October 13, 2025 • 38 mins
Tim Benz shares his reactions to the Steelers comfortably handling the Browns yesterday afternoon.
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
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Speaker 2 (00:34):
Rogers gets a snap back to pass looking pump fixed.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Right now, wants to go to Metcap has him in
the Angel touchdown Duck Carolin Metcap.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
First play in the fourth quarter Aaron Rodgers to DK
and that was pretty much it at that point. Ezy
money that turned it into a twenty three to six
Steeler lead. The Browns would add a fuel goal after that,
but that would be a twenty three to nine the
Steelers TCB. They take care of the Browns, but they're
taking care of business in the AFC.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
North needed to win that game.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
And now you get the short week Thursday night Amazon
Prime game, they're gonna be taking on Joe Flacco and
the Cincinnati Bengals. Now, he didn't look terrible with the
Bengals yesterday didn't so they looked to have improved with
Joe Flacco and they'll have to deal with that. But
can't complain about too much yesterday, particularly the defensive effort
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from the Steelers yesterday. Monstrous day from both Jalen Ramsey
and also Nick Herbig. He got the DV morning show
bump after being on Friday morning, and then went out
and just had a monster game on Sunday. And he
had a couple of sacks yesterday and just looked like
a complete game record.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Course, she's getting better and better, you know, offensive line.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Look, how many times did you hear Miles Garrett's name
called yesterday? I didn't one time he had a tackle
Other than that.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
That was it, man. That was it for Miles Garrett yesterday.
I mean the whole offensive line.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
I hope Aaron took them out to dinner last night
because to keep him clean in that game, zero sacks
like against that defense, that was impressive.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
So they got I think they credited him with two
tackles yesterday. But yeah, Roderick Jones to your point, stepping
up big time yesterday and the Steelers get to win.
What Look, it was not like awesome weather, that was
the only thing. But it looked like a Steelers Brown's day, you.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
Know, the Bron's brought in the clocks. Yeah, there was.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
It was clotty, it was a little breezy, and the
field was absolute garbage. I up with the field, dude,
I don't understand, like Pitt hasn't played there in a
couple of weeks.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
Did they play there last week?
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Because if they didn't play there last week, I don't
know why they didn't replace that field for this week.
Not sure, because they said they were ripping it up
after the game yesterday.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
They ripped it up here.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Yeah, but I'm not exactly sure. They played Florida State
at Florist eight, right, like, well yesterday or Saturday Saturday, right.
Speaker 5 (03:05):
But the week the week before I'm saying because if
they had a home game, then that would make sense
because if you know, the Steeling were on a bye
week and in Dublin, so there was a couple of
weeks where they could have replaced it.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
But I don't know. I forget Pitt's schedule. It hosted
Boston College Life. Yeah, okay, that makes sense.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Well, they still would have time to fix it, you
would think. I mean, it was really garbage. You know,
it cost Boswell field goal late in the game.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
He could have broke his ankle. Dude, that looked bad.
He almost got sweet on that one.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
And I don't know if that was a factor in
Miles Killerbrew's injury or not, because it didn't look like
that was a contact injury. It looked like his his
leg got kind of caught up in the turf or whatever.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Miles got a pretty uh serious injury, according to coach
Tom Real Bad Mike Pursutill have more on that. We
got Tim Ben's Jerry do Lack, Rob King talking Steelers
here for you on this post on victory Monday. Here
in the DV Morning Show studios. Dylan Gabriel the rook.
The over under going into the game on pass attempts
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for Dylan Gabriel was thirty and a half. Well, he
sailed past that with fifty two pass attempts yesterday.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
I mean, that's negligence, that's bad coaching right there.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Of the fifty two, only ten of those went ten
or more yards in the air.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Oh, they were coming after him all day.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Yeah, I mean he didn't have any interceptions, but he
should have had four.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
Oh yeah, they dropped a ton of balls.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Defensive line really stepped up again. They stopped to run
only thirty six yards or Quinn, Shawn Jenkins or Judkins
I'm sorry. And Jerome Ford added seventeen more, but other
than that, not so much. Harold Fannon was his favorite target. Yesterday.
But Jerry Judy didn't really do too much. Joku didn't
do too much. The Steelers defense stood up. Was that
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was one of those wins that there's just not a
whole lot to complain about.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
You just enjoy the fact that your team is getting better.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
We like to find the thing that was wrong with
our win a lot of times, and I'm not sure
that there's a whole lot you can get bummed out
about it. Of the thing well that in not finishing drives.
You know, three field goals in the first half for
for Boss there would have liked to see a couple
of those drives, particularly the first one go right down
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the field and knock it in the end zone, just
jam it down their threat.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
But how about the first play from scrimmage, I mean
the Darnell Washington like bumbling down the field.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
I mean that was awesome.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Well once again Darnell Washington with the Lions. I mean,
he got a ton of snaps yesterday. Friar Mouth, I
don't even know if he had a Cat one target though.
I mean, it's kind of crazy that friar Mouth has
fallen in favor to the degree that he has kind
of echoing James Franklin, I guess his former coach at
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Penn State. One catch were eleven yards for fire mooth
yesterday and he got a nice chair in the stadium.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
Yeah, he got moothed. He got a mooth. There was
a mooth.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
But Darnel Washington three catches for sixty two DK four
for ninety five yesterday and it was another one of
those Aaron Rodgers days twenty one to thirty two, thirty five,
two touchdowns, no interception.
Speaker 5 (06:23):
It's not eye popping, but it's so impressive because situationally,
he's just getting him into the right play. The slugo
that we played at the top of the hour for
Metcalf was easy money. The other catch down the sideline
with the late hands, perfect throw.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
The other throw was perfect, It just hit the defender
in his back. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
I wasn't sure if he was trying to go over
a back shoulder on that one, and it seemed like
he was like in no man's laying in between on
the targeting on that one.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
But the scrambled drill with Connor Hayward another phenomenal play.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
I'll tell you what I think that shut up a
lot of people about conn on her Hayward too. I
was so sick and tired Abbey of hearing people rip
on him for just being related to Cam because they
were mad at Cam. It's like, dude, this is a
serviceable play. He's like a Swiss army knife. What are
we mad at him for?
Speaker 6 (07:12):
And then just like I needed touchdown too, because you
just didn't want to see, especially with the Browns.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
We knew it was going to be maybe.
Speaker 6 (07:18):
Low scoring anyway, and you wanted to kind of see
that breakthrough, get a touchdown, start things moving.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
You know what was funny is that Roman Wilson also
got a huge cheer for his one catch for twelve years,
got a first down. He people want to see him involved,
and with no Calvin Austin yesterday, you didn't know whether
you're gonna see a whole lot or still none of
Roman Wilson turned out was a little in between. I'm
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not sure how many Snapsy ended up getting, but the
one catch, it was a big one for a first down.
Keishawn Williams returning kicks was the big revelation.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
I think yesterday he had an.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Enormous for turn brought back as a result of penalty.
That was a BS penalty called on Jabrill Peppers, but
he comported himself nicely getting signed off the practice squad
since Austin was out. As I said, Michael, have more
and all that coming up. And you guys both had
huge weekends and Abby, let's start with yours.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
And you were at the Dormont Street and.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Music Festival on Saturdays through being Tiny Wars and the
crowd was Bill, you were down there for that as well.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Yeah, yeah, it was huge. I Dormont was showing off. Yeah,
they were.
Speaker 6 (08:31):
I used to live in Dormont and the way that
that whole strip has come up, like I mean, the
whole celebration was on Potomac and there's so much going
on there now, but they just you know, they lined
up the streets and everybody had a bunch of tents
and everything. And Bill was there early because he was
introducing Broom.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Yeah. Yeah, no, that was so fun.
Speaker 5 (08:49):
I mean, you know, I joked around with Noah and
his family that all came to the goddamn comedy Jam
that now I have to bring up your son at
the Dormont music well completely and totally forgot about it.
And then he hit me up last week like we're
still good for next weekend. And I was like, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Well explain for people who don't know who know it
is and why he.
Speaker 5 (09:10):
Was one this year's Pisberg Powerbow Challenge with one of
my favorite all time ballads with steel my QB one
And so they're not just a one trick pony. They're
not a one hit wonder phenomenal set by them, And
I went out and introduced them and brought them up
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and I mean the whole street was just packed, yea,
like vendors galore, beer flowing, multiple stages.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
It was just really a cool day.
Speaker 7 (09:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
And then European Tiny Wars is one of the co
headliners of the event, and you took the stage prime
time and the I mean it just looked absolutely slammed.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
I cannot believe how packed it was.
Speaker 6 (09:56):
Again, you kind of like hear and is it like
a band in your book like festival, you kind of
have some idea of what that might look like and
what kind of the staging is going to be, and
you're like, this is going bounce, like this is not
going to be like an amazing stage like when we
were up there, and again, uh, you know, Broom was
on it Rocket Loves Blue. Jeff Taylor had an amazing
van that he put together. The Hawkeyes played just before us,
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so they're back and they have like four guitar players now,
so it's just like this wall of sound that plays
and we're like we're going after them. But when we
were up on the stage.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
It was like walking open air like this.
Speaker 6 (10:34):
The lighting was incredible, the sound was like boom in
this stage that was set up that I could not
believe that it was a Dormont Street festival, Like it
was really really intense, but a lot of like families
out there. From from our standpoint, it was really really cool,
like when we were walking up and down to see
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like a ton of tiny war shirts and like a
lot of little kids too that were like you know,
and especially for our band, when we see little girls
that are wearing tiny war shirts, that means a lot
to us, so.
Speaker 4 (11:05):
Like, yeah, that's so cool.
Speaker 6 (11:07):
Yeah, And then it was a really fun set and
it was also like boom cleared out immediately, so whoever
was running that like we were, it went a little
I feel like it went a little later maybe than
they thought, So I want to say we were done
at like eight forty five nine o'clock and so by
the time I had all my stuff off the stage,
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I looked out and it was like clear.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
I'm like, so dorm ut was it was done? Well,
it's just out a habit. Yeah, it was great. Let's
go get any Padamas. That's exactly what I wanted. I
looked at it whenever I was done.
Speaker 6 (11:41):
I had my car packed up, and I'm like, it's
like it was approaching ten pm and I looked and
I was like looking up on my phone.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
I'm like, what's Padamas like doing? And it was closed
and I'm like, nah, I had to.
Speaker 6 (11:51):
Go to Atrias because it was the only kitchen that
was opened till midnight. We all of Tiny Wars went
to Atrias and we did the Octoberfest menu and we
closed it out.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Oh yeah, dude, I had Octoberfest menu last night for dinner.
Speaker 8 (12:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
I got take out of Over the Game. It was
really good. It's awesome. I love menu. We crushed it.
Speaker 6 (12:11):
We were giving them kudos, were like, this.
Speaker 4 (12:12):
Menu is banging. Spetzel.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Spetzel they got they they got potato pancakes, potato pancakes,
apple sauce, and siron cream. Well, that's a nice celebratory
post show me there.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Bill.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Friday night, you got to host the the once again
the Pittsburgh Steelers Fashion Show, which each and every year
only seems to get bigger.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
It was huge this year. They always have like a
really cool theme.
Speaker 5 (12:43):
This year's theme was Wizard of Oz No Place Like Home,
and it was it was just awesome, Like you know,
Greta Greta Rooney and Keia Tomlin do such a good
job putting it together. And since it is the owner's
wife and the coach's wife, the participation is on under.
Speaker 4 (13:02):
All of the players show up for this.
Speaker 5 (13:04):
Joe Manganello showed up with his little dog wrapped in
a terrible towel. And we had awesome co captains this year.
We always have co captains for the fashion show because
they pick like a swag award. We've we've called it
now the Golden Cleats Award like that. And so it
was dk Metcalf and Deshaun Elliott. You know, so coming
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off of the Dublin game, the fact that we won
that game, the fact that it was such a cool experience,
and the fact that both of those guys balled out
in that game made the energy for the show, like unreal,
the two superstars on the team. I mean, they're two
of the biggest players named players on the team and
size wise, Like, Deshaun is super into fashion. He went
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over to Paris for like Paris's Fashion Week, really got
a tattoo of the Eiffel Tower that we actually showed
up on the big screen. We're just asking d like
would you ever get this tattoo? And Deshaun was like,
why you gonna put my body up on the TV.
And I was like, well, this is a fashion show.
We are objectifying you guys, just a little bit.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Just hang on one.
Speaker 5 (14:09):
Second, and then you know, we're asking Like DK had
these pants that he wore that were like stuffed animal pants,
like a million tiny little stuffed animals all on the pants.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
Oh my god.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
And so I was like, all right, a couple of
questions like how do you clean those? Where do you
keep those? And is there a shirt to go with those?
Or is that just too much? And he's like, which
one you want me to answer first? And I was like,
how do you clean them? He's like, man, that ain't
my problem, you know, I just take it to the
person and be cleaning them and you know, let them
figure out. I was like, so you just take them
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to build a bear and let them figure out, and
he cracked up and.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
Was like, man, that was pretty funny. I don't have
a comeback for that.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
And then they just like came out for me for
the rest of the interview and it was really fun
and funny and like good banter back and forth. And
it's so fun to do that with with Missy Matthews
and Bob Pompiani. Yeah, and the amount of like interaction
that the players have with the fans. Like obviously there's
all these models and dancers, and there's ballet, and you know,
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it's like every somebody's popping and locking every time you
come out onto the stage, and they're the players are
just coming out and with their families, and the crowd
is going nuts and they're throwing towels and those big,
crazy shiny hats that we saw everywhere in Dublin, and
you know, it's just it's a raucous night. It raises
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so much money for the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program
and for cancer bridges and for the Chuck Nole Foundation.
It's just it's a tremendous night. It's one of my
favorite and most unique nights. Like if you are a
Pittsburgh Steelers fan, if you're a fan of fashion, if
you're a pittsburgher, like it is it's unrepeatable, just like
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that Ireland trip, Like you come and you're like.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Wait, what, what the hell am I watching right now?
It's just it was a blast.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
That's awesome and point while taking on spirits have not
been this high in Pittsburgh Steeler Nation in a long time.
It feels even different than the russ lead starts to
ten to three last year, which always felt like it
was a castle made of sand, you know what I mean.
There's something a little different about all these new people
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coming in and all like you know, the d Ks
and the Ramses and the Rogers, the mercenaries hired to
come in here with the star power, I think, augmenting
what was already a pretty you know, formidable Steeler base.
Speaker 5 (16:40):
I think what's different about this team, at least for
me from a fan standpoint, is that they really seem
to be playing for each other, like when they talk
about each other, like when Aaron Rodgers yesterday made it
a point to mention Jalen Ramsey and the character that
he has making it back from injury to play yesterday,
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and how he showed up and had two sacks and
pass breakups and crazy hard tackles like a player of
his caliber to come back and and and play in
that game yesterday sends a message and it's it's like
they've taken the mantle and now like this is they're
playing for each other and that that to me is
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like sky's the limit when you have this kind of
collection of talent.
Speaker 4 (17:24):
And they're getting better.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
The things that they're bad at, they're improving on each week.
And you know, you can improve run stopping and stopping
the run, you know, to the two most important things defensively,
and they were able to do that and then getting
a running game going at the offensive line, who even
though they used the training wheels a few times again
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on Sunday, Uh, that's all right, man, it's getting better
and better.
Speaker 4 (17:51):
And they're able to protect Aaron.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Rodgers no sacks, as we said, no picks, and Roderick
Jones kept Miles Garrett from wrecking the game. Yep, largely
they moved him around a little bit, but it wasn't
just him but you know, anytime you keep him from
making a game changing play, that is a job well done, accomplished.
Speaker 5 (18:13):
By the way the training wheels that they use on
the offensive line. Calvin Anderson won the Swag Award, He
won the Golden Cleats Award him and his adorable wife.
His adorable wife dressed him. He was in like this
Dashchiki race, like he looked like straight out of Coming
to America. And when he came out, I got down
on one knee and held up the cleats like I
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was a king with a gift, you know. And he's
he's great. He's really funny. And yeah, I mean the
guy is is a beast as a blocker, like you know,
just like even in the run game. I mean obviously
in the run game, but just the plays that were
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dialed up when he's downfield slugging people like I love
the big people movers on this team.
Speaker 4 (19:04):
Well he's one of them.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Especier Anderson, Darnell Washington, another absolute.
Speaker 4 (19:10):
Enharmer out there. Why a Black.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Mike's got a full report on yesterday's win over the Browns,
and now the scuttle butt is continuing about whether or
not the Steelers may have got another Browns coach fired.
Speaker 4 (19:22):
I don't know. I don't think they're going to pull
the chirck on that or seeing that like that?
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Is that is that Real's it's in the air. It's
in the air. We'll just say that. I don't think
it's gonna happen this week, but it's in the air.
Tim Ben's, Jerry Doulac, Rob King Moore on a victory Monday,
Pittsburgh Steelers take care of business against the Browns.
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Speaker 5 (20:23):
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Speaker 2 (20:27):
Bridge Steelers over the Browns twenty three nine yesterday at
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Speaker 10 (20:39):
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The Steelers finally had the defensive band together on Sunday
against Cleveland, and the Browns never did score a touchdown
in that twenty three to nine Steelers victory, but after
allowing just sixty five yards rushing in a massing six
sacks and sixteen quarterback hits, outside linebacker Nick Herberg maintained
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there's still more meat on that defensive bone.
Speaker 11 (21:05):
Everybody in the locker room knows we're capable of, and
I still feel like we haven't played up to our
potential yet, Like we're just scratching the surface. So once
you're fine on all stelling days, I'm excited for that's scary.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
We're talking about high Smith getting dealt, you know, because
they're so desperate to get a more accomplished number two.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
I mean, the whole.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Defense is predicated on being able to get that pressure
on the edge, you know, and they value that so
much in Heisman seems shot out of a cannon yesterday.
Also probably because of what he saw while he was
out for the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 10 (21:38):
Well, and they found a way to get him all
involved even though the defense was not out on the
field that long, because it was more effective and the
offense was more effective but relentless. You saw on third
downs the three outside linebacker package with Watt, high Smith
and Nick Herberg playing inside like you know, where the
defensive tackles usually are right. And you also saw a
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division of labor at the position. Herbig fifty snaps sixty
one percent, high Smith forty seven snaps fifty seven percent, TJ.
Watt forty nine snaps sixty percent.
Speaker 4 (22:13):
They gave him a big rest at the end of
that game, Great Toyer.
Speaker 10 (22:17):
That kid Watt usually plays eighty five percent something like that.
If they can limit his snaps a little bit, he's
going to be a force.
Speaker 4 (22:26):
He'll be better for it, I think. Yeah, And it
wasn't like he wasn't impactful when he was in there.
It just it worked.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
It was a result of him being that impactful that
they were able to get him out in the second half.
Knockdown pass, half sack, a couple of tackles, just a
bleep disturber the entire time.
Speaker 10 (22:43):
First time they had the players that they anticipated having available,
nobody was out. Nobody was out. Yeah, now a couple
of dv's got nicked and we're in and out. But
and they kind of they took Ramsey out a little
bit just to sort of not to stress his hamstring
too much. But that's what it can look.
Speaker 5 (23:01):
Like, having Derek Harmon up front, having Deshaun Elliott back
on the back end, all the corners.
Speaker 4 (23:07):
Man.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
But the point about Jayalen Ramsey working himself to get
back is should not be understated.
Speaker 5 (23:13):
That was huge yesterday. Yeah, guess his performance. I mean
I loved his comments too. He's like, I'm gonna tell
my kids about this game played with t J. Watt
and Miles Garrett and.
Speaker 10 (23:23):
I had two sacks. I mean, that guy's probably going
to Canton. But he's not Pat Pete. He's Jalen Ramsey.
You know, he's still at the height of his powers. Yes, Yeah,
Slay is a little more Pat Pete somewhere in between.
Speaker 4 (23:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (23:37):
I think he's still effective, but he's not great. He's
been better. He could have had a pick yesterday.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
You start to said everybody could have had a pick yesterday.
Speaker 10 (23:47):
It seemed like offensively, it took a while to find
the end zone, but they eventually got there and Aaron
Rodgers talked afterward about how over the last couple of games,
the offense is starting to figure out what works and
what doesn't.
Speaker 4 (24:02):
The key to the last two games have been first
and second down. You know, when we're efficient on those
those drives, we just score points. We're not. You know,
there's been some three and outs.
Speaker 10 (24:13):
A big part of what's been working on offense the
last couple of games involves tight end Darnell Washington blocking
and number seventy four being eligible.
Speaker 8 (24:24):
We've been very transparent about Darnell's role. We play four
three teams, man, we need a guy that looks like
those four to three inns. It's a major component of
our run game. Can't say enough about his efforts. And
also Spencer Anderson. You know they weight classes and combat
sports for a reason. They got big people out in
that C and D gap area, and so do we
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when we deploy those two guys and it and it
really gives us a fighting chance.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
He's been really making a point of explaining why he's
out there as much as he is.
Speaker 10 (24:53):
Yeah, seventeen snaps yesterday, which was actually a little couple
down from the Minnesota game. Seventeen snaps Anderson the running
game against the number one rushing defense in the NFL.
On the way to the twenty three to six lead.
Twenty one carries ninety nine yards of four point seven
average per carry. Really impressive. Now, the final numbers aren't
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that good because at the end of the game they
were just running into the line and killing time.
Speaker 4 (25:19):
When they wanted to run the ball.
Speaker 10 (25:20):
Well, they ran it well against the number one defense
Red you called the training wheels.
Speaker 4 (25:25):
I call it sledgehammer.
Speaker 10 (25:28):
They're putting big guys out there to move the other
team's big guys. That's that's the running game. I don't
tell any guys it takes to do it. The defenses
are gonna have to adjust to this, and that's going
to open something else up. If they don't adjust to it,
they're gonna keep steamrolling.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
Well, it's like the Hannibal and the eels of this baby.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
I know, I love the reference, but it is like
toush push ESQ in that regard.
Speaker 4 (25:48):
You know what I mean, you know what's coming?
Speaker 10 (25:50):
Yeah, well yeah, so load up and then you got
Aaron Rodgers to take advantage of the weak spots. Rogers
continues to be the untold story in the National Football League.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
I don't know why this guy is not making headlines Nashal.
Speaker 5 (26:02):
Because people are just looking at box scores and the
numbers aren't ie poppingly good.
Speaker 10 (26:06):
Twenty one to thirty for two thirty five, two touchdowns,
no interceptions. You guys talked about the improv play to
Connor Hayward, he did miss a couple of men.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
I was just gonna say he actually left little on
the field yesterday.
Speaker 10 (26:18):
But the amazing thing, how many years did you guys
hear me come in here and bitch, they're.
Speaker 4 (26:24):
Getting one on ones and they won't throw the f
and ball. Yeah right.
Speaker 10 (26:28):
Jim Schwartz is a great defensive Coordinator's got the track
record to prove it. He has all the accolades in respect.
How does he cover metcalf one all the time when
you have no other receivers with a cornerback you just
got two days ago with not your best.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
Cornerback, right, I don't get that at all. You want
to do that, Okay, we're throwing it.
Speaker 5 (26:48):
Yeah, and he did it all day, easy throw because they.
Speaker 10 (26:52):
Don't switch sides and they just kept putting Metcalf on him, and.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
That was very perplexing. He missed perplexing with the Browns
fans sitting next to me too.
Speaker 10 (27:02):
How's that guy won on one when it's still a game,
you know you're still in it.
Speaker 5 (27:06):
He could have had two touchdowns if that one ball
didn't die on him and DK maybe didn't adjust as
well as he could have. Coming back to it, there.
Speaker 10 (27:13):
Was one he really underthrew, and the one that hit
the guy in the back, I think he was trying
to go over and it just didn't get there.
Speaker 4 (27:18):
Yeah, that was the one he and going over. But
the one he underthrew that was six man. Yeah that
was six.
Speaker 10 (27:27):
But I mean just keep If you get one on
one with DK Metcalf, you have to throw it.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
I don't care what you have called. Right.
Speaker 10 (27:34):
The same thing with Calvin Austin because he's burned people.
When he gets back, they'll do that again. I would
like to see them get another receiver for death purposes,
and not the good one. But they got two. I
thought going into the year they had one.
Speaker 4 (27:49):
Yeah, you're sold on Calvin Anderson or Calvin Austin. Yes,
says he has turned me.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
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Speaker 4 (28:45):
It's Tim Ben's Bends A good morning. How are you.
Speaker 7 (28:48):
Morning, guys?
Speaker 4 (28:49):
How we doing? I mean pretty good?
Speaker 2 (28:52):
Taking care of business against the Browns at Acatra Stadium
yesterday despite the field conditions being pretty crappy, although, as
we said, that seemed very appropriate given the Steelers Browns nature.
That matchup usually a little bit of a slobber knocker,
but yesterday it was really all Steelers on both sides
of the ball. And it's very rare that Steeler fans
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come away with a win and don't have something a
bit about. But Tim, I'm having a hard time finding
anything to complain about. They got better where they needed
to and just smothered Dylan Gabriel and the Browns offense.
Speaker 7 (29:25):
Well, if you want complaints that bad, Randy, then just
start following the Browns and Miles Garrett's social media and
all the other things he had to say following the
game as he threw his entire team under the bus.
If you want complaints, just go to the brown side.
Speaker 4 (29:37):
My lord, he really did throw his team under the bus.
Speaker 7 (29:42):
Yeah, I mean he said that he was asked a question,
and it was sort of a leading question, and he
took the bait because somebody asked him, would you like
to be in a situation where your team is up
so you can just pin your ears back and go
after the quarterback like the Steelers did? In his response
was must be nice. So like, I don't know how
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else you can interpret what he was getting at there.
I think he also.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Taught well, mainly the fact that they traded away the
two quarterbacks that took all the snaps in the preseason
that might have that might have been a shot at
management as much as it was his fellow teammates.
Speaker 7 (30:19):
Yeah, he said he was sick of losing the same
way every week, and I think he's speaking to the
fact that the Browns have not exceeded seventeen points all season.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
So well, he had two assists yesterday, I mean he
did nothing silent.
Speaker 7 (30:33):
He was silent against an offensive line and more oftentimes
than not, an offensive lineman who has been ripped in
these parts. Anyway, I don't know how much attention it's
gotten nationally, but everybody was holding their breath to see
how that was going to go. But much like this
rivalry in general, and maybe it's because of this, but Pittsburgh,
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the Steelers win, Cleveland, the Browns win, and as that goes,
as Garrett goes, maybe vice versa, because he tends to
be silent here and then tears him apart in Cleveland.
So we'll see what happens when they go up there
later in the season. But for now, to your original point, Yeah,
the Steelers were the much better team on both sides
of the ball. I anticipate them being the same against Cincinnati, who,
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by the way, lost to gain the whole division is
on an eleven game.
Speaker 4 (31:22):
Ya, it's crazy eleven game.
Speaker 7 (31:25):
Losing Street for the AFC North, and the Bengals lost
again yesterday and Hendrickson got hurt and Kasiki got hurt.
Even though it's a short work week on the road
in division for a Thursday night, I still think the
Steelers win. And then let's see how they do against
three teams that are much better in the NFL standings
after that in a row, when they get what Green Bay,
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Indianapolis and Los Angeles, let's see, let's look at their
performance against those three teams.
Speaker 5 (31:51):
Tim I got a big complaint about the defense. They
can't hang on to an interception. They got to get
on the jugs machine because they could easily have four
or five yesterday.
Speaker 7 (32:02):
It was like watching six I tailors out there.
Speaker 4 (32:05):
All yeah, man man, man Porter has.
Speaker 7 (32:09):
Number twenty four on and plays the same position straight.
And by the way, speaking of trash talk, how about
him lighting up Jerry Judy after the game. Yeah, for
all the smack that Jerry was talking after having a
was a two drop performance and just in general, not
a good game U.
Speaker 4 (32:26):
Forty three receiving yesterday.
Speaker 7 (32:29):
Yeah, then that quarterback was just overwhelmed the sixteen quarterback hits,
like Mike said yesterday, and it was coming from all directions,
including coming from the secondary with Jalen Ramsey. But yeah,
I would like to see them, although in a weird
way though, I know what you guys are saying, You're
right ninety nine times out of one hundred, I'm gonna
be right there with you screaming catch the ball. But
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to a certain degree, wasn't it also fulfilling to see
them put on a defensive performance like that without the
benefit of a takeaway Ye you know it?
Speaker 2 (33:00):
Four down turnovers that are you know, like count those
as turnovers?
Speaker 7 (33:04):
I guess to a degree. Yeah, But you know, we
were all saying after the New England game, of course
they won the game, well, the Patriots gave them the
ball five times, or the Jets gave them the ball
and a kickoff return. I was all right with the
fact that they didn't get a turnover and they still
walked away holding the other team just to nine points.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
Like, I'll take that too. I mean, was really bringing
it yesterday. There were some hard hits, yeah, and I.
Speaker 7 (33:34):
Think you've seen residue of that throughout the season, honestly.
I mean, yeah, the Patriots gave them the ball five times,
they jarred it loose a couple of times. They were
hitting the Vikings players hard and creating fumbles. Same thing
with the kickoff return, you know, like in New York.
They were doing some of that on their own, with
the violence with which they are hitting. And I do
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think that is keyed by Ramsey's presence, and that trade
seems to be working out pretty well, even if John
news Smith isn't exactly having the impact that a lot
of us would have liked. And I think the next element,
maybe the next phase of conversation is what you guys
touched on in the six o'clock sportscast six thirty Sports
cast of Mike, which is, you know, if some team
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really is dedicated to just taking away DK Metcalf all day,
every play and not daring Aaron Rodgers to recognize it,
which he does whenever it happens, what do they do
with this number two receiver position, especially since Calvin Austin
is out.
Speaker 2 (34:30):
He's not afraid to throw it to anybody. I mean,
look what he did yesterday. You know, Connor Hayward ends
up with a touchdown. He'll throw it to anybody that's
out there.
Speaker 7 (34:39):
Well, I'll throw it to any of the other guys
who aren't wide receivers. I mean, what other wide receiver
put up any numbers?
Speaker 2 (34:44):
Maybe Roman Wilson one catch, twelve yards, first down.
Speaker 4 (34:48):
Scotty Miller played a bunch of snaps. It's an Scaronick
played a bunch too.
Speaker 7 (34:53):
Well, that's sort of where I'm going with it. You know,
it's it's wide receiver one the tight ends it as
a collective and then like ten hatches a game between
gain Well and Warren out of the backfield, which by
the way, isn't terrible seeing is how the Browns were
pretty good at taking away passes to running backs coming
into this game, but they do need a better presence
to compliment Metcalf somehow. And I don't know, maybe the
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calculus changes. The trade deadline comes closer because one they're
so desperately in need of it. Two, they're very much
in the race in three if they're gonna be drafting
later in the first round. And the quarterback class isn't
what we keep saying it was cracked up to be
back in August. You know, do those picks feel as
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important even though the draft is in Pittsburgh, if it's
harder to get a quarterback, if they are on as
many good quarterbacks as we thought, you know, five months ago, And.
Speaker 10 (35:45):
Do they get as many picks and as many good
picks as they thought they were gonna get on the
compensatory side, Oh yeah, Just guys aren't playing the.
Speaker 7 (35:52):
Right that too. Yeah, I mean, like.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
Sides, Jack's gonna get hurt, You'll get Russe will come
for a return of us, yeah.
Speaker 7 (36:05):
Well and Fields, Well, if that happens, then Fields might
find his way to the bench. How about that team, huh.
Speaker 4 (36:10):
We were talking about them during the break man. It's
a real mess in uh je.
Speaker 7 (36:16):
Home from England. I mean as hungover as you guys
might have been from Ireland. I think they might have
had a worse you know. That was especially with the
Garrett Wilson thing walking off the field at the end
of the first half and what a spectacle they've become and.
Speaker 4 (36:30):
Just run out. They just didn't even run and play what.
I have no idea what Aaron lenn was doing.
Speaker 10 (36:35):
There was he prancing down the sideline and he was
not dancing.
Speaker 7 (36:39):
No, it was clear that Garrett Wilson felt the same way.
And you know now you get I know again, it's
a short week divisional opponent. I get it. Those are
games they usually don't play well. They probably won't play
well in this one either, but I think they'll play
well enough to win. Hendrickson hurt his back the Sicky
Tours Peck but had a peck injury.
Speaker 4 (36:58):
He got fired. That's right.
Speaker 7 (37:02):
That went like to become the next head coach at
Penn State. My dream, by the way, for that is
the happy ending that I will have from happy valley
of this story is if somehow Franklin finds his way
to Virginia Tech or North Carolina to replace Belichick, just
to screw with Nardoozi once a year Like that, to
me will make this all worthwhile.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
To Men's brought to you by Don's Appliances. This morning
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Speaker 3 (37:36):
F Penn State just fired Franklin, and the whole bathroom
went ah, Like people just started bashing Franklin and it
was like the funniest town crier I ever heard.
Speaker 4 (37:47):
Like it's in line for journals, Yeah.
Speaker 7 (37:53):
That was It kind of happened in the press box too.
It's the same sort of reaction happened when we all
found out. But we got that vibe, didn't you. When
like he's walking over to sing the alma mater after
lose to Northwestern, and he's looking for somebody to put
his arm around and hug and there's no one there.
And and by the way, one of the teams I'm
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hearing and reading anyway about that might be interested in hiring.
What if he goes what if he winds up at
UCLA after Ucla started his demise here. What if he
goes back? What if he ends up at your camp?
How ironic would that be?
Speaker 4 (38:27):
Tim Benz, Thanks buddy, We'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 7 (38:29):
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Speaker 2 (00:34):
Rogers gets a snap back to pass looking pump fixed.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Right now, wants to go to Metcap has him in
the Angel touchdown Duck Carolin Metcap.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
First play in the fourth quarter Aaron Rodgers to DK
and that was pretty much it at that point. Ezy
money that turned it into a twenty three to six
Steeler lead. The Browns would add a fuel goal after that,
but that would be a twenty three to nine the
Steelers TCB. They take care of the Browns, but they're
taking care of business in the AFC.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
North needed to win that game.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
And now you get the short week Thursday night Amazon
Prime game, they're gonna be taking on Joe Flacco and
the Cincinnati Bengals. Now, he didn't look terrible with the
Bengals yesterday didn't so they looked to have improved with
Joe Flacco and they'll have to deal with that. But
can't complain about too much yesterday, particularly the defensive effort
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from the Steelers yesterday. Monstrous day from both Jalen Ramsey
and also Nick Herbig. He got the DV morning show
bump after being on Friday morning, and then went out
and just had a monster game on Sunday. And he
had a couple of sacks yesterday and just looked like
a complete game record.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Course, she's getting better and better, you know, offensive line.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Look, how many times did you hear Miles Garrett's name
called yesterday? I didn't one time he had a tackle
Other than that.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
That was it, man. That was it for Miles Garrett yesterday.
I mean the whole offensive line.
Speaker 5 (02:05):
I hope Aaron took them out to dinner last night
because to keep him clean in that game, zero sacks
like against that defense, that was impressive.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
So they got I think they credited him with two
tackles yesterday. But yeah, Roderick Jones to your point, stepping
up big time yesterday and the Steelers get to win.
What Look, it was not like awesome weather, that was
the only thing. But it looked like a Steelers Brown's day, you.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
Know, the Bron's brought in the clocks. Yeah, there was.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
It was clotty, it was a little breezy, and the
field was absolute garbage. I up with the field, dude,
I don't understand, like Pitt hasn't played there in a
couple of weeks.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
Did they play there last week?
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Because if they didn't play there last week, I don't
know why they didn't replace that field for this week.
Not sure, because they said they were ripping it up
after the game yesterday.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
They ripped it up here.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Yeah, but I'm not exactly sure. They played Florida State
at Florist eight, right, like, well yesterday or Saturday Saturday, right.
Speaker 5 (03:05):
But the week the week before I'm saying because if
they had a home game, then that would make sense
because if you know, the Steeling were on a bye
week and in Dublin, so there was a couple of
weeks where they could have replaced it.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
But I don't know. I forget Pitt's schedule. It hosted
Boston College Life. Yeah, okay, that makes sense.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Well, they still would have time to fix it, you
would think. I mean, it was really garbage. You know,
it cost Boswell field goal late in the game.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
He could have broke his ankle. Dude, that looked bad.
He almost got sweet on that one.
Speaker 5 (03:36):
And I don't know if that was a factor in
Miles Killerbrew's injury or not, because it didn't look like
that was a contact injury. It looked like his his
leg got kind of caught up in the turf or whatever.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Miles got a pretty uh serious injury, according to coach
Tom Real Bad Mike Pursutill have more on that. We
got Tim Ben's Jerry do Lack, Rob King talking Steelers
here for you on this post on victory Monday. Here
in the DV Morning Show studios. Dylan Gabriel the rook.
The over under going into the game on pass attempts
(04:10):
for Dylan Gabriel was thirty and a half. Well, he
sailed past that with fifty two pass attempts yesterday.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
I mean, that's negligence, that's bad coaching right there.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Of the fifty two, only ten of those went ten
or more yards in the air.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Oh, they were coming after him all day.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Yeah, I mean he didn't have any interceptions, but he
should have had four.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
Oh yeah, they dropped a ton of balls.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Defensive line really stepped up again. They stopped to run
only thirty six yards or Quinn, Shawn Jenkins or Judkins
I'm sorry. And Jerome Ford added seventeen more, but other
than that, not so much. Harold Fannon was his favorite target. Yesterday.
But Jerry Judy didn't really do too much. Joku didn't
do too much. The Steelers defense stood up. Was that
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was one of those wins that there's just not a
whole lot to complain about.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
You just enjoy the fact that your team is getting better.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
We like to find the thing that was wrong with
our win a lot of times, and I'm not sure
that there's a whole lot you can get bummed out
about it. Of the thing well that in not finishing drives.
You know, three field goals in the first half for
for Boss there would have liked to see a couple
of those drives, particularly the first one go right down
(05:23):
the field and knock it in the end zone, just
jam it down their threat.
Speaker 5 (05:27):
But how about the first play from scrimmage, I mean
the Darnell Washington like bumbling down the field.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
I mean that was awesome.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Well once again Darnell Washington with the Lions. I mean,
he got a ton of snaps yesterday. Friar Mouth, I
don't even know if he had a Cat one target though.
I mean, it's kind of crazy that friar Mouth has
fallen in favor to the degree that he has kind
of echoing James Franklin, I guess his former coach at
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Penn State. One catch were eleven yards for fire mooth
yesterday and he got a nice chair in the stadium.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
Yeah, he got moothed. He got a mooth. There was
a mooth.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
But Darnel Washington three catches for sixty two DK four
for ninety five yesterday and it was another one of
those Aaron Rodgers days twenty one to thirty two, thirty five,
two touchdowns, no interception.
Speaker 5 (06:23):
It's not eye popping, but it's so impressive because situationally,
he's just getting him into the right play. The slugo
that we played at the top of the hour for
Metcalf was easy money. The other catch down the sideline
with the late hands, perfect throw.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
The other throw was perfect, It just hit the defender
in his back. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
I wasn't sure if he was trying to go over
a back shoulder on that one, and it seemed like
he was like in no man's laying in between on
the targeting on that one.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
But the scrambled drill with Connor Hayward another phenomenal play.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
I'll tell you what I think that shut up a
lot of people about conn on her Hayward too. I
was so sick and tired Abbey of hearing people rip
on him for just being related to Cam because they
were mad at Cam. It's like, dude, this is a
serviceable play. He's like a Swiss army knife. What are
we mad at him for?
Speaker 6 (07:12):
And then just like I needed touchdown too, because you
just didn't want to see, especially with the Browns.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
We knew it was going to be maybe.
Speaker 6 (07:18):
Low scoring anyway, and you wanted to kind of see
that breakthrough, get a touchdown, start things moving.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
You know what was funny is that Roman Wilson also
got a huge cheer for his one catch for twelve years,
got a first down. He people want to see him involved,
and with no Calvin Austin yesterday, you didn't know whether
you're gonna see a whole lot or still none of
Roman Wilson turned out was a little in between. I'm
(07:45):
not sure how many Snapsy ended up getting, but the
one catch, it was a big one for a first down.
Keishawn Williams returning kicks was the big revelation.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
I think yesterday he had an.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Enormous for turn brought back as a result of penalty.
That was a BS penalty called on Jabrill Peppers, but
he comported himself nicely getting signed off the practice squad
since Austin was out. As I said, Michael, have more
and all that coming up. And you guys both had
huge weekends and Abby, let's start with yours.
Speaker 4 (08:15):
And you were at the Dormont Street and.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Music Festival on Saturdays through being Tiny Wars and the
crowd was Bill, you were down there for that as well.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Yeah, yeah, it was huge. I Dormont was showing off. Yeah,
they were.
Speaker 6 (08:31):
I used to live in Dormont and the way that
that whole strip has come up, like I mean, the
whole celebration was on Potomac and there's so much going
on there now, but they just you know, they lined
up the streets and everybody had a bunch of tents
and everything. And Bill was there early because he was
introducing Broom.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Yeah. Yeah, no, that was so fun.
Speaker 5 (08:49):
I mean, you know, I joked around with Noah and
his family that all came to the goddamn comedy Jam
that now I have to bring up your son at
the Dormont music well completely and totally forgot about it.
And then he hit me up last week like we're
still good for next weekend. And I was like, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Well explain for people who don't know who know it
is and why he.
Speaker 5 (09:10):
Was one this year's Pisberg Powerbow Challenge with one of
my favorite all time ballads with steel my QB one
And so they're not just a one trick pony. They're
not a one hit wonder phenomenal set by them, And
I went out and introduced them and brought them up
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and I mean the whole street was just packed, yea,
like vendors galore, beer flowing, multiple stages.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
It was just really a cool day.
Speaker 7 (09:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
And then European Tiny Wars is one of the co
headliners of the event, and you took the stage prime
time and the I mean it just looked absolutely slammed.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
I cannot believe how packed it was.
Speaker 6 (09:56):
Again, you kind of like hear and is it like
a band in your book like festival, you kind of
have some idea of what that might look like and
what kind of the staging is going to be, and
you're like, this is going bounce, like this is not
going to be like an amazing stage like when we
were up there, and again, uh, you know, Broom was
on it Rocket Loves Blue. Jeff Taylor had an amazing
van that he put together. The Hawkeyes played just before us,
(10:20):
so they're back and they have like four guitar players now,
so it's just like this wall of sound that plays
and we're like we're going after them. But when we
were up on the stage.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
It was like walking open air like this.
Speaker 6 (10:34):
The lighting was incredible, the sound was like boom in
this stage that was set up that I could not
believe that it was a Dormont Street festival, Like it
was really really intense, but a lot of like families
out there. From from our standpoint, it was really really cool,
like when we were walking up and down to see
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like a ton of tiny war shirts and like a
lot of little kids too that were like you know,
and especially for our band, when we see little girls
that are wearing tiny war shirts, that means a lot
to us, so.
Speaker 4 (11:05):
Like, yeah, that's so cool.
Speaker 6 (11:07):
Yeah, And then it was a really fun set and
it was also like boom cleared out immediately, so whoever
was running that like we were, it went a little
I feel like it went a little later maybe than
they thought, So I want to say we were done
at like eight forty five nine o'clock and so by
the time I had all my stuff off the stage,
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I looked out and it was like clear.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
I'm like, so dorm ut was it was done? Well,
it's just out a habit. Yeah, it was great. Let's
go get any Padamas. That's exactly what I wanted. I
looked at it whenever I was done.
Speaker 6 (11:41):
I had my car packed up, and I'm like, it's
like it was approaching ten pm and I looked and
I was like looking up on my phone.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
I'm like, what's Padamas like doing? And it was closed
and I'm like, nah, I had to.
Speaker 6 (11:51):
Go to Atrias because it was the only kitchen that
was opened till midnight. We all of Tiny Wars went
to Atrias and we did the Octoberfest menu and we
closed it out.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Oh yeah, dude, I had Octoberfest menu last night for dinner.
Speaker 8 (12:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
I got take out of Over the Game. It was
really good. It's awesome. I love menu. We crushed it.
Speaker 6 (12:11):
We were giving them kudos, were like, this.
Speaker 4 (12:12):
Menu is banging. Spetzel.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Spetzel they got they they got potato pancakes, potato pancakes,
apple sauce, and siron cream. Well, that's a nice celebratory
post show me there.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Bill.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Friday night, you got to host the the once again
the Pittsburgh Steelers Fashion Show, which each and every year
only seems to get bigger.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
It was huge this year. They always have like a
really cool theme.
Speaker 5 (12:43):
This year's theme was Wizard of Oz No Place Like Home,
and it was it was just awesome, Like you know,
Greta Greta Rooney and Keia Tomlin do such a good
job putting it together. And since it is the owner's
wife and the coach's wife, the participation is on under.
Speaker 4 (13:02):
All of the players show up for this.
Speaker 5 (13:04):
Joe Manganello showed up with his little dog wrapped in
a terrible towel. And we had awesome co captains this year.
We always have co captains for the fashion show because
they pick like a swag award. We've we've called it
now the Golden Cleats Award like that. And so it
was dk Metcalf and Deshaun Elliott. You know, so coming
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off of the Dublin game, the fact that we won
that game, the fact that it was such a cool experience,
and the fact that both of those guys balled out
in that game made the energy for the show, like unreal,
the two superstars on the team. I mean, they're two
of the biggest players named players on the team and
size wise, Like, Deshaun is super into fashion. He went
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over to Paris for like Paris's Fashion Week, really got
a tattoo of the Eiffel Tower that we actually showed
up on the big screen. We're just asking d like
would you ever get this tattoo? And Deshaun was like,
why you gonna put my body up on the TV.
And I was like, well, this is a fashion show.
We are objectifying you guys, just a little bit.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Just hang on one.
Speaker 5 (14:09):
Second, and then you know, we're asking Like DK had
these pants that he wore that were like stuffed animal pants,
like a million tiny little stuffed animals all on the pants.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
Oh my god.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
And so I was like, all right, a couple of
questions like how do you clean those? Where do you
keep those? And is there a shirt to go with those?
Or is that just too much? And he's like, which
one you want me to answer first? And I was like,
how do you clean them? He's like, man, that ain't
my problem, you know, I just take it to the
person and be cleaning them and you know, let them
figure out. I was like, so you just take them
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to build a bear and let them figure out, and
he cracked up and.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
Was like, man, that was pretty funny. I don't have
a comeback for that.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
And then they just like came out for me for
the rest of the interview and it was really fun
and funny and like good banter back and forth. And
it's so fun to do that with with Missy Matthews
and Bob Pompiani. Yeah, and the amount of like interaction
that the players have with the fans. Like obviously there's
all these models and dancers, and there's ballet, and you know,
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it's like every somebody's popping and locking every time you
come out onto the stage, and they're the players are
just coming out and with their families, and the crowd
is going nuts and they're throwing towels and those big,
crazy shiny hats that we saw everywhere in Dublin, and
you know, it's just it's a raucous night. It raises
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so much money for the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program
and for cancer bridges and for the Chuck Nole Foundation.
It's just it's a tremendous night. It's one of my
favorite and most unique nights. Like if you are a
Pittsburgh Steelers fan, if you're a fan of fashion, if
you're a pittsburgher, like it is it's unrepeatable, just like
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that Ireland trip, Like you come and you're like.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Wait, what, what the hell am I watching right now?
It's just it was a blast.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
That's awesome and point while taking on spirits have not
been this high in Pittsburgh Steeler Nation in a long time.
It feels even different than the russ lead starts to
ten to three last year, which always felt like it
was a castle made of sand, you know what I mean.
There's something a little different about all these new people
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coming in and all like you know, the d Ks
and the Ramses and the Rogers, the mercenaries hired to
come in here with the star power, I think, augmenting
what was already a pretty you know, formidable Steeler base.
Speaker 5 (16:40):
I think what's different about this team, at least for
me from a fan standpoint, is that they really seem
to be playing for each other, like when they talk
about each other, like when Aaron Rodgers yesterday made it
a point to mention Jalen Ramsey and the character that
he has making it back from injury to play yesterday,
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and how he showed up and had two sacks and
pass breakups and crazy hard tackles like a player of
his caliber to come back and and and play in
that game yesterday sends a message and it's it's like
they've taken the mantle and now like this is they're
playing for each other and that that to me is
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like sky's the limit when you have this kind of
collection of talent.
Speaker 4 (17:24):
And they're getting better.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
The things that they're bad at, they're improving on each week.
And you know, you can improve run stopping and stopping
the run, you know, to the two most important things defensively,
and they were able to do that and then getting
a running game going at the offensive line, who even
though they used the training wheels a few times again
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on Sunday, Uh, that's all right, man, it's getting better
and better.
Speaker 4 (17:51):
And they're able to protect Aaron.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Rodgers no sacks, as we said, no picks, and Roderick
Jones kept Miles Garrett from wrecking the game. Yep, largely
they moved him around a little bit, but it wasn't
just him but you know, anytime you keep him from
making a game changing play, that is a job well done, accomplished.
Speaker 5 (18:13):
By the way the training wheels that they use on
the offensive line. Calvin Anderson won the Swag Award, He
won the Golden Cleats Award him and his adorable wife.
His adorable wife dressed him. He was in like this
Dashchiki race, like he looked like straight out of Coming
to America. And when he came out, I got down
on one knee and held up the cleats like I
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was a king with a gift, you know. And he's
he's great. He's really funny. And yeah, I mean the
guy is is a beast as a blocker, like you know,
just like even in the run game. I mean obviously
in the run game, but just the plays that were
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dialed up when he's downfield slugging people like I love
the big people movers on this team.
Speaker 4 (19:04):
Well he's one of them.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Especier Anderson, Darnell Washington, another absolute.
Speaker 4 (19:10):
Enharmer out there. Why a Black.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Mike's got a full report on yesterday's win over the Browns,
and now the scuttle butt is continuing about whether or
not the Steelers may have got another Browns coach fired.
Speaker 4 (19:22):
I don't know. I don't think they're going to pull
the chirck on that or seeing that like that?
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Is that is that Real's it's in the air. It's
in the air. We'll just say that. I don't think
it's gonna happen this week, but it's in the air.
Tim Ben's, Jerry Doulac, Rob King Moore on a victory Monday,
Pittsburgh Steelers take care of business against the Browns.
Speaker 9 (19:43):
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Speaker 9 (20:07):
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Speaker 5 (20:23):
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Speaker 2 (20:27):
Bridge Steelers over the Browns twenty three nine yesterday at
Akroscher Stadium on a field that could have used a
little help, but you know what, it seemed very appropriate
for a Steelers Browns matchup.
Speaker 10 (20:39):
All we needed was the snow Randalls Schwartz by Bridgeville Applyings.
The Steelers finally had the defensive band together on Sunday
against Cleveland, and the Browns never did score a touchdown
in that twenty three to nine Steelers victory, but after
allowing just sixty five yards rushing in a massing six
sacks and sixteen quarterback hits, outside linebacker Nick Herberg maintained
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there's still more meat on that defensive bone.
Speaker 11 (21:05):
Everybody in the locker room knows we're capable of, and
I still feel like we haven't played up to our
potential yet, Like we're just scratching the surface. So once
you're fine on all stelling days, I'm excited for that's scary.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
We're talking about high Smith getting dealt, you know, because
they're so desperate to get a more accomplished number two.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
I mean, the whole.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Defense is predicated on being able to get that pressure
on the edge, you know, and they value that so
much in Heisman seems shot out of a cannon yesterday.
Also probably because of what he saw while he was
out for the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 10 (21:38):
Well, and they found a way to get him all
involved even though the defense was not out on the
field that long, because it was more effective and the
offense was more effective but relentless. You saw on third
downs the three outside linebacker package with Watt, high Smith
and Nick Herberg playing inside like you know, where the
defensive tackles usually are right. And you also saw a
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division of labor at the position. Herbig fifty snaps sixty
one percent, high Smith forty seven snaps fifty seven percent, TJ.
Watt forty nine snaps sixty percent.
Speaker 4 (22:13):
They gave him a big rest at the end of
that game, Great Toyer.
Speaker 10 (22:17):
That kid Watt usually plays eighty five percent something like that.
If they can limit his snaps a little bit, he's
going to be a force.
Speaker 4 (22:26):
He'll be better for it, I think. Yeah, And it
wasn't like he wasn't impactful when he was in there.
It just it worked.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
It was a result of him being that impactful that
they were able to get him out in the second half.
Knockdown pass, half sack, a couple of tackles, just a
bleep disturber the entire time.
Speaker 10 (22:43):
First time they had the players that they anticipated having available,
nobody was out. Nobody was out. Yeah, now a couple
of dv's got nicked and we're in and out. But
and they kind of they took Ramsey out a little
bit just to sort of not to stress his hamstring
too much. But that's what it can look.
Speaker 5 (23:01):
Like, having Derek Harmon up front, having Deshaun Elliott back
on the back end, all the corners.
Speaker 4 (23:07):
Man.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
But the point about Jayalen Ramsey working himself to get
back is should not be understated.
Speaker 5 (23:13):
That was huge yesterday. Yeah, guess his performance. I mean
I loved his comments too. He's like, I'm gonna tell
my kids about this game played with t J. Watt
and Miles Garrett and.
Speaker 10 (23:23):
I had two sacks. I mean, that guy's probably going
to Canton. But he's not Pat Pete. He's Jalen Ramsey.
You know, he's still at the height of his powers. Yes, Yeah,
Slay is a little more Pat Pete somewhere in between.
Speaker 4 (23:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (23:37):
I think he's still effective, but he's not great. He's
been better. He could have had a pick yesterday.
Speaker 2 (23:43):
You start to said everybody could have had a pick yesterday.
Speaker 10 (23:47):
It seemed like offensively, it took a while to find
the end zone, but they eventually got there and Aaron
Rodgers talked afterward about how over the last couple of games,
the offense is starting to figure out what works and
what doesn't.
Speaker 4 (24:02):
The key to the last two games have been first
and second down. You know, when we're efficient on those
those drives, we just score points. We're not. You know,
there's been some three and outs.
Speaker 10 (24:13):
A big part of what's been working on offense the
last couple of games involves tight end Darnell Washington blocking
and number seventy four being eligible.
Speaker 8 (24:24):
We've been very transparent about Darnell's role. We play four
three teams, man, we need a guy that looks like
those four to three inns. It's a major component of
our run game. Can't say enough about his efforts. And
also Spencer Anderson. You know they weight classes and combat
sports for a reason. They got big people out in
that C and D gap area, and so do we
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when we deploy those two guys and it and it
really gives us a fighting chance.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
He's been really making a point of explaining why he's
out there as much as he is.
Speaker 10 (24:53):
Yeah, seventeen snaps yesterday, which was actually a little couple
down from the Minnesota game. Seventeen snaps Anderson the running
game against the number one rushing defense in the NFL.
On the way to the twenty three to six lead.
Twenty one carries ninety nine yards of four point seven
average per carry. Really impressive. Now, the final numbers aren't
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that good because at the end of the game they
were just running into the line and killing time.
Speaker 4 (25:19):
When they wanted to run the ball.
Speaker 10 (25:20):
Well, they ran it well against the number one defense
Red you called the training wheels.
Speaker 4 (25:25):
I call it sledgehammer.
Speaker 10 (25:28):
They're putting big guys out there to move the other
team's big guys. That's that's the running game. I don't
tell any guys it takes to do it. The defenses
are gonna have to adjust to this, and that's going
to open something else up. If they don't adjust to it,
they're gonna keep steamrolling.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
Well, it's like the Hannibal and the eels of this baby.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
I know, I love the reference, but it is like
toush push ESQ in that regard.
Speaker 4 (25:48):
You know what I mean, you know what's coming?
Speaker 10 (25:50):
Yeah, well yeah, so load up and then you got
Aaron Rodgers to take advantage of the weak spots. Rogers
continues to be the untold story in the National Football League.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
I don't know why this guy is not making headlines Nashal.
Speaker 5 (26:02):
Because people are just looking at box scores and the
numbers aren't ie poppingly good.
Speaker 10 (26:06):
Twenty one to thirty for two thirty five, two touchdowns,
no interceptions. You guys talked about the improv play to
Connor Hayward, he did miss a couple of men.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
I was just gonna say he actually left little on
the field yesterday.
Speaker 10 (26:18):
But the amazing thing, how many years did you guys
hear me come in here and bitch, they're.
Speaker 4 (26:24):
Getting one on ones and they won't throw the f
and ball. Yeah right.
Speaker 10 (26:28):
Jim Schwartz is a great defensive Coordinator's got the track
record to prove it. He has all the accolades in respect.
How does he cover metcalf one all the time when
you have no other receivers with a cornerback you just
got two days ago with not your best.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
Cornerback, right, I don't get that at all. You want
to do that, Okay, we're throwing it.
Speaker 5 (26:48):
Yeah, and he did it all day, easy throw because they.
Speaker 10 (26:52):
Don't switch sides and they just kept putting Metcalf on him, and.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
That was very perplexing. He missed perplexing with the Browns
fans sitting next to me too.
Speaker 10 (27:02):
How's that guy won on one when it's still a game,
you know you're still in it.
Speaker 5 (27:06):
He could have had two touchdowns if that one ball
didn't die on him and DK maybe didn't adjust as
well as he could have. Coming back to it, there.
Speaker 10 (27:13):
Was one he really underthrew, and the one that hit
the guy in the back, I think he was trying
to go over and it just didn't get there.
Speaker 4 (27:18):
Yeah, that was the one he and going over. But
the one he underthrew that was six man. Yeah that
was six.
Speaker 10 (27:27):
But I mean just keep If you get one on
one with DK Metcalf, you have to throw it.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
I don't care what you have called. Right.
Speaker 10 (27:34):
The same thing with Calvin Austin because he's burned people.
When he gets back, they'll do that again. I would
like to see them get another receiver for death purposes,
and not the good one. But they got two. I
thought going into the year they had one.
Speaker 4 (27:49):
Yeah, you're sold on Calvin Anderson or Calvin Austin. Yes,
says he has turned me.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
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Speaker 4 (28:45):
It's Tim Ben's Bends A good morning. How are you.
Speaker 7 (28:48):
Morning, guys?
Speaker 4 (28:49):
How we doing? I mean pretty good?
Speaker 2 (28:52):
Taking care of business against the Browns at Acatra Stadium
yesterday despite the field conditions being pretty crappy, although, as
we said, that seemed very appropriate given the Steelers Browns nature.
That matchup usually a little bit of a slobber knocker,
but yesterday it was really all Steelers on both sides
of the ball. And it's very rare that Steeler fans
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come away with a win and don't have something a
bit about. But Tim, I'm having a hard time finding
anything to complain about. They got better where they needed
to and just smothered Dylan Gabriel and the Browns offense.
Speaker 7 (29:25):
Well, if you want complaints that bad, Randy, then just
start following the Browns and Miles Garrett's social media and
all the other things he had to say following the
game as he threw his entire team under the bus.
If you want complaints, just go to the brown side.
Speaker 4 (29:37):
My lord, he really did throw his team under the bus.
Speaker 7 (29:42):
Yeah, I mean he said that he was asked a question,
and it was sort of a leading question, and he
took the bait because somebody asked him, would you like
to be in a situation where your team is up
so you can just pin your ears back and go
after the quarterback like the Steelers did? In his response
was must be nice. So like, I don't know how
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else you can interpret what he was getting at there.
I think he also.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Taught well, mainly the fact that they traded away the
two quarterbacks that took all the snaps in the preseason
that might have that might have been a shot at
management as much as it was his fellow teammates.
Speaker 7 (30:19):
Yeah, he said he was sick of losing the same
way every week, and I think he's speaking to the
fact that the Browns have not exceeded seventeen points all season.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
So well, he had two assists yesterday, I mean he
did nothing silent.
Speaker 7 (30:33):
He was silent against an offensive line and more oftentimes
than not, an offensive lineman who has been ripped in
these parts. Anyway, I don't know how much attention it's
gotten nationally, but everybody was holding their breath to see
how that was going to go. But much like this
rivalry in general, and maybe it's because of this, but Pittsburgh,
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the Steelers win, Cleveland, the Browns win, and as that goes,
as Garrett goes, maybe vice versa, because he tends to
be silent here and then tears him apart in Cleveland.
So we'll see what happens when they go up there
later in the season. But for now, to your original point, Yeah,
the Steelers were the much better team on both sides
of the ball. I anticipate them being the same against Cincinnati, who,
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by the way, lost to gain the whole division is
on an eleven game.
Speaker 4 (31:22):
Ya, it's crazy eleven game.
Speaker 7 (31:25):
Losing Street for the AFC North, and the Bengals lost
again yesterday and Hendrickson got hurt and Kasiki got hurt.
Even though it's a short work week on the road
in division for a Thursday night, I still think the
Steelers win. And then let's see how they do against
three teams that are much better in the NFL standings
after that in a row, when they get what Green Bay,
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Indianapolis and Los Angeles, let's see, let's look at their
performance against those three teams.
Speaker 5 (31:51):
Tim I got a big complaint about the defense. They
can't hang on to an interception. They got to get
on the jugs machine because they could easily have four
or five yesterday.
Speaker 7 (32:02):
It was like watching six I tailors out there.
Speaker 4 (32:05):
All yeah, man man, man Porter has.
Speaker 7 (32:09):
Number twenty four on and plays the same position straight.
And by the way, speaking of trash talk, how about
him lighting up Jerry Judy after the game. Yeah, for
all the smack that Jerry was talking after having a
was a two drop performance and just in general, not
a good game U.
Speaker 4 (32:26):
Forty three receiving yesterday.
Speaker 7 (32:29):
Yeah, then that quarterback was just overwhelmed the sixteen quarterback hits,
like Mike said yesterday, and it was coming from all directions,
including coming from the secondary with Jalen Ramsey. But yeah,
I would like to see them, although in a weird
way though, I know what you guys are saying, You're
right ninety nine times out of one hundred, I'm gonna
be right there with you screaming catch the ball. But
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to a certain degree, wasn't it also fulfilling to see
them put on a defensive performance like that without the
benefit of a takeaway Ye you know it?
Speaker 2 (33:00):
Four down turnovers that are you know, like count those
as turnovers?
Speaker 7 (33:04):
I guess to a degree. Yeah, But you know, we
were all saying after the New England game, of course
they won the game, well, the Patriots gave them the
ball five times, or the Jets gave them the ball
and a kickoff return. I was all right with the
fact that they didn't get a turnover and they still
walked away holding the other team just to nine points.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
Like, I'll take that too. I mean, was really bringing
it yesterday. There were some hard hits, yeah, and I.
Speaker 7 (33:34):
Think you've seen residue of that throughout the season, honestly.
I mean, yeah, the Patriots gave them the ball five times,
they jarred it loose a couple of times. They were
hitting the Vikings players hard and creating fumbles. Same thing
with the kickoff return, you know, like in New York.
They were doing some of that on their own, with
the violence with which they are hitting. And I do
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think that is keyed by Ramsey's presence, and that trade
seems to be working out pretty well, even if John
news Smith isn't exactly having the impact that a lot
of us would have liked. And I think the next element,
maybe the next phase of conversation is what you guys
touched on in the six o'clock sportscast six thirty Sports
cast of Mike, which is, you know, if some team
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really is dedicated to just taking away DK Metcalf all day,
every play and not daring Aaron Rodgers to recognize it,
which he does whenever it happens, what do they do
with this number two receiver position, especially since Calvin Austin
is out.
Speaker 2 (34:30):
He's not afraid to throw it to anybody. I mean,
look what he did yesterday. You know, Connor Hayward ends
up with a touchdown. He'll throw it to anybody that's
out there.
Speaker 7 (34:39):
Well, I'll throw it to any of the other guys
who aren't wide receivers. I mean, what other wide receiver
put up any numbers?
Speaker 2 (34:44):
Maybe Roman Wilson one catch, twelve yards, first down.
Speaker 4 (34:48):
Scotty Miller played a bunch of snaps. It's an Scaronick
played a bunch too.
Speaker 7 (34:53):
Well, that's sort of where I'm going with it. You know,
it's it's wide receiver one the tight ends it as
a collective and then like ten hatches a game between
gain Well and Warren out of the backfield, which by
the way, isn't terrible seeing is how the Browns were
pretty good at taking away passes to running backs coming
into this game, but they do need a better presence
to compliment Metcalf somehow. And I don't know, maybe the
(35:17):
calculus changes. The trade deadline comes closer because one they're
so desperately in need of it. Two, they're very much
in the race in three if they're gonna be drafting
later in the first round. And the quarterback class isn't
what we keep saying it was cracked up to be
back in August. You know, do those picks feel as
(35:37):
important even though the draft is in Pittsburgh, if it's
harder to get a quarterback, if they are on as
many good quarterbacks as we thought, you know, five months ago, And.
Speaker 10 (35:45):
Do they get as many picks and as many good
picks as they thought they were gonna get on the
compensatory side, Oh yeah, Just guys aren't playing the.
Speaker 7 (35:52):
Right that too. Yeah, I mean, like.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
Sides, Jack's gonna get hurt, You'll get Russe will come
for a return of us, yeah.
Speaker 7 (36:05):
Well and Fields, Well, if that happens, then Fields might
find his way to the bench. How about that team, huh.
Speaker 4 (36:10):
We were talking about them during the break man. It's
a real mess in uh je.
Speaker 7 (36:16):
Home from England. I mean as hungover as you guys
might have been from Ireland. I think they might have
had a worse you know. That was especially with the
Garrett Wilson thing walking off the field at the end
of the first half and what a spectacle they've become and.
Speaker 4 (36:30):
Just run out. They just didn't even run and play what.
I have no idea what Aaron lenn was doing.
Speaker 10 (36:35):
There was he prancing down the sideline and he was
not dancing.
Speaker 7 (36:39):
No, it was clear that Garrett Wilson felt the same way.
And you know now you get I know again, it's
a short week divisional opponent. I get it. Those are
games they usually don't play well. They probably won't play
well in this one either, but I think they'll play
well enough to win. Hendrickson hurt his back the Sicky
Tours Peck but had a peck injury.
Speaker 4 (36:58):
He got fired. That's right.
Speaker 7 (37:02):
That went like to become the next head coach at
Penn State. My dream, by the way, for that is
the happy ending that I will have from happy valley
of this story is if somehow Franklin finds his way
to Virginia Tech or North Carolina to replace Belichick, just
to screw with Nardoozi once a year Like that, to
me will make this all worthwhile.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
To Men's brought to you by Don's Appliances. This morning
here on the DV Morning Show. I was in the
bathroom at hind at Axer Stadium yesterday and we're like
a bunch of dudes are in there, and then someone goes, holy.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
F Penn State just fired Franklin, and the whole bathroom
went ah, Like people just started bashing Franklin and it
was like the funniest town crier I ever heard.
Speaker 4 (37:47):
Like it's in line for journals, Yeah.
Speaker 7 (37:53):
That was It kind of happened in the press box too.
It's the same sort of reaction happened when we all
found out. But we got that vibe, didn't you. When
like he's walking over to sing the alma mater after
lose to Northwestern, and he's looking for somebody to put
his arm around and hug and there's no one there.
And and by the way, one of the teams I'm
(38:13):
hearing and reading anyway about that might be interested in hiring.
What if he goes what if he winds up at
UCLA after Ucla started his demise here. What if he
goes back? What if he ends up at your camp?
How ironic would that be?
Speaker 4 (38:27):
Tim Benz, Thanks buddy, We'll talk to you soon.
Speaker 7 (38:29):
All right, guys, you got it?
Speaker 4 (38:30):
Have you got your news when we come back? Saying
goodbye to Diane Keaton.
Speaker 2 (38:34):
Jerry Dulac, rob king Top five plays of the game.
The Steelers hit the top comfortably atop the ac North.
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