Should Steelers WR DK Metcalf have his Own STINGLEY 'Shadow' Monday Night?!

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00:00All right, here is Nick Casario.

00:02He spoke about D.K. Metcalf,

00:06and they have not had D.K. Metcalf the last two weeks

00:10because he decided to put his hands on a fan in Detroit.

00:14Could you imagine he had that field goal to have gone through?

00:17I mean, they may have cut his ass.

00:21Probably not, but they may have done.

00:22I mean, he'd have been in some real hot water.

00:25So, by the way, he's got a pretty motivated player.

00:30Coming into this game in D.K. Metcalf,

00:32and he's a really good receiver

00:36and can be a great receiver at times.

00:39But this was Nick Casario talking about D.K. Metcalf

00:42and potential problems he could present to this defense.

00:46Yeah, he's a significant problem.

00:48I mean, receivers don't grow on trees that look like that.

00:51I mean, he's big, he's strong, he's fast.

00:54When he gets a ball in his hands, talk about tackling.

00:56I mean, he's hard to get to the ground.

00:58He has a big play element, which he's certainly added to their offense.

01:01I mean, go back to the Baltimore game, not the last week here, but a few weeks ago.

01:05I mean, I think he had 150, 60 yards receiving.

01:08And, you know, Aaron's not afraid to give players an opportunity to make a play on the ball.

01:13Like, we saw that even going back to last year with the Jets,

01:15when he put the ball up there to Garrett Wilson,

01:17and Garrett made the play there in the end zone against Kamari.

01:20So, when you have a guy like D.K., you're thinking,

01:23well, I'm going to give my guy an opportunity to make a play on the ball,

01:26and once he gets a ball in his hand, like, we're going to have to tackle him.

01:29So, no, he's a big part of their offense,

01:31and I'm sure they're excited to have him back for our game.

01:34All right, Clint, and the people you can jump in on this,

01:37713-572-416, YouTube and Twitch, as usual.

01:41So, he's not the best receiver in the league.

01:46They've faced some really good receivers.

01:49Smith and Jigba in Seattle, I think probably had the best year this season.

01:55They've faced some really good receivers in the league this year.

02:01But he is a different type of receiver, Clint,

02:04and I think that's going to be the number one thing that they're discussing.

02:11is how do we approach handling D.K. Metcalf?

02:16He is a big-bodied receiver, speed, can catch the ball in traffic.

02:23He is a big play guy, as Nick Casario just talked about.

02:27But the Texans have the two best corner tandem in football

02:33with Kamari Lasseter, who will be back, you would assume, and Derek Stingley Jr.

02:38How do you approach handling this situation?

02:41Do you travel him with, you know, Derek Stingley,

02:46what they've done in the past, or not?

02:48Like, how would you handle D.K. Metcalf in this?

02:51Well, it's the big play element is what scares you.

02:56What Nick Casario said.

02:57That's the part that scares you, coupled with the fact that he's got

03:00one of the most elite passers of the football

03:04that can still spin it in an elite fashion, throwing the ball to him.

03:08So that's the part that scares you, right?

03:12I lean more towards staying in the structure of your defense

03:17unless it becomes a problem for this, for D.K. Metcalf.

03:21I do think there is a slight size difference on the, I mean,

03:28if you look at the depth chart or you look at the bio of each player

03:33between Derek Stingley and Kamari Lasseter, I mean, it's 15 pounds

03:37and a couple of inches max.

03:38I mean, but the reality of it is, is Derek Stingley's a more well-built corner,

03:43just a bigger, longer corner.

03:44So I think he probably has a better chance to come.

03:49Kamari's physical is hell.

03:52Yeah, yeah.

03:53It's, but I think I would stay in structure and try to eliminate,

04:00and let's see if Will Anderson and Daniil,

04:03and what I've done all year long to create the chaos around an immobile quarterback,

04:08let's see if I can force the ball out quick.

04:10Let's see if I can force some errant throws, get some turnovers.

04:13But if all of a sudden I see that, hey, man, we're not,

04:15our pressures aren't getting home with four,

04:17and Aaron Rodgers has got too much time back there,

04:19I've got to find a way to take D.K. Metcalf.

04:22Because the truth is, if you take D.K. Metcalf out of the game,

04:26I like Calvin Austin.

04:29You know, I like, what's the cat?

04:31They got Adam Thielen.

04:32What's the other cat that's been, MV?

04:35Oh, MVS.

04:36Yeah.

04:37Isn't that who's with him there too?

04:38Yeah, yeah, yeah.

04:38Yeah, so I mean, you know, I like some of those guys,

04:40but if you take that big horse out of the game,

04:42and you, I mean, the threat, the big play threat,

04:46the ability to separate, man, it is, you know,

04:51significantly decreased.

04:52And so I could see a situation where they get Derek Stingley mirroring him

04:57and following him, but I don't think from jump,

04:59I think from jump I'm going to stay in structure.

05:01I'm with you.

05:01I think Kamari Lashner has earned that and has played to that level.

05:09And I think his physicality, I mean, I think he is,

05:14if not one of the best tackling corners in the league, he's physical.

05:19I mean, I said it to you guys before the show,

05:22I think he gets a sports woody thinking about the potential that he can have

05:29with D.K. Metcalf.

05:30I do wonder, though, Ron, of like, and I'll be honest with you,

05:35I'm probably a little bit overemphasizing it

05:39because I've stood on the sideline next to him.

05:41He's a big.

05:43You can be as physical as you want,

05:45but if your arms ain't long enough and you ain't got enough lead in your ass,

05:48again, I mean, he's a horse, man.

05:50I mean, he's a dip.

05:51I mean, the only guy that I didn't stand next to,

05:54we played him a few times, but I never got close to him,

05:56was old boy in Detroit.

05:58Yeah, I mean, that's right.

06:00That's the only, but I mean, still, I mean, this is, I mean, he is an absolute horse,

06:04and so I do wonder if the sheer size of D.K. Metcalf isn't a problem for,

06:14even though he's the more physical guy,

06:17I wonder if that D.K. Metcalf, the size isn't a tad bit overwhelming.

06:22I mean, it just, Stingley looks significantly bigger than Kamari Lasseter

06:27when you see him on the field.

06:28They look significantly bigger, and I wonder if Stingley could handle,

06:32if he becomes a problem, I would venture to say Stingley could handle him a little bit better.

06:36Yeah, and someone text in, and I think you, I'd agree with you as well,

06:41and I think, I'm sorry, I think you would agree with this as well,

06:44you handled D.K. with 51 and 55, period.

06:47Rodgers has to be more uncomfortable than Josh Allen in Houston on Thursday night.

06:53No, but you also know, like, you're going to probably get a lot of back shoulder.

06:59You're going to get a lot of, like, stuff where it's down the field, but it's quick.

07:05Yeah.

07:06Right?

07:06And you're trying to use his size to go up.

07:13So, I mean, you know, I don't know what they do in terms of do they follow

07:19or do they keep it just straight up.

07:21I do know they need to follow if he's in the slot, though.

07:24Like, if they start to put him in the slot, I think, like, to me,

07:28I would feel very comfortable all the time if one of those two were covering him.

07:33Yeah.

07:33I don't know that I love anybody else in the secondary having to cover him

07:39unless it is just a flat-ass double that you can just clearly see right off the bat,

07:45which, hell, that might be what you need to do anyway just because there's just going to be a lot of,

07:51all right, jump ball or contested catches type of situation.

07:58He's just – he's not a versatile enough player for me to change what I do defensively.

08:04You know what I mean?

08:04He's not a – he's not a Jamar Chase.

08:07He's not a Smith and Jigba.

08:10He's not a – he's not a – I mean, he's a below-average route runner.

08:14He's got more Mike Evans kind of like –

08:17He's got more Mike Evans from a play style.

08:20And then if you want to talk about, like, kind of how he's used, it's more kind of like Nico.

08:24Hey, man, we're going to put you over here on the boundary receiver

08:27and I'm going to find a way to get you the ball if they single you up or –

08:31like, I don't know how much they're going to move him.

08:34I haven't studied the Rams a ton, but every time I watch him, he's pretty stagnant, pretty stationary.

08:40So, yeah, I agree with you, man.

08:41Like, more of a Mike Evans play style and within that offense doesn't move a whole lot.

08:45And so, yeah, he would have to become a major –

08:51the problem is, again, is the boogeyman for this defense has been the big play.

08:59And when –

09:01And he can move once he gets going straight.

09:03And he's got a huge catch window.

09:05He can run by you.

09:07I mean, he's a load once he does catch the ball.

09:10So, I mean, all the things that have been a bugaboo for this defense,

09:12I think D.K. Metcalf presents a problem.

09:15Now, again, 51 and 55 can shut that down quicker than anybody.

09:21We'll see if they can on Monday.

09:23Text line coming through, you're wrong for comparing him to Evans or Nico.

09:27Like, no, I mean, the Evans part is, like, Mike Evans doesn't run a ton of routes.

09:33And D.K. Metcalf doesn't run a ton of routes either.

09:36Like, there's a lot of D.K. and Mike Evans run straight down with a hand up.

09:40Sure.

09:40To use their size.

09:42And they may run some slants.

09:44And then I think the point you were making with Nico is they just don't move him.

09:48They don't move him.

09:48You know where he's at.

09:49He's easy to track.

09:51But, no, Mike Evans and him, they –

09:53Like, you're not seeing a lot of different routes coming from those two guys.

09:59They're on the outside doing a lot of down the field.

10:04Yep.

10:04Hands up.

10:05Let's –

10:05That's right.

10:06Yeah.

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