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00:00Mike Tomlin's Weekly Words of Wisdom.
00:03Man, we got a lot of things to get prepared for,
00:05but I'm sure they have a similar posture.
00:08Uh, the familiarity, uh, makes it fun
00:11and challenging at the same time.
00:13I'm excited about getting started with this process, man,
00:16and continuing with our divisional journey.
00:19Um, no rest for the weary.
00:21I'm excited about getting back to it this week
00:23and in the confines of Akershaw.
00:26Yeah, look, uh, it's simple.
00:31They need to stop Judy,
00:34and they need to stop the run,
00:37and they need to get to, uh, famous Jameis
00:41and sack his ass.
00:43They got Heisman back.
00:45They got such a vicious pass rush right now
00:48with Watt and Herbig and Hayward,
00:51and, I mean, let's face facts,
00:53they're dangerous,
00:55and they need to take it out on this team
00:57because they blew that game in Cleveland in the snow.
01:00They had the lead 19-18.
01:02They lost fair and square,
01:04so you need to punch them back right in the orbital bone,
01:07right in their face.
01:09Punch them right in the eye
01:11and get rid of this team.
01:13The Browns suck, okay?
01:15So you need to go beat their ass.
01:18That is what they need to do, uh, this coming week.
01:21Now, of course, uh, we were talking about
01:23this earlier in the week.
01:25There was a lot of behind-the-scenes Tomlin stuff
01:27about what a great guy Tomlin is,
01:29how he talks to the players.
01:31So, of course, yesterday, with all the player media,
01:33what did everyone have to ask all the players?
01:35Is this Mike all the time?
01:37How great is it to play for Mike?
01:39So here's Najay Harris, Scotty,
01:41giving you a few things about what makes Mike Tomlin
01:43a great head coach.
01:45He's a player's coach.
01:47He's gonna come in the locker room,
01:49chop it up with us, you know what I mean?
01:51Talk about the sides, football.
01:53Let's talk about life stuff, you know what I mean?
01:55That makes you feel a little bit more comfort,
01:57comfort in this business that we're in
01:59that's so cutthroat, you know what I mean?
02:01Certainly not too many people,
02:03especially in that position as a head coach,
02:05will show that side.
02:07It's always just football, football, football.
02:09But him, he's showing a different side,
02:11you know what I mean,
02:13showing that you can have fun in this sport
02:15while being serious, too.
02:17And I think that's what likes people
02:19and I did all that.
02:21Not one person said anything bad about Mike T,
02:23and I just showed you what type of person he is.
02:25There you go.
02:27That's why he's one of our favorites,
02:29and I'm a big fan of his work.
02:31He's got a Super Bowl ring.
02:33For all the fans in Pittsburgh
02:35that don't like him, you lose.
02:37Yeah, just think.
02:39People wanted him fired.
02:41They still do.
02:43They said there are still people that want him fired.
02:45Every year when they lose in the playoffs,
02:47they say they gotta get rid of him.
02:49He never wins in the playoffs.
02:51He never wins in the playoffs.
02:53He won the Super Bowl.
02:55He has won the Super Bowl.
02:57Just stop.
02:59The Roonies do not listen
03:01to fans,
03:03but they've mastered the art
03:05of taking the fans' money out of their pants.
03:07They've got that down to a science.
03:09Most owners are pretty good at that.
03:11Najay Harris,
03:13speaking of him, Scotty,
03:15he's gone 176 yards
03:17to have his fourth straight
03:191,000-yard season.
03:21He'll be the first player in Steeler history
03:23to rush for 1,000 yards
03:25in his first four years.
03:27You have said this already this year.
03:29Maybe they made a mistake
03:31not picking up the fifth-year option.
03:33I think it's a huge mistake.
03:35I think he's been a great back for them.
03:37They blew off his fifth-year
03:39option,
03:41and he's gonna be the first guy.
03:43He's gonna get 176 yards
03:45in the next
03:47three weeks, as sure as I'm
03:49sitting here, and they've got more games than that.
03:51This is
03:5314. They've got four more weeks
03:55of football,
03:57and he's gonna get that, I think,
03:59in the next two weeks. He's gonna get it against the
04:01Browns, and then he's gonna
04:03finish it off in Philadelphia
04:05with the same thing. It won't be easy in
04:07Philly to run, but he'll get enough to go over that
04:09mark and go over 1,000. It is amazing
04:11because when he first started,
04:13he ran up the middle. In
04:15Canada's offense, he ran up the middle
04:17off tackle on every single
04:19handoff, and I was like, Christ, they never
04:21let the guy swing wide and
04:23run outside or run
04:25anywhere else except
04:27up the gut, and he still had 1,200
04:29yards. I think
04:31the guy's a badass, and I think they should
04:33wholly reconsider
04:35why they're not giving this
04:37guy a deal. I don't think he's worth
04:39$12 million a year like
04:41Barkley is, but I
04:43think he's worth paying
04:45and keeping, and so
04:47is Warren. They need to keep
04:49good players. I don't think
04:51he's worth that much money, and I know that
04:53his reps aren't stupid.
04:55His agents know what he's worth.
04:57He's worth, you know, in the middle
04:59of that. I mean, he's
05:01not gonna get anything more than $6, $7 million.
05:03It's not gonna happen.
05:05No one's gonna give him that money. He's not like
05:07some kind of superstar
05:09back like Barkley. He's
05:11just a good running back. He's solid.
05:13He's physical. He's tough. He plays. He doesn't get
05:15injured. That's what they need, a guy
05:17like that. Like, what are you doing over here?
05:19Warren gets injured all the time. Meanwhile,
05:21Warren's a great player.
05:23He is. He does get hurt
05:25a lot, though, that's for sure. Since Russ took
05:27over the quarterback position, Steelers
05:29are sixth in points per game. They're tied for
05:31first in 20-plus-yard completions. They're
05:33first in yards per completion. They're tied for second
05:35in yards per attempt. They're tied for ninth
05:37in EPA per dropback.
05:39The Steelers' offense has been much
05:41improved since Russ
05:43has gone into the saddle.
05:45They are six-and-a-half-point
05:47favorites at the place the
05:49Steelers play. Sunday
05:51at 1 o'clock East, the total
05:53will be 43-and-a-half.
05:55I believe
05:57they do not mess around
05:59on Sunday, and they covered a six-and-a-half.
06:01I think it's a 10-point
06:03plus Steeler win.
06:05They take care of business. I'm with you.
06:07I'm just going to save a lot
06:09of time here. I think they're
06:11double digits here.
06:13They have to get it done, and they
06:15have to make mincemeat out of the Browns.
06:17That was humiliating, losing
06:19to them. You cannot screw this up.
06:21They need to handle their
06:23business.