Deebo & Joe - NFL PLAYOFF REACTION: Steelers Season Ends After EMBARRASSING Loss to Texans

13 Jan 2026 · 1 h 17 min · 30 chapters

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In short

Steelers playoff reaction after an “embarrassing” loss to the Texans, with heavy focus on defensive breakdowns, missed execution on offense, and Houston’s dominant run/drive control late.

Guests

Deebo and Joe (co-hosts). Deebo speaks as a Steelers fan/defensive-minded commentator, repeatedly critiquing coverage discipline, pass rush hand usage, and tackling. Joe responds with play-by-play analysis and agrees on key defensive issues (e.g., man coverage, blitz timing, and blown assignments).

Key claims

  • Steelers’ defense “hooped” early but repeatedly got pushed off the line and failed on long drives, especially late (87 yards over 11 plays; clock management).
  • Texans’ defense limited Steelers to about 175 total yards and forced turnovers (Steelers fumbled multiple times).
  • Steelers’ offense struggled in long down-and-distance situations; Rodgers faced pressure and had incompletions/intentional grounding; several drives ended in punts/field goals.
  • Houston’s defense (D’Amico Ryans) was dominant enough that the game would be decided even without offensive scoring.

Notable examples

  • Joey Porter Jr. praised for energy and clean play; later, Texans exploited man coverage and outside leverage (e.g., Kirk big gain).
  • Multiple Steelers fumbles/snap issues (CJ fumble, recovery; later another fumble) and a key late touchdown swing after a DK/coverage timing breakdown.
  • Texans’ final stretch: long touchdown drive plus a pick-6 to seal 30-6.

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Chapters

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Initial Reactions to the Game

2:46 to 4:25

Hear the hosts’ emotional responses and reflections on the recent game.

“I am in a, I had to, I had to take time to, to, to reflect and calm myself down.”

Game Analysis: First Half Overview

4:26 to 6:50

A breakdown of the Steelers' performance in the first half of the game.

“We'll get to all the other stuff through the process of this, okay?”

Defensive Insights and Key Plays

6:50 to 14:00

Discussion of critical defensive plays and strategies used during the game.

“I need Quinn to whip that running back, dude.”

Analyzing Defensive Strategies

14:00 to 14:40

Learn about the importance of defensive player positioning and training.

Key Plays and Missteps

14:40 to 15:30

Discussion on critical plays and missed opportunities in the game.

“The next play, CJ fumbles the rock, bro, but he's able to get it back and still throw it incomplete.”

Questioning Tackling Techniques

15:30 to 16:20

Examine the tackling strategies and their effectiveness in the game.

“And they hit Collins over the middle for 13 on nephew.”

Defensive Collapse and Offense Struggles

16:20 to 17:40

Explore moments when the defense faltered and offensive challenges arose.

“mm-hmm no I feel you second down Herbic makes a nice play stays where he's supposed to stay, keeps us contained.”

Defensive Line Performance

17:40 to 19:10

Analyzing the performance of the defensive line throughout the game.

“They said, you don't want, you don't want to die of breast cancer.”

Offensive Drive Analysis

19:10 to 20:50

Discussing the strategies used in key offensive drives and their outcomes.

“And sometimes, bro, I don't even know what I'm looking at.”

Moments of Opportunity and Regret

20:50 to 22:30

Reflect on missed scoring opportunities and their implications for the game.

“We go and give up plays and points at horrible times, dude.”
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Critical Fourth Down Decisions

22:30 to 24:10

Evaluate the decisions made during crucial fourth down situations.

“They either got it on the first down, the second down, or just completed the whole play on the third down.”

Defensive Resilience and Pressure

24:10 to 25:40

Discuss how the defense managed to apply pressure despite setbacks.

“Warren only gets, what, one yard the next play.”

Game Overview: Steelers vs. Texans - First Half Reactions

29:18 to 32:44

Discuss the game's first half, including player performances and key plays.

“or a Crunchwrap Slider isn't one you'll have to make.”

Analyzing Key Plays and Defensive Strategies

32:45 to 36:02

Break down crucial plays and defensive strategies affecting the game's outcome.

“First down, we give it to Warren for seven.”

Turning Point: Missed Opportunities and Consequences

36:03 to 42:00

Explore pivotal moments and missed opportunities that led to the game's outcome.

“Now we got Nico Conley, the biggest threat out?”

Game Analysis: Struggles and Missed Opportunities

42:00 to 43:19

Discussing key moments from the game, including missed plays and defensive pressure.

“We could have, we could have, I think we could have made that play.”

Defensive Breakdown: Houston's Dominance

43:20 to 47:24

Analyzing Houston's defensive performance and how it affected the Steelers' game.

“Second down, I believe it was incomplete to DK.”

Reflecting on Historical Context and Defense

47:25 to 50:16

Examining the historical performance of the Steelers' defense and its implications.

“That's the last thing we could give up right now.”

Comparing Teams: Houston's Future and Steelers' Challenges

50:17 to 56:00

Contrasting Houston's potential with the Steelers' current struggles and future outlook.

“on on defense in the offense they beat us 16-6 dude the offense never score a point and we could we would have still lost that game, bro.”

Steelers' Offensive and Defensive Performance

56:00 to 56:48

An analysis of the Steelers' ranking and performance in the recent game.

“from being able to get what they were used to getting.”

Dissecting the Steelers' Playoff Performance

58:46 to 1:04:38

A detailed discussion on the Steelers' struggles during the playoff game.

“You deserve the peace of mind of having Wi-Fi that's got your back.”

Looking Ahead for the Steelers

1:04:38 to 1:10:00

Reflections on the future of the Steelers and potential changes.

“to lose five consecutive playoff games by double digits the worst yardage difference in a playoff game in NFL history?”

Initial Reactions to the Steelers' Loss

1:10:00 to 1:10:53

The hosts reflect on their emotional responses to the Steelers' playoff loss and past performance.

“Not be speaking out of emotions of what just happened.”

Analyzing the Team's Defense

1:10:54 to 1:11:56

A critical discussion about the effectiveness of the Steelers' defense during the season.

“I'm going to look at what it is that we haven't been doing.”

Calls for Change in the Offense

1:11:57 to 1:13:59

Listeners express frustration over the offensive strategy and suggest major changes.

“But when they all got put together and it was put into play and the coordinators and whatever it is, the coaches got it together, it didn't pan out.”

Future Prospects and Strategies

1:14:00 to 1:16:06

The hosts discuss potential strategies for the Steelers moving forward, focusing on the need for improvement.

“have measures and loyalty have measures and loyalty for what is that?”

The Essence of Being a Steeler

1:16:07 to 1:17:21

A reflection on the team's legacy and what it means to be part of the Steelers organization.

“He said, man, we're sitting here down at the barbershop and we're all waiting for you to crash out.”

Individual Player Accountability

1:17:22 to 1:18:48

An in-depth look at player responsibilities and performance expectations within the team.

“Like, that's just, that's not, that's not conducive.”

Evaluating Star Players and Their Impact

1:18:49 to 1:21:49

Discussion on the performance of key players during critical games and their contributions.

“I said, Hampton, you would have just grabbed them?”

Looking Ahead to the Next Season

1:21:50 to 1:23:41

The hosts conclude with plans for future discussions on improving the team and next season's outlook.

“Thankfully for everything Tomlin has done, it is time to move on.”
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2:46that sweet last night. I am. I am in a, I had to, I had to take time to, to, to reflect and calm myself down. You know what I mean? And, and, and, and, and, you know, just, just look at it and I react. You know what I mean? You know, I react. You seen, you seen a lot of reactions. You know what I'm saying? Like, that's what I'm saying. I was, I was, I was crashing out. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's, That's why we can never do a live watch. We can't. I'd get us up out of there. We'd be up out of there, bro. Whatever the broadcasting thing is for whoever it is, whoever it is, FCC, whatever, man, they coming.

3:32They coming. They coming. Joe, look here, Joe.

3:38Let's go ahead and just hop into it, bro, because I ain't going to lie to you. It was good. It was interesting. It was interesting for a minute. It was for a while. It was interesting. For a while. It was interesting, dude. We was live, dude. Like, I felt the energy. Like, the stadium, you could feel the energy in the stadium. It hurt in there. It was hype in there. Like, it was going. It was going. Like, it was going. Hey, listen here. I want to say something to the fans, though. All you boo birds, y 'all booing. It's 6-7, bro. Y 'all booing. It's 10. Like, listen, every play ain't going to be a strike, okay?

4:08Every play ain't going to be. If you have any real football knowledge as a Steeler fan, You know that this was going to be a grind out. I think we could have possibly wanted if things hadn't gone bad at the end, nine to seven. But things happen. Anyway, let's go ahead and jump. We'll get to all the other stuff through the process of this, okay? So, still, let's get the ball to start off, okay? First play, we do the extra alignment. We put 74 out there, all right? They get a rock to Jalen. Jalen gets that thing going 10. Blocking, everything on point. Everything going to point. Next play, we hit DK.

4:46It's a now pass right now. Run alternative. The DB, I'm sorry, the receivers block great. Blocking the asshole. He gets 17, okay? Next play, they hand it to Warren. It's one. I'm not tripping because it's not a negative play. It ain't that three yards that we would like to have, but cool. Next play, he only gets two. All right. It's third and seven. Now it's way longer than we want it to be. Okay. It's way longer than we want it to be. We go to game well. Like, it's just, I don't know what happened there. Because Rodgers is saying something with the fuck. He's mad. He ran it for a crowd. Da-da-da-da.

5:26So it's sounding like maybe the route wasn't ran right or whatever it may be. I don't know. Either way, go to pass. It wasn't catchable. It wasn't going to be caught. We punt the rock. Cool. Defense, get out there. First down, they hand the ball to Marks. He get five yards. That's too much. And the reason I say it's too much is because of how he got it. I see 99, four yards deep, and I see 95 sitting two yards deep with him. If ain't nobody go touching for the first almost three yards, five yards, it's very easy to get. Second down and five, nephew make a nice play. Okay? Yes. Easy came to play.

6:10He came to play. Joey Porter Jr. He came with the energy. He came with the attitude. He was trying to smack. Defense. They was hooping. Dude, nephew. Come on, nephew. You've been balling out. None of that holding. You was out there legitimately. No question, man. When he sit back and trust his skills, that's what you get, man. Yeah, dude's going to make a catch here and there, but he there. He there. He ain't going to make that catch every time. I'll put Nico to sleep at the beginning. Dude, he should have been out of there the first time, but he came back in second. Anyway, man, it's third and five, okay?

6:39Oh, my. and we don't get there. Listen, y 'all been telling me about Quinn, okay? And I've been watching him. I've been watching him. We got a problem there. I need Quinn to whip that running back, dude. I need you to whip him faster. I understand, you know, if nothing else, take him and put him in CJ's lap. Yeah, you made him move, but in that process of allowing him to move, he gets the rock off. He does a lot of shoulder blocking, shoulder take-ons and flip. Like, he got to start using his hands, dude. You can't get off a block if you don't use your hands, dude. It's just not going to work.

7:18They hit, who was it? Kirk. Was it Kirk? Yes, it was Kirk. He split the D. They hit Kirk for 36. Joe, what is going on back there? What happened? Yeah, I mean, they just split him. They just split him. And it was a good ball. Echols was on the outside. It was a good ball, good catch. But yeah, he got beat. They got beat. He split. That's a long route, dude. That takes a long time to get to it, dude. Like, it's no – like, we got to – if we're going to blitz, we got to get there. We got to put somebody in the slack. It's back on backup right there when he's able to beat him, and then we got to have – like you said, Queen got to make that.

7:54It's first and 10. They give it to Chubbs. We're stopping for a two-yard game, okay? That's cool. That's cool. Second down, I think they ended up giving it to Marks. It was another two. Boom. I think the next play, 77, finally got called for false starting. The boy did it on the 36-yard bomb that we got, too. He did it on that play, too. He was going early until they called him on it. Yeah. So now I think it's, what, third and 11. We blitz again. I need Quinn to give me more. Anytime we get a blitz on a running back, we chalk that up as a winner. Yeah, I think. Like TJ He got to be like Okay He finished it And And But Like If we actually Could have got Got there You know what I'm saying Like Maybe that could have been Like a sack sack You know what I'm saying So He throws it off It's incomplete They punt the rod Boom boom boom We get the ball back Now we got a short field Okay First play is play action.

9:03Rodgers rolls out and he hit DK. DK, he met K. Yeah, it worked because we were running the ball effectively the first drive. Now, the next play is the one-on-one ball that we was looking for because we didn't have DK that we was trying to get with, what was it, MVS. Yes. We throw it up, PI. we gained what was it 14 15 yards on that okay it's first and whatever it's first and 10 and gangwell goes for what six second down it's for another six and i believe that got us the first down and then rogers goes to smith everybody else is covered you know it was you know it was good protection. He just, it is what it is, though.

9:58It is what it is. Second to 10, we go to Austin.

10:07Anyway, third and 10, we pick up seven. It ain't enough. He got to dump it again. Dude, he was under pressure anytime we got into those long down situations. We come in, we got to settle for the field goal. We get three points out of it. I'm happy about that. Yes. I mean, at that point in time, yes, we guys. We're happy about that. It's going down. The Texans, they come out there. First down, I think CJ hit a Collins for four. Again, good coverage. You know, Ramsey, he made the play. Like, I'll take that. I'll take that all day. Second down, Marks goes four or five. I don't like this. Again, dude, we're getting pushed off the line, dude.

10:51two, three yards off the line as D lineman. That don't work, bro. Now we're in a third and one where TJ makes a great play. That's what you do when you get one-on-one with a tight end or a running back blocking a linebacker. You whoop him. He whooped him. He made the play, but he only needed a yard. He got two. You could fall for it on that after you done whooped on somebody, and that's what happened. They got another first down. The next play, I believe it was Marks. Cool. It was three yards, but still, we're getting pushed around. Second to seven. Now, what was it? Collins. We stopped him for maybe like four yards, bottling him up nice.

11:36But again, they're in a great third and three situation. Strahd hits, what was it? Hutchinson for 16. Joe, what's that, Joe? Man, that's man-to-man. He was playing outside leverage. That's a good ball. That's a good ball. Some of these plays, you got to try to make the play. But he's on his outside hip. He's on his outside. He's driving him like that's Pierre. That's a bang. He was running straight at him and then bent it inside. So that's on the safety and the corner. That's a tough play in man-to-man where he runs that speed bang. You know what I'm saying? So, I mean. Okay. I could take that.

12:13I could take that. I think it's first and 10. and they go and do some goofy stuff. This is what I'm talking about, though. This is what I'm talking about. With the defense, at the end of the day, we're still hooping. They have zero points. All this. And now they turnover. Yeah. Sawyer, he keeps working, keeps going. He go to throw that thing up out of there. He get a piece of the ball. Sack, fumble, recovery. That's great. That man caught that thing in the air. It was going to be a sack. Exactly. It didn't matter what happened. He caught it before it hit the ground. I said, go ahead, bro. There we go, 9-4.

12:47Still, as we get back out there, man, first down, we get stopped for no game. No game is cool. It's better than losing yards. But that's what puts us behind. Dude, what put us second down, DK dropped the ball, bro. Oh, second and 10. But naked. But naked. We got to have that. That's the first down. We got to. Like, we got to have that. Third and 10, we doing a check down to MBS. They're tackling. They're running up. No question. Hunt. Like, off of the turnover from great field position, we got to do something. We got to move the ball a little bit. We got to do something, Joe. Nothing was done.

13:34Okay? And on top of that, we go ahead, and I'm thinking we got to – we done did a great job. We done downed the ball. What was it, inside the 10? we down the ball inside the team bro okay great we got action we got a long field to work with defense gonna do what they do man first play we come out they play action okay we are what what was it about 20 29 they got something like that like or was it 29 it was 29 that i was looking at like instead of looking at the quarterback bro like look at your coverage yes why why every time these dbs like stop they gotta start training them you gotta train your eyes that's the first thing i play offense when i was in high school my hardest thing when you go to defense is the quarterback's not throwing you the ball stop looking at him your job is to guard your man and end up playing through his hands when you get in a position to look back Duggar's 29, right?

14:39Okay. That's Duggar's 29. Yeah. Okay, man. The next play, CJ fumbles the rock, bro, but he's able to get it back and still throw it incomplete. And if he had better aim, he probably could have completed it because dude was woke. Now it's, what, third and two, and they get third and two. It's, dude, third and two. You know how hard it is to fend them down still? They get a hot four yards to, who was it? Kirk for the first down. Yep. Got to get outside of that. That's what I'm saying. Outside leverage on that. He's curling out. You need that. We got to beat him in the sprint out. Next play, 22, is playing some good defense.

15:25And we got a little pressure on, you know, on CJ. Incomplete. Cool. Second and 10. And they hit Collins over the middle for 13 on nephew. And me and you right then and there said, hey, I'm good with that. I'm good with that. Catch a tackle. He right there. He bending in. Yes. No yak. All that. Cool. Good with that. And then the next play, Marks hit us for six. What? Again, we two, three yards deep, dude. like Queen dude he takes dude he he makes the tackle he's going under but like I'm really questioning like the style of tackling he do the style of taking on blocks he do like I'm watching this now it ain't it ain't looking like what I'm used to seeing mm-hmm no I feel you second down Herbic makes a nice play stays where he's supposed to stay, keeps us contained.

16:31When he tries to bounce it back out, he come down there, get him for one yard. But they already got the six on the first down. So, again, we had a third and a three.

16:45Like, they go, spread us out, do a little something. How is he sitting right there just wide? I know how he was sitting there because I seen – I don't know where the inside linebacker is supposed to be, to be honest with you, bro. I just don't know where the other one's supposed to be. But it's third and three. He drops it to the tight end and basically just sitting on his butt in the middle of the field for six yards. The next play, I think Chubbs ends up going nine, dude. Like, we're not even getting off blocks now, bro. Like, we're getting pushed around. And on the fact that when you don't get pushed around too much, you don't even, you're not even able to shed the block and get off.

17:28Like, are we not, are we not practicing this? Are we not like, like, is this something that's not done? Dude, when Coach Mitchell was there, that's all that. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. You better be there to work your hands. They said, you don't want, you don't want to die of breast cancer. That's what he was called. They put their hands in your chest. Don't let them put their hands in your chest. Like, dude, their hands is all in their chest. They give it to Chubb again on second down. He gets six. yo I saw 95 he literally tossed out of the club on that one okay and 94 looked like he was going to check and see what was going on because he was about two yards behind him and 95 was already about four deep 95 got pushed so deep he got pushed into queen that time dude like again dude every man whoop a man no ain't nobody whooping nobody dude like again handed back to Chubb he get another six like we're not getting off we're being pushed around yes we are second and four and then Marks goes 20 yards TJ get hooked by the motion dude what I need on there is I just want a little bit more anticipation especially when it's coming over you got a big body sitting right here in front of you you got a smaller body off right here and then you got dude motioning over like and then with that when he motions over and comes down on him how soon is the corner supposed to get up there you got to get up there quick like it's not things aren't happening in the time it needs to happen And sometimes, bro, I don't even know what I'm looking at.

19:19I'm seeing – I don't know what I'm looking at.

19:27It's first and 10 now, I think, after what? 13 or something like that? Yes, brother. Marks goes seven. The whole middle of the defense, bro, looked like a wave. A wave chart that was just like this. It was bowed in, bro. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. It was like this. I know exactly what you're talking about, brother. They were making their offensive line was creating a new offensive line. Yeah. The next play, they misdirect us with some play action because we're getting gassed. Yeah. Like, you have to. So, now we find the pipe for the run, and my man, Echo, is running for his life across the back, and Kirk beats him to the pile on him.

20:16They score. It's 7-3. I ain't tripping. I sound like I'm tripping now, but I wasn't tripping then. I was tripping, but I wasn't tripping. Tripping, but we wasn't tripping because at the end of the day, it's still – we had to – they scored one time. I don't like how they scored, the process of how they got down there and how they went through getting in there. 14 plays, 92 yards. No. That wasn't what we were – We pin you inside the 10 at the 8, and we just give up 90. That's what I'm talking about, dude. We go and give up plays and points at horrible times, dude. The first thing I said when we was playing this game is we got to outplay their defense.

21:02The way their defense played, I ain't going to lie. That was kind of hard to do. But look, we're still in it. We're still in it, though. We're still in it right now. Okay? We're still in it. All right? The Steelers come out there, and we go three and out, bro. First down, a screen that's stuffed. Play action, second screen. Okay. Second down, he got to throw it into the dirt. 76, bro, ducks his head in a horrible attempt of blocking Hunter. And, dude, I ain't seen a pro. I seen peewee kids that can put a block positionally better with their head. Dude, literally does like this. What you thought he was going to do?

21:49Stand there and wait for you to put your head on him? No. Rodgers got a throw to that. We getting an intentional grounding. And what is it? Third now in 21. Third in 21. We try to get a little check down the game well. He gets some yards. It ain't enough. We got to punt the rock. He might have got like 10, 11. It wasn't enough. We need a 22. We've got to punt the rock back to them. First down, marks four. Again, same thing. Yes, they staying ahead of the six. Yes, dude. So it's four yards and six yards. That thing that we talked about, what do they call it? Success rate? Success rate was out of control.

22:30Out of control. They either got it on the first down, the second down, or just completed the whole play on the third down. But then, Debo, look, we still back. We fighting. Let's go, Steelers defense. Yeah, CJ, he fumbled a snap again. Come on. Clip all. Oh, oh, oh. He fumbled a snap. Get it back. Come on. Try and do something goofy. 9-5. You went on ahead and made a play. And Swat went on ahead and fell on it. We recovered after 20 what? 21? 21. 21-yard line, Deebo. First play, toss. Gainwell, smack. DK missed the block. He ain't get that block. Like, DJ, you a big, you big, bruh. You big, bruh.

23:22That's a defensive back really just, really right there. He's showing. He's on man time. You know what I'm saying? He's just trying to outfiscal you. And that, like, you supposed to be the one, like, you supposed to be throwing people out the way. And he just blew up our whole play. It was the whole play. Hell, the next play, they dropped us for another two-yard loss. Dude made a nice play on that. Like, their defense was playing, bro. I can't say they weren't. I can't say they weren't. Man, when they were swinging, they were making tackles. They were flying to the rock. They were playing like they wanted to, bro.

23:54They're like the number one defense. Exactly. They're playing a lot of things, bro. They are what they are. Exactly, dude. Third and 14, we get 12 out of the game where DB slipped. If he hadn't slipped, he would have still been sitting there. Possibility to stop that altogether. It's fourth and two. We go ahead and we go for it. It's a nice play design, dude. Nice call. Rodgers hits Adam for the four. First and goal at the nine, bro. I ain't going to lie. I'm like, we're about to score, okay? Warren only gets, what, one yard the next play. We play action. I don't know why we play action. We ain't ran it successfully this whole little drive or the one before it.

24:41I don't know. Anyway, I don't make the calls. I don't know why. He's covered. He has to throw it away. Third and eight, they just collapsed the pocket. He tripped. He just tripped on people on the ground, like just getting pushed down. Yes. That's when he looked old right there. He didn't look too athletic. I know you just tripped. I'm like, oh, my goodness. Oh, now I'm falling. You lift your feet a little higher, but you ain't expecting nobody to be there that fast. You know them ladders? You're like, pick your feet up. We get a field goal to all of it, though. Like I said, I'm still geek. I'm with you.

25:25You know, it's 6-7. We needed a touchdown, but it's 6-7. You definitely do. It's 6-7. Texans get back out there. It's four yards from Marks on the first play. CJ took Kirk for five. Again, third and one. A tush push from the, so it was a stove or the tight end or something, right? CJ then says, hey, you got a nice first down there. I'm going to give you five on this one. Second down is incomplete. 21. Forced that out. Nice play. that's good defense yes nice play but we still at third and manageable third and five CJ to Kirk why is it giving Kirk so much space seven first down but it's only like 28 seconds left oh yeah we did 28 seconds down to 45 yeah first down we got lucky oh my He missed Kyle.

26:31I'm so glad CJ overthrew that because it could have been ugly. Wide open. Wide open. Wide open. Second down, P-Dub fired on marks. That's how you hit. Yes. That's how you hit a man. Form tackle. Form tackle. Boy, that was so clean. And look, he wasn't looking at the ball. He was looking at his man. He was going to drive through that man. Oh, easily. He was trying to put him through the dirt. Put him through the dirt. Third down, we blitz him, we get some pressure on him. He got to throw a short over there to Shotes. They don't get it. They end up punting, okay? We don't. Moto Casino. America's social casino.

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30:17I don't know what's going on there, but from what it's looking like to me, the queen got to come down there. He got to feel, he got, he got to get, he got to get somebody off of a block. He got to put his body in the hole. He got to do something. He's waiting for them to get back there and, and they're getting back there to him. Now you got Harrison who can't stay backside because he's trying to get to that hole that he's seeing is not being filled. And dude comes out, Mark's come out to the backside where I believe he would have filled. I just don't know for sure. But from what I'm looking at, that's what I'm thinking.

30:49You know, they play action us on the next play because they've been gashing us. That's why the backers are up and them bang. Those bangs. That's that's what I told you about them. We got to be expecting them. Got to catch a tackle. He fired on him for show. But it's still after 14 yards. Take that. You got 14 yards. Yes. Yes. That's followed by Marks who went on here and got nine on the first one and picked up the second down. Only got two, but it's second and one. That's all you need is second and one. It's second and one. Again, Marks goes on first down for four. Second down, I believe it was CJ DeSoto for two.

31:32Nice play by 29. Nice play, but we're still in a third and short, third and manageable situation. Like, what was it? CJ, what did he do? Dude, I think he just, like, panicked there, dude. Like, makes a horrible decision, terrible throw, and we're able to capitalize. That's a good thing for us. We get the pick. Echoes gets the pick. But if he don't panic and he gets that out, we're beat. Look, Livo, a thousand percent. The fifth was the fifth. It was the fifth, bro. That fifth came to fruition in the fourth. In the fourth. We got the ball. We got the ball back. We stopped the full scoring. Yes, bro, that's great.

32:23See, I can't go back there now because I know what the outcome is. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. You good. Because it was happening. But the defense. Yes, the defense did. Yes, they did ball. They did ball. They did ball. We'll get to all that. We'll get to all that. All right. We get the ball back. We got the ball. Okay. Turn over. Come on. What's going on? First down, we give it to Warren for seven. And then the next play, he picks up three for the first. Cool. We back into what we doing. We false start immediately. The next play, after that, it was no gain to Austin. This quick screen to Austin.

33:06We're getting blown up. We're not blocking their DBs. Their DBs are out strengthening our receivers. They're like, no, they want it more. Yes. Yes, dude. The next one, they hit Austin again. They hit him this time. he actually gets six yards, okay? I believe it's like 39. 39. MBS over the middle. Hey, MBS. I'm going to take it all day. All day. But then the next play, Gainwell is dropped for a negative two yard. Trying to juke and juke. Just go downhill, keep it going. If that was two yards, one yard. Give us the two in the dust. Just give me that. Give me that, dude. Like, second down, Rodgers got lucky to get away from a sack and just throw it away.

33:53Third down, I think we went to Austin. What do you think of that play, Joe?

34:00He's our fast guy. He's deep. I mean, but, like, I mean, if the ball was gone, it's more of a give him a chance. You know what I'm saying? Like, I don't know. The ball was led too far. It wasn't the P.I. They was just running. And I don't know. It just didn't look like it was going to be completed. Yeah, true. I ain't going to lie. I wouldn't have said it was a P.I. It wasn't enough there for me. Yeah. How? Yeah. We got to punt the rock back over to him.

34:32I think the first play, Houston got like maybe five on a pass, whatever it was. They got called for a legal shift after that, which put them to second and 10. And we finally go ahead and sack CJ with a little stunt game. Third down is incomplete. They got a punt to rock. We actually went and forced a three and out. Gravy. We didn't give up no yards, nothing like that. Cool. Nothing, bro. All right. Boy, Porter Jr. over there still strapping. First down, we go ahead and Rodgers hits Thielen for 21. Yes. Okay. We're actually making a little progress. Okay. Then it's a loss, a one to Smith. Wasn't that like another like type trying to do a screen or something?

35:27Like we're not running successfully. Like they're not trying to. What's the second and 11? The second and 11, man. And they just get to pushing us back. Roger's just under pressure, bro. Under the pressure, Anderson's bullying people. Hunter's start bullying people. The thing that we didn't want to do, being long, down-and-distance situations. Now it's third and long. And we are sacked, fumbled. But we recovered it. We got lucky on that one. Yep. We punt the ball. We punt the ball, okay? Texans get it back. First play, CJ to Collins, okay? brother and it's the same same play where he completed it he in the same position but what we say you ain't gonna make that play every time no no no no exactly this time he makes the play gets the ball loose and oh boy take a little nap he up out the game okay this i'm geeked i'm like okay i'm sorry i hope he's okay but we the deep threat Like, come on.

36:41Now we got Nico Conley, the biggest threat out? We thought. We thought so. We thought so, brother. Second down. CJ ain't even ready for The Rock, bro. It just comes. Fumbled the thing. But he recovers it again, bro. Like, he was trying to help us. He was trying to help us, man. I think he might have had a black and yellow jersey up under there. We get to third and 15. And this is where this man, Kirk, came from. 46 yards. Why in the fuck are you looking at the quarterback after you just got your ass, ran away from, and as you look, you start drifting away more? Oh, my goodness. Why the flip? Sorry.

37:36Why the flip? Are you looking at the quarterback? That is bad ball. He's running, man. You're looking because you're hoping that he's not throwing it to you. And now you see the ball coming. You have to run to your man. He's throwing the ball. You can't look till you can touch him. If you run after Christian Kirk. If he ran right there and just dropped and ran until he got to where he could touch him and looked up, he could have incompleted. He could have knocked that down. If not, took it off him. That's where the ball's going. A thousand percent, Debo. I'm trying to tell you. They at the 36-yard line now, bro.

38:12First down, it's a holding call on them. That's really what really helped us. Because immediately, Marks got seven on that. If that was a normal joint first and 10, you know what time it was. I already know what time it was. It's second and three. Second and 13, good. Right. And then the next play, CJ hit Kirk for seven. That would have been a first. But they shot theyself in the foot. All right? Third down is incomplete. Why? Nephew. Nephew Joey Porter Jr. came out that joint to ball. Man, strap. No hands. I'm out there. Yes, it's locked. In this joint right here. Yes, PZ. Yes, you give him that.

39:00Ain't nothing free. We able to hold him to a field goal. I ain't gonna lie. I didn't think he was gonna make that. That was a long field goal, bro. But I ain't tripping. It's 6 to 10. Fourth quarter. Still got 13 minutes left, bro. Yeah. First... Still is get out there. First down. Gainwell. 14. Yes. Yes. Yes. The next play, bro, we go to Austin. It was a little short, man. He hadn't beat. He hadn't beat. He didn't have to slow down. He makes that play, I believe, bro, nine out of ten. But he threw it a little short. Short. He had to slow down. He had to slow down. Austin ain't that tall. He got to try and jump and make the play.

39:59He tips it. Goes to his hands, but just can't get him all the way under it. We got to have that. We got to have that. We got to have that. We got to have that. We got to have that. We got to have that. Like. And then that's when it turns. Second down, though. We got dropped for a two-yard loss after that. Don't forget that. Now. Okay. It's third and long again. the situation we did not want to be in so that we didn't allow the outside rushers to do what it is they had been doing all year we are sack fumbled okay touchdown nah like

40:52drip sack recover run touchdown here's the crazy part bro that play all they had to do was hold up a half second more DK is free down the numbers this closest man to him is already almost parallel with him on his outside the safety is sitting over there on the opposite hash but he's only three yards deeper than him but he got a cover almost 15 and 20 and DK is full stride going down the field Rodgers is about to release it. All we needed was a half second, bro. A half second. We go, we could have went from being 10 to 6 to 13 to 10, bro. But it's totally flipped around. They get the touchdown and it's 17 to 6 now, bro.

41:54Bro, I lost it. Yep. I don't even know what I said who I said it to I forgot where we were even at I forgot that we were I don't even know what did I say Joe but I know people was looking at me it was a little you scared everybody in the damn suite I ain't gonna lie to you and it ain't even mine

42:18like brother yeah it got bad right there That's when it started getting ugly. We needed more time. We needed A-Rod. First down. We get the ball back. We missed Fryer move. We missed it. We could have, we could have, I think we could have made that play. We didn't. Second down. Yes. Yo. Warren made that catch. He got, he got us the four yards we needed to get in third and manageable. Okay. But he got fired on. Oh, Lord. He got fired. Those dudes on Houston are not playing. They're not playing the number one defense. They really out there. Like, yeah, they ain't play playing. But, hey, finally, third and sixth, we hit fire move.

43:10A nice throw on the money throw. Battle catch. Holding on to that thing, bro. Yes, yes, yes. Combat catches. Combat catches, brother. Needed that. Then, you know, next Thursday. gotta pick your feet up. Like, gotta pick your feet up. Second down, I believe it was incomplete to DK. And the third down, it just gets batted out the air. We gotta punt the rock over. And now, bro, it's kinda, I'm kinda iffy. Kinda iffy. Yeah. Because I know. Kinda iffy. I know how we respond in such situations or how we have responded this year in such situations. And what do we do? We respond how we had men responded.

44:05We allow these dudes to go 11 plays, 87 yards for a touchdown and use up almost six minutes of the nine minutes that was left. they stood ahead of the chains again they made sure they got that success rate percentage where you can drive down the field and keep the down and distance manageable you had a second and eight it was nine to higgins you had a third and four 33 kirk brother we're running after that man in these drag routes in man to man and he's just getting left echoes it just Kirk just ran away from you know what I'm saying you can't that's a catch and tackle it's a drag get him three yards four yards he might catch it but for him to catch the joint and just turn up and run away from you that's not look don't look I'm not looking if I know I have a guy that I can look at the paper on and say this dude is a tenth or more fashion than me I ain't got time to look at nothing I'm assuming And every time he cuts, they're throwing him the ball.

45:20Evo, that's what I'm telling you. When you're in that position as a DB, you're looking and praying he's not throwing it. But if you look back at that quarterback, you're going to watch him throw it to your man. Who is teaching you to, hey, when you get beat, look at the quarterback and see if they're throwing it to you. Because everybody is doing it.

45:42Everybody is doing it. being a DB and panicking, hoping and praying that he don't throw a ball to my man. Cause I'm beat. I'm beat. Please don't be throwing it over here. Hopefully he's getting sacked. Are you doing this in practice and no one is telling you, turn your head around you. I do. Terrible. They get to a third and three. Another, it was another, then it was another third and three for Chubbs. But I think we ended up getting a face mask on that one. That got him a first down. and then they tried to help us out and false start. Like now it's, what was it? First and goal from the 13. But that's what it's just, but again, the way that they ran that joint in there.

46:31I don't know, what are you? 90, he went in there and closed his eyes and hit, and hit queen. How do you let him weave, Bob and weave and just nobody put nothing on him. Nothing, D-Bow. Nothing. Dude, I believe. It was the way he scored on that one. That was kind of like, come on, man. It was the fact that they scored, period, bro. We had 87 to work with, right? Yeah, yeah. No, for sure, for sure, for sure. That's what we said, D-Bow. we needed a full game of it, even if they might not have even won the joint because of the way that it worked, but still our defense, we know like, just, just, just don't do that.

47:18Cause it could still been, we would have been seven less points and it wouldn't have made us feel as bad. They walked it down. They walked it down, burnt time off the clock and scored a touchdown, bro. Yeah, brother. A touched, like, come on. That's the last thing we could give up right now. it's 24 to 6 now game is really over with it's on 6 now brother with 3 minutes and 35 seconds so you already know and they just add insult to injury on top of it pick 6 on the 4th down and 5 for that touchdown for them 30 to 6 game that's what the game ends at the game is over with it don't matter what happens with the little time that was left

48:17this can't happen bro this this this this can't this this this this we we making historical numbers in this dude and it's not good things dude like we're out here like what will we get a hundred and, what was that? A hundred and fifty-seven yards? A hundred and seventy-five yards? Something like that? Us, bro. Total. Bruh. Come on. Come on. Come on, man. And I know we always on the show talking about... A hundred and seventy-five yards, bro. What are we talking about? We always be talking about our defense. Joe, neither you or I. We're talking to players, and that's what we do. You're going...

48:59Or Tomlin. Nobody was born... But I'm going to tell you... with Steelers 1947 they didn't even know how to throw the ball then

49:11no you know what let me stop I was I was that is you always talk about oh no it's time though let me stop hold on I want to give my props to Houston okay yes okay respect okay Houston's defense is real that's why they never won, bro. Houston's defense, to be honest with you, bro, I think they can win the Super Bowl the way they played against us as long as their offense don't sell on them. Like, that's what we used to do in 2008, bro. That was the kind of defense, that was the kind of players that we had in 2008, bro. We didn't just go out there and stop offenses, dude. We went out there and we won games on defense, bro.

50:02and that's what Houston did against us last night if the offense didn't score a point bro the defense still would have beat us by themselves that's what I was saying they beat us 14-6 on on defense in the offense they beat us 16-6 dude the offense never score a point and we could we would have still lost that game, bro. Like, that is a truly dominant defense. That's what dominant defenses do. And I'm going to give these boys their props, dude. Like, Houston, what D 'Amico Ryans is doing over there, oh, that's huge. That's huge. He's doing everything necessary to make sure his team has optimum opportunity to go and get him a check.

50:54What is this, his third year only? Only his third year, bro? You got a defense that just gave up, what was it, six total points, only 175 yards, okay? And on top of that, your offense turned the ball over three times, okay? He fumbled five times, turned the joint over three, and you still scored 30. One of those times, the ball was almost in the red zone, bro. It was the 23, 25-yard line, and you gave up nothing but three. Hey, props. I'm going to give y 'all respect. Y 'all watch out for the Texans. They real. They real. As long as CJ don't sell, they going to be all right now. And, dude, you know what?

51:49would it

51:53our defense bro they our defense it wasn't look you can't do that right now because our defense I told you though Joe listen I told you I said our defense is going to have to play better against their offense than their defense plays against our offense I understand I understand but what we can't do is not say before they started passing the football that we had 175 total passing yards I mean total yards total we turned the jump over got them to rock over three turnovers that we got as an offense we only got 175 total bro as an offense we only that's what I'm saying that's what I'm saying That's what I'm saying.

52:47As our offense, our offense, I'm looking at him like today, I can't because the defense like in the day when they ran that ball all the way down there and scored that long drive that to end the game. That's that's terrible, you know, but for three quarters and getting the ball back to the offense and make it something, you know, they look they look so bad that I was just like, you know what? Today's not the day for me for real to go on the defense, because when you turn the ball over, everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody, bro. I'm not, I'm not, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm not, no.

53:18I'm a defensive guy, bro. And my job as a defensive person is to perfect, do my perfect job is to not let you score a drop. I don't care if you get it at the one. Now, the reality and the realness of that actually happening, yes, that's, it's slim and few in between, okay? Now, now that I don't got time to reflect and realize, you know what I'm saying? Like, I let, I let the fan in me. That's what I did. I let the fan in me. Mislead me. I let I let him I let him. That's that's my fault. I let him take control and possess me. OK, that's what happened. And because right now it's the playoffs. And the fact that anybody that's in it got a chance because we in single elimination football.

54:09You got four games. You go on a four game streak and you win it. And it had me thinking back to 2005 when I won my first Super Bowl, dude. We got hot. We got hot. We won the Super Bowl, bro. And in that process that we got hot, bro, in that playoff run, we faced the top-ranked offenses, dude, in the NFL. And when I say the top-ranked offense in the NFL, dude, I mean number two, number three, number four, and number six, okay? Cincinnati was six. next it was Indy they were three Denver was five and we finished it off with a Super Bowl win against the Seattle uh Seahawks okay but but again what um like uh like who was it like Mariah like Mariah said hey I didn't know nothing I was stupid I was falling apart I was lying to myself.

55:12I was foolish. I was lying to myself. I was lying to myself, Joe. Dude, I didn't know nothing. I was stupid. I was foolish. I was lying to myself. Because as I look back, and I had to go look back at it, Joe, and I'm like, yo, all we did was we got hot. I said we got hot at the right time. That's what I said. But I looked, I said, oops. We was a number four ranked defense in the regular season and the offense was 15. And you know what? What happened? What we just saw, we saw what our regular season was. As I went back and looked at that, we played effectively and stopped them as a defense from being able to get what they were used to getting.

56:03As an offense, we were getting a little more than we were used to getting. It wasn't a big, giant, dramatic difference, okay? So in light of that, what we saw last night statistically was exactly what we were in the regular season. And that is a 25th-ranked offense and a 26th-ranked defense. That's exactly what we saw last night from the Steelers. That is why. I'm going to go with you on the offensive part. Defense, they, I can't, they, they, they. Dude, listen, the defense did a great job, dude, of not letting them score points for most of the game up until. Moto Casino, American Social Casino.

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1:00:01No, no, you're right. You're right. You're right. We can't do that, D-Bo. We can't do that. What does that do, bro? That opened up the threat of the play action. It gave it T. And that's why he kept us with them damn bangs. Because the front was working, so everybody's running up wide open. Dude. Correct. Correct. Correct. Correct. Correct. The only thing that really saved us, bro. It's the three turnovers. That's why they didn't get more points. And on top of that, CJ, who I don't even think this dude's average is over 200 yards a game, got 250. He got 250. Kirk had a career game of 144 after we got rid of Collins.

1:00:42The offense, I will tell you, the offense did absolutely nothing. I don't know why we changed what we did in the first couple drives. I don't know why. I know everybody will talk about Rogers this Rogers that I'm going to tell y 'all this. Anybody that know anything about this football thing. If we did not have Rogers out there, we would have probably Mike coast. T would have probably had his first losing season ever. We are damn sure not made the playoffs. So you can yell and scream and get mad. Oh, he old, he tripped, he did, he did all that other stuff without him. We're not even there to lose it.

1:01:24now think about this next year coming we ain't got him what what's gonna happen i don't even think we ran the ball enough this game point blank period anyway well i don't know did we run the ball 15 20 times how many times we run the ball joe like the game was never out of hand the play calling selection that you saw made like we had to go and give him the ball, man. Every play ain't gonna be a strike, but all we need is three, four in the cloud of dust. Make your blocks, man. 18 carries total. 18 carries total? Total for the game. Total. Why? Why is 18 carries total? How many plays? How many plays we got?

1:02:12What? 50, 60 plays? Why? Hey, man. Still on the field! Giving up too many yards, too much time! We was averaging 2.6 yards on first down, Debo. That's not going to cut it. It's not going to cut it. You don't want to know it's not going to cut it? First half, we didn't even complete a third down. Yeah. We went two for 13 on third down. First half, we didn't complete one. That's another record. I don't think that had been done since like 89. we breaking records left and right over here we breaking records left and right that's so that's so great huh no we breaking all the bad ones right now

1:03:02175 yards total in 2026 last time the Steelers we almost beat our own record And that was when you, I don't even know if they could pass the football then. What was the football made of then? Like a real cow? It didn't even inflate. You couldn't even throw that damn thing. Like, they banging out in leather helmets, Joe. They is. Like, no, it's no face mask on this, bro. It ain't no face mask.

1:03:45You telling me them boys ran 147 yards in 1946 or whatever it was, seven, with no face mask, his teeth, I don't even think he got a mouthpiece in, Joe.

1:04:03Leather. Leather on his helmet. No face mask, no mouthpiece. Bro. We thought Terry Bradshaw and him was playing with nothing. This, this is nothing, bro. that's 30 years before Terry Brashaw didn't even came around yeah we gotta change something up Debo we got to do some some things got to change my brother like what do they say the first time in NFL history to lose five consecutive playoff games by double digits the worst yardage difference in a playoff game in NFL history? Huh? We breaking these records, bro. Who is this? Who? Two field goals. Two field goals. Like the worst, the worst win percentage in modern era.

1:05:17We have the worst playoff win percentage in the modern era. What? All time. Coach Tom, these are facts. They say that's worst all time. But as long as we, you know, the standard is the standard. and like I told you before, the standard sound like to me is 500. Standard sound like to me, Joe. That's what it sound like to me right now, Joe. It sound like to me is 500 because all these other records is, you know, what we looking at right now, Joe? Nine year? Nine year stretch? Not a single playoff win? Last time we won a playoff game 2000. Was you even on the team, Joe? You wasn't even on the team, Joe.

1:06:04No. I was on the team that's how long it's been bro yup

1:06:16yeah it's getting this it's not the way the Steelers want to go brother it's not the way the Steelers are going to go you think they're going to do anything about it they're not going to do I'm not going to say they're not going to do anything about it what I'll say is I know there will be no changes made in 26 as far as as far as a head person goes because it won't be that's just not what they're going to do I think it'll be something where they'll just say all right we're gonna let it play out and and and then do whatever move they're going to do from there and the only way that does not happen is if coach Tomlin says you know what I'm going to do this or that come next year and again i will tell you like i told you before joe if it's me the money guarantee i ain't gonna leave 10 sitting there just because of some background noise and all this other stuff y 'all want to say because my checks still go cash the same way so this is just the thing i'm saying too so you're saying end of the day he's going to have one more year left on this deal so they're not going to fire him for show and then maybe not going to give him the extension so that means you could just play out your contract so basically we're looking at if they don't do nothing that this offseason then they don't renew if they don't pick up his option which was for 27 i believe they said then next year you gotta pick it up march 1st year 2026 yeah so then that's that's what i'm saying and that's not a firing that's just a parting of ways a contract is done and it doesn't have to be nothing it's actually have to be talked about because once that deal is done for that year then you can go do whatever you want so normally this offseason will be the one if there's not no extension you playing your next year with no more years on your deal so then it's just like after the season you don't have a head coach because your head coach contract is up right it's not a firing like i said it would be it'll be just i'm just not renewing and that's the when i played my last deal with the stills it was three years my three years was up and they didn't like fire me or nothing, but the contract is done.

1:08:26And there's not another one. Something got to be done, bro. Like I said, it's records left and right. Right here, bro. We got tonight, last night, bro, seven straight losses. It ties the longest playoff streak. He's now tied with Marvin Lewis for the longest playoff streak. Seven losses straight. Yeah. Seven losses straight. Would you say Marvin Lewis is a great coach? I wouldn't say No I wouldn't say he was great Being a great coach There's not too many great coaches The word you threw around so much right now We're getting thrown around all the time Like great coach He's a good coach There's not that many great coaches You know what I'm saying?

1:09:24I was playing here. I liked Coach T. I thought Coach T for me was a great coach. Bro, I've never said I don't like him. I just always said he's a coach, bro. I don't think it's great. And I get it. Huh? Bro, it's 12.05, bro. We got some chats to get, bro. We're going to get to this later, bro. Friday? This is what we need to talk about the whole time. Friday, you got... I promise you, you got it Friday, bro. I promise you you got it Friday you understand what I'm saying? yes yes yes we need a little bit of just some time to let it just so we just can't go off emotions bro I'm oh I could I could let off some emotions but as you said I ain't gonna do it I'm gonna go ahead I'm gonna get it like I said I'm gonna sit back on that too I'm going to sit back.

1:10:21I'm going to get time to digest it. Look at it. Understand what it is. Get clarity to it. Not be speaking out of emotions of what just happened. We didn't want to play off games since 2016. 2017 was the last time when we went over to New England and we lost in. So 2016, that season is the last time we won. Now, I'm going to look at that time frame to now. Okay? I'm going to look at what it is that we haven't been doing. I'm going to look at what it is that we were doing before that. Or what it is that, whatever that may be. Okay? I'm going to take time, calm myself down, settle out, look at it and see.

1:11:08All right? We got Covenant Life back. $20. We got Covenant Life back right here. $20. She said, my name is Veronica Fellows. The season, the season was ugly and frustrating. An elite defense wasted by a broken offense, poor quarterback play, stalled drives, and another short playoff stay that exposed the team's lack of direction. That is very true. That is very true. The elite defense was not wasted by a broken offense because the elite defense wasn't elite. The elite defense was ranked 26. That's not an elite defense. I'm sorry to have to tell you that covenant lie. The names and the faces had elite reputations.

1:12:00But when they all got put together and it was put into play and the coordinators and whatever it is, the coaches got it together, it didn't pan out. I mean, points. I mean, points to be average giving up. We was ranked 16th defense. It was at 26 defensive yards. 26 total. Total. Overall. I don't give a damn about what you are at one thing because that one thing is not the only thing you play. But what about points, though? If you bend but don't break, you give a little more yards. I don't give a damn about the points, bro. I do. Points is the main thing. Points is the main thing, right? Points is the main thing.

1:12:48Okay, I understand what you're saying. But all that is rated together to give you your total. Okay, we totally ranked 26, bro. That's ass. 26. It's only three teams below. I'm sorry, it's only six teams below us. We only got 32 teams in the league, Joe. I don't care what you... Oh, we're number one in sacks. What do it matter if we're number one in sacks if we can't stop nobody from running the ball and they ain't got to pass it? I'm just giving a hypothetical. Yeah, if they went in on first down and they don't have to pass it, then what does that mean? That's why it's total defense. I'm going to come up with my notes too for your ass, Debo, on Friday.

1:13:44Covenant Life said against another 20. stop pretending draft or trade for a real franchise quarterback overhaul the offensive staff rebuild the line quit wasting an elite defense the defense is not elite veronica it's not elite okay it is not okay money and names don't count period all right have measures and loyalty have measures and loyalty for what is that? Projects are killing this team. Love you guys. 100K, let's go. It's not I don't think it's loyalty projects. Like I said, again, we haven't Dude, we're going to go over, over. We're already. Okay, I'm doing, I'm going. So right now we have at, what is that?

1:14:52Leith, Leith X underscore X,$5. Even though the season, even though my braces be killing me, y 'all. Even though the season is over, I'm glad I had yins through the season. Love the show. adds wishing all the best and wishing all the best she meant wishing she meant yeah i got you thank you mike mike dash 110 bucks he said what up debo and joe with mike t falling short yet again is it time to move on or run or run it back for another 500 season and first playoff round exit until the next time. Listen, bro, we can't even get into that right now. We ain't even got enough time. We're going to talk about this on Friday for sure, though.

1:15:43We're going to get deep into detail into it, man. Y 'all make sure y 'all back here, man. Like, Greg Ramsey, 58255 says, looks like the Texans were Craig from Friday and the Steelers were Debo. Ha, ha, ha, ha. Oh, man. Listen, man, get that up out of here, man. I don't want to hear that shit. Look here, man. I seen that thing too. We got the Iran-Afghanistan vet,$4. He said, man,$5 sorry. He said, man, we're sitting here down at the barbershop and we're all waiting for you to crash out. I ain't crashing out, bro. I crashed out. You should have been in that. I crashed out. If listen, I could have my D-Bo, you was pissed in that suite, brother.

1:16:38Bro, I could have kicked something, bro. I could have kicked something, bro. Like, oh my goodness, bro. We going to be back here Friday, though, man. I'm trying to tell y 'all. Like, we'll get time. And then, yeah, we're going to try and get through everybody's super chat, though, today. Amber Jamil,$10, says, it's been a fun run for y 'all all year, D-Bo and Joe. Y 'all made me laugh when I was angry about everything. Something got to change next year. Six points is just unacceptable. I agree with you. 100%. Six points is unacceptable. A hundred and what was it, 75 yards? It's unacceptable. Everything about that is unacceptable.

1:17:20We're making history going backwards. Like, that's just, that's not, that's not conducive. It's not conducive to stellar football, point blank pyramid. man. The legacy, the lineage of what you have here, what it is, what it means to be a stiller, man, is not the same anymore. Like I said before, you don't just put this uniform on and now you're a stiller. No, it's work. It's work to come with that, man. It's time to come with that. It's a mindset. It's determination. It's a play. You can have all that, man, but if you can't go out there and play the game and do your job. Every man puts whoop a man.

1:18:05Every good man. That's it. First things first. Every man got to whoop a man. One man whoop another man. That's football one on one. It's very, very simple when you look at it like that. And I say we need some more individuals to whip the other individuals. We need to start getting guys to play the position that it entails as far as the job description. If you're an interior lineman, I need you to be able to put the knee down. Put the knee down. Hold on. Dude, we got Hampton in the box and say, Hampton, what's going on? Hampton in the box with us. They ain't the same. I know they ain't. What you would have did, Big Ham?

1:18:49I would have had both of them. What he said? Like this, right here. He said like this. I said, Hampton, you would have just grabbed them? He's right here. He said they trying to push. All I'm going to do is drop that leg and be right here. Sitting right here. On the line of scrimmage with two of them while my linebackers come flying down here filling holes, putting people down. Dead serious too. Like, we got another one here. What is that? All Alteza Ace? all tells the ace with all the highest paid players perform why all the highest paid why why all the highest paid players perform the worst in the big games metcath what ramsey queen who else everybody but cam

1:19:51I wouldn't say they performed the worst, but it was definitely some bad performances. And I don't think Ramsey played bad. I don't think Watt played bad. I think he had a play there where he could have did something better. But for the most part, you know. You want TJ to have a splash every single time. It don't work like that, dude. It don't work like that. Here's the crazy thing, man. is y 'all get, any people that are baseball fans, they get excited, they go crazy if a dude is batting 350, dude. If we go out there and we tackle 350, we're done. That means we missed seven tackles, bro. If we go 300, we missed seven tackles out of 10.

1:20:29You won't keep your job. No. Same thing with these offensive linemen. If he only blocked this man three times in a 10, he's successful. The quarterback gets hit upside his head seven times Because of you, you're the worst. You're not in the NFL anymore. Like, if you go and you get a sack every eight plays, ten plays, that's bad for a tackle. You go in 40 passes, he averaging four a game, you do that over 16 games, or seven, sorry, 17 games, come on now. It ain't even never heard of. You talking about 68 tackles? That ain't happening. it 68 sacks rather that ain't happening like it's hard to get up there and win everything got to come together your cover's got to be on point you got to be done got there in time to where the quarterback don't see it and can't get rid of it without intentionally grounding it or something like it's a lot of things that got to come together and there's multiple times where you beat somebody and it's just oh he got it off like everything got to come together

1:21:41Yeah, so I ain't putting it on T. I think T.J., he did. He just, when they don't see splash plays, strip sacks, and all that, you know what I'm saying? They're like, why is he making so much money? T.J. is legit. No question. What's this? One batch, two batch,$10. One batch, two batch,$10. 19 seasons. Four of those had playoff wins. Eight and 13 in the playoffs. Five of those wins came from 08, 2010. where we were legendary defense. Thankfully for everything Tomlin has done, it is time to move on. I agree with you. Those were legendary defenses. And those defenses were already here. We'll get into that anyway.

1:22:34Okay, Joe. She said, okay. Well, okay, Joe. Like we said, we're going to look at a lot more into this game, into this season, and I'm going to be back here. What are you talking about? Who is this? Yeah, why would you even do that? That's stupid. You're a fool. Look here. No, I don't. I do it. Look here. Let's go. What you talking? What happened, D-Bo? Somebody I know. Somebody I know. yeah oh somebody i know anyway get out the chat um look here what time is it 12 18 hey man come on back here friday we're gonna go into detail more detail about what we feel need to be done where we gotta go how we gotta get it done and go on from there Joe?

1:23:33Yes, sir. Be back here Friday. I'm going to have my notes, and we're going to talk about what we need to do and what should be done, honestly, though, to try to get back. Hey, man, thank you guys for joining us. Again, thank you very much. Be back here Friday. Deebo and Joe show. We're going to talk more. We out.

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Join NFL Legends James "Deebo" Harrison and Joe Haden as react to the NFL Wild Card Playoff Round action where Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers season comes to an end after a loss to CJ Stroud and the Houston Texans. Deebo & Joe break down what went wrong for the Steelers and what the upcoming offseason holds.

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