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  Speaker 1: This is the Steelers Report with Brian Batko and Ed
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  Speaker 1: Troup on Steelers Nation Radio, a part of the Steelers
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  Speaker 1: Audio Network.
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  Speaker 2: We continue to navigate through the week ahead as we
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  Speaker 2: get prepared for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals
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  Speaker 2: this upcoming Sunday at Accashore Stadium in just a few
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  Speaker 2: days from now. We'll have kickoff for the first AFC
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  Speaker 2: North matchup of the year for both the Steelers and
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  Speaker 2: the Bengals. And as we've been doing here all week
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  Speaker 2: on the Steelers Report, we've been talking to a few
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  Speaker 2: different folks in and around the Black and Gold as
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  Speaker 2: well as the Cincinnati Bengals. And now we go back
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  Speaker 2: to the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Black and Gold. We
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  Speaker 2: welcome in Chris Carter from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Steelers Reporter,
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  Speaker 2: who also covers Pitt. He's also the host of Locked
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  Speaker 2: on Steelers Podcast. Chris, always good to have you on
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  Speaker 2: the program.
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  Speaker 1: How are you?
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  Speaker 3: I'm great. Ed, how you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Doing awesome, my man. Hey, let's first start with this, Chris.
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  Speaker 2: Disappointing loss against the Patriots, but we're, of course, putting
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  Speaker 2: that behind us at this point, right? We're nearing the weekend.
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  Speaker 2: So the Steelers will now prepare, as I said, for
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  Speaker 2: their first AFC North matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals. A
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  Speaker 2: Bengals team that is 2-0 and has looked very impressive
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  Speaker 2: through the first two weeks of the season.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that Bengals team looks tough. I had them as
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  Speaker 1: my preseason AFC North champions. I thought that they would
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  Speaker 1: be really formidable this year. I really like the addition
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  Speaker 1: of Dexter Lawrence up front. And you're seeing it just
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  Speaker 1: with their dominance in the middle of the line of
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  Speaker 1: scrimmage for their defense right now. They are not even
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  Speaker 1: loading the box and they're stuffing the run. And that
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  Speaker 1: should be alarming to the Steelers because that means that
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  Speaker 1: the rushing offense that hasn't really had a.
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  Speaker 3: a good, good week. I mean, let's face it.
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  Speaker 1: The whole offense hasn't had a good start to the season,
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  Speaker 1: but especially the rushing offense too.
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  Speaker 3: It's going to, it could get really rough if they don't.
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  Speaker 1: Get, if they don't handle their business up front, he
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  Speaker 1: could be really disruptive.
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  Speaker 3: Zach Frazier's really got it in for him this, this week.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, as far as the tests, and this is going
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  Speaker 1: to be an interesting test for them as a whole,
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  Speaker 1: because they're gonna have to find ways to beat this team.
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  Speaker 3: I still think this is.
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  Speaker 1: Going to be about, they need to, the one thing
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  Speaker 1: they haven't done is work in the unit that they
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  Speaker 1: paid a lot of money, uh, you know, with, uh,
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  Speaker 1: veteran contracts and that's the tight end.
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  Speaker 3: It ends. The Steelers aren't using them as much as
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  Speaker 3: I think they should.
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers even kind of admitted to it a little
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  Speaker 1: bit on Wednesday when I asked him about it. He
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  Speaker 1: said we need to get Pat Fryman with more topic
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  Speaker 1: or more targets. And it's funny because just last week
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  Speaker 1: he said no one cares about targets. And this week
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  Speaker 1: he says that. But to me, they've got to find
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  Speaker 1: a way to counter this defense. gets shredded for 50
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  Speaker 1: points a week, they are going to bring it, and
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  Speaker 1: the Steelers have to be ready.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, Chris. That was one thing last week against the
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  Speaker 2: Patriots that the Steelers struggled with. That was the defensive
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  Speaker 2: front up with New England. At the same time with that,
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  Speaker 2: we know about the struggles that the offensive line had
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  Speaker 2: in that game, and they've struggled now through two games
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  Speaker 2: to be able to run the ball and, especially this
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  Speaker 2: past week against New England, protect Aaron Rodgers. But you
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  Speaker 2: are on the south side. We have one day into
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  Speaker 2: practice for this week. Day two will be later today. And, well,
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  Speaker 2: you've seen some changes on that offensive line at practice.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it looks like Brock Hoffman and Maxi Honachor are
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  Speaker 1: getting some work in on that right side of the
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  Speaker 1: offensive line. I'm intrigued to see if that's going to
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  Speaker 1: hold out or if that's just going to be them just.
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  Speaker 3: Trying some things.
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  Speaker 1: But, I mean, hey, when you play as poorly as
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  Speaker 1: you did this past weekend and really both weekends– it
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  Speaker 1: makes sense that they're going to try to switch some
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  Speaker 1: things up.
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  Speaker 3: Brock Hoffman, of course, played for Mike McCarthy with the Cowboys.
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  Speaker 3: He played center. He played left guard. He played right guard.
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  Speaker 1: So he's kind of that guy that they brought in
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  Speaker 1: in case there was an emergency and they needed to
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  Speaker 1: fill someone in.
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  Speaker 3: Maxi Honitor is the first-round pick. You know, Dylan Cook.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, one thing if Dylan Cook was playing like
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  Speaker 1: he did, you know, two out of the four games
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  Speaker 1: that he played well last year when he came in
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  Speaker 1: to fill in for Broderick Jones– at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the season. It'd be one thing if he was playing
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  Speaker 1: like that.
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  Speaker 3: But he hasn't. And to me, you know, that's.
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  Speaker 1: That's even more reason to say, Hey, if Maxi Honitore
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  Speaker 1: is ready to go, let's give him a shot. Cause
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  Speaker 1: the other thing about Maxi Honitore and being a rookie,
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  Speaker 1: if he messes up, Aaron Rogers can see it coming
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  Speaker 1: because that's his front side.
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  Speaker 3: If you got a guy.
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  Speaker 1: Messing up on his blind side, that's when you get
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  Speaker 1: big hits. Like what happened to Aaron Rogers that led
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  Speaker 1: to that fourth and 43. So yeah, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if it'll hold, but they're at least taking a look
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  Speaker 1: at it. I do think it's interesting, though, because, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just Monday, Mike McCarthy was saying, OK, you know, there
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  Speaker 1: needs to be more continuity up front. And, you know,
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  Speaker 1: with the chemistry and then time for them to get
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  Speaker 1: to work together.
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  Speaker 3: And, you know, now.
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  Speaker 1: Potentially you're changing two of the five starters. So it'll
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  Speaker 1: be interesting to see, you know, if that holds throughout
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the week. And if we do see
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  Speaker 1: new starters on the offensive line Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: Chris, you bring up an interesting point because we've talked
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  Speaker 2: about the offensive line pretty much every day this week
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  Speaker 2: because it was the big subject coming out from last week,
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  Speaker 2: of course, with the struggles that they have. On one hand,
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  Speaker 2: you look at it as, look, it's only two games in.
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  Speaker 2: What we saw at training camp this past summer, and
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  Speaker 2: even in the preseason for that matter, is that five
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  Speaker 2: did pretty well. There were some expectations that if you
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  Speaker 2: would put Maxie on a chore, Or maybe you change
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  Speaker 2: out the guard position with Spencer Anderson. It might happen
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  Speaker 2: at some point this season, but not until later on
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  Speaker 2: and not after two games. So maybe make some adjustments,
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  Speaker 2: especially with the communication and give it another look this week.
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  Speaker 2: But then on the other hand, it's like, hey, we're
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  Speaker 2: two games in. We can't have the same struggles that
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  Speaker 2: we had this past week in New England, especially against
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  Speaker 2: that defensive front that you were describing and how good
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  Speaker 2: Cincinnati is. So maybe you do make that change leading
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  Speaker 2: up to this game on Sunday.
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  Speaker 3: The thing is that, you know, they have things to
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  Speaker 3: figure out.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you don't draft a guy in the first
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  Speaker 1: round to just hold him back unless, you know, he's really,
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  Speaker 1: really raw and you need to develop him. Or you
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  Speaker 1: have a really good answer at his position, you know,
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  Speaker 1: campaign to the Steelers. They have a really good defensive front,
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  Speaker 1: so there's no need– to just shove him into starting
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  Speaker 1: action over guys like Aaron Smith, Brett Kiesel, Casey Hampton.
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  Speaker 3: But, you know.
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  Speaker 1: They don't have that kind of an offensive line in
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  Speaker 1: front of Maxi Hunter, so that makes sense. But I'll
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  Speaker 1: also say that, like, part of what I said all
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  Speaker 1: throughout training camp is I did not see this offensive
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  Speaker 1: line really.
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  Speaker 3: Get physical enough.
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  Speaker 1: Like, we never– saw the run game committed to as
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  Speaker 1: part of the preparation. I remember after the Jets preseason
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  Speaker 1: game and I was talking, I asked Mike McCarthy about
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  Speaker 1: needing to see the starting group more and call more
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  Speaker 1: run plays to see what they look like. I think
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  Speaker 1: he took my question as, why didn't you try to
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  Speaker 1: win the preseason game?
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  Speaker 3: And he said, well, I'm not trying to win the
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  Speaker 3: preseason game.
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  Speaker 1: I'm trying to look at these young quarterbacks and My
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  Speaker 1: point wasn't looking at the young, it wasn't, you know,
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  Speaker 1: trying to win a preseason game. It's you need to
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  Speaker 1: see this offensive line actually work together more because, you know,
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  Speaker 1: all throughout camp, there was no tackling. The competition was
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  Speaker 1: much less than it had been years under Mike Tomlin.
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  Speaker 1: As far as like how many competitive periods they had
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  Speaker 1: where they can go full out against each other. And
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  Speaker 1: that didn't really ramp up until the end of training camps.
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  Speaker 1: And that to me is going to be the biggest
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  Speaker 1: question is like, Hey, you know what? It might help
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  Speaker 1: them be fresh. It might help them be healthy going
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  Speaker 1: to the, year, but this is a group that needs chemistry.
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  Speaker 1: They need to be able to feel each other out.
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  Speaker 1: And it takes time to build that stuff. You know,
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  Speaker 1: even great ones like Marquis Pouncey and David DeCastro, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I always remind people, I think it was David DeCastro's
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  Speaker 1: second year in the first game of the season. He
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  Speaker 1: tried to cut block. a defensive tackle and he accidentally
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  Speaker 1: took out Marquis Pouncey's knee. And that's just, you know, sometimes,
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  Speaker 1: you know, when you're, when you're working together, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you've got to develop chemistry and be able to feel
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  Speaker 1: where each other are going to go and know how
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  Speaker 1: they're going to respond, you know, versus this front versus
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  Speaker 1: that front versus this blitz versus that blitz.
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  Speaker 3: And, you know, that.
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  Speaker 1: Takes time to build that kind of trust. And I
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  Speaker 1: don't think the Steelers have that right now with this line.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's been, you know, too fresh. But that's
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  Speaker 1: why I thought during training camp, you could have used
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  Speaker 1: a bit more of this stuff, not just in pass protection,
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  Speaker 1: but in the run game.
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  Speaker 3: And so.
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  Speaker 1: I just, I think, I mean, it's good to try
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  Speaker 1: to get, if you think Maxi Honitore is going to
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  Speaker 1: be better, put him in. But I don't think this
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  Speaker 1: is an overnight, like slap him in and everything gets better.
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  Speaker 1: I think this is a thing where they are kind
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  Speaker 1: of behind the sticks, if you will, on trying to
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  Speaker 1: develop this offensive line this year and have it ready
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  Speaker 1: to be physical this year.
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  Speaker 3: And I think.
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  Speaker 1: If they don't get it together. But, again, this is
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  Speaker 1: a young offensive line. They have time to develop. If
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  Speaker 1: this new unit goes out here with two new starters,
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  Speaker 1: they'll get a heck of a test against the Bengals
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  Speaker 1: to show where they're starting at.
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  Speaker 3: I agree.
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  Speaker 2: We're talking with Chris Carter from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Steelers reporter,
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  Speaker 2: also covers the Pitt Panthers. You can also hear Chris
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  Speaker 2: as he hosts the Locked on Steelers podcast. Chris, let's
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  Speaker 2: talk about the Pittsburgh Steelers' defense two years Games in
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  Speaker 2: and they're virtually in the top 10 in about every category,
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  Speaker 2: even the top five and a few. Very good start
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  Speaker 2: for Patrick Graham and this defensive team against even against
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  Speaker 2: the Patriots last week. Yeah, they give up 20, but
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  Speaker 2: seven of those 20 came via the offense, coughing it
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  Speaker 2: up with the, you know, the touchdown that was scored
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  Speaker 2: by the Patriots defense. So two games, 13 points, both
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  Speaker 2: games given up. That should usually be enough to win
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  Speaker 2: a game. Your thoughts on Patrick Graham and the Steelers'
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  Speaker 2: defense so far this season?
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was interesting when I asked Patrick Graham
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  Speaker 1: about his run defense.
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  Speaker 3: He said it wasn't good enough.
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  Speaker 1: He said he kind of called it out on Monday
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  Speaker 1: when we got to talk to him, which they did.
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  Speaker 3: Give up the 39-yard touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: Overall, they really haven't shut the run game down through
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  Speaker 1: two games. Though Dijon Robinson didn't go off and crush them,
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  Speaker 1: he still did get his yards. And both Ramondre Stevenson
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  Speaker 1: and Travion Henderson had solid averages on the day. They
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  Speaker 1: haven't been a stout run defense yet. Now, I think
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  Speaker 1: their pass rush has done a great job to disrupt
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  Speaker 1: and counteract. problems up front against their first two opponents.
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  Speaker 1: I think they also had a favorable quarterback to go
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  Speaker 1: up against week one. I also think Drake May is
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more turnover prone than.
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  Speaker 3: People realize, and I thought that that would be a
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  Speaker 3: good matchup for them.
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  Speaker 1: But this is going to be an interesting matchup against
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  Speaker 1: Joe Burrow because I think he has maybe the best
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  Speaker 1: offensive line he's had since he's been at the Bengals,
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  Speaker 1: and that could help him be a little bit more stable.
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  Speaker 1: I was talking to Cam Hayward Wednesday at the facility,
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  Speaker 1: and I asked him.
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  Speaker 3: Patrick Graham called out the run defense. What needs to
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  Speaker 3: be done?
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  Speaker 1: Different and he said kick butt uh he didn't say
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  Speaker 1: but uh but he said kick butt uh he said
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  Speaker 1: stay on blocks and be violent and he kept it
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  Speaker 1: at that and that to me tells me it's not
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  Speaker 1: about you know schemes or guys you need to know
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  Speaker 1: where they they see a punch they see the fight
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  Speaker 1: they need to go out there and be violent on
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  Speaker 1: guys and win at the point of attack this steelers
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  Speaker 1: team you know one thing you like McCarthy said in
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  Speaker 1: one of the earlier press conferences before the draft was
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  Speaker 1: that when he looks at this roster, he looks at.
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  Speaker 3: The size that it has and the strength that it has.
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  Speaker 1: And he wants, he said, I want those guys to
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  Speaker 1: be the first guys off the bus because those are
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  Speaker 1: going to be the guys that are going to be
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  Speaker 1: physical and win us a lot. And, you know, in
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  Speaker 1: that game, there were moments where I thought Derek Harmon
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  Speaker 1: was really sharp moments where Keanu Benton was really sharp,
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  Speaker 1: but they need to be that consistently. And if they
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  Speaker 1: can be that consistently consistently, it will really help the
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  Speaker 1: Steelers consistently win the line of scrimmage.
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  Speaker 3: Be able to push teams back, and be able to
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  Speaker 3: stop the run more.
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  Speaker 1: And if you stop the run more, you force more
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  Speaker 1: third and longs, you're in more predictable passing situations. And
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  Speaker 1: then your pass defense and your blitzes packages, they can
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  Speaker 1: wheel and deal a little bit more as far as
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  Speaker 1: the different looks you want to give to confuse quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 1: But when you're facing third and short, you can't disguise
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  Speaker 1: as much because you've got to stay on your P's
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  Speaker 1: and Q's about limiting the short stuff. And then when
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  Speaker 1: you're doing that, it opens up a lot more for
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  Speaker 1: the offense. So for me, that boils all the way
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  Speaker 1: back down to Cam Hayward's point.
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  Speaker 3: They've got to be more violent. They need those big
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  Speaker 3: guys that they've invested in.
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  Speaker 1: Keanu Benton, who they picked for the second round pick
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  Speaker 1: and then paid a good contract this past year. Derek Armisen,
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  Speaker 1: they got a first round pick in last year. And
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  Speaker 1: Sebastian Joseph Day, who they brought in this year.
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  Speaker 3: Y.A.
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  Speaker 1: Black in his second year. They need all those guys,
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  Speaker 1: along with Kim Hayward, to punish people up front. And
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  Speaker 1: if they can do that, it changes the They haven't
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  Speaker 1: been the best teams that throw the balls from the
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  Speaker 1: quarterback to the wide receiver.
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  Speaker 3: This team you're facing now, that's their bread and butter.
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  Speaker 1: Jamel Dean and Asante Samuel Jr. will see if Joey
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  Speaker 1: Porter Jr. returns this week, but that to me is
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  Speaker 1: going to be the thing that gets tested this week.
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  Speaker 3: Stop Chase Brown.
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  Speaker 1: It allows you to get that passing offense to a
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  Speaker 1: few more predictable situations, which can lead to some huge
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  Speaker 1: turnovers like they've gotten when they've beaten Joe Brown.
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  Speaker 2: Chris, the Steelers are facing a much better offense than
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  Speaker 2: they did the first two weeks of the season with
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  Speaker 2: the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots. Big test
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  Speaker 2: this weekend at Acresure Stadium. Chris, just a couple more
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  Speaker 2: minutes left with you. Let's end with this. This is
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  Speaker 2: an interesting stretch for the Steelers starting this Sunday because
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  Speaker 2: they turn around just four days later. Next Thursday night,
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  Speaker 2: they travel to Cleveland, a place in which, hey, look,
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  Speaker 2: doesn't matter how bad or good the Browns or Steelers
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  Speaker 2: have been over the years. For some reason, playing Thursday
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  Speaker 2: nights in Cleveland has not been kind to the black
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  Speaker 2: and gold. So, you know, you could come out of
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  Speaker 2: this stretch three and one. That's best case scenario, right?
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  Speaker 2: You could come out of this stretch 2-2 if you
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  Speaker 2: split with the Bengals and Browns. But here's the thing.
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  Speaker 2: If you lose Sunday and you turn around and lose
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  Speaker 2: next Thursday, you are now 1-3 on the season to start.
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  Speaker 2: you have two losses within the division.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it would be a nightmare scenario to start the
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  Speaker 1: season one and three because, to me, the need for
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  Speaker 1: the Steelers was to start strong this year, to start hot,
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  Speaker 1: because I thought this Patriots matchup was one that they
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  Speaker 1: could actually pull off like they pulled off last year.
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  Speaker 3: In fact, I mean, the defense held them in check.
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  Speaker 1: If the offense just does a minimal job there, they probably.
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  Speaker 3: Have a good shot to win that game in the end.
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  Speaker 1: But, you know, so now you face this Bengals team that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, looks pretty good. But you face a Browns
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  Speaker 1: team that, you know, though they won against the Buccaneers
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday, I'm still not confident.
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  Speaker 3: But to your point, you know, I did this research earlier.
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  Speaker 1: And according to the pro football reference, when I did
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  Speaker 1: the search, the Steelers have never won in Cleveland on
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  Speaker 1: a Thursday night.
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  Speaker 3: And it's just, it's a house of horrors.
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  Speaker 1: But one thing I also pointed out, Divisional teams on
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  Speaker 1: the road against their divisional opponent on Thursday night, their
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  Speaker 1: win percentage is ridiculously low across the league.
• 14:59
  Speaker 3: That's always been established.
• 15:03
  Speaker 1: Sometimes they get mad about which opponents they draw, but
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: they don't understand that that's part of the system for
• 15:08
  Speaker 1: the NFL. So that's not a real gripe about the schedule.
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: I think a real gripe is that the Steelers don't
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: get many of those home Thursday night divisional games in reverse.
• 15:19
  Speaker 3: I can't think of the last time.
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: The last time I can think of when the Browns
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: had to come to Pittsburgh for a Thursday night game
• 15:25
  Speaker 1: might have been that 20, 11 game against antonio.
• 15:27
  Speaker 3: Brown i might be skipping one um but.
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: They that has not been something they've gotten a lot
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: of over the years and heck you also have last
• 15:35
  Speaker 1: year um you know i think that that's that's always
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: a tough stretch short weeks against teams that know you
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: and uh teams that uh you know when you're playing
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: in their house uh on a short week it's a
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: rough turnaround So, um, yeah, so I think that that's,
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: that's certainly a tough test. And I mean, this year,
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: like later this year, they're going to play the Eagles
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: on the road. They have not won in Philly since
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: like the sixties at places. It's the house of horse
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: for the franchise, regardless of who's coaching them.
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: Right. Um, they got, they got the Texans and they
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: got a lot of tough tests. So they need to
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: get these wins early while they can.
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: If they turn and flip things around Sunday, it, and says, oh, man,
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: this season's going to be really bad, and then all
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: of a sudden they punch somebody in the mouth. I'm like,
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: wait a second. This Steelers team's pretty tough. They've got
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: to show how tough they are.
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: Be resilient.
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: Get off the mat and take down a good Bengals team,
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: and I think it'll kind of reset things for everyone.
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: Chris, great stuff as always. We certainly appreciate you. Enjoy
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: your week at a football between the Pitt Panthers and
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: the Pittsburgh Steelers.
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll be living out of Akershire Stadium this weekend,
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: so I asked Mr.
• 16:47
  Speaker 3: Rooney for one of the suites. I'll see if he
• 16:49
  Speaker 3: hooks me up.
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: Oh, man, they should certainly do that. Hey, thanks a lot, Chris.
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: All right, he is Chris Carter from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: Steelers reporter and also covers Pitt. And he also is
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: the host of Locked on Steelers podcast, so make sure
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: you check that out. We'll be back. It's Backo and
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: Troop right here on the Steelers Report on Steelers Nation Radio,
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: part of the Steelers Audio Network.