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HR 2: Casey Phillips Joins the Show, Renegade Preview: Week 6 · The Steelers Report

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  Speaker 1: This is the Steelers Report with Brian Batko and Ed
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  Speaker 1: Troup on Steelers Nation Radio, a part of the Steelers
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  Speaker 2: We kick off.
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  Speaker 3: Hour number two as we get set for Steelers and
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  Speaker 3: Bucs this upcoming Sunday in Tampa Bay. Pittsburgh Steelers 3-2
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  Speaker 3: on the year, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1-4. And one
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  Speaker 3: thing we've been talking about is this Tampa Bay offense.
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  Speaker 4: It's a unique situation.
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  Speaker 3: Baker Mayfield has missed the last two straight games with
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  Speaker 3: a thumb injury. And Jalen Daniels has stepped in to
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  Speaker 3: be Tampa Bay starters. Daniels threw just six incompletions on
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  Speaker 3: 25 attempts against Dallas and has shown the ability to run, too.
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  Speaker 3: It's something the Steelers are going to have to continue.
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  Speaker 3: deal with this upcoming weekend with a mobile quarterback potentially
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  Speaker 3: with Daniels but we'll find out about him and everything
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  Speaker 3: else in and around the Tampa Bay Bucs because joining
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  Speaker 3: us is Casey Phillips who is the Tampa Bay Bucs
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  Speaker 3: team reporter you can also catch Casey's great work with
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  Speaker 3: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on their YouTube page throughout the
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  Speaker 3: week Casey welcome to the Steelers report great to have
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  Speaker 3: you on with us here.
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  Speaker 5: Today yeah thanks so much for having me excited to
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  Speaker 5: dive into this Hey, Casey.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks for doing this.
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  Speaker 6: And I'm just going to cut right to the chase
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  Speaker 6: because a couple of, I would say, well, at least
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  Speaker 6: one beloved Steelers assistant coach who was on this staff previously,
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  Speaker 6: but a couple of beloved Steelers overall and Danny Smith,
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  Speaker 6: the special teams coordinator down there in Tampa now, Larry
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  Speaker 6: Foote on the defensive coaching staff, and then Myles Killebrew
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  Speaker 6: over there too, Kenny Gainwell, a lot of familiarity. How
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  Speaker 6: are these old Steelers guys holding up with the Bucs?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, we raided y'all.
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  Speaker 5: That's what pirates do, right? We came, we saw, we conquered.
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  Speaker 5: They're all doing awesome. I mean, Danny Smith, what a hoot.
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  Speaker 5: I'm sure y'all miss him greatly, and we are thrilled
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  Speaker 5: to have him and his gum chewing on our sideline now.
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  Speaker 5: The energy he has brought has been unbelievable. I really
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  Speaker 5: feel like our special teams unit has been transformed. That
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  Speaker 5: was one of our weakest points last year. They knew
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  Speaker 5: they had to fix it, and so they knew they
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  Speaker 5: wanted Danny Smith to be a big part of that.
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  Speaker 5: he has brought a ton of energy to those parts
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  Speaker 5: of our practices. And then he also definitely stood on
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  Speaker 5: the table of, I need Myles Killebrew down here for this.
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  Speaker 5: Myles forced a fumble for us on special teams last week.
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  Speaker 5: So have definitely seen the way that he's impacted it
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  Speaker 5: as well. Gainwell has been interesting. He hasn't maybe gotten
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  Speaker 5: as many touches or uses as we might've thought he
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  Speaker 5: would have, but just such a great talent. Baker's raved
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  Speaker 5: about him. And I imagine as the season goes on
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  Speaker 5: and Our system gets a little bit more implemented offensively.
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  Speaker 5: We'll see a bit more from him as well. And
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  Speaker 5: then Larry Foote's coming on my show next week. I
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  Speaker 5: had to get him in after the Steelers game. I
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  Speaker 5: told him we can reminisce about your glory days up
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  Speaker 5: there with the Steelers. He's one of my absolute favorite
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  Speaker 5: coaches down here. And I can hear what he would
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  Speaker 5: have been like on the field because we hear him
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  Speaker 5: down the hall.
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  Speaker 7: All the time.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I never covered Larry, but I watched him as
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  Speaker 6: a young kid, as a fan growing up and always
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  Speaker 6: a lot of energy. But tell those other guys I
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  Speaker 6: said hi, especially Miles. He was always one of my
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  Speaker 6: favorites to chat with in the locker room while he
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  Speaker 6: was here.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, he's amazing.
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  Speaker 3: Casey, let's talk about the quarterback situation for the Tampa
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  Speaker 3: Bay Bucs. We started there with Baker Mayfield. Daniel's now
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  Speaker 3: into the mix. What's the latest on the quarterback situation
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  Speaker 3: with Tampa going into this matchup on Sunday?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, so we're all talking kind of as practice is
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  Speaker 5: finishing up on Thursday, and Baker came out to practice
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  Speaker 5: but was not practicing this morning, and so I think
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  Speaker 5: now everybody's kind of like, all right, any speculation that
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  Speaker 5: maybe he was trying to rally back a bit earlier?
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  Speaker 7: I mean, they had said all along they thought it.
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  Speaker 5: Was a minimum of three weeks, which would have included
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  Speaker 5: this game, so I think this game would have been
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  Speaker 5: a pretty aspirational time frame for him, but you know Baker.
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  Speaker 5: He's a gamer, pushes through things, plays injured, so I'm
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  Speaker 5: sure in his mind that timeline didn't mean anything, but unfortunately, sometimes,
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  Speaker 5: especially something like a thumb, it's not where you can
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  Speaker 5: necessarily just play through it. If you can't grip the ball,
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  Speaker 5: you can't grip the ball. And so I think he's
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  Speaker 5: going to be working this week to try to see
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  Speaker 5: how that strength comes back. But we will be going
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  Speaker 5: with Jalen Daniels this next Sunday. And he's done everything
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  Speaker 5: and more that you could ask of him, right? I mean,
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  Speaker 5: here's this undrafted rookie and first time the Buccaneers have
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  Speaker 5: ever started an undrafted rookie at quarterback. And he goes
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  Speaker 5: and gets a win in Dallas on prime time. And
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  Speaker 5: he's got the best personality, like incredible leadership skills.
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  Speaker 7: He is not phased. Bright lights aren't too bright for him.
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  Speaker 5: Brings just infectious energy all the time, which is what
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  Speaker 5: this team needed a dose of, right? You start 0-4,
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  Speaker 5: not what anybody thought. And So he's got just kind
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  Speaker 5: of the perfect approach. And also I think that underdog
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  Speaker 5: mentality of like, everyone was just like, yeah, just go
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  Speaker 5: try it. Like no one's expecting you to be Baker Mayfield.
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  Speaker 5: No one's expecting you to go save the day. And
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  Speaker 5: yet he went out and did everything you'd hope for.
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  Speaker 5: So he's been a really exciting spark. And I think
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  Speaker 5: it is nice that he is in some ways similar
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  Speaker 5: to Baker, that you're not going from like statuesque pocket
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  Speaker 5: passer to like, you know, run around mobile gunslinger. Like
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  Speaker 5: they're both very similar. They like to use their legs.
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  Speaker 5: They're similar size. They both have great arms. Like, you're
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  Speaker 5: not making your offense or your offensive line or your
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  Speaker 5: system adjust in this massive way. So I think that's
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  Speaker 5: why we were able to see it was a little
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  Speaker 5: more seamless than a typical transition would be.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah. And I'm sure Baker wouldn't have minded facing some
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  Speaker 6: of those old guys from the Steelers that he played
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  Speaker 6: against so often with Cleveland.
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  Speaker 2: But as we know, it doesn't always line up that way.
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  Speaker 6: And we don't know yet if it's going to line
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  Speaker 6: up that way for Jamel Dean to go back to
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  Speaker 6: Tampa Bay and face the Bucs. But Casey, what were
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  Speaker 6: your memories of Jamel and You know, what did he
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  Speaker 6: bring to Tampa and how fun would it be if
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  Speaker 6: he can get back on the field after that ankle
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  Speaker 6: injury and face the Bucs in a return matchup here?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, we'd love that.
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  Speaker 5: You guys kind of reverse rated us after we took
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  Speaker 5: some of yours. You were like, all right, give us
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  Speaker 5: Jamel Dean and also recently Sean Murphy Bunting. So which
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  Speaker 5: are two of my favorites. Jamel will go down as
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  Speaker 5: one of my favorite players I've worked with here. He
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  Speaker 5: was a joy to work with. He was always up
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  Speaker 5: for whatever we needed him to do. We actually had
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  Speaker 5: a Buccaneers cruise for three years where fans could come
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  Speaker 5: on a cruise with some of our players. He was
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  Speaker 5: always on it. He was the captain of the pool
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  Speaker 5: volleyball team. He was doing every activity, like living his
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  Speaker 5: best life. He is one of my favorites and a
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  Speaker 5: great player. He and Coach Bowles had a great relationship
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  Speaker 5: and Bowles really did help him learn how to learn
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  Speaker 5: the game, how to really study. Like he made him
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  Speaker 5: into a, mentally and physically strong player. And we know
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  Speaker 5: Jamel's dealt with injuries over the course of his career,
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  Speaker 5: but man, when he's out there, he's an unbelievable corner
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  Speaker 5: and can make some really great plays. So, um, you know, the,
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  Speaker 5: the friend of Jamel would love to see him out there.
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  Speaker 5: The Buccaneers fan would be like, no, take another week.
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  Speaker 7: That's fine. But yeah, he's a great guy.
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  Speaker 3: We're talking with Casey Phillips, who is the Tampa Bay
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  Speaker 3: Bucs team reporter. And also you can catch Casey's excellent
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  Speaker 3: coverage of the Tampa Bay Bucs on their YouTube page
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  Speaker 3: throughout the week with interviews with coaches, players in and
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  Speaker 3: around the team. Casey, let's talk about Kenny Gamewell because
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  Speaker 3: you and Brian already mentioned Kenny Gamewell once. popular Steeler
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  Speaker 3: just for one year. He was the team MVP last year.
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  Speaker 3: Steelers go with Rico Dowdle instead of Kenny game. Well,
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  Speaker 3: they let him escape to Tampa Bay, but so far
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  Speaker 3: Kenny game. Well, hasn't had the impact with the bucks
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  Speaker 3: as much as he had with the Steelers last year.
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  Speaker 3: He caught a lot of balls out of the backfield.
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  Speaker 3: Let me ask you, is it just a matter of
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  Speaker 3: scheme so far that they haven't worked Kenny game? Well
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  Speaker 3: in enough and on the, The second part of that question,
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  Speaker 3: do you expect them to get Kenny Gamewell more involved,
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  Speaker 3: including this week against the Steelers?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I think they're definitely looking to get him more involved.
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  Speaker 5: They're looking to get a lot of our weapons more involved.
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  Speaker 5: We also had struggles getting the ball as much as
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  Speaker 5: we would like to Emeka, to Chris Godwin, people like that.
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  Speaker 5: Our first few games especially, I think that it was
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  Speaker 5: tough where you do have a new offensive scheme, so
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  Speaker 5: you're looking for clues of what this is going to
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  Speaker 5: look like.
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  Speaker 7: But also we were behind. We were struggling in some
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  Speaker 7: different areas.
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  Speaker 5: You know when you're behind, you're not getting to dial
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  Speaker 5: things up maybe the way you planned.
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  Speaker 7: So I think it's been a little harder to really.
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  Speaker 5: Diagnose what they want to do with Gainwell, but I
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  Speaker 5: know they have expressed like they love him. Baker was
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  Speaker 5: gushing about him. Zach Robinson loves him. Like it is
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  Speaker 5: nothing on Gainwell. It's I think been a bit of
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  Speaker 5: a situational thing. Our offensive line has dealt with some
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  Speaker 5: penalties that suddenly were it, you know, first or second
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  Speaker 5: and 20 or, you know, these, these kinds of situations
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  Speaker 5: that are just not ideal for when you're really wanting
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  Speaker 5: to get a the run game going and using him
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  Speaker 5: the way they want. So I definitely think over the
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  Speaker 5: course of the season, they're going to make some more
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  Speaker 5: efforts to get him more involved. But also last week,
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  Speaker 5: I mean, Bucky ran for 165 yards. Like you're going to,
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  Speaker 5: you're going to feed that hot hand. You're going to
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  Speaker 5: keep him out there. And so they have the beginning
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  Speaker 5: of the season. They described those two guys as one
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  Speaker 5: a and one B.
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  Speaker 7: But just the way it's.
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  Speaker 5: Worked so far scheme-wise and with what Bucky's been able
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  Speaker 5: to do, Gainwell hasn't quite gotten that involvement, but I
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  Speaker 5: don't see that continuing the whole season.
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  Speaker 6: As far as the Bucks defense, Casey, what can you
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  Speaker 6: tell us about, I guess, really every level of it?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we know Reuben Baines, a big name up
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  Speaker 2: front in this draft class.
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  Speaker 6: He's off to a little bit of a slow start,
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  Speaker 6: but he'll face a fellow rookie and Maxi Honichor at
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  Speaker 6: right tackle for the Steelers. But even more so than
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  Speaker 6: the guys getting the pressure up front, it seems like
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  Speaker 6: the secondary– has rounded into form the corners, Zion McCollum
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  Speaker 6: and Jacob Parrish. I remember being pretty impressed by those
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  Speaker 6: two last year when the Steelers had a joint practice
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  Speaker 6: down here at Accresure Stadium. What's the overall outlook right
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  Speaker 6: now for this defense that obviously just did a tremendous
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  Speaker 6: job limiting the Cowboys the other night?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, Zion mentioned trying to remember everything from those joint
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  Speaker 5: practices the other day to try to call back for
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  Speaker 5: this week. Look, I think the defense has done a
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  Speaker 5: great job of improving each week, and we've seen each
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  Speaker 5: level kind of getting a little bit more involved. And
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  Speaker 5: I agree that What's funny is before the season, I
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  Speaker 5: think if you'd asked some different like Bucks writers, commentators, people,
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  Speaker 5: they would have said they were a little worried about
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  Speaker 5: the depth or the position of corner. And it has
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  Speaker 5: turned into one of the biggest strengths for us on
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  Speaker 5: our defense. Zion has taken his game to a complete
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  Speaker 5: other level. His mental side and preparation is incredible. He,
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  Speaker 5: Coach Bowles has always referred to him as maybe our
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  Speaker 5: best athlete on the team. When you look at his size,
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  Speaker 5: his length, his speed, his agility, like his hip turn ability,
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  Speaker 5: like he's a freak of nature. of what he's able
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  Speaker 5: to do. And you see him absolutely shutting down CD lamb.
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  Speaker 5: And in years past Zion.
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  Speaker 7: Would admit he'd occasionally get bored.
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  Speaker 5: People weren't targeting him. and therefore he'd let the mental
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  Speaker 5: game slip. And that's when something would happen. And now
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  Speaker 5: he's been able to realize, no, I've got to stay
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  Speaker 5: engaged every single play. And he's the leader. Now that
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  Speaker 5: Jamel Dean is gone, Zion's the elder statesman of that
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  Speaker 5: room has taken on that leadership role. He's looked amazing.
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  Speaker 5: Jacob Parrish has been unbelievable. He came in as a
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  Speaker 5: rookie last year, and played nickel in Todd Bowles' defense,
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  Speaker 5: which is no simple task, and then was asked to
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  Speaker 5: move to outside because Benjamin Morrison has dealt with some injuries.
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  Speaker 5: And he's taken that on as well. And, I mean,
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  Speaker 5: I just think it's so amazing to look at that
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  Speaker 5: versatility of him to be able to play both nickel
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  Speaker 5: and outside at a very high level. Rookie Keontae Scott's
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  Speaker 5: come in and done a good job there. I think
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  Speaker 5: our new rookie inside linebacker, Josiah Trotter, has been amazing,
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  Speaker 5: like one of the best players on the defense at times.
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  Speaker 5: And I think that that's going to be one of
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  Speaker 5: the matchups I'm excited to watch this weekend. It's just
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  Speaker 5: our inside linebackers against your ridiculous tight ends that are,
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  Speaker 5: you know, I mean, how do you guard Washington?
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  Speaker 7: I don't even understand.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: And Trotter's not the biggest guy at inside linebacker either.
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  Speaker 6: So he might have to climb the tower.
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  Speaker 5: Some we've had in recent years, I think it's going
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  Speaker 5: to be more of like, maybe even the safeties have
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  Speaker 5: to get involved. That could, you know, or Tykee Smith
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  Speaker 5: has to get involved. That's going to be a bit
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  Speaker 5: of a physical mismatch as well. But, I will say
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  Speaker 5: Josiah Trotter and Alex Anzalone are a bit bigger than
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  Speaker 5: some we've had in the years past. So we may
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  Speaker 5: stand a better chance there, but I do think that
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  Speaker 5: the one area is the pass rush that has not
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  Speaker 5: necessarily generated everything that they were hoping for in.
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  Speaker 7: Terms of sacks.
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  Speaker 5: But I think we saw this last week, they're still
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  Speaker 5: making quarterbacks uncomfortable. You know, that they're, they're getting around
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  Speaker 5: their feet. They're making them escape. They're making them, they're
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  Speaker 5: not getting to just sit back there as much. So
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  Speaker 5: coach Bowles was like, look, sacks are great, but they're
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  Speaker 5: not everything.
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  Speaker 7: I care more about them being uncomfortable. So I think
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  Speaker 7: we've seen that level step up too.
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  Speaker 3: Casey, when you look at the Tampa Bay Bucks, one
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  Speaker 3: and four on the season, a bit deceiving. They've played
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  Speaker 3: some close football games and they're doing it without Baker Mayfield,
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  Speaker 3: of course, at the quarterback spot, losing to the Bengals
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  Speaker 3: and Browns to start the season. 33-27, a little bit
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  Speaker 3: of a shootout against the Bengals. 23-19 against the Browns.
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  Speaker 3: The Vikings game was close, 23-16. The loss against the Packers, 17-14.
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  Speaker 3: And then the big win, as you mentioned, against Dallas
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  Speaker 3: last week to finally get their first win of the season.
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  Speaker 3: What's the feeling in Tampa Bay right now at 1-4?
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  Speaker 3: Is it more of just missed opportunities? We could be
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  Speaker 3: 2-2 at this point, or I shouldn't say 2-2, they've
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  Speaker 3: played 5. 2-3 or 3-2 or maybe even 4-1. What's
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  Speaker 3: the feeling? Because a lot of teams that only have
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  Speaker 3: one win through the first five weeks, sometimes it's tough
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  Speaker 3: sledding going forward.
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  Speaker 5: I think missed opportunities is a good way to put
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  Speaker 5: it because I think everybody knows that this team has
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  Speaker 5: more talent maybe than the record would imply. And because
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  Speaker 5: even going back to last season, the number of close
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  Speaker 5: games we've been in, like very rarely are their losses
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  Speaker 5: blowouts or even by more than one score like it
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  Speaker 5: is just almost always a one possession game and I
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  Speaker 5: think they look at how many times it's a penalty
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  Speaker 5: here a you know a negated play here that it's
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  Speaker 5: like man that one thing could have been all we
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  Speaker 5: needed it's not like we're looking at it and oh
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  Speaker 5: we weren't close like we we aren't even playing in
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  Speaker 5: that league and then thankfully we are in a division that,
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  Speaker 5: you know, we just slug it out with each other
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  Speaker 5: every year.
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  Speaker 7: And so you're never out of it.
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  Speaker 5: So I think there is the optimism of knowing that like,
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  Speaker 5: even though a lot of things went wrong, that you're
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  Speaker 5: not out of it yet. And you got that first win, which,
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  Speaker 5: which got that, you know, it's always hard when you're
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  Speaker 5: looking for that first one, like got that out of
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  Speaker 5: the way.
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  Speaker 7: Okay, great.
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  Speaker 5: And I think that now they saw like the things
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  Speaker 5: that we are capable of, what the defense can look
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  Speaker 5: like that, We're getting a win even with this backup quarterback.
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  Speaker 5: I think there is a sense of optimism now of like,
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  Speaker 5: all right, I think we can turn this around. We
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  Speaker 5: are fortunate to still be in a division that we're
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  Speaker 5: like one game out of it. And so we just
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  Speaker 5: need a bit of a run to get us back
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  Speaker 5: in that position. And this game and then having our
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  Speaker 5: first division game right after it are definitely a very
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  Speaker 5: important stretch.
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  Speaker 6: The last one I have for you, Casey, and people
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  Speaker 6: can follow Casey at Casey Reporting on X and Instagram
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  Speaker 6: going into this game if you want more on the Bucs.
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  Speaker 6: I used to cover Pitt football before the Steelers, and
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  Speaker 6: Kalijah Canty and Servosier Dennis, I think if you go
• 14:00
  Speaker 6: all the way back to probably my final days on
• 14:02
  Speaker 6: the Pitt beat and their first days being recruited by
• 14:05
  Speaker 6: that program, maybe we overlapped a little bit. I think
• 14:09
  Speaker 6: Servosier has been inactive, but I know Kalijah Canty has
• 14:12
  Speaker 6: been a big-time contributor after being a first-round pick. What
• 14:15
  Speaker 6: can you tell us about those two guys up the
• 14:17
  Speaker 6: spine of that Bucs defense?
• 14:19
  Speaker 5: Yeah, Kalaj has been really interesting. I think that there
• 14:22
  Speaker 5: was when we drafted him, people wondered, how's he going
• 14:24
  Speaker 5: to be in the run game? He's a little undersized,
• 14:26
  Speaker 5: but he's played great in the run game. And man,
• 14:28
  Speaker 5: his get off ability, like his quickness up the middle
• 14:31
  Speaker 5: to be able to shoot some of those gaps has
• 14:32
  Speaker 5: been awesome. He's a great compliment to guys like Vita Vea,
• 14:36
  Speaker 5: A'shaun Robinson, like to have that slightly different change of
• 14:39
  Speaker 5: pace between just like gigantic human and then Kalaj able
• 14:43
  Speaker 5: to sneak up.
• 14:44
  Speaker 7: In there a bit.
• 14:45
  Speaker 5: Um, it's been great that he's been healthy this year
• 14:47
  Speaker 5: that he's dealt with injuries the last few seasons, but
• 14:50
  Speaker 5: I know he hasn't quite produced some of the numbers
• 14:53
  Speaker 5: that he would want or that maybe the team is
• 14:55
  Speaker 5: looking for, but he's still been like an incredible contributor
• 14:58
  Speaker 5: in there. It's been so nice to actually have him healthy,
• 15:00
  Speaker 5: all training camp, all season. Um, he's a guy that
• 15:03
  Speaker 5: I do think can have a really great long career.
• 15:06
  Speaker 5: Like he's got a very cool skillset plays again, you know,
• 15:09
  Speaker 5: alongside some really talented people.
• 15:10
  Speaker 7: So he's great.
• 15:11
  Speaker 5: Servasi has been dealing with some injury stuff. He played
• 15:14
  Speaker 5: a lot for us last year, but yeah, also a really,
• 15:17
  Speaker 5: really great guy. And I used to be with the
• 15:20
  Speaker 5: Rams when we had Aaron Donald in there. And so
• 15:21
  Speaker 5: it was funny when we brought in Kalijah Canty and
• 15:24
  Speaker 5: everybody started comparing him to Aaron Donald. And I was like, well,
• 15:27
  Speaker 5: this feels unfair. Just because we're there from the same
• 15:29
  Speaker 5: school and kind of the same position.
• 15:31
  Speaker 7: Like calm down.
• 15:32
  Speaker 6: Similar build to they both come back here a lot,
• 15:34
  Speaker 6: you know, Aaron, not so much now that he was
• 15:36
  Speaker 6: well retired and now I think I saw Kalijah was
• 15:39
  Speaker 6: here at pits pro day last year.
• 15:40
  Speaker 5: Yeah. But yeah, so Kalijah is great. And I think
• 15:42
  Speaker 5: he's a, he fits really well in this defense. I
• 15:44
  Speaker 5: know Todd Bowles thinks really highly of him, but. It's
• 15:47
  Speaker 5: going to be interesting to see now that the defense
• 15:48
  Speaker 5: is gelling a bit more and being a bit more cohesive,
• 15:51
  Speaker 5: how that's going to help Kalijah throughout the rest of
• 15:53
  Speaker 5: the season.
• 15:53
  Speaker 4: Casey Phillips, Tampa Bay Bucs team reporter.
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: And again, you can catch Casey's excellent coverage of the
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the Bucs YouTube page. Lots of
• 16:02
  Speaker 3: good content there. Casey, we appreciate it. Great stuff. Thanks
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: for coming on. Good luck to your Bucs on Sunday
• 16:09
  Speaker 3: here in Steeler Nation. We're not feeling that, but that's okay. Hey,
• 16:12
  Speaker 3: good luck and thanks for coming on.
• 16:13
  Speaker 4: Thank you.
• 16:14
  Speaker 7: I appreciate it. Nice to meet you.
• 16:15
  Speaker 6: The Bucs we root for are the Pirates baseball team.
• 16:17
  Speaker 6: Their season's over and the Rays are still going.
• 16:20
  Speaker 7: We can bond over the shared piracy.
• 16:22
  Speaker 4: That's it.
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: Well, trust me, your Tampa Bay football Buccaneers have done
• 16:25
  Speaker 3: a lot better than our Bucco baseball team here in Pittsburgh.
• 16:29
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• 16:31
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• 16:40
  Speaker 1: This is the Steelers Report with Brian Batko and Ed
• 16:44
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• 16:48
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• 16:50
  Speaker 3: Great stuff from Casey Phillips, Tampa Bay Bucs team reporter.
• 16:54
  Speaker 3: And again, you can catch Casey's excellent coverage of the
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: Tampa Bay Bucs if you want to take a look
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: behind the scenes to see what the Tampa Bay football
• 17:04
  Speaker 3: Buccaneers are up to. You can check out the Bucs
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: team YouTube site or page for more stuff from Casey. And,
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: you know, we joked at the end of that segment,
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: Double B, about... The Buccaneers called the Bucs. We have
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: the Bucs here in Pittsburgh with the Pittsburgh Pirates, of course.
• 17:22
  Speaker 4: And, of course, I took a shot, right?
• 17:24
  Speaker 3: I mean, the Buccaneers football team has had a lot
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: more success, two Super Bowl titles in the last 25 years,
• 17:29
  Speaker 3: 26 years. Our Pittsburgh Pirates just had one playoff run
• 17:34
  Speaker 3: there for the three years.
• 17:35
  Speaker 4: But, you know, hey, not a bad season this past year.
• 17:38
  Speaker 4: And one thing to note. The fellow NL.
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: Central Division Milwaukee Brewers are on their way to the
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: World Series.
• 17:47
  Speaker 4: First time in a long time for the Brew Crew.
• 17:50
  Speaker 6: With a sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers, their reign
• 17:53
  Speaker 6: of terror is over. Two or three months ago, everybody
• 17:57
  Speaker 6: was like, oh, are the Dodgers bad for baseball? Are
• 17:59
  Speaker 6: they breaking baseball? Is this just unfair?
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: Well, the Brewers said, the heck with that. We'll just
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: sweep you right on out of here. They won that
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: game in L.A., right? The decisive game for it.
• 18:09
  Speaker 4: They did.
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: Yep, they did in dramatic fashion, too. A four-game sweep,
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: as you said, against the Dodgers, the Brew crew.
• 18:17
  Speaker 4: I don't know.
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: It's interesting to me because Milwaukee is grouped with Pittsburgh,
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: and I don't want to go on a baseball debate,
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: especially we're going into week six of an NFL season.
• 18:26
  Speaker 4: We'll save that for the offseason to talk about baseball.
• 18:28
  Speaker 3: But just quickly, since we did bring it up, they're
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: lumped into that small market conversation a lot. But Milwaukee
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: has spent some money, and they've had a lot of
• 18:35
  Speaker 3: success in recent years.
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: A bunch of success.
• 18:38
  Speaker 3: They've won the NL Central a handful of times, Brian,
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: and now they're off to the World Series. And they
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: might face, well, you're going to be in Tampa this weekend.
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: That game won't be played in Tampa. But they're either
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: going to face the Cleveland Guardians or the Tampa Bay
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: Devil Rays. And the Rays are also another team just
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: like the Guardians. that are in that small market category.
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: So this is good for baseball to get some fresh blood,
• 19:00
  Speaker 3: some small market teams into the World Series. I think
• 19:03
  Speaker 3: a Cleveland-Milwaukee World Series would be really cool, not to
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: take anything away from the Rays.
• 19:07
  Speaker 6: I don't know if the suits will love that in
• 19:11
  Speaker 6: terms of broad appeal to the rest of the country.
• 19:13
  Speaker 6: I think they'd probably like to see Shohei Otani and
• 19:16
  Speaker 6: the Dodgers in there with all their big names. But yeah,
• 19:19
  Speaker 6: I like to see some new blood in there personally
• 19:22
  Speaker 6: as a casual fan at most for Major League Baseball.
• 19:26
  Speaker 6: But yeah, we also talked to Casey about all the
• 19:28
  Speaker 6: swapping going on with Bucs and Steelers.
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: That's been happening for a long time.
• 19:32
  Speaker 6: And let me just read to you some of the
• 19:35
  Speaker 6: people who have worked for both franchises. First, from a
• 19:38
  Speaker 6: coaching perspective, you know, Mike Tomlin famously got.
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: His start in the NFL with the Bucs.
• 19:42
  Speaker 4: That's right, yeah.
• 19:43
  Speaker 6: And Tony Dungy comes here for 19 years. The rest
• 19:47
  Speaker 6: is history there. But Bruce Arians, in that Super Bowl
• 19:50
  Speaker 6: with the Bucs, former Steelers offensive coordinator, of course, you
• 19:55
  Speaker 6: get down to the, you know, Byron Leftwich was the
• 19:59
  Speaker 6: offensive coordinator for the Bucs that year. Ben Roethlisberger's former backup.
• 20:03
  Speaker 6: He's one of many players to have graced the field
• 20:06
  Speaker 6: for both of these teams. You know, at quarterback alone,
• 20:08
  Speaker 6: you had Leftwich and You know, Bruce Gradkowski played a
• 20:12
  Speaker 6: lot more games for the Bucs than he did his
• 20:14
  Speaker 6: hometown team, but they knew him well there in Tampa.
• 20:18
  Speaker 6: Le'Veon Bell and Antonio Brown played for both of these teams,
• 20:21
  Speaker 6: oddly enough.
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: Le'Garrett Blunt, too. Now Kenny Gainwell adds to that.
• 20:26
  Speaker 6: Scotty Miller came from Bucs to Steelers after being a
• 20:30
  Speaker 6: part of that Super.
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: Bowl winning team. Who else do we have here? Let's see.
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: some names that might stand out.
• 20:37
  Speaker 6: Matt Filer, you know, went and started for the Bucks
• 20:40
  Speaker 6: for a little bit after his time with the Steelers. Now,
• 20:44
  Speaker 6: Miles Killebrew, of course, we mentioned him with Casey Phillips,
• 20:47
  Speaker 6: Steve McClendon played for both teams. Then you get to some,
• 20:52
  Speaker 6: some more obscure names, but yeah, a lot of, a
• 20:55
  Speaker 6: lot of overlap between the two franchises kind of randomly,
• 20:58
  Speaker 6: but of course it starts with the coaches and they
• 21:01
  Speaker 6: tend to bring in people they are familiar with and,
• 21:04
  Speaker 6: We've seen some of that this season with Danny Smith
• 21:06
  Speaker 6: going down there as the special teams coordinator.
• 21:09
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Brian, it's interesting because when I think of
• 21:12
  Speaker 3: other NFL franchises, they have scooped up a bunch of
• 21:15
  Speaker 3: Pittsburgh Steelers over the years. It's the Arizona Cardinals. I
• 21:18
  Speaker 3: always think of, you know, it's been. you know, framed
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: as Pittsburgh West, you know, whether it's coaches or players,
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: but that list you just went over, that may be
• 21:25
  Speaker 3: the new second coming of Pittsburgh Steelers homes, you know.
• 21:29
  Speaker 4: And we already talked about it.
• 21:30
  Speaker 3: We know off the football field, a lot of folks
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: in Southwestern Pennsylvania, when they retire, they head to Florida
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: and they head to the golf side of Florida too.
• 21:37
  Speaker 3: That's why I think you're going to see a big
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: Steeler crowd there this Sunday, but yeah, that's a boy,
• 21:41
  Speaker 3: that's a bunch of coaches and players and a lot
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: of crossover between the two franchises.
• 21:45
  Speaker 4: I'd like to say more than Arizona.
• 21:48
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I'd have to look at the full-on list, and
• 21:51
  Speaker 6: the Cardinals have been around a lot longer than the Buccaneers,
• 21:54
  Speaker 6: so that would probably tilt the scales there a little bit. But, yeah,
• 21:57
  Speaker 6: I mean, that was also kind of a running joke
• 21:59
  Speaker 6: there way back when, too.
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: I mean, Bruce Arians was in Arizona, wasn't he?
• 22:03
  Speaker 6: So that's kind of a through line there to some extent. Yeah,
• 22:07
  Speaker 6: and people retire to Arizona, too, now.
• 22:09
  Speaker 8: That's right.
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: That's for sure.
• 22:11
  Speaker 6: That and the Florida Gulf Coast and, I guess, all throughout.
• 22:17
  Speaker 6: that state, but even Sean Murphy bunting, who's funny enough
• 22:20
  Speaker 6: played for both Arizona and Tampa.
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: And now he's a stealer. That's gotta be kind of
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: weird that.
• 22:24
  Speaker 6: He was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just what a
• 22:28
  Speaker 6: week or two ago on their practice squad. But still
• 22:30
  Speaker 6: you're spending all this time with these guys in the
• 22:34
  Speaker 6: locker room and on the practice field. And as Casey mentioned,
• 22:37
  Speaker 6: he was a circled back around guy. He was on
• 22:40
  Speaker 6: their Superbowl team and was with them for some really
• 22:42
  Speaker 6: good years when he was a key contributor and starting
• 22:45
  Speaker 6: corner now he's providing depth in Pittsburgh but yes it's
• 22:48
  Speaker 6: I'm sure he's going to see a lot of a
• 22:49
  Speaker 6: lot of familiar faces when he's down there on Sunday
• 22:51
  Speaker 6: hey I was just here a long time no see
• 22:54
  Speaker 6: now I'm on the other side I don't know how
• 22:56
  Speaker 6: much players like pepper guys like that for info during
• 22:59
  Speaker 6: the course of the week and that's got to be
• 23:01
  Speaker 6: kind of awkward for when you do change allegiances so
• 23:04
  Speaker 6: suddenly and quickly like that but yeah bottom line a
• 23:08
  Speaker 6: lot of shared history between the Steelers and the Bucks
• 23:12
  Speaker 6: just not that many shared matchups on the field at.
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: And of course, there's been some huge, and I mean huge,
• 23:18
  Speaker 3: memorable moments in that stadium that did not involve Tampa Bay.
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: We've been talking about it all week from Super Bowl XLIII.
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: Let me ask you, Brian, we played both clips. We
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: played one yesterday. We played the other to start out
• 23:30
  Speaker 3: the show today. Which one's your favorite?
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: And you know what? Let's just go ahead and do this.
• 23:34
  Speaker 4: Let's play them back real quick.
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: I'm going to give you the two nominations from that
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: Super Bowl XLIII game that took place in Tampa Bay.
• 23:42
  Speaker 3: And then you tell me which one that you liked more.
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: Gets the snap.
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  Speaker 8: He's back.
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: He pumps.
• 23:49
  Speaker 8: He scrambles around, throws it back corner of the end zone.
• 23:52
  Speaker 8: Santonio with a touchdown! Santonio Holmes! I don't know how
• 23:56
  Speaker 8: he did it! Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie doesn't know how he did it,
• 24:00
  Speaker 8: but they ruled touchdown in the far.
• 24:02
  Speaker 4: Right corner of the end zone. None of us knew
• 24:05
  Speaker 4: how he did it, so do you like that one
• 24:07
  Speaker 4: or do you like this one?
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: They're back.
• 24:09
  Speaker 8: He throws the pass. It's going to be picked off.
• 24:11
  Speaker 8: James Harrison has it. He's running up the sideline. 25, 30, 35, 40.
• 24:16
  Speaker 8: Still on his feet at the 45 and down. No,
• 24:19
  Speaker 8: he's still on his feet. Here comes Harrison jumping over
• 24:21
  Speaker 8: people to the 20, the 15, the 10, the 5.
• 24:24
  Speaker 8: And that's a touchdown for Pittsburgh. An amazing play by
• 24:30
  Speaker 8: James Harrison.
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: I mean, two of the greatest plays in the history
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: of this franchise. You put them up there with the
• 24:35
  Speaker 3: immaculate reception. Now, if I really did my homework correct,
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: and I apologize to you, my friend, you're a Pitt guy.
• 24:40
  Speaker 3: I love Pitt too, but you actually went to the
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: University of Pittsburgh. I'd play that Larry Fitzgerald highlight. He
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: scored that long touchdown in the game that set up
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: the Centennial Homes game winner there at the end.
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: That's what I was going to say.
• 24:52
  Speaker 6: I mean, the Pitt man in me would have loved
• 24:55
  Speaker 6: to see Larry Fitzgerald do that against any of the
• 24:57
  Speaker 6: other 15 players afc teams and win himself a ring
• 25:02
  Speaker 6: it's he's going to go down as one of the
• 25:03
  Speaker 6: best players in nfl history to never win a ring
• 25:06
  Speaker 6: along with my uh my relative dan marino and the
• 25:10
  Speaker 6: dolphins and uh there's some others in that category too
• 25:14
  Speaker 6: but uh yeah uh choosing between those two plays ed
• 25:18
  Speaker 6: it's like it's like cutting off your left or right
• 25:20
  Speaker 6: hand i mean how do you choose it's 51 49
• 25:23
  Speaker 6: i feel like whichever way you go but i've got
• 25:25
  Speaker 6: to give it up to the throw And the catch.
• 25:29
  Speaker 6: You know what's even harder to decide? What was better,
• 25:32
  Speaker 6: the throw or the catch? That's also like choosing between
• 25:34
  Speaker 6: your first and second kid.
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 25:36
  Speaker 4: That's a good point.
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: And, you know, that drive was magical.
• 25:40
  Speaker 4: I mean, you can find it on YouTube anywhere.
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: That long drive that started with a, what was it,
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: a holding call, I believe, up front on the offensive
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: line and put the Steelers even further back to open
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: up that drive.
• 25:50
  Speaker 4: I mean, that's usually a drive killer right off the bat.
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: And in a Super Bowl, a game-winning drive, kudos to
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: Big Ben, kudos to that offense moving the ball right
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: down the field and setting it up.
• 26:00
  Speaker 4: I'm with you.
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: As much as I love, and I love James Harrison,
• 26:02
  Speaker 3: and I love that play. It was such an exciting play.
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: One of the best in NFL history, but the Holmes
• 26:07
  Speaker 3: catch in the back of the end zone to win
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: Super Bowl 43.
• 26:10
  Speaker 4: Come on.
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I've got the play-by-play up here.
• 26:14
  Speaker 6: There was a holding call on Chris Kimawatu to start
• 26:17
  Speaker 6: that drive, so it was first and 20. Ben hits
• 26:21
  Speaker 6: Antonio Holmes for 14. Incompletion to Nate Washington, but then
• 26:26
  Speaker 6: third and six, Ben hits Antonio for 13.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: So I feel like.
• 26:30
  Speaker 6: Another good question, and I don't know that we're going
• 26:32
  Speaker 6: to have time to really do this on the show today,
• 26:34
  Speaker 6: but maybe sometime down the road. Do the Steelers play
• 26:37
  Speaker 6: the Cardinals next year? No, I think they might have
• 26:39
  Speaker 6: the NFC East next year. But at some point, you know,
• 26:42
  Speaker 6: this would be a good offseason project. Like, you know,
• 26:45
  Speaker 6: good Steelers questions. What's the third best play in that game?
• 26:49
  Speaker 6: I guess off the top of my head, a candidate
• 26:51
  Speaker 6: would be– people kind of forget, like, it's one of
• 26:54
  Speaker 6: those things that gets lost in the shuffle of history.
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: It's not like that was the final play of the game,
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: Ben DeSanto.
• 26:59
  Speaker 4: I know where you're going here.
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: The Cardinals did get the ball.
• 27:01
  Speaker 6: Back, so I suppose– By virtue of it clinching, the
• 27:05
  Speaker 6: third best play of that game would be Lamar Woodley's
• 27:07
  Speaker 6: strip sack of Kurt Warner. I guess he was in
• 27:12
  Speaker 6: Steelers territory at that point because he hit a couple passes,
• 27:16
  Speaker 6: one to Larry Fitz. But him getting that strip sack
• 27:18
  Speaker 6: to end it, Brett Kiesel, the Steeler who fell on
• 27:21
  Speaker 6: it with five seconds left, that's probably got to be
• 27:25
  Speaker 6: the distant bronze medalist in this competition, but a huge
• 27:29
  Speaker 6: play by Wood nonetheless.
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: No, that's a great call, Brian, because the way that
• 27:33
  Speaker 3: game was going, too, as great and good as that
• 27:37
  Speaker 3: Steelers defense was that season, they were crumbling a bit.
• 27:41
  Speaker 3: They were bending a bit in that second half. Kurt
• 27:44
  Speaker 3: Warner and Larry Fitzgerald, they figured something out, getting the
• 27:49
  Speaker 3: Cardinals back into that football game. And they're right at
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: the end, as you said. They were right at midfield.
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: And if it wasn't for that Kiesel and eventually Lamar
• 27:56
  Speaker 3: Woodley play, who knows what would have happened. A historic site,
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: and let me ask you just one more question on
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: that too, Brian. The broadcast this weekend, let me think,
• 28:05
  Speaker 3: it's in NFC City. Is it CBS that will be
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: doing the broadcast, I believe?
• 28:09
  Speaker 4: I think it is CBS.
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: It is.
• 28:12
  Speaker 6: It's Andrew Catalan, Logan Ryan, former Patriots and Bucs DB,
• 28:17
  Speaker 6: and A.J.
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: Ross, the sideline reporter, Pittsburgh native. Shout out to her.
• 28:21
  Speaker 3: Okay, so here's my question for you. It's not, of course,
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: involved the Cardinals, but it's in that stadium. will they
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: show at least the photography, maybe not the actual video
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: of either of those two plays, but will they show a,
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: a photo shot of Centonio in the back of the
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: end zone, you know, the flashback, how they do it
• 28:38
  Speaker 3: and the Lombardi being hoisted. I, I say, yes, I
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  Speaker 3: think they have to.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, that's, that's where it occurred.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they will.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, like I said, last week, CBS was dialing
• 28:47
  Speaker 6: up some of the hits with Steelers Colts, right? I,
• 28:50
  Speaker 6: I usually listen to the game in my headphones dirt, like, but,
• 28:55
  Speaker 6: oftentimes I like to have the video there because if
• 28:57
  Speaker 6: there's a play and I can't quite get a glance
• 28:59
  Speaker 6: at the TV or the scoreboard, I can watch it
• 29:02
  Speaker 6: back on the TV broadcast. And then I hear all
• 29:04
  Speaker 6: the great calls from Rob King when we get in
• 29:06
  Speaker 6: here on the following Monday. Did they show any clips
• 29:10
  Speaker 6: from the Steelers over the Colts in that divisional round game?
• 29:12
  Speaker 6: I know they brought it up on the air, but
• 29:14
  Speaker 6: I wasn't sure if they actually replayed it.
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: I don't remember any clips. I do remember them talking
• 29:19
  Speaker 3: about it. You know, Jim Nance did that game last
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: week with JJ Watt. But I don't remember any clips.
• 29:25
  Speaker 3: And normally, they don't even show the video during those broadcasts.
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: A lot of it's just those still photography photos. They'll
• 29:31
  Speaker 3: just kind of rotate through them. And it's usually when
• 29:33
  Speaker 3: they come back from a commercial break. So underneath that,
• 29:36
  Speaker 3: you know, they're, they're, they're doing some type of commercial, uh,
• 29:39
  Speaker 3: you know, voiceover of whoever's sponsoring the game for that day.
• 29:42
  Speaker 3: But I definitely think you have to reference that Super
• 29:46
  Speaker 3: Bowl 43 game this weekend because you're back in Tampa.
• 29:48
  Speaker 3: I mean, the two franchises have only met 12 times,
• 29:51
  Speaker 3: and there's really no memorable full game to talk about.
• 29:55
  Speaker 3: You know, all week long we've talked about plays. We've
• 29:57
  Speaker 3: talked about Jerome Bettis having a couple big games down
• 29:59
  Speaker 3: in Tampa towards, you know, the late 90s, early 2000s.
• 30:03
  Speaker 3: We talked about Vance McDonald with the big stiff arm.
• 30:05
  Speaker 3: We talked about the Steelers beating Tom Brady. the final
• 30:08
  Speaker 3: time that they ever faced him as a member of
• 30:10
  Speaker 3: Tampa Bay here in Pittsburgh. But there hasn't been that
• 30:14
  Speaker 3: memorable game. Maybe this weekend it'll be a memorable game.
• 30:17
  Speaker 4: Maybe it'll go to overtime.
• 30:18
  Speaker 3: Seems like the NFL's on a roll to get to
• 30:20
  Speaker 3: overtime right now.
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: Yes. Yes, it does.
• 30:24
  Speaker 6: You know, I'd like to see the Steelers win another
• 30:27
  Speaker 6: decisive game for sure. That always makes life easier. And, yeah,
• 30:32
  Speaker 6: I mean, we've kind of been bringing this up all week.
• 30:35
  Speaker 6: First road win of the season. be a great time to,
• 30:38
  Speaker 6: to go and get it.
• 30:39
  Speaker 4: That's right.
• 30:40
  Speaker 6: This team hasn't gotten to experience that yet under Mike McCarthy. And,
• 30:44
  Speaker 6: you know, players have talked about the challenges of playing
• 30:46
  Speaker 6: on the road, especially on offense, but I don't know
• 30:48
  Speaker 6: that they're really going to need a ton of silent
• 30:50
  Speaker 6: counter or anything like that, because I think the Steeler,
• 30:52
  Speaker 6: there's going to be a lot of black and gold
• 30:54
  Speaker 6: and terrible towels in the crowd.
• 30:56
  Speaker 5: I reckon.
• 30:57
  Speaker 4: I'm with you, my friend. Absolutely.
• 30:59
  Speaker 3: It is Raymond James stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida, one
• 31:03
  Speaker 3: o'clock Sunday at Steelers and Bucs but again Raymond James
• 31:07
  Speaker 3: Stadium in the corner of that end zone where Centonio
• 31:10
  Speaker 3: Holmes came down with that catch that's the spot that
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: a lot of Steeler Nation will be watching and looking
• 31:16
  Speaker 3: at this upcoming weekend whenever we get back we'll wrap
• 31:19
  Speaker 3: up the show for today and this week with a
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: look around the NFL yes it is our renegade preview
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  Speaker 3: week six in the AFC North AFC and the NFL.
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  Speaker 4: I'm Ed, he's Brian.
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  Speaker 3: You're listening to The Steelers Report right here on Steelers
• 31:33
  Speaker 3: Nation Radio, part of the Steelers Audio Network.
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: This is The Steelers Report with Brian Batko and Ed
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: Troop on Steelers Nation Radio, a part of the Steelers
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: Audio Network.
• 31:52
  Speaker 3: There are many perks to being on Steelers Nation Radio.
• 31:56
  Speaker 3: Part of it is playing back those audio clips that
• 31:59
  Speaker 3: we can, anytime we want. We have a whole library
• 32:01
  Speaker 3: right in front of us, Double B. We can go
• 32:03
  Speaker 3: back in time and pull up some of the... Great
• 32:07
  Speaker 3: clips of the history of this franchise, including Bill Hillgrove,
• 32:11
  Speaker 3: now Rob King, of course, here on the network. And,
• 32:14
  Speaker 3: you know, speaking of Bill Hillgrove, he's been on the
• 32:16
  Speaker 3: show a couple of times. We'll have to try to
• 32:18
  Speaker 3: get Bill back on here at some point. I hate
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: to bother him, though, because he's in the midst of
• 32:23
  Speaker 3: Pitt football season and Pitt basketball right around the corner, too.
• 32:27
  Speaker 4: So busy time for Mr.
• 32:28
  Speaker 2: Hillgrove.
• 32:29
  Speaker 4: We'll see if we can work him in here at
• 32:30
  Speaker 4: some point.
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  Speaker 6: Pitt football shipping up to Boston this weekend to face
• 32:35
  Speaker 6: Boston College. I think that game's at noon on Saturday.
• 32:39
  Speaker 6: And yeah, both Steelers and Pitt away this weekend. So
• 32:43
  Speaker 6: some rest and recovery time for the fibers of Akershire
• 32:47
  Speaker 6: Stadium's turf, which seems to be holding up pretty well
• 32:50
  Speaker 6: so far based on what I can tell and no
• 32:54
  Speaker 6: complaints from the players, which is great. In fact, Aaron
• 32:57
  Speaker 6: Rodgers tipped his cap to it after I think that
• 32:59
  Speaker 6: was the week four win or no, week three win
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  Speaker 6: against the Cincinnati Bengals. And then the Steelers obviously aren't
• 33:06
  Speaker 6: going to be home for a week after that either.
• 33:09
  Speaker 6: As far as Pitt, I'm not sure when they're, I
• 33:12
  Speaker 6: think they're off for another week too. They go to
• 33:13
  Speaker 6: Miami after Boston College. So their slate is indeed heating
• 33:18
  Speaker 6: up in terms of the road. And Billy's going to
• 33:20
  Speaker 6: be putting on the miles here following the Pitt football Panthers, Ed.
• 33:25
  Speaker 6: We gave a shout out to another Bill, Bill Priatko
• 33:27
  Speaker 6: earlier in the show, 95 years old today, oldest living,
• 33:31
  Speaker 6: Steelers alumnus, also a happy birthday to Cordell Stewart, turns
• 33:35
  Speaker 6: 54 today, and former Steelers quarterback, obviously, Steelers slash, but
• 33:41
  Speaker 6: also current Steelers cornerback, Brandon Echols, turns 29 today, 26,
• 33:45
  Speaker 6: turns 29 on the sixth team.
• 33:49
  Speaker 3: I think just to go back, happy birthday to those guys,
• 33:51
  Speaker 3: by the way. We always love our birthday shout-outs. There's
• 33:54
  Speaker 3: three things Double B loves. He loves talking about where
• 33:56
  Speaker 3: players are born in the state, and he loves talking
• 33:58
  Speaker 3: about numbers, and he loves talking about birthdays, and I'm
• 34:00
  Speaker 3: with him. We like to give those shout-outs whenever we
• 34:02
  Speaker 3: can to reference numbers or birthdays, ages, and what state
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: they're born in.
• 34:07
  Speaker 6: Just on a whim, I was like, all right, who
• 34:09
  Speaker 6: are the celebrity birthdays today? We've got Flea from Red
• 34:13
  Speaker 6: Hot Chili Peppers. We've got John Mayer, and then we've
• 34:17
  Speaker 6: got We mentioned this guy or referred to this guy
• 34:21
  Speaker 6: a lot via the movie that he's known for on
• 34:27
  Speaker 6: yesterday's show. Tim Robbins, Andy Dufresne from Shawshank Redemption and
• 34:31
  Speaker 6: Bull Durham and many other flicks. But the birthday today
• 34:35
  Speaker 6: for Tim Robbins, he's 68. Doing my quick math here.
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: Those are some good shout-outs. Yeah, Tim Robbins, that goes
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: along with Shawshank Redemption. Good call on Bull Dorm, one
• 34:47
  Speaker 3: of my favorite baseball movies of all time. Crash Davis
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: and the Bull, Dorm Bulls, I should say.
• 34:55
  Speaker 4: In the minor leagues there. Good stuff.
• 34:56
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Shawshank, we talked about yesterday on the show. Red
• 35:00
  Speaker 3: Hot Chili Peppers, one of my favorite bands, so that's
• 35:02
  Speaker 3: cool with Flea. And John Mayer, shout out to Wes Shuler.
• 35:05
  Speaker 3: He's a big Grateful Dead fan and Dead & Company
• 35:09
  Speaker 3: that tours out there with John Mayer as their lead
• 35:11
  Speaker 3: singer there now, too. I'm also a fellow fan of that.
• 35:14
  Speaker 3: So we're stringing everything together here, Brian Bacco on Steelers
• 35:18
  Speaker 3: Nation Radio.
• 35:19
  Speaker 4: And we must be at the end of the week
• 35:20
  Speaker 4: if we're reaching for celebrity birthdays.
• 35:23
  Speaker 3: But have we said all we can say about Steelers
• 35:26
  Speaker 3: bucks on Sunday? I'm sure we can say lots more,
• 35:28
  Speaker 3: but I did want to hit the injury report with you.
• 35:31
  Speaker 4: But before that, it looks like you have a thought.
• 35:34
  Speaker 6: Special teams, Chase McLaughlin, 10 for 10 on field goals,
• 35:38
  Speaker 6: 10 for 10 on extra points.
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: Matt's stats on Steelers.com, there has not.
• 35:42
  Speaker 6: Been a missed field goal yet in a Buccaneers game,
• 35:46
  Speaker 6: so that bodes well for McLaughlin and Chris Boswell, and
• 35:49
  Speaker 6: their 0-3 at home are the Bucs, so they have
• 35:53
  Speaker 6: been in a weird spot.
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: I mean, they started 0-4, but it's not like.
• 35:57
  Speaker 6: They were on the road a lot. They were at home,
• 36:00
  Speaker 6: and they were struggling to win those games. It took
• 36:02
  Speaker 6: them finally going on the road to Dallas to get
• 36:05
  Speaker 6: their first win, but it's not because of the special teams.
• 36:07
  Speaker 6: They've been really good on kick returns. They've got three
• 36:10
  Speaker 6: returns of 40 yards or more in the kickoff game.
• 36:14
  Speaker 6: Kenny Gainwell has been a part of that, as have
• 36:16
  Speaker 6: a couple of others. And, you know, I think that
• 36:20
  Speaker 6: it's going to be a really interesting matchup, too, in
• 36:22
  Speaker 6: terms of the Steelers being down some guys in the
• 36:25
  Speaker 6: receiving core, which brings us to what you.
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: Wanted to get at the latest on the injuries.
• 36:31
  Speaker 6: But, you know, obviously with Mike McCarthy, he doesn't add
• 36:34
  Speaker 6: too much color other than what you see in black
• 36:37
  Speaker 6: and white, you know, right around four o'clock every day
• 36:40
  Speaker 6: when those reports come out.
• 36:42
  Speaker 4: Not black and yellow, Wiz Khalif?
• 36:45
  Speaker 6: Actually, I think they do put black and yellow in
• 36:48
  Speaker 6: their practice report.
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: I mean, every team kind of themes it to their.
• 36:52
  Speaker 6: Own logo and colors, but yeah, the black and white
• 36:55
  Speaker 6: and black and gold print.
• 36:57
  Speaker 3: Do they still play that at AccuShore during Steeler games?
• 37:00
  Speaker 3: There for a long time when there was a touchdown,
• 37:02
  Speaker 3: it always blared. I haven't heard it the last handful
• 37:04
  Speaker 3: of times I've been down for a Steeler game.
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: I think they do.
• 37:08
  Speaker 6: I think it's in the rotation, at least. You know,
• 37:10
  Speaker 6: back in black, thunderstruck, black and yellow. Although, you know,
• 37:16
  Speaker 6: technically black and gold. But even if you're anti-black and yellow,
• 37:20
  Speaker 6: it's still Wiz Khalifa of Pittsburgh produced rap artists there.
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: And that was a huge smash song.
• 37:28
  Speaker 6: Right around the time of the Steelers facing the Packers
• 37:30
  Speaker 6: in their most recent Super.
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: Bowl, as I recall.
• 37:33
  Speaker 3: Yep, that was it back in that time period. Renegade
• 37:37
  Speaker 3: preview week six in and around the AFC North.
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  Speaker 4: We'll start there.
• 37:41
  Speaker 3: The Bengals have a bye this week, so there's only
• 37:44
  Speaker 3: one game to talk to, and it's at 1 o'clock
• 37:46
  Speaker 3: on Sunday.
• 37:47
  Speaker 4: It's the Ravens 4-1 at the Browns 3-2. Always a
• 37:52
  Speaker 4: good matchup.
• 37:52
  Speaker 3: I feel like the Browns always give the Steelers trouble
• 37:56
  Speaker 3: in Cleveland, and I feel like they've given their ex-team, if.
• 37:59
  Speaker 4: You want to call it that.
• 38:00
  Speaker 3: The Ravens, I guess, are technically the old Browns in
• 38:02
  Speaker 3: Baltimore against the new Browns who no longer need to
• 38:07
  Speaker 3: have that new name around them.
• 38:09
  Speaker 4: They've been in Cleveland forever, too.
• 38:10
  Speaker 3: But I feel like Cleveland always plays the Ravens tough
• 38:13
  Speaker 3: at home. We'll see if they can do that this
• 38:14
  Speaker 3: upcoming Sunday and help their own cause and get back
• 38:17
  Speaker 3: on the winning track after that tough loss against the
• 38:19
  Speaker 3: Jets last week.
• 38:20
  Speaker 4: After they beat the Steelers on Thursday night.
• 38:23
  Speaker 6: To that point, Ed, I don't know if you saw it,
• 38:24
  Speaker 6: but longtime Ravens DB Marlon Humphrey was telling their media
• 38:28
  Speaker 6: that weird things always happen when you go and play
• 38:32
  Speaker 6: in Cleveland. And I feel like Steelers fans can be like,
• 38:34
  Speaker 6: wait a second. You think weird things happen to you
• 38:38
  Speaker 6: when you play in Cleveland?
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: Check our resume, buddy.
• 38:40
  Speaker 6: I mean, unfortunately, they've been bad weird things more often
• 38:44
  Speaker 6: than not in recent years. But yeah, it was kind
• 38:47
  Speaker 6: of funny to me that Both the Steelers and the
• 38:49
  Speaker 6: Ravens players feel like strange things happen when they go
• 38:53
  Speaker 6: and play in Cleveland. I can't imagine the Ravens have
• 38:56
  Speaker 6: played as many Thursday or primetime games in Cleveland recently
• 39:00
  Speaker 6: as the Steelers have.
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: But Marlon Humphrey, I guess, feels.
• 39:03
  Speaker 6: Much the same way about going up to Lake Erie
• 39:07
  Speaker 6: there for his annual trip.
• 39:09
  Speaker 3: And just ask Steeler Nation about strange things happening in
• 39:12
  Speaker 3: stadium with the New England Patriots when the Steelers have
• 39:15
  Speaker 3: played in New England. Not so much this year or
• 39:16
  Speaker 3: even last year, but back towards the Tom Brady, Bill
• 39:19
  Speaker 3: Belichick era. Headsets not working, fire alarms being pulled in
• 39:23
  Speaker 3: the middle of the night. Oh my goodness, lots of
• 39:24
  Speaker 3: conspiracy theories out there, but they are old conspiracy theories
• 39:28
  Speaker 3: when it comes to that Patriots-Steelers.
• 39:30
  Speaker 4: Rivalry. Yes, that'll be a good one within the AFC North.
• 39:33
  Speaker 3: You know, Brian, looking around these games for Sunday, we've
• 39:36
  Speaker 3: had some really bangers here the last few weekends in
• 39:39
  Speaker 3: and around the NFL.
• 39:40
  Speaker 4: And who knows, maybe these games will.
• 39:41
  Speaker 3: In fact, that's usually what happens when you look at
• 39:43
  Speaker 3: a one in four Texans versus a 4-1 Jaguars. It
• 39:46
  Speaker 3: turns into an overtime, back-and-forth type football game. But at
• 39:49
  Speaker 3: least on paper this week, not a lot of games
• 39:52
  Speaker 3: really jump out at you. And I just said the
• 39:54
  Speaker 3: Texans-Jaguars game. You talked about that. That's the London game.
• 39:58
  Speaker 3: You have the Titans 0-5 versus the Colts who are 2-3.
• 40:02
  Speaker 3: The Jets 2-3 at the Patriots 3-2. The Jets defense
• 40:05
  Speaker 3: I've been high on. Maybe that'll be a good one
• 40:07
  Speaker 3: this week. But not too many of these games really
• 40:09
  Speaker 3: jump out at you here going into week six, at
• 40:11
  Speaker 3: least on paper. I'm sure they'll play out and there'll
• 40:13
  Speaker 3: be a handful of good ones.
• 40:15
  Speaker 6: Panthers-Eagles, which I reference only because if you missed it,
• 40:18
  Speaker 6: Jalen Hurts is out for this game. Tanner McKee will
• 40:21
  Speaker 6: start for Philly, who's just, I mean, they can't catch
• 40:25
  Speaker 6: a break. When it rains, it pours for the Eagles.
• 40:28
  Speaker 6: Lane Johnson retires. Cam Juergens gets traded. Jalen Hurts, scary
• 40:32
  Speaker 6: situation with a, I think they're calling it a pulmonary emblemism.
• 40:36
  Speaker 2: And a blood clot.
• 40:38
  Speaker 6: This would be much better conversation if my physician assistant
• 40:41
  Speaker 6: wife were in the room, but that doesn't sound good
• 40:43
  Speaker 6: for Jalen hurts. And then they start talking about the
• 40:46
  Speaker 6: possibility of putting him on blood thinners. You know, I
• 40:48
  Speaker 6: don't know a lot about medical issues, but I know
• 40:51
  Speaker 6: if you're on blood thinners, you probably shouldn't be taking
• 40:53
  Speaker 6: hits in a professional football game or really any professional
• 40:56
  Speaker 6: contact sport for that matter. So man, I'm wishing the
• 41:00
  Speaker 6: best for Jalen hurts that, you know, got to take
• 41:02
  Speaker 6: care of your health first before you worry about getting
• 41:04
  Speaker 6: the Eagles out of this two and three hole that
• 41:07
  Speaker 6: they are in another game that's intriguing to me I
• 41:10
  Speaker 6: mean the Chargers have played the Chiefs really tough over
• 41:12
  Speaker 6: the years in the AFC West so that's going to
• 41:15
  Speaker 6: be you know unstoppable force versus immovable object there with
• 41:19
  Speaker 6: that six and oh record or excuse me four and
• 41:21
  Speaker 6: oh record versus oh and five record obviously one unbeaten
• 41:24
  Speaker 6: and one winless team what will go down there things
• 41:28
  Speaker 6: are it's getting late early as they say for the
• 41:30
  Speaker 6: Chargers and then.
• 41:32
  Speaker 2: I'm intrigued by the Sunday night football.
• 41:33
  Speaker 6: Cowboys at Packers, 2-3 Dallas versus 3-2 Green Bay. That's
• 41:37
  Speaker 6: like the ex-Steeler Bowl right now, Ed. You've got Joey
• 41:40
  Speaker 6: Porter Jr., Broderick Jones, George Pickens going to Lambeau Field,
• 41:44
  Speaker 6: and Caleb Johnson and Jonu Smith for the Cheeseheads. Not
• 41:48
  Speaker 6: that either one of those guys is really having a
• 41:51
  Speaker 6: huge impact for Jordan Love's offense. But, yeah, I mean,
• 41:54
  Speaker 6: the Cowboys, they're going to feel like the sky is
• 41:57
  Speaker 6: falling in Jerry World if they go and lose again and.
• 41:59
  Speaker 2: Fall to 2-4.
• 42:00
  Speaker 3: And Bills 4-1 at Raiders 3-2, 425 on Sunday. That
• 42:05
  Speaker 3: could potentially be a good one, too. Maybe the Raiders
• 42:08
  Speaker 3: knock off the Bills at home. That would really up
• 42:11
  Speaker 3: them in the AFC and in the AFC West, too.
• 42:14
  Speaker 3: We'll see if they can take on a Josh Allen-led
• 42:18
  Speaker 3: offense that has looked unstoppable in recent weeks.
• 42:22
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I was going to say, I feel like this
• 42:23
  Speaker 6: could be a shootout in Vegas. The Bills' defense hasn't
• 42:27
  Speaker 6: exactly been a picture of– of dominance by any stretch. And,
• 42:32
  Speaker 6: you know, Clint Kubiak, the new head coach of the
• 42:34
  Speaker 6: Raiders has things clicking offensively, even with Kirk Cousins in there.
• 42:38
  Speaker 6: I think he's cooled off a little bit lately and
• 42:41
  Speaker 6: maybe has some people starting to ask the Francis Fernando
• 42:43
  Speaker 6: Mendoza question of when it's time to turn the reins
• 42:46
  Speaker 6: over to him, but Cousins 1,269 yards, 12 touchdowns, only
• 42:51
  Speaker 6: four interceptions thus far. But he is coming off a
• 42:55
  Speaker 6: game at the Patriots where They got blown out. So
• 42:59
  Speaker 6: at some point when you're the number one overall pick
• 43:02
  Speaker 6: in the Heisman Trophy, oh, and national championship winner, your
• 43:05
  Speaker 6: fan base is probably going to be pushing for you
• 43:07
  Speaker 6: to be out there.
• 43:08
  Speaker 3: Just jumping around some other games on Sunday that we
• 43:10
  Speaker 3: haven't mentioned yet. You do have the three and two
• 43:12
  Speaker 3: Bears playing at the two and three Falcons, Brian. So
• 43:15
  Speaker 3: that might be a good one there, too, between two
• 43:17
  Speaker 3: teams that have been up and down so far this season.
• 43:21
  Speaker 3: 2-3 Jets at 3-2 Patriots. We already talked about that one.
• 43:24
  Speaker 3: 1-4 Saints at the 3-1-1 Giants. There's that tie that
• 43:28
  Speaker 3: we'd love to talk about from the other day. 1-4
• 43:31
  Speaker 3: Cardinals at the 2-3 Rams.
• 43:34
  Speaker 4: The Monday night matchup will be the Commanders 1-3-1.
• 43:37
  Speaker 3: There's the other tie against the undefeated 49ers who are
• 43:41
  Speaker 3: 5-0 on the season. Bengals we already mentioned within the
• 43:44
  Speaker 3: AFC North on a bye this week. Lions, Dolphins, and
• 43:48
  Speaker 3: Vikings who are also undefeated. also on week six buys.
• 43:53
  Speaker 6: I'd like to bring up the Saints at Giants game because,
• 43:56
  Speaker 6: you know, we talked about how the Bucks have extra
• 43:58
  Speaker 6: rest for this game against the Steelers Sunday. The Steelers
• 44:02
  Speaker 6: had extra rest going into their Colts game. I like that,
• 44:05
  Speaker 6: you know, at least if the NFL is going to
• 44:06
  Speaker 6: send a couple teams to Paris, you know, they're both
• 44:08
  Speaker 6: coming off of road games. It's pretty much on equal
• 44:11
  Speaker 6: footing there. It's not like the Saints got to play
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  Speaker 6: at home and then have to fly international or the
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  Speaker 6: Steelers got to play at home and then had to
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  Speaker 6: fly international. Saints will be coming back from the Big Apple. Well,
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  Speaker 6: East Rutherford, New Jersey. Steelers will be coming back from
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  Speaker 6: Tampa Bay. And then they'll both have to cram 10
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  Speaker 6: pounds into an 8-pound bag next week to get.
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  Speaker 2: Ready for Paris. But right now, we're getting ready for Tampa.
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  Speaker 2: I'm excited. Are you excited, Ed? Who do you got
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  Speaker 2: winning this one?
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  Speaker 4: I have.
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  Speaker 3: before the season started. I got out our list that
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  Speaker 3: we picked, Brian. We both had them losing this game
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  Speaker 3: in Tampa Bay, but that was before the Bucs were 0-4,
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  Speaker 3: and now going into this game at 1-4 on the season.
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  Speaker 4: So I'm going to reverse. I mean, we have to
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  Speaker 4: keep this, right?
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  Speaker 3: This was in stone for us to track towards the
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  Speaker 3: end of the season for what we said before the
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  Speaker 3: season started. But we do have the ability. for our
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  Speaker 3: game pick to change it. So I'm going to change it.
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  Speaker 3: I think the Steelers win this game, but I think
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  Speaker 3: it's a close game. I think this is more like
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  Speaker 3: the Atlanta game that started the season. Maybe a splash
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  Speaker 3: play at the end offensively or defensively sways this game.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to say 23-17 Steelers win this one.
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  Speaker 4: How about you?
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  Speaker 2: I think it'll be a close game again.
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  Speaker 6: But yeah, that paper is binding for season-long predictions, but
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  Speaker 6: you're right. We also have to go with the flow
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  Speaker 6: and adjust to what happens in season. Steelers have struggled
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  Speaker 6: at times in recent years against backup quarterbacks, but they
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  Speaker 6: did clamp down on Cooper Rush in a big way
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  Speaker 6: week one.
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  Speaker 2: I'd also say that, you know, things change.
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  Speaker 6: They have changed defensively in the coaching staff, but one
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  Speaker 6: of those things that you just feel in your bones
• 45:44
  Speaker 6: when it comes to the Steelers and the Steelers defense,
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  Speaker 6: at least as long as it's spearheaded by Cam Hayward,
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  Speaker 6: TJ Watt, Alex Highsmith, they kind of dominate against rookie
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  Speaker 6: quarterbacks and especially an undrafted rookie quarterback in Jalen Daniels,
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  Speaker 6: who's on the shorter side. He's probably a, you know,
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  Speaker 6: a few hairs away from 6-1 on a good day.
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  Speaker 6: I think they get it done defensively. And I think
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  Speaker 6: that the Bucs will find a way to move the
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  Speaker 6: ball here and there. But I'll say a close win
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  Speaker 6: for the Steelers. But I'm also flipping from a preseason
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  Speaker 6: loss to a win here in week six. And they
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  Speaker 6: can improve to 4-2, have some real momentum stacking up
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  Speaker 6: as they go into their international game.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, let's hope they do.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, special thanks to Casey Phillips, the Tampa Bay Bucks
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  Speaker 3: team reporter that joined the show today. Nick Faribault from
• 46:28
  Speaker 3: PennLive that joined yesterday. And earlier this week, we had
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  Speaker 3: Wes Euler from SNR's Drive. And speaking of Wes Euler, well,
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  Speaker 3: him and Matt Williamson, they're up next on the Drive.
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  Speaker 4: I'm Ed Troop. He's Brian Bacco.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks for listening to the Steelers Report right here on
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