Steelers' Struggle: Will Christmas Bring Them Victory?

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00:00Counting on your Steelers to step up on Christmas Day, and it's been a rough couple of weeks

00:09for the Steelers.

00:11I think Scott, like basically with the Steelers, we've seen this before, remember they started

00:15off the season hot with Roethlisberger in his last year, one of his last years there.

00:19They've done this before.

00:20I never thought the Steelers were like elite elite, right?

00:23They could beat teams they're supposed to beat, but I don't know if they can beat the

00:26elite teams.

00:28But, man, going to Philadelphia was tough.

00:31The Baltimore Ravens are red hot right now.

00:34Like they're a scary team.

00:35Like they're a legitimate contender.

00:37You know, Kansas City aren't quite the same.

00:39They're not as explosive.

00:40I think the Steelers can win this game on Wednesday.

00:43I don't think they look good at all.

00:45I thought from Philly to this game, they got worse.

00:49I thought they actually were downgraded the second loss, and now I'm worried about Christmas

00:54that they can't dance with the Chiefs, and they don't lose.

00:59And they finally covered.

01:00So, I think they are coming in there the better team, and they're probably going to be able

01:04to handle the Steelers.

01:05What's Pickens coming back?

01:06Is Pickens, like, what's the deal with Pickens?

01:07He's going to play this week.

01:08I think he'll play in this game on Christmas Day, and I think it's certainly going to help,

01:09but you don't know how he's going to be.

01:10You know, if his hand, he's going to hold up, or if it's going to give him problems,

01:11if he'll be limited, if he'll get a lot of snaps, if he'll get a lot of targets.

01:12You don't know.

01:13But he's missed some games, and it hurt the Steelers.

01:14When he wasn't in the game, it hurt the Steelers.

01:15When he wasn't in the game, it hurt the Steelers.

01:16And he was doing well, and then that guy got injured, and it, like, ruined him.

01:40Even with Pickens, they're still thin at the wide receiver position.

01:43So losing him, it's just, it's asking too much.

01:46But one thing with Pittsburgh, it's not a good matchup for them if they're playing teams

01:50that are going to score, right?

01:52Like with good offenses.

01:53The Steelers aren't, you know what I mean, they can't really keep up.

01:56They need to play in these smash mouth games.

01:58Like earlier in the year, they were winning the lower scoring games.

02:01It wasn't pretty.

02:02They were fighting away.

02:03But if teams are going to drop 27 on them, if they're going to drop and get in the 30s,

02:07then they're going to be in trouble.

02:09But I think they can contain Kansas City's offense.

02:12It's a quick turnaround for Kansas City as well.

02:14Like I said, it should be a lower scoring game, not a track meet style game.

02:19But Pittsburgh need to stop the bleeding.

02:21And all that, forget about the Steelers, Scott.

02:23Like the Ravens, they're a streaky team.

02:26And they've tightened things up right now in their secondary a little bit.

02:30That's been their weakness.

02:31You can throw the football on them.

02:32We'll have to see the Lamars succeed in the playoffs.

02:35But as a Bills fan, I don't want to play a Baltimore Ravens, I'll tell you that.

02:39Like, they're a scary team, the Ravens.

02:41I don't see how the Steelers contain Kansas City or Mahomes.

02:45They didn't do it against Philly.

02:47They didn't do it this week.

02:49They're not stopping anybody.

02:50I think their defense might be a little overrated.

02:53They seem cooked at the end of the season here.

02:56And you know what?

02:57Cincinnati's playing great football.

02:58They could go in there on January 5th and beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh, and they

03:03could lose out.

03:04They have to get their act together.

03:05They really need to play better on Christmas Day.

03:08I doubt it.

03:09I think the only game they have a shot at is Cincinnati.

03:13You know, too, I think I told you this before.

03:15There was a study done a couple of years ago about what cities take when the NFL team loses,

03:23who takes it the hardest.

03:25And Pittsburgh was number one.

03:28Like the city of Pittsburgh.

03:29Like, as far as, like, arrest, anger, family fights, et cetera, it gets ugly.

03:35Suicide.

03:36Yeah, yeah.

03:37It gets ugly.

03:38Every time they lose.

03:39So, it gets ugly.

03:40Like, Buffalo gets sad.

03:41It's like, you know what I mean?

03:43I've been in Buffalo, actually, like, after big losses in the morning after.

03:47It's like it was a nuclear war.

03:48You could hear a pin drop.

03:49No one's talking.

03:50It's sad.

03:51It's not really anger.

03:52It's sadness.

03:53People in Pittsburgh get angry.

03:54It's like when the Steelers lose.

03:56Denver's another one.

03:57Like, people out there, they're nuts.

03:59Like, they literally take it very seriously.

04:00They get mad in their own personal life if the Broncos lose.

04:04What a way to spend Christmas, though, Scott.

04:06It's great if your team wins, but, you know what I mean?

04:08If you drop this NFL stuff, you're ruining someone's Christmas.

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