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:10—Hold up, wait a minute…before we go anywhere, let me get to a matter of extreme importance first. If you want or need to have a complete, thorough and precise understanding of how to kill a man quickly and without a conscience, then you need to run, not walk, but run to your nearest movie theater and see “Equalizer 3” starring Denzel Washington! Look, all I can tell ya is this. When I left the theater, Denzel, aka Robert McCall, was still killing people. As a matter of fact, it’s seven days after the fact and for all I know he’s still corkscrewing the bad guys. (When you see the movie, you’ll understand the corkscrew reference…(big smile)).
:09—Now on to the other stuff. At long last…ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL??? Your Pittsburgh Steelers kick off their season (see what I did there?) Sunday, Sept. 10 at home against the past-legendary San Fran 49ers. And this season holds high expectations for them, so the going will be tough.
:08—Of course preseason being what it is, we can’t put too much in the Steelers’ three-game preseason winning streak. That being said, you have to feel good about not only what they did, but how they did it. #1, the offense certainly surprised us all and represented themselves well. #2, the defense lived up to expectation and gave a clear view of what to expect. #3, most impressive of all was the improved “special teams” units. Let’s take a look at them all.
:07—But first let me take away any suspense you might have and state my season predictions loud and clear. I’ve got the Steelers winning 12 games and I am expecting two playoff wins at the minimum. See me at the bye week for my Super Bowl prediction!
:06—We have to tip the hat to Kenny Pickett. A big transformation added to his quality showing last year. He put on 25 pounds of muscle, knows the game plan from A to Z, should be on a better page with his offensive coordinator, clearly has more weapons, and most importantly, I strongly compare him to Joe Montana…he’s cool under pressure, he’s cool when there’s no pressure, has an above-average arm and has big heart.
:05—Keeping with that thought, if you have George Pickens, Diontae Johnson, Allen Robinson, and Pat Freiermuth to throw to, that’s a good day!
:04—You can put away any thoughts of Jaylen Warren taking away Najee Harris’ starting job at running back. Number one, it’s great to have a one/two punch like that and number two, you don’t sit #1 draft picks, especially if they come from ‘Bama!
:03—The O-line is better and will get even better and with Dan Moore looking over his shoulder as huge Broderick Jones comes on only makes for great competition and better protection for Pickett.
:02—T. J. Watt, Cam Heyward, Alex Highsmith, Minkah Fitzpatrick, and Joey Porter head up what will most likely be the Number 1 or 2 defense in the NFL! (Barring injury of course)
:01—Chris Boswell, kick the ball man, do what you do. And Pressley Harvin, kick the ball man, do what you do better.
:00—Coach Mike Tomlin. Voted one of the top five coaches in the NFL. ‘Nuff said!!!
GAME OVER.