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Steelers Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris dies at 72
"A tough day for Pittsburgh Steelers, Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris passed away overnight at age 72. His son DACA confirmed that the news to the AP this morning and no cause of death given, but really the timing sort of ironic in the sense that the team is set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the immaculate reception this weekend while also retiring his number 32. The immaculate reception may be the most famous play in football history where he caught an improbable past reigning it in for a touchdown that sort of kick started what became the dynasty that the Pittsburgh Steelers established in the 1970s. Will graves, Pittsburgh
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Eagles and Titans look good for Week 8
"Rahman AP lead NFL writer here with pro picks for week 8 coming off a tough week for the four pack but we're 18 and 6 over the last 6 weeks We'll start in Philly the city is fired up the Phillies are in a World Series the eagles are 6 and O and their ten and a half point favorites at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers Coming off a bye the eagles need to regain that momentum a slow start will be enough for the Steelers to hang around and get the cover eagles 27 17 Next we'll go to Houston the Texans are one four and one and only two and a half point underdogs against the Titans who've won four in a row It's a small number for a game featuring two teams so far apart in the standings but it's because Ryan Tannehill is banked up whether it's Tannehill or Malik Willis expect a heavy dose of Derek Henry That's all Tennessee needs Titans 23 17 For my upset special San Francisco is minus one and a half at LA against the rams Nothing about this line makes sense The rams are coming off a by their home and they are the defending Super Bowl champions while the niners are three and four and just got whipped by Kansas City I know the niners have won 7 in a row in this series in the regular season but LA beat San Fran and the NFC championship game The line screams take the niners I just can't do it Rams 23 20 for my best bet Chicago is plus 9 and a half at Dallas Justin Fields played well for the bears in a surprise route over New England on Monday Night Football Micah Parsons in a cowboys present a tougher challenge Dak Prescott has a game under his belt he'll get more rhythm as he gets more time with the offense Cowboys 26 13 for more insight and predictions on every game check out pro picks on AP news dot com
Mike Gallagher Podcast
Battleground Talkers Tour Stops in Pittsburgh
"Welcome to Pittsburgh. We had a glorious night last night in Philly at the fuge over 1200 people, a smiling enthusiastic happy group of listeners to 9 90 the answer in Philly coming out to see us. We had a ball. We had so much fun. If you're watching on the sale of news channel, I'm posting pictures of our battleground talkers tour, which brings us today to Pittsburgh tonight. We're going to be having another event. Here in this beautiful city and I really do love Pittsburgh. I was in the fuse, the centrifuge with my doofy helmet on last night. We're at the green tree double tree by Hilton tonight. The event will be emceed by, while Pittsburgh zone, John steigerwalt, great, great host here in the market and will be joined by Dennis prager Brandon Tatum, Hugh Hewitt, good luck to Hewitt. I mean, I hope I hope no Pittsburgh Steelers fans show up tonight. Because he's going to have some splaining to do.
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Allen picks apart Steelers secondary in Bills' 38-3 win
"Quarterback Josh Allen threw for 424 yards and four touchdowns 38 to three the bills beat the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers two of Allen's touchdowns one to wide receiver Gabe Davis one for 98 yards the other for 62 Alan wanted to get Davis the ball He's coming off a little bit of a couple of weeks of an ankle and I just wanted him to know that I trust him implicitly you know I'm going to give him these opportunities and when you continue to make them and makes it that much easier to trust a guy In his first pro start Kenny Pickett won 34 52 for 327 yards he did throw it interception Jean battaglia Orchard park New York
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Kenny Pickett will be Steelers' starting QB vs. Bills
"The Pittsburgh Steelers have named Kenny Pickett as they're starting quarterback on Sunday and presumably well beyond The Steelers first round pick out of the university of Pittsburgh making him a local favorite made his NFL debut at the start of the second half and Sundays lost to the jets running for two touchdowns but also throwing three interceptions They could replace his Mitch to biscuit who started the first four games after being signed as a free agent in the off season The one in three steelers play at buffalo on Sunday I'm Tom mariam
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AP Sports SummaryBrief at 2:03 a.m. EDT
"AP's board time Josh rowntree we start in baseball where rain postponed one of the day's biggest games between the Yankees and twins But in Kansas City the guardians got a second straight victory more from correspondent Greg eklund Shane Bieber pitched 8 strong innings and gave up only four hits in the Cleveland guardians four one win over the Kansas City Royals Innings is the ultimate indicator of success The longer longer you pitch the probably probably the better you're doing So I'd say going deep into the ball game is the most important for me And probably the rest of the staff as well The only run off Bieber was a solo home run by Salvador Perez at a pitch that was outside the strike zone and the right handed Perez went to the opposite field A two run single by José Ramírez in the third gave the guardians the lead for good He has driven in 108 runs this year A big series in the AL east Baltimore got past Toronto 9 6 as the Orioles pulled to three and a half games behind the Blue Jays for the AL's final wild card spot The Cardinals topped the nationals four one Jose Quintana allowed a run over 5 innings as St. Louis leads the NL central now by 8 and a half games We need this wing really important to try this series and you know keep going The race At the U.S. open Caroline Garcia defeated 18 year old American coco golf 6 three 6 four to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal at age 28 The 17th seeded Garcia had lost both of her two previous matches against the 12th seed goth but stretched her winning streak to 13 matches In the NFL Mike Tomlin announced that Mitch trubisky will be the starting quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their season opener and Cincinnati with rookie Kenny Pickett the top back up And in college football the new AP poll is out with Georgia bypassing Ohio State for the number two spot Alabama remained the top team Josh rowntree AP sports
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Len Dawson, Who Took Kansas City to a Championship, Dies at 87
"Pro football Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson who led the Kansas City Chiefs to victory in Super Bowl four died Wednesday He was 87 Through KNBC Dawson's family released a statement announcing his death Dawson was the 9th of 11 children growing up in alliance Ohio a three sport high school star Dawson accepted a scholarship from Purdue university where he threw for more than 3000 yards After his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers and a brief tryout with the Cleveland Browns Dawson joined the AFL's Dallas Texans in 1962 The franchise relocated to Kansas City a year later Dawson led the franchise to three AFL titles and appearance in Super Bowl one and
The Eric Metaxas Show
How NFL Player Tony Dungy Came to Faith
"On the program before, but for people who don't know your stories about coming to faith or when did the penny drop for each of you? It took me a little while. My parents, especially my mother, tried to teach me that. But as a 12 year old, 14 year old, your honor I was listening or it doesn't make sense. And my mom would tell me those things, you know, what would a profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? Make sure you're in tune with God. Just what you're saying. The creation is great. All these things are wonderful, but don't fall in love with the creation, fall in love with the creator. But it didn't hit me until I was 21. And I got to the National Football League and my coach chuck noll, who was a tremendous coach Hall of Fame coach. First thing he said to us is don't make football your whole life. It's your profession now because you're getting paid for it. But if you make it your whole life, you're going to be disappointed. And then I see all these guys and they had two Super Bowl rings when I got there, but they're saying the same thing. And hey, you got to come to Bible study. You got to come to chapel tonight. And what franchise was this? The Pittsburgh Steelers. So the Pittsburgh city, I love hearing stories like this. So here you go, you're practically a kid 21 years old. Going to the Pittsburgh Steelers. And there's a culture of some players in the Pittsburgh Steelers. They get God. And they're willing to share this with the younger players. That is pretty amazing.
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Louisiana State Treasurer John Schroder Discusses the ESG Movement
"Treasure. Let's slow this down for Pittsburgh steeler fan USC Trojans out there. ESG stands for environmental social governmental. And it's policies that corporations put in place and say, we're not going to harm the environment. We're not going to invest in socially left wing antitheses. And the governmental processes of these organizations, we're going to reform ourselves that we are in step with the local app. It's just woke. ESG is short for woke. So what we're doing right now, when I was, I praised Alec yesterday because a year ago, this nobody even was talking about this yet. And those treasures have different financial obligations across the country. I handle all debt for the state. I invest billions of dollars in trust funds, so I started with what I can do and what I can control. And I started and I'm going to say this on your radio show this morning and I have not said this publicly anywhere. It would have been working on move in $600 million out of BlackRock. Because as much as they want to infringe upon Louisiana, what they want, Louisiana, why shouldn't Louisiana have the same right to pick and choose who we do business with? And look, I've been drugged through court that I can't do this. I can't do that. This coin is single sided and I don't like it. And as this ESG thing grows, it's good to see legislators and treasures sitting in the same room yesterday, talking how are we going to fight against us because it's typically when you look at the makeup of Alec and you look at the makeup of the SOF membership, you know, it's not New York, it's not New Jersey, it's not California. It's not where all the number and mass is off. So they want to stuff this stuff right down our throat. Not on the coast. It's Iowa and Ohio. Yeah, Louisiana and Mississippi. And everybody in between.
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
It's Election Day in Pennsylvania; Who Holds the Edge?
"Morning, glory, America, don't go high candidate who you at live inside the beltway on this election day in Pennsylvania, Tuesday, may 17th, polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today in Pennsylvania. I've heard all over the state from Scranton and all the way up in the northern northeastern corner down to Philadelphia. All the way over to Pittsburgh and up to Erie, and I encourage everyone to go and vote for David McCormick for the United States Senate. I also think Lou Bart, let barletta is a much easier to elect candidate. I don't think mister mastriano can win. I know David McCormick can win. I don't think any of the other people can win if you're going to vote for Kathy. Barnett, or Doctor Oz, I think you were throwing your vote away because they can't beat John fetterman. And this election matters so much because if McCormick doesn't get the nomination, we're going to have a very hard time getting the Senate back. In Republican hands and then confirmation of Supreme Court Justices will remain in Chuck Schumer's hands. The opportunity to break the filibuster will remain in Chuck Schumer's hand. It's vitally important to elect David McCormick. The bronze star recipient graduate of West Point grew up outside of Pittsburgh. He built business in Pittsburgh, built jobs in Pittsburgh. He's a Pittsburgh. And so this goes against migraine to say nice things about a Pittsburgh Steelers fan. I mean, steelers forever with McCormick, but Dave McCormick's a great American and when you're a West Point graduate and you receive the bronze star for valor in the 82nd airborne in the first Gulf War, you can trust the character.
The Larry Elder Show
NFL Says All Teams Must Add Minority Offensive Coach
"NFL is now requiring every team to have a minority coach in a key offensive role. According to the NFL, turns out that recently the head coaches in the NFL have come from the offensive side of the ball and there is in the view of the NFL and insufficient number of minorities occupying these kinds of positions. Aside from the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, there is one other black coach, his name is lovey Smith, Texans just hired him. And the dolphins hired a man named Mike mcdaniel, who is biracial, one of his parents, it's white, one of his parents is black. And the NFL has now an equity measure to require each team to have a minority assistant coach. In a significant role on its offensive staff.
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Update on the latest sports
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Mahomes leads Chiefs to 42-21 wild-card romp over Steelers
"Kansas Kansas city city quarterback quarterback Patrick Patrick Mahomes Mahomes threw threw five five touchdown touchdown passes passes in in the the choose choose forty forty two two to to twenty twenty one one victory victory over over the the Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Steelers Steelers after after trailing trailing seven seven nothing nothing in in the the second second quarter quarter Mahomes Mahomes directed directed three three touchdown touchdown drives drives before before halftime halftime we we all all kind kind of of talk talk it it was was like like one one person person talking talking with with everybody everybody talking talking to to each each other other and and we we came came with with a a different different agency agency started started at at second second quarter quarter income income I I carried carried it it the the rest rest of of the the rest rest of of the the game game Steelers Steelers quarterback quarterback Ben Ben Roethlisberger Roethlisberger threw threw a a pair pair of of touchdown touchdown passes passes in in the the final final game game of of his his eighteen eighteen year year career career but but by by that that time time the the chiefs chiefs had had taken taken control control with with thirty thirty five five unanswered unanswered points points Greg Greg Ackland Ackland Kansas Kansas city city
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Roethlisberger, Steelers top Browns to stay in playoff mix
"It it might might be be his his final final game game at at Heinz Heinz field field Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Steelers Steelers quarterback quarterback Ben Ben Roethlisberger Roethlisberger went went out out with with the the win win as as the the Steelers Steelers top top rival rival Cleveland Cleveland twenty twenty six six to to fourteen fourteen Roethlisberger Roethlisberger passed passed for for one one hundred hundred twenty twenty three three yards yards but but that that seemed seemed to to matter matter little little to to the the eighteen eighteen year year veteran veteran who who took took a a lap lap around around the the stadium stadium after after the the game game saluting saluting the the Pittsburgh Pittsburgh faithful faithful nashi nashi Harris Harris rushed rushed for for a a touchdown touchdown in in a a career career high high one one hundred hundred eighty eighty eight eight yards yards in in Pittsburgh's Pittsburgh's defense defense led led by by TJ TJ wants wants four four sacks sacks brought brought down down Browns Browns quarterback quarterback Baker Baker Mayfield Mayfield nine nine times times and and intercepted intercepted him him twice twice as as Pittsburgh Pittsburgh kept kept its its playoff playoff hopes hopes alive alive by by moving moving two two eight eight seven seven one one they they feel feel passed passed for for one one hundred hundred eighty eighty five five yards yards and and two two scores scores for for Cleveland Cleveland dropped dropped to to seven seven and and nine nine Josh Josh Rowntree Rowntree Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
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Steelers slip past turnover-prone Titans 19-13
"The the Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Steelers Steelers defense defense forced forced four four turnovers turnovers helping helping securing securing nineteen nineteen thirteen thirteen win win over over the the Tennessee Tennessee Titans Titans for for Pittsburgh Pittsburgh T. T. J. J. watt watt had had wanted wanted to to have have sex sex breaking breaking the the Steelers Steelers franchise franchise record record for for sacks sacks in in a a single single season season now now with with seventeen seventeen and and a a half half on on the the year year historic historic treasures treasures that that we we have have here here but but there's there's so so much much work work to to do do that that I I can't can't really really stop stop and and think think about about stuff stuff like like that that just just finish finish the the game game got got went went wrong wrong not not since since we we don't don't handle handle business business next next week week Ben Ben Roethlisberger Roethlisberger pass pass for for one one hundred hundred forty forty eight eight yards yards and and ran ran for for a a touchdown touchdown as as Pittsburgh Pittsburgh kept kept its its playoff playoff hopes hopes of of flow flow by by pushing pushing its its record record two two seven seven six six and and one one Tennessee Tennessee quarterback quarterback Ryan Ryan Tannehill Tannehill ran ran for for a a touchdown touchdown and and threw threw for for one one hundred hundred fifty fifty three three yards yards but but was was intercepted intercepted once once and and the the Titans Titans fumbled fumbled the the ball ball away away three three times times Dante Dante foreman foreman ran ran for for one one hundred hundred eight eight yards yards for for Tennessee Tennessee now now nine nine and and five five Josh Josh Rowntree Rowntree Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
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Comedy of errors as Steelers, Lions slog to 16-16 tie
"The Pittsburgh Steelers had two players fumble in overtime resulting in the NFL's first draw of the season as the Steelers alliance played two eight sixteen sixteen tight Ben Roethlisberger did not play for Pittsburgh honoring Kobe nineteen protocol Saturday evening Mason Rudolph started in his place passing for two hundred forty two yards a touchdown and a pick not G. Harris ran for one hundred five yards but Mike Tomlin Steelers are now five three and one this too sloppy to win core fundamental things men you know we didn't tackle well enough throughout the game defensively and then in the most critical moments by we didn't maintain possession of the ball for the lions and head coach Dan Campbell is the first on loss of the season Detroit ran for two hundred twenty nine yards and Jared Goff passed for one hundred fourteen more yards the lines are now even one Josh Rowntree Pittsburgh
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Boswell's late field goal lifts Steelers past Bears 29-27
"Ben Roethlisberger led a drive that resulted in a go ahead Chris Boswell field goal with thirty seconds remaining giving the Pittsburgh Steelers a twenty nine twenty seven win over the Chicago Bears Roethlisberger passed for two hundred five yards and two touchdowns but Pittsburgh let a fourteen point third quarter lead slip away before the thirty nine year old orchestrated his fiftieth career comeback drive if you've done this long enough you know that very few leads are safe you know games are never over no matter how well your plan or how bad your planned path prior moves caught a pair of touchdown passes Pittsburgh twenty fourth straight game and coach Mike Tomlin claims as one hundred fiftieth career win the Steelers are five and three Justin fields passed for two hundred ninety one yards a touchdown and a pick but Chicago drop the fourth straight it is now three and six Josh Rowntree Pittsburgh
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Watt forces fumble in overtime, Steelers edge Seahawks 23-20
"TJ was forced fumble in overtime help set up Chris Boswell's thirty seven yard field goal giving the Pittsburgh Steelers a twenty three twenty win over Seattle what the **** did three passes had seven tackles and two sacks but it was the strip sack of Gino Smith in overtime that proved to be the game's biggest play Ben Roethlisberger pass for two hundred twenty nine yards and a touchdown running back Najee Harris racked up one hundred twenty seven yards of offense the Steelers are three and three Smith helped rally Seattle back from down fourteen nothing at half he passed for two hundred nine yards and a touchdown while the Seahawks now two and four ran for two hundred nine yards as a team Josh Rowntree Pittsburgh
Behind the Steel Curtain
"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"Sacks the thing to me and this is why the steelers face on dinnie crosses deploying a mole game right now if they Bright the rules fatigue that plamondon that thirty one other teams in play. They're also saying that offense is more important to the pittsburgh steelers in the defense. 'cause you have different rules for the often thing is one of the deals. One super bowls. We've had a great defense even when the nineties where we lost superbowls brought we had guys like can kevin graham again. What what are we doing here. And when you think we need to think about this. What is from sandy. It's pure supplying the mon- you look at the top edge russia's in the nfl get paid top dollar. They got taught money. They get top. Defensive top defensive money. They're the they're the best play defensive plays. Tj what is chew easy worry defensive player of the year where cornerback in the defensive. Tackle one. second let this money right. Look at the guys unique. He's he's up against in terms of top ten plays in the nfl top. Ten plays in the nfl. Because like patrick mahomes. Right guys like Formed tom. Brady millions an rojas russell wilson. Now i just you sit there and you gotta think tease asking for is not unreasonable. It just really isn't and the steelers gotta think about. What are you standing for. And i think jeff houghton and our project was actually jeff benedict but image of hominids said steelers and free agents out fragrance. Wanna complain for the pittsburgh steelers. I completely agree all gonna wanna complain if we if we muck around with superstars like tj. What people are gonna sit there. And what are you doing. But you know what i have. The pittsburgh steelers narrower there. I don't face it. They know how to sort out the different faith at the money in tj He'd be the player. Steel is gonna rally around for the best pot ended up. Were wind up being the best part of the decade. I facing kevin colon to i- faith in montcalm coming up with the numbers. And i have faith that they might just break the rules here. Or if they even if they can completely break the bulls they do something. They've been big bendon. Thank they let tj to abandon darn brank policy. But if you don't think tj are what is worth plus twenty eight million. You'd think he's worth the guaranteed money. Every other one of those plays are getting paid will. Then i mean i should to decide is gonna be the quarterback in the next couple of years. I mean should decide what you think because we needed someone. That's going to be able to get the ball back quickly for rookie quarterback very say interview not paying. Tj team is going to win four games because he is an absolute centerpiece particularly particularly Rookie contracts on the defense. So i don't think it's still lost their identity. I don't but they all depending on what happens out of this particular not signed. I think begs the question. Are they facing identity crisis when it comes to what is standing for and against where the other teams in the nfl me mike. I think that's unfair. But we gotta can pay Off the field to compete with thirty one teams almost field. But thank you very much for listening. That's warm for this week. Can't wait to join you. On still is touchdown onto it will be shown..
Behind the Steel Curtain
"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"Eighth. Listen and follow up against the mob on apple podcasts. Spotify or your favorite podcast app steals. Woburn i'm your host of this week. We show not several the host. The put you in the milan's kevin call alcon. Mike tomlin is deidra. Rusted compete for seventh long by early on the show. I talked about the fact that i'm really on looking at. What is the value of a sack. That depends depends on the tain it depends on the tame and therefore sophy it depends on their and offensive or defensive light tank. Now i can see here and we Debate with every single stills fans live on this planet right now is to the steelers. I start being offensive or defensive team. We own our the great defenses that we know you know this deal. Can we all know troy In thousands we own Still of deng off streets but also relied on. Ben roethlisberger terry bradshaw Swan and stole. Was an hines. Ward and frank harris in bill even in that year willie paw-paw On just rattling off some names A sitting there proxy or bars etc antonio brown now choice quite juice. Misuse montana's bryan. Even when he was in the team. You know i can see here right. Wow so it is interesting. What does attain depend on. So i want to teach what in the making wrap-up identity but gun act to what is the value of a sack. That's pretty hot new quite within really important. We think about the numbers that tj is asking for you know and it gives me a chance. Yes elliott so random does retain have you most people see it but i do these interesting to think about this because it's not as roll into t.j. What it's relevant to alex hosman. It's relevant to what Ingram ingram melvin. Ingram produces the season. It's relevant to what jimmy. Johns more in money. One day he manages to crack it through with the pittsburgh steelers either white also gets you thinking about. What's news section was. What's touchdown was wat- is a post twenty out run. Was you know these are the things that can you would date. Football is money. You know the money business. Can you tie talk attribute. Sorry a valley to a sec. Well i set to try and find out. Luckily for me. When frank clark was traded for ruled from the save awards to cancel chase. It was not written it obvious. But i'm going back in months and extra extra funding so we're gonna look at seven k. Defensive players that are on the defensive addresses now six russia's That's what we know who getting plus our dog. Donald signed a contract in two thousand eighteen that averages out twenty two point five nine year. Now what i want you to listen to with each of these plays that i'm getting garth. Through is the money that they've got based on a new contract. They signed most Deal new contract. I signed for gown on average By how many sex they got the year before signing the contract so dog twenty two and a half million a year he had twenty and a half saxony before from the previous season and he had so that were equated to one point one million per sock khalil mack son. He's doing twenty eighteen. An average of twenty three and a half million that Gave him a dollar value of one point. Eight million cosac. Frank clocks on us deal twenty nine teen that average twenty point eight million dollars a year that equals one one point. Six two million in terms of the the saxony had in the previous year demarcus lawrence twenty nineteen deal twenty one million dollars average a year his average deal with quite a two million dollars per sack. Von miller twenty sixteen hundred nineteen ninety shaved vitor. Tj once that averaged out with at four and a half sacks and he's previous she at one point three million per sack now split them up from seraing garrett. And i'll give you advice from gats numbers and the reason i've done that. He's that gap chari by south. La charges mouthguard. Cleveland browns have a nuance. That i want you to factoring on. Have you wanna what. I wanted to factor. In sort buses average payers twenty seven million which equates two point four five million pasek and garrett's average g average pay per year of twenty. Five million equals two point. Five million percent now remember the numbers that are giving here dole push sac based on the previous sack number for the new deal. I signed the against the average pay per year. But if you look at barcelona garrett it wasn't an even it's even contract never contracts are really but they both played on a much lower deal right. Similar taught teach much issue if we were to convert this for his money and gave him give him a little upgrade into guarantees. Or bunce's right if you look at that number Over the number that. Because i on the deal in twenty twenty or a full season actually being shut off awake one but anyway regardless if you look at it based on the ninety goading twenty twenty against previous acts viruses went down from two point. Four five nine to one point. Three six. three million and garrett's went down to one point. Zero one million. What does that mean for. Walk because right now if you gave him a twenty eight million dollars average per year basically fifteen bucks loss she. He's number would be one point. Eight six six million back. Now that puts him behind khalil. Knock it puts in just a little bit ahead of frank clock. It puts him behind. It makes him shape sunday. Democracy lawrence makes cheaper than joey bosa. It makes them cheaper the malls. He's a better play of an wilders place right. You could even argue that he. I think you deserve the difference. Claire particularly in twenty nine states of ongoing rubbed against that and our dollar. It depends what you debate in terms of stocks there from each player. The other thing about these to this dishes this is just sax. It's not actually factor in the in the precious like tin. What had sixty one precious lost. You Almost over yet was was over a quarter of the overall number pressures. When it came to the tackle number he had he had fifty five Completed tackles yanni's ten percent of them in the outside linebacker position he had On to loss. Jin hee this other stacks. Today's as well but he's got he's got four sections curry the one point. Eight six million swampland sixty six million and he does so much more any any creates opportunities for other cape lies on that principle to heywood all the wall. Now highsmith was to pray to faced as well you know. He puts people onto partial. He's held off damn time if not two thirds of the time. Twenty eight million if anyone sitting there saying why they paint. Tj twenty eight million is what to pay tj. in fact it's an incredibly could credibly cheek deal when you think the salary cap is going up. I guess it's back chasing a marksman loss. But in five years time the salary cap is probably going to be two hundred seventy million also. It's definitely engulfing about forty to fifty million in the next three seasons in the next three seasons paying. Twenty eight potato is not unfair. The other thing that we know that seems to be the sticking point attended contracts is the guarantor fully guaranteed. The title guarantees to guy chains. Get spread out over the life of the contract you get when you saw on it and then as the title of the guarantees the you get as well for bonuses other contract.
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"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"Thanks you'll fans welcome to episode of skills warmer. This is the shari that puts you in the minds of kevin. Colbert mccown mike. Tomlin and i'm your host of it not federal way from down. I didn't look as it is. This show goes live usually need day on a on a thursday else. Identifies hungers live. I think they're on the east coast. I'm recording these So you're gonna be listening to this year into the future as we like to say we do things down underway coming to the future but i have to say it may mean the tj. What maybe you signed a deal. Maybe has money that he hasn't by you just never know psyche has us turning take some things grind salt. But i think is focused Cover off three things day. Today insured Cover off now college football sometimes. It's second way sometimes it since i wait you know. That's the point of this show but we do like battlefields. Pretend to the draft. So interesting insight that i wanna share with year In in terms of the college football season. We're gonna talk about something that i've been really came to look at for a while and i think it's something i'm going to continue to do. I wanna Maths to it than what i was able to provide you today. Students sought for one of But what about the value. The dulles value of the sack. Because that's what came up to. I came up for me is part of all these. Tj what contract. Saga negotiations What is the value of a sack. What is the value of sack. It's it's a really you know it's a hard thing. It's hopping do quite too because it's it's outside of in terms of what the play is actually do the sack. Because what if it's the niger. Third down That its forces the three now. What if it puts them back of coach exception Wins the game. Because you've made a sec. These are Replace very hot things to sit there and say what. He's a Dull theme. So i'm really kane on really expanding young davor into this but i was able to pull something together which i think's pretty relevant when we think about the pittsburgh steelers entail j. What the other thing that. I really wanted to consider Sunny today show as the tidal steals facing identity crosses at always issue with tj what in guaranteed money. And what have you kind of got me thinking. And i'm not saying so but you know what i'm in almost winnings with their a whole that for later on in the charlotte forty or i sort let. Let's move into that. The first part of the show the college football pop and online's cover so i i listened to almost every show s. h. way You know in this is what better time to shout out to my fellow colleagues on bay. Tsa so obviously in the mornings you've got jeffs. Let's ride monday wednesday friday. You've got the live. Mike on tuesday with with coach. Michael beck captain blue. Checkmark sneaky sneak. Niamey's nail. I stack jake on thursday. You got On the cutting room floor on monday. You've got masha. On on thursdays you've got what means talking about that. Goes on. Friday highlands with their shudder. The fantasy football fixes well so you know that's massive content. Then you've got the nightly news. Youtube shows which kickoff on saturday night with stewardess touch down. I'm not Then you go onto the parts game. Show the pregame show depending on when when the days. Fooling one's deals applying agai the hanger. You go the scarborough shar. You've got your enemy. The on thursday nights. You've got the preview on friday Backward tiny so that's all the twenty five original non-clergy pot as the from beta. Say i also listen to radio since my show you know stakes daniel jeremiah and bucky brooks. I listened to the drafted in the draft network. an his other ones. I casually listened to but really united from around the nfl. But this is the main ones those catching up on Dubbing listen to lots debate essay and donna jeremiah was out of out of the pad brought up super seen sue. Some of you may know this but of might not even if you do know about concept the detainees. You're gonna learn something anyway. What shit so essentially assume saying you know usually would have six years to play it for years in college. Obviously read shed some rising for five years. I labor twenty three times and they could still play a portion of the twenty to twenty twenty twenty two twenty twenty one season that would actually counts depending on the division level. Ns specific eligibility rules so basically what these comb certian there were one hundred one thousand and forty seniors. The returned across one hundred twenty nine schools At schools the other thing that was really interesting pretending pretending production site is. Actually i think a bulls together that nicole. Dsp plus but basically they can they measure a metric of how much production is returning to any given tame and that might be Defense role and what they worked out with this. She was in crazy intern in terms of retaining production. In fact it was eight to ten ten percent mall the normal. I normally at sixty percents. So that means. Obviously if you've got five wide receivers you know in only to going to to the draft Trae todd ends on stage four running back since race day. That helps you. Sort of a quite disfigurements across the league Stupid san andy shaded production saini's producing offense defense sort of state. Louisiana was actually the highest Is is the high school The time that i was able to pull the stocks. Marie really interesting article on twenty four seven sports with ninety six percent of their production retaining and in fact non Percent of the offense product offensive production is back in every single wide receiver up. You know even to date that they have to date Ended up being at eleven water sentence for them actually. He's he's returning and they had nine returning seems really really interested in that respect illinois. So that's the college that brought us kindergarten they have seventeen supersedes the she And they went through and seeks lost. So how much that means to them but we do know that injuries which is why kindred green goats do what he did and he was overseeing the starting anyway but guts playing central role and then they actually have seventy percent of their retained production. So should sail. Go you know given that sakes but if this of the nine schools it's kingpins. Documentation of really hyped production or a higher number of sippy seniors. There's nine schools that sort of workout in these tastes. And so one of them's arizona. State and with fourteen seniors an eighty four percent production utah state has nine teen seniors. Ucla has six detainees. And i mean at the same time. All that looks lawyer They've got lake guys links. Zach shaw than a us absolutely going off at the moment. They've gotta tae it's gone off as well Pretty well even within a six seniors. Miami had ninety one percent of their production return. Nolde niece has Seniors return and they lead the sanctions that production percentage are returning louisiana They have that seventy percent production reten return number Their offense and then you've got. I was statement. Eighty eight cent production return on offense. Sorry just return. Full stop. coastal carolina a twenty nationally for their returning production with twelve seniors.
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"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"The best straight up straight up. Jamir jones was the best of those three I am stookey made the team. Because he deserved it over. Overall those guys are rochet of course atika through waivers. He's claimed by the new york giants. That kinda sucks but honestly you look at these steelers and rushers when the heck is quincy rochet ever gonna make the start on this team. Never like that. That's just the way the cookie crumbles so it's better for him to get an opportunity elsewhere in all honesty for someone that's never gonna play in pittsburgh but What what are your thoughts. How that shaped out. And i guess this kind of position group moving forward how. How do you kinda foresee them playing all four guys first off to thoughts. Real quick one is the new york. Giants apparently can't draft their own edge. Rusher so they're just like hey whoever's the fifth best rusher on the steelers they've got to be better than someone we have like. They just always that do they like they grabbed skipper. And now they're taking quincy rochet. So that's my one thought is at least the new york. Giants think highly of how we draft in developed edge. Rushers which honestly if you look at the success we've had. It's not a bad thing. We know how to get him. We always have good edge rushers. And my second thing is i mentioned to skipper. We saw twos are skipper have a phenomenal. Preseason where he dominated against lower to your talent struggled against starters enough that the steelers felt comfortable cutting him and trying to stash them on the practice squad he got grabbed. People lost their minds when he got grabbed up by the new york giants and he didn't do anything i said. At the time the steelers are going to have a shot at this guy again and people were like. You're crazy and they did. They had they got him again and he's done like he's not going to play in the nfl. He's pretty much done so for me. Rochet say he's It's not a big loss. Like that's he his his odds of turning into someone that the steelers would be like. Oh wow we let him go. S such a long road and those are such long odds I know i don't that he wasn't the he wasn't the fourth best jamir jones was the fourth vessel. Sorry quincy and i. I feel the same and like i said earlier when it comes to being the fourth the fourth player on this outside linebacker depth chart. It doesn't matter how good yours an edge rusher because you're never gonna play as an edge rusher you have to be a good special teamer and rochet was was lacking stuff who's game of course use undersized too jamir jones that he he made an impact on the field on defense he also was a game wrecker on special teams he deserves. It would have been a bigger loss to lose jamir jones but it. That's what it comes with being adept guy in the nfl. You can't i. It's great to have someone that has twenty sacked potential in your team rochet. Certainly not that guy. Like if you was sure you harlem is your fourth spot but you need those depths positions to make up your special teams that long short of it if someone has a leak potential. Yeah you keep them row. She just wasn't that guy. There's a reason why fill in the draft. The reason he got cut. There's probably a reason why he he probably won't last too long. Nfl it just the way. It goes year-in-year-out seattle the time. So does it suck. I guess so. It's a draft pick. Maybe the steelers traded for something else. Maybe they could hit another spot. They got good value at the time. And it's funny enough. That was the one pick was like. Oh what a great value. Pick for the pittsburgh steelers back to the draft. Remember that nelson one pointed to saying that was their best pick of the draft. And now it's like. Maybe it was the worst traffic four months later. That's just how it works out so it's kind of funny how things kind of lay to rest but speaking of draft picks pressing harbin. The third one that dan job doesn't feel we celebrate jeff hartman's not letting bondsteel kern dot com staff celebrate this the slave-driver this man is used not letting us celebrate until the the years until presley arm and the third is standing in the hall of fame. We're not allowed to celebrate because there's always a way jordan berry could find his way back into into pittsburgh as starting punter. I think the rule is he has to if if presley from the third starts three consecutive seasons and jordan retired from football then we can retroactively call this presley like big press day or something and make it make it a holiday but until until jordan is truly truly dying. We're not allowed to celebrate this day. You think jeff would be the one. That's kind of leading the parade. But no no he. He's been down this road many times. How does heartbroken that poor man just just knows just knows. Delay goes steelers fan and when it comes to punter so hopefully Hopefully if we just take this approach is calm. Approach that he wants everything will work out. But in the same sense they also have a brand new long snapper. The whole operation here for chris. Boswell is completely different. Steelers go with the cheaper guy. The shorter guy his snaps. You're a little bit slower and christian coons but he is a better tackler in space. There was also some reports that he was a little bit more consistent in training camp. Which i don't know if that was necessarily true because the steelers kept bringing this guy back what three years in a row three training camps in road to try to push a cam candidate clearly they saw something to a degree where they thought this guy could eventually take the job and he does now and it saves the steelers about four thousand bucks. So i'm curious what you think about the entire special teams which is completely revamped. Aside from chris boswell. yeah. I'm gonna. I'm gonna i think it was. I think it was day scofield. Who pointed out that the candidate was napping to berry and kunz was snapping to harbin. And so like they kept that team. It was almost like they kept the two of them. Instead of just you know like mixing and matching they. Don't you guys work together. And they have been practicing snapping and holding that way too.
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"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"How you doing tonight sir. Doing great michael doing great love to hear it No special guests night mostly because there's no football this weekend it's the league wide kind of preseason. The bye week before week one. Jeffrey and i are gonna get into a little bit more funds steals show. Of course this has been a very busy week especially for your pittsburgh steelers and of course around the nfl. So if you've been consuming this information like i've been It's it's been one of those insane weeks across the nfl landscape but I guess really kick things off. There's a ton of news today but maybe we should start off the show on a positive note. Pittsburgh steelers signed curl joseph The former first round. Pick of the oakland raiders. Former cleveland brown. Back to the raiders gets cut. He signed to the practice squad but after his sixty corn teen is expected to make the fifty three man roster. Jeffrey what are your initial thoughts on curl. Joseph the new safety slash linebacker slash Swiss army knife is a mike tomlin described. Traynor would well. What are your thoughts on the pittsburgh. Steelers news player. I've liked carl. Carl joseph is coming out of college. He's he's not quite the player he's had some injuries but getting him to the practice squad get him for like you know nothing claiming him claiming off waivers even just signed him like a cheap deal. This is kind of a thing. And i i like the signing. I like the you know giving a guy with that kind of pedigree that kind of experience in the nfl because he was a good player when he was healthy. I like it. I like bringing them on board in this in any way affects the status of terrell edmonds. Could he pushed him for his spot. I don't think so. No if you look up what karl. Joseph is like even last year. He he can't. He's not a coverage guy like he was not a coverage guy when he came into the league his injuries of made him significantly less of coverage guy. So i don't. I don't see him being a threat to really any of the main. Any of the main safeties are defensive backs because he's just not that he's not that guy. It is pretty interesting. How will the steelers use him. Then in your opinion what what can spot should we expect in the lineup at will planning special teams which we expect out of Joseph they call. It was the plate special teams in oakland. I wouldn't doubt that he could is good tackler. I actually think. Karl joseph is a good candidate to get the marcus allen treatment. The like play some linebacker here I think he could get work in dime against certain teams. I don't think he's a deep safety kind of guy. I e you can use them in joan zone but he was always good in more of a linebacker or robber type zones those type zones. He was always better at that. That's where he got his interceptions that's made most of his plays so for me. I think he is a candidate to fill marcus allen death linebacker role And maybe get in on some some interesting some packages now jerry. Dulack was the man who broke the news that curl joseph not only signing the team. But it's expected to come up to that fifty three men roster after quarantine period in that scene tweet. He mentioned the pittsburgh. Steelers are more likely still going to add another defensive back They really haven't addressed that nickel corner spot. Arthur led of course. He signed back to the team today after the steelers play. Some guys i are. We'll get to that but it seems like there's still a a fairly substantial hole on that on that nickel corner spot. Do you expect them to still bring someone in because right now the way. You look at the roster. It doesn't seem like there's that guy and it looks like there's a number of free agent. Second i would. I expect them to pursue somebody one of my favorite mos interesting things about this. Preseason is that aside from cameron sign right. Outside of cameron sudden every single player they have put in the slot in like early in the game is listed as a safety or a linebacker because these are the guys these are the guys that have played in nickel or dime in the slot early on in any of the preseason games should antoine junior. They listed him as a safety. Arthur millette they listen to him. As a safety miles. Killebrew played there. They list him is a linebacker. Marcus allen has played in the slot he's listed as a linebacker and traynor norwood who is listed as a safety so it's three safeties and linebackers Which i find interesting because the steelers are always grabbing these kind of hybrid players and using them. Safeties guys like a make. Patrick where people are like is this guy. Linebacker is he. Is he a cornerback. Like what is like these guys that can play all those positions but don't really fit one perfectly. The steelers love collecting them. We've got a whole slew of them and they're trying them at the nickel spot. So i'm going to be very interesting to see if they do sign someone you know. What type of player they sign. But i'm also interested if they're unable to upgrade the position at all and how they will play the dime role. You know the the nickel slot because it's clear to me for what they were doing. Preseason they are really still looking for that kind of safety who can play in in the nickel or dine. Defenses and inside corner yahoo just the way this roster is being constructed. I would also assume that a body is coming in. I believe Jimmy moreland was one of the names that are floating out there. played for the washington football team last year. I've pretty solved player. He was cut on the injury designation. But it's still expected to play in week. One be healthy enough to play for week one. So if there's a name to watch. I feel like that's the one i throw out there. If the steelers weren't able to swing a trade which at this point seems a little less likely although the steelers still have a ton of cap space that something we have to keep in the back of our minds are kind of stepping away from the more positive news of course but staying in secondary. Joe haden today a little bit of news with him. That's him the steelers will not be working at a contract. This offseason This i guess This training camp. Of course we know. The steelers don't negotiate deals during the regular season slash. Postseason and joe. Hayden is expected to test free agency next summer. I'm curious what were your initial thoughts to that. And do you think this is going to be the end of the joe. Haden era in pittsburgh after the season. I always like the steelers. Don't like to extend guys early unless they're like their top most valuable players like it. Y ben rothlisberger can get a new contract anytime you want it. A but most of the time they go pretty close to their deal ending so wanted to hit me here either. Joe haden wants money that they're not willing to give him or cannot give him looking at what they're trying to do right now and so they're saying hey played out a year or they really are ready to move on from him Maybe they think that. Highly of james pierre and they're basically just grooming james fiero to be joe hayden's replacement next season. That's a possibility i. I'm leaning towards some finding a way to sign. Joe haden cut the salary. Cap will be bigger. There'll be more money. I i don't i think it's smart for him. Money wise to wait till next year and played out and see because there might be some teams with that much cast base saying. Hey we can blow money for two years on joe haden and give us a give us a guy who can come in and fill in here for a bit i. I would prefer that to be the steelers. The steelers will have some space that could use..
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"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"Games and next stop buffalo on september twelfth as the team gets ready to take on the buffalo bills in the regular season. I'm so excited. I just can't hide it. It's the pointer sisters but that is not that is definitely not the sample that we're gonna be using this week. There's going to be a different song so stay tuned for that. And you know there's always so much to talk about when it comes to the pittsburgh steelers but the inquiry surrounding the black and gold are definitely ever-evolving especially this week. What happened this week. Well we had duck hodges being released and everybody was excited saying hey is he coming back to pittsburgh now. That's not going to happen. That's not even in our factor fiction so don't even worry about that and then you had the game in carolina. It was a disaster a tobacco. I guess you can say and then we had the continued rumors that t. j. watt is going to be signed. That's a pretty big deal right there. So we are going to keep our eyes on that and we are going to take a look at some bold statements and label them as factor fiction so with everything going on. It seems we need a little patience. And it seems like the musical selection. That best fits. This week's factor fiction could be one of the very same name buy. Yes you got it guns n. Roses from nineteen eighty nine. Oh what a song. Let's give you a sample of that beautiful haunting song from. Gr lies from nineteen ninety nine. I sit here on the stairs. Cause i'd rather be alone if i can't have you right now. I'll wait dear. Sometimes i get soup tense. But i can't speed up the time but you know love there's one more thing to consider said woman take it slow and things will be just fine. You and i could just use a little patience. Said sugar take the time. 'cause the lights are shining bright. You and i got what it takes to make it. We won't fake it. i'll never break it. 'cause i can't take it now. You might be saying bad. These lyrics really related here or did you just want an excuse to listen to some axl slash izzy duff and steven adler well. Yeah probably but anyhow there is definitely a lot to wonder about and bts's is going to try to answer some of those poignant wondering way ahead of time so let's take a look at those bold statements that it's earlier and more as we label them as fact or fiction. Will we be on point while. That's the big question and you know it only time will tell here. We go factor fiction number one. The steelers slot corner is not currently in the pittsburgh locker. Room fix sean. Who the actual starting slot corner will be. When the steelers played for reals is a question that nobody can really answer at this particular juncture. however we know that it definitely is not going to be mike helton. Yeah he's in tiger stripes playas trade in cincinnati the season by it's not antoine brooks junior either after being put on the injured way bliss on tuesday so a lot of people thought that he was the future with arthur. Mullet banged up as well. Plans need to be redrawn. Really quickly now. I agree with. Bts's jeffrey benedict here. That cam sutton was originally thought to be an option. But he's better than coverage that's true and he's not as physical also. I agree with jeffrey. The james pierre and justin leaner more of the outside corner variety in trae norwood might not be ready for primetime. You saw that. Maybe with the dropped interception the other night against carolina now keith butler has hinted that could be slapped by committee. But you know that's a dangerous proposition as well with no consistent option getting time to gel. We saw that with avery williamson. last year. He came in right around halloween. I believe it was the trade on like ten thirty of last year in. He never got going because he didn't have a chance to work with a team in the off season in the preseason. That's a big deal when somebody comes in. Now it's rough. We even saw that. Remember when vance mcdonald way back came in he came in right before the last preseason game so really had no time to gel with ben he finally jailed but it was in the last quarter of the season so players that come in. It's not like baseball. They take some time in the nfl to really gel so even though the players identity is not known right now getting a slot corner off of the garbage heap this late in the game. Gosh it's a risky proposition with no time to learn the system. Like i just said a cast off. Mike just not work so expect the team slot to already be in a black and gold uniform with that number to be named later. 'cause you don't know who it is and that preseason game game number four against carolina really didn't give us any answers factor fiction number. Two joss jobs will not be on the steelers fifty three man roster on september twelfth in buffalo fact right up until i recorded this though it was fiction than yesterday's game happened in. I just changed my mind. You know i was going back and forth i was. I was making bats with dave scofield. The editor obt se. He say either. Not gonna make a trade. They're not going to away at quarterback. I'm like yeah guaranteed. They're they're going to do it. Because josh dobbs is a good number three and i'm gonna talk about that here so i've wavered and i originally did not necessarily reflect the views of guys like dave or the rest of that aditorial staff at bt ese. In fact i was kind of like that video game and back to the future to the eighties cafe. Mardi mc fly was playing lone gunman. I was the lone gunman here any though. I i really thought that kevin colbert was going to weave a web of max magic in scorch draft. Pick out of mason rudolph after dwayne haskins performance in primetime the carolina panthers on friday night. But here's the problem. My rationale was that the two quarterbacks had trade value and colbert. He's done this dance in the past. Remember he sent josh dobbs to jacksonville for fifth round. Pick just two years ago. I really thought that dobbs would stay. As capable kiwi. Three in mason would fetch maybe a four or five in next year's draft and they could really use that draft capital next year. Even though it's all about twenty twenty one right now but do you think about that stuff. Look dwayne haskins. Had a bad night. He was not good. He did have a crucial drop pass. That was not his fault. That would have kept a drive going early on. I believe it was number fourteen. Ray ray that dropped that ball and look. I still believe in haskins but i don't really think that the trade is going to happen now after what happened in carolina so you might not see joshua dobbs on the roster unless they do something surprise everybody and if they do. I'm still going to try to collect that bet from everybody. Else factor fiction number three. Not having tj watt and stefan to it in preseason game shape could hinder the steelers defensive efforts early on in twenty twenty one to me. That's a fact. I've said this in past years. When talking about big ben roethlisberger's minimal exhibition play. Since two.
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"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"Four keeping both makeup fitzpatrick. Mt j. watt will be a very tough task for the steelers front office fact. Yes it's old news t. Tj watt is a holden but president at camp well not participating in practice with the team because of contract negotiations. We know all of that. But with plenty of optimism many parties feel that the deal is inevitable but there is a number of being bandied about and it's slowly snuffing out the flame of hope for some one hundred million dollars throw in the fact that the seattle seahawks just signed safety jamal adams to the largest contract in nfl history at his position. The atoms deals for seventeen point. Five million per year thirty. Eight million guaranteed. Money's 'em comes complete with a signing bonus of twenty million dollars mak- mak- minka. Minka is likely to command so much. More than jamal adams. Sure the steelers are expecting to have an exorbitant amount of space under the cap in twenty twenty two but two mega contracts could cripple a team this like having hulk hogan and randy macho man savage at the same time. Well that's mega powers france. So hold onto your hypo cyclo exist. One isn't going to be easy. It's possible but not easy. Backer fiction number five. James washington is expendable. Fiction is washington the superstar that the steelers wanted him to be upon drafting him in two thousand eighteen in the second round of that draft from oklahoma state. No he is not. Rat is mostly due to being crowded stable of receivers in the steel city but still the team leader in yards receiving in two thousand nineteen has been very valuable to the cause and has been known to shine in big moments when chase klay. Poll went down with an ankle injury. Camp worry spread through the organization. Chase was luckily deemed okay but washington's presence on the roster is more important with injuries possible every single week. At this point. I'd much rather have number thirteen for twenty twenty one then a draft pick in twenty twenty. Two draft picks are nice but a lombardi is nicer. so that's it for pittsburgh. Steelers factor fiction. What do you think was point. Well you guys decide to do that. On our social media you can do it hashtag. Bt se b. a. d. Get to me. Let us know or in the comments sections in the article. I know you're not afraid to do that as well. This has been factor fiction. The season is upon us. We're getting ready for some great pittsburgh steelers football and that's a fact jack..
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"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"That the twenty five original beat podcast coming up every week in the fall in the regular season for the pittsburgh. Steelers are on that list of favorites for you. So thank you so much. We cannot do these shows without you. We're dropping new shows every week in the preseason and we just dropped our final show yesterday. Which when i'm recording. This is saturday so we dropped. What ins talking about if you haven't had a chance to check that out. Go head checkout kyle and greg. It is a fantastic show in. Also we have the steelers power half hour we've got mattie perils war room on the steelers. Cutting room floor with jeffrey benedict. Also the let's rides. We have the live mike. We've got factor fiction the show that you're listening to we've got the stat geek all on the audio platform which you're not going to get on the youtube show so check these out and we appreciate it once again. We're not doing these shows without the blessings of our fantastic. Ese family in hashtag bad company. Love you there to hashtag writer dai crew. You're just as important we love you so thanks for supporting us here in. Let's get into it. It's the preseason. Once again the steelers are getting ready to play the detroit lions in a meaningless preseason game. I don't think it's meaningless at this point because you're gonna see some action from ben rothlisberger. You're going to see some starters that you haven't seen in. You're going to see. Probably the crux of the team for the best opportunity in the entire. Preseason all four games that they're playing this year and remember everybody else's only playing three and you know there's always so much to talk about when it comes to the pittsburgh steelers but of course the inquiry surrounding the black and gold or ever-evolving. Definitely especially this week with the steelers standing stefan to it to free up cap space position battles heating up and like i mentioned starters getting ready to play against the steelers at heinz field. Well actually they're gonna play the lions really not the steelers at heinz field but the steelers do play the steelers because they're competing for spots as well but in preseason week three as far as the steelers are concerned. It's the detroit lions. Who are the opponents now to me. It seems like the musical selection. That best fits. This week's factor fiction could be from very close to detroit across the border the legendary canadian group. Loverboy remember them from the eighties. Y'know red leather pants the get lucky album. The fingers crossed on the album. Yeah it's loverboy. They were big back then. Now here's a sample. Everyone's looking to see if it was you. Everyone wants you to come through. Everyone's hoping it will all work out. Everyone's waiting they're holding out everybody's working for the weekend. Everybody wants a little romance. Everybody's going off the deep end and everybody needs a second chance. Oh you wanna piece of my heart you better start from the start you wanna be in the show. Come on baby. let's go. let's go now. You might ask yourself. What do these lyrics really have to do with the pittsburgh steelers. Well maybe good or bad. Just one of them. Excuse to listen to some cannot rock but anyhow there's always a lot to wonder about bt ese tries to answer some of the poignant wondering ahead of time so take a look at some bold statements on this and more as we label them as factor fiction. Will we be on point. Only time will tell factor fiction number. One dan moore junior is making his case as a future starter on the offensive line fact. I really liked what i've seen and heard about the steelers. Fourth round selection in twenty twenty one out of texas am despite the growing pains that came with lining up against alex smith. You know more is being praised for his nasty streak in his blocking abilities now. I thought he handled himself well. In preseason action as well there were plenty of negative comments surrounding the efforts and abilities of tooks core four but upon further review number seventy six seems to be adapting to the left tackle position. Quite well i think the possession arrow for the position might be leaning towards the veteran especially with more practising law. Now on the right side but whether it's right tackle or left tackle the object in the rear view mirror that is number sixty five. The aggie dan moore junior may be closer than it appears factor fiction number two. Kevin colbert is done making trades for the year. Twenty twenty one fiction now. Don't get me wrong. I really don't expect steelers. Gm kevin colbert to acquire any more talent by the way of the trading post in twenty twenty one. But can't he be giving it away. Well giving it away for value. I could envision a player or two in a deep position such as defensive line wide receiver running back punter or quarterback to be shipped off to replenish maybe somewhat depleted draft board next season although importing talent is not completely out of the realm of possibility. It's never going to be for the likes of stefan gilmore or eighteen aaron rodgers. So get that out of your hands not going to happen. But that's okay. Those aren't the guys live. The pittsburgh steelers would be targeting. They'd be probably targeting. A draft choice factor fiction number. Three fans need to get to know the name kalem balaj. That's a fact. I say this not because this will be ear candy. Hearing yinzer pronounced the fourth year running backs name a guy. See that callum belhadj. He's pretty good in that splaine for the steelers. Check them out. he's not najji harris. But he's got that's why It's my best possible yinzer. I know everybody rips on it. But i really think that balaj could become the angela williams valuable but lost stands at six two ways in hardy two hundred and thirty pounds but he's also been clocked in speedy four point. Four in the forty yard dash in his career. Balaj had touchdown on his pittsburgh debut and check this out. One thousand nine yards on four carries with a nine yard gain negated by penalty market. Remember he was only playing in one. Preseason game now. The head. Scratcher is why the former charger dolphin. New york jet is with his four squad in four years though but balaj his said the pittsburgh is the finest organization that he's worked for an environment goes a long long way at times but the main point to consider is that the students cannot live on najji harris alone so balaj has a backup. Could be very filling as a part of the twenty twenty one roster hopefully beyond factor fiction number.
You Better You Bet
"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on You Better You Bet
"Game of week. One like that's completely unreasonable. Given what we know about the jets and like again like bring it up like carolina's got an iffy situation. A left tackle like no loss like this. It's going to hurt them and it'll be more. Ken said not much to do season-long here. But it's something that will impact the game by game handicaps that we have and maybe allow us to make some valuable. That's on the jets as we move towards and through the nfl. all right. let's get to the two days now. We talked about the steelers. Let's get to a team. We've made me the team that we've talked to most about this. Nfl miami miami right right is the is the cincinnati bengals win total six and a half minus one twenty two the under at our show sponsor bed rivers plus one hundred to the over bengals about plus infinity to win the afc north minus three sixty to come in last plus four seventy five to make the playoffs minus six. Seventy two miss. We've got a series of player props as well borough four thousand two hundred fifty passing yards twenty five touchdowns. Joey finish brought up in the last hour. Six to one to become back player of the year week. One the bengals three and a half point home underdogs against the minnesota. Vikings can with a total of forty eight. What about cincinnati and bets. That you might have on them this season. This is i mean people listen to pod slash show all the time know that i have an under win. Total it on them already at six and a half and i'm rooting for it to get better as we go. Let's see what happens. Sure is there a case that they're going to be better. Yeah you can make a lot of excuses for why. Zack taylor is six twenty five and one in his two years as head coach You know the quarterbacks that he's had to work with once bro gets hurt especially like he enters a terrible situation and they were terrible team. So is that a reflection on him or reflection on the franchise and is there room for the team to get better. Sure like you can make that case definitely but one thing that strikes me is not so much okay. Great like the quarterback argument is of course valid and and worthy of consideration They've also the last two years. Exacto has been there been and that same defensive coordinator both years liu and a room. Oh forget i guess last name but sounds like you'll next door to me in staten island. New room oh yes. It's not just baked clams by the way. Oh absolutely loves them. Not just as a quarterback has been hurt but this defense same coordinator all three years and he's the coordinator again this year. Twenty seventh and twenty eighth and takeaways. The last two years like is there a reasonable expectation that that's going to improve. If they're a bottom five sixteen takeaways again like broken even be better and they can go under this number very easily like one of the most important things that defense can do. Obviously just give you a short field force turnovers. There's been no evidence that team has been able to do that and it's not just that it's there's been no evidence and they're keeping everyone in place again so it just like. What is a reasonable expectation for this team. The schedule is very interesting real quick..
You Better You Bet
"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on You Better You Bet
"Pro football season is inching closer. And we're breaking down all the bidding ingles for every team in the league a win totals to futures we've got you covered the middle higgins sits. It's two days on you better. You bet yes it is and as you can tell our two teams onto today's today macos barclay on bed q. L. are going to be the pittsburgh steelers and the cincinnati bengals. We'll get the pittsburgh momentarily but as a reminder. Tom corelli from cbs sports. Coming up next hour on the show talking all things college football love having tom four. Nellie it's christmas in august not really but you know we got the christmas list. A games for the nba. We've got lines can. And i will try to determine if we removed the nets and the box from the east. How would we bet those respective conferences. Coming up the season who who do we think of potentially be valuable outside of the big boys coming up this year in the nba. Power our final hour of the show. All our bets for tonight major league baseball and week. Two of the nfl. Preseason kicks off tonight in philadelphia. We got the patriots and the eagles. And we'll also have a live update on the northern trust in live vets. That could potentially be made as we head into friday again. Let's start a days here. With the pittsburgh steelers polarizing team both last year in the regular season for us here on the show and this offseason on the show. I've kind of been down on the steelers a pretty much the entire offseason here. So pittsburgh's win. Total sitting at eight and a half ben rivers minus one thirty four to the under pittsburgh plus four fifty to win the afc north plus one ten to come in third behind baltimore and cleveland. In whichever order you put them in. Presumably plus one seventy to make the playoffs plus minus two ten minus two ten to miss the postseason some player props. We've got nausea harris. One thousand and a half rushing yards nausea of course five to one to be offensive rookie of the year. Ben rothlisberger four thousand and a half passing yards his problem yards. Twenty seven and a half passing touchdowns. We've got the andre johnson. Nine hundred seventy five and a half receiving yards chase klay poll eight ninety five and a half jew eight hundred and a half and week one pittsburgh seven point dog on the road at buffalo total in that game. Ten fifty and a half. I wanna make sure we talk about that week. One game usually been doing week one last so just make sure we get an either at the end of the segment or the start of next segment people who remember the show.
Behind the Steel Curtain
"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"Linebackers aren't put in as much of a tough situation so we can get a better gauge on. How much devin. Bush is ready to go for the season. What the steelers have in their new middle linebacker. Joe schubert would love to see. What would you get there. And is roberts lane much better off in that reserve role that can come in and if that's just better suited for him so those are some numbers and things to look for. So i wanna see the steelers. I want to see them. Get first downs in the first quarter. I wanna see them. Put points of the board in the first quarter. And i would also like to the steelers to get off the field in the first quarter on defense. The the third down conversion third-down rates conversion rate. Sorry be pretty low in the first quarter but even in the first half. I'd like to see the steelers win the first half and not just dominate the second half like they did last week. So that's what the numbers i'm looking for. I'm hopefully that was fun and informative for you. All i'm sorry if i was just regurgitating a lot of stats but my goodness. That's an awful lot to take in from this game this past week. It was absolutely crazy that the you know. The steelers gave up no first downs. In the second half didn't give a third dot conversion the entire game had a crazy time of possession advantage and completely dominated that part of the game. I would just like to see the steelers. Be able to put points on the board this next game before the two minute. Warning of the first half because the steelers they have one score in the first half shofar. Let's let's get that going a little bit better. But i'm excited to see what things can happen. I'm excited to see. I'm not gonna say a full stadium because it's preseason that it just doesn't fill up but i'm excited to see numerous fans throughout the stadium. Saturday night at heinz field. I really am. I'm looking forward to seeing this game. It's nationally televised on. nfl network. And because the steelers are the home team you will get the home team announcers which is very positive. Because it should be charlie batch and bob papillon and you don't have to listen to the other teams announcers never talked about the steelers instead. The lines fans have to listen to the steelers. Announcers never talked about the lines. That's that's a. That's a pretty good off. I'll take that but Thanks for for check us out. Make sure you are. You are checking out behind. Steel curtain dot com. It really is your one-stop shop. Frogs pittsburgh steelers. We know you're going to visit other websites. Do that you're not gonna get your steelers news from us. Our our goal is if you could only get it from one place then that we would be giving you what you need. That's our that's our goal and of course the podcast. We've got the new podcast. Gunman we have a premier coming tomorrow so make sure that you are definitely checking out the whole the the podcast platform because of our new shows. We've been talking for awhile. But the last one will be debuting on friday but the new shows are there the regular morning shows with. Let's ride and live. Mike and and my own will be getting back into when the when the rainy season comes around pre game shows that are audio only. That's generally kevin smith and brian. Anthony davis and of course. Make sure if you've never done it if you never caught it live. I know it's going to be late but saturday night. After the game's over after coach tomlin's done speaking to the media. Check us out. Youtube or facebook for the live. Show with myself. Jeff harmon brian. Anthony davis it's always a lot of fun. We always have a pretty big crew there in the live chat and it's just a good time to come together steelers fans so make sure you have all that and as i always say the finish off. Thanks for geeking out.
Behind the Steel Curtain
"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"The steelers second team players. If you think about it like the eagles defensive line they want series. That's what they got. The the eagles offense like with their with their young quarterback jalen hurts. He had two series Things like that so the steelers even had their. They're more starting caliber players out there a little bit longer but it was in that first half and that's where the steelers were not well. Let's just say they didn't win the game in the first half so that's something this week i would like to see. I wanna see the steelers win the first half hour him. Go out there with with the players that are going to be out there. Their best offense their best defense. I don't wanna see when the first half. I wanna see it when the first quarter. I don't know how many of these players are gonna play beyond the first. I'd like to see him get a little bit. I just don't know but let's see the steelers get going early. I talked about this with my brother on the scarborough show that. How much time is ben. Rothlisberger gonna play. And i think it's more about the number snaps than it is the number series. Because if he if he has a fifteen play series in the first quarter and goes down scores touchdown that might be it because the number snaps if they have you know a three out that another drive that after one first down stalls you might seem out there for a third series just to get the number of place. I'm hoping it's less series. I really am. Because i want to see the steelers. Do well in those series. I want to see the steelers win. The first half the i am fine with them winning the second half because what that's showing is some of these things that we were concerned about. The steelers might have more depth than what we realized it could like. Is it that their depth. That good is it that the these players have been coached up better things like that. Who cares i mean. It's nice to know these answers. But ultimately they're still good things for the steelers. I mean the fact that they're out there looking at the. Pf grades just you know. Lafayette pits played seven snaps. He played seven snaps on defense but he had a score of ninety seven point two which which was absolutely crazy. If you think about that. I would like to see a bigger sample size but really don't because i love the fact that the defense is getting off the field you know you also have to look at how. The steelers played out their offensive line. The last game they had rashad coward out there for the first fifteen snaps. And then kevin dotson for the next fifty That's going to be switched now. I mean i don't think there's any way they can deny kevin dotson run with the ones and the steelers. This week finally had the five players. Who many believe are lined up to be the starters for week one of the regular season together for the first time in training camp. This week those players are just in case. There's any question. Chew chor. Four kevin dotson kevin greene trae turner and zach banner. Those are the those are the five you're looking at but the fact that you're getting great play from someone like dan moore junior. You're actually getting improved play from jc hassen. Our you're getting quality play from. I think i've really have to say. Chaz green has been someone that has really surprised me is when he was out there playing tackle that he's giving some some still some statute that wasn't that great but a lot of good quality play..
Behind the Steel Curtain
"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"Care about our streets flooding our home burning not according to an exxon mobil. Top lobbyists did we aggressively bite against some of the science. Yes we were looking out for our shareholders they care about profits not people learn more at polluters dot exposed. That's burke steeler fans at it's time once again for another gripping addition of pittsburgh steelers factor fiction. Hey france my name is brian. Anthony davis the podcast producer. Here at behind the still curtain dot com. And i have got to tell you. I am so glad that the preseason started. And i'm so glad to be with you once again here at bt se talking about the pittsburgh steelers and bringing up five facts or maybe five fictional statements as well for you to decide whether they are indeed factor fiction ongoing to give you my initial thoughts and i'm gonna label them and then you feel free on social media at bt se a d. or on facebook or twitter. Let us know whether i'm off base and what you think about it or maybe you agree with me as well and that will feel really good too so let me tell you this it is preseason in behind the steel curtain is not just your one. Stop shop for pittsburgh steelers. It's your non stop shop. Checkout all the new podcasts. Check out all the great articles and check out all of your favorites anywhere. You download a pittsburgh steelers podcast. Where your favorite podcast. Check us out here and you know there's always so much talk about when it comes to those pittsburgh steelers. Yes since nineteen thirty-three the men of steel but the inquiry surrounding the black and gold are definitely ever-evolving especially this week with the steelers winning yet. Another preseason game this time against the philadelphia eagles yes the state championship for pennsylvania. Goes to pittsburgh if it's just the preseason that's gold but hey they won in the regular season last year so i'm taking the title also trading for an inside linebacker and t. J. watt still without an extension. Now it seems like the musical selection. The best fits. This week's fact or fiction could be by christina aguilera. I believe she was from wexford. Maybe i know. She's from pittsburgh area in this beautiful. So here's a sample of those wonderful lyrics. Everyday is so wonderful then. Suddenly it's hard to breathe now. And then i get insecure from all the pain. I'm so ashamed. I am beautiful no matter what they say. Words can't bring me down. I am beautiful in every single way. Yes words can't bring me down. Oh no so. Don't you bring me down today to all your friends you're delirious so consumed in all your doom trying hard to fill the happiness. The pieces gone left the puzzle undone is that the way it is. You are beautiful no matter what they say. Words can't bring you down. Oh no you are beautiful in every single way yes. Words can't bring you down ono so don't you bring me down today no matter what we do no matter what we say. We're the song inside the tune full of beautiful mistakes now. Are these lyrics really related here. Or maybe i just wanted to listen to some early to k pop. Yes she was. Misc- mickey mouse clever. But a great popstar came out in one thousand nine hundred nine with genie in a bottle and has been awesome. Ever since but anyhow there is surely a lot to wonder about and bts's going to try to answer some of those most poignant wondering that we have bouncing around in those premiums of yours. Hey myron what's up buddy and we're going to answer them ahead of time so take a listen to some bold statements on this so much more as we label them as only we can as fact or fiction. Will we be on point. Well of course only time. We'll tell factor fixing number one. Pj wad is holding out for a new contract fiction all right. We've got a pittsburgh media no it all. He's alleging the t. J. watt is abandoning the team. And that this is a straight up. Hold out that's the perception of like i just can't get on board with with what being president pittsburgh for camp in conditioning instead of practicing is definitely much different than fans are accustomed to. Yeah i get it but is it new. No not really. It's not in fact cam hayward he did it to a degree in twenty twenty before he got his contract. Mike tomlin does not comment much on players. That aren't practicing. You know he will never do that whether they're hurt or whether they're holding out or whether they're not in for some reason as long as they're on the practice field he's gonna talk about you but if they're in a hot tub or anywhere else. He's not going to say a word but his thoughts shared did not exhibit way. Too much to be concerned about in this tomlin's quote and i quote that negotiation processes going to run. Its course some run their courses faster than others. If i remember correctly cam hayward had less than one hundred percent participation when he was in a similar circumstance a short time ago an quote well what may not be a full participant. But he's not holding out and it seems like mike tomlin doesn't think so either factor fiction number two. The steelers are going to trade a quarterback. Let's say fact. The steelers have four quarterbacks that our roster capable for every single franchise in the national football league now. Federal list burger. You know him. He is unequivocally the starter. That's something we absolutely now. I know a battle though is ensuing between mason rudolph dwight haskins for the number two position while choubey three may go down to the player that does not quite win the backup job and also joshua dobbs the steelers have surrendered. A fourth rounder in the isaiah louder. Milk deal on draft day with the dolphins a fifty last year's avery williamson trade the jets even though they got a seventh back in that so they have extra seventh next year. And a six in this week's joe schober deal with the jaguars so that means they don't have a lot of draft. Picks if the three backups. Continue to show worth. Kevin colbert will get a late round. Pick out of one of these guys and he's done it before so getting a fifth in two thousand nineteen for dobbs shows that you might be able to do the same for guy. The caliber of dwayne haskins or mason rudolph factor fiction number. Three outside linebacker is now one of the deepest labels on the steelers fact it absolutely is. We know all about tj what he's consistently an nfl defensive player of the year candidate. Then there's outside. Smith he looks to be making a huge jump from a promising rookie year. And then there's recently acquired. Melvin ingram a former pro bowl selection for the chargers and melvin. Wow he's looking good. He's getting first team reps in watts. Spot really like what number eight is doing the osho with six round pick whence he rochet being the absolute value getting him in that six ground and undrafted free agent jamir jones from notre dame carrying up..
Behind the Steel Curtain
"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"The pittsburgh steelers will not have to run into some things ran into last year like losing players because of kobe scarce. Heck ben rothlisberger missed a week because a because of a close contact with someone despite never getting it. The pittsburgh steelers are in a better situation this year than they were last year. And guess what one of the things that i think has gotten swept under the rug. Steelers never gonna break last year thereby wiki sentenced on. They're not missing any time. Because a covert and a pretty sure. The nfl isn't going to reschedule. Games especially like What we saw a year ago. I i think the punishments might be a little harsher for teams that are able to feel the enough body so the pittsburgh steelers should actually get arrested here and that means something for team that lost their bye week. They lost their thursday night game. They just had to keep practicing all week long. And then the game gets delayed all this year by week now after you practiced all week. Sorry about that fellas Yeah you're playing twenty one straight weeks of football without a break now. That is a lot to put on a human body. The pittsburgh steelers now however once again. They're getting devon bush back from his torn. Acl getting zach. Banner back at the end of the year. The steelers had robert selena limping around on a bum knee. The list goes on and on for the steelers the with their injury problems last year and guys at missed a playoff game because kobe the that was pretty serious and on top of that rosberg who was dealing with some knee problems which borrow means is is not being reported as an issue as it was at the end of last season this team is healthier and if they can stay healthy will be a force and one of the things that people keep pointing words his team that these injured guys almost like they don't exist but guess what they are coming back in the fold and the steelers are going to be a better team because of it. Another thing that i think should be exciting steeler fans after the release david castro and signing of trae turner and melvin ingram. The steelers have still have significant chunk of cap space. The steelers probably make another move before week. One improve this roster which honesty on paper is a pretty damn nice looking roster. They add a solid drafty. Fill the lot of gaps in this team. If someone finds himself as a street free agent who the pittsburgh steelers might be able to pick someone up and be even better. Come week one. Yes i know that is far less likely than the other things that we talked about today but for a team that is competitive year out they should be players to land another player to before we get to week one. Which is huge. For the pittsburgh steelers so to recap today show. The steelers had been overheated. All off season long. And really if you're steeler fan it's probably driving you nuts right now but thankfully. Football is on the horizon and the steelers can shut the haters up which i cannot wait for. Especially 'cause week one is against the buffalo bills if the steelers can come out and punch the bills in the face and leave orchard park with the win. Yeah that might silence. Some of the haters really really really quick. So i really all of us should not be Should not discredit how exciting it is to be a steelers fan right now and and to get ready to hear some apologies which i think are on the pretty close horizon. I if i do say so myself. Outside of that Ben roethlisberger in the offensive line can prove a lot of their haters wrong. And so can mike tomlin. If he can rack up another winning season he has yet to have a losing season. The nfl and of course with the auto amount of games. It's harder than ever to have a winning season. Got to win nine games. Instead of eight to have a winning percentage in the positive so that will be one of the tasks for mike tomlin and company this year past that. I want to thank you for tuning into today's edition of the live. Mike and i want to remind you behind. The steel curtain dot com is releasing a heck of a lot. More audio podcast. Then then really we have in the past. Of course you have your evening. Podcasts and the stream. Monday all everyday the week on youtube and facebook. And then you have your am shows like the live. Mike what you're listening to right now. Jeff hartman's Three let's rides. Dave scofield stocky. But we're we're having afternoon shows added to the fold as well which is really exciting.
Behind the Steel Curtain
"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"Already pittsburgh steelers fans. It is time for the second. Half of the live mike podcasts. And why the pittsburgh steelers are such an over hated team in the nfl. It it's like clockwork If the steelers make a move all the gotta find the negatives in this one of the things with the melvin ingram signings people trying to say all the steelers defense is old because they have cam hayward joe haden tyson allows old vince. Williams's old melvin. Ingram sold well. Guess what the the only guys that are over thirty. That are fulltime. Starters of those names are listed. Joe haden cam hayward cam hayward is arguably the second best defensive lineman in the nfl. Joe haden has not lost a step. The other guys are either primary backups. Or i guess in vince williams case a fringe starter. So the some of these. These people are just trying to get some sort of a rise. I think steelers nation tour trying to make people believe that. This team isn't good when in reality they are. It's one of those kind of things. You gotta just shake your head. 'cause the pittsburgh steelers by all means if everything clicks. There's no reason why they can't be competing for championship this year. And there's people that will laugh at that statement but then come january. There's a pretty good shot. They'll be one of the teams. That are will a playoff team. By far which. I think are will surprise a lot of people but it shouldn't and have a very good chance winning this division. I think they have the best chance right now off winning the division over the browns the ravens which people will laugh you out of a room right now but honest to go. i think that's the right mindset right now for this team unless they run into some serious injury problems and matt canada's system just doesn't work which by all means it. It's the opposite of that. I do not think you can fairly say his pittsburgh. Steelers team isn't good. I think the steelers floor is a seven one team. I think at worst. They're nine and eight team. I think that's their floor. There ceilings probably like tw- Man like 'cause they messed up the schedule. It's just hard to come up with the the the week by week predictions anymore. But i don't know twelve and five thirteen and four. Yeah they have a hard schedule but the steelers team is pretty loaded. They still have a top three defense in the nfl. And this offense is pretty underrated. Especially ben roethlisberger is as healthy and as competitive as these reports are saying they're going to be pretty darn good too and they have a good special teams unit so this hey is just one of the things that make your eyes roll and one of the places that people want to point the finger at is mike tomlin and this is a direction that many steeler fans like to point the finger in as well which is kind of one of those things that always makes me roll my eyes. 'cause my thomann is still generally one of the best coaches in the nfl players. Absolutely love him. Melvin ingram chose to play for the steelers over the chiefs or the chiefs the team. That has backed back. Represented the scene the super bowl and as a starting position on the edge. Open some more playing time probably comparable money and if people in the national media are to be believed a significantly better shot at lombardi this year. Melvin ingram choose the steelers over that. And why is that. Because mike tomlin is beloved and furthermore to that point andy. Reid is beloved. He's one of the favorite player coaches. There are in football and melvin. Ingram chose mike tomlin over that because how much players respect him. That means something. I mean something to mean. It shouldn't be something you especially. If you are a pittsburgh steelers fan mike. Tomlin has gone. The finger pointed his way a few times in the last What six calendar months has it been fair. I think in some senses. It is like the whole not living in our fierce thing back in the playoffs then punting on what fourth in one when the steelers were storming back in that game against the cleveland browns and a of halton momentum on what could have been monumental comeback. Yeah that sucked. But mike tomlin is still put this team in position to win year in and year out there a competitive mindset. The pittsburgh steelers are never in window now mode because they're only mode is win now. That is the pittsburgh steelers mo but yet they get pointed out until they're do To to flop each and every year mason rudolph could be the quarterback. It doesn't matter mike. Tomlin can get the most out of his team and get them passed a winning record. Sure a winning record isn't the ultimate goal in the nfl. Lombardi is but the pittsburgh steelers on a team. That's just going to roll over and loose. That's not them this. This unit. This team under mike tomlin is going to win and push for championship. Each and every single year does that. Mean they don't get a top ten freaking nature pick. Yeah guess what. They haven't done that in a very long time. They had a trade up for devon bush at number ten and he wasn't healthy last year. He tours. acl so they're freaking nature pick. They're finally getting back this year. So that's another reason to be high on this team past the coaching staff. The injured guys coming back or substantial. Remember joe haden play the playoff game because a cova and speaking of covert regardless think of the vaccine the teams that have more fully vaccinated. Players will be at a significant advantages here. Because they don't have to test they don't have to miss time without having it and the pittsburgh steelers by all means by what the reports are coming out right now have the highest rate in the nfl. Pittsburgh steelers are at a significant advantage compared to a lot of teams and they're still a handful that don't have half the roster fully vaccinated regardless if that happens or not as steeler fans. You can expect your players your favorite players to be on the field each and every week because they bought into what the coaching staff is telling them..
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"Pittsburgh steelers. Yes the steeler season it tailed off and cooled off bay area very very quickly but that I would not put that solely on the shoulders of ben roethlisberger and more specifically the surgically repaired elbow of benner burger. People that want to say ben is cooked. I don't know how many cooked quarterbacks five hundred yards and four touchdowns in the playoffs suri through four picks in that game And like there's no excuse for that but that's just a ben rothlisberger football game. He he makes plays sometimes. That are just the wrong play but has so much arm talent that more often than not he pulls it off but when he's not on the interception numbers go up and that's why you see about once a year. A game were ben roethlisberger. Iraq's a ton of picks he's just not dialed up. But in the meantime that same game he went over five hundred yards in four touchdown passes. That is not so when you can just say. Oh yeah he's done. Yeah no there's nothing there. Because ben roth for prove he can do it and he did in the playoffs and as well as during that steelers slump. Were they lost. What four their last five games. Ben still made a couple of pretty nice throws all over the field. I would not be writing this guy off right now especially with all these reports that he is more motivated than ever. He's reading these reports. And apparently his diet is stricter than that. Tom brady the guy whose idea of having a cheat. Cheat meal is avocado ice cream. Apparently that's what bends pushing right now. So if that's all seems to be true. It seems like The national media. And i guess football players alike have poked. The bear and i wouldn't be surprised to see better off. Berger put up some really really good numbers this year. It wouldn't surprise me. The least the offense of weapons of gotten a little bit more experience with ben dolphins of lineup. I think at least is going to be better than it was last year. The running backs are better more depth tight end and a brand new scheme matt. Canada i think is going to do wonders for ben rothlisberger. 'cause randy fee khnr. When he was in charge you knew the steelers. Were passing the ball. When they're in shotgun and there are running it when they're under center and play action was non existent. That ain't gonna fly anymore at the new guy. I don't care if benza the guy that kind of has the final say on the place mat canada's not going to let that fly. This is going to be an efficient offensive scheme that by all means all reports. Everyone including ben rothlisberger is buying into. This scheme is going to transform this offense. It's going to make Ben have to rely a little bit less than just making all the throws perfect all the time. They're going to run the ball better. Play action will open up. The deep ball should open up really. There's no excuse for this offense not to be better than it was last year because last year there was a homeless. No scheme is street ball that had so many tells. The defense is barely had a scheme for the steelers last year. And that's just not the way you do it. Lazio missed the halfway point in the show..
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"pittsburgh steelers" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"We were kinda worried at caches. Marsh and quincy rochet as the primary backups at outside linebacker. But now melvin ingram. Is there in full with alex. Alex smith and t. j. watt. So really it is a beautiful day. The steelers defense got better and this team took a step in the right direction. I am thrilled. I am happy and who knows. Maybe there's some more moves to be made before we get to week one but anyway getting to the real topic of today's show the pittsburgh steelers being the most over hated team in the nfl. It's it's one of those things that have been recurring all off season long Just just the voices from the national media even the local media you you hear this day in day out. The pittsburgh steelers our team that sh- supposedly is one. That's about to fall off a cliff but some who covers this team on a pretty regular basis. Daily articles Couple podcasts a week. Someone who's reading all the rumors learning about these players seeing how everyone's health is doing. It doesn't really seem like this is a team that is about to fall off a cliff. This is a team. That's built to win here now and trying to take home a championship in the twilight of the ben rothlisberger era but still it is this constant bashing from the pf fs of the world or really you just name it any sports talk show. The last couple months is basically just been writing off the pittsburgh steelers some non factor and that just is not fair. This is a team that looks to be in great shape heading into the twenty twenty one season the fact that all these outlets are trying to put a pin on pin in. The steelers is pretty interesting to me. Because i think it goes beyond just a that kind of content. Kind of getting getting your cliques. Getting those numbers up. Of course you put the steelers anything especially negative and it's like throwing gasoline on a fire. Those numbers are going to take off. But i genuinely think a lot of these. A lot of these national media types want to just say the pittsburgh steelers are bad team. And i am not seeing it i am truthfully someone who can look at a picture without any rose colored all in this case black and gold tinted glasses on. If i look at as just a by standard looking at this team i still think there are really solid football team especially if they stay healthy but for whatever reason people want to say. This is a bad football team and i really just just makes me laugh in all honesty because it just does not stop at all. It's just been the constant bashing this entire offseason and most of it has been directed towards ben rothlisberger and the offensive line starting with the offensive line though for as much criticism as that unit gets the steelers completely revamped that unit gone or marquees penalty dave decastro and alejandro villanueva. The old guard is no longer there. The steelers completely retooled the unit yet. People want to bash this team saying that. It's gone worse. how can you say that one. This is a brand new squad rolling out on the field. Left tackles a brand new guy in two weeks before he was a right tackle before left. Guard is kevin dotson who steals viewed as a backup all of last season despite being the best guy in the field when he was in the line of due to injury issues. It's matt filer and others at center kindergarten green. I guess is probably the biggest question mark but he is an athletic stuff and someone that you take over the job probably in training camp then it right guard trae turner who i if he's healthy like he's claiming he is will be a significant upgrade on injured david castro who all likelihood probably doesn't even play in twenty twenty one at all and it's probably mulling retirement for my if we can take all reports at face value and then at right tackle zach banner who looked pretty good in a half of football last year before he tours. Acl this is a brand new offensive. Line trash it as much as you want but saying it's gotten worse or whatever from last year that simply isn't fair because they've completely retooled his group are. They're these big time flashing names. Not yet i think kevin dotson could kind of develop into that if trae turner is as good as he was before a in. La yeah he could be an absolute stud to and again. We don't know what kendrick green is. The tackles are all right. I'm not saying they're the worst tackle tandem in the nfl. Though that's that's the last thing i'm gonna do but yet again the over hated pittsburgh steelers offensive line is getting buried and we haven't seen them play. It is not a fair thing for so many of these outlets to continuously be doing is just tearing them down saying how bad it's going to be. Yeah there's a ton of question marks. I agree with you. There's a ton of question marks. But right now i think it's fairly simple to look that unit be like well on paper with a new scheme new offense aggressive mindset and aggressive blockers at the very least they should be a good team running the football because those guys get after it in the run game. They're downhill guys that you're gonna push around. Perhaps ben might have to take a couple more hits this year but even in that case. We do not know how they're going to work. As a cohesive passing unit yet and to say this is the worst offense align and football which in some rankings that have been coming out the last couple of weeks is exactly where the steelers relying ranks really is not fair. I think this unit has a very very good chance of being improved from what it was last year but continuously the steelers are being slagged. I think that unit will definitely prove people. Wrong and they'll be something exciting to watch especially. Rg harris who i guess would be the The flagbearer when it comes to success of the offensive line if he goes off and hasn't outstanding rookie season as a running back. I think that's a huge testament to the offensive line as well as the talent of najji harris but so many people want to say. Oh he's just going to struggle. 'cause the offense line socks if he doesn't and there you go you can just point to those numbers and and it's one of those things you can kind of look out for to kind of gauge some of the success success of the offensive line as well as the sack numbers have been rothlisberger and how long he's able to hang out in the pocket which could be better brand new scheme brand new coach brand new guys on the offense line. Slagging them really. I think we're getting a little too carried away with that And it could bite some people in the rear end and get them featured on old takes exposed for having a prematurely bad football takes all sports takes in general but That's something i think. People are playing with a little bit of fire on another guy. Of course that is being overheated. Is benjamin todd rothlisburger. The senior pivot for the pittsburgh steelers. Yes the steeler season it tailed off and cooled off bay area very.