Steelers Win: Pickett & Sturdy Defense Lead to Triumph
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00:02 The thing that was impressive, I'm gonna start with the Titans first,
00:05 then we'll get to your Steelers.
00:06 Will Levis was a gunslinger last night.
00:08 He didn't have a lot of help, but he threw the ball well.
00:10 Now he had to pick late and give the Steelers credit for that.
00:13 This is an incredible stat.
00:14 So in the first half, he was under pressure on about 70% of his
00:19 dropbacks in the first half, actually where he threw the ball well.
00:22 But he didn't get a lot of help.
00:23 Derrick Henry had a nice game.
00:24 In fact, he should have had two touchdowns.
00:26 They tackled him in the open field.
00:28 Without that tackle on his cleat, he would have scored again.
00:30 But I thought Levis really hung in there under a lot of pressure.
00:34 Now your Steelers, they got the job done.
00:37 They got to four sacks, a late turnover.
00:39 I thought Najee Harris really ran the ball well for the second game in a row.
00:42 That was good to see.
00:43 And Jalen Warren, terrific as a change up.
00:46 But the big story here is one that no one really knew about until it happened.
00:50 And I'm told he only did it for one week of practice.
00:53 That's Broderick Jones, their first round pick.
00:55 He didn't replace Dan Martin left tackle.
00:57 He played right tackle.
00:58 - Right.
00:58 - Or Chooks or Corcoran.
00:59 How about that one?
01:00 So I was told that he really looked into practice.
01:02 They tried it.
01:04 He's comfortable at it.
01:06 And they're probably going to stick with it.
01:07 Boy, what a good job he did last night because the Titans were on the 34th front,
01:11 and they were pretty aggressive, and he did a really good job.
01:13 And again, they protected Pickett well.
01:16 You mentioned Pickett now.
01:18 Pickett has only had one game out of 20 starts with multiple touchdowns.
01:23 This game, he should have had it.
01:25 Pickens had the really nice catch.
01:26 It was a little touchdown.
01:27 And immediately, but the replay on Kirk Herbstreet was right.
01:32 Pickens, I don't know how this happened.
01:33 He's got to do better.
01:35 That second foot was out of bounds.
01:36 But he clearly should have gotten an inbounds.
01:38 It was the correct call.
01:39 But overall, Pickens, he looks good, but he's got to do a better job.
01:43 But getting back to Pickett, he played under control.
01:47 What I liked is he didn't turn the ball over.
01:49 He made throws when he had to.
01:51 And for the third time this season, he brought them back in the fourth quarter.
01:55 The other one, the other fourth quarter comeback
01:57 was on a turnover return for a touchdown.
02:00 But he did an excellent job there.
02:03 They're adjusting the offense a little bit more.
02:05 I like that.
02:06 They're a little bit more aggressive.
02:07 What I don't like, though, from Matt Canada
02:09 is when he starts calling those bubble screens, they don't work.
02:12 This isn't college football.
02:14 They've got to expand the pass game.
02:15 And I get it.
02:15 Pat Frymuth, their tight end is not there.
02:18 Hopefully, they'll get him back after those four games.
02:20 He's got to serve on an injured reserve.
02:21 But overall, you set it up very well.
02:24 They went ugly.
02:25 They find a way to win.
02:26 I thought they'd win.
02:27 I thought it would be ugly.
02:28 And this is what the Steelers do.
02:29 They find a way to win.
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