00:00If the Patriots defense fails their team on Sunday, it will be because the Steelers did what effectively?
00:08Protected Aaron Rodgers. I think you're going to win the matchup, Christian Gonzalez, on DK Metcalf.
00:13So I'm not worried about Metcalf suddenly catching those passes that he wasn't able to catch last week and them
00:20lighting up the scoreboard.
00:21I feel good about that matchup. You should too, given the guy you have at corner.
00:25And also, to ask it the other way, it is if the Patriots offense stalls out again, why did that
00:31happen?
00:33If it stalls out again, it's because it's, I won't say by choice, but it's somewhat by choice.
00:40It's a similar game plan to last week, where you're running the football, and even if it's not all that
00:45effective, you are determined to be balanced.
00:48Because even though this isn't the Seahawks front, this is still a damn good defensive front.
00:53And so do you really want to get into a drop-back pass game where you're asking Drake May to
00:57throw it 45 times against TJ Watt and Alex Highsmith and Cam Hayward?
01:02Nick Herbig is a good player coming off the edge.
01:05As well as, I thought the Patriots pass-protected last week.
01:09They exceeded my expectations in that particular phase of the game.
01:12The run game was not good until the very end.
01:15But they were better pass-protectors than I thought they would be.
01:17I still don't think you want to put those guys in that position.
01:20So you have to run the ball. Can you do it?
01:23But we'll see.
01:24But I think that's going to be part of the game plan again, is to take the air out of
01:28the football and try to win a low-scoring game without your top pass catcher.
01:31There's going to be a feeling-out process here.
01:33I know Josh McDaniels is great, and he's been great in the past at orchestrating offenses that need to spread
01:39the ball around that don't have that guy.
01:41But you've had that guy all summer.
01:42You've been preparing for your entire season with that guy.
01:45And that guy playing a huge role, and now he's gone.
01:49So are we really looking at this Steelers defense and saying, well, yeah, they should score between 28 and 35
01:54points?
01:56Doesn't compute for me.
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