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Rodgers faces Green Bay: Steelers - Packers Preview · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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Speaker 1: Everybody, y Welcome into the Irish Series podcast presented by
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Speaker 1: er Lingus Michael here as we here set for a
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Speaker 1: novel week of Steers football week coming up on top
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Speaker 1: of the four and two Pittsburgh Steelers taking on the
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Speaker 1: Green Bet Packers, which we'll talk about in Sunday Night
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Speaker 1: Football very shortly till I have to be joined by
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Speaker 1: Jimmy English year to that. Jimmy, it's good to chat
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Speaker 1: to you against their How are you doing first and four?
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Speaker 2: I'm very well, Michael. I feel like I haven't seen
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Speaker 2: you or talk to you since the game in Dublin,
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Speaker 2: which is so seems like so long agoing nowt it's
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Speaker 2: almost a month actually since our Steelers were here playing
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Speaker 2: against the Messota Vikings and crow Park, which is it's
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Speaker 2: hard to believe. But now things are good and we're
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Speaker 2: looking forward to a historic matchup against the Packers on
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Speaker 2: Sunday Night Football. The Rogers revenge tour continues. He's down
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Speaker 2: the Jets, hopefully he can do the same against against
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Speaker 2: the Packers. And look, I'm heading to Pittsburgh and now
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Speaker 2: you're heading up for this game. I'm heading shortly as well,
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Speaker 2: so looking forward to getting back to the steel City
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Speaker 2: and catching up with everyone over there.
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Speaker 1: You're probably on a more expanded I'm literally in and
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Speaker 1: out and we'll talk about it in a week bit.
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Speaker 1: But no, here good the chatty against there, Like obviously
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Speaker 1: there's a lot to talk about from last week and
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Speaker 1: this week before we do that. It's funny you mentioned Dublin.
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Speaker 1: Like every time I like go on TikTok, I keep
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Speaker 1: seeing like people's and people we don't even I don't
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Speaker 1: even follow or whatever, people just like showing sharing photos
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Speaker 1: of that weekend and Dublin. It was really really special,
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Speaker 1: and it is hard to believe it's some months ago now,
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Speaker 1: Like it's absolutely mental.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, someday four we used to go, Michael, So you know,
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Speaker 2: you look back and I'm the same as seeing people
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Speaker 2: from all over the world. They're sharing memories of Dublin
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Speaker 2: on their social media, and it just goes to show
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Speaker 2: you how much of a special weekend it was not
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Speaker 2: just for Irish fans here, but for fans from all
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Speaker 2: around the world to travel over for the game. So look,
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Speaker 2: plenty more to come in regards to NFL and Dublin,
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Speaker 2: I'm sure, but hopefully we'll see our Steelers back. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: back here in the not so distance future. But in
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Speaker 2: the meantime we both get a chance to see them
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Speaker 2: play on home turf, an acerture, So that's a that's
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Speaker 2: a blessing in itself.
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Speaker 1: Touchwood, touch wood, No, look, it's it was really cool.
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Speaker 1: One thing that you've done that I haven't. And I'll
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Speaker 1: mention that you were over in London as well for
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Speaker 1: at least at least one game. Do you see much
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Speaker 1: black and gold? See many Steelers shirts? Do you know what?
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Speaker 2: I think? Dublin kind of ruined London for me, Michael,
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Speaker 2: to be honest with you, because it was such an
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Speaker 2: incredible weekend that you kind of go over to Tottenham.
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Speaker 2: And I don't get me wrong, the NFL do an
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Speaker 2: incredible job.
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Speaker 1: Big come down like it was, a big come like it.
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Speaker 2: Is it is. It's just not the same, especially when
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Speaker 2: you're going in and out. Anytime you get a chance
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Speaker 2: to travel to a different country to watch an NFL game,
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Speaker 2: it is it is a great opportunity and a great privilege.
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Speaker 2: So luck you're never gonna never gonna knock that. But
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Speaker 2: I don't think anything will ever ever top what we
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Speaker 2: had in Crow Park a few weeks ago.
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Speaker 1: I was out. I was out like the two fridays
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Speaker 1: before the games and them, And on the first Friday
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Speaker 1: I met four lads from Pittsburgh who were still in
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Speaker 1: Europe and I flew who flew out to London for
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Speaker 1: that game. And then a day later I was in
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Speaker 1: Belfast and met a couple from Pennsylvania who were at
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Speaker 1: the game the week before. It just shows you how
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Speaker 1: many people sort of flew over and not it's it's
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Speaker 1: really really cool and obviously really really special and it
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Speaker 1: was a very very special time. And let's talk around
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Speaker 1: last week. So obviously when you have a primetime Thursday
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Speaker 1: night game, and we'll not spend too long in it.
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Speaker 1: But the reality is to lose is one thing. I
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Speaker 1: think for me, to lose not fashion is another thing
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Speaker 1: because when you watch the game, I think like a
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Speaker 1: lot of us fought, especially throughout Jimmy, where you got
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Speaker 1: towards the end of the game that I don't know
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Speaker 1: what it was, there was a belief that they'll find
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Speaker 1: a way to make this work. Look, I think probably
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Speaker 1: the biggest talking point and maybe not the biggest negative point,
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Speaker 1: but the biggest thing to improve on probably has to
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Speaker 1: be how the defense played. Given up very and I'm
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Speaker 1: sure you'll elaborate this in the week. Second, but like
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Speaker 1: to see jo Flaccu coming in and look, props to him.
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Speaker 1: He had the hell of a game. There's some point
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Speaker 1: me saying otherwise. But he targeted Jamarchius sixteen times. And
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Speaker 1: if the Steelers defense is gonnave U one hundred and
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Speaker 1: sixty yards to one player, they need to find a way.
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Speaker 1: And we'll talk about the Packers down the stretch here.
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Speaker 1: They need to find a way to limit that and
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Speaker 1: to make it more difficult for him. That being said,
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Speaker 1: I think if you add a number of different elements
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Speaker 1: into it, in terms of the crowd, the fact that
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Speaker 1: the Bengals fans were massively up for it, I think
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Speaker 1: they played a massive factor. It's an indivision rivalry. There
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Speaker 1: was an opportunity to go five and five and two.
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Speaker 1: It's not happened. It's not going to be the way
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Speaker 1: it meant to be. But look, it's one of those things.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, look, obviously it was a disappointing result.
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Speaker 2: I'm glad I didn't stay up for it because I
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Speaker 2: was tempted to, but in the end I didn't. But look,
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Speaker 2: we're still top of the AFC North, Micael, A lot
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Speaker 2: of people are overlooking the fact that we're still division
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Speaker 2: leaders right now. If the season ended, we're still in
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Speaker 2: contention for for a for a playoff spot. Obviously, look
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Speaker 2: a very disappointing performance from the defense, one of the
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Speaker 2: highest paid defenses in the league.
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Speaker 1: T J.
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Speaker 2: Wiltman missing for three and a half quarters, only kind
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Speaker 2: of showed up towards the end where he and he
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Speaker 2: had half a sack. The middle of our defensive line
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Speaker 2: was nowhere to be seen. Chase Brown ran all over us,
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Speaker 2: and the fact that Joe Joe Flaka was only in
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Speaker 2: the building at pay Court Stadium for less and less
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Speaker 2: than ten days and had didn't even know all the
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Speaker 2: playbook or all the burbage, and the connection he displayed
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Speaker 2: with Jamara Chase was lucky. It was something else, and
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Speaker 2: I believe I do believe Jamaar Chase as well. It's
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Speaker 2: had a new franchise record for receptions in that game
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Speaker 2: against our secondary. So it didn't really matter who we
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Speaker 2: put on him, you know, whether it was jenn and Ramsey,
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Speaker 2: whether we Kwan Tornhill. He was just able to find
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Speaker 2: space and made big plays. And the fact that the
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Speaker 2: Bengals offense operating with a brand new quarterback put up
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Speaker 2: almost close to five hundred yards you know, through the
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Speaker 2: airin on the ground. That is obviously a big thing
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Speaker 2: that needs to be addressed against for this week coming
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Speaker 2: against the Packers, because you know that the Packers were
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Speaker 2: looking at that and looking at ways that they'll be
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Speaker 2: able to capitalize on those apparent weaknesses in our defense.
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Speaker 2: So look, Terror Lawston and the entire defensive unit needed massive,
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Speaker 2: massive effort this week. And that's all the players that
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Speaker 2: they put their hands up. They accepted that it wasn't
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Speaker 2: It wasn't. It wasn't acceptable and a big thing to fix.
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Speaker 2: But look on the bright side, then pat Rynman had
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Speaker 2: a really really big game. You'd love to see that.
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Speaker 2: I mean, he has been quiet really since since before Dublin.
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Speaker 2: He kind of got missing in that offense as well.
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Speaker 2: So to see him have two touchdowns on the day,
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Speaker 2: including that sixty earlier from Aaron Rodgers was fantastic. And
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Speaker 2: to see you know, Aaron Rodgers getting the tight ends
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Speaker 2: more involved in the passing game as well.
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Speaker 1: To look at where this offense is now to where
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Speaker 1: it was previously, seems night and day. I know it's early,
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Speaker 1: but you know, one thing we haven't even talked about
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Speaker 1: there is the run game. I know we didn't really
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Speaker 1: see Kenny Gamwell given of the game, but frankly because
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Speaker 1: Gillen Warren sort of took the chains and a meal.
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Speaker 1: It happened last week over one hundred and twenty yards
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Speaker 1: on the night itself, still putting thirty one points up
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Speaker 1: on the board. So taking the defense out of it,
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Speaker 1: I mean this offense. I know you've talked you only've
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Speaker 1: talked about a couple of factors in that game, but
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Speaker 1: across the board so far as we enter this week,
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Speaker 1: the offense is sneakily playing good here.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, the offense has definitely come on as Aaron Rodgers
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Speaker 2: has gotten more comfortable in it, with the playbook and
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Speaker 2: with the team. He's showing a great connection with dk Metcalf,
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Speaker 2: who obviously is our clear cut number one receiver, and
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Speaker 2: they have connected on several deep touchdowns and they seem
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Speaker 2: to have a kind of a favorite rule which is
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Speaker 2: just a straight go route to the boundary and Aaron
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Speaker 2: Rodgers puts it up for Dk Mtcalf and nine times
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Speaker 2: out of tenants coming down with that ball. Run game definitely.
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Speaker 2: I mean, I mean that that game against the Bengals
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Speaker 2: was the first time the run game broke one hundred
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Speaker 2: yards all season, so it was nice to hit that benchmark.
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Speaker 2: And hopefully we can continue to do that and gain
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Speaker 2: more yards on the ground because obviously the run game,
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Speaker 2: you get that going, you take you take your pressure
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Speaker 2: off the passing game, you set up the passing game,
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Speaker 2: you can get your play action going and all that
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Speaker 2: sort of thing. But the Steelers have always been a
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Speaker 2: run first offense. They've always part of themselves on handing
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Speaker 2: the ball, So hopefully we continue to do that. And
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Speaker 2: obviously great to see Gen and Warren back as well
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Speaker 2: from injury and back with a bang. And look, it's
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Speaker 2: the offensive line can continue to block for him and
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Speaker 2: makes space for him, and that's just that that they'll
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Speaker 2: be that will be great and take kind of you know,
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Speaker 2: and fair point to kenneck game with as well. He
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Speaker 2: really has kind of take carry the load when Cash
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Speaker 2: and Dublin as well, especially in Dublin. They get two
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Speaker 2: touchdowns in Dublin. So I mean, look, offense is definitely
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Speaker 2: and I think it kind of offense has been carrying
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Speaker 2: us the past few weeks and I think the defense
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Speaker 2: needs to step up and play its part now. So
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Speaker 2: more consistency on defense, more consistency and offense. One thing
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Speaker 2: that does bother me though, is kind of a lack
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Speaker 2: of a true number two wide receiver. Calvin Alston had
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Speaker 2: been playing that role quite well until he got injured.
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Speaker 2: He got injured in Dublin unfortunately, and had you know,
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Speaker 2: has to work his way back in there. But aside
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Speaker 2: from from calvan Os, we don't really have anyone who
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Speaker 2: stepped up as a true number two wide receiver. Obviously,
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Speaker 2: DK is our number one that I think that's why
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Speaker 2: we've we've seen the tight ends get more involved in
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Speaker 2: the passing game is due to the lack of a
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Speaker 2: number two receiver. So fair play to Jonny Smith for
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Speaker 2: stepping a path for iron moves last week two touchdowns.
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Speaker 2: Even Darnell Washington. I love seeing Mount Washington get involved
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Speaker 2: in the offense and catching touchdown passes. I mean, there's
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Speaker 2: not a single man in the NFL who can guard
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Speaker 2: Darnell Washington right now.
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Speaker 1: Let's see what happens with the trade deadline ConA. It
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Speaker 1: could be very very interesting. We're going to talk about
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Speaker 1: this Packers game on Sunday Night Football in a little second.
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Speaker 1: We're firstly going to hear from coach Tomlin here on
9:45
Speaker 1: the I Receivers Podcast presented by Eric Lingush.
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Speaker 3: We're really excited about Staurday Night football and act sure
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Speaker 3: versus Green Bay. But as as always, I'll start with
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Speaker 3: a quick review of our last performance, although it feels
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Speaker 3: a little stale ahead and had an opportunity to visit
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Speaker 3: with you guys since, as I mentioned after the game,
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Speaker 3: a couple you know, building blocks of of the engineering
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Speaker 3: the victory man that that we didn't take care of,
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Speaker 3: and I think that's why the game unfolded the way
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Speaker 3: that it did for us. We got to stop the
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Speaker 3: run more effectively we built. We feel like that's a
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Speaker 3: building block for us to play good defense, to get
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Speaker 3: offenses and more one dimensional pass and circumstances to get
10:29
Speaker 3: people in more advantageous possession down circumstances for us. Our
10:33
Speaker 3: inability to stop the run I think created that and
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Speaker 3: that was an issue for us. It really started kind
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Speaker 3: of in the second quarter when Brown popped a couple
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Speaker 3: of runs and it kind of went on from there.
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Speaker 3: It never felt like we had an opportunity to stabilize
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Speaker 3: that component of the game. We have been trending the
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Speaker 3: right way in that space for a number of weeks,
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Speaker 3: but certainly last week was a setback in that area,
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Speaker 3: and I really think it it created an environment where
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Speaker 3: we weren't trolling the game. From that perspective, I think
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Speaker 3: the same could be said on the offensive side. We
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Speaker 3: turned the ball over twice, and really that hadn't bid us.
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Speaker 3: We've been really good at protecting and preserving the football,
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Speaker 3: but if you get a couple of turnovers and you're
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Speaker 3: not stopping and run, that's just not a good posture
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Speaker 3: to play from. We certainly didn't take the ball away,
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Speaker 3: and so to be minus two in a hostile place
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Speaker 3: while not stopping and run, man, it's kind of a
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Speaker 3: catalyst for losing. You couple that with the fact that
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Speaker 3: we were highly penalized and had some significant penalties. I
11:35
Speaker 3: thought the false start on fourth and one when we
11:37
Speaker 3: were in the red area was a four point like penalty,
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Speaker 3: and in games like that, man, you just can't afford
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Speaker 3: to have them. The ability to execute in that space
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Speaker 3: in the red zone is significant, whether it's defensively in
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Speaker 3: terms of getting stops or offensively finishing. And I think
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Speaker 3: in the midst of that, when we got that false
11:56
Speaker 3: start and had to settle for a field goal, that
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Speaker 3: was significant it as well. And so you know, my
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Speaker 3: perspective is things were going well until they weren't. We
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Speaker 3: played about a good quarter of football, and then we
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Speaker 3: didn't do a good enough job stopping run, of preserving
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Speaker 3: and protecting the ball. We got highly penalized and it
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Speaker 3: made it an uphill battle from there. I will say
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Speaker 3: I was really appreciative of the effort. I thought the
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Speaker 3: guys fought their tails off. Man. We made some plays,
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Speaker 3: certainly on offense. I thought we had a necessary stop
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Speaker 3: on defense there with about five or six minutes to
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Speaker 3: go in the game to give us another shot at it.
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Speaker 3: And so you know, just as a collective man, I
12:38
Speaker 3: thought they fought, particularly in less than ideal circumstances. But
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Speaker 3: certainly we came up short and there's some lessons to
12:47
Speaker 3: be learned from that. As we move into this week,
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Speaker 3: I'll quickly talk about some injury things. Calvin Alston is
12:55
Speaker 3: scheduled to work this week. We'll let his participation in
12:59
Speaker 3: the court. That participation be our guide in terms of
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Speaker 3: his availability. As we stand here today, we're optimistic and
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Speaker 3: I know certainly he's optimistic about his ability to be included.
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Speaker 3: We had some bumps and bruises associated with play, but
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Speaker 3: after a long weekend of rehabilitation, I doubt any of
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Speaker 3: those are are significant in terms of limiting someone's availability.
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Speaker 3: It may limit the availability at the top of the week.
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Speaker 3: We'll have some veteran players and things of that nature
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Speaker 3: that will minimize a little bit tomorrow, but as we
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Speaker 3: lean in on this game, I don't expect any of
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Speaker 3: those things to kind of be an issue.
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Speaker 1: Good to hear from coach Tomlin and joined obviously with
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Speaker 1: Jimmy here as well. Jimmy, before we talk about the
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Speaker 1: game itself in terms of the axis, nose and stuff,
13:46
Speaker 1: something that people are going to see first off, Like
13:48
Speaker 1: for people that are at home, this is one of
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Speaker 1: the best weekends of the year. The clocks change. This
13:53
Speaker 1: game kicks off at twenty past twelve on Sunday night,
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Speaker 1: so if you're feeling a little bit wheezy in terms
13:59
Speaker 1: of coffee, it's class so very very good, get on it.
14:03
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a good night. I actually watched the
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Speaker 1: Monday night football game, the first one on Monday last
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Speaker 1: week because it started earlier. Definitely helps us fans over
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Speaker 1: here for sure. In terms of the game itself. Steelers Jimmy,
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Speaker 1: as you're well aware, but some people might not be
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Speaker 1: on this podcast, they're wearing their nineteen thirty three showback
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Speaker 1: uniforms for the game. A uniform in the past trip
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Speaker 1: not just the thirty three team and where it began
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Speaker 1: for the team, but also the rich legacy of the
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Speaker 1: city of Pittsburgh. It's a gold flowback jersey featuring black
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Speaker 1: stripes with large white block letters trimmed and black on
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Speaker 1: the front. The front will also prominently feature the city
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Speaker 1: of Pittsburgh crest on the left shoulder, honor the team's
14:42
Speaker 1: connection to the city, while the back of the jersey
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Speaker 1: has got large black block numbers with a gold map
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Speaker 1: finish on the helmet. As a true Steeters fan, Jimmy,
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Speaker 1: what is your thoughts on this uniform and are you
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Speaker 1: excited to see it on primetime on Sunday nights last
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Speaker 1: Monday morning.
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Speaker 2: I love the tribute pays to teams of Steelers teams
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Speaker 2: of the years gone by into the city of Pittsburgh.
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Speaker 2: Anyone who knows me knows that I never should have
15:07
Speaker 2: about Pittsburgh. I love that city, So in terms of that,
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Speaker 2: I do, you know, kind of respect where it's coming from.
15:13
Speaker 2: I think in comparison to some of the other throwback
15:16
Speaker 2: uniforms that teams are now breaking out, it kind of
15:18
Speaker 2: falls down a little bit. But look, Steers have always
15:21
Speaker 2: done things traditionally, so I can accept that. I'm still
15:25
Speaker 2: torn as to whether I'm going to invest in one.
15:27
Speaker 2: When I'm over in the pro shop, I know I'll
15:30
Speaker 2: be spending quite a lot of money in that place
15:32
Speaker 2: next weekend. The helmet, I do look the helmet. I've
15:34
Speaker 2: always been a big proponent of the yellow helmet. I
15:37
Speaker 2: think it's just such a cool little twist, and the
15:40
Speaker 2: Steelers haven't busted it out now in quite a few years,
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Speaker 2: so it will be nice to see that. And of
15:46
Speaker 2: course you have the kind of the tan mustard pans.
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Speaker 2: So look, overall, if I was to give it a
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Speaker 2: number rating of probably is seven seven and a half
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Speaker 2: out a ten, to be honest with you. But look,
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Speaker 2: it is a nice kind of tribute to the rich
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Speaker 2: history of the city. So looking forward to seeing the
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Speaker 2: inaction on Sunday night.
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Speaker 1: When I think of the throwbacks, I immasiately think of
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Speaker 1: Big Ben and the bumblebee and like the stripes, and
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Speaker 1: that's that's definitely up there for me with any jersey,
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Speaker 1: I know, that's like a real love hit one for
16:15
Speaker 1: people that maybe are Steeers fan. I think it's one
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Speaker 1: of the best jerseys. I love the City of Pittsburgh
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Speaker 1: badge that's on the front of the jersey, and I
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Speaker 1: think it'd be interesting, like, yeah, I'm one of the
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Speaker 1: guys I like the jersey. I'm not sure on the
16:28
Speaker 1: brown pants, but I feel like whenever he was up
16:30
Speaker 1: against the white of Green Bay, we will see another
16:33
Speaker 1: element to this. We're gonna see irishman Daniel Wheelan go
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Speaker 1: up against the Steelers, so we're gonna, you know, almost
16:39
Speaker 1: have to weave the fly pre game and hope that
16:41
Speaker 1: he doesn't have a great game in that sense. But
16:44
Speaker 1: I think for any Steelers fans listening that they know
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Speaker 1: he's a serious, serious lay and I know, you know
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Speaker 1: as much as anybody about how much of it for
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Speaker 1: that he's being not just a season but down for
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Speaker 1: the last couple of years.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, Don is playing end of his mind right
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Speaker 2: now and the Packers have rewarded him. It's well justified
17:00
Speaker 2: contract extension there earlier in the season, so look, love
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Speaker 2: to see him doing doing his thing and great to
17:06
Speaker 2: see some Irish representation in the league and he's flying
17:09
Speaker 2: the flag for Ireland over there. I will say that
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Speaker 2: that key Sean Williams, our newer term man is dangerous
17:14
Speaker 2: as well, so I think he will give the Packers
17:18
Speaker 2: punt coverage team and kick coverage team some trouble. He
17:21
Speaker 2: hasn't broken one loose as of yet, but I do
17:23
Speaker 2: feel like it's coming, especially with the new dynamic kickoff
17:26
Speaker 2: rules in effect, so keep an eye on him. But look,
17:30
Speaker 2: it's always it's always fun watching down we didn't play
17:33
Speaker 2: because you just know he's gonna rip a massive rocket
17:36
Speaker 2: of a point every time he puts boot the ball.
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Speaker 1: Okay, before we give our keys to the game and
17:40
Speaker 1: give a pick and we're gonna hear from Patrick Quin
17:43
Speaker 1: and Troy Fantano as well here on the Irishitters podcast
17:46
Speaker 1: presented by Erling's ahead of this big Sunday night football matchup.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, but we definitely, we definitely, we're definitely trending in
17:54
Speaker 4: the right direction. You've got to keep going there, keep
17:56
Speaker 4: playing as a unit. With a young team like us,
17:59
Speaker 4: I feel like it gives a boost of confidence just
18:02
Speaker 4: knowing you got eight back there and he's calling the shots.
18:05
Speaker 4: You know, he's making sure everybody's right. You know, he's
18:08
Speaker 4: just he's just a shot caller. And it's a big
18:12
Speaker 4: help for me definitely knowing that he's back there because
18:15
Speaker 4: I know he's going to control what needs to be
18:16
Speaker 4: controlled on the field when it needs to be done. So,
18:20
Speaker 4: you know, it just gives me, well I can say
18:22
Speaker 4: for me, it gives me confidence to go out there
18:24
Speaker 4: and play for him, you know.
18:27
Speaker 2: Not how much do you embrace protecting him specifically this
18:31
Speaker 2: week he's going to be a big storyline facing the
18:33
Speaker 2: Packers much.
18:33
Speaker 4: So, man, Yeah, we gotta We just got to continue
18:37
Speaker 4: to keep on up right. I feel like though Lione
18:39
Speaker 4: did their job doing that last week. Like I said,
18:42
Speaker 4: we just got to continue to trend in the right direction,
18:44
Speaker 4: you know, just keep on up right and keeping helpy.
18:46
Speaker 5: I'll see what's the temperature right now?
18:47
Speaker 3: You gots frustrated, surprise, pissed off.
18:51
Speaker 5: I think it's NFL. You know, sometimes it happens even
18:55
Speaker 5: though you don't want it to, and sometimes it's ugly,
18:57
Speaker 5: but at the end of the day, it's the NFL.
18:58
Speaker 5: They get paid to play, get paid the coach, and
19:02
Speaker 5: you know, we just got to make the place. We
19:03
Speaker 5: got our there, We got to execute better. Just you know,
19:06
Speaker 5: when the moment's there, make it play whatever it is
19:08
Speaker 5: the opportunity best as the hole. Just being better. He's
19:11
Speaker 5: from the small details, from whatever it may be, coverage wise,
19:15
Speaker 5: when field wise, whatever.
19:16
Speaker 1: It may be, his game better. Great to hear from
19:18
Speaker 1: the guys. And we've got an absolutely massive game coming
19:21
Speaker 1: up on Sunday Night football. Jimmy, Look, we all know
19:24
Speaker 1: one of the biggest storylines here Rogers. Aran Rodgers spent
19:27
Speaker 1: eighteen years of his career in Green Bay between two
19:29
Speaker 1: thousand and five and twenty twenty two. Went to the Jets,
19:33
Speaker 1: didn't work out, Sedars take u punt on them, and
19:35
Speaker 1: so far looks very very good. Obviously starting for and one,
19:38
Speaker 1: started losing the Cincinnati, but as you said at the
19:41
Speaker 1: start of this podcast, Seay're still in the first place
19:43
Speaker 1: in the AFC North Packers. One of the biggest moves
19:46
Speaker 1: they have obviously made in the off seasons bringing them
19:48
Speaker 1: Micah Parsons. He's leading the defense. He had three sacks
19:51
Speaker 1: last week against Arizona. Packers are four one and one,
19:56
Speaker 1: and one of just two teams with just one loss
19:58
Speaker 1: this season. I think for a neutral this has the
20:02
Speaker 1: potential to be a classic. There's no point in saying
20:05
Speaker 1: it's one of the standout matches not just of the
20:07
Speaker 1: weekend and we of the season, but for Steelers fans,
20:10
Speaker 1: this is a game where you're gonna feel about Nervey,
20:13
Speaker 1: especially after the first night football game. There's no point
20:15
Speaker 1: in pussy footing around that it's gonna be Nervey. But
20:18
Speaker 1: I think for a football fan, first and foremost, two
20:20
Speaker 1: iconic franchises, two of the best teams in NFL history
20:25
Speaker 1: in terms of accolades and in terms of their heritage.
20:29
Speaker 1: I can't wait for this game. How do you feel
20:32
Speaker 1: going into it? Are you? Are you confident? What do
20:34
Speaker 1: you expect? I think we're gonna find a very very
20:36
Speaker 1: tough matchup on both sides of the ball, But I
20:39
Speaker 1: really feel like both defenses are gonna come wuite hot.
20:42
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a truly stark game, Michael. I mean you
20:44
Speaker 2: think about the rich history of both these teams to
20:47
Speaker 2: the oldest NFL franchises too, of the most I suppose
20:50
Speaker 2: respected our revered teams in the league. You can't shy
20:54
Speaker 2: away from the whole Rogers revenge storyline. I think this
20:57
Speaker 2: is a big against something like football, primetime football. It's
21:02
Speaker 2: Football Night in America. You know, the entire country is
21:05
Speaker 2: going to be tuned into NBC in America of course
21:09
Speaker 2: to watch to watch this game. And I just think
21:12
Speaker 2: this could be a season defining game for the Steelers,
21:15
Speaker 2: for both franchise, particularly for the Steeters. I mean, this
21:19
Speaker 2: game has been circled on the calendar since that, since
21:21
Speaker 2: the schedule came out back back in the summer. So
21:26
Speaker 2: it's going to be an absolutely massive occasion and it
21:29
Speaker 2: definitely is mustling for the Steelers. I am look, you
21:33
Speaker 2: know me, I'm an optimist at Harder, I always try
21:36
Speaker 2: to be an optimist. I am cautiously optimistic. I think
21:38
Speaker 2: if the defense can pull its socks up and get
21:41
Speaker 2: back to the way it was trending before that what
21:46
Speaker 2: happened in Cincinnati, I think we have a good shot.
21:49
Speaker 2: You know, everyone has to dial in on defense, obviously,
21:52
Speaker 2: Aaron Aaron Jones, Sorry not Aaron Jones. Josh Jacobs is
21:55
Speaker 2: one of the best running backs in the league. Keeping
21:59
Speaker 2: him contained is going to be key. So the offense
22:01
Speaker 2: just needs offense just needs to be explosive, and defense
22:04
Speaker 2: just needs to hustle to the ball, shut down the receiver,
22:07
Speaker 2: shut down running lanes, get to Jordan Love and look
22:10
Speaker 2: we have a bit of luck along the way as well.
22:14
Speaker 1: Here's fully you imagine, but look, it definitely is. It's
22:17
Speaker 1: going to take a lot of Look, I think for
22:18
Speaker 1: either team on Sunday to get out of there, will
22:20
Speaker 1: when I could see this game going the distance to
22:22
Speaker 1: be redly honestly in terms of yeah, I wouldn't even
22:25
Speaker 1: be surprised if there's overtime. And obviously if people listening
22:27
Speaker 1: to this, obviously both teams met in twenty ten in
22:31
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. We all know what I.
22:33
Speaker 2: Likes about back game, Michael. To be honest, yes, remember
22:37
Speaker 2: where I was two o'clock in the morning in a
22:40
Speaker 2: pub and drawna watching that game, and hopefully they will,
22:43
Speaker 2: hopefully we can exercise some of those demons on Sunday night.
22:47
Speaker 1: Second game. It sounds madd now sixteen or fifteen years
22:50
Speaker 1: on saying this second game I ever watched and then
22:53
Speaker 1: I got into the season after, which is absolutely mental.
22:55
Speaker 1: But I remember that like it was yesterday, and I
22:58
Speaker 1: fully agree with you when you're talking there, But Josh
22:59
Speaker 1: you he scored two Russian touchdowns in the Packers three
23:03
Speaker 1: previous games. I really like what we've seen with friar
23:08
Speaker 1: Muth against the Bengals, and frankly, I feel like Pittsburgh
23:11
Speaker 1: because they're jumping the ball out and a dishing the
23:12
Speaker 1: ball out to numerous people. That Packers defense is going
23:16
Speaker 1: to find it hard to keep on everybody, and that's
23:18
Speaker 1: going to be a massive factor in this game. If
23:20
Speaker 1: Rogers can remain confident and he is allowed to get
23:24
Speaker 1: the ball down the field, I think we're going to
23:26
Speaker 1: see a Steeler respectree. But I am going to say,
23:28
Speaker 1: you're gonna laugh at me now right remember this on
23:31
Speaker 1: Monday morning for people listening, thirty seven thirty four in
23:35
Speaker 1: an all time classic to the Steelers. Do you want
23:38
Speaker 1: to give a prediction before we go.
23:39
Speaker 2: Here as a high scoring game? I mean, look to me,
23:42
Speaker 2: the big thing here, obviously, apart from what I mentioned
23:45
Speaker 2: about the defense having a better game, is we need
23:48
Speaker 2: we need to stop Micro Parrison instead in his track.
23:50
Speaker 2: That offensive line needs to keep Aaron Rodgers upright. He
23:53
Speaker 2: hasn't been sacked against the Browns. He wasn't sacked against
23:55
Speaker 2: the Bengals unless you can't Broder Jones a sneak attack
23:59
Speaker 2: from the back, so he had to keep Aaron Rodgers upright,
24:03
Speaker 2: keeping fire and missiles. Pat Fryer move has to have
24:05
Speaker 2: another big game because he effectively could be our number
24:08
Speaker 2: two receiver for the rest of the season, and he
24:10
Speaker 2: could have actually saved his job in Pittsburgh with that
24:13
Speaker 2: performance against the Bengals last Thursday. And I am going
24:16
Speaker 2: to go with a Steels win because I do I
24:18
Speaker 2: can't pick against the Black and goals, you know, I'm
24:20
Speaker 2: just physically incapable of that. I'm gonna slightly more conservative
24:24
Speaker 2: score a right to be speaking. I do think it'd
24:26
Speaker 2: come right down to the wire. I do think it'd
24:28
Speaker 2: come right down to a Chris Boswell field goal. And
24:31
Speaker 2: I do have the Steelers winning this one thirty one
24:34
Speaker 2: to twenty eight. As the crock expires in the fourth quarter.
24:39
Speaker 1: Well, I will say if that is the case, at
24:41
Speaker 1: least we're both in the thirties out. If his score
24:43
Speaker 1: more than thirty points, again, I'll be a happy man.
24:45
Speaker 1: We'll see what happens. Pig. Thanks to everybody listening to
24:48
Speaker 1: the podcast ed. Just a reminder, this game is on
24:50
Speaker 1: sky Sports NFL in Ireland and it's I can also
24:53
Speaker 1: be listening to an off the ball radio twenty past twelve.
24:57
Speaker 1: You've got one hour earlier this week Football Night in
24:59
Speaker 1: America around eleven or so. Then you can tune into
25:01
Speaker 1: that on the game on sky Sports Jimmy obviously, if
25:04
Speaker 1: not Shatton the in the meantime, see if travels out
25:06
Speaker 1: to watch the game against the Colts. You picked an
25:08
Speaker 1: absolute doozy of a game there, And if we don't
25:11
Speaker 1: get you on beforehand, we will bring you on after
25:14
Speaker 1: the break of downer when we talk about it. How
25:15
Speaker 1: long you in the.
25:16
Speaker 2: Silver So we get in. We get in on Halloween.
25:20
Speaker 2: Actually we land on Thursday night at midnight, so we're
25:23
Speaker 2: there for four full days starting Halloween right until the Tuesday.
25:27
Speaker 2: We decided to go for the extra day just to
25:30
Speaker 2: have some time after the game to unwind, maybe cast
25:32
Speaker 2: from Monday Night Football. And you know, it's actually funny
25:34
Speaker 2: because before the season started, this Coast game was looking
25:37
Speaker 2: like it should be, you know, a pretty handy game
25:39
Speaker 2: for the Steelers, and then Daniel Jones and co. There
25:44
Speaker 2: started winning and now one of the best teams in
25:46
Speaker 2: the league.
25:46
Speaker 1: So the conversations as well.
25:49
Speaker 2: I'm actually more worried about the Coast game, Michael, than
25:51
Speaker 2: I about the Packers game, to be perfectly honest with you,
25:54
Speaker 2: because I think Jonathan Taylor and Daniel Jones are going
25:57
Speaker 2: to give us fits and acer sure, but look, we're
25:59
Speaker 2: going to have the crack. It's it's never a bad
26:01
Speaker 2: time in Pittsburgh. So very much looking forward to that
26:04
Speaker 2: and the catching up with everyone. So if you are
26:06
Speaker 2: going to be around, look give me a shout and
26:09
Speaker 2: we will. We'll have some crack big time.
26:12
Speaker 1: Definitely do that and we'll chat maybe after the game
26:15
Speaker 1: as well before you jump on the plane, especially if
26:17
Speaker 1: they win the game. And one week at a time, folks,
26:19
Speaker 1: one week at a time for now, for myself and Jimmy,
26:22
Speaker 1: thanks for listening. We will chat you Si