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HR 1: Browns 27, Steelers 24 Week 4 Game Recap · The Steelers Report

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  Speaker 1: Here's the snap. Here's the boot by Smith.
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  Speaker 2: That kick is up, and that kick.
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  Speaker 3: Is good by Andre Smith.
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  Speaker 4: And with 10.
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  Speaker 3: Seconds remaining, the Cleveland Browns have taken a 27-24 lead.
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  Speaker 5: This is the Steelers Report with Brian Batko and Ed
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  Speaker 5: Troup on Steelers Nation Radio, a part of the Steelers
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  Speaker 5: Audio Network.
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  Speaker 6: Tied at 24, a minute and 42 seconds left, and
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  Speaker 6: all the momentum in the world. Then the biggest moment
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  Speaker 6: of the night, the Steelers' defense disappeared again. Cleveland marched
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  Speaker 6: 36 yards and seven plays, setting up that, what you
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  Speaker 6: just heard, 56-yard field goal with just 10 seconds left.
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  Speaker 6: And Double B, another Thursday night loss. And now at 2-2,
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  Speaker 6: the Steelers have some questions that need answers, but the
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  Speaker 6: good news is they now have 10 days to figure
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  Speaker 6: all of this out.
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  Speaker 2: I don't even want to know the updated records and
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  Speaker 2: statistics now, whether it's Thursday nights or in Cleveland, divisional
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  Speaker 2: road game Thursday nights. It's miserable. I just said it
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  Speaker 2: earlier today, stepped in for a segment on the Blitz
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  Speaker 2: with our guys Tom Offerman and Vince Williams.
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  Speaker 1: Like, Something in the air there in Cleveland.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if it's in the water in the lake,
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  Speaker 2: but it seems to just rise up out of Lake
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  Speaker 2: Erie like a lake monster when it gets tight between
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  Speaker 2: these two teams. And suddenly the curse, the hex, the jinx,
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  Speaker 2: it just puts the ball in the hands of the
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  Speaker 2: guys wearing brown somehow, some way. And it's frustrating.
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  Speaker 1: It's disappointing.
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  Speaker 2: It was a gut punch of a loss because just
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  Speaker 2: when it seemed like it was over, The Steelers claw back,
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  Speaker 2: and then you think they're going to steal it, and
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  Speaker 2: then it gets stolen back away from them.
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  Speaker 6: The final two minutes, the game was right there, but
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  Speaker 6: the defense just couldn't close things down, Double B. The
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  Speaker 6: Steelers did their part. They did an 80-yard touchdown drive.
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  Speaker 6: Rodgers hits Pat Friermuth and runs in for the two-point
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  Speaker 6: conversion to tie the game up at 24 apiece with
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  Speaker 6: a minute 42 left. And the Browns come right back,
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  Speaker 6: 36 yards, seven plays, and they didn't really face too
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  Speaker 6: much resistance, did they? And I don't know about you,
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  Speaker 6: but I felt pumped. In one hand, I was, hey,
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  Speaker 6: Steelers came back. They put 14 points on the board
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  Speaker 6: in the fourth quarter. But was it too little too late?
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  Speaker 6: Because my fear was the defense, they simply couldn't get
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  Speaker 6: a lot of stops last night. The Browns didn't gash
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  Speaker 6: them on huge chunk plays, but the Browns' offense made
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  Speaker 6: the plays when they had to. And once again, that
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  Speaker 6: final sequence, you knew, Schmidt's a good kicker. So you
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  Speaker 6: knew as soon as they got past the 50-yard line,
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  Speaker 6: there was a good chance they were going to have
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  Speaker 6: him in a position to do what he did.
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  Speaker 2: I actually woke up to the surprise that Andre Schmidt
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  Speaker 2: is my kicker on one of my fantasy teams. I
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  Speaker 2: don't normally ever start people against the Steelers. It would
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  Speaker 2: have been a lot better if he... I would have
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  Speaker 2: taken three less points or whatever. And yet, I guess
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  Speaker 2: if there's any silver lining, 12 points from andre schmidt
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  Speaker 2: but no i mean i even in that moment i
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  Speaker 2: felt like the defense was not going to give up
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  Speaker 2: a drive that got the browns into field goal range
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  Speaker 2: despite their struggles to that point in the night i've
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  Speaker 2: just seen the steelers defense tee off one too many
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  Speaker 2: times in that very scenario not necessarily in cleveland again
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  Speaker 2: we know the struggles up there but i thought it
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  Speaker 2: would be more likely that tj watt or alex highsmith
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  Speaker 2: would you know get to deshaun watson and knock the
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  Speaker 2: ball out and chris boswell would be lining up for
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  Speaker 2: a game winning field goal than what actually took place.
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  Speaker 2: That was surprising to me in that moment. And, you know, you,
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  Speaker 2: you just talk about, it's such a game of inches
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  Speaker 2: and that's why we love football. That's why we watch it.
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  Speaker 2: And it's the ultimate reality show. Sometimes it, it breaks
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  Speaker 2: your heart, but Asante Samuel jr. Nearly breaks up that
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  Speaker 2: very first completion to Jerry Judy actually thought he did
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  Speaker 2: and started celebrating it.
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  Speaker 7: I saw that.
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  Speaker 2: And next thing you know, he did, you know, they're
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  Speaker 2: running up, no huddling to, uh, to get the snap
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  Speaker 2: off again, and they even lost another five yards after
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  Speaker 2: that on a false start. But, man, that was a spark,
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  Speaker 2: I guess, for them on that drive, and it was
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  Speaker 2: all downhill from there.
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  Speaker 6: Well, it's funny you mention that because that was my
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  Speaker 6: thought going into that final Browns drive. There was only
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  Speaker 6: one way the Steelers were going to win that game,
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  Speaker 6: and it was a splash play by.
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  Speaker 7: The defense again.
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  Speaker 6: To do what they did against Atlanta with T.J. Watt
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  Speaker 6: with the interception, return for a touchdown. Last week, Derek Harmon.
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  Speaker 6: right at the end of the game against the Bengals.
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  Speaker 6: The only way that defense and the Steelers were going
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  Speaker 6: to win that game last night was if their defense
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  Speaker 6: made a splash play for the third time this season
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  Speaker 6: towards the end of a football game. And as you said,
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  Speaker 6: Double B put the Steelers' offense on that side of
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  Speaker 6: the field because the Steelers' offense.
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  Speaker 7: Look, they were clunky.
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  Speaker 6: The first drive, and we're going to talk about it
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  Speaker 6: all here today on the show, the first drive was great.
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  Speaker 6: offensive drive for the Steelers the beginning that first quarter
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  Speaker 6: was awesome second quarter disaster third quarter not much better
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  Speaker 6: fourth quarter offense got their act together DK Metcalf made
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  Speaker 6: some plays Jalen Warren had a good game Aaron Rodgers
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  Speaker 6: finally found his spot in that fourth quarter um they
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  Speaker 6: were there if they get the ball back I'm very
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  Speaker 6: confident at that point that the offense is going to
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  Speaker 6: turn that game around for them late and pull out
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  Speaker 6: this win but they didn't get the ball well they
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  Speaker 6: did get the ball back but there was hardly any
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  Speaker 6: time left.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah um and even the desperation heave from Aaron Rogers downfield,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it gets, it gets picked off.
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  Speaker 1: And, you know, that means at the.
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  Speaker 2: End of the day, the Steelers, you know, they lost,
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  Speaker 2: or I guess they tied right in the turnover battle
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  Speaker 2: two to two, but you know, you almost don't even
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  Speaker 2: count that one.
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  Speaker 1: So, you know, they did their part in, in that
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  Speaker 1: realm too.
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  Speaker 2: So it's always kind of surprising when you, essentially win
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  Speaker 2: the turnover battle but uh got nothing to show for
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  Speaker 2: it so yeah i mean it it usually speaks to
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  Speaker 2: fundamental breakdowns at various levels of the defense and we
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  Speaker 2: know that that happened early and often last night the
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  Speaker 2: jaleel mclaughlin 28 yard touchdown run was a that was
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  Speaker 2: tough was a failure of tackling clearly um you know
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  Speaker 2: these guys are pros they they know that you don't
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  Speaker 2: have to tell them that and some of the coverage
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  Speaker 2: lapses you look at the was it 55 yards to
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  Speaker 2: Denzel Boston? Um, over the top there.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: 60 yards actually shorted them by five yards where Dalen
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  Speaker 2: Everett clearly thought he had safety help when he didn't miscommunication.
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  Speaker 2: He acknowledged that afterward savvy by the rookie though. He
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  Speaker 2: didn't point fingers at anyone. Just said, Hey, it was
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  Speaker 2: a miscommunication.
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  Speaker 1: That's it.
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  Speaker 2: Um, and that's going to happen with a rookie being
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  Speaker 2: back there into the mix.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And I think he's going to grow and get better
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  Speaker 1: from it.
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  Speaker 8: Agreed.
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  Speaker 2: Um, but yeah, so, you know, and then, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just those completions with, I guess they're kind of playing
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  Speaker 2: a softer coverage there, and you hope that they're going
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  Speaker 2: to run out of time, and when they do, it's
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  Speaker 2: going to be a long field goal.
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  Speaker 1: It was 56, but Schmidt happens.
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  Speaker 7: Well, that's a good takeaway. I like it. I agree,
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  Speaker 7: and unfortunately it happened at the worst time there, right
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  Speaker 7: at the end of the game.
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  Speaker 6: Game got off to a good start for the Steelers.
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  Speaker 6: Browns take the ball, opening kickoff, holding, right? They're pushed back.
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  Speaker 6: Steelers force a three and out, and then their first
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  Speaker 6: offensive series is Great drive, 17 plays, 78 yards, 9 minutes,
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  Speaker 6: 48 seconds taken off the clock, which results in the
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  Speaker 6: Roman Wilson 12-yard touchdown. Steelers up 7-0, and then they
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  Speaker 6: force another 3-and-out for the Cleveland Browns on their next
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  Speaker 6: offensive series.
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  Speaker 7: Then things crumbled on this. This is our turning point
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  Speaker 7: of the game. Rodgers gets a snap back to pass.
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  Speaker 1: Browns bringing pressure.
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  Speaker 7: Rodgers throws down the seam. Oh, it's picked off.
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  Speaker 3: It was intended for Pittman up the right seam. And
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  Speaker 3: Denzel Ward, that's the first career interception for Aaron Rodgers
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  Speaker 3: against the Cleveland Browns. And Denzel Ward, the five-time Pro Bowler,
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  Speaker 3: comes up with his first interception of the season.
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  Speaker 6: Brian, no doubt that changed this game to the Cleveland Browns' favor.
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  Speaker 6: The Steelers had momentum at that point. And then all
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  Speaker 6: of a sudden, Cleveland had life. They took advantage of it.
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  Speaker 6: Three straight scores after that. 21 unanswered points.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Todd Munkin said in his postgame that he gave
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  Speaker 2: Denzel Ward a game ball because he thought that just
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  Speaker 2: shifted all the momentum. And I mean, I guess Aaron
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  Speaker 2: Rodgers got hit on that throw. But I also don't
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  Speaker 2: really know what he was seeing on that play. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: Michael Pittman didn't have position there. That was confusing to
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  Speaker 2: me because there were other times in that game, especially
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  Speaker 2: early in the first half, where I thought, you know
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  Speaker 2: there were guys if not open downfield at least they
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  Speaker 2: had single coverage and you could get rid of the
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  Speaker 2: ball to them to try to let them make a
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  Speaker 2: play but for whatever reason rogers held on to it
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  Speaker 2: and you know he was getting hit left and right
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  Speaker 2: five sacks in the end by five different browns i
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  Speaker 2: mean i don't know what you thought ed i i
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  Speaker 2: didn't think the offensive line was as bad as that
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  Speaker 2: stat line would indicate you know i thought some of
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  Speaker 2: them were you've got a 42 year old quarterback who
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  Speaker 2: he's not going to pull it down and run like
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  Speaker 2: lamar jackson or even like deshaun watson did on some
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  Speaker 2: of those plays and what he's capable of doing. So
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  Speaker 2: he's a little bit of a, of a steady target
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  Speaker 2: back there. And, you know, the escapability is it's there
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  Speaker 2: in spurts, but it's not really there consistently. And I
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  Speaker 2: think that's a difficult assignment for an O-line. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: some of those were just well-timed dialed up blitzes for
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  Speaker 2: the Browns. And, you know, like I said, five different
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  Speaker 2: guys get sacks and none of them were Jared verse who,
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  Speaker 2: Certainly impacted the game. It seemed like he was always
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  Speaker 2: in the middle of things and around the ball, and yes, chirping,
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  Speaker 2: very chippy.
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  Speaker 1: He was. run his mouth a lot he's a villain in.
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  Speaker 2: The steelers browns rivalry already i did not realize he
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  Speaker 2: was so uh red i didn't realize he was such
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  Speaker 2: a red you know what yeah i guess i guess
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  Speaker 2: he feels like hey the browns brought me in traded
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  Speaker 2: Myles Garrett for me. I know they don't like this
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  Speaker 2: team from the other side of the border. I better
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  Speaker 2: do my thing. He's a PA guy, by the way,
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  Speaker 2: Jared Verse.
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  Speaker 6: He had Terrell Suggs-type vibes last night for me.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and he talked his junk after the game, too. But,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's what you get to do when you win.
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  Speaker 6: I thought the offensive line took a step back last
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  Speaker 6: night after taking a huge step forward last week against
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  Speaker 6: the Bengals. And you and I talked about it on
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  Speaker 6: the show all week long. We wanted to see two
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  Speaker 6: consecutive games put together. I'm with you on the stat line.
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  Speaker 6: Maybe not as bad as that appeared. But listen, facts
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  Speaker 6: are facts. Ten quarterback hits last night by the Browns.
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  Speaker 7: Five sacks.
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  Speaker 6: That's 15 times they got to Aaron Rodgers. That cannot
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  Speaker 6: sustain going forward. Troy Fontano, I thought, got beat a
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  Speaker 6: handful of times on the left side. Maxi Onachor got
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  Speaker 6: beat on the right side. Brock Hoffman, a couple plays
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  Speaker 6: that he missed. I thought actually Mason McCormick, Zach Frazier
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  Speaker 6: did very well in that interior left side and Frazier
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  Speaker 6: at the center spot. But look, Maxi Onachor was only
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  Speaker 6: starting his second NFL game, Brian. You're going to have
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  Speaker 6: these hiccups throughout the year. It's part of the growing
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  Speaker 6: pains of having a rookie in this lineup. And, you know,
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  Speaker 6: I was just doing the show, our series XM show
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  Speaker 6: with Chris Adamski here on Steelers Nation Radio before you
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  Speaker 6: came in here today.
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  Speaker 7: And Chris and I talked about it.
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  Speaker 6: When you have a rookie offensive lineman, or even a
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  Speaker 6: rookie quarterback for that matter, they're.
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  Speaker 7: Playing, right?
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  Speaker 6: They're either starting or they're in there for an injured player.
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  Speaker 6: When you have a rookie playmaker, a wide receiver, running back,
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  Speaker 6: they'll take a series on.
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  Speaker 7: They'll take a series off.
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  Speaker 6: Snaps are limited throughout an NFL season, so that margin
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  Speaker 6: of error is not on display as much for an
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  Speaker 6: offensive lineman. or for a quarterback for that matter. Steelers
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  Speaker 6: don't have to worry about a rookie quarterback in the
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  Speaker 6: lineup right now, but they do have to with Maxi Onachor.
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  Speaker 6: So it's not going to be clean every game. It's
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  Speaker 6: going to get better as the season goes on. Look,
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  Speaker 6: he has the it factor. He's going to be just fine,
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  Speaker 6: but you're going to have games like last night, unfortunately,
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  Speaker 6: that you're going to have to sift through as the
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  Speaker 6: season goes on.
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  Speaker 7: As long as he keeps progressing, I think he'll be
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  Speaker 7: just fine.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, that game against the Bengals was a
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  Speaker 2: great start. It's also film out there now for other
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  Speaker 2: teams to study, and they're going to try to pick
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  Speaker 2: up on his tendencies and attack his weaknesses, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's got the requisite physical tools to turn some of
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  Speaker 2: those weaknesses around and adjust when teams try to do
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  Speaker 2: that to him. But I mean, hey, as much as
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  Speaker 2: I hate to say it, you do have to give
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  Speaker 2: credit to the Browns. They played pretty inspired for a
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  Speaker 2: lot of that game when it looked like they could
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  Speaker 2: have gone in the tank and gotten blown out. But
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  Speaker 2: they were flying around and guys that I think I
• 12:43
  Speaker 2: probably said on the show that like, you know, Aiden
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  Speaker 2: Huntington and Michael Hall and Sam Williams like they're they're
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  Speaker 2: not really big name guys but you've you've got to
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  Speaker 2: tip your cap when they go out there and make
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  Speaker 2: some of the plays that they did they.
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  Speaker 7: Had a good defensive game plan too coming in against.
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  Speaker 2: Uh you know Mason Graham and they did so yeah
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  Speaker 2: you know and Hall got banged up a little bit
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  Speaker 2: he came back yeah Munkin was very uh complimentary of
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  Speaker 2: him for playing through that because the team needed him
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  Speaker 2: I thought it really hurt the Steelers to lose Derek
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  Speaker 2: Harmon up front because we were all talking you know
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  Speaker 2: not to make excuses but like when you talk about
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  Speaker 2: how well a guy played a previous week and then
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  Speaker 2: he goes down early in the second quarter of the
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  Speaker 2: next game, well, yeah, I mean that that's going to
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  Speaker 2: be a, a net negative for the team. It's, it's
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  Speaker 2: always next man up, but Patrick Graham just spent last
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  Speaker 2: week talking about this guy's different. So why a black
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  Speaker 2: and Sebastian Joseph, they are solid players, but I don't
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  Speaker 2: know that they are difference makers the way a Derek
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  Speaker 2: Harmon is and, and can be each week. But then again,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, Browns lost their stud second year defensive
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  Speaker 2: tackle early as well and still found a way to
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  Speaker 2: get it done.
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  Speaker 6: And then Jamel Dean goes down at the corner spot
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  Speaker 6: last night, too. That certainly didn't help matters. We already
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  Speaker 6: knew about Joey Porter Jr. no longer with the team
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  Speaker 6: going into yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: And now you have a very unfortunate timing for the
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  Speaker 2: Steelers corners to struggle with staying on the field and
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  Speaker 2: making plays on the field.
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  Speaker 6: And Ray Sean Jenkins got yanked early on in this game.
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  Speaker 7: Robert Spears Jennings played the majority at that safety spot.
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  Speaker 2: He played well, I thought.
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  Speaker 7: I thought he did, too.
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  Speaker 2: You know, seven tackles, six of them solo. He's a
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  Speaker 2: very sure tackler. He makes a pick on a play where,
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  Speaker 2: you know, your ball skills need to be up to snuff.
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  Speaker 1: And good thing.
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  Speaker 2: Jack Sawyer tipped the pass. Credit to Mike McCarthy for
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  Speaker 2: that challenge, am I? Am I am I messed up?
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  Speaker 2: I didn't even realize you could challenge that.
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  Speaker 1: Did you know that?
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  Speaker 7: I did not know that.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think you see.
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  Speaker 2: That very often. I mean, does that happen like once
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  Speaker 2: or twice a year in the NFL?
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  Speaker 6: And in real time, there's no way you could see
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  Speaker 6: that Jack Sawyer got a.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that's why McCarthy was like he was actually kind
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  Speaker 2: of tongue in cheek after the game. He was saying, Jack,
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  Speaker 2: you got to let us know when you come off
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  Speaker 2: the field, if you tip that.
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  Speaker 1: But maybe Jack.
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  Speaker 2: Didn't know either, because we know like the NFL had
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  Speaker 2: the yes, you can know you can't challenge P.I.
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  Speaker 1: Because it's a judgment call.
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  Speaker 2: But that is a little bit different because it's a
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  Speaker 2: tip at the line of scrimmage that video can review. And, well,
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  Speaker 2: I do at least know the rules of football that
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  Speaker 2: if a ball is touched.
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  Speaker 7: It's a free game.
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  Speaker 2: For sure.
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  Speaker 7: Yep, you can do whatever at that point.
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  Speaker 2: But, yeah, credit McCarthy.
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  Speaker 1: That was a savvy move.
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  Speaker 6: Whenever we come back, we're going to dive into some
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  Speaker 6: player and team stats. Plus, we've got Backo's Quick 6
• 15:14
  Speaker 6: coming up at 2.40 today.
• 15:15
  Speaker 7: 3 o'clock.
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: And it was quick after that game.
• 15:18
  Speaker 7: I was going to say it was going to be
• 15:19
  Speaker 7: a real quick 6. Last week's quick 6, we probably
• 15:21
  Speaker 7: could have spread out for a whole hour.
• 15:23
  Speaker 6: But we'll devote one segment, my friend, to that coming
• 15:26
  Speaker 6: up here at 2.40 today.
• 15:27
  Speaker 7: Then 3 o'clock, the Steelers are four games in.
• 15:31
  Speaker 6: What's ahead for the black and gold they're tuned to
• 15:33
  Speaker 6: after four we'll get back those thoughts on where we
• 15:35
  Speaker 6: go from here plus we'll get into some Steeler team
• 15:38
  Speaker 6: statistics at 320 today and we'll wrap up the show
• 15:41
  Speaker 6: at 340 with our renegade preview the other games in
• 15:45
  Speaker 6: week four around the AFC North AFC and NFL he's
• 15:49
  Speaker 6: back oh I'm troop it's the Steelers report here on
• 15:51
  Speaker 6: Steelers Nation Radio part of the Steelers audio network.
• 16:00
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it wasn't our cleanest game all the way around.
• 16:04
  Speaker 4: They're a good defense, so you got to give them credit,
• 16:06
  Speaker 4: but they were getting after us on some of the
• 16:10
  Speaker 4: long yardage stuff, and we weren't, you know, weren't winning
• 16:16
  Speaker 4: a bunch, and I missed a couple throws as you hit.
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: It's early.
• 16:22
  Speaker 8: Todd's a very good offensive mind. He's done an excellent
• 16:26
  Speaker 8: job both in the league and, I mean, for a
• 16:30
  Speaker 8: long time he's an established coach and you know they
• 16:33
  Speaker 8: got weapons i thought they did a good job spreading
• 16:35
  Speaker 8: the ball around you know so uh but the back
• 16:38
  Speaker 8: the backs ran hard so i thought they had a
• 16:41
  Speaker 8: really a very balanced attack.
• 16:43
  Speaker 5: This is the steelers report with brian batco and ed
• 16:47
  Speaker 5: truth on steelers nation radio a part of the steelers
• 16:51
  Speaker 5: audio network.
• 16:53
  Speaker 6: Aaron Rodgers and head coach Mike McCarthy after last night's
• 16:57
  Speaker 6: Thursday night. Browns 27, Pittsburgh Steelers 24.
• 17:02
  Speaker 7: Week 4 matchup.
• 17:03
  Speaker 6: Steelers now 2-2 in the AFC North. The Cleveland Browns
• 17:07
  Speaker 6: go to 3-1 and.
• 17:08
  Speaker 7: Atop the AFC North. Double B. The Browns fans made
• 17:13
  Speaker 7: a mistake, though.
• 17:14
  Speaker 6: I don't know if you've seen this circulating out on
• 17:16
  Speaker 6: social media. They burnt the terrible towel during a tailgate.
• 17:21
  Speaker 6: Before the start of the game.
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: That typically comes back to haunt teams. I think the
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: Texans may have desecrated a towel.
• 17:29
  Speaker 8: They did.
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: Ahead of that playoff game.
• 17:31
  Speaker 8: They did.
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: Last season.
• 17:32
  Speaker 7: The mascot. He cut it in half.
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: How are things going for them since then?
• 17:36
  Speaker 7: They have not won a game since. How about that?
• 17:39
  Speaker 6: So Cleveland, go ahead and celebrate your 3-1 start. But
• 17:42
  Speaker 6: you might want to watch the rest.
• 17:43
  Speaker 7: Of your season.
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: So the Browns. I know Jared verse going back to
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: him again. He said, this ain't the same old Browns
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: last night. And that's the kind of diatribe that you
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: would expect from a new player with a new regime
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: for a more abundant franchise. After a game like that,
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: that's you, you earn that to be fair to Jared verse. You,
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: you earn the chance to get up on your soap
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: box a little bit. When you win a game like that,
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: they go to the jets next week. So they could
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: get up to four and one because the jets will
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: be coming off a game in Chicago. which might be tough.
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: Then the Browns have the Ravens at home. If this
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: wasn't their Super Bowl last night, that one will be.
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: They go to the Titans, who have not won a
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: game yet. Then they come back to Pittsburgh for hopefully
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: a dish served cold from the Steelers. And we know
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: they also play the NFC South. They've already had a
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: couple of those games. They play the last place Raiders
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: from last season who are first place Raiders right now.
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: And they get the Giants and the Colts later in
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: the year in addition to their Bengals matchups.
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll see what happens.
• 18:47
  Speaker 6: I mean, I.
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: Was talking to a couple people in the food line
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: at halftime.
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: Just said....
• 18:56
  Speaker 7: Anything good, by the way, to eat?
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: Cleveland Press Box food.
• 18:59
  Speaker 4: What'd you have?
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: Fantastic, actually, by the way. Pasta bar pregame.
• 19:03
  Speaker 4: Oh, wow.
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: Really good.
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: Shout out to the two ladies who were frying that
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: all up there. That was tremendous. And they had some
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: kind of, like, dessert station at halftime with... Your choice
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: was either waffles or biscuits with, like... Peach cobbler and, like,
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: apples and strawberries and stuff on top. And you could
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: get ice cream. I didn't need ice cream because I'd
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: already had an ice cream Butterfinger before the game.
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: They had just a lot of stuff.
• 19:26
  Speaker 7: And that was offered, too?
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: That was offered, too.
• 19:28
  Speaker 7: For the pregame meal.
• 19:29
  Speaker 8: Yep.
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: So I went with a biscuit because it was a
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: shorter line with all these, like, yeah, the fix-ins of, like,
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: the strawberry sauce and caramel apples and stuff. It was
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: a weird thing to eat at halftime of a game,
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: but it wasn't bad at all. Because normally you're like
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: hot dogs, chicken tenders. I don't really do the hot
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: dogs thing. I'm not a huge hot dogs guy, but occasionally.
• 19:48
  Speaker 7: But it's more like that type of stuff.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: At halftime.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: Pizza.
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 19:52
  Speaker 7: Anyhow, back to your point. I'm sorry. Food line, you
• 19:54
  Speaker 7: were talking to somebody.
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: I was like, is Deshaun Watson actually going to be
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: good again after all that? We talked about it on
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: the show last week, too, of how I never would
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: have dreamed we'd be having this discussion. If he is,
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: if he has actually turned a corner and Maybe he'll
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: never approach like MVP candidate 2020 Deshaun Watson again, but
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: if he's just simply good again, the Browns might be
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: a problem because a lot of that young talent, we've
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: been singing their praises and many have since, since they
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: put that draft class together last year and added to
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: it this year.
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: I mean, I'm not, I'm not getting out over my
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: skis on them four games in, but I was pretty
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: impressed by some of, of what I saw and it's,
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: It's just shocking because I think people in Cleveland were
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: way out on Deshaun, obviously, but also way out on
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: Andrew Barry as their GM. And they've just been through
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: so much tomfoolery at quarterback. I had this thought yesterday.
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: I was looking some stuff up before or after we
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: were on or during. Do you remember who the Browns
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: week one starting QB was last year?
• 20:59
  Speaker 4: Oh, boy. Help me.
• 21:01
  Speaker 7: I have no clue.
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: Because the Steelers faced Dylan Gabriel and beat him. And
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: then they faced Shador Sanders and lost two. Well, they
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: didn't bench anyone.
• 21:09
  Speaker 7: They didn't have Joe Flacco. They had Joe Flacco.
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: Yes, they traded Joe Flacco.
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: That's right. But I was like, I couldn't think of it.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: I couldn't remember.
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: I was like, oh, that's right, because Kenny Pickett was
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: also involved.
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: In that preseason quarterback derby, and he got traded after
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: he got hurt.
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: So they've been through a lot at the quarterback position.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: I wouldn't say they've found it or rediscovered it with
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: Deshaun just yet, but he was pretty good last night, Ed.
• 21:32
  Speaker 7: 24 of 33.
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: I give him begrudging credit for how he played.
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: 268 yards.
• 21:38
  Speaker 6: A touchdown and interception was only sacked twice last night.
• 21:42
  Speaker 6: He did not run the football at all. So he
• 21:44
  Speaker 6: did not. Well, let's see here. Well, man, they actually
• 21:46
  Speaker 6: have him for seven carries for 22 yards. I was
• 21:48
  Speaker 6: looking at the receiving numbers.
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: He took off on, on one or two that I recall.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: Now there was the one that they, I don't think
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: they gave TJ what a sack on that read option
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: play where he knocked the ball away. And it was
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: great to hear Vince Williams talking about it on the blitz,
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: go back and listen to them. If you haven't already
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: on the, You know, Steelers audio network where you can
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: find your podcast because he said he watched TJ work
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: on that technique, you know, back when he was helping
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: the Steelers as an assistant coach. And I mean, it's
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: just TJ doing TJ things. It's it's incredible what he does.
• 22:23
  Speaker 6: So what Brian is talking about is Deshaun Watson faking
• 22:26
  Speaker 6: the handoff to the play.
• 22:27
  Speaker 7: Looks like it's going left.
• 22:28
  Speaker 6: So TJ Watts coming basically unblocked to go after the
• 22:31
  Speaker 6: running back. And as an offensive lineman, you're going to
• 22:33
  Speaker 6: allow that to happen because you want him to go
• 22:35
  Speaker 6: after on the edge so he doesn't have a chance
• 22:38
  Speaker 6: to get the quarterback on the read option. But what
• 22:41
  Speaker 6: you're describing is TJ shows the quarterback that he took
• 22:45
  Speaker 6: the bait, but no, no, no, he didn't take the bait.
• 22:47
  Speaker 7: He goes and gets one.
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: Who thinks of that?
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: Who thinks of that?
• 22:50
  Speaker 7: It's next level stuff.
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: We always talk about TJ's physical traits and how dominant
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: he is there, but the mental game is why he's
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: gold jacket.
• 22:58
  Speaker 6: And when I say next-level stuff, I'm not talking next-level
• 23:01
  Speaker 6: NFL stuff. I'm talking next-level beyond NFL stuff, Hall of
• 23:04
  Speaker 6: Fame-type stuff.
• 23:05
  Speaker 7: That's a Hall of Fame play.
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: They put you in Canton for doing that.
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: Oh, and by the way, how about the pass breakup
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: that he had last night where it was a near
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: miss with T.J. Watt brilliance because he sensed the throw come.
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: And spun around.
• 23:17
  Speaker 7: From behind.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and got a hand to knock the ball away.
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: I mean, would it have shocked anybody if he picked
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: that off? No, but that one was just a near
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: missed connection that was almost– you know, more bonkers TJ
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: Watt stuff. So he brought it last night. You know,
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: DK Metcalf brought it last night. Who Jalen Warren brought
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: it last night. There was some good in that game
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: for sure. People aren't going to want to hear it
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: the morning after the afternoon after when you lose a 27,
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: 24 on a last second field goal to the Browns
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: again in Cleveland, but I'm not, I'm not panicking by
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: any stretch yet.
• 23:57
  Speaker 6: Again, If you take out the second and third quarter,
• 24:02
  Speaker 6: we're fine.
• 24:02
  Speaker 7: The first and fourth quarter were great.
• 24:05
  Speaker 6: It was that sequence during that second quarter that not
• 24:08
  Speaker 6: only the Steelers' offense didn't respond, but the Steelers' defense
• 24:11
  Speaker 6: didn't respond either. Three straight touchdowns by Cleveland, and then
• 24:15
  Speaker 6: the Steelers' offense, you had the interception. Then you had
• 24:18
  Speaker 6: a punt, which was only a three-and-out, three-play, five-yard possession.
• 24:22
  Speaker 7: Then the missed field goal. by Chris Boswell as well.
• 24:25
  Speaker 6: That was a seven-play 35-yard, and now Bos has missed
• 24:28
  Speaker 6: a few field goals here and there too, Brian.
• 24:30
  Speaker 7: Not all his fault. That snap wasn't great, by the way.
• 24:34
  Speaker 6: There was a half a second little bit of a delay,
• 24:36
  Speaker 6: and if you watch NFL, if you watch college football
• 24:38
  Speaker 6: for that matter, even high school, my goodness, if any
• 24:41
  Speaker 6: of that sequence from the snap to the hold to
• 24:43
  Speaker 6: the kick, if it's off by just a half a
• 24:45
  Speaker 6: second or less, it does not matter. It screws everything up.
• 24:49
  Speaker 6: And I think that happened on that play when I
• 24:50
  Speaker 6: was watching the replay. But, you know, you mentioned DK Metcalf,
• 24:53
  Speaker 6: and I want to talk to you about Metcalf. Five catches,
• 24:55
  Speaker 6: 115 yards last night. That fourth quarter, I felt like
• 24:59
  Speaker 6: he went from third gear to sixth gear. He went
• 25:02
  Speaker 6: up a level, and it showed on the football field.
• 25:04
  Speaker 6: The Steelers needed DK to do that, and the Steelers' playmakers...
• 25:10
  Speaker 6: They needed someone to step up to do that, and
• 25:12
  Speaker 6: it was DK Metcalf in a big way. But, you know, Brian,
• 25:15
  Speaker 6: I pulled his targets the first few games, and he's
• 25:17
  Speaker 6: had a bunch. I mean, he's been in almost double
• 25:19
  Speaker 6: figures every single week when it comes to where they're
• 25:24
  Speaker 6: targeting DK Metcalf.
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they're definitely trying to get him the ball.
• 25:28
  Speaker 6: He's on pace right now for 140 targets on the
• 25:31
  Speaker 6: season if this continues on.
• 25:33
  Speaker 7: Throughout the rest of the season. Do you know that
• 25:34
  Speaker 7: would be his career high?
• 25:36
  Speaker 4: Wow.
• 25:36
  Speaker 6: Um, that, I mean, that's incredibly, he's a big part
• 25:39
  Speaker 6: of this game plan. They just needed him to take
• 25:41
  Speaker 6: that next gear to go from third to sixth gear.
• 25:43
  Speaker 6: And he did it in the fourth quarter. Hopefully we
• 25:45
  Speaker 6: see more of that.
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah. And I was trying to ask him a couple
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: of questions last night after the game about building on that,
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: but he had no, uh, no, no time for such things.
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: I mean, I'm sure he was as frustrated as, as
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: anybody coming out of that locker room. And, you know, he,
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: he didn't, he didn't make a big deal about, Oh,
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: I'm back or anything. He actually said, I've been back. So, um, Hey,
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: no drop passes. No, yeah, no, no drops. And it's good.
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: I think to his point, like he did get it
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: going a little bit at the end of the Bengals
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: game too, even if the, the box score numbers weren't good,
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: but Hey, now all of a sudden after as down
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: as everybody was on DK through two weeks, he's got
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: a touchdown and a hundred yard game in back-to-back weeks.
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: That was his third highest receiving output since he became
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: a stealer. He was making those catches over top of guys.
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: He was making tough catches, too. I mean, that one
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: in the first half, fingertips, found a way to dive
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: and pull it in. It looked like he and Aaron
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: Rodgers were very much connected and on the same page there. So, yeah,
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: that was a sight for sore eyes and hopefully more
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: to come from DK. It seemed to, it was unfortunate
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: he got called with that taunting call, too, early on.
• 26:51
  Speaker 7: Had a nice catch, got up. It would have been
• 26:53
  Speaker 7: a first down for the Steelers.
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: All his catches went for a first down.
• 26:57
  Speaker 7: Every single one of them.
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: Wow.
• 26:58
  Speaker 6: So he had, what, five catches? All first down catches. Hey,
• 27:02
  Speaker 6: you love that?
• 27:03
  Speaker 7: That's a good thing.
• 27:04
  Speaker 6: But on that taunting call, again, we're not on the field,
• 27:07
  Speaker 6: but I'm guessing maybe something was chirped or said.
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: No, they showed it on the broadcast.
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: He flipped the ball.
• 27:10
  Speaker 7: He dropped the ball. Yeah, I don't know.
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: If they tell you, you can't do that. It wasn't
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: like he threw it at him.
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: He got up and just dropped it. No, but we've
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: seen guys get called for that.
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: And, I mean, I think it was Al Michaels or
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: Herb Street made the point on the broadcast that maybe
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: that's the officiating crew saying, we know the vibes when
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: the Steelers play the Browns or anybody in this division,
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: let's just try to like get on it early and
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: make sure it doesn't become a, and it still kind
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: of did. I mean, there was a lot of pushing
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: and shoving and John after the play all the way
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: down to the end, but not some of the foolishness
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: that we had seen in previous.
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: Years up there, which is good.
• 27:43
  Speaker 7: And we sure have nobody.
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: Nobody wants penalties to, to set you back or, you know,
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: ruin your chances of winning a game and felt like
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: both teams were flirting with that line. Last night, but
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: other than the early one there on DK, I don't
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: think any of that happened.
• 27:59
  Speaker 6: Jalen Warren, 17 carries, 93 yards, averaged 5.5 yards a pop.
• 28:04
  Speaker 6: And I thought against Cincinnati, the offensive line did a
• 28:07
  Speaker 6: real nice job of opening up holes for Jalen Warren.
• 28:09
  Speaker 6: Last night, not so much. I think it was a
• 28:11
  Speaker 6: little bit tighter. So credit to Jalen Warren. I think
• 28:14
  Speaker 6: he gets a lot of those 93 yards on his
• 28:16
  Speaker 6: own last night, breaking tackles, taking defenders with him, Brian.
• 28:21
  Speaker 6: Jalen Warren now back-to-back nice games out of the backfield
• 28:24
  Speaker 6: for the Steelers.
• 28:24
  Speaker 2: Played all but two snaps on offense. The other two
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: went to Travis Homer. We did not see Lou Nichols
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: at all. But, yeah, I mean, you didn't really want
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: to because Jalen Warren, just every time he touches it,
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: it seems like good things happen. He did get stacked
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: up and hit in the backfield once or twice, I think,
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: and dropped for a loss. But that was more of
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: an issue with the blocking. Because even, I think, on
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: those plays, Ed, it took more than one guy to
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: get him down. You know, it's, it's one guy gets
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: to him behind the line and then a gang of
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: two or three others have to come in and make
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: sure he, he goes down. He's like a villain in
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: a horror movie. Like he's going to, he's going to
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: get back up if we don't make sure he's dead.
• 29:07
  Speaker 7: Jalen Warren.
• 29:08
  Speaker 6: Also another six targets last night from Aaron Rogers, from
• 29:11
  Speaker 6: a receiving standpoint, three catches for 33 yards. So Warren,
• 29:14
  Speaker 6: 126 total offensive yards, Brian, if you add in that
• 29:19
  Speaker 6: six to the 17 carries, you're now looking at 23
• 29:22
  Speaker 6: times they tried to get the ball to him. So
• 29:24
  Speaker 6: Warren and Metcalf, a huge part of this offensive game
• 29:27
  Speaker 6: plan each week, at least the last couple weeks.
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: And while we're on the topic of trying to find
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: a little bit of silver linings, you know, it is Friday.
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: The weekend's coming up. I know the food doesn't taste
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: as good today. The lights aren't as bright. Sun is
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: not as warm outside after that game, but some of
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: the receiver and tight end blocking I thought was really
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: good on those runs.
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: You know, whether it was on the perimeter or.
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: Between the tackles, like I saw Pat Fryer, Muth, Ben Skoranek,
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: Jeremy Bernard, Michael Pittman, Jr. You know, pushing some guys
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: around to, to give some of those chunks to Jalen Warren,
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: which is, I think going to still be a big
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: part of this team's, I want to say the word
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: identity again, DNA of this team.
• 30:06
  Speaker 7: I like it.
• 30:06
  Speaker 8: DNA.
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: Identities can be changed. DNA cannot.
• 30:10
  Speaker 4: Everyone.
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: Oh, really?
• 30:11
  Speaker 7: I guess. Well, yeah, you can't change DNA, right? I
• 30:14
  Speaker 7: don't know. There's a lot of AI stuff going on
• 30:16
  Speaker 7: out there. That's a very good discussion for another show.
• 30:19
  Speaker 7: Another podcast out there.
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: Also, Jalen Daniels, who's going to be starting at Tampa,
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: a QB for Tampa Bay dropped one of my favorite
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: football lines at his presser this week.
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: What do you say?
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: He's a, He wants to be a thermostat, not a thermometer.
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: Are you familiar with that one, Ed?
• 30:33
  Speaker 7: I am not familiar with that one.
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: Thermostat changes the temperature of the room. A thermometer rises
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: and falls to the level of the temperature that the
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: room is at.
• 30:43
  Speaker 7: Nicely done. I like it.
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: What are you? I could see.
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: Thermometer or thermostat?
• 30:47
  Speaker 7: I'd probably be a thermometer.
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 30:49
  Speaker 7: I'm going to stay on that end of things.
• 30:50
  Speaker 2: I think I am too.
• 30:51
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 30:51
  Speaker 7: I think I'm with you.
• 30:53
  Speaker 6: Whenever we come back, Double B and I will look
• 30:55
  Speaker 6: into Backo's Quick Six from Steelers.com. We are recapping Browns 27.
• 31:01
  Speaker 6: Steelers 24, another Thursday night loss here in week four.
• 31:05
  Speaker 7: But we're with you, Steeler Nation. That's why you're listening
• 31:07
  Speaker 7: to us.
• 31:08
  Speaker 6: We're pumping you back up, getting you ready for a
• 31:10
  Speaker 6: weekend here in southwestern Pennsylvania.
• 31:13
  Speaker 7: It's fall time.
• 31:14
  Speaker 6: It's football season, and look, the Steelers have a lot
• 31:16
  Speaker 6: of football left, so a lot to be determined, yet
• 31:19
  Speaker 6: they are 2-2 on the season.
• 31:21
  Speaker 7: I'm E.T.
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: He's B.B.
• 31:22
  Speaker 6: It's the Steelers Report here on Steelers Nation Radio. Steelers
• 31:26
  Speaker 6: Audio Network.
• 31:33
  Speaker 5: This is the Steelers Report with Brian Bacco and Ed
• 31:38
  Speaker 5: Truth on Steelers Nation Radio, a part of the Steelers
• 31:42
  Speaker 5: Audio Network.
• 31:44
  Speaker 7: Wrapping up our first hour here on the Steelers Report.
• 31:47
  Speaker 6: A handful of fans checked in with me early this morning,
• 31:50
  Speaker 6: Brian Bacco, to say, hey, how did that three touchdown
• 31:53
  Speaker 6: pick of the Steelers winning go? I actually texted you
• 31:58
  Speaker 6: yesterday after I said that here.
• 31:59
  Speaker 4: On the air.
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: You immediately regretted your decision.
• 32:02
  Speaker 6: I was like, maybe I should go use some radio
• 32:04
  Speaker 6: magic on the podcast version. Couldn't do anything with the
• 32:07
  Speaker 6: live version on the radio here. But on the podcast side,
• 32:11
  Speaker 6: you can always go back and edit that out.
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: But you know what?
• 32:14
  Speaker 7: Hey, I stood by it.
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: You're a man of integrity.
• 32:17
  Speaker 6: I think maybe I was just wishful thinking, obviously. But
• 32:20
  Speaker 6: I wanted to get that Thursday night thing out of Pittsburgh,
• 32:25
  Speaker 6: of the struggle on the road. Maybe just a struggle
• 32:28
  Speaker 6: on the road in general playing in Cleveland. I do
• 32:30
  Speaker 6: know one thing. I do not want to see when
• 32:32
  Speaker 6: next May of 2027 and beyond, when that schedule release
• 32:36
  Speaker 6: comes out, I do not want to see Cleveland on
• 32:39
  Speaker 6: a Thursday night in Cleveland.
• 32:40
  Speaker 7: Maybe here in Pittsburgh it would be different. I don't know.
• 32:42
  Speaker 6: Hopefully it would be. But Thursday night in Cleveland has
• 32:45
  Speaker 6: to go away. The NFL schedule folks have to throw
• 32:49
  Speaker 6: the Steelers a bone here, at least for the next
• 32:52
  Speaker 6: 10 years. Let's not have it on there.
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: No, see, I look at it more as a competitor.
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: Give me that smoke again. every streak is made to
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: be broken. Nothing lasts forever. I did at least predict
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: that it was going to be a close game, but
• 33:06
  Speaker 2: I was wrong predicting the Steelers to win. And I'm
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: now on a two game skid if you're keeping track
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: at home, because I also picked them to lose to
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: the Bengals. So yeah, I mean, it's a, it's a
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: two and two start, not necessarily the route that many
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: of us thought the Steelers would take to get to
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: two and two. I think you had them three and one,
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: but yeah, I mean, there's still a long way to go.
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: in this season, you know, you know, going in that
• 33:29
  Speaker 2: it's tough to win on the road. It's tough to
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: win on the road in the division, but it just doesn't,
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: you know, that logical part of your brain never really
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: fires off when you're actually living through it. And you're
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: watching some of the, the plays go the Browns way.
• 33:43
  Speaker 6: Well, let's face it that second and third quarter, uh,
• 33:46
  Speaker 6: you know, that any Steeler fan or anyone covering this team,
• 33:49
  Speaker 6: you had to think to yourself, they don't deserve to
• 33:51
  Speaker 6: win this game the way they're playing. Now, give credit
• 33:54
  Speaker 6: on one hand, and I will give them credit. They
• 33:56
  Speaker 6: came back in the fourth quarter. They started getting things together.
• 33:59
  Speaker 6: Offense started to move the ball. Metcalf heated up. Rodgers
• 34:01
  Speaker 6: was in a rhythm. The defense was playing better. I mean,
• 34:04
  Speaker 6: they were right there at the end.
• 34:06
  Speaker 7: The game was tied, Brian. If they get a stop
• 34:08
  Speaker 7: on that last drive, they force overtime.
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: Who knows?
• 34:10
  Speaker 6: Maybe they pull this one out, and you look back
• 34:12
  Speaker 6: and say, wow, it was ugly, but they get the win.
• 34:15
  Speaker 7: They get the 3-1, but it didn't happen.
• 34:18
  Speaker 6: That second quarter, that sequence of those three straight scores
• 34:21
  Speaker 6: given up, You saw TJ Watt.
• 34:23
  Speaker 7: He was on the headset.
• 34:24
  Speaker 6: I don't know if you saw that from the press box.
• 34:26
  Speaker 6: We're guessing Patrick Graham, our defensive coach, about some communication issues.
• 34:31
  Speaker 7: I'm not sure.
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: I didn't go to TJ Watt. He was at the
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: podium after the game, as he tends to be. It's
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: usually either him or Cam Hayward come in to speak
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: for the defense. It's usually a good sign if it's
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: someone else because that means Derek Harmon had a podium
• 34:43
  Speaker 2: game like he did in week three or something like that.
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: Just the feel of being in the locker room afterward,
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: I think there were some I think there were some
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: tough conversations had as, as you would expect. And that
• 34:56
  Speaker 2: was a team that absolutely felt like they let one
• 34:59
  Speaker 2: get away.
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: You know, no, no excuse making really from anybody.
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: I think it can be a real growing moment because
• 35:08
  Speaker 2: young guys like Dalen Everett had to get up there
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: and face the music a little bit after that game.
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: First time really dealing with that sort of adversity for him.
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: You know, it's one that, can either make you better
• 35:21
  Speaker 2: or make you worse going forward. And I think this
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: is also just kind of a natural thing too, with
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: the new coaching staff, you know.
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: There's a lot of new faces pushing the buttons here.
• 35:30
  Speaker 2: I assume, you know, TJ Watt was talking to some
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: of those people when he's on the headset and there's
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: only one defensive coach back from last year and it's
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: Scott McCurley with the inside linebackers. So just ipso facto,
• 35:42
  Speaker 2: he was talking to some guys who's never really been
• 35:44
  Speaker 2: in that situation with other than the first three weeks
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: of the season and And yeah, I mean, I just
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: think that's a very organic thing. Like you're you're getting
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: to know Patrick Graham and Joe Witt Jr. And obviously
• 35:56
  Speaker 2: Mike McCarthy as the head coach. But for everybody on
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: the offensive side of the ball to Aaron Rodgers is
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: re getting to know him, getting reacquainted with him. I
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: know they had a little, you know, back and forth
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: during the game, too, that Mike McCarthy didn't make much
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: of afterward. He's like, you know, when I first started
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: doing this, those conversations always stayed on the field. Now
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: there's 8 billion cameras everywhere, and as we know, you're
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: living in the Truman Show out there. So anything that
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: you say can and will be captured and go viral.
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: So I don't think it's a bad thing that there
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: were some heavy and weighty conversations happening with players and
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: coaches during and after that game, Ed. And from my perspective,
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: now that I'm in my role with Steelers.com and I'm
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: more like embedded with the team. You, you feel these
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: losses more, you feel the way disappointment more. And yeah,
• 36:51
  Speaker 2: I mean, it's just, it stinks, but there's a lot
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: of games ahead of them. And I think they're, they've
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: got guys in different new spots too, on both sides
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: of the ball. And I think they'll, they'll continue to
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: settle into those roles.
• 37:04
  Speaker 6: We talk about growing pains and that's what I was thinking.
• 37:07
  Speaker 6: What you just said with, with, some of the communication
• 37:09
  Speaker 6: between McCarthy and Rogers, and that goes back a while
• 37:12
  Speaker 6: to their Green Bay days, too. I mean, it's like
• 37:14
  Speaker 6: an old married couple, right? And then on the other side,
• 37:17
  Speaker 6: with T.J. Watt being on that headset, new coaching staff,
• 37:20
  Speaker 6: new coaches, as you said, Double B. So there is
• 37:22
  Speaker 6: going to be some hiccups along the way. There's going
• 37:24
  Speaker 6: to be some growing pains along the way. You just
• 37:26
  Speaker 6: hope that for the Steelers' sake and their record's sake
• 37:28
  Speaker 6: and these games' sake, that it doesn't result in losses.
• 37:31
  Speaker 6: And I don't think last night– the only communication issue
• 37:34
  Speaker 6: that I saw outside of all that was– and you
• 37:36
  Speaker 6: already alluded to it– was the Everett coverage play with Denzel, Boston.
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: There was a delay of game on that game-tying drive,
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: but obviously it didn't hurt them to the point of–
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: of not punching that in there how about the game
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: from the tight ends you know pat frowermuth and darnell
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: washington yeah coming up big those were good again great
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: catch by by washington and that was maybe roger's best
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: throw of the night because he had he had to
• 37:59
  Speaker 2: get on the move obviously i um disparaged his mobility
• 38:03
  Speaker 2: or lack thereof a little bit earlier in the show
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: but that show you know that play showed that still
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: at times he can really slide and and throw on
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: the run and you know threaded that in there to
• 38:13
  Speaker 2: washington i saw somebody online say it was behind him
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: i'm like but Where else are you going to put
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: the ball on that play? So that was good. And
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: Washington continues to be someone who is rising to the
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: occasion when his number is called. And I think that's
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: going to be the best MO for the Steelers offense
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: going forward. Roman Wilson did not play that many snaps.
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: Last night, Ed. Let me see what he finished with.
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: I think it was 21, 22, 31% of the snaps. Actually,
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: seven fewer than Jeremy Bernard. But it was a loud
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: 22 snaps from Roman Wilson when he was out there
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: He was effective in his role, and he gave this
• 38:48
  Speaker 2: team a different dynamic. I'm skipping ahead now to the
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: quick six, so maybe I should just stop.
• 38:54
  Speaker 7: I was going to say, pump the brakes, my friend.
• 38:56
  Speaker 7: Let's get the back of his quick six. He teased it.
• 38:59
  Speaker 7: You can call that a tease, though. You were teasing
• 39:00
  Speaker 7: your quick six.
• 39:01
  Speaker 6: So we'll see what you were just talking about if
• 39:03
  Speaker 6: you got into any of those. Let's start with your
• 39:05
  Speaker 6: first quick six from Steelers-Browns from last evening. Monster Metcalf,
• 39:10
  Speaker 6: and we already talked about this a bit, Big game
• 39:13
  Speaker 6: last night again for Metcalf.
• 39:14
  Speaker 7: And as you said, Brian, back-to-back games.
• 39:16
  Speaker 6: Now, touchdown last week against the Bengals and then over
• 39:19
  Speaker 6: 100 yards his first of the year last night against
• 39:21
  Speaker 6: the Browns.
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: And you could tell he was emotional. He didn't have
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: much to say about that after the game either. When
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: I stopped him, he just said it was an emotion.
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: divisional game. So that's all that was. But I know
• 39:33
  Speaker 2: there was a lot of talk before the season from
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers about how this is happy DK again. Last year,
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: he felt he saw like a little bit of angry DK.
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: I don't know which one's better. I don't know which
• 39:44
  Speaker 2: one you won on the field. I think you'd love
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: to have a guy who's, you know, upbeat and confident
• 39:50
  Speaker 2: but also someone who is you know we know his
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: play demeanor he's always been known as one of the
• 39:54
  Speaker 2: more intimidating imposing wide out since he stepped on the
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: field in the nfl so i think you'd you'd love
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: to have both um and we saw that last night
• 40:04
  Speaker 2: and especially down the stretch yeah no doubt in that
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: fourth quarter no one could cover him he hit another
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: gear he hit another gear in that fourth quarter and
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: you'd love to see that for all four quarters going
• 40:12
  Speaker 2: forward even that first catch that he had was great
• 40:14
  Speaker 2: utilization of dk it was just like what a quick
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: kind of screen type of thing and he took off
• 40:21
  Speaker 2: like a rocket once he got the ball in his hand.
• 40:22
  Speaker 6: So often when the Steelers throw behind the sticks, and
• 40:25
  Speaker 6: they've done it a lot over the years, you cringe,
• 40:27
  Speaker 6: but on that play behind the sticks, you're right. It
• 40:30
  Speaker 6: was like a bullet coming out of a gun, man. Boom,
• 40:32
  Speaker 6: he hit right upfield. He knew where the first down
• 40:34
  Speaker 6: marker was, and it almost looked like Darnell Washington in
• 40:36
  Speaker 6: open field.
• 40:37
  Speaker 7: No one wanted to tackle DK.
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: But moves a lot faster than Darnell. Oh, a lot.
• 40:41
  Speaker 2: Guys don't bounce off of him quite the same.
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: A lot faster, yep.
• 40:45
  Speaker 7: Your second is a hot.
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: They have yak guys on this team. So, you know,
• 40:49
  Speaker 2: Jalen Warren, DK, Darnell. I'll take my chances with the
• 40:54
  Speaker 2: ball in their hands, even if it does start behind
• 40:56
  Speaker 2: the line of scrimmage.
• 40:56
  Speaker 7: I agree with you. Double B up next, hot start.
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: Roman Wilson?
• 41:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Roman Wilson, like I said. I mean, he did
• 41:03
  Speaker 2: more with less last night in terms of his snap count.
• 41:05
  Speaker 2: I think if you just go back to the end
• 41:07
  Speaker 2: of that Bengals game, we were all sort of, or
• 41:09
  Speaker 2: not even the end, but, you know, right before halftime,
• 41:12
  Speaker 2: a lot of people wondering, is he still going to
• 41:14
  Speaker 2: be in good graces, or is there going to be
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: a little bit of doghouse here with the drop? No,
• 41:18
  Speaker 2: he was right back out there early in that game. Again,
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: didn't play a ton, but he made his presence felt
• 41:25
  Speaker 2: when he was there, and he does have a first
• 41:26
  Speaker 2: step and a burst and a quickness that is sort
• 41:29
  Speaker 2: of a unique club in the bag for this receiving core.
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: DK has it too, but Roman's a smaller, little shiftier guy,
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: and that was a nice play call there on the
• 41:41
  Speaker 2: little jet motion, and then the flip forward pass got
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: blocked up well, and It did. Roman's got the speed
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: to finish that.
• 41:47
  Speaker 6: Your next, let's see here, quick six is Rodgers reaches
• 41:52
  Speaker 6: last night.
• 41:53
  Speaker 7: A nice two-point conversion, your 42-year-old quarterback.
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: You know, that was, I guess it ended up being
• 41:58
  Speaker 2: a one-yard two-point conversion because there was the penalty.
• 42:01
  Speaker 7: Yeah, moved it up.
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: Right before it.
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: And talked to Zach Frazier about it afterward, and he's like, yeah,
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: we've had that option in there since last season when
• 42:10
  Speaker 2: I guess when they installed the Pittsburgh plunge, as I
• 42:12
  Speaker 2: call it. formerly the direct snap to connor hayward now
• 42:15
  Speaker 2: the direct snap to pat fryer muth but no tight
• 42:17
  Speaker 2: end needed on that one and i guess the way
• 42:19
  Speaker 2: it works is he gets to the line and if
• 42:21
  Speaker 2: roger sees what he wants to see he gives them
• 42:23
  Speaker 2: a little signal that means i'm keeping this one boys
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: and it was a little bit of mason.
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: Mccormick but it was also a lot of rogers.
• 42:29
  Speaker 2: Who pushed right through that d lineman uh who was
• 42:33
  Speaker 2: shaded to mccormick's shoulder there and he made sure he
• 42:36
  Speaker 2: picked up that one because remember they didn't convert a
• 42:39
  Speaker 2: two-pointer earlier and that was one that had zero chance
• 42:42
  Speaker 2: of working just dumped it off to war oh yeah
• 42:44
  Speaker 2: the browns defensive play call was simply ready for what
• 42:48
  Speaker 2: uh the steelers called in that situation so i guess
• 42:50
  Speaker 2: rogers figured hey we got the penalty let's not even
• 42:52
  Speaker 2: mess around with this one they don't think i'm gonna
• 42:55
  Speaker 2: keep it but i know i'm gonna keep it and
• 42:57
  Speaker 2: we're gonna get it and they did and it tied
• 42:59
  Speaker 2: the game.
• 42:59
  Speaker 7: Yeah rogers quickly into the end zone for the two.
• 43:02
  Speaker 2: And i think a lot of people just assume 42
• 43:04
  Speaker 2: years old he will never do that again in his
• 43:06
  Speaker 2: career yeah I don't know if he will ever do
• 43:08
  Speaker 2: that again in his career, but he did it in
• 43:10
  Speaker 2: that game. And it's a shame they didn't win, uh,
• 43:12
  Speaker 2: win the game as a result.
• 43:13
  Speaker 7: Next one. First one for the rookie and safety, Robert Spears.
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: Jennings gets his pick.
• 43:19
  Speaker 2: Uh, Dalen Everett nearly had PI, but, uh, good on
• 43:22
  Speaker 2: Jack Sawyer. That's, that's people helping people there in the
• 43:25
  Speaker 2: Steelers defense, a second year guy helping out a rookie
• 43:28
  Speaker 2: by getting a finger ever so slightly on that ball, man,
• 43:31
  Speaker 2: even on review, I'm like, zoom in, slow it down. Uh,
• 43:36
  Speaker 2: I guess he affected the trajectory of it, and Robert
• 43:39
  Speaker 2: Spears Jennings there to make the play. I got to
• 43:42
  Speaker 2: think that as much as he's seen live action on
• 43:46
  Speaker 2: special teams, it's not the same as playing coverage on defense,
• 43:49
  Speaker 2: but it probably at least helps you to be out
• 43:50
  Speaker 2: there and be at NFL game speed. This was a
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  Speaker 2: seventh-round pick who the league kind of doubted him collectively,
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: but I thought the Steelers got a steal there out
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  Speaker 2: of Oklahoma when they took him, and so far it
• 44:03
  Speaker 2: looks that way with the way he's been playing.
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  Speaker 7: He looked good in camp. He looked good in preseason.
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  Speaker 6: And so far, when he's gotten into the football games,
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  Speaker 6: and last night was the most up to this point,
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  Speaker 6: he's also done well.
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  Speaker 7: Pressed into action, another rookie in Daylon Everett.
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  Speaker 2: Yep. Everett, you know, some more ups and downs, I
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: would say. But now with Joey Porter Jr. officially out
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  Speaker 2: the door and off to Dallas, it's going to be
• 44:25
  Speaker 2: a lot more Everett, a lot more Asante Samuel Jr.,
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  Speaker 2: although he'd already been playing in Porter's spot, maybe more
• 44:31
  Speaker 2: Brandon Echols, Jamel Dean. We don't know what the prognosis
• 44:34
  Speaker 2: is for him sustaining that ankle injury last night, leaving
• 44:37
  Speaker 2: the game in a walking boot. He's been snakebitten by
• 44:41
  Speaker 2: injuries to this point in his NFL career, been really
• 44:44
  Speaker 2: good when healthy, but when healthy has always been the
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  Speaker 2: qualifier with him.
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  Speaker 6: One last one quickly. Harmon goes down to something we
• 44:51
  Speaker 6: haven't talked too much about.
• 44:52
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought they thought they missed Derek Harmon. And,
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: you know, why a black was we know he's more
• 44:57
  Speaker 2: of a run stuffer. That'd be awesome if he could
• 44:58
  Speaker 2: incorporate some more pass rush to his game, but he's
• 45:02
  Speaker 2: just such a large man that that's always going to
• 45:04
  Speaker 2: be a bit of a tough ask. And he had
• 45:06
  Speaker 2: to play more last night, Ed, and pull up the
• 45:09
  Speaker 2: snaps for the D lineman as well. It ended up
• 45:11
  Speaker 2: being Cam Hayward at 72%. Keanu Benton, 61%. He's been
• 45:16
  Speaker 2: quiet to this point in the year. He might be
• 45:18
  Speaker 2: winning some pass rushes that just for whatever reason isn't
• 45:21
  Speaker 2: getting home and showing up in the box score.
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  Speaker 6: Y.A.
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  Speaker 1: Black, 29 snaps, 45%.
• 45:24
  Speaker 2: And Sebastian Joseph Day, 23 snaps, 36%. And Y.A. Black
• 45:32
  Speaker 2: came in questionable. He drew the questionable tag Monday afternoon
• 45:36
  Speaker 2: while I was on my, not Monday, Thursday afternoon while
• 45:38
  Speaker 2: we were on our way up there for personal reasons.
• 45:41
  Speaker 2: So I'm not sure if he's dealing with anything. If
• 45:44
  Speaker 2: he is, you know, thoughts and prayers out to Y.A.
• 45:47
  Speaker 7: Black.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, he had more on his plate. Everybody did
• 45:49
  Speaker 2: without Harmon. And that was kind of a bummer for sure.
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  Speaker 6: That's Backo's quick six after Steelers at Browns last night
• 45:58
  Speaker 6: on Thursday night. And again, you can log on to
• 46:00
  Speaker 6: Steelers.com to catch Backo's quick six, among other things that
• 46:04
  Speaker 6: Brian has up each and every day covering the Pittsburgh Steelers.
• 46:07
  Speaker 6: That's going to do it for our number one, but
• 46:09
  Speaker 6: we still have another hour in front of us coming
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  Speaker 6: up next.
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  Speaker 7: The Steelers after four games.
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  Speaker 6: What's ahead? A fourth of the schedule in the books.
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  Speaker 6: I don't count that 17th game, Brian Backo. I mean,
• 46:18
  Speaker 6: it counts, but not in the one fourth schedule. You'll
• 46:21
  Speaker 6: do a percentage. I'm sure you'll give me a percentage
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  Speaker 6: when we come back. It's 33.3333% in.
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  Speaker 7: I don't know, something like that. We'll get to that
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  Speaker 7: and more. Ahmed, he's Brian.
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