Jeff Hathhorn on how the Steelers can stop Detroit with many injuries
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What updates are there on T.J. Watt's recovery?
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How is the Steelers' defense impacted by player injuries?
It's a half day for Joe right around the holidays. Maybe he's going and eating some Christmas cookies. Jeff is on the Fan Hotline presented by Sullivan Super Service. Pittsburgh's trusted plumbing and HVAC provider for over 50 years, and maybe you can help me out with this one, Jeff. What's Cookin' is brought to you by your local GEICO rep, Tim Hester. Thank you, Mr. Hester. Very kindly. Well, Is T.J. Watt back at the Steelers facility, Jeff? Have you seen him, if you're allowed to tell us? And is he at least making his way back to any type of participation? I have not seen him. That's about what I could tell you. And with Jeremiah Moon being at it as well, it doesn't seem like him or Nick Herbig have good signs for the Detroit game.
What role will Kenneth Gainwell play against Detroit?
Yeah, I don't think we're giving too much away there to say that the fact that Moon was added to the active roster. It's not like they signed a guy to the practice squad as, oh, you know, just in case. They signed a guy who was with them earlier this year and last year to the active roster off of somebody else's practice squad. So that probably tells you what you're looking at. And I think Jack Sawyer was peppered with a lot of questions today about potentially being a a starter for the Steelers' defense. And that's something no one would have thought, you know, didn't look at a scenario where that could have happened. But all of a sudden, you know, Sawyer's next man up, DeMarvin Leal is there, and Jeremiah Moon.
So Bad Moon rising and DeMarvin been cut three times, Leal is supposed to instill some confidence in us about their depth? Well, you know, there's those great stories about the guy who finally – shows something on his what seemingly is his last chance I don't think DeMarvin Leal is James Harrison though Jeff I'm it's it's the holiday season limits I'm trying to like paint a rosy towards the night before the Detroit game and all through the house guys cut by other teams would get three sacks I don't I know I can't rhyme like Joe or Harry Callison is Christmas wrap last night I heard that was off the chain. It was honestly very, very good, yes. I'm not surprised. He is very talented in that regard.
How do the Steelers plan to tackle Detroit's offense?
And there might be a video that's going out as well that people will be able to check out on our 93.7 The Fan social channels. Oof, that's going to do some big numbers. Do you expect that, let's say it is Sawyer, who I think is a better run defender than a pass rusher. Would you agree with that? At this point, yes. Okay. Do you think, because the Lions are just so good up front, and they could just run behind Penny Sewell the whole time, will this be Gibbs and Montgomery just going at Jack Sawyer's side and avoiding Alex Highsmith if Watt and Herbig are both out? Well, I think it helps that Derek Harmon's going to be back. So the fact that you're going to have Harmon on that side with Sawyer helps. Because if you...
to your point, you run away from Hayward and Highsmith, but you're running into Harmon, who's been very good. You can help mask that with a Malik Harrison in the game. The only problem, the difference with Detroit and some of the other rushing teams that the Steelers have faced is none of those other teams have Jared Goff or Amon Ross, St. Brown, or some of the options that Detroit has that makes them one of the more balanced offenses and scary offenses in the league.
What challenges does Aiden Hutchinson pose for the Steelers?
I mean, they're losing games this year, but it's not mostly not because of their offense. It's because of what their defense isn't doing.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What updates are there on T.J. Watt's recovery?
0:00–0:37
2
How is the Steelers' defense impacted by player injuries?
0:37–1:27
3
What role will Kenneth Gainwell play against Detroit?
1:27–3:00
4
How do the Steelers plan to tackle Detroit's offense?
3:00–4:21
5
What challenges does Aiden Hutchinson pose for the Steelers?
4:21–5:35
6
How does the Steelers' playoff potential look after the Detroit game?
5:35–6:54
7
What is the significance of Mario Lemieux's involvement with the Penguins?
6:54–8:25
8
What are the predictions for Pitt volleyball's upcoming matches?
8:25–13:04
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