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HR 2: Top 10 Moments from Steelers 26, Bucs 19 (OT) · 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: True on Steelers Nation Radio, a part of the Steelers
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  Speaker 1: Audio Network.
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  Speaker 2: We are still celebrating Sunday's Steelers 26 Bucks 19 victory
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  Speaker 2: to get the Black and Gold to 4-2 on the season.
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  Speaker 3: And we'll put our final touches.
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  Speaker 2: On that game here during the 3 o'clock hour in
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  Speaker 2: our top 10 newscast.
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  Speaker 3: Moments and plays from this past Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: I've got to tell you, Brian Backo, for the first
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  Speaker 2: time this year, this one was a bit more challenging
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  Speaker 2: for us to come up with 10 because there were
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  Speaker 2: so many great plays. We've had the opposite problem some
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  Speaker 2: of these weeks where we haven't had enough. We're just
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  Speaker 2: playing field goals, but this week there were a lot.
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  Speaker 4: There was also more plays. It was an overtime game.
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  Speaker 5: That's right.
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  Speaker 4: It wasn't just 60 minutes.
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  Speaker 6: Both the offense and the defense played a season high
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  Speaker 6: in terms of snaps. So, yeah, just by the sheer
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  Speaker 6: math of it, Ed, you had more work on your
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  Speaker 6: hands to sift through.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, when you get into overtime, I wasn't even thinking
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  Speaker 2: about that. And did any of those plays make our
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  Speaker 2: top ten list? We will find out here in just
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  Speaker 2: a little bit.
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  Speaker 4: Did you catch the Niners-Commanders game?
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  Speaker 3: That was my next question. I was going to go
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  Speaker 3: there with you.
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  Speaker 4: Wow, look at that.
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  Speaker 2: They came back. Oh, who won in the Brian Bacco?
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  Speaker 2: Did you win or sleep? You won, so you stayed
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  Speaker 2: on watch the whole thing.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, I did.
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  Speaker 6: I had some coffee before I left the facility yesterday
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  Speaker 6: around 5.
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  Speaker 7: That helps.
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  Speaker 3: Burn that off.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, one of the Steelers content people who's– a lot
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  Speaker 6: younger than me, doesn't have kids.
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  Speaker 4: She's like, you're having coffee now? I'm like, oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 6: You don't understand the struggle until you realize you've got
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  Speaker 6: to wake up early with the kids, and they're going
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  Speaker 6: to take a lot out of you. So that just
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  Speaker 6: little 5 o'clock nip of, and I didn't finish the cup,
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  Speaker 6: but a few sips of caffeine really helped, and then
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  Speaker 6: it helped me make it through the end of that
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  Speaker 6: red versus red, red and gold versus red and gold
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  Speaker 6: game last night.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I like that part of it.
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  Speaker 2: The Commanders come back towards the end, made it a
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  Speaker 2: football contest because it looked like the Niners.
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  Speaker 4: They did.
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  Speaker 6: They gave them all they could handle. Came down to
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  Speaker 6: the wire. Niners defense bowed up some big plays by
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  Speaker 6: Malik Mustafa on the back end and then Fred Warner
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  Speaker 6: is just an absolute stud.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, he's fun to watch.
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  Speaker 3: One of the best.
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  Speaker 2: And Jaden Daniels, not Jalen. We've been talking Jalen Daniels
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  Speaker 2: a lot this past week. But Jaden Daniels for the Commanders, what,
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  Speaker 2: 300 yards passing, I think, last night, too.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, they put up a lot of yards.
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  Speaker 3: He's on my fantasy team. That's why I know.
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  Speaker 2: He was my fantasy quarterback this past week. Didn't get
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  Speaker 2: the win there either, Brian. And the Commanders also didn't
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  Speaker 2: get the win. This past week, Steelers 26, Bucks 19.
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  Speaker 2: As we said, lots of plays to choose from from
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  Speaker 2: this past week, but we will kick it off. Well,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to kick it off with Jalen Ramsey's first sack.
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  Speaker 3: So he had two sacks on Sunday. This is his first.
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  Speaker 7: Daniels back to pass it. Daniels is going to.
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  Speaker 5: Be wrapped up and swung down by Jalen Ramsey back
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  Speaker 5: near the 10-yard line.
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  Speaker 2: First series for the Tampa Bay offense, and Jalen Ramsey
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  Speaker 2: hit a home run there at the end.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, he did.
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  Speaker 6: Kind of let you know what sort of game it
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  Speaker 6: was going to be from the Steelers' defense. Keanu Benton
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  Speaker 6: set the tone, and then, yeah, Ramsey flying in there
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  Speaker 6: early in that game against the undrafted rookie who hasn't
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  Speaker 6: seen a ton of NFL football just yet, was facing
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  Speaker 6: third and nine, and Ramsey made him pet.
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  Speaker 3: Ramsey makes him play twice.
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  Speaker 6: But that doesn't necessarily happen without, again, Benton stacking up
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  Speaker 6: Bucky Irving for a loss of two on second and seven.
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  Speaker 3: That was a big play, too.
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  Speaker 2: Boy, they really contained Bucky Irving on Sunday, too, limiting him,
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  Speaker 2: as we said.
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  Speaker 6: He shot the gap there and just got into the backfield,
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  Speaker 6: and Bucky Irving crumpled like a cheap chair.
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  Speaker 2: And that's key early on in the game, too, Brian,
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  Speaker 2: because as you said, you're sending a message to that team, hey,
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  Speaker 2: this is what we're doing today. We're not going to
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  Speaker 2: let you take over this game like you did against
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  Speaker 2: the Cowboys last week. But 19 carries for 46 yards,
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  Speaker 2: just an average of 2.4 yards per rush on Sunday
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  Speaker 2: for Bucky Irving. and it started with one of the plays.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe I should have pulled that play instead of that one.
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  Speaker 2: But here's my question. Will the Ramsey two sacks of
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  Speaker 2: the game bookend us for our top ten today?
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  Speaker 3: Stay tuned. I'm not going to give that answer away.
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  Speaker 3: That's a little tease.
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  Speaker 4: That'd be fitting, but go ahead.
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  Speaker 3: That'd be fitting, but that's a tease.
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  Speaker 4: We'll see.
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  Speaker 2: The top three were tricky this week. I'll leave it there.
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  Speaker 2: I'll preview that.
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  Speaker 3: But number nine for us was not tricky.
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  Speaker 2: It was Daylon Everett's first career interception, and it happened
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  Speaker 2: with 13-14 left in the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 5: Gets the snap, back pressure coming, throws to the left,
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  Speaker 5: and it is picked off by Everett. Picked off by
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  Speaker 5: Dalen Everett at the 45-yard line.
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  Speaker 7: There's your renegade, oh mama, Dalen Everett.
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  Speaker 3: I like that from Rob King there at the end.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, mama.
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  Speaker 2: Daylon Everett's been close a few times this season, Brian,
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  Speaker 2: with some past breakups. He's gotten beat a few times,
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  Speaker 2: but he's also made up with it with some big
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  Speaker 2: plays such as that. No doubt, the rookie from Georgia
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  Speaker 2: off to a good start here in 2026 in his
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  Speaker 2: rookie season.
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  Speaker 6: Another third down play there in which the Bucs kind
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  Speaker 6: of had no choice but to throw. That was a
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  Speaker 6: three outside linebacker package play as well with TJ Watt,
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  Speaker 6: Alex Highsmith, the bookends, Nick Herbig rushing on the interior.
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  Speaker 6: But the guy who was really rushing on the interior
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  Speaker 6: and made that play happen, big 97, Cam Hayward. Daylon
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  Speaker 6: Everett gets the call and the credit, of course, but
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  Speaker 6: probably doesn't happen without Hayward getting the pressure, hitting Daniels
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  Speaker 6: as he threw, and then heads-up play by Everett to
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  Speaker 6: get his head around. Almost bobbled that ball going out
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  Speaker 6: of bounds. I think we were all kind of unsure
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  Speaker 6: in the press box. Did he corral that? Did he
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  Speaker 6: haul it in? He did just in time. Gets both
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  Speaker 6: feet down. Very athletic play by a very athletic rookie corner.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Daylon Everett's first career interception, number nine.
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  Speaker 7: On our list.
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  Speaker 4: We say that. They're all athletic. Let me know when
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  Speaker 4: you find a cornerback in the NFL who's not athletic.
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  Speaker 3: They better be athletic. If they're not athletic, then they
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  Speaker 3: got it.
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  Speaker 4: The dude ran a 4-3-something at the Combine, so it's
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  Speaker 4: all relative.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, especially nowadays in the NFL, Brian, such a
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  Speaker 2: pass-heavy league.
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  Speaker 7: Five-star recruit.
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  Speaker 4: Pedigree is there.
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  Speaker 3: You got to be that.
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  Speaker 2: You got to be that, especially on the outside whenever
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  Speaker 2: you're guarding those big receivers. And Daylon Everett certainly was
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  Speaker 2: this past week, his first career interception at No. 9.
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  Speaker 3: How about No. 8?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it was this from Chris Boswell from 20 yards. Now,
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  Speaker 2: you're going to say to yourself, why just from 20? Well,
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  Speaker 2: it was key because it gave the Steelers a 19-16.
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  Speaker 3: Lead, their first lead of the game, and it happened
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  Speaker 3: with 121 left.
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  Speaker 5: Chris Boswell with a field goal attempt. That field goal
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  Speaker 5: attempt is up, and it's good. 16 consecutive points scored
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  Speaker 5: by the Steelers.
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  Speaker 7: They lead 19-16.
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  Speaker 8: 19-16.
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  Speaker 2: Steelers with the lead for the first time in the game,
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  Speaker 2: and it happened again, like I said, with just, what,
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  Speaker 2: a minute and, what did we say, a minute 21 left.
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  Speaker 4: In the game.
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  Speaker 6: That's a bittersweet one for me because you would have
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  Speaker 6: loved to see the Steelers punch it in there. maybe
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  Speaker 6: on the throw to Darnell Washington on first down.
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  Speaker 4: But you're right. They needed to take the lead. They
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  Speaker 4: needed to get points on the board, and they did.
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  Speaker 2: I gave you that look, Brian, because there's been a
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  Speaker 2: lot of talk about that sequence down and around the
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  Speaker 2: goal line. Steelers were not able to punch it in.
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  Speaker 2: They had to settle for three. But the important part
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  Speaker 2: here is they took the lead. That's football, as Mike
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  Speaker 2: McCarthy said Monday.
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  Speaker 3: Yep, absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: All right, so Boz Good from 20 yards in the
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  Speaker 2: fourth quarter is our number eight play. Our seven and
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  Speaker 2: six play, well, they involve Nick Herbig. At number seven,
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  Speaker 2: this is his second sack of the season. It happened
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  Speaker 2: in the third quarter.
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  Speaker 7: Daniel's back. Pressure coming late. Daniel's rolling out, being.
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  Speaker 5: Chased down by Herbig, who gets the sack back at
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  Speaker 5: the 48-yard line.
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  Speaker 7: Second sack of the game for Nick Herbig.
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  Speaker 3: Now, look, we're going in order.
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  Speaker 2: I can't put his first sack in front of his
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  Speaker 2: second sack. He might be sitting there at home thinking, well, hey,
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  Speaker 2: you've got to go in order here. His first one
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  Speaker 2: was bigger. Nope, we're counting down to the best. That
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  Speaker 2: was his second of the game. It was sure good
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  Speaker 2: to see Nick Herbig this past week contribute not only
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  Speaker 2: there but in other categories too.
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  Speaker 3: He had quite the game against the Bucs.
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  Speaker 6: He did, and that pretty much stalled that drive for
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  Speaker 6: the Buccaneers as well. They had just hit a deep
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  Speaker 6: shot to Ted Hurst for 22 yards a couple plays
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  Speaker 6: before But then on second down, Herbig sacks Daniels, kills
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  Speaker 6: the momentum, forces them to take that timeout. And then
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  Speaker 6: they got some of that yardage back on third and 15.
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  Speaker 6: But in the end, they had to settle for a
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  Speaker 6: 53-yard field goal from Chase McLaughlin to tie it, which
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  Speaker 6: they did. But we don't want to know what might
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  Speaker 6: have happened if Herbig doesn't get that sack.
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  Speaker 2: Nick Herbig's two sacks were for 15 yards lost. He
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  Speaker 2: also had three tackle for losses, two quarterback hits, along
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  Speaker 2: with five tackles. You know, Brian, there's been a lot
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  Speaker 2: of dialogue, and we're part of it, in the last
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  Speaker 2: couple weeks talking about the lack of stats for Nick
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  Speaker 2: Herbig and the lack of those big splash plays. But
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  Speaker 2: when you dive into this a little bit more, it's
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  Speaker 2: not really so much on Nick Herbig's shoulders. The way
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  Speaker 2: he's being used up to this point, he's been in
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  Speaker 2: more coverages, right? He's been drifting back. He hasn't been
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  Speaker 2: rushing the quarterback as much. Now, what we did like
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  Speaker 2: to see from Patrick Graham on Sunday was he started
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  Speaker 2: to rush the quarterback, and look what happened.
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  Speaker 3: See what the results were.
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  Speaker 2: Hopefully, they'll find a happy medium at some point this season,
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  Speaker 2: but ultimately, it's not about Nick.
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  Speaker 3: Nick Herbig would tell you this, too. It's not about
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  Speaker 3: his stats. It's about the whole defense as a collective
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  Speaker 3: unit performing well.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, and I asked Graham about Herbig yesterday because he
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  Speaker 6: did get off the schneid, so to speak, with his
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  Speaker 6: first sack of 2026, and I basically just Hey, what
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  Speaker 6: did you see from Herbig on that play? And as
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  Speaker 6: he tends to do, Graham always has a really good answer.
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  Speaker 6: He always listens to the question intently and answers it
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  Speaker 6: in the spirit of what you asked. And he said,
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  Speaker 6: I saw him get off the balls. And this was
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  Speaker 6: against Tristan Wirfs, one of the best left tackles on
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  Speaker 6: the planet. This was his first sack. He said, I
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  Speaker 6: saw him get off the ball and stress the tackle
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  Speaker 6: and uses that first one. He got off the ball,
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  Speaker 6: flashed the inside arm, took away the surface. To me,
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  Speaker 6: that's pass rush. It starts with your get off the
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  Speaker 6: takeoff as a group. You know how we're going to
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  Speaker 6: do it. That was a five-man pressure. His get-off, his timing,
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  Speaker 6: how he gained ground and put stress on the tackle.
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  Speaker 6: Then once he got in the combat zone, what's your
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  Speaker 6: plan or how are you going to react to what
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  Speaker 6: he's doing he flashed them got him to show his
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  Speaker 6: hands took away the surface right there and then Nick's
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  Speaker 6: ability after the get off after getting into the combat
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  Speaker 6: zone the ability he has to plant and open his
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  Speaker 6: hips get to the quarterback that's what makes him special
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  Speaker 6: in my opinion so that's how Patrick Graham summed it
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  Speaker 6: up and couldn't agree more. I mean, we've all watched
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  Speaker 6: Nick Herbig's first is get off. And then his closing
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  Speaker 6: speed is really good. He's a lot quicker than your
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  Speaker 6: average NFL pass rusher. It's not the biggest guy, but
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  Speaker 6: he's so light on his feet. He's so nimble, so
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  Speaker 6: agile and has so much burst.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: So that, that's what, according to Graham, you know, makes
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  Speaker 6: him special. And he said he's more powerful than opposing
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  Speaker 6: offensive linemen tend to think.
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  Speaker 4: So he praised his, his upper body.
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  Speaker 6: Flexibility and then he finished by saying this I love
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  Speaker 6: it if I was making a drill tape I'd put
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  Speaker 6: it on my drill tape and I'd say I taught
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  Speaker 6: him that I didn't but I.
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  Speaker 2: Would say that yeah no doubt about that listen Nick
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  Speaker 2: Herbig uh you know we we talked about last week
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  Speaker 2: I think it was one of our terrible takes was
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  Speaker 2: he'll still be the leader when it comes to sacks
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  Speaker 2: by the end of the season and I don't necessarily
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  Speaker 2: think you and I both thought that was a terrible
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  Speaker 2: take if my memory serves correct.
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  Speaker 6: Well I don't think he's going to be the leader
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  Speaker 6: because T.J.
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  Speaker 4: Watt's well ahead and he's T.J. Watt.
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  Speaker 6: But, hey, if Herbig, you know, keeps going at this
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  Speaker 6: rate and, you know, might I remind you, Ed, last
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  Speaker 6: time the Steelers went across the pond, Dublin last year,
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  Speaker 6: Nick Herbig had a sack and a half. He started
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  Speaker 6: in that game because Alex Highsmith, I believe, was out
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  Speaker 6: with an injury. So if you want to rely on
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  Speaker 6: the small sample size, Nick Herbig plays very well in
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  Speaker 6: international games.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, he sure does. Got a little echo there, too,
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  Speaker 3: for you, Double B.
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  Speaker 2: A little special effect, you talking about Nick Herbig in
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  Speaker 2: that situation.
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  Speaker 4: Let's go to the voice of God.
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  Speaker 3: That's it. Yeah, we can put that little effect on
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  Speaker 3: when you talk about Nick Herbig.
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  Speaker 5: Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Herbig.
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  Speaker 3: Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Herbig.
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  Speaker 3: There you go.
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  Speaker 2: All right, let's go to our number six play before
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  Speaker 2: we take a break, and it's Nick Herbig's first sack
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  Speaker 2: of the season.
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  Speaker 5: Dealers bringing pressure. Daniel's back and sack from the backside.
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  Speaker 5: And that is Nick Herbig with his first sack.
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  Speaker 7: Of the season.
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  Speaker 2: There's the first sack of the season in the first half.
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  Speaker 2: And for Nick Herbig, as we said, big, big game
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  Speaker 2: on Sunday. And again, it was nice to see him
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  Speaker 2: get back to that pass rush.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, it was.
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  Speaker 6: And hopefully that's a sign of things to come for Herbig,
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  Speaker 6: a springboard for him the rest of the way. Because
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  Speaker 6: I don't think that three outside linebacker package is going anywhere.
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  Speaker 6: It's in vogue right now around the league. And it's
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  Speaker 6: obviously in vogue with the Steelers and Patrick Graham and
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  Speaker 6: how he wants to run things on this defense. Asks
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  Speaker 6: a little bit more of Nick Herbig to diversify his game,
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  Speaker 6: but I think he's certainly up for the challenge. That's
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  Speaker 6: why the Steelers gave him a new deal, and that's
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  Speaker 6: what he's bringing to the table.
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  Speaker 3: Keanu Benton did not make our top 10. Sorry, Keanu.
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  Speaker 3: But I did want to talk about him briefly.
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  Speaker 6: You should have put the Jalen Daniels completion to himself
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  Speaker 6: on there just for me as an honorable mention.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, that probably should have been. We probably
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  Speaker 2: should have put that on there. I don't even know
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  Speaker 2: if we save it. We always save the top Steeler plays.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if that one's in the system or not.
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  Speaker 2: I'd have to dig it out.
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  Speaker 4: A little more obscure, but it was fun nonetheless.
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  Speaker 2: But real quick, I thought Benton had a big game
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  Speaker 2: on Sunday, too. Three tackles, the two tackle for losses,
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  Speaker 2: the one pass deflection. You mentioned him at the start
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  Speaker 2: of the show today, too. You know, he's another player
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  Speaker 2: that has been used a bit differently than in years
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  Speaker 2: past in this new Patrick Graham defense. That's why his
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  Speaker 2: stats aren't jumping out at you, but he's still making
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  Speaker 2: a big impact in these football games.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, and they're using him a little bit differently now
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  Speaker 6: because Derek Harmon is out. Benton's sliding over to that four-eyed,
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  Speaker 6: if you want to call it a defensive end role,
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  Speaker 6: and that's good for him, I think.
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  Speaker 2: Y.A.
• 13:35
  Speaker 6: Black can line up in the middle as the nose tackle,
• 13:38
  Speaker 6: so can Gabriel Rubio. That was one of, I thought,
• 13:42
  Speaker 6: the positives for the Steelers' defense coming into the season,
• 13:45
  Speaker 6: the defensive line depth. You already have to lean on
• 13:47
  Speaker 6: it a little bit because Harmon goes down. A lot
• 13:50
  Speaker 6: of attrition always at that position because it's such a
• 13:53
  Speaker 6: physical one in the trenches, but they've got a lot
• 13:55
  Speaker 6: of answers for if somebody does get nicked up.
• 13:58
  Speaker 4: It's happened, but they haven't really missed a beat.
• 14:00
  Speaker 5: Y.E.
• 14:00
  Speaker 2: Black with two tackles on Sunday, had a sack, also
• 14:05
  Speaker 2: had a tackle for loss, and also had a quarterback
• 14:07
  Speaker 2: hit just to kind of support you there.
• 14:09
  Speaker 7: Double B.
• 14:09
  Speaker 2: And while we're at it, we also give you Cam
• 14:10
  Speaker 2: Hayward stats on Sunday, too. Three tackles for Captain Cam
• 14:14
  Speaker 2: and two quarterback hits.
• 14:15
  Speaker 3: No pass deflections, though.
• 14:17
  Speaker 2: Steelers got eight pass deflections in the game, six of
• 14:19
  Speaker 2: them coming from Jamel Dean. But that defensive line, they
• 14:22
  Speaker 2: got a couple here and there, as we mentioned. But, hey, listen,
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: Cam Hayward just being on that field, he can eat
• 14:28
  Speaker 2: up a lot of space, and he does, and he
• 14:31
  Speaker 2: has throughout his NFL career. Whenever we come back, we've
• 14:33
  Speaker 2: got our top five moments and plays of the week.
• 14:38
  Speaker 2: And also at the tail end of the show today,
• 14:40
  Speaker 2: Jim Wexel will be joining us from Steelers.com. He's a
• 14:43
  Speaker 2: contributor there with Double B. He's also the editor and
• 14:46
  Speaker 2: publisher of Steel City Insider, one of our favorite guests
• 14:49
  Speaker 2: that we have on the show each and every week.
• 14:52
  Speaker 3: He is Backo. I am Troop. We thank you for listening,
• 14:55
  Speaker 3: as always.
• 14:55
  Speaker 2: We'll be right back right here on the Steelers Report,
• 14:57
  Speaker 2: part of Steelers Nation Radio, the Steelers Audio Network.
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: This is the Steelers Report with Brian Backo and Ed
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: Troop on Steelers Nation Radio, a part of the Steelers
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: Audio Network.
• 15:15
  Speaker 9: Up next.
• 15:16
  Speaker 2: We will be talking to Jim Wexel from Steelers.com, a
• 15:20
  Speaker 2: contributor there, also the editor and publisher of Steel City Insider.
• 15:25
  Speaker 3: But before we do that, we still have five more
• 15:27
  Speaker 3: plays to get to.
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: Our top ten moments and plays from Sunday.
• 15:32
  Speaker 3: And Brian, it's been an exciting list so far.
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: You have Daylon Everett's first career interception at number nine.
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: You had the first sack of the game by Jalen Ramsey.
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: Will we bookend the two Jalen Ramsey sacks?
• 15:44
  Speaker 3: We will find out.
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: We also had the first sack of the season for
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: Nick Herbig. Also his second sack of the season, Boz,
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: the go-ahead field goal with a minute 21 left.
• 15:54
  Speaker 3: Exciting list to start out.
• 15:56
  Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely.
• 15:58
  Speaker 6: And I'm looking forward to Talking to Wex here to
• 16:00
  Speaker 6: finish the show today. He's one of our favorite guests.
• 16:03
  Speaker 6: I feel like we've kind of, we've commandeered him. We've
• 16:07
  Speaker 6: made him like the featured back for the Steelers report.
• 16:11
  Speaker 6: You know, our guys on the drive, Wes Euler and
• 16:13
  Speaker 6: Matt Williamson, I think they've laid claim to Mike DeFabo,
• 16:17
  Speaker 6: our buddy from the Athletic.
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah, how about that?
• 16:20
  Speaker 4: Who else?
• 16:21
  Speaker 6: I mean, we all spread the love and share the wealth,
• 16:24
  Speaker 6: but I think we've kind of adopted Wex as our
• 16:28
  Speaker 6: third musketeer.
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: In the last couple of weeks, you and I have
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: bookend the Blitz with Vince Williams and Tom Offerman.
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: You've started the week with them, and I've ended the
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: week with them.
• 16:36
  Speaker 4: Yeah, that's true. That's true.
• 16:37
  Speaker 6: They've gone and poached us from time to time as
• 16:41
  Speaker 6: well off of our own personal practice squad, signed to
• 16:46
  Speaker 6: their 53-man roster, elevated for game day.
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: We had Tom on a couple weeks ago. We had
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: Wes on last week. We'll have Matt Williamson, I think,
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: on with us next week, Brian.
• 16:57
  Speaker 3: Here on the show.
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: So we'll talk to Matt, Wes's partner, that you hear
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: right after this, coming up here at 4 o'clock today.
• 17:03
  Speaker 6: Matt's on the Steelers Insider Show featuring Mike McCarthy this weekend.
• 17:07
  Speaker 6: We've kind of got a rotating stable. We've got a
• 17:10
  Speaker 6: backfield by committee on that show. I was on last
• 17:13
  Speaker 6: Saturday night, and it comes out Saturday on all the
• 17:17
  Speaker 6: Steelers digital platforms. And then if you're here locally, you
• 17:20
  Speaker 6: can watch it on KDKA 1135. The show goes on,
• 17:24
  Speaker 6: even though we'll be in Paris. So check out Mr.
• 17:27
  Speaker 6: Williamson on there this weekend.
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: I had like a Seinfeld.
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: Missy Matthews also in that mix.
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: I had like a Seinfeld Curb Your Enthusiasm moment last
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: week with the Double B because you texted me and said, hey,
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: give me a shout-out for my show on the Blitz
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: when you're talking to Tom and Vince.
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: I didn't get the text until after I left the show.
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: The show was over. My segment was over. But I
• 17:45
  Speaker 3: felt bad, and I didn't know how to respond to
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: you to say, hey, man, I'm so sorry. I just
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: caught this now. So I just ignored it.
• 17:50
  Speaker 4: I didn't say anything. It's all good. I know you
• 17:52
  Speaker 4: don't mind. I'm still reeling from the NBA starts.
• 17:55
  Speaker 3: How about that?
• 17:56
  Speaker 4: I didn't realize it was night one.
• 17:59
  Speaker 9: Day one.
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: Underway.
• 18:00
  Speaker 6: I'm just so wrapped up in the NFL, I suppose,
• 18:02
  Speaker 6: that that's where my head is. Speaking of Paris and
• 18:07
  Speaker 6: sporting events, there's also a big Champions League game right
• 18:10
  Speaker 6: now in the other football. Paris Saint-Germain, PSG against FC
• 18:14
  Speaker 6: Barcelona happening now in Paris.
• 18:17
  Speaker 4: Not at the Stade de France.
• 18:19
  Speaker 6: That's not PSG's home field, but that's a big event
• 18:22
  Speaker 6: going on right now over there.
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: Such a big sport internationally, the game of soccer. And
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: as you said, they call football overseas, of course, but not.
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: Our game of football. We know it. We love it.
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: We live in each and every week and we're going
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: to pick up our top five list at number five
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: this week. Not only did Chris Boswell make a 58
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: yard field goal once, he actually made it twice right
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: before the two minute warning, Brian Bacco. He nailed it
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: right down the middle, but the official said, no, the
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: two minute warning was there. So they made him kick
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: it a second time. And the only thing I will
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: say is if he would have missed this kick, there
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: would have been a lot of angry members on that
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: sideline and within Steelers Nation.
• 19:02
  Speaker 7: But he didn't.
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: Boz made both of them.
• 19:04
  Speaker 7: Here's the snap. Here's the hold.
• 19:05
  Speaker 5: Here's the kick by Boswell. That kick is up. And
• 19:09
  Speaker 5: that kick is good. And the Wizard of Boz has tied.
• 19:14
  Speaker 7: The game up at 16 apiece.
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: That capped a nine-play, 37-yard drive that ate up just
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: over five minutes. Double B, a minute 55 left in
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: the game, and the Steelers had tied the game up.
• 19:26
  Speaker 6: And Danny Crossman, the special teams coordinator, was asked about
• 19:29
  Speaker 6: that Monday. He said it's a perfect illustration of Chris
• 19:31
  Speaker 6: Boswell because he doesn't care. He's like, don't get me wrong,
• 19:35
  Speaker 6: he cares greatly about putting the ball through the uprights,
• 19:38
  Speaker 6: but as far as the conditions or Whether he has
• 19:41
  Speaker 6: to do it once or twice or three times, he
• 19:43
  Speaker 6: doesn't care.
• 19:44
  Speaker 4: Just put the ball down, spot it.
• 19:46
  Speaker 6: He's going to kick it through. I mean, that's uh,
• 19:48
  Speaker 6: that's why he's one of the best in the business.
• 19:50
  Speaker 6: And that's been the case with Boswell for a long time. Now, uh,
• 19:54
  Speaker 6: distance doesn't matter. Homer road doesn't matter. Regular season or
• 19:57
  Speaker 6: post season doesn't matter. Field goal or extra point. You can, uh,
• 20:02
  Speaker 6: you can usually bet on number nine.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: He also had a 52-yard field goal at the end
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: of the half, right before halftime as well. So just
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: two 50-plus-yard field goals. Had the early miss, but in
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: the process of his field goals that he made, and
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: we heard the 20-yarder that gave the Steelers the lead
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: as well during the first five plays of the week,
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: 10 through, whatever number we have that one.
• 20:23
  Speaker 3: We had that number eight, number eight officially.
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: Boz became the all-time leading field goal kicker in Steelers history, too.
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: Passed up Gary Anderson this past weekend.
• 20:31
  Speaker 6: He is alone in first place now, and I I
• 20:34
  Speaker 6: think it's going to be a long time before somebody
• 20:36
  Speaker 6: can eclipse him.
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: Our fourth play was.
• 20:39
  Speaker 4: Still going strong, too, by the way, in his mid-30s.
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: He's going to be putting up a lot more field goals.
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: You know, that Gary Anderson record.
• 20:45
  Speaker 6: He's going to get some distance. Literally and figuratively on
• 20:48
  Speaker 6: that list.
• 20:49
  Speaker 3: Very nice.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: Very nicely done. Gary Anderson held that record for, what,
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: 25-some years.
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: Last stealer to wear number one, too.
• 20:56
  Speaker 6: Unless you count Anthony Wright, who I think was like
• 20:58
  Speaker 6: a preseason deal. But now we digress.
• 21:01
  Speaker 5: Probably.
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: 35 years almost. Maybe we should ask Jim Wexel that.
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: He's coming up.
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: He's like a stealer, his story. Maybe we can ask
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: him that. He'd probably know when that record was set.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: Because Anderson kicked, I think he might have kicked the
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: first or second year of Bill Cowher in 92, 93.
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: I don't know. We'll look it up here at some point. Okay,
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: let's get back to our top 10 list. Darnell Washington
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: is up next. This touchdown in the fourth quarter. Captain,
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: eight play, 68-yard drive. That ate up three minutes and
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: 26 seconds, just with a minute 21 left. And the
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: Steelers were on a roll at this point. They had
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: swung the momentum back in their favor, and Darnell Washington
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: had a big part to do with that.
• 21:38
  Speaker 7: Rodgers in the shotgun. He's going to play action pass.
• 21:42
  Speaker 5: He has Darnell Washington wide open in the left part
• 21:46
  Speaker 5: of the end zone. Touchdown, Pittsburgh Steelers, and they are
• 21:49
  Speaker 5: right back in this game.
• 21:52
  Speaker 7: Fee, fie, foe, foe.
• 21:55
  Speaker 10: Looks like Mount Washington.
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: There we go.
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: Man, our guy, Max Starks, was on a roll this
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: past week, and he had some good takeaways. Normally, it's
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: just Rob's call, and they cut it off, but they
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: snuck Max in there a few times on these calls,
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: and he should.
• 22:09
  Speaker 3: He was on fire, my man.
• 22:10
  Speaker 6: And Darnell Washington's a giant himself, so it's a very fitting...
• 22:14
  Speaker 6: I mean, Max Starks is a giant, a gentle giant,
• 22:17
  Speaker 6: now that he's no longer on the football field for
• 22:20
  Speaker 6: the Steelers.
• 22:20
  Speaker 4: But, yeah, to.
• 22:22
  Speaker 6: Two giants you'd be happy to run into, although not
• 22:25
  Speaker 6: in a dark alley, Max Starks and Darnell Washington.
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: Of course, these moments and plays from Sunday, we don't
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: put them in order by how they happened.
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: We like to make it a bit more exciting with that.
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: We put them in for what we feel are the
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: top moments and plays from each game. So we already played, Brian,
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: the field goal by Boz that tied the game up 16-16.
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: We just heard the Washington touchdown that pulled the Steelers
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: within that six-point mark.
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: But the Steelers took the lead.
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: We heard that during the play number eight, the boss
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: 20-yard field goal to give them that 19-16 lead, but
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: it was set up by this.
• 22:58
  Speaker 5: Gets the snap, back to pass, looking right, throws in
• 23:00
  Speaker 5: that direction, and it's kicked off, and it's Jamel Dean
• 23:04
  Speaker 5: of all people, shrinking down the left.
• 23:06
  Speaker 3: Sideline, inside the five.
• 23:08
  Speaker 5: Jamel Dean and his return to Tampa Bay.
• 23:11
  Speaker 7: The big play the Steelers needed. Get those terrible towels
• 23:16
  Speaker 7: in the air. Jamel Dean.
• 23:20
  Speaker 10: Coming back, the former Bucco delivers a cannon shot inside
• 23:26
  Speaker 10: of Raymond James.
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: 16-16 tie game. It led to the go-ahead kick. Huge
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: play for the Steward defense and Jamel Dean.
• 23:36
  Speaker 6: Couldn't script it much better other than if he would
• 23:38
  Speaker 6: have housed that all the way. But certainly at that
• 23:41
  Speaker 6: point in the game, game-changing play for Dean. What a
• 23:46
  Speaker 6: way for him to get his first pick as a
• 23:48
  Speaker 6: Pittsburgh Steeler. Wouldn't be surprised if there's more to come,
• 23:51
  Speaker 6: given all the pressure that the interior guys and the
• 23:54
  Speaker 6: edge rushers have been putting on opposing quarterbacks, Ed.
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: And credit to Jalen for the Bucs getting back there.
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: Not Jalen Ramsey.
• 24:03
  Speaker 4: There were so many.
• 24:04
  Speaker 6: That game, people factoring heavily into that game. You had
• 24:08
  Speaker 6: Jalen Daniels, Jalen Warren, Jalen Ramsey, Jamel Dean, Jalen Everett.
• 24:11
  Speaker 6: You got Jalen's and Jalen's and Jamel's.
• 24:13
  Speaker 4: I mean, geez.
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Jalen Daniels getting back and saving that touchdown from happening, Brian,
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: because as you said, Deem almost, you know, it was
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: just a few more yards and he's into the end
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: zone for our pick six.
• 24:25
  Speaker 3: But that didn't happen. Brian Backo saving me as always.
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: Thank you.
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: As I scrambled with my Jalen's Jeremy Bernard, not Jeremy,
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: by the way, Jeremy Bernard.
• 24:33
  Speaker 4: There's another one.
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: Jalen.
• 24:34
  Speaker 3: There's another one for you.
• 24:35
  Speaker 9: Yep.
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: So, number two on our top ten moments and plays
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: from this past week is Jeremy Bernard.
• 24:43
  Speaker 7: Rodgers has Warren to his right. Gets the snap. Will
• 24:45
  Speaker 7: throw out quickly to the right. This is Jeremy Bernard.
• 24:47
  Speaker 7: Bernard stretching.
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: And Bernard is in for his first career touchdown.
• 24:52
  Speaker 5: And Jeremy Bernard has scored in overtime for the black
• 24:57
  Speaker 5: and gold.
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: Yes, indeed, a six-yard touchdown reception capping a 12-play, 70-yard
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: overtime drive that ate up six minutes and 45 seconds. Brian,
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: we talked about it yesterday. Tampa won the toss. They
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: elected the kick, and that was the result.
• 25:11
  Speaker 6: Great wherewithal from Jeremy Bernard to extend that ball and
• 25:14
  Speaker 6: make sure they get six out of that play because,
• 25:16
  Speaker 6: I mean, one thing from that game, he couldn't.
• 25:20
  Speaker 4: Take anything for granted.
• 25:21
  Speaker 6: I mean, it was tough sledding at times and short-yarded
• 25:24
  Speaker 6: situations for both teams. So that's impressive that Bernard had
• 25:29
  Speaker 6: the presence of mind to not leave anything out there
• 25:34
  Speaker 6: and make sure he scores his first NFL touchdown for
• 25:36
  Speaker 6: the good of himself, but also for the good of
• 25:38
  Speaker 6: the team and the offense.
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: The Dean interception, the Bernard overtime touchdown, and then this play.
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: It was tough to rank these one, two, or three, Brian,
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: because all three of them could easily be number one. But,
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: of course, our top play of the week is Jalen
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: Ramsey's sack and capping the game off for a Steeler
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: win in overtime.
• 25:55
  Speaker 7: Fourth and eight.
• 25:56
  Speaker 5: The ball at the Steelers' 48-yard line. Daniels in the shotgun.
• 26:01
  Speaker 5: Gets the snap. Steelers bringing pressure.
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: And Daniels is hit.
• 26:04
  Speaker 7: And down he goes.
• 26:06
  Speaker 4: Who's that man?
• 26:07
  Speaker 5: And it is Jalen Ramsey once again with a huge
• 26:11
  Speaker 5: play for the Steelers to seal the victory in Tampa.
• 26:16
  Speaker 7: Two sacks.
• 26:18
  Speaker 4: Tackle leader.
• 26:20
  Speaker 7: Battering Ram.
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: Jalen Ramman Ramsey.
• 26:24
  Speaker 10: Finishes the game off in the only fashion that he
• 26:27
  Speaker 10: knows how, and that's with pain.
• 26:32
  Speaker 5: The blitz off the edge by Jalen Ramsey, and that
• 26:35
  Speaker 5: is the end of the game with a final score,
• 26:38
  Speaker 5: the Steelers 26 and Tampa Bay 19.
• 26:43
  Speaker 3: Love the call by Rob and Max, especially there at
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: the tail end. Max is right. That's what he brought.
• 26:47
  Speaker 3: He brought pain.
• 26:48
  Speaker 4: Battering Ramsey. I like it. Blitzburg for sure showing up.
• 26:53
  Speaker 6: On that final play of the game, Patrick Graham dialing
• 26:57
  Speaker 6: it up, everybody performing their 111th, and Jalen Ramsey gets
• 27:03
  Speaker 6: to be the one to slam the door. Bucky Irving
• 27:05
  Speaker 6: almost slid over and got to him on the blitz pickup,
• 27:08
  Speaker 6: the pass protection.
• 27:09
  Speaker 3: And just missed him.
• 27:10
  Speaker 4: But just missed him. Couldn't quite get there.
• 27:12
  Speaker 6: A little bit of a backs-on-backers rep between a running
• 27:15
  Speaker 6: back and a, well, Jalen Ramsey's a DB, but he's
• 27:18
  Speaker 6: playing a lot like a linebacker these days. A slam
• 27:22
  Speaker 6: dunk of a final play there on the, as I
• 27:24
  Speaker 6: found out earlier today, opening day of the NBA.
• 27:26
  Speaker 4: That's it.
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: He gets there, gets the job done. Does Jalen Ramsey.
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: It is a game of inches sometimes. And that was
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: a big play. as the Steelers get the 4-2 on
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: the season. Whenever we come back, we'll be joined by
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: Jim Wexel, Steelers.com contributor with Double B, as well as
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: the editor and publisher of Steel City Insider.
• 27:45
  Speaker 7: He's back.
• 27:46
  Speaker 3: Oh, I'm Troop.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: It's the Steelers Report right here on Steelers Nation Radio,
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: part of the Steelers Audio Network.
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: This is the Steelers Report with Brian Batko and Ed
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: Troup on Steelers Nation Radio, a part of the Steelers
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: Audio Network.
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: Wrapping up the show and our number two here today
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: as we get set to turn the corner for Steelers
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: and Saints in Paris this upcoming Sunday. Hard to believe
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: Double B, but week seven is upon us. And the
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: Steelers will travel overseas for a big game against a
• 28:26
  Speaker 2: New Orleans Saints. It's only won two games, but a
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: Saints team that is coming off a win against the
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: New York Giants, who now no.
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: Longer have Najee Harris. We were just talking about that
• 28:34
  Speaker 3: off the air.
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: Reportedly.
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: Reportedly released by the Giants.
• 28:38
  Speaker 10: All right.
• 28:39
  Speaker 6: I've looked at this season in segments. You had your
• 28:42
  Speaker 6: first four games that came hot and heavy, ending with
• 28:44
  Speaker 6: the Browns Thursday night endeavor. And then you have this
• 28:48
  Speaker 6: next four games of, Colts, Bucks, Saints, and then Browns
• 28:52
  Speaker 6: at home, so a couple wonky games in there as
• 28:56
  Speaker 6: far as teams you don't see much, an international trip,
• 28:59
  Speaker 6: and then I just, and Mr. Wexel, you can weigh
• 29:03
  Speaker 6: in on this too, like, it breaks my brain that
• 29:06
  Speaker 6: the Steelers are going to face the Browns twice and
• 29:09
  Speaker 6: be done with them this season before they even face
• 29:11
  Speaker 6: the Ravens once, and I know it always seems to
• 29:14
  Speaker 6: happen this way with how the NFL schedules the AFC North,
• 29:18
  Speaker 6: but I have a very small brain and it doesn't
• 29:20
  Speaker 6: like the way that this plays out.
• 29:25
  Speaker 9: Can I weigh in, Brian?
• 29:26
  Speaker 5: Yes, please do.
• 29:28
  Speaker 6: Okay.
• 29:28
  Speaker 9: Are we allowed to discuss the Browns game?
• 29:31
  Speaker 4: Sure.
• 29:32
  Speaker 9: Okay.
• 29:34
  Speaker 4: I mean, the one that happened or the one that's
• 29:35
  Speaker 4: coming up again?
• 29:36
  Speaker 9: The one coming up.
• 29:37
  Speaker 8: Okay. Okay.
• 29:39
  Speaker 9: This is the.
• 29:41
  Speaker 8: This is what I fight against. I, and, and I,
• 29:45
  Speaker 8: I know we don't have any players or coaches here, but,
• 29:49
  Speaker 8: you know, looking ahead past this, this Saints team that
• 29:53
  Speaker 8: is the best NFL team the Steelers will face this week. And, okay.
• 30:00
  Speaker 9: You should be glad that the Browns were in September.
• 30:03
  Speaker 9: Did you go to the game?
• 30:05
  Speaker 4: Yes, I was there.
• 30:06
  Speaker 9: I remember I.
• 30:08
  Speaker 8: Used to work for Vic Ketchman and he covered the
• 30:10
  Speaker 8: team in the 70s and I started working in the 80s. Man,
• 30:15
  Speaker 8: he hated going to Cleveland because he said every time,
• 30:18
  Speaker 8: no matter when you play him, it's snowing, raining. It's
• 30:23
  Speaker 8: just complete muck. yeah up on the lake and so
• 30:26
  Speaker 8: you guys went it was a it was a nice
• 30:28
  Speaker 8: day wasn't it i know the game was at night
• 30:31
  Speaker 8: but i think it's a good thing to get the
• 30:33
  Speaker 8: browns out of the way.
• 30:35
  Speaker 6: Yeah from a strategic yeah for like from a serendipitous
• 30:39
  Speaker 6: standpoint i i suppose it could be but it can
• 30:41
  Speaker 6: get can get a little nasty down in baltimore too
• 30:44
  Speaker 6: sure you know actually for that matter the steelers will
• 30:47
  Speaker 6: also face the bengals twice before they play the ravens
• 30:49
  Speaker 6: even once i just I don't know. The purest in me,
• 30:53
  Speaker 6: I wish you could kind of just get your first
• 30:55
  Speaker 6: game down with all the divisional teams and then play
• 30:58
  Speaker 6: them all again a second time, kind of in true
• 31:00
  Speaker 6: round-robin form.
• 31:01
  Speaker 4: But we know that's not how NFL scheduling works.
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: The voice on the other side is Jim Wexel, by
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: the way, joining us. We'll give you the proper introduction now, Jim,
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: since Double B just jumped right in there with you.
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: Jim Wexel from Steelers.com. He's a contributor there. He's also
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: the editor and publisher of Steel City Insider. So make
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: sure you check that out as well as a weekly
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: podcast there.
• 31:22
  Speaker 3: Jim, welcome back to the show. I don't think I
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: even have to welcome you at this point. You're already
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: halfway in with us.
• 31:27
  Speaker 2: But talk about this game against a New Orleans Saints
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: team that's, well, they've only won two games so far
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: this year. I mean, Aaron Rodgers said it last week
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: in that post-game press conference that the Bucs were a
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: team that, quite frankly, they should beat. And I think
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: that's the same theme this week against a Saints team that,
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: let's just say, Jim, they should beat.
• 31:47
  Speaker 9: Did Aaron say they should beat them?
• 31:49
  Speaker 8: Because I was under the impression he had great respect
• 31:52
  Speaker 8: for that game and that win, more so than most,
• 31:55
  Speaker 8: including Mike McCarthy, it seems. I thought Rodgers had real
• 31:59
  Speaker 8: respect for that game and that comeback and what it meant.
• 32:02
  Speaker 8: I think he called it trajectory-altering win. And I love
• 32:06
  Speaker 8: that because they were only Steelers were two-point favorites against
• 32:10
  Speaker 8: a rested team with an elite defense on the road.
• 32:15
  Speaker 8: I mean, a home dog had its season revived with
• 32:18
  Speaker 8: a win on TV under a young, unflappable quarterback who
• 32:21
  Speaker 8: had no pressure on him. I think they should take
• 32:26
  Speaker 8: that win with great gratitude and be impressed with themselves
• 32:29
  Speaker 8: and respect the win instead of saying, this is a
• 32:32
  Speaker 8: win we should have had. And the same thing with
• 32:34
  Speaker 8: the Browns. Or same thing with the Saints. When do
• 32:37
  Speaker 8: we play the Browns?
• 32:38
  Speaker 6: Well, well, here's exactly what he said. He said to
• 32:42
  Speaker 6: be four and two now to win our first road game,
• 32:44
  Speaker 6: to beat a team we should have beat. There's no
• 32:46
  Speaker 6: two ways around it. So he said that and the
• 32:49
  Speaker 6: trajectory altering quote as well.
• 32:51
  Speaker 4: After that game.
• 32:53
  Speaker 9: OK.
• 32:53
  Speaker 8: All right.
• 32:54
  Speaker 9: Well, then he's wrong.
• 32:58
  Speaker 6: He said you've got teams like that if you want
• 33:00
  Speaker 6: to get to where we want to get. And it
• 33:02
  Speaker 6: didn't look like a win for a long time.
• 33:04
  Speaker 4: We you know.
• 33:05
  Speaker 6: We didn't pick his brain to parse every word from
• 33:07
  Speaker 6: his statement, but there was a lot there as there
• 33:10
  Speaker 6: tends to be with Rodgers.
• 33:12
  Speaker 8: Well, maybe that's why they had to go into overtime
• 33:14
  Speaker 8: if they really thought they should have beat them instead
• 33:17
  Speaker 8: of respecting them.
• 33:18
  Speaker 9: That's all.
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: Well, Jim, you know, it's a good talking point because, look,
• 33:22
  Speaker 2: wins in the NFL are hard to come by. And
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: that game on Sunday, you know, that could really build
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: a lot of character for this football team moving forward
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: in their season. Coming back late in the fourth quarter,
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: you know, sticking with the game plan throughout, especially in
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: overtime as far as throwing the football. to Jeremy Bernard
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: and also DK Metcalf. Talk about Bernard. I mean, he's
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: the hot topic. Jalen Warren's been the hot topic, and
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: rightfully so, the last couple of weeks. But now, Jeremy
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: Bernard is the hot topic.
• 33:48
  Speaker 3: He's earned it. He's coming off his best game as
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: a Pittsburgh Steeler so far.
• 33:53
  Speaker 8: Yeah, for me, the hot topic against Cincinnati was the O-line.
• 33:57
  Speaker 8: I thought everybody can coalesce around that fact. Last week,
• 34:03
  Speaker 8: I thought against Indianapolis, I thought the story was the
• 34:06
  Speaker 8: young D-line. And I was excited to see both lines
• 34:12
  Speaker 8: are now foundationally strong with young players. And I think
• 34:19
  Speaker 8: those are your building blocks. Now, last week, Jeremy Bernard
• 34:23
  Speaker 8: came on and they've needed a young playmaker.
• 34:25
  Speaker 9: And that is what thrilled me, along with Dalen Everett.
• 34:29
  Speaker 8: I thought Dalen Everett established himself as a needed defensive playmaker.
• 34:34
  Speaker 8: I mean, he's not going to have it's going to
• 34:37
  Speaker 8: be an up and down thing. It's like right tackle,
• 34:40
  Speaker 8: rookie playing right tackle. It's like a rookie playing outside.
• 34:43
  Speaker 8: But Bernard, even though he did have one gaffe, I
• 34:47
  Speaker 8: don't think he plays like a rookie.
• 34:50
  Speaker 9: I think he's so intuitive and instinctive.
• 34:52
  Speaker 8: And we didn't see that on fourth and three, but
• 34:56
  Speaker 8: we saw that the rest of the game. I mean,
• 34:58
  Speaker 8: even at the end of the first half, he went down,
• 35:01
  Speaker 8: looked for the referee to hand the ball.
• 35:03
  Speaker 9: He wasn't doing no juju stuff.
• 35:05
  Speaker 8: You know, he wasn't, He knew every second was precious,
• 35:08
  Speaker 8: and boom, they kicked that thing with zeros on the clock,
• 35:11
  Speaker 8: and that kind of was a really needed boost for
• 35:15
  Speaker 8: them going into halftime. So I really like the fact
• 35:19
  Speaker 8: that these young players, each week it's a new young player,
• 35:23
  Speaker 8: a needed player stepping up, and it just shows. I
• 35:28
  Speaker 8: know Omar's taking some grief in town for some things
• 35:30
  Speaker 8: here and there. Broderick Jones had to go, and then
• 35:33
  Speaker 8: they lost Joey, but I like I like what they've
• 35:36
  Speaker 8: done under this new personnel department. It's now in its
• 35:41
  Speaker 8: fourth year and they've had both lines fixed.
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: That's huge.
• 35:46
  Speaker 9: And now Jeremy Bernard stepping up. I love it. I'm
• 35:50
  Speaker 9: excited about the Young Foundation being built.
• 35:53
  Speaker 6: In fairness to Juju, I think that was a Chase
• 35:56
  Speaker 6: Claypool gaffe a couple of years ago, right?
• 35:58
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it wasn't.
• 35:59
  Speaker 5: It wasn't.
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 36:00
  Speaker 4: But hey.
• 36:01
  Speaker 6: Kind of on that topic, though, too, like I think
• 36:03
  Speaker 6: it has been a breath of fresh air, at least
• 36:05
  Speaker 6: so far with Jeremy Bernard, as far as being a
• 36:08
  Speaker 6: real team guy. And it seems like he gets it.
• 36:11
  Speaker 6: He's he's a very humble player to speak with. And
• 36:16
  Speaker 6: he's he's accepted this role, which I remember saying at
• 36:19
  Speaker 6: draft time. That's kind of what he was at Alabama, too.
• 36:23
  Speaker 6: They had a young stud freshman, Ryan Coleman Williams, or
• 36:26
  Speaker 6: I guess he was a sophomore last year. But he
• 36:28
  Speaker 6: was kind of the big star, the big man on
• 36:30
  Speaker 6: campus in Tuscaloosa. And Bernard was the de facto or
• 36:34
  Speaker 6: quote unquote number two. But then he had such a
• 36:36
  Speaker 6: good senior season that he vaulted himself into the second
• 36:39
  Speaker 6: round of the draft anyway. But I think he understands
• 36:42
  Speaker 6: just being a cog in the machine. And then when
• 36:45
  Speaker 6: you get your. Your star turn, you take it. I
• 36:48
  Speaker 6: wanted to ask you about Daylon Everett there, but really
• 36:50
  Speaker 6: the overall health of the defense, or if you view
• 36:53
  Speaker 6: it as such, Wex. The Steelers are one of two
• 36:57
  Speaker 6: teams in the NFL to have at least six players
• 37:00
  Speaker 6: with an interception. So they've got six of them on
• 37:03
  Speaker 6: the season, a different guy with every one, obviously. Brisker, Queen, Watt, Dean, Everett, Spears, Jennings.
• 37:13
  Speaker 6: whole greater than the sum of its parts for you?
• 37:15
  Speaker 6: Or how do you view how they've managed to work
• 37:18
  Speaker 6: this patchwork unit?
• 37:23
  Speaker 8: I mean, I think we all came into the year
• 37:25
  Speaker 8: excited about the secondary and the depth. So, I mean,
• 37:30
  Speaker 8: I didn't expect it from Robert Spears Jennings or Dalen Everett,
• 37:33
  Speaker 8: but it's showing up. I wish I knew more about
• 37:38
  Speaker 8: what was happening on the All-22. I don't watch the All-22.
• 37:41
  Speaker 8: So I have no idea really what Robert Spears Jennings
• 37:45
  Speaker 8: is doing other than when he comes up and pops somebody,
• 37:48
  Speaker 8: he always seems to be smothering the guy who, I
• 37:52
  Speaker 8: don't know if he caught the ball. I, I, I,
• 37:55
  Speaker 8: I remember he did break up a key pass, but
• 38:00
  Speaker 8: he seems to be playing well. And those, those guys
• 38:03
  Speaker 8: that watch the all 22 and report for Twitter, they're
• 38:07
  Speaker 8: saying great things about him.
• 38:08
  Speaker 9: So I'm excited. Has the defense survived its patchwork?
• 38:13
  Speaker 8: Well, yeah, look at Gabe Rubio as another rookie stepping
• 38:16
  Speaker 8: in and really, really surprising me. I didn't think he
• 38:20
  Speaker 8: would be this good of a run stopper. I mean, Brian,
• 38:23
  Speaker 8: you've seen him up close. He does not look like
• 38:29
  Speaker 8: Derek Harmon. He just doesn't seem to be that big
• 38:33
  Speaker 8: monster who's stuffing the run. I asked him about.
• 38:39
  Speaker 8: Do you have country? Are you, what kind of, how
• 38:42
  Speaker 8: strong are you? I asked him, I said, you don't
• 38:43
  Speaker 8: look like you lift that much weight. He goes, I
• 38:46
  Speaker 8: I'm a, I'm field strong. I said, man, we used
• 38:49
  Speaker 8: to call it country strong in the day. And he goes, that's, that's,
• 38:53
  Speaker 8: that's another term. I'm country strong. Just like my dad was.
• 38:57
  Speaker 8: And he used to show me technique. He used to
• 38:59
  Speaker 8: rag doll me around. I said, I said, well, he's
• 39:02
  Speaker 8: like me. He's old man strong. And Gabe Gabriel said,
• 39:06
  Speaker 8: wait till I'm old man strong. And you're going to
• 39:08
  Speaker 8: see something. So, Uh, I'm, I'm really impressed with him
• 39:12
  Speaker 8: in spite of, he just doesn't look like, I remember
• 39:16
  Speaker 8: Tunch Hilton was asked while he was a player, he
• 39:19
  Speaker 8: was on TV and they asked him about lifting weights.
• 39:22
  Speaker 8: He said, I've been lifting weights my whole life and
• 39:23
  Speaker 8: I don't look like I'm not, a bodybuilder by any means.
• 39:28
  Speaker 8: My body looks like crap. But I remembered that when
• 39:31
  Speaker 8: Gabe Rubio was talking to me. And the injuries, Derek Harmon,
• 39:36
  Speaker 8: they don't seem to be missing him, so it's exciting
• 39:39
  Speaker 8: what he can add when he steps back in, like
• 39:41
  Speaker 8: Pittman for the wide receiver crew.
• 39:44
  Speaker 3: We're talking with Jim Wexel.
• 39:45
  Speaker 8: Jim Wexel.
• 39:46
  Speaker 3: Steelers.com contributor with Double B.
• 39:48
  Speaker 2: You can read Jim's stuff on Steelers.com as well as
• 39:51
  Speaker 2: Steel City Insider. He's the editor and publisher there. Also
• 39:54
  Speaker 2: does a very good podcast there each and every week
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: as well.
• 39:59
  Speaker 3: Jim, you know, we're talking about the Steelers offense.
• 40:01
  Speaker 2: And, you know, I mentioned it just a bit ago
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: before we got into the Jeremy Bernard conversation.
• 40:05
  Speaker 3: About Jalen Warren.
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: Rico Dowdle, this was his first game back this past week,
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: and Brian and I both have talked about it so
• 40:12
  Speaker 2: far this week that we were relatively impressed with Rico Dowdle.
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: Not so much in the first couple weeks of the season,
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: but he did not have the opportunity that Jalen Warren
• 40:20
  Speaker 2: did with this revamped offensive line with Maxi Onachor and
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: Brock Hoffman. Rico Dowdle made the most of it on
• 40:26
  Speaker 2: Sunday between him and Warren. They combined for 90 yards rushing. And, hey, look,
• 40:30
  Speaker 2: that takes off the workload for Jalen Warren. Is this
• 40:33
  Speaker 2: how you see this workload progressing as the season goes
• 40:35
  Speaker 2: on between Warren and Rico Dowdle?
• 40:38
  Speaker 8: Well, you know, when Mike McCarthy was asked a couple
• 40:42
  Speaker 8: weeks ago, two press conferences ago, about the workload and
• 40:47
  Speaker 8: will he go back to committee, as he seemed to
• 40:51
  Speaker 8: have planned the beginning of the year for Rico and Jalen,
• 40:54
  Speaker 8: probably 50-50 or close to it. It seemed like that
• 40:57
  Speaker 8: was his plan. And I was hoping he would not
• 41:01
  Speaker 8: go back to that. And he made my day that
• 41:05
  Speaker 8: day when he said, hey, Jalen's our guy.
• 41:08
  Speaker 9: He's our number one.
• 41:09
  Speaker 8: He said everything except we're going to run him until
• 41:10
  Speaker 8: his wheels come off, like Tomlin famously said about his
• 41:14
  Speaker 8: cousin Willie.
• 41:15
  Speaker 3: That's right.
• 41:17
  Speaker 8: But the problem was he did run Willie's wheels off
• 41:21
  Speaker 8: that year. And then Willie was shot by the end
• 41:23
  Speaker 8: of the season. And so I appreciate that he is
• 41:30
  Speaker 8: recognizing Jalen as the number one. And then in the game,
• 41:35
  Speaker 8: he went 75 percent, 25 percent.
• 41:37
  Speaker 9: I believe that's what happened. Brian, you correct me if
• 41:40
  Speaker 9: I'm wrong there.
• 41:41
  Speaker 8: But I like that he's respecting Jalen as the number one.
• 41:46
  Speaker 8: but also you don't want to run his wheels off.
• 41:49
  Speaker 8: It's still early in the year. So use Rico.
• 41:52
  Speaker 9: And yes, I agree.
• 41:53
  Speaker 8: And Rico did flash. Like I haven't seen since I
• 41:58
  Speaker 8: training camp. I thought he looked good at training camp.
• 42:00
  Speaker 8: I thought he looked better in training camp than he
• 42:02
  Speaker 8: did those first few games before he got hurt. And
• 42:05
  Speaker 8: now it's back that flash that we saw in training camp. Yes,
• 42:09
  Speaker 8: that was, that was a burst.
• 42:11
  Speaker 9: It was there.
• 42:12
  Speaker 8: And so if he's only going to get 25%, um,
• 42:18
  Speaker 8: The Najee Harris problem in New York, how do you
• 42:20
  Speaker 8: stay in that rhythm?
• 42:22
  Speaker 9: You find a way. You manage it, just like he
• 42:25
  Speaker 9: did in this game. He managed to.
• 42:28
  Speaker 8: With few carries, show that burst, and so that was exciting.
• 42:32
  Speaker 8: But I hope he gets it up to about 35%, 65%, 35%,
• 42:34
  Speaker 8: something like that would make me really happy.
• 42:39
  Speaker 6: Yeah, technically, Dowdle played 27 percent of the snaps because
• 42:42
  Speaker 6: they were out there together once or twice.
• 42:44
  Speaker 4: But I agree with you.
• 42:45
  Speaker 6: I thought Dowdle was quicker than I expected in training camp,
• 42:48
  Speaker 6: seeing him up close because all I just had to
• 42:50
  Speaker 6: go on were highlights, of course, and video from when
• 42:54
  Speaker 6: he was with the Cowboys and the Panthers. And not
• 42:56
  Speaker 6: that I thought he was a plotter or anything, but
• 42:58
  Speaker 6: I didn't realize he had quite that much giddy up.
• 43:01
  Speaker 6: So hopefully that can continue to pick up.
• 43:03
  Speaker 4: Over the course of the rest of this season.
• 43:06
  Speaker 2: Jim, I got one more for you before we let
• 43:08
  Speaker 2: you go here for the broadcast. Talk about Jalen Ramsey.
• 43:11
  Speaker 2: We keep talking about these hot topics this week. You
• 43:13
  Speaker 2: both are writers, so we're giving you some hot topics,
• 43:15
  Speaker 2: but I don't need to give them to you. You
• 43:16
  Speaker 2: guys know what to do there. But Jalen Ramsey, I mean,
• 43:19
  Speaker 2: TJ walk out off to that hot start for this
• 43:22
  Speaker 2: 2026 season. But if you look at it through the
• 43:24
  Speaker 2: first six games as a whole, I'd like to say
• 43:28
  Speaker 2: I think Jalen Ramsey has been their best defensive player
• 43:30
  Speaker 2: so far.
• 43:32
  Speaker 8: Yeah, TJ. I mean, TJ's made some game-changing plays. But yeah, Ramsey,
• 43:40
  Speaker 8: it's so fun to watch him play. I was hoping
• 43:44
  Speaker 8: for this last year, and Tomlin wanted to do the
• 43:47
  Speaker 8: same thing, put him in the slot as a nickel.
• 43:50
  Speaker 8: And then a safety, I believe, a safety or two
• 43:52
  Speaker 8: got hurt, so he was needed back there. But we're seeing, again,
• 43:58
  Speaker 8: I don't see the All-22. I don't know how much
• 44:00
  Speaker 8: Ramsey's playing any safety at all, but as a nickel
• 44:03
  Speaker 8: slot corner as a nickel slot blitzer.
• 44:05
  Speaker 9: He's huge, man.
• 44:06
  Speaker 8: He really packs a wall up downfield too. You notice that, uh,
• 44:12
  Speaker 8: it would have been nice to have seen him in
• 44:13
  Speaker 8: his prime as a cornerback here. If he's that physical
• 44:17
  Speaker 8: now as a, uh, quasi safety, he sure looks more
• 44:22
  Speaker 8: physical than any of the corners they have.
• 44:24
  Speaker 9: So his play is impressive.
• 44:26
  Speaker 8: And I liked the week before when he, uh, tweeted
• 44:30
  Speaker 8: out that, uh, His anger with people who think he
• 44:34
  Speaker 8: mentored Joey Porter into leaving town, whether right or wrong
• 44:38
  Speaker 8: or how much influence he had over Joey. I thought
• 44:40
  Speaker 8: that was a necessary tweet. At least he just put
• 44:42
  Speaker 8: it on the table, got it out. It seems like
• 44:45
  Speaker 8: the locker room is not being threatened by faction division.
• 44:51
  Speaker 8: You see Aaron Rodgers chatting it up with him and
• 44:54
  Speaker 8: he looks like he's all in for the team. And
• 44:56
  Speaker 8: I'm glad it started with a tweet and it continued
• 45:00
  Speaker 8: with his play. And now it looks like this team
• 45:03
  Speaker 8: is banded together, all together, all in. And that kind
• 45:07
  Speaker 8: of comeback will do that, too. And so I'm excited
• 45:11
  Speaker 8: about this new trajectory.
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  Speaker 3: That's a good point, Jim, for sure. And I agree
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  Speaker 3: with you.
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  Speaker 2: That win coming back and that type of style there
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the fourth quarter and then getting
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  Speaker 2: the win in overtime.
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  Speaker 3: Ramsey walks it off with the big tackle.
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  Speaker 2: Can certainly put your team on a different path, a
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  Speaker 2: good path for the black and gold as they move forward. Jim,
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  Speaker 2: thanks so much for joining us. We certainly appreciate it.
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  Speaker 2: We had you on at the end of September. Now
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  Speaker 2: we're having you on towards the end of October. So
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  Speaker 2: I guess we'll see you again at the end of November.
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  Speaker 9: Okay. Happy Thanksgiving.
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  Speaker 7: Thanks.
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  Speaker 9: See ya.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Jim Wexel, again, you can catch Jim on Steelers.com,
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  Speaker 2: a contributor there with Brian Bacco, as well as the
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  Speaker 2: editor and publisher of Steel City Insider.
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  Speaker 3: That's going to do it for the show for today.
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  Speaker 2: Wes Shuler, Matt Williamson, SNR's The Drive, up next right
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  Speaker 2: here on Steelers Nation Radio, part of the Steelers Audio Network.