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Speaker 1: Welcome to the drive. I am Dale Lolly. He is

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Speaker 1: the Matt Williamson. We are coming to you live today. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: studios here in uh where we at Carnegie.

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Speaker 2: No, this is.

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Speaker 3: Bridgeville, Bridgeville, Bridgeville, up on the hill, up.

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Speaker 1: On the hill in the Bridgeville.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, right by the the exit.

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Speaker 1: There, you know, yes, looking down on the world out there.

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Speaker 1: If the Steelers really wanted to have a good win practice,

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Speaker 1: they could just go out in the parking lot out

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Speaker 1: here and they would have It would exactly replicate what

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Speaker 1: they're going to see yea on Sunday in Buffalo.

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Speaker 3: You know, sweatshirts, just throwing the football right every day,

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Speaker 3: every day. It buzz is pretty good around here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's not cold, but it's always windy.

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Speaker 1: Always windy. Yeah it's cold today it's cold.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, not like it was.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yesterday was colder.

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Speaker 3: But today's nothing like what appears to be coming on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, snow north here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it looks like Buffalo weathers inane could.

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Speaker 1: Be snow mcgeddon And depending on who you talk to,

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Speaker 1: there's you know, snow. There's not going to be snow.

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Speaker 1: It's a band of snow. But what there is going

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Speaker 1: to be is wind.

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Speaker 3: The wind's more important. Yeah, I mean I think we've

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Speaker 3: talked about this some, but I don't know if we've

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Speaker 3: even stressed it enough. I mean, it's not like a

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Speaker 3: little bit. I mean, like the normal winds are stronger

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Speaker 3: than you just about see any game. And then the

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Speaker 3: gusts are unplayable, you know what I mean, Like you

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Speaker 3: can't push anything not unplayable. But yeah, the ball can't

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Speaker 3: be in the air, I mean, unkickable, unthrowable. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I can't imagine trying to complete non screen passes in

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Speaker 3: those type of wins.

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Speaker 1: Might not even be able to complete those. Anything like

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Speaker 1: more than eight yards from the quarterback is going to

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Speaker 1: be it's going to be a problem.

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Speaker 3: I mean I assume, of course they are, but both

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Speaker 3: defensive coordinators have to be planning accordingly, and the Bills

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Speaker 3: aren't built that way. Yeah, I mean they're too high, Nickel.

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Speaker 3: You know, speed and speed's fine, I mean speed of work.

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Speaker 2: But.

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Speaker 3: You're not going to play too high, you know what

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Speaker 3: I mean. I mean, that makes no sense to me

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Speaker 1: And the thing to me, Matt, you know, you look

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Speaker 1: at Buffalo's running game. They do have a quote unquote

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Speaker 1: big back. His name is Josh Allen.

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Speaker 3: But there are four nets on the roster. But I

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Speaker 3: don't put my stock on that.

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Speaker 1: I can't see them handing the ball to Cooks twenty

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Speaker 1: five times in this game.

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Speaker 3: No, no, I mean his his workload has been more

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Speaker 3: than you would think. But he's also his production's gone

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Speaker 1: He's also been a fumbler.

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Speaker 3: He's a big fumbler. I mean a small hands, little guy,

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Speaker 3: you know. I mean you think Warren had a hard

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Speaker 3: time holding the ball last week? I mean I think

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Speaker 3: cook will have a more difficult time. So yeah, I

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Speaker 3: mean fumbling snaps. I mean, frankly, Mason Cole's snaps worry me,

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Speaker 3: no doubt. I mean, little things like that are all

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Speaker 1: On the plus side, if there's if there's snow on

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Speaker 1: the ground and you have a bad snap, the ball

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Speaker 1: doesn't bounce around this guy.

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Speaker 3: It just kind of spins around.

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Speaker 1: It's like a baby rabbit.

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Speaker 3: You know, it's not all over the place. You're right,

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Speaker 3: are team's going to be under center?

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Speaker 2: More? Is there?

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Speaker 3: These are like these are the two lowest play action

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Speaker 3: cauld slip on your head. I mean like little things

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Speaker 3: that you don't think about are really important. Now.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so it comes to me a lot of this

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Speaker 1: thing comes down the coaching. Oh yeah, you know what,

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Speaker 1: be ready to adapt to it? And one thing that

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Speaker 1: Mike Tomlins always says is, hey, you have to be

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Speaker 3: Sure, all week and you think it's gonna work great.

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Speaker 1: But you have to be willing to adapt that plan

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Speaker 1: we go out there for warmups and my god, that wind.

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Speaker 1: We couldn't We couldn't throw the ball into the wind

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Speaker 1: if the wind stays this way, we could throw the

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Speaker 3: No, depending what direction you're going or all those types

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Speaker 3: of things. Sure, or you know, we talked about the

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Speaker 3: punting thing, like, well maybe we can kick or punt

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Speaker 3: if we go left to right. If we go right

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Speaker 3: to left, we're going for it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's not gonna Yeah, we're not gonna net enough

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: If it's third and or fourth and three, we mus

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you tell your coordinators that. So on third, if

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Speaker 3: it's third and six, run the ball, get us to

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Speaker 3: fourth and two. You know, I mean that kind of thing.

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Speaker 3: I mean planning ahead big time. So I'm not bringing

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Speaker 3: this up just because today's day of Bill Belichick. Bill

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Speaker 3: Belichick got let go and has parted ways with the Patriots.

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Speaker 3: But we were talking about off the air, like I

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Speaker 3: almost don't care what two teams are playing that much,

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Speaker 3: you know. I mean that's why I bring up Belichick,

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Speaker 3: like I would hate to play the Patriots, who are

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Speaker 3: picking third in the draft on Sunday in Buffalo, you know,

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Speaker 3: like you know that they're gonna keep you under twelve points,

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Speaker 3: ten points, six points. I don't know, And I don't

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Speaker 3: care that Juju and Elliot are slow.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't matter.

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Speaker 3: So what you know, just be smart and be situational.

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Speaker 3: And I think experience coaching that have won in this

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Speaker 3: league goes a long way in these things. And both

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Speaker 3: these coaches have.

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Speaker 1: So now you Harris in his career has six one

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Speaker 1: hundred yard games now under his in his three seasons.

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Speaker 3: Not a lot, not time, right.

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Speaker 1: Four of the six have come in December and January.

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Speaker 3: That doesn't surprise me.

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Speaker 1: He's a mutter.

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Speaker 3: He's a mutter. I mean even from Bama didn't grow up.

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Speaker 1: His fadder was a mutter.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I mean he's built that way, and he

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Speaker 1: A kid from who's I mean, he's from southern or

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Speaker 3: No, I'm sure he would be good. No games in

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Speaker 3: high school, yeah, definitely none in at Bama obviously, but

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Speaker 3: their coach retire hanging up today too.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but he's built for this kind.

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Speaker 3: Of weather absolutely and has the willingness to do it,

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Speaker 3: you know, the desire of the competitiveness. So and he's

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Speaker 3: begting the ball a lot. I mean, the guy's been

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Speaker 3: carrying the ball Latelter Josh Allen and Augie Harris. They

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Speaker 3: are the two biggest ball carriers in this game, you know.

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Speaker 3: I mean, there's something to be said for.

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Speaker 1: That, the question becomes for Buffalo, do you really want

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Speaker 1: your quarterback? You're fifty million dollars a year quarterback running

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Speaker 1: the ball twenty times in this football game against the Steelers.

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Speaker 3: It hasn't slowed them down the last couple of weeks

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Speaker 3: when they're playing basically playoff games. I mean, yeah, it

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Speaker 3: would worry me to no Land as the owner, Like,

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Speaker 3: it's my investment. We're just beating the crap out of

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Speaker 3: my investment. Yes you are.

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Speaker 1: We're treating him like he's Cam Newton, right, Yes.

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Speaker 3: I've compared him to Cam Newton several times. But that's

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Speaker 3: also let's get our money's worth. You know, our goal

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Speaker 3: here is to win super Bowls, and if we don't

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Speaker 3: win this game, we're not winning the super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: He's been playing with a neck issue.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's got a couple of things.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So I mean that's a concern because well, they've

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Speaker 1: got another Allen as the backup quarterback, the bad out

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Speaker 1: bad but he's yeah, he's not Josh Allen.

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Speaker 3: No, there's too Josh Allen.

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Speaker 1: He's not even Barry Allen.

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Speaker 3: There's not a flash. There's two Josh Allen's in the league.

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Speaker 3: They're both really good, and then all the other Allen's,

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Speaker 3: all the backup quarterbacks aren't. Yeah, and they got two

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Speaker 3: a half I mean, and then might be an Allen

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Speaker 3: in the quarter. So Steelers would definitely be favored if

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Speaker 3: bad Allen was starting. Yes, I mean, there's no question he's.

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Speaker 1: That, even though the Steelers are starting their third string court.

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Speaker 3: Right, doesn't Matt guy's had success and this guy has

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Speaker 3: none as none ever? Right, I'm not saying they're going

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Speaker 3: to try to hurt Allen, but he's gonna get hit

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Speaker 3: a lot, and he hasn't getting hit a lot, and

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Speaker 3: he comes in with an injury, a minor one, but

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Speaker 1: Yesterday I mentioned the Land and Roberts and and Eric

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Speaker 1: Rowe factors for the Steelers, two players that played a

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Speaker 1: lot of games against that team. The Steelers also have

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Speaker 1: mitched Trubisky. Now, I don't know how much different Buffalo's

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Speaker 3: Couple of years. And they did change coordinator's mid stream.

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Speaker 3: I think Dorsey was Trubisky's coordinator. Yeah, Dorsey's gone, but

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Speaker 3: I think he was Trubisky's coordinator. But either way, he

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Speaker 3: sat in the quarterback room with Josh Allen every day

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Speaker 3: every day and knows, definitely knows what he likes.

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Speaker 1: And he also did that last year when they played

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Speaker 1: up there in the lost thirty four to three. It

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Speaker 1: might not matter, it might not matter, but in a

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Speaker 3: I mean it is inside knowledge of the most important player,

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Speaker 3: without question.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: And you know they had conversations on the sideline time

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Speaker 3: and time again. They keep bringing that corner.

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Speaker 1: He was there for that twenty twenty one game against

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Speaker 1: the Patriots. Oh yeah, yeah, when it was forty you know,

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Speaker 1: the forty mile an hour wins and they threw the

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Speaker 1: ball thirty times and he I mean, he can go

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Speaker 1: back and tell you, hey, Josh, really you could not

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Speaker 1: push the ball.

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Speaker 3: No, we call the passes, but we shouldn't have.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, couldn't push the ball to sideline or this, Yeah, can't.

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Speaker 2: He had.

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Speaker 1: Josh had the option on a lot of those plays,

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Speaker 1: and he chose to throw the ball instead of running. Okay, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: because the Patriots were loading the box on us. And

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Speaker 1: Josh said, you know what, I'm just gonna I'm Josh Allen,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw the football.

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Speaker 3: I think that's more likely, you know what I mean

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Speaker 3: that boy, you put eight and nine in the box.

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Speaker 1: I can I'm Josh Allen, I can throw that ten

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Speaker 3: There's ultra focus on winning this one game. Playoff football

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Speaker 1: Yep, that's what it's all about. We're gonna get to

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Speaker 1: a break. He is the Matt Williamson. I'm Dale Lolly.

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Speaker 1: Are you still living in your fears this week?

438
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Speaker 2: Well, you know, not more than usual, you know, you know,

439
00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,480
Speaker 2: nervous about this. You know, it's too bad that the

440
00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:11,560
Speaker 2: Steelers have to play without their best player, certainly no

441
00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:12,000
Speaker 2: t J.

442
00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:12,600
Speaker 3: Watt.

443
00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:18,520
Speaker 2: That's not gonna help, you know, and see, to me,

444
00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,959
Speaker 2: the Steelers have a specific formula I think that we

445
00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,040
Speaker 2: can all agree on that they utilized during this three

446
00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,040
Speaker 2: game winning streak, and I believe it's the way they

447
00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:32,919
Speaker 2: have to play to win now every week moving forward.

448
00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:36,399
Speaker 2: You know, I don't know if you can do that

449
00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:42,560
Speaker 2: in the conditions that I think that they can expect

450
00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:47,520
Speaker 2: in Buffalo, or let me put it this way, it's

451
00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:52,240
Speaker 2: not going to be as easy quote unquote for them

452
00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:55,720
Speaker 2: to do that as it has been in the three

453
00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,560
Speaker 2: games that they wanted to get here. So you know,

454
00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:05,359
Speaker 2: I just hope that it's I know, weather it is

455
00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:09,480
Speaker 2: always fair because it's for both teams. But you know,

456
00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,800
Speaker 2: there are times when and there have been games in

457
00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,680
Speaker 2: NFL history certainly where you know, whether I won't say

458
00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:20,640
Speaker 2: has cost one team a game, but it has made

459
00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,520
Speaker 2: it more difficult for that team to do things you

460
00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,160
Speaker 2: know that it wants Slash needs to do. I'm thinking

461
00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:36,200
Speaker 2: of that AFC Championship game in Cincinnati when San Diego ambition. Yeah,

462
00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,280
Speaker 2: and the Spewers aren't that kind of team. They're not

463
00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,680
Speaker 2: looking to throw it all over the place. But I

464
00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,800
Speaker 2: do think the timely aggressive passing you know, is part

465
00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:50,320
Speaker 2: of what they have to do against Buffalo, And you know,

466
00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:51,840
Speaker 2: I don't know what it's going to be like. I

467
00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:53,520
Speaker 2: mean i've been in Buffalo. I don't know. If you

468
00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,840
Speaker 2: were there deal in nineteen eighty two, I was not

469
00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:02,040
Speaker 2: four well Dale. If we weren't on the air, I

470
00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,840
Speaker 2: would say something to you about the fact that you

471
00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:06,280
Speaker 2: were you were only that old.

472
00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,440
Speaker 3: I was buying the wind was we're going to go

473
00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:11,600
Speaker 3: double for you then.

474
00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:17,920
Speaker 2: But the wind, the wind was so bad there were

475
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,240
Speaker 2: during the national anthem. I mean, it looked like the

476
00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:26,119
Speaker 2: people holding the flags were marlin fishing. That's what it

477
00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,639
Speaker 2: looked like. Uh. And you know Bradshaw was three of

478
00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:34,159
Speaker 2: thirteen or you know, some ridiculously bad number. I mean,

479
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:39,560
Speaker 2: the wind just really you know, in nineteen eighty two,

480
00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,399
Speaker 2: I mean, the Steelers were a passing team at that point.

481
00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,560
Speaker 2: It was the end of Franco Harris's career. But anyway,

482
00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,479
Speaker 2: you know, so there's there's some concerns there, you know,

483
00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:51,639
Speaker 2: But as I said, you know, I think it's an

484
00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:55,000
Speaker 2: accomplishment that the Steelers are in the playoffs. When you

485
00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,080
Speaker 2: when you get in is the seventh seed, you can

486
00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,560
Speaker 2: be pretty much guaranteed that your first game is going

487
00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,120
Speaker 2: to be against a good team, and I think Buffalo.

488
00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,680
Speaker 2: The way you're looking at the AFC right now, it

489
00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:13,600
Speaker 2: Buffalo is the toughest team that you could play in

490
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:17,399
Speaker 2: wild Card weekend because obviously the number one seed is off,

491
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:22,639
Speaker 2: so you know, the challenge is there. Let's see how

492
00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:23,120
Speaker 2: they do.

493
00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,919
Speaker 3: Not to put an optimistic spin on the Watt injury,

494
00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,520
Speaker 3: because there's no way to do that. I mean, he

495
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:32,080
Speaker 3: is their best player, as you said, but at least

496
00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,840
Speaker 3: you're getting reinforcements at safety. You know, your the back

497
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,639
Speaker 3: seven looks better than it's been for the last month

498
00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,320
Speaker 3: or so. And frankly, I don't know how much pass

499
00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,040
Speaker 3: rushing is going to be done on Sunday by either team.

500
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know you've got a point there, Matt, for sure.

501
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,920
Speaker 2: And it's it is a good week to get your

502
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,760
Speaker 2: defensive backs back because dealing with those Buffalo tight ends

503
00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:58,119
Speaker 2: I don't think is going to be any day at

504
00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:02,400
Speaker 2: the beach. So yeah, it's good to make us back

505
00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:06,560
Speaker 2: Casey's back. You know, we'll have to see how they

506
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,560
Speaker 2: are utilized and you know, in what combinations and stuff.

507
00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,080
Speaker 2: But yeah, getting those guys back, I think at least

508
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:18,640
Speaker 2: provides the Steelers with some options that they didn't have.

509
00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:25,240
Speaker 2: But you know, and Josh Allen is a problem for

510
00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:28,920
Speaker 2: pass rushers anyway. You know, maybe it's good that the

511
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:33,119
Speaker 2: pass rush is going to be limited maybe to just

512
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:37,040
Speaker 2: containing him because you know, once again, we're gonna have

513
00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,680
Speaker 2: to see how the wind is going to affect any

514
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,600
Speaker 2: attempts down the field. And you don't want Josh Allen

515
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,480
Speaker 2: out there freelance and running around. Probably so, And let

516
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,200
Speaker 2: me just say this one last thing. All those people

517
00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,639
Speaker 2: who wanted to move Nick kerbk the inside linebacker, this

518
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,760
Speaker 2: is why you don't do that. This is why you

519
00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:57,560
Speaker 2: don't do that.

520
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm with you on that, and I was with

521
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:04,280
Speaker 1: you on that. I mean, why would you mess with

522
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,880
Speaker 1: the depth at outside linebacker that you work so hard

523
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 1: to acquire.

524
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,399
Speaker 3: Edge pass rushers don't grow on trees.

525
00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,119
Speaker 1: Right, You're not going to get a bunch of those guys.

526
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,040
Speaker 1: And aren't any of those sitting at home on the

527
00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:17,040
Speaker 1: couch right now? Ask the Buffalo Bills. They're picking up

528
00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,840
Speaker 1: the Jamiir Joneses of the world. Dolphins, Yeah, Dolphins, I

529
00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:24,160
Speaker 1: should say, yeah, But you know, you look at this game,

530
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,840
Speaker 1: Bob and this is an opponent that the Steelers are

531
00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,680
Speaker 1: familiar with. They've won up there, they've lost up there.

532
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,080
Speaker 1: You know, you're you're you're kind of to your point

533
00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,600
Speaker 1: about being the seventh seed. You're kind of playing with

534
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 1: some house money here. You know, people were writing you

535
00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:45,480
Speaker 1: off three weeks ago. What is I mean the Steelers

536
00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,240
Speaker 1: should be the more loose team in this situation once

537
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,640
Speaker 1: you think, I mean, there's more pressure on Buffalo because

538
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:51,960
Speaker 1: this is where they were expected to be.

539
00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's that, certainly. And I also think that this

540
00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:02,280
Speaker 2: is a game where U your offensive line has to

541
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:06,639
Speaker 2: play its best because Buffalo's defensive front, I believe is

542
00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:13,920
Speaker 2: certainly better than either Cincinnatis or Seattle. The Ravens Muda

543
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:20,119
Speaker 2: Bouquet played, but you know, I don't know to what level.

544
00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 2: You know, the others were interested. Certainly, beating the Steelers

545
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 2: is always fun for the Ravens. Uh and Rocan Smith

546
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:29,760
Speaker 2: didn't play either.

547
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,040
Speaker 3: Clowney one of the sack and got it and then

548
00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:33,440
Speaker 3: he was probably pretty happy and done.

549
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,399
Speaker 2: You know, Yeah, you know, let mean and not and

550
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:40,520
Speaker 2: not to be I don't know, to be an idiot,

551
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:45,399
Speaker 2: but isn't it ironic that there were two plays in

552
00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,199
Speaker 2: Baltimore that were iffy, whether they were sacks or not.

553
00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,560
Speaker 2: Clowney got the benefit of the doubt. T J. Watt

554
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 2: did not a couple of years ago. Yeah, yeah, So

555
00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:00,960
Speaker 2: you know, to think there is an home field advantage,

556
00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 2: there is. I'm hoping Elias looks at that one too.

557
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,520
Speaker 3: That would be sweet dancing around.

558
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:12,480
Speaker 1: With you, Bob. And in terms of you know, we're

559
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:17,359
Speaker 1: just talking about what he should be the NFL Defensive

560
00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:18,399
Speaker 1: Player of the Year. Should he not?

561
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:22,119
Speaker 2: I would if I had a vote, I would have

562
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,760
Speaker 2: voted for him. But I just, again, I think that

563
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 2: there was a you know, it's a vote, and you

564
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 2: know how elections can often go, and so you know,

565
00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,520
Speaker 2: I just thought that there was a little bit of

566
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:41,800
Speaker 2: a national interest in someone else. I think that that

567
00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,399
Speaker 2: happens a lot of times. And the Miles Garrett thing,

568
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,480
Speaker 2: I mean, I'm sorry, I don't, you know, I don't

569
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:54,840
Speaker 2: see how he is better than what I don't Statistically

570
00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,879
Speaker 2: he is not. He hasn't been. I don't think he

571
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,960
Speaker 2: can do as many things either as t J. Watt does.

572
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 2: I mean, it's not even well, and it's it's the award.

573
00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,479
Speaker 2: Isn't the best pass rusher and even if it was,

574
00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,960
Speaker 2: he wouldn't Miles Garrett doesn't have the statistics to back

575
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:15,199
Speaker 2: up that claim either. But you never see him in

576
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 2: coverage uh, no interceptions, you know, over plays around the ball, uh,

577
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,040
Speaker 2: the kind of uh things that TJ. Watt does often.

578
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,600
Speaker 2: You know quarterbacks who throw those quick sideline screens to

579
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 2: his side. They've learned the hard way in some instances

580
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,679
Speaker 2: that you know, that's a kind of an adventurous play

581
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 2: in a lot of instances, especially if what kind of

582
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,400
Speaker 2: sniffed it out that it might be coming. I mean,

583
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:47,840
Speaker 2: the guy has incredible hand eye ball awareness for his position.

584
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:54,680
Speaker 2: And again, you know, the Steelers edge player is required

585
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,680
Speaker 2: to do things in both coverage uh and rushing the passer.

586
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,240
Speaker 2: I don't know that it defensive end in the Browns

587
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 2: defenses is asked to do the same things. And even

588
00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:09,240
Speaker 2: if they are, I don't think Garrett is to watch

589
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 2: level in a lot of the other things that go

590
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,280
Speaker 2: along with a position besides ref and the passer. But

591
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:19,119
Speaker 2: you know, again, I don't get a vote, so nothing

592
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:23,359
Speaker 2: surprises me with these these kind of votes in terms

593
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,280
Speaker 2: of awards and that kind of stuff.

594
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 3: So, Bob, so you said something along the lines, of

595
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 3: which I totally agree with that. You know, for the

596
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,159
Speaker 3: Steelers to compete on Sunday, the O line's going to

597
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,359
Speaker 3: have to be playing at a pretty high level. And

598
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 3: other than Mason Cole snapping in these conditions, I have

599
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,040
Speaker 3: some faith that they can control the line scrimmage to

600
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:43,800
Speaker 3: some degree.

601
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 2: Well, I think Ciamalo and James Daniels are going to

602
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,160
Speaker 2: have to be really good because I think the strength

603
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:56,520
Speaker 2: of that Buffalo defense in terms of their front are

604
00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,400
Speaker 2: the tackles at Oliver and day Kwan Jones and you know,

605
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 2: I don't know exactly how the Bills line those guys up,

606
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,760
Speaker 2: but usually the tackles either or over the guards are

607
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:10,520
Speaker 2: close to being over the guards. And yeah, those I

608
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 2: think that, you know that the Steelers interior needs to really,

609
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,640
Speaker 2: you know, step up and account for itself. The one

610
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 2: thing that does worry me, and it worries me all

611
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,520
Speaker 2: the time with Mason Cole is you put a big

612
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:30,800
Speaker 2: guy on his nose and that is a problem. And Jones, Okay,

613
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,200
Speaker 2: do they line him up on the center More.

614
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 3: Often than not, He's kind of the nose on the

615
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 3: shade of the center, and Oliver's the Warren Sap three

616
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,480
Speaker 3: technique over the guard guy. You know, he's the upfield guy.

617
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,160
Speaker 3: Jones is a power player.

618
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 2: You know. Yeah, oh I, I you know, I can

619
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 2: see that just from the statistics and and you know,

620
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 2: his tackle stats and those kind of things. So yeah,

621
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 2: you know, and hopefully again if it's really windy, you know,

622
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 2: shot gun snaps maybe become less of a automatic. We've

623
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,960
Speaker 2: all seen playoff games where you know, an air and

624
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,920
Speaker 2: shotgun snap got the Steelers off to a really bad start,

625
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:20,080
Speaker 2: and you can't that's the kind of stuff you cannot

626
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 2: have happened in this kind of game. I don't think,

627
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 2: you know, I don't think that the weather conditions certainly

628
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,720
Speaker 2: is not are not going to allow for any kind

629
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 2: of comebacks, dramatics, any kind of thing like that. I

630
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,880
Speaker 2: think you kind of have to play your game throughout,

631
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:45,480
Speaker 2: limit your mistakes throughout, and just to be more consistent

632
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,880
Speaker 2: and do the routine things routinely throughout the game in

633
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,480
Speaker 2: order to have a chance to win. Because any kind

634
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:55,600
Speaker 2: of huge turnovers are big swings and field position or

635
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 2: you know, giving a team a quick and easy touchdown.

636
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 2: I don't know that you can come back from that

637
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 2: in a game like this. I just don't, Bob.

638
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 1: And in terms of how you would, obviously you're going

639
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 1: to run the football a lot in this game Buffalo's

640
00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:15,680
Speaker 1: they played nickel eighty percent of the time with the

641
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 1: two high safeties. Would you would you go with a

642
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 1: big package? Would you go thirteen or even use the

643
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 1: extra offensive lineman in this game to see if they

644
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 1: try to match up against you?

645
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:33,680
Speaker 2: You know, I'm not that's not my forte. I mean,

646
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:37,360
Speaker 2: I don't know if it's better if you broadcast to them.

647
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 2: You know, with big people, we're going to be running

648
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 2: the ball on these particular downs, you know, because I

649
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 2: don't know if that makes it more difficult to execute

650
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 2: what you need to do or not. Again, I would

651
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:58,000
Speaker 2: just do if I'm the Steelers, I would do what

652
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 2: we have, what I have been doing, and just try

653
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Speaker 2: and do it very well. I don't know that there's

654
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Speaker 2: gonna be a lot of surprises or again I don't.

655
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Speaker 2: I just don't think that the weather's going to allow

656
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Speaker 2: for a lot of this stuff. Keep it simple, don't

657
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 2: make mistakes, you know, be efficient. You know, you need

658
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 2: to convert your possession downs and make them and settle

659
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:27,800
Speaker 2: for field goals. I mean, all of the cliches I

660
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Speaker 2: think are really appropriate for this particular matchup in this venue,

661
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 2: in this climate, and you know all that other stuff

662
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 2: you cannot fox yourself.

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Speaker 3: Maybe I think you know along those lines, and I

664
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Speaker 3: think both these veteran head coaches will be on top

665
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Speaker 3: of it. And if you your home team is Buffalo,

666
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:50,280
Speaker 3: you better be aware of these things throughout the course

667
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Speaker 3: of the year. Anyway. But little things that maybe our

668
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 3: listeners aren't even thinking about, like long snapping is going

669
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Speaker 3: to be difficult. It's gonna be hard on the holder.

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Speaker 3: You know, play action the ball can pop about easy.

671
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Speaker 3: I mean, you don't run things like flea flickers and

672
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 3: double reverses where people are handling the ball a lot. Yeah,

673
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,840
Speaker 3: none of that stuff makes any sense in this game,

674
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Speaker 3: you know what I mean, really limits things.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I mean that's another thing. Why you know

676
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Speaker 2: that the the addition of Brad Wing to the practice squad.

677
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Speaker 2: I don't know that I'm changing Boswell's holder for this game,

678
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Speaker 2: right right, right? You know, I thought I thought I

679
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 2: thought Harvin did a nice job for sure. On one

680
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Speaker 2: of Boswell's kick placement kicks. It was either the field

681
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Speaker 2: goals and it.

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Speaker 1: Was the field goal.

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Speaker 2: He had to.

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Speaker 1: He had to catch it off the ground and bring

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Speaker 1: it up right.

686
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Speaker 2: Yeah right, I mean you know that that to me,

687
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 2: that impacts points. I mean, you can get if you

688
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 2: let's just excuse me, if you just let's just pretend

689
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 2: the switch of the punter gives you ten more yards

690
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,880
Speaker 2: on every punt on your gross average and on your

691
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Speaker 2: net average. I'm willing to trade that for a fumbled

692
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Speaker 2: snap that takes points off the board, even an extra point,

693
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Speaker 2: even an extra point, because if you score a touchdown

694
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Speaker 2: and don't get the extra point, that to me could

695
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 2: be something that comes to bite in the butt. It's

696
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:19,319
Speaker 2: not immediately than over the long over the long haul

697
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Speaker 2: of the game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, or worse, you get one blocked because he doesn't

699
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 1: get it down correctly, too long, and they return it

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Speaker 1: for a score.

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Speaker 3: There's all these little things that you don't think about that.

702
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Speaker 2: Or I was gonna say, I've seen that happen a

703
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,520
Speaker 2: few times in a big playoff game at home too.

704
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 2: So yeah, all of that stuff. I mean, again, do

705
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Speaker 2: the routine things routinely instead of trying to be clever

706
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:49,440
Speaker 2: or you know, confuse them with matchups or personnel groupings

707
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 2: or any of that stuff. Just get the guys blocked

708
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Speaker 2: that need to get blocked hold onto the ball. You know,

709
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:01,239
Speaker 2: it could be something similar. And I wasn't at this

710
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 2: game either, smart out. The nineteen seventy five AFC Championship

711
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:10,239
Speaker 2: got three from the Three River Stadium. But you know

712
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:14,319
Speaker 2: there were eight fumbles combined, seven lost fumbles combined by

713
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Speaker 2: the two teams.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 2: So yeah, you have to be able to deal with

716
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:26,440
Speaker 2: that kind of thing. Uh, you know, respond to that

717
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,840
Speaker 2: kind of thing when it's necessary, or play through that

718
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,680
Speaker 2: kind of thing if it's happening to you. Uh, And

719
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Speaker 2: I really wouldn't be trying anything that might enhance the chances,

720
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,760
Speaker 2: you know, the ball bouncing around on the turf.

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Speaker 1: Well, Bob, since since you brought up a game in

722
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Speaker 1: which we saw a field goal blocked and returned for

723
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:53,239
Speaker 1: touchdown in the playoffs, Belichick out in New England, what

724
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: do you We've never talked about this. What what is

725
00:35:55,600 --> 00:36:00,719
Speaker 1: your feeling with the Brady Belichick thing. I mean we saw,

726
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,400
Speaker 1: you know, we both covered Belichick when he was in Cleveland.

727
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:07,879
Speaker 1: He had some success there, but he had a lot

728
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Speaker 1: of success in New England during the Brady years. Not

729
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Speaker 1: so much since Brady's been gone. People are going to

730
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Speaker 1: look at that and say, well, you know, he was

731
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:19,360
Speaker 1: you know, Brady made Belichick. How do you feel about that?

732
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Speaker 3: Would you be willing to call him the greatest coach

733
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Speaker 3: of all time?

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Speaker 2: No? Okay, no, because, and again this is just my

735
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:39,000
Speaker 2: own personal opinion, Spikey was a factor, and that to

736
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 2: me is not something that I'm willing to sweep under

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00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:46,280
Speaker 2: the rug or ignore. So he is not the greatest

738
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Speaker 2: coach of all time because he benefited from that for

739
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:54,200
Speaker 2: how many seasons I don't know, but you know, maybe

740
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 2: Ernie Adams can tell us.

741
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they scored three touchdowns in the playoffs, three offensive

742
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,440
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the play offs in their first Super Bowl

743
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 1: run in two thousand and one.

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00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,560
Speaker 3: Oh, right to the whole the whole run, the whole run.

745
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:08,799
Speaker 1: I heard that this morning. Eric Mangini was talking about

746
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 1: it on on Serious NFL. He said, we had three

747
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: offensive touchdowns the entire run to the playoffs and won

748
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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 2: We so but anyway, so now I'm not calling him

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Speaker 2: the greatest coach of all time, and I you know,

751
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 2: really to me, you know, Chuck Nole was one of

752
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 2: the greatest coaches of all time with Bradshaw when he

753
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:38,600
Speaker 2: even that Bradshaw, you know he wasn't the teams weren't.

754
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 2: That to me, is is it's almost a given, you know,

755
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,440
Speaker 2: to be a great coach, to do great things, you

756
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 2: got to have a great quarterback. Because, as Dale said,

757
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 2: he had some success in Cleveland with Vinnie Testa Verdi,

758
00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:56,440
Speaker 2: and then he got fired from there because he had

759
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:59,360
Speaker 2: Vinnie Testa Verdi. And then you go to New England

760
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:03,799
Speaker 2: and you know, the whole Brady thing falls in your lap,

761
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 2: which is fine, you know, I got no qualms with that.

762
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:13,840
Speaker 2: But what he achieved in terms of this conversation about

763
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 2: his greatness and you know, all his place and history

764
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:20,240
Speaker 2: and all that happened with Brady as the quarterback. Now

765
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:24,520
Speaker 2: there were good defenses and you know all that other stuff. Yes, yes, yes,

766
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 2: but you've got to have that guy at quarterback that

767
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,279
Speaker 2: you can count on in situations, either to be any

768
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 2: racer for mistakes that other aspects of the team might make,

769
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 2: or to take advantage of your really good defense, you know,

770
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Speaker 2: getting the ball back for the offense and good field position,

771
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:49,799
Speaker 2: et cetera, et cetera. You need a guy to be

772
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,799
Speaker 2: able to capitalize on that. You know, it's to me,

773
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 2: it's the it's the perfect example for this argument, so

774
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:02,359
Speaker 2: to speak, is that to thousand and seven Monday night

775
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 2: game against the Ravens at Hinsfield. Harrison did all of

776
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:10,640
Speaker 2: those things, all the sacks and picks and force fumbles

777
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:15,440
Speaker 2: and all that mayhem. He was just wreaking everywhere. Ruefflisberger

778
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,879
Speaker 2: stuck the ball in the end zone five times after

779
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 2: those takeaways or big defensive plays. Now, if he doesn't

780
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:26,319
Speaker 2: do that Rouethlisberger in the offense, then he just have

781
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:28,960
Speaker 2: a bunch of great defensive plays and maybe you're playing

782
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:33,759
Speaker 2: a six to three game. So right, So but I mean,

783
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 2: that's the thing that the quarterback does. Give him the

784
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:38,320
Speaker 2: ball in good field position, pilots in the ends, and

785
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 2: give him the ball, take it away, move it down

786
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 2: and the score position, pilots in the end zone again.

787
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 2: And then that's how it gets to be thirty eight

788
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:49,400
Speaker 2: to seven. That kind of stuff. So, yeah, you know

789
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 2: Brady is a big part of that. Belichick has a

790
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:56,319
Speaker 2: losing record since Brady left, doesn't surprise me at all.

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00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:03,879
Speaker 2: Chuck Noles record wasn't great when Bradshaw left. Yeah, there's

792
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 2: many examples of that. So yeah, I don't hold it

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Speaker 2: against Belichick for having a great quarterback.

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Speaker 1: No, no, nor do I. Our guest has been Bob Labriola,

795
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Speaker 1: editor of Steelers Digest in Steelers dot com, and Bob, well,

796
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,319
Speaker 1: we'll see if we're talking to you next week about

797
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,680
Speaker 1: another playoff game or if we're putting a bow on

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Speaker 1: this season.

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Speaker 3: It's going to be interesting.

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Speaker 1: It is going to be interesting in Buffalo for sure.

801
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it will be. You know, I don't

802
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,440
Speaker 2: I don't see the Steelers getting blown out there. I

803
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:40,759
Speaker 2: think that their game is the kind of uh, the

804
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:45,320
Speaker 2: way they're playing now is conducive, you know, the close games,

805
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:49,959
Speaker 2: keeping things close. I just hope that you know, when

806
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,560
Speaker 2: when when the ball gets put on the tee, that

807
00:40:52,800 --> 00:41:00,279
Speaker 2: things don't get crazy weird, because, like you said, we've

808
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:04,080
Speaker 2: seen that before and you're down, you know, thirty five

809
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 2: to seven to the Browns at halftime or something ridiculous

810
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:12,680
Speaker 2: like that with turnovers and just you know, other disasters.

811
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:14,920
Speaker 2: You know, I would like to see the game played

812
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:18,040
Speaker 2: out for the whole sixty minutes and then see who

813
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 2: the better team is.

814
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:22,799
Speaker 3: Actually. I think an early double digit deficit is going

815
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:24,799
Speaker 3: to be really hard to get fatally get over.

816
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, one way or the other. Anyways,

817
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Speaker 1: we're going to take a break. He is Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 1: I am Dale, Lollie. You're listening to the drive here

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Speaker 1: on Steelers Nation Radio. We'll be back with more right

820
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:40,160
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824
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Speaker 1: Steelers dot com. If you're making the drive ooh up

827
00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:04,280
Speaker 1: to Buffalo, and if you're starting at Washington or south

828
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:08,160
Speaker 1: of that, you can stop first at the Tanger Outlets

829
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 1: and check out the Steelers Pro shop there. Then you

830
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:12,759
Speaker 1: can stop at Grove City and check out Actually you can.

831
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Speaker 1: You can swing past Akroscher.

832
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Speaker 3: And you hit them all.

833
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Speaker 1: You can hit every one of the Steelers Pro shops.

834
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Speaker 1: How about that that find some different stuff at each one.

835
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Speaker 3: I would think most people in that any of the

836
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Speaker 3: Pittsburgh area would hit Grove City right.

837
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Speaker 1: You could definitely hit Grove City. It's right there along

838
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:28,480
Speaker 1: the along the drive.

839
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Speaker 2: Uh.

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00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 1: Looking at the injury reports from today.

841
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:34,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a little alarming for the Steelers.

842
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 1: It looks pretty good. Yeah, Nause Harris back as a

843
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:40,239
Speaker 1: full participant today. Make a Fitzpatrick for the second day

844
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Speaker 1: in a row, a full participant, and he said this

845
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Speaker 1: morning he's playing.

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Speaker 3: Let's go. Yeah.

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00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:44,160
Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: Land and Roberts back as a full participant today with

849
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:50,920
Speaker 1: that pectoral injury, no restrictions, love it. Isaac Samala with

850
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:53,759
Speaker 1: that shoulder, a full participant today, He's ready to go.

851
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:58,200
Speaker 1: Cameron Hayward again limited today. They're just resting him getting

852
00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:00,839
Speaker 1: you know, so just getting him through this. And then TJ.

853
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 1: Watt did not practice what he already knew that. Yeah,

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00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 1: everyone what on Buffalo's side of things? Yeah, this is

855
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,480
Speaker 1: more noteworthy a bunch of guys. So yesterday's practice for

856
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:14,319
Speaker 1: them was a walkthrough. Did you find that strange a

857
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:17,600
Speaker 1: little bit? But they did play late Sunday? But it

858
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:22,440
Speaker 1: is the playoffs. Yeah right, Yeah, so did not practice today.

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00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 1: Gabe Davis with the knee.

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00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:26,360
Speaker 3: That seems more and more unlikely.

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00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:26,680
Speaker 2: Yeah.

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00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:30,040
Speaker 1: Offensive tackle Dion Dawkins he's dealing, was dealing with the

863
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:33,360
Speaker 1: hand issue that he got in the game on the laceration.

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00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Today, was ill as well, so he did not practice.

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Speaker 1: He was limited yesterday in the walk through. Linebacker Terrell

867
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Speaker 1: Dodson with the shoulder was limited yesterday in the walkthrough.

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Speaker 1: Did not practice today.

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Speaker 3: Okay. I mean he's not a tremendous player, but he

870
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Speaker 3: plays a lot.

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00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:47,880
Speaker 1: He starts.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 3: Yeah.

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00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 1: Cornerback Resul Douglas with the knee didn't practice yesterday, didn't

875
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 1: practice again today.

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00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:56,799
Speaker 3: I think that's the biggest one. Although who knows. I mean,

877
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,279
Speaker 3: passing might become a joke, but who knows.

878
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 1: Uh uh. Then you had wide receiver Deontay Hardy for

879
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:05,320
Speaker 1: personal reasons, did not practice today.

880
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:06,920
Speaker 3: Okay, he's also a very good return.

881
00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 1: He's the guy who had to kick return.

882
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:09,880
Speaker 3: I think he's their punt returner.

883
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:10,600
Speaker 1: He's a punk return.

884
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:13,880
Speaker 3: That's that's what screwed me up. But I don't want

885
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:16,200
Speaker 3: to back up punt returner fielding punts in that situation.

886
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:20,759
Speaker 3: I want an experienced guy, right, you know. Right then

887
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:21,160
Speaker 3: you had.

888
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:24,839
Speaker 1: Tight end Dawson Knox with an illness did not practice today.

889
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,120
Speaker 3: The illness sweeping through the facility right now.

890
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:31,520
Speaker 1: Mayhaps, mayhaps, and then safety Taylor Rap with the calf injury,

891
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:33,600
Speaker 1: didn't practice for the second day in a row.

892
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:37,640
Speaker 3: Okay there number three yeah, three, Yeah, So it sounds like,

893
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:40,239
Speaker 3: I mean, the ones that stand out to me illnesses

894
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:47,279
Speaker 3: aside are Douglas Davis Rap there guys. Yeah, yeah, Doughts

895
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:50,040
Speaker 3: and I mean illness aside, I said, I'm and you

896
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:54,319
Speaker 3: never hear someone miss a week with a laceration. I mean, yeah,

897
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 3: it's easy for me to say, sitting here in my

898
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:57,560
Speaker 3: hand wasn't bleeding or place a couple of days ago.

899
00:44:57,600 --> 00:44:59,839
Speaker 3: But you know, usually they mend that up in your

900
00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:00,160
Speaker 3: own right.

901
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:00,399
Speaker 1: Yeah.

902
00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:03,400
Speaker 3: But if there's the illness going through the building, that's awful.

903
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:04,840
Speaker 3: You know, that's the problem.

904
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's that's it's an issue for them again in

905
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Speaker 1: the time of your a lot. Yesterday's practice was a

906
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:12,920
Speaker 1: walk through today's practice. I would assume yesterday was the

907
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,239
Speaker 1: install Today was the first day that you actually take

908
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:15,680
Speaker 1: it out.

909
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:16,320
Speaker 3: Onto the fields.

910
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:18,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you don't have a bunch of dudes.

911
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 3: Let's say it's already Thursday, though.

912
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 1: And it's already Thursday, you're playing in a couple like tomorrow,

913
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:24,560
Speaker 1: you're gonna have your practice and then that's gonna be it.

914
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:26,920
Speaker 3: That's about it. Yeah, Okay, so a lot of those

915
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 3: dudes haven't done anything yet.

916
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:31,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, so that's that's definitely.

917
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Speaker 3: Definitely favors of steel I mean, what would be important?

918
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:35,839
Speaker 1: Yeah, and there's obviously, but it balances some things out.

919
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, weather and a couple of these injuries starting to

920
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 3: give you a little more optimism, a little more optimism

921
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:42,320
Speaker 3: you know, it's got a chance.

922
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 1: And you're not a glass half full kind of guy.

923
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:47,279
Speaker 1: That's me more so. Yeah.

924
00:45:47,719 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 3: But again we said this to open the show, like,

925
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 3: I'm not sure I care all I'm hearing about this weather.

926
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Speaker 3: I don't really care who's playing almost, I mean, yeah,

927
00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:59,160
Speaker 3: some teams are more equipped than others. Alan would be

928
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Speaker 3: low on my list of quarterbacks I'd want to face

929
00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:04,560
Speaker 3: in this weather without question. But the Steelers are built

930
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:07,760
Speaker 3: in a rugged manner and should be able to keep

931
00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:10,600
Speaker 3: things close with just about any team if if it's

932
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Speaker 3: as restrictive as we think it is.

933
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Speaker 1: Yeah, this is semi like what happened to the Steelers

934
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:18,880
Speaker 1: in twenty seventeen when they were built. Well, we we

935
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:21,600
Speaker 1: got to figure out this way to go beat the Patriots,

936
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:24,799
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, here come the Jacksonville Jaguars

937
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:28,000
Speaker 1: and they're a power team and they're built to play,

938
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Speaker 1: you know, a power football, and you don't have the

939
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,319
Speaker 1: personnel to match up against them and you get run

940
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:32,680
Speaker 1: all over.

941
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I would be a little concerned if

942
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:37,240
Speaker 3: I'm the Bills run defence and just having to play differently.

943
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:39,120
Speaker 3: You're not going to sit there and nickel the whole

944
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:41,520
Speaker 3: time with too high Yeah, I mean that's not It

945
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:43,560
Speaker 3: makes no sense to try and to defend this game.

946
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Speaker 1: You know, I can't. I can't imagine they do that

947
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:46,439
Speaker 1: much too high at all.

948
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Speaker 3: No, I wouldn't. It makes no sense to be shocked. Yeah,

949
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Speaker 3: I wouldn't do it at all.

950
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Speaker 1: And their two safeties are both less than two hundred pounds.

951
00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:53,640
Speaker 1: They're built to play too high.

952
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:55,439
Speaker 3: So we did a video as we do every week,

953
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Speaker 3: with Rob King, and it came up a couple of times.

954
00:46:57,520 --> 00:46:59,399
Speaker 3: That's out on Steelers dot Com. Now I'll go check

955
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:01,240
Speaker 3: it out. He brought it up a couple of times.

956
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:03,160
Speaker 3: If their leading tacklers are all like one hundred and

957
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:05,879
Speaker 3: ninety pounds or two hundred and twenty pounds linebacker, Yeah,

958
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:08,080
Speaker 3: like the dudes that are putting people on the ground,

959
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:09,520
Speaker 3: aren't big, thick, strong guys.

960
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:12,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, so take advantage of that. Yeah, that's going to

961
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Speaker 1: do it for our number one. We're going to be

962
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Speaker 1: back with our number two of the drive right after

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Speaker 1: this