Let's Talk Stil'rs - November 16, 2024

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
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Speaker 2 (00:38):
Huddle up Steelers station, It's tank Let's talk Steelers. Well,
it is a you know, we got blessed with a wonderful,
wonderful October as we sit here in November sixteenth. November sixteenth,
that's how many days till Christmas.

Speaker 3 (01:01):
Is right around the corner.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
But man, that was an Indian summer if you ever
talked about.

Speaker 3 (01:07):
One, that is an Indian summer. That was glorious.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
Hopefully you got some extra golf in and family activities.
I know I golfed and lost some balls under the leaves,
and I'm.

Speaker 3 (01:17):
Still supposed to go back in the sixties next week.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
And you can bet your bottom dollar that the old
tanker is gonna find his way to the Wheeling Country Club.
And rich conwell, you know, Richie does the rich Conwell
Golf Show. He's gonna be sitting in the pro shop
folding socks and he's gonna say, you want to play
golf today? I'm like, absolutely, Rich, let me go. And

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he's gonna look at me and go charging a double
because it's only fifty two degrees out there. I'm gonna
charge a double tank. So good morning to the good
people at Wheeling Country Club. Rich Conwell, Hey, yup, it's big.
Steelers got a football game on Sunday, Just little one
of no significant importance to anybody that lives in Iceland.

Speaker 3 (02:05):
But if you can hear my.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
Voice, if you bleed blacking gold, if you consider yourself bonafide,
and you have a passport that on the outside it
says crowd member of Steelers Nation, then Sunday is a
little more of another day in the week and a

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day to go to church. And thank God, after you
get out of church, you're gonna.

Speaker 3 (02:31):
Go down to stadium.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
Achrosure, I'll have another drink, Stadium.

Speaker 3 (02:36):
Achrosure, I'll have another drink.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
The Ravens are coming to town and I can't stand them. Stadium.
It's a big matchup, big big matchup. Who would have
thought going in to this game with the Ravens. Ravens,

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we'd be on top of the AFC North, the Cincinnati Kinnicots,
the Browns.

Speaker 3 (03:11):
Who are now actually the Ravens in Baltimore.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
You know the backstory, mart Modell stole the team out
of Cleveland in the middle of the night, took them
to Baltimore. So, as far as I'm concerned, we're playing
with Cleveland Browns this weekend. They're just wearing a purple
uniform and have a different name. That team in Cleveland
could not compete with my pitt Panthers or the Mountaineers.

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At this point, we call them bottom dwellers. In fact,
you can expect that the Cleveland Clowns clowns will be
bottom feeders for the next hundred years because they decided
to put all their shekels for you young kids out
there that don't know what a shekel is dollar bills

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into a quarterback that ain't never going to see the
light of day.

Speaker 3 (04:05):
No he ain't.

Speaker 2 (04:06):
But that's their mistake. As far as your Pittsburgh Steelers
are concerned. If you don't know who Andy Widel is yet,
I need you to google it.

Speaker 3 (04:20):
If you listen to the show.

Speaker 2 (04:22):
If you watch our TV show on twenty two to
the point Television, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sunday mornings, ten thirty, which
is perfect.

Speaker 3 (04:31):
Right. You come back from.

Speaker 2 (04:32):
Church, come back from Denny's, getting a big stack or whatever.
You get there, maybe I'm muffin. You go home, You're like,
all right, you're dying for Steelers news. Look no further
than the former NFL quarterback Mike McMahon and myself, Tank
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Certainly feels like that. Tune into our TV show on

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twenty to the point, twenty two to the point Sunday
morning's at ten thirty.

Speaker 3 (05:03):
This is a big game.

Speaker 2 (05:06):
I'm bringing up Andy Widel If you don't know who
he is, he's a football genius. He came over from
the Eagles, remember the Eagles a couple of years ago
in the Super Bowl Eagles. Yeah, that was Andy Whitehel's
construct that dominant left guard we now have in Isaac Sayamalu.

(05:31):
Hey came with b Andy Whitdel. It's a hell of
a deal. There's no doubt in my mind that Andy
Whitell helped put the deal together to get Russell Wilson
and justin fields here in Pittsburgh. Google Andy whitehol If
you do not know who he is, you need to
spring sing his praises. This guy knows football. Andy Whitel

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knows football, and it's bearing fruit this season as we
take one. There're Ravens, this huge rivalry. Let's hear from
Russell Wilson in the locker room this week. Then you're
gonna hear from the farmer, NFL quarterback, my sidekick, my

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well personal water boy, Mike McMahon, former quarterback for the
Lions and Eagles, And Mike and I are gonna break
down the Commander's game and what's going right with the
Steelers so far this season.

Speaker 3 (06:30):
That's what are your expectations for your first Steelers Ravens?
What type of football are you into?

Speaker 4 (06:34):
Suppose it's gonna be tough, it's gonna be physical, it's
gonna be a great game, you know, and a lot
of great players.

Speaker 5 (06:38):
On both sides of the football.

Speaker 4 (06:39):
Obviously, it's a lot of history here, you know, and
and uh, you know, we got to bring our best.

Speaker 6 (06:44):
He got a rivalry like this in Seattle or or
Denver that you felt like people got this much bugg about.

Speaker 4 (06:50):
Her up week. Obviously, this is a historic rivalry obviously, Uh,
being the AFC North and all the great teams and
all the all the history in the in the AFC North,
it's pretty historic obviously. You know, Steelers have been around
since nineteen thirty three, so there's been a.

Speaker 5 (07:04):
Lot of history.

Speaker 4 (07:05):
You know, we had definitely in Seattle, there's some great
moments and great battles obviously, you know with the you
know Seattle Seahawks and the forty nine Ers, those are
some big games, a lot of great players on both sides,
so those are always good moments. But this one has
got a lot of history to it.

Speaker 7 (07:21):
Yeah, special Mike put the touchdown Hetch Obviously, how much
more is he picking up the wars that.

Speaker 4 (07:28):
Yeah, Mike's been great. You know, he's been smart, he's
on it. He's a he's a pro. You know, got
a lot of great guys around them, just love love
that room. Just all the hard work they put in
every day is really special. So Mike's a great addition
for us.

Speaker 8 (07:42):
Lea, you've been quarterback night, you feel that this offense
has evolved at the point that.

Speaker 5 (07:47):
I know he's turned into a shootout.

Speaker 4 (07:49):
With as prolific as they are offensively, you can go
score for score room. Yeah, I think that we can
definitely score points, and we can do some special things,
you know, and we've got a great defense, you know,
we trust each other as a team and everything else.
We just got to play one play at a time.
You know, you can't h you know, nobody's trying to
predict scores. You just play the moment, you know. You
just be in the moment, do whatever it takes to win.
And our goals to score one more point than they

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and than they do. That's that's the goal, you know,
and if you score more than that, hopefully that's good too.
I think the biggest thing is just being focused on
on us being our best and uh, you know, they're
going to bring their best and we got to bring ours.

Speaker 5 (08:21):
What do you think much challenge through I think they
fly around.

Speaker 4 (08:25):
I think obviously they got some playmakers that they've got
some guys who know how to get.

Speaker 3 (08:28):
The ball and do some really good things.

Speaker 5 (08:30):
I think the.

Speaker 4 (08:31):
Biggest thing for us though, is we got to be
we got to be focused on what we do well,
and we're excited about that opportunity to go but it's
a really good football team.

Speaker 7 (08:40):
Do you think rus Michael said that two days ago
that there's a lot more of your game and where
do you.

Speaker 3 (08:46):
Want to grow much more? Do you think of, say
one more time? How much more do you think you can?
How much you want do you think of your game?

Speaker 5 (08:52):
Do you have to show? I think we're always growing.

Speaker 4 (08:55):
I think that's that's the great part about this game
is this You're constantly building and growing. You're finding every
little one percent that you can get better. And I
think the biggest thing for us is we're all growing together,
you know. I think you know, learn each guy and
all the time that we could to spend together. And
obviously it hit a big touchdown a big a guy
like big Mic and uh, you know, his first real, big,

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big play for us. You know, that was the monumental
moment for us. You know we needed that and and
so for me, I just didn't. I always focus on
on on fundamentals of the game, you know, It's always
been my focus every day I go out to practice
and trying to be great there, allowing the fundamentals to
allow me to be confident in the big moments, you
know too, and just trusting that and uh, I think
that's that's where I always focus on the.

Speaker 5 (09:37):
Top of it.

Speaker 6 (09:38):
Those moments pass to come back Washington Dal last week.

Speaker 5 (09:42):
If you feel like when you need to.

Speaker 8 (09:44):
Look at the way you guys have come together and
you've gotten a field chemistry this last three weeks, that
there's a little wall like we saw from the defense,
which you have time, you guys can come back in
those circumstances again.

Speaker 5 (09:53):
Yeah, we can definitely score points. You know, we believe
in what we can do.

Speaker 4 (09:56):
I think Arthur's done a good job getting to night
you know plays and this and that, and and for
me to get the guys in the right situations as well.
And you know, our work ethic is top notch. I mean,
and if we can put work in and it adds up.
And I think our receivers are running backs, are our
tight ends and obviously it all starts off into line.
Those guys have put so much time in and I
think the bonding, the time that we get to spend

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with each other off the field too, really helps, you know.
I think that just gives us confidence in one another
and allows us to really believe and who we are
and what we can do. And you know, I've been
on some A've been apart a lot of great offenses,
and I think we have a chance to be really great.

Speaker 5 (10:29):
And but you know, you know, you just got to
do it every day.

Speaker 4 (10:32):
You know, great great players, great teams, you know, great offenses,
they do it every day. And so that's that's the
part that you embracing it. You enjoy that challenge of that.
That's where our focus is. We're not worried about, you know,
weeks from now, We're know, we're.

Speaker 3 (10:43):
Not worried about even tomorrow.

Speaker 4 (10:44):
We're just worried about watching this film up for practice,
seing how much better we can get today and and
then and then come back tomorrow and do it better tomorrow.

Speaker 9 (10:50):
Part I's telling us today that you guys are together
late into Friday nights, just around each other a lot.

Speaker 3 (10:55):
How long has that relationship grown up? With these last
team full of onness?

Speaker 4 (10:58):
You know, I've always had so much regard for our there.
I think that he's been one of the best offense
coordinators and in football obviously he's you know, guy who
got to be a head coach too. He'll get that
opportunity again as well. I think he's just a great
you know, leader and believer of a ball.

Speaker 5 (11:14):
You know, he loves ball.

Speaker 3 (11:15):
You know, you know I put up Steelers Nation.

Speaker 2 (11:18):
That's Tank and Mike for let's talk Steelers from Italian
Village Pizza here at.

Speaker 3 (11:24):
The Waterworks Mall.

Speaker 2 (11:25):
You know that Commander's game going down the Washington Mike
scared me because Washington d C people scare me. Steelers Nation, though,
turned out they're terrible towels and the Commanders fans had
they had these red hankies that did them no good
at all.

Speaker 3 (11:43):
Your Steelers looked good last week.

Speaker 8 (11:45):
Well, you know that's typically what happens anywhere you go
in any visiting stadium with the Steelers Nation, the fans
kind of travel very well. You always see it with
the towels, and then you hear it again in the
third and fourth quarter.

Speaker 2 (11:58):
So absolutely, absolutely, there is so much don wine from
the Commander's game. First of all, I told you a
couple of years ago when Andy Widel came.

Speaker 3 (12:06):
Over from the Philadelphia Agles.

Speaker 2 (12:09):
I know he's got the title assistant GM that this
guy is a football mind and will bring you solid players.

Speaker 3 (12:17):
Let's talk about him right away.

Speaker 2 (12:19):
Super Bowl quarterback, super Bowl winning I think nine time
pro bowler Russell Wilson.

Speaker 3 (12:25):
Coming into his own.

Speaker 2 (12:27):
Now, it wasn't his very best game, but you're seeing
levels of improvement every single week.

Speaker 8 (12:33):
Well, yeah, you know you started the season with Justin Fields,
who brings that element with the legs and being able
to run the football.

Speaker 3 (12:40):
However, you know Russell Wilson brings.

Speaker 8 (12:42):
That extra element where he gets the ball touch quicker,
gets it.

Speaker 3 (12:46):
Out on time. If you notice the past three weeks,
you know all three of his starts.

Speaker 8 (12:49):
He started off in that series with some sort of
boot to Washington. Yeah, he's a little bit of a
naked but he gets the ball fast. It has the hands.
The big play with Wilson, though obviously was to Mike
Williams third down. They're bringing pressure, it's cover zero. That's
where the veteran comes in. I think if Justin Fields

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is in that situation, he might turn around back door,
try to escape and.

Speaker 5 (13:14):
Run with it.

Speaker 3 (13:15):
Maybe he might have able to get it.

Speaker 8 (13:16):
But what Wilson did was by that time, get that
back foot on the ground and then throw it early,
get it up high with air, and trust your receiver to.

Speaker 3 (13:26):
Run underneath it and go get it.

Speaker 8 (13:28):
Because what heres what happens when a DV knows that
your defense is bringing that zero, that zero blitz, that
no safety help. He knows that boss to come out fast.
So most of them are typically playing around seven, eight, nine,
sometimes ten yards, but they're squatting. They're expecting that quick
game to slant, whether they quick out or maybe a hitch.

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And he kind of squatted on Mike Williams. Russell Wilson.
Put the ball up, let him run to it, and
sure enough, you get that big of a receiver. You know,
now you that threat other than George Pickens. Obviously you
got George Pickints, but the team's gonna start to focus
doubling him. With the addition of Mike Williams, you've got
an extra weapon that you get.

Speaker 3 (14:09):
That one on one matchup, that jump ball, and it's
gonna be tough stuff.

Speaker 2 (14:13):
Touchdown is what it was. Look it all begins up
front with the Hawks. You know, I've been a little
bit hard on the Steelers offensive line, and rightfully so,
and rightfully so the last couple of years, but I
am loving the way this offensive line is jelling. Dan Moore,
Isaac Sayamalo, I love him.

Speaker 3 (14:33):
That guy came over from Philadelphia Eagles.

Speaker 2 (14:36):
He is solid. That whole left side is becoming solid.
Thank goodness, Sach Frasier came back last week.

Speaker 3 (14:42):
I'm starting to love. There are a bunch of bullies
up there.

Speaker 8 (14:46):
Well, you know, you sit there, you talk about the
old line, but you've got to include tight ends.

Speaker 3 (14:50):
Absolutely to that. Absolutely in Washington.

Speaker 8 (14:53):
I mean they are, They're a valuable piece.

Speaker 3 (14:57):
They're an extension of the old line.

Speaker 8 (14:59):
And when you can get that run game going, even
if at the run game is not going, the play
action pass still works because you're having the threat.

Speaker 2 (15:09):
But here's the thing, the run game is going. You
know they didn't give Naugy Hey the contract. Sorry, we're gonna.

Speaker 3 (15:16):
Dangle it over here and see what kind of year
you have.

Speaker 2 (15:19):
I mean, I would not want would you at home
want to get in front of Najie Harrison try to
tackle him? I mean, Nagy is an incredible football player.
He's having his best year to date. That offensive line
is bullying people up front. They're right side with mister
Jones and McCormick.

Speaker 3 (15:37):
They're doing a good enough job.

Speaker 2 (15:39):
But once you get that offensive line solid, you now
have Jaylen Warren back in the mix. He's finding his healthiness.
Warren got dodgy with this past week, but we'll see
if he's available to go.

Speaker 8 (15:54):
He is a good one two punch with with Najia Harris,
but Najia Harrison. I mean he's the guy that is
the one that he's kind of like the Derek Henry
number two of the NFL, Derek Henry Obbs.

Speaker 3 (16:06):
Sorry, I'm like Derek. He's the iron horse, like the Wosburgh.

Speaker 8 (16:09):
But the one thing that you know, you know, he's
got the step farm and nag will use the step farm.
But the one thing that Nagie Harrison will do that
Derek Henry won't do is Nodge Harris will just jump over.

Speaker 3 (16:19):
He will jump over you. You know. Then you get in.

Speaker 2 (16:21):
As Mike said, with our tight ends, not only can
they block, but now you have a valuable passing weapon.
Let's say they're running to play action, Wilson can go
to those shallow routes with two bonafide tight ends.

Speaker 3 (16:35):
I was high on Washington when he came out of Georgia.

Speaker 2 (16:38):
Matt candidate didn't even know what he was doing and
what he had in Washington. Now Mount Washington is a
threat that leads us all to who. I think one
day we're all going to be in can'ton Ohio celebrating
George Pickens induction. You played with some of the guys
the best in the league, Terrell Owens, who like top tieres.

Speaker 3 (17:00):
You know, and you know Terrell Owens. I mean there's
quite a few guys.

Speaker 8 (17:04):
But the thing is is like he has a catch
radius where you don't have to have the perfect pass
for him.

Speaker 3 (17:11):
If you get it in that vicinity, that combat catch,
he's going to come down with it.

Speaker 8 (17:15):
The touchdown catch he had this past week, The way
he can toward his bodies. Typically guys that big don't
have that ability to have that body control reach back
and make those catches. Then obviously where his biggest right
is it down the sideline, over the shoulder, those one
on one jump balls. If he can learn to leave
himself a little bit more sideline though.

Speaker 3 (17:35):
He's going to be able to finish those catches as well.

Speaker 2 (17:38):
What I really like to you know, the touchdown pass
was incredible, Like Mike said, his ability to contort his
body is surreal at times. But his little dancy step
Derek to make the defensive do you like that to
make the defensive.

Speaker 3 (17:54):
Backs move man.

Speaker 2 (17:55):
That means he's getting comfortable and he's becoming a wizard
out there.

Speaker 3 (18:00):
I just love it. He's becoming a complete one. Well,
the more the more he's able to do that, the
more he's able to win those vulneraball batchess, You're going.

Speaker 8 (18:06):
To start to see these teams start to double him,
which is going to open things up even more for Friar,
for Washington, for the underneath passing game, even the checkdowns
in the passing game, you play action pass.

Speaker 3 (18:17):
A lot of times.

Speaker 8 (18:18):
What teams do is when you when you as a
quarterback you come around you do that checkdown, teams will
you know, fly out of there and try to get
soft because they know that that's what's coming that play
action pass when you show that ball, and a lot
of times the guy that opens up is the guy
that you end up baking that ball to in the five.

Speaker 3 (18:36):
I love it.

Speaker 2 (18:37):
We went down to Washington a road game, and we
took care.

Speaker 3 (18:41):
Of business, just like Elvis Presley Baby.

Speaker 8 (18:44):
To c Be.

Speaker 2 (18:46):
You under saw that TCB on Elvis Sah, yeah, you
don't like no Elvis. All right, let's talk Steelers from
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Speaker 2 (20:24):
Welcome back to Let's Talk Steelers from Italian Village Pizza
on Route twenty eight the tront You know we're giving
free pizza slices away. You want one, Sure, I'll take one.
Go ask for one. We'll get it all right. It
is Ravens Week. The Ravens. I don't like them, they
don't like us, and this game is shaping up. I mean,

(20:47):
this isn't like it's a two and five team going
against a four and four team, number one, number two
within division. Fortunately we got the Ravens here for the
first time. Let's talk about them off league. You know,
they're leading the league in total penalties both offensive and defensively.

Speaker 3 (21:05):
Close to seven hundred yards.

Speaker 5 (21:07):
Mike.

Speaker 2 (21:08):
Offensively though, this is a dangerous football team.

Speaker 8 (21:12):
Well, it starts with you know, Lamar Jackson and I think, you.

Speaker 3 (21:16):
Know, everyone's talking about what type of MVP.

Speaker 8 (21:18):
Year he's having, But I think where that MVP year
is really coming from is is Derrick Henry having that
addition to the run game. Derrick Henry's you know, I
have a resurgence in his career. Obviously a little down
week against the Bengals. Bengals did a great job of
stopping him, but a touchdown every single week. I mean,
he's been dominant in you know, it's a little bit

(21:40):
of a two headed monster.

Speaker 3 (21:41):
The Steelers are going to have the handsful.

Speaker 8 (21:42):
They're going to have to stop that run game and
force Lamar to try intro from the pocket with a
little bit of pressure. You don't want to you don't
want to just let him get outside the pocket and
be able to make all those plays.

Speaker 3 (21:54):
But you don't want to give him all day. That's
where Cincinnati kind of went wrong.

Speaker 8 (21:57):
They kind of they rushed for they you know, the
difference between the Cincinnati Bengals four man rushed and the
Steelers four man rushes.

Speaker 3 (22:05):
He's a pretty big t. J.

Speaker 8 (22:07):
Watt is basically you know, having him in there and
a four man rush is like a six man rush.
The way he comes off the edge. He's gonna have
to stay a little bit more control though, because Lamar Jackson.
He don't want to get him get outside and allow
him to make place maybe a spy, uh, there's no
one really is the receiving core though that You're like,
I need double and he's eight flowers. He's pretty quick
and shifty, you know, Bateman's a big body receiving, but

(22:29):
you're not like you know, over Mark Mark Andrews is
the guy that can kind of get open with to
action pass. But no one's really scared me, you know,
even like Deantony Johnson. Now you know, and he hasn't
been on film he is, he's new. He's been there
for a week now.

Speaker 5 (22:48):
I wanted to.

Speaker 8 (22:50):
And the thing is, but yeah, he's still going to
learn the system. And he came from Pittsburgh. Now all
of a sudden he went to Carolina. He had learned
that system. Now he's trying to learn you know, Todd
funking system in Baltimore.

Speaker 3 (23:02):
Can he get up to speed all that stuff? Is
he a threat where you're like, I'm really worried about
him one on one. I'm more worried about Zay Flowers
than I would be about the Anthony Johnson. So I
think is the key to the Ravens offense.

Speaker 8 (23:16):
And obviously you can go why they're having so many
success with Lamar Jackson, with Derrick Henry.

Speaker 2 (23:20):
Here's the thing and law as you put some iines
ketchup on this and eat it up, baby.

Speaker 3 (23:26):
Rosdarten, you know who he is.

Speaker 2 (23:28):
He's that rookie right tackle for the Ravens and he's
got to go up against TJ. Watt this week. That's
a heck of an assignment for a rookie.

Speaker 3 (23:39):
They got to get that big guy.

Speaker 2 (23:41):
Full back at six three, three hundred card I call
him Raggart, like a Viking man six pounds playing fullback.

Speaker 3 (23:49):
Well, he's like an extra offensive guard on the field.
They're gonna have him. They'll they'll have Mark Andrews, the
little chip in on the way out met Isaiah likely
is he back or not? I don't know, you know,
but they'll definitely get Patrick McCard involved.

Speaker 2 (24:02):
Mike, you mentioned about spying Lamar Jackson. Let's face it,
he is dangerous with his feet if he gets outside
that edge. You played the game at the highest level.
Nobody ever spied you. I'm sure of it that you
were gonna get around it. Insult intended there. But is
it plausible to have Patrick Queen I spy on Lamar Jackson?

Speaker 3 (24:25):
What does that do to your defense? What does it
do to your offense?

Speaker 8 (24:29):
Well, it's basically gonna put a little bit more pressure
on the secondary in my opinion, because I think it's
not like a typical spy where you can kind of
sit back, play that middle zone and watch if the
quarterback breaks sintane, I'm gonna go over and run and
try to and try to make that tackle. If Lamar
gets you in space within you know, like that five
yard range, he's gonna.

Speaker 3 (24:50):
Make you look silly.

Speaker 8 (24:51):
So that spy is gonna have to be a little
bit more hug up against that defensive line, and as
soon as he breaks, he's gonna have to really kind.

Speaker 3 (24:57):
Of curve the D line and be right there.

Speaker 8 (25:00):
You don't want to get him a vertical two way
go on you because that's where will make you silly.

Speaker 3 (25:06):
So if you if you see.

Speaker 8 (25:08):
Him kind of hug up against the D line, Lamar
pushes out, he can kind of kind of curve.

Speaker 3 (25:13):
That D line and use the sideline to his advantage,
kind of push him that way.

Speaker 8 (25:18):
But you don't want to do is sit back and
wait and then allow him to kind of get outside
of contained square up on you and then have a
two way go. You saw what happened with Cincinnati last
week when he got outside the left tackle, he got
on the sideline, tiptoe down the sideline.

Speaker 3 (25:32):
You know that Cincinnati gave that game a way. They
had that one in the bag.

Speaker 10 (25:35):
Get it was twenty it was twenty one seven in
the third quarter, and then all of a sudden, you know,
Chase Brown, he drops a pass in that series and
then he puts the fall on the ground, gives them
an opportunity with a short field.

Speaker 3 (25:46):
They capitalized.

Speaker 8 (25:46):
The Ravens were capitalized in that short field. And then
once again the Ravens had them. It was third in
and I believe it was third and.

Speaker 3 (25:54):
Six, and he just threw a five yard quick out.

Speaker 8 (25:56):
It's five yeards feat out and ended up being Lamar
Jackson's longest pass of his career, or you know, seventy
or eighty yards.

Speaker 3 (26:01):
Some touchdown was gone.

Speaker 8 (26:02):
But it was a speed up and it wasn't anything spectacular.

Speaker 3 (26:06):
They just jumped it and he couldn't tackle. They did
not make the tackle.

Speaker 8 (26:10):
The Pittsburgh Steelers need to play a little soft.

Speaker 3 (26:13):
Here's the thing. Stop the run. Don't give up the default,
don't give up the big play. Stopping the run is
what I really like. Look, it's happening before all our eyes.

Speaker 2 (26:24):
Cam Hayward went down to Saint Augustine, drank out of
the fountain, of youth.

Speaker 3 (26:29):
He is ageless. He is having one heck of a season. Well,
you know they talked about that.

Speaker 8 (26:34):
You know, Mike Tomlin actually challenged Cam Hayward, I'll talk
about that in the broadcast and then and he.

Speaker 3 (26:41):
Said, listen, I don't know if you can still play
it for us anymore.

Speaker 5 (26:44):
He came.

Speaker 8 (26:44):
Hayward stepped up and really he took it personal, but
it wasn't in a personal You know, I'm mad at
the coaches that I'm just gonna prove you wrong, shooting
that I can still play this game.

Speaker 3 (26:54):
So again, don't give up that big play in the
passing game. Go ahead, give up the underneath stuff. Just
make the tackle.

Speaker 8 (27:01):
Don't get fancy. If you make that tackle and keep
everything in front of you, you have a chance. And
to me, the Bengals gave that game away. Have you
got to control the football on offense, control the clock
and limit Lamar Jackson's touches for possessions?

Speaker 3 (27:17):
I should say add to that defensive line.

Speaker 2 (27:20):
You know, messing with Cam Hayward's head is kind of
like you see these videos of people in Africa and
they go up and they poke an old rhino, and
rhino's like yeah, go up and poke the rhino again.

Speaker 3 (27:30):
The Rhino's like, uh huh. The third time you.

Speaker 8 (27:33):
Poke the rhino, you get maul the woundations are you watching?

Speaker 3 (27:37):
Maybe I like an animal planning. You know. You throw
in big bad Wolf Benton too.

Speaker 2 (27:42):
This kid is coming along Oga Jobe and of course
you have TJ.

Speaker 5 (27:46):
Watt.

Speaker 2 (27:47):
As we go into this game with the Ravens, Alex
high Smith, who is having a solid season, out.

Speaker 3 (27:54):
With an ankle injury.

Speaker 2 (27:56):
However, Nick Herbick is back in action this week. I
love this matchup with the Steelers front seven defense going
against the Ravens and physically pounding them, and.

Speaker 3 (28:10):
I spying potentially on Lamar Jackson.

Speaker 8 (28:13):
Well yeah, you know again, it's it's part with your
offense to it.

Speaker 3 (28:17):
You look at how Cincinnati played that game.

Speaker 8 (28:19):
They were a little bit more big play, They threw
the ball a little bit more. They don't have the
run game that the Pittsburgh Steelers do. A lot of
their checkdowns is their run game.

Speaker 3 (28:26):
But they kind of got out of that game play
a little.

Speaker 8 (28:29):
Bit more fast paced, which you want. You don't want
to get a shootout with the Ravens. You don't want
Lamar Jackson having those possessions. You look what the Steelers
did last week against Washington Commanders. Seven points in the first,
seven points in the second, seven points in the third,
seven points in the fourth. If you can do that
and control Lamar Jackson's possessions, you're gonna win that game.
And you know twenty eight, twenty eight fourteen, the Steelers

(28:52):
that they can put up twenty eight points with their defense,
they're gonna win ninety nine percent of their games.

Speaker 3 (28:57):
All right, we'll be right back then.

Speaker 2 (28:59):
Let's talk Steelers, and we're gonna talk some more.

Speaker 11 (29:04):
Kim, Why do you think you guys have had so
much success.

Speaker 12 (29:06):
On somewhere You have success and.

Speaker 5 (29:15):
You know, sometimes the ball has fallen our way a
couple of times. It's not like he's not touching us up. Uh.
You know, he's a heck of a talent that uh
you try to bottle up, but you never can. And
sometimes it's come down to just having the ball ass

(29:35):
uh and being able to get off the field when
we can.

Speaker 11 (29:38):
You see anything different with Derrick Henry at all, like
being just being on a different team.

Speaker 5 (29:44):
Now you just combine two m vps together, they are
you know, they're a dual threat where it doesn't matter
who's touching the ball. They are, you know, really punishing defenses.
Derrick Henry's been a home run hitter, you know Williams
in Tennessee. Now he's doing that bringing that over here.
Uh and then you know once Lamar, Lamar's in more

(30:08):
advantageous situations. Now, I think having a guy like Derrick
Henry where you don't have to gain you know, ten
yards of player, ten yards of pop. You know, now
Lamar's like to shoot. I can. I can go out
there and just play ball.

Speaker 7 (30:22):
Camp to that point, it's been one thirteen months since
you guys played against the war what's different when you
put on tape of him? Of him last time you
saw him?

Speaker 5 (30:32):
Oh no, no, for a lot's different. He was just
the MVP. I think it's just he's confident, he's collected,
and he's calm in the backfield, and he can make
you pay in so many different ways. He's got a
lot of options now, Derek Henning out of the backfield,
Bateman and Flowers are all killing just added Deontay Johnson

(30:56):
likely has come on a lot. Mark Andrews is good,
so they got a lot of pieces. It's not like
he doesn't have a good supporting cast around him. Offensive
line is a lot healthier, and I just think he, uh,
he's dynamic, but you know, to be that consistent with
it is really special.

Speaker 6 (31:12):
The Giants are able to run the ball a lot
on you guys when they were using like the QB option,
but giving it to the running back.

Speaker 3 (31:18):
Is that something you guys can can be cleaned.

Speaker 6 (31:19):
Up in the past couple of weeks school, Could you
guys get a lot better against that would commanded.

Speaker 5 (31:24):
A little bit different. You know, I understand Daniel Jones
is a rushing option, but Jaden Daniels and Lamar Jackson
are a little bit different body types. But uh, definitely
stresses the defense, you know, and I think we got
to be ready for all that. You know, r P O,

(31:45):
s Z and reads. You know, even just a drop
back pass can end up as a run. So you know,
all three levels gotta be responsible. It's not just the
D line, and we got to have clear communication to
fix up.

Speaker 13 (31:57):
Stain disciplined is important every week. Yes, staying in your
gaps and staying in your rush wings. This week, I
would imagine there's there's something you stress.

Speaker 5 (32:07):
Yeah, it's not like the Peyton Mannings, Philip Rivers or
you know the Ben Brolisbergers where it's just you know,
they're handing off the ball. Uh, this is more of Uh,
everybody's got to be accounted for. And when the quarterback
does have the ball, guys gotta get off the blocks.
You know, we stressed out a lot because now they
have an extra blocker, and so we got to make

(32:29):
plays fast and we got to make sure we have
our assignments faints.

Speaker 7 (32:33):
Kim, what do you tell younger guys first year Steelers
about playing in this rible You want to expect.

Speaker 5 (32:38):
It's gonna be physical, You're gonna be sore after, you know.
I think, uh, it's gonna feel like a playoff game
because both these teams are fighting for AFC North Crown.
And then you know, bring the energy, don't be surprised
by it, uh, and make sure it lasts all the
way through.

Speaker 7 (32:56):
Early impressions in Preston, what's the value of having a
guy with that experience.

Speaker 5 (33:00):
It's not unable to do not just experience being in
the league, but experience being a three four defense. A
lot of things kind of translate through you know, I
think he picks it up pretty seamlessly, and I just
think you can have communication, you know, higher up communication
and just oh we're running this, you know there's options here.

(33:21):
How can we adjust? And I think it's really beneficial.

Speaker 3 (33:25):
To the group him.

Speaker 14 (33:26):
I know obviously this game is home, but speaking against
the commanders, seeing the terrible towels take over of the
road stadium, what kind of intangible.

Speaker 12 (33:33):
Groups does that get?

Speaker 5 (33:35):
It's awesome, you know, I forget what I was talking about.
It was just like when you're winning. Stealing Nation has
traveled pretty well, and you know, whether it was Vegas, Atlanta,
we've been very fortunate to have a great turnout by
our fans and in turn, you know, you got to
make sure we play well for them at home. You

(33:57):
don't have to worry about that as much. But it's
been really cool to see our fans solo on the road.

Speaker 14 (34:02):
Is the visual impact of seeing all the yellow touses that.

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Speaker 3 (34:43):
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Speaker 2 (34:45):
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Speaker 2 (35:07):
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Speaker 3 (35:17):
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Speaker 10 (35:19):
By the way, I noticed that it's very annoying, but
it's not for the Ravens.

Speaker 8 (35:23):
It's kind of the new trend with the NFL guys
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so I figured I should wear the kellor of the
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Speaker 5 (35:32):
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Speaker 3 (35:35):
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Speaker 15 (35:37):
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to be up the date with all the trends. I'm
one hundred years old. I'm not trending, Okay, I'm just
not trend fair enough. I am trend to know.

Speaker 2 (35:48):
On the Ravens, you know again, Tony Sarah Guza, Ray
Lewis you think of those dominating Ravens defenses of the past.
Will it shock you Steelers Nation if I tell you
that number one, the Ravens have the worst pass defense
in the league. The Ravens are ranked twenty one overall defensively, Mike,

(36:10):
really a shock not the same old Ravens.

Speaker 3 (36:13):
I think they can be exploited this week.

Speaker 2 (36:16):
Russell Wilson, George Pickens, Austin is coming back. They've given
up a lot of their passes. And if you go
back and you look at the Bengals footage, they were
up at the Bengals twenty one to seven on him.
They were hitting the deep ball, they were hitting the
mid linebackers spots.

Speaker 3 (36:34):
In fact, they've let five guys so close to three
hundred yards on him this season.

Speaker 2 (36:39):
They're giving up and that's a bad thing with Russell
Wilson in town.

Speaker 8 (36:43):
Now, well, the Bengals, you know, they were able to
pretty much do everything they wanted to accept to run
the football. They kind of give up on that game early,
you know, but they don't have you know, they don't have.

Speaker 3 (36:53):
Joe Mixon anymore.

Speaker 8 (36:54):
They've got Chase Brown, who's not quite the same the
Pittsburgh Steelers have. Would definitely have a better run game
in that play action pass game. But what you look
at what the Ravens is like, you said, they're not
as dominant, and they have a new defensive coordinator this year.
They're a former defensive coordinator. You know, obviously first it
was Wink Martin Dale.

Speaker 3 (37:11):
He moved on.

Speaker 8 (37:12):
Now is McDaniel McDonald or he's out in Seattle. But
they got a new defensive coordinator. They're struggling a little bit.

Speaker 3 (37:20):
However, when the game is on the line, you.

Speaker 8 (37:23):
Know, you still got some of those key pieces, like Humphrey,
he's ripping that ball out to Chase Brown when it
mattered most in that third quarter, they were down twenty
one to seven, they ripped the ball, give Lamar a
short field, get them right back in the game.

Speaker 3 (37:34):
So they are capable of turnovers.

Speaker 8 (37:36):
If Pittsburgh can control the clock, get up, play kind
of mistake free. Don't don't just don't turn the football over.
Play the game, don't give them more of those extra possessions.
You're gonna be able to move the ball. And you
look at last week the Pittsburgh Steers. I think the
Washington Commanders defense is better than the Baltimore Ravens right now,
just based off the fact that you know, you got
Dan Quinn as the head coach, and he's a defensive mastermind.

(37:59):
He does a nice job game planning, and the Commanders
are kind of got things going right now.

Speaker 3 (38:04):
So the Ravens aren't the Ravens of old.

Speaker 8 (38:07):
They are becoming a little bit more of a offensive
team and hoping the defense can hold on as opposed
to you know, our defensive stout.

Speaker 3 (38:17):
Let's offense. Let's not screw this game up.

Speaker 2 (38:19):
It's going to start with the Pittsburgh Bullies up front.
That offensive line for your Pittsburgh Steelers, I don't see
anybody that is dominant on that defensive line. You played
the game a long time. I'm literally seeing them shift
their three down linemen constantly throughout the game, trying to

(38:39):
probe the capsule, trying to find that week wall. I
don't think that lends itself to a solid game plan.

Speaker 3 (38:46):
It starts with the bullies up front.

Speaker 2 (38:49):
I don't want to get overly confidence this week. It
is the Ravens kind of they say all bets are off.

Speaker 3 (38:56):
You know, this is like a street fight in an
Allen in Baltimore. You don't know, we'll have the alley.
This is when you come to a rivalry game.

Speaker 8 (39:04):
A lot of times you never and you know he
could be, you know, an undefeated team.

Speaker 3 (39:08):
Versus a team that's not losing so much. When you
get those robbery games, everything, get it up. It is.

Speaker 8 (39:14):
It's a It is a different game, and things tend
to get a little closer.

Speaker 3 (39:19):
I don't need it there. You see that mascot. That
bird looks like you found.

Speaker 2 (39:24):
It in an alley and it was Do you ever
see the Ravens mascot Edgar Allen post in the Raveer
the raven All right, I'm Tank, he's Mike.

Speaker 3 (39:34):
Let's talk Steelers.

Speaker 2 (39:35):
We'll huddle up here again at the Italian Village Pizza
on Route twenty eight water Watchmall and we'll talk about
the Steelers victory over the Raiders.

Speaker 3 (39:46):
Here, try that. It's good.

Speaker 5 (39:48):
Try it.

Speaker 3 (39:49):
I'll try it.

Speaker 2 (39:52):
We're from that that rank football team, Steeler.

Speaker 3 (40:00):
Chuck up and don't. He's friends out all them.

Speaker 5 (40:03):
And we want to make sure he made the right decistem.

Speaker 2 (40:06):
As you know, a lot has been made about their
past defense versus their rush defense.

Speaker 3 (40:10):
What do you see from them up front and the
challenge you guys have to meet and you can truly
contribute to the.

Speaker 5 (40:15):
Offense this week.

Speaker 3 (40:16):
It's one of the runningbacks, They running backs, offensive line, run.

Speaker 5 (40:19):
Game in general.

Speaker 16 (40:20):
I mean, yeah, they have a great they're they're a
good at their good team and we gotta know that.
But you know, our job is to stay assistant. You know,
you take what they can give us. Uh, you know,
the five to twos, the threes, and you know eventually
one will pop. But that's just how we can do
how we can handle the run game and you know,
and make sure you can get those bigger plays down
the field.

Speaker 17 (40:37):
What do you think about playing in this team against
the Ravens, because it's it's a rivalry of the fact
that you know, obviously the history of both teams are
of the most part when I was watching the wef
usually good teams and it's always physical.

Speaker 16 (40:49):
It's always good on good. It reminds me of when
it's playing L s U and they had all them boys,
Joe Burrow and all of them, and it was you know,
our team. I think it was ranked two and it
was Ronk one and it was always your you know,
just play man really too much now of the game plan,
it's just whoever once and more. And that's just the
physicality of the mindset that I always always have and
always with toe guys if this matchup is you know,

(41:10):
don't really look at the score, but just worry about
winning each play and you know you lose one play
just or out of the next one because you know,
the game go either way. And it's just the fun
part of the sport. You know, when you're playing against
cross the start, we're playing against across the ball, and
it's uh, the other guys who are you know, at
the same level as you are, you know who's kind
of just in that same mindset as you and you know,

(41:30):
at the end of the day, it's the best males win.

Speaker 9 (41:32):
Now, you're too close to a college type of rivalry
game that you guess that you get in Yeah.

Speaker 16 (41:37):
Yeah, for sure for me, for sure, you know me
personally saying that speaking on that question is yeah, I
think so most definitely always have fun playing it, even if,
like you know, both teams aren't even doing good, It's
always gonna be you know, a good rivalry like like
Auburning and Alabama. You know, even if one team is
not so good, it's that game. You know, both teams
are zero zero and it's and it's always just me
good on good.

Speaker 7 (41:57):
If you have a relationship with Derrick Agriata when you.

Speaker 16 (42:00):
Watch a lot in the first study a lot, I
study everybody but Derek of course.

Speaker 5 (42:06):
Uh I got relationship with Derek.

Speaker 16 (42:07):
I right, relationship for the most part all the run
him backs who came throughout Obama. But uh Derek, Yeah
for sure, you know he's he's just having a great
year as always. But uh, yeah, I study everybody.

Speaker 9 (42:18):
Do you like playing in a game where there is
another Alabama running back, a prolific running back on the
other side?

Speaker 3 (42:23):
You said, what do you like playing in games?

Speaker 5 (42:25):
How the cat?

Speaker 16 (42:26):
I mean like as long as you win, you know,
at the end of the day, that's just when it matters.

Speaker 5 (42:31):
That's what matters.

Speaker 3 (42:32):
That's when you're talking about watching this game growing up.

Speaker 2 (42:36):
Has it changed the tune changed a little bit, especially
this year with a prolific both offenses have been I
meated for a long time.

Speaker 5 (42:41):
It's about defense on defensive.

Speaker 16 (42:43):
Yeah, yeah, I think you know, we were talking about
that too. I think when that's probably when Lamar got there,
you know, starts switching over a lot more offensively on
their end. Sure, and uh so so yeah, I guess so.
But we don't change is the physical the physicality. Uh,
we don't change the mindset of each game. You know,
we can have both prolific offenses, but you know, it
could be a game where it's still seven seven zero

(43:04):
zero one in that the fourth quarter, you know what
I mean, And and we're still just trying to crawl,
crawl out of there and just dig it, dig it
out and fight it out.

Speaker 5 (43:10):
Then that's just what it is.

Speaker 3 (43:14):
Because everything about.

Speaker 9 (43:18):
Day it's like a lower moody from la Plast three years.

Speaker 5 (43:22):
Oh no, I'm good, it will I'm good.

Speaker 12 (43:24):
It's a little I'm good.

Speaker 3 (43:26):
I'm tray.

Speaker 9 (43:28):
Got against Patrick quite a bit, especially in training camp.
He said that he's a trash talker.

Speaker 12 (43:33):
He can.

Speaker 5 (43:34):
Q said he's a trash Well.

Speaker 9 (43:35):
You has he trashock? You would practice at all training
camp anything?

Speaker 16 (43:38):
No, No, I've been going against p Q since college too,
so no.

Speaker 12 (43:42):
I mean maybe it's different for me, but even.

Speaker 16 (43:44):
When he was on the Ravens, Nah, everybody else will
though everybody else will.

Speaker 5 (43:48):
He will try to start every other game I go to.
But he said he's a nice guy.

Speaker 12 (43:52):
He's a he's a great guy.

Speaker 3 (43:54):
He's a great guy.

Speaker 12 (43:55):
Think he's a great guy.

Speaker 11 (43:57):
All right, You go, Kim, why do you think you
guys have had so much success.

Speaker 12 (44:00):
On somewhere success.

Speaker 5 (44:08):
And you know, sometimes the ball has fallen our away
a couple of times. It's not like he's not dicing
us up.

Speaker 3 (44:17):
Uh.

Speaker 5 (44:18):
You know, he's a heck of a talent that uh
you try to bottle up, but you never can. And
sometimes it's come down to just having the ball ass
uh and being able to get off the field when
we can.

Speaker 11 (44:32):
You see anything different with Derrick Henry at all, like
being just being on a different team.

Speaker 5 (44:38):
Now you just combine two m vps together, they are
you know, they're a dual threat where it doesn't matter
who's touching the ball. They are, you know, really punishing defenses.
Derrick Henry has been a home run hitter, you know
Williams in Tennessee. Now he's doing that bringing out over here.
Uh and then you know once Lamar, Lamar's in more

(45:02):
advantageous situations. Now, I think having a guy like Derrick
Henry where you don't have to gain you know, ten
yards of player, ten yards of pop.

Speaker 12 (45:13):
You know.

Speaker 5 (45:13):
Now Lamar's like to shoot. I can I can go
out there and just play ball. Can't play that point.

Speaker 7 (45:18):
It's been one thirteen months since you guys played against
the more what's different.

Speaker 6 (45:22):
When you put on team with him?

Speaker 7 (45:24):
Of him last time you saw him?

Speaker 5 (45:26):
Oh no, no, for lot's different. He was just the MVP.
I think it's just he's confident, he's collected, and he's
calm in the backfield, and he can make you pay
in so many different ways. He's got a lot of
options now, Derek Henning out of the backfield, Bateman and
Flowers are all killing just added Deontay Johnson likely has

(45:51):
come on a lot. Mark and Andrews is good. So
they got a lot of pieces. It's not like he
doesn't have a good supporting cast around him. Offensive line
a lot of help here, and I just think he uh,
he's dynamic, but you know, to be that consistent with
it is really special. Giants three able to.

Speaker 6 (46:07):
Run the ball a lot on you guys when they
were using like the QB option, but giving it to
the running back because that's something you guys can give.

Speaker 5 (46:13):
You cleaned up in the past couple of.

Speaker 6 (46:14):
Weeks school that the guys did a lot better against
that would commanded.

Speaker 5 (46:18):
A little bit different. You know, I understand Daniel Jones
is a rushing option, but Jaden Daniels and Lamar Jackson
are a little bit different body types. But uh, definitely
stresses the defense, you know, and I think we gotta
be ready for all that. You know, r P O

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s So and Reids. You know, even just a drop
back pass could end up as a run. So you know,
all three levels gotta be responsible. It's not just the
D line, and we gotta have clear communication to fix up.

Speaker 13 (46:51):
Staying disciplined is important every week, Yes, staying in your
gaps and staying in your rush. Williams this week, I
would imagine this because.

Speaker 5 (47:00):
Something Yeah, it's not like the Peyton Mannings, Philip Rivers
or you know, the Ben Brolisbergers where it's just you know,
they're handing off the ball. Uh, this is more of Uh,
everybody's got to be accounted for. And when the quarterback
does have the ball, guys got to have blocks. You know,
we stressed out a lot because now they have an

(47:20):
extra blocker, and so we got to make plays fast
and we got to make sure we have our assignments.

Speaker 7 (47:27):
Face Kim, what do you tell younger guys, first year
Steelers about playing in this rible where you want to expect.

Speaker 5 (47:32):
It's gonna be physical, You're gonna be sore after, you know,
I think, uh, it's gonna feel like a playoff game
because both these teams are fighting for AFC North Crown.
And then you know, bring the energy, don't be surprised
by it, uh, and make sure it lasts all the
way through.

Speaker 7 (47:50):
Early impressions of Preston, what's the value of having a
guy with that experience now to be able.

Speaker 5 (47:54):
To step in not just experience being in the league,
but experience being a three four defense. A lot of
things kind of translate through. You know, I think he
picks it up pretty seamlessly, and I just think you
can have communication, you know, higher up communication and just oh,
we're running this, you know there's options here. How can

(48:15):
we adjust?

Speaker 2 (48:16):
Uh?

Speaker 5 (48:16):
And I think it's uh really beneficial.

Speaker 3 (48:19):
To the group, Kim.

Speaker 14 (48:20):
I know, obviously this game is home, but speaking against
the commanders, seeing the terrible towels take over of the
road stadium, what kind of intangible.

Speaker 12 (48:27):
Groups does that give you? Do?

Speaker 5 (48:29):
It's awesome, you know, Uh, I forget what I was
talking about. It was just like when you're winning. Still.
The nation has traveled pretty well, and you know, whether
it was Vegas, Atlanta, Uh, we've been very fortunate to
have a great turnout by our fans. Uh. And in turn,
you know, you gotta make sure we play well for them. Uh.

(48:50):
At home, you don't have to worry about that as much.
But it's been really cool to see our fans show
out in the road.

Speaker 14 (48:56):
Does the visual impact of seeing all the yellow towels?

Speaker 13 (48:59):
Is that a list?

Speaker 3 (49:00):
Chief guys?

Speaker 14 (49:00):
I mean, I know you've said sometimes you can't necessarily
hear what's being said in the crowd, but being able
to see the towels

Speaker 5 (49:04):
Is that that's all in the fourth quarter when you're up,
you know, and then when you're up you see that