1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: At least. He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: Williamson on your home of the Black and Gold s 3 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: O Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome to the Drive. I'm Dale Lolly, 4 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: you're Matt. It is a Wednesday in season. How about it? 5 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: It's that means Matt I don't are first injury report 6 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: of the year. We're back to the routine. I guess. Okay, 7 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: So the Steelers did have some guys they practiced in 8 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: the rain today. Um, so that some guys sitting out. 9 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,279 Speaker 1: Tyson and Lulu did not practice. He's got an elbow issue. 10 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna be as it will. Uh. 11 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: But you also had rookie Kendrick Green was limited today 12 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: with the thought issue. Um that just cropped up today. 13 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: And we also had Alex high Smith who's dealing with 14 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: a groin injury, so he was limited in practice today 15 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 1: as well. But guess who did practice? I've heard you 16 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: want to spring it on everyone in case they haven't heard. 17 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: That would be one t J Watt. Yeah, just because 18 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: you predicted James Watt, is that? Yeah, just as you 19 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: predicted a day ago. We thought this is coming, um 20 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: contract or not? He's under contract. Um, is he still good? 21 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: Does he look okay, look pretty good? Like the first 22 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: snap I'm out there watching like he breaks in and 23 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: I can't say to tell you exactly what hap in practice. 24 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: Let's just say he would have made the tackle. Okay, 25 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: my hunches. He's still pretty good at the game and 26 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: should there should be no ruster or anything along those 27 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: lines at defensive fronts. Nasty and there's no question about it. 28 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: LOUI lou would be an issue, I guess, but I mean, 29 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: you know you mentioned yesterday Tomlin said there's no major 30 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: injuries going on right now that of of the active roster, 31 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: so I expect all of them. Hey, it's it's went 32 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 1: and slick out here today. Let's not punch guys too much. 33 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: Plus a LUA lose a guy that he studied four 34 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,399 Speaker 1: years old. A lot of times those are veteran days 35 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: off for a guy, just as as maintenance. And that's 36 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: how I took it. What you said, It was no 37 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 1: big deal. I don't expect him to not play a 38 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: bunch of young guys. They can use the reps and 39 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:50,679 Speaker 1: you know, but you know, it leads me to you know, 40 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:55,519 Speaker 1: I was chatting with with another reporter, Um, yesterday. Actually 41 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: know much today. On those track, all the days were 42 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 1: just run together. Is Wednesday, Today's Wednesday? And I was 43 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: just kind of thinking, you know, you don't have stuff 44 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: onto it. What's your best package? I know you love 45 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: to do this. What's you what's your best package? On 46 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 1: third and eight? Oh, I know exactly what it is. 47 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 1: I got Cam in there next to Ingram with high 48 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: Smith and Watt is my my foursome. I got Bush 49 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: and either Showbert or six d beats, depending how many 50 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: receivers on the field. With three receivers on the field, 51 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: I think I got three corners with Pierre coming off 52 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: the bench or already out there. Two safeties the usual 53 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: two safeties Showbert Bush or Showbert. Would I guess Shobert 54 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: would leave in the dime? Or does Bush leave in 55 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: the dime? I've never thought we're probably leaving a dime, 56 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: I would hope. So, if you're gonna play dime, typically 57 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: do you do you play more zone behind a dime 58 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: in a dime or do you play more man. I 59 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: don't think it's a rule thumb necessarily because I think 60 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: they could mix it up. I think if they're going 61 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: to play a team where they're gonna want to play 62 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: a lot of zone, then maybe play Schobert. You're gonna 63 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: play a lot of man, then maybe play Bush. I 64 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: think that makes some sense. You would hope that Bush 65 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: is just the better player right now, which I think 66 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: he probably is. But well we'll know that a game 67 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 1: or two in more or less um. But even if 68 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 1: they're not into that Nascar Ingram package, a Luulu next 69 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: to Hayward isn't so bad either. I just think keep 70 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: getting Ingram on the field and those kind of situations. 71 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: That's getting your best, your best four pass rushers up front. 72 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: And this is something that the Bills defense does. We've 73 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: talked about it quite a bit. They live in Nickel, 74 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: so if the Steels come out and heavy, they'll probably 75 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: see Nickel. And part of it's just begging teams to 76 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: run against you, you know, like we don't think you 77 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: can keep up if you know, run the ball up 78 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: more run in that situation and you get a first down. 79 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: I'm the odds of converting third and eight or more 80 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: even third and seven running the football consistent and consistently 81 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: doing so, it's gonna be very very low, as it 82 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: puts to throwing it. But asked you where I was going. 83 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 1: Was I might even play ingram on first and ten 84 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: at the defensive tackle here and there dare them to 85 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: run it. Yeah, right, exactly with two linebackers. You know 86 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: you sent me this status last night. I was looking 87 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: at this was when jumped out at me last year. Um, 88 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: I believe the Bills through the ball like sixty eight 89 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: or sixty nine percent of the time one first down. Yeah, 90 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: very very heavy. And Alan Alan's yards per attempt on 91 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: first down passes was like seven point eight yards or 92 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: something like it. Something, It was something really high. High. 93 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: On other downs he was at like six point seven. Yes. 94 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: And the logic behind it if you don't become too predictable. 95 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: I mean the Steelers just because you throw it doesn't 96 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: mean it works. I mean the Steelers didn't throw too 97 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: much last year, you know, I mean you. I don't 98 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: want to talk abut both sides of my mouth, but 99 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: the logic is the most efficient down to throw the 100 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 1: football is first and ten because more often than not 101 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: you're gonna get you've been throwing it gets a base defense, 102 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: predictable coverages unless you've got three or four receivers on 103 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: the field. Yeah, you know, and you're gonna know what, 104 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: You're gonna get a little bit more. You know, they're 105 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: early down tendencies a little more than third down you know. 106 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: So that's the logic behind it and the whole you know, 107 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: thought processes. And we talked about this a lot more 108 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,559 Speaker 1: last year, is just staying out of third downs, getting 109 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: getting first downs and two downs. And the Bills, when 110 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: I did a lot of research on them, were remarkable. 111 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 1: I mean, they really were the best team basically ever 112 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: in terms of punting. I mean, they pointed like forty 113 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: two times last year. It's crazy, you know, they don't 114 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: get the fourth down very often. I found it interesting, 115 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: you know, looking at the game from last year. UM, 116 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: I'm calling up the summary here now. If you look 117 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 1: at it, the Steelers gave up nineteen offensive points in 118 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: that game. Yeah, and they have a touchdown at the 119 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: end of the first half on a on a pick six. 120 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 1: That's a really good offense. You give up nineteen two 121 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: or three offense, an elite offense on the road on 122 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: the road. UM mentioned the punt thing. I think you 123 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: said this yesterday. Three or four of the punts of 124 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: those forty two came against Steelers in the first half, 125 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: you know, like they were punting consistently. So yeah, I 126 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: thought they did a very very good job against him. 127 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: And it makes you wonder too, like, Okay, the defense 128 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: plays similar to that to their first Halsh The Bills 129 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: punted five times in that game. It's time for them, 130 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: you know, in sixteen games forty two. So let just 131 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: figure out the math um and maybe what if the 132 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: Steelers would have a running game in that game, you 133 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: know what I mean at least and that doesn't mean 134 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: to run it over and over and over, but if 135 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: you could, you know, eat a little more clock when 136 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: you have the football, impose your will a little bit. 137 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: Take the stuff pumping off the quarterbacks. Uh, you know, 138 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: Tay played a little bit there that maybe that doesn't 139 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: get out of hand in the second half. James Conner 140 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: at ten areas for eighteen yards in that game. Jalen 141 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: Samuels had four for fifteen, Benny Snow had three for fourteen. 142 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: Their long games for Connor had a five yard game 143 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 1: it was his long. Samuel's had a six yard game 144 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: that was his long. Snow had a seven yard game 145 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: that was his long. You know, I'm gonna tell you 146 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: right now, I will go on record that might be 147 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: one of my guarantees this weekend that the Steelers have 148 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: a run of more than seven yards in this game. 149 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 1: It seems like a low standard, but I'm gonna bet 150 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: on Nase Harris breaking off a run of more than 151 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 1: seven yards in his football game, especially against Nickel. You know, 152 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I keep going back to this. I mean, 153 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: if the Steelers come out with one or twelve, with 154 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 1: two receivers on the field, you're gonna get Nickel, you know. 155 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,319 Speaker 1: I mean, you're gonna get Friar Muth and Ebron or 156 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: Watt or whomever blocking linebackers and Harris making yards on 157 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: his own, probably against safety's or linebackers, you know, smaller people. 158 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, I don't think he's gonna run 159 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,319 Speaker 1: thirty forty one. You know, there there's a lot of 160 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: fast personnel on the field, but he's gonna break tackles 161 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 1: and drag people. Yeah, I mean I would almost I 162 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: would almost be willing your bet he breaks off at 163 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: least something in double digits. Yeah. I was at some 164 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: point during that game over ten yards. Yeah, I mean 165 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: some chunkyard of runs. And when you you know, if 166 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: you get one or two of those especially early. Now 167 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: all of a sudden that you know, those linebackers aren't 168 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,959 Speaker 1: attacking you know there or they are, well, they're honoring 169 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: the run. And then when you run play action, it's 170 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: you know, it's more effective. You know the Steelers running 171 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: play action last year. Is everybody's going okay, Yeah, even 172 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 1: though the few times they didn't do it a lot, 173 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: Why would you when you can't run the football? Yeah, 174 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: and it wasn't convincing. Um, they're not scaring anybody with it, 175 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: right right? I think you're right, But I don't know 176 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: that I want to shorten the game, and you know, 177 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: don't fall into their trap though. Either there's kind of 178 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: a fine line, like I'm sure the run will work 179 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: probably pretty well, and the Bills were middle of the 180 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: road against the run statistically, but they were also begging 181 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,719 Speaker 1: people to do it. Um. But the law behind that 182 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: is can you keep up with Josh Allen? Can most 183 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: teams keep up with Josh Allen by being run heavy 184 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: because we'll probably get thirty I don't want to fall 185 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: into the can. I want to play to my defense. 186 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: You know, if I'm the Steelers, if I'm Mike Tom 187 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: and I'm looking at this going, Okay, we forced them 188 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: to punt five times last year, we can stop them. Yeah, yeah, 189 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: I trust my defense to get stops in this game. 190 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: The key is making is getting points when you're getting 191 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: those stops. If you look back at that game, that 192 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: Bills did nothing in the first half of that game, 193 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: and the Steelers didn't capitalize, and then all of a sudden, 194 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 1: they get the turnover at the end of the half 195 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: and instead of leading, and you know, coming in they 196 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: were up seven to three at the time of the interception. 197 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: If you if you're at all you know it's fourteen 198 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: to three instead of because they were The interception came 199 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: at midfield too, and the Steelers have been very good 200 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: at getting points at the end of halves. Even if 201 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: you just get you know, if it's ten three instead 202 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,079 Speaker 1: of its nine seven in year down, that's such a 203 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: huge swing and you lose the game. It was such 204 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: a huge momentum swing, without question, and forget what doesn't 205 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: say about that. I don't know this for a fact, 206 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: but I would bet every dollar I have that the 207 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,959 Speaker 1: worst half of football that the Bill's offense had was 208 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: the first half against Steelers. And a lot of people 209 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: are looking at this Bills game. Going, Boy, what a 210 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 1: brutal matchup in Week one, and it is. It's a 211 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: brutal matchup, I mean in their building. But if teams 212 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: that the Bills would least like the face, I'm leaning 213 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 1: more and more towards the Steelers being high on that list. 214 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: We talked about that about a month ago or so 215 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: when when somebody I can't remember who it was, had 216 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: a thing of teams each team would least like to play, 217 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:46,719 Speaker 1: and the Steelers weren't listed on any of them. On 218 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 1: any of them like they get the best, one of 219 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:50,319 Speaker 1: the best defenses in the league. How could they not 220 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 1: be a bear to play against? If you're the Ravens, 221 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: for example, right, how can you say that Ravens off? 222 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,959 Speaker 1: How can you say Lamar Jackson likes to play the 223 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: Steeler like that, that's the team he doesn't want to 224 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,079 Speaker 1: see walking through the door. He ends up leaving that 225 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: game more bruised than any other game. You look at 226 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: the numbers and the numbers, his numbers have been awful 227 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: against him. And it's not like, Okay, the Steelers have 228 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: corners might not be as great as the rest of defense. 229 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,839 Speaker 1: Can baltimore'spoint that no say something. I was just listening 230 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: on the way here because they just drove over from 231 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: the practice facility and Pat Kerwood and Jim Miller were 232 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,599 Speaker 1: on serious have a lot of respect for both of 233 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: those guys. They both do a good job, and they 234 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: were talking. But they just so happened they had their 235 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: cornerback rankings they had They said, who are your top 236 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: five quarterback rankings? And they did it an interesting way. 237 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:35,439 Speaker 1: They broke it down. Instead of Brett looking at the 238 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: group as a whole, not just playing, they they looked 239 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: at each guy individually is what he was. So they 240 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:44,439 Speaker 1: if you were if you were a top tier number 241 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: one cornerback, he got six. If you were second tier 242 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: top number one cornerback, he got five points and so forth. Yeah, 243 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,719 Speaker 1: and they just added up the points. Miller had the 244 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: Steelers at four, Kerwin had them at five at their 245 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: cornerback room. Wow, Okay, I mean, I don't know. There 246 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: was kind of surprised by that, right I think. But 247 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: I think what they think they said they had Miller 248 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,079 Speaker 1: had them was seventeen and a half points something like that. 249 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: If you look at Joe Hayden, Okay, he's not a six, no, 250 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: but he might be yeah, right, right, right, something's probably 251 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: a four. Yeah, you know what I mean. And then 252 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:21,319 Speaker 1: you know they were talking there pretty quick. Yeah, so 253 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: they were talking about you know, you go down the 254 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,599 Speaker 1: list of each guy and what he is. You know, 255 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,839 Speaker 1: what's your number four guy? Okay, Justin Lane has some 256 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: pedigree and there's you know, he's not a nobody. Yeah right, 257 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 1: I see what you're saying. And I was kind of thinking, 258 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: as you're saying that there's some really star corners in 259 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 1: the league, but they're but they're surrounded by It's Gladys 260 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 1: Knight and the Pips, right right right, I mean the 261 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: other guy they double or you know, they help a lot. 262 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 1: I mean, they're really you know, well rounded cornerback rooms 263 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 1: in the league. Not a lot of them, that's for sure. 264 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,679 Speaker 1: And I mean he added Witherspoon to that now of actually, 265 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: Witherspoon's probably your your three or four. We've even talked 266 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: about him. We haven't really you should probably happened over 267 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,599 Speaker 1: the weekend. But do you think he plays in is 268 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: in the mix? I think I'll be allowed to ask 269 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: for him to play this week. I would assume. Um, 270 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:11,880 Speaker 1: I don't know, you haven't heard my thoughts on the guy, 271 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: and frankly, I need to study him a little bitre 272 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: because I was gone this weekend. But my take on 273 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: him is he's very long, very lean, kind of built 274 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: for the Seattle's type scheme, the Robert's Law type scheme 275 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: that the two teams he's been with a little inconsistent. 276 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: But he's got light feet for being such a tall guy. 277 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: A little bit of a reclamation project. You know that 278 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: his highs are high, his lows are a little questionable. Um, 279 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: but I don't think this, but but the Steelers aren't 280 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: a Cover three Seattle type team, you know, I think 281 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: they want him. Well, the thing he said, we talked 282 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: to him on Monday, and the thing that he said 283 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: that jumped out to me was that he's really looking 284 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: forward to the opportunity to play more man defense. That's 285 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: what was about to say, is I bet they look 286 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: at him as a press man guy, you know, which 287 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 1: just because it's a Cover three doesn't mean Sherman didn't 288 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: walk down and play man. They were all long for 289 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: a reason. Re route of the line of scrimmage. I 290 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: assume he has zero slot. Uh yeah, not really, and 291 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: he's an outside the outside corner. I looked up his numbers, 292 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: ran a four or four or five had at vertical 293 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 1: with crazy long arms, six two pounds guy. He's just 294 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: very as you said, lean linear. Yeah, I mean he's yeah, exactly, 295 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: he's a little inconsistent. He's probably, you know, athletically their 296 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: best guy. Athletically, Yes, I had I hadn't thought of 297 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: these angles, but I remember up to the weeks leading 298 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: up to the trade, I said four or five times 299 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: on these air waves. I like their corner room. But 300 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: they're collectively pretty slow. Yeah, they don't have a lot 301 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: of speed there. There's the four four guy. Yeah, five guys. 302 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: Now they get a four or four guys, right. Nobody 303 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: looks like him, that's for sure, or runs like him. 304 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: I mean, you might be one of the fastest guys. 305 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: Is probably the fast guy in that defense. And come 306 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: to think of it, and which is fine, that's the yeah. Yeah, 307 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: but I mean again, the middle of their defense is fast. 308 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: But you don't think he's in the mix this game. 309 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: I think I would be allowed to ask, do you 310 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: think he's inactive? I mean, it wouldn't just got here. 311 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: He's been a pretty good special teams guy. Um, you know, 312 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: do they let him get his feet wet, and because 313 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: obviously they traded for him, he's in, he's in the plans. 314 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: They like him, yeah, obviously. Yeah, and you're gonna need 315 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 1: a lot of corners for this game. Yeah, maybe maybe 316 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: you use him as yours your dime, or just makes 317 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: it up a little bit. I don't know. I mean, 318 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: they've they've got a lot of different options there, the 319 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: move guys around that all of a sudden, it's a 320 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: lot better than it was. Yeah, their cornerback depth might 321 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 1: be better than it was last year, right, I mean, 322 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: I'm not sure is the number two as good as Nelson? 323 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: I think that's still be to be determined. Is a 324 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: slot situation as good as it was last year? Probably 325 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,400 Speaker 1: if we call Sutton the slot you know, Um, that's 326 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: what makes it a little cloudy, because a little cloudy 327 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,479 Speaker 1: because where exactly is whether sport? How are you measuring? 328 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:20,199 Speaker 1: Who are you measuring Nelson against Sutton slash Pierre? How 329 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 1: are you working at? But again, I think the pass 330 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: rush is better, it's better, and I think the middle 331 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: of the field coverage is better. So frankly, I think 332 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,719 Speaker 1: it's a better defense. What could be button? Nelson are 333 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 1: good players, but they're not irreplaceable. Which game brings us 334 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 1: back around to defending the Bills again. You gave up 335 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: nineteen points on the road in their building last year 336 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 1: offensively to them. Um take that all day long in 337 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: this game. Absolutely. If they give up nineteen. In fact, 338 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 1: if they get the Steelers give up nine team points 339 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: in this game, they're winning the football game. Two years 340 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 1: ago the defense, yeah, yeah, two years ago against the 341 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: same Bills team, they give up sevent team points. They 342 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: turned to football over four times in that game against 343 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: at Hines Field. So this is a defense that the 344 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,119 Speaker 1: Bills over the last couple of years. But but the 345 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: Bills have had struggles against to move the football. I 346 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: was listening to Charlie Weiss this morning on on the 347 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: Way In on the on the NFL series NFL, and 348 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:24,479 Speaker 1: he talked about he was talking about how when they 349 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,959 Speaker 1: played his first year as a head coach or as 350 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 1: an assistant coach was with the Giants when they played 351 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: the Bills in the Super Bowl, and he said, our 352 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 1: defense was set up that we were daring the the 353 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: Bills to run the football. You know, they had Therman Thomas. 354 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,479 Speaker 1: We didn't want Jim Kelly throwing the football around forty five. 355 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,359 Speaker 1: You know, Okay, we're gonna we're gonna try to stop that. 356 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: We're gonna put a light bunch of guys on the 357 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: field and dare them to running football. That's why they 358 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: didn't do it. So I brought up to start the 359 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: segment that I wouldn't break my heart if Ingram was 360 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:03,359 Speaker 1: on the field with the other two outside line back, right, 361 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: I want them handing the ball to Zack mosson singletary, 362 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: even if it's against favorable boxes for them or lighter people. Um. 363 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,120 Speaker 1: The other thing, I think it doesn't bode great for Buffalo. 364 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: Josh Allen is a runner up AER MVP last years. 365 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 1: He's a phenomenal football player. He's unbelievably gifted, but he's 366 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: still learning, you know. I mean he's not He's not 367 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: Brady here. I mean, I mean he's not a finished product. 368 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 1: The two areas that I would say are his weaknesses 369 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: at this point, and they might be corrected. I don't 370 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:38,120 Speaker 1: know his numbers and the tape when pressured aren't so great, 371 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 1: and we saw that against the Steelers. You know, I 372 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: mean when he's getting harassed and hit and not sure 373 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: exactly where things are coming from. He's not. He's noticeably 374 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: worse than when he's clean, and everybody's worse, but he's 375 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 1: a bigger gap than most, and he fumbles a lot, 376 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: you know, And I'm sure that's the point of v 377 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: don't say it if it is, but I mean, I'm 378 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: sure it practiced this week. Jarring that ball loose from him, 379 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,680 Speaker 1: either in the pocket or scrambling behind the line of 380 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: scre image or as a runner is going to be 381 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 1: a massive priority for them. Yeah, good ball searching him 382 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,880 Speaker 1: you know that's he doesn't protect it very well. So yeah, 383 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 1: I think not at Wyoming anymore. Yeah, a lot of 384 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 1: people get caught up in you know, if if if 385 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: a team is having success running the football against the 386 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: defense and they can't stop the run, folks, you have 387 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 1: to sometimes look at what the team is daring the 388 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: other team to do. Of course, you may want them 389 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 1: to run. Well, if I'm playing the Bills, I want 390 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: hey come out and run the ball thirty five times 391 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: against us. Let's see if that works for you. That's 392 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: why I'm saying we beg him with light personnel. I mean, 393 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,479 Speaker 1: we want you to audible to run, So I mean, 394 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: without question, I mean I'm not picking on Jalen Samuel's 395 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 1: But we've said this a hundred times. People point to 396 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: that game where the Patriots, that's the way they played, 397 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: That's where they played. Yeah, they were begging you hand 398 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 1: it to this back and if he gets ninety under yards, 399 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: you're not gonna be if the Steelers had Levy on 400 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:07,880 Speaker 1: Bell or even a healthy James Conner in that game. Yeah, 401 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: but are the Patriots begging you as much to run 402 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: the photone? No, because you think this guy can hurt us, 403 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 1: that guy can't. I mean, everyone's pay I assume a 404 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: lot of our listeners will played pick up hoops, and 405 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,439 Speaker 1: you know when late in my pickup hoop career, if 406 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: they dish it to me for a jumper, let him 407 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 1: shoot it. You know, you know the guy that you're defending. 408 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: So if I'm playing a guy who's a good shooter, 409 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 1: I'm uptight on him. If I'm playing a guy that 410 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,679 Speaker 1: I know it doesn't shoot well but drives well, I'm 411 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: gonna play off of them. You go ahead, take all 412 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: the shots out there you want. I'm not going to 413 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 1: give you a lane to the basket though. And I 414 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: know we're talking more about Bill's offense, which frankly is 415 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: very one dimensional. They're not going to run the ball 416 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: much even if you beg them to. But what I 417 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: think is really going to change with the Steelers offense 418 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 1: is I think they'll run into heavier boxes much less. 419 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 1: I think they'll take ADVA image of there's no perfect defense. 420 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: Whatever they give you. I think that they're much more 421 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 1: set up to take advantage of. If you're gonna play 422 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: us light in the box, when a hand to Harris 423 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: over and over and you know, with some heavier personnel, 424 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 1: if you're you know, not going to onto the run 425 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: game at all, he didn't get the ball. If you're 426 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 1: if that's starting to hurt you and you start walking 427 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: to safety up in the box, then Ben's gonna getting 428 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: the shotgun and slinging around, you know, like they're more 429 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,640 Speaker 1: equipped to hurt you a lot more weight. The other 430 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: interesting thing about that is looking at that box score, 431 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: Singletary and Moss only had two targets in that game 432 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: last year. They don't throw the ball ton to the backs. 433 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: They don't or the tight end or the tight ennomb 434 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: Knox had seven targets in that game. Okay, but because 435 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: he's another one if he if he beats you with 436 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,920 Speaker 1: seven targets. Great, but that was again with the Steelers 437 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: without Devin Bush on the field. Now, all of a sudden, 438 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 1: you've got two linebackers capable of covering Dawson Knox. Oh yeah, 439 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: And I wonder how much has changes. I mean, last 440 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,439 Speaker 1: year Bush was on the back, Edmonds on the tight end. 441 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: I mean not every play, but I mean more often 442 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: than not. And they did very good jobs often in 443 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: man coverage. In this game. I mean, you wouldn't have 444 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: to help them at all. I mean, if if you're 445 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: playing man, whoever the back is Devon, he's yours or Joe, 446 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,639 Speaker 1: you know, and Edmonds has the tight end and he 447 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 1: isn't really a threat. And if those guys happen to 448 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 1: win one on one matchups and neither one of those 449 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 1: guys ends up with four or five six catches, so 450 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 1: be it. That's fine with me. Right again, that's just 451 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: like you run the football. Had four catches for eight 452 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,639 Speaker 1: and a half yards catching that game. Cole Beasley had 453 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: five catches for forty one yards. Those aren't beating, you know, 454 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 1: I mean, unless it's a total blowout in the fourth quarters, 455 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 1: all about just running out the clock. If Moss and 456 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 1: Singletary combined for carries. I bet the Stealers win. It's 457 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:49,679 Speaker 1: not enough. You know, it's not how they're built. You're 458 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 1: making them play left handed, you know. I mean, it's 459 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: not what they had twenty carries combined in that game 460 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: this year for seventy five yards. Okay, So again, I 461 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,880 Speaker 1: love the idea of of Ingram being a defensive tackle, 462 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 1: specially with tow it out early downs. I mean, Allen's 463 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 1: hat in the shotgun anyway, you know. I mean, and 464 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean that if they start gashing you, Okay, 465 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: that means they're not throwing it on you. And you 466 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 1: got everyone on the field that can chase Allan down, 467 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: and you know you have speed, and you know you 468 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,880 Speaker 1: might be less physical than your opponent. But so what Yah. 469 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: The game turned last year when they remembered, oh wait, 470 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: we've got stuff on Dick's uh and and he's the 471 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,160 Speaker 1: big peppered him with targets in the second half. Yeah, 472 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I think he had like three targets in 473 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 1: the first half the Steelers, and then all of a 474 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:34,120 Speaker 1: sudden the Bills came out and said, hey, we gotta 475 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: try to get this guy a little more involved instead 476 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: of taking what they were giving him. Yes, well, let 477 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:41,479 Speaker 1: you throw the ball to Dawson Knocks. Lets you throw 478 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: the ball to Cole Beasley. You know what's interesting along 479 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 1: those lines, too, is you and I talk a fair 480 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: amount of fantasy here, of course, so I'm sure a 481 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: lot of our listeners understand fantasy, you know, And it's 482 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,640 Speaker 1: not apples to apples, of course, But I think it's 483 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: interesting how this team's build that there's two guys that 484 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 1: are really fantasy you worthy, you know, in Diggs and 485 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,880 Speaker 1: Allen the rest of them, Yeah, they can do damage, 486 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,120 Speaker 1: and they're really well coached, and Allan's are distributed to football. 487 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,639 Speaker 1: It's not the Chiefs. It's not the Chiefs, right, I mean, 488 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:15,199 Speaker 1: it's not even you know, Tampa or Dallas or right. 489 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 1: I mean, if you could really put the clamps on 490 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 1: Diggs and sell out to some degree, it's kind of 491 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 1: the same logic of Okay, if those backs and knocks 492 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: and three year old Emmanuel Sanders, right, yeah, even and 493 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: Cole Beasley, they nickel and dime you to death. I 494 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 1: can live with that, you know. That's kind of the 495 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 1: dick lebou that was right, Hey, we're gonna make it 496 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 1: go eight yards in ten plays because at some point 497 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,360 Speaker 1: somebody's gonna get a holding penalty, somebody put the ball 498 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: in the ground, we'll get at tackled for a loss. 499 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: Something will happen that we'll put you behind the chains 500 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 1: and we'll get off the field exactly exactly. And that's 501 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: what the Bills have been so good at doing because 502 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,119 Speaker 1: they don't get the third down, you know, I mean, 503 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: they get first downs early, don't get the punting situations. 504 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 1: But this defense, uh, you know the football team Washington 505 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 1: and the Steelers will be the two I would not 506 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: want to face the fire them, the Bills O lines, 507 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: it's Miller Road. Yeah, the Steelers will have an advantage. 508 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 1: I think that's about the defensive front on the field. 509 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: I think just like the Bill will have an advantage 510 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: against the Steelers probably offensive front. Yeah, I mean I 511 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 1: think every one on one matchup that will happen when 512 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,880 Speaker 1: Buffalo has a football and the Trenches favorite Pittsburgh. Yeah, 513 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: you know, they're the big people. There's they're gonna only 514 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: double so many guys you can't. Yeah right, that's why 515 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 1: I think, you know, a guy like Alex Highsmith could 516 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:38,239 Speaker 1: have a big game in this way. Yeah, I mean 517 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 1: t J. Watts coming back, but he's still going to 518 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 1: command not worry one bit of He's still going to 519 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: command respect. Kim Heyward's going to command respect. Trust me. 520 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: They've been game planning for three weeks that what's going 521 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: to be there, and they're gonna help their right tackle, 522 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 1: who's not he's probably their best offensive lineman, but they're 523 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 1: not leaving him alone. So he's rusty, he'll be no way, 524 00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: no way. That's all well and good until he sacked 525 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,360 Speaker 1: your quarterback three times. Yeah right, you know, Strip Strip 526 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 1: fumbled him. Uh you know what, the cam's gonna cause 527 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,959 Speaker 1: a lot of problems of the middle two, and Alan 528 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: makes a lot of problems go away. And there's just 529 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 1: no question about that. I mean, we we understand what 530 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 1: a talented quarterback can do. But I mean, the Bills 531 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: are the better team. I believe that. I just think 532 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: this is not as rosie of a matchup as people think. 533 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: It's not the slam dunk. I don't know. I don't 534 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,479 Speaker 1: know if the six and a half spread that that's 535 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 1: a lot, that's a lot. I didn't realise it was 536 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,199 Speaker 1: that high either, But I mean, I bet this thing 537 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 1: is pretty close and as you know, your original point, 538 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 1: if you're gonna give that the team like this a 539 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 1: gift or two like you have the last two games, 540 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: well you got a shot. You know, you had probably 541 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,719 Speaker 1: a pretty clean game. But if it's you know, if 542 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 1: you played not an error free game, but in turnover 543 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: free game, at least unfortunate, if at least even with 544 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: them in turnovers. Um, you know again, take that turnover away. 545 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:56,400 Speaker 1: It's nineteen fifteen, last year, different ball game, different ball game. 546 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: We'll see. That's why they played the games. But now 547 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: I think you should be a really good one too. Yeah, 548 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 1: I'm really interested to see, um, one of the best 549 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 1: games of the week one. I mean, just h without 550 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: a doubt. But that's gonna do it for this segment. 551 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 1: We'll be back right after this. He is Matt Williamson. 552 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: I'm Dale Lolly. You were listening to the drive here 553 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 1: on Steelers Nation Radio.