STEELERS RAVENS POST GAME

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after this.
What I what I said was starting

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to become a classic Baltimore
Steelers game and turns out it

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was, but they pulled out a V27
to 22, you know, put up some big

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boy stats as far as Aaron
Rodgers, 284 yards passing.

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DK had his breakout game, 7
receptions for 148 yards.

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You know, it's funny, he had all
that yardage and he didn't get a

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touchdown.
But you know, we, we won the

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game anyway.
So got him into the game.

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The defense coming up with that
sack at the lat, was that the

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only sack of the game?
I I think that was, I think that

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was the first sack of the game.
And it's exciting.

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Say again.
Highsmith Sighting.

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Yes, Highsmith sighting
Schwaber, do you have a

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microphone?
What's going on?

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I broke my my stuff so I just
got to go regular here.

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You're you're going to have to
get a OK anyway.

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So thanks for being here.
Thanks for watching us, you

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know, great victory.
I'll give you my thoughts later.

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I'm I'm going to let HJ who's
basically been up for two

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straight days after that night
we had a Kelly's bar.

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HJHJ is down below me.
The Grand Schwabeanie is over

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there and I'm your TD, your
technical director.

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HJ, how do you feel about this
victory?

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And leave us your comments.
Tell us what you think.

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I'm going to ask a question
after you guys give me your

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thoughts here and and hope, hope
to elicit a big response.

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Take it away.
HJ.

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How did how did you feel about
that victory?

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It's always great to beat the
Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore

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and there's just not, there's
not a greater feeling when you

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beat your rival like that in a
really, I mean a must win game

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for not for both teams really,
but more for the Steelers.

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The Steelers had much more of
the lose.

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It's not over.
It's not over.

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But this puts us in the catbird
seat.

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The number is 2.
We need two more wins and we win

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the AFC North.
That's all we need to do now is

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just secure two more wins.
We play Miami and Cleveland and

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Baltimore.
We only need to win two of

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those.
So it it's a great win for the

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Steelers.
I mean, I have to say, I was

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hoping that the defense would
come out and just prove that

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what happened in the playoff
game last year was, you know,

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just false.
Just Just not the way this class

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it.
It's like you said, it's a

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classic.
It's a classic Tomlin rebound

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game.
Everybody's saying get rid of

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Tom.
And you know, we were saying it

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and the whole the everybody in
the hold is saying it.

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I think when it happens that for
some reason, Tomlin finds his

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next gear and and and just loves
to prove everybody wrong.

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And he absolutely did that
today.

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I thought the offense could have
been a little bit better in the

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second-half, but it did what it
had to do.

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And that's all that really
matters when you need a big win

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to pull out a clutch win like
that.

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Baltimore is not the Baltimore
team that we really know.

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Let's face it, this Baltimore
more team is is not is not great

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there.
There's nothing really great

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about this Baltimore team and I
think that help us secure the

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win.
What do you say, Mark?

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What do you say?
You know, I don't mean to be

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negative because I mean, it's a
win, it's a big win against the

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rival.
But the first thought that came

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to my mind after this win was
they did it again, 9:00 and 8:10

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and 7:00 blow out in the first
round.

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I mean, I could be wrong,
hopefully I'm wrong.

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But that was the first thought
that came to my mind was that,

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look, Steelers, they played a
really good game today.

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So give them credit for that,
especially with the way they had

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been playing, you know, the
previous couple weeks.

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But at the same time, I did sort
of feel like, kind of like what

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you said, Baltimore is not as
good as people have thought that

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they were.
And I, I feel like, you know, a

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slightly better team and the
Steelers beat a below 500 team.

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Yeah, that that's the problem
right now.

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That's really, that's really the
problem.

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And the problem is what I saw
for those who are, you know,

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black and gold thick and through
Steelers always going to win

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make the play offs.
You know that really super die

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hard.
There was some good in this

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game.
Roger good game is rating was

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over 100.
Gainwell, you know, had the

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touchdown Metcalf with his seven
for 1:48.

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It it looked like the parts of
the offense were were, you know,

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ready.
It what what it appeared to me

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is that, and I was thinking this
through the game, it seemed to

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me that maybe Aaron Rodgers
during the week when they

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interviewed him and and he said,
you know, people got to be in

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meetings.
They they got to run better

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routes.
It starts with me.

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You know, he kind of said, I I'm
not, I haven't been playing the

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best either.
But you know, and then they had

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those meetings and maybe Rodgers
in the coaches room in the

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coaches meeting said, Hey, look,
what in the hell are we doing?

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We got we got this guy in DK
Metcalf.

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Let's let's use him.
Let's let's use him.

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You know, we're not taking OK,
So it looked like, oh, they're

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going to start throwing the ball
now.

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Everybody Pooh poohed the Adam
Thielen moved the Valdez

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scandaling, you know, move.
And you know, I I was one of

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those who kind of did as well.
But then I started to think

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about it like, Metcalf is
getting double teamed

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constantly, and Aaron Rodgers
actually made that comment this

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past week when they interviewed
him.

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And that's what we've been
talking about.

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And I've been singing since they
got DK Metcalf and let go of

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George Pickens.
And this ain't the George

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Pickens show.
But they don't have a true #2

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and neither one of these guys is
a true #2 either.

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But they are veterans, and one
of them has played with him.

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So now the defense has to be
worried about the fact that that

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there's a chemistry and an
understanding of an offense.

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So DK was able to get open more,
even though Scanline and Feeling

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Feeling really didn't contribute
that much.

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I think Feeling had one catch,
you know, Yeah, for four yards.

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But, yeah.
But.

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But at the same time, you know,
I thought, oh, OK, we're seeing

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this.
But what we didn't see was any

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real running game at all.
And what we didn't see was Pat

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Fryermuth being utilized more.
And so it's kind of like what

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how many steps do you have to
take before you have a full

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offense here?
You know, so let's do this two

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games in a row and and I'm going
to be back on the positive

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bandwagon and and and you know,
that's where I come down on the

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offense.
Thanks everybody for being here.

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nights at 7 PMI don't know.
I lost my train of thought there

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for a for a second feel.
The steel is back in the house.

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Chris Chotta, we'll get to your
comments.

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Feel the steal.
Thanks.

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He he did call us psychos, but
you know.

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He's right there.
Yeah, I think that's with love.

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I think it's with love as well.
I mean, you know, hardly hardly.

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We've known you yet.
You know us so well.

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So well.
I'm pretending that's a

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Shakespeare quote, but I just
made that up.

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I'm I swear to God.
What is the deal with needing 9

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yards for a first down to seal
the game and they run a toss to

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Warren for absolutely nothing
forcing 1/3 and long?

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Not great play calling.
I'll take a quick stab at it and

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then I'll let HHJ go crazy.
That's Tomlin being

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conservative.
Well, here's here's the thing

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that that I always wonder about
Now look, I'm not going to I'm

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not going to complain about the
offense terribly because I I

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think I loved the first play
bomb to Metcalf.

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That was different.
We haven't seen that and I love

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the use of Metcalf.
Actually, I would have liked to

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have seen him used a little more
in the second-half, you know,

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but sometimes I'm just confused
like now, look, I like Kenny

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Gainwell.
I think he's a good player, but

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you're, you know, whatever it
was like, you know, 1st and goal

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to go from the 8th and you run
three straight plays to Kenny

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Gainwell.
I mean that's, that's, that's

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odd to me.
You know, the, the, the third

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down, we get a first down, we
win the game.

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We throw to Vandez Scantling,
who I don't know if he was on

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the field during the game.
If not, that was his first play

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for the year.
Why are we throwing it to him?

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Why not Metcalf?
He's in the flow of the game

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with 7 catches for 146 yards.
You know what I mean?

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Like some of the plays just
don't make any sense to me.

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But I will at least say that I
like the fact that, you know,

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generally speaking, they were
more aggressive throwing the

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ball and I liked that, you know,
so, so that's my take on that.

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Yeah, my only my only difference
with what you guys are saying is

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you have to make them take their
time outs.

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That's not that's thing one,
right?

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Yeah, which they did do.
That was I I like that strategy.

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So, so you got to run, run.
I mean, there you have to do

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that.
That's just that's just the way

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it's going to go.
I mean, if you're going to throw

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the ball on 1st down, you got to
throw that pass out to Kenny

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Gainwell or, or Warren or, you
know, the tight end so that you,

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you know, you make sure it's a
catch because you want to keep

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the clock running.
So that's they did that right.

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And but I agree with you when it
was third down in in in too

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long, you still have to take a
chance.

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That doesn't mean you throw it
across the middle for 15 yards

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so that it might get picked off.
But what you might do is throw

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it down the field on the
sidelines so that either he

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catches it or it goes out of
bounds and maybe you get a pass

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interference penalty and the
game's over.

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You know, I, I think that's what
the Steelers have always lacked

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with forever really when it
comes down to it, that killer

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instinct, that instinct that
says our offense is better than

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your defense.
Instead, what do they say?

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Our defense will stop your
offense instead.

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Now there's no way they could
have known that the Ravens were

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going to get a holding penalty
on the punt and then on the very

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first play on 1st down, get
another holding penalty.

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So suddenly not they're not on
the 30, they're not on the 42

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yard line.
They're on the 25 yard line for

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God's sakes.
So that made a big difference in

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and the one the the one great
thing about this win.

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So that's what I'll say about
that.

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The the play calling on that.
But the the best thing about

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this win and we have to
absolutely talk about this is

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the way the Steelers won.
The the Ravens are going to get

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to cry about this game because
of two things. 11 The the

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penalty on on the on the center,
you know, the roughing the

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center penalty, as I call it.
You know where they they, they

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get the first down on the very
next play, Kenny.

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Well, Kenny Gainwell goes in for
a rushing touchdown and then on

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the what look like perhaps the
game-winning touchdown catch,

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Isaiah likely dropping it right
out.

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Wait, wait, where is it?
Right out of the textbook of our

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buddy Jesse James.
We've been through this.

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So, so forget about a Baltimore
about whining, because this

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happened to US against the
Patriots in a much bigger game.

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Than this game.
In a much bigger game than this

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game, and we know how that
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So did he catch the ball?
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Did he catch the ball?
Did he did?

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Did did he complete the catch?
I guess he didn't.

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And that's always, that's the
thing Baltimore fans, that

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you're going to have to struggle
with for a while now and, and do

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yourself a favor, try and get
over it because I haven't gotten

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over that catch.
By Jesse James.

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And that had to have been at
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So So that's what's great.
Now we get to project some of

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our anger to Baltimore and now
they can take that and do with

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do with it whatever you want.
But guess what?

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You lost the game.
Don't.

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Don't forget, don't forget about
the interception, not

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interception as well.
Yeah.

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Well, you know what that was.
That was Aaron Rodgers best

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completion of the game.
One catch for Aaron Rodgers for

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-9 yards probably.
Probably save the game.

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Probably.
Save the game.

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Yeah, forget.
Forget DK Metcalf's 7 for one.

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48 and a touchdown, right?
He didn't, he didn't get ATD.

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He didn't get ATD.
That catch, that catch to

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himself, that catch to himself
was the best play Aaron Rodgers

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did all game.
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I think it's it's amazing to to
have that turn around on those

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on those plays.
I mean, and, and how how happy

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and joyous that that hockey
Jesus is that Baltimore Ravens

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fans now have to go back.
I mean, look, the only thing

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that would have made it better
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division championship, you know,
something like that.

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Yeah, if it was the last game of
the year, right?

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And and we had to win to make
the playoffs and now we're in

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the playoffs.
We still aren't in the we're in

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the we're in the playoffs now,
but we're not guaranteed.

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Yeah, still four more games.
Three more games from now, yeah.

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Yeah, yeah.
And, and I think, I think, you

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know, like, like I was saying,
you got to show this to me two

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weeks in a row, though.
I mean, I, I, I still feel like

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the offense is not complete and
I think it's still got a long

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way to go.
But I, I, I really feel like

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there is an influence of Aaron
Rodgers and, and his will.

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And I got to say that I can't
think of any other quarterback,

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given the selection that was
available to the Steelers at the

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time, that would have taken this
team even to where it is now,

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which is 7 and 6.
I mean, imagine had they signed

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Justin Fields, imagine that for
some strange reason, Russell

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Wilson stuck around this joint.
I mean, I don't see anything

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like this happening, but that
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That doesn't matter.
How about the defense?

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Do you get a do you get the
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And I I got the feeling that and
we were talking about this

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during the game.
You know, in the beginning,

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Lamar and and they they really
played up the fact that he's

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playing injured.
He's not the same old Lamar.

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And we did see that in a way.
But you know, as the game went

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on, I said wait until halftime.
I think they're feeling out the

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Steelers defense to see how over
committed they're going to be to

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this.
And maybe Lamar has a little bit

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in the tank here.
He's, you know, another week

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removed from being injured.
And it looked like he did, you

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know, his timing on his throws
was still off a little bit.

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He certainly didn't have the
speed he had, but he did get a

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rushing touchdown, a nice one.
And you know, the the D to me

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looked like it played well
enough to win.

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And because Lamar was injured
and they really couldn't unleash

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him even after the second-half
adjustments, they were able to

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keep Derrick Henry pretty well
contained 94 yards rushing.

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Look, you you didn't shut him
down, but he didn't hurt you.

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He didn't score any touchdowns.
So is that more of a factor of

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now it's a one more of a
one-dimensional offense or, or

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did the D step up?
You know, like I saw Joe Joey

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Porter did what Joey Porter
does, man.

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He, he has a, he has some great
plays in a game and then he has

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some, you know, head scratching,
interference calls.

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And yeah, you could call him
kind of the hero of the game,

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like HJ did after he he he
knocked that pass out of

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likely's likely's hands.
You know that.

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Was that was Mark actually?
Oh, was that?

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Oh, that was you.
OK, I read that text wrong.

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Sorry about that, Grant Swabini.
But you know, I, I, I, I mean,

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again, this, this, I want to
call this the classic Tomlin

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rebound game, but because of
how, you know, lackluster

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they've been this year for most
of the year, it is the classic

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Tomlin rebound game.
But they usually end up in a

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kind of a stretch, you know, can
they sustain this?

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I mean, what do we got?
What do we got next week?

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It's not Detroit, is it?
It's it's either Cleveland or

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let me see.
You know, I don't want to go

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into the future too far here,
but there's not a whole lot of

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football left next week.
Dolphins, that's that.

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That's right.
Dolphins come into town.

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Is that a Monday night right?
Dolphins, Yeah.

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Monday night game.
Monday night game, yeah.

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Yeah, that game actually scares
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And we could talk about that
game tomorrow, but you know, for

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me, it has to be a sustainable
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They they need to go out and
they don't have to beat the shit

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out of out of Miami.
They they just have to win

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convincingly.
You know, even if it's a, you

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know, 7 point game or a
three-point game, it's got to be

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a the offense move the ball and
they scored the defense made the

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stops and, and, and held that
team to under 100 yards rushing.

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And two, it couldn't throw any
big touchdown passes.

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I mean, because, because Miami
is for all intents and purposes

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a bad team.
So if they can do that, then I

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think you got something cooking
because Aaron Rodgers was

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cooking today.
He actually looked pretty spry

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on the field, you know, except
for that little errant little

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pass catch thing that I missed
part of because I was setting up

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the show.
But what what do you guys say

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about that?
Well, you can't say that they

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are.
The defense had a great game.

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They gave up 217 yards rushing
again, over 200 yards rushing

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again.
So yes they did. 909494 To

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Henry, 76.
To the other jabroni 47.

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Oh yeah, yeah, that big.
Play 4447 ish to Lamar couple

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couple from some other guys.
So, yeah, so they did they they

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gave up over 200 yards rushing.
Again, anytime you give up over

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200 yards rushing, you can't say
that your defense had a great

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game.
The only thing you can, the only

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thing you can say is you know,
they got that interception

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early, which helped keep the
momentum going early, right?

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That was that was helpful.
They didn't they they actually

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had two sacks.
Mark Brandon Nichols had a sack

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earlier, but but so they didn't
really have a lot of they

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didn't.
Really have a lot.

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Of splash plays on defense so I
mean the one thing you can say

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it was the first time they
didn't have splash plays on

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defense and they still won the
game so so that's a little bit

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different with this team.
This team usually relies on some

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kind of splash, you know splash
to do it.

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It seemed like the splashes were
coming from the offense with the

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the over 20 yard passes that
happened what what 5-5 times

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today, something like that.
So so I can't no, I can't say

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that the defense is back.
I can say that they did enough

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today.
And once again, this Baltimore

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team is just not just not not
good enough.

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If you can, if honestly, if they
can, if they can do it next week

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and and against Miami, who has a
chain and and Tua who's actually

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having a pretty good year and
Waddle who's having an excellent

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year.
If they can stop one of those

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three guys.
OK, Well, then I say the defense

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is back and it'll be really
interesting because it's a

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Monday night.
It's in Pittsburgh.

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And if, if they lose that game
after, after winning this game,

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I, I, I mean, we're all going to
be schizophrenic, you know, a

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week from Tuesday because we're
just, we're just not going to

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know what to say.
We had, we had it all laid.

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We have it all laid out for us.
Two more wins.

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That's all we need to win.
I said two out of three.

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It's really two out of two out
of four.

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You're right.
I forgot about the Detroit game,

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which I rode off already because
I figured they're going to get

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absolutely pummeled by Detroit.
But they only have to beat, they

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only have to win next week at
home Monday night against Miami.

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So you don't see James Harrison
out there screaming his lungs

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out about how soft the Steelers
are on Monday night, because he

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will absolutely be back
screaming his lungs out.

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And you know what?
I'll be right there beside him.

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I mean, I, I mean, I, I think
it's crazy how all these NFL

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players are getting their
podcast.

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I mean, and we've been doing it
for 7-8 years now.

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I mean, this is where you go.
This is where you come, OK.

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You don't need to hear Debo
screaming his head off.

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That's no fun.
You come here so you can

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exercise your opinion and
nobody's going to scream at you.

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I mean, except maybe Steve.
He likes to scream once in a

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while.
He get kind of gets carried

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away, but then he says a prayer
and everything is fine here.

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Here's an interesting thing.
Chris Chotta.

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Chris Chotta.
Ironically, do you think

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Harbaugh and Tomlin are in
similar situations?

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If Jackson regresses with
injuries and all, and Baltimore

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keeps losing, could Harbaugh's
seat be as hot as Tomlin's?

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Listen, Harbaugh's seat actually
is as hot as Tomlin's.

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Now we're in a bubble here in
Pittsburgh.

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They're in a bubble there in
Baltimore.

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Some would say it's a grayer
bubble.

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I don't know.
But you know, I, I listen to a,

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a, a Baltimore sports reporter
talk about that situation there.

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And you know, it's really easy
to say.

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To sum it up this way, almost
the exact same situation.

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It is pretty similar.
Yeah, yeah.

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And the fans there are very
frustrated.

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They they think that Harbaugh
plays old school football.

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Gee, I think we just watched a
game full of old school

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football.
And I'll tell you one side note

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here.
I was finally entertained by a

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Steelers game this year.
I mean, if, if I I'm serious, if

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I, if I sat, if I sit back, the
first play from scrimmage is a

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bomb to Eric Metcalf and all.
I can think.

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Or to the the Eric Metcalf?
Gee, I'm going back there a

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little way.
I know DJ Metcalf Is Eric

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Metcalf his dad?
No, no.

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Are they related?
OK, Anyway, yeah.

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That that reminded me, me a
former and recovering Redskins

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fan, that now Steelers fan, that
that reminded me of the good old

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days when Joe Gibbs would come
out and and and try to pull

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stuff like that.
I mean, that's called going for

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the jugular on play number 1,
you know, and that that was a

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great call.
Now you probably can't do it

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next week, but it's in the
arsenal now and now they know

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they got to respect it.
So that's where the issue comes

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in.
Are you going to take because

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you definitely made some changes
to your offensive game plan, not

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just because you were playing
the Ravens, but because the

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whole world was calling for it,
even if not your players

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themselves.
Can you can you do that next

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week?
Can you add a couple little

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twist?
Maybe it's familiarity.

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I I don't know, but but that
that's really what we got to do.

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But yeah, Harbaugh, same
situation.

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They they they're they're
starting to grow sour of him

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because they feel like anybody
with a quarterback like Lamar

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should have won at least one
Super Bowl right now.

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And I can't disagree with that.
You know, 20 and four in

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December setting records.
Maybe he's.

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But maybe he's just not a
winner.

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You know, there there is.
There is something to say about

445
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:05,960
that. 20 and four in December is
a winner, I mean, but I, I, I

446
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,920
get you're saying.
There's a difference between

447
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,000
regular season wins and
postseason wins.

448
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,600
Yeah, you're, you're absolutely
right.

449
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,640
There is.
That's your deck, Prescott,

450
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,800
right there.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got yeah,

451
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,280
you're yeah, you're right.
But I, you know who's better?

452
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:23,160
Dak or Lamar?
Well, I would say Lamar is, but

453
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,360
yeah, neither one of them have
gotten their team over the top.

454
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,080
No, no, they haven't.
They haven't.

455
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:32,960
Let's let's get a couple of the
comments in here.

456
00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:38,200
Derby 5 O 1st 2.
Is that a Derby 5 O 1st 2?

457
00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,640
Is that a military reference?
You know drop us comment.

458
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,560
It might be.
If so, thank you for your

459
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,960
service in advance.
So Steelers Nation, you all

460
00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,480
going to be spoiled crybabies
wanting Tomlin out of town?

461
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,880
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
The the answer is here's what

462
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:59,240
happens in Steelers nation, or
as we like to say, Star's

463
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:04,240
nation.
Here's what happens Tomorrow is

464
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,920
Monday.
And on Monday morning, sports

465
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:12,880
radio here will be a wash of
people who say Tomlin still

466
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:17,200
needs to go and then another
group of people who say, see, we

467
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:21,680
told you he was a great coach.
See, I mean, we go through this.

468
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,120
When he when he loses, it's one
way.

469
00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:29,800
When he wins, it's another way.
But, you know, this time could

470
00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,200
be a little different, don't you
think?

471
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,640
I mean, we'll wait to see
tomorrow and we'll comment on

472
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:36,520
tomorrow's show.
But.

473
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,240
I, I think people are going to
say what you're saying, which is

474
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:40,360
right.
Let's see it again.

475
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:45,320
Right.
I did hear one interesting new

476
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:51,280
kind of Tomlin ish type stat.
Do you know that there's in the

477
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:56,320
history of the NFL there's only
one other coach that has been

478
00:27:56,320 --> 00:28:01,440
with their team for eight
seasons without a playoff win?

479
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:06,760
Do you know who that person is?
In in all of the NFL.

480
00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:10,480
All of the NFL, it's only it
only one other person has been

481
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,920
allowed to be with their team
for 8 consecutive seasons

482
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:15,880
without a playoff with.
Active.

483
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:18,200
Not active.
No, not active.

484
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:22,680
Dick Vermeil.
I don't know.

485
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:25,680
Andy Reid.
Don Shula.

486
00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:28,800
Oh, Don Shula.
Don Shula, that's a good one.

487
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:30,720
Yeah, that.
Would have had to be at the end

488
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:32,520
of his career.
Well, that's been cool.

489
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,280
That's kind of crazy though,
isn't it?

490
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:38,240
There's only two people in this
position in the history of the

491
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,160
NFL.
Yeah, yeah.

492
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:44,440
Yeah, and they're and they're 22
in the top five of wins all time

493
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:45,600
probably.
I don't know.

494
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,160
I don't know where Tomlin is,
but he's got to be up there.

495
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,120
The other thing that I thought
was kind of interesting was

496
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:55,080
somebody wrote an article where
they kind of kind of like

497
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:59,840
debuffed or demist the whole the
Steelers never fire coaches

498
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:05,640
because obviously they haven't
for a long time, but like prior

499
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,400
to that they fired like 4
coaches within 10 years.

500
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,880
Yeah.
Yeah, but you already know that

501
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:15,320
anything before 1970 doesn't
count as the real NFL.

502
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,920
There you.
Go yeah, We have this debate all

503
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:20,640
the time.
All the time.

504
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,520
Yeah, It's it's actually, it's
an unspoken debate.

505
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:29,040
But but to but to talk about
derpies concept there of the,

506
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,200
you know, us being crying whiny
babies.

507
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:36,360
Absolutely true, That is true,
But we have a lot of ammunition

508
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:41,400
behind being crying, crying
whiny babies because of that

509
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,360
because of that reason.
I mean, we have a a quote Hall

510
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:49,080
of Fame coach who can't even win
playoff games.

511
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:52,800
I mean, you know, if your team
may it couldn't win a playoff

512
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:56,720
game in the last eight seasons
that isn't named New York Jets,

513
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,680
you would be in the same
position.

514
00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,640
You would be saying the same
things like, why do we still

515
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:03,960
have this coach?
Why do we still have this coach?

516
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,640
So, yeah, we might be spoiled
because, you know, Tomlin won

517
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:11,280
early and often and, you know,
made a lot of Super Bowls early.

518
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,360
And, you know, say what you want
about them being Coward's team,

519
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:15,440
go ahead.
I don't care.

520
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:19,920
We've had this conversation, but
we also have said that.

521
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:23,360
That being said, all the Boo
birds that were out, you know,

522
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:28,120
booing renegade and saying fire
Tomlin would not be doing that.

523
00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,560
If the Steelers win this week
and Miami comes in on Monday

524
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,160
night, you will not be hearing
fire Tomlin chances they come

525
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,760
out of the the tunnel.
And that's the way that's the

526
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,040
way it is the NFL one week
you're the hero.

527
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,520
One week you're you want to be,
you want to be, you want to be

528
00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:47,560
out in the cold looking for a
job, so.

529
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:49,440
But if they're, it's just.
The way it is.

530
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:53,800
If they're down 24 to 3 and the
third, you will hear fire Tom.

531
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,760
Yeah, no doubt, no doubt.
I it's like I, I thought to

532
00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:58,680
myself.
When?

533
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:00,200
When?
Or or or if they.

534
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:04,560
It's all you.
It's all you, HJ.

535
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:06,400
It's all.
It's all you, HJ.

536
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,680
Or that's OK.
It's the it's the delay that's

537
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,320
killing me.
No, if if the Steelers, if the

538
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:16,800
Steelers were winning 21, seven
at halftime and then suddenly

539
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:22,880
it's 2821 Miami it with, you
know, 6 minutes left and they

540
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:26,080
play renegade and Miami has the
ball, you know.

541
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,200
Yeah.
There might be a there, there

542
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,760
might, there might be a
different feel about that in in

543
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:35,480
that situation.
That's the way it is in the NFL.

544
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,040
You know, I'm sorry if we sound
like crying whiny babies with,

545
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:40,680
you know, with all our
Lombardi's.

546
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:42,440
That's right, Pat.
We have a lot of them.

547
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:47,080
But the reality is that's the
way it works, people.

548
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,280
Listen, we've been doing this
show for a long time, for, for

549
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:55,800
over 7 years and seven years ago
when people were calling for

550
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,000
Tomlin to be fired because
they've been, they've been a, a

551
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:02,080
small, it was smaller back then.
But there's always been a

552
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:05,000
contingent of people since a
couple years went by and they

553
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,320
didn't, you know, either go to
the championship game or go to

554
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,360
the Super Bowl.
Again, there was always a small

555
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:14,080
contingent of people saying
Tomlin needs to go as time's up

556
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:15,280
and it's just grown and grown
and grown.

557
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,480
And now here we are 19 years
later.

558
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:24,760
But you know, at the same time,
it's just it's one of those

559
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:28,320
things where you're absolutely
right, HJ, you know, one week

560
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,200
you're the hero, the next week
you're the GOAT.

561
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:34,680
It still doesn't change the fact
that that message, I think is

562
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,280
kind of stale and the national
media flip flops on it.

563
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,240
The national media flip flops on
it.

564
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,680
And you know, there was there
was all kinds of Tomlin love in

565
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,320
this game.
Tony Romo, I think, you know, at

566
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,160
least for this game, was in love
with Mike Tomlin.

567
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,120
So you know that that that's the
way it works.

568
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,760
I I want to I want to get to
this comment here from Derpy.

569
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:54,480
Derpy.
Are you a Ravens fan?

570
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,200
I mean, you can hit the
subscribe button anyway and then

571
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,960
click notifications and and hop
on here and argue with us

572
00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:01,680
whenever you want.
We love that.

573
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,200
You know what I'm tired of more
than more than Tomlin haters.

574
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,880
The glazing over, I guess I
think he's saying he's more he's

575
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:12,600
tired more of glazing over Lamar
and saying that he isn't

576
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,720
clutching Bing games and it
shows and he's tired of the he

577
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,800
gets glazed from the NFL and the
analysts and all that kind of

578
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:23,240
stuff, you know, I mean.
I mean he, I mean, he's an MVP

579
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:23,840
of the league.
I.

580
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,080
Mean, that's what I was saying
before though.

581
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,280
But they they do, they fluff him
up so, so high.

582
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,760
And really in the playoffs, he's
a loser.

583
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,760
Yeah, I mean that Strong words
from the Grand Trois beanie.

584
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,600
But look, when you when you
don't win the game, you lose, I

585
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,120
mean.
Big time loser.

586
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:44,200
Not not small loser, big time
loser.

587
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:48,120
I mean like going in as a number
one seed and losing in the first

588
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,800
round or losing in like a
championship game at home.

589
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,440
Right.
No, I mean and looking really

590
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,920
bad doing it too.
Yeah, yeah.

591
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,480
Here's an interesting thing.
I'm going to, I'm going to, I'm

592
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:00,640
going to switch.
Yeah.

593
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,720
Look, Grand Schwabini, I don't
think you're going to get

594
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,280
anybody's least on this side of
the aisle who disagrees.

595
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,080
Yeah.
Like 7.

596
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:10,639
Yes.
Oh God, I don't even know the

597
00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:11,520
hell.
Got it in there.

598
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:13,840
I just had to get it in there.
I don't even know why.

599
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,719
I don't even know what it is.
I've I I have no idea.

600
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:19,239
Feel the steal, says.
Oh, not me.

601
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,639
I'm done with the Teflon Don.
Yeah, Fire Tomlin.

602
00:34:21,639 --> 00:34:25,440
Always.
That's Herbie.

603
00:34:25,639 --> 00:34:28,159
Not the 67.
See, he's on my side, not the

604
00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:30,560
67.
What is 67?

605
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,120
Just don't the why do you go
there?

606
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,239
Just don't even don't even go
there.

607
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,120
Let's stick with the the real
stuff.

608
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:43,120
Football OK all right, so I
don't I don't even know where I

609
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,520
was going to go after that
stupid 60 You you've cursed US

610
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:49,639
Grand next week says Derby
listen, here's what I'm going to

611
00:34:49,639 --> 00:34:51,520
do while I try to think about
what to say next.

612
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,000
I'm going to tell you that we
are grateful you're here

613
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:58,640
watching the sports, Sports
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614
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,600
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Our Facebook page is starting to

615
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,640
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It's doubled in size in the last

616
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,200
couple weeks.
Our YouTube page, we're getting

617
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:07,520
upwards.
We're we're trying to get to

618
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,080
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619
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,360
People that really enjoy
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620
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,840
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621
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Click that follow or subscribe
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622
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,600
That's how you can support us.
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623
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,520
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624
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:27,160
We decided to start this podcast
and this show 7-8 years ago pre

625
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,440
pandemic.
We've been lucky enough to be

626
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,440
together ever since.
We got some great fans that

627
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,440
follow us around everywhere.
We want you to be part of that

628
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:38,280
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So jump on board and let's have

629
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,640
some fun.
I don't know about you guys, but

630
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,520
other than short little clips,
which we do put out on TikTok

631
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:47,640
and Instagram and Facebook, by
the way, and YouTube, I can't

632
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:49,400
stand the national media shows
anymore.

633
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:53,320
Not that not not to not to jump
on them all, but they have so

634
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:57,160
much they have to cover that you
don't really get that.

635
00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:01,080
You know, like let's sit down
with a bunch of fans and just

636
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,400
have a debate, which is what
guys like us like to do.

637
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:10,520
So we appreciate you being here
out to win seven click

638
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:12,480
subscribe, buddy.
When the opportunity goes back

639
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,600
to the offense, you have to
close out the game play to win.

640
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,680
Don't make a sweat.
Huge W agree.

641
00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:20,960
Absolutely.
I'm a Steelers fan gentleman

642
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,280
says Derpy.
Awesome.

643
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,440
Been since Maddox before Ben.
It just happened to fall into

644
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,280
place when I was younger.
Good for you.

645
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:30,040
Welcome to the show.
Welcome to the family.

646
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,000
Oh, to be that young.
Oh, to be that young.

647
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:36,440
Yeah, yeah, that happened to me
too.

648
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,320
Derpy.
Only his name was Terry

649
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:42,120
Bradshaw.
Yeah, well, and I still remember

650
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:46,160
the the college days in the late
80s, early 90s and the Bubby

651
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:49,520
Brister screams and the Grant
Schwabini remembers that as

652
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:50,960
well, don't you, Grant
Schwabini?

653
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:52,920
Slash.
Yeah, there you go.

654
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:58,240
Slash, slash as well.
Steelers offense gets the ball

655
00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:01,000
back to end the game and Smith
can't finish the game.

656
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:05,200
Well, he didn't have to.
Thank God the defense did that

657
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:08,440
with a sack.
They did have some splash plays

658
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:13,000
in this game that helped.
And overall, I would grade this

659
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,440
win.
Let's give a grade before we hop

660
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,720
off and I remind everybody to
grab us tomorrow night.

661
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:22,000
I would grade this game as a
win.

662
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:29,000
I would grade it AB plus because
it was an absolute and and I

663
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:33,240
know you can argue through wins
and losses division record that

664
00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:36,520
it wasn't a must win.
But for for this Steelers

665
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:40,560
season, the psychology of that
team, that locker room, the fan

666
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:46,320
base, as well as your record in
the NFCAFC, excuse me, North and

667
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:50,120
the AFC.
This was a must win football

668
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:54,480
game and they did everything
they needed to do to win the

669
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game.
They didn't not make a whole lot

670
00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:00,040
of mistakes and they won.
So I give it AB.

671
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:01,720
Plus, how about you Grant
Schwabini?

672
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:08,480
Well, does does the West get a
one in the win column?

673
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,480
Yeah.
Then I'll call it an A plus.

674
00:38:11,720 --> 00:38:15,600
There you go.
Excellent, Excellent HJ.

675
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,760
Yeah, I'm not gonna go A+
because they didn't shine in

676
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,840
every aspect of the game, but
I'm absolutely giving it an A

677
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:27,760
because the stakes were so high.
You go from either 63% chance of

678
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,840
making the playoffs or 13
percent chance of making the

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00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:33,880
playoffs.
And right now you stand at 63.

680
00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:37,960
I don't think you can give it
anything but an A when it comes

681
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,560
to that.
On top of that, the Bengals

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00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,160
lose.
So you know, they've got they've

683
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,560
got definitely some distance on
the Bengals.

684
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,840
They're pretty much the Browns
are completely out of it for

685
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,960
sure now with a loss at the
Tennessee.

686
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:57,200
So not only US winning,
everybody else losing, it's just

687
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,000
it's just a good week for the
Steelers.

688
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:06,440
Is there is there any concern at
all about Shidor Sanders playing

689
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:10,920
against the Steelers this year?
No, because he's a good player.

690
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,880
He's probably one of their
better quarterbacks in recent

691
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:17,760
years not named Baker, but they
haven't really.

692
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:21,720
They've only won once with him.
They and they just lost to the

693
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:23,600
Tennessee Titans at home.
So.

694
00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:28,040
Yeah, and, and we can, we can go
into this tomorrow night in our

695
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:32,520
show because I think there's,
you know, what we can do is now

696
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,520
we'll, we'll have heard the
press conferences.

697
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,360
Well, if I heard the media
comments, we'll have heard some

698
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:40,120
fans complain about Tomlin again
or say that he's the second

699
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:43,520
coming again.
And we'll have our reactions,

700
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,280
all of our predictions tomorrow
night.

701
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:49,200
And we can, we can talk about
this Pat off track.

702
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,440
I, I, I I just got to get him
into the show.

703
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:53,120
F it.
It was fun.

704
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,360
Be good with Chuck at Kelly's.
That was last night.

705
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:56,880
Pat, off track.
Where were you?

706
00:39:57,720 --> 00:40:00,680
Where were you?
We we were good with Chuck last.

707
00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:02,960
Night we were good with Chuck.
We had a wonderful night with

708
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:04,800
Chuck.
Actually, it was probably the

709
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:09,080
most innocent hour and a half I
spent in a bar with Hockey Jesus

710
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:12,120
and and Mr. Open Lander in a
long time.

711
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:16,200
We actually just left the bar
and and everybody went home.

712
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,760
And for those of you who know
me, I drank club soda, so you

713
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,280
know that's what I did.
Nobody lost any teeth.

714
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,040
Nobody lost any teeth.
OK, out to win.

715
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:26,880
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716
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,520
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717
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,880
ball and complete the process of
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718
00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:34,720
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719
00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:38,960
Great show guys, thanks so much.
Feel the steal out to win.

720
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:42,720
Loves your comments.
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721
00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:45,320
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722
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:48,680
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723
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:53,680
are coming to you from.
I hit the music a little loud

724
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:55,680
there.
I hope that my voice catches up

725
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:56,960
with it.
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726
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:58,520
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727
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:02,840
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728
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:04,280
Time.
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729
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:07,480
full black and gold show.
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730
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:11,400
couple other things we have fun
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731
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,720
over here for hockey Jesus down
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732
00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:17,800
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733
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,160
So if you're a Pens fan, TuneIn
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734
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:22,080
game.
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735
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,240
Who are they playing?
I can't remember Dallas.

736
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,520
Dallas.
They're playing at Dallas.

737
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,640
That's right.
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738
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,400
All right again for the grand
Schwab beanie for hockey Jesus,

739
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,040
I'm your technical director.
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740
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:36,920
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