Steelers vs Commanders Game Preview: Key Match Insights

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00:00Now, this one's got to be circled on the calendar.

00:07I'll make it more interesting for you, Tom, because I agree.

00:09The other games, we don't have to talk about until Thursday night.

00:12We'll wait.

00:13But Steelers versus Commanders, two and a half on the spread, 46 and a half on the total.

00:18This is a game where we're going to see a lot more of the grit and the grind that the

00:22Commanders have, and they just continue to rise to the occasion, keep games close with

00:25some of the top teams in the nation, going against a tough defense with this Steelers

00:29team, and we're going to see offensively how the Steelers can be more progressive.

00:32But what's the expectation around this exciting game?

00:36So first off, I would say, you know, Steelers coming off a bye, which is generally good

00:40for teams getting a little bit healthier, a little bit rested up.

00:44Brian Robinson didn't play the Commanders in their most recent game.

00:47What does that look like?

00:48You know, we saw James Daniels, obviously, he was listed as questionable two weeks ago

00:52in the Hail Mary game against the Bears.

00:54You know, he's got a great defense.

00:57If they can get after him early, I think this has to turn into a round game for the Commanders

01:02where we'll see a game between Brian Robinson and Austin Eckler.

01:06I would probably be interested, as tough as it can be to say, to take Unders on Terran

01:10and Florens.

01:11We saw them have a modest game in terms of a garage yesterday against the Giants, and

01:14they have their two touchdowns.

01:15But if the pass rush from the Steelers is able to get after Daniels, we could be in

01:20for a big rushing game.

01:21We could do that.

01:22But I think the rushing game, specifically for Brian Robinson, if he's good to go and

01:25Austin Eckler will be the key part for the Commanders doing the covering.

01:29Yeah, any team that's really had a shot has had to have the ability to get their ground

01:33game going.

01:34Now, kind of on the expectation level of things, do you think that we can see a more consistent

01:40game and flow from the Steelers offense, Russell Wilson, Pickens, and so on and so forth, starting

01:45in that first half, at least?

01:46I won't say first quarter.

01:47You guys know I'm a nut about the first quarter, but at least in the first half, like there's

01:50been enough time between the pair of them now to get something better going.

01:55I would say so.

01:56I would say that if the, you know, here's what, here's what it comes down to.

02:01The Commanders can score points consistently, at least that's the team I faith to score

02:05points.

02:06I don't know if the Steelers can.

02:07So the Steelers want to slow this game down.

02:08If this game turns into a shootout and the Commanders put up 30 points, the Steelers

02:12can't keep up with them.

02:13Right?

02:14So the Steelers need to slow this game and they want to try to win this game, like 21

02:17to 17, 20 to 14 kind of game, which I'm not sure their defense is capable of slowing down

02:23the Commanders.

02:24Because again, if the Commanders get out and score 30 points, I don't think the Steelers

02:27can keep up with them.

02:28Yeah.

02:29I just don't particularly see it getting to any sort of shootout, but.

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