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HR 1: Steelers 16, Saints 10  Week 7 Game Recap · The Steelers Report

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  Speaker 1: Gets a snap. Back to pass.
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  Speaker 2: Looking.
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  Speaker 1: Right. And it's intercepted. Peyton Wilson. A tumbling grab. Heads
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  Speaker 1: up the sideline. Still on his feet.
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  Speaker 3: Weaving towards the middle of the field.
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  Speaker 1: What a play by Peyton Wilson. Trying to exhort this defense.
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  Speaker 1: Now bringing the blitz. Five man coming. And Patrick Queen
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  Speaker 1: comes up with a sack. His first of the season.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Patrick Queen is having a tremendous game.
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  Speaker 1: Rodgers surveying. Six in the play clock. Gets a snap.
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  Speaker 1: Back to pass. Four-man rush.
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  Speaker 3: Rodgers moving out.
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  Speaker 4: To the left.
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  Speaker 1: Steps up.
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  Speaker 5: And Rodgers will tuck it and run.
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  Speaker 3: And Rodgers dives forward inside the 25-yard line.
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  Speaker 1: First down, Pittsburgh Steelers.
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  Speaker 6: This is the Steelers Report with Brian Batko and Ed
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  Speaker 6: Troop on Steelers Nation Radio, a part of the Steelers
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  Speaker 6: Audio Network.
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  Speaker 5: It's Victory Monday, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are 5-2.
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: They're finding ways to win.
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  Speaker 5: It wasn't always pretty in Paris, but Pittsburgh comes away
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  Speaker 5: with a 16-10 victory over the New Orleans Saints thanks
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  Speaker 5: to a dominant defensive effort, a big day from Jalen Warren,
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  Speaker 5: and a game-changing interception by Peyton Wilson. This team continues
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  Speaker 5: to show it can win the close ones, and now
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  Speaker 5: the Steelers will turn their attention to the Cleveland Browns
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  Speaker 5: with a chance to head into the bye week at 6-2. Hello, everyone.
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  Speaker 5: Welcome to the Steelers Report. I am Ed Troop, along
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  Speaker 5: with you here today on Victory Monday. Double B still
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  Speaker 5: traveling back from Paris, but he will be joining us
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  Speaker 5: later this week, and we'll be anxious to talk to
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  Speaker 5: Brian Bacco about this big Steeler victory here in Week 7.
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  Speaker 5: We'll also get Brian's take on the week in Paris.
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  Speaker 5: I'm sure he'll have lots to share with us. and
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  Speaker 5: including what did he eat, right? We talked about that
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  Speaker 5: last week. We went over all kinds of things. So
• 1:56
  Speaker 5: what was the food choices for Brian Baggo? That's the
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  Speaker 5: most important part. Nothing about this game, right? But the
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  Speaker 5: Steelers do get it done on Sunday in Paris, here
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  Speaker 5: locally in Pittsburgh, a 9.30 a.m. start. And what did
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  Speaker 5: you think about that, Steeler Nation? I kind of enjoyed it,
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  Speaker 5: to be honest. I wouldn't want to do it every week,
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  Speaker 5: but it was nice to spend the morning watching Steeler football.
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  Speaker 5: Of course, they win if they lost. Maybe it wouldn't
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  Speaker 5: have been as enjoyable, but they win.
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  Speaker 1: They get it done.
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  Speaker 5: And then you had the rest of the day. You
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  Speaker 5: had the 1 o'clock games, the 4.30 games. You had
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  Speaker 5: the Sunday night game between the Chiefs and the Seahawks.
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  Speaker 5: So there was lots of football. You could have started
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  Speaker 5: your day like I did, watching it at 9, 9.30
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  Speaker 5: in the morning and then ending it around 9, 9.30
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  Speaker 5: at night. Didn't stay up for the whole Sunday night game,
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  Speaker 5: but it was 12 hours of football. It was more
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  Speaker 5: than enough on Sunday. But, of course, it was the
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  Speaker 5: Steelers getting it done in that Paris game, coming up
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  Speaker 5: with the big 16-10 win.
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  Speaker 1: And now.
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  Speaker 5: The Steelers are 5-2, and they're tied with the Cleveland
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  Speaker 5: Browns at 5-2 on the season, who get a field
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  Speaker 5: goal last seconds to beat the Tennessee Titans yesterday to
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  Speaker 5: get to 5-2. The Cleveland Browns, of course, already beat
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  Speaker 5: the Steelers on that Thursday night game, so they have
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  Speaker 5: the one-game advantage right now at 5-2, the tiebreaker, if
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  Speaker 5: you will, in the AFC North. So this game, this
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  Speaker 5: upcoming Sunday, extremely important for the Steelers, not only to
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  Speaker 5: have momentum of a potential four-game winning streak, at 6-2
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  Speaker 5: and atop the AFC North going into their bye week.
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  Speaker 5: But also they have to even up the season series
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  Speaker 5: against the Cleveland Browns at 1-1 and not get swept
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  Speaker 5: by the Browns. If the Browns can come in and
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  Speaker 5: win in Pittsburgh for the first time forever this upcoming
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  Speaker 5: Sunday and having swept the Pittsburgh Steelers during the regular
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  Speaker 5: season here in 2026, they will have the key position
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  Speaker 5: and the lead position in the AFC North. Remember, they
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  Speaker 5: already beat the Ravens. as well have the Browns so
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  Speaker 5: far this season. Coming up at 3 o'clock today, it'll
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  Speaker 5: be the Mike McCarthy press conference live from the south side.
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  Speaker 5: We will have that here for you on Steelers Nation
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  Speaker 5: Radio and the Steelers Audio Network. But before we get
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  Speaker 5: to Coach McCarthy, let's indeed recap Steelers 16, Saints 10.
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  Speaker 5: Let's talk about the turning point of the game.
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  Speaker 3: Boy, oh boy, we've been talking about Peyton Wilson the
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  Speaker 3: last few weeks as quietly being one of the top
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  Speaker 3: Pittsburgh Steelers defensive players, and yesterday he was shunning, that's
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  Speaker 3: for sure, in Paris with that interception.
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  Speaker 5: And even outside of that interception, he had quite the game.
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  Speaker 5: We'll go over his numbers a bit later on. But
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  Speaker 5: that was the turning point in the game. The Saints
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  Speaker 5: were driving, and they were getting some momentum. And Tyler Shuck,
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  Speaker 5: midway through the third quarter, is intercepted by Peyton Wilson.
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  Speaker 5: The Saints had driven to the Steeler 11-yard line and
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  Speaker 5: were on the verge of taking control of that football game.
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  Speaker 5: Wilson comes up with the huge play. He intercepts Shuck
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  Speaker 5: at the 11-yard line, returns it 18 yards. That ended
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  Speaker 5: a 14-play, 68-yard drive by the Saints. It had taken
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  Speaker 5: seven minutes and 28 seconds off the clock. It completely
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  Speaker 5: changed the momentum of that game, and the Saints came
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  Speaker 5: away with no points after having nearly half that quarter
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  Speaker 5: with the football. The Steelers capitalized. They turned it into points,
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  Speaker 5: not in the form of a touchdown, but they settled
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  Speaker 5: for a 38-yard Chris Boswell field goal with just 14
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  Speaker 5: seconds left in the third quarter, and that kept them
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  Speaker 5: in the lead and extended their lead. The defense kept
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  Speaker 5: delivering late, too, with just over six minutes remaining. Patrick
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  Speaker 5: Queen blitzed and came up with a huge sack.
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  Speaker 3: Trying to exhort this defense now, bringing the blitz, five-man coming,
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  Speaker 3: and Patrick Queen comes up with a sack, his first
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  Speaker 3: of the season. Oh, Patrick Queen is having a tremendous game.
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  Speaker 5: That was on third down, forcing a punt, and that
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  Speaker 5: also helped preserve the Steeler lead. And yes, just like
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  Speaker 5: his fellow inside linebacker, Peyton Wilson, Patrick Queen continues to
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  Speaker 5: have a strong 20-26 season, and he shined yesterday as well.
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  Speaker 5: alongside Peyton Wilson in that inside middle linebacker group. The Saints'
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  Speaker 5: next two possessions produced no points. Daniel Carlson missed a
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  Speaker 5: 52-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. The Steelers' defense
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  Speaker 5: forced a punt on the next Saints' possession. And then
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  Speaker 5: Aaron Rodgers sealed the game with this.
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  Speaker 1: Rodgers surveying. Six in the play clock. Gets a snap.
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  Speaker 1: Back to pass. Four-man rush. Rodgers moving out to the left.
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  Speaker 1: Steps up.
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  Speaker 5: And Rodgers will tuck it and run.
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  Speaker 3: And Rodgers dives forward inside the 25-yard line.
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  Speaker 1: First down, Pittsburgh Steelers.
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  Speaker 5: With that, the Steelers were able to run out the clock.
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  Speaker 5: And they get to 5-2 on the season in the
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  Speaker 5: big 16-10 win. against the New Orleans Saints. How about this?
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  Speaker 5: The Steelers, with that win in Paris, they are the
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  Speaker 5: NFL's first regular season team to get regular season wins,
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  Speaker 5: I should say, in both Dublin last year and Paris,
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  Speaker 5: back-to-back seasons winning overseas. The Steelers are now 3-0 so
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  Speaker 5: far in this four-game stretch, and I said it going
• 6:50
  Speaker 5: into the Colts game here on the Steelers report with
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  Speaker 5: Brian Bacco, that the Steelers really needed to be 3-1
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  Speaker 5: at least after these four games heading into the bye
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  Speaker 5: week at 5-3. to really have any type of playoff
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  Speaker 5: push for the second half of the season or at
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  Speaker 5: least be in a good position to make that playoff push. Well,
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  Speaker 5: now we can all be greedy, and we talked about
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  Speaker 5: that last week here on the show, because if you
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  Speaker 5: beat Cleveland, and really you have to beat Cleveland, as
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  Speaker 5: I said earlier, you don't want to get swept by
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  Speaker 5: the Browns, but to even up that season series at
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  Speaker 5: 1-1 after having lost that game on Thursday night in
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  Speaker 5: Cleveland last month, or at the beginning of the month,
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  Speaker 5: I should say, here in October. They beat Cleveland. They
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  Speaker 5: even it up at 1-1. They have the lead spot
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  Speaker 5: in the AFC North, 6-2, four-game winning streak heading into
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  Speaker 5: the bye week. They can stack some wins now because
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  Speaker 5: we know that this schedule will get tougher after the
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  Speaker 5: bye week whenever they resume the second half of their season.
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  Speaker 5: So that is an important game for sure, and we'll
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  Speaker 5: be talking about that all week long here on the
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  Speaker 5: Steelers Report. leading up to the big Week 8 battle
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  Speaker 5: between the Steelers and Browns. Probably one of the biggest
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  Speaker 5: Steeler-Brown matchups in a long, long time here in Pittsburgh,
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  Speaker 5: that's for sure. All right, let's talk about Peyton Wilson
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  Speaker 5: and his day yesterday. Quietly, as I said, becoming the Steelers'
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  Speaker 5: one of their best defensive players. Don't want to crown
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  Speaker 5: him the best defensive player. There's a few, right, in
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  Speaker 5: that category right now. We talked a lot about Jalen Ramsey. Also, T.J. Watt,
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  Speaker 5: of course, making a lot of splash plays, especially at
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  Speaker 5: the beginning of the season. But Peyton Wilson... That game-changing
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  Speaker 5: interception of Tyler Shuck, again, at the Steeler 11-yard line.
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  Speaker 5: If New Orleans scores right there, they have the momentum.
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  Speaker 5: And that was a big 14-play, 68-yard drive that, again,
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  Speaker 5: took up seven and a half minutes. And, again, the
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  Speaker 5: Steelers turn around. They turn it into points up on
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  Speaker 5: the other side. A 38-yard field goal by Boz. We've
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  Speaker 5: been talking about Wilson and Jalen Ramsey for weeks. And, again,
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  Speaker 5: Wilson just continues to to put up some strong numbers
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  Speaker 5: for the Steelers. Going into the game, he had 55
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  Speaker 5: tackles to lead the team, a sack, two pass deflections,
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  Speaker 5: six tackle for losses, and a fumble recovery. Well, Sunday,
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  Speaker 5: you can add an interception to those stats now for
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  Speaker 5: the season, another six tackles, so that now puts him
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  Speaker 5: at 61 for the year, and another pass deflection, which
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  Speaker 5: gives him now three on the season. getting it done
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  Speaker 5: on the inside linebacker spot. And again, the Steelers' defense
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  Speaker 5: yesterday so good at defending the run. Only 18 yards
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  Speaker 5: total rushing. That is the second fewest allowed in an
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  Speaker 5: NFL game this season. The Steelers holding the Saints to
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  Speaker 5: just 18 yards rushing yesterday. Patrick Queen, game high, 10 tackles.
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  Speaker 5: The big blitz on Shuck on that third down that
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  Speaker 5: we just played earlier with just over six minutes left,
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  Speaker 5: another key to this game. Keanu Benton, another strong game
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  Speaker 5: on the defensive line. Two tackle for losses.
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  Speaker 1: T.J.
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  Speaker 5: Watt added two quarterback hits and a sack early in
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  Speaker 5: the game that was actually reversed when they showed that
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  Speaker 5: the quarterback, Shuck's knee, was down. It was a fumble
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  Speaker 5: recovery by Watt. Really a great play that we're so
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  Speaker 5: used to seeing from T.J. Watt, but unfortunately replay revealed
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  Speaker 5: that Shuck's knee had hit the ground So it was
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  Speaker 5: not a fumble recovery. would have been a strip sack
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  Speaker 5: fumble recovery for Watt but instead it's just a sack
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  Speaker 5: and Jamel Dean also forced a fumble near the goal
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  Speaker 5: line Cole Holcomb had punched the ball loose from Kendra
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  Speaker 5: Miller but Miller was ruled down on that play as
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  Speaker 5: well McQueen also had a pass breakup yesterday. McCarthy said
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  Speaker 5: winning the line of scrimmage on both sides of the
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  Speaker 5: ball was key, and the Steelers definitely hit that target
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  Speaker 5: on the defensive side, holding the Saints to just 18
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  Speaker 5: total yards rushing. And then the Steelers on the flip side,
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  Speaker 5: on their offensive side of things with running the football,
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  Speaker 5: great yesterday. Jalen Warren, another strong game, 18 carries, 101
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  Speaker 5: yards rushing. Three catches for 36 yards. That's his fourth
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  Speaker 5: 100-plus scrimmage yard game in the last five games. We're
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  Speaker 5: going to go over Warren's numbers during that stretch a
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  Speaker 5: bit later on here on the show. Rico Dowdle, 86
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  Speaker 5: scrimmage yards, and he looked better as the game went on.
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  Speaker 5: Rico coming on the last two weeks as well. And
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  Speaker 5: there's been some chatter out there about not using Warren
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  Speaker 5: more than what they are. But look, as we said
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  Speaker 5: here on the show, Jalen Warren cannot maintain that type
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  Speaker 5: of workload throughout the season. You need a Rico Dowdle
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  Speaker 5: to be able to step in, and if you can
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  Speaker 5: get the production out of Rico Dowdle that you've been getting, well,
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  Speaker 5: that's just even that much better for the Steelers' running game,
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  Speaker 5: and they've been getting that outlook from Rico Dowdle his
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  Speaker 5: second straight week back. Again, the Steelers also had a
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  Speaker 5: different look on the offensive line yesterday. They added Spencer
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  Speaker 5: Anderson in. He lined up as an eligible receiver for
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  Speaker 5: an extra offensive lineman several times, including right at the
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  Speaker 5: start of the game. Warren ripped off a big 29-yard
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  Speaker 5: run as well in that look. And again, the Steelers
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  Speaker 5: adding that extra size up front with Spencer Anderson on
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  Speaker 5: the line to give some help on both sides of
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  Speaker 5: the tackle line. Position was Maxi Honachor, the rookie on
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  Speaker 5: one side, Troy Fontano on the other. But again, back
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  Speaker 5: to Warren. He had 67 scrimmage yards just in the
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  Speaker 5: first quarter. The Steelers had averaged 9.6 yards per carry
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  Speaker 5: on that opening drive. But again, they had to settle
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  Speaker 5: for Boswell's 28-yard field goal to open things up. They
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  Speaker 5: had a 3-0 early lead. That was an 8-play, 51-yard
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  Speaker 5: opening offensive drive for the Steelers that took up 4
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  Speaker 5: minutes and 9 seconds. Again, they pounded the ball with
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  Speaker 5: Jalen Warren on that first drive. And it was very
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  Speaker 5: evident that Mike McCarthy and this offensive coaching staff was
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  Speaker 5: set out to have a strong game on the ground
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  Speaker 5: and get after it. They certainly did that with that
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  Speaker 5: first drive. It continued on. And Jalen Warren again for
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  Speaker 5: the game, 18 carries, 101 yards. He averaged 5.6 yards
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  Speaker 5: per carry. Rico Dotto adding nine carries for 41 yards
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  Speaker 5: and 4.6 yards per carry. Steelers 30 total totes. for
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  Speaker 5: 148 yards, an average of 4.9 yards per rush yesterday.
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  Speaker 5: Just a great job by the offensive line. And again,
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  Speaker 5: when you can win the line of scrimmage on both sides,
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  Speaker 5: the defensive side with, again, limiting the Saints to just
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  Speaker 5: 18-yard total rushing yards, and then your offense puts up
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  Speaker 5: 148 total rushing yards, you're going to win football games
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  Speaker 5: in the National Football League. You're going to win them
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  Speaker 5: at the collegiate level. Heck, you'll win them at the
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  Speaker 5: high school or even youth level for that matter. That's
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  Speaker 5: how you win football games. You win it defensively with
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  Speaker 5: stopping the run, and then if your team can have
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  Speaker 5: a successful running game as the Steelers did yesterday, then
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  Speaker 5: that will just lead to good things for the black
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  Speaker 5: and gold. The Steelers now again 5-2 after the big
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  Speaker 5: 16-10 win against the Saints here in Week 7. They
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  Speaker 5: turn their attention to the Cleveland Browns for an AFC
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  Speaker 5: North showdown this upcoming Sunday in the Week 8 battle
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  Speaker 5: before their bye week. A great opportunity for the Steelers
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  Speaker 5: to get into first place in the AFC North all
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  Speaker 5: by themselves. even up the season series against the Browns
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  Speaker 5: at 1-1 and put them in a great spot with
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  Speaker 5: having won four straight potentially and a lot of momentum
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  Speaker 5: going into that two-week layoff before they resume the second
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  Speaker 5: half of their schedule. We're going to dive into more
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  Speaker 5: of that and more here on the show today as
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  Speaker 5: far as what the rest of the second half of
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  Speaker 5: the Pittsburgh Steelers season looks like. But lots of numbers
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  Speaker 5: to go over. Whenever we come back, we're going to
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  Speaker 5: dive into... Some of the player stats in Steelers 16,
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  Speaker 5: Saints 10. Plus, Bako's not here, but he still has
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  Speaker 5: the Bako 6. So we'll go over Bako 6 whenever
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  Speaker 5: we come back. I don't know if I could do
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  Speaker 5: my best Brian Bako impression. I'm not even going to try.
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  Speaker 5: He's always has everything together over there, and now there's
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  Speaker 5: no one sitting in that chair. So we'll get Brian
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  Speaker 5: back this week, by the way. He'll be returning from
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  Speaker 5: Paris tomorrow. And we'll get his thoughts on what he
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  Speaker 5: did overseas and what he thought about the game later
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  Speaker 5: this week. And also coming up here at around 2.40
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  Speaker 5: or so, we'll go over some team stats plus our
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  Speaker 5: stats to victory. It all leads into the Mike McCarthy
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  Speaker 5: press conference live from the south side today at 3 o'clock.
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  Speaker 5: We'll have live coverage for that. It'll be interesting to
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  Speaker 5: hear Coach McCarthy, now that the team is back from overseas, again,
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  Speaker 5: they left on Thursday of last week. The Saints went
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  Speaker 5: right after their game last Sunday. They were there immediately
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  Speaker 5: on Monday, spent the whole week in Paris. The Steelers arrived,
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  Speaker 5: made it more of a business trip for a few days.
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  Speaker 5: And with that, they come out with a victory. So
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  Speaker 5: the strategy seemed to work for Mike McCarthy and his
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  Speaker 5: coaching staff. I'm sure he'll talk about that as well
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  Speaker 5: as get some updates on some injuries. It appeared the Steelers,
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  Speaker 5: I'll knock on wood as I say this, as far
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  Speaker 5: as we know, came out relatively clean yesterday from an
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  Speaker 5: injury standpoint. They did get Deshaun Elliott back, too. He
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  Speaker 5: was activated for that game yesterday. So we'll talk about
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  Speaker 5: that and more whenever we come back. And again, the
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  Speaker 5: Mike McCarthy press conference at three o'clock. right here today.
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  Speaker 5: I'm troop normally with back up, but he'll be back
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  Speaker 5: later this week. It is the Steelers report right here
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  Speaker 5: on Steelers nation radio, part of the Steelers audio network.
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  Speaker 3: Now they're going to bring six Rodgers throws to the
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  Speaker 3: left side of the end zone for Darnell Washington touchdown
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  Speaker 3: Pittsburgh Steelers.
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  Speaker 1: Here comes a five-man rush by the Saints. Rodgers moving
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  Speaker 1: up to his left, looking to fling deep downfield. That's D.K.
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  Speaker 3: Metcalf, breaking open, tumbling grab by D.K.
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  Speaker 1: Metcalf at the four-yard line. Great throw, great catch.
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  Speaker 5: Two huge plays on Sunday from D.K. Metcalf, and of
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  Speaker 5: course the big touchdown from Darnell Washington in Steelers 16,
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  Speaker 5: Saints 10. We continue our game recap here on the
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  Speaker 5: Steelers Report as we lead into the 3 o'clock Mike
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  Speaker 5: McCarthy press conference that you will hear right here on
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  Speaker 5: Steelers Nation Radio and the Steelers Audio Network. We'll also
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  Speaker 5: have Backo's 6 here in just a little bit, and
• 16:24
  Speaker 5: we'll wrap up the show today before the Mike McCarthy
• 16:26
  Speaker 5: press conference. with some Steeler team stats from Sunday and
• 16:31
  Speaker 5: some stats to victory as well, as we do each
• 16:34
  Speaker 5: and every week here on the show. We'll have a
• 16:36
  Speaker 5: busy week as well here on the Steelers Report. We'll
• 16:38
  Speaker 5: finally get Double B back from Paris here this week,
• 16:42
  Speaker 5: and we're anxious to talk to Brian about his experience overseas.
• 16:46
  Speaker 5: And as I joked at the start of the show today,
• 16:48
  Speaker 5: last week we spent a good portion on just talking
• 16:51
  Speaker 5: about the potential food choices for Brian Bacco this past week,
• 16:55
  Speaker 5: so we'll be anxious to hear what he has to
• 16:57
  Speaker 5: say about that, and of course the whole experience. I mean,
• 17:00
  Speaker 5: Steeler Nation, to be expected, took over Paris as they
• 17:04
  Speaker 5: did in Dublin, Ireland last year. Now I will say this,
• 17:06
  Speaker 5: there were a bunch of Saints fans there too yesterday,
• 17:08
  Speaker 5: so New Orleans, much like the Steelers, has a huge
• 17:11
  Speaker 5: fan base, very loyal fan base, and they traveled as well,
• 17:15
  Speaker 5: and technically they were the home team yesterday, but in
• 17:17
  Speaker 5: these international games, let's face it, it's an NFL home game,
• 17:21
  Speaker 5: and you saw that yesterday too, not just Steeler jerseys
• 17:24
  Speaker 5: and St. jerseys, that's kind of the cool thing about
• 17:27
  Speaker 5: watching some of these international games is you'll see jerseys
• 17:30
  Speaker 5: from all 32 football teams. There are fans across the
• 17:34
  Speaker 5: NFL that attend these games, and they like to show
• 17:36
  Speaker 5: off their loyalty to their NFL teams. But there was
• 17:41
  Speaker 5: no doubt there were a ton of terrible towels there yesterday,
• 17:43
  Speaker 5: as there always is when the Steelers go on the
• 17:46
  Speaker 5: road or internationally. Let's talk about some team stats yesterday.
• 17:50
  Speaker 5: During the first segment, we talked about the Steelers' dominant
• 17:52
  Speaker 5: run game, 148 total rushing yards, has an average of
• 17:56
  Speaker 5: 4.9 yards per carry. Yesterday, Steelers now starting to stack
• 18:00
  Speaker 5: some impressive games when it comes to running the football
• 18:03
  Speaker 5: the last few weeks. in and around on the ground.
• 18:06
  Speaker 5: You take a look at what they have done so
• 18:08
  Speaker 5: far as far as what they've been able to do
• 18:10
  Speaker 5: with the adjustment of the offensive line, right? You add
• 18:13
  Speaker 5: in Maxi Onachor, you add in Brock Hoffman on that
• 18:16
  Speaker 5: right side. And what it's done, it's sparked this running
• 18:19
  Speaker 5: game since week three against the Bengals. And a lot
• 18:22
  Speaker 5: of that has to do with Jalen Warren. And we
• 18:24
  Speaker 5: talked about Warren's numbers yesterday coming through with a big
• 18:28
  Speaker 5: game on the ground, 101 yards, average of 5.6 yards
• 18:30
  Speaker 5: per carry. added 41 yards on the ground yesterday to
• 18:37
  Speaker 5: get to that 148. And yet last week they did
• 18:40
  Speaker 5: the same thing. When you take a look at what
• 18:42
  Speaker 5: they did against Tampa Bay, Rico Dowdle had seven carries
• 18:45
  Speaker 5: for 40 yards last week. And he also had receiving
• 18:49
  Speaker 5: yards to go along with that, added another nine for
• 18:53
  Speaker 5: 41 on the ground yesterday.
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: Did Rico.
• 18:55
  Speaker 5: And Warren, we said about the 101 yards yesterday, last
• 18:58
  Speaker 5: week added 50 yards on the ground and another 28
• 19:01
  Speaker 5: yards receiving. He had 78 yards total last week for
• 19:05
  Speaker 5: the black and gold, did Jalen Warren. He continues to
• 19:08
  Speaker 5: stack up game after game, not just running the football,
• 19:11
  Speaker 5: but also running the football out of the backfield. That's
• 19:15
  Speaker 5: 223 combined yards of total offense. These last two games
• 19:19
  Speaker 5: between Warren and Rico on the ground and in the air,
• 19:23
  Speaker 5: That is just an excellent stat, and again, a lot
• 19:25
  Speaker 5: of it has to do with the changes up front
• 19:28
  Speaker 5: with the offensive line. Let's talk about Aaron Rodgers yesterday, too.
• 19:31
  Speaker 5: He did take five quarterback hits, and he was sacked
• 19:34
  Speaker 5: three times, but other than that, he played relatively clean
• 19:37
  Speaker 5: from his offensive line, giving him time. No interceptions for
• 19:41
  Speaker 5: Aaron Rodgers yesterday. One touchdown, we just heard it, to
• 19:44
  Speaker 5: Darnell Washington. Completed 19 of 30 passes, only 11 incomplete
• 19:46
  Speaker 5: passes for 201.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: Yards.
• 19:51
  Speaker 5: Aaron Rodgers in his last three games has produced 700
• 19:57
  Speaker 5: total passing yards, six touchdowns, and an interception. Going into
• 20:01
  Speaker 5: the game on Sunday, he had thrown for 488 yards
• 20:04
  Speaker 5: in his past two games, five touchdowns and an interception,
• 20:07
  Speaker 5: and a completion rate of 69%. But again, during this
• 20:10
  Speaker 5: now three-game stretch in which the Steelers have had three victories,
• 20:14
  Speaker 5: he's thrown for 700 yards, six touchdowns, and an interception.
• 20:18
  Speaker 5: And again, his veteran leadership, and he took off on
• 20:20
  Speaker 5: that big eight-yard run in the fourth quarter late to
• 20:23
  Speaker 5: seal the game. Don't run out the clock. You just
• 20:26
  Speaker 5: cannot say enough about the 42-year-old future Hall of Famer
• 20:30
  Speaker 5: who now moves up to third time, all time in
• 20:33
  Speaker 5: the NFL for touchdown passes. Number three now. I'm not
• 20:36
  Speaker 5: sure if he'll catch Breeze or definitely not going to
• 20:39
  Speaker 5: catch Brady. No one's probably ever going to catch Brady,
• 20:41
  Speaker 5: but Breeze I think is up by maybe 21 to 30,
• 20:44
  Speaker 5: somewhere in there. As far as total touchdowns go, I'm
• 20:48
  Speaker 5: not sure if A-Rod will get there by the end
• 20:49
  Speaker 5: of this season or not.
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: Who knows?
• 20:51
  Speaker 5: There's still a lot of football to be played. Receiving-wise yesterday,
• 20:54
  Speaker 5: Rico Dattle actually led all Pittsburgh Steelers receivers. He had
• 20:59
  Speaker 5: six targets yesterday, six receptions for 45 yards. Now leading
• 21:03
  Speaker 5: the way receiving yardage-wise was D.K. Metcalf, who caught two
• 21:07
  Speaker 5: balls for 56 yards. Jalen Warren also added three catches
• 21:11
  Speaker 5: for 36 yards. Jeremy Bernard, three catches for 27 yards yesterday.
• 21:15
  Speaker 5: Brandon Smith, who was activated off the practice squad. Got
• 21:20
  Speaker 5: snaps yesterday. Actually had two targets. Caught both footballs. Two
• 21:23
  Speaker 5: catches for 24 yards. So solid job by him. And
• 21:25
  Speaker 5: then the two tight ends yesterday. Pat Fryermuth and Darnell Washington.
• 21:29
  Speaker 5: You heard Washington's big touchdown. That was his only reception
• 21:32
  Speaker 5: of the game. But Pat Fryermuth also added two catches
• 21:35
  Speaker 5: for 20 yards. So combined, Muth and Mount Washington had
• 21:39
  Speaker 5: five total targets, three catches for 24 yards, and a
• 21:43
  Speaker 5: touchdown yesterday for the Steelers offensively. New Orleans was led,
• 21:47
  Speaker 5: of course, by Tyler Shuck. He only, well, this is
• 21:51
  Speaker 5: a weird stat to say. They had 18 total yards rushing,
• 21:55
  Speaker 5: and they were led by their quarterback, Tyler Shuck, three
• 21:58
  Speaker 5: carries for seven yards. Kendre Miller, we talked about him,
• 22:01
  Speaker 5: the running back, had eight carries for six yards. And
• 22:05
  Speaker 5: Kamara had six carries for five yards only. So when
• 22:09
  Speaker 5: you add it all up, they had 17 carries. When
• 22:13
  Speaker 5: you look at 18 yards and the stats I just
• 22:15
  Speaker 5: broke down to, you might say, well, the Saints didn't
• 22:17
  Speaker 5: really devote a lot of time to their running game yesterday.
• 22:19
  Speaker 5: But when you add that all up, it's still 17
• 22:21
  Speaker 5: total carries for the game, but only 18 yards. That's
• 22:24
  Speaker 5: a one-point yard average for the Saints running the football yesterday.
• 22:28
  Speaker 5: Excellent job by the Steelers' run defense and that defensive
• 22:31
  Speaker 5: line that We've talked a lot about. They've gotten so
• 22:34
  Speaker 5: good these last few weeks, and they're doing it without
• 22:36
  Speaker 5: Derek Harmon as well. You know, Keanu Benton, Cam Hayward,
• 22:41
  Speaker 5: Sebastian Joseph Day. and even the rookie Rubio out of
• 22:45
  Speaker 5: Notre Dame getting a hat. He's making an impact. Kevin
• 22:48
  Speaker 5: Jobity Jr. also had an impact yesterday. We may or
• 22:51
  Speaker 5: may not get to him here in a second on
• 22:52
  Speaker 5: Back 06. Well, that's just a little teaser for you.
• 22:56
  Speaker 5: But the Sears have done an excellent job this year.
• 22:57
  Speaker 5: They've still yet to give up a 100-yard rusher on
• 23:02
  Speaker 5: the season. Seven games now, and quietly. We talked about
• 23:05
  Speaker 5: Peyton Wilson quietly performing. Well, this defensive line, this front seven,
• 23:08
  Speaker 5: if you will, and Peyton Wilson's part of that, quietly
• 23:11
  Speaker 5: has not given up a 100-yard rusher so far this season.
• 23:15
  Speaker 5: Tyler Shuck, he was hit five times yesterday and sacked twice,
• 23:18
  Speaker 5: so five quarterback hits, two sacks for the Steelers' defense.
• 23:22
  Speaker 5: He completed 30 of 38 passes, not bad, for 278 yards,
• 23:26
  Speaker 5: a touchdown and an interception, of course, as we know
• 23:29
  Speaker 5: that he threw to Peyton Wilson. Receiving-wise, Chris Olave, 10 targets,
• 23:34
  Speaker 5: six catches for 56 yards. Now, Kamara did catch seven
• 23:37
  Speaker 5: balls for 57 yards out of the backfield, So the Steelers, again, though,
• 23:42
  Speaker 5: Chris Alave got hot there for a little bit, but
• 23:45
  Speaker 5: then cooled off. They did an overall pretty good job
• 23:47
  Speaker 5: against the Saints top wide receiver yesterday with just six
• 23:51
  Speaker 5: catches for 56 yards. We'll get into some defensive stats
• 23:54
  Speaker 5: when we come back in our last segment before the
• 23:56
  Speaker 5: Mike McCarthy press conference. But before we do that, I
• 23:59
  Speaker 5: did want to jump into Backo's Quick Six, which is
• 24:02
  Speaker 5: now up on Steelers.com, as we do each and every
• 24:05
  Speaker 5: week here on the show. Usually Brian's in the chair
• 24:07
  Speaker 5: next to me, but again, he's traveling back from Paris.
• 24:09
  Speaker 5: We will get him back. here later this week on
• 24:12
  Speaker 5: the Steelers report. And we're excited for that. But since
• 24:15
  Speaker 5: Brian's not here, we'll still go over his quick six.
• 24:17
  Speaker 5: It's always one of our favorite segments of the week.
• 24:20
  Speaker 5: And we'll start with number one on his list. It's
• 24:22
  Speaker 5: another home game for the Pittsburgh Steelers. As again, as
• 24:27
  Speaker 5: they go internationally, Steeler fans once again took over the atmosphere,
• 24:31
  Speaker 5: this time in Paris, much like they did in Dublin
• 24:34
  Speaker 5: a year ago. The energy was all over the football
• 24:37
  Speaker 5: field yesterday, and the Steelers come out strong despite the
• 24:40
  Speaker 5: travel and time zone adjustment. Mason McCormick said the team
• 24:44
  Speaker 5: expects that support, but never takes it for granted. McCormick says, quote,
• 24:49
  Speaker 5: I mean, it was expected out of Steeler Nation. That's
• 24:51
  Speaker 5: what they do. End quote. McCormick also added, regardless of
• 24:54
  Speaker 5: where we're at, What we're doing, when we show up,
• 24:58
  Speaker 5: we're going to show up. And again, Steeler Nation getting
• 25:01
  Speaker 5: it done. Lots of terrible towels in Paris yesterday. But again,
• 25:04
  Speaker 5: just a side note, if you watched the game, you
• 25:07
  Speaker 5: saw the Saints also had a pretty good crowd there
• 25:09
  Speaker 5: in Paris yesterday, too. They also travel very well. Number
• 25:13
  Speaker 5: two on Batco's quick six, now up on Steelers.com, is
• 25:16
  Speaker 5: the dynamic duo. Yes, he's referring to Queen and Peyton
• 25:20
  Speaker 5: Wilson in the middle linebacker spot. Pat Queen. You got
• 25:25
  Speaker 5: Peyton Wilson and Pat Queen. There you go. Get those
• 25:28
  Speaker 5: two straight. But Patrick Queen delivered one of his Best
• 25:31
  Speaker 5: performances so far this season, reaching double-digit in tackles, recording
• 25:35
  Speaker 5: that crucial third-down sack of Tyler Shuck late in the game.
• 25:38
  Speaker 5: Peyton Wilson also made the play of the game as
• 25:40
  Speaker 5: we started the show off today with that third-quarter interception
• 25:43
  Speaker 5: that kept swinging momentum back to the Steelers. The Steelers'
• 25:47
  Speaker 5: inside linebacker combination showed why they are having one of
• 25:51
  Speaker 5: their best seasons so far as they protect sideline to sideline.
• 25:55
  Speaker 5: These playmakers are very important to the success of this defense,
• 25:58
  Speaker 5: especially during this three-game winning streak. Queen on the importance
• 26:02
  Speaker 5: of having two productive inside linebackers. Quote, they always have
• 26:06
  Speaker 5: two guys who fly around, get to the ball every
• 26:09
  Speaker 5: single play, and have each other's backs.
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: End quote.
• 26:11
  Speaker 5: Queen and Wilson discussed the winning formula with veteran Landon Roberts,
• 26:16
  Speaker 5: who's now on the roster, who recently returned from the
• 26:19
  Speaker 5: practice squad. They all agree that this inside linebacker play,
• 26:23
  Speaker 5: a big part of the formula to success for the
• 26:25
  Speaker 5: Steelers moving forward. And again, as I've said the last
• 26:27
  Speaker 5: couple weeks, and I will continue to say it, and
• 26:29
  Speaker 5: he's backing me up, Peyton Wilson having probably his best
• 26:33
  Speaker 5: season so far as a Pittsburgh Steeler. Number three on
• 26:36
  Speaker 5: Double B's list yesterday is Double Trouble. Yes, Double Trouble.
• 26:41
  Speaker 5: We just talked about the two inside linebackers, but let's
• 26:43
  Speaker 5: switch it over to offense. Jalen Warren and Rico Dowdle.
• 26:46
  Speaker 5: Jalen Warren rushed for more than 100 yards for the
• 26:49
  Speaker 5: third time in five weeks, continuing a productive stretch for
• 26:52
  Speaker 5: the Steelers' run game. Rico Dowdle, meanwhile, did a great
• 26:55
  Speaker 5: job yesterday, complimenting Warren for the second straight game. It's
• 26:58
  Speaker 5: really giving the Steelers a good one-two punch and helping
• 27:02
  Speaker 5: wear down defenses, and they did that against the Saints yesterday.
• 27:04
  Speaker 5: Warren's willingness to share the workload highlights the unselfishness and
• 27:08
  Speaker 5: chemistry that the two of them are building in the backfield. Warren,
• 27:11
  Speaker 5: after the game, described himself and Dowdle as selfless players.
• 27:15
  Speaker 5: And Warren said, quote, that's my dog. We're a good
• 27:18
  Speaker 5: compliment to each other, end quote. And no doubt about that.
• 27:21
  Speaker 5: The two of them performing back-to-back weeks. And again, it's
• 27:24
  Speaker 5: not just about the rush yards. It's also the receiving yards.
• 27:27
  Speaker 5: You combine it together. The total offensive output right now
• 27:31
  Speaker 5: between the two of them in the backfield making a
• 27:32
  Speaker 5: huge difference. And Again, if you go back and look
• 27:35
  Speaker 5: at the stats from Week 1 and 2, where the
• 27:37
  Speaker 5: running game struggled, Week 3, before the Cincinnati game, they
• 27:40
  Speaker 5: make that switch with Brock Hoffman, Max Yonatur on the
• 27:43
  Speaker 5: right side. The offensive line now five straight games with
• 27:46
  Speaker 5: that combination of Troy Fontanou, Mason McCormick, Zach Frazier, Brock Hoffman,
• 27:52
  Speaker 5: and Max Yonatur. Five straight games now. And in that
• 27:55
  Speaker 5: five-game stretch, they've performed very well. Only one loss, right?
• 27:59
  Speaker 5: It's the Cleveland Browns loss on Thursday night in the
• 28:02
  Speaker 5: offensive line. you know, came on strong there towards the
• 28:06
  Speaker 5: end in the fourth quarter. And a lot of that
• 28:08
  Speaker 5: had to do with the offensive line getting back to basics,
• 28:11
  Speaker 5: gelling together these last few games. It's made a big
• 28:13
  Speaker 5: difference for Jalen Warren and Rico Dowdle and that Pittsburgh
• 28:16
  Speaker 5: Steelers running game, that's for sure. All right, next up
• 28:19
  Speaker 5: on Double B's 6, back 06, that's now up on Steeler.com.
• 28:25
  Speaker 5: We will look at the throwback plan, back to basics.
• 28:28
  Speaker 5: The Steelers embraced an old-school offensive approach, speaking of the
• 28:30
  Speaker 5: running game yesterday. With 150 rushing yards before you factor
• 28:36
  Speaker 5: in those two kneel downs at the end, which takes
• 28:38
  Speaker 5: it back to 148 for those keeping score at home.
• 28:40
  Speaker 5: The Steelers brought back their jumbo package, bringing back the
• 28:43
  Speaker 5: versatile offensive lineman Spencer Anderson into the mix as an
• 28:47
  Speaker 5: extra tackle eligible tight end. The personnel adjustment helped the
• 28:50
  Speaker 5: Steelers establish the physical tone early in this one and
• 28:53
  Speaker 5: controlled the game. With their offensive line afterwards, McCormick on
• 28:57
  Speaker 5: Anderson's role said, Spence is a really good player, quote,
• 29:00
  Speaker 5: so it's fun to be able to get him on
• 29:02
  Speaker 5: the field, end quote. McCormick also added that Anderson does
• 29:06
  Speaker 5: a really good job at it too, meaning being that
• 29:10
  Speaker 5: swing tackle on that right side, that extra tackle along
• 29:13
  Speaker 5: with Darnell Washington paying off as a big, big difference.
• 29:16
  Speaker 5: We'll get to Darnell Washington in a second on Back 06,
• 29:19
  Speaker 5: but just to back up for a second, The Steelers
• 29:22
  Speaker 5: came out pounding the football with Jalen Warren and they
• 29:24
  Speaker 5: came out with that extra offensive lineman in Spencer Anderson.
• 29:27
  Speaker 5: So we just talked about the five linemen gelling together
• 29:31
  Speaker 5: these last five games. Well, now yesterday they go back
• 29:34
  Speaker 5: to where they were previously. They've done that a lot
• 29:36
  Speaker 5: in the past where they have that extra tackle on
• 29:39
  Speaker 5: the one side where they like. to pound the football.
• 29:40
  Speaker 5: They did that yesterday with Spencer Anderson. And just think
• 29:43
  Speaker 5: about that for a second. Troy Fontano on one side,
• 29:46
  Speaker 5: and whether you put Spencer Anderson on the left or
• 29:48
  Speaker 5: right side, add him into the mix, Maxi Onachor. And
• 29:52
  Speaker 5: then you have Dornell Washington as a tight end too.
• 29:54
  Speaker 5: That is a huge, huge offensive line to block. For
• 29:58
  Speaker 5: your playmakers, whether you're running the football or trying to
• 30:01
  Speaker 5: throw the football, usually when it's that jumbo package, they're
• 30:03
  Speaker 5: pounding the ball on the ground. And again, it worked
• 30:06
  Speaker 5: out for the Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday. A couple more back
• 30:09
  Speaker 5: 06 to get to whenever we come back. We'll finish
• 30:12
  Speaker 5: that as well as get into some team statistics from yesterday.
• 30:15
  Speaker 5: What were our stats to victory? It all leads into
• 30:18
  Speaker 5: the Mike McCarthy press conference coming up here at 3
• 30:21
  Speaker 5: o'clock today. So make sure you stay tuned for that.
• 30:26
  Speaker 5: I'm Ed Troop. It is the Steelers Report. Brian Bacco
• 30:28
  Speaker 5: back in the house here later this week as he
• 30:31
  Speaker 5: returns from Paris. We're recapping the big Steelers Week 7 victory,
• 30:35
  Speaker 5: 16-10 against the New Orleans Saints. We'll be back with
• 30:38
  Speaker 5: more right here on the Steelers Report on Steelers Nation Radio,
• 30:41
  Speaker 5: part of the Steelers Audio Network.
• 30:49
  Speaker 4: I mean, I've repped that play. no lie, more than
• 30:52
  Speaker 4: 20 times now. And, you know, Coach Simmo, PG, Scott,
• 30:56
  Speaker 4: they all do a really good job of, you know,
• 30:58
  Speaker 4: that space away from three, two by two, a lot of,
• 31:00
  Speaker 4: I mean, pretty much all throughout the NFL, that's where
• 31:03
  Speaker 4: they're going to attack. So just, you know, gambling a
• 31:06
  Speaker 4: little bit and undercutting it, you know, having to defend
• 31:09
  Speaker 4: that play against him a lot throughout training camp and,
• 31:12
  Speaker 4: you know, just in practice has really helped. So just
• 31:16
  Speaker 4: credit to those guys, put me in those situations enough
• 31:18
  Speaker 4: to trust myself to go do it.
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: But at the snap, they rotated out. They're playing in
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: a real soft zone. And I just felt like I
• 31:27
  Speaker 2: could move and extend it, and I wasn't thinking I
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: was going to run until I kind of cleared the
• 31:33
  Speaker 2: first level and peaked and realized, oh, I only have
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: to get five yards here. I could probably do that.
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: I might have to abort the slide possibility. But, yeah,
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: that was a good play. But there were a lot
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: of good plays today. We still got to play a
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: little better on offense to help our defense out.
• 31:49
  Speaker 6: This is the Steelers Report with Brian Batko and Ed
• 31:53
  Speaker 6: Truth on Steelers Nation Radio, a part of the Steelers
• 31:57
  Speaker 6: Audio Network.
• 31:58
  Speaker 5: That was Peyton Wilson after his big interception. Turning point
• 32:04
  Speaker 5: of the Steelers' big Week 7 victory in Paris, 16-10.
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: Over the Saints.
• 32:10
  Speaker 5: And then to tell into that, that was Aaron Rodgers
• 32:12
  Speaker 5: speaking about the Steelers' offense, the success, but also still
• 32:16
  Speaker 5: room to grow. As they turn their attention to the
• 32:20
  Speaker 5: Cleveland Browns here this week, big game this upcoming Sunday
• 32:23
  Speaker 5: in the AFC North, and we'll dive into that. as
• 32:26
  Speaker 5: we go throughout the week here on the Steelers Report. Again,
• 32:28
  Speaker 5: we hope to get Brian Bacco back this week. When
• 32:31
  Speaker 5: I say hope, I know we will. He'll be back
• 32:32
  Speaker 5: in the chair next to me, maybe even as early
• 32:35
  Speaker 5: as tomorrow or Wednesday. He's currently traveling back from Paris.
• 32:39
  Speaker 5: But we are going over his Bacco's six before the break.
• 32:42
  Speaker 5: We did one through four, so let's get to two more,
• 32:44
  Speaker 5: and then we're going to get into some team statistics,
• 32:47
  Speaker 5: as well as our stats, the victory, defensive stats, I
• 32:50
  Speaker 5: should say, for the Steelers yesterday, and then the team stats.
• 32:54
  Speaker 5: and some stats to victory. It all leads into the
• 32:56
  Speaker 5: 3 o'clock Mike McCarthy press conference that comes up here
• 33:00
  Speaker 5: in just about 15 minutes or so. We'll have live
• 33:03
  Speaker 5: coverage here for you on Steelers Nation Radio. and the
• 33:06
  Speaker 5: Steelers Audio Network. Before the break, we went through the
• 33:09
  Speaker 5: first four, as I said, for Backo's six, his quick six,
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  Speaker 5: which is now up on Steelers.com. Number five, Big Darnell
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  Speaker 5: Washington and his red zone impact yesterday. He hauled in
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  Speaker 5: a four-yard touchdown pass against Kool-Aid McKinstry, showcasing his size
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  Speaker 5: and ability to win those contested catches. It was a
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  Speaker 5: great catch in the end zone. Washington now has three
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  Speaker 5: touchdowns this season already surpassing his combined total from his
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  Speaker 5: first three NFL seasons. He scored in consecutive games and
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  Speaker 5: his connection with Aaron Rogers is an encouraging development for
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  Speaker 5: the Steelers red zone offense as well. DK Metcalf on
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  Speaker 5: Washington's opportunities near the goal line said after the game, quote,
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  Speaker 5: anytime we make it to the red zone, he should
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  Speaker 5: definitely get an opportunity to catch a touchdown. Metcalf also
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  Speaker 5: emphasized that Washington deserves a chance to score, quote, no
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  Speaker 5: matter where he's at, end quote. No doubt Darnell Washington,
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  Speaker 5: a big part of the Steeler offense in 2025, last year,
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  Speaker 5: and here in 2026, throughout these first games of the season,
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  Speaker 5: the first seven games, he is making a huge impact
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  Speaker 5: as well. not just from his receiving standpoint from yesterday
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  Speaker 5: when he makes those big catches in tight coverages, but
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  Speaker 5: also just his blocking ability in his yards after the catch. No. 5,
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  Speaker 5: Big Darnell from yesterday. No. 6, a player that is
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  Speaker 5: very popular in and around Steeler Nation, Kevin Jobity Jr.
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  Speaker 5: and his background coming into the NFL, just amazing. Didn't
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  Speaker 5: play football until his senior year in high school. College
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  Speaker 5: made a big impact at Syracuse. An undrafted free agent
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  Speaker 5: this year makes the team, makes the 53-man roster, and
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  Speaker 5: now is starting to get a hat on game days.
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  Speaker 5: He made his NFL debut after being activated for the
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  Speaker 5: first time this season on Sunday. The undrafted rookie defensive
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  Speaker 5: lineman at 6'4, 300 pounds. The rookie contributed on defense
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  Speaker 5: and special teams, showing his versatile despite being new to
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  Speaker 5: the lineup. His kickoff coverage was a big part yesterday.
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  Speaker 5: He helped set up a tackle by Travis Homer and
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  Speaker 5: his teammates celebrated his first big contribution to the team
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  Speaker 5: from the sideline. Joe, but he said after the game quote,
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  Speaker 5: I've been waiting for this moment a long time. So
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  Speaker 5: it's just a huge blessing and I'm very thankful and
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  Speaker 5: quote there. And Joe buddy on his teammates quote, I
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  Speaker 5: had my brothers out there supporting me the whole way.
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  Speaker 5: It was great. Unquote there. Uh, Listen, Kevin Jobity Jr.
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  Speaker 5: is just a great story even before he steps onto
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  Speaker 5: the football field. But then yesterday, especially on special teams,
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  Speaker 5: you saw multiple times on that kickoff coverage. There was
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  Speaker 5: one big return that that kickoff coverage gave up that
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  Speaker 5: led to the New Orleans Saints' first and only touchdown
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  Speaker 5: of the game yesterday. It was a 50-yard drive. That
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  Speaker 5: was set up by the big kick return. But other
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  Speaker 5: than that, I thought the Steelers special teams did a
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  Speaker 5: pretty good job yesterday. Even the opening kickoff return by
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  Speaker 5: Legion was pretty decent. Getting the Steelers to their own, what,
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  Speaker 5: within the 40, 38, 40 yard line to open up
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  Speaker 5: their first offensive drive yesterday. Again, something that we'll continue
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  Speaker 5: to watch as we go throughout the season. But again,
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  Speaker 5: Kevin Jobity Jr. contributing for the first time. First NFL
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  Speaker 5: game yesterday in a big way on special teams. That's
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  Speaker 5: Backo's Quick Six. And again, you can log on to
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  Speaker 5: Steelers.com at any moment to check out Double B's excellent
• 36:28
  Speaker 5: coverage of the black and gold. You can also check
• 36:30
  Speaker 5: out his game story from yesterday. Also some other good
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  Speaker 5: content from Paris from this past week. Let's jump into
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  Speaker 5: some Steelers defensive stats from yesterday, led by Pat Queen
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  Speaker 5: with those 10 tackles, had a sack, tackle for loss,
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  Speaker 5: quarterback hit, pass deflection. Pat Queen had himself a day.
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  Speaker 5: Also having himself a day, as we've already said, was
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  Speaker 5: his fellow inside linebacker in Peyton Wilson. Six tackles, an interception.
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  Speaker 5: A pass deflection. Jamel Dean, solid job at the corner position.
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  Speaker 5: Second straight week in a row going back to last week.
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  Speaker 5: Had a big game against Tampa Bay, his former team
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  Speaker 5: with the Buccaneers there. Yesterday against another NFC South team.
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  Speaker 5: Seven tackles, a forced fumble. Steelers didn't recover that fumble,
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  Speaker 5: but he forced it. Asante Samuel Jr., good game at
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  Speaker 5: the corner spot. Seven tackles. Total tackles. Jalen Ramsey, seven
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  Speaker 5: total tackles yesterday. Keanu Benton, two tackle for losses, four tackles,
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  Speaker 5: a pass deflection. T.J. Watt had that early sack. He
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  Speaker 5: also had a tackle for loss and two quarterback hits.
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  Speaker 5: The Steelers as a team yesterday, six tackle for losses,
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  Speaker 5: five quarterback hits, five pass deflections, and a lot of
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  Speaker 5: them were big leading up to that sack there at
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  Speaker 5: the end by Patrick Queen that we talked about. And
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  Speaker 5: it was Waiya Black with a knockdown of a pass,
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  Speaker 5: and of course, Cam Hayward, when you're talking about knocking
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  Speaker 5: down passes, you always have to mention Cam Hayward knocking
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  Speaker 5: down a pass yesterday. Steelers team statistics, they get 21st
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  Speaker 5: downs to the Saints, 19 yesterday. Third downs, Steelers much
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  Speaker 5: better yesterday, 10 of 16. at 62%. This is a
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  Speaker 5: category in which the Steelers have been struggling all season long,
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  Speaker 5: in and around 32-33% going into this one total for
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  Speaker 5: the season through six games. Yesterday, I thought the Steelers
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  Speaker 5: did a great job, and these stats support that. 10-16
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  Speaker 5: at 62% on third down. That should help with their 32%
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  Speaker 5: average on the season going in. On the other side,
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  Speaker 5: the Saints were at 50% on third down, 6 of
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  Speaker 5: 12 for the day. The Steelers had struggled on third
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  Speaker 5: down defensively a bit against the Bucs last week, especially
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  Speaker 5: in the first half in which Tampa Bay built up
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  Speaker 5: that big lead before the Steelers came back late in
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  Speaker 5: that one in Tampa Bay. Yesterday against the Saints, we
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  Speaker 5: saw more of that, but it was more of zone
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  Speaker 5: coverage by the Steelers' defense where they were kind of
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  Speaker 5: sitting back and letting New Orleans pick up some of
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  Speaker 5: that yardage, keeping the play in front of them, not
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  Speaker 5: bringing the blitz. but they did limit them to 50% half,
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  Speaker 5: 6 of 12 on third downs for what it's worth.
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  Speaker 5: Total yards yesterday, Steelers 343 to the Saints 281. So
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  Speaker 5: this is the first category. We always talk about our
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  Speaker 5: three stats to victory, one of them being total yards.
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  Speaker 5: Steelers win that yesterday, 343 to 281. A big part
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  Speaker 5: of that was the rushing yardage too. Steelers 148 yards
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  Speaker 5: rushing yesterday to the Saints 18. We already dove into that.
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  Speaker 5: Our second big stat to victory is penalties. And yesterday
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  Speaker 5: the Steelers only had six for 57, but the Saints
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  Speaker 5: also with only five for 39 yards. So in that category,
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  Speaker 5: penalties really not much of a factor. Last week in
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  Speaker 5: Tampa Bay, it was very low for both teams. Two
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  Speaker 5: weeks in a row. Yesterday as well, this game against
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  Speaker 5: the Saints, both teams relatively low with penalties. And finally,
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  Speaker 5: time of possession yesterday. Our third category, our third stat
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  Speaker 5: to victory in this one. The Steelers win time of possession.
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  Speaker 5: They've been doing that quite a bit. 32 minutes and
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  Speaker 5: 3 seconds to the Saints. 27 minutes and 57 seconds.
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  Speaker 5: Steelers win time of possession. They win total yards. Penalty-wise, well,
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  Speaker 5: they technically lose it, I guess. Saints only had 5
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  Speaker 5: for 39. Steelers 6 of 57. But more importantly for
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  Speaker 5: the Steelers, too, was the turnovers yesterday. No turnovers. to
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  Speaker 5: the Saints' interception that was thrown with Peyton Wilson coming
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  Speaker 5: up with that big pick. Looking at the possession and
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  Speaker 5: drive chart yesterday, just a few things to point out.
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  Speaker 5: For the Steelers, they had two big drives. They had
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  Speaker 5: a 13-play drive in the second quarter, 52 yards, but
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  Speaker 5: it resulted in a punt. It fizzled out at midfield.
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  Speaker 5: But they also had a 14-drive in the third quarter.
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  Speaker 5: It was their only third-quarter possession. They drove the ball
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  Speaker 5: 14 plays, 51 yards. They had to settle for a
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  Speaker 5: field goal there. The touchdown drive to Darnell Washington in
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  Speaker 5: the second quarter was a six-play, 92-yard scoring drive. 92 yards.
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  Speaker 5: It was a great drive in which Aaron Rodgers led
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  Speaker 5: the team down and capped it off with that touchdown
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  Speaker 5: pass to Darnell Washington in the second quarter. Up on
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  Speaker 5: the other side, only three second-half possessions for the New
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  Speaker 5: Orleans Saints. the biggest being a 14-play 68-yard drive in
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  Speaker 5: the third quarter that resulted in the Peyton Wilson interception.
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  Speaker 5: So both teams only had one possession in the third quarter.
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  Speaker 5: The Saints go 14-play 68 yards. They throw the pick
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  Speaker 5: to Peyton Wilson up on the other side. The Steelers
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  Speaker 5: duplicate that. 14 plays, 51 yards. They have to settle
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  Speaker 5: for a field goal at the end of that one.
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  Speaker 5: In the fourth quarter, two drives for the Saints, I
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  Speaker 5: want to point out, with no points. They had an 11-play,
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  Speaker 5: 51-yard drive at the start of the fourth quarter. They
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  Speaker 5: had the missed field goal, and then they had just
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  Speaker 5: a four-play, six-yard drive that resulted in a punt in
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  Speaker 5: the fourth quarter as well. So Steelers really good job
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  Speaker 5: in the second half with three drives by the Saints.
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  Speaker 5: The Steelers defense gives up no points, interception, missed field goal,
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  Speaker 5: and a punt. That is really good stuff. Steelers 16,
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  Speaker 5: Saints 10. We're recapping it here on the Steelers Report.
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  Speaker 5: We're leading up to the Mike McCarthy press conference here
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  Speaker 5: within the next, what have we got, about 5 to
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  Speaker 5: 10 minutes or so until we will turn that over
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  Speaker 5: here on Steelers Nation Radio to the south side and
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  Speaker 5: the Mike McCarthy press conference. Just a few other notes
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  Speaker 5: from this game yesterday between the Steelers and the Saints. Again,
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  Speaker 5: Aaron Rodgers, 19 of 30, 212 yards. completed that 51-yard
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  Speaker 5: deep shot to DK Metcalf. The Steelers rushed for 150 yards.
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  Speaker 5: Now it was 148 because of the two kneel downs
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  Speaker 5: at the end, but they went 10 of 16 on
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  Speaker 5: third down. Rodgers experienced decision-making, a big reason why the
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  Speaker 5: Steelers have won some of these close games. Yesterday, again,
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  Speaker 5: protecting the football, no interceptions, had the big run there
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  Speaker 5: of eight yards late to cap things off. It's what
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  Speaker 5: makes Rodgers Rodgers. Smart with the football when the game
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  Speaker 5: is on the line. The biggest question for the Steelers
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  Speaker 5: moving forward, can they continue to control the clock, run
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  Speaker 5: the football, and avoid mistakes? And can the defense still
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  Speaker 5: come up with those big key moments when it matters?
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  Speaker 5: That'll be the key this week against the Browns and
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  Speaker 5: going forward in the second half of their season. So far,
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  Speaker 5: through seven games, it's resulted in five wins and only
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  Speaker 5: two losses. Steelers do still have to clean up a
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  Speaker 5: few areas, one of them being special teams. We mentioned
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  Speaker 5: this earlier. They did give up the big return that
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  Speaker 5: led to the Saints' first and only touchdown yesterday, in which,
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  Speaker 5: let's see, that was backdoor in the second quarter. Steelers
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  Speaker 5: got to continue to work on that, also with Caden
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  Speaker 5: Weege in with the return game Again, last week had
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  Speaker 5: a good return against Tampa Bay. Yesterday, not too bad
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  Speaker 5: as well. Putting the Steelers in some good positions as
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  Speaker 5: that game went on. Didn't have a lot of kick
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  Speaker 5: returns because the Saints, again, only put up 10 points yesterday.
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  Speaker 5: But I thought at key moments they got things going. Again,
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  Speaker 5: the Steelers' next opponent, the Cleveland Browns. Steelers 3-0 so
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  Speaker 5: far in this four-game stretch that began against the win
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  Speaker 5: against the Colts. Last week against the Bucs and now
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  Speaker 5: the Saints. We talked about it just a few weeks
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  Speaker 5: ago leading up to the bye week. You had to
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  Speaker 5: look at at least a 3-1 record. Now they're 3-0.
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  Speaker 5: They could go 4-0. They could be at 6-2 going
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  Speaker 5: into this bye week after the Cleveland Browns. So a
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  Speaker 5: win can certainly continue to build momentum for the Steelers
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  Speaker 5: against this Cleveland Browns football team that comes into Accushore
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  Speaker 5: this upcoming Sunday. The Steelers against the NFC South, it
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  Speaker 5: seems like the same script, right? The Falcons in Week 1,
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  Speaker 5: last week against the Bucs, Saints yesterday. They've all been close, physical,
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  Speaker 5: grinded-out games, but three wins are three wins, and the
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  Speaker 5: Steelers are finding ways to finish those games against the
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  Speaker 5: NFC South. And they'll get the Panthers, by the way,
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  Speaker 5: of course, in the second half of the season here
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  Speaker 5: later on, but that game will be at home at
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  Speaker 5: Accuture Stadium against a Panthers team that's been very up
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  Speaker 5: and down so far this season. Also, defense, again, only
• 44:54
  Speaker 5: 18 yards given up on the ground yesterday. That's the
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  Speaker 5: second fewest allowed in the NFL so far this season.
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  Speaker 5: Very good game by Patrick Queen. Game high, 10 tackles.
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  Speaker 5: The big blitz on Shuck on third down with just
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  Speaker 5: over six minutes left. Keanu Benton, another big game, two
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  Speaker 5: tackles for losses. TJ Watt, two quarterback hits. A sack that,
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  Speaker 5: of course, well, the fumble, but it was reversed after
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  Speaker 5: replay showed that Shuck's knee was down on the play,
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  Speaker 5: if not. Watt would have had one of his classic
• 45:21
  Speaker 5: strip sack fumble recoveries, but it's just a sack on
• 45:25
  Speaker 5: the play for TJ Watt. And again, Mike McCarthy, who
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  Speaker 5: we're going to hear here in just a few minutes,
• 45:31
  Speaker 5: talked all week long about winning the line of scrimmage
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  Speaker 5: on both sides of the ball. That was the key
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  Speaker 5: going into this one, and the Steelers certainly hit that
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  Speaker 5: target with a huge game of 148 total rushing yards
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  Speaker 5: on offense and only 18 touchdowns. given up on defense.
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  Speaker 5: That's going to do it for the Steelers report for today.
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  Speaker 5: Tomorrow we will have more feedback, if you will, right?
• 45:51
  Speaker 5: More analysis on this big win in week seven for
• 45:54
  Speaker 5: the Steelers against the Saints. We'll also start looking ahead
• 45:56
  Speaker 5: to the Cleveland Browns and we'll hopefully get Double B
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  Speaker 5: back in this chair next to me and figure out
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  Speaker 5: what he ate and what he did over in Paris
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  Speaker 5: the last five or six days. We'll get his thoughts
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  Speaker 5: on this big win. as well as looking ahead to
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  Speaker 5: the Cleveland Browns. Up next, it is the Mike McCarthy
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  Speaker 5: Press Conference. I'm Ed Troop. Thanks for listening to the
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  Speaker 5: Steelers Report right here on Steelers Nation Radio, part of
• 46:17
  Speaker 5: the Steelers Audio Network.