Former NFL GM turned ESPN analyst Mike Tannenbaum joined the show. Mike said a lot of the Steelers issues do unfortunately go back to shaky offensive line play even if that unit doesn’t look so bad. Mike talked about who was in charge when he was in the Jets front office when it came to having discussions with the Steelers. He said the Steelers aren’t as bad as what last week looked like, the Bills just took advantage of things. Mike compared Kenny Pickett to Chad Pennington and Matt Schaub as a pro player. He didn’t mean that as a shot because he thinks in today’s NFL you can win it all with a QB like that. Mike said Najee Harris has great player potential and you shouldn’t give up on him just yet. He doesn’t think Mike Tomlin should be on the hot seat and still thinks Tomlin is an all-time great coach. Poni questioned Mike on his hate for Ben Roethlisberger. Mike isn’t counting out the Steelers plan because if Pickett is the guy the Steelers will be right back in the mix soon enough, noting that Josh Allen struggled mightily as a rookie. 

Reaction to the interview with Mike Tannenbaum. What did the guys think of the comparisons Mike made for Kenny Pickett and his high praise for Mike Tomlin? One of the Kenny comparisons was Chad Pennington, which the guys thought would be Tomlin’s dream QB coming into the season. 

Penguins twitter is mad at Poni after he tweeted the Penguins would win the Stanley Cup. 

Former NFL GM turned ESPN analyst Mike Tannenbaum joined the show. Mike said a lot of the Steelers issues do unfortunately go back to shaky offensive line play even if that unit doesn’t look so bad. Mike talked about who was in charge when he was in the Jets front office when it came to having discussions with the Steelers. He said the Steelers aren’t as bad as what last week looked like, the Bills just took advantage of things. Mike compared Kenny Pickett to Chad Pennington and Matt Schaub as a pro player. He didn’t mean that as a shot because he thinks in today’s NFL you can win it all with a QB like that. Mike said Najee Harris has great player potential and you shouldn’t give up on him just yet. He doesn’t think Mike Tomlin should be on the hot seat and still thinks Tomlin is an all-time great coach. Poni questioned Mike on his hate for Ben Roethlisberger. Mike isn’t counting out the Steelers plan because if Pickett is the guy the Steelers will be right back in the mix soon enough, noting that Josh Allen struggled mightily as a rookie. 

Reaction to the interview with Mike Tannenbaum. What did the guys think of the comparisons Mike made for Kenny Pickett and his high praise for Mike Tomlin? One of the Kenny comparisons was Chad Pennington, which the guys thought would be Tomlin’s dream QB coming into the season. 

Penguins twitter is mad at Poni after he tweeted the Penguins would win the Stanley Cup. 

Former NFL GM turned ESPN analyst Mike Tannenbaum joined the show. Mike said a lot of the Steelers issues do unfortunately go back to shaky offensive line play even if that unit doesn’t look so bad. Mike talked about who was in charge when he was in the Jets front office when it came to having discussions with the Steelers. He said the Steelers aren’t as bad as what last week looked like, the Bills just took advantage of things. Mike compared Kenny Pickett to Chad Pennington and Matt Schaub as a pro player. He didn’t mean that as a shot because he thinks in today’s NFL you can win it all with a QB like that. Mike said Najee Harris has great player potential and you shouldn’t give up on him just yet. He doesn’t think Mike Tomlin should be on the hot seat and still thinks Tomlin is an all-time great coach. Poni questioned Mike on his hate for Ben Roethlisberger. Mike isn’t counting out the Steelers plan because if Pickett is the guy the Steelers will be right back in the mix soon enough, noting that Josh Allen struggled mightily as a rookie. 

Former NFL GM turned ESPN analyst Mike Tannenbaum joined the show. Mike said a lot of the Steelers issues do unfortunately go back to shaky offensive line play even if that unit doesn’t look so bad. Mike talked about who was in charge when he was in the Jets front office when it came to having discussions with the Steelers. He said the Steelers aren’t as bad as what last week looked like, the Bills just took advantage of things. Mike compared Kenny Pickett to Chad Pennington and Matt Schaub as a pro player. He didn’t mean that as a shot because he thinks in today’s NFL you can win it all with a QB like that. Mike said Najee Harris has great player potential and you shouldn’t give up on him just yet. He doesn’t think Mike Tomlin should be on the hot seat and still thinks Tomlin is an all-time great coach. Poni questioned Mike on his hate for Ben Roethlisberger. Mike isn’t counting out the Steelers plan because if Pickett is the guy the Steelers will be right back in the mix soon enough, noting that Josh Allen struggled mightily as a rookie. 

DAL @ PHI -6.5; MONEYBALL pick. 

Award-winning 93.7 The Fan reporter Josh Rowntree joined the show. Josh had the latest practice report from the Steelers and said there are a few injuries of note going into Sunday, including Minkah Fitzpatrick and Pat Freiermuth. He said he wouldn’t be surprised if both guys missed the game. Josh talked about what sort of role we could see from Calvin Austin as he looks to return from the IR. 

After that, the guys poked fun at a Mike Tomlin tweet. The guys got into a coach similar to Tomlin’s early success, Sean McVay, who has been to 2 Super Bowls already and are 1-1 in those games.

DAL @ PHI -6.5; MONEYBALL pick. 

Award-winning 93.7 The Fan reporter Josh Rowntree joined the show. Josh had the latest practice report from the Steelers and said there are a few injuries of note going into Sunday, including Minkah Fitzpatrick and Pat Freiermuth. He said he wouldn’t be surprised if both guys missed the game. Josh talked about what sort of role we could see from Calvin Austin as he looks to return from the IR. 

After that, the guys poked fun at a Mike Tomlin tweet. The guys got into a coach similar to Tomlin’s early success, Sean McVay, who has been to 2 Super Bowls already and are 1-1 in those games.

Award-winning 93.7 The Fan reporter Josh Rowntree joined the show. Josh had the latest practice report from the Steelers and said there are a few injuries of note going into Sunday, including Minkah Fitzpatrick and Pat Freiermuth. He said he wouldn’t be surprised if both guys missed the game. Josh talked about what sort of role we could see from Calvin Austin as he looks to return from the IR. 

Award-winning 93.7 The Fan reporter Josh Rowntree joined the show. Josh had the latest practice report from the Steelers and said there are a few injuries of note going into Sunday, including Minkah Fitzpatrick and Pat Freiermuth. He said he wouldn’t be surprised if both guys missed the game. Josh talked about what sort of role we could see from Calvin Austin as he looks to return from the IR. 

NE @ CLE -2.5; BAL -6 @ NYG

Canada’s Calls – The guys broke down what Matt Canada said to the media today ahead of the game against Tampa Bay. 

Steve Palazzolo from Pro Football Focus joined the show. Steve said Diontae Johnson has been graded in the low 70’s this year by PFF which is “good” by their system, but he lacks the downfield ability of most #1 WRs. They only have him connected to two dropped passes. Steve said Kenny Pickett had two “turnover-worthy” plays and one of them was the interception he threw. Steve agreed with Poni that Kenny had a good first start given the offense only scored 3 points and he certainly showed more than Mitch Trubisky did in his starts. He said Kenny has thrown a lot of accurate passes beyond the sticks, which scores very well in their system. Chris asked about George Pickens, who has seen his grades skyrocket since Kenny has become the team’s QB. Steve said he would force passes to Pickens if he was patrolling the Steelers offense. The guys asked Steve about what possibilities there are with Calvin Austin inserted into the offense and whose targets he may take. Steve said he trusts Najee Harris, but Jaylen Warren is right on his heels because Harris looks worn down. Poni asked what the Steelers lose if Minkah Fitzpatrick does not play against Tampa Bay. He said there is no real physical drop off with Tom Brady. 

NE @ CLE -2.5; BAL -6 @ NYG

Canada’s Calls – The guys broke down what Matt Canada said to the media today ahead of the game against Tampa Bay. 

Steve Palazzolo from Pro Football Focus joined the show. Steve said Diontae Johnson has been graded in the low 70’s this year by PFF which is “good” by their system, but he lacks the downfield ability of most #1 WRs. They only have him connected to two dropped passes. Steve said Kenny Pickett had two “turnover-worthy” plays and one of them was the interception he threw. Steve agreed with Poni that Kenny had a good first start given the offense only scored 3 points and he certainly showed more than Mitch Trubisky did in his starts. He said Kenny has thrown a lot of accurate passes beyond the sticks, which scores very well in their system. Chris asked about George Pickens, who has seen his grades skyrocket since Kenny has become the team’s QB. Steve said he would force passes to Pickens if he was patrolling the Steelers offense. The guys asked Steve about what possibilities there are with Calvin Austin inserted into the offense and whose targets he may take. Steve said he trusts Najee Harris, but Jaylen Warren is right on his heels because Harris looks worn down. Poni asked what the Steelers lose if Minkah Fitzpatrick does not play against Tampa Bay. He said there is no real physical drop off with Tom Brady.