Mikey Russini

Isn't that the theme of this season right now?

Look at Denver.

Denver's not winning that game if their defense isn't what it is against the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Philadelphia Eagles aren't beating the Lions without their defense.

So if you can rely on that, the Steelers have been victims to that.

If your defense can help and carry you, you can win some of these games.

This is what Minnesota was hoping for.

As well.

Right.

Like they thought, all right, we got this young quarterback who needs a little time, but we'll keep it simple.

We've got a great defense.

We'll get by five games in and it's not five games in with JJ and it's not good.

Long, all season.

I don't know if they were trying to get him in there.

You know, we've talked about this on the show a lot about how they feel about his ability to play the position.

They've been preaching patience.

He needs more time.

He needs to learn how to play quarterback in the NFL.

He's not there yet.

And you're certainly not getting the reps that you should be getting in order for that to happen, right?