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And now here are your hosts, Rob King, 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:35.880 Craig Wolfle, and Matt Williamson. 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:39.879 Well, Hello, welcome to the Point After on the Steelers 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:44.440 Audio Network alongside Craig Wolfley and Matt Williamson. I'm Rob King. 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:47.680 Following the Steelers thirteen to six victory over the Denver Broncos, 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:50.479 the first time since nineteen ninety nine, the Steelers have 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:53.760 opened with two road games and won them both, So 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:56.200 kind of nice first two and oh start since twenty 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:59.640 twenty A lot of things to enjoy about this team. 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:02.320 Let's get our first reaction, which is brought to you 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:06.680 by First National Bank. Let's get started member FDI Se 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:09.920 and Wolf. Let's get started with your first reactions about 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:11.360 this year. There's thirteen to six win. 0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:15.800 You know, it was a tremendous win in mile height, altitude, 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:18.399 that's what it was. I mean. TJ. Watt said it 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:20.800 best after the game was over and he was being 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:23.720 interviewed by Missy Matthews and he said, altitude is a 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:26.840 real thing. Well, you could tell because they wore down. Look, 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.080 in the first half he had the Steelers offense, they 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:32.039 were four to six on third down conversions. They were 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:35.240 zero for seven in the second half. You know, that 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:38.040 was a killer that allowed Denver to keep hanging around. 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:41.320 Denver getting mini school yards in the first half and 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:43.679 then was able to pile on yards in the second 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:46.920 half and string drives together. So I really believe, and 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:51.720 having experienced it myself in real time on a couple occasions, 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:54.680 that the altitude is a real factor and does play 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:56.800 into that one hundred percent agree. 0:01:56.880 --> 0:02:00.440 And I remember, you know, everyone knows what teams you're 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:01.880 going to play for a long time. And then the 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:04.320 schedule release show comes out, there's that big date, and 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:06.480 immediately the first thing I looked at is, boy, I 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:07.920 hope they're not going to then for the first couple 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.880 of weeks of the year, and there was week two. 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:13.120 I mean, because their record in September at home is 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.000 tremendous over the course of their whole franchise, and I 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:19.160 thought the Steelers were a pretty dominant group on both 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:21.799 sides of the ball in the first half and kind 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:23.440 of held on for dear life in the second half. 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:25.160 And this defense is still really, really good. 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:29.600 A seventy win total in September in the history of 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:32.480 the Denver Broncos, which goes back to some lousy teams 0:02:32.480 --> 0:02:34.680 that they had. Obviously some great teams as well, So 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:36.920 all in all, that's a pretty darn good winning percentage 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:39.280 at home in the month of September. Well, if one 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:42.080 of the themes that we had going into this game 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:49.840 was pick up the blitz and harass Bownicks right right 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:51.200 almost ry. 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:54.760 Ryan, and then they came with chess pieces and everything else, 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:57.840 talking about we got you, you know, the King and Queen, 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:02.919 pat Queen and so forth. The fact matter exactly in 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:05.520 the mirror, and we got through Jedi edge Rushers. You know, 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:09.200 they're Knights, right, you know, and Smith and and DJ WHT. 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.280 But the fact of the matter was Max, Missy and me, 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:15.119 we're the ponds. But you know again and going over 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:18.160 the whole thing though, uh, this this was this was 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:20.320 a hard fought battle, you know, and you had to 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:22.880 make choices and whether or not you blitz or not 0:03:22.919 --> 0:03:25.040 to steal his blitz more than I thought they would blitz. 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:28.680 I thought you might want to let let Bnick sit 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:30.679 back and see can he beat us? Can he beat 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:32.760 our front four? You know? And they came with a 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:33.400 few more. 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:34.960 Couple but it wasn't many. 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:37.760 It wasn't many. But remember they more than we won, Yes, 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:40.280 more than we one. Remember they were they were the 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:44.160 lowest week one, So anything more than that is so 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:47.600 you know, to me, it was just a nice example 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:50.840 of what that front fours Front seven capabilities were. And 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:54.080 then you had some great background stuff. Deshaun Elliott was 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:57.960 just really good in situations. Man. I loved what he did. 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:01.760 And then of course those outside ed rushers with you know, 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:05.160 high Smith and wat my gosh, they gave them guys fits. 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:08.120 And I got to tell you, I can't believe how 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:10.760 much they got away with holding. I wish I if 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.000 I if they had the same rules, I'd have never 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:15.839 gotten caught four times in one game. More flags would 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:22.960 have been great. More flags. Oh yeah, she'll be there. Yeah, 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:23.880 it does. 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:28.440 You know the formality and I kind of alluded to this, 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.080 Uh well, we'll get back to Elliott. I want to 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:33.599 bring a point I had about high Smith too. But 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:40.200 you know the formality of you know, we have penalties 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:44.279 on each team. You know, one is like encroachment. The 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:47.880 other is the defender took off his helmet and flayed 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:52.840 the offensive. Offsetting penalties like what? But you know they 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:55.440 go on this formality and all I can think of 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:58.720 is in the backyard. I don't care what you call it. 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:01.560 Offset You have an argument, and what does somebody say, 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:04.800 do over? All? Right, let's do it over. These are 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:07.919 do over you know, which is the silliest thing, but 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:10.560 it is what it is. I mean, obviously, but it 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:13.240 got to the point where like, oh, every time there 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:14.600 was a play, there was a. 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:19.080 Flag, and a lot of big plays changed. Yes, no 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:22.680 question about it. That's actually a flag happy crew. I 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:23.640 don't know if you guys knew that. 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:27.760 Yeah, And I think the players recognized it, and defensive 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:30.120 pass interference was part of the game plan almost And 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:31.640 I mean, that's not the way you want to watch 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:31.960 a game. 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:35.039 No, you know, I didn't go and I might have 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:36.760 not gone in the game knowing it was a flag 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:38.720 happy crew, But it didn't take me long to kind 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:40.640 of figure that one out, figure it out pretty quick. 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:44.960 Yeah, So Deshaun Elliott and Wolf and I were talking 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:48.120 about this with Max this morning. He is just a 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.839 really good football player. Now we talked about Dante Jackson 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:54.559 and Deshaun Elliott. I've seen less of Dante Jackson because 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:57.680 Deshaun Elliott was in the division, and I just think 0:05:57.720 --> 0:05:59.919 he's I've always thought he's a really good football player. 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.960 He's done nothing to make me think not only is 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:04.640 he a really good football player, but he might even 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:07.320 be better than I thought he was coming into Sean Elliott. 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:08.839 I think he's had two really good. 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:13.120 Games and real quick, I think Jackson has established himself 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.200 as a really solid number two corner. He was in 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:16.920 out of the lineup a little bit, got banged up, 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:18.880 and I thought Trice came in and played really well. 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:21.920 In addition to the interception. You know, so you didn't 0:06:21.920 --> 0:06:23.000 even notice he was out there in. 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:24.479 A negative way. But you're right. 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:28.120 Elliott is like the perfect compliment to Mika. And you 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.880 can tell that he's entrenched in film study, like he 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:33.359 has a really good understanding of what the offense is 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:33.920 trying to do. 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:37.240 Reid's plays really really quickly. He's versatile. 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:38.960 He can play the slot, he could play in the box, 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.520 he can play too high. He's played some single high 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:43.599 in his career. So he's a really nice addition. 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:45.440 And when you put him on one truck like a 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:48.160 big get blitz, when he blows it up right that 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:51.360 tackle in the second half one, he practically took the handoff. 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:54.000 You thought, man, he was in the huddle with them guys. Yeah, yeah, 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:55.599 I timed it perfectly. 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:58.000 That was the play I was going to ask him, 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:01.640 you know, because you could tell the huddle clock was 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:03.320 going on. I think I may have even called it 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.080 as such. They took so long to get out of 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:09.039 the huddle. You're looking up three seconds, two seconds. Well 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:11.720 did Deshaun Elliott know that too? Because him he jumped 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:15.960 and sure jumped the snap gun. They those huge numbers 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:17.680 in the end zone right like you could see the 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:19.400 play clock counting down. 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:19.800 I wonder. 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:21.960 I wonder if he just said, hey, listen, they're either 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:23.600 going to snap it or they're gonna get a penalty, 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:25.800 so I might as well go, which would be a 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.200 you know, true and also be able to look up 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:29.920 and see the clock and all those other things. Like 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:31.679 every once in a while when you see somebody running 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:33.960 down the field and they look up at the they 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:36.280 look up and see if there's somebody chased him. 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:40.000 I love that modern technology. I saw that in Green 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.560 Bay with Troy Paulamala for the first time. It was 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:45.520 amazing because he took that ball and he's running down 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:48.480 the field looking at the giant jumbo tron looking to 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:50.480 see if anybody's gaining on him. I mean, he was 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:53.200 all by himself, running for about eighty yards. It was amazing. 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:56.360 Yeah, you know, I wanted to bring up Matt I'll 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:57.560 start with you in this one. I wanted to bring 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:02.440 up Alex Heismith because in sports there's always the you know, 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:05.360 the notion and it can go either way. Like I remember, 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:07.200 I always bring up the example of like Michael Jordan, 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:10.120 and Michael Jordan retired, everyone was like, well, now Scottie 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:12.240 Pippen is just going to dominate like he was gonna 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:15.160 put up Michael Jordan type of numbers because the offense 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:17.800 is going to flow through him. Right now, he's gonna 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:20.880 be the guy. Well, with that comes the fact that 0:08:20.960 --> 0:08:23.640 you are now the focal point of the other team's defense. 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:27.680 You're getting the team's best defender, not Michael Jordan. You're 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:31.040 getting the double teams, not Michael Jordan. You're getting everybody 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.000 sort of flowing in your direction. 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:38.520 And not Michael Jordan to help you right exactly things. 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:44.520 So I would preface this by saying it's not Alex 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.640 Highsmith's fault that TJ. Watt doesn't want to share sacks, 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:50.640 you know, I mean TJ Watt just gets there first 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:53.640 because he's t J Watt. But but Alex high Smith 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:56.720 I think has been very disruptive through two weeks. I mean, 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:58.640 I don't know. I'm not trying to short tript TJ 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:01.319 Watt because he's the obvious. We know how great TJ. 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:05.040 Why He's been unbelievable and should have had. You know, 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.560 he had three sacks last week, two strip sacks, and 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.400 two of them are called back on right one a 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:12.559 penalty he didn't commit that was called on him and 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:15.240 the other a face mask that really had nothing to 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:19.400 do with the play. But when given the opportunity, when 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:25.720 when what was out, he proved he could step up. 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:28.600 He had fourteen and a half sacks. Not every guy 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:32.560 who's the next guy up can be the guy when 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:35.680 called upon. Some guys are just you know, hey, eight 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.199 sacks and you're gonna be your guy. Like I remember 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:41.200 Leonard Marshall playing in front of Lawrence Taylor, you know, 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:44.080 getting his ten sacks a year. Well, you know, everybody's 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:47.720 double teaming Lawrence Taylor. They're not double teaming Leonard Marshall. Well, 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.680 when the attention went on Alex Highsmith, he rose to 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:53.360 the challenge. And I just think, I just think he's 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:55.640 another one. He's just a really good player. 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:58.240 Yeah, And in a way it reminds me of little 0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:00.920 of Steelers' backfield, Like I think jayalen Orn's tremendous, but 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:03.360 if you asked him to do nausey Harris stuff, his 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:05.319 yards per Kerry would drop. You know what I mean, 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:07.640 You would think, I mean first and ten against eight 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:10.280 man boxes and things like that, right, not less draws 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:14.440 on third down or whatever. And many people, including myself, 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:18.200 have used the batman Robin comparison with Watt and high Smith, 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.560 and people think that's a negative, you know. I'm like, yeah, 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:25.280 but Robin's a superhero too. He's just not Batman. I mean, 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:29.000 Batman's you know, the greatest of them all or whatever. 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:31.319 I mean, he's still a superhero. He's still a phenomenal 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:34.040 player that every team in the league would love to have. 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:36.839 And I staid going into that game, Garrett Bowles, a 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:40.040 left tackle, is a highly overrated player. I don't think 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:42.280 he's one of the top at his position. He struggled 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:44.520 in Week one, but I thought they beat up on 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:48.120 the left side of that line repeatedly. And I also 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:50.840 thought Benton in the middle was really really good too. 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:54.880 They'd beat on that line like they were all human pinatas. 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:57.920 I mean, I kid you not. I was watching Garrett 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:01.280 Bowles and at one point I thought, is he really 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:03.760 just trying to He's gonna take some holding calls just 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:06.640 so maybe he gets sympathy from the referees. Doug Dacon 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:08.360 used to tell me he did this back in the 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:10.600 old Cleveland Tackle. He'd said, yeah, I take a couple 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:12.360 holding calls early on because then the reps leave me 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:14.120 alone the rest of the they you know, I'm like 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:17.080 going somehow that never worked for me. I never you know, 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:18.480 but looking at it, well, I. 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:20.800 Mean early in Bowl's career, he like led the league 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:22.120 in holding h three years in a row. 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:24.920 Yeah, I remember that, you know. I mean this guy here, 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:28.240 you watch him, he spreads his arms like big bird 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.080 waiting for the for the guy to pass rush and 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:33.680 then he engulfs him. One on one play when I 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:37.760 was watching Alex specifically, he spun and he was literally 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:41.000 engulfed by Garrett Boles. I mean like it was a 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.559 bear hug. And I'm sitting there going, how does that 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:45.240 not get called? Right? 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:49.560 It's so obvious when we when we watched James Harrison. 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:51.440 Of course, James Harrison, you know, had that set low 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:53.400 center of gravity and came around the edge and it 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:56.040 just felt like, you know, an offensive lineman would put 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:58.480 his arm around his neck and kind of hang on 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:01.160 and but it feels like, you know, if you got 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:02.920 that arm extended. Now I'm on the radio here, but 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.680 I'm still extending my arm studio, just just to just 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:07.480 to kind of get the idea here. It would seem 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:10.160 to be like if that bent back past your torso 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:12.000 that should be a hold, you know what I mean, 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:15.319 Like you are no longer like using it to keep 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:17.320 the guy in front of me by you if. 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:23.280 Yours are covering the back number, I think that you hold. Yeah. 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:25.400 I mean, I don't want to sound too homeless, but 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:29.240 it just feels like both tackles in both weeks got 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:32.480 away with holding on what and high staff And I 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:34.600 don't want to sound like I know that comes across 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:36.480 like a homer. I don't mean to, but it felt 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:39.000 like some things, especially this last week when so many 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:39.880 things were being called. 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:40.480 Well. 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:44.080 It makes me wonder too, because at the top of 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:47.480 the league, one of their biggest concerns is scoring keeps 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:49.640 going down and down and down since the COVID year, 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:52.640 and all the fantasy football players and all the you know, 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.199 fans that are sort of into it, not like us. 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:56.960 They want to see, they want to hear, you know, 0:12:57.160 --> 0:13:00.320 points and big plays and those things are down. 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:02.040 So I wonder are. 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:04.360 They telling them that, you know, let's let's ease up 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:06.880 on the holding calls, which doesn't help the Steelers at all. Yeah, 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:08.640 I mean, when you have a dominant front that hurts 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:10.600 do more than most teams, they just I just hope 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:11.400 it's on a theme this year. 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:12.840 But they still dominated, which is all. 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:14.880 They still dominate, right, Yeah, there's no doubt. 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:16.079 Which is a lot of fun. Stealers win by the 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.400 final score of thirteen to six. Still to come, we 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:20.400 have our play the game. We have much more to 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:22.120 discuss about this game. We're going to take a peek 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:25.480 ahead to a Chargers team that suddenly seems very very 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:28.439 formidable after their two and oh start for the first 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:31.240 time in over a decade. When we continue on the 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:34.160 point After on the Steelers Audio Network. 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:37.440 Back to the point After on DVD. 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.840 This back looking looking over the middle of the field 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.520 that's intercepted, and there's Corey Trice in the back of 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:49.840 the end zone with his first career interception. Play the 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:51.800 game is brought to you by S and T Bank, 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:56.280 proudly serving our community since nineteen oh two stBank dot 0:13:56.320 --> 0:14:01.240 Com S and T Bank member fdic. So we're now 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:03.160 going to discuss the playing game. I just discussed it. 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:06.160 So what did you what did you have to play 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:06.520 the game? 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:09.400 There? Let's give Cam Heyward a little credit too. 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:13.120 I mean, he's coming down downhill with a little bit 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:15.559 of anger and Nix is definitely eyeball on him and 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:19.720 dropping his eyes and forcing things. And I mentioned earlier, 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:22.200 I just sawt Trice played a really good game top 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:25.120 to bottom. Porter did a number on Sutton for the 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:27.800 majority of the day as well. Defensive front was strong 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.680 and Nix is very much a work in progress. 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:33.480 Oh yeah, he's exactly right, you know what I mean. 0:14:33.760 --> 0:14:36.240 He under pressure, he just folded threw it up there. 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:39.560 Corey Trice played beautifully, played over the top of underneath 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:41.880 the coverage of his cover three. You ran a bunch 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:44.960 off the left side, Corey's on the far side, and 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:49.800 it was a nice combination of Sutton and Elliott. No, 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:54.120 what was it Reynolds coming off and one snuck behind 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:56.720 That would be Sutton snuck behind Maka in the middle 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:58.680 of it, and he was right along the back of 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:01.360 the end zone and you had Corey playing the outer 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:04.120 third on that side, and he was a little bit forward. 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:06.240 And then they tried to get make his attention by 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:08.960 Reynolds going on the other side. So you got you 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:11.760 got set into one side of Mica, you got Reynolds 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:13.400 to the other side. It's kind of like, now you 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:15.280 got him in jeopardy, where does he play? And it 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:17.560 was a beautiful job of Corey to sink back and 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:19.880 then picked that ball man. It was a nice job. 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:24.200 Yep Uh praised for his avatar like skills and intelligence 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:26.160 on the football field. I mean it's a nice combination. 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:28.240 That's really nice combination. 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.480 Especially for a guy that's what this is a second 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:32.880 pro game. Ye you know what I mean exactly. 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:35.560 It's amazing missed all of the preseason last year, well 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:37.040 the whole season obviously with you. 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:39.680 You know, these are the when Mike Tomlin points out, 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:42.600 you know that this is expected. He's a second year guy. 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:45.280 He went through the program with us last year, and 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:47.680 this is what Mike's talking about. He'd make He's making 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.000 a jump even though he wasn't any part of the 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:52.720 program as far as on the field, but he still 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:55.960 partok in practice, you know, being mentally ready and everything else. 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:58.400 Film sessions. It's amazing what you can do if you 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:01.920 are mentally engaged and you know how to do visualization 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:05.840 and be able to study and stuff like that. It's great. 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:09.080 And Matt, I think this is again something that Wolf 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:12.360 and I were talking about earlier with Max is that 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:14.760 I really liked the depth and I think most of 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.200 us did of the front seven. Yes, you know, you've 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:19.440 got a guy like herbig who really can't get on 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:23.240 the field much. Demarvin Leal was tremendous in camp, and 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:26.480 in camp and in the preseason. He's having hard time 0:16:26.600 --> 0:16:30.560 getting on the field. Your defensive line depth is tremendous, 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.800 so you know, guys are having trouble maybe getting as 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:37.360 many snaps as they might normally get. The middle linebacker, 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:40.280 inside linebacker, off the ball, linebacker, whatever you want to call. 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.440 Peyton Wilson is now in there splitting reps and so 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:47.880 you've got enviable depth. But I think the question mark 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.120 was where would that depth come from in the secondary? 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:53.360 And Corey Trice is looking like he can be the 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:56.200 answer to be that next cornerback that you can. 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:59.200 Utilize and real quick on the depth. 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:02.560 I was a little shocked and a little critical considering 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.360 the altitude that they didn't have more of a rotation 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:08.320 with the big people early, you know, I mean, really 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:11.200 jump into it. But it was a close game and 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:13.840 TJ didn't come off the field, so you don't put 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:15.800 somebody on for him, you know what I mean. And 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:20.639 that being said, I do think Trice is now clearly 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:23.760 the number three corner, the outside corner, you know. And 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:26.120 I know that was something they were worried about going 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.800 into camp, and it took a while for it the surface, 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:32.000 but he's kind of grabbed that role and excelled with 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:36.240 it yesterday. I still think slot corner is a little 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:39.840 hairy at the moment, but they have three safeties and 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:42.840 three outside corners that are all deserving a playing time, 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:44.080 right and three linebackers. 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:47.359 You have Beanie Bishop, and then you're kind of waiting 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:48.240 around for camp Sutton. 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:50.399 Yeah, I think they're just kind of kind of come 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:53.400 back hoping for you know, dear life, or maybe even 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:55.480 somebody gets cut around the league you grab or I 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:55.800 don't know. 0:17:55.840 --> 0:18:00.320 I just think corner he develops more. That's another you know, 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:01.159 being y. 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:02.920 Yeah, I thought he had a really good week, one 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:05.840 really good week in Atlanta. 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:07.960 He's and he's a young guy, you know. I mean 0:18:08.000 --> 0:18:09.639 that's that's what you get with the young guys. You 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:12.280 get the yo yo at times, right, And it's one 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:16.160 of those things. And hopefully he builds and starts stacking 0:18:16.200 --> 0:18:19.000 some good victories and personal combat up. Well. 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:22.000 And here's the thing too, and you always see your 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:24.840 team's own wards the closest and we're gonna get into 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:27.879 some of those wards here at a moment. But nobody 0:18:28.440 --> 0:18:33.920 has fifty three great players, nobody. Nobody has nine All 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:36.439 Pro offensive lineman, you know what I mean. And so 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:38.280 when you look at the Steelers with the O line, 0:18:39.119 --> 0:18:41.800 that is envable depth. Now it's been tested with the 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:45.920 injuries that they've had, but they get Faltano. Back your thoughts, 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:48.600 Wolf on what you saw from Platano, and for Broderick 0:18:48.680 --> 0:18:52.800 Jones frustrating. He just has to regroup. Look, he had 0:18:52.800 --> 0:18:55.359 a really fine season a year ago. I think he's 0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:59.600 clearly still part of the Steelers' plans, but that was 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:02.200 you know, that's a game he's gonna have to learn, 0:19:02.359 --> 0:19:04.840 you know, learn from and then forget, not forget and 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:06.760 then learn from, but learn from and then probably just 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:07.640 put in the rear view mirror. 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:09.280 Huh. Well, first of all, I'm going to say, I 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:12.080 think back in the seventies, had one year when everybody 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:14.320 on the Steelers defense went to the Pro Bowl. It 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:18.320 could be might be something, it was something ridiculous like that, 0:19:18.440 --> 0:19:20.439 but certainly you're never gonna be able to afford that. 0:19:20.600 --> 0:19:23.480 It would sail Or cap Era right anymore, but talking 0:19:23.640 --> 0:19:27.359 specifically about Roderick Jones. Look, I understand what that young 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:29.240 man went through. I've went through some tough times like 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:31.879 that myself. You know, you get out there first of all. 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:34.360 I don't think he's probably not faced a whole lot 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:36.760 of adversity in his career. You know, he didn't have 0:19:36.800 --> 0:19:38.960 that many starts at Georgia, didn't play all the way 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:41.240 through in games. You know, this whole thing with ten 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:43.280 games last year and so forth. You know, it's a 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:46.320 situation where you're learning on the fly and you're developing, 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:49.280 and you know you expect to grow and so forth, 0:19:49.320 --> 0:19:51.400 but you got to learn. You learn the most from 0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:54.960 the most adverse situations. You know, it's not like great 0:19:55.000 --> 0:19:58.120 success is always like the best teaching tool. You learn 0:19:58.119 --> 0:20:00.560 a lot about yourself and what you're made of and 0:20:00.760 --> 0:20:03.800 how to get stronger through those adverse times. And I 0:20:03.840 --> 0:20:06.119 think this is a situation where he's just got to 0:20:06.160 --> 0:20:08.479 learn to chill and I got no problems. Look at 0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:11.880 this young guys has got so much. He's got physical 0:20:11.880 --> 0:20:14.800 attributes out of the wazoo. He's gonna be a very 0:20:14.840 --> 0:20:17.920 good player. He's just got to hunker down and focus 0:20:18.000 --> 0:20:20.600 on cleaning up what he needs to clean up. He's 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:22.840 got that at those attributes, he's got to use them. 0:20:23.000 --> 0:20:25.560 And I just don't let the outside noise get to 0:20:25.600 --> 0:20:28.680 you because when you start hearing those things, that really 0:20:28.760 --> 0:20:30.679 hurts your confidence. I think all it was was a 0:20:30.680 --> 0:20:32.720 matter of confidence. And by the way, one of those 0:20:32.760 --> 0:20:36.399 two holding calls that was that was holding, had nothing 0:20:36.440 --> 0:20:38.520 to do with the splat he put on Zach Allen. 0:20:38.840 --> 0:20:41.600 He flattened Zach Allen on his back, showed him the sky. 0:20:42.080 --> 0:20:45.119 And let me tell you the holding call that was thrown, 0:20:45.280 --> 0:20:48.639 there was nothing about holding that that that created that splat. 0:20:48.720 --> 0:20:50.320 It was just a great block on his part. 0:20:50.560 --> 0:20:55.360 I think the view is still that, you know, if 0:20:55.400 --> 0:20:58.520 you're looking to play GM for the Steelers, it's likely 0:20:58.600 --> 0:21:00.240 Dan Moore is going to head into free agents, see, 0:21:00.680 --> 0:21:04.240 and so you drafted Broderick Jones to be a left tackle. 0:21:05.280 --> 0:21:08.959 So it's likely that if that is what happens, If 0:21:08.960 --> 0:21:12.199 that's what transpires, if Daniel Moore les versus Dan Moore, 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:15.480 Lee's in free agency, that you know, Broderick Jones is 0:21:15.520 --> 0:21:18.000 your left tackle if Aton is your right tackle, which 0:21:18.080 --> 0:21:22.120 means that they still value him a great, great deal. 0:21:22.440 --> 0:21:24.560 And what's the chances that everyone's just stay healthy for 0:21:24.600 --> 0:21:28.280 the next fifteen and games, right, I mean, you're going 0:21:28.320 --> 0:21:30.600 to be the opportunity, right, exactly, It's already been tested. 0:21:31.400 --> 0:21:33.680 Speaking of Dan Moore, I think he's strung two really 0:21:33.680 --> 0:21:35.720 good games together now. I mean I thought he played 0:21:35.760 --> 0:21:38.080 quite well in this one, and he's getting more and 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:40.239 more expensive on the open market. Two when you look 0:21:40.240 --> 0:21:44.240 at big picture, more and more. Yeah, I didn't even 0:21:44.280 --> 0:21:46.440 try to. Yeah, and you know you mentioned Wolf too. 0:21:46.440 --> 0:21:48.160 He had a good camp. I think he's getting better. 0:21:48.200 --> 0:21:49.919 I mean, you're allowed to get better in this league. 0:21:50.520 --> 0:21:53.760 I thought for Tanu did quite well in his debut too. 0:21:53.840 --> 0:21:55.440 I mean I thought he had a really good game. 0:21:56.000 --> 0:21:58.159 So these are good problems to have. You know, Broderick 0:21:58.200 --> 0:22:00.520 Jones will get his time, and I'm sure everyone's well, 0:22:00.560 --> 0:22:02.200 he's a buss. They should have picked, you know, shouldn't 0:22:02.200 --> 0:22:03.640 trade up for him. That's way too early. 0:22:06.000 --> 0:22:08.400 But I'll say this about he had a good guy 0:22:08.400 --> 0:22:10.160 to open with because Cooper was going to be right 0:22:10.160 --> 0:22:13.199 in your grill. There's there's no there was nothing about it. 0:22:13.240 --> 0:22:15.840 He's just coming straight line. If you take a ruler 0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:18.520 and draw from where he starts to where he finishes 0:22:18.840 --> 0:22:20.160 pretty much on the same line. 0:22:20.240 --> 0:22:21.520 Yeah, but he's pretty good at it. 0:22:21.560 --> 0:22:25.400 Oh no, Yeah, he got sacks and four hits against Seattle, 0:22:25.800 --> 0:22:26.439 no doubt about it. 0:22:26.480 --> 0:22:28.480 Pretty good at it, but not a lead at it, 0:22:28.520 --> 0:22:29.520 which is what they're gonna face. 0:22:29.560 --> 0:22:31.920 Well, he's a one trick pony, throws the hypnotic guy 0:22:32.160 --> 0:22:34.760 chicks and tries to screw up your timing, that's all. 0:22:35.560 --> 0:22:36.760 But their edge guys pretty decent. 0:22:37.240 --> 0:22:38.680 Because you gave me the hypnotic. 0:22:38.320 --> 0:22:42.680 Guy that used to kill me all the time. 0:22:43.840 --> 0:22:48.119 hYP not a guy I fed is the hypnotic guy at. 0:22:47.960 --> 0:22:50.800 You, and then they'll hesitate. They're like, shake right, Well, 0:22:50.840 --> 0:22:53.960 what happens You sit back on your heels, you know, 0:22:54.000 --> 0:22:56.000 and you're like whoa, and you raise up a little 0:22:56.000 --> 0:22:57.919 bit and all of a sudden they explode into you. 0:22:58.160 --> 0:23:00.320 Think about the fact that, you know, you get slightly 0:23:00.359 --> 0:23:02.400 off balance with one of your good buddies, like Matt 0:23:02.440 --> 0:23:04.480 sitting over there, suddenly hits you right in the chest 0:23:04.520 --> 0:23:07.080 with a two hand shiver right boom. You know, as 0:23:07.080 --> 0:23:13.320 you're all exactly, oh, Matt's devious with that. Watch give 0:23:13.359 --> 0:23:14.800 the hypnotic guy. It's all over. 0:23:14.680 --> 0:23:18.479 Baby, based on just again, because we all love football, 0:23:18.520 --> 0:23:20.760 and football thoughts pop in your head. That's one of 0:23:20.760 --> 0:23:25.679 the things that I absolutely loved about lev Bells are 0:23:25.720 --> 0:23:29.640 running back is that you know he guys would come 0:23:29.760 --> 0:23:33.439 running up on him, and his ability to read what 0:23:33.480 --> 0:23:38.600 they were doing was spectacular if they were even First 0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:41.040 of all, you could break down and you could still 0:23:41.240 --> 0:23:44.840 literally not touch him. Think about that, your defensive back. 0:23:44.880 --> 0:23:46.840 You're coming up to tack him, and he would shake 0:23:46.880 --> 0:23:49.760 you so bad, you would literally not you wouldn't touch 0:23:49.800 --> 0:23:53.600 him right and then and now if you settle like okay, 0:23:53.720 --> 0:23:55.719 he would just run over. He would read it. I 0:23:55.760 --> 0:23:56.560 love that about it. 0:23:56.640 --> 0:23:58.800 What I loved was he he could he could shake 0:23:58.840 --> 0:24:00.679 and bacon a phone booth and three guys with him 0:24:00.680 --> 0:24:02.919 couldn't touch them. It's crazy. 0:24:04.480 --> 0:24:07.800 He might have been like if tag was an Olympic sport, 0:24:07.800 --> 0:24:12.360 he might have been the greatest tag player of all time. Dotball, 0:24:12.840 --> 0:24:18.520 he'd be a great dodgeball player. Not a guy. I'm 0:24:18.520 --> 0:24:20.480 gonna avoid contact eye contact with wolves. 0:24:20.520 --> 0:24:21.680 We can finish the show. 0:24:22.720 --> 0:24:27.480 So uh. The other thing that I thought was was 0:24:27.480 --> 0:24:33.440 was worth noting was whatever George Pickens stats were, They're 0:24:33.480 --> 0:24:38.679 not very impressive, Matt right, But first of all, the Steelers. Again, 0:24:38.880 --> 0:24:40.879 you're going into an environment in which you have a 0:24:40.960 --> 0:24:43.360 quarterback who has a history of being sacked a lot 0:24:43.400 --> 0:24:45.360 and hanging on to the ball. With that has come 0:24:45.440 --> 0:24:48.720 some fumbling issues. You're playing against a team that need 0:24:48.920 --> 0:24:52.400 desperately needs a break probably to beat you. Well, why 0:24:52.440 --> 0:24:54.639 would you play into their hands? So you're not gonna 0:24:54.920 --> 0:24:59.200 throw the ball down the field a ton. Pickens then 0:24:59.320 --> 0:25:01.800 had a I don't remember how long the pass was 0:25:01.800 --> 0:25:03.199 because it was called back, but it had to be 0:25:03.240 --> 0:25:05.879 close to fifty yard completely thought it was fifty one 0:25:06.280 --> 0:25:08.439 called back, call back, So let's add that to his 0:25:08.480 --> 0:25:12.040 total zone obviously, right, was it a thirty eight yard 0:25:12.359 --> 0:25:14.520 it was it was at his interference or was it 0:25:14.560 --> 0:25:17.520 Jefferson's interference that went for thirty eight yards? But you 0:25:17.520 --> 0:25:19.959 could add that onto his total too, Like those are 0:25:20.040 --> 0:25:22.680 yards that don't So my point is that you're gonna 0:25:22.680 --> 0:25:24.399 look at his stats and be like, well, certain got 0:25:24.480 --> 0:25:26.800 and you know he got them. I don't know. I 0:25:26.840 --> 0:25:27.640 don't think that's. 0:25:27.440 --> 0:25:28.720 The way I would look at it, like I think 0:25:28.720 --> 0:25:29.159 I wouldn't. 0:25:29.160 --> 0:25:31.240 I think George Pickens had an impact on this game 0:25:31.320 --> 0:25:32.880 that's going to go beyond the statistics. 0:25:32.960 --> 0:25:36.639 Yeah, and just looking at box scores, you'd be like, boy, 0:25:36.640 --> 0:25:39.080 Fields didn't throw the ball very well and certain shut 0:25:39.119 --> 0:25:40.000 down Pickens. 0:25:40.400 --> 0:25:41.399 The tape doesn't show that. 0:25:41.840 --> 0:25:43.440 Especially with Pickens, I thought he was one of the 0:25:43.440 --> 0:25:46.320 best players on the field. And frankly, you know, if 0:25:46.359 --> 0:25:50.399 you look at Denver, how they're constructed, certain their O 0:25:50.600 --> 0:25:53.720 line and their first round quarterback or like their greatest assets. 0:25:53.960 --> 0:25:56.520 And I wouldn't say they were liabilities, but I thought 0:25:56.560 --> 0:25:58.840 they lost their matchups those things, you know, the things 0:25:58.920 --> 0:26:01.199 I would be worried if I was right now, not 0:26:01.240 --> 0:26:02.399 worried about certained at all. 0:26:02.440 --> 0:26:03.160 He's awesome. 0:26:03.560 --> 0:26:06.439 I just think Pickens is in the process of becoming 0:26:06.440 --> 0:26:11.320 a true star. I think he's really developing very very rapidly. 0:26:11.359 --> 0:26:13.960 Well, let's not forget he had a touchdown brought back. Yeah, 0:26:14.000 --> 0:26:15.800 you know what I mean when he scratched it was 0:26:15.840 --> 0:26:17.879 a heck of a job of getting into the end 0:26:17.960 --> 0:26:20.280 zone with that length, right, you know. And the other 0:26:20.320 --> 0:26:20.960 thing about. 0:26:20.720 --> 0:26:23.240 It too was I forgot about that any point. 0:26:23.280 --> 0:26:26.040 And then the stats stats show the last three regular 0:26:26.119 --> 0:26:28.840 season games of last year and the first game of 0:26:28.880 --> 0:26:31.720 this year, he had seventeen receptions for a total of 0:26:31.720 --> 0:26:35.199 four hundred and eleven yards twenty four yards per catch. Yeah, right, 0:26:35.240 --> 0:26:36.120 I mean that's unbelievable. 0:26:36.119 --> 0:26:38.400 He led the league in yards for receiving last year, right, 0:26:38.440 --> 0:26:40.360 and then when you think about how he started out 0:26:40.359 --> 0:26:43.640 this season, you're not going to get Look, every week 0:26:43.680 --> 0:26:45.240 we're going to talk about the ed rushers for the 0:26:45.320 --> 0:26:48.160 Chargers coming up every week. You're gonna get d rushers 0:26:48.160 --> 0:26:51.080 every single week. Every week, you're gonna get a good receiver. 0:26:51.640 --> 0:26:54.000 But there are probably more Courtland Sutton's than there are 0:26:54.320 --> 0:26:57.320 you know, Justin Jefferson or Jamar Chase is out there. Right, 0:26:58.200 --> 0:27:00.520 You're going to get a good corner, but not every 0:27:00.520 --> 0:27:04.320 corners Patrick Sartan or Patrick Tann or Ajterrell. And he 0:27:04.359 --> 0:27:06.719 did a number on Ajterrell last week, again within the 0:27:06.720 --> 0:27:09.480 confines of how much they were throwing the ball and 0:27:09.840 --> 0:27:12.400 with a flag or two picked up from Cleete Blakeman's crew, 0:27:12.520 --> 0:27:15.360 we'd be saying the same thing about Pickens this week. 0:27:15.400 --> 0:27:16.000 That was my point. 0:27:16.040 --> 0:27:18.879 And think about this too. They didn't even threaten the 0:27:18.880 --> 0:27:20.920 middle of the field last week, right, that's you know 0:27:20.920 --> 0:27:24.280 what I mean. So you're you're taking a huge chunk 0:27:24.280 --> 0:27:27.320 of yardage away from a guy like Pickens, you know, 0:27:27.400 --> 0:27:30.119 by not having them threatening anything on the inside, just 0:27:30.320 --> 0:27:30.520 you know. 0:27:31.200 --> 0:27:33.640 Yep, Steelers win thirteen to six. They improved to two 0:27:33.640 --> 0:27:36.960 to zero. The point After continues on the Steelers audio network. 0:27:37.760 --> 0:27:40.720 Back to the point After on dv E. 0:27:41.760 --> 0:27:45.040 Nicks back to pass. Nick's under pressure and Nicks goes down. 0:27:45.480 --> 0:27:48.800 It is high Smith who is being held the entire 0:27:48.880 --> 0:27:51.439 way by Garrett Bowles, was able to reach out and 0:27:51.520 --> 0:27:54.000 swat him when he laid in the ground. Great pressure 0:27:54.000 --> 0:27:57.560 by alex Heide Smith. The Sack Hunger segment is brought 0:27:57.600 --> 0:28:00.359 to you by the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Get food, 0:28:00.960 --> 0:28:05.879 volunteer or donate at Pittsburgh Foodbank dot org. I just 0:28:05.920 --> 0:28:08.399 don't understand how that wasn't and they didn't throw a 0:28:08.440 --> 0:28:11.439 flag on that. I mean he was he was like 0:28:11.480 --> 0:28:13.240 he had his arm around his waist and was like 0:28:13.359 --> 0:28:16.280 running after him. I don't understand how that's not call 0:28:16.359 --> 0:28:18.639 the hole. I don't get it. 0:28:19.080 --> 0:28:22.000 You can't believe what I was feeling up in the 0:28:22.040 --> 0:28:24.800 booth that I'm sitting there watching this, going he's got 0:28:24.800 --> 0:28:26.119 a seat belt on him. 0:28:25.960 --> 0:28:29.520 For crying out loud what he doing. 0:28:30.080 --> 0:28:33.000 And again I go back to my era, going I 0:28:33.080 --> 0:28:36.400 need that apology from all the officials for every every 0:28:36.440 --> 0:28:38.960 single butt one. Again, as I've always said, there's one 0:28:39.000 --> 0:28:41.880 that I absolutely earned and it wasn't called. So I 0:28:42.000 --> 0:28:44.800 did get away with one, the worst one, the one 0:28:44.800 --> 0:28:47.320 in the plus. Yeah. So anyhow, I guess it evens out. 0:28:47.480 --> 0:28:51.680 So you know, there's Matt there's gonna be criticism of 0:28:51.800 --> 0:28:55.600 this offense, and their fans already saying, well, it doesn't 0:28:55.640 --> 0:28:57.959 look that much different than the offense that Kenny Pickett 0:28:58.000 --> 0:29:00.280 was running. Right, they're not putting up a lot of points, 0:29:00.320 --> 0:29:02.600 they're not taking a lot of risks. I think at 0:29:02.600 --> 0:29:06.080 this point both those are true. They're not putting up 0:29:06.080 --> 0:29:09.840 a lot of points and a half games points per game, 0:29:10.280 --> 0:29:12.800 and they're not taking a lot of risks. But I 0:29:12.840 --> 0:29:16.040 would say two things. So I don't know what the 0:29:16.080 --> 0:29:20.440 development plan is for fields. They talked about in the offseason, 0:29:20.840 --> 0:29:23.200 wanting to work about him, work with him on his 0:29:23.200 --> 0:29:25.600 footwork within the pocket, you know, climbing the pocket, some 0:29:25.640 --> 0:29:29.240 of these other things. And so you know, if you 0:29:29.280 --> 0:29:30.800 want to develop him with the right way, not the 0:29:30.840 --> 0:29:34.320 expensive winning a game, but also you know you don't 0:29:34.320 --> 0:29:36.960 want to bring up some bad habits under fire in 0:29:37.040 --> 0:29:40.440 game situations. The other thing is is that in both 0:29:40.480 --> 0:29:45.720 of these games you did offensively what was required. Now 0:29:45.920 --> 0:29:46.760 I'd like to see more. 0:29:46.800 --> 0:29:48.640 We'd all like to see. 0:29:48.120 --> 0:29:50.920 The penalties undid the team. But think about this now, 0:29:51.000 --> 0:29:53.280 we talked about this all week. So if you go 0:29:53.360 --> 0:29:56.720 from second and one and then you get a penalty, 0:29:56.760 --> 0:29:58.320 and then you get a stall play, now you're third 0:29:58.320 --> 0:30:03.520 and eleven, Well, what benefit is it for you to 0:30:03.880 --> 0:30:06.320 if you're managing the game to win, which is what 0:30:06.360 --> 0:30:09.520 Mike Tomlin is trying to do. Obviously, what benefit do 0:30:09.560 --> 0:30:12.920 you have of slinging one down the field and giving 0:30:12.960 --> 0:30:16.320 them the opportunity to come up with an interception? Giving 0:30:16.360 --> 0:30:20.200 them the opportunity with their high blitz pressure and a 0:30:20.360 --> 0:30:25.200 loud crowd at in Denver, which puts your offensive line 0:30:25.200 --> 0:30:28.800 at a disadvantage. You know, there're is stripsack away from 0:30:28.840 --> 0:30:31.680 getting some momentum in scoring. Now would you like to 0:30:31.680 --> 0:30:34.000 see more? Of course we want to see more offense. 0:30:34.280 --> 0:30:37.040 But I think that Dave Mike Tomlin has done what 0:30:37.080 --> 0:30:40.400 he's needed to do to come out with two road victories. Yeah, 0:30:40.400 --> 0:30:41.760 and go to two and zero in the season. 0:30:41.840 --> 0:30:44.320 Yeah, you opened the show. I forget when it was, 0:30:44.360 --> 0:30:46.720 But when's the last time his team was two and 0:30:46.840 --> 0:30:48.200 zero without playing. 0:30:48.000 --> 0:30:49.840 A home game yet nineteen ninety nine. 0:30:49.920 --> 0:30:52.960 I mean, that's it's a major accomplishment. Doesn't happen around 0:30:52.960 --> 0:30:56.800 the league very often at all. And say what you 0:30:56.840 --> 0:30:59.719 want about Tomlin, he is a master of knowing what 0:30:59.760 --> 0:31:03.320 it takes to win that specific game with the hand 0:31:03.360 --> 0:31:06.440 he is dealt, and he knows he doesn't have lev, Bell, 0:31:06.680 --> 0:31:09.440 Nab and Ben anymore. So you have to win a 0:31:09.480 --> 0:31:12.480 certain way. And a ten point lead with this Steeler 0:31:12.560 --> 0:31:14.240 defense is massive. 0:31:14.560 --> 0:31:15.600 I mean it really is. 0:31:15.800 --> 0:31:18.640 And you know the feel of the game. You understand 0:31:18.640 --> 0:31:20.480 that there's probably going to be a fatigue factor in 0:31:20.520 --> 0:31:22.480 the fourth quarter, and I think there was on both 0:31:22.520 --> 0:31:25.280 sides of the ball for the Steelers. He's very good 0:31:25.400 --> 0:31:29.280 at not losing games. That's a difference than winning them. 0:31:29.440 --> 0:31:31.840 And how about this, I mean, there were five teams 0:31:31.920 --> 0:31:37.080 yesterday that one without throwing more than twenty passes. The 0:31:37.160 --> 0:31:39.160 Chargers were won, the Steelers are won. They both only 0:31:39.160 --> 0:31:42.560 attempted twenty passes. The Saints were won. They won like 0:31:42.720 --> 0:31:45.360 forty five to seven or whatever it was, and Carr 0:31:45.360 --> 0:31:49.000 attempted like sixteen passes. When you have a team where 0:31:49.000 --> 0:31:52.280 you have you know, behind the eight ball, don't you know? 0:31:52.360 --> 0:31:53.960 Let things get in the way, right. 0:31:53.840 --> 0:31:54.200 What are they? 0:31:54.200 --> 0:31:56.440 Eleven and two? Now? In your last one score game? 0:31:56.880 --> 0:31:59.520 Thirteen one score games, It's something like something like that, right, right, 0:32:00.080 --> 0:32:01.360 continue to win one score games. 0:32:01.440 --> 0:32:05.480 Yep. But think about this. You know, success begets success, 0:32:06.000 --> 0:32:10.040 and big play generally follow big plays. What would have 0:32:10.080 --> 0:32:13.400 happened had there not been the flag on it? On 0:32:13.560 --> 0:32:17.360 Picking's touchdown or the fifty yarder or the interference call. 0:32:17.760 --> 0:32:19.640 I mean you're talking about a fifty yard or a 0:32:19.680 --> 0:32:21.560 thirty what it was a thirty eight yard or something 0:32:21.680 --> 0:32:24.760 on the interference and then it touches. I mean you're 0:32:24.800 --> 0:32:27.840 talking about a lot of yardage and points there. So 0:32:28.240 --> 0:32:30.280 when we say that they're not taking a lot of 0:32:31.160 --> 0:32:34.280 chance as well, the problem is when you took those chances, 0:32:34.440 --> 0:32:36.760 you did you know it could have been well, but 0:32:36.840 --> 0:32:39.520 it was flagged, you know what I mean. So it's 0:32:39.560 --> 0:32:41.560 hard to say that they're not doing enough. I think 0:32:41.560 --> 0:32:44.040 they're doing enough. I think they got to be cleaner, right, 0:32:44.080 --> 0:32:45.440 you got to be cleaner in your play. 0:32:45.520 --> 0:32:47.480 Well, when you think so many new starters in a 0:32:47.520 --> 0:32:50.760 new system and a new quarterback, it's we knew growing 0:32:50.840 --> 0:32:52.200 pains were coming, right. 0:32:52.560 --> 0:32:54.880 Yeah, And I don't want to compare this team yet 0:32:54.920 --> 0:32:58.640 to say Ben Roethlisberger's rookie season. But when you look 0:32:58.640 --> 0:33:00.840 back at Ben Roethlisberger's rookies reason when he ripped off, 0:33:00.880 --> 0:33:02.160 was it fourteen wins in a row that they sent 0:33:02.240 --> 0:33:04.320 him the last game? I can't remember was a fifteen 0:33:04.400 --> 0:33:07.360 or oh yeah, fifteen he was they were yeah, uh 0:33:07.640 --> 0:33:10.640 yeah when he came in. I think they were right whatever. 0:33:10.400 --> 0:33:12.720 They were fifteen and one, they were fifteen. It was 0:33:12.760 --> 0:33:13.520 fifteen straight way. 0:33:13.560 --> 0:33:15.600 I just didn't remember if he started that last week. Yeah, 0:33:16.480 --> 0:33:19.200 but the Steelers having a clinch anyway, it doesn't really matter, right. 0:33:19.760 --> 0:33:22.280 The point of the matter is the point is that 0:33:22.760 --> 0:33:27.040 they won playing a certain style with a quarterback. You know, 0:33:27.360 --> 0:33:28.920 you look back at it now. 0:33:29.000 --> 0:33:30.720 And attempt played thirteen passes a game. 0:33:30.880 --> 0:33:35.280 He's a Hall of famer. He's a Hall of Fame quarterback. 0:33:35.600 --> 0:33:38.520 He grew into the job right exactly where the shackles 0:33:38.520 --> 0:33:40.640 on him. Yes they were. There were shackles on What 0:33:40.640 --> 0:33:43.080 do you would the team have been just as successful 0:33:43.120 --> 0:33:45.360 or more successful taking the shackles off, I don't know. 0:33:46.400 --> 0:33:47.720 A couple of years later, he led the league in 0:33:47.720 --> 0:33:50.200 the in interceptions and then a couple years later, you know, 0:33:50.240 --> 0:33:53.520 he's winning a super Bowl, you know. So I mean 0:33:53.560 --> 0:33:57.320 I think maybe they brought him along the proper way, right, so, 0:33:57.920 --> 0:34:02.560 but they pretty well, yeah, it worked out, I would exactly. 0:34:03.280 --> 0:34:05.560 I mean, you could always argue these nuances. The fact 0:34:05.640 --> 0:34:08.280 is that's what happened. That's the history of what happened 0:34:08.440 --> 0:34:11.200 and the Steelers in that season. If you're not making 0:34:11.239 --> 0:34:13.960 mistakes and you're not turning them all over, you know. 0:34:14.000 --> 0:34:16.640 And this was where I thought this game was headed, 0:34:17.120 --> 0:34:21.320 which is that ten to nothing turns into thirteen to nothing, 0:34:21.520 --> 0:34:24.720 turns into sixteen to nothing, turns into sixteen to three, 0:34:25.160 --> 0:34:27.600 turns into twenty three to three, as you just wear 0:34:27.680 --> 0:34:30.400 them down and wear them down, and wear them down. 0:34:30.520 --> 0:34:32.680 And I think they were on pace to do that 0:34:33.080 --> 0:34:37.840 except for the penalties. The penalties they're not And again, 0:34:37.960 --> 0:34:40.239 now you go back to other nuances of the game, 0:34:40.320 --> 0:34:43.000 managing to make sure you're putting your team in the 0:34:43.040 --> 0:34:45.640 best possible position to win. And a third and eleven 0:34:45.680 --> 0:34:48.839 strip sack does not help you win the football game. 0:34:49.360 --> 0:34:51.759 Your defense helps you win the football game. So I 0:34:51.920 --> 0:34:53.680 just think maybe cleaning it up, we're going to see 0:34:53.680 --> 0:34:54.600 more out of this offense. 0:34:54.640 --> 0:34:57.440 Again, I go to possession downs four to six in 0:34:57.480 --> 0:34:59.759 the first half, oh for seven and the second right, 0:35:00.040 --> 0:35:01.799 you know, that's that's devastating to. 0:35:01.800 --> 0:35:03.600 All because you're third and long almost all. 0:35:03.880 --> 0:35:06.319 Not only that, think about what you're doing to your defense, right, 0:35:06.480 --> 0:35:08.799 Your defense is sitting there, get their tongues hanging out 0:35:09.000 --> 0:35:11.600 in high altitude, right, you know. I mean, so that's 0:35:11.600 --> 0:35:13.960 a problem. And that grew as the game went along, 0:35:14.239 --> 0:35:15.680 and I got to tell you that was blood and 0:35:15.680 --> 0:35:18.200 guts by the defense, you know at times, I mean 0:35:18.239 --> 0:35:20.440 you could see some of those guys getting really tired. 0:35:20.480 --> 0:35:24.359 And again, knowing myself having experienced it, it's a real thing. 0:35:24.400 --> 0:35:28.239 And when again again we go back to TJ. Altitude 0:35:28.280 --> 0:35:31.160 it's a real thing. We need a T shirt says altitude. 0:35:31.200 --> 0:35:32.400 It's a real thing, you know. 0:35:32.760 --> 0:35:36.120 So, uh, the way that interview went, I don't know 0:35:36.120 --> 0:35:40.440 if you heard the postgame interview, but I think, uh, 0:35:41.080 --> 0:35:44.440 Missy said something like TJ, what would you say about 0:35:44.560 --> 0:35:45.320 this defense? 0:35:45.640 --> 0:35:45.879 You know? 0:35:46.480 --> 0:35:48.840 And he said watch out? And I'm like, oh, is 0:35:48.880 --> 0:35:51.880 he delivering a message? And it was to watch out 0:35:51.920 --> 0:35:55.480 because there's a oh yeah, it was gonna drip. And 0:35:55.480 --> 0:35:58.000 then he answered the question, so I'm like, oh, it's 0:35:58.040 --> 0:35:58.880 just set a statement. 0:35:59.120 --> 0:36:02.359 Look for h he's a chivalrous young man. Where you go. 0:36:02.520 --> 0:36:06.480 Yeah, he picked up a safe, right, Yeah, it's like baseball. 0:36:06.480 --> 0:36:08.480 He got a sack, you know, two hurries of a save. 0:36:08.560 --> 0:36:09.719 He picked up the game. 0:36:10.040 --> 0:36:11.680 I called him batman before he saved. 0:36:11.480 --> 0:36:19.799 The So, uh so you know we're looking now at 0:36:19.800 --> 0:36:22.600 a team that's two and oh I think it's interesting. 0:36:23.120 --> 0:36:24.960 Uh well, if I'm going to ask your perspective on 0:36:25.080 --> 0:36:28.000 travel before we get into the Chargers talk, because it 0:36:28.040 --> 0:36:29.680 has to do with the chargers. So the start the. 0:36:29.640 --> 0:36:31.960 Charge fact that I'm jammed into the bulwark while you're 0:36:32.040 --> 0:36:37.960 lounging in the aisle seat. 0:36:35.560 --> 0:36:39.399 Travel, So I get a little I get I don't 0:36:39.400 --> 0:36:44.880 want to use the c l A. I don't. I 0:36:44.960 --> 0:36:47.520 don't like to sit in the middle seat or the aisle. 0:36:48.120 --> 0:36:51.719 We heard a little before you walked in the before 0:36:52.120 --> 0:36:53.800 me a little sweaty. 0:36:54.080 --> 0:36:54.600 That's okay. 0:36:54.680 --> 0:36:57.640 But but but now I'm going to wolf right, and 0:36:57.680 --> 0:36:59.680 I didn't know aisle seat man, I actually had to 0:36:59.719 --> 0:37:02.879 sit in the aisle. So that's about how much. 0:37:03.400 --> 0:37:08.319 That's about how to overflow my sitting area. So well, 0:37:09.920 --> 0:37:12.360 so I just I just thought you were going to travel, 0:37:12.400 --> 0:37:15.200 so I no, no, but thank you for thank you 0:37:16.239 --> 0:37:17.879 for throwing me under the bus. I appreciate that. 0:37:18.040 --> 0:37:23.600 So the Chargers are not going back west, They're staying east, right, 0:37:24.320 --> 0:37:26.200 How big of a factor? So they're going to practice 0:37:26.200 --> 0:37:27.960 in North Carolina, spend the week there, then they're gonna 0:37:27.960 --> 0:37:30.120 come up to Pittsburgh. How big of a factor can 0:37:30.160 --> 0:37:33.960 that be? Is to travel west to east? In your 0:37:34.040 --> 0:37:37.040 experience playing against teams that have done that against you, 0:37:37.680 --> 0:37:40.040 is that a difficult way to travel? Is this a 0:37:40.080 --> 0:37:41.640 good move by the trial think? 0:37:41.800 --> 0:37:44.279 Is excellent move? I mean I really hated to do 0:37:44.320 --> 0:37:46.600 anything like that because we've gone out to the West 0:37:46.600 --> 0:37:49.799 Coast to prepare for a playoff game, and that was 0:37:50.040 --> 0:37:53.200 due to you know, weather and stuff like that going 0:37:53.440 --> 0:37:55.040 from the west eat. I mean, you think about it. 0:37:55.080 --> 0:37:58.520 You know, a one o'clock kickoff on the East coast 0:37:58.680 --> 0:38:02.759 is what ten o'clock? Right? Yeah? That many guys want 0:38:02.800 --> 0:38:05.399 to hit somebody at ten o'clock, right. So it's good 0:38:05.440 --> 0:38:07.920 to get adjusted because then you get the kind of 0:38:07.960 --> 0:38:10.040 like the cobwebs out of your gourd, you know, I 0:38:10.040 --> 0:38:12.040 mean you feel when you wake up on game day 0:38:12.080 --> 0:38:15.040 because your time zone is correct. Right, you're ready to go, 0:38:15.200 --> 0:38:17.680 the clock is ticking. But when you're not, when you've 0:38:17.719 --> 0:38:20.359 just buzzed in and then you're sitting around and you're 0:38:20.360 --> 0:38:22.680 trying to fall asleep and it's three in the morning 0:38:22.719 --> 0:38:25.120 and stuff like that, like, eh, you know, it creates 0:38:25.200 --> 0:38:28.920 some issues. No, it's not. It's not overwhelming, but it 0:38:29.040 --> 0:38:32.000 certainly is a step up in their preparation process. I 0:38:32.000 --> 0:38:34.880 would believe that they're more comfortable doing it. I mean, 0:38:34.920 --> 0:38:37.160 it's not like they're doing it for you know, to 0:38:37.320 --> 0:38:38.960 take a vacation, right exactly. 0:38:39.280 --> 0:38:42.200 Yeah, So I wanted to ask you, Matt, I don't 0:38:42.200 --> 0:38:43.719 know how much you've looked forward to the Charger. I 0:38:43.800 --> 0:38:46.880 know you have great now of the league in general. 0:38:47.280 --> 0:38:51.560 So they bring in Jim Harbaugh, who instills already instantly 0:38:51.560 --> 0:38:53.640 because of the name and the credibility, instills them with 0:38:53.680 --> 0:38:55.720 a sense of belief that always makes a team dangerous 0:38:55.719 --> 0:38:59.600 for me. Then you know, some things have happened, and 0:38:59.600 --> 0:39:01.440 I don't want to say anything about what he's done 0:39:01.440 --> 0:39:03.080 alread because they're two and zero, but some things have 0:39:03.120 --> 0:39:05.399 happened that have been beneficial to him in his short 0:39:05.440 --> 0:39:08.839 time as a coach. Joey bos Is healthy. That helps, right, 0:39:08.880 --> 0:39:13.080 that's a big aid. His left tackle, Rashawn Slater, who 0:39:13.200 --> 0:39:15.400 was a Pro Bowl or his rookie year. I missed 0:39:15.440 --> 0:39:18.399 all of last year. He's now healthy. Yeah, And so 0:39:18.480 --> 0:39:21.319 now and then you draft Joe Alt who again they're 0:39:21.360 --> 0:39:23.799 giving the clever nickname Joe Alt delete for what he 0:39:23.840 --> 0:39:29.080 did in Week one against Max Crosby held him without 0:39:29.080 --> 0:39:33.479 a quarterback. I think hurry or anything really way. Yeah, 0:39:33.520 --> 0:39:35.560 So now all of a sudden, you have a monstro 0:39:35.760 --> 0:39:39.600 line JK Dobbins. Everybody's always talked about how talented he was. 0:39:39.640 --> 0:39:42.600 He put up great numbers in Baltimore before he got hurt, 0:39:42.600 --> 0:39:45.239 and he got hurt again. He is now stepped into 0:39:45.280 --> 0:39:48.920 the running back position. So there's some fortune there for 0:39:49.040 --> 0:39:52.239 Jim Harbaugh, right, But there's also a style he brought 0:39:52.280 --> 0:39:54.920 in Greg Roman. This is a style. This is a 0:39:55.080 --> 0:39:59.400 big offensive line. They're really talented, and we talked about 0:39:59.560 --> 0:40:02.719 Atlanta offensive line being one of the better ones in 0:40:02.760 --> 0:40:05.319 the league, Denvers is being probably the most expensive in 0:40:05.320 --> 0:40:07.719 the league when you talk about contracts that are out 0:40:07.719 --> 0:40:10.560 there and have to be paid out. I think this 0:40:10.680 --> 0:40:13.200 line is better than either line they've faced. And I 0:40:13.239 --> 0:40:17.880 think these edge rushers. It kind of eased in with it. Judan, 0:40:17.960 --> 0:40:19.880 in week one you have some eight eight and a 0:40:19.920 --> 0:40:22.480 half kind of sack guys. In week two, well, now 0:40:22.520 --> 0:40:25.719 you got Bosa and Mac with Bud Dupree backing them up. 0:40:25.760 --> 0:40:29.520 So this thought of their pass rush versus our pass rush. 0:40:29.960 --> 0:40:34.480 Are younger tackles versus their younger tackles. This is a 0:40:35.480 --> 0:40:37.839 They're running game versus the Steelers running game. 0:40:38.040 --> 0:40:40.680 There's a lot of similarities there really is. There's two 0:40:40.719 --> 0:40:42.359 head coaches that know how to win this league. 0:40:42.719 --> 0:40:44.000 They're building with an O line. 0:40:44.239 --> 0:40:47.600 They both have first round tackles from recent years that 0:40:47.640 --> 0:40:50.240 are very promising, and the O lines are coming together 0:40:50.640 --> 0:40:52.960 more so in with the Chargers at the moment, he 0:40:53.040 --> 0:40:55.360 inherited a very very good quarterback, which I think is 0:40:55.360 --> 0:40:57.279 why he took the job to begin with. I mean, 0:40:57.719 --> 0:41:00.759 he knew that going in. They have excellent rushers, like 0:41:00.800 --> 0:41:03.879 the Steelers, they run the ball like crazy. I am 0:41:04.040 --> 0:41:07.120 very impressed with their O line thus far. All that 0:41:07.200 --> 0:41:11.319 being said, they're very weak a pass catchers. They're very 0:41:11.360 --> 0:41:14.560 weak up the middle of the defense de tackle and linebacker. 0:41:15.000 --> 0:41:17.600 And they played a Panthers team this past week that 0:41:17.760 --> 0:41:22.560 you can't oh you can't. Breshtong got benched earlier today. 0:41:22.680 --> 0:41:24.880 I mean they officially said we're going to Andy Dalton. 0:41:24.920 --> 0:41:25.919 I mean it's that bad. 0:41:25.960 --> 0:41:28.680 I mean this team is clearly thirty second in the league. 0:41:28.840 --> 0:41:31.520 Chargers are two and oh for the first time since 0:41:31.520 --> 0:41:33.760 twenty twelve. To Steelers two and ozh on the road 0:41:33.880 --> 0:41:36.040 for the first time to begin a season since nineteen 0:41:36.120 --> 0:41:38.839 ninety nine. Gear up with the latest game day necessities 0:41:38.880 --> 0:41:42.640 at the Official Steelers pro shops. 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