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Steelers' Struggle: Will Christmas Bring Them Victory?
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12/23/2024
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Counting on your Steelers to step up on Christmas Day, and it's been a rough couple of weeks
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for the Steelers.
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I think Scott, like basically with the Steelers, we've seen this before, remember they started
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off the season hot with Roethlisberger in his last year, one of his last years there.
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They've done this before.
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I never thought the Steelers were like elite elite, right?
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They could beat teams they're supposed to beat, but I don't know if they can beat the
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elite teams.
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But, man, going to Philadelphia was tough.
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The Baltimore Ravens are red hot right now.
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Like they're a scary team.
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Like they're a legitimate contender.
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You know, Kansas City aren't quite the same.
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They're not as explosive.
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I think the Steelers can win this game on Wednesday.
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I don't think they look good at all.
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I thought from Philly to this game, they got worse.
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I thought they actually were downgraded the second loss, and now I'm worried about Christmas
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that they can't dance with the Chiefs, and they don't lose.
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And they finally covered.
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So, I think they are coming in there the better team, and they're probably going to be able
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to handle the Steelers.
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What's Pickens coming back?
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Is Pickens, like, what's the deal with Pickens?
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He's going to play this week.
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I think he'll play in this game on Christmas Day, and I think it's certainly going to help,
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but you don't know how he's going to be.
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You know, if his hand, he's going to hold up, or if it's going to give him problems,
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if he'll be limited, if he'll get a lot of snaps, if he'll get a lot of targets.
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You don't know.
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But he's missed some games, and it hurt the Steelers.
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When he wasn't in the game, it hurt the Steelers.
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When he wasn't in the game, it hurt the Steelers.
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And he was doing well, and then that guy got injured, and it, like, ruined him.
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Even with Pickens, they're still thin at the wide receiver position.
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So losing him, it's just, it's asking too much.
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But one thing with Pittsburgh, it's not a good matchup for them if they're playing teams
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that are going to score, right?
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Like with good offenses.
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The Steelers aren't, you know what I mean, they can't really keep up.
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They need to play in these smash mouth games.
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Like earlier in the year, they were winning the lower scoring games.
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It wasn't pretty.
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They were fighting away.
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But if teams are going to drop 27 on them, if they're going to drop and get in the 30s,
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then they're going to be in trouble.
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But I think they can contain Kansas City's offense.
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It's a quick turnaround for Kansas City as well.
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Like I said, it should be a lower scoring game, not a track meet style game.
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But Pittsburgh need to stop the bleeding.
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And all that, forget about the Steelers, Scott.
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Like the Ravens, they're a streaky team.
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And they've tightened things up right now in their secondary a little bit.
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That's been their weakness.
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You can throw the football on them.
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We'll have to see the Lamars succeed in the playoffs.
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But as a Bills fan, I don't want to play a Baltimore Ravens, I'll tell you that.
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Like, they're a scary team, the Ravens.
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I don't see how the Steelers contain Kansas City or Mahomes.
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They didn't do it against Philly.
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They didn't do it this week.
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They're not stopping anybody.
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I think their defense might be a little overrated.
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They seem cooked at the end of the season here.
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And you know what?
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Cincinnati's playing great football.
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They could go in there on January 5th and beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh, and they
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could lose out.
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They have to get their act together.
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They really need to play better on Christmas Day.
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I doubt it.
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I think the only game they have a shot at is Cincinnati.
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You know, too, I think I told you this before.
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There was a study done a couple of years ago about what cities take when the NFL team loses,
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who takes it the hardest.
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And Pittsburgh was number one.
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Like the city of Pittsburgh.
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Like, as far as, like, arrest, anger, family fights, et cetera, it gets ugly.
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Suicide.
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Yeah, yeah.
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It gets ugly.
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Every time they lose.
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So, it gets ugly.
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Like, Buffalo gets sad.
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It's like, you know what I mean?
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I've been in Buffalo, actually, like, after big losses in the morning after.
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It's like it was a nuclear war.
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You could hear a pin drop.
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No one's talking.
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It's sad.
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It's not really anger.
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It's sadness.
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People in Pittsburgh get angry.
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It's like when the Steelers lose.
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Denver's another one.
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Like, people out there, they're nuts.
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Like, they literally take it very seriously.
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They get mad in their own personal life if the Broncos lose.
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What a way to spend Christmas, though, Scott.
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It's great if your team wins, but, you know what I mean?
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If you drop this NFL stuff, you're ruining someone's Christmas.
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