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The Rich Eisen Show
"tj watts" Discussed on The Rich Eisen Show
"Here's the Jacksonville Jaguar safety in year four talking plainly. I'm just like so happy for Trevor because a, he had to deal with urban Meyer last year as a rookie and I don't even know if he had a rookie year and to see the growth he's made, not just on the field, but just like his preparation. His demeanor, all that. And you knew, when The Rock breaks, it's not that one chip, it's all the chips that stacked up before that. And I'm so happy for him. That throw on fourth down to say it was like, I knew we were winning the game. Honestly, like I could feel it. It was so cool. And then you believe that your coach all that year and for him to go for two. What was that like when he does it? The stones on that guy. It's like, I would die for Doug Peterson. I swear. I would run into battle with Doug Peterson, 100%. I love the guy and just his attitude, you know? It's like you're three and 7 and it's like, you know, you want to make playoffs and stuff and it's like he hasn't changed his attitude whatsoever. It's like we come into work. We keep working. We just keep chipping away and eventually it's going to pay off and it did today and it's like the feeling in the locker room is just awesome. I love this team. I love this thing. Wow, man. That was cool. Interesting. Making sure you had the right season. Not even sure he had a rookie season. Damn. I mean, this is week 12 in the NFL. Good lord three months of football games on top of training camp on top of many camp on top of off season workout program. The page has been turned, man. Has it been the coach for a long time? Age has been turned in that locker room. With urban rom Myers a rookie. They're still remembering. I mean, that's so funny. It's unbelievable. That's crazy. So yeah, bring back the guy who had the worst flame out embarrassing flame out. Social media viral flame out. In the history of National Football League coach, bring that guy back to college. In college, different guy. Yeah, 'cause he could just put his authoritarian stamp and thumb on the kid. Have the kid show everyone what his resume is made of. I mean, for that to happen, the day after Michigan curb stomps Ohio State in the horseshoe and urban sitting there saying they're going to stop the run. They'll stop the run. They fix the defense. Doesn't happen, the fan base is in full pitchfork and torch mode, begging for urban to come back on national television, embarrassing Ryan day, and then this little gem, this little hidden gem and Duval county on Sunday. What an Easter egg for me. On Thanksgiving weekend. It's just awesome. This is great. I wish I had a big hat like Brian Robbins. That could be mine too. Oh, the world's my oyster. Damn, this has just been a great show. How's it taste? It tastes like victory. We will chat on Tuesday, everybody.
The Ed Mylett Show
Ryan Shazier Believes a Positive Mindset Is the Key to Success
"Just want you all picture this. You're one of the top athletes in the world, playing for one of the most storied franchises in the world. And in one second, you are now a couple of weeks later going your 80% chance you're not going to walk clotting, throwing up, hitting your head, I mean, imagine what that does to your mindset, yet brother. You end up coming back and walking across the stage, not that long after this, to announce the draft pick for the freaking steelers. Take me from the moments when you were your lowest then to walking again. First you were using a walker or the crutches thing all the way up to walking up for the draft pick, but what was it? Was it your mindset? I think a lot of times people watch pro athletes say, all right, and even I do this, and a lot of them would become friends of mine. I'm like, well, he's physically just gifted. Not everybody is 6 three two 40 and runs a four 5 40, right? So they got a lot of blessing. But I think what is discounted is mental toughness. Is overcome an adversity, right? How did you get from there, throwing up, hitting your head, clots, you're not going to walk 80% to now in your life, you're got an agency, you've got other businesses. You've got all this stuff. What was the mental process like for you during those really hard weeks? So I love how you said that. So I like to use two people and these two people are good friends and moss. And then obviously everybody gonna say this about that, but they're not the most athletic guys. They're not the most gifted guys, but they're the two best in the world right now. Okay. Right. And Aaron Donald and TJ watt. So both of them are tremendously blessed. I'm not going to lie. They're both tremendously blessed. But air is not the strongest guy. He's not the fastest guy. He's not the biggest guy. You know what I'm saying? Definitely not the tallest guy. He's definitely got a tallest guy. But he out wheels everybody. Literally out wheels everybody. And then TJ is the same way. If you really look at TJ and his brother, his brother is the one that's the really big one. The bigger one. Of two super physically gifted dudes, but he's the mut of the two of them for sure. Right, right. And you know, TJ, he's super athletic, but he, you know, he had two ACL tears when he was in college, you know, and he just literally just out hustles everybody. And so like when I think of about me and how I made it to the NFL is just like literally my whole life, people told me I couldn't do something. So it was just like, my whole life, I was like, I don't care what you say, I'm going to do this. Like, I'm going to do this. And then I'm really positive with everything I do. I tell people all the time, I don't know anybody that's successful. And then believe in themselves.
AP News Radio
Patriots rely on defense to edge Watt-less Steelers 17-14
"Mac Jones passed for 252 yards a touchdown and a pick as the Patriots topped TJ watt list Pittsburgh 1714 It's a really good defense and we just went out there and executed as best we could We obviously had plays we wish we had back but there's good players all around and I think we just competed really hard Nelson Aguilar had a 110 receiving yards including a 44 yard touchdown New England which ran for 124 yards is one and one Mitch trubisky passed for 168 yards a touchdown and an interception pat fryer with caught the only touchdown for the Steelers also one and one Josh Valtteri Pittsburgh
AP News
"tj watts" Discussed on AP News
"Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed Saturday when he was hit by a dump truck while he was walking on a highway in South Florida Florida highway patrol spokeswoman lieutenant Indiana Miranda says Pittsburgh quarterback Dwayne Haskins was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident She did not say why the 24 year old was walking on the highway at the time Haskins was selected by Washington in the first round of the 2019 draft out of Ohio State He started 7 games as a rookie going two and 5 He was one in 5 and 6 starts the next season before being released a month later he was signed by the Steelers and made the roster as a third stringer but he never got to play In a Twitter posting Pittsburgh star TJ watts said quote the world lost a great person today I'm Shelley Adler The Idaho Supreme Court temporarily blocks a new state law that would ban abortions after about 6 weeks and allow the law to be enforced through lawsuits Idaho last month became the first state to enact legislation modeled after the Texas statute banning abortions after about 6 weeks The ruling from Idaho's high court in a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood means the new law won't go into effect as planned on April 22nd The state Supreme Court instructed both sides to file further briefs as it considers the case last month Republican governor Brad little signed into law the measure that would have allowed people who would have been family members to sue doctors who perform abortions after cardiac activity is detected in embryos but when he signed it little said he had concerns about whether the law was constitutional I'm Julie Walker France is gearing up for a general election on Sunday with polls indicating the gaps narrowing between the two main contestants.
AP News
"tj watts" Discussed on AP News
"Is quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed Saturday when he was hit by a dump truck while he was walking on a highway in South Florida Florida highway patrol spokeswoman lieutenant Indiana Miranda says Pittsburgh quarterback Dwayne Haskins was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident She did not say why the 24 year old was walking on the highway at the time Haskins was selected by Washington in the first round of the 2019 draft out of Ohio State He started 7 games as a rookie going two and 5 He was one in 5 and 6 starts the next season before being released a month later he was signed by the Steelers and made the roster as a third stringer but he never got to play In a Twitter posting Pittsburgh star TJ watts said quote the world lost a great person today I'm Shelley Adler The Idaho Supreme Court temporarily blocks a new state law that would ban abortions after about 6 weeks and allow the law to be enforced through lawsuits Idaho last month became the first state to enact legislation modeled after the Texas statute banning abortions after about 6 weeks The ruling from Idaho's high court in a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood means the new law won't go into effect as planned on April 22nd The state's Supreme Court instructed both sides to file further briefs as it considers the case last month Republican governor Brad little signed into law the measure that would have allowed people who would have been family members to sue doctors who perform abortions after cardiac activity is detected in embryos but when he signed it little said he had concerns about whether the law was constitutional I'm Julie Walker France is gearing up for a general election on Sunday with polls indicating the gaps narrowing between the two main contestants.
Just Getting Started with Rich Eisen
"tj watts" Discussed on Just Getting Started with Rich Eisen
"Joining us now on the rich eisen show on the Mercedes Benz van phone line, a man who is as great as they come and the National Football League and his Pittsburgh Steelers are on a nice roll right now and they're rolling into Monday Night Football, which I'll be hosting the pre game and halftime show of on Westwood one radio on Monday night he is none other than Pittsburgh steeler pro bowler in all pro TJ watt. How are you TJ? I'm doing really well. Thank you for having me on. Thanks for coming on right now. How is everything with this team right now? It seems like you are on a nice stretch. Certainly compared to the beginning of the season, would you agree with that assessment, TJ wad? Yeah, I would. And I think these last few games, especially getting into the biweek at an even 500 was kind of our goal once we started out at 1.3 and then obviously being able to get a win in the division was huge this past week and we just want to continue to take it one week at a time and stack these wins. How would you categorize your role with this team? I know what I would call it, but I'm on the outside. I wonder what you would say on that front? As an outside linebacker in a three four defense for the Pittsburgh Steelers, you have to be a playmaker. And I think that's something that I take on what's great pride and trying to bring as much splash we like to call it, whether it's in tackles for Los getting Sachs, punching the ball out, tip and passes up in the air interceptions. Anything like that, I'm trying to be a tone setter for our defense..
The MMQB NFL Podcast
"tj watts" Discussed on The MMQB NFL Podcast
"I mean you can force a fumble but not recover it for instance and thus it's not a takeaway right so if things even out over time you still have to have the good core defensive principles but i think you make a really good point gary that if you're a defense that's going through a transition like the cowboys are i mean. They had a historically bad defense last year. They've been a lot better so far under dan. Quinn but it always takes a while to get used to a new scheme and get really comfortable in ed's oftentimes taking the ball away can kind of bolster you as you go through that transition period it do. They have multiple takeaways in all six of their games so far that season they had. They had a total of six games with multiple takeaways last year. And they didn't get their first one until november first. So it's just it's a new day here for the cowboys. Dak prescott is back And yeah this is. You gotta be feeling good if you're down in dallas right now yeah one of the things that came up when we reported the t. J. watt story last year that was kind of cheesy but in an endearing way and that has always stuck with me is that mike tomlin likes to refer to the ball as his team's hopes and dreams and it basically reinforces to your players. How important the ball is so if you are carrying the ball you have the hopes and dreams in your your arm and your grasp. You can't let them go and if you're on defense you're trying very hard to get the hopes and dreams back and certainly that situation with at the end of the game. I mean the steelers had their backs up against the wall. They're worried the season is slipping away on their way to a tie with the seahawks without russell wilson and tj. Watts disabled to snatch the hopes and dreams back for his team. So i think it's pretty apt analogy..
The MMQB NFL Podcast
"tj watts" Discussed on The MMQB NFL Podcast
"And that is such a remarkable stat. Gary because even now the single season record for interceptions has held up since nineteen fifty two when dick night train lane. Had fourteen. Interceptions xavien howard. We saw had an excellent year last year with ten before that no one had even had ten in a season since two thousand seven so that really highlights just how exceptional what digs has been able to do this season as far as taking away. The football boy i that fourteen interceptions for a night train lane. I thought that was one that would never be broken. That's just one of those. That's in across eras record where it's almost like you. You almost wouldn't asterisk on it because it's like well game was played different back then. So of course. No one's ever gonna threaten this record but we will see with digs one thing. That is really interesting and we're just talking about counting stats at this point which are fun. One thing that's really interesting with digs is like you saw the patriots. After the pick six on sunday to give the cowboys the lead in the final minutes there they went right back after digs because they know how aggressive he is and they know that maybe he susceptible to a double move coming off that pick six so i mean he might have enough opportunities to end up making a run at fourteen. When it's all said and done your those still he'd have to get what seven more and eleven games here which is still an incredible rate. Yeah i mean he's been obviously averaging at least one per game so far. But i think you make a really good point gary in that taking the ball away is so important in today's game because it's become harder than ever but it still only one of playing cornerback and plays like that double move against the patriots where you could tell. He was fuming on the sideline. And maybe the safety should have also played that a little bit differently but after the game digs to his credit. Put it all on himself. He said he needed to play it. The right way and be in the right position but you know is some of that aggressiveness. Tamped down a little bit. You know did a play like that sort of force them to do that or is that going to be something that helped talk about with this coaches. I mean the best all around season. I've seen from a cornerback. Was durell regis in two thousand and nine with the jets and i have only been covering the nfl since about two thousand seven. So i know there are a lot of these before then but what rivas did that season was remarkable and taking the assignment of basically one on one man coverage with the opponents top receiver with no help over the top and a lot of situations and just blanketing them and he only had six interceptions that season because his coverage was so good..
The MMQB NFL Podcast
"tj watts" Discussed on The MMQB NFL Podcast
"We'll just make a mistake. A quarterback Fires high and wide on a throw or misreads. A defense or or maybe. Just a fumbled snap that sort of leads to chaos. You know pass rushes can can do a lot to to cause takeaways in in the nfl right now but when you're talking about what it's just so unique because he's one of the few guys who he literally takes the ball away he is. He is elevated this thing to to almost the science and art the ability to force these fumbles. Yeah and a really great point you made. When we did the story last year that stuck in my mind is just how impactful a strip sack is or any kind of forced fumble. Because you're getting the ball where it happens versus an interception. Oftentimes the quarterback is throwing it down field so there is a little bit of a flip in field position but when you force the ball out you get it right there and it can really set up score or obviously in the case of the steelers game it was the game clinching play but a lot of times. It happens in the in the flow of a game. Defenses trying to get an edge. You put your offense in a really great position to score for what this skill of his really started taking off as did his career in his second season. And that's when mike tomlin had him switched sides so he and bud duprey who is in his teammates. Swaps watt headlined. Up mostly on the right side are almost exclusively on the right side as a rookie. But they thought he would be a mismatch against the league's right tackles and the part of that was that he could see. The quarterbacks is better because of the way that quarterbacks drop when they're right handers and he could bat passes down and he could see the football. When was rushing which allowed him to go after the ball a little bit more. He also which i think is interesting in this. Larger conversation about turnovers used to be an offensive player..
Behind the Steel Curtain
Pittsburgh Steelers' T.J. Watt Agrees to a 4-Year, $112 Million Extension
"Get news that a deal has been agreed to in principle. Not sign but agreed to between. T. j. watt and the pittsburgh steelers. This was first broken by ian rapoport of the nfl network was also adam schefter. Espn that they have the deal in principle. I think they just have to put pen to paper. But it's agreed moving forward. Here's the deal. It's a four year extension worth just over our right around just over one hundred and twelve million dollars for tj. What would this has him as the highest paid defensive player in football now you can manipulate the numbers one way or the other to say how much it is per year. We'll get there all right. It's basically he's just over twenty eight million dollars per year from that extension and there's also eighty million dollars fully guaranteed at signing. Now we'll get into that in just a second but first i want to understand that. This is an extension so this goes on top of the deal that he already had for this year which was playing under the fifth year option where he was set to make ten points. I'm going from memory. I'm pretty sure it's ten point. Oh eight nine million dollars this
NFL Live
"tj watts" Discussed on NFL Live
"Is officially game. Week and mack. Jones will get his first opportunity with the patriots and real action. Espn patriots puerto. Mike rees joining us. Now mike you've been able to watch mack jones at practice. What did you see from the rookie out there today. A beautiful day here. In new england the patriots had every player on the roster present for the start of practice. And of course all eyes on rookie quarterback mack jones and before he could win the starting job. He had to win over his teammates and earned their respect veteran tight end. John smith saying he's earned it. We're ready to ride with him. Fellow tight end hunter. Henry said he's becoming a leader as he grasps the offense and when you think about john who smith and hunter henry that's fifty five million dollars guaranteed to them in free agency. The patriots guaranteed one hundred sixty three million overall in free agency a reminder that they were all in to build this team and they feel like they built a better one entering the regular season open yet megawatt at times people think. Oh you spend all this. Money does a really pan out. Actually history tells you that it does key lots of pieces around mack jones to help him certainly but how good you think. This team realistically can be probably good. It'd be really good. Lord i look back at the two thousand one two thousand two super bowl. Champion new england patriots. They started off at one in three in eight. Have offensively nearly talent. That's on this offense for bill bell. Check in the new england patriots. Right now you would re said i mean when you look at what they put together for mac jones. It's going to be very similar to what they did for tom. Brady make sure that he doesn't turn the ball over. Run the football. They solid on defense. That is how you win championships. They started off one in three but guess what they won thirteen out of their last fifteen including the playoffs and the super bowl. Now i'm not saying they're gonna win the super bowl but what i am saying. Is they have a recipe for success. When they put themselves in situations like this less fifteen years offensively for new england. They've had stars outside of tom brady. They've had to stars on their offense randy. Moss number one and rob gronkowski number two. And then everybody's job was just excel in your role just as good as you can and your role. They don't have that brand name star and their offense this year because it's going to be their offensive line and everybody just needs to excelling the role and i want to talk about some of those role players that can excel. Okay nelson agla. We don't need you to catch eighty catch because you average forty five years for thirteen yards per catch kendrick born averages forty five yard catches a year for thirteen plus coke fires averages forty catches for thirteen plus the tight ends john smith and hunter henry combined average about eighty catches for over twelve yards per catch gave white averages twenty yards sixty catches the season guys. If you add that up. That's over three hundred completions again. The start of the offense is not really moss rob gronkowski. It's the offensive line. All six pieces. That i just labeled off you guys. Just an excel in your role. That's why i think this could be a top-five offense in all of the nfl. Whoa whoa top. Five in the nfl. The offense you've turned marcus into a stone i to me day. I'm like i thought i was at home on tv. You first of all. I don't agree with that okay. But we may be able to get to that. Listen as much as we love. Mac jones and what he's done to assert himself with this team. This is still gonna be about bill belichick. And how he plays defense eliminates quarterbacks. Take your weapons away offensively. They'll be fan. We talked about how they want to play efficiently. F but when you look at the other side of the football this is where bill belichick is genius. This is how we know. The new england patriots and tom brady played there. So it's the overall arching conversation. Every time we talk about the patriots but light kiewit back to two thousand one. You think about the defense. Is that tom brady and support your candidate role. And now they got back into that same vein with benoy and june bringing over jalen meals little skeptical about stefan gilmore. Not being out there. He is a little bit of flexibility. Of what you can do offensively. But bringing their godchild drafting ballboy. This defense will will be the literal identity of doing the patriots. Okay so back to. Dan saying that the patriots have a top five offense in the. Nfl what do you wall no. That's not it appears on what you mean when you say top five. Dan no is it. Is it scoring is a yours like what is it. You say point out. I point sport. And i don't know that's if he true because they're not as explosive as kansas city. They won't be able to kansas city. Tampa bay buffalo cleveland new england and wonder top five in december beyond. Y'all like the way. We've got dan yet. You practice on daily. But i'm trying to figure out where rogers win like. We're just google yield the concern about the rookie offensive lineman. We'll see how we wait but not only not only that you know shy. Pain like the score. A whole lot of point is sold the dallas cowboys only help always have the weapons. When you're talking about the saints anyway. Happy amina kinds. I think that you got laura thing we love you. What is happening there market. Do you own or rent your home. Sure you do. 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NFL Live
"tj watts" Discussed on NFL Live
"Dot com slash. Espn that's forums dot com slash espn restrictions apply see website for full details and important safety information. Thousands affected by hurricane ida. They urgently need support. Donate at redcross. Dot org slash. Espn to help the red cross respond to and help people recover from this disaster. The saints certainly can relate to that and they now face the packers to open the season. Of course this in jacksonville because the game got moved due to hurricane ida the mvp aaron rodgers looking to start your seventeen often a better note then the offseason. Here's rogers just a short while ago. I think we have to be a little more creative with the as the team gets into This third year in the system to kind of keep guys Dialed in every every week in practice. you can only imagine how that is when you have guys and seventy nine tenth year in the systems as we mike. We're always trying to reinvent things to kind of keep guys doubt into what we're doing. I think matin hack. It did a good job of that during training camp really working on some out of the box ideas throughout drinking out of the box. Interesting out of the next time roger steps to the podium though the season will officially started. Do you expect his future with the team to be a story. That just hangs over this team all year long. We'll be hang in over the team in the public sphere. But i think the fact of the matter is i think everybody within organization knows that. That topic is tabled until after the season. Nothing's going to change their continue to work with him to see if they could make him want to stay long term. He set it up to be able to add the ability to leave after the season if he wants. But we don't know that you will exercise that code opt to be traded. He could opt to stay. Rotten depend on how this year goes. I don't think you're gonna hear much conversation from anyone with metal renovation about that of the seasons unfolding they focus in on one thing winning as many games as possible to have their season last as long as possible. Maybe that takes care of some of the aaron rodgers stuff as well key. Let's take it onto the field for our draftkings predictions of the day. Devante atoms score a touchdown sunday against the saints absolutely laureate eighteen of them last year. He's there go-to guy. They wanna feed him the rock. We know what they are when he puts they put the ball in his hand clearly. He's the number one guy i looked he makes. He makes two or three touchdowns in his game just to show that he's the number one guy and all of the national football league davante adams according to rob mosque's twitter talking about if he would get a contract extension done before the season opener. He says no no chance. And then they're moving on okay then So he also said. This is the hungriest team. They've been around just because we've been so close we'll see if that translates to the field. All right let's get to a little more of a line of scrimmage conversation. Keep talking about all these quarterbacks and his dan loss says the pretty boys. Let's talk about those guys that really affect the game pretty boys by the land night. I don't know we want to talk about the five. Most important matchups scrimmage one weekend. I'm gonna start with number five. I think he's going to be in. The washington charging sam potts me is gonna be the starting right tackle for the washington university. Joey votto absolutely okay is by the way and listen. You guys have talked about watching the football teams offense and the weapons that they added. This is a very important piece of this football team that not a lot of people are paying attention to play whale. Joey bosa going to be a different animal picasso. Okay number four. We're going to go with canada. Jones versus the kevin joe since two thousand twelve. Leave the nfl. Jack underwrite super super underwriting. When when you talk about technique ability to get to the pass game record we were unfortunate not to have chandler jones in atlanta last year. But him and jj a problem. I think coming back from injury to coming got huge conversation. Both those teams need their guys to play ball number. Three your guy. I why tell first of all why he did. This is the class of the titans right here. Big delivers big belly but the bottom line is krista super athletic defensive end now okay casey cheese but he'll move around he'll find matchups. That's very interesting matchup. Though you got physical wire taylor against crystal with strong and likes to pool rush but also has a pool snatched move that gets guys off balance. Now we gotta talk about the cowboys. We don't enough so we're gonna go demarcus lawrence versus tristen works. I think this is a cute. If the cowboys any chance this chance to win this game this we like the mortgage. Morris has the play like a superstar. Contracts is get. Tom brady off the all right. Good is we're gonna go to big fella. We're going go garrett. My twin physically versus june hard to pick up in the physicality of orlando brown. Obviously myles garrett would not only strength speed the power miles. Gary use a plethora of move. Yeah but more importantly it's about his off and being able to get around tax what to go around orlando brown you go around the world so physical play on the i feel like i move you off an on screen. Zahn scrimmage on your bones okay. Dan just broke both. Which is. I don't know what he's going do now dan now. You can't tweet because your thumbs are broken quarterback scare at. You're this sweat it in the studio. We're trying to do that. That we'll just keep it right here. Old fat okay. That's enough weight. nfl live. We're going to keep beating each other up in your co goes mac. 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John has more of an arm and i thought i thought he looked a bit out of all. The rookie quarterback back jones is going to be the future of this franchise. Jones era has begun rifles. What are the goal. Talk for a touchdown told me too.
NFL Live
"tj watts" Discussed on NFL Live
"It's just. How can i get us and not do that. You could be the fourth. Qb in history to go to three consecutive super bowls. Yeah i think it would just show that we had wasted The greatness that we have in this locker room see the full interview ahead of the chiefs opener against the browns tune into the season premiere. Sunday countdown on sunday morning. Ten am eastern on espn. can't wait. see alex sniffing action. Art can josh allen. Follow of last year's conversation be once again talked about is a potential. Mvp brian cabell offensive coordinator still around. They'll have to take on the steelers and that steelers defense a week one test that a lot of people will be talking about ahead of this one got try our espn steelers reporter live in pittsburgh. Brooke t. j. watt finally back on the field today in team period of practice. What his teammates have to say about his return yellow rookie center kendrick green. I asked him i said. Hey this is the first time you've ever seen t. J. watt across from you. What did you think. And he said man. I could really feel his presence out there and you could feel from the second. He stepped on the field during the team period for the first time since the steel steelers reported in twenty twenty one he was fist bumping guys stepping up some other guys in a guy who has known him for a long time. Joe schober who played with him at wisconsin. They're from the same hometown. That's just classic. Tj he brings that energy everywhere he goes and he would play football parking lot if you let him. But his steeler teammates were talking about him before practice to ben. Roethlisberger was incredibly adamant and firm sending a message to the front office when it comes to their negotiations with tj. What i think they should get. Whatever the heck he wants He's arguably the best football football football player in the game right now. Not just on defense in general You know i've been through a few negotiations here contracts You know one of the reasons. I took less. Money was for guys like him to get paid and he needs to get paid Deserves every penny that he wants and ask for and so You know to what is is that guy that should get whatever he wants like. If it were up to have been rothlisburger the steelers would have paid. Tj what they would have paid him yesterday. But until then we're all kind of sitting around here waiting for that white smoke to come from the steelers to let us know that they finally got something done. Broke your t. j. watt contract. Watch big time there. It is an interesting jerry. Strong statement By ben rothlisberger. What are they any closer though to an actual deal here not right now laura. They're not any closer today than they were yesterday or last week. Despite the fact that was back at practice as far as the buffalo bills are concerned the steelers. they'd be happy to j. Watt decided not to fly on sunday and decided to get his new deal done next week. A right now. The two sides of continued talk don't appear to be close but look this should be incense. We we see a rush to get deals on before the store the regular season we saw the minnesota vikings day brian. O'neill starting right tackle. The steelers would not want to get a deal. Done wants to get done in time. Listen man this. This is more than just football right like we understand that. Tj and his ability and the way he plays the game but the bottom line is his influence impact on the rest of the guys on this team and not only that face of the franchise killer alone. Cham- haywood they'll be other guys young guys emeka fitzpatrick that's going to watch how this process plays out for wanted. A young budding stars defensively in pittsburgh. So it's not just about one the field about him being a pillar in this franchise and the face of it. Yeah you know even as we were watching what brooke was saying and listening to her. Say that he's a guy that would go play in a parking lot. You you've said that's just a football player. No doubt no doubt and listen is hard to get. All of. It is is hard to get all of it. A great guy a leader as the best player in your football team. It's tough to get all of that. it really is. Let's get to some more news items today with a pair of running backs. Atoms starting with former steeler levy on bell. What's the latest or sunny with the the baltimore. Ravens practice squad when he's ready. The chainsaw is gonna be promoted to the active roster so that is the plan now the baltimore. Ravens did sign trittin cannon. Another running back to their The bill now is with the ravens practice squad and he is expected to be added to the fifty three man roster at some point in time gives them added depth with the loss of j. dobbins and just distill the other running back in the news forces latavius murray former since running back with the team released yesterday. The team asked him to take a pay. Cut you decline. They released him and obviously so right for his contract. Would it become guarantee. So there's one more free agent running back available to any team in need latavius more productive for the saints last year but they obviously are going a different direction at alvin kamara and a young back. Tony jones that they also like key a lot of players upset by this. What's your reaction to the saints. Situation with murray. You know it's very interesting. Because sean. Payton and mickey loomis clearly know something because much like adam. Santa got tony jones and dewayne washington combined with those guys they got living carey twenty eight yards in their career so they better be sure that they wanted to move on from the murray because he was a healthy insurance policies but a new orleans. Think yeah when you think about this saints offense and one of the look like really thought what's tvs. Murray was going to be a part of that mix. Let's go to the forty niners kyle. Shanahan has always said. Jimmy g. is the starting quarterback this week against the lions but garoppolo is listed at the top of the team's depth chart. Here's shanahan a just a few moments ago asked about it I'm not getting into that. Because i feel like all you gotta do is look. I've talked since july twenty seven. Th i think it was opening day press conference and also being hard headed with it. But i feel like it gives me a little hard headed. Keep asking i'd feel like i've already answered it so We'll keep it at that. Keeps dancing around it dan. But what is jimmy. G. need to do to stay listed as qb one as he is right now. Make sure it doesn't play with. I or is behind his back overlooking ch- shoulder so to speak with. Okay here comes trae lance and the interesting thing bridge robin. I'm gonna pay attention to is. He doesn't throw the ball lockdown build but he throws a ton of interceptions given how many times he does throw the ball. Is he gonna play with kind of an aggressive mindset. Thinking i've got to push the ball downfield more but also the ability. Not kinda give it away. Because if he continues to throw the amount of interceptions that has at some point trae trailing is going to become their starting quarterback. Because of that i was not at the health so i just wanna see like is he still going to be willing to be somewhat aggressive with their offense doesn't throw downfield a ton but somewhat aggressive with the football and not be cautious because of quarterback. That's a lot of interceptions with the team. That just drafted the first round. I think i don't want to be too careless with the football. Because if i throw interceptions yeah it'd be really interesting to watch with him. The mental situation. There is fascinating to your point. Has the third worst interception rate or in the nfl over the last two seasons including not good. Not very good all right. We got more coming your way on. Nfl live now that the venue is set between the packers and saints for week. One what can we expect for. Aaron rodgers in that after his offense was diving into the packers next..
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"tj watts" Discussed on NFL Live
"The best in the nfl. He catches everything. J. hopkinson channel indicated day. It's only fitting that to welcome in one of the greatest tight end. Ever we would see some of the current stars of the game at that physician. Tony gonzalez joining us here. On behalf of tivo four k. stream. Tony thanks so much for being with us really pumped to have you. Let's dive right in on the chiefs because obviously you're known for your time playing with the chiefs twelve years. They're actually what are your impressions of their moves. They've made so far this off season after the tough loss in the super bowl i mean they went out there and did exactly what they had to do. Everybody saw the game. Patrick mahomes running for his life. Didn't have time to throw the ball down the field to do that. Patrick mahomes magic. And if you don't have that. I don't care the protection. Obviously if you don't have the protection then you're gonna lose. I don't care how good your quarterback is and that's proved itself. They went out there. They got the offensive line. They address that issue. Now they have. It seems a top three offensive line in the nfl. I anticipate chiefs. Picking right back where they left off the last two years and going out there and having an outstanding season and i love what they did with chris jones at moving the defense of van moving them up and down the line even though they say he's going to be different to them. But you gotta believe he's gonna be lineup. Tackle every once in a while. Taking advantage of those offense lineman. I think the are going to have outstanding. Footballs you did you. Just become a man after my own heart defensively over. Let me ask you this man. And i'm gonna put you on the spot a little bit. Who's the messed in the game right now at the tiniest spot man. The position has become so coveted. It's a match up nightmare like you were when you play but if when you look at these guys and i know you know a lot of them who do you consider the best one in the nfl right now. She know. that's that's hard. I know to me to me. It's all about opportunity. And then the the offense that. You're playing travis. Kelsey with andy reid patch mahomes stone in the ball. His skill set for that. Offense is one of the best things you've ever seen way. He can get open His savviness when he runs those routes and to play with a guy. Like patrick mahomes. I mean it's it's incredible what he's done at that position but the however however George kiddle with healthy. What he can do after he catches the ball The speed that he has and then he blocks which is what is required. I'm not ever going to say that. Travis kelsey can't block but they don't expect them to block they don't want the block. They say you're better at catching the ball. Solit- put him in position to catch the ball. But george kill right there. I want a one. B one b. one eight one i. It doesn't matter those two guys top guys. You roll the dice. I'll take both at tony's the alternate pro there yet he actually gave two answers to the one. Yes we doing the same thing tony. When i came in the league look man. It was legendary the length of your career right. People talked about the longevity. How you took care your body. What are we watching man. You play seventeen years. But what are we watching. We're tom brady at forty four winning the super bowl last year and we going into the season. Think about think about it for a second. We going into a season. Santa forty four. Your quarterback has the possibility of going seventeen in. And all you and i heard when we were in the league was. This is a young man's game. What are you watching. What are we watching. We're tom brady right now. And what he's had the ability to do for this long man he makes me feel like i wasn't that big of a deal. Seventeen years people thought. That was a big deal. That ain't nothing nothing to tell him what he's been able to do. I think anybody all those young players out there watching it shows what you can do When you put it all together when when you have the talent When you have that focus and that hunger to say i've never i've never arrived. He never thinks that okay. I figured this game. He's always learning and that's not just on the field. He's doing with his body. That ole db twelve and the avocado ice cream sleep chambers and and all that stuff that he'd pliability it it it works it absolutely works and because i look at them some time and i say to myself wh why are you still taking seven rings. I don't get it but the guy he must love football obviously and an he's done something. We've never seen anything like this. I don't care what sport talking about. Yeah we're going to try some avocado icecream tonight and see how it works out so much. Tony gonzalez for joining us here. We really appreciate you. Guys are like so many games week one one of them cheeks versus browse rematch that afc divisional round season. Postseason pats mahomes hurting the game. The chiefs barely wind. The browns have ob back and here's baker on getting one of his favorite targets back in action. Obviously his whitall catching abilities itself. I think you forget how truly fast he is able to top defenses. Have to worry about that. One and so teams are gonna defend it and pick poisoning because we obviously were physical. Run first mentality team. It's not going to change the matter who we have their receiver. He adds an element where ginger to decide. What do you expect from davis year. Expect saying things. He's always done average about fourteen yards catch throughout his career. The one thing that he just has to do is stay. Healthy gives them a vertical stretch game. Though the guys like landry and higgins and decide come underneath and open things up in a running game for chub in so when you talk about it you got guys like kareem hunt there. You guys certainly play on the opposite side of the ball. He adds that extra dimension to an embarrassment of riches there. On that brown's off we'll see if they can put it together and then there's carson wentz and the colts you're looking at him right there on the field full participation in practice today of course he was just on the covert list and also at the foot surgery. He's had a lot going on. We'll finally get to see what it looks like to see him in this offense here's frank reich with more eight payment i mean it has its it has its moments for sure but it's definitely in a in a really good place I feel i feel very optimistic. Very confident in it And so we'll see as long as the doctors. Just give me the final final go ahead. But but i'm optimistic was officially really. Feels like it kicks off game week when come in and you're full go against seattle game plan in got a lot of things going on super-busy day Early alarm clock today. When i woke up officially registered in my mind it's game weakens go time and so Yeah a lot of things. A lot boxes being checked off both physically and mentally but a lot of excitement at the same time. It's go time dan. What has to change for wins this year with a new team first of all. He's gotta make every single decision with the colts in mind and what's best for the organization not with carson wentz. Every single thought should be especially team organization. Not what's best for carson wentz number to put in the right place last year. Your highest were so often all over the place and that created some mistakes and then number three. You gotta let everybody else earned paycheck. Don't call it. They're kind to be the whole monitor all time. Let guys singles you play your part. It's gonna be fascinating to see what this offense looks like with frank reich reunited with this guy carson wentz silicon steelers training camp has been quiet on the tj watt contract run however the actions of spoken volumes adam with an update on the latest with the discipline. Uh-huh i liked the checkbook today. Express his all new and made to express you from the stretches teams in the game to confidence boosting suits that. Feel like sweats. Discover new arrivals at express shopping express dot com or in stores.
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"tj watts" Discussed on NFL Live
"I'm not leaving a cowboy. This is only the beginning. That's all we the. Nfl laugh put style four years going to be sick with revenge. Monday night football reasons. as raiders Leader for the whole much. Jesse jackson is rare the bars so ridiculously high. The nfl kicks off tomorrow. User that right only one day away. It begins in grand fashion with rain superbowl. Champion buccaneers taken on the cowboys. Dak prescott back in action. It's the players who won't be on the field that has many concerned more on that in moments as need. Nfl live dinner. loftiest here. Case would rob applause or keyshawn johnson. Their markets fears is here as well. This means football is back adam. Schefter was before the hour as well an atom. We begin with you a story. Line that you're watching in tomorrow night's game. I think you look at the injury. Status of all the players me still prescott. Who was a full or this in practice. All wong lawyer. That means is ready to go. Despite the fact that he had the ankle injury last year on the shoulder injury during camp. He's not even given an injury designation for tomorrow night's opener dax is ready to be behind center as to the buccaneers wide receiver. Chris galvin who is limited earlier in the week. He was a full participant in practice on wednesday. Despite that watt injury. He's been no injury designation. Which means chris. Cowburn is ready to go on thursday night for the opener as well dislike dak prescott as and the buccaneers earlier. This week also activated their defensive tackle and dominic ensue often reserve over nineteen. That means he's ready to go along with tremendous fox defensive front and obviously will be looking to bring the pressure against dak. Prescott shoe is off the reserve over less. And he is on track to play however cowboys look like they will be without their bowl bowl guard. Zack martin who mike mccarthy said if anyone could play despite testing positive for coburg it would be zack. Martin not officially ruled out yet but they'd have to activate them often reserve cove. Nineteen lists in time for tomorrow. Night's game and even mike mccarthy conceded. That's probably not going to happen. Which means the cowboys be without martin. Tomorrow night laura far from ideal situation for dallas. And we'll continue to talk about it last season. The bucks posted the league's fifth beth. Rush win rate while dallas ring twenty-six in blocked win rate. Now they face the possibility of missing. Zack martin who led the cowboys. In past win. Rate twenty twenty. This battle trenches could get ugly for the boys dan. What is the level of concern for the cowboys. If martin's unable to play as that change their offensive game plan taunt zack. Martin's the best offensive football. Maybe him and quit nelson go one in one. I mean quite literally on the field. They average almost a yard. Less per kerry. When zack martin is on the field and comparison to off they give up a significant amount. More sets zack. Martin is off the field. Then when he's on the field so the literal impact in this football game it's to be tremendous and kilmore can have to figure out a way i will. How do i craft game plan so make sure that not exposing christ on a ton right coming up. The injuries having realistic chance to win the football game. I think there's three things that they could go about. How trying to win this game. How number one. I believe early on in this game. They got to go big ball. Play action double move shuts down the field even if they don't win. Marcus like double move. Maybe it's cd lamb. Maybe it's gal gadot was top ten and contested catch. See if you can get a jump number two out blitz absolute doors of jalen smith and mike. Parsons see if those numbers with their jersey. Numbers confused tampa's offensive line. Maybe you can get home a little bit and then the key for me pass catch. Wise's blake darwin. The cowboys tight end. I gotta have like eight plus catches you are not going to win on the perimeter against this secondary with that defensive line rush and thinking yeah one of those guys are gonna wear out the corners you know. I think blake drawing against those two linebackers. that are really good. He's got eight plus for the cowboys. Even chance. keep you know. I think when you look at whether zack martin's in the lineup we're not lor. This is a tough one per diem when you talk about this. Defense affront you. There's not a lot of defense fronts and professional football over the last several years you can just go down the list. The name these guys. I mean when you talk about a defense minus what the dallas cowboys are doing on the offense ally the quick game damn mitch and double moves. They won't have time run double moves based on what jp in shack it alone with su vida and bringing other guys at the pressure level. Much like the tampa. Bay buccaneers todd. Bowles like do. I don't want to ever concede to anything as a player but in this situation if they paul corner put a dallas cowboy to not get run out of the building based on their office line and what they're bringing from a defense standpoint. So all you gotta do from each of the backstab point. Six catching wait in. Put the pressure on dak prescott. Let him show you that. He's one hundred percent healthy with that ankle. Otherwise the dallas cowboys is in for a long night. You know two keys point. You've got to think. Todd bowles and company are kind of licking their chops. A little bit here. Markets from the deep into perspective. How do you take advantage of. Potentially being without zack martin. First of all. Just make this statement right here. I don't want to talk about this. Because it's my job requires i do i do so. Let's let's get look. Topos is going to exploit matchups. And when you look the big part of zag morton being out is that you see that as advantageous to how you move your defensive lineman around how you create pressure guys. Thank you make cards. Pay off bliss z. You see here. They use devon white in this blitz to paint the board and then they'll be a rub off on them but i want to look at the space that's created by not being able to pass this off. This is not only about the physical part but it also is about kennedy. Pass these games off with limited time. This is one top is going to do as well. Jp down in a three technique. You find matchups. It's so crazy that chris. Donald is moving out the left defenseman for the kansas city chiefs. But it's a correlation between finding these advantages alone. The defensive laugh if you ever watch donna. Play he doesn't always line up three technique if you ever watch Today the and cloudy has had a lot of experience of landing at the three technique. You exploit matchups. I top bulls was on the staff in dallas. When i was there he was coaching the secondary. The one thing his philosophy is built on finding a man. That's not bad it into man you have. And that's what he's trying to create was is it. So if i'm a rusher for you to take me on the outside and bring me on the inside. What does that do for you guys. Opportunity wise what one short a pay to the quarterback right and then when you think about pressure now in the nfl and this something. We're gonna talk about y'all hear me say this a lot after watching film this year. The interior pressure is causing more problems than das. Pass rushing the nfl. Now and look. I know everybody thinks about aaron. Donald chris jones fletcher cox. Guys that can create those one on ones but coaches now are using three mass games to pick guys in the center. Of the line of scrimmage because what what is happening now in the and what everybody has caught up to as far as offensive game. Get the ball out of your hand. Two ways the negate that. Y'all heard we talked about this last year. Get your hands up. One is so big even the site land. It'll be some balls. That's completed sideline. It's important to have quarterback stinking batted balls and second and most importantly now we guys like mahomes in lombardy lead quarterbacks. They can move around. I need pressure right now. Yeah i can't wait for my in a move and.
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"tj watts" Discussed on Skip and Shannon: Undisputed
"Big years left. Tackle this plane was because you could not go. You cannot win the playoff game if you couldn't block you in most teams made everybody. The bike is wind guy. Zimmerman and the ramp got. Beat with and joe jacobi in everybody. You had to give somebody to deal with. Joe give changed his office. He instituted the age. Yup because he would hurt. Your quarterback could not block. Lt beat the giants. It was simple as and he. Why you think. The von miller and the tj watts and the khalil mack. Why you think these guys coordinator. You've been the derrick thomas who the demarco's wears where you think they probe and they're all line backers. They're not actually hand in the door. Pass rusher their stand up password. Not okay i got it so he belongs up in there. But i can't put him i. I gotta give some quarterbacks most value. that's the that's the thing you get over that value and they are more valuable because they touch the ball. Sixty five top of the game. Lt is not going to have fifty five tackle or or twenty six of the gave. Jerry's going to have sixty five catches for me because a word they are above the next closest behind. Yep and jerry. Can you imagine jerry in this era. Where they could they did the. Db's had all the advantage. There was no defense receiver. There was an. You could hit the quarterback in his head. You could hit him in me. You can do whatever everything but the bottom of his feet. Can you imagine the number of jerry would have in today's gay. I got it but he did. Benefit from bill. Walsh offense that bill created sort of just for jerry like it was made for to run at. The jerry was the guy that okay. Run out the kids so all these guys julio jones. aj brow the terrail. Oh is all these guys that you committed system. I got it okay to sum up my case for brady one more quote from julian element in the athletic. When you hear people talk about michael jordan. How competitive he was. Tom is just like that. And i had the privilege. The honor of being around jordan. And i will put brady in the same sentence with him in makeup. Julian goes on to say those special special people have that chemical makeup for greatness. And that's what tom has. That's what i believe. It's in a different package. It looks like the father next door but is a competitive. I'll nobody skip that jordan. Skip you can't you can't even be around in for like two without him trying to gamble with tried to bet something he just can't let a man how you doing. Well he wants to. I got it. I use all. They've got to get you out your shirt bro. Kit we how you doing. Hey you. I want to play cards. I know brady's saving that for tomorrow night. We know when the court we know what george was. He'd know what he would court would. He took that off the court. i think. I think tom can have a good time with friends. If you don't have a good time. I play golf. Can you play around the goal jordan. Join putting a hundred. probably now. it's going up into the actually a good point howard topped. How does he handle golf. In terms of the competitiveness. I don't know about tom interesting. Okay we'll speaking of that game. Tomorrow are the cowboys actually flying under the radar. This season.
Behind the Steel Curtain
"tj watts" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"Him what he wanted. When i think of generational talents i think about someone like troy palmolive. I'd even ben rothlisberger in that category. And guess what. Ben got paid. Ben got paid what he wanted. And then also produced if you've you. Tj what in that same regard then you get him a deal that he finds his fair make him the most lucrative player at his position make him the highest paid defender but the one thing that the everyone out there fans alike have to keep in. The back of their mind is that they have to do. They being the steelers they have to do. What's best for the steelers fans always want to play sides. They wanna pick aside. Some are saying there. I'm going to support the rooney family and the steelers. Tj watts not going to be able to be. You can't bankrupt the team. Then there's the players say dj. Y you gotta you gotta get what you can why you can. Both parties are going to do what they feel is best for their specific entity. The steelers and the rooney family are going to do the best for the organization. Tj wads going to do the best for himself. That's not going to change so you have to try to keep both sides happy. You have to try to find a middle ground. This is where the steelers might have to get creative. This was an interesting caveat. Our buddy jerry. Dulack as we call gerbera on our shows jerry. The pittsburgh post gazette put out there that although that unwritten rule that i spoke about of the steelers you know the steelers don't negotiate contracts wants the season starts and we have a lot of stories the most famous of troy palmolive signing on the dotted line before he got on the plane to go week one. He said that there is a caveat here that they have actually had a player sign not recently but they'd had a player sign after the season started but they honored it based on the fact that they started the negotiations before the season began. So if you're gonna follow this line of thinking. I'm not saying that i do. But if you're gonna follow this line of thinking you're stating that because they are the steelers. Tj watt negotiating. Now that even if they don't get a deal done by. I don't know sunday when the steelers play the bills at one o'clock in buffalo that they could still get a deal done and the the reason why he says that. Is it in one thousand nine hundred ninety five this jerry. Dulack in nineteen ninety-five safety darren. Perry received a new contract. Seventeen days after the start of the season and that was based on the fact that they had been negotiating all off season and then finally got a deal in place. So maybe that's changed. I don't know that's one example. It's been a long time. This hasn't been recent but darren. Perry is an example of maybe a situation where the steelers might say. Hey i know this is what we typically do. But we want to get this done. We want to get this deal done the last thing i want to talk about pride take a break and this is specific to the watt situation. This is not just a general thesis on the steelers and how they handle contracts negotiations and how they have to find a way to adapt to these new did the new requests of players and agents in the national football league. There's a lot of fans out there. And i'm not sure why they are doing this. I get why really but when you think about it it doesn't make any sense. Why in the world are fans out there comparing this. T. j. watt contract negotiation to that of levy on bell before he left it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever first and foremost. Tj watt is playing in his fifth year option. He is under contract likewise Compare that to lay on. Bell was not in a fifth year. Option to the second round draft picks up. There was no option. He was going to be a free agent in the steelers. Used a franchise tag on him. So there's there's a really big difference in the national football league and according to the collective bargaining agreement so those are two stark differences right there otherwise maybe on bell as when they had the franchise say ghanem did not show up for anything until the regular season began. Not for anything now. This is obviously not counting year. He sat out. He did not show up for anything. Likewise tj wad has been there every single step of the way. He showed up to training camp on time. He's been at every single practice. He has been at every single meeting. The only thing that is different with what is that he has not participated in preseason games or full-contact team drills. That's it and then even when it comes down to the contract negotiations players sometimes players and their agents will release numbers to try to get fans and media on their side. If this is a guarantee what happened with wavy on bell when he said or his agent etc while the steelers offered x. y. z. We didn't we were worth that. Well the problem was the steelers said. Look we did offer you. Xyz and you still turn all this down and it became this back and forth. That has not happened in these negotiations. I think that's a good thing. I think that's a good thing. Based on the fact that tj watts camp or even the steelers don't feel like either side is so far apart that they feel the need to have to bash the other publicly..
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"tj watts" Discussed on Get Up!
"Have sneaky big news coming out of pittsburgh. This is bad and it. Serious steelers superstar linebacker. Tj what is declining to practice. This has been getting very little attention. He's been sitting out since the start of camp wants to contract the steelers having given him one and it's almost impossible to quantify just how good this guy is. He comes off a season in which he led the league with fifteen sacks he had the best pass rush win rate sport meaning. He beat his blocker within two and a half seconds. So he's a superstar. This is a guy. many people are being. It'd be the defensive. Mvp and jeff. Can you explain because again. This is not getting as much attention as i think it should be. Exactly what it is going on there will let me explain why to you just mentioned. Tj watt has been sitting out. he actually hasn't and that's what makes this. Such a weird scenario. Is that because of the fines that players face for a holdout now mandated by the players or not sitting in essentially so he's been going through practices in individual drills but then sitting out team drills and there was sort of. I think there's lingering expectation that that would change once the regular season arrived. It hasn't now mike. Tomlin is scheduled to address the media today. Maybe we'll get some more clarity on what it would take if the team perhaps plans to suit them up anyway on sunday even though he's in team but no doubt a fascinating situation with this added layer the steelers on the fact. They do new deals with players during the regular season. So this doesn't get done before sunday. We're in new territory when it comes to the pittsburgh steelers and negotiations with players.
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Steelers LB T.J. Watt Still Not Practicing With Team as Week 1 Approaches
"Have sneaky big news coming out of pittsburgh. This is bad and it. Serious steelers superstar linebacker. Tj what is declining to practice. This has been getting very little attention. He's been sitting out since the start of camp wants to contract the steelers having given him one and it's almost impossible to quantify just how good this guy is. He comes off a season in which he led the league with fifteen sacks he had the best pass rush win rate sport meaning. He beat his blocker within two and a half seconds. So he's a superstar. This is a guy. many people are being. It'd be the defensive. Mvp and jeff. Can you explain because again. This is not getting as much attention as i think it should be. Exactly what it is going on there will let me explain why to you just mentioned. Tj watt has been sitting out. he actually hasn't and that's what makes this. Such a weird scenario. Is that because of the fines that players face for a holdout now mandated by the players or not sitting in essentially so he's been going through practices in individual drills but then sitting out team drills and there was sort of. I think there's lingering expectation that that would change once the regular season arrived. It hasn't now mike. Tomlin is scheduled to address the media today. Maybe we'll get some more clarity on what it would take if the team perhaps plans to suit them up anyway on sunday even though he's in team but no doubt a fascinating situation with this added layer the steelers on the fact. They do new deals with players during the regular season. So this doesn't get done before sunday. We're in new territory when it comes to the pittsburgh steelers and negotiations with players.
Behind the Steel Curtain
"tj watts" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"In can tackle. I hate to tell you this. But i feel like that's a diamond dozen. I feel like they could find someone like that. Off the scrap heap or even in the mid rounds of the nfl draft. I he is not in. My opinion is on his fault not his fault. He's not a first round caliber. Pay like a first rounder type of guy said the steelers. I am fully prepared for them to say. Hey terrell here's what's going to happen the season's gonna end. We're going to give you number. We're going to say this. All the time in the off season kevin colbert's going to write on a piece of paper slided across his agents. Say this is our offer if you don't want to test the waters but this is our offer and it's gonna stay that offer so go test the water if you can get better we understand. It's a business. You gotta do what you gotta do but if you wanna come back that offers on the table but it's only on the table for so long and then we have to move on so i could see that type of situation happening. I don't see them coming to terms on a deal prior to him testing free agency. Cheese ball ten. The name says two questions number one. Did you off-the-field antics bother you. Kind of talked about that in the first half. Hopefully you listened aims at tick-tock various dangerous challenges etc. The tick-tock dances. I really don't care about it. I don't care about the dances. Just don't do stuff. That could possibly hurt you. That's dumb in any city and we've rarely see anything. Large breakout in campbellton high profile. Guys like klay minka any possibility that lingers i hope not but when you hear the details which i cannot share with you and i feel like i'm just being a giant tease right now. I feel like. I'm all the girls back when i was in high school anyways For me it's one of those situations where it's like if you knew what i know it could linger but i am going to trust mike tomlin to be able to control his team not to the point that control what they think and do but to have that situation under control. That's what my tomlin does best all right sal. I'm gonna go with todd. Ask another question. Which cut player. Are we going after. Hashtag rather i crew. I don't know todd. I wish i did know a name. I know that michael beck and a couple of other. People have written articles about defensive backs from washington and the denver broncos. I'll learn about them when they get signed. That's always been my mo. i'll learn about them. When i get. I'm just now starting to be warming up to the nfl draft so for me. That's that's a stretch are adjusted. Mitchell says miami cut veteran veteran center. Who's from pittsburgh. Should the steelers reach out to him or go with adding another tackle said to me. I would rather than add tackle or guard depth before center. It has a combination of. I like kendrick green but also combination of thought. Jc our played a lot. Better this preseason. But that's just me just my opinion. The city of six says many questions we had during mini camp and the preseason still remain unanswered such as the depth at the cornerback position. The status of tj watts extension in the lack of death at the offensive line. Do you think this team plans on answering these unknowns before week. Okay so the three that you mentioned the depth cornerback position. Will they answer before we won. I think yes. I think yes. I think they're gonna either pick up a player that was released. Or maybe they make a trade. But i think they try to address that before. We won the saturday. Tj watts extension. Yes i think they also remedy that as well before we won. The question of the lack of depth of the offensive. Line is the one that i would say. They might not be able to address before we won. It all depends on these injuries. Was ac banners banners healthy. I think it changes everything boss. Fox's no questions is waiting for. Tj watt to be. Signed me hamre right with you. A boss fox right there with you. Can't wait for him to sign the game back practice. Katie short ask. Why keep so many running backs. Can you say see. Benny snell trade okay. Katie here's the deal for me you you wanna trade. Someone and i understand that but who wants. That player wants benny smell right now. Steelers don't even one while it. Anyone else want him. I think that they kept him for a reason. Maybe if they can. I don't even know why they kept him. I had him getting cut on my last roster roster prediction. He didn't look that great. Maybe he was still kind of banged up. maybe they just want insurance behind. Rookie nausea hairs. I don't know. I just don't see a trade happening injured all preseason. That's a different story. But he has been so there hasn't been a lot of tape out there of him. Looking in new and improved. Mr hammer says do think klay paul gets traded after getting his butt kicked by minka or benched. Kind of weird. How tomlin didn't acknowledge it. But the players did last time he addressed it strikes me as odd is what he asked for me. No i don't think chase clay gets traded. I don't. I think that this is a situation where this has to be dealt with in house. That's why mike tomlin didn't say anything publicly the media the players said that there was a little Scuffle or dust up as you want to call it a little skirmish but still That's something that has to be handled inside injured. Also tell you about the severity of the situation. By the way he's talked about can't fights before even this training camp. He talked about fight between dan. Morin cam hayward and stuff where they got into shoving matches. He didn't bring this up for a reason. That's because it was that serious okay. Steel mandal delorean says so many surprising veterans being released. You still won't have a trade for won't have to trade for a position of need hashtag crew. Thank you for the question and no. I don't think they're going to have to trade. Necessarily they have always been under. Kevin colbert eighteen. That can really analyze and differentiate talent. Well and so with that being said. I believe that they're going to be able to god and get some players without having to make a trade and let's not forget they've away a lot of their late round draft capital in two thousand twenty two. I really don't wanna see the steelers having to dip into twenty twenty three just to fill those needs last question. Your kevin matthews says gee think we will see the steelers scheme up and he fakes for big press both as a punter and holder. Well kevin i do think that they will always have fakes in the bag for their pawners and special teams. Don't forget a couple of years ago. It was chris. Boswell throwing a touchdown pass alejandro villanueva on a field goal attempt so they always have those in the playbook i think that presley harbin you go back and just look up the my gosh look up. The video of his touchdown pass when he's at georgia tech. It was a beautiful throw. You never know you never know. I say if you get in a punt formation have big press back there and then all of a sudden right before sent him up under center. Snap that sucker and let big press rumble ahead for yard. No one stopping that guy. I'm telling you that right now and by the way for this one. No i'm already trying to get a big pressure it out so be on the lookout for that all right folks for me. Thank you so much for all the questions from my writer..
Behind the Steel Curtain
"tj watts" Discussed on Behind the Steel Curtain
"Run. How did it go. what personnel in. Just listen to this so eleven personnel. One running back one tight end. They ran eleven personnel. Every single play but one in they ran twelve personnel in that one play. I don't think that's what matt candidate going to do. Is just what they did in that game. they're trying to keep it vanilla. I don't think that's what's going to happen but that's just me. That is just me. So i don't wanna put too much stock into the preseason. I know i kind of danced around the question. But that's how i feel. Justin mitchell's has with. How good dan moore. Junior has played this camp in preseason. Is there any way. He replaces jukes if he starts to struggle early in the season. If chook struggles it depends on who they keep if they keep someone like joe. Hey like i said earlier. I feel like joe. Hey we'll get the first nod before dan more just based on how mike tomlin likes to deploy rookies. That's it daniel. Let's hear. I can't pronounce your last name when i apologize. He's a tj watts. New contract is done before the season starts cheers from mexico. Hashtag did thank you daniel. So i think the tj watts contract will get done before the season starts. I just feel that. The steelers tj wad. I'm sure what is probably saying we can take our time here. I don't wanna play in the preseason anyways. I don't want the risk of injury. So i think that the time to get the deal done and this is something that jerry do. Lack of the pittsburgh post gazette did allude to that the steelers. And what will get a deal done after the carolina panthers game so when i think about it in that regard i think okay. That's at two week. Stint where they can really. Okay now svirine crunch time. You're getting ready for the regular season but keep in mind. Keep this in mind folks. Tj and hasn't missed anything. Tj watt is not pulling a on bell where he is not showing up. This is not a situation where i remember when the bell. And when he was franchise tagged the first time he had that meeting and they showed them walking into the silly hadn't been there his agent was with him and they had video from the other side of the street of bell. Walk into the up emc. Rooney's sports complex. And this is not that situation. What hasn't missed a practice. He's been there every single day. The steelers should honor that. I feel like they will honor that and i think that he will be not only the highest paid steeler but he will be the highest paid defender in the national. Football league wants deals done. And there's people that hate it. There's people that say that's disgusting to for anyone to make that kinda money. We'll look. I have no problem with these players making that kind of money. It's just like for me as a writer or podcast if someone said hey we want to pay you x. Number of dollars to do what you do. will you take it. no i'm gonna turn it down. yes i'm gonna take it. of course it did. Don't be crazy good for him. Why can't we have that approach. Good for him. And then let's let me say something else. I don't wanna go off on a tangent here. But i will. Tj watt. you have to ask yourself this one question in how you answer this question is should dictate what you are comfortable with him getting paid. You're not writing the checks. You should be comfortable with anything. But i understand is a fan. You want to look out for things like salary cap space and stuff like that when you so. Here's the question you have to answer is t. j. watt in your opinion. A generational talent. I'll say it again in your opinion is. Tj watt a generational talent. Now you might sit there and say well jeff depends on what you view as a generational talent. Well let me explain what i view as a generational talent is someone that for. Some reason is a once in a lifetime type player there might be other people that are similar but no one quite like them. Perfect example troy paula. Malu was a generational talent. There were others. Brian dawkins ed reed. We know the other safeties that were popular when troy paula. Molly was on the field and playing for the steelers but there was none like him. They were similar but there unlike him he was a generational talent. And in my opinion. If you answered yes the. Tj watt is a generational talent. Then there is no way you ever let him leave this city unless it's years down the road and he is no longer effective. You don't lead generational talents. Walk out the door. You give them what they want so that they stay in town. They did it with ben. Rothlisberger did it with troy paula. Malu and they've done it with a number of other players so if you answered yes that. T. j. watt is a generational talent. Then you should be one hundred percent okay with whatever deal. He gets whenever he gets it. That's my opinion. But i stand by it all right. Let's go to cy hip-hop he says how do you think the new logo line will perform this season rushing and pass blocking this new look offensive line and i did say that i had that radio spot. Today it's up in the air. No one truly knows what to expect from this offensive line. I think they're going to be better in the run game. I don't think it's going to be a huge drop off in the passing game. There are certain defenses that give me a little bit of pause when it comes to pass blocking and it all starts with kendrick. Green kendrick green. He's young he's athletic. So far teams like he has struggled at times with getting bull rushed.
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REPORT: Steelers release LB Tuzar Skipper
"Have a a rumor tracker on the website, which is just keeping tabs of all the rumors around the NFL and with the steelers players might be getting released or cut. There's only one steeler so far that there's been a source report that they are gone, and that is another in twos are skipper a brook prior espn cited a source said that skipper was told he will. Be Cut Alive Times the steelers will tell the players early to give them an opportunity to get a head start on finding another home but skipper has not mentioned at all this entire training camp. You've never heard his name Tomlin never refers to him. Even Bud DuPrey TJ Watt Keith, Butler, whenever they were interviewed. No one ever talked about skipper. They talked about highsmith. They talked about each other in terms of watt talked about debris. No one ever brought up skipper. Keep that in vacuum line
The Stephen A. Smith Show
Panthers owner David Tepper told reporters that quarterback Cam Newton sitting out the entire 2019 season could be an option
"The other item. I want to get into his Cam Newton. Now, David Tepper Ono for the Carolina Panthers. Basically alluded to Cam Newton maybe possibly having the sit out the next season. Just so they could prioritize getting him one hundred percent healthy. I love Cam Newton. Cam Newton is a star athlete stud athlete. But one could argue Cam Newton. They really learn how to throw the football until the season. When north Turner was his office coordinator because he's complete six sixty seven percent of his passes this year, whereas throughout his first seven years in the National Football League, he never completed better than sixty percent of his passes. And even that was only one time at sixty percent. So I'm not talking about moving off from Cam Newton in terms of all my Lord. He's finished he's done, etc. Etc. I'm talking about a plan b. You know, it was Cam Newton wanted to run the football when he got popped by TJ watts on over eighty I believe it was against Pittsburgh. All right. And he got hitting that show. It wasn't the same sense. An appearance was six two at that time. When all of those things happen to Cam Newton. We saw that. But it was Cam Newton that insisted on running for boy was Cam Newton didn't wanna take the capable of superman. It was Cam Newton had a problem with coach Ron Rivera for wanting to streamline and dissipate. Those running plays for his star quarterback. It was Cam Newton for that. So is the way you wanna play. But the reality is is that. One could argue. They Cam Newton. Just as a great pocket passer. He's never he never has been career. Why? It eight say ESPN, it's inundate seven to nine three seven seven six about a way, you know, what next year? I mean think about the quarterbacks that are going to be mentioned, Nick foles. You don't want him because he's getting a long term deal. He's gonna have his pick of the litter. I'd say go to Jacksonville, you consider it. You got teddy Bridgewater. You got Joe flacco. One year. Gotta get Ryan Fitzpatrick why Fitzpatrick going to Carolina for the year and do damage. That's okay gets back. What? He was looking pretty damn good until cutter decided to put in James Winston. Worth consideration
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T.J. Watt wins AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors for Week 5
"That second half that consistent pressure every single game where he doesn't go multiple games with very limited production because I think this deep is although the production in the spurts is great. This is a defense debt needs consistent. Production from its Outside Linebackers where every game they're coming out with one and a half to two sacks of peace or one guy's getting two and a half. One guys mixing in one and a half and their county interchanging maybe one game they both get to where this defense is coming out with two and a half to three sacks per game. It may not come from them necessarily, but I wanna see consistent production out of what in depre-. I'm not gonna give back any of it, but I like it just to be more consistent. Let's be honest. The criticism you have is almost as damning to bud depre- his TJ wa because if she was still chipping in one and a half or two every now and then and he's not having a bad year from a statistical stat slash sack standpoint, say that five times fast. But you know if he were being more consistent, wad splashes would just be fine. But the problem is that neither of them are consist go headlands, which are I add of the day. We give you a stat and it's going to be I'll give you my second stat and it's related to been rothlisburger, but let me read this stat and this comes from credit.