Chapter 1: How did Mike Tomlin address the challenge of Myles Garrett?
We didn't do anything against Miles that we don't normally do against Miles. The sack records are relevant. We've got to minimize him if we want to engineer victory. We did the same thing last time we played him. I didn't think he had any sacks in that game either. And so we didn't take a different approach because of the gravity of the record.
It's just standard business when you're playing these guys and him.
That's Mike Tomlin talking about stopping Miles Garrett, who only had one tackle, no sacks, no tackles for loss, not much of a stat line at all. And I agree with that. I mean, the whole idea when you play him is that you got to try to neutralize him. And they did. But unfortunately, they didn't do enough on the other end of it offensively against that defense.
Yeah, the sack record was talked about all week. It came down to that game. The broadcast team made it a big point of emphasis.
Chapter 2: What were the Steelers' performance issues on Sunday night?
So every time you saw Aaron Rodgers getting rid of the ball, I mean, he would have done that in normal circumstances if he had allowed to do it. So I think that may have been a little overblown by people. I understand why it became an issue and a talking point. Here's an interesting thing, Austin. The Steelers on Sunday night this year are 0-2. You had alluded to their primetime performances.
Their 0-2 outscored 60-35, outgained 252 yards. The Ravens on Sunday night are 0-2 also. They've been outgained by 189 yards. So it's a battle of two teams that have not done well on Sunday night. Sounds like a battle of who wants to go to the playoffs and losing the first round in your home playoff game. Yeah, I mean, and that's the thing.
When you play a game like this, it's like a playoff game already, to be honest. So they add one to the ledger, which if you look at the odds, and this is all according to analytics, They're not in favor of the Steelers when it gets to the playoffs, even if they do make it to the playoffs.
Chapter 3: What insights did Austin share about his experience at the Pinstripe Bowl?
Chance to win the AFC, according to ESPN analytics, the Broncos 23%, the Patriots 16%. They still can get a first-round buy. Jags at 13%, Bills at 12%, Texans only 12%. I would have given them a higher percentage there. Chargers 11%, Ravens 8%, Steelers only 4% chance, according to their analytics. Now that can all change. But I'm surprised at the Texans.
I think they're playing as good of footballs. I know their offense is somewhat challenged. They don't score a lot of points comparatively, but their defense is good enough to make them involved in every single game.
I think that's a C.J. Stroud stat there, Bob, where there's still not a lot of confidence, where his rookie season was his best season, and the last two years he's digressed from what he originally showed during his freshman campaign, if you will. Steelers at 4%, Bob. Don't you think that's a little high? I mean, are they high putting these numbers together at 4%?
Chapter 4: Why are the Steelers struggling in primetime games this season?
Shouldn't it be like one? I think four is pretty much where they are. In other words, long shots. The longest of all shots to get in and win the AFC. 412-928-9370. Listen to the Pomp and Show show every Wednesday to hear about Starkey's Card of the Week from the Baseball Card Castle in Cranberry. Contests run every Wednesday through Friday, 12 p.m. 937thefan.com, contesting page.
And our good friend the General does a great job out there. I see you were in New York. I was in New York. So how was your weekend in New York?
Really fun, Bob. Really fun. So my sister Olivia and I went to watch the Pinstripe Bowl her senior year, my final year for grad school at Penn State.
Chapter 5: What analytics suggest about the Steelers' playoff chances?
And we ended up, we drove up on Friday, checked out New York. We saw Saks Fifth Ave with a great light show. It was really cool. Rockefeller Center, saw the tree, went to Times Square, saw Madison Square Garden. Never been there? Never been to New York. This is my first time in New York.
You got to go to Madison Square Garden for a game. No doubt.
I mean, any game. Christmas in New York, man. It was special. My dad had hyped it up. He'd been there multiple times about how cool it was going to be. And then we went to the game on Saturday.
Chapter 6: How do recent calls and penalties impact game outcomes?
Ben Tenuta, our video guy, was also there at the game. Didn't get a chance to see him, though. Penn State won. It was a very interesting experience watching a football game in a baseball stadium. We were five rows from the end zone, the Penn State end zone. And my depth perception was all thrown off because it just seemed weird. Watching the game at a baseball stadium, it was.
But then afterwards, we went to the 9-11 Memorial, and we saw where the towers were.
That's terrific to watch that, to go there. So many people who died in that day. I mean, just terrible.
And wanted to see One World Trade all lit up as well. And then we went to see the Empire State Building, and...
You crammed a lot in is what you're saying.
I was scared to death riding the subway.
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Chapter 7: What are the implications of DK Metcalf's actions on the Steelers' season?
You should be scared to death riding the subway. Some of the stuff that goes on the subway right now.
Yes, I was so afraid getting on the subway. And I was trying to not show it so that my sister wasn't afraid. But then when we got in the car driving back to State College on Saturday night, we both said, yeah, the subway was very freaky. But then once we actually... We're on the subway like four or five times, and we got used to it. Then we felt all right.
Yeah, it shouldn't be the way it is. There are a lot of incidents that happen on that subway. All right, good for you. You saw a game where Penn State and Terry Smith, what a good job he did to get to 4-0. And we'll get into college football a little bit later because Pitt laid an egg, a big egg.
They were 12-point favorites, and they lost that game, and that's been a recurring problem with that program. But right now, we want your phone calls about the Steelers and the Ravens, how you see the game matching up.
Chapter 8: What are the fans' perspectives on the Steelers' coaching and future?
Let us know what you think. We got a lot of people on the lines, don't we?
Yeah, here is Joseph. He's in Hope all the time, then.
My own stomping grounds. What's up, Joseph?
Hey, how you guys doing? So I'm probably going to get a lot of bad feedback on this, but that game was fixed, man. I believe the NFL is so fixed, I think it's worse than the WWF wrestling right now. I mean, I told everybody that this game, put your money on the Browns. I mean, the NFL needs a big game, a keystone game next week. Don't be mad at me, but I think the whole thing is fixed now.
I think because of the way it's all worked out in sports, Joe, I think that's what people are now thinking. It's a big conspiracy. But it's worked out in the NBA. There have been actual incidents. It's happened in baseball. I think prop bets have changed the entire dynamic of people willing to get involved for money to throw ā Especially prop bets. That's what we've seen a lot of, you know?
We've seen Terry Rozier making $26 million a year deciding that he had a $12,000 bet to look like crap. He'll do it. Luis Ortiz, all that. I don't think it applies to teams in the games. I really don't. They could have won that game several different ways. They lost it. They weren't being scripted to lose it. They lost it.
Right. If you're talking about the Miami Dolphins with the whole tanking situation and what happened with Brian Flores... I feel like that's completely different than a team that can clinch the playoffs, sit all of their starters for rest purposes, than just to throw a game in Cleveland against a three-win team where they've already had trouble playing.
Right. It's not fixed. People want to think it is. It's not. I know why people think this.
Yeah, I understand the argument.
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