They played the way, oh the field. 272 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 4: Stuff they I was just on Mark Madden Show and 273 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 4: he's like, well, what if what's the difference with Russell 274 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 4: Wilson And would you go back to him? 275 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 2: Like, I definitely would go back to him. 276 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 4: Would they catered the fields well? But there was two 277 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 4: things he didn't do well, and that was kind of 278 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 4: the procedural stuff. There was some clunkiness the fourth and one. 279 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 4: I don't think everybody was even set, you know, like 280 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 4: it looked like he slipped on the Yeah, a couple 281 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 4: of those things. I mean, the bobble snap was obvious, 282 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:14,680 Speaker 4: but there was some communication stuff that Wilson ben old 283 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 4: guys just know how to do them in their sleep. 284 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 3: And I think they would have attacked down field more 285 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 3: and I. 286 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 4: Think they'd have thrown a touchdown, yeah, you know what 287 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 4: I mean, Like Wilson good in the red zone. They 288 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 4: went to the red zone, ran I don't know, twelve 289 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 4: fifteen plays and never scored. 290 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 2: You know where. 291 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 4: I bet they throw a. 292 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 2: Touchdown pass if we at least try one into the 293 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 2: end zone. 294 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 3: Didn't even attempt to pass into the Yeah, so yeah, 295 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 3: I think it would have been a much different game plan. 296 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 4: And I think honestly more middle of the field throwing. 297 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 4: That'd have been different. There catered the field. 298 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:44,320 Speaker 2: I think Wilson play. 299 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 3: If Wilson plays yesterday in the defense plays like that, 300 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 3: they blow the Falcons out too. 301 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 4: I mean, they were clearly the better team anyway, and 302 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 4: they wanted both lines of scrimmage. The defense was the 303 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 4: star of the show. But with more quarterback ye stuff. 304 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 4: It's not close. 305 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 3: No, it really isn't. And honestly, when you look at it. 306 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 2: And that's why I say Field's played bad. He didn't. No, 307 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 2: he didn't. 308 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 6: He did. 309 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 2: He played well enough to win. 310 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 4: Yeah. 311 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 2: He played a Kenny Pickett like game. 312 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 4: Yep, yeap. 313 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 2: He took care of the football. 314 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 4: He played is quite well for a backup. 315 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. 316 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 3: Right, he's the backup that he is, right, whether some 317 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 3: people wanted to believe that or not, that's right, he is. 318 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 2: He's the backup. 319 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, he's not on the verge of becoming Mahomes any 320 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 4: second now. 321 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 3: But I think the people who are pushing for fields 322 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 3: to start in the preseason, now see why the Steelers. 323 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 4: They don't want to play that way, right, right, And 324 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 4: what would have killed them would have been a pick. 325 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:43,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, and he throws a lot of picks. And I 326 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 2: kept wondering, Mic, I mean they play the game. 327 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, if Atlanta falls on that talking about changes in 328 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,040 Speaker 3: the game, exactly, they're already in field goal range. 329 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 4: Right, And we were going just texting back and forth. 330 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 4: I was like, they threw zero passes between the numbers. 331 00:13:57,679 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 4: You know whose two safeties are those are the two 332 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 4: guys guys? 333 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, right, and then then if he throws high over 334 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 3: the middle, those guys both take the ball awing right. 335 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 4: And then all of a sudden, the game is different 336 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 4: because he threw a pick. Yeah, and he has a 337 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 4: history of doing it. 338 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 2: Yeah. 339 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 6: So but. 340 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 3: Atlanta, the opening drive of the first half and the 341 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 3: last drive of the first half, they had one hundred 342 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 3: and fifty four of their two hundred and twenty six 343 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 3: yards really wow. 344 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 4: And there was a little bit of garbage time stuff 345 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 4: at the end too. Yeah. 346 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 2: I'm tacked on. I mean, like MENI it. 347 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 3: Was dominant, a dominant defensive performance against the Jhon Robinson, 348 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 3: who some people he looked great. Pick is the MVP 349 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 3: of the league this year, A preseason pick, Kyle Pits, 350 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 3: Drake London and Kirk Cousins. A quarterback they spent one 351 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 3: hundred and twenty five million on. 352 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 4: And an offensive line I think is one of the 353 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 4: best and one. 354 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 2: Of the best in league. Steelers dominated that line dominated. 355 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 4: What shocked me not that Watt beat up on McCarey. 356 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 4: He's a good player. 357 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 2: He's Linstrom got his butt kick. Linstrom got his butt kicked. 358 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 2: Now he got hurt early in the game. He did, 359 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 2: and he came back. 360 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 4: Right, but he was losing before the injury, and then 361 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 4: he lost a lot after too. And I give them 362 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 4: credit for coming back. But he's one of the best 363 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 4: guards in the league. Ogunjobi and company did really well 364 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 4: against Yeah, they owned him, yep. 365 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 3: In fact, Caim Hayward pointed that out after the game, 366 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 3: and he's like, hey, Larry, Ogunjobi's one of the unsung 367 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 3: stars of this game because he had a tough assignment. 368 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 3: He got a lot of pressure on with a tough assignment. 369 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 4: A tough signmon from probably gonna be in the Pro 370 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 4: Bowl this year and you know it certainly as it 371 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 4: was last year and deserved it. Another thing that we 372 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 4: talked about during the week. But yeah, I know you 373 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 4: weren't here Friday. I hope the wedding was awesome. It 374 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 4: sounds like it was, but I just was really on 375 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 4: my I talked about it a lot Friday about that 376 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 4: fifth guy for the Falcons. It's either going to be 377 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 4: a blocking tight end that no one's afraid of, or 378 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 4: it's going to be Rey Ray. And I thought that 379 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 4: hurt them bad, you know, like they didn't they need 380 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 4: another guy bad because if they're going to live in eleven, 381 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 4: who's helping on what you especially in this matchup. 382 00:15:58,120 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 2: I mean, Pitch would go. 383 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 3: By one, Yeah, Pitts over there or whatever, But that 384 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 3: didn't even slowly. 385 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 2: That's all that's doing. 386 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, And if you bring in the blocking tight end in, 387 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 4: he's not daring out Washington killing people either, you know. 388 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 4: I mean, he's easy to play against. I mean I 389 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 4: was talking about it. Who do you want to play against? 390 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 4: I don't play against Ray Ray, and I gonna play 391 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 4: against Werner or whatever. His name is yeah, you know, 392 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 4: and that was a problem for him. 393 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 3: Absolutely, But Steeles want to know, all alone in first 394 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 3: place in the AFC. 395 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 4: North, those Ohio teams look bad. 396 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 3: The Ohio teams look awful, and the Ravens while hanging 397 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 3: with the Chiefs, their offensive line is an issue. 398 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 4: It's was as bad to line performance as there was 399 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 4: in the league this year. If they don't have Lamar 400 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 4: in superhero mode, they lose that game going away. 401 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 2: I just want to say this, I was right about 402 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 2: for He's terrible. He's awful, terrible, awful. 403 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 4: Now he's a guard and he's terrible. 404 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 2: He can't play guard, can't play tackle. 405 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 4: They might have one lineman. Yeah, they have a long 406 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 4: week and Harball is a great coach. They'll it'll get better. 407 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 4: They're not in Kansas City Thursday night every week. 408 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson did not practice today. 409 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 2: Oh I didn't know that. 410 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 3: Absolutely. So anyways, we'll talk more about that down the road. 411 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 3: We're going to take a break when we come back. 412 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 3: Voice of the Steelers, Rob King is going to be 413 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 3: joining us here on the drive. 414 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 2: Don't you want it? 415 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 3: You don't want to go anywhere. We'll be back in 416 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 3: just a moment. 417 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:23,360 Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson 418 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 1: on your twenty four to seven home of the Black 419 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: and Gold car Steelers Nation Radio. 420 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 2: Welcome back. I'm Dale LOLLI. 421 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 3: He is the Matt Williamson and we're pleased to be 422 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,439 Speaker 3: joined now here on the Drive by the voice of 423 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 3: the Pittsburgh Steelers, Rob King. 424 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 2: How you doing, Rob? 425 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 6: I'm doing well. How do you guys doing? 426 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 2: Not too bad? Does it get old? Has it gotten 427 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 2: old yet? Hearing that voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers thing? 428 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 5: You know, I have to say, it feels like premature, 429 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 5: Like it doesn't feel like you know what I mean. 430 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 6: It feels like I need to do the job for 431 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 6: a few more years to get that monitor. 432 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 2: Like you haven't earned it yet. 433 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:13,880 Speaker 5: Huh yeah, yeah, that sounds a little harsh. 434 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 2: They earn it. 435 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 6: Yeah, I gotta earn it, man, got to earn it. 436 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 6: But no, it's wonderful, Uh, you know, I mean, how 437 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 6: lucky you mine. 438 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 5: I just feel unbelievably blessed and lucky and uh to 439 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 5: call the games and to get to work with the 440 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 5: likes of Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson. 441 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 6: How could it be better? 442 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 2: Well, I appreciate that, Robbie. 443 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,879 Speaker 3: Yeah, but so you got your I can't remember when 444 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 3: you filled in for Billy a couple of years ago. 445 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 3: One of those was during COVID, if I remember correctly, 446 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,160 Speaker 3: some of that was during COVID. So there was nobody 447 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 3: really in the States. The crowd that was there. This 448 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 3: weekend in Atlanta, we got to see it a little bit. 449 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 3: We did the Steelers Nation Unite. You did the show. 450 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 3: I just went and watched you guys do the show, 451 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 3: and I interacted with some people there. 452 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 2: But first of all, that place was packed. 453 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 3: Secondly packed. 454 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,120 Speaker 2: The game had to be at. 455 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 3: Least fifty to fifty in terms of Steelers and Falcons fans. 456 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 3: And it was so loud there that the Falcons had 457 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 3: to run a silent counter at home. That's that's Steelers 458 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 3: Nation football there it is. 459 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,400 Speaker 5: It was crazy. I'll tell you when I first noticed 460 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 5: it was when TJ. Watt stood up and started circling 461 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 5: his arm round, like let's get those terrible towels out, 462 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 5: And all of a sudden, half the crowd stood up 463 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 5: and you saw those terrible towels swirling. 464 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 6: I was like, whoa. 465 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 5: Man that is and making noise and affecting what the 466 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 5: Falcons were doing. It was kind of incredible. Yeah, even 467 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 5: the night before, you know, Steeler Nation it is. You know, 468 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 5: at the at the bar, the celebration of Melt Blunt 469 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 5: was there and the fans are all chanting and they're 470 00:19:58,840 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 5: all pumped up and excited. 471 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 6: Did it was? It was a fun weekend and fun 472 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 6: to see that at the crowd. 473 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 5: In the crowd at Mercedes ben Stadium, how many Steelers 474 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 5: fans there were incredible. 475 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 4: In a fun defense. I mean I thought the defense 476 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 4: was unbelievable led by t J. Watt, And of course 477 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 4: you saw them live in the preseason, but in a 478 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 4: dome with their best guys out there, did their speed 479 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 4: and athleticism stand out to you? 480 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 5: The Falcons of the Steelers? Oh yeah, yeah, Well, I 481 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 5: mean b John Robinson. I think we discussed this. He 482 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,879 Speaker 5: stood out to me from the Falcons perspective, But I 483 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 5: think what really stood out was the Steelers and the 484 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 5: Steelers defense and the relentlessness. 485 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:45,239 Speaker 6: And you know, kind of interesting to think about that that. 486 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 5: You know, since the last show that you and I 487 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 5: did together, Matt, which was about an hour ago. 488 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 6: I've been thinking about that, that. 489 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 5: Falcons offensive line, and you know, you we think about 490 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 5: this a lot in football, right, Like somebody he's a 491 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 5: standout four to three defensive end and now a team 492 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 5: signed to do a big contract, but they play a 493 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 5: three to four, So how is he going to fit? 494 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 5: And sometimes those things don't wind up being as good 495 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 5: as you think, because there are skill sets that are 496 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 5: specific to a style of play. 497 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 6: And I just wonder, if you. 498 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 5: Know, some of those Falcons offensive linemen have been there 499 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 5: for a while, but they've gone from a sort of 500 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 5: a power blocking, power rushing scheme that Arthur Smith had 501 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 5: to one that was asked to protect Kirk Cousins and 502 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 5: allow him to get the ball out quickly. And the 503 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 5: first thing that stuck to my mind, I thought the 504 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 5: entire defense was great, but that the front seven was 505 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:48,439 Speaker 5: so disruptive against that good Falcons offensive line that I'm 506 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 5: beginning to wonder, now, you know, is it more? Are 507 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 5: those guys you know, drafted and built for a different scheme? 508 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 6: I don't know. 509 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 5: I mean, you know, Linterns pretty darn good at right guard, 510 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 5: and their left tackle has been there forever under various coaches. 511 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 6: So I don't know. 512 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 5: I you know, I'm trying to think of ways to 513 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 5: to not get as excited as I am about that 514 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 5: Steelers defense going against a good offensive line and frankly 515 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 5: just overpowering them. And then the speed that was evident 516 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 5: that they've added at the middle linebacker position, the additions of. 517 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,360 Speaker 6: I mean, how good is that? If you're Omar Khan. 518 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 5: Let me go out and get Dante Jackson and Deshaun 519 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 5: Elliott for my secondary and they both have interceptions in 520 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 5: the first game, It's hard not to be excited about 521 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 5: that Steelers defense. 522 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, And you know, I just think, first of all, Rob, 523 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 3: trust what your I see. I think that front seven 524 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 3: is it is that good. But you know, Matt and 525 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 3: I were just talking about the quarterback situation and the 526 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 3: offensive situation, and people are griping and grousing about this 527 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 3: a little bit, and I get it. I mean, they 528 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 3: didn't score a touchdown, but the offense was much different 529 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 3: than it was last year. They possessed the football consistently 530 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 3: over and over and over again to move the ball 531 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,440 Speaker 3: enough to even get a field goal. We saw a 532 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,439 Speaker 3: lot of three and outs last year. They only had 533 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 3: two three and outs in this game in ten possessions, 534 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 3: So they consistently possessed the football. You had to be 535 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 3: tired by the end of the game of calling Steelers 536 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,199 Speaker 3: offensive plays well and. 537 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 6: It's you're right, it's a huge factor. And when Andy 538 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 6: Widem made the point and talking to the media that 539 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 6: this defense. 540 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 5: Is faster, right, Patrick Queen is faster than the man 541 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 5: he replaced, Peyton Wilson, who saw a lot of reps. 542 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 5: He's faster than any other inside linebacker that he's replacing 543 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,359 Speaker 5: from the Steelers last year. Deshaun Elliott's faster, Dante Jackson 544 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 5: is faster. It's a faster defense. And so what does 545 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 5: a speed defense? 546 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 6: What would they like to do? 547 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 5: Not that they're not, I mean, I'm just saying that's 548 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 5: one of their elements that stands out, a speed based, 549 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 5: pressure based defense. Guys that can rush the passer on 550 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 5: the edge. What do you want, Well, you'd like to 551 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 5: be rested and have a lead. And how often has 552 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,959 Speaker 5: that happened in TJ. Watt's career. I think we all, 553 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 5: the three of us sort of talked about the possibility 554 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 5: of what is this Arthur Smith offense gonna look like 555 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 5: if they can dominate the clock and get you a 556 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,679 Speaker 5: lead and you put the team in the other position 557 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 5: in the fourth quarter where they've got to throw the ball. Well, 558 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 5: look the way the game ended, you know, TJ watchs 559 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 5: out worried about anybody running the ball. 560 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 6: He's able to just go and first of all he 561 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 6: completely dominated the game. 562 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 5: But then but then when he knows you're passing, you 563 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 5: got big problems. And so I think that hand and glove, 564 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 5: you know, possessing the ball, running the football, wearing down 565 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 5: the other team, but also keeping your defense rested and 566 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,400 Speaker 5: keeping the other team one dimensional as much as possible, 567 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 5: I think that's gonna bode really, really well for the 568 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 5: Steelers down the line. 569 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 4: So, Rob, you made the point a couple of minutes 570 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 4: ago about you know, maybe that Falcons line is built 571 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 4: more for Arthur Smith's sk than the Ram scheme. And 572 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 4: I think we all think it's good no matter what. 573 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 4: But I'm sitting there thinking as you are making that point, 574 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 4: I'm like, well, maybe Arthur Smith is good at making 575 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 4: lines good, you know what I mean, Like coaching matters. Sure, 576 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 4: and you give them these talented dudes, and that Steeler 577 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,640 Speaker 4: line can get to that level, that top five level, 578 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 4: quicker than people think. 579 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 5: I think so, and I think that you know it 580 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 5: is so when you hire Arthur Smith. You're hiring to 581 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 5: me a guy that that fits the philosophy of what 582 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 5: you were. It appears to me you were trying to 583 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 5: do from last offseason to this offseason. So you know, 584 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 5: you examine what what did you do well in the 585 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:47,360 Speaker 5: last couple off seasons. You've You've beeped up your offensive line, 586 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 5: it's been a primary area of focus. 587 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:50,439 Speaker 6: You signed James Daniels. 588 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 5: Then you go get you get her Big Ncamalu, who 589 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 5: are not only offensive line, but of course, but play 590 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 5: with a certain attitude and style. 591 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 6: You know Herbig is a is a brawler. 592 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 5: I mean, you know, he's a He's a guy that's gonna, 593 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 5: you know, go in there and try to impose his 594 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 5: will on you. 595 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 6: Well, then you draft Zach Frazier. 596 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 5: You draft Boutanu, you draft Mason McCormick, you know, draft 597 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 5: choices on the right, and Proger Jones last year. I 598 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 5: beg your pardon, Yes, I didn't mean to skip over him. 599 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 5: So you are clearly trying to set an identity. Well, 600 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 5: why not bringing a coach who excels with offensive lines 601 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 5: in the running game, who has the same sort of 602 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 5: attitude it appears offensively to do the things you want 603 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 5: to do as an organization. 604 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 6: It's just a really good fit. 605 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:41,359 Speaker 5: To me, it's a really good marriage to have the 606 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 5: players that you've been drafting and now Arthur Smith in 607 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 5: there helping you run things. And of course the second 608 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 5: draft was with Arthur Smith as a member of the 609 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 5: coaching staff. But I just think it's I think it's 610 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 5: a style of ball that's gonna play well. And again 611 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 5: it's going to play off of what the defensive strengths 612 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:02,640 Speaker 5: are and vice versa. 613 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 4: I don't throw one more nugget in there, though. As 614 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 4: you were saying that, I was thinking about Mason Cole. 615 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 4: To me, his biggest deficiency was he didn't play with power. 616 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 4: You know, he's not a pile mover guy, you know. 617 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 4: And Dan Moore might fit this scheme better than the 618 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,959 Speaker 4: old scheme because no one wants to give that guy 619 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:22,440 Speaker 4: any credit, but he's playing pretty well. 620 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 6: Yeah, nobody can quite beat him out, can they, Which 621 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 6: says something, you know. 622 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 5: I mean, you've got a couple and again we don't 623 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 5: know what would have happen with the injury to Faltanu. 624 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 5: But no, Dan Moore, I think you bring up a 625 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 5: really good point. Maybe this is a scheme that is 626 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:43,880 Speaker 5: built for Dan Moore, you know, talking to the offensive 627 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 5: lineman and you meet Dan Moore and you're like, is 628 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 5: that my. 629 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 6: Leg hang off his shoulder? Is that his arm? 630 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 5: I mean, he's just he's just a very large human being, 631 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 5: as they all are. I mean, you know, Anderson's a 632 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 5: big dude. And the other thing that they have. And 633 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 5: it got tested right away earlier than you want to. 634 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,440 Speaker 6: Is it got depth? I mean you lost you know, Matt, 635 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 6: you and I and Dale. 636 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 5: We were sitting up there in the trope and the 637 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,879 Speaker 5: press box thinking they got ten eleven guys on this 638 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 5: offensive line, it's gonna be they're gonna cut somebody who's 639 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,679 Speaker 5: gonna be picked up. You would think, well, then what happens? 640 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 5: Dylan Cook gone with an injury, and then so now 641 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:22,439 Speaker 5: you're down to ten guys. Maybe you feel really good 642 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 5: about herbig gone with an injury. 643 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 6: Now you're down nine guys. 644 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 5: You feel really good about See Molly, your best offensive lineman, 645 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 5: I think probably the leader of that group. He goes 646 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 5: out with an injury in week one. But they've done 647 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 5: such a good job of adding depth. Now I don't 648 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 5: know how much further down the line they can go 649 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 5: with injuries, although you know you still have fout Ton, 650 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 5: who hasn't played yet, as a guy who certainly profiles 651 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 5: as you hope, a top end starter. But the depth 652 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 5: has been tested already, and that's what you need to 653 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 5: be successful. You need depth and you need quality depth, 654 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 5: and I think the Steelers have that in this offensive line. 655 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 3: Well, rob one area they don't don't have depth is 656 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 3: it punter. And if there's one one bad thing that 657 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 3: came out of that game yesterday, the Steelers lose camera 658 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 3: In Johnston reportedly for the season. We talked about him 659 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 3: a lot in the preseason stuff, how impressive he was 660 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 3: kicking the football, and now it looks like the Steelers 661 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 3: are back to square one at the punter position. 662 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a. 663 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 5: Shame because, look, I'll be interested to see if they 664 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 5: change this kickoff rule, try to make it more punitive 665 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 5: and get Cordero Patterson into play more because you know, 666 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 5: the one area that I think, and again the three 667 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 5: of us have talked about this off and off microphone, 668 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 5: is you know who your gunners, Who's gonna go down 669 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 5: there and cover punts? Right, So that's one area in 670 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 5: which you lost a couple of really good gunners and 671 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,520 Speaker 5: you have to replace guys everyone. 672 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 4: I'm still worried about the gunners, by the way. 673 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, sure, absolutely, they gave up a return this week. 674 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 5: I'm also I think though, that when you add the 675 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:08,440 Speaker 5: greatest kickoff returner in NFL history in Cordero Patterson with 676 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 5: a new kickoff rule, and when you add a punter 677 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 5: whose net punt average difference per game over what you 678 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 5: had last year with Presley Harvin is twenty five yards. 679 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 5: Twenty five yards, you know, two first downs, that's what 680 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 5: your punter's worth, or however you know, you know, you 681 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 5: want to think about it yardage wise. 682 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 6: I think we've talked a little bit of doubt. 683 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 5: About that in the past, but he was a significant upgrade, 684 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 5: and Boswell being Boswell, it's the first time in a 685 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 5: while I really felt like, Okay, the Steelers. 686 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:39,719 Speaker 6: They're better defensively. 687 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 5: I think I think they're better offensively, and I think 688 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,960 Speaker 5: they're better on special teams by a pretty good chunk. 689 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 5: And a big part of that was Johnston. And now 690 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 5: you take him out. It's a big blow to this 691 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 5: team for sure. To me, it's a bigger loss than people. 692 00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 5: I think the average person will sort of make well. 693 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 6: It's a punter. Let's move on to the next guy. 694 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 5: But I think the fans that are sort of locked in, 695 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,680 Speaker 5: probably the fans listening to this show, understand that this 696 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 5: is a This is a significant loss for the Steelers 697 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 5: with Cam Johnson. 698 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, I guess the key is now is just not 699 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 3: the punt. Just go ahead of score every time, and 700 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 3: it takes you out of the equation. You don't have 701 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 3: to worry about it as much. But yeah, I feel 702 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 3: bad for him as well, because, uh, you know, he 703 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 3: was coming over here. You know again, I think a 704 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 3: lot of people were actually excited about the change in 705 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,120 Speaker 3: the punting game for you, and you lose him, you know, 706 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 3: in that situation. But Boss comes out and he kicks 707 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 3: one forty three yards in a key situation. They were 708 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 3: backed up on that situation and he gets one out 709 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 3: of there, and you know, it wasn't awful. It wasn't 710 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 3: the best punt in the world, but it wasn't awful. 711 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 4: I was scared at that point. Again. I'm like, there's 712 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 4: a little momentum going to Atlanta's way right now. 713 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,240 Speaker 6: You know what was he credibly a forty three or 714 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 6: forty four yards? 715 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 3: Forty three yards yeah, forty three yards. 716 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 6: Forty three yards and he netted forty three Yeah. 717 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 2: No return on that. 718 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 6: I think this netted thirty nine and a half on 719 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 6: average last year. So there you go. 720 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, so so that was a that was a bonus. 721 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 5: And he's such I mean, he's just so good as 722 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 5: a kicker and so good from deep range. I think 723 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 5: he's I think it's thirty three for forty now in 724 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:18,120 Speaker 5: his career from fifty plus. 725 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 6: Yeah he is. 726 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 3: I mean he has more fifty plus yard field goals 727 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 3: in his career than all the other Steeler kickers and 728 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 3: team history have combined. 729 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 5: Really, yeah, that doesn't surprise me. I mean, he's he's 730 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 5: so good, he's such a weapon. And in a game 731 00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 5: like that, you know when you when you're Mike Tomlin 732 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 5: and you know you're feeling the game, and you know, 733 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 5: I think that he does that as well or better 734 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 5: than anybody. You know, the feel for the game, the 735 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 5: understanding of what needs to be done, and look, everybody wants. 736 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 6: To go for that there and listen, be more aggressive 737 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 6: on that third and six. 738 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 5: And you know, when you've got a guy like Chris Boswell, 739 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 5: I think that that helps you sort of continue. 740 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 6: That field for the game. 741 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 5: You know that, Hey, if I'm gonna you know, we 742 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,280 Speaker 5: had the ball at the thirty three yard line, pretty 743 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:09,800 Speaker 5: good chance. 744 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 6: If we don't do something stupid here, we're gonna wind 745 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 6: up with three. So why risk it. 746 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,840 Speaker 3: It's not only knowing that, Rob, but it's also trusting 747 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:20,480 Speaker 3: Boswell when he goes to Tomlin and Tomlin asked him, Hey, 748 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 3: what's your range today? And Boswell says, I can I'm 749 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 3: good from fifty nine and he means it. 750 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:26,400 Speaker 4: And he means it. 751 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,000 Speaker 3: Trusting it in a situation like that early in a 752 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 3: ball game that you know, hey, we could punt here 753 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 3: and pin them back, or we can try a fifty 754 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:36,240 Speaker 3: seven yard field goal. 755 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 4: That part scared me too. Yeah, if he misses that, 756 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 4: you guys know, I look at those as turnovers. If 757 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:43,640 Speaker 4: he missed it, I didn't have the guts as a 758 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 4: coach that I would have punted there for sure. As 759 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,960 Speaker 4: great as Boswell is, I'm thinking Atlanta just moved the ball. 760 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 4: If I give it back to him at midfield, this 761 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 4: game could get out of whack. Click Well. 762 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 5: It was a great It's a great point by both 763 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 5: you guys. And when I saw Cameron Johnson trotting on 764 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:02,080 Speaker 5: the field. I thought, okay, well they're punting. In fact, 765 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:03,560 Speaker 5: I think I said on the air, looks like they're 766 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:05,800 Speaker 5: gonna punt. Oh wait a minute, now Boswell is running 767 00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 5: right now down there at the field, so they're gonna 768 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,320 Speaker 5: go for the field goal. And of course, again the 769 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:13,160 Speaker 5: right move, right, It turned out to. 770 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,799 Speaker 6: Be the right move. And then you know, being able to. 771 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:21,320 Speaker 5: You know, and and people said, people said, well, it 772 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,960 Speaker 5: was contradictory. They kind of settled for three sometimes and 773 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,239 Speaker 5: they went forward on the fourth and one. I thought, 774 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:31,040 Speaker 5: I don't remember one time thinking of myself, Ah, they 775 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:32,759 Speaker 5: needed to be more aggressive and go for a first 776 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,359 Speaker 5: down there. And I also thought going for the first down, 777 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 5: even though they didn't get it, was the right move. 778 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 2: Yeah. That was as deep as a driven all day. 779 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,360 Speaker 2: I think field pick up a times. 780 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,359 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, it was the best drive they had all games. 781 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:50,040 Speaker 5: And they were on they were on a roll. And 782 00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:51,920 Speaker 5: if you score the touchdown there, you know, you pick 783 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,799 Speaker 5: up the first down and now there goes another minute 784 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:55,840 Speaker 5: and a half off the clock. 785 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, you don't score the touchdown there, clock. 786 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:01,960 Speaker 6: And so you know, as long as you pick up 787 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:02,839 Speaker 6: the first down, right. 788 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, it seemed like some execution stuff there pre snapped. 789 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,640 Speaker 4: Nobody seemed like they were quite on the same page 790 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 4: on that play. 791 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:12,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, and I couldn't tell. So we were a little 792 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,880 Speaker 5: bit behind on the replay the end of the. 793 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,080 Speaker 2: Other end of the field from where we were at too, 794 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:19,080 Speaker 2: So it's tough to see. 795 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, and then there and then you know, the game, 796 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:26,040 Speaker 5: the real real time action is coming at you faster 797 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 5: than what you're seeing on the TV screen, and certainly 798 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 5: what we were seeing on the TV screen. So I 799 00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:35,520 Speaker 5: was trying to I was trying to look at their replays, 800 00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:39,040 Speaker 5: but they were doing that during the break as we 801 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,200 Speaker 5: were getting ready for the action to pick back up again. 802 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:45,560 Speaker 5: So I never did see whether the point like they 803 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 5: kept rewinding the tape. I was watching the replaying machine 804 00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 5: now on our on our monitor. I think they were 805 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:54,480 Speaker 5: trying to make the case that they may have been 806 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:55,000 Speaker 5: off side. 807 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,680 Speaker 6: I don't was that. Was that what happened? Guys? Did 808 00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:00,000 Speaker 6: they think maybe the Falcons jumped a little early? 809 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:04,560 Speaker 4: It was uncle too, Yeah, and there was some weirdness 810 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:04,920 Speaker 4: going on. 811 00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:07,759 Speaker 3: Not only could I not really see the monitor real well, 812 00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:11,680 Speaker 3: we couldn't hear the press box announcer because of the 813 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 3: crowd noise there, So I basically watching the game deaf 814 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:17,919 Speaker 3: and dumb at that point other than what I could see, 815 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:18,560 Speaker 3: you know, live. 816 00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:19,960 Speaker 2: So it gets a little tough. 817 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,640 Speaker 5: Right, you know, guys, I'll say this like there's a 818 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,680 Speaker 5: lot of times where I mean, you're watching the game 819 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:28,160 Speaker 5: through black and gold goggles. 820 00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,279 Speaker 6: We understand that. You're like, oh, we got robbed, you know, 821 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,600 Speaker 6: and uh, you know, we'll. 822 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 5: Watch one of our offensive linemen, you know, grab a 823 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:36,520 Speaker 5: guy by the face mask and bring him down and be. 824 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 6: Like, I didn't do anything wrong. You know, why did 825 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:40,400 Speaker 6: they throw that flag? Right? 826 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:44,839 Speaker 5: We understand that, but it really felt like it really 827 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,880 Speaker 5: felt like a lot of stuff went against this Teelers there. 828 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,759 Speaker 5: I mean, if it's yeah, if you get the first 829 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,800 Speaker 5: down and that that one drive where after they failed 830 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 5: on fourth down they came back. So now actually this 831 00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 5: Toolers got the first down to play. 832 00:36:58,400 --> 00:36:59,440 Speaker 2: Before was bizarre. 833 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:03,680 Speaker 3: I seen that before, Yeah, the deep Atlanta, before Atlanta's 834 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,319 Speaker 3: offense was already on the field when they finally said, 835 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,080 Speaker 3: oh no, it's it's Pittsburgh ball. 836 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:10,120 Speaker 2: We did we didn't move the chains, and it sounded 837 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:11,400 Speaker 2: like the crowd didn't quite understand. 838 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,000 Speaker 3: Nobody did, right, I'm saying again, I couldn't hear the 839 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:17,360 Speaker 3: press box announcement, and I couldn't hear I couldn't understand 840 00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,560 Speaker 3: what the official was saying on the field, and I'm like, 841 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 3: what the heck happened there? 842 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:21,120 Speaker 2: Why is this? 843 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,239 Speaker 3: And then looking on it, it's second down all they 844 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:26,120 Speaker 3: must have given him the first down they talked about never, 845 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,399 Speaker 3: which honestly looked like a bad spot because I didn't 846 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,960 Speaker 3: think Pickens had it, but I. 847 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,560 Speaker 6: Knew it was close, and I thought it was closer 848 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:35,320 Speaker 6: than they marked it. 849 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,320 Speaker 5: And that was bizarre. That went against the students because 850 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:43,160 Speaker 5: on fourth down, U on first down, you don't run. 851 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,960 Speaker 2: They were in a plunge, so who knows. 852 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:50,360 Speaker 5: What happens if they you know, it almost feels like 853 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,399 Speaker 5: they should have taken out in the racer said, are bad, 854 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:57,160 Speaker 5: Let's go back, reset the game clock to seventeen seconds before, 855 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,319 Speaker 5: and let's go off first to ten. But I didn't 856 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,600 Speaker 5: do that, and frankly, like you said, I've never seen 857 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:04,120 Speaker 5: that before, so I didn't know what they were gonna do. 858 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,520 Speaker 5: And then you know, was there a push off with 859 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,920 Speaker 5: Pickens and Terrell? It didn't look like a whole heck 860 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,640 Speaker 5: of a lot the TJ watdoff sides. There were a 861 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:19,200 Speaker 5: number of calls, crucial calls that seemed to go against 862 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:20,919 Speaker 5: the Steelers in this game. And again, I'm not trying 863 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:25,320 Speaker 5: to watch this through black and gold goggles because you know, 864 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,480 Speaker 5: the Terrell Pickings thing. I mean, I was trying to 865 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,760 Speaker 5: watch that and think, hey, if that's Joey Porter Jior 866 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:32,719 Speaker 5: and another receiver, am I going to watch that call? 867 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,480 Speaker 5: I'm not sure. I'm not sure I want that call. 868 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:39,000 Speaker 5: But it doesn't really matter, and none of it matters. 869 00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:40,919 Speaker 5: None of it matters if you got the fourth down, 870 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 5: None of the nothing matters. To me. The only thing 871 00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:47,080 Speaker 5: that really matters is the win. And the thing that 872 00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:51,360 Speaker 5: secondarily matters is are you putting things in place, a 873 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:54,920 Speaker 5: platform in place from which to improve week to week? 874 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,120 Speaker 5: Understanding that nothing happens in a linear fashion. You don't 875 00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,239 Speaker 5: go from the bottom left of the graph to the 876 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:03,040 Speaker 5: top right of the graph on a season. 877 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,360 Speaker 6: It's not a straight line. But I think that what 878 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:07,880 Speaker 6: we saw was one, the student's got to win. It 879 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:08,440 Speaker 6: was crucial. 880 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,840 Speaker 5: And two, I think that they showed that defense is 881 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:17,680 Speaker 5: awfully good and that offense, when it gets rolling, you know, 882 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:19,720 Speaker 5: could provide some issues. 883 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:20,440 Speaker 6: For other teams. 884 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,200 Speaker 3: That's a way to end things up there. Rob, a 885 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:25,640 Speaker 3: nice job by you. We appreciate you stopping by here 886 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:27,680 Speaker 3: on the drive. Our guest has been Rob King the 887 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,319 Speaker 3: voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm gonna I'm gonna use 888 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,520 Speaker 3: that with you. I don't care what you say. He 889 00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:37,480 Speaker 3: is Matt Williamson. I'm Dale Lollie. You're listening to the 890 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,359 Speaker 3: Drive here on the Steelers Audio Network. We'll be back 891 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:41,799 Speaker 3: with more right after this. 892 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:47,160 Speaker 6: Least. 893 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,680 Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on 894 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:52,920 Speaker 1: your twenty four to seven Home of the Black and 895 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,720 Speaker 1: Gold Steelers Nation Radio. 896 00:39:58,640 --> 00:39:59,839 Speaker 2: And we are back. 897 00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:03,719 Speaker 3: I am Dale Lowly. He is v Matt Williamson and Matt. 898 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:07,680 Speaker 3: Was an interesting week in the NFL, as it often 899 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:12,960 Speaker 3: is in Week one, the entire AFC North, except for 900 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:18,959 Speaker 3: the Steelers, loses wonderful and honestly, as much as people 901 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:23,040 Speaker 3: are complaining about the Steelers, I thought they looked easily 902 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:24,799 Speaker 3: the best of. 903 00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,680 Speaker 2: Any of the teams. Yeah, Baltimore is a tough one. 904 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,680 Speaker 3: Was a tough one because Lamar still looked good, but 905 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:32,680 Speaker 3: the collection of everything else did not. 906 00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,479 Speaker 4: And that's a tough assignment for any team to walk 907 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:39,279 Speaker 4: in Thursday night, Opening Night against the Chiefs and all that. 908 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:43,760 Speaker 4: I would feel a lot better where I was standing 909 00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:48,000 Speaker 4: if I was Baltimore than if I was Cleveland, especially Cleveland. 910 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:50,359 Speaker 4: Cleveland to me, was Cleveland looked atrocious. 911 00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:54,759 Speaker 2: I mean, since he always starts bad, looked like it's 912 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,240 Speaker 2: it's time to cut to Sean Watson. 913 00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:59,680 Speaker 4: Bad, right, which would only be a one hundred and 914 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:01,960 Speaker 4: seven team million dollars cap hit next year. 915 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:05,840 Speaker 3: He's played thirteen games for them in three seasons, and 916 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:07,520 Speaker 3: the fan base has already fed. 917 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:07,759 Speaker 6: Up with him. 918 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:11,160 Speaker 4: They're cheering for Watson or for Winston. Yeah, you know already? 919 00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:12,520 Speaker 4: Would I understand them? 920 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:13,879 Speaker 2: He off on that game. 921 00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:17,200 Speaker 4: I mean, they lost, They lost fans when they signed him, frankly, 922 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:20,520 Speaker 4: you know. I mean, and so his situation even being 923 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:23,000 Speaker 4: a bad player, not a so so player, being a 924 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:24,200 Speaker 4: bad players. 925 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,320 Speaker 3: And he lost a game at home in which it 926 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:27,960 Speaker 3: was favored by more than a touchdown. 927 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,160 Speaker 4: They were the biggest favor of the weekend, I think. Yeah, 928 00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:31,600 Speaker 4: I mean I did a power ranks. 929 00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:33,200 Speaker 3: Like this time I hear, and they were the last 930 00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:37,320 Speaker 3: are very angry right now? Who did survivor polls? 931 00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:37,759 Speaker 6: Oh? 932 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:39,040 Speaker 4: Absolutely, they were the biggest pick. 933 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:39,560 Speaker 6: I know they were. 934 00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:43,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, So not to excuse either one of those teams, 935 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,600 Speaker 4: but I think the league as a whole might need 936 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:51,719 Speaker 4: to reconsider a little bit of should we play our 937 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,839 Speaker 4: guys are not in the preseason? Yeah, I mean there 938 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:58,879 Speaker 4: were several teams, Atlanta Meion one, you know that. Yeah, 939 00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,560 Speaker 4: maybe what did it hurt Kirk Cousins to go out 940 00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:04,000 Speaker 4: there for a series? Or Watson or I mean a 941 00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:06,520 Speaker 4: little bit, you know, just do what Russell Wilson did, 942 00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:10,600 Speaker 4: go play a game. I mean some of the I 943 00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:12,680 Speaker 4: want to talk about the division, but there were a 944 00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:15,279 Speaker 4: lot of the young quarterbacks that were awful. And we'll 945 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,040 Speaker 4: get into bow Nicks he was one of them. I mean, 946 00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:21,680 Speaker 4: all the rookies looked bad. Bryce Young looked horrendous. Richardson 947 00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:23,320 Speaker 4: did a lot of good things, but he only completely 948 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:25,440 Speaker 4: nine past night, you know what I mean. Like these 949 00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:28,759 Speaker 4: young guys looked young, which is fine, Which brings me 950 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:30,759 Speaker 4: to Bryce Young though, Like we don't need to play 951 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:31,680 Speaker 4: him in the preseason. 952 00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:35,560 Speaker 2: After the rookie season. He experience, he's good. 953 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:38,920 Speaker 4: He's got it down. Pat my daughter's turned sixteen. I 954 00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:41,920 Speaker 4: took her driving. She drives around the parking lot for 955 00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:44,239 Speaker 4: like six minutes and it's like I got this, I'm good, 956 00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:44,799 Speaker 4: let's go home. 957 00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,000 Speaker 2: I'm like, that's like what they did. Bryce suck. 958 00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:53,799 Speaker 4: And she doesn't have a packway, right, I wouldn't let 959 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:57,840 Speaker 4: her drive me around the block. But anyway, the division 960 00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:00,680 Speaker 4: looks rough. I mean the best of it in the league. 961 00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:02,200 Speaker 6: It was a bad way. 962 00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:03,600 Speaker 2: It was a really bad start. Yeah. 963 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:05,440 Speaker 4: And the Bengals do this every year almost though, too, 964 00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:07,240 Speaker 4: which they should reconsider that approach. 965 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:08,280 Speaker 2: They really should. 966 00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:11,279 Speaker 3: And you know, I don't know if we if we 967 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,520 Speaker 3: learned anything about Joe Burrow's risk situation. 968 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:15,560 Speaker 2: He didn't look good. 969 00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:16,160 Speaker 4: He looked good. 970 00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:19,120 Speaker 3: He was twenty one to twenty nine, which sounds fine, 971 00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:21,839 Speaker 3: but for one hundred and sixty four yards he averaged 972 00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:23,280 Speaker 3: five point seven yards per attempt. 973 00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:25,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean against a bad team. 974 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:28,239 Speaker 3: Deshaun Watson in the first half of that game. 975 00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:29,399 Speaker 2: I mean, he slat out bad. 976 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:33,200 Speaker 3: I think his average his average depth of target downfield 977 00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:35,560 Speaker 3: was zero point nine yards. He was zero for ten 978 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:37,399 Speaker 3: on throws of fifteen or more yards in that game. 979 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:40,640 Speaker 4: Wow. Wow, there's a bow nick stuff like that. Will 980 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:42,600 Speaker 4: we talk about later when we talk about that. Yeah, 981 00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:43,480 Speaker 4: mind boggling too. 982 00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:47,279 Speaker 3: The sideways passing Baltimore did the same thing. Everything was 983 00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,320 Speaker 3: sideways because they don't trust their line to block. 984 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,160 Speaker 4: That's what as I say about the lines, like I 985 00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:53,640 Speaker 4: don't think since he fits this mold yet or I 986 00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:54,320 Speaker 4: think they're okay. 987 00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:56,600 Speaker 2: Trent Brown was a problem in that game, though, was he. 988 00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:59,759 Speaker 4: I need to watch that game a lot. I watched 989 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:03,080 Speaker 4: that more of the other ones. But the Browns were 990 00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:05,560 Speaker 4: on their fourth offensive tackle in that game, fourth and 991 00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:07,879 Speaker 4: fifth at one point. I expected that from them, right 992 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:11,160 Speaker 4: against Michaeh Parsons and one of the defenses that could 993 00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:13,000 Speaker 4: rival the Steelers is one of the best in the league. 994 00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:15,279 Speaker 4: Browns d was fine, but they were just in no 995 00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:19,640 Speaker 4: chance to succeed. Watson's so bad under pressure pressure though, too. 996 00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:21,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it is awful. I mean it's a it's 997 00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:22,680 Speaker 2: a perfect storm in. 998 00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:26,959 Speaker 4: Cleveland with the tackles are gone, the offensive line, coach 999 00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:31,040 Speaker 4: is gone, Chubb is gone. Okay, to Sewan, you need 1000 00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:34,160 Speaker 4: to be the Houston guy shoulders under pressure. Yeah, and 1001 00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:35,600 Speaker 4: you're not close to that guy. 1002 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,000 Speaker 2: I think he had hit. He had hit seventeen times yesterday. 1003 00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,680 Speaker 4: He got crushed. Yeah, he got crushed. And Michael Parsons 1004 00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:42,400 Speaker 4: almost had a t. J. Wattlake and I was. 1005 00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:45,040 Speaker 3: Reading something about that and they said, well, but he 1006 00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:47,720 Speaker 3: won't be playing you know, Dallas's defense and Michael Parsons 1007 00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:48,120 Speaker 3: every week. 1008 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:50,799 Speaker 2: No, he's gonna be playing the Steelers the TJ. 1009 00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:53,200 Speaker 3: Watt twice, He's going to be playing against Trey Hendrickson 1010 00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:54,560 Speaker 3: in the in the Bengals defense. 1011 00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:55,720 Speaker 2: He's gonna be playing Bulti. 1012 00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:58,040 Speaker 4: The Ravens z is on slouch anymore just because they 1013 00:44:58,120 --> 00:44:59,080 Speaker 4: lost the coach, right. 1014 00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:00,920 Speaker 3: I mean, no, he's gonna face a lot of good 1015 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,000 Speaker 3: defenses and that's what's gonna happen to. 1016 00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:04,319 Speaker 2: That's why I picked them last this. 1017 00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:07,440 Speaker 4: Year, mostly because of the quarterback. But there's some other 1018 00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:10,760 Speaker 4: things now too. Yeah, and you said this earlier. 1019 00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:11,640 Speaker 2: Who's hurt now? 1020 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,520 Speaker 4: Like and it's high ankle spreading. Yeah, sometimes you're not 1021 00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,480 Speaker 4: better all year. Yeah, and he's and he's a player 1022 00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:20,279 Speaker 4: who he's probably the second best yeah skill guy, you know, 1023 00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:21,440 Speaker 4: or second most important. 1024 00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:23,120 Speaker 2: They didn't even use them Mark Cooper in that game. 1025 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:25,520 Speaker 4: I know, I don't know what's going on there, and 1026 00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:28,640 Speaker 4: I'm sure they'll, especially the Ohio teams will get better 1027 00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:30,560 Speaker 4: than that. That's not going to be their Yeah, the 1028 00:45:30,719 --> 00:45:35,480 Speaker 4: norm especially Cincinnati. But man, that Ravens O line is 1029 00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:39,880 Speaker 4: as bad as the Browns tackle situation. Yeah, both the 1030 00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:42,920 Speaker 4: guards were awful, awful, awful, and I don't think Stanley's 1031 00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:46,919 Speaker 4: a good player anymore. No, they're rotating right tackles. I mean, again, 1032 00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:50,279 Speaker 4: that's a tough environment. But as good as Joe Burrow was, 1033 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:53,000 Speaker 4: if he was the Ravens quarterback on Thursday night, that's 1034 00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:55,200 Speaker 4: not even close to a game. They needed an athlete, 1035 00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:57,600 Speaker 4: an improv guy like Lamar. 1036 00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:59,520 Speaker 3: Rush for one hundred and twenty two yards in that game. Yeah, 1037 00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:01,800 Speaker 3: otherwise they have no offense. 1038 00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:04,640 Speaker 4: It almost felt like I was coaching like flag football 1039 00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,520 Speaker 4: with my six year old or a lot of kid 1040 00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:10,640 Speaker 4: references here, all of a sudden or recess like just 1041 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:12,600 Speaker 4: run around to make a play, Lamar, because we can't. 1042 00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:14,680 Speaker 4: We can't run the plays we called. You know, we 1043 00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:17,920 Speaker 4: can't block it up. You know the Rams had some 1044 00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:20,480 Speaker 4: of that last night too, It really did. Yeah, that 1045 00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:21,880 Speaker 4: poor guy trying to block Hutchins. 1046 00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:23,200 Speaker 5: Boy. 1047 00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:27,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, some guys are seventh round pick to Misigan State 1048 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:28,839 Speaker 3: with the Misigan State for six years. 1049 00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:30,360 Speaker 2: If you're good enough to go pro, you would have 1050 00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:31,800 Speaker 2: pursued it was there less. 1051 00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:35,719 Speaker 4: Not much less, but they might have overlapped. 1052 00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:41,440 Speaker 3: But yeah, so, I mean you have to look at 1053 00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:46,040 Speaker 3: everything in context. To me, you know, the Steelers offense, yes, 1054 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,719 Speaker 3: it can get better than what it was, but the 1055 00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,600 Speaker 3: defense came out raaring, and the defense was the unit 1056 00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:55,000 Speaker 3: that didn't play all of its guys in the past. 1057 00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:58,640 Speaker 2: They didn't play it down in the preseason. I don't 1058 00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:01,000 Speaker 2: know how many even Queen played and make I mean 1059 00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:04,160 Speaker 2: they were out there fair the most. Yeah, but it 1060 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:04,799 Speaker 2: looked great. 1061 00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:07,160 Speaker 4: It looked great. It looked great, and it looked deep 1062 00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:11,400 Speaker 4: and fast and aggressive. And I mean even a guy 1063 00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:13,520 Speaker 4: like her Big, as great as he was in the preseason, 1064 00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:15,839 Speaker 4: didn't even need him. You know, he was out there 1065 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:17,600 Speaker 4: when you needed him, and he was fine. And you 1066 00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:20,440 Speaker 4: know the Adams of the world and those guys, and 1067 00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:25,160 Speaker 4: you know, Roberts and Wilson basically play an equal. 1068 00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:28,560 Speaker 3: Mind of speaking, speaking Mont Adams, Yeah, the sack was 1069 00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:29,200 Speaker 3: beautiful with. 1070 00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:32,799 Speaker 2: Him and Hayward. That had to be a peer pants 1071 00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:34,719 Speaker 2: moment for Kirk cousins man. 1072 00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:38,480 Speaker 4: Both of those dudes came in unblocked, unblocked, and just 1073 00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:40,520 Speaker 4: who could get there first squash you? 1074 00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:43,719 Speaker 2: And he's not making anybody no cousins. Cousins can't move 1075 00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:44,640 Speaker 2: and I think. 1076 00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:47,000 Speaker 4: He's favoring that leg. Yeah. I saw a couple of 1077 00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:49,920 Speaker 4: things on Twitter where there was a play. It was 1078 00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,400 Speaker 4: like a third and fifteen where he had he actually 1079 00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:55,560 Speaker 4: had a lot of time and he threw and really 1080 00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:58,440 Speaker 4: like grim it was a real awkward on that. 1081 00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:00,480 Speaker 3: Leg and I think he was that's why getting rid 1082 00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:04,319 Speaker 3: of the ball so quickly. And if they pressured him, 1083 00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:05,759 Speaker 3: he was just throwing it. I'm just going to get 1084 00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:06,080 Speaker 3: rid of it. 1085 00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:08,400 Speaker 4: Or he just started at someone's feet or I mean 1086 00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:12,120 Speaker 4: awkward stuff and not standing in like Stafford last night. 1087 00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:13,720 Speaker 2: He was under a lot of pressure. 1088 00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:18,120 Speaker 4: But he's gorgeous, right and at least put it up 1089 00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:20,239 Speaker 4: to those guys to make a play. Throw it towards 1090 00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:20,839 Speaker 4: Cooper cups. 1091 00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:22,839 Speaker 2: This was just it was hot potato. Get this out 1092 00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:24,040 Speaker 2: of my hand. So I don't get Hitt. 1093 00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:27,160 Speaker 4: This is a problem and who knows, But I'm wondering 1094 00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:29,279 Speaker 4: what Rogers looks like tonight, you know what I mean? 1095 00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:30,480 Speaker 2: Kind of car Again. 1096 00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:32,920 Speaker 3: I mentioned that last week with the Flacco stuff when 1097 00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:34,719 Speaker 3: he was coming back off that knee injury, and you'd 1098 00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:36,400 Speaker 3: see him throw the ball and lift that leg up 1099 00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:40,879 Speaker 3: so somebody didn't fall into its play like you can't 1100 00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:44,120 Speaker 3: play worried about getting hurt, because that's when you get hurt. 1101 00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:48,080 Speaker 4: A couple of quarterbacks Watson's number one, but cousins. There 1102 00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:50,000 Speaker 4: was a couple of these dudes that teams are counting 1103 00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:53,840 Speaker 4: on that did not debut well at all. No, because 1104 00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:55,920 Speaker 4: the fan base is going to turn on you pretty quick. 1105 00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:59,000 Speaker 3: About you know, in Atlanta they get panics sitting on 1106 00:48:59,080 --> 00:48:59,800 Speaker 3: the bench exactly. 1107 00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:02,920 Speaker 4: You got some weird stuff going on. And meanwhile, the 1108 00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:07,480 Speaker 4: Cars and Bakers and Donald's all played real well against 1109 00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:09,520 Speaker 4: bad teams. But they all played real well. They played, Yeah, 1110 00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:11,960 Speaker 4: they played and played well. Let's get to a break. 1111 00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:14,920 Speaker 4: He is the Matt Williamson. I am Dale, Lollie. You're 1112 00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:17,520 Speaker 4: listening to the drive here on the Steelers Audio Network. 1113 00:49:17,719 --> 00:49:19,640 Speaker 3: That is going to do it for our number one 1114 00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:21,239 Speaker 3: in the drive, Matt and I will be back with 1115 00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:23,279 Speaker 3: our number two right after this