DK Metcalf has been a star in his playoff career, The General joins
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What motivates players in the playoffs?
Bob, everybody's motivated in the playoffs. I get it. But I feel like the Steelers have some supersonic motivation happening here on a lot of different levels. Aaron Rodgers wanting to maybe go out with a bang here, and he's on a heater. DK Metcalf wanting to redeem himself. TJ Watt wanting to not be this generation's Dick Butkus and win a playoff game. Cam Hayward to make a playoff run and win only the second playoff game of his entire career. And then Mike Tomlin, like, like there's, there's some serious extra if there can be, and maybe there can't be.
Don't forget about him. Cam Hayward is in the same position.
How does DK Metcalf's playoff performance compare to others?
Did you say his name? Didn't I just?
Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, Cam Hayward for sure. I'm sorry. What happened? Where did you go for a second there?
I was traumatized by something. What happened? I thought I saw this spider crawling up 93.
What are Steelers fans saying about John Harbaugh's firing?
And I don't like spiders. So I looked over there. Thanks for mentioning. It would have been one foot away from me. I know that. That's why I was going to say something. Now you have me paranoid. I'm looking behind me now. I think it snuck behind the television. It went all the way up. All right. Well, do you, do you buy what I'm saying? Yeah, I do. Especially from a Rogers point of view, more than anybody, probably, you know, he's 42. Um, this is why, you know, they had the vision this could happen. And if it did happen, that he would be a guy who can help them more so than any quarterback we've had in the last several years. Um, so I think that gives them a real, um, credible opportunity there because other teams know that too.
They know what he's capable of doing. And if you discount the, uh, Cleveland game, which was a terrible game by everyone involved.
What expectations do fans have for the Steelers in the playoffs?
I mean, for the last five games, he's been really good. And as we talked about earlier, he hasn't thrown an interception in two months.
Well, this feeds into that is another guy, I think, who comes in with really supreme motivation to make up for his absence as DK Metcalf. I really do. I mean, we were ready to saint the guy after the Ravens game in Baltimore when he volunteered to go on as a gunner and had 148 yards receiving. I think he comes in here desperately wanting to redeem himself, and he's already a proven playoff performer, Bob.
One of the best numbers you're going to find from a playoff wide receiver.
Four playoff games, five touchdowns. 26 catches, 451 yards. Limits, could you please extrapolate that over a whole season, or perhaps I could while you send a phone call to Bob?
Let's do it, Bob. Let's hear from one of your favorites, Bob. It's Emmanuel and Carnegie.
Emmanuel, Emmanuel. What's up, man? Hey, man. First of all, I think Baltimore made the right decision because of lack of playoff success. and two, the discord between Lamar Jackson and John Harbaugh. When it comes to the Steelers, I'm sorry. Like I said to the PM show yesterday, we can't be moving the goalposts because we should have wanted a division a week prior to Sunday. That doesn't change the narrative that we need to win a playoff game. Anything else is unacceptable. Anything else is unacceptable. We're not playing against the Chiefs, the Bills, or the Baltimore Ravens with a prime MVP, Lamar Jackson, in the playoffs. Let's beat the Texans, and then we can talk about next season. But anything other than that is a failure, in my opinion.
Well, I understand that, and I think a lot of people share that view, certainly, because it is about postseason success, and they haven't had much of it at all. If you want to go so far back as to look at the last championship won You have to go back how many years has that been? 17 years of the 19 that Mike's been here. So, yeah, the emphasis on that, I totally agree with it, but I still don't think they're going to make the move.
But at the same time, Bob – at the start of the year, wasn't everybody's, I full-heartedly agree with Emmanuel, that it was supposed to be, this season was all about bringing Aaron Rodgers here, four-time MVP, been there, done that guy, to win a playoff game.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What motivates players in the playoffs?
0:00–0:44
2
How does DK Metcalf's playoff performance compare to others?
0:44–1:02
3
What are Steelers fans saying about John Harbaugh's firing?
1:02–1:44
4
What expectations do fans have for the Steelers in the playoffs?
1:44–5:19
5
What are DK Metcalf's playoff statistics?
5:19–6:55
6
How does the Steelers' defense stack up against their opponents?
6:55–10:33
7
What insights does the guest provide about the Steelers' performance?
10:33–14:17
8
What are the implications of the Steelers' playoff success or failure?
14:17–14:32
Speakers
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