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Hello.
This is the Sports Porch Black
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and Gold with your hosts, the
technical director, the Grand
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Schwabini and Hockey Jesus.
Come on Pittsburgh, let's show a
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little.
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It is a Steelers post game show
on the porch on the TD.
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That's hockey Jesus victory.
That is the Grand Schwabini.
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It's a little dark there.
Grand Schwabini?
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Does Amy not like the lights on
or something?
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And when it's after 11:00?
Why don't you just stick to the
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show?
I mean, for God's sake, let's
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go, baby.
I tried.
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To tell you these guys earlier
that the Steelers were going to
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do this, I almost picked the the
score perfectly, but I was off
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by about four points.
Yes, yes.
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I will drop this show into a
podcast as always.
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As always, Steelers, they win
total.
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Dominance tonight, yeah. 28 to
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on this game. 28 to 15 Steelers
are now 8:00 and 6:00 and in
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command in the division.
What are your first thoughts
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there Grand Schwabini on this
win?
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Good win.
I mean, I think Rogers look
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good.
I think Kenny G looked great.
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Might I even say, should Kenny G
be the starter?
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You know, it's interesting.
Let's let's it.
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Looks like the way they're using
him.
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I agree.
I mean it looks like they're
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using him at like the starter
for sure.
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Yeah, let's get into that in a
in a little bit.
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Keep it going.
I like the fact that, you know,
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he's spreading the ball around.
I mean, all three tight ends
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were part of the game plan
tonight.
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You know, look, I mean Jonnu
Smith touchdown run.
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That's some creativity there.
Definitely Valdez Scantling
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caught a touchdown.
That's that's good.
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I love the DK net cash
touchdown, just pushing people
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away, really just, you know,
offensively, you know, maybe
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outside the first quarter and a
half, offensively very good and
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defensively they played very
well too.
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They they actually stopped the
run tonight, which had been
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something they hadn't been
doing.
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Yeah, 63 yards rushing for
Miami.
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And they and they did it without
TJ Watt and.
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Everybody was worried.
Yep.
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So, you know, look, I mean all
around really good performance
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and you know, to, to be honest,
looking at the schedules, I
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mean, the Steelers definitely
have a much more favorable
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schedule than the than the
Ravens do.
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So I think they're looking
pretty good here.
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I mean I'd I'd be surprised if
they don't take this division
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and make the play offs.
Yeah, I don't.
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I, I, I don't.
It's funny.
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I'm, I'm kind of surprised at
the at, at the direction this
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victory went in.
You know, slow first quarter
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slow.
First half my slow first.
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Half was brutal, Yeah, but, but,
but when you look back on it
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from an offensive standpoint,
Rogers was getting the ball out
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of his hands.
He had 224 yards passing.
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So the under 255 mark got that
one.
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By the way, we had 255 over
under for Rogers HJ and I did
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the over.
So anyway, 2.
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I had the one that counts the
final score, yeah.
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We'll talk about that.
Screw you with the other.
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So, so so yeah, absolutely.
He threw 2 touchdowns, didn't
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make any mistakes.
He was sacked a few times, but
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his his rating was 126 for all
intents and purposes.
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Great game by by Rogers.
He was in command of the
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offense.
Gainwell 13 carries for 80 yards
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with a 38 yard long, which was
as long as I believe Najay
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Harris's longest run as a
stealer ever was anyway. 6.2
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yards average.
I I mean, yeah, I mentioned it
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during the game exactly what you
said.
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HJ and I were watching this in
the studio here in Monroeville
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and the Grand Swabini, after
joining us for the earlier show
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tonight, went back up to Fox
Chapel and you know, watch the
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game up there.
I.
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Just wanted to feel safer.
Yeah, and.
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I know I.
Still have I still.
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Have to get home.
So, you know, there's, there's
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that, yeah.
You should feel safer.
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I'll I'll I'll grant you that.
So but yeah, I did mention it
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during the game to HJI said, you
know, is it me or does it does
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it seem like they're leaning
towards Kenneth Gainwell is
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their number one back?
You know, like but they you
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know, 12 carries for Warren and
13 Gainwells.
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That's a 5050 split you.
You know what I think it is?
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To be honest, I I just.
Think.
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I just think Jalen Warren is is
always hurt.
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Yeah, yeah.
I mean, even in the game
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tonight, I mean he was he was
ill.
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He you know, he was sick.
So you know, I mean they go to
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gainwell more.
It just, you know, it's, it just
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seems like whatever happens,
like, you know, Jalen gets
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nicked up, whether it's, you
know, an ankle or concussion or
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you know, just seems to find him
for some reason.
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They're not afraid to go to
gain.
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Well, I mean it.
It doesn't really matter to them
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if if Warren does get hurt,
they're perfectly comfortable
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with putting Gainwell in
wherever what whatever they're
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doing.
He just, he works probably
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better because he can catch the
hell out of the ball.
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So.
Yeah, I think Rogers really
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likes him as the safety valve.
Yeah, for sure.
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Yeah, maybe too much.
But I agree with you tonight,
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Mark, that they really worked in
the tight ends.
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Well, something we've been
asking to see for a very long.
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Time.
Yes, we have.
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And it was, it was nice.
It was nice to see for a change.
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They kind of got away from the
second wide receiver, which
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makes sense because they don't
have one.
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And they started using the tight
ends even even Washington got
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his, you know, obligatory, let's
run some people over catch, even
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though he also had his
obligatory, I can't catch the
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ball catch.
I know, I know.
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It.
You know, that's just the way it
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works with.
Yeah, well, you know, I, I, I
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mean, it was the, the whole
tight end thing, but I, I, I did
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enjoy that.
They did spread the ball around
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a lot.
So you know, you've got Metcalf
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with three, Gainwell with 7,
Friarmouth Washington with
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three, Warren with three, Valdez
Gambling had the touchdown,
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Jonnu Smith had two, Thielen had
one, Calvin Austin had none.
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So you, you, you can see what
we've been talking about in this
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number 2 receiver position and
the fact that they brought in,
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you know, they elevated MVS and
they brought in Thiel and last
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week, I, I guarantee you, you
know, they're not talking about
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this.
But Rogers had a hand in all of
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that.
He had a hand in all of that.
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There's no doubt about it.
There was something material
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that you could see two games ago
where you could tell, even
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though he's playing the part the
right way, you could tell he was
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frustrated like, like not just
with the offense itself, but the
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performance of the receivers on
the field.
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He was yelling at everybody and
I and I said they need, you
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know, they need some sort of
veteran presence back there
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that, you know, understands
Rodgers and the way he plays the
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game.
And they got feeling and they
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got MVS and now all of a sudden
Metcalf is not doubled the whole
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time.
What's up the sports, what's up
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TSP everybody take it easy and
expected win.
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Let's not suck each other's
something yet.
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Toes.
We will not be sucking any toes
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tonight.
This is a live show.
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Absolutely derpy's back in the
house.
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Thanks feel the steel for being
here.
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I've seen a lot of Steelers
Monday night games and this one
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was not so heart attack come
down to the wire worthy, which
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is weird to say.
So I you know what?
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It's interesting to say that
look, if you're if you're
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watching a Steelers Monday night
game and it's at Accreshire
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Stadium, there's no such thing
as a heart attack.
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The last time they lost a Monday
Night Football game at home,
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Chuck Knoll was the coach and
Neil O'Donnell was the
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quarterback.
And Louis lips was catching
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touchdown.
Yeah, So what are you worried
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about when the Steelers play at
home on Monday night?
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It's a guarantee T lock win.
You heard it here.
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It was nice to have one that we
didn't have to stress out about.
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That is true.
I Yeah, yeah, I well.
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We were stressing out a little
bit in the first half.
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I think everybody was right.
I mean 3 nothing wasn't too much
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of A stress.
When he scored the 1st, that
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touchdown which took them, what
was it?
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It was like 20.
What didn't it was it was like
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20.
It was only the.
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Place go over the place Steve.
Steve here did something very
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interesting.
It was almost like 20.
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It was like a 20 play drive that
they. 22 play drive that took 6
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minutes or something like.
That 2220. 238 yards.
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No 22 plays to go 60.
Yards.
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There it is.
But the but the play, the time
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they had the ball.
Before that, they had 15 plays
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for 39 yards.
So it looked like we were up.
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We were up Schitt's Creek, you
know, like this is going to be
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in.
But here's the thing, what I
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noticed is there, there, there
did seem to be, and it took a
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little while to recognize it.
There did seem to be a game plan
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here, and that game plan was
easy.
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It was easy.
Everybody's been talking about
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the Steelers.
They can't stop the run.
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The Dolphins, the only thing
that we were worried about was
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they were going to run the ball
and they're a good running team.
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And two, in the cold, not an
effective passer.
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So how are we going to stop the
run?
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Now TJ Watt is out.
Now Harmon is not playing even
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though we thought he was going
to.
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So now what's going to happen?
How are they going to stop the
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run?
Well, we're going to have a 15
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play, 39 yard drive.
We're going to have a 22 play,
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60 yard drive.
You know, we're going to take
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small chunks of the field and
keep the ball in bounce.
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It's the old keep the ball out
of their hands strategy and it
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worked.
The time of possession at one
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point was 30 minutes to 17
minutes, right in the Steelers
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favor.
So they did have a game plan.
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It's just.
And they executed on it
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actually.
Yeah, it this was pretty, pretty
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much, I think mistake free
football on the offensive side
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of the ball.
Not as glitzy and glamorous as
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what we'd like to see.
But all of those things that we
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talked about working the tight
ends a little more, running the
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ball better, you know, the
defense with Ramsey coming in
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for that, that sack that he got,
you know, a little bit more
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creativity.
Herbig made a made a great
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tackle in the beginning of the
game, that arm tackle of was
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that a chain?
Is it a chain or a chain or a
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Hyundai or whatever, man,
whatever.
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Devon.
Yeah, my name spelled Klein.
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It's Klein.
It's not, it's not clean.
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It's.
Not hard to say.
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Play in.
It's it's easy.
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It's I.
Don't think your spelling of
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your name is really adding
anything.
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It's definitely is not, but the
reality is is we were, we were
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supposed to win this game and we
won a game that we were supposed
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to win.
Yay for us.
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Yay for us.
The the reality is after next
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week, if we lose to the lines
like we're supposed to and
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Baltimore wins at, suddenly
everybody's in a panic again.
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Yeah, that's so.
I mean, this is where we are at
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the end of the season.
There are three games left.
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We need somebody to beat
Baltimore and we just need to
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beat the Browns so it we don't
have to worry about the Ravens.
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Hey, Baltimore, Baltimore's got
New England coming off of loss.
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I think it's going to be a
really hard game.
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It's certainly going to be a
hard game against Green Bay.
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I mean, even though the Michael
Parsons is out, bottom line is
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they're fighting for a playoff
spot and they're a very capable
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team.
And then it's and then it's you
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guys, so the Steelers.
So I, I mean, I mean, honestly,
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I just don't see it.
I mean, and really for, for the
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Steelers, I mean, at this point,
who knows, maybe the Lions feel
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completely defeated, like they
lost their season this week.
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It's possible, but their offense
is so potent, you know, I don't
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think, I don't think you're
going to.
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Detroit doesn't rely on like 12
plate drives to score a
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touchdown.
They can throw it deep and it's
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a touchdown.
I mean, that's what that's the
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problem.
You know, they could give it to
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Jamar Gibbs and he's gone.
You know, he's he's, he's much
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better than a chain.
So I don't know.
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I just don't, I don't have a lot
of hope because clearly Detroit
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has to win.
We have to win, but it's not
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with an absolute half the win,
you know what I mean?
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There's there's some flex.
There's some flex in there and I
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don't even know I don't know
when the Ravens play.
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They may play at 1:00.
So the Steelers might even know
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if you know, if the Ravens have
lost, you know what I mean?
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Because they're playing that,
that that 430 game at at Detroit
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425.
But so we'll see, we'll see what
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happens.
I I think it's it's a good win.
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You got to feel good about this.
The way the defense dominated,
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the way the offense held on the
ball.
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There were no mistakes.
There was only the one turnover
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early that the bad pass by to.
You're talking next Sunday.
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The Ravens play Sunday night
against New England.
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OK, so there you go.
So they're not going to know
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what happens.
So the Ravens are going to know
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what what the Steelers did,
though.
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Because that could be.
Being in Baltimore.
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Little little question for you
guys though.
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Something happened in this game
and I was like, should that be
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allowed to happen?
Now?
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It was in favor of the Steelers,
so no problems there.
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But are you telling me that
replay assist can call a
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penalty?
I mean they they can't call a
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penalty on like pass
interference, can they?
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I don't know that's a it's a
good question, but I think I
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think it's it's replay assist
can be for anything that's
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obvious.
Like for example the first down
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that they that the Steelers
didn't get that although they
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said they got it.
Remind me?
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It was, it was obvious.
It was when it was when they
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threw the ball deep, the MVS
real quick and everybody's like,
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oh man, he held up.
But the reason they did?
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It 12 yards on the 12 men on the
field Yeah, the.
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Reason The reason they did it
real quick was because Rogers
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recognized that there were 12
men on the.
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Field, and that's what he was.
And that's why he was up in
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arms.
He wasn't up in arms over the
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the holding or you know, the the
illegal contact downfield.
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He said, look, there are 12
people on the field, right?
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And they could have just thrown
it there and agreed with them,
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but they probably said went up.
The replay assistant said, hey,
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were there 12 people on the
field?
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If they say yes, then they just
go with it.
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I think that's what happened.
I got.
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I got to be honest.
That's all on Rogers, honestly.
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I mean, look, it's a nice, it's
a nice call by Rogers to to, you
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know, work the refs like that
and it was the right call.
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But I just don't like the booth
making a call on a penalty.
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I think, I think a penalty's got
to be called by the refs on the
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field.
Well, we don't know the whole
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story on that because yes,
Rogers was, you know, that's
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what he was angling for.
But we don't know if the refs
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got together because they do
that a lot.
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And they say, hey, you know,
what did you see?
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And then one of the refs said,
yeah, I think that guy might
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have still been on the field,
let's check upstairs.
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It might not have been the booth
saying, hey, wait a minute.
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I I think it's the other way
around.
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I think what happened is the
refs had a conference and one
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guy said, yeah, he was running
off the field.
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Truthfully, I'm not sure.
And then they.
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But now let's let's say though,
that, you know, somebody's
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rushing the quarterback and it's
one of those pretty obvious, you
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know, face masks, right?
I mean, can replay assist call a
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personal foul and a face mask?
Apparently not.
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Apparently not.
I hear what you're saying.
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If it's clear and obvious, I
think the answer is yes, they
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can.
I don't know, man.
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I've never seen that happen.
I haven't.
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Seen that?
Well, you've.
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Never.
You've never.
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You've never seen them.
You've never seen them call a
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penalty on anything ever before
from replay.
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Well, that we.
So that opens up everything.
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If they can do it with 12 men on
the field, they can do it with
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anything so.
Another.
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Player in obvious I.
Got you.
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So in other words, in other
words, that play on Sam Darnold
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last year in the playoffs or
whatever game it was where he
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had his face literally almost
removed from the helmet that
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that replay assist would have
called that a.
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Not necessarily.
OK, not necessarily.
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It might not have been clear and
obvious to them.
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All right, well.
We're, you know what, I I also
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just don't think that everybody
knows the rules.
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And I'm not even sure that all
crews are operating under the
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same rules.
Yeah, but that.
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Is that is the rule that that
replay assist can can help when
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it's clear and obvious with
anything?
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Mm hmm.
Steelers.
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Including a penalty.
Steelers 62% chance to make the
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playoffs, according to ESPN
Analytics.
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Well, before the before, before
the game, Baltimore had a bigger
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better chance than we did.
So yeah.
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So they increased their chances
by winning.
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I would say that like if you're
in first place in the Division
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by at least a game.
Well, clearly you're not a
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statistician and don't try and
play one on the Raiders well.
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Yeah, well, what do they do?
I mean, do they actually, do
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they actually base it on who the
Ravens are playing, who the
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Steelers are playing?
Or do they or do they base it?
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But or maybe not though.
Maybe they there's.
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There's a higher percentage of
for the Steelers because of the
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teams they're playing.
I was just wondering if maybe
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they just look at it just purely
based on numbers.
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Like historically, OK, you're 8
and six, your closest division
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rival is 7 and seven.
What are the chances that team
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wins the division?
Yeah, that's right.
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Because they think that
Baltimore is probably going to
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lose one of these two next
games, and they think
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Pittsburgh's going to lose one
of these two next games.
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But Baltimore has a better
chance of losing both than than
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the Steelers do.
And that's all it is.
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It's just a percentage.
It's just a percentage increase.
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It's not, you know, it's two.
It's not 2 out of three.
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It's not that, not quite that
cut and clear because of records
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and expectations.
That's the way statistics work.
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It's it's kind of bogus if you
think about it.
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But here, here's something
interesting going back to the
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Steelers.
Steelers just got to win out.
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This was Connor Hayward's first
career rushing touchdown.
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I did not.
Know that they've got the tush
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push working well.
Yeah, I did.
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I did you.
See, how did you see how jacked
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up Kenny Gainwell was when we
got the push, tush, push in?
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He did, yeah.
I didn't realize that he was a
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lefty, but that he was like fist
pumping with his left arm and
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I'm like, oh, he's a lefty.
I didn't know that he's.
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Probably like I told these guys,
man, I taught these boys.
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We got it.
Yeah.
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It's also also pretty hilarious
watching Aaron Rodgers on a tush
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push.
Yeah, he doesn't have much,
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Yeah.
They were making fun of him back
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there with his hands in his
pocket like this.
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Yeah, good job, boys.
Doesn't even move The the the
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play is is running and it it
could be a fumble and there's no
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way he's jumping on that hand
grenade.
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Most, most impressive part of
this victory for you, HJ.
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I would say it was the way they
executed the plan.
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I think the Steelers always have
a plan in mind, but it never
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seems like it makes any sense
because either the offense or
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the defense aren't executing.
I think the offense executed it
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well in the second-half and the
defense held in the first half
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to allow the offense to make the
changes, to make it happen.
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Just a it's a it's a good total
team effort, maybe the first one
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since the first four weeks, to
be honest with you.
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Yeah, and, and, and keep in
mind, I mean, there's going to
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be a lot of people out there
saying that, well, Miami's not
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that good A-Team.
That's not really true.
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I mean, they, they, they were
four and one in their last five.
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They.
Started some good teams.
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Started the year 1 and five and
then and have gone 6 and one
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since then.
Now six and two.
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But but you know, it's not it's
not that they're not a good
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football team.
It's they're a good football
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team that's, you know, that's
had some injuries and got off to
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a bad start.
And you know, they're fight they
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were fighting for their playoff
life tonight.
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I don't know if they got
eliminated like Kansas City,
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thank God, but they.
Yeah, they did.
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They have the same record as.
Kansas City.
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So they're eliminated now as far
as the Steelers are concerned.
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I agree with you.
This, this it, it was very hard
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to to see this in the flow.
But maybe now with Aaron Rodgers
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influence bringing in those
receivers, getting more of the
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receivers involved in the game.
Look, he didn't light the world
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on fire.
He didn't throw for 380 yards.
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He still threw for only 224
yards.
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OK, but they involved all of the
receivers, you know, every
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player and every weapon in the
game in a different way.
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That's the good thing.
So that that influence there and
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and executing that plan, keeping
the ball out of the other team,
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saying this is one of the first
games, if not the only game
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where they almost doubled up the
opposing defenses number of
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plays on the field and they were
last in the NFL.
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So ball control it was by it
wasn't like I said, wasn't
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glamorous.
DK didn't go off like you did
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the last game, but nonetheless
they won.
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So the overall defensive game
plan I think was, was good as
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well.
I think it was, it was a good
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effort.
I, I, I, I need to see, you know
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what I'm going to tell you guys
right now because we don't have
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another show until next week
after the Detroit game.
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So I'm going to tell you right
now I need to see them beat
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Detroit if I'm going to take
them seriously in the playoffs,
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You know, I need to see them
that this is me.
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I need to see them beat a team
that is good and you're.
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You're not going to take them
seriously.
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Well, I, I, I get it.
I'm not saying they're going to,
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but for me, like this is great.
We stack two wins together.
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It looks like the offense is
starting to play football.
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Maybe the defense as an earlier
comment, you know, there's a lot
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of Super Bowl and a lot of post
season experience on our defense
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now.
So, you know, let's let's see if
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they can put the rest of this
year together.
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Schwaber Best Best thing about
this victory for you?
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Well, because this is something
that we never give any credit
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to, I'll give, I'll give the
coaching staff credit today.
446
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:43,360
I think it was a good plan on
both sides of the ball, which
447
00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:46,320
pretty much led to just a
completely dominating
448
00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,280
performance.
I mean, look, the 15 points were
449
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,440
scored.
I mean, the 12 points other than
450
00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,480
the field goal were scored when
the game was over.
451
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,480
So I mean, really, this was this
was almost like a, you know, a
452
00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,680
28 to nothing shut out
practically.
453
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:07,440
That's what it felt like anyway.
So yeah, you know, look, finally
454
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,000
that the coaches put together a
good ball, a good game plan on
455
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:15,440
both sides of the ball.
Everything made sense, you know,
456
00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:21,040
ball control, you know, running
the ball, you know, involving
457
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,680
the tight ends kind of a
surprise.
458
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,160
Let's throw it to a wide
receiver to that we haven't
459
00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,600
thrown it to yet at the right
time.
460
00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,840
You know, let's let's make sure
we get our number one wide
461
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,440
receiver in the end zone.
And on defense, it was let's
462
00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:43,200
stop the run and let's not, you
know, let's not cry because, you
463
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,120
know, TJ Watts not available.
You know, we've got other
464
00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:50,000
players who who can play ball.
So just, you know, pick it up.
465
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:55,360
And I think that other people
did step up, you know, and I and
466
00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:59,440
I think that it was it was a
well orchestrated plan.
467
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,760
I mean, look, 2 we can throw for
a lot of yards if the defense
468
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,880
allows him to.
And then he, you know, the
469
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:11,120
coverage must have been very
good because he he was like
470
00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:14,880
looking around forever and
getting sacked on half on half
471
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,760
of those, you know, important
third downs.
472
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,440
You know, it's like you, I mean,
basically the Steelers defense
473
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:26,240
made Tua tonight look like he's
not very good.
474
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:31,960
And that's I, I think, more a
testament to the defense than it
475
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,440
actually is, the Tua.
I I love feel the steel's
476
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,080
comment.
I'm not delusional, fellas.
477
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,640
I know what's going to happen
And, and and his avatar here.
478
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,680
Hang it up, Tomlin, leave now.
Hey, listen it, it's going to
479
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:45,360
be.
Interesting.
480
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,600
I don't think Heinz Ward
actually said that.
481
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,280
No, no, but but yeah, there
there we go.
482
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,240
Get off, my boy.
Everybody else got to step up,
483
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,800
not just TJ.
Yeah, Yeah, that's exactly
484
00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:01,080
right.
And I, I don't think that well,
485
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,360
they say winning solves
everything, right?
486
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,960
They say winning, winning cures
all ills on on a team.
487
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,360
And it'll be interesting to hear
sports radio tomorrow and all
488
00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:14,640
the callers.
But, you know, are people
489
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,720
jumping back on the Tomlin
bandwagon?
490
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,320
See, This is why we have Tomlin.
You know, like I'm, I'm not back
491
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,760
on that bandwagon.
Look, if for some reason he wins
492
00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,600
the Super Bowl this year, you
got to be back on the Tomlin
493
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,760
bandwagon.
But this whole talk about let's
494
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,920
win a playoff game.
Look, why stay on the bandwagon
495
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,120
if you win a playoff game?
That's not the point.
496
00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:37,720
That's kind of like, see, look,
we can do it.
497
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,960
We can do OK.
So right.
498
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,440
I I mean, I don't you know, next
week is big for me.
499
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:47,400
That's why I'm saying they have
to win next week for me to
500
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,280
really jump back on it and and
in order to win next week,
501
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,400
they're going to they're playing
against a good team with its
502
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,640
backup against the wall that has
a good defense, great coach and
503
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,120
a great offense and great
players all the way around.
504
00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,960
If you can match that energy and
match that team in a must win
505
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,680
situation for them and come out
there.
506
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:08,120
I don't care if it's a one point
victory, if it's nine to seven,
507
00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:12,120
if it's 45 to 42, you they got
to win.
508
00:28:12,120 --> 00:28:15,240
If they win, then you then I
think you have to start taking
509
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,840
the Steelers seriously this
year.
510
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,440
But if they lose that game, it
doesn't mean that they're
511
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,880
finished.
The the you follow me.
512
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,280
It means OK, now they got to
beat Cleveland.
513
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:27,360
You know, they got they got to
they got to go.
514
00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:31,280
They can't lose out, you know,
but they they need that they
515
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:32,800
need that victory.
They need.
516
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,480
That game in Detroit is the game
in Detroit or is?
517
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,040
That, yeah, it is.
It is in Detroit.
518
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:40,560
Yes, it's it's going to be hard.
It's going to be the.
519
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,280
Next The next two games are on
the road, but.
520
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:47,160
But Aaron Rodgers did play
Detroit twice a year, the most
521
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,320
of his career.
That that the happy path is the
522
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,440
Steelers beat Detroit and then
Baltimore loses.
523
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:58,760
Then all they have to do is beat
Cleveland and that that game
524
00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:02,240
against Baltimore means nothing.
Right, right.
525
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,280
And if they beat Detroit, guess
what?
526
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,160
That's nine wins.
You know what that means?
527
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,440
Still in, still intact.
Celebration time.
528
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:15,280
That's right, baby, Play cool in
the gang because that's what
529
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,640
it's going to be.
It's going to be a celebration.
530
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,560
Yeah, and here's they're showing
a replay on ESPN.
531
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:25,480
This is Rogers.
Is this his touchdown?
532
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,400
Yeah, that's the MBS.
Yeah.
533
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:31,880
I mean, that's the kind of play
that we did not see for years.
534
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,000
Yeah, it was misdirection across
the middle.
535
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,560
Yeah.
You know, DK is taking the other
536
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,560
guy and the other guy's not
going with him.
537
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,320
And it's called.
It's called experience at the
538
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,200
wide receiver position.
Yeah, and he had to, in
539
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,160
fairness, we should probably be
praising the offensive line a
540
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:48,280
little bit.
Absolutely.
541
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,720
That 4th left tackle on on the
on the side and you know, no
542
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,280
sacks from Chubb tonight.
I mean, that's pretty impressive
543
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,080
from a from a fourth line
starter.
544
00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,560
Now, if you were from Miami,
you'd be like that.
545
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,160
That's ridiculous.
So, I mean, good, good for the
546
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,920
offensive line holding it
together enough.
547
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,040
You know, he was under some
duress in the first half, but
548
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,200
they got it together.
They got it together.
549
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:14,440
Listen, Miami last won a playoff
game in the year 2000, so I feel
550
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,960
bad for their fans.
I don't feel bad for their fans.
551
00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,440
They got great uniforms though.
Yeah, yeah, I.
552
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,400
Love their uniforms, I.
Don't like their uniforms at
553
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:22,760
all.
Honestly, I mean, look, you
554
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,800
know, none of none of us saw
them win with Don Shola
555
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:30,560
basically our entire lives,
which is 55 years.
556
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:32,920
They have been the losers.
That's not true.
557
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,640
They had a few good years with
Duper and Marino.
558
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,160
Yeah, but that was.
It well, they went to the Super
559
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:39,760
Bowl.
They they they lost to the
560
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:41,960
Redskins.
That was like the early 80's,
561
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,560
the 1st.
Time the Redskins went to the
562
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,600
Super Bowl, they beat the
Dolphins and that was kind of
563
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,040
the end of their reign as a
great team, even though they had
564
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,200
Marino.
And then with Marino, there were
565
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,120
many years where they were in
the playoffs and got close, but
566
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,360
they could never get back.
Mark, here's one for you.
567
00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:00,080
Last time the Steelers lost on a
Monday night, we were still in
568
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:04,160
college.
Yeah, we had 91, baby 91.
569
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,720
How ridiculous is?
That, and even more ridiculous,
570
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,760
is the last time they lost on a
Monday night was only two
571
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,720
coaches ago, and we were still
in college and one of those
572
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:16,880
coaches is still coaching.
So that's insanity.
573
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,560
So yeah, ever, you know, ever,
ever.
574
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,360
The traditional, the
traditional, whatever.
575
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,160
Well, let's wrap this up.
I gotta go get some damn sleep.
576
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,440
That's right.
Well, listen, if you're watching
577
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00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,680
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582
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:47,440
Pens game, he goes live.
We go live now after every
583
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:51,680
Steely's game for the post game
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584
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,080
I'm actually going to do that
tonight.
585
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:56,280
Drop the podcast right after the
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00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,520
Apple podcast, Spotify, or
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podcast.
So we will be back next Monday.
588
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,920
I will be back tomorrow night.
So yeah, that's right.
589
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,080
I know, I know.
I'll see Derpy there and I'll
590
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,080
see our buddy MK there too.
I'm sure those guys will be
591
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:15,120
there.
I don't know about Ian's guys in
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00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,200
front of me.
I will be working tomorrow
593
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:18,880
night.
Good excuse.
594
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:24,960
I'll be on about 9:30.
All right.
595
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,240
Steelers, good job tonight.
Sports, sports black and gold.
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00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,520
Thanks for watching this again
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Hockey Jesus will see you
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you next week for Hockey Jesus,
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I'm the TD.
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It's a little dark there.
Grand Schwabini?
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Does Amy not like the lights on
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And when it's after 11:00?
Why don't you just stick to the
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I mean, for God's sake, let's
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I tried.
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To tell you these guys earlier
that the Steelers were going to
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do this, I almost picked the the
score perfectly, but I was off
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by about four points.
Yes, yes.
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As always, Steelers, they win
total.
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Dominance tonight, yeah. 28 to
15 Let's get our first thoughts
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on this game. 28 to 15 Steelers
are now 8:00 and 6:00 and in
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command in the division.
What are your first thoughts
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there Grand Schwabini on this
win?
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Good win.
I mean, I think Rogers look
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good.
I think Kenny G looked great.
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Might I even say, should Kenny G
be the starter?
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You know, it's interesting.
Let's let's it.
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Looks like the way they're using
him.
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I agree.
I mean it looks like they're
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using him at like the starter
for sure.
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Yeah, let's get into that in a
in a little bit.
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Keep it going.
I like the fact that, you know,
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he's spreading the ball around.
I mean, all three tight ends
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were part of the game plan
tonight.
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You know, look, I mean Jonnu
Smith touchdown run.
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That's some creativity there.
Definitely Valdez Scantling
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caught a touchdown.
That's that's good.
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I love the DK net cash
touchdown, just pushing people
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away, really just, you know,
offensively, you know, maybe
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outside the first quarter and a
half, offensively very good and
43
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defensively they played very
well too.
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They they actually stopped the
run tonight, which had been
45
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something they hadn't been
doing.
46
00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,520
Yeah, 63 yards rushing for
Miami.
47
00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:05,520
And they and they did it without
TJ Watt and.
48
00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:06,840
Everybody was worried.
Yep.
49
00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,480
So, you know, look, I mean all
around really good performance
50
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and you know, to, to be honest,
looking at the schedules, I
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mean, the Steelers definitely
have a much more favorable
52
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schedule than the than the
Ravens do.
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So I think they're looking
pretty good here.
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I mean I'd I'd be surprised if
they don't take this division
55
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and make the play offs.
Yeah, I don't.
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I, I, I don't.
It's funny.
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I'm, I'm kind of surprised at
the at, at the direction this
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victory went in.
You know, slow first quarter
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slow.
First half my slow first.
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Half was brutal, Yeah, but, but,
but when you look back on it
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from an offensive standpoint,
Rogers was getting the ball out
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of his hands.
He had 224 yards passing.
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So the under 255 mark got that
one.
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By the way, we had 255 over
under for Rogers HJ and I did
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the over.
So anyway, 2.
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I had the one that counts the
final score, yeah.
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We'll talk about that.
Screw you with the other.
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So, so so yeah, absolutely.
He threw 2 touchdowns, didn't
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make any mistakes.
He was sacked a few times, but
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his his rating was 126 for all
intents and purposes.
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Great game by by Rogers.
He was in command of the
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offense.
Gainwell 13 carries for 80 yards
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with a 38 yard long, which was
as long as I believe Najay
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Harris's longest run as a
stealer ever was anyway. 6.2
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yards average.
I I mean, yeah, I mentioned it
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during the game exactly what you
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HJ and I were watching this in
the studio here in Monroeville
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and the Grand Swabini, after
joining us for the earlier show
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tonight, went back up to Fox
Chapel and you know, watch the
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game up there.
I.
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Just wanted to feel safer.
Yeah, and.
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I know I.
Still have I still.
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Have to get home.
So, you know, there's, there's
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that, yeah.
You should feel safer.
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I'll I'll I'll grant you that.
So but yeah, I did mention it
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during the game to HJI said, you
know, is it me or does it does
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it seem like they're leaning
towards Kenneth Gainwell is
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their number one back?
You know, like but they you
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know, 12 carries for Warren and
13 Gainwells.
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That's a 5050 split you.
You know what I think it is?
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To be honest, I I just.
Think.
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I just think Jalen Warren is is
always hurt.
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Yeah, yeah.
I mean, even in the game
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tonight, I mean he was he was
ill.
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He you know, he was sick.
So you know, I mean they go to
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gainwell more.
It just, you know, it's, it just
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seems like whatever happens,
like, you know, Jalen gets
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nicked up, whether it's, you
know, an ankle or concussion or
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you know, just seems to find him
for some reason.
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They're not afraid to go to
gain.
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Well, I mean it.
It doesn't really matter to them
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if if Warren does get hurt,
they're perfectly comfortable
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with putting Gainwell in
wherever what whatever they're
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doing.
He just, he works probably
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better because he can catch the
hell out of the ball.
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So.
Yeah, I think Rogers really
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likes him as the safety valve.
Yeah, for sure.
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Yeah, maybe too much.
But I agree with you tonight,
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Mark, that they really worked in
the tight ends.
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Well, something we've been
asking to see for a very long.
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Time.
Yes, we have.
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And it was, it was nice.
It was nice to see for a change.
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They kind of got away from the
second wide receiver, which
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makes sense because they don't
have one.
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And they started using the tight
ends even even Washington got
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his, you know, obligatory, let's
run some people over catch, even
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though he also had his
obligatory, I can't catch the
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ball catch.
I know, I know.
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It.
You know, that's just the way it
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works with.
Yeah, well, you know, I, I, I
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mean, it was the, the whole
tight end thing, but I, I, I did
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enjoy that.
They did spread the ball around
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a lot.
So you know, you've got Metcalf
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with three, Gainwell with 7,
Friarmouth Washington with
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three, Warren with three, Valdez
Gambling had the touchdown,
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Jonnu Smith had two, Thielen had
one, Calvin Austin had none.
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So you, you, you can see what
we've been talking about in this
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number 2 receiver position and
the fact that they brought in,
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you know, they elevated MVS and
they brought in Thiel and last
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week, I, I guarantee you, you
know, they're not talking about
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this.
But Rogers had a hand in all of
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that.
He had a hand in all of that.
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There's no doubt about it.
There was something material
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that you could see two games ago
where you could tell, even
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though he's playing the part the
right way, you could tell he was
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frustrated like, like not just
with the offense itself, but the
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performance of the receivers on
the field.
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He was yelling at everybody and
I and I said they need, you
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know, they need some sort of
veteran presence back there
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that, you know, understands
Rodgers and the way he plays the
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game.
And they got feeling and they
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got MVS and now all of a sudden
Metcalf is not doubled the whole
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time.
What's up the sports, what's up
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TSP everybody take it easy and
expected win.
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Let's not suck each other's
something yet.
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Toes.
We will not be sucking any toes
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tonight.
This is a live show.
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Absolutely derpy's back in the
house.
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Thanks feel the steel for being
here.
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I've seen a lot of Steelers
Monday night games and this one
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was not so heart attack come
down to the wire worthy, which
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is weird to say.
So I you know what?
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It's interesting to say that
look, if you're if you're
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watching a Steelers Monday night
game and it's at Accreshire
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Stadium, there's no such thing
as a heart attack.
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The last time they lost a Monday
Night Football game at home,
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Chuck Knoll was the coach and
Neil O'Donnell was the
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quarterback.
And Louis lips was catching
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touchdown.
Yeah, So what are you worried
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about when the Steelers play at
home on Monday night?
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It's a guarantee T lock win.
You heard it here.
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It was nice to have one that we
didn't have to stress out about.
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That is true.
I Yeah, yeah, I well.
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We were stressing out a little
bit in the first half.
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I think everybody was right.
I mean 3 nothing wasn't too much
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of A stress.
When he scored the 1st, that
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touchdown which took them, what
was it?
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It was like 20.
What didn't it was it was like
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20.
It was only the.
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Place go over the place Steve.
Steve here did something very
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interesting.
It was almost like 20.
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It was like a 20 play drive that
they. 22 play drive that took 6
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minutes or something like.
That 2220. 238 yards.
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No 22 plays to go 60.
Yards.
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There it is.
But the but the play, the time
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they had the ball.
Before that, they had 15 plays
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for 39 yards.
So it looked like we were up.
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We were up Schitt's Creek, you
know, like this is going to be
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in.
But here's the thing, what I
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noticed is there, there, there
did seem to be, and it took a
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little while to recognize it.
There did seem to be a game plan
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here, and that game plan was
easy.
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It was easy.
Everybody's been talking about
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the Steelers.
They can't stop the run.
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The Dolphins, the only thing
that we were worried about was
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they were going to run the ball
and they're a good running team.
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And two, in the cold, not an
effective passer.
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So how are we going to stop the
run?
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Now TJ Watt is out.
Now Harmon is not playing even
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though we thought he was going
to.
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So now what's going to happen?
How are they going to stop the
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run?
Well, we're going to have a 15
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play, 39 yard drive.
We're going to have a 22 play,
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60 yard drive.
You know, we're going to take
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small chunks of the field and
keep the ball in bounce.
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It's the old keep the ball out
of their hands strategy and it
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worked.
The time of possession at one
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point was 30 minutes to 17
minutes, right in the Steelers
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favor.
So they did have a game plan.
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It's just.
And they executed on it
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actually.
Yeah, it this was pretty, pretty
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much, I think mistake free
football on the offensive side
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of the ball.
Not as glitzy and glamorous as
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what we'd like to see.
But all of those things that we
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talked about working the tight
ends a little more, running the
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ball better, you know, the
defense with Ramsey coming in
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for that, that sack that he got,
you know, a little bit more
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creativity.
Herbig made a made a great
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tackle in the beginning of the
game, that arm tackle of was
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that a chain?
Is it a chain or a chain or a
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Hyundai or whatever, man,
whatever.
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Devon.
Yeah, my name spelled Klein.
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It's Klein.
It's not, it's not clean.
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It's.
Not hard to say.
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Play in.
It's it's easy.
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It's I.
Don't think your spelling of
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your name is really adding
anything.
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It's definitely is not, but the
reality is is we were, we were
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supposed to win this game and we
won a game that we were supposed
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to win.
Yay for us.
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Yay for us.
The the reality is after next
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week, if we lose to the lines
like we're supposed to and
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Baltimore wins at, suddenly
everybody's in a panic again.
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Yeah, that's so.
I mean, this is where we are at
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the end of the season.
There are three games left.
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We need somebody to beat
Baltimore and we just need to
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beat the Browns so it we don't
have to worry about the Ravens.
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Hey, Baltimore, Baltimore's got
New England coming off of loss.
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I think it's going to be a
really hard game.
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It's certainly going to be a
hard game against Green Bay.
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I mean, even though the Michael
Parsons is out, bottom line is
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they're fighting for a playoff
spot and they're a very capable
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team.
And then it's and then it's you
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guys, so the Steelers.
So I, I mean, I mean, honestly,
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I just don't see it.
I mean, and really for, for the
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Steelers, I mean, at this point,
who knows, maybe the Lions feel
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completely defeated, like they
lost their season this week.
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It's possible, but their offense
is so potent, you know, I don't
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think, I don't think you're
going to.
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Detroit doesn't rely on like 12
plate drives to score a
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touchdown.
They can throw it deep and it's
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a touchdown.
I mean, that's what that's the
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problem.
You know, they could give it to
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Jamar Gibbs and he's gone.
You know, he's he's, he's much
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better than a chain.
So I don't know.
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I just don't, I don't have a lot
of hope because clearly Detroit
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has to win.
We have to win, but it's not
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with an absolute half the win,
you know what I mean?
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There's there's some flex.
There's some flex in there and I
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don't even know I don't know
when the Ravens play.
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They may play at 1:00.
So the Steelers might even know
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if you know, if the Ravens have
lost, you know what I mean?
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Because they're playing that,
that that 430 game at at Detroit
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425.
But so we'll see, we'll see what
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happens.
I I think it's it's a good win.
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You got to feel good about this.
The way the defense dominated,
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the way the offense held on the
ball.
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There were no mistakes.
There was only the one turnover
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early that the bad pass by to.
You're talking next Sunday.
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The Ravens play Sunday night
against New England.
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OK, so there you go.
So they're not going to know
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what happens.
So the Ravens are going to know
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what what the Steelers did,
though.
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Because that could be.
Being in Baltimore.
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Little little question for you
guys though.
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Something happened in this game
and I was like, should that be
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allowed to happen?
Now?
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It was in favor of the Steelers,
so no problems there.
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But are you telling me that
replay assist can call a
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penalty?
I mean they they can't call a
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penalty on like pass
interference, can they?
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I don't know that's a it's a
good question, but I think I
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think it's it's replay assist
can be for anything that's
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obvious.
Like for example the first down
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that they that the Steelers
didn't get that although they
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said they got it.
Remind me?
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It was, it was obvious.
It was when it was when they
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threw the ball deep, the MVS
real quick and everybody's like,
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oh man, he held up.
But the reason they did?
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It 12 yards on the 12 men on the
field Yeah, the.
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Reason The reason they did it
real quick was because Rogers
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recognized that there were 12
men on the.
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Field, and that's what he was.
And that's why he was up in
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arms.
He wasn't up in arms over the
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the holding or you know, the the
illegal contact downfield.
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He said, look, there are 12
people on the field, right?
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And they could have just thrown
it there and agreed with them,
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but they probably said went up.
The replay assistant said, hey,
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were there 12 people on the
field?
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If they say yes, then they just
go with it.
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I think that's what happened.
I got.
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I got to be honest.
That's all on Rogers, honestly.
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I mean, look, it's a nice, it's
a nice call by Rogers to to, you
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know, work the refs like that
and it was the right call.
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But I just don't like the booth
making a call on a penalty.
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I think, I think a penalty's got
to be called by the refs on the
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field.
Well, we don't know the whole
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story on that because yes,
Rogers was, you know, that's
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what he was angling for.
But we don't know if the refs
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got together because they do
that a lot.
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And they say, hey, you know,
what did you see?
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And then one of the refs said,
yeah, I think that guy might
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have still been on the field,
let's check upstairs.
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It might not have been the booth
saying, hey, wait a minute.
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I I think it's the other way
around.
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I think what happened is the
refs had a conference and one
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guy said, yeah, he was running
off the field.
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Truthfully, I'm not sure.
And then they.
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But now let's let's say though,
that, you know, somebody's
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rushing the quarterback and it's
one of those pretty obvious, you
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know, face masks, right?
I mean, can replay assist call a
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personal foul and a face mask?
Apparently not.
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Apparently not.
I hear what you're saying.
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If it's clear and obvious, I
think the answer is yes, they
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can.
I don't know, man.
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I've never seen that happen.
I haven't.
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Seen that?
Well, you've.
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Never.
You've never.
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You've never seen them.
You've never seen them call a
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penalty on anything ever before
from replay.
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Well, that we.
So that opens up everything.
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If they can do it with 12 men on
the field, they can do it with
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anything so.
Another.
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Player in obvious I.
Got you.
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So in other words, in other
words, that play on Sam Darnold
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last year in the playoffs or
whatever game it was where he
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had his face literally almost
removed from the helmet that
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that replay assist would have
called that a.
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Not necessarily.
OK, not necessarily.
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It might not have been clear and
obvious to them.
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All right, well.
We're, you know what, I I also
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just don't think that everybody
knows the rules.
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And I'm not even sure that all
crews are operating under the
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same rules.
Yeah, but that.
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Is that is the rule that that
replay assist can can help when
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it's clear and obvious with
anything?
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Mm hmm.
Steelers.
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Including a penalty.
Steelers 62% chance to make the
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playoffs, according to ESPN
Analytics.
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Well, before the before, before
the game, Baltimore had a bigger
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better chance than we did.
So yeah.
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So they increased their chances
by winning.
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I would say that like if you're
in first place in the Division
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by at least a game.
Well, clearly you're not a
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statistician and don't try and
play one on the Raiders well.
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Yeah, well, what do they do?
I mean, do they actually, do
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they actually base it on who the
Ravens are playing, who the
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Steelers are playing?
Or do they or do they base it?
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But or maybe not though.
Maybe they there's.
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There's a higher percentage of
for the Steelers because of the
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teams they're playing.
I was just wondering if maybe
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they just look at it just purely
based on numbers.
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Like historically, OK, you're 8
and six, your closest division
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rival is 7 and seven.
What are the chances that team
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wins the division?
Yeah, that's right.
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Because they think that
Baltimore is probably going to
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lose one of these two next
games, and they think
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Pittsburgh's going to lose one
of these two next games.
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But Baltimore has a better
chance of losing both than than
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the Steelers do.
And that's all it is.
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It's just a percentage.
It's just a percentage increase.
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It's not, you know, it's two.
It's not 2 out of three.
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It's not that, not quite that
cut and clear because of records
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and expectations.
That's the way statistics work.
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It's it's kind of bogus if you
think about it.
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But here, here's something
interesting going back to the
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Steelers.
Steelers just got to win out.
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This was Connor Hayward's first
career rushing touchdown.
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I did not.
Know that they've got the tush
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push working well.
Yeah, I did.
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I did you.
See, how did you see how jacked
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up Kenny Gainwell was when we
got the push, tush, push in?
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He did, yeah.
I didn't realize that he was a
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lefty, but that he was like fist
pumping with his left arm and
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I'm like, oh, he's a lefty.
I didn't know that he's.
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Probably like I told these guys,
man, I taught these boys.
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We got it.
Yeah.
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It's also also pretty hilarious
watching Aaron Rodgers on a tush
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push.
Yeah, he doesn't have much,
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Yeah.
They were making fun of him back
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there with his hands in his
pocket like this.
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Yeah, good job, boys.
Doesn't even move The the the
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play is is running and it it
could be a fumble and there's no
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way he's jumping on that hand
grenade.
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Most, most impressive part of
this victory for you, HJ.
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I would say it was the way they
executed the plan.
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I think the Steelers always have
a plan in mind, but it never
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seems like it makes any sense
because either the offense or
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the defense aren't executing.
I think the offense executed it
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well in the second-half and the
defense held in the first half
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to allow the offense to make the
changes, to make it happen.
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Just a it's a it's a good total
team effort, maybe the first one
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since the first four weeks, to
be honest with you.
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Yeah, and, and, and keep in
mind, I mean, there's going to
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be a lot of people out there
saying that, well, Miami's not
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that good A-Team.
That's not really true.
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I mean, they, they, they were
four and one in their last five.
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They.
Started some good teams.
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Started the year 1 and five and
then and have gone 6 and one
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since then.
Now six and two.
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But but you know, it's not it's
not that they're not a good
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football team.
It's they're a good football
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team that's, you know, that's
had some injuries and got off to
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a bad start.
And you know, they're fight they
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were fighting for their playoff
life tonight.
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I don't know if they got
eliminated like Kansas City,
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thank God, but they.
Yeah, they did.
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They have the same record as.
Kansas City.
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So they're eliminated now as far
as the Steelers are concerned.
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I agree with you.
This, this it, it was very hard
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to to see this in the flow.
But maybe now with Aaron Rodgers
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influence bringing in those
receivers, getting more of the
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receivers involved in the game.
Look, he didn't light the world
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on fire.
He didn't throw for 380 yards.
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He still threw for only 224
yards.
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OK, but they involved all of the
receivers, you know, every
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player and every weapon in the
game in a different way.
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That's the good thing.
So that that influence there and
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and executing that plan, keeping
the ball out of the other team,
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saying this is one of the first
games, if not the only game
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where they almost doubled up the
opposing defenses number of
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plays on the field and they were
last in the NFL.
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So ball control it was by it
wasn't like I said, wasn't
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glamorous.
DK didn't go off like you did
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the last game, but nonetheless
they won.
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So the overall defensive game
plan I think was, was good as
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well.
I think it was, it was a good
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effort.
I, I, I, I need to see, you know
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what I'm going to tell you guys
right now because we don't have
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another show until next week
after the Detroit game.
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So I'm going to tell you right
now I need to see them beat
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Detroit if I'm going to take
them seriously in the playoffs,
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You know, I need to see them
that this is me.
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I need to see them beat a team
that is good and you're.
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You're not going to take them
seriously.
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Well, I, I, I get it.
I'm not saying they're going to,
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but for me, like this is great.
We stack two wins together.
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It looks like the offense is
starting to play football.
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Maybe the defense as an earlier
comment, you know, there's a lot
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of Super Bowl and a lot of post
season experience on our defense
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now.
So, you know, let's let's see if
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they can put the rest of this
year together.
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Schwaber Best Best thing about
this victory for you?
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Well, because this is something
that we never give any credit
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to, I'll give, I'll give the
coaching staff credit today.
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I think it was a good plan on
both sides of the ball, which
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pretty much led to just a
completely dominating
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performance.
I mean, look, the 15 points were
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scored.
I mean, the 12 points other than
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the field goal were scored when
the game was over.
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So I mean, really, this was this
was almost like a, you know, a
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28 to nothing shut out
practically.
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That's what it felt like anyway.
So yeah, you know, look, finally
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that the coaches put together a
good ball, a good game plan on
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both sides of the ball.
Everything made sense, you know,
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ball control, you know, running
the ball, you know, involving
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the tight ends kind of a
surprise.
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Let's throw it to a wide
receiver to that we haven't
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thrown it to yet at the right
time.
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You know, let's let's make sure
we get our number one wide
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receiver in the end zone.
And on defense, it was let's
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stop the run and let's not, you
know, let's not cry because, you
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know, TJ Watts not available.
You know, we've got other
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players who who can play ball.
So just, you know, pick it up.
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And I think that other people
did step up, you know, and I and
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I think that it was it was a
well orchestrated plan.
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I mean, look, 2 we can throw for
a lot of yards if the defense
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allows him to.
And then he, you know, the
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coverage must have been very
good because he he was like
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looking around forever and
getting sacked on half on half
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of those, you know, important
third downs.
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You know, it's like you, I mean,
basically the Steelers defense
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made Tua tonight look like he's
not very good.
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And that's I, I think, more a
testament to the defense than it
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actually is, the Tua.
I I love feel the steel's
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comment.
I'm not delusional, fellas.
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I know what's going to happen
And, and and his avatar here.
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Hang it up, Tomlin, leave now.
Hey, listen it, it's going to
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be.
Interesting.
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I don't think Heinz Ward
actually said that.
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No, no, but but yeah, there
there we go.
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Get off, my boy.
Everybody else got to step up,
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not just TJ.
Yeah, Yeah, that's exactly
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right.
And I, I don't think that well,
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they say winning solves
everything, right?
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They say winning, winning cures
all ills on on a team.
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And it'll be interesting to hear
sports radio tomorrow and all
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the callers.
But, you know, are people
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jumping back on the Tomlin
bandwagon?
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See, This is why we have Tomlin.
You know, like I'm, I'm not back
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on that bandwagon.
Look, if for some reason he wins
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the Super Bowl this year, you
got to be back on the Tomlin
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bandwagon.
But this whole talk about let's
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win a playoff game.
Look, why stay on the bandwagon
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if you win a playoff game?
That's not the point.
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That's kind of like, see, look,
we can do it.
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We can do OK.
So right.
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I I mean, I don't you know, next
week is big for me.
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That's why I'm saying they have
to win next week for me to
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really jump back on it and and
in order to win next week,
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they're going to they're playing
against a good team with its
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backup against the wall that has
a good defense, great coach and
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a great offense and great
players all the way around.
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If you can match that energy and
match that team in a must win
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situation for them and come out
there.
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I don't care if it's a one point
victory, if it's nine to seven,
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if it's 45 to 42, you they got
to win.
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If they win, then you then I
think you have to start taking
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the Steelers seriously this
year.
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But if they lose that game, it
doesn't mean that they're
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finished.
The the you follow me.
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It means OK, now they got to
beat Cleveland.
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You know, they got they got to
they got to go.
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They can't lose out, you know,
but they they need that they
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need that victory.
They need.
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That game in Detroit is the game
in Detroit or is?
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That, yeah, it is.
It is in Detroit.
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Yes, it's it's going to be hard.
It's going to be the.
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Next The next two games are on
the road, but.
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But Aaron Rodgers did play
Detroit twice a year, the most
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of his career.
That that the happy path is the
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Steelers beat Detroit and then
Baltimore loses.
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Then all they have to do is beat
Cleveland and that that game
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against Baltimore means nothing.
Right, right.
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00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,280
And if they beat Detroit, guess
what?
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That's nine wins.
You know what that means?
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Still in, still intact.
Celebration time.
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00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:15,280
That's right, baby, Play cool in
the gang because that's what
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00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,640
it's going to be.
It's going to be a celebration.
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00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,560
Yeah, and here's they're showing
a replay on ESPN.
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This is Rogers.
Is this his touchdown?
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00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,400
Yeah, that's the MBS.
Yeah.
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00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:31,880
I mean, that's the kind of play
that we did not see for years.
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00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,000
Yeah, it was misdirection across
the middle.
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00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,560
Yeah.
You know, DK is taking the other
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00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,560
guy and the other guy's not
going with him.
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And it's called.
It's called experience at the
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wide receiver position.
Yeah, and he had to, in
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00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,160
fairness, we should probably be
praising the offensive line a
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00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:48,280
little bit.
Absolutely.
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00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,720
That 4th left tackle on on the
on the side and you know, no
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00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,280
sacks from Chubb tonight.
I mean, that's pretty impressive
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00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,080
from a from a fourth line
starter.
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00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,560
Now, if you were from Miami,
you'd be like that.
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That's ridiculous.
So, I mean, good, good for the
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offensive line holding it
together enough.
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00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,040
You know, he was under some
duress in the first half, but
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00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,200
they got it together.
They got it together.
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00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:14,440
Listen, Miami last won a playoff
game in the year 2000, so I feel
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00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,960
bad for their fans.
I don't feel bad for their fans.
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00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,440
They got great uniforms though.
Yeah, yeah, I.
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00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,400
Love their uniforms, I.
Don't like their uniforms at
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00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:22,760
all.
Honestly, I mean, look, you
554
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,800
know, none of none of us saw
them win with Don Shola
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00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:30,560
basically our entire lives,
which is 55 years.
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00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:32,920
They have been the losers.
That's not true.
557
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,640
They had a few good years with
Duper and Marino.
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00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,160
Yeah, but that was.
It well, they went to the Super
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00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:39,760
Bowl.
They they they lost to the
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00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:41,960
Redskins.
That was like the early 80's,
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00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,560
the 1st.
Time the Redskins went to the
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00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,600
Super Bowl, they beat the
Dolphins and that was kind of
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00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,040
the end of their reign as a
great team, even though they had
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00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,200
Marino.
And then with Marino, there were
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00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,120
many years where they were in
the playoffs and got close, but
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00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,360
they could never get back.
Mark, here's one for you.
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00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:00,080
Last time the Steelers lost on a
Monday night, we were still in
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00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:04,160
college.
Yeah, we had 91, baby 91.
569
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,720
How ridiculous is?
That, and even more ridiculous,
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00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,760
is the last time they lost on a
Monday night was only two
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00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,720
coaches ago, and we were still
in college and one of those
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00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:16,880
coaches is still coaching.
So that's insanity.
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00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,560
So yeah, ever, you know, ever,
ever.
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00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,360
The traditional, the
traditional, whatever.
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00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,160
Well, let's wrap this up.
I gotta go get some damn sleep.
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00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,440
That's right.
Well, listen, if you're watching
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00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,360
this on YouTube, I want to thank
you for watching this.
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If you haven't already, hit the
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You'll know when we're live,
which is every Monday at 7:00 PM
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00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,680
Eastern Time.
Hockey Jesus, after every single
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00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:47,440
Pens game, he goes live.
We go live now after every
583
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:51,680
Steely's game for the post game
stuff and I drop the podcast.
584
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,080
I'm actually going to do that
tonight.
585
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:56,280
Drop the podcast right after the
show on the iHeartRadio app,
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00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,520
Apple podcast, Spotify, or
anywhere you get your freaking
587
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:03,840
podcast.
So we will be back next Monday.
588
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,920
I will be back tomorrow night.
So yeah, that's right.
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00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,080
I know, I know.
I'll see Derpy there and I'll
590
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,080
see our buddy MK there too.
I'm sure those guys will be
591
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:15,120
there.
I don't know about Ian's guys in
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00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,200
front of me.
I will be working tomorrow
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00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:18,880
night.
Good excuse.
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00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:24,960
I'll be on about 9:30.
All right.
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00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,240
Steelers, good job tonight.
Sports, sports black and gold.
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00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,520
Thanks for watching this again
at the Sports Sports Podcast on
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00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:33,120
YouTube.
We'll see you.
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00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,800
Hockey Jesus will see you
tomorrow night, but we'll see
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00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,920
you next week for Hockey Jesus,
for the Grand Swabini.
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I'm the TD.
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