Pickett’s Points – The guys broke down what Kenny Pickett said to the media earlier today as he gets set for his first career start against Buffalo. 

Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk joined the show. Poni asked Mike if the streaker from the Monday Night Football game has any chance pressing charges against Bobby Wagner. Mike got into the potential Tom Brady divorce and believes it won’t impact how Brady plays on the field. With the Steelers, Mike talked about Kenny Pickett taking over and why it was in the middle of a game on not a start against the Jets. He said the Steelers blowing a 10-point lead to the Jets is stunning to him, but it’s clearly not a normal season for the Steelers. Mike said it’s Pickett and it’s gotta stay Pickett going forward. Mike still thinks it’s possible to trade Chase Claypool before the deadline because of where they will finish this year and where they will be with Claypool next year, his contract year. Mike gave his insight on where TJ Watt is in his return and worries that he may be trying to come back too soon. 

Pickett’s Points – The guys broke down what Kenny Pickett said to the media earlier today as he gets set for his first career start against Buffalo. 

Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk joined the show. Poni asked Mike if the streaker from the Monday Night Football game has any chance pressing charges against Bobby Wagner. Mike got into the potential Tom Brady divorce and believes it won’t impact how Brady plays on the field. With the Steelers, Mike talked about Kenny Pickett taking over and why it was in the middle of a game on not a start against the Jets. He said the Steelers blowing a 10-point lead to the Jets is stunning to him, but it’s clearly not a normal season for the Steelers. Mike said it’s Pickett and it’s gotta stay Pickett going forward. Mike still thinks it’s possible to trade Chase Claypool before the deadline because of where they will finish this year and where they will be with Claypool next year, his contract year. Mike gave his insight on where TJ Watt is in his return and worries that he may be trying to come back too soon. 

Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk joined the show. Poni asked Mike if the streaker from the Monday Night Football game has any chance pressing charges against Bobby Wagner. Mike got into the potential Tom Brady divorce and believes it won’t impact how Brady plays on the field. With the Steelers, Mike talked about Kenny Pickett taking over and why it was in the middle of a game on not a start against the Jets. He said the Steelers blowing a 10-point lead to the Jets is stunning to him, but it’s clearly not a normal season for the Steelers. Mike said it’s Pickett and it’s gotta stay Pickett going forward. Mike still thinks it’s possible to trade Chase Claypool before the deadline because of where they will finish this year and where they will be with Claypool next year, his contract year. Mike gave his insight on where TJ Watt is in his return and worries that he may be trying to come back too soon. 

Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk joined the show. Poni asked Mike if the streaker from the Monday Night Football game has any chance pressing charges against Bobby Wagner. Mike got into the potential Tom Brady divorce and believes it won’t impact how Brady plays on the field. With the Steelers, Mike talked about Kenny Pickett taking over and why it was in the middle of a game on not a start against the Jets. He said the Steelers blowing a 10-point lead to the Jets is stunning to him, but it’s clearly not a normal season for the Steelers. Mike said it’s Pickett and it’s gotta stay Pickett going forward. Mike still thinks it’s possible to trade Chase Claypool before the deadline because of where they will finish this year and where they will be with Claypool next year, his contract year. Mike gave his insight on where TJ Watt is in his return and worries that he may be trying to come back too soon. 

Aditi joined the guys to recap how her first show went last week at Mineo’s with Alex Highsmith. This week she will have Chris Wormley on the show. The guys asked Aditi her thoughts on Mike Greenberg of ESPN saying he refuses to eat food with his hands. 

Aditi talked about the Steelers change at QB mid-game which led to the debut of Kenny Pickett. She loves the moxie and confidence Kenny leads the offense with. “What the Steelers needed was something different…they needed juice, they needed that spark, and Kenny knew that’s what he needed to give them.” She got into where the Steelers go from here. Aditi also told a story about Jason and Devin McCourty. 

The guys got into the Steelers defense and how the team has not won a game with TJ Watt out of the lineup. She said the Steelers need to figure out how to get things done without Watt. She talked about what has gone wrong with the Steelers defense in Watt’s absence. Aditi brought up Mike Hilton as a great blitzing defender and Chris asked if Mike Tomlin deserved blame there. 

Aditi joined the guys to recap how her first show went last week at Mineo’s with Alex Highsmith. This week she will have Chris Wormley on the show. The guys asked Aditi her thoughts on Mike Greenberg of ESPN saying he refuses to eat food with his hands. 

Aditi talked about the Steelers change at QB mid-game which led to the debut of Kenny Pickett. She loves the moxie and confidence Kenny leads the offense with. “What the Steelers needed was something different…they needed juice, they needed that spark, and Kenny knew that’s what he needed to give them.” She got into where the Steelers go from here. Aditi also told a story about Jason and Devin McCourty. 

The guys got into the Steelers defense and how the team has not won a game with TJ Watt out of the lineup. She said the Steelers need to figure out how to get things done without Watt. She talked about what has gone wrong with the Steelers defense in Watt’s absence. Aditi brought up Mike Hilton as a great blitzing defender and Chris asked if Mike Tomlin deserved blame there. 

Aaron Judge hit home run number 62 last night, putting him first among AL players ever, but 7th overall on the single-season home run list. 

Blake Bortles announced his retirement from football today. He has a playoff win more recently than the Steelers and his win at Heinz Field in the 2017 postseason was his final playoff win. How much does that loss tarnish the legacy of Mike Tomlin? Some think it’s his worse loss as the Steelers head coach. 

Steelers insider Brian Batko from the Post-Gazette joined the show. Brian painted a pessimistic picture of where TJ Watt is in his recovery. Brian talked about what other injuries are keeping guys out. He thinks most of the guys on the current injury report will be good to go, but Ahkello Witherspoon and Terrell Edmunds would be the two to likely miss. He said Cam Heyward was limited in practice, but he’ll be good to go for Sunday. Brian likes the coach-quarterback connection between Mike Tomlin and Kenny Pickett. He doesn’t expect the offense to look a lot different on Sunday with Pickett at QB instead of Mitch Trubisky. He said you’ll be able to see Kenny be more aggressive and the offense will look more confident. They can go full-speed ahead and put their confidence in #8.

Aaron Judge hit home run number 62 last night, putting him first among AL players ever, but 7th overall on the single-season home run list. 

Blake Bortles announced his retirement from football today. He has a playoff win more recently than the Steelers and his win at Heinz Field in the 2017 postseason was his final playoff win. How much does that loss tarnish the legacy of Mike Tomlin? Some think it’s his worse loss as the Steelers head coach. 

Steelers insider Brian Batko from the Post-Gazette joined the show. Brian painted a pessimistic picture of where TJ Watt is in his recovery. Brian talked about what other injuries are keeping guys out. He thinks most of the guys on the current injury report will be good to go, but Ahkello Witherspoon and Terrell Edmunds would be the two to likely miss. He said Cam Heyward was limited in practice, but he’ll be good to go for Sunday. Brian likes the coach-quarterback connection between Mike Tomlin and Kenny Pickett. He doesn’t expect the offense to look a lot different on Sunday with Pickett at QB instead of Mitch Trubisky. He said you’ll be able to see Kenny be more aggressive and the offense will look more confident. They can go full-speed ahead and put their confidence in #8.

Steelers insider Brian Batko from the Post-Gazette joined the show. Brian painted a pessimistic picture of where TJ Watt is in his recovery. Brian talked about what other injuries are keeping guys out. He thinks most of the guys on the current injury report will be good to go, but Ahkello Witherspoon and Terrell Edmunds would be the two to likely miss. He said Cam Heyward was limited in practice, but he’ll be good to go for Sunday. Brian likes the coach-quarterback connection between Mike Tomlin and Kenny Pickett. He doesn’t expect the offense to look a lot different on Sunday with Pickett at QB instead of Mitch Trubisky. He said you’ll be able to see Kenny be more aggressive and the offense will look more confident. They can go full-speed ahead and put their confidence in #8. 

Steelers insider Brian Batko from the Post-Gazette joined the show. Brian painted a pessimistic picture of where TJ Watt is in his recovery. Brian talked about what other injuries are keeping guys out. He thinks most of the guys on the current injury report will be good to go, but Ahkello Witherspoon and Terrell Edmunds would be the two to likely miss. He said Cam Heyward was limited in practice, but he’ll be good to go for Sunday. Brian likes the coach-quarterback connection between Mike Tomlin and Kenny Pickett. He doesn’t expect the offense to look a lot different on Sunday with Pickett at QB instead of Mitch Trubisky. He said you’ll be able to see Kenny be more aggressive and the offense will look more confident. They can go full-speed ahead and put their confidence in #8.